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The curriculum seeks to provide an awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of the language, history, culture, literature, sociology, anthropology, politics, social ecology, health, medicine, and creative (art, dance, drama, film, music) accomplishments in Chicano/Latino communities. The Department offers a B.A. degree in Chicano/Latino Studies, a minor, a certificate program, and a graduate emphasis.
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Start Date: June 6, 2011
A while back, I saw that my sister Hilary had compiled a "101 things in 1,001 days" list. Since then, I have seen it on many blogs across the Internet. My husband David and I have been working on a goals list for ourselves – things we want to accomplish in the next 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 5 years and 10 years. I've married our shorter-term goals to my own personal ones for this life list.
End Date: March 4, 2014
Last updated: March 3, 2013
Currently: 34/101 things completed
Things Involving Money…
Replace my station wagon's alternator(sold car – July 2011)Buy new vehicle to replace Saturn(done, replaced with PT Cruiser – July 2012)Move to a larger home.(done, moved into 2 bedroom apartment – August 2012)- Save (at least) $1000 in an emergency fund. ($700 towards this goal – February 2013)
File to have child support through the court.(done – November 2012)Sell something on Craigslist.(done, sold futon – July 2011)Buy a sofa.(done, though we inherited a sofa, rather than buying one – August 2012)- Buy a washer/dryer. (no need at the moment – no W/D hook-ups in our apartment)
Buy a new TV (current one is very old).(done – February 2013)Upgrade/replace computer.(done – January 2012)Buy a great camera.(done – January 2012)- Pay off 50% of past debts.
- Have a live Christmas tree instead of a plastic one.
Replace our mattress.(done – March 2012)
Things Involving Health (Physical & Mental)…
- Stay sober & stable. (Completely sober since February 2010!)
- No cutting or self-harm. (with much effort, since January 2011!)
- Quit smoking, permanently. (This one always calls me back, when things get stressful.)
- Lose 50 lbs. (not counting baby weight).
- Stop drinking soda for 30 days.
- Eat a salad from our garden.
- Ride bike (at least) 1 mile per week.
- Buy personal medical insurance for David & I.
Dance in public.(done – many times)- Buy a blender to make smoothies.
- Cook holiday turkey at home.
Organize pantry.(done – August 2012)- Plant a fruit tree.
- Re-plant garden (had to leave ours behind when we moved).
Things Involving Others…
- Participate in Greenville's Zombie Walk
- Go to Artisphere
Make more real-life friends.(done, but more would be even better – September 2012)- Attend Indie Craft Parade.
- Participate in Relay for Life.
Attend a Counting Crows concert.(done – June 2012)- Attend a Cowboy Mouth concert.
Take the girls to their first live concert.(done – June 2012)- Have girls' friends over for a sleepover party.
Things Involving Creativity…
Knit a pair of socks for each of us before it gets cold.(done – December 2012)- Knit cardigan sweater for David
Frame David's original artwork.(done – August 2012)Do (at least) 1 art show with David.(done – October 2012)- Frame our original Ruth Thompson artwork.
- Go to the Renaissance Faire in costume.
Attend a Halloween costume party.(done – October 2010)- Rebuild aquarium.
- Plant roses.
- Build a chicken coop & raise chickens.
- Build a bunny hutch.
Buy/pick fresh flowers for the house at least once a month.(done, starting July 2012)- Bury a time capsule.
Things Involving Adventure…
- Take a family vacation to Washington, DC
- Take the girls to a theme park
- Visit Patsy's grave again.
- Visit Biltmore House
- Wiggle my toes in the Atlantic Ocean
- Visit an aquarium.
Go to the zoo.(done – October 2011)- Take a ghost tour.
- Take the girls to MagiQuest.
- Go to Charleston, SC.
- Go to DragonCon in Atlanta, GA.
- Play putt-putt golf.
- Take a boat ride.
- Fly a kite.
- Family go-karts!
- Go fishing.
Shoot fireworks.(done – January 2012)- Play laser tag with David.
- Go tubing on the Green River in North Carolina.
- Ride a roller coaster.
- Sing karaoke.
- Go hiking.
Go on a picnic.(done – May 2012)- Chase fireflies with the girls.
Watch all 8 Harry Potter movies.(done – November 2011)- Feed the ducks at Furman University.
Feed the koi at Clemson Botanical Gardens.(done – 6/15/2011)Vote in presidential election – 2012.(done – November 2012)
Things Involving Learning…
- Teach Lakin to ride a bike.
Teach the girls to crochet/knit.(done – February 2012)- Read at least 6 books/year with David.
Buy/build a set of dining room chairs.(done – September 2012)- Build an art desk for David.
- Learn to play guitar.
Personal Things…
Meet my new nephew Avery.(done – 7/2/2011)- Lose 50 lbs. permanently.
Give birth to a third child.(done – 7/1/2012, though she was born still.)- Give birth to a fourth child, our rainbow baby.
- Have a wedding ceremony.
- Dance at our wedding ceremony.
- Swim naked.
- Stop biting my fingernails.
- Get another tattoo.
- Buy (and wear) a red dress.
Dye my hair a crazy color (again).(done – 6/10/2011)Welcome my brother Zeb home from Afghanistan.(done – 9/9/2012)- Go hear Handel's Messiah with Mama at Christmas.
Buy new jeans.(done, October 2011)- Taste absinthe.
Eat watermelon.(done, September 2012)- Meet a real-life superhero.
Have you participated in a challenge like this? If so, how did it work out for you? I'm hoping it helps us really re-focus on our goals and stay on target to reach them. Wish me luck!


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Last week, I was forced to cancel three trips due to bad weather. I did manage to get in one charter and one day of fun fishing.
On Wednesday, I went to the Banana River no motor zone with my friend Paul. We were in the canoe less than ten minutes when we spotted some gigantic tails belonging to black drum waving in the distance. I was able to get off two casts with my crab fly before they vanished. We only saw a few more drum the rest of the day. They were all large but they were also all moving at a rapid pace when we spotted them. We also saw some big redfish which were all singles and all in the muddiest water around, making them difficult to see until we were too close. I managed to catch the smallest redfish I saw all day, about 26 inches, along with a nice trout, both on a 3 inch CAL tail.
Thursday, I took out Dennis and Jamie from northern Canada. We had great weather but the fishing was a bit slower than the action they experienced last year. The brothers had quite a few shots at redfish throughout the day. Only one redfish and one big trout made it to the boat.
This Wednesday, New Jersey residents Pam and Bob joined me for the second year in a row. Bob started the day off with a black drum.By the end of the day, the couple had landed nine redfish during a great day on the Mosquito Lagoon.
The following day, Virginia residents James and Sue made their first trip to Mosquito Lagoon. We started the day off fishing some large schools of shallow water redfish. The fish were very spooky, but James broke the ice by catching a redfish on a 4 inch DOA CAL in Morning Glory color. We spent the next couple hours playing hide and seek with a several schools of big redfish. We would see them for a short time, get off a couple casts, and then they would disappear. We finally gave up on them and moved on to look for more cooperative fish. Our final stop produced five more redfish. All were caught on a 3 inch CAL tail in the new watermelon seed color.
With the water levels still extremely low in the Mosquito Lagoon, the sight fishing will continue to be outstanding. Large seatrout are on the flats holding in the sand holes in anticipation of the spawn next month. Stealth is crucial when targeting big trout. If you can get to them while they are still lying in the sand holes, they will readily eat soft plastics. Once they begin to move, however, they almost never stop to eat.
Mark your calendars for the annual Coastal Angler Magazine Fishing and Boating Expo to be help April 18-20 in Melbourne. Capt. Tom Van Horn and I will be at the Mosquito Creek Outdoors booth holding hands-on workshops which will offer instruction on rigging, knots, lines, and tactics. There will also be seminars by local and celebrity guides on a variety of topics.
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At Duke, Alex hit either in the leadoff spot or the 3-hole. This past season he hit .342 with 3 HR's and 30 RBI. He lead a much improved Duke team with 56 runs scored and 17 2B's. As a pitcher, he was 2-2 with a 4.10 era and 8 saves. In 26.1 IP, he gave up 23 hits, 14 BB's, and recorded 34 K's. He tops out at 91-92 MPH with a plus curveball. In 2008, Alex won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. He went 112 games without an error at Duke.
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Two men looked through the bars. One saw mud and one saw stars. That sounds pretty fundamental when heard by members of "the Greatest Generation" as labeled by Tom Brokaw.
And yet one wonders if they had better protoplasm, better genes, or better DNA than previous generations. Or was it related to their background, with a large percentage of them raised in farming communities or on farms during the Great Depression. At that time, the farm family lived quite well, nothing to eat except ham, eggs, chicken, beef, vegetables, fruit, milk, butter, potatoes, wheat bread, corn bread, and a few minor things like that. But in order to get this from the farm lot to the table, everybody had to work, both young and old. If the young were too young to cut wood to cook with, they could at least tote the wood to the house daily. And in the winter time it took a lot of wood in the fire place to keep reasonably warm.
If one was lucky enough to have a paper route, he had money to buy his clothes. Work on the farm for 10 cents or 20 cents per hour did not accumulate money fast, but everybody worked. If no other work was available, then young men could work on Franklin D. Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps camps, which paid $30 a month plus food and housing, with $25 of the $30 being sent to their parents. The idea was not to create the Blue Ridge Parkway, but to create jobs. And then with good planning, the CCC left the Blue Ridge Parkway as a thing of beauty for generations to come.
This learning to work at an early age may have helped create "the Greatest Generation." Some of you did that so well that you were known as hard-headed or even bull-headed, to the extent that "come rain or come snow, the mail must go through."
As you begin to make room for the Boomer generation who are beginning to mature about now, maybe you should slow down and think a little bit. "Sticks and stones may break my bones" is an old adage but still true. The problem is you never saw a stick or stone hanging from a star, but they are often covered with mud. Maybe you need to compromise and keep one eye on the star and one on the mud.
Each year, about one in every three Americans takes a tumble and the chances increase even more in one's 80s and 90s. Between 5 and 10 percent of falls among older people result in major physical injury, broken bones, cuts, damage to the head, hip fractures, etc. Roughly 18,000 older Americans die each year from falls.
The article further states that people who wear shoes indoors are less likely to suffer a serious injury from a fall than those who paddle around in slippers or socks or go barefoot.
If Brokaw's "Greatest Generation" could ease off with their pride and be more docile instead of so bull-headed, they could change some of these statistics markedly.
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— Admit that you are not the young buck that you once were.
— Put up grab bars in and around the shower and other places where needed.
— Install handrails everywhere there is a step up or down. You probably will do this someday. Why not go ahead and do it before you fall?
— Hire some kid to clean the gutters. That's worth something to the rest of the family in peace of mind. If you just must prove that you've still got it, go to the golf course and shoot your age.
— Scatter those scatter rugs among the young neighbors.
— Do not wait for some doctor to tell you to use a cane. You already know it is a safety measure. Use it.
— Have some light for night walking. Even better, put a urinal beside the bed, sit on the side of the bed and use it. Then make one trip in the morning to the bathroom and take it all at one time. (Remember that there are urinals adapted for females.)
— Push all of those electrical cords under some furniture or cover them with the throw rug that you kept.
In reference to those 18,000 deaths per year from falls: If you can be a little less bull-headed and a little smarter, maybe that 18,000 can be cut by 10 percent. That will be 1,800 lives saved per year.
"I like my bifocals,
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Drug abuse
Drug abuse refers to the systematic use of drugs for pleasure (rather than medical) reasons.
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- It results in physical, mental, and/or emotional harm to the abuser and/or the people in the abusers life,
- The user requires increasing dosages to achieve the same kind of "high,"
- Such a significant portion of the abuser's time is dedicated to thinking, using, and acquiring drugs that their life becomes impacted.
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A "chipper" (when it's not a machine for shredding old Christmas trees) is a person who uses many different drugs while avoiding addiction to any specific one. Chippers may, for example, smoke pot on a daily basis, but use "harder" drugs less often enough that they don't become addicts. [1] Chippers may be at risk of becoming addicts.
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Virtually every drug can be abused, though some are much more harmful than others, and some are relatively harmless but extremely addictive. Alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, caffeine, nicotine and opiates are by far the most widely used drugs.
The most popular recreational drugs are alcohol, coffee and energy drinks, tobacco, marijuana, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine.
The Health Officers Council of British Columbia released a study in 2005 entitled A Public Health Approach To Drug Control in Canada, which studied the effects of drugs on Canucks. Well, it is assumed everybody knows that all the French-loving arctic hippies do is smoke weed and act "commie".
[edit] The war on drugs
It has been argued that the War on Drugs has actually increased rates of drug abuse, as was seen during the alcohol prohibition era. Since usage is pushed into back alleys there are no checks on usage, purity, restriction of sales.
It is also an extremely expensive system to maintain, from the cops policing the drugs, the court system and the jail to hold people for a crime that ultimately harms no one but themselves -- assuming it even harms them. The cost per day to keep a drug user in jail varies from 50-300 dollars a day. Money that could probably be better spent in education and rehab.
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It's one thing to spray tan and coif a disinterested child onto the stage, but it's another to pit twin sisters against each other. After most lilsugar readers said they found the premise of kid beauty pageants creepy, I decided to watch the second season opener of Toddlers & Tiaras last night. While I expected the stage moms, showgirl costumes, hairpieces and veneers that were all too common in past episodes, this show spot lit a relationship that was hard to watch. Mother of five contestants, Jamie Sterling, has her six-year-old fraternal daughters — BreAnne and AshLynn — and clearly favors the former. After saying that BreAnne is the prettiest child and takes after her mama, Jamie spent most of her time focusing on the lil talent. Meanwhile, AshLynn was told her sister was getting a new dress and that she'd have to wear a ripped one.
It was heartbreaking to see the sweet child try her hardest despite her mother's disinterest while BreAnne was given special treatment. Though when BreAnne's behavior turned toward that of a spoiled brat, her father (who is uncomfortable with the whole situation) stepped in much to his wife's chagrin and pulled her from the pageant. In her sister's absence and a fitting end, AshLynn won both third runner-up and the director's choice titles. A clip of BreAnne bragging that she was the real winner aired after the program. When AshLynn objected, BreAnne explained that was what their mom said. Did you tune in? Source: TLC
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5 Ways the Election Changed PoliticsThe midterms were not just about beating down the Democrats. Some of the results that will affect us for years didn't get much discussion. |
3. 2008 May Have Been a Singular Moment
With Pennsylvania, Florida and Indiana going Republican in both the governor's mansion and the U.S. Senate, the coalition that elected President Obama in 2008 may be a thing of the past. Obama's ability to pull voters in these key swing states -- first from Hilary Clinton in the primary, and then in the general election -- was one of the most exciting and extraordinary accomplishments of the Obama campaign. Aided by Gov. Rendell in Pennsylvania (an early Clinton supporter who switched to Obama in the general election), moderate Republican Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida and even the reluctant support of former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh in Indiana, Obama convinced Rust Belt voters and Latinos in Florida to support his candidacy, showing his remarkable ability to unite disparate voting blocks.
It's too soon to say if these voters will be lost to the president in 2012. There may still be a fair amount of queasiness in the electorate at the thought of giving the White House back to Republicans after the Bush disaster. But with Republicans controlling the governorships and Senate seats in these states, it's clear that President Obama will need to virtually start from scratch in swing states if he's to rebuild that coalition.
4. Tea Party Voters Are Weeding Out the Crazies
A lot has been said about the Tea Party's successes in this election. It's been estimated that more than 80 percent of Tea Party-backed candidates won election. But it's also worth noting that certain Tea Party candidates didn't win. Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle and Carl Paladino were all candidates who raised a great deal of money in their attempts to unseat strong establishment candidates in Delaware, Nevada and New York, respectively. These three collectively received more media attention than all of the Tea Party candidates running across the country. But it turns out that having to deny that you're a witch, telling Hispanic schoolchildren that they look like Asians or threatening to take out your opponents with a baseball bat is still frowned upon by most voters.
This is good news for the Tea Party movement. As opportunistic crackpots running as Tea Party candidates are rejected by voters, the Tea Party will hasten its inevitable transition into a more predictable libertarian block of the Republican Party, wielding real and powerful influence on the GOP establishment. This should serve as a wake-up call to Sarah Palin, who has hewed closer to the crackpot wing of the Tea Party. If she's serious about running for president in 2012 (and it's unlikely she is -- why work that hard when you can make lots of money and wield political influence without having a real job?), then she'll need to clean up her act. Putting crosshairs on Democratic-controlled districts on your website and encouraging Dr. Laura not to retreat but to "reload" after the radio provocateur used the n-word repeatedly is the kind of conduct that Palin may discover is going out of vogue among voters who are otherwise supportive of Tea Party aims.
5. The Next Move Is Up to the Republicans
Without question, this election is a sobering one for President Obama, just as the 1994 midterm election was for President Clinton. It's worth remembering that it was after 1994 that Clinton supported some of the most corrosive and shameful pieces of legislation of his presidency. The welfare-reform bill and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, enacted in 1996, introduced policies that continue to resound negatively in the lives of African Americans, the poor and criminal defendants.
But judging by the stammering responses of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and the fear I think I saw in the eyes of the putative new speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-Ohio), in the first 24 hours after this election, it's clear that Republicans in the House have no real plan to do anything constructive. Their agenda is one of "undoing": undoing health care, undoing what they call "Obama's policies."
But as has been said over and over, "It's the economy, stupid." The American public wants jobs and a stable economy. Keeping this country moving forward and providing jobs requires that our elected leaders actually do something. The most important poll number of this is election is 60 percent. That's the percentage of Americans just one month ago who disapproved of the Republican leadership. It's safe to say that this number hasn't moved much in the last month. That means that the Republicans are skating on thin ice. They've been given a chance -- a two-year window -- to make things better. It's not clear that the party of "Hell, no!" has anything to offer Americans who want solutions to our country's problems.
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Ain't that the truth?!
Man, there were a few times where I was winning everything I bid on and I'm not a high bidder unless it's something I REALLY want so i was getting good deals too. Then all of a sudden I couldn't win a damn thing to save my life for a long time. Now I've been winning things again but I know that won't last.
Plus I've been really lax on taking pics and posting them in the New Acquisitions thread, LOL
Congrats on the winning streak. I've had to impose a strict "no ebay" policy for me this winter. At least until I can thin the "heard" in the basement. lol
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OSWEGO COUNTY -- Aerial spraying for mosquitoes carrying Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been postponed this evening due to inclement weather, according to the Oswego County Health Department.
In order for spraying to be effective, foliage needs to be relatively dry, winds must be under 10 miles per hour, and the weather should be rain free for at least 30 minutes after the pesticide is applied," the County said in a statement. "Weather conditions such as wind speed and temperature are outside of the parameters to make aerial spraying an effective measure this evening."
Aerial spraying is now scheduled for Tuesday evening, weather permitting in parts of New Haven, Volney, Hastings, Palermo and Mexico.
Here are the approximate boundaries, according to the Health Department:
From the southern edge of the village of Mexico line from state Route 69 to state Route 3 along Munger Hill Road, continuing across state Route 3 to Hurlbutt Road; from Hurlbutt Road west to county Route 64; west on county Route 64 to county Route 6. From county Route 6 south to county Route 4; county Route 4 east to state Route 3, state Route 3 south to the intersection of county Route 35A. From this point, south and east to the intersection of Winks Road and county Route 45. From this point to a line north and east to the intersection of county Route 4 and county Route 45 (Upson Corners). From county Route 45 east to US Route 11; from US Route 11 north to Markowitz Road; from Markowitz Road west to Kenyon Road; from Kenyon Road north to state Route 69; from state Route 69 northwest to Munger Hill Road.
Saturday night, officials conducted aerial spraying over the Toad Harbor/Big Bay Swamp area on the north shore of Oneida Lake.
About a week ago, 4-year-old Maggie Sue Wilcox died after contracting the EEE virus.
The Oswego County Health Department stresses spraying for infected mosquitoes is temporary and partial measure to control the spread of EEE until the the first frost of the season.
In the meantime, people are urged to limit outdoor activity during dawn or dusk when mosquitoes are more active. If you must go outdoors, wear long pants and long shirts and remove standing water -- a breeding ground for mosquitoes.


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Simon Mayo says, "As soon as I came across the fact that a small number of people like to collect elements from the periodic table—they call themselves 'element hunters'—I knew I had got my story... I wanted to make sure that everything in the book is technically accurate; even if this new element doesn't actually exist, in theory it could."
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Itch by Simon MayoA great debut. You'll be itching to read more . (Anthony Horowitz). Itchingham Lofte - known as Itch - is fourteen, and loves science, especially chemistry. He's also an element-hunter: he's collecting all the elements in the periodic table. Which has some interesting and rather destructive results in his bedroom...Then, Itch makes a discovery. A new element, never seen before. At first no one believes him - but soon, someone hears about the strange new rock and wants it for himself. And Itch and his family are in serious danger...
A great debut. You'll be itching to read more. Anthony Horowitz Itchingham, a science-mad boy, is trying to collect examples of all the elements. He gets hold of a peculiar rock from a shadowy contact but some sinister heavies are also keen to get hold of it (and him) and he goes on the run in this gripping read. Financial Times Books of the Year An exciting and nail-biting thriller. Booktrust Amid the teenage intrigue and heart-in-mouth escapades there are sequin flashes of real science: reminders that physical chemistry really does make things happen. -- Tim Radford The
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Niles resident Bob Raminiak, with his wife, Halina, recently met the doctors and emergency responders who saved his life after a near-fatal heart attack. | Contributed photo
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NILES — Bob Raminiak, 67, says it's a miracle that he is alive today.The long-time Niles resident recently had a heart attack and his heart was defibrillated six times. When he arrived at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge he received total body hypothermia, a new treatment that lowers the body temperature in order to slow down body processes and preserve brain tissue. This new treatment gave the cardiac team more time to perform an emergency cardiac catheterization, saving Raminiak's life.
Q: How would you describe the experience that you went through?
A: I had a heart attack while I was at home. I was not feeling well and all of a sudden it came about. I went to a different hospital earlier that day before. I remember driving with my wife to that other hospital, but I don't remember being there for a couple hours. I don't remember coming home. The last thing I remember is when I woke up in the hospital.
Q: Would you refer to your survival as a medical miracle and, if so, why?
A: Without a question. They used a totally different procedure to bring me back. It was a new procedure and it worked. Everybody (from the paramedics to the cardiac team) had to do their job for me to be able to be here today.
Q: How did you feel when you woke up?
A: In light of the fact that I had no knowledge of what was going on before, and just to wake up in the hospital and say, "What am I doing here?" was quite an experience.
Q: How was it being reunited with the people who helped save your life?
A: That was a great experience because I was able to meet and thank all of the people that were involved in my recovery. It was really nice to see all the doctors and nurses and the paramedics and the police officer.
Q: How long did it take you to get back to a normal life?
A: I'm still in rehab. I go three times a week to Lutheran General for cardiac rehab. I'll be doing that for 12 weeks. I feel good. I feel that they accomplished two major things: they brought me back to life and got my heart working and they saved my brain.
Q: Did this experience change your life?
A: My wife just jumped right in and said, "We definitely need to change our eating habits." We enjoyed eating and eating a lot of the stuff you shouldn't. I haven't had a cup of coffee in two months. I only drink decaffeinated tea, (I eat) lots of fruits and vegetables and no salt.
Q: How long have you lived in Niles?
A: Fifteen years
Q: What is your occupation?
A: I own an accounting firm in Niles. That in itself is therapy, too. You don't want to sit at home and watch TV all the time.
Q: You made a promise to your wife, Halina, a long time ago. Can you talk about that?
A: I love her very much. She's a part of me. She's very important to me. I told her, "I'll always be here for you. Don't worry about that."


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09-10-2012, 01:51 PM #1New Guest
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Strange compressor behavior
I have a 12 year old Carrier central a/c unit. The compressor (R-22, 230 Volts "scroll" type) has been displaying some strange behavior for the past year or so. When my a/c guy came over last year, he thought it just needed a charge and that the system might possibly have a very small leak (couldn't find one with the electronic "sniffer", but it was quite windy that day and he couldn't take proper readings around the compressor unit's coils).
I hadn't at that time realized that it was acting strangely and that its cooling behavior seemed to depend on outside temperature. When it is very hot outside (say, >95 F) sometimes the compressor starts but doesn't cool properly. I placed an electronic thermometer in the first air duct output. Normal operation seems to happen when the air temperature in the duct is between 55-62 F (depending on outside temp). However, sometimes the compressor runs but the duct air temp stays around 68-72 F. Cycling the compressor (switching off, waiting a number of seconds, switching back on) normally seems to fix the problem. I also took "clamp" amp readings (I am in the electrical/electronic field) and each leg draws around 7-8 amps when it doesn't cool properly and around 12 to 14 amps when it does.
We just got a cold front into Texas and the temperature yesterday night fell quite a bit. It is warming up during the day but the compressor refused to cool properly even after cycling this morning a few times (did not draw more than 8.5 per leg). Leaving it on for 20 minutes and then cycling again got it back to normal cooling (and normal amp draw) which seems to show it only wants to work normally when it is hot.
Is this something you guys have seen before? Could a lack of charge (or maybe air/moisture in the system) cause this kind of symptom? Maybe the leak (if there is one) might have gotten worse? Or could this be a sign that the compressor is "shot"?
Any input greatly appreciated. I am trying to find out more about this problem before I call my a/c guy back again.
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By cycling the unit, do you mean that you are shutting off the compressor at the thermostat, or by killing power to the breaker/disconnect? I've had some scroll compressors that would try to run backwards due to a weak capacitor or even in some rare cases, due to a bad time delay relay. The relay would open up momentarly to shut off the compressor and as the compressor spun backwards to relieve pressure from the high side to low side, it would restart and run backwards. Usually this is indicated by a very noisy compressor. The fact that you are drawing half the amperage indicates to me that it might be running backwards.
You will need to have a service tech come out and check the unit.
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Sounds like you've got a compressor going bad to me!
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Think you are on to something... I had forgotten that the capacitor (and the relay) were replaced and the unit cooled just fine after that happened. However, a few months after the replacement this problem came back again. By "cycling" I mean at the breaker (that is where I am measuring the amps) but I always wait at least 20 seconds to restart it.
Which means that the compressor might be doing something that is killing the capacitor and/or it is not the proper capacitor or relay for that unit. However, there wouldn't be any reason for it to start running backwards after being off for several minutes, would it?
I will call my guy but am glad this kind of behavior has been seen before. Thanks for the input!
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Following the wiring diagram, this unit (38CK036330) apparently is supposed to have a start relay and a thermistor (and/or a start capacitor). The dual-run capacitor is there, but the relay and thermistor are awol and there is no sc.
This was a rental property and it looks like the wiring has been messed with (the renters did have an a/c tech come over a couple of times and he did change the main capacitor). No way to find out what the original wiring was like and/or if the design of the unit somehow changed and does not correspond with the wiring diagram on its plate. I did however find out that the unit is from 1994 and therefore almost 18 years old, so it might be about time to replace compressor and indoor unit anyway and not go any farther on this. It will likely be a huge waste of time.
Thanks again for your help!


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The opera premiered in November, 2011 at the Minnesota Opera; Mark Campbell, familiar to area audiences ("The Inspector," "Rappahannock County"), was the librettist. Here are some critical appraisals of the premiere: by Heidi Waleson in the Wall Street Journal; by Larry Fuchsberg in Opera News.


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Victoria's Water Police are relying on twin 350hp SCi Verado's behind three new Zodiac Hurricane RIBs (Rigid Inflatable Boats) to catch virtually anything on the water and get to incidents as quickly as possible.
"A key requirement was that the engines needed to drive the RIBs to at least 50kts," said Mercury's David Meehan. "Even though the weather was a bit rough during testing we hit that target — these are fast boats!"
The high-performance top-of-the-range Verados feature a 2.6lt supercharged six-cylinder engine with electronically controlled sequential multi-port fuel injection, four valves per cylinder, double overhead cam design, a charge-air cooler and electronic boost bypass control.
Victoria's Water Police coordinate all marine incidents throughout the state, and receive more than 700 calls a year for assistance. The new Verado-powered RIBs are based at Williamstown, with duties including beach patrols, rescues, boarding and pursuits.
Mercury supplied the six engines with heavy duty gear-cases to provide the ultimate in durability in a heavy commercial environment.
"There's plenty of torque to get those big RIBs out of the water and they're very quiet even when going flat out," said Meehan.
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An open letter to Mike Johnson, the principal at Hastings High School, and teachers,
I wanted to let you and your staff know how very impressed I was last night with your teachers. I love that they are genuine when they say they are here for the kids; you could tell they meant it. I debated about going at all, as I thought it was going to be boring and I can talk to the teachers at conferences. I got valuable information from every teacher that our daughter has. She has come home every day saying she had a good day. I saw the reason for that is not just the socialization with her friends, but she is very comfortable with the teachers as well. Thank you again for having the kids of this community best interest at heart. I am looking forward to this journey and again so appreciate the excitement that was instilled in me last night.
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It is the scourge of coaching . . . the game that doesn't mean anything.
And while tonight's WHL game between the Prince George Cougars and Kamloops Blazers at Interior Savings Centre is all but meaningless for one team, it means a whole lot to the other.
This will be the final regular-season home game for the Blazers, who will finish third in the Western Conference, meaning they will meet the sixth-place Cougars in a first-round playoff series that will open at ISC on March 22.
The Cougars, meanwhile, are down to their last gasp as they try to grab the conference's last playoff spot.
After losing 5-2 to the Rockets in Kelowna last night, the best the Cougars can hope for is a tie for eighth with the Everett Silvertips and a sudden-death play-in game. For that to happen, the Cougars have to beat the Blazers twice - tonight at ISC and Saturday in Prince George - while the Silvertips lose all three of their remaining games in regulation time. The Silvertips will meet the Royals in Victoria tonight, then play host to the Royals on Saturday, before meeting the visiting Tri-City Americans on Sunday.
With not a whole lot on the line for his side, Blazers head coach Guy Charron promised Thursday that he will be true to the game.
"You play to win the hockey game. That's the best way to explain it," Charron said after practice on Thursday. "I wouldn't want to do something to make our lineup weaker. If players are 100 per cent and they get the OK to play, they will play. If we are putting them in a predicament where they may . . . aggravate an injury, then they won't play."
If anyone is looking for the Blazers to ice a roster full of prospects, Charron said that won't happen.
He said he wouldn't "play all the kids" and take the attitude that "it doesn't matter what the outcome of the game's going to be as long as we're healthy."
Quite simply, Charron said, he has too much respect for the game to do that.
"Exactly . . . that's who I am," he stated.
Still, the Blazers are likely to be without four forwards this weekend.
They have been without Matt Needham, Joe Kornelsen and Aspen Sterzer, something that has impacted their depth and caused problems down the stretch, and now JC Lipon is on the limp.
Needham (undisclosed) has missed 11 games since last playing on Feb. 15, while Kornelsen, who hasn't played since March 2, has missed four games. He had a walking boot on his right foot yesterday. Sterzer (concussion) has missed 30 games since he last played on Dec. 29 and isn't yet working out regularly.
Charron is hoping to have Needham and Kornelsen on the ice next week in order to get them ready for the playoffs.
"Matt Needham solidifies three lines for us," Charron said. "Joe Kornelsen is a utility guy; he can help on any line. The success of our team is the depth of our team and the ability to play four lines.
"But we don't have a lot of flexibility up front right now."
That lack of depth was never more in evidence than last weekend when the Blazers lost two games - 3-2 and 2-1 - to the Rockets.
Lipon has an undisclosed injury. He skated yesterday but was wearing yellow, meaning he wasn't to be involved in contact. He will be a game-time decision tonight, but the fact he hasn't had any contact in practice would seem to indicate that he is doubtful.
"Contact could make the rehab longer than it might be," Charron said, "and we have time in our favour right now so we would like to use it to the best of our ability."
The Cougars have been on the road for more than a week, having visited the Seattle Thunderbirds, Tri-City Americans, Vancouver Giants, Spokane Chiefs and Kelowna since March 8.
Prince George won the first two of those games, but now has lost four in a row.
JUST NOTES: Game time tonight is 7 o'clock. . . . G Cole Cheveldave will start for the Blazers tonight, with G Taran Kozun getting the Saturday start. Kozun last played Feb. 27 in a 5-3 loss to the visiting Vancouver Giants. . . . The Blazers will present their individual regular-season awards prior to tonight's game. The Cougars will do the same before Saturday's rematch.


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UPDATE: 'Caroling in Clawson' Holiday Event Location Change
Sign up today to take part in the city's holiday tradition on Dec. 15, which moves from City Hall to the Hunter Community Center.
Updated 10 a.m. Dec. 3: This kick off for the event has moved to the Hunter Community Center because of construction at City Hall.
You are familiar with all of the holiday classic songs.
Chances are you've probably had them playing on your car radio long before Thanksgiving.
So, why not belt them out for all to hear and spread some holiday cheer?
No spectacular singing voice is required to carol in Clawson this December, just a desire to have some good, old-fashioned, nostalgic fun.
The third annual 'Caroling in Clawson' event, sponsored by Clawson Youth Assistance, is set to take place Dec. 15 from 6-7:30 p.m. on city streets and sidewalks.
Participants will be given assignments of what streets to cover (most choose their own), as well as a song book filled with classic hymns such as "Jingle Bells", "Deck the Halls", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "Silent Night" and many more.
In the past two years, the event has attracted hundreds of caroling volunteers.
"My goal is to have carolers on all of the streets of Clawson, and in order to make that happen, we need lots of singers!" said Mayor Penny Luebs.
Individuals, groups, families, friends - everyone's invited to the event. All that's required is enthusiasm, smiles and perhaps, several layers of clothing to keep warm in. As an added bonus, hot chocolate will be served after the event.
Call Clawson Youth Assistance at (248) 259-6208 to register today!
If you go:
What: 'Caroling in Clawson'
When: Dec. 15 - meet at 5:45 p.m. at Hunter Community Center, hot chocolate to be served following the event
Where: Streets of Clawson
Cost: Free
Kathy Leenhouts
10:11 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
The gathering location for the Christmas caroling has been changed to Hunter Commmunity Center, 509 Fisher Ct. due to construction at City Hall. All the other info is correct, just come to Hunter instead of City Hall!!!
Crysta Hicks
4:58 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
Is it absolutely necessary to register in advance? We're still trying to gather a group...
Kristen Skladd
5:01 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
Hi Crysta,
If you are still trying to gather a group, just make sure you register before the 15th, I believe, to guarantee song books, etc. Call Clawson Youth Assistance at (248) 259-6208 to double check the specifics and for registering. Hope you have a blast!


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My Word: Frighteningly small world
11/03/2012 22:26
Earthquakes in New Zealand, terror attacks in Europe, storms in North America – all are made easier if you face them together, helping each other.
Homes destroyed by Sandy on New Jersey shore
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I apologize in advance for what I'm about to do. I'm going to put the Disney ditty "It's a small world" into your head. And that's even though we've probably never met and you might be sitting thousands of kilometers away from where I'm writing this on a sunny day in Jerusalem. For good measure, in case you need an alternative, I can also auto-suggest Rabbi Nahman of Breslov's "Kol ha'olam kulo," with its simple message that "the whole world is a very narrow bridge and the main thing is to have no fear at all."
The two thoughts popped into my mind last week and have refused to leave, partly because the first has a tune with a candyfloss property that makes it sticky with sugary-sweet sentiment and the second has a lasting message offering a built-in coping device.
There is something surreal about sitting in the Israeli capital and being so absorbed by a natural disaster taking place the other side of the world. But global village it is. Like millions elsewhere – safe, warm and dry, with functioning electricity, water in the faucets, and food in the fridge – I spent a lot of time last week anxiously thinking about friends and family scattered in a huge geographical area ranging from North Carolina to Toronto.
It is not often that we, as Israelis, focus all our concerns on the fate of friends so far away. As I have written in previous columns, I'm used to monitoring the events in southern Israel; it is rare that I feel fear when I can't contact friends in the States. The last time was probably 9/11 – an event so etched in the world's collective memory it doesn't require a year to identify it.
For an Israeli news broadcast to open with the weather, it has to be bad; for it to open with the weather thousands of miles away it has to be something of the epic proportions of Hurricane Sandy. Even the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster of March 2011 took second place in Israel to the news of the massacre of the Fogel family, slaughtered by Palestinian terrorists in what should have been the safety of their home.
Ahead of the London Olympics this summer I wrote that sporting events are a reminder that there will never be world peace – there is something so tribal about the competition between different nations.
Although I still doubt that world peace – or even regional peace – is likely any time in the foreseeable (or imaginable) future, the last time so many people around the globe were glued to broadcasts of the same images and stories was probably the Olympic Games – and it was, I admit, a much more positive event.
On Monday night, October 29, in my particular corner of the world, it was so warm that I left the windows open. I live in a small neighborhood, with a small neighborhood mentality. At some point in the evening, I heard an unmistakable roar. It was coming from the apartment building opposite mine and so clearly meant that Beitar Jerusalem Football Club had finally won a game that I didn't need to zap TV stations to check.
It only added to the strange topsy-turvy feeling: Beitar, for better or for worse, is definitely the "local" club. How extraordinary to be following its fortunes (marred by the behavior of some of the fans and the Ronaldo-like gestures of a player from the rival club) at the same time as worrying about Sandy's trail of destruction.
Those friends in New York who still had a source of power updated their Facebook statuses with stoic comments about coping, armed with a sense of humor and a feeling of camaraderie.
Many mentioned that supermarket shelves had been wiped clean of beer and mineral water. The Israelis had been trying to stock up on Bamba.
Just thinking about the peanut-flavored snack gives many American parents an allergic reaction, but few blue-and-white families can conceive of battling war or natural disaster without it: It's like expecting Londoners to get through the Blitz without "a nice cuppa."
I was struck, not for the first time, by how people pull together in a disaster. If only we could maintain that level of empathy and community during fair weather (literal or otherwise). Earthquakes in New Zealand, terror attacks in Europe, storms in North America – all are made easier if you face them together, helping each other.
The difference, of course, is that the natural disasters are not man-made – unlike terror and war.
"Where would you rather be: In New York in Hurricane Sandy or Beersheba with the Grad attacks?" asked one journalist friend. The answer, overwhelmingly among Hebrew speakers, was in the Israeli South – perhaps because there is, after all, no place like home.
The giant pall cast by Hurricane Sandy overshadowed much of the last-minute American electioneering. In Israel, political developments from the Likud party vote on the merger with Yisrael Beytenu to the change in the way the Labor party list is determined were all described by terms like "stormy" and "cold front" and "against the wind."
The noise of the storm even drowned out the sound of the ongoing rockets in the South. It should not be considered normal, however, for my friends in Sderot to invite me to visit with the words "There are hardly any missiles at the moment" as if delivering a weather report of "only occasional showers expected."
The missiles didn't stop because Sandy was diverting attention elsewhere.
The cabinet on October 28 approved a three-year, NIS 270 million plan for the building of 1,700 bomb shelters in towns and cities located three to seven kilometers from the border with Gaza. A Jerusalem Post editorial on October 30 suggested it "should also consider holding one of its upcoming weekly meetings in the South... "Above all, we must avoid a situation in which large segments of society go about their business as though all is well. We must not be disconnected from what is happening in the South."
The sense of solidarity Israelis feel with people we have never met in the disaster-hit US and Caribbean should be reflected in the level of empathy for the residents of communities suffering from an ongoing onslaught of missiles, mortars and rockets. (Four Grad missiles falling on Beersheba, the capital of the Negev, on October 29 should be news – and not just local news.) It is only natural that whoever wins the US presidential elections this week is going to first focus on the domestic front, which is also going to require huge amounts of funds.
The Middle East is going to be placed on the back burner – only remembered if it heats up to a level a smoke detector can't miss it. But while we watched the superstorm crashing into the coast overseas, to our North, Bashar Assad continued to slaughter his own people. As New York closed its nuclear energy plants as a sensible precaution, Tehran continued to work on its atomic weapons program.
We'd love to be able to discuss sports as if nothing else is going on in the world, but, sadly, we ignore the winds of war (like any other storm) at our peril.
The world is small, the bridge is narrow, and it's often shaky; the best way to have no fear is to know that we're all in this together – lending a neighborly helping hand whenever we can.
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As you can probably tell from my surname, I always look forward to the Shamrock'n Half Marathon in West Sacramento. Given that the race (to be run March 14) sold out weeks ago, I'm sure I'm not alone.
But there is one thing I miss from earlier Shamrock'n races -- the beer glass (see photo above) given to all finishers. Instead, the race organizers now give out medals, just like nearly every other half marathon on the planet. I still use my Shamrock'n glass from 2007 and was hoping to add to my collection.
I'm not sure why the Shamrock'n switched to medals. I certainly hope it wasn't because the beer glasses, ahem, promotes alcohol use and sends a bad message to the youth of Sacramento. Puh-leeze. St. Patrick's Day is all about the cliched green beer. As someone of Irish ancestry, I don't take offense; it's kind of funny.
For comparison's sake, I took a look at a few of the plethora of St. Patrick's Day-themed runs across America and what they give as swag.
Here are 9 other races:
- Shamrock Run 15K, 8K, 5K, Portland (Ore.): bottle-opener medallons for all 15K finishers, backpacks for all age group winners.
- Kelly St. Patrick's Day Shamrock 5K, Baltimore: Free beer, post-race
- Washington, D.C. St. Patrick's Day 8K: bagpipers and Irish dancers, post-race
- Manhattan (KS) 10K: Starts at 1:15 p.m., after a parade, free barbecue afterward
- St. Patrick's Day 10K, Yorktown, N.Y.: raffle prize is two airplane tickets to Ireland
- The Original St. Patrick's Day Race 10K, Calgary, Canada: win your weight in beer raffle
- Biloxi (Miss.) 5K St. Patrick's Day Race: Free beer
- San Diego St. Patrick's Day 10K: Domino's pizza and beer
- Shamrock Marathon and Half Marathon, Virginia Beach, (Va.): beer and Irish stew, post-race.


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Posted by: | CommentsWednesday weddings are always cool. No…its a rule. You can't have a wedding on a Wednesday until you are something rather special. It goes without saying that you have to have an equally awesome photographer for a Wednesday wedding as well. No rules were broken here! This was an amazing day. Amazing for many reasons. First it was just after the Jubilee, so everyone was in a patriotic state of mind (better than narcotic I guess). In a week of some pretty questionable weather this sat right in the middle with only a couple of moments of rain…quite incredible really. It had a church in a hospital and a brother of the Bride who could actually talk to Peacocks. Tell me people…that's pretty special. These guys rock. Perhaps one of the most memorable moments for me came in the last few minutes of my coverage. The first dance, and in fact all of the music for the evening, was a carefully selected mix of music strung together as a single mp3 file and planned out amazing precision. There was only one hitch. The amplifier in the venue decided to go wonky and as a result any volume over bum rumbling cut out the protection switch shutting the amp down. This was not what I was talking about in being special Mr Amp. They were keen to the get the 'evening' started and to get the first dance out of the way. I told them a story about a couple a number of years ago who wanted to walk out of the church to "You'll Never Walk Alone". However when the church warden pushed play they got "Bohemian Rhapsody". Take two…you guessed it…"Bohemian Rhapsody". After a third visit from Freddie and the boys the Father of the Bride simple started singing and by the end of the first line the church was in full swing. With Catherine and Mikey, they knew they had enough volume to get through the first dance…just…and with the sun out it was unlikely that the real party was going to get started for another hour of so. A new amp was on its way from Basingstoke. So the solution was simple. The first dance was Elbow's "One Day Like This". Get to the repeat chorus and encourage the human peacock to start singing. What followed was a couple of minutes of pure wedding gold. As powerful and heart warming as my Bohemian Rhapsody experience.
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Getting into the Euro 2012 early…welcome to Northbrook Park
So cute you just wanted to slip her in your pocket
Indeed you do! Jubliee week seems an age ago now
"Damn…I make this suit look good!"
I just like the randomness of it all
Those eyes kill me every time
Mikey's seal of approval
Lovely chapel at Holy Cross Hospital in Haslemere
Its all about the bubbles
Knockin'em dead EVERYTIME I do
How very Jubilee of me
Off Camera Sun
Top right kinda looks like bad cloning in photoshop…its actually funky bokeh (google it) because of the branches I was shooting through…BTW…Pose copyright Hyde End Photography (dot com)
Night in the ruts
Rutger Hauer is today's doppleganger
Patiently he waits…for his wife to return from the other side of the frame
Jenga me wanga
'L' is for? (nearly Lost of a toe I reckon)
It seemed a peculiar time to compare manicures
5 minutes…then I'm kickin' your ****
Vicars hear no evil, or see them (not a real Vicar BTW)
Wine…its not just for Christmas
By far one of the coolest first dances ever…(as mentioned in the blurb above)
I did it again….same image in the montage. Doh!
As promised, there are more images on my Facebook business page. To see more of Catherine and Mikey's Amazing Northbrook Park wedding, go to Facebook.