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These are the most recent cakes I have made...
A wedding in April for our Joey's childhood friend, Andrew and his wife, Corrin
This next one was for a former child care kid who turned 14. I only had Ryan (and his brother Sean) for 1 1/2 -2 years so they don't remember me as much as the ones who got to stay longer, but I am still so thankful to have met and keep in contact with these kids and the families.
Ryan is on the Swim team and the Water Polo team at Jenison High School
This last one is for a College graduate who earned her Masters degree in Public Health
The cute little birds, branches and flowers were made using fondant and a fondant mold. I thought they added a cute touch to the cake as Brittany is "fleeing" college life!!
Now for the Time Saver Technique - I learned this from SIMPLY SWEETS BY HONEY BEE, and on this link she shares a link to KAREN'S COOKIES for the icing pod tutorial. But here is my version
This is my easiest way to hold my decorator bag when filling it. It is just a clear vase found at Hobby Lobby and I like the tall one so it doesn't scrunch my tip
SWEET! Thanks HoneyBee and Karen!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Have a delicious Sunday!
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Cakes! and a Time Saver Technique
Sunday, May 4, 2014
1 comments:
- Kendra Lynece said...
I actually photographed this wedding with Corrin and Andrew and I have the photos of their cake on my blog! {http://www.kendralynece.com/?p=149} I couldn't find you until now, but I'd love to email you the photos! Head to my contact page and I'll be happy to get you the rest of the photos. :)
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Downtown Baton Rouge is celebrated for its historical significance, lively arts and cultural scene, highly regarded festivals and parades, delicious southern dishes, incredible live music venues and more. Downtown Baton Rouge includes the historic neighborhoods of Beauregard Town and Spanish Town. We are a place of story-telling and preservation of our traditions and culture. In The Bayou State, we dance a little longer, laugh a little more, eat a little too much and attend way too many festivities. We are a city of good-times with family and friends. Baton Rouge, or The Red Stick state, offers a multitude of attractions for locals and out-of-towners alike.
Old South Baton Rouge
Downtown Baton Rouge includes the historic neighborhood of Spanish Town. This is the site where Native Americans settled. The site was later inhabited by French-European settlers and is celebrated today as the Spanish Town Historic District. Spanish Town is Baton Rouge's oldest neighborhood.
Downtown Baton Rouge also includes the European-style neighborhood, Beauregard Town. The neighborhood known as Beauregard Town is also where the Spanish settled and is inhabited by the French as well. The Beauregard Town Historic District is the second-oldest community in Baton Rouge.
Lousiana Old State Capital
The Louisiana Old State Capital is Baton Rouge's very own castle! I'd definitely recommend everyone to come in and tour the old state capital at least once. The stained glass windows and the stained glass rotunda ceiling is breathtaking. The spiral stairs are beyond beautiful. The ghost story is so much fun to sit through because it's informative and entertaining.
I learned a lot about the history of Baton Rouge and the old and new state capital. It was free to attend and I'm really glad we did. It was also interactive so it's a great experience for all ages, but especially the younger kids. The Huey P exhibits are great as well as the other exhibits chronicling the trials and triumphs of Baton Rouge. Definitely check out the beauty and history of Baton Rouge's very own castle because it is definitely worth seeing.
Louisiana State Capital
Louisiana's new state capital is the tallest state capital in the nation! Each time I visit the state capital I am impressed with the tremendous beauty that is this magnificent skyscraper situated in downtown Baton Rouge. Adjacent to the state capital is Arsenal Park and the views of downtown and Spanish Town is truly beautiful and inspiring.
The state capital is open to the public and you can enter it for free. Here you can take a leisurely walk around and absorb the history of this massive structure at your own pace. You can take the elevator all the way to the top of the capital where it feels at times like you are swaying slightly with the most gentle breeze.
The history you are retold in regards to the assassination of Huey P. Long is interesting as it is informative. Storytelling is a collective experience and also a personal one. You can visit the assassination room and see the bullet holes in the wall. Regardless of the past or the tumultuous history the state capital is a must see and must experience stop for tourists and locals alike.
Downtown Parks
State Capitol Park encompasses the well-manicured lawns and floral gardens located at the state capital. Capitol Park Museum is located right down the road in the Spanish Town neighborhood.
Capitol Lake is so pristine overlooking Spanish Town and downtown Baton Rouge. I love sitting lakeside just taking in the breathtaking views.
Arsenal Park is located in Spanish Town, by the Louisiana State Capital, in downtown Baton Rouge. Arsenal Park is arguably the most beautiful park in the city. The walkways lead through the park to the state capital and Capitol Lake. The ducks and fish are always out and the landscapes are grand. Arsenal Park is the perfect place for picnics, portraits, yoga, dog walks and family days.
This park is located centrally in the downtown and Spanish Town area. I love this park and I frequent it often. The parking is a little strange, so you gotta park off on the road and usually around a bend or curve. They have plenty of ducks and little duckie families out here as the other BREC parks such as City Park and LSU Lakes. The views are tremendous at this park. You can see the downtown developments, the lake houses, the state capital and so much more.
Repentance Park is where Live After Five is located and other local festivals. Live After Five puts on a free outdoor concert out on the lawn every Friday during the spring and fall. The turnout is huge and it is good clean fun with live music, dancing and art vendors and food trucks.
Repentance Park is perfect for spring and fall festivals in the area. Many popular community events are held here. Live After Five has made its home here with free concerts from 5 pm-7 pm every Friday throughout the spring and fall months.
I have attended many concerts and festivals here including Live After Five, Blues Fest, Ebb and Flow Fest and more. A lot of people attend the events at Repentance Park so there is usually food trucks and merchandise tables set up. There are paved walkways so it's convenient to get around the park. There is also a fountain which the kids love to use as their own personal splash pad. The views are great being as the park is next to the Louisiana Old State Capital and the Mississippi Riverfront.
Third Street
Third Street offers a host of Cajun-infused restaurants complete with Cajun music. There are Irish watering holes, Cajun restaurants and bars, the Blues Room, and local sports bars with the LSU football games on. On the weekends, especially when the sun goes down, Third Street really comes to life!
Red Stick Farmers Market
Main Street Market is indoors with many local artisans offering handmade crafts, home goods and several storefronts serving breakfast and lunch. If you get hungry you can stop by the Main Street Market where they are always cooking up some fresh food and there are several stands to choose from. Our Daily Bread has a stand located here and the bread always smells yummy and they have a good selection of choices for the health conscious individuals. You can grab a smoothie or a coffee or breakfast at any of the many vendors.
The Red Stick Farmers Market is located downtown on 5th and Main. The Farmers Market offers fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, plus farm-fresh dairy, seafood, and meats. The Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. When it rains they move the farmers market inside the Main Street Market/Galvez area. Parking can be pretty hectic so it's good to get there early and park in the garage.
I've been coming to the Red Stick Farmers Market for years now and I always enjoy my early morning stroll through the downtown area and taking in all the sights and scents coming from the farmers market. The produce is always fresh. The flowers are beautiful. They have a pretty large section of herbs and spices. Fresh is always best! There are always smiling faces here and the locals love supporting other local farmers and small business owners.
The Arts Market is located the first weekend of the month at The Farmers Market. There are many booths selling arts and crafts, jewelry and native clothing, homemade soaps, and bath products and more.
The Riverfront offers the most scenic views of Baton Rouge. The levee has many events including everything from fireworks to festivals. The views of the Mississippi River and the Mississippi River bridge are truly beautiful. Definitely get here for sunrise or sunset to see some beautiful views.
The Levee is the place for gatherings, meetups, and hangouts. There are many people running, jogging, biking, dog walking and more. The views of the waters and tugboats are incredible overlooking the Mississippi River and Mississippi Bridge. At the levee, we meet for Flow Art Fridays where local flow artists share their love of movement with hooping and spinning fire and led poi.
Downtown B.R. Recap:
Here's a bit of advice get yourself downtown! Go as often as you can. Seriously, downtown Baton Rouge is vibrant and bustling and beautiful. There are so many things to do as a family or if you're single, even if you are just a cultured human being, or if you're a tourist, and trust me there are numerous things going on all the time that still draw in and surprise the locals.
So you like museums? Do you like science? Great, check out Louisiana Arts and Science Museum, or LASM. You like history? Then check out the U.SS. Kid. Check out the Baton Rouge port to see the barges and steamboats operating in full swing. Don't forget to check out the events going on at The SHAW Center and Broadway shows, symphonies, and concerts, dance, and ballet at The Raising Canes River Center.
You like to eat, don't you? There's a wide variety of restaurants whether you're craving seafood, Cajun food, Mexican food, Greek food, pizza, any kind of food…you get my drift, eh?
If you're into nightlife festivities Downtown B.R. has it going on. There are many clubs/bars/pubs in a localized central area for whatever your individual taste may be. Like Blues? They have a blues room. Like Cajun music, they got that at Boudreaux and Thibodeaux's. Enjoy more modern tunes? Wonderful, they got places for you, too. See, something for everybody.
Downtown Baton Rouge is always kept nice and clean and police patrol the area and it is pretty safe to take the whole family out. They are always sponsoring events such as Krewe of Mutts dog parades, color run, The Red Stick Farmers Market, Live after 5, and The Blues Festival just to name a few. They have a nice library, nice historic hotels, beautiful views of the Mississippi bridge and riverfront.
The North Blvd. Town Square always has music playing and is the Central Park grounds for many events. Repentance park is right around the corner and they also have events going on. Check out neighboring Spanish Town and their massive amount of pink flamingo yard decor. You can see some of the most historic houses, colorful people, and even stop by the historic Spanish Town Market.
Feeling athletic or you just want to exercise? Like talking your dog out for a walk? Of course, you do because this is Baton Rouge and everyone loves and has at least one pampered pooch. So take Fido and the baby in the baby stroller for a run on the levee which has beautiful views and a running trail.
Oh, and please note, parking is atrocious. Make sure you use the parking garage or have some change to put in the meters, that is if you can find a parking spot. And on events, there is almost always paid parking lots, sigh.
All in all, you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't go explore Downtown Baton Rouge. So take your family out there this weekend, or treat yourself tonight. You will enjoy yourself..
Sending all my love from The Bayou State,
The Vintage Gypsy
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." ― Marcel Proust


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I was using the COLUMN TRANSFORMS syntax to load LOBs into Oracle using the Oracle external which is a handy way of doing several stuff - from loading LOBs from the filesystem to having constants as fields. In OWB you can use unbound external tables to define an external table using your own arbitrary access parameters - I blogged a while back on this for doing preprocessing before it was added into OWB 11gR2.
For loading LOBs using the COLUMN TRANSFORMS syntax have a read through this post on loading CLOB, BLOB or any LOB, the files to load can be specified as a field that is a filename field, the content of this file will be the LOB data.
So using the example from the linked post, you can define the columns;
Then define the access parameters - if you go the unbound external table route you can can put whatever you want in here (your external table get out of jail free card);
This will let you read the LOB files fromn the filesystem and use the external table in a mapping.
Pushing the envelope a little further I then thought about marrying together the preprocessor with the COLUMN TRANSFORMS, this would have let me have a shell script for example as the preprocessor which listed the contents of a directory and let me read the files as LOBs via an external table. Unfortunately that doesn't quote work - there is now a bug/enhancement logged, so one day maybe. So I'm afraid my blog title was a little bit of a teaser....
You have mentioned using files, how to do the same for BLOB column in source table. For me it is failing with OWB using 11gR2 and 11.2.x OWB
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The first trailer for director Fede Alvarez's Evil Dead remake has been released by way of a red band trailer, and boy is this thing bloody. This clip seems aimed directly at fans of the original that are skeptical of the update, and the gore-factor displayed here in this trailer (along with the fact that Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Talbert are all highly-involved producers on the project) signal that we don't really have anything to worry about. The terrifying tone is on full display as we get glimpses of Alvarez's disturbing versions of the Necronomicon, Deadites, and tree assault, with some tongue splicing and appendage removal thrown in for good measure. While I was a bit wary about the redo at first, consider me all-in after this incredibly promising red band trailer.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer, and be sure to read Matt's recap from the film's New York Comic-Con panel and check out Steve's video interview with star Jane Levy. The film also stars Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, and Elizabeth Blackmore. Evil Dead opens on April 12th, 2013.
Click over to IGN for HD.
Here's the synopsis for Evil Dead:
In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.


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Won't be blogging for a week.
Just a small break.
But I'll pick up where I left off. TONS of haunts to feature.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Won't be blogging for a week.
17 comments:
- Grim said...
Have a good time off, you deserve it.
I will miss your posts though.
- November 7, 2010 at 8:14 PM
- JHMDF said...
You have been posting a ton recently... I guess you can take a break. Have fun!
- November 7, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- Unknown said...
The internet will suddenly become a VERY boring place. But have a nice holiday.
- November 7, 2010 at 9:29 PM
- Sara said...
Enjoy your well-deserved time off you two!!!
Are you gunna leave us with some *really* cliff-hanger-y...or is this it? ;)
- November 7, 2010 at 9:53 PM
- Nebraska Jack said...
Enjoy the week and come back soon, Rot. Your posts are what get this haunter through the "off season."
- November 7, 2010 at 9:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Love your page and your work! Autumnforest turned me on to you! May I ask what type of "stuff" do you use for some of your creations?
Thanks much! Enjoy your time off!
- November 8, 2010 at 12:01 AM
- T.D.R. said...
But I just got here.Have fun.
- November 8, 2010 at 1:50 AM
- Rot said...
Thanks, all.
- November 8, 2010 at 6:07 AM
- Pam Morris said...
uh, oh...withdrawal. (but hope you guys enjoy the break!)
- November 8, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- JD said...
Noooooooooo!! D: jk I guess even the overlord of Halloween needs a break once in a while. Enjoy your break rot and bean.
- November 8, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- delores delruby said...
your posts will be missed for sure. you're a source of inspiration for many and to me personally, that it's ok to want halloween all the time.
the current picture at the top of your page (i guess it's the "banner") is TOO amazing.
- November 8, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
Unacceptable. Thanks for abandoning us. Plus what if we aren't here when you get back?
(We will be)
- November 8, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Arcane said...
Enjoy your break. I've got some posts of yours to catch up on.
- November 8, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- NoahFentz said...
Have a good time!! Relax! I need to play catch up when I get back. I am posting this right now from Hawaii. Everyone deserves a break.
- November 8, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- The October boy said...
A well deserved break. Enjoy
- November 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
Holy Tarra says,"Hope you have a great hiatus, you so deserve it. Will be looking forward to what you have in store for us next!"
- November 8, 2010 at 11:31 PM
- Chris 'Frog Queen' Davis said...
Enjoy! Fancy a trip to Scotlasd :D
- November 9, 2010 at 5:00 AM


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The early '90s edition of the Buick Skylark contend for some of the least worthy vehicles ever to carry the Buick name. One Washington car builder has the answer to the question "What if GM had allowed a convertible?"
Dubbed the Sunrise Racer, the owner parting ways with his creation over eBay says the vehicle was his pitch to GM for an aftermarket convertible conversion, similar to how GM farmed out other convertible models. Starting with a '93 beak-nosed Skylark, the builder added a Pontiac Grand Am rear end and a removable hard top (covered in fabric so it resembles a true convertible) with a custom-designed rear glass shield.
The owner says after GM executives rejected his idea, the car served as a daily driver before being parked a few years. A restoration included a new fabric top and a color change:
Had I originally painted it black instead of yellow the outcome might have been completely different and many more might have been built-as it is really cool looking in black; although even in the yellow it turned a lot of heads and gained favorable comments.
The owner's willing to throw in the rejection letter from Cadillac, proving that even in their darkest days, Cadillac executives had limits, including the nautical-quality twisting enjoyed by the drivers of N-body GM products with their roofs cut off. All this history can be yours; as of today, the bidding price has yet to cross $900.
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September 16 • Players and beginners of any standard are always warmly welcomed especially some more solo cornets and a spare percussionists to help out existing players. Feel free to drop in even if you just fancy a blow or want to try another instrument. After Covid!
September 14 • To complete our band line up once COVID restrictions are lifted we require a Bass Trombone, Percussionist (Kit) and 2nd Baritone player. We practice Mon and Thurs 8-10pm at Bollington Arts Centre. (Nr Macclesfield/Stockport) Currently NW 1st Section.
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It may not have received the fanfare of the shiny iPhone 5, but the refreshed iPod touch is just as new.
With a redesigned body based around a new 4-inch, 16:9 widescreen, the iPod touch mirrors the design of the iPhone 5 in the same way that the previous touch matched the iPhone 4 and 4S.
It's the thinnest iPod touch yet, measuring only 6mm thick. It weighs a barely-there 88 grams. It's available in five bright colours.
Inside, a lot has changed from the previous model. Apple's dual-core A5 processor (from the iPhone 4) makes an appearance, giving the touch twice the processing power and seven times the graphics power of the fourth generation mode.
Eight hours of playback for video and 40 hours of music playback means the iPod touch is no battery hog.
The new iPod touch scores a 5-megapixel iSight camera with autofocus on the rear, and a 720p-capable Facetime HD camera on the front. The rear camera can record 1080p Full HD video, and has an LED flash for extra lighting help. Like the iPhone 5, the touch can capture panoramic photos with its rear camera.
On the software side of things, the iPod touch gets an upgrade to the latest iOS 6 operating system. It also gets Siri — Apple's speech-processing assistant — and AirPlay Mirroring, letting users stream media content to a wirelessly-connected Apple TV set-top box.
We'll have our hands on the iPod touch as soon as possible for a full review. Until then, you can make pre-orders from the online Apple Store from September 14, with a tentative release window set for some time in October.
In Australia, the 32GB iPod touch will be $329, and the 64GB model will be $439.


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the Georgia Force, collected Change the World with ENERGY STAR® pledges at the Georgia Force Arena Football game in the Gwinnett Arena in Duluth GA. The Georgia Force pledge drive urged attendees to make a change with ENERGY STAR® by challenging them to take simple steps to save energy, which can help save money and protect the climate.
As part of the event, EPA Regional Administrator, Gwen Keyes Fleming was designated the honorary captain of the team and performed the coin toss on the field at this televised game (126 Charter, 248 Comcast and MeTV). EPA staffed Change the World tables in the concourse and took pledges. At halftime a drawing from the pledges determined the winner of a signed football.
"In recognition of the 20th Anniversary of ENERGY STAR®, we want the metro area to know that saving energy not only helps save money and the environment, but it can also be a lot of fun," said EPA Region 4 Administrator, Gwen Keyes Fleming. "We're excited to broadcast this important message as a service to our community."


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AHL Game Night: 4-19-13 Admirals at CrunchSubmitted by pete on April 19, 2013 - 21:38
Wow. I feel like we need to issue a formal apology to all our friends in Norfolk for that savage beat down tonight.
Cedrick Desjardins allowed 1 goal on 27 shots for the victory. For those wondering, Pat Nagle has been backing up Desjardins because Riku Helenius had some family issues back in Finland that required attention. Hopefully Riku will be back for the playoffs.
First Period
SYR Angelidis, (11) (Wyman, Brown), 14:20
SYR Johnson, (34) (Sexton, Wyman), 14:58
SYR Wyman, (13) (Palat, Johnson), 19:02
Second Period
SYR Namestnikov, (7) (Devos, Connolly), 11:56
NOR Maroon, (25) (Guenin), 13:32
SYR Johnson, (35) (Palat, Sexton), 19:11
Third Period
SYR Johnson, (36) , 7:48
Tyler Johnson, J.T. Wyman, and Mike Angelidis were the game's three stars. The freshly minted AHL MVP, Johnson, celebrated with an incredible 3 goal, 4 point effort to start off a 3 game weekend set that will be so critical for playoff position.
Brian Lee was +4 in the contest. Several members of the Bolt Prospects message board's heads just exploded after reading that. Mind you, he also took a major for slashing and got kicked out of the game. I would suspect a suspension may follow.
Two games remain in the regular season. Providence toppled Springfield tonight 5-3, which clinches the top seed in the East for Providence. However, with Springfield going down and Syracuse winning, the Crunch now move to within 2 points of the Falcons with a game in hand. The Crunch also expanded their division lead over Binghamton to 3 points after Bingo lost to Manchester tonight. Each team has 2 games left on their schedules, including the head-to-head matchup Sunday. The loss for Norfolk was a particularly bad one with the Admirals, at this moment, in a 4-way tie at 79 points for one of the last 2 playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. How deeply ironic would it be if Syracuse had to face Norfolk in the first round? That prospect looks much more remote after tonight, but it's still at least on the edge of the table right now.
So here's the schedule for Saturday: Springfield draws Adirondack (eliminated from playoff contention), Binghamton gets Hershey (one of the clubs in that 4-way tie), and Syracuse gets Worcester (eliminated from playoff contention). Syracuse can make the division elementary with a win, thereby clinching not less than the 3 seed for the playoffs. Jumping Springfield may be a harder task for the Crunch with the Falcons likely holding the tiebreak at the finish line with a 2 game lead in the regulation win column right now.
Some other accounting issues heading into the end of the regular season:
- Syracuse still leads the AHL in goals scored by 10.
- Tyler Johnson is 8th in the AHL in scoring and Brett Connolly is currently tied for 10th.
- Mark Barberio is in 6th amongst AHL defensemen in scoring.
- Johnson also leads the league in goals by 3 with Connolly tied for 4th.
- Johnson is also 6th in power play goals.
- Connolly is tied for tops in game winning goals.
- Ondrej Palat is tied for 8th in the league in helpers.
- Despite being in Tampa for about a month, Radko Gudas is still 6th in the AHL in penalty minutes.
- Gudas is also still leading the league in +/- with teammates Johnson, Palat, and J.P. Cote all tied for 3rd. Dmitry Korobov is tied for 8th.
- Barberio is 9th in the league in shots on goal.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
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AHL Game Night: 2-13-13 Crunch at DevilsSubmitted by pete on February 15, 2013 - 17:40
No Panik? No Killorn? No problem.
Riku Helenius stopped all 24 shots he faced for the shutout victory.
First Period
SYR Barberio, (7) (Johnson, Connolly), 0:45 (PP)
Second Period
SYR Korobov, (3) (Devos, Gudas), 4:30 (PP)
SYR Gudas, (4) (Korobov, Namestnikov), 5:07 (PP)
SYR Tyrell, (1) , 12:21 (SH)
SYR Wyman, (6) (Devos, Barberio), 16:49 (PP)
SYR Angelidis, (8) , 19:44 (SH)
Third Period
Helenius, Radko Gudas, and Dmitry Korobov were the game's three stars.
Dana Tyrell chipped in a shorthanded goal in the victory.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
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Crunch Top Admirals in Shootout, 3-2Submitted by Anonymous on January 12, 2013 - 00:14
For Mike Angelidis, one of the strengths of the Syracuse Crunch is its ability to remain positive.
Down by a goal in the third period to the Norfolk Admirals at the Onondaga County War Memorial Friday, the Crunch captain knew if his team poured on the pressure, it would find the game-tying goal.
Syracuse outshot Norfolk 23-4 in the third, finding the equalizer midway through the frame and and ultimately winning the game, 3-2, in the shootout. The Crunch has won five straight and seven of its last eight.
"It gets frustrating when you keep shooting the puck and missing the net or they're blocking shots," Angelidis said. "It's frustrating, but if you keep playing the game and you stay positive, good things happen."
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Connolly Scores Twice, Crunch Hang On To Beat Senators 4-3Submitted by Anonymous on December 13, 2012 - 00:26
It has been stressed to Brett Connolly that he needs to drive to the net.
The 20-year-old Syracuse Crunch forward followed through against the Binghamton Senators Wednesday at the Onondaga County War Memorial, potting a pair of goals in the Crunch's 4-3 win.
"Coach has been all over me to do that," Connolly said. "That's where I've been scoring all my goals."
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Item whereas I have formerly given to my Cousen Nathanell Batcheler fower oxen, & five Cows; I doe now by will Ratify and Confirme to him. Item I doe give and bequeath unto my Cousen Nath: Batcheler; A feather bed & bedsted, fower blankets, A bolster, two pillows, two chaires, three Cushions, A paire of Andirons, A little Table, he paying unto my Cousen John Smith Junior the Summe of Ten Pound. Item I doe give and bequeath unto my Cousen Deborah Batcheler wife to Nathanell Batcheler; Inprim: two brass kettle, two pots, two platters, two saucers, one scummer, one spit, A basting spoon, A flock bed, and blankets; all which goods she doth Already possesse for her use.
Item to Mrs Mary Carter wife to Mr Thomas Carter of Oburne; I doe give and bequeath by best bed and bolster, fower blankets and two pillows.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my cousen Samuel Daltons son Timothy, one trunk marked T and D.
Item: I give and bequeath to my Cousen Nathanell Batcheler: one warming pan, one case of Bottles.
Item: for the remainder of my goods I give and bequeath them to my cousen Deborah Smith:
And I doe by these presesnts make and Appoint my Cousen Nathanell Batcheler, and my cousen Deborah smith sole excequtors: to this my last will and Testament, and therunto I set my hand and seal, the eight day of the tenth month 1665
Ruth X Dalton
Her marke
Signed and Sealed in the
presence of us witnesses
Seaborne Cotton
Robert Smith.
[Proved Dec. 8, 1665.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, p. 73.]
[Inventory of the estate of Ruth Dalton, "Deceased: upon the 12 day of may Anno: 1666:" taken by John Sanborn, Samuel Fogg, and Henry Dow May 24, 1666; amount, £57.5.0.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, p. 73.]


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As can be expected, the compatibily list has greatly improved and now covers pretty much any nVidia GeForce Card up to GTX 470 as well as Radeon HDs up to 6870. Because the cooler went on sale in Japan before the HD 68xx cards where launched, you won't find any mention of these cards of them on the package or installation sheets. This cooler would also cool the GTX 480/580 cards, but because the VRM regulators are on the left side of the card you need additonal cooling to keep the cards from damage. The package contains lots of additonal parts. To save money Scythe did not include PCIe 6pin power extender nor a second PCIe 8pin power extender which would protect the cooler if you need to swap your card more often. Due to the size of the cooler it's quite hard to remove the power-connectors.
You will notice the shape of the cooler is more quadratic and the four heatpipes go twice through the aluminium fins to optimize heat-disappation. It measures 176x139x33mm which will make any graphics-card into a two slot design. The overhanging portion of the cooler will hinder its use in Mini-Tower cases. As usual, the workmanship is excellent.
As expected from Scythe, the workmanship is excellent, but nickel-plated heatpipes would not have hurt.
For some reason Scythe sticks to the annoying fans with fan-controller bracket. It would be more usefull to supply a cable with adapters for common 3-pin and 4-pin graphics-cards fan-connectors. This would allow the graphics-card to control the fan depending on the temperature and would also save a slot. Of course it's recommended to keep one slot free, but nowadays extremly short-sized PCIe adapters are available which would not hinder air-flow. The overhanging cooler-designs prevents heat accumulation directly on the graphics-card.
If you are as annoyed as we with the fan-controller, you can use any other 12mm slim fan to either keep the two-slot design or fit a 25mm fan with cable straps which will improve the airflow greatly. As you can see the identical fan without the controller is available for about €6,30. Both fans rotate up to 2000rpm and the airflow is up to 78m³/h or 45.5CFM.


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Trauma in Emergency Medicine
Diagnostic and therapeutic efforts in emergency situations can be directed by the nature of the trauma. Blunt trauma is commonly associated with thoracic and abdominal bleeding, organ rupture, fractures, and neurologic injuries. Penetrating trauma is typically localized to the path of the penetrating object, which is rarely a straight line. Falling from a height causes long bone and facial bone fractures as well as thoracic and abdominal injuries. A dog bitten by a larger dog can have deep-penetrating bite wounds, spinal injuries, major abdominal and thoracic trauma (even without penetrating wounds), and tracheal rupture from the shearing forces sustained during thrashing motions. Resuscitation of the airway, breathing, and circulation; control of hemorrhage; and pain relief are followed by a careful evaluation of the nervous system, chest, abdomen, integument, and musculoskeletal system.
The traumatized animal should be approached as if multiple injuries are present. The neck and spine should be immobilized until a thorough examination for spinal fractures or luxations is made. Thoracic auscultation for cardiac arrhythmias and the presence and quality of lung sounds should be done to identify chest injuries. The abdomen should be palpated for pain, fluid, or hernias. Extremity fractures should be supported by bandages or splinted to prevent further injury. Significant swelling may indicate ongoing hemorrhage. Because many internal injuries may not be apparent for a significant amount of time after the initial trauma occurs (12–48 hr), close monitoring is essential to allow early detection of potentially life-threatening problems. An animal that appears normal and stable on initial examination may have substantial underlying injury, making monitoring of at least physical examination parameters in the hospital (eg, respiratory and heart rates, mucous membrane color, and mentation) appropriate.
Initial diagnostic evaluation should include the minimum database before fluids are administered, if possible. Point-of-care tests should minimally include a PCV, total solids, BUN test strip, and blood glucose. When hemorrhage first occurs, the peripheral blood PCV may be normal or even increased with a normal or decreased relative total protein level; this is a clinical indication of hemorrhagic shock in dogs and occurs because of splenic contraction. This release of RBCs into circulation may occur faster than interstitial to intravascular fluid shifts; therefore, serial PCV and total solid measurements should be monitored after trauma. Both PCV and total solids will decrease as hemorrhage and subsequent crystalloid/colloid resuscitation continues. An extended initial database includes arterial or venous blood gases, electrolyte panel, blood lactate, and prothrombin time/partial thromboplastin time. This baseline information is used to create the initial treatment plan and to provide the baseline for subsequent monitoring. Ionized hypercalcemia has been associated with a poorer prognosis after trauma and may warrant more intensive monitoring. Survey lateral radiographs of the chest and abdomen at presentation can demonstrate the initial changes resulting from thoracic and abdominal trauma. Orthogonal views should be performed as the animal's condition dictates. Ultrasound examination of the abdominal and thoracic cavities may provide additional information about internal injuries and can often be performed while fluid resuscitation is initiated.
Some scoring systems have been developed for trauma, such as the animal trauma triage score; this system assigns a number from 0 (slight or no injury) to 3 (severe injury) in the following categories: perfusion, cardiac, respiratory, eye-muscle-integument, skeletal, and neurologic. In one study assessing >200 dogs evaluated after vehicular trauma, dogs that died or were euthanized had signficantly higher scores (median 6) than those that survived (median 2); higher scores were also associated with higher cost of care.
Thoracic Trauma
Pulmonary contusions, pneumothorax, cardiac arrhythmias, pleural hemorrhage, pericardial hemorrhage, rib fractures, flail chest, and diaphragmatic hernia are some of the potentially life-threatening complications that must be considered in thoracic trauma. Oxygen supplementation and analgesics allow careful physical examination. An ECG, thoracic radiographs, blood gas analysis, and diagnostic or therapeutic centesis help determine the extent and severity of the problems.
Severe pulmonary contusions cause hypoxemia, labored breathing in a pattern consistent with parenchymal disease, and crackles and rales on pulmonary auscultation. If the animal does not improve with supplemental oxygen, pain medications, and fluid therapy, then tracheal intubation and positive-pressure ventilation with 100% oxygen are indicated. The airway should be suctioned to evacuate blood and debris that are obstructing the flow of air.
Labored breathing with asynchronous movement of the chest and abdomen and dull or quiet lung sounds is consistent with pleural air or fluid and warrants immediate thoracocentesis. Thoracocentesis should be performed before taking radiographs in animals with respiratory distress, because animals may struggle and decompensate while radiographs are being taken; assessment with ultrasound may be less stressful but should not delay therapy. When a negative pressure cannot be achieved, repeated thoracocentesis or continuous drainage of the pleural space by chest tube is required. Large quantities of whole blood removed on thoracocentesis or ongoing leakage of air after 72 hr of pleural drainage are indications for surgical exploration of the chest. Large volumes of blood aspirated during a centesis may be collected into an IV bag or blood transfusion bag, because they may be used for autologous blood transfusion.
The thoracic focused assessment with sonography technique (TFAST) can help diagnose pneumothorax, hemothorax, or thoracic wall trauma and provides an alternative to radiographs when performed by a skilled sonographer familiar with ultrasonographic changes associated with these injuries. The chest cavity should be palpated for rib fractures with displaced bone, flail segments, avulsion of ribs, torn intercostal muscles, and herniations. When flail segments impair ventilation, the segment is stabilized by securing it to an external frame or cast, formed to the shape of the chest. Penetrating bite wounds over the chest should be explored under anesthesia for debridement and drain placement; if the wound is penetrating, the thorax may be surgically entered to inspect damage to underlying tissue, repair or debride that tissue as necessary, lavage the thoracic cavity, and place a thoracostomy tube before closure.
As the animal's condition allows, thoracic radiographs (two or three views) should be performed to assess for injury to the lungs. Many of the above-listed injuries may show up on routine radiographs; however, radiographic evidence of pulmonary contusions may not appear until 12–24 hr after the initial injury.
The heart should be ausculted and an ECG evaluated for arrhythmias. Arrhythmias may not be present at the time of injury but develop 12–48 hr after the event as myocardial contusions and hypoxemia affect the cardiac conduction system. Common arrhythmias seen after thoracic trauma include sinus tachycardia, ventricular premature contractions, and ventricular tachycardia. Treatment with lidocaine or other antiarrhythmic medications is warranted if the arrhythmias impair perfusion, if the rate is rapid and sustained (>180 bpm in dogs), if ventricular premature contractions are multiform, or if there are prefibrillatory rhythms (R on T phenomenon, torsades de pointes, ventricular flutter).
Abdominal Trauma
The extent and severity of abdominal injuries are often not initially apparent, unless there is visceral herniation outside the body cavity. The abdominal surface should be examined closely for evidence of bruising, abrasions, lacerations, protrusions, localized swelling, herniations, distention, and pain. Animals with evidence of abdominal pain that are in shock are considered to have intra-abdominal hemorrhage until proved otherwise. Rupture or laceration of the spleen or liver are the most common sources of intra-abdominal hemorrhage. However, all abdominal organs are susceptible to the shearing forces from blunt trauma. Other common sources of abdominal bleeding include avulsed mesenteric vessels, damaged muscle, or avulsion of the kidneys in the retroperitoneal space.
Approximately 40 mL/kg (just less than half of the circulating blood volume) is necessary before free blood in the abdominal cavity will be evident by palpation or visual inspection; this volume is associated with signs of poor perfusion (shock). Smaller volumes of abdominal fluid may be apparent with radiographs, abdominocentesis, or ultrasound of the abdomen. Abdominal distention from hemorrhage may become apparent if aggressive fluid resuscitation increases blood pressure and disrupts one or more blood clots that provided hemostasis. Small volume fluid resuscitation to achieve a low-normal blood pressure endpoint (90 mmHg systolic) is indicated to avoid sudden increases in arterial or venous pressures. When ongoing abdominal hemorrhage is confirmed, hindlimb and abdominal binding (see Hindlimb and Abdominal Binding) is indicated early to reduce the amount of hemorrhage until hemostasis is accomplished.
After injury of any abdominal organ, clinical signs of organ dysfunction or hollow viscus rupture typically develop over a period of hours but may be longer or shorter depending on the nature of the injury. Acute abdominal pain is a key physical finding. Survey abdominal radiographs can demonstrate organ displacement, distention, rotation, or free abdominal gas or fluid. Fluid can be recovered by four-quadrant abdominocentesis. Using the focused assessment with sonography technique (FAST, see Evaluation and Initial Treatment of the Emergency Patient:Hemostasis), even small amounts of free fluid in the abdomen can be identified and aspirated using ultrasound guidance.
When free fluid is not readily identified, a diagnostic peritoneal lavage can be done. A fenestrated catheter is placed into the peritoneal space, and warm isotonic saline (20 mL/kg) is infused into the abdomen. The fluid is allowed to dwell for several minutes and distribute throughout the abdomen; it is then drained and evaluated.
Clear fluid indicates that the possibility of significant abdominal hemorrhage is minimal. Fluid with a 1% PCV indicates mild abdominal hemorrhage, whereas fluid with a PCV >5% indicates significant abdominal hemorrhage that warrants careful monitoring.
Fluid obtained from the abdomen should be examined cytologically for evidence of WBCs, plant or meat fibers, and free or intracellular bacteria. Biochemical evaluation for creatinine and potassium, bilirubin, amylase, and phosphorus help identify urinary system rupture, gallbladder rupture, pancreatic injury, or ischemic bowel, respectively. Abdominal fluid glucose that is 20 mg/dL or more below peripheral blood glucose is characteristic of a septic peritonitis and warrants exploratory surgery. The abdominocentesis, peritoneal lavage, or FAST scan can be repeated in several hours if fluid from the first assessment did not indicate a significant problem but the clinical signs continue or progress. Retroperitoneal, fascial, or intramuscular (body wall) hemorrhage or hemorrhage into the GI system can be more challenging to identify.
Criteria for emergency exploratory laparotomy include ongoing hemorrhage; inability to stabilize shock; organ rotation, entrapment, or ischemia; diaphragmatic hernia; and evidence of organ rupture or peritonitis. Some simple bladder ruptures may be amenable to medical management and placement of a urinary catheter. Surgery to repair a diaphragmatic hernia should not be delayed, particularly with gastric displacement into the thoracic cavity, respiratory compromise, or ongoing hemorrhage.
Retroperitoneal, severe fascial compartment hemorrhage (associated with pelvic fractures), or hemorrhage into a hollow viscus is suspected in acutely traumatized animals that still have signs of a declining PCV/total solids, nonresponsive hemorrhagic shock, and no significant findings on abdominocentesis, peritoneal lavage, or FAST scan. Radiographs typically show expansion and loss of detail in the retroperitoneal space. An IV pyelogram should be done to help delineate disruption in the renal vascular supply or in the retroperitoneal portion of the ureter before proceeding with exploratory surgery in this situation.


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When confronted with an ill-equipped kitchen, a foreign country, or a desolate campground, it helps to channel MacGyver, that paragon of resourcefulness. I asked my colleagues and the smart cooks on our Chowhound Home Cooking board to share some of their MacGyver moments in the kitchen (and I found some great ideas on the Web, too). And check out some of these crazy-genius tips on video. We want more good stories—tell us yours.
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Import Rowing workouts to Strava from the Concept2 log
For those of us who split their time between rowing running and cycling it would be great to have all this on strava.
For those of us who split their time between rowing running and cycling it would be great to have all this on strava.
This is my second Premium trial, and I see this is still not working. I'll try Premium for 30 days, and I'll be out again. I do both rowing and cycling, and want pay for the service before Concept2 logs are synced with Strava.
Also, how do you edit an existing row? I don't find out how to edit metres.
Yes please STRAVA. Can't believe you don't support Concept2 considering how many of us use them. Surely a lost opportunity.
bump - seriously... a tremendous oversight. this would bigly be appreciated.
I just don't think strava care at all. Two years!!
+1 for this
A generous community member has created and shared a site to sync Concept2 data with Strava: https://rowsandall.com/
We are looking into this, but as is normal with the beginning stages of any investigation, I can't say where we'll land in terms of implementing features to support Concept2 indoor rowing data on Strava. To be determined.
Here is what I've learned from a little research so far - please chime in and add any information that might help us move forward with this project.
The Concept2 Logbook uses the file format CSV. Can anyone attach such a file to this discussion?
If using one of the Performance Monitors (PM) to record data from the Concept2 machine, you can upload the files to the Logbook using a USB drive.
If using the ErgData mobile app (iOS/Android), certain recent models of the PM (3, 4, 5) can upload the data via Bluetooth to the app, which then can upload the data to the Concept2 Logbook via the app.
There is an API for the Logbook, but after a quick look there doesn't appear to be any API calls to export Concept2 Logbook data, which would be needed to send data to Strava.
If there is a way to send Logbook data to Strava via the API, there would need to be extra development to then display the Concept2 data in Strava in a meaningful way. What data, metrics, or graphs are most important to you? Can anyone attach screenshots that illustrate how Concept2 or ErgData display such data?
Tarun Shome seems to have found a workaround to upload Concept2 data to Strava, but I'm curious to know more about the step described after exporting a CSV from Concept2, where the file is then uploaded to Runkeeper via the ErgData app?
Thanks for the help!
HI Elle,
Great that you are looking at this.
Re your questions:-
1. see below a screenshot of how the Concept2 Log data is displayed for an individual workout
2. I can send you CSV files for a season summary (one line per workout), and an individual workout (looks like one line per stroke), but can't immediately see how to attach a file to this page? I have emailed them to you via Strava Support.
3. I would be most interested in seeing the following metrics:
* Distance
* Time
* Pace - ideally per 500m as concept2 display it, but any other format would be fine
* Heart rate (average and ideally a graph)
* Power (average and ideally a graph)
Secondary level of priority for me would be:
* Strokes per minute (SPM) - analagous to cadence for cycling so might fit with your existing model?
* Splits info
Happy to help with any other info if you need anything else
P.S. Elle - I have had a quick look at the API documentation.
It appears to support get commands for
1. An individual result : GET /api/users/{user}/results/{result_id}
2. A date range: GET /api/users/me/results?from=2015-05-01&to=2015-05-31&type=rower
3. All results for current user : GET /api/users/{user}/results
So perhaps no need to go via CSV?
Thanks Paul, I got the files and the screenshot and will add them to the information I'm compiling for the development team.
As for the API calls, I also saw those calls for results, but to me that means the results from a leaderboard or a challenge, as Concept2 seems to host, and not for the data of a single rowing activity with the metrics you listed as #3 above. However, that's just my assumption.
Hi Elle,
The API refers to ability to get & post "workouts", which looks to me to be a single rowing activity. See this screenshot which shows my workouts (uploaded from ergdata) - it also has a manual 'Add workout' form which is for an ordinary rowing activity. The 'Post' documentation has a list of fields which also matches what i would expect to see for a single rowing activity.
Btw, the leaderboards are determined in concept2 by manually choosing your best effort - this is the 'Rank' / 'Unrank' button. So like strava PRs/KOMs but for some reason they you have to manually decide which workouts to rank (maybe to make the data processing of the leaderboards simpler for them?).
The challenges look similar to strava challenges, i.e. how much you can row between two pre-defined dates, etc. There is a separate GET call to get a list of challenges from the API.
For strava integration I would say that leaderboard / challenges are not relevant, it is the individual workouts that matter, and if you can take it this far there is also a 'Stroke data' GET command which I am guessing is the equivalent of the CSV result detail file I sent you.
Also I notice they use result_id as the unique identifier in the documentation - which matches the name of the CSV result detail file I sent you - I would guess the number in the filename is the result_id for that particular workout.
Elie, you could also use the BT API for iOS and Android and directly include it in the Strava App. So, you could display data from the PM5 and directly send the data session to Strava.
* Distance
* Time
* Pace - ideally per 500m as concept2 display it, but any other format would be fine
* Heart rate (average and ideally a graph)
* Strokes per minute (SPM) - analagous to cadence for cycling so might fit with your existing model?
Thanks for looking into it!
While a lot of these ideas are good, I would vote for (initially) just being able to see the workouts. I would hate to see it get shelved again for lack of ability to implement advanced features.
For me, it's a bit of a gamification thing. I want my strava friends to see my efforts, but what I really want is for them to know that they will not see them if I haven't worked out. it's motivation to get the data on board to as an incentive to keep working.
it's also a log of what I've done and if I'm improving. being able to look back of average pace, heart rate spm, time and distance over time is a nice to to have.
I hope we can get this worked out.
I'd put a plug in for wattage given that Strava is probably not going to be able to show speed in the conventional 500m split manner.
Thanks for picking this up!
Here my comments for your indoor rowing requirement document:
I just found this thread. I have actually put up an independent site rowsandall.com which can import to and from Concept2 logbook and Strava.
The basic functionality of the site is free to use and you can use it to shuttle your workouts from Concept2 logbook to Strava.
However, take a few moments to explore some of the other options of the site. It is compatible with most of the apps that work with the Concept2 PM and caters for "On the water" (OTW) rowers as well.
The site is still in beta but already very usable.
Thanks Sander R.
Have any of you on this thread managed to try https://rowsandall.com/?
What do the activities look like when they reach Strava? I'm assuming they are still missing a lot of data like strokes that is available on Concept2 Logbook.
I tried it, but my logbook records apparently don't have stroke information so rowsandall ignores them completely (they were uploaded to the logbook using the concept2 logbook tool from my PM5 USB card). Since many of use the PM5 and upload using the standard tools, we only have workout information (distance, time, row/m, pace time/500m, etc.) but don't have detailed stroke information.
In response to Bjoern:
Both on the water and on the erg, pace is measured as time/500m. Apart from the use cases you mention, we do intervals (mixed, time based, distance based). Outdoor rowing is NOT dominated by distance. Actually, a lot of workouts are time based because of the lack of landmarks (on lakes).
Units like watts are starting to be introduced to Outdoor rowing, and are very important for Indoor rowing.
Finally, I have experimented with defining "segments" on lakes and rivers, but very often the segment is not recognized. We rowers tend to drift a bit further from the ideal line (we are facing the direction we come from, not where we are going).
Ideally, an outdoor segment should be defined by a start line, finish line, and optionally a few buoys that need to be rounded/passed. For example, some of my regular benchmark rows involve a start and finish line on the same part of the lake. From the start I row 3km in a more or less straight line, rounding a buoy and then returning to the start line.
Elle -
Rowsandall.com works great! Everybody in this discussion should take a look. There are tons of useful data visualization features on the site which you should definitely check out (you won't believe what he can do with your data!) but, for purposes of this discussion, the ability to move data between apps/devices to Strava will be of special interest. One can import TCX, CSV, FIT files directly from apps such as ErgData, BoatCoach, RowPro, Painsled and NK GPS2 to rowsandall.com and then export to Strava. Alternatively, one can import C2 Logbook data (files originally uploaded to C2 from ErgData, RowPro, etc.) to rowsandall and then export to Strava.
It would be great to have a direct link from apps/devices, even the PM5 itself, to Strava but this is a terrific work-around with many additional capabilities.
MM (an enthusiastic user of rowsandall for several months now; not financially involved)
Here's a snip of today's workout recorded on BoatCoach, imported to rowsandall.com and exported to Strava.
Yes, it only works if you have stroke data. Use ErgData, BoatCoach, RowPro or (I believe) newer version of the C2 utility
Would it be possible to have the Strava App talk to PM5 (Bluetooth Smart) directly?
I am the "generous community member" who created rowsandall.com.
The Concept2 logbook has an API. You can get stroke data from the API. I use it to import data to my site, then use the Strava API to get data to Strava (Power, Pace, Cadence, Distance, Time, Heart Rate, etc).
There is an app Painsled (www.painsled.com) for iOS, which captures data directly from the PM5, just as ErgData does. It has Strava sync out of the box.
ErgData syncs to the Concept2 logbook. You can download a CSV file for an individual workout. Here's an example:
Thanks everyone (and especially Sander R. for the additional insights in your last comment).
The Strava Product team is tuned in to this discussion, and will assess the potential for a future project. I'll share any updates as they become available.
For Garmin users: there is something exiting going on: an IQ app (BETA) for Garmin watches to connect to the PM5
So finally people are working on it from several fronts (watch, Garmin Connect and Strava ) :))
Strava.... listen the the tortured masses - we need this. make it work....
If any developers want a hand with any of this stuff, I row and write api's. So I'm a pretty good resource if needed.
Again frustrated by looking at my training log and not seeing a single mile rowed. Bad enough that you have to manually input Concept2 activities, but then the manually added activities aren't even included in the training log?!
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The lucky flowers improve to 4-0
OAKLAND, Calif. — Mike Napoli and Jonny Gomes went to Seattle's Pike Place Market on Tuesday for lunch and picked up a bouquet of wildflowers on their way out to give to third base coach Brian Butterfield as a joke.
Butterfield put the flowers in the dugout and the Sox won that night. The same thing happened on Wednesday and Thursday.
Rather than risk angering the baseball gods, the players decided to bring the flowers with them to Oakland. Rookie Jose Iglesias was put in charge of keeping the flowers in water and transporting them on the bus and to the team charter.
Iglesias then had to keep the flowers in his room and bring them to Oakland Coliseum. The Sox won again on Friday, giving the flowers a 4-0 record.
The flowers are now in an empty bubblegum canister and still very much alive thanks to Iglesias, whose quick hands apparently include a green thumb.
It's the latest example of the Red Sox having some fun as a group, a running story since the start of spring training.
But there's also some subtle team building being done, too. Iglesias is having a wildly successful season and putting him in charge of a bouquet of flowers is a way to remind him that he's still a rookie and has to keep earning his way.
Don't forget, Iglesias was benched in Pawtucket earlier this season after he was demoted and sulked about it. But since he returned to the Red Sox, any traces of a bad attitude have vanished.
Is because of something like having to carry some flowers around? Probably not directly. But little things like that help make a team. No metric can tell you how many wins that's worth. But the Red Sox certainly believe it has more than a little to do with them being 58-37.
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"How Science Works," written by David Goodstein, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at CalTech, is one of those pieces almost none of us know about and yet the ramifications of his little tome spread far and wide.
A Slashdot comment mentions:
"A few months back, the National Research Council and the Federal Judicial Center published the Third Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, the primary guide for federal judges in the United States trying to evaluate scientific evidence. One chapter in particular, 'How Science Works,' written by David Goodstein (Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at CalTech), has raised the issue of how judges should see science in the courtroom: should they look at science to see if it matches our idealized view of the scientific method, or should they consider the realities of science, where people advocate for their own theories far more than they question them?"
If you go to the link in there, various questions are raised, e.g.
In the criminal context, prosecutors complain about the "CSI Effect," the claim that jurors today expect forensic evidence in every case, while criminal defense lawyers counter that the forensic evidence offered is often garbage and speculation from people with a diploma mill degree.) As far as I can tell, mostly defense lawyers took note of the Reference Manual publicly, and they took a starkly negative view of it.
This would have application in the Knox case but let's not broaden the issue at this point. One David Oliver has criticized the Reference Manual for judges thus:
Avoiding any pretense of humility the Reference Manual dismisses as woefully naive and inadequate those claims about the essence of the scientific endeavor that were ingrained in us in school. … Unsurprisingly the Reference Manual, operating on the view that objectivity is an illusion, that you can never prove anything is false and that you can never prove anything is true ("the apparent asymmetry between falsification and verification that lies at the heart of Popper's theory thus vanishes") and thus without any track to follow, quickly careens into post-modernism. … So all the great thinkers were wrong. Objectivity is out. Testability is out. Keeping an open mind is out. Skepticism is right out. The appeal to authority is not a logical fallacy but fundamental to science.
There are so many slides and bundlings there to tackle but first let's see what the post writer said:
Scientists, even those in the "hard" sciences that are based primarily on empirical observations and mathematical analysis, have their own dogmas, prejudices, incentives, and conventions. That's of course not to say that science is bad or wrong or useless — the only reason you can read this on your computers is because thousands of scientists over the years came to exactly the right conclusions about electricity, metallurgy, chemistry, mathematics, quantum theory, and information theory — but just to admit the obvious, which is that scientists are people and science happens under many of the same constraints as every other social endeavor. As much as we'd like to trust scientists as objective experts whose assertions should be accepted ipse dixit (a phrase that dates back to Pythagorus and is today routinely used by lawyers trying to discredit their opponent's expert), the truth is that courts shouldn't be afraid to look at scientists as people and evaluate them accordingly.
That's a lovely comment by the lawyer Max Kennerly and he's absolutely right on that point. The image I have in my own mind of the "true" scientist is that he administers tests, tests hypotheses, guards against his own prejudices and a priori argument contaminating the test and that it is a pursuit without end – it always opens up new areas of exploration.
All that is as it should be. We should be questioning, asking, wondering and never stopping doing that. It's also as well to remember that science treats the physical, the observable, the analyzable, the falsifiable according to criteria set by man. Within its parameters, science is the best thing going and I for one have enormous respect for scientists.
It's when they stray and drag the ignorant with them [who like to call themselves Rationalists but are actually trying to think with one half of the brain closed] into areas not treatable by science that the trouble begins. When science becomes Science, as has been mentioned many times before, then you have politics and religion, not science.
The prime culprit in this is The Royal Society and its hangers on, the Rationalists who infest every school, every university, flawed reasoners who can't see the whole picture and don't wish to see it. Dawkins, Hitchens C and Randi are the High Priests.
I should think that true scientists and eminent theologians might combine here to expose these other ignoramuses for politicizing science, for doing dirt on it in their twisting of it into a new religion and for passing comment on G-d without the least justification for doing so, let alone it being outside of their area of expertise.
I'm not slamming the average Rationalist at this blog – he knows no better and has been brought up on an orthodoxy of Science being G-d, which, as Mr Kennerly said, it is anything but. I'm slamming the High Priests of Rationalism as unreasoned for a purpose.
In an article titled: The Royal Society Takes Another Step Away from Science, author Ben Pile writes:
Shortly after the Royal Society announced it was to revise its advice on climate change, it announced [PDF]:
The Royal Society is undertaking a major study to investigate how population variables will affect and be affected by economies, environments, societies and cultures over the next forty years and beyond.
He comments:
The scientific academy has sensed that it in today's world, it wields political power. As the call for evidence suggests, the Royal Society has already decided that population is a problem, and the size of the population ought to be managed by political power, not by the individuals it consists of.
Precisely, although he's a bit askew suggesting this is a recent phenomenon – it was the whole raison d'etre for the RS in the first place and its founders were the Enlightenment hijackers whose influence now infests every area of our life. Author Dan Hind has written about this hijacking in "The Threat to Reason: How the Enlightenment was Hijacked and How We Can Reclaim It".
This is the angle I'm coming from, not from some evangelical stance [although I'd fight that corner separately to this debate]. This is also the angle libertarians might well be coming from. As Libertarian Today's Chris Moore wrote, in "Militant secularists and statist authoritarians have hijacked the Enlightenment and twisted it into a weapon":
Militant secularists, New Atheists, advocates of evidence-based policy, human rights champions… each constituency in their turn will draw justification from the intellectual emanations of that period beginning roughly towards the end of the seventeenth century and culminating – some say ending – in the 1789 French Revolution and its aftermath. And each in their turn will betray it.
He quotes Tzvetan Todorov – and I disagree in part:
The attacks launched against religion by thinkers like John Locke or Voltaire were not targeted at its content – they were targeted at its form as part of the state.
Yes they were targetted that way but also yes, Voltaire and Co had a far more political notion in mind than just the tearing down of religion and it was a very nasty fate they had in mind for humanity. We are close to realizing that today and the process should be completed by about 2020. Voltaire was not working for himself and especially not for la belle France.
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DOUGLAS, Wyo. — As a Johnny Cash tune played over the loudspeakers, horse trainer Gary Main Jr. coaxed Victory through a display of discipline and skill inside the Wyoming State Fair arena.
Hundreds of potential horse buyers looked on as Victory stopped on a dime, backed up on command and trotted along the perimeter. On this day, the horses were not from breeders but rather the Western range — separated from their wild origins by only a few months of training.
Faced with a surplus of wild horses, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and its nonprofit partner, the Mustang Heritage Foundation, have been holding a series of training contests and subsequent adoptions like the Mustang Challenge held in Wyoming this summer.
Adoption is likely the best outcome for the horses. The BLM, citing budget constraints and the ever-multiplying herds of mustangs that roam free on federal land in the West, said this summer it was studying ways to get rid of excess horses, including euthanasia.
Effort to boost adoptions
To try to boost the number of adoptions, Patti Colbert, executive director of the mustang foundation, came up with the idea of the horse-training competitions while watching reality TV shows.
"I figured if you could make over a house or a person or a truck, then we could take these mustangs and in a short amount of time show their value because of their trainability," Colbert said.
About 29,500 horses and 3,500 burros roam federal land in 10 states, according to the BLM. That's too many for the agency's rangeland management plans, which also account for other uses like wildlife habitat and livestock grazing.
"The wild horse population doubles about every four years, and the effects of that are they will overgraze the land," said Sally Spencer of the BLM's National Wild Horse and Burro Program. "If left unchecked, they would eat themselves out of house and home."
As potential owners wrestle with increased costs for animal feed and transportation, the government's longstanding adoption program has seen declining numbers, from about 5,700 in 2005 to less than 4,800 in 2007, according to the BLM. The Texas-based Mustang Heritage Foundation is working to change that.
It began holding mustang-training competitions last year, awarding thousands of dollars in prize money and culminating in adoptions at six events.
The group boasts a 100 percent adoption rate for participating horses, amounting to a total of about 850 horses adopted in the last year, in Texas, California, Nevada, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The horses on display in the Mustang Challenge were rounded up from BLM land in Wyoming, where about 3,600 wild horses live. The 26 participating trainers picked up the horses from a holding facility 90 days before the competition.
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Quinn Martin, a judge at the Wyoming competition, said he graded the contestants on the level of trust between trainer and horse.
"You can tell that horse is with him by the look in the horse's eye and how hard he's trying," Martin said.
Supporters of the training competitions say the contests help those efforts by disproving the notion that mustangs can't be trained.
Competitor Bryan Mantle, who has trained wild mustangs for 10 years on his family's Wheatland ranch, said the initial training is key to successful adoptions.
"People seem to be able to get along with them easier, and the horses end up having a home and not just coming back like a troubled pet," he said.
Boosting adoptions would help ease the strain the horses are placing on the BLM's holding facilities and budget.
The BLM culled more than 7,500 horses from the range last year, adding to the roughly 30,000 wild horses and burros that are cared for in short-term corrals and long-term pastures. This year, the agency is spending about 70 percent of its $37 million wild horse budget on holding costs, said BLM spokesman Tom Gorey.
Because of the overcrowding, the BLM announced in June that it was studying the possibility of euthanizing older horses or allowing their unrestricted sale. Critics say that would result in the horses being exported to Mexico or Canada for slaughter.
All horses adopted at auction
At the end of the Wyoming competition, all 26 horses were adopted at auction for a total of $47,500. Excluding BLM adoption fees, trainers received 20 percent of their mustang's price and the rest went to the Mustang Heritage Foundation.
Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns, a Newcastle rancher, paid $4,300 to take home Pistol, a 3-year-old gelding that placed sixth. The price was a good deal, she said, considering the time and cost associated with the training a horse.
Stearns said she intends to use Pistol as a ranch horse, which means long days of riding upward of 30 miles, possibly in muddy and icy terrain. That's one of the reasons she wanted a mustang.
"If you're riding one of these horses, they ran along their mothers when they were babies and so they learn to watch where they're going and know where their feet are," Stearns said.
For his part, Main ended up adopting Victory, who finished seventh, for $1,050. The two went back home to Laramie.
"His heart and his try are worth a thousands bucks," Main said. "So I'm not going to let somebody else walk away with him for that. He's going to make too nice of a horse."
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Writing as Instructional Practice
We should think less about teaching students to write, and more about how we might use writing in our classrooms in the interest of learning.
Writing and learning
Writing is never mere transcription—it is not a simple process of capturing in clear language what one already knows and "just writing it down." The process of casting new knowledge into one's own language is transformative: the knowledge changes shape, it is personalized, it receives the stamp of one's own perspective as it is represented in language. One's existing mental frameworks for knowledge change shape, too, as they accommodate the new knowledge.
Written language, in particular, requires the thinker to come to grips with the object of learning. Writing is a journey. Writers may begin with a plan or an outline, but it is the act of writing that determines the path and the eventual outcome. No one can imagine ahead of time exactly what will happen during writing.
Writing is thinking made visible. Because writing is visible, it allows people to work together in a complex intellectual space. Writing can provide a shared space for teachers and students.
Myths we live by
Too many teachers embrace unproductive beliefs or myths about writing and writing instruction. Sometimes, it is best to unburden ourselves of the myths that hamper learning.
Writing is a problem to be fixed: Writing is not something we fix with seat time in a required course. Writing is a complex skill that grows over time as students practice in various contexts. My colleague at UC-Santa Barbara, Susan McLeod, suggests that writing is a skill like piano playing. Musicians practice, get feedback, develop a repertoire, perform, and over time, become good players. Writing is like piano playing.
Writing should be graded: Writing assignments frequently represent tests of one sort or another, with grades attached, something that comes at the end of learning. Students become conditioned to view writing as a display of learned or memorized material, exchanged for a grade in the academic barter culture. This pattern can be broken by using writing as part of the learning process—a typical classroom activity, rather than as a form of performance or testing.
All writing should be carefully marked by the teacher: Some teachers take it as their duty to mark up student writing, to try to catch each mistake and problem, and to assign a grade. Far better to break this pattern, offer students comments in process, hold conversations with students as they develop ideas, and intervene while the writing is still alive. Students benefit from thoughtful feedback, but often, less is more—a few high level comments and some broad diagnosis of problems is better than marking everything at every level.
Writing is an individual skill: Writing is essentially social. It takes place as communication among people, and often takes place in the context of conversations, on-going work, and collaborative efforts. Writing is a good opportunity for students to get to know each other, work together, and form learning partnerships.
Writing must be formal, academic, and serious: No, it mustn't. Students should have fun with writing, experiment, play around, or argue both sides. Try having students write something outrageous, or illogical, or off the wall. If we want students to control language, play is a more effective method than drudgery.
Small steps in the write direction
Over the last 30 years as part of the movement known as Writing Across the Curriculum, teachers have developed sensible ways to use writing as a learning tool. Here is a sampling of good practice that teachers have found to be valuable.
Learning logs: Students maintain informal notebooks with their reactions to reading assignments or lecture topics. The writing is largely personal, analytical, and reflective, as students attempt to summarize and integrate what they are learning. Some teachers require a double-column format, with students summarizing material on the left, and reacting, criticizing, or raising issues and questions on the right. Teachers can collect and examine them from time to time, give credit for maintaining the logs, and react to the writing as an interested reader.
Micro-themes: A micro-theme forces students to construct a mini-essay or highly distilled discussion within a restricted space. Some teachers require micro-themes to be written on one or both sides of an index card. Students might define a key construct, describe an important historical event, or summarize a research article. Micro-themes can be composed frequently and read quickly by teachers, with a checkmark to confirm satisfactory completion or a short comment to the student.
Quick writes: Teachers can pause during a lecture, presentation, or discussion to allow students to formulate their thoughts in writing. They might be asked to respond to a provocative question, identify a key piece of learning that has emerged that day, or question something they are having trouble understanding or applying.
In a short story course, we stopped class five minutes early each day, and students responded to a question I would pose, dropping off their paragraphs on the way out of class. The writing was intense and focused. I could quickly read their writing, assign a check for satisfactory or a check plus for "beyond expectations," and write a comment or two on each.
The half hour or so I spent with their writing—before the next class—showed me what we needed to work on, where the confusion was, and who had been quiet while sitting on a really great interpretation. I could begin the next class by sharing thoughts from their own writing, answering good questions that had been posed, or asking specific students to elaborate on an interesting idea from their quick writes. For the students, it was a good method to develop the kind of fluency they needed in more serious essay exam sessions.
Reflective writing: Writing is a primary way that students can reflect on what they have learned. In internships, coops, service learning, and other contexts of experiential learning, writing represents a way to encourage students to be reflective, to come to terms with their experience and new understandings. In laboratory or problem-based classrooms, writing can be used to help students reflect on what went right, what was unexpected, what is still poorly understood, or how things might be done better the next time. Writing can capture and consolidate what is learned.
Chat and bulletin boards: Many teachers have discovered that classroom Web tools can increase the amount of writing in class without burdening the teacher. Over a term, students become much more skilled at representing complex positions in written arguments; they find comfortable public voices for themselves, and they become members of a vocal classroom community. They also find they can let loose, have some fun with ideas and each other, and discover the diversity of opinion and feeling represented in a typical class.
I encourage faculty to think more about learning and less about "good writing." This is not to say that we should be unconcerned with helping students become good writers, able to put together a report, and in good control over their sentences. But some measure of control will come naturally if teachers use writing frequently across all classes, in both informal as well as formal ways.
References & Resources
Anson, C.M. (Ed.) 2002. The WAC Casebook: Scenes for Faculty Reflection and Program Development. New York: Oxford University Press. Vignettes for training workshops that help faculty think through issues of using writing to learn.
Bazerman, C. & Russell, D. (Eds.) 1994. Landmark Essays in Writing Across the Curriculum. Davis, CA: Hermagoras Press. Classic essays from the early years of WAC.
Bean, J.C. 2001. Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. The premier resource for faculty: thoughtful, practical ideas for using writing to foster critical thinking.
Haswell, R.H. (Ed.) 2001. Beyond Outcomes: Assessment and Instruction Within a University Writing Program. Perspectives on Writing: Theory, Research, Practice 5. Westport, CT: Ablex. Wisdom from a mature program, with a great model of program assessment.
McLeod, S.H., Miraglia, E., Soven, M. & Thaiss, C. (Eds.) 2001. WAC for the New Millennium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs. Urbana, Illinois: NCTE. Great ideas for creating and maintaining campus-wide programs.
Russell, D. 1991. Writing in the Academic Disciplines, 1870-1990: A Curricular History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. Deep historical and theoretical context on writing in American colleges.
WAC Clearinghouse at Colorado State University, a wealth of resources to support faculty and schools: http://wac.colostate.edu/.


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The Consumer Protection Unit of the Department of Law warns Alaska consumers of increased reports of counterfeit check scams. The use of counterfeit checks by scammers in Alaska is not new, but the Department of Law has recently noticed an increase in reports of these scams and warns consumers to be on the look out for these phony checks and not be fooled into depositing them.
Counterfeit check scams can come in many different forms, from solicitations to participate in a foreign lottery or sweepstakes, to the sale of items through classified ads or regular business transactions, internet auction transactions, payments for services, and other scams. The common factor in all scams involving a counterfeit check is that you will be asked to cash a check that the scammer provides to you, and wire the scammer back some money that the scammer claims will cover taxes, shipping and handling, or some other cost or fee.
The problem is that even though the check looks legitimate, it is no good. The scammer is just using the transaction or solicitation as a ploy to convince you to deposit the check and wire some or all of the funds to the scammer. If you deposit the check and wire the money, your bank will soon learn that the check is fake, and you will be liable to the bank for the amount of the check, including the funds you wired to the scammer.
If you find yourself in one of these situations, realize that this is likely a counterfeit check scam and don't cash the check. Or, if you do cash the check, don't wire any money to the sender unless and until the check has cleared the bank. Be aware that just because the bank tells you that funds from the check are "available", this does not mean that the check is good or that it has cleared. Under federal law banks are required to make the funds you deposit available quickly, usually within five days, depending on the type of check. It may take weeks for the bank to determine if a check is counterfeit or not.
For more information on counterfeit check scams and how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of the scam, review the Federal Trade Commission's brochure entitled: "Giving the Bounce to Counterfeit Check Scams" or visit fakechecks.org.
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