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Attending college from a laptop in your childhood bedroom might not be the experience you had in mind.
But just because you're not living in a dorm this fall doesn't mean that expenses disappear. Your cost of attendance might have changed if you're learning remotely due to COVID-19, but colleges will factor at-home or off-campus living expenses into your overall costs.
And you can still use financial aid — including student loans — to pay for them.
How cost of attendance works
Colleges determine their own cost of attendance for each academic year. This amount factors in all of your direct costs including tuition, fees, room and board, as well as estimates for books, supplies, technology and transportation. Schools often have different cost-of-attendance calculations for students who live in dorms, off campus or even in another state.
Your financial aid and student loans are applied first toward tuition and fees, then room and board. Any remaining funds are distributed to you to use for living expenses.
Your aid package might shift if your cost of attendance changes.
For example, you can borrow money only up to the total cost of attendance; if that number goes down, so does the amount you can borrow. And if any part of your aid package is pegged to living on campus and you no longer are, your aid could change.
How cost of attendance is different this year
Cost of attendance is adjusted annually, but some schools are modifying their calculations due to the pandemic. For example, Williams College, a private school in Williamstown, Massachusetts, reduced its cost of attendance for 2020-21 by 15%. Williams College is planning a hybrid of in-person and remote learning — students can live on campus if they want to.
Schools that go fully remote will have few — or no — options for on-campus housing. And that could mean heading back to your parents' house or finding off-campus accommodations.
Your school might break down the cost of attendance according to your living situation. Here's what 2020-21 looks like at the University of California, Berkeley, for example, where students will attend remotely for the start of the fall semester:
- Living in a campus residence hall: $42,460.
- Living in an on-campus apartment: $39,876.
- Living in an off-campus apartment: $36,920.
- Living with relatives: $29,492.
If your school goes remote, the cost of attendance will be modified for all students. But if you have the choice to return to campus and stay home instead, you must let the college know your plans so your cost is adjusted.
"It's actually less expensive if students stay home and take classes remotely," says William Hudson Jr., vice president for student affairs at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, which is planning a hybrid approach.
Cost of attendance represents the ceiling on what you can borrow. Every dollar you don't have to borrow is a dollar you don't have to repay, with interest, down the road. That means if you stay home rent-free or share an apartment with others to save on living costs, you're way ahead in the long run.
Here are some possible college living arrangements you'll have in the fall and how to pay for them:
Living on campus for in-person or online classes
If your school is operating an in-person or hybrid model where you live on campus, your cost of attendance won't change, which means your financial aid won't change either.
But your campus could close during the school year due to COVID-19. If this happens, as it did to many colleges last spring, your school will likely reimburse a prorated amount for nontuition costs like room, board and facility fees.
Multiple schools that are planning to open in person are also moving to remote instruction after Thanksgiving break. Some schools are also staggering move-in dates. Those factors could alter the total cost of room and board you're paying this semester.
For example, at Penn State University, students will start the fall semester in person but switch to remote learning in late November. To reflect this change, the cost of a standard double room was lowered by $607 — from $3,427 to $2,820 — and the midlevel meal plan was lowered from $2,449 to $2,193.
Living off campus on your own or with roommates
Living off campus, you won't have room and board taken into consideration, but you'll have additional expenses like rent, groceries and utilities. You can use financial aid to pay these bills.
Colleges often use regional data and student surveys to come up with estimates for off-campus rent and utilities, and oftentimes those amounts aren't too different from living on campus, says Jill Desjean, policy analyst at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. However, your school will always consider living off campus to be cheaper than living on campus.
Montclair State University in New Jersey, for example, estimates that housing and meals for in-state students who live off campus will cost $13,068 for the fall semester, compared with $16,193 for room and board on campus.
Living at home with your parents
Your expenses may be lower at home with your parents than living on your own or on campus, but colleges will factor into their estimates the costs your parents take on by having you home, Desjean says.
"When you bring that student back in, the lights are on longer, you have to feed them so the cost of food goes up, heating — everything goes up," Desjean says. You can use financial aid to offset your contribution to increased home bills.
And remember that the school's cost of attendance impacts how much financial aid you can get, but it's an estimate rather than an exhaustive list. You might need additional technology and equipment to learn more effectively from home, such as a dedicated desk setup and laptop if you don't have one.
How to get more funds for living expenses
If you or your family run into financial difficulty during the school year, ask your school about getting more financial aid. This requires you to submit a financial aid appeal to your school with a letter and to update the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.
You might also qualify for emergency aid such as cash grants, completion scholarships, emergency student loans or vouchers.
More From NerdWallet
- What Is College Cost of Attendance?
- 7 Kinds of COVID-19 Relief for College Students
- College During COVID-19: Your Aid Questions Answered
Anna Helhoski is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: email@example.com. Twitter: @AnnaHelhoski.

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When it comes to the environment and wildlife, we seem to be drawn to specific places and critters. Some of us are drawn to the ocean; others to the mountains. Similarly, some love watching birds while others are completely fascinated by turtles. And for many of us, there's no one favorite—we're simply fascinated by all of it.
For whatever reason, one critter that could likely use a little more appreciation is the fish.
For me, that appreciation started as a kid. I grew up in the Pocono Mountains, and on any given daily adventure you could find me, my sister, and a few others playing in or near a stream. The water was cool and clear and we thought nothing of drinking a scoopful.
My dad enjoyed fishing and always brought my sister and me. He and a handful of fellas started a rod and gun club, and built a fish hatchery on site. I remember the 'cribs' teeming, seemingly spilling-over with fish; mostly rainbow and brown trout, along with a few exciting, rogue, palominos. My sister and I would sit on the edge of the cribs for hours just watching them swim. I wouldn't trade these experiences for anything.
But not everyone has had that same opportunity, so I sometimes wonder if people have a connection to, or interest in, fish.
So I posed a simple question to approximately 30 people, an informal poll of sorts, and I'll ask you as well: off the top of your head, how many types of fish can you name? Don't think about it, just off the top of your head, how many come to mind?
My hunch was that most people would say a handful, a half-dozen. And I was right. The average was six. The responses ranged from two to thirty-three, but most people fell into the 'handful' category.
One species that nearly everyone can name is the trout, with special interest in our beloved native brook trout. Of the four types of trout found in Pennsylvania streams only the brook trout was here when settlers first arrived.
The brook trout is a fish of legend. To see one, swimming wild, is a rarity. To catch one can be life-changing. The mystique of the brook trout, or the 'brookie,' makes it 'the' treasure of fresh water fishing.
One of my colleagues is a master naturalist. His love of all things wild is extensive and profound, and he has a remarkable, romantic way of storytelling about everything from trout to moss that transports you.
He, John Page Williams (or 'JP') is also an avid fisherman. Fly fishing, fresh water, salt water, you name it. I asked him about the brookie and he started out by saying that he was by no means an expert, but I knew better.
He told me that today's brook trout is a descendant of the "Square-Tails." These massive fish were historically found throughout the northeast. These guys had it made. They lived in large rivers of clean, cool waters with plentiful food sources, and consequently, they grew to be massive in size; upwards of 12 pounds.
But as the human population expanded, we developed the land and sent our pollution into the waters, and consequently, changed the river-homes of the square-tail. The waters warmed, the food sources dwindled, and the water was no longer so clean.
Ultimately, that meant some pretty dramatic changes for the fish. And while you might still find a 12-pound square-tail in a few stretches of waters in the northeast, their numbers are few.
Brookies are a much smaller fish. JP tells me that a 12-incher is a prize these days. And because it simply cannot survive pollution or drastic temperature change, its Pennsylvania range includes only a handful of exceptional and high quality watersheds; while its historic range spanned nearly the entire state.
Why does any of this matter? And why did I ask you how many fish you could name?
It matters, and I'm asking because living in Pennsylvania's streams, rivers, and lakes right at this moment, there are 160 different species of fish!
160. Yet most of us can only name a handful.
Now, I'm not a numbers person. But I'm going to throw out one more that will, I hope, make you stop for a moment to contemplate. Of those 160 species, 80 of them—half—are endangered, threatened, or have already been wiped-out from Pennsylvania's waters.
So what can we do?
We can start by protecting the brookie and the other 159 species.
Another House Bill Threatens
On April 28th the state House Game & Fisheries Committee is scheduled to review a version of previously introduced legislation-- House Bill 1576-- the Threatened and Endangered Species Bill.
The crux of the bill is this: for the past 40 years the scientists at the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission have overseen special protections for the brookie, all fish, reptiles, amphibians, and aquatic invertebrates. Similarly, the Game Commission oversees protections for birds and mammals. And finally, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) oversees the protection of plants as well as unique ecological and geologic features.
All three protect our wildlife and unique natural spaces from a host of threats including habitat changes and pollution. And they do so by making credible decisions based on scientific study. This Bill proposes to throw a wrench into that process by inserting government-appointed politicians to oversee the scientific decisions of the Fish & Boat and Game Commissions along with DCNR.
Politicians have their expertise. Scientists have theirs. Let's keep it that way and let our scientists be the ones to make decisions about science.
We'll have more details about this pending legislation, so if you are a CBF action-network member, keep an eye on your inbox. If you're not already an action alert member, you can easily become one.
When people ask me what I do and I tell them that I advocate for clean water, I sometimes get a blank look in response. I then go on to tell them how I grew up drinking scoopfuls of clean stream water and that I want my niece Kate, who is five, to be able to do the same.
Her dad now takes her to the trout hatchery that my dad built. The cycle is repeating itself, and that gives me hope.
But ultimately, we have to protect the things that we care about because not everyone cares for the same things. So I hope that even if fish are not your 'thing' that you understand the value of clean water and will join CBF in protecting the brookie and the streams where they live. Thank you!
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Written By: Kelly Donaldson, he Communications and Media Coordinator for Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Pennsylvania office.


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March 24, 2005: Au Revoir, MichelleOver the past few years, Michelle Barrett has taken Warehouse 23 from a reasonably functional direct-mail department to a busy and efficient online store. Now she's looking for new horizons . . . going back to Seattle to go to school. She'll be helping out on a contract basis, as time allows, but she'll still be missed. Her last big project was to make sure that her assistant, Cyndy Westrich, was ready to step into her shoes. And she is. Things will go well.
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And I spent that free time reading Fifty Shades of Grey, because dammit, there's only two chapters left now and I've already left you hanging for like four months.
When we last saw our heroes, they were in Georgia, because Ana went there to get away from this confusing relationship and clear her head and talk things through with her mother--and Punch ThunderMeat stalked her there and totally prevented any head-clearing by taking her away from her mother and monopolizing her time. ROMANCE.
Content warnings for this chapter: Stalking, gaslighting/mindfuckery, graphic sex and BDSM, and do I even have to mention emotional abuse.
"Oh, Mom." Hot, unwelcome tears prick my eyes as I cling to her. "Darling, you know what they say. You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince." I give her a lopsided, bittersweet smile. "I think I've kissed a prince, Mom. I hope he doesn't turn into a frog."This is backwards. She kissed a frog, and the frog gave her a big song and dance about how maybe if she's very good he'll consider being a prince. One day a week. Maybe. And his princehood is going to involve a lot of being green and hopping.
She thinks Hank BeefSaw loves me, but then she's my mother, of course she'd think that. She thinks I deserve the best of everything. I frown. It's true, and in a moment of startling clarity, I see it. It's very simple: I want his love. I need Slab CrumpleMuscle to love me. This is why I am so reticent about our relationship – because on some basic, fundamental level, I recognize within me a deep-seated compulsion to be loved and cherished.Break my fucking heart, why don't you. "This relationship would work great, except that I lucidly understand he doesn't love or value me." God, it's not even that. It's "this relationship would work great, except for my gosh-darned inconvenient need for him to love or value me."
I've been there. I've spent years in the land of Don't Ask For Love, You'll Ruin Everything. I got out. I got into a relationship where my romantic advances aren't rebuffed with an eyeroll and a muttered "cliiiingy," but returned with cuddles and affirmation that my emotional needs are valid. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
[Ana and Chuck StagBlast exchange emails while she gets on a plane. His emails are weirdly cold and distant and refer to some vague "situation" that's bothering him. On a writing level, this is meant to make the audience anxious and thus emotionally invested, but within the book, it comes off as Gaston ThornJaw deliberately making Ana anxious and thus emotionally invested.]
As I mentally flick through all the scenarios that could be 'the situation', I become aware that once again the only empty seat is beside me. I shake my head as the thought crosses my mind that Christian might have purchased the adjacent seat so that I couldn't talk to anyone. I dismiss the idea as ridiculous – no one could be that controlling, that jealous, surely.JESUS H. CHRIST ON A JETLINER! SOMEBODY HELP THIS WOMAN.
And seriously, let's talk about love. When you say you love someone, it isn't purely an abstraction, a declaration of relationship. It also means that you actually love them--you strongly like them and think good things about them and want good things for them.
If what someone thinks about you is "you are so likely to betray me that the only way I can trust you is when you're physically isolated from all possible co-conspirators," that's not love. That's a hostage situation.
The journey [from Sea-Tac to downtown Seattle] is slow, caught up in rush hour traffic. [...] I sit back as we drive slowly but steadily along the I-5 into Seattle. Twenty-five minutes, later he drops me outside the impressive façade that is the entrance to Escala.Twenty-five minutes is slow? At the peak of rush hour on I-5? Were they in the Hovercar Lane?
I stand paralyzed as he closes the distance between us, devouring me with his eyes. Holy shit… something's amiss – the strain in his jaw, the anxiety around his eyes. He shrugs out of his jacket, undoes his dark tie, and slings them both on to the couch en route to me. Then his arms are wrapped around me, and he's pulling me to him, hard, fast, gripping my ponytail to tilt my head up, kissing me like his life depends on it. What the hell?What the hell indeed. Once again, I'm sort of caught between the Doylist and Watsonian implications here. The Doylist one is "what could cause this mysterious man's tempestuous brooding? read on to find out!" But the Watsonian one is "gawd, if he milks this Dramatic Mainpain any harder, he's going to chafe something."
He steps out of his shoes and reaches down to take each of his socks off, never taking his eyes off me. I am rendered speechless by the look of hunger in his eyes. Wow… to be this wanted by this Greek god.Yeah, but not so much in the "perfect marble muscles" sense. More in the "he'll turn into various barnyard animals and assault women who are then also turned into animals" sense. I thought you were into classic literature, Ana.
Also, he's bending over and taking his socks off without breaking eye contact. That seems awkward.
"Wrap your legs around me, baby," he commands, his voice urgent, strained. I do as I'm told and wrap my arms around his neck, and he moves quickly and sharply, filling me.
"With your stalking capabilities, I thought you might have… " I trail off as his face falls."Anastasia, I wouldn't dream of interfering in your career, unless you ask me to, of course." He looks wounded.
"I have something else to tell you," I murmur as his hands start on my shoulders. "Oh, yes?" he asks mildly. I steel myself with a deep breath. "My friend José's photography show is opening Thursday in Portland." He stills, his hands hovering over my breasts. I have emphasized the word 'friend.'"Yes, what about it?" he asks sternly. "I said I would go. Do you want to come with me?" After what feels like a monumental amount of time, he slowly starts washing me again. "What time?" "The opening is at 7:30 p.m." He kisses my ear. "Okay." Inside my subconscious relaxes and then collapses, slumped into an old battered arm-chair."Were you nervous about asking me?" "Yes. How can you tell?" "Anastasia, your whole body's just relaxed," he says dryly.
"I want you ready and waiting in my playroom in fifteen minutes." He stands and gazes down at me.
Closing my eyes, I try to calm myself down, to connect with my inner sub. She's there somewhere, hiding behind my inner goddess.
This is so… I want to think wrong, but somehow it's not. It's right for Flint PlankThrust. It's what he wants – and after the last few days… after all he's done, I have to man up and take whatever he decides he wants, whatever he thinks he needs.Ana does not.
"We don't have a signed contract, Anastasia. But we've discussed limits. And I want to re-iterate we have safe words, okay?" Holy fuck… what has he got planned that I need safe words?E.L. James, seriously, if you were going to write a whole book about it, you could've at least read the Wikipedia page on BDSM the whole way through instead of skimming.
Safewords are for any kind of play, because you might need to stop any kind of play. Hell, you might need to safeword cuddling if you get claustrophobic and they're restricting your movement too much. Saying "ooh, this play must be scary if we need safewords" is like saying "ooh, this car must be fast if it has brakes."
"Good girl," he pauses as he stares at me. "My intention is not that you should safeword because you're in pain. What I intend to do to you will be intense. Very intense, and you have to guide me. Do you understand?"No. No no no no no. You don't get to tell someone when they should and shouldn't use their safeword. Someone using their safeword is revoking consent to play with you, and you don't get to tell them when they're allowed to say no to you. That's not how "no" works.
"I am going to tie you to that bed, Anastasia. But I'm going to blindfold you first and," he reveals his iPod in his hand, "you will not be able to hear me. All you will hear is the music I am going to play for you." Okay. A musical interlude, not what I was expecting. Does he ever do what I expect? Jeez, I hope it's not rap....As I've said before, Ana has my sympathies, but I don't like her.
Leaning down, he nuzzles my neck. Tracing his teeth and tongue from the base of my ear to my shoulder. He hums softly as he does, and the sound resonates through me. Right down... right down there, inside me. Unbidden, I groan quietly.Down where? Your toes? Your knees? Is the humming sound making you have sexy feelings inside your knees? Are you a cicada?
(Note: please do not do this to real people who say "down there," as they may have genuine issues with talking about their genitals and mocking them will be hurtful. Please do this all you like to fictional characters who have been contrived by the author to say "down there" for some goddamn reason.)
"Hush now," he breathes against my skin. He holds up his hands in front of me, his arms touching mine. In his right hand is a flogger. I remember the name from my first introduction to this room. "Touch it," he whispers, and he sounds like the devil himself. My body flames in response. Tentatively, I reach out and brush the long strands. It has many long fronds, all soft suede with small beads at the end. "I will use this. It will not hurt, but it will bring your blood to the surface of your skin and make you very sensitive."Like hell a flogger with beads on it won't hurt. Soft suede might be a nice warmup, sure, but solid beads? Either he's going to have to use the lightest little bunny taps ever, or he's going to leave serious marks and possibly break her skin. Beaded floggers are not beginner toys--they concentrate a lot of force into very small impact points. The difference between suede tails and solid beads is like the difference between being hit with a snowball and being hit with a stone.
"What are the safe words, Anastasia?" "Um… yellow and red, Sir," I whisper. "Good girl. Remember, most of your fear is in your mind."In fact, all of it is! That's how minds work! But just because something is in your mind doesn't mean it can't be in there for a damn good reason.
Abruptly, the soft silent hiss and pop of the iPod springs into life. From inside my head, a lone angelic voice sings unaccompanied a long sweet note, and it's joined almost immediately by another voice, and then more voices – Holy cow, a celestial choir – singing acapella in my head, an ancient, ancient hymnal.Okay, this is actually kind of cool. Except for the cringe-inducing "holy cow, a celestial choir!" And the belief that turned-off iPods "hiss and pop." Is she thinking of cassette tapes?
Anyway, he ties her down all spread-eagley and then takes a fur glove and rubs it all over her. And then he takes a glass tube and rubs it on her, and discovers the electron. Or something like that.
No, he doesn't really do that, he just puts the fur away and whaps at her with the flogger. Once again, I'm a little embarrassed to find some good writing hidden in these scene:
I want to move, to writhe… to escape, or to welcome, each blow… I don't know – it's so overwhelming… I can't pull my arms… my legs are stuck… I am held very firmly in place… and again he strikes across my breasts – I cry out. And it's a sweet agony – bearable, just… pleasant – no, not immediately, but as my skin sings with each blow in perfect counterpoint to the music in my head, I am dragged into a dark, dark part of my psyche that surrenders to this most erotic sensation. Yes – I get this.I find that almost disturbingly relatable. Being pulled into bottomspace is a darkening and deepening for me, a folding back into my own head while the physical sensations on my skin transform from pain to sex. So yeah, I get this. It's the first thing that makes me wonder--96% of the way into the book--if maybe the heroine of this kink story has a little potential spark of kink inside her.
I just wish it was something Ana could have come to under her own terms, instead of being the meager bit of pleasure she managed to squeeze out of a miserable situation.
"Please," I beg, and in one swift move, he lowers me back onto the bed, and he's lying on top of me, his hands on the bed beside my breasts as he supports his weight, and he thrusts into me,.as A the music reaches its climax, I fall… free fall… into the most intense, agonizing orgasm I have ever had, and Christian follows me… thrusting hard into me, three more times… finally stilling, then collapsing on top of me.Gosh, three whole thrusts? Look, I don't want to mock people who have premature ejaculation, I realize it's not something they can control and it's not funny... but at the same time I have to wonder a little about E.L. James' personal experiences and if she even knows that intercourse sometimes lasts more than fifteen seconds.
Post-coitally, Buck FizzleStain gives her aftercare in the form of a half-hearted shoulder rub and an immediate turn back into demanding she tell him all her private thoughts so he can use them against her. She asks him if she said anything revealing in her sleep, it turns out she didn't, and then things get ugly again:
Torch LargeKnob stops his heavenly massage and shifts so that he's lying beside me. His head propped up on his elbow. He's frowning. "What did you think you'd said?" Oh crap. "That I thought you were ugly, conceited, and that you were hopeless in bed." He crease on his brow deepens. "Well, naturally I am all those things, and now you've got me really intrigued. What are you hiding from me, Miss Steele?" I blink at him innocently. "I'm not hiding anything."[...] "You are hiding something, Anastasia. I may have to torture it out of you."And on that cheery note, we're on to the last chapter of Fifty Shades of Grey! We're almost there! The finish line is in sight!
I'm going to try really, really hard not to wait another four months to get there.


text: As the happily zonked, pot-dealing Saul in Pineapple Express - written by Superbad screenwriters Seth Rogen (who also stars) and Evan Goldberg - James Franco is wonderfully unpredictable. The actor has flashed the occasional grin in previous film roles, but his uncanny resemblance to James Dean finds him so often used for brooding melancholy, most notably in the Spider-Man films, that his emergence as an inventive and quick-witted comedian in this stoner-buddy action farce is cause for celebration. Or rather, it would be, if Franco had a better movie in which to display his gifts.


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Although the latest version of Windows 10 isn't a "game changer" you should appreciate some of its newer options and enhancements like the new Start Menu, OneDrive, Action Center, Cortana and ability for it to adjust its interface according to the device you use. Read on to get up to speed with Windows 10.
Before we begin, it's important to note a few things: Be sure to sign in with your Microsoft ID when you first set up Windows 10. This way you can sync settings across all your devices.
You'll also see a change in terminology from Windows 8. All applications are now referred to as Windows apps as opposed to Metro, Modern or Windows Store apps. However, the term Universal app is still used to designate the ability to use an application across all your devices (desktop, tablet or smartphone).
Let's Start with the Start Menu: Windows retired the cumbersome Charms Bar and brought back the much-loved Start Menu. The Start Menu is where you go to operate everything in Windows 10. You remember how to do this, right? Go to the lower left of your screen to bring up the Start Menu. You'll see that it's now separated into sections. Plus, it's more customizable than ever before – change from partial view to full view, customize the color, pin and unpin tiles and more.
Put your cursor over the top edge of the Start Menu and drag it up or down to enlarge or reduce it. You can also click "Resize" and select the options for Small, Medium or Large. Rename a group by clicking it and keying in the name you prefer. You can also do this with your unnamed groups. Try combining groups, dragging one to another, or creating a new group by dragging a tile to a blank area.
If you want to remove a tile, select "Unpin from Start," and the tile will disappear. To expand the start menu from three to four columns, go to Settings>Personalization>Start, click "Show more Tiles" and set this to "On".
The Settings page offers you other options to personalize your Start Menu. Here are a few more popular ones:
As you can see, there are many ways to customize the Start Menu.
All Apps: With this option, you can view all the applications that you use the most. When you "right click" on it, Windows 10 brings up the files you've recently opened. Go to the top left of your screen to open the three horizontal lines (the "hamburger" menu). Here you'll see all the Windows apps in alphabetical order. Some may appear as a folder with a down arrow showing that there are a number of options for this particular app. Simply click on what you want to use. To uninstall an app, open the Start Menu, go to Settings>System, select the app, and click the "Uninstall" button that pops up. Note: Some Windows apps like Weather and Mail can't be uninstalled.
Account: Go to this set of stacked icons at the bottom left of your screen. Here you can access your user account to sign in and out of Windows, change your account settings or lock your computer.
File Explorer, Settings, Power: At the bottom left of your screen you'll find File Explorer, the file-browsing app previously referred to as Windows Explorer. Here you'll also find the Windows Settings app with your System, Devices, Network & Internet, Personalization, Accounts, Time & Language, Ease of Access, Privacy, and Update & Security settings. Located here as well is the Power app where you can shut down, restart or put your computer to sleep.
Life at a Glance, Play and Explore, Unnamed and Live Apps: The tiles for your Windows desktop applications are grouped into these categories. As you install new apps, they will go into the unnamed group. If you use the Enterprise Edition of Windows 10, your IT professional may have configured other groupings that appear on the right side of the Start Menu. Live apps are the ones where you'll find real-time data like Mail, Weather, and News. Live tiles contain Windows apps but not desktop applications. Go to "Turn live tile off" if you want to stop real-time information from streaming into the tile. If it's already off, you can choose "Turn live tile on".
OneDrive: Windows 10 automatically comes with OneDrive cloud storage. The setup is easy, and you should definitely take advantage of it. If you're using the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, OneDrive Files On-Demand allows you to access your OneDrive files from all your devices.
Windows Apps: Previously, Windows apps could only be run from the Start Menu and not from the desktop. You could use multiple Windows apps in separate windows on your desktop along with your desktop applications, but this was very limiting. Now you can minimize, close or resize your Windows apps just like you do with your desktop applications, and you can more easily access all the features in your Windows apps. On the bottom or left of the app are icons you can choose from, and you can customize these to your liking. For example, you'll probably want to customize your Mail app to add accounts, select a type of mail account, combine mail from different accounts into one inbox, and much more.
Using a Tablet or 2-in-1: A new feature called Continuum detects the type of device you're using and automatically adjusts the interface to suit it. For example, if you're using a tablet with an attached keyboard, Continuum uses the desktop interface. When you disconnect the keyboard, it will ask you if you want to use Tablet Mode. Just click "yes" or click "Remember my response and don't ask again" and Continuum will automatically switch to the right interface.
The Tablet mode in Windows 10 utilizes the touch and swipe gestures you're familiar with. In the Start screen containing your apps, you'll see six icons – three at the top and three at the bottom. The three at the bottom contains your user account, the Settings App, and the Power Icon. If you want, use the hamburger menu at the top to turn the screen black so the six icons contain text tables. Below this, you can tap the "Pinned Tiles" icon to fill your screen with tiles (the default interface). Or tap the "All Apps" to get a full-screen view of your Windows apps and desktop applications to quickly view and scroll to the ones you want. Interestingly, you will now need to scroll vertically rather than horizontally as you did before, but this is a minor inconvenience.
The Action Center: The Action Center displays notifications such as new emails, maintenance and security reminders, and news settings. You can launch it in one of three ways:
The notifications will appear on the lower right and disappear on their own. You can adjust how many notifications are visible at once by going to the Action Center for any app. Three is the default Microsoft sets.
Many people find them useful, but if they bother or distract you, simply turn them off. Tap the notification and it will take you to the Task Manager where you can turn it off. (They will still be in the Action Center if you want to refer to them later.) You may want to keep the security and maintenance notifications on, so you remember to take necessary actions. Visit the Action Center – it's pretty self-explanatory.
My People: This was introduced in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. With My People you can you pin your preferred contacts in the Windows taskbar, and quickly communicate with them without opening another application. To get going, click the My People button on the right side of the taskbar, and a Get Started button will pop up. Click this and the people you contact the most will appear. Pin them to the taskbar, or to add others, click "Find and Pin Contacts". You can also scroll through communications and see all the messages you've exchanged, even your Skype video chats and instant messages.
The Edge Browser: Internet Explorer has been replaced as the default with the Edge Browser. Why? Because it's considerably faster, safer, cleaner-looking and easier to use. In "Reading View", everything you don't need is stripped off the page, including advertisements, sidebars, and other distractions. You can use the annotation tool (it looks like a pencil and paper) and note anything you want to share. Simply select how you want to share it and follow the instructions – the Edge Browser will handle the rest. Even better, when using the Edge Browser, Cortana can pop up and alert you with details you're looking for.
Speaking of Cortana: Cortana is a digital assistant that can search and help you find whatever you need on the Internet or on your computer. It's set to turn on automatically when you start Windows 10. When you need help, type your question in the box to the lower left of your screen next to the Start button and Cortana will get to work for you. If you want to use Cortana's voice assistant, go to your Settings menu to "Talk to Cortana" and in the section marked "Hey Cortana" turn the switch to "On". After you do this, just say "Hey Cortana" and ask your question. You can use Cortana to browse, find files in your PC, and to locate various apps and settings.
Remember – technology works at its best when you know how to use it. The more you know about Windows 10, the better it'll serve you on a daily basis. Be sure to put these 12 tips into practice the next time you start up your PC.
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Fighting the Frankenfish! | Investigating the Range of the Northern Snakehead in the Lower Hudson Valley
Did you know there is a fish (with teeth!) that can live days out of water that is threatening the waterways of the Lower Hudson Valley?
Allow me to introduce you to the invasive northern snakehead (Channa argus), a predatory fish native to Asia most likely introduced to New York through natural dispersal and potentially through aquarium dumping and accidental, as well as intentional, releases from fish markets. This fearsome fish can consume fish up to 1/3 of its size and eat everything from native smaller fish, larvae, beetles, and frogs and has no natural competition.
Although this species prefers to live in stagnant shallow ponds or swamps, it can inhabit any of our canals, reservoirs, lakes, and rivers - making it a concerning threat.
To combat this threat, our very own Aquatic Invasives Strike Force (AISF) crew has been assisting with eDNA testing conducted by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at Bashakill Wildlife Management Area.
Environmental DNA or "eDNA" testing is a relatively new technique where a medium from the environment (in this case water) is collected and then filtered through a membrane that collects the medium's biological material. Following this, standard DNA extraction and amplification techniques are utilized to analyze the animal DNA present. This technique is a great tool for finding cryptic species that are difficult to survey visually, like the northern snakehead.
The goal of this testing is to determine how far the snakehead population has spread in our region - with an emphasis on preventing that spread into the Hudson River Watershed.
Through this project, the AISF crew has gained valuable, firsthand experience working with both the NYSDEC and USFWS, as well as the opportunity to explore the scenic gem that is the Bashakill WMA.


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Your EAA Membership Benefits
What They Are and How They've Changed
We're often asked "what are the benefits of belonging to EAA?" The answer can be a long one depending on what that individual's interests are as EAA has a vast offering of benefits and services. And they are evolving and improving all the time. But let's just start with the basics and explore what's new in a $40 EAA membership.
Every member receives his/her choice of a monthly magazine. EAA SPORT AVIATION is the flagship monthly publication for members interested in the broad scope of recreational aviation with editorial geared to the flying, buying, building, restoring and maintaining of all types of aircraft. We are currently in the process of expanding our coverage of production aircraft news and hands-on topics. EAA SPORT PILOT & LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT magazine is new just this year and its editorial is aimed at those who'll fly the newest special light-sport aircraft, including fixed wings, trikes, powered parachutes, gyrocopters, gliders, and Part 103 ultralights. Your membership includes a choice of either membership or you can add on the additional magazine.
EAA member benefits at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh each year have also increased. Now members not only have greatly reduced admission fees, but you'll receive discounts on specially priced meals from several food vendors, have access to the members-only internet café, and enjoy member events in the new EAA Member Village near AeroShell Square. And the list will be sure to evolve over the next few months as we set plans for the 2005 event happening July 25-31. Watch this space for more details on "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration."
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Another new benefit of EAA membership this year is unlimited admission to the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh. That's right all members can visit the museum as often as they like-- at no additional charge.
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Los Angeles, United States, 12th Feb 2024, King NewsWire – The team at Prime Medical Evaluators is leaving no stone unturned in their pursuit of helping different stakeholders in the healthcare industry, particularly injured workers and doctors, to get the best assistance and compensation in their evaluation, judging by the feat already achieved by the company in a relatively short while. Prime Medical Evaluators specializes in providing excellent Qualified Medical Evaluation services to injured workers, ensuring they are duly compensated after an injury.
According to an article published in Forbes, medical errors account for almost 10% of all deaths in the United States yearly, making medical malpractice one of the leading causes of death. In a related development, professionals in the healthcare industry, including doctors and nurses, suffer work-related injuries and often fail to get due legal representation and compensation. However, Prime Medical Evaluators are seeking to change the narrative of one patient at a time by providing robust quality medical evaluations.
Prime Medical Evaluators has a team of highly qualified and experienced professionals, leveraging their expertise in diverse medical fields to provide comprehensive assessments tailored to meet the specific needs of each client. The California-based provider of medical information for use in legal proceedings has enjoyed significant growth since launching and opening several offices across the state. Prime Medical Evaluators has expressed plans to open more locations in and around California, ensuring that clients get in-person consultations, document reviews, and other related services without long hours of travel.
In recent times, Prime Medical Evaluators have helped with different categories of cases, such as orthopedic injuries, chronic neurological conditions, and even work-related mental health issues. Prime Medical Evaluators also work with SIBTFs to help people with permanent injuries get the required help to live a quality life.
The categories of services offered by Prime Medical Evaluators include Workers' Comp Evaluations, Independent Medical Evaluations, Fitness for Duty Evaluation, and Deposition & Trial Preparation. Prime Medical Evaluators also offers training programs, such as Live Seminar QME Report Writing Course, Online QME Report Writing Course, QME Continuing Education (CEU), and a host of others, as required by clients.
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Little White Lies
Truth or Lies Series Book 1
by Jude Ouvrard
Genre: New Adult Romance
Publication Date: January 6, 2020
When Hunter Reed's longtime plans go awry following her college graduation, she has two choices. She can wallow in her grief, or she can get away from Utah, and the people who broke her. Determined to escape the shadow of her parents and make it on her own terms, she lands her dream job at an up-and-coming graphic design company in Portland, packs her bags, and hits the road.
No sooner has Hunter arrived, than the adventures begin. With a new apartment, and learning her job comes with a private office—and a handsome boss who is her age—she settles in straight away, befriending neighbors and co-workers alike. Welcomed into the fold, the transition is smooth and easy.
Almost too easy.
Just when she gets comfortable with how perfect her life is going, an unforgettable Elvis at a costume party will make Hunter forget everything she was taught about propriety, leading to a night of drunken abandonment and dangerous encounters that will set in motion a web of little white lies which could undo everything she has worked so hard for.
Although Hunter finds herself facing two choices again, this time, her heart is on the line.
Jude Ouvrard is a mom, a girlfriend, a sister, and a daughter… well, you get the idea.
She's also an avid reader and writer. Ouvrard loves books–the words in them, and the worlds of fantasy they create. Basically, she's a sucker for any type of romance book. That's her thing.
Born and raised in a small village in the Canadian countryside, it's been nearly two decades since she moved out of the family home to go explore and enjoy the city life. Living with her longtime boyfriend, their son, and their fur babies in Montreal, her days are labored away at a law firm while she lives her dream job by night. Writing. Creating. Giving shape and form to the characters who whisper their stories in her head.
Ouvrard writes new adult, military, and contemporary romance tales filled with drama, love, and everything in between.
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Even as Septembers and Octobers go in San Francisco, this one has been crazy, careening between rehearsals and performances for various projects, growing in a new job, and dreading whatever new political development occurs. So our recent outing to hear SF Symphony perform the music of Igor Stravinsky was a bit of a respite. It was part of a two week-festival celebrating the music of Stravinsky that included not only the "big three" (The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring) but other less-frequently performed works. We were there for the night featuring The Firebird
The Firebird, the first the "big three," premiered in 1910 and while was considered avant-garde by some in Paris, it's a very accessible work that draws more from 19th-century romanticism than from the innovations of the time. For us at CatSynth, this is about as conservative as our live music gets. But it is nonetheless an adventurous piece and very richly textured, especially in its focus on brass and wind instruments. As it was performed without staging, it was easier to concentrate entirely on the music. The early "Prince Ivan" sections had phrases and idioms that foreshadowed L'Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale); then there is that iconic ending with the slow big chords.
If anything, it was the opening performance of Perséphone that was more unique an exciting. It far less often that Stravinsky's other large-scale works, and it is complex to stage. For this performance, the symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas was joined by the great Leslie Caron as the narrator and Persephone, Nicholas Phan on tenor as Eumolpus and other characters, as well as San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus, and the Pacific Boychoir.
Despite the massive number of performers between the orchestra and the choruses, Perséphone has a sparse and more minimal texture than The Firebird or the other big ballets. It also has a very deliberate and punctuated quality, with each note and each syllable of the text standing alone. It does have a joyous, lyrical quality at times – it is a celebration of spring. But it also has dark, unsettling moments, which is keeping with the mythological story of Persephone, the spring goddess and daughter of Ceres being brought to Hades by Pluto. The story is one of balance between light and dark, and between the seasons. But the text in this version is somewhat more ambiguous, emphasizing Persephone's descending to Hades by choice. It does also celebrate her worldly existence as the bride of Triptolemus and joy of rebirth, and of course the springtime. Musically we are treated to a light touch without leaning too heavily on major/minor emotional tropes, much as the story projects its ambiguity between light and dark. The
It was our first trip back to the Symphony in a while, as their 2017 program was far more conservative and focused on traditional repertoire compared the numerous shows we had enjoyed in 2016. We do look forward to more adventurous and contemporary programming again soon.


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It came down to the wire, but finally, Republicans and Democrats agreed on a deal that keeps the interest rate on government-backed student loans from doubling. It will save the average borrower about $1,000 a year, but the compromise is likely to cost students a lot more than that over the long term.
The agreement that lawmakers passed Friday will keep interest rates at 3.4 percent for another year. Anthony DeLaRosa, a 23-year-old University of Colorado graduate, says it's a big victory.
"I think the reason that students should support this, first and foremost, is the fact that the 3.4-percent interest rate is being extended," he says, "something that students pushed [for] very, very hard over the last several months."
DeLaRosa works for the U.S. Student Association, a lobbying group. He says 7.4 million students who rely on subsidized Stafford loans can now breathe easier. But some say it's a small victory, given the other things Congress has done.
Not All Good News For Students
"In the last year, Congress has actually trimmed tens of billions of dollars in student aid," says Joel Packer, executive director of the Committee for Education Funding.
Packer says lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats alike — have actually made it more costly for students to borrow, and those costs dwarf whatever savings students can expect from lower interest rates.
For example, graduate students will now have to pay the interest on their loans while they're still in school. All students will have to start paying back the money they borrowed immediately after graduation — the six-month grace period during which the government paid the interest is gone.
"That's disappointing because Congress shouldn't pay for one education program by cutting another — in this case it's actually cutting the same one," Packer says.
That's not all, he says. Lawmakers have limited the number of semesters needy students can receive a Pell Grant and made it harder to qualify for the maximum award.
"So they've made a whole variety of changes. Overall, about $4.6 billion came out of students' pockets to pay off the federal deficit," Packer says.
The total cost to students, according to some estimates, is $18 billion to $20 billion extra over the next 10 years.
Chipping Away At Education Budget
This all began a year ago, during the pitched political debate over the federal budget, the deficit and what federal government programs to cut. The student loan program was clearly not exempt, says Getachew Kassa, legislative director for the U.S. Student Association.
"This was disheartening. When we started this campaign as a coalition of student advocates, we said that 'No way in hell are you going to take money from education,' " he says.
But that's what lawmakers did, says Kassa. So even with interest rates remaining low, he says, the bigger story here is that students appear to have lost more than they gained.
"In the past year, we've had deals where students have basically been robbed. I think the real question to ask is at what point is this going to stop?" he says. "Because sooner or later — you take a little bit here, a little bit there — you have nothing else to take away from."
Kassa expects both Republicans and Democrats to take credit for keeping interest rates from doubling. But he says students will be back in nine months, yet again fighting to keep interest rates at 3.4 percent for another year — and fighting to keep Congress from cutting student aid even more.
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Lawmakers at odds on $21M payback
MIDDLEBURY — Most local lawmakers said they are not keen on intervening in a case involving the proposed return to electricity ratepayers of around $21 million that was used to help stabilize Central Vermont Public Service Corp. in 2001 when it ran into some financial trouble.
CVPS, the state's largest utility, weathered that financial storm (associated with hydro-power contracts) and is now on the verge of being acquired by, and merged with, Green Mountain Power (GMP) — which is owned by Montreal-based Gaz Metro.
The Vermont Public Service Board in 2001 stipulated that the ratepayers would be entitled to $21 million in value in the event of the eventual sale or merger of CVPS. With that scenario imminent, legislators and citizen groups — such as the Vermont chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) — are discussing how ratepayers should be compensated for the extra financial sacrifice they made for the utility.
Dotty Schnure, spokeswoman for GMP, said the company would like to return the money to ratepayers through weatherization and other energy efficiency programs — such as those currently assisting communities in equipping their streetlights with more cost-effective LED fixtures.
"Our proposal brings $25 million in value (to ratepayers)," Schnure said.
She noted the PSB is currently reviewing that compensation proposal as part of the overall acquisition/merger application for CVPS and GMP.
Meanwhile, more that 70 House members have pledged their support to a legislative amendment that would require ratepayers to be reimbursed in cash. The AARP — which is backing the amendment — has estimated the compensation at $76 per household.
Based on hours of kilowatt use, residential customers account for roughly half of the state's electricity "pie." Commercial and industrial users comprise the remaining half of that pie and would, as larger kilowatt-per-hour users, be entitled to bigger compensation checks, Schnure noted.
Rep. Willem Jewett, D-Ripton and House majority whip, suggested that Omya Inc., which operates a big quarry in Middlebury and processing plant in Florence, could be entitled to a reimbursement check of more than $1 million. And Omya has been a CVPS customer for only six months, according to Schnure, epitomizing the quandary of tracking and properly indemnifying electricity customers who have left or joined the system since 2001.
If the amendment seeking cash payments to ratepayers succeeds, the consequences could be disastrous and far ranging, according to Schnure.
"If the Legislature makes this change without looking at the whole merger in context… it could bring (the merger) down," Schnure said.
Moreover, she believes that if the Legislature intervenes in the quasi-judicial role of the PSB, it could send a negative message to businesses.
Addison County residents and lawmakers at Monday's legislative breakfast at the Middlebury American Legion joined the debate over how the $21 million should be returned to ratepayers.
Middlebury resident Elizabeth Oettinger said she had originally found herself backing the AARP's call for ratepayers being cut checks for their share of the $21 million. But she said she changed her point of view after hearing about the relatively small size of the checks.
"I would have to believe that CVPS could do a better job than we could with that (money), in terms of improving efficiency," she said. "I cannot bear to have one more penny of anyone's mental energy wasted on this, because there are so many pressing issues that need to be discussed."
But Rep. Paul Ralston, D-Middlebury, said the issue is a complex one that will take some time to sort out.
"The question really becomes, 'Who are the ratepayers; how do we differentiate between consumers, industrial and government users?'" said Ralston, a member of the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee. "As nice as it is to think of the general premise of just giving the money back, the PSB has a responsibility to look at the best value the ratepayers can have in this negotiation."
He noted the PSB is "of the mind" that the money can best benefit CVPS ratepayers in weatherization and energy efficiency programs.
"I have confidence that, in the end, we will get to something that is equitable and fair," Ralston said.
Rep. Dave Sharpe, D-Bristol, said he and many of his colleagues are reluctant to "butt in" to the PSB's autonomous review of the reimbursement matter.
"It's not something you do easily," Sharpe said.
Jewett acknowledged AARP's call for returning the money to ratepayers is appealing.
"It is a nice populist message," Jewett said. "What politician could be against returning money to the people, especially right before an election? It has a lot of momentum to it."
But upon further scrutiny, the facts don't necessarily back AARP's position, according to Jewett.
He believes the $21 million would be best directed at energy efficiency programs that he said could produce a bigger payoff.
"Many of us in the Legislature believe we should rely on (the PSB) to make these decisions," Jewett said.
But not all local lawmakers see it that way.
Rep. Harvey Smith, R-New Haven, said, "I think we have to live by the contract we made."
While Smith agrees the state should invest more in its energy efficiency programs, he said that should not come at the expense of a contract made with ratepayers.
He added there is precedent for the Legislature intervening in matters under the PSB's review, citing the proposed re-licensing of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant as an example.
"I think a contract is a contract and we ought to live by it," Smith said.
But Ralston argued the contract did not say specifically how the ratepayers would be compensated.
"The agreement that was made anticipated a conversation at the time we are at right now, that the PSB … would itself have a say on how that money is used, and that is the conversation that's going on right now," Ralston said. "So when you hear the argument that 'a deal is a deal,' it's true; it's just the terms of that deal are still under discussion."
Reporter John Flowers is at [email protected].
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Less challenging: Squat to a seat (chair, bench, etc.) with proper form. Once this becomes too easy choose a lower seat.
More challenging: Overhead squats (arms overhead), weighted squats (with a dumbbell or kettlebell), pistol squats (single leg squats), etc.
The Deadlift
This full body movement engages the hamstrings, qlutes, quads, core back and shoulders (if loaded). One of the absolute best exercises that can be performed for developing raw strength. To add a level of complexity this exercise can be performed with a heavier load or single leg deadlifts can be done.
Less challenging: Perform with bodyweight only.
More challenging: Perform with a heavier load or on single leg.
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This upper body exercise targeting the shoulders (deltoids), triceps and engaging the core for stabilisation is extremely taxing as you are squeezing the glutes and quads, engaging the core and pushing up aggressively without arching the lower back (lumbar spine). Given that the deltoids are a smaller muscle, not much weight is needed to provide the resistance necessary to make this exercise challenging.
Less challenging: Use a band instead of weights.
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When performing a pushup with the proper technique, individuals engage the core tremendously and work the chest (pecks), shoulders and triceps. There are so many variations of this exercise that athletes can spice it up and never get bored of performing it.
Less challenging: The scaled version of the pushup should not be performed on the knees. When possible, perform the scaled pushup with hands on an elevated surface, keeping the core engaged and lowering the chest to the elevated surface then pushing back up.
More challenging: Diamond Pushups (shown above), Clap Pushups, Plank Pushups or Staggered Pushups.
The Lunge
The lunge is a functional exercise with tones of variations. Athletes can perform forward lunges (easier from a stability standpoint and uses more quads), reverse lunges, alternating jump lunges, etc. Also, lunges can be performed with hands over head, out to the side, in front of the body, and can even include weights. All formats engage the glutes, hamstrings and quads.
Less challenging: Perform forward lunges with bodyweight only.
More challenging: Alternating Jump Lunges, shown above, keeps your heart rate high while prolonging the time under tension (do these until failure and you'll see what we mean).
The Burpee
Everybody's most hated exercise is amazing at improving metabolic conditioning. This is a great exercise to get the heart rate elevated while engaging the hips, core and shoulders. It can be done explosively to add a level of challenge or slow and controlled to engage stabiliser muscles.
Less challenging: Perform the burpee to standing without added jumps (shown above).
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Freshman Meg Yoshida shot an even par 35 with three birdies to lead Palos Verdes girls golf team to the 197-275 victory over North Torrance.
With the victory, the Sea Kings clinched the Ocean League title, with a 7-0 record, 13-0 overall.
Megan Gormley shot a 37 and Nicole Chernoff shot a 41 for PV.
Elise Fujita led North with a 46.
In cross country
Renee Ketner and Bryan Aguilar both finished first, respectively for the San Pedro girls and boys cross country teams to Thursday's tri-meet with Washington and Gardena.
Ketner and Maya Richardson both posted a time of 23:38. Aguilar had a time of 18:29
Both the girls and boys Pirates improved to 4-0.
In Girls Volleyball
South Torrance 3, Torrance 1: Lauren Walsh had 22 kills and 13 digs and Kai Lopez had 13 kills in the 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 25-17 road victory.
Kristen Fritsche had 48 assists and 12 digs for South, who improved to 5-1 in league. Torrance falls to 4-2.
Bishop Montgomery 3, Serra 0: Madeline Cardenas had nine kills and Caitlin Foley had seven kills in the 25-11, 25-15, 25-18 victory.
Chadwick 3, Firebaugh 0: Jessie Doty had four kills and two aces and Maddie Brady had five aces and eight assists in the 25-8, 25-6, 25-9 victory for the Dolphins (8-7, 4-5).
Taryn Gurbach added seven digs.
In Girls Tennis
South Torrance 17, Torrance 1: Justine Kiok, Halle Holzbauer and Katie Rugnetta all swept in singles for the Spartans. In doubles, Melanie Kowalewski-Jenna Yanke, Elisa Bass-Nina Bayne and Anne Bayne-Danay Holman each won two sets for South.