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27 June 2012
Has it yet been mentioned that Vanuatu is wet? If it weren't for that river spring and occasionally the ocean, would have forgotten what blue looks like. Do, however, have a real good handle on grey and green. Arrived at Gaua (Santa Maria) Island in the Banks & Torres (don't know why lumped together as they're distinctly separate groups) after a rambunctious eight and a half hour sail from Santo. Tomorrow expect to enjoy a similar if shorter passage to Sola on Vanua Lava for clearance following day on to Solomon Islands. It's suppose to be drier, but warmer (this is one of those 'no free lunch' things, but at this point ready to trade).
Chief Richard (about half the senior, male population seem to be chiefs) paddled by to say hi, have us sign his book and ask for fish hooks and rope. That was all the excitement we could handle. Had dinner, took a shower and went to sleep in preparation for yet another unconscionably early departure.
28 June 2012
Initially motored north in the lee of Gaua with no wind or sea. Comfortable ride, but not altogether a good thing. Diesel will be scarce until Honiara, some considerable time from now, so need to sail auxiliaryless (not a real word) predominantly. However, since there has been no sun and, except for yesterday, no wind, water tanks and batteries are low. It's a conundrum. Once past north end fortunately there was a reprise of yesterday, plus the always entertaining squalls and rain, to help.
Due blustery east winds causing a restive anchorage off Sola, much of ICA fleet has settled in Vureas Bay west side. Except for rain, an odd williwaw, more rain and ummm... more rain this is a little bit of heaven. Local guy in his dugout canoe said weather is usually dry and bay had no man-eating sharks (a problem at various places in Vanuatu). Right. Friday through Sunday are promised to be sunny. Right.
Government officialdom will grace us tomorrow morning by boating around (for suitable reimbursement, about 3 hours return, no roads) from the big village. Thus will we formally end our visit to Vanuatu and allow the swarming horde to proceed, however belatedly or recklessly, toward Santa Cruz of The Solomon's (a short double overnight) where we clear in on 15 July... don't ask, don't tell.
"Isn't it interesting that the people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?" - Kelvin Throop III
"The Lady" from USS President Coolidge
26 June 2012
Had some government crap to endure on Thursday morning starting just after we arrived from Palikula, but evening margaritas and tortilla casserole (AKA Ecuador desperation) on Freezing Rain helped assuage the aggravation. Regrettably it didn't do anything for the resultant morning effects therefrom (real word).
Next four days were chockablock with beguiling diversion. Friday involved, besides the one 0730 sleep-in, some chart briefing then dinking up a local river to the "blue hole" spring that fed it - clear, cold and, coincidentally, blue. Next day made two dives on President Coolidge (the wreck not the guy), first around the outside and then through the bowels - tighter and darker than one (this one) might have supposed. Remora followed us the entire first dive, but didn't, apparently, think there was much profit in latching on. Sunday was a rain forest river float to the cascade we climbed up before trekking back to pickup truck transport.
Monday had a dive on Million Dollar Point. After WWII (the big one) U.S. didn't want to drag all the equipage back home for various political, economic and logistics reasons so sold everything for a million bucks to France, who shared New Hebrides with Britain. Figuring they'd get the lot anyway after we left, those Gallic rascals reneged on paying, so the local commander bulldozed it all into the ocean. Great dive, but the best bit was a profusion of fish with no fear, no doubt assuming from reruns that Lloyd Bridges was harmless.
After a week of poco siesta we're beating feet up to the Banks and Torres Islands to check out of Vanuatu on Friday for the Solomon's (AKA New Georgia).
"The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch." - Michael Friedman
20 June 2012
That which was prophesied came to pass. There was no air over boat motoring same speed and direction as wind, but it was rainy. Those cynics who think this was a snide remark should be ashamed. Cool and clammy are way better than hot and steamy.
Left at daylight and reached Palikula Bay well after sunset, just before total darkness, to stage for short sail into Oyster Island early tomorrow to do official government type crap. Having to meet schedules is not one of the more agreeable attributes of an organized rally. However, water tanks were filled, duty free diesel is in the offing, it's Mexican Night on Freezing Rain, onboard systems are complaisant and we're not sitting on a sofa in our bathrobes watching Wheel of Fortune on telly. All complaining is strictly recreational.
A pod of bottle-nosed dolphins came to play and show us through the pass just at twilight. Another sailboat at anchor showed on radar, but neglected to set a light. He remedied this oversight after we would have run him down had we not been vigilant. G&Ts have magically appeared and dinner is imminent. Tah tah.
Lap Lap, Pamplemousse and Drinking Coconuts
19 June 2012
Directly following the demonstration in a neighboring village of how to make laplap which is wild yam (or other tuber) mashed into paste, cooked in banana leaves under hot fire rocks and spread with coconut cream (way better than poi), we presumed to weigh anchor for the 10 mile sail to Lolowai. We presumed incorrectly. Dragging all scuba gear out of most inaccessible depths of quarter berth for a dive facilitated freeing anchor chain from beneath a chunk of volcanic rock at 12 meters (40 feet), a condition suspected day before, and finally proceeding toward mistake number two.
Realizing distance and forecast wind wouldn't allow a day trip back to Malakula to retrieve a 7 to 10 day registered airmail package that took 4 weeks to arrive in Port Vila and was subsequently picked up by crew of one yacht then transferred to another with whom we were returning south to rendezvous, but wanting to see Lolowai, we went into the inner harbour there, skimming over the rim of a collapsed volcano, spent two hours napping then departed after dark on a falling, low tide without mishap and sailed 18 hours overnight, hard on a 10 to 24 knot wind that should have been more abeam, to Port Sandwich. (Did anyone follow that?)
Contact made, package received, thanks and a computer program given in return. Rather than sleeping we unshipped dinghy and outboard for a trip into shore to trade for produce from the first resident we saw and for a trip up a mangrove lined river nearby. So now, tomorrow, early, to begin the slog back 75 miles, dead downwind in 6 knots forecast (i.e. with engine on and no apparent breeze), to Oyster Island for scheduled customs clearance and duty free fuel day after tomorrow morning. Who thinks cruising on a yacht in the South Pacific is relaxing? Show of hands. Ah!
16 June 2012
The usual purpose of trailing behind the boat a hook embellished with flashy plastic and rubber camouflage is to catch fish (Non-mammal aquatic creatures are generally pretty dim and don't appreciate the limited nutritional value). Someone should have mentioned this sooner. With one albeit delicious, yellow finned exception our activity in this area has been disappointing. We have, however, dedicated ourselves to remedy that regrettable circumstance and ingest more omega-3s.
After a lovely and restful night with only a trifling effect from the remarkably strong gin & tonics force on us (forced I say) by Sue from Haku II previous evening, Jan & I were adopted this morning by a family in the village of Asinvari (which, if understood correctly, means the volcanic rock which comprises a large bit of shore here). Each of the nine crews had its own family. Rally organizer John Martin of Windflower was adopted by the head guy Chief Nelson a few years ago. In exchanging gifts we received two beautiful handmade baskets and an avocado. Spokesman Darlinda will bring us eggs in the morning. Good thing as we were facing the wretched eventuality of eggless brekkie.
A canyon into the shore created by eroded lava flow provided us with an absolutely brilliant, afternoon snorkel. Caves, tunnels, dive-throughs and some spectacularly colorful fish would have made even Gary on Inspiration Lady, who has an aversion to seawater, fancy getting wet. Rinsing off the salt under a shoreside waterfall 100 meters from our boat didn't suck either.
Pig roast tomorrow and more snorkeling. Sun beaming, breeze wafting, mandatory boat work absent, ice out the wazoo. Convenient that this is not always thus as such thusness would bring everyone here with none left to support us thusly.
15 June 2012
Took advantage of dreadfully dour and rainy day to install new fridge. To my and all who were acquainted with this undertaking's stupefaction it was accomplished in time for happy hour at Oyster Island Resort with aforementioned close personal, albeit mostly new, friends. Good spirits and humor were unrestrained due less to successful completion of the task than to free drinks and munchies attendant to a mate's (no Cal, this is from a whimsical version of English and has nothing to do with mating) birthday.
Spent one more day in this completely protected, shallow-entry anchorage before mid-tide motor sail seven miles south to Palikula Bay for staging to Asinvari. Made command decision, eschewing common wisdom, to chance rolly anchorage tonight and not stop at intermediate Lolowai to avoid 10 mile beat tomorrow based on timing of forecast wind shift. This breaks cruising rule #13 which states that anyone who trusts the accuracy of any GRIB is a chowderhead (muttonhead if English) and, for such reckless gullibility, consequently shall be smitten.
Upon arriving at 1400 meter contour and with appropriate ceremony (negligible), consigned incapacitated fridge to the depths. Fearing oversensitivity, new unit was not informed of this action so as to preempt an emotional response and potentially warm gin & tonics. With boat systems as with children the hallmark of a good progenitor is trickery and deceit.
Land Diving
11 June 2012
Imagine this conversation in the distant past: "Hey Louie, let's build a 30 meter (100 foot) tower on a hillside from branches and sticks, wrap non-stretchy vines around our ankles and, wearing only a "penis sheath" (angled 45 degrees upward with the dangly bits dangling), leap from the top to come up short and swing back to slam into the ground." "Great idea Fred. I'll go first." If anyone has seen this on National Geographic, Tarzan or Adventures in Paradise, it looked much saner than it actually is, completely starkers. Not a sport for chubbers (only men are 'allowed' to do it) or anyone with the slightest aspiration for healthy elding. Leaping began at lower levels and worked upward until the final lunatic who, we were told, twisted his ankle, but appeared to be holding his one scrap of clothing while limping away. Locate us sometime and see the video. Yowzers!
Now enjoying a lovely broad reach under double-reefed main and yankee across to well protected Peterson Bay on Espiritu Santo where we will hunker down for the poopy (highly technical meteorological term) weather in the offing and to perform magical exercises upon our boat to accomplish, among numerous other phenomenon, installation of replacement apparatus criticus to efficiently create cubic objects whose primary intent is to maintain agreeable G&T temperatures. This could be construed to mean installing a new fridge to make ice for our drinks, but that would be no fun, unacceptably jejune and so will not be thusly articulated.
Sunset at Revolieu Bay
8 June 2012
Two weeks after ordering a new fridge for two day delivery by FedEx, extracted, with some effort, information that it had come previous day and was probably being brought to their office in town. A confirmation call was to subsequently ensue. Yachting World was requested, middle afternoon, to call discovering it had indeed arrived and would possibly be delivered in a day or so after return to airport for mandatory customs inspection. A saunter to their office, other side of town (should be noted at this point that desire to depart Port Vila had peaked 4 days previously), provided eye contact with both boxes which I was loath to relinquish, but which they insisted could not be had until next day following previously mentioned scrutiny. After patiently explaining that all their requirements had been met, that sailing that afternoon was necessary to prevent my head from exploding and then staring at agent long enough to elicit a twitch, he, a driver, the boxes and I piled into a van the size of a skateboard and careened through 12 car rush hour traffic to the airport for a 48 second visit with customs agent who, noticing the 1500 vatu "handling fee" clipped to paperwork and having zero interest in observing any parts, whacked my copy with a stamp and smilingly bid me a good journey.
Having been mildly disingenuous with officials about immediately weighing anchor, did so at 0430 next morning for 12 1/2 hour motor upon glassy sea to lovely Revolieu Bay on Epi, arriving just before sunset to observe a couple of dugongs paddle by ignoring the proffered gin and tonics. Really, teetotalling is no excuse for rudeness. Snorkeling next day there and at Lamen Bay, 10 miles north, was excellent although again our offer of friendship was rebuffed by a turtle cleaning remora. Human inhabitants of Vanuatu are infinitely more sociable.
Yesterday's motorsail to Wali Bay, Pentacost was uneventful and somewhat more enjoyable than previous night's gun'l to gun'l cradle dance starting at 0200. Avoided having to request sleep-in delay as land diving ceremonies next morning didn't begin until 1000. Remarkable insanity of this will be described anon.
6 June 2012
After two weeks in Port Vila and one and a half since last you were abused by this twaddle, a little miscellany:
During welcome ceremonies in Anatom a band member elicited music-like sounds by slapping lashed-together bamboo trunks of varying length with a flip-flop (jandal, thong). Good to see they're for something besides littering pristine beaches as washed-up flotsam.
A fire dance show at Mele (rhymes with smelly and the aroma of burning marijuana, major cash crop here, may possibly be additional attraction for boaters) Bay, where we escaped the congestion and noise over last weekend, was terrific. It's a shame, however, that Vauatu has never been given credit for their traditional pink laser lighting or for "moon walking". The former cute black kid apparently didn't see fit to offer proper attribution.
Mele is also notable for a series of cascades and pools one may walk, wade and swim up to arrive at a remarkable set of waterfalls. This is, oddly enough, called "The Cascades". Brought our togs, brought a picnic, spent the day. Gaiety prevailed.
Left Port Vila at O dark thirty this morning for points north after yesterday afternoon's "fun with customs", the game cruisers love to play. Will expound upon delights encountered with this campaign in the fullness of time. Don't hold your breath for tomorrow.
Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That way, if he doesn't like what you have to say, you're a mile away and you have his shoes.
On the Wall
26 May 2012
Got to the mast thing today for discovery that new metal sheaves at masthead replacing old plastic ones which lasted 25 years were too large and frozen into position. Those riggers in Opua are right off the Christmas list. Next opportunity to install operative bits will be somewhere in Oz September or later. Reeved new smaller halyard anyway, which should help, as well as new flag halyard and cleaned connections at radar antenna. Recalcitrant fridge remains so. May, reluctantly, call Super Cool Monday for additional ministrations and so today moved onto quay for 240 volt power to administer serious therapy. Remain skeptical. Given two under-two screeching children (mother had another in the oven) and later full decibel hollering of parents on balcony overlooking location, have surmised warm beer is viable option. Looking into local consequences of justifiable homicide. Medical professional and "nice' Canadian, Jan, is onboard with this.


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hi guys havent been to active over the last few years due to rl but are we still an active forum ?i posted in games talk a few months ago for mw3 90 views not one comment and not one add on xbox. Is this it all the best we can do for tog?I konow people are busy but at least we could all square up on a game a least every couple of weeks or add each other on the off chance? So if you are are from theUS canada or the uk send me an invite or whatever i relish the chance to play with some older heads not some screaming 1V1 KIDS rant over
Buy a PS3 and then I will add you ;)
Get a gaming rig (pc) and I'll add you. But I might get a voice filter that makes me sound like a 12 year old.
I have an Xbox360, PS3, and a balls-out gaming rig. feel free to add me. Blitz3000 is my xbox gamertag. and Blitz-3000 is my PSN gamername. I'm always keen to find other Xbox gamers who I can add.
Also DUST 514 is launching soon and that should bring a small population of PC and PS3 console gamers together too..
Really should play my xbox more as its pretty much just for netflix.. lol
Although been having fun recently with a buddy who has discovered the wonders of Kinect... 2 hours of Fruit Ninja last night... :D
wrong thread
I used to play a ton of online xbox, but when I moved out into the middle of no-where the connection was just too terribly weak. I was a huge Halo and GOW series fan back when I had a high speed cable modem, with the co-op options and I really miss being able to play online with the latest GOW game.
I would add you and play online with many games...if my connection didn't totally stink.
I'm from the UK, I play some counter strike: GO all the time
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ATLANTA (AP) _ U-S Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton received another boost from a prominent black leader when the head of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators threw his support behind her presidential campaign.
Georgia state Representative Calvin Smyre endorsed Clinton yesterday, saying she has, "the strength and experience'' to bring about needed change.
Clinton is locked in a battle for the black vote with U.S. Senator Barack Obama, who is trying to become the nation's first black president.
That fight is heated in Georgia where blacks have made up nearly half the vote in the state's recent Democratic primaries.
Georgia's presidential primary is February 5.
Clinton has already been endorsed by Congressman John Lewis of Atlanta, a hero of the civil rights struggle.
Attorney General Thurbert Baker and Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, the state's only two black statewide elected officials, are lso supporting Clinton.
Obama has the support of another pair of black U-S congressmen from Georgia, Sanford Bishop of Albany and Hank Johnson of Lithonia.
Smyre has served for nearly 30 years in Georgia's Legislature, where he has held a number of leadership roles.
He' s a past Chairman of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and a past President of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials. He is an executive vice president for corporate affairs at Synovus Financial Corporation.


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Russia scoffs at sanctions, West weighs options
Ukraine | President Barack Obama calls a meeting of the G-7 to discuss the crisis in Crimea
UPDATE (7:25 p.m.): President Barack Obama has invited the leaders of the Group of Seven nations (it was the Group of Eight until Russia took over Crimea) to a summit next week to discuss the crisis between Russia and Ukraine. Leaders from the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, France, Italy, and Canada will meet with the European Union in The Hague on the sidelines of a previously scheduled nuclear conference.
OUR EARLIER STORY: Denouncing Russia's actions in Crimea as "nothing more than a land grab," Vice President Joe Biden warned Tuesday that the U.S. and Europe will impose further sanctions as Moscow moved to annex part of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty Tuesday for the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea to join Russia. With limited options, the United States and Europe are seeking to show they won't stand idly by. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian soldier was killed in an armed clash in Crimea.
The Russian Foreign Ministry promised "consequences" for sanctions and visa bans levied by the U.S. and the European Union. Russian politicians and wealthy players themselves, though, seemed tickled by the sanctions.
The Russian State Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, passed a resolution Tuesday challenging President Barack Obama to extend the sanctions to all the 353 deputies who voted for Tuesday's resolution, suggesting that being targeted was a badge of honor. "I felt some pride to see myself on the blacklist," Sergei Mironov, a Duma member on the EU list, told journalists.
"I consider this a kind of political Oscar from America for best male supporting role," said Vladislav Surkov, a close aide to Putin, according to Reuters and Interfax. The CEO of the Russian oil company Rosneft, Igor Sechin, told Russian news agencies Tuesday that sanctions are "evidence of powerlessness." Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov's Twitter account featured a faked photo of Obama in a Russian uniform online, touting "I wonder if Barack will be promoted to colonel after the successful campaign to return Crimea?"
The rhetoric came Tuesday even as the EU and Biden debated more sanctions. But Biden also promised to work on military support for NATO allies and greater energy diversity in the Baltic nations between Russia and Poland. Biden was in Poland on Tuesday meeting with Baltic diplomats concerned over their shared border with Russia. The U.S. was considering rotating American forces to the Baltic region to conduct war games, Biden said.
Biden's words signal the West may be gearing up for two of the possible scenarios. The first is an economic showdown. European countries have major economic interests in Russia and vice versa. Much of Europe is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas, about half of which comes through pipelines through Ukraine. Russia and Europe could enter a chess match over their interrelated resources, though the EU would have to assuage the concerns of its smaller, more dependent nations.
"This trial, this challenge that we are facing will not be for a month or a year," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after meeting with Biden. "We are facing a strategic perspective for many years to come."
The second and worst-case scenario is an armed conflict. At Warsaw's request, the U.S. last week sent some 300 air troops and a dozen F-16 fighters to Poland for joint training in a show of military support for a key ally. Biden hinted Tuesday at an additional NATO-related boost in American troop presence. Ukraine itself continues to gear up its military in the face of a possible Russian invasion of its mainland. Russian troops beset Ukrainian-Russian borders.
A Ukrainian soldier died and another was injured Tuesday at a besieged Ukrainian military base in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, Reuters reported. Ukrainian officials told Reuters the base came under attack by "unknown forces, fully equipped and their faces covered."
Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, condemned the incident as a "war crime," accusing Russia of entering a military phase in the conflict.
Putin claimed Tuesday he has no interest in mainland Ukraine or other former Soviet countries. "We don't want the division of Ukraine. We don't need this," he said. Still, he continued to use ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine as pawns. Putin pledged to protect Russians as he gave a nod to pro-Russian propaganda in Crimea, which states that Ukraine is unstable and "neo-Nazis" are poised to overtake Kiev. Billboards in Crimea portrayed the referendum as a choice between Russia and a swastika.


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Rachael Yamagata — long a favorite of TV and movie soundtrack-makers thanks to her intimate, often melancholy songwriting style and smoky-smooth vocals — shows off some other sides of her personality on her latest album, "Chesapeake."
In stark contrast to her 2008 double-disc release, "Elephants… Teeth Sinking Into Heart," the songs on "Chesapeake" often take a spontaneous, upbeat tone and show off hints of Yamagata's sense of humor. The shift could be tied to the fact that the album was an independent production from start to finish, recorded at producer John Alagia's home studio on the Chesapeake Bay while Yamagata camped out in his back yard. Funded largely by fans through a PledgeMusic campaign, it was released on the singer and songwriter's own Frankenfish Records label last year.


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Eat Like the Stars by Re-Creating the 71st Annual Golden Globes Menu
For those of us who anticipate awards season every year, we know that the Globes are all about celebrating achievement and having a good time. With both television and film being recognized, it's guaranteed you'll see your favorite actors from both the big and small screens.
Hosting the event this year for the second time are Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The dynamic comedy duo were arguably the best part of last year's show, so you can look forward to another great performance full of jokes about the more easy-going nature of the Globes.
The more relaxed atmosphere of the Golden Globes also allows the stars to enjoy an amazing three course Mediterranean-inspired meal. Chefs estimate they will serve about 150 vegan and gluten-free meals tonight to stars with pickier palettes and different dietary needs. For the rest of the celebrities, the announced menu sounds absolutely divine, and absolutely re-creatable.


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Lessons from Sports: Children's Socialization to Values through Family Interaction During Sports Activities
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Provocative Looks: Gang Appearance and Dress Codes in an Inner-City Alternative School
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Ethnography (http://eth.sagepub.com)
Institutional Analysis and the Paradox of Corporate Social Responsibility
John L. Campbell
American Behavioral Scientist http://abs.sagepub.com
Where Are the Leaders? Music, Culture, and Contemporary Feminism
Jo Reger
American Behavioral Scientist http://abs.sagepub.com
A Qualitative Study of Early Family Histories and transitions of Homeless Youth
Kimberly A. Tyler
Journal of Interpersonal Violence http://jiv.sagepub.com
Is Gay Parenting Bad for Kids? Responding to the 'Very Idea Difference' in Research on Lesbian and Gay Parents
Stephen Hicks
Sexualities (http://sexualities.sagepub.com/)
Elderly Home Health Clients Who Abuse Alcohol
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Home Health Care Management Practice (http://hhc.sagepub.com/)


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WHEELING - Athletes from five area schools will look to make waves at the West Virginia High School Swimming Championships, which begin this morning at West Virginia University's Natatorium in Morgantown.
Swimmers from Wheeling Park, Wheeling Central, Brooke, John Marshall and Weir will hit the pool for the preliminaries. Girls' events will begin at 8:30, with the boys' starting at 3:30 p.m. Finalists will return at the same times Friday.
All told, 46 local tankers will participate - 26 girls and 20 boys. Wheeling Park has the most at 13.
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Members of both the Wheeling Park High School and Wheeling Central High School Swimming Teams are preparing to compete in the West Virginia State Swimming Championship Meet scheduled to take place today and Friday at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Pictured are front row, from left: Wheeling Park students Katlyn Curnes, CeCe Jebbia, Stacey Chaplin, Madie Friday, and Cristin Dolan, and Wheeling Central's, Jocie Humpe, Shelby Grendel, Megan Cain, and Joee Humpe, second row, from left: Wheeling Park's, Donte DeFazio, Marisa Custer, Hannah Butts, and Abbey Griffith, and Wheeling Central's, Emily Gordon, Dotteum Choi, Anthony Lusardi, and Matt Schuetz, and third row, from left: Wheeling Park's, Josh Garrett, Noah Salvatore, Jordan Carman, and Brandon McLaughlin, and Wheeling Central's, Luke Drnach, Roger Targosky, Nicholas Leasure, and Shane Stoehr.
''I think the girls' team is deeper this year,'' Patriots coach Pat Durkin said Wednesday night from Morgantown, who expects a strong finish from his 200 medley relay foursome of Madie Friday, Katlyn Curnes, Stacy Chaplin and CeCe Jebbia.
The group is a shining example of how veterans and youngsters have come together to make this another successful season for Park.
Chaplin is a senior, Friday is a freshman and Curnes and Jebbia are both sophomores.
Curnes, Chaplin and Jebbia will participate in four events for the Patriots.
Curnes will swim in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Jebbia will compete in the 200 and 500 freestyle, while Chaplin will swim in the 100 butterfly and the 200 freestyle relay with Marisa Custer, Hannah Butts and Cristin Dolan.
Custer will also take part in the 400 freestyle relay with Curnes, Chaplin and Jebbia, as well as the 50 freestyle.
Friday will also swim in the 100 backstroke, while Abbey Griffith qualified for the 500 freestyle.
''It's going to be a battle,'' Durkin said of the team race. ''If we do as well as we can, third place will be a great finish for us.''
The Park boys have five qualifiers - Jordan Carman (200 MR, 100 Fly, 100 Back); Donte Defazio (200 MR, 200 FR, 100 Breast, 400 FR); Brandon McLaughlin (200 MR, 50 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR); Josh Garrett (200 MR, 50 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR); and Noah Salvatore (200 Free, 500 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR).
''I was really happy with the boys,'' Durkin said. ''We had all three relays qualify, and I think our best is probably the medley.
''If we're going to place in the Top 6 that will be the one.''
Eleven Wheeling Central swimmers qualified.
''This is the most I've taken (to state) in my five years (as coach),'' Maroon Knights coach Jeani Humpe said.
It's also the first time Central has had three boys' relays qualify during Humpe's tenure - the 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle.
Nicholas Lasure and Anthony Lusardi will compete in all three. Lusardi will also swim in the 100 breaststroke.
Matt Schuetz will compete in the 200 medley relay and 100 butterfly, while Shane Stoehr will be in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays.
Doheum Choi will participate in the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays, while Roger Targosky will be in the 100 breaststroke and Luke Drnach will swim in the 400 freestyle relay.
On the girls' side, three Maroon Knights will swim in four events. They are: Jocie Humpe (200 Free, 500 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR); Shelby Gredel (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR); Joee Humpe (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR) and Megan Cain (200 FR, 400 FR).
Brooke's boys arrived in Morgantown as back-to-back Class AAA Region One and three-time defending OVAC champions.
Bruins boys in the pool will be: Alec Salakovich (200 MR, 50 Free, 100 Fly, 200 FR); Josh Harrick (200 MR, 100 Free, 200 FR, 100 Back); Kevin Rowland (200 MR, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 FR); Jordan Harlan (200 MR, 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 FR) and Dante Rosso (200 IM, 500 Free).
''Alec and Josh have really stepped up as leaders,'' Brooke coach Gina Reitter said. ''When you have good leaders you have good followers and to be able to come back and three-peat and repeat says a lot about our program.''
Even with the graduation loss of Kaylea Dulaney, the Brooke girls have turned in another fine season. Set to compete at state are: Sara Riggs (200 MR, 100 Fly, 100 Back, 400 FR); Emma Simon (200 MR); Rachel Richard (200 MR, 50 Free, 400 FR); Hannah Cebula (200 MR, 200 Free, 100 Free, 400 FR); Jessie Wayne (200 Free, 500 Free, 400 FR).
''The girls are less than a second away from the school 400 freestyle relay record and that's been a goal all season,'' Reitter said. ''And I'm really excited to see what Sara is going to do. We have high hopes for her.''
Weir's girls will be led by senior Kelsey Ferguson, who will competing in the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke. She will also be swimming in the 200 medley relay (Dominique Gilbert, Allyson Martin, Alexis Virtue) and the 400 freestyle relay (Gilbert, Martin, Virtue).
Gilbert will also be competing in the 100 breaststroke, while Martin will be in the 100 freestyle.
John Marshall's girls will be represented by: Kristine Minor (200 MR, 200 FR); Jade Worrels (200 MR, 100 Free, 200 FR, 100 Breast); Jenna Ingram (200 MR, 100 Fly, 200 FR); Alexa Blatt (200 MR, 200 FR); Rachel West (200 IM).
Alex Vannest (200 IM), Tanner Young (100 Fly), Aaron Mull (100 Breast) will compete for the Monarchs boys.


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Internal tracking by Republican Marco Rubio's campaign shows Democrat Kendrick Meek and independent Charlie Crist "in a statistical dead heat," Rubio consultant Todd Harris said tonight in trying to knock down speculation that Crist can beat Rubio if Meek drops out.
Among those who have already voted, Harris said, the Rubio campaign's in-house polling shows Meek with a 28-to-24 percent lead over Crist. (That suggests Rubio is drawing about 48 percent from early and absentee voters.)
Reacting to a Politico.com report that former President Clinton tried to get Meek to drop out and endorse Crist to defeat Rubio, Harris said: "Charlie Crist truly will say and do anything to get elected and hold on to power. Secret deals to trade away principles for power is already the problem in Washington, it's not the solution. This is simply politics as usual which is exactly what voters across the country are emphatically rejecting this election."


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Top 10 Most - and Least - Green U.S. States
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Although there is a widespread push toward subjects based in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), 21st century jobs also require the ability to effectively communicate. These five applications help students generate writing topics, write essays (including bibliographies), and edit docum ... Full Article »
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|Six Broncos earn NCPA Academic All-State Awards
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|Tuesday, 31 December 2013 18:03
The Nebraska School Activities Association recently announced its fall season winners of the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Academic All-State Awards.
Wes Anderjaska, Hayden Pollmann, Brooklyn Nordhausen, Cassidy Rathe, Nicole Strand and Lesley Towery of Wauenta-Palisade received the awards.
Pollmann and Anderjaska had also been recognized for their performance on the field. The pair were both named to the Six-Man Football Coaches Association All-State team. Pollmann was an All-State end and Anderjaska was the Defensive Player of the Year from his defensive back position.
Pollmann also earned the award for fall season in 2012 and 2011.
Anderjaska was recognized for play production in 2012 and football in 2011.
Nordhausen and Rathe were starters for the Broncos' volleyball team.
Nordhausen was also named to the list for the fall of 2012.
Strand and Towery each had roles on the WP's state qualifying One-Act Play Production.
While at Hitchcock County, Towery was recognized in volleyball in the fall of 2012.
Since 2006 this NSAA Award Program has recognized students who meet the criteria for nomination by their school in the season of their activity.
Each year the NSAA and the NCPA recognize students during Fall, Winter and Spring Seasons who are nominated by their schools for their individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions in their NSAA activity.


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Stewart Downing was Liverpool's unlikely inspiration as he claimed his first Premier League goal and assist for the club in a 4-0 win over Fulham at Anfield.
The winger has been linked with a possible move to Championship side Middlesbrough in January but produced the finest performance of his mediocre Liverpool career to lift the club to eighth in the table and suggest that he may yet be of some use to Brendan Rodgers.
After Martin Skrtel had put Liverpool in front with a thunderous finish from a corner, Downing played in Steven Gerrard with a glorious pass before hammering home his own effort after 51 minutes. The rout was complete in injury time when Luis Suarez claimed a deserved fourth.
In truth, Fulham were dreadful for long periods, defeat putting them 13th in the table. Meanwhile Liverpool's resounding response to a 3-1 defeat to Villa last weekend, orchestrated by the rejuvenated Downing, gives then renewed hope of a European finish.
Rodgers had identified the need to give his favoured ball-player Joe Allen and the now well-remunerated Raheem Sterling a rest, so Jose Enrique and Suso were brought into the side following last weekend's 3-1 home defeat to Aston Villa, with the Spaniard operating on the left and Downing on the right.
Liverpool made a fast start against a lacklustre Fulham side and found themselves in front after only eight minutes. Skrtel was left free from a corner - so free in fact he was able to pull it down and then smash home a ferocious volley from just eight yards out.
The lively Downing then saw a lovely effort touched onto the side netting by Mark Schwarzer, before Daniel Agger was guilty of a horrendous miss when he failed to poke the ball home from only five yards out after Luis Suarez had drilled the ball across the face of goal.
Fulham were struggling to get foot on ball, with Dimitar Berbatov horribly isolated in attack, and had only a meek effort from Kieran Richardson to enjoy in the first half, Jose Reina producing a rather unconvincing save with his feet.
Liverpool were sparky in possession and Fulham's inability to mount any consistent threat allowed the home side to become confident too. That much was clear on 36 minutes when Downing claimed his first Premier League assist for the club after 45 matches in imperious fashion.
Channelling Xavi, the winger allowed his gaze to drift left before quickly rolling the ball right and playing a straight pass through the heart of the Fulham defence, apparently to no one. However, he had spotted a perfectly-timed run from Gerrard, who strode through a crowd of players before tucking it into the far corner.
After an insipid first half, Fulham were almost as poor after the break and Suarez should have extended Liverpool's lead when latching onto a deflected Downing cross at the back post, only to slam his shot woefully wide.
On 51 minutes they did have a third though. Downing was allowed to drift in from the right and cut onto his left, unleashing a ferocious drive from inside the box that flew past Schwarzer. The relief on his face was plain as he celebrated his first league goal for the club.
Fulham improved marginally thereafter. Liverpool were restricted to a shot from Gerrard that Schwarzer saved at his near post and a poked effort from Suarez after he wriggled away from both Hangeland and Aaron Hughes. Meanwhile, Berbatov even had two shots on target - even if neither really troubled Jose Reina.
A flurry of action in injury time saw Reina claw out a free-kick from Hugo Rodallega before Suarez completed the scoring when converting from close range following excellent work from Enrique as he navigated his way along the byline following a short corner.
The sight of Suarez wheeling away in celebration was a familiar one for Anfield regulars; Downing dominating proceedings less so.
Stewart Downing (Liverpool): A goal, an assist and an all-round display of excellence from the much-maligned winger.
LIVERPOOL: Reina 5, Johnson 6, Skrtel 7, Agger 6, Enrique 8, Lucas 7, Gerrard 7, Suso 6, Shelvey 7, Downing 8, Suarez 7. Subs: Sterling 7, Allen 6, Carragher 6.
FULHAM: Schwarzer 7, Riether 5, Hughes 6, Hangeland 5, Riise 5, Kacaniklic 5, Baird 5, Karagounis 5, Richardson 5, Dejagah 5, Berbatov 5. Subs: Rodallega 6, Frei 6.
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It's towards people, regardless of their gender or biological sex.
Some pansexuals suggest that they are gender-blind. They say that gender and sex are insignificant/irrelevant in who they like. For others, an individual's gender can be a key factor of attraction, which is opiset the pansexual wide range of sex and gender attractions.
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It's been a month since Hurricane Dennis washed out a section of Highway 98 between Ft. Walton Beach and Destin.
All four lanes of the divided highway have now been reopened.
Originally, a temporary lane in each direction was opened a few days after Hurricane Dennis struck on July 10, but the other two lanes didn't open until now and all four are back to original design specs.
The repairs and rebuilding cost over $3 million.
Hurricane Ivan last year and Hurricane Opal in 1995 washed out the same four lane stretch of the major highway on the east end of Santa Rosa Island.
The storms all flattered sand dunes on the narrow barrier island.
The Florida Department of Transportation may install some type of berm system that would keep the storm surge from washing under the highway pavement.
The DOT is seeking federal funding help on the project.
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Sorry, the message doesn't really tells me that. The message tells me that the precompiler is unable to fine the struct definition. I tried to compile the *same* code under UNIX and it worked fine, so it is not a matter of what the language supports or not. Oracle installation under UNIX was version 8i, whereas I'm working with version 9i, but I think the precompiler should work the same way.
> restructure (or maybe that should be DEstructure?) your code. There
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Gary Oldman To Direct Colin Firth In Unnamed Remake
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Having already proven himself as one of the best actors in the business today, Gary Oldman is now looking jump behind the camera. A recent interview with UKs Mail Online lent some insight into Oldmans personality in addition to leaking some news of his next project. During the interview, Oldman made the informal announcement that he is planning a project in which he will direct none other than Colin Firth, who just won an Oscar for The Kings Speech and ecently appeared with Oldman in Tomas Alfredsons Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The only detail Oldman would reveal is that the project is a remake.
Even though Oldman has appeared in a great many genre films, I wouldnt hold out much hope that hes remaking a fantasy epic or a sci-fi classic. Later in this same interview he speaks about favoring working in films without special effects. Oldman is a classically trained actor who worked for years in British theater before making the leap to film. In fact, the reason hes racked up such an impressive resume of genre roles is because his extensive theater training allows him to completely transform himself physically into any character no matter how fantastic. This is also why it took me years to get a grasp of what Gary Oldman actually looked like.
For his part, Colin Firth is also a classically trained actor with little in the way of genre experience. Firth has however shown great skill in both dramatic and comedic performances so the borders of speculation widen a bit as to which film these two are remaking. Its clear that the stories that interest Oldman in terms of directing are intensely personal and grounded in reality. In 1997, he directed the film Nil by Mouth starring Ray Winstone, which was based on his own experiences growing up in a London working class family.
I suppose its narrow-minded to assume that the film Oldman is remaking with Firth would be a British film, but it seems a fair place to begin guessing. I would love to see the two of them tackle something like Alexander Mackendricks incredible The Man in the White Suit starring Sir Alec Guinness. Its a weird little gem that touches on issues of British class structure similar to Nil by Mouth. Seeing how Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is also a remake, and that Oldmans character was played in the original by Sir Alec, it wouldnt be terribly surprising.
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Has anyone ever tried watching the magic kingdom fireworks from the polynesian beach or perhaps the grand floridian? Which is the best one and do they pipe in the music?
Has anyone ever tried watching the magic kingdom fireworks from the polynesian beach or perhaps the grand floridian? Which is the best one and do they pipe in the music?
You do get a reasonable view of the fireworks from both the Poly or the GF, although I personally have never viewed them from the Poly.
On the other hand I have seen them loads of times at the GF when we have stayed there.
You get the closest view from the boat deck near to Narcoossee`s although beware of the mosquitos in that area!
Many folks tend to congregate at the end of the marina near to Gasparilla`s, where you also get a good view of the fireworks.
Music is not piped intpo the resort, however it does get piped into Narcoosee`s restaurant if you are having dinner there.
The Beach at the Poly is a nice place to view them from, too. No music though, but LOADS of mosquitos!
Be sure to have an insect repellent with DEET to ward them off. (They are truly vicious little ******s)!
At the Contemporary Resort there is an observation deck that has music pumped in ( no bugs). Also if you have reservations at the California Girll they also have a viewing deck with pumped in music. The reataurant is great at getting your courses to you based on that so you can leave your table and enjoy.
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Hello I'm Mike Manley, welcome to my studio Blog. I am veteran comic, animation artist and created and edit Draw! Magazine. This blog is a chronicle of what's happening in my studio at home or in school,follow as I show my process and as a cartoonist, painter, teacher and more. I've just graduated with a Masters In Art from he Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Follow my process and path as an painter, cartoonist and teacher and find out how they inform and enrich each other!
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Uncle lucifer was my most interesting uncle. He was an elk hunter, but he wouldn't kill the elk. instead, he would chase it down, knock it to the ground and suck all the gristle out of it's neck though a Donald Duck straw.
He was fun to be with Uncle lucifer; he could eat a whole bowl of alphabet soup and then vomit up the vowels and consonants separately. his hobby was attending reunions of groups he had never belonged to and pretending to be people who were long dead. till the end of his days, Lucifer remained biter that when he was a boy there had been no seedless red grapes. he died in an Indian furniture outlet when he was torn to pieces by a pack of Cape Cod hunting dogs. ~The Late Great George Carlin: When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops
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The History and Development of
Ving TSun Kung Fu
The origins of kung fu are generally accepted to have come from the
Shaolin temple in China around the 6th or 7th century A.D.
after a visit to the temple by Bodhidharma who introduced Buddhism from India at
that time. The monks at the temple eventually gained a widespread reputation as
fearsome warriors and that made them a threat when the Manchu emperor seized
control of China and thus ended the Ming dynasty.
new Qing government made life more and more difficult for the monks with a
series of purges against the temple, which culminated in the burning, and
looting of the Shaolin temple and the killing of many of its inhabitants. It is
said that five elders escaped the carnage and vowed to adapt their kung fu to
overcome the existing styles (because there were traitors in the temple and the
elders could no longer trust the monks) and to overthrow the Qing government.
is said that one of the elders, a Buddhist nun by the name of Ng Moi developed a
new art after witnessing a fight between a snake and a crane – the direct
attacks of the snake and the deflections of the crane. In a village where Ng Moi
was staying there was a local girl who was the subject of the unwanted
attentions of a local warlord who demanded that the girl marry him. After
hearing of this Ng Moi took the girl in as her first pupil and it was arranged
that if she beat the warlord in a fight then he would leave her alone. The girl
returned and easily defeated her bullying admirer and therefore Ng Moi named the
new art after her first pupil – Yim Ving Tsun. Ving Tsun means beautiful or
eternal springtime.
As there are so
few surviving written documents the above account is open to some question, it
is likely to be a mixture of fact and fiction as the five elders are embedded in
Chinese folklore. What is more certain is that Wing Chun was passed onto some
members of a travelling opera group who were also anti-Qing agents/assassins
known as The Red Junk Opera. Over a period of time the group dispersed and took
with them their Ving Tsun skills passing them on wherever they went. This has
led over a period of time to at least twelve distinct styles of Ving Tsun (all
with a common theme but slight differences in application), some of these styles
have hardly left their local area in China, some went to Malaysia, some to
Vietnam etc. Our interest lies in the lineage that leads through to Grandmaster Ip
Man, To simplify the story of Ving Tsun development there follows a family
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Body found near Indian River Inlet ID'd as missing swimmer
The state medical examiner has identified the body found July 5 floating near the Indian River Inlet as that of a missing swimmer.
Swimmer Jeff King of Jordanville, N.Y., was reported missing June 29 after witnesses say he had difficulties swimming near the southeast Day Area Beach in the Delaware Seashore State Park.
Jill Fredel, director of communications for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, said the death was ruled an accident. The medical examiner determined on July 8 the body was King, she said.
The body was found by boaters about 10:12 a.m. in the ocean north of the inlet, said Cpl. Gary Founier of the Delaware State Police.
Officers with the Delaware State Police and Fish and Wildlife brought the body to the U.S. Coast Guard Station where it was turned over to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Fournier said.


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Real Housewives of N.J. Alum Danielle Staub: 'I'm the New Robin Leach'
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Last time we saw Real Housewives of New Jersey's Danielle Staub, she was playing show-and-tell during the reunion show with the wad of hair ripped from her head during a previous episode.
But now, the former housewife is trying to make a new name for herself on her new WealthTV series Social. "We're shooting in their homes and showing their homes much like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," Staub says. "And I'm the new Robin Leach.
See what else Staub had to say about her departure from Housewives and how she thinks viewers will see a different side of her on the new series.
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Located in one of the most historically rich areas of the city, along the harbor inlet, the Golden Horn, Kadir Has University (KHU) offers a study experience like no other. The university was established in 1997 as a center of academic and cultural excellence in Turkey, based in Istanbul with three campuses. As an Arcadia student, you will study at the Cibali Campus, which won the Europa Nostra Award in 2003 for the beautiful restoration of an historical place and offers stunning views of the Golden Horn harbor, and the Asian side of the city.
The university has six areas of study - Engineering, Sciences and Humanities, Economics and Administrative Sciences, Communication, Law, and Fine Arts – as well as several vocational schools. KHU has earned an international reputation as a center for research and scientific excellence. Except for law, all classes are taught in English.
The unique main building of the Kadir Has University consists of four components, or layers - one on top of the other: a Byzantine cistern dating back to the 11th century; ruins of a historical hammam (Turkish bath) belonging to the Ottoman Empire; and the former Cibali Tobacco Factory in which the university is based was built in late 19th century.


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Reducing Your Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
Changing your lifestyle and taking better care of yourself can lower your risk of developing metabolic syndrome.
If You Are Overweight, Lower Your Weight
- Find a weight loss program that is right for you.
- Lose weight slowly and steadily and plan ways to maintain the weight loss.
- Monitor your weight.
- Improve your eating habits.
Eat Healthy Foods
- Eat more fruits and vegetables.
- Choose lean cuts of meat.
- Bake, broil, or grill your poultry, fish, or meat rather than frying it.
- Reduce the amount of salt in your diet. Do not add salt to foods. Choose low-sodium foods.
- Cut down on saturated and trans fats.
- Choose whole-grain foods. For example, choose whole wheat bread or brown rice instead of refined or processed foods like white bread or white rice.
- Eat more fiber-rich foods, such as beans, fruits, vegetables.
- Eat less sugar.
- Limit or eliminate soda and other sugary drinks including juice.
The Mediterranean diet is one diet that may help to reduce your risk of developing metabolic syndrome. This diet emphasizes plant-based foods like fruits, veggies, grains, and olive oil. It also highlights low-to-moderate amounts of fish, poultry, and dairy products.
Increase Your Physical Activity
- Exercise a little each day. Aim for a total of 30 minutes or more.
- Commit yourself to more physical activity. Join a health club or plan walks with friends.
- Include increased activity into your daily habits.
See Your Doctor
- Get regular physical check-ups from your physician.
- You and your doctor should monitor your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels.
- Get counseling on diet and exercise that is right for you.
Other Ways to Reduce Your Risk
Work with your doctor to:
- Control your blood pressure
- Control your lipid levels
- Prevent diabetes by eating healthy food and by exercising
- Increase your intake of specific minerals, such as magnesium.
- Quit smoking
Bo S, Ciccone G, et al. Diet or exercise: what is more effective in preventing or reducing metabolic alterations? Eur J Endocrinol. 2008;59:685-691
Cornier MA, Dabelea D, et al. The metabolic syndrome. Endocr Rev. 2008;29:777-822.
Metabolic syndrome. Cleveland Clinic website. Available at: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3000/3057.asp?index=10783. Accessed May 10, 2013.
Metabolic syndrome. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated March 29, 2013. Accessed May 10, 2013.
Orchar TJ, Temprosa M, et al. The effect of metformin and intensive lifestyle intervention on the metabolic syndrome: The Diabetes Prevention Program randomized trial. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2005;142:611-619.
Prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome. American Heart Association website. Available at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MetabolicSyndrome/Prevention-and-Treatment-of-Metabolic-Syndrome%5FUCM%5F301927%5FArticle.jsp. Updated August 24, 2012. Accessed May 10, 2013.
Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III): Executive Summary. National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health website. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atp3xsum.pdf. Accessed May 10, 2013.
7/22/2011 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Kastorini CM, Milionis HJ, et al. The effect of Mediterranean diet on metabolic syndrome and its components: a meta-analysis of 50 studies and 534,906 individuals. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;57(11):1299-1313.
3/30/2015 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Babio N, Toledo E, et al. Mediterranean diets and metabolic syndrome status in the PREDIMED randomized trial. CMAJ. 2014 Nov 18;186(17):E649-E657.
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Genealogy Today, by Betty Malesky
Newspapers to the Rescue (Part I)
Newspapers have played an important role in American society since colonial days. The solutions to some of our genealogical problems are often hidden in the pages of early newspapers.
America's first continuously-published newspaper, The Boston News-Letter debuted on April 24, 1704. The first death notice ever printed on this continent is likely the sensational story in the News-Letter reporting the demise of Blackbeard the Pirate.
A native Englishman, Blackbeard had terrorized shipping lanes off the Colonies' southern coast since 1713. Finally tracked down by the British Royal Navy in a North Carolina inlet, a brief and bloody battle ensued and Blackbeard was killed on 22 November 1718.
By the end of the 18th century most areas of the country had access to at least a regional newspaper. Subscribers eagerly awaited news of shipping, politics, crime, and local issues. Classified advertisements broadcast notices of auctions, runaway slaves, disobedient wives, sales of farm produce and livestock. Patent medicines to cure every imaginable ailment filled several inches of every issue.
A typical notice was that placed by Dr. Gaius Smith in The Vermont Gazette on 11 January 1786: "All persons who are indebted to the subscriber, either by book or note, are required to make immediate payment, in cash or wheat, or expect to account with Isaac Tichenor, Esq."
Early obituaries were one-liners, giving only name, date of death and sometimes age unless the deceased was prominent in the area. On 12 December 1794 The Vermont Gazette reported: "Died. Mr. Lorentus [Smith], only son of Dr. Gaius Smith, in the 17th year of his age." In the mid-nineteenth century, obituaries began providing more detail, especially in smaller communities.
Marriage announcements started to appear in the mid 1800s. Wyoming County, Pennsylvania did not require marriage licenses until 1885, but I found the marriage of my ancestors, Gardner Carr and Polly Vosburg on 31 December 1854 recorded in the North Branch Democrat on 10 January 1855. As photography advanced announcements included a photo of the bride, named the couples' parents, education, and employment, and often a list of wedding guests.
Similarly, birth notices were published with the sex of the child, birth date, and parents' names in many community newspapers. When the trend caught on, hospitals in major cities regularly notified the newspaper of all births within their facility during the previous week.
Placing birth, marriage and death notices in a newspaper has always been voluntary and until the past few years, generally free of charge. In the 19th and early 20th century such notices were inserted primarily by middle and upper class members of society. Soon announcements were published routinely because subscribers enjoyed reading about their neighbors. Society columns appeared reporting special events, birthday and anniversary celebrations, family reunions and family visitors, graduations, trips taken by locals, and other topics of interest to readers.
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Does anyone know of any good internship opportunities for this summer?
I am currently a senior in Marketing this is only my second year at Iowa State and and I will be graduating in December of this year.( I brought in almost 2 years of college credit from high school). I have applied all over the place, but to no avail so far. I have a decent GPA 3.14 and I work part time 30-35 hours each week. I think I may get overlooked as I am not involved in a bunch of clubs and organizations.
If you know of any opportunities, or got any advice please let me know. Thanks
What location are looking for an internship?
Here's a suggestion: Quit school, start your own marketing firm, make billions, and donate $600 million to the Iowa State Athletic Department.
We need the first $60 million by October, so we can pay for the second tier endzone "bowling in" project, so you better get off your butt and get cracking!
Just kidding. I don't have any ideas, but thought I'd start selling the idea of paying for the improvements as often as I can.
I'm baaack! See my Hot Milk For Breakfast blog under Social Groups for more details
Can you mend chicken wire? If your answer is yes, contact me at Kramerica Industries.
I'm not in too many clubs or organizations...the only one that I'm in is AGC and I haven't seen to have a problem with getting internships. Even though we have it nice in my field, I still look on careerbuilder.com and get contacts that way.
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- bring extra water
- wipe out excess sweat from the face
- avoid bugs
- keep mouth closed, specially when biking through a swarm of bugs
- if you are wearing glasses, don't bike to fast, else you will get the same dead bug splats on your glasses as you do when you drive on the highway.
- bring some wet wipes for your glasses, extremely hard to get off with a dry shirt / paper.
... arrived home with lots of dead bugs stuck to my face, i looked like a swamp monster, no wonder some by standers on the bus stops were laughing their ass off. took me 3 good washes with soap to get it all off.


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The corporation reports that using the Web saved $300 million last year onitems ranging from travel expenses to maintaining space for classroom training.It credits the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on learning managementsystems for making its e-learning programs work.
For smaller companies with far fewer resources, however, the start-up andmaintenance costs--more than $500,000 on average--are prohibitive. Someorganizations simply do not have enough people to justify the investment. If youneed to traina few hundred employees sporadically, it's usually more practical to managethat in-house, without LMS software, says Massood Zarrabian, chief executive of OutStart, an e-learning services provider in Boston. But, in terms of companysize, there's no magic cutoff point.
A manufacturing company may have 15,000 employees, for example, most of whomneed ongoing training. If 90 percent of those people work on assembly lines,with no regular computer access, e-learning is probably not going to work and anLMS is probably not a wise investment.
If a company has only 1,000 employees, but 90 percent of them work infinance, an area in which services, products, and laws are constantly changing,ongoing Web-based training is likely to be fruitful.
Industry observers say that a solid gauge of whether your company is toosmall for an LMS is whether vendors are marketing their products to you. Thevast majority of vendors target organizations of at least 5,000 people. Itusually requires that many people to make the computerized tracking andmanagement of courses a cost-saver.
And cost-saving is the leading reason that corporate America invests inlearning management systems, according to a study by Corporate UniversityXchange. "If you only have a few thousand employees, the cost of implementingan LMS is not going to have the saving effect you're looking for," Zarrabiansays.
He adds that medium-sized companies--those with 10,000 to 20,000workers--mostoften will be looking at an LMS when their e-learning initiatives are spread outacross the organization.
American General, a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG, a Houston-based insuranceand financial services organization, invested in an LMS hosted by Thinq LearningSolutions, Inc., in Billerica, Massachusetts, to manage about 500 online coursesranging from finance to new technology for 10,000 employees.
The key to making a decision on an LMS is this, says technology futuristElliott Masie: "Know your needs."
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A screen grab from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "You're Fired." Photo courtesy of Nickelodeon.
On a cold, snowy night in the suburbs of Cleveland, what is there to do besides snuggle on the couch with your 5-year-old son to watch the world premier of SpongeBob, You're Fired?
That's exactly what Donovan and I did last night.
Who knew that such high art would provide the inspiration for today's post?
The story begins with Mr. Krabs firing SpongeBob from his fry-cook job at The Krusty Krab to save a whole five cents by not paying his wage. Minimum wage be damned, SpongeBob offers to work for free to keep his job. Amazingly, the historically cheap Krabs turns him down, telling SpongeBob that he already looked into it, and it's illegal to let employees work for free.
Bravo to Eugene Krabs for bringing the plight of the unpaid intern to the forefront of pop culture. Unless you meet the very limited test for an unpaid intern, if you have employees, you must pay them. Employees are not allowed to volunteer their time or work for free.
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Tune in Thursday March 26 when I have special guest Emme, supermodel, television personality, author, lecturer, clothing designer, and women's advocate - www. emmestyle. com on my radio show Moms Rockin' the House - KUCI 88.9fm.
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