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James Gammell and his second wife, Elizabeth Mahala Hendricks, named their daughter Elizabeth Harriet Mahala Gammell. Libby, as they called her, was James' second child and his first daughter. She was named Elizabeth Mahala after her mother and Harriet after James' first wife, Harriet Fitzgerald, who had died.
|Elizabeth Gammell Harris and her eight surviving children
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So who is this ghost?
"Mr Tomkins was an old superintendent who dropped dead in 1934 in his upstairs residence inside the building. He founded the Ipswich City Ambulance Transport Brigade in 1901 and he lived on site," Mr Sim said.
"Ipswich ambos told me about a ghost that rattled blinds and moved from floor to floor. He is not a bad ghost but he still gives people the creeps.
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Mark Activites as 'Commute' from the Strava app
Most of my training is done with my Garmin device, but when I want to track my commute I usually use my iPhone. A "commute" checkbox in the app would be immensely useful.
Most of my training is done with my Garmin device, but when I want to track my commute I usually use my iPhone. A "commute" checkbox in the app would be immensely useful.
This is coming soon!
Great news, Elle!
As Nikita and others said, a possibility to set two places (or more) as commute-addresses. Back and forth between these will tagged as commute and be hidden from view.
Why not make it a "cascade" feature with more possibilities?
If you go between two places, one or two directions, certain rules apply. Automatic text in fields, boxes ticked, gear used, set as private and so forth.
@Tord - we already do something very similar to what you describe on the back-end, for our Metro products. I agree it would be a nice feature to have available on Strava accounts. Thanks for the feedback.
Help us by sending your feedback around these questions:
Help us by sending your feedback around these questions:
Nice to see you are planning this feature.
4-14/week depending on weather.
An easy "commute" tag in the iOS app. I currently have to edit every commute a second time on the web. It's a time suck.
The same as any other ride. CO2 saved, $$$ saved, vs car, YTD miles commuted would be cool but not essential.
Most important: I'd also like the option to not view people commutes like the "Include commute" checkbox in the Training Log. Less important: I'd like them to take up smaller real estate in the Feed, but I can also see that being an issue for people who use commute rides as training.
at least 10 times per week. It can go up to 20 in a busy or very social week.
None. In fact, I use strava (and bucycle) almost exclusevely for commuting.
A default option to mark my activities as "commute" or others. The way it works now it's really inefficient and of course almost nobody takes the time to do it.
The same as any other ride.
Create separate views for commuters and riders. In fact, it can be extensive to segments: it's not the same a commuter's bike record than a race bicycle doing the same segment.
10 to 12 times per week
Spamming others feeds with my commutes
If the commutes were identified automatically by the app (with the possibility of removing the commute tag if not accurate). I see several easy ways this could be implemented:
- look if the current activity name contains the word "commute"
- compare current activity with past commute activities to see if they are similar
- allow the user to define commute zones in their profile. Every ride that starts and ends in a commute zone is tagged as commute
If there were challenges dedicated to commute rides.
distance per year and total, elevation gain per year and total, avg distance, avg time, calories burned, CO2 saved, heatmap of the routes used for commuting, stats about commutes in my area
That'd be great to have the following choices:
- not showing them
- showing them them all in details
- having a weekly summary (number of rides, distance, etc.)
An athlete could define a default option for his feeds but followers should be able to override that. For example I want to see only weekly summaries from the people I follow even though they might have chosen a different option.
If I had any achievements earned during the commute, I'd still like it to appear in my follower's feeds. Otherwise I wouldn't mind a filter that just listed a weekly summary, if possible. I can imagine how such a filter could interfere with challenges. (A 200-mile commute weekly summary does not count the same as a gran fondo, for example.)
I always title mine as "Commute AM/PM mm.dd.yy" and then put the temp and wind info in the description. Couldn't you just select "Commute Ride" as the activity type instead of using tags?My runs have the "Trending faster / slower" feedback, which I think would be of some benefit to commuters also.
Heatmaps of other commuters would be great! Many people that want to commute have struggled with finding safe routes; Whereas, the veterans know the quiet streets and shortcuts that might not appear on surface-street maps.
The day has arrived. You can tag as Commute from the mobile app:
What does this button/feature actually do? Are commutes displayed differently, can I filter them away? Tagging them is one thing, how do I make use of the tag?
Great news Elle, I am so proud :-)
Looking forward to see what cool features you will implement for the segment tag!
I agree, I find it quite fiddly to have to go through each activity on through the web service, click 'change description' and then the commute tag. Would be much simpler to simply select this option at the end of a ride.
I imagine this is the same experience of the majority of commuting athletes, and if we want a more accurate picture of the training/commutes rides it needs to be made straightforward and usable.
How often do you use Strava to record your commutes (#/week)?10x per week usually. I wish it would default for my specific bike. aka my commuting bike is commute automatically. My road bike is recreational primarily and I can go back and change if want to.
What are some reasons you would NOT upload your commute data to Strava? I have privacy zones around work and home but I still upload my ride to strava.


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April 8, 2001
The anti-evolution movement called intelligent design has helped its cause by publicizing some embarrassing mistakes in leading biology textbooks.
Biologists attribute them to inattention, but design proponents say the errors show that Darwinists are more than willing to accept shoddy evidence if it supports evolution.
In particular, design proponents cite the 19th-century drawings of the German biologist Ernst Haeckel, who asserted that the early embryonic stages of many animals, including humans, were virtually identical and diverged only later. He said that the resemblance proved that all animals had a common ancestor.
The drawings were reproduced in textbook after textbook for more than a century.
Several years ago, though, biologists discovered that many of the drawings were fraudulent and that the true resemblances were not nearly so striking. Nevertheless, some textbooks still contain them.
One of the texts that includes the faulty drawings is the third edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell, the bedrock text of the field. Its authors include Dr. Bruce Alberts, a biochemist who is president of the National Academy of Sciences, and Dr. James D. Watson, the geneticist who shared a Nobel Prize for unraveling the structure of DNA.
In an interview, Dr. Alberts said he believed Haeckel's drawings were "overinterpreted," or highly idealized, rather than outright fakes. But he said they would be removed from the fourth edition of the textbook, to appear at the end of this year.
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Helen Gatanis, 89, of New Jersey, has Alzheimer's disease and refused to evacuate her home as this week's storm approached. Coping with dementia cases during a disaster is becoming a more common problem, experts say.
Amid the chaos of superstorm Sandy, an 89-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease rebuffed rescuers' efforts and refused to evacuate her New Jersey home this week, raising questions about her safety -- and about the dilemma posed by dementia patients during a disaster.
Caregivers with the group Senior Helpers had taken Helen Gatanis, who lives in Salem County, to a local nursing home for care early Monday. But when the woman with mid-stage Alzheimer's disease realized where she was, she grew distressed and combative, said Valerie Neighbors, president of the local franchise.
"She was pushing people to get them out of the way," Neighbors said. "She actually walked out of the door of the facility."
There was no way to force Gatanis to stay -- she's competent to make such decisions -- so, rather than upset her more, caregivers took her back home to wait out the storm.
"We got her something to eat and handed her a flashlight," said Neighbors, who supervises 60 elderly clients in four counties. "She said, 'Why am I going to need my flashlight?'"
Gatanis survived Monday night with no ill effects; Senior Helpers staff were blocked by downed trees and road closures from reaching her, so they called the Pennsville Township Police Department at least twice to send officers to check on her.
As of Wednesday, Gatanis had power, the roads were being cleared near her house and a caregiver was with her.
But her situation highlights the plight of some 5.4 million people in the United States who have dementia -- and the family members who care for them. Because of their condition, they're more vulnerable than others to the impact of disasters, and less able to cope with them, experts say.
Early estimates suggested that the storm had the potential to affect about 20 percent of the U.S. population, which would include hundreds of thousands of people with dementia. An estimated 1 in 7 Alzheimer's patients lives alone, and nearly half have no appointed caregiver, according to recent figures from the Alzheimer's Association, a national advocacy and education group.
"I was concerned," said Ted Gatanis, 62, of Livermore, Calif., one of Helen Gatanis' two sons. "I know she wants to stay in the home that dad built."
In addition, her son said, she was reluctant to leave Inkie, her 3-year-old tuxedo cat, a constant companion.
"Inkie is like her reason to live," Ted Gatanis said.
Ryan Collerd/ for NBC News
Amy Cooper, a caregiver with Senior Helpers in New Jersey, helps Alzheimer's patient Helen Gatanis at home. Cooper delayed her own family's evacuation as storm Sandy approached as she tried to make sure Gatanis was safe.
He added that his mom was a lifelong homemaker who cherished the house her husband, Ted Gatanis Sr., a chemical plant worker, built himself in 1989. The elder Gatanis, who died in 2009, was an avid collector of antique tools, an obituary said, and the couple loved to garden and sell their vegetables from a nearby stand.
Helen Gatanis' refusal to leave her home, even in the midst of a life-threatening storm, is common, said Ruth Drew, director of family and information services for the Alzheimer's Association.
Because their cognitive abilities are impaired, people with dementia become easily confused, frightened and agitated.
"Sometimes it's heartbreaking," Drew said. "They've misinterpreted what's been said to them. They may perceive themselves to be in very real danger. They may be acting in a way that's completely reasonable when you are in grave danger."
Ted Gatanis saw his mother during a lengthy visit earlier this month and said he talks to her weekly. She seemed to do "OK," during the storm, he said: "She was watching the rain."
Assistance from Senior Helpers, which sends trained nurses and caregivers into patient homes, allows Gatanis' mother to retain her independence, despite her age and illness. She gets care about four hours a day, but is able to tend her own needs most of the time, staff said.
Many of the clients enrolled in the program -- which charges an hourly fee ranging from $19.50 an hour to $23 an hour in the South Jersey area -- are adamant about living on their own, Neighbors said.
"This is something that's extremely important to them," she said. "The men built the homes; it's their pride and joy."
Helping people with dementia amid the chaos of a disaster can be challenging, Drew said. Such patients require clear, calm explanations and instructions -- and lots of time.
"If we seem agitated, upset or panicked, even without saying a word, we telegraph that to the people around us," she said. "If we can take a deep breath and stay calm and talk to someone in simple, slow language, in a warm, friendly way, oftentimes that enables them to respond at the best of their capacity."
Rather than expecting the patients to adapt to the surroundings, caregivers must adapt the environment to them, if possible, Neighbors said.
"That person doesn't have a healthy brain," she said. "We need to modify our approach."
Planning ahead for emergencies is vital. That might involve creating an evacuation plan and preparing an emergency kit that contains vital papers, medications and other necessary supplies.
The Alzheimer Association's 24-hour helpline – 1-800-272-3900 -- logged dozens of calls from East Coast family members worried about patients with dementia, Drew said.
Such concerns are only going to be more common during future disasters as America's population ages. Nearly half of all people older than 85 in the U.S. have Alzheimer's disease, Drew notes.
"This touches families across the board," she said. "It's something we see a lot of now and something that we'll continue to see more of."
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IT'S DAY 2 OF 2013, and I imagine a few of you already have failed to keep a resolution or two.
But not me. That's because I'm "almosting it" this year. I mean: I'm satisfied with getting close enough. For me, it's meant that I always keep a harmonica handy to practice the very limited skill I picked up a few years ago, to tootle out some old melodies or folk songs. While I really wish I could play the blues like the great Little Walter, I'm glad I can peck out the Tennessee Waltz whenever I feel like it.
Another thing I picked up as an adult was learning to swim. While I knew how to float and wasn't afraid of the water, I couldn't swim. So in my late 40s, I signed up for a class at the Y. By far the hardest part was finding myself in swim trunks standing on the pool deck among a group of strangers, but after I got over that hurdle, and with some excellent coaching, I was soon swimming.
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Happy Birthday.
Hahaha. I bought em cause they were on sale (for my birthday obviously, it's not like there was any other holiday that week in which one would partake in the spirits.) Guiness is pretty good. But I don't normally buy it cause it's not really worth the extra money they charge for it I think. And I don't know where you heard such rumors.Peter wrote:Yukupo wrote: I'll open a guinness or 3 though.
Haahaa i hope talking to the Irishman didnt put the Guinness idea in your head! Heard a rumor that you ended up stumbling into the Dojo last night, mumbling on about the differences between Guinness draught, and extra stout!!
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Monday, August 28, 2006
It doesn't sound right, 40. It's just not an age that goes with me. I'm navy stripes; 40 is orange plaid.
This birthday angst is a whole new experience for me. I've always enjoyed my birthday, or at least been too busy to notice as it zipped by. Turning 30 was actually a relief; I had recently started a new job in which all of my colleagues were in their 30's and 40's, and turning 30 made me feel more legitimate somehow.
But now I've been legitimate for ten years. Now I have colleagues who were born when I was in high school.
But it's a number, right? Just a number.
It's not just a number. Those of you who have been here, you know it's not. For those who have yet to be here, let me explain how it happens:
You spend your twenties being young, pursuing your career, falling in love, la, la, la. You spend a decade glancing in the mirror and seeing yourself smiling back at you.
Then you enter your thirties and have a young child in your life. You may have a young child who is autistic, who doesn't sleep much, who keeps you running at a frenetic pace through most of your waking hours. You try to sleep when you can, but you subsist mostly on five or six broken hours of sleep a night. In these years when you remember to look in the mirror you see a different version of yourself peering back. This you is more puffy than the real you, and has darker circles under her eyes. She often has sweet potatoes in her hair, or blue magic marker streaks on her face. She seems happy, but tired. You hope that she gets a good night's sleep soon.
After several years of looking at this person in the mirror, the day finally comes and you get a spectacular night's sleep. You wake feeling rested and refreshed and ready to take on the world. You bound out of bed and rush to the bathroom mirror, eager to welcome back your old twenties face.
And then it happens. Refreshed, rested, twenty-something you looks in the mirror and puffy, saggy almost-forty you looks back, and you realize for the very first time that it's not just that you've been tired.
This is what you look like now.
And the surprises keep coming. You start to read a column in a parenting magazine. You trust this article, because there next to the byline is a picture of its middle-aged author, an older, more experienced mom who is going to share years of accumulated wisdom with you. You start reading, and one paragraph into the article you discover that she is four years younger than you.
They are everywhere, these old-looking younger people. And, it seems, there are more of them every day.
This aging thing is confusing. It's a big blurry mess of flash-forward/flash-back. And here's the greatest irony of the whole thing: I've got less than 48 hours left of my thirties, and instead of enjoying it while it's here I keep studying pictures of my current face, examining the new crinkles around my eyes, the extra skin that seems to be growing on my neck. And I imagine myself ten years hence, stumbling across these pictures and examining them again, startled by what I see:
My god, I'll think. I can't believe how young I looked.
15 comments:
- The Jedi Family of Blogs said...
For me it was when the bank tellers started looking younger & younger... then I started seeing an internist who was younger than me (although it's been fun scaring her with my tales of perimenopausal symptoms :). The worst was when a gynaecologist told me, 2 years ago, if I was her mother or aunt... (she'd recommend a D&C to confirm the perimenopausal symptoms weren't signs of pathology- they weren't). Her mother or aunt...! Generally, though, I'm pretty happy to be within spittin' distance of 50 (only 1 1/2 years to go! :)
- August 28, 2006 9:14 PM
- The Jedi Family of Blogs said...
ps: Happy Birthday!!! :) :)
- August 28, 2006 9:15 PM
- kristina said...
Happy, happy birthday! (I've yet to hit the big 4-oh but it will happen sooner than soon.) Getting older hit me when I started to note that the birthyears of my college students were in the 1980s--soon they will be in the 1990s.
My mom decided some years ago to just let all the gray and then the white in her hair be---no more "highlighting." "I've earned it," she told me.
I keep wanting to type "older, wiser, better" and of course that's all true (especially in your case, sister blog-friend!), but then I remember what a certain singer calls "that teenage feeling" and wonder, where did it go......what did I do when I had so much (or thought I had so much) world enough, and time.
- August 28, 2006 9:32 PM
30 was okay; by then I finally felt like an adult.
40 was okay; by then I finally starting figuring myself out. I finally finished a college degree by then.
50 I'm not looking forward to, because that's halfway. Hopefully I'll have finished the next college degree before then. But hell, I'd rather be 50 with that degree than without!
But I've a bit until that point.
- August 28, 2006 9:45 PM
- Mamaroo said...
It is crazy how much faster the years start moving as we get older. I basically wished this summer away. I gotta stop doing that.
Happy Birthday MOM! I am trailing you by three years and continuing to read your wise words of wisdom. It really is just a number. Have a wonderful day and keep being the excellent mom you are to Bud while enjoying the years you have ahead of you with him.
- August 28, 2006 10:47 PM
- Kev said...
Happy Birthday :o)
I'm three years short of you but I know the saggy face feeling all too well ;o)
- August 29, 2006 4:16 AM
- gretchen said...
Let me share another aspect of my freak-out last week:
I was listening to the local "alternative" radio station. They were promoting their annual birthday concert- 16 years this year. I started thinking about how long I have lived here and that I remember when that radio station was brand new (I came to this city for college and never left.) I started counting how many years I've been on my own vs. the almost 19 years I lived with my parents. My heart started racing and I kept holding up my fingers- counting over and over... It's been 18 years. 18! Somehow that mark is important to me- when I've been on my own longer than I lived with my parents... Well, then I'm really a grownup. How did that happen?
Happy birthday friend! I have a feeling that your 40s will be full of pleasant surprises!
- August 29, 2006 6:04 AM
- Susan Senator said...
I wouldn't trade 43 for 33 ever! My thirties were a miserable jumble, plus I am 20 pounds thinnner now, and have been for 4 years! I have been loving the 'forties! Fear not. and Happy, Happy Birthday!!!!
- August 29, 2006 7:59 AM
- Tara said...
Happy Birhtday! I turned forty-one this Spring and I hadn't really given it much thought until I brought my MORE magazine to work and the taut skinned, chirpy youngsters picked it up and exclaimed- Oh, that's for middle aged women, and promptly threw it down. I have always gravitated to women older than myself- I'm an old soul I guess. I wouldn't go back to my thirties- I'll work at keeping gravity at bay and enjoy things like not being carded for a bottle of wine in the grocery store!!
- August 29, 2006 8:18 AM
- Kaethe said...
Many happy returns of the day, MOM-NOS! I turned 41 this spring. Really, once the year switched over, I started thinking of myself as 41, such that by the time I got to the actual birthday I had to stop and think: was I turning 41 or 42?
The thirties had some strong points, but I don't mind getting older. Like Verdi the snake, I just want to lie in the sun sometimes.
- August 29, 2006 8:32 AM
- Christine said...
Orange Plaid, huh?
I LOVED this post. I'm not 40 yet -- but will be soon. And like you I often think: how can *I* be this old?! I also work with a lot of college students and it is especially traumatic when, after grimly looking at my own reflection in the morning, I then greet their shiny complexions.
So, will you embark on any birthday resolutions? Things you want to do differently in your next decade of life? Do tell!
- August 29, 2006 9:04 AM
- AshleyLeo said...
Welcome to the club NOS (I'm 41). A friend once told me - in your 20s, it's all about figuring out who you are. In your 30s, it's all about proving to *others* who you are. And finally, my dear, 40s are all about *enjoying* who you are, and not giving a care to what others think. Incredible writing NOS, thank you!
- August 29, 2006 4:54 PM
I have to tell you, being in your 40's means you can be who you are. As you said, in the 20's and 30's it's all about finding love, making a family and securing a career. Now that you are entering your 40's it's all about being self assured, and knowing what you want.
In the Eternal Words of Sylvester the Cat, " Ah, sssccchhhoooooot,if ya can't beat um, join um"
- August 29, 2006 9:47 PM
Happy Birthday!
I have been following your words for over 6 months now and am glad that you are getting older, wiser and more experienced. Your blog is like a guide book for young mothers like me and I pray that as we get older, we too learn to face challenges with the same spirit and enthusiasm, like you do.
Happy Birthday Mom-NOS!
Best wishes from an admirer far, far away
- August 30, 2006 4:11 AM
- Wendy said...
I know I'm late but I hope you had a wonderful birthday! And 40 is young!!
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This doll makes a great preparation tool for older siblings when a new little one is coming along. It's so realistic, both the girls have just automatically been much more gentle and loving with it. Victoria is constantly telling me that the baby's diaper is "Ew!" and wanting me to help her change it.
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Katie even started "this little piggy" on her tiny life-like toes!
My child looks like a rag-a-muffin and there's a horrible mess in the background of this picture, but I had to share it…Katie just held the doll, looking at it like this for several minutes when she first got her turn with it!
And then Victoria scurried off to find the "ba-ba" so the baby wouldn't be hungry.
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New styling of Therese Sennerholt's prints. The pink one is my favorite!
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Below are links to the files that make up the 2013 USGS Lidar: Olympic Peninsula (WA) dataset in an orthometric vertical datum North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) using GEOID12B. This HTML file is here to emulate the access you would have gotten through an ftp site. The files containing geospatial indices, metadata, etc., are listed first, followed by the files. To download in bulk, it is suggested you use a program such as wget (example below). The geospatial index file in shapefile format also has a URL attribute that some GIS programs can use to download files. You can also subset the data, make derived products, and change projection, datum, etc., using the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (add to cart, the link to bulk download or LAZ fmt will take you here).
The files are in LAZ format, a lossless compressed version of the ASPRS LAS format. The compression and decompression is done with the free and open source 'laszip' program available at http://laszip.org. This is not the same as the more general zip format. Many geospatial programs will read LAZ files natively and decompression is often not necessary. There is a list of software with native support on the laszip site.
Example to download entire data set using wget (windows version at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm):
wget -np -r -nH -L --cut-dirs=2 https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12b/data/5008/
This will give you the directory structure starting with geoid12b. Modify the --cut-dirs=2 argument to modify the start directory (e.g. --cut-dirs=4 will start at 5008). Wget is a command-line program and the output will be to the directory you run it in. More options and information can be found at http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html. The other options in the example mean:
To download only a subset of the files based on a polygon, see this GeoZone blog post.
The total size to download all the files is 112G.
If you need FTP access instead of HTTPS, use ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/DigitalCoast/lidar1_z/geoid12b/data/5008
You may find the georeferencing on the files refers to generic NAD83 (EPSG code 4269). All files, with the exception of the few in WGS84, are in a more recent realization of NAD83 such as NAD83(CORS96), NAD83(HARN), NAD83(NSRS2007), or NAD83(2011).
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Tigers to honor record-setting senior class pre-game
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson men's basketball team will complete its inaugural season inside SECU Arena and look to make history by becoming the all-time winningest Division I Tiger team when William & Mary comes to town on Saturday at 4 p.m.
The battle between two of the top three teams in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) can be seen live on Comcast SportsNet with Rob Carlin and John Feinstein on the call. Fans can also listen to the game on the Towson Sports Network (TSN) with Spiro Morekas and Vince Angotti calling the action.
Before the game, the four Tiger seniors will be honored. Rafriel Guthrie, Mike Burwell, Marcus Damas and Jerrelle Benimon have turned Towson's program around, leading the Tigers to 39 wins in the last two seasons.
Saturday's game will also be a 'Blackout' as all fans are encouraged to wear black Tiger gear to the game.
Towson, which has won five straight games and nine of its last 10, is 14-1 at home this season. The Tigers are coming off a 69-66 win at James Madison on Wednesday.
Benimon posted his NCAA-leading 19th double-double with 28 points and 16 rebounds in the win over the Dukes. The victory clinched at least a second-place finish in the CAA for the Tigers. Towson will need a win and a Delaware loss on Saturday to claim a share of the league title.
William & Mary (18-10, 10-5 CAA) has won three of its last four games since falling to the Tigers on their home floor on February 15. The Tribe are locked into the No. 3 seed for the upcoming CAA Tournament. Tribe junior Marcus Thornton ranks fifth in the CAA averaging 18.8 points per game.


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One of the biggest issues my students always tell me about with "Flip" style cameras (Flip Ultra HD, Kodak Zi8 and other similar cameras), is that you can't see the viewfinder while recording yourself… unless you have super bionic powers and can see around corners! While I don't have super bionic powers, I think I've stumbled upon a pretty neat little solution (the whole thing actually came to me inside a dream… believe it or not!) for the Flip video camera viewfinder fix.
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Briona...has a bright future ahead of her.
Donned in a powder blue flowing formal dress she designed, beautiful Briona stands tall and confident as she graces the runway during her fashion show to raise money for local wish kids.
Before she was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition, Briona's greatest joy was the fantasy of fashion design always dressing up her dolls or her little sister. So she combined her passion of design with her compassion for others and asked Make-A-Wish® Georgia to help her design a line of dresses for auction to share the power of a wish®.
Her road to the runway starts at The English Design Lab to meet one-on-one with a design teacher to learn the art of design, perfect her drawing skills and experiment with fun and elegant fabrics.
Briona chooses her 12 favorite creations – including one designed especially for her. The seamstresses from the American Sewing Guild take her designs and go to work.
Now it's the night she's been waiting for: the fashion show to debut her new line Eyes on You Fashion by Briona. At the Make-A-Wish chapter's 10th anniversary gala, professional models don six of Briona's dresses. One local man, inspired by Briona's brilliant work, purchases all six of the dresses. He gives one to his wife and then gives the others back to Briona.
But this man isn't the only one touched by Briona. Fabrik, a boutique in Briona's hometown, hears about her clothing line and offers to host a second fashion show starring models from the Elite Modeling Agency. This show – as successful as the first – auctions off four more original creations. Eyes on You Fashion by Briona raises over $6,000 from the two shows – more than the cost of the average wish.
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Science Explains Why Women Love Rock Stars
Ever wonder why female fans flock to male rock stars, even the ones that are sometimes considered not-so-attractive? Researchers at an English university have set out to study why and it seems there may be a scientific reason for that.
Business Insider reveals that the University of Sussex has released a study that shows that women in their most "fertile phases" are attracted to men who can produce the best music. Their findings indicate that women linked men with strong musical abilities to carrying better genes and thus, better biologically for reproductive purposes.
The study involved 1,500 women with an average age of 28 who were not breastfeeding, pregnant or using hormonal contraception.
The women were presented with two choices: a composer with a simple melody and then a composer with a more complex melody. They were then asked which one they preferred as a short-term sexual partner, and which one they preferred as a long-time partner.
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A Walpole man was fined $750, lost his hunting license for two years and got a one-year suspended jail sentence for his part in an illegal deer-poaching operation, according to the state Fish and Game Department.
Joseph A. Benjamin, 44, pleaded guilty last Thursday in 8th Circuit Court, Keene District, to a Class A misdemeanor for taking more than one deer in a season, according to a press release.
Fish and Game conservation officers began investigating illegal night hunting and other violations in Walpole during the 2012 deer-hunting season, after several anonymous tips to a hotline set up to catch poachers.
In all, four men were convicted on misdemeanor and violation-level charges in connection with poaching a female deer after legal hunting hours, after hunting season had closed and after all four already had their allowable take of deer for the year.
Also convicted were: Nathan E. Patnode, 43, of Alstead; Andrew J. Patnode, 46, of Charlestown; and Travis L. Madore, 24, of Bellows Falls, Vt.
Fish and Game officers worked on the case with officials from the county attorney offices in Cheshire and Sullivan counties.
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text: POP Britney Spears' Hits-Filled 'Piece of Me' Show Opens In Las Vegas: Live Review 12/28/2013 by Keith Caulfield FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Britney Spears/Facebook Britney Spears at the premier of "Piece of Me" in Las Vegas, NV, December 27, 2013 Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez and more attend. It was a non-stop hits bonanza at the opening night of Britney Spears' "Britney: Piece of Me" show in Las Vegas on Friday night (Dec. 27). Spears' 24-song concert was the first of a planned 100 shows over the course of the next two years at the recently revamped AXIS theater at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. The 90-minute show boasts a "flying" Spears, a massive rotating tree, pyrotechnics, rain, fire and an army of limber dancers. Garth Brooks Earns Ninth No. 1 Album, Britney Spears Debuts At No. 4 The all-hits revue stands in contrast to Spears' previous stage spectacles, which featured more album cuts and lesser-known new songs. Her last tour, 2011's "Femme Fatale" trek, featured a heavy number of tunes (including non-singles) from her then-new album "Femme Fatale." However, the "Britney: Piece of Me" show was designed as a hits retrospective, and it only includes two new songs which are featured on her new album, "Britney Jean": "Work Bitch" and "Perfume." Spears opened the show with "Work Bitch," descending from the sky in a globe-like cage. Dressed in a skin-tight, sequined bodysuit -- reminiscent of the barely-there outfit she wore in the "Toxic" music video -- she strutted around on stage, and also did some of the choreography from the "Work" video. (Yes, including that one part where she's down on the ground and doing a bicycle-pedal thing with her legs.) Spears was particularly energetic in the number, which seemed to delight the crowd. Among the celebrities in the audience: Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert and Sia. "Womanizer" was up next -- and its bass was so loud, the sound was distorted at points. Spears was joined by her dancers again -- who were clad in head-to-toe spandex and odd masks. Think: modified SWAT team. A highlight of the performance was Spears walking on her dancers backs, a sight that drew big cheers from the audience. Clearly, they like a diva in charge. A short "What's up Vegas!" greeting from Spears followed, along with her saying how it was "wonderful" to be here. It was only a quick hello, though, as the show then shot into her No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit single "3." Spears then jumped into a triangular cage and was wheeled around by her dancers across the stage. (It immediately brought to mind how she was carted to-and-fro in cages during her 2009 "Circus" tour.) "3" was heavy on choreography borrowed from the sexy music video, thanks to a parallel bar that dropped out of the sky. It then served as the sexiest jungle gym in Vegas, as Spears and her dancers undulated their way across and around the bar. There was an odd stuttery glitch in the audio at the end of the song, but it was difficult to tell if it was part of the show, or, if it was an actual malfunction. Is Britney Spears' "Britney Jean' Really Her Most Personal Album? An Investigation An interlude followed, and soon, Spears was back, descending from the heavens as a giant, white-winged angel, for the ballad "Everytime." After a snow shower of confetti, perhaps the "snow" that she's been mentioning to press, the song transitioned into "Baby One More Time." Spears segued from light to dark, making a concealed costume change behind her dancers, transforming from a blond angel into a brunette vixen for "Baby." Her army of dancers kicked their way through the number with her, clad in ninja-like ensembles. After a shower of pyrotechnics, the track morphed into "Oops!…I Did It Again." The latter song got a longer treatment from Spears, compared to the shortened "Baby." A tepid video-driven interlude was up next, where a series of TV monitors were projected on the walls of the theater, taking us through Spears' many hit music videos. Meanwhile, the stage itself was completely dark and static. Next was "Me Against the Music," which had notably new live instrumentation from Spears' four-piece band. Spears, in a studded bustier and black leggings, recreated the "Me Against the Music" video, complete with the rickety wooden-slat walls. Madonna, who was originally featured on this song, had her vocals cut out of the tune, and her verse was replaced in favor of a dance break. Notably, "Me Against the Music" was one of the few songs during the show where hints of Spears' live vocals were audible. (Though, she was still singing over the original studio vocals of "Me Against the Music.") The vast majority of the show was lip-synced, and only occasionally were any seemingly live vocals heard. There was a certain thrill in actually hearing Spears breathing into the microphone -- however infrequent. Spears had a moment of Vegas redemption in her next number: "Gimme More." Years after she infamously first performed the song at the Vegas-based 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, she was back for... "More." While the VMA performance was generally considered a disaster -- with Spears' sleepwalker-like dance moves and deer-caught-in-headlights reactions -- her 2013 rendition was comparably a big win. It was a short revisit to the "Gimme More" past, as the song shuffled into a brief bit of "Break the Ice," followed by "Piece of Me." For the latter cut, Spears' dancers boot-scooted around on stage in cowboy-and-cowgirl inspired plaid and denim outfits. Up next was an interlude set to "Scream & Shout," with new performance video shot by Spears' co-star on the song, will.i.am. The song served mostly as a showcase for her dancers, who were cavorting in day-glo human-sized hamster wheels. Spears herself doesn't appear on stage for "Scream" until the tail end of the song, when it blends into her hit "Boys." Spears told the crowd she wanted to slow things down, and she was going to do a song off her new album, "Britney Jean": "Perfume." The staging of this particular number could not have been more simple: Spears sat on a stool and… that's it. It would seem that this is a performance that could easily be switched out for something else at a later date. In her recent E! documentary about the "Piece of Me" show, Spears and her production team indicated that the show's setlist could change over time. Miley Cyrus became a surprise part of the show during the "Get Naked" interlude, when a couple of Spears' dancers slinked their way down the catwalk towards the audience. One of the female dancers got in close to Cyrus, who was standing directly in front of the stage. Cyrus was game, and, with drink in hand, playfully stroked the dancer's face. Everyone in the audience that could see Cyrus quickly lost their marbles, probably wondering if Cyrus was going to crawl on stage and join the show; unfortunately, she didn't. Spears soon emerged on a throne-like contraption -- equipped with water features and fountains -- for "I'm A Slave 4 U." It was an aqua orgy of dancers in masks and tiny, tight shorts, while wet hair whipped back and forth. Spears laughed to the audience after the song, telling them "I got so wet!" It was "time to find a hottie" (Spears' words) in "Freakshow," as her female dancers plucked an unsuspecting male audience member from the crowd to drag on stage. Of course, since it was opening night, this was no ordinary audience member -- instead, it was TV host Mario Lopez. He was a good sport, and went along with Spears' dancers, who outfitted him in a harness and made him crawl around. Spears herself amusingly whipped Lopez -- but it was all in cheeky fun. A very loud "Do Somethin'" (with chair choreography) came next, before an elaborate tribute to "Circus" was unveiled. Spears appeared from the back of the stage, in the center of a fiery ring, very much a circus showgirl. A cool rendition of "I Wanna Go" followed, where Spears dances with six mirror images of herself. The mirrors, that are moved around by her dancers, are screens showing pre-recorded performances. After a stark performance of a reworked version of "Lucky," it was time for the big finale, led by a high-flying version of "Toxic." A huge rotating tree materialized from the back of the stage, with Spears atop one of its upper branches. The song reached its peak when Spears flew into the air suspended by wires, and descended down to the stage to join her dancers. It led to remixes of both "Stronger" and "Crazy," the latter of which was positively thumpy. Spears' live vocals were again seemingly audible in "Crazy," as she sung over a recorded track. It was time for Spears to "give it up" for the dancers and the band, though none of them got name-checked personally. But, Spears then asked the crowd: "Do you guys want one more song? I can't hear you!" She didn't wait more than a second before jumping into the final tune of the night, the rain-soaked "Till the World Ends." It ended dramatically with Spears ascending into the back of the stage -- again in her globe-cage -- as her dancers frolicked in the downpour. Spears' "Piece of Me" show next plays Planet Hollywood on Dec. 28, followed by shows on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31. It then takes a break until Jan. 29. Check out the set list for "Britney: Piece of Me" below:"Work Bitch""Womanizer""3""Everytime""…Baby One More Time""Oops!…I Did It Again!""Me Against the Music""Gimme More""Break the Ice""Piece of Me""Scream & Shout""Boys""Perfume""Get Naked (I Got a Plan)""I'm a Slave 4 U""Freakshow""Do Somethin'""Circus""I Wanna Go""Lucky""Toxic""Stronger""Crazy"Encore / "Till the World Ends" FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), my friend Andrew Malcolm joins us as always on today's TEMS at 3 pm ET! The Prince of Twitter and I will discuss the election, Hurricane Sandy, and all of the hot political stories of the day. The last twenty minutes will be our Lightning Round, where our Chatizens ask the questions and we provide the pithy answers, so be sure to register for your free Ustream account today to participate!
In bonus minutes, I am pleased to welcome Dennis Prager, my Salem colleague and one of my favorite talk-radio hosts! Dennis will discuss the latest video from Prager University, a must-read website in which Dennis and other notable thinkers provide in-depth philosophical and political analysis. Today, Dennis talks about why we need the death penalty, which I personally oppose — so be sure to tune in to watch Dennis school me on both this topic and talk-show hosting.
Debating Dennis is like having to follow Herman Cain on stage … or Dennis himself. I've done both and enjoyed it, but was under no illusions about how it turned out.
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Keep praying that Marizela Perez will be found, and peace brought to her family.