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30-year-old American is in the midst of a comeback, and he hopes his hard work pays off in Boston.
It's early in the morning on Jan. 1, 2013, and the town of Boulder, Colorado is still asleep. Snow and ice coat the landscape as the sun rises steadily to the east, illuminating the Flatirons in an orange glow. Many of Boulder's athletes are nursing hangovers with a day off or an easier run. A lone pair of footsteps taps lightly along Marshall Road, however, just to the south of town.
The figure is tall and dark, and he powers off his toes, taking silky, efficient strides as he glides effortlessly. His cadence never changes as he consistently clips off 5-minute miles. He's focused and determined, and he's just 12 days away from the Houston Marathon. The figure isn't short on sleep, or working out through a hangover; Fernando Cabada did not go out on New Years Eve.
Not only did he not go out, but he avoided alcohol entirely, as the new Fernando Cabada exudes a focus unlike any other previous versions of himself. It's been a long year since the Olympic Trials, where the then un-sponsored Cabada PR'd in 2:11:53, and placed seventh in one of the fastest Olympic Trials marathons in U.S. history. The year saw a variety of new things in Cabada's life: extended time off from running, moving to North Dakota to work 10-hour days, and a new sponsor.
He also said goodbye to his 20s, as he celebrated his 30th birthday in London. 2012 was a year of enlightenment for Cabada after spending much of 2011 surviving by racing on the roads and living paycheck to paycheck. The realities he knew as a professional runner were slipping out the window, and he was faced with difficult decisions.
Even after his Olympic Trials performance, sponsors still weren't knocking at his door, and the decision to search for a real job became his reality. "After the Marathon Trials, I figured that running 2:11 and placing seventh, I should be able to get a contract," Cabada said. "Well, that didn't happen."
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Hanging on by a whim and after nearly two months off of training, Cabada flew to London as a hired pacer in April. The talented Cabada managed to do his job, leading the sub-2:12 group while running a 1:05:43 through the half-marathon in challenging weather. Still, he was having trouble making ends meet and coming to grips with the growing truths of being an unsponsored professional runner. With the lack of financial support, along with a nagging hamstring injury, Cabada took an offer to move to North Dakota and supervise a hotel cleaning crew.
"I didn't see myself getting any better at running, and I was tired of struggling," Cabada said. "I started to get really depressed and question the whole running thing." The idea of retirement was becoming a recurring theme in his mind. In May, Cabada packed his bags and drove to North Dakota.
With a job and a steady paycheck waiting for him, the transition seemed complete. "I needed a new a focus," he said. "It was time to be a man and make some money." Cabada wouldn't just be cashing in for himself; he would also help support his mother back home. "I told my mom I'd buy the biggest house for her and the family."
As the consistent paychecks came in, Cabada began to realize that the fire inside him hadn't died. It had been hiding out in the shadows of his heart. As a supervisor, Cabada racked in $27 per hour and worked 10-hour days, "You would think that would've made me happy," he said. "On the outside it looked like it, but I was dying on the inside."
Cabada passed the time by coating his desires with whisky, but even the alcohol couldn't suppress the flame that was beginning to burn brighter then ever before. The questions all runners face began to haunt him, and Cabada knew he wasn't done yet.
"What I couldn't forget is how much I'd regret it if I were to quit now," he said. Ghosts of old races and the gravity of the "what-if" game toyed with his mind, taunted him and urged him to come back. At 30 years old with seven NAIA National Championships, three USATF National Road Championships, one American record, and a 2:11 marathon to his name, he was finding that he yearned for more.
Despite an ailing hamstring, Cabada began jogging four miles a day after work, "I was running a 7:30 mile pace, and it was bringing the biggest smile to my face," he said. From then on, he knew what he had to do. There were no more questions, only answers. "I didn't care if I had to live with my mom for the rest of my days as a professional runner," Cabada said. "Most of all, I want to represent my country one more time before I call it quits." So he packed his bags once again and headed back to Boulder.


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"Meczywor" Surname
Frequency of "Meczywor" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Meczywor" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Meczywor" ranked #37,381 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census", US Census Bureau.
"Meczywor" Graves on Histopolis
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On Thursday, during a press conference of House Democrats reacting to President Barack Obama's proposal to "allow" insurance companies to un-cancel individual health insurance plans, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) had an interesting way of referring to Obamacare. He did not call it the "Affordable Care Act." Instead, he called it the "health security law." The change did not seem to be an error but a calculated shift in terms.
The idea Becerra was trying to convey was that the law was about "new protections and rights," such as the guarantee that parents "will never go bankrupt if they have to take their child to the doctor." The term "health security" also sounds close to "Social Security," which is essentially considered a permanent entitlement, never mind all of its problems. White House press secretary Jay Carney was on the same page:
This week GOP leaders say they are ditching immigration & tax reform to focus on throwing 3m young people off their parents' insurance.
— Jay Carney (EOP) (@PressSec) November 14, 2013
Democrats seem eager to move the debate away from "price," "plans," and "exchange"–terms that vex the middle class. Instead, they want us to talk about "security," "rights," and "protections"–terms that appeal to the poor and their would-be representatives. Not coincidentally, leading Obamacare strategist Robert Creamer is de-emphasizing health insurance and ramping up the class rhetoric on the minimum wage.
On the one hand, this is just a typical political tactic: change the subject, pivot, re-frame, etc. On the other, the move toward "security" and class warfare is a sign of how deeply afraid Democrats are that Obamacare is in serious trouble. They're not preparing to fight over bits and pieces of the law. They're digging trenches for a battle over full repeal, building a rhetorical firewall to stop conservatives' sudden momentum.


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It's the Labour Party in Northern Ireland's conference on Saturday 10 March in Belfast's Malone Lodge Hotel. All party conferences are fascinating people watching events. The smaller parties often exhibit a greater passion when arguing over policy issues than the larger parties.
On Saturday morning, LPNI will be holding their AGM and conducting their internal business, electing internal party officers and discussing members' motions. LPNI do have quotas for female representation: at least three women must be elected to the six positions on the national Executive Committee, and at least two of the five Conference Arrangements Committee must be female.
Update – Details of the Labour NI AGM and afternoon conference (technically not a full 'party conference') in a new post, including a synopsis (and audio) of the main talks.
Like some of the other local party conferences, it's a family-friendly event and "members are invited to bring supervised children".
Since the last General Election, the Labour Party in Northern Ireland has increased its activity. Labour NI's vice chair Kevin McAdam says that their "membership is up by 70%" since May 2010. Delegates have attended the main UK Labour Party conference, and they've been helping with Labour Party campaigns in the Republic of Ireland too.
While LPNI members ship is measured in hundreds rather than thousands, union membership is in excess of a quarter of a million and of those around 32,000 trade union members pay a political levy. Labour HQ has long kept Northern Ireland as a no go area for contesting elections. Labour NI argue that while the SDLP has merits and much support from Labour members, the lack of a formal link with the trade unions together with the nationalist ideology makes it an imperfect solution for Labour activists in NI.
Labour NI continue to lobby to be able to field candidates and contest elections in NI. They would designate as 'Other' if elected to the Assembly and would seek to avoid being just seen as the unionist alternative to the SDLP.
The afternoon sessions are open to the public from 2pm looking at Education, the Economy and the relationship with the UK Labour Party.
- Prof Tony Gallagher will be leading the discussion on "meeting the challenge of continuing educational inequities" with contributions from the NI Council for Ethnic Minorities as well as Platform for Change.
- Pamela Nash – MP for Airdrie and Shotts, 27 year old Baby of the House, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Vernon Coaker (Shadow Secretary of State for NI) – will address the conference.
- Finally, an economic debate will feature input from the Co-operative Party and NICVA.
Alan Meban. Normally to be found blogging over at Alan in Belfast where you'll find an irregular set of postings, weaving an intricate pattern around a diverse set of subjects. Comment on cinema, books, technology and the occasional rant about life. On Slugger, the posts will mainly be about political events and processes. Tweets as @alaninbelfast.


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Have you heard of the term emotional intelligence? According to A Dictionary of Psychology (3rd edition), emotional intelligence is
"the ability to recognize one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different feelings and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior."
The four key elements can be understood in a shorthand version:
- Self-awareness
- Self-management
- Social awareness (or empathy)
- Relationship management
Self-awareness means having realistic self-confidence and knowing when to rely on yourself versus the team, as well as knowing what kinds of things set you off. Self-management requires you to keep those emotions in check and let others know what's wrong and provide a solution. When you're truly listening and can pick up on visual cues others are giving, you have the tools to act with empathy. Effective communication and being a team-oriented individual will help you with relationship management.
The link between emotional intelligence and leadershipWhat does emotional intelligence have to do with leadership? Everything.
Ultimately leadership is about getting along with other people. The business world functions because people - colleagues, employees, customers, suppliers - work together. Negotiation, haggling, sales, setting vision, strategy and goals, and other key business functions require us to collaborate and interact with others in a constructive way.
Leaders that exhibit emotional intelligence have an easier time accomplishing goals than those that don't. A leader without emotional intelligence is a boss - and there are stark differences between bosses and leaders:
- A boss drives others; a leader coaches them toward their best performance.
- A boss instills fear; a leader inspires enthusiasm.
- A boss blames others; a leader works to help repair the damage and understand what happened so it won't occur again.
- A boss thinks in terms of him or herself; a leader thinks in terms of we.
- A boss knows how it's done; a leader shows how it's done.
- A boss depends on his or her own authority; a leader depends, along with the entire team, on mutual accountability and trust.
- A boss uses people; a leader is interested in helping them grow and develop.
- A boss takes the credit; a leader gives credit to others.
- A boss is a commander; a leader is more concerned with asking and listening.
- The boss says "Go!"; the leader says "Let's go!"
Digital cues for leadersEven if you're not off the charts with your EQ score, there are ways to improve your emotional intelligence. If you notice the elements of emotional intelligence above, listening is a key aspect of three out of the four.
If your role requires you to be in the public eye in any way - and that also includes in front of your employees - you can get feedback pretty quickly. Anonymous surveys from employees and public reaction on social media - including tweets, comments on your company's Facebook page or commentary on a video - can call indicate how people are feeling about you, your statements or your position.
In short, if you're intent on becoming an emotionally intelligent leader, there's no excuse to be ignorant of your surroundings.
One exceptionYou've probably been following the slow implosion of Donald Trump this week. The over-coiffed business personality has never been self-conscious about his massive ego, which is probably what he's most known for.
However, he completely misjudged the public and other leaders when he made the announcement that he was running for president on June 24. His errant remarks about Mexico and its people - from which he refuses to back down - have cost him a number of business relationships, including: NBCUniversal cancelling his reality show The Apprentice; Univision cancelled his Miss USA pageant; at least three Miss USA co-hosts and judges have quit; Macy's has terminated its Trump-branded clothing line; even the city of New York is taking a closer look at its relationship with one of its most famous residents (or at least its resident with the most garishly large name emblazoned on its buildings).
But rather than accept responsibility for what his remarks cause, Trump is continuing with his bluster: he's suing Univision and threatening to sue NBC, and if you can believe it, he claimed that the Macy's decision was his own (akin to "you can't fire me - I quit!"), citing inferior materials and - 3 years after the relationship started - that the clothing is not made in America.
Social media has been rampant with taunts, cries of hypocrisy and general disbelief at the lack of emotional intelligence displayed by Trump. Make no mistake: he is so egocentric and bombastic that he cannot legitimately hear or accept criticism, whether it's said to him in person or tweeted to him.
Interestingly, Trump isn't in last place among the myriad of Republican presidential hopefuls. In fact, he's in second place. He would likely assert that because of that (single) statistic, he's on the right track. However, we would argue that his high placement is due mostly to his name recognition. There's a difference between being well known and well respected. [Tweet this!]
If you look above at the attributes of a boss versus a leader, it's pretty clear that Trump is a boss. This is the guy that became synonymous with the phrase "Your fired!" - an utterance meant to instill fear and demonstrate power.
If you map the behavior - and that of the emotionally intelligent leader - along the Thomas-Kilman Conflict Modes, where do you suppose Trump would fall? [Hint: he's very assertive and he doesn't play well with others.] Where would you fall?
|Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Modes
While the access to more information and instant feedback (not to mention the presence of Internet trolls) can give us more insights about where we need to make changes as business leaders, it won't fundamentally change your personality. You've got to want that.
That is, if you value how you're perceived as a leader.
Photo credit (top): Gage Skidmore (Flickr)


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In the past two years, the TSA's "threat detection dogs" have become highly compensated government employees.
The cost of keeping bomb sniffing pooches on the government's payroll has almost doubled in the past two years, from $52 million to more than $100 million.
According to a new federal investigation, the worst part of the TSA's canine corps is that some of the dogs aren't doing the job.
For nearly one year, TSA bomb sniffing dog teams were secretly followed and videotaped by inspectors from the General Accounting Office.
According to the report released Thursday, the TSA's national canine program, charged with making sure bombs don't get on planes, is in need of fixing.
The investigation's most startling finding was that TSA officials are allegedly deploying dog teams to high risk airports but the dogs are being used for training or air cargo not for passenger screening as intended.
Investigators released videos that they say show TSA dogs failing explosives tests in passenger terminals.
One factor behind it, according to the report, airport dog teams were not in compliance with TSA training requirements to insure proficiency in bomb detection.
Each TSA dog team costs the taxpayers $164,000 dollars a year.
The government report suggests Americans aren't getting their money's worth if expensive bomb-sniffing dogs can't detect bombs.
Homeland Security officials said Thursday evening that they agree with the findings and TSA needs better oversight on the program and how it spends your money.


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NORTHAMPTON — The Secretary of the Commonwealth has turned over documents concerning a June 1 deadline for including a Northampton charter question on the Nov. 6 ballot, but none shows evidence that the city was notified about the deadline.
City officials were irate last month when they learned the charter question would not be part of the ballot that will include the races for president and U.S. Senator. After spending several years reworking the 19th century document, the city had agreed on some important changes, including the expansion of the mayoral term from two to four years.
With the presidential race drawing intense interest, the city was hoping to get significant voter input on the proposed changes. However, it learned in late July that there had been a June 1 deadline for submitting the ballot question. As a result, the city must print and count the ballots at its own expense.
After Mayor David J. Narkewicz publicly questioned the process, a spokesman from Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin's office insisted that both the city clerk and city solicitor had been notified in advance about the June 1 deadline. Narkewicz then made a public records request for all correspondence between Galvin's office and the city on the matter.
On Thursday, the city received a chain of emails to and from Galvin's office, state Rep. Peter V. Kocot, D-Northampton, and a House committee staffer. Although several of the emails dated in early May make reference to Northampton's charter question, they pertain only to technical changes in the document.
A May 8 email from Galvin's office to House staffer Jennifer Barrelle does cite the June 1 deadline, but Narkewicz said the information was never passed along to the city. There are no emails directly addressed to either City Clerk Wendy Mazza or City Solicitor Alan Seewald.
"Had I gotten this on May 8, we would have been jumping up and down saying, 'You've got to get this passed yesterday,'" said Narkewicz, noting that the charter changes were being reviewed by the House of Representatives at the time.
Kocot has promised to explore the possibility of getting some reimbursement from the state for the city's expenses. Whether or not he is successful, Narkewicz believes the records turned over by the Secretary's office validate the city's position.
"It's a matter of principal," he said. "They didn't notify us."


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Every school/LEA that participates in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and/or the School Breakfast Program (SBP) is required to establish a local school wellness policy. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) further strengthened this requirement in order to promote student health, prevent childhood obesity and provide transparency to the public on school wellness policy content and implementation.
Per the HHFKA, local wellness policies (LWPs) are to include, at a minimum, the following:
Current Requirements
Until the proposed rule is finalized and goes into effect, schools/LEAs must, at a minimum, maintain and adhere to the current checklist and TDA FND ARM requirements:
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Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
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Chloë Sevigny Biography
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on November 18, 1974, actress Chloë Sevigny made her film debut in the 1995 feature Kids. She followed up with roles in less popular films. Critics related better to her next film, The Last Days of Disco (1998). She emerged in 1999 as one of Hollywood's most critically acclaimed young actresses. Beginning in 2006, she garnered more acclaim for her role as second wife to a polygamist husband in the HBO series Big Love.
Early Life
Chloë Sevigny was born on November 18, 1974, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and raised in Darien, Connecticut. While attending high school in the affluent suburb of Darien, she began spending a good deal of time in New York City's Greenwich Village, including Washington Square Park, a hangout for many rebellious teenagers and creative types.
Sevigny moved to New York City permanently when she was 18, and worked as an intern at the teen magazine Sassy. Sevigny's unconventional beauty and iconoclastic fashion sense led to some modeling jobs, including a gig with the chic design house Miu Miu, and appearances in the music videos of bands like Sonic Youth and the Lemonheads. By the mid-1990s, she had become a fairly recognizable face among members of the hip New York City subculture, culminating in the fall of 1994 with a lengthy feature article in The New Yorker by novelist Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City) dubbing Sevigny the "coolest girl in the world."
Film Debut
She made her film debut in the controversial 1995 feature Kids, written by Harmony Korine, a young screenwriter she had met during her days in Washington Square Park. Sevigny (who provided some of the inspiration for Korine's screenplay) played a virginal teenager who contracts HIV from her first sexual encounter. She followed up on her much-talked-about performance in Kids with a supporting turn opposite actor Steve Buscemi in Buscemi's directorial debut, Trees Lounge (1996). In 1997, she starred--and acted as costume designer--in her on-and-off boyfriend Korine's first directorial effort, Gummo, the dark and disturbing story of Midwestern teenagers who amuse themselves by killing cats.
Critics (and audiences) related better to Sevigny's next film, The Last Days of Disco (1998), a clever chronicle of the active social lives of a group of affluent young New Yorkers in the early 1980s, written and directed by Whit Stillman. Also in 1998, Sevigny appeared in her first major commercial feature, the disappointing Palmetto, starring Woody Harrelson and Elisabeth Shue.
Commercial Success
Sevigny emerged in 1999 as one of Hollywood's most critically acclaimed young actresses, appearing in three films: Korine's characteristically edgy julien donkey-boy; the drama A Map of the World, starring Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore; and the emotionally charged Boys Don't Cry, based on a true story and starring Hilary Swank as Teena Brandon, a young Nebraska woman posing as a boy. For her portrayal of Lana Tisdel, the young woman who falls in love with Brandon's masculine alter ego, Sevigny earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
In early 2000, Sevigny starred with Sharon Stone, Ellen DeGeneres, Vanessa Redgrave, and Michelle Williams in the lesbian-themed HBO special If These Walls Could Talk 2. She also appears in the long-awaited film version of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, American Psycho, as the sweet-tempered assistant of the titular murderous Wall Street stockbroker. Starting in 2006, her role as second wife to a polygamist husband in the HBO series Big Love garnered critical acclaim.
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Passing Drills for Basketball – Video Clips
Here are all the video clips (and some of the handouts) from our youth basketball database related to passing drills for basketball – video clips! Included are Passing Basics, Catching Basics, Passing Skills, Passing Drills, and many other tips to assist players and coaches to increase skills related to passing and catching the basketball.
They are in no particular order. Don't forget we are constantly adding new passing drills for basketball – video clips and handouts to the database, so check back often.
3. Half Circle 2-Ball Team Passing Drill
4. Center Circle Team Defensive / Passing Drill
5. Weave Passing Drill / Basic Half Court
6. Weave to Half Court / 2 on 1 Drill
7. Weave / Full Court Passing Drill
8. Power Slam / Drill for Soft Hands
9. Power Slam / Wall Version, Drill for Soft Hands
10. Catching Tip / Watch the Face
13. Passing Drill (2-players / 1 Ball)
14. Passing Drill (2-players / 2 basketballs)
16. Chest Pass / Basic (left handed player)
18. Wall Passing Drill #1 / Younger Players
19. Wall Passing Drill #2 / Younger Players
20. Wall Passing Drill #3 / Younger Players
22. Chest Pass Drill
23. Catching the Ball with your Chest (wrong)
24. Lead Pass Examples / Drill
26. Cross Court Skip Pass – Handout
27. Power Slam / Soft Hands – Handout
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Did your hospital pay for your tuition?
Hi, Im a student in Arizona, currently taking my prereq's to get into nursing school..
I recently had an interview with a nurse recruiter from Banner Baywood. They pay for your tuition and books for the accelerated program at Gateway Comm College if you work for them three years afterwards at any of the Banner hospitals. I thought this would be a cool idea, because three years isnt too long, I like the idea of accelerated classes to get done sooner, and there are so many areas and so many Banner hospitals.
I have heard tons of bad stuff about them lately though!!
Any advice on any other hospitals that offer something like this?
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Specialty: Neuro ICUMar 6, '07Lots of hospitals offer this. Some just don't advertise is. I would call around to other places and see what they all have to offer.
I'm not in a contract and have no plans to get into one. I don't want to be locked into something when I graduate.
There are some students in my class who are going for free and owe the hospital (hospital based program) 3 years after graduation...they are all current employees. I could get money back after I graduate and work for a period of time but I'm not worrying about it.
Just call around and see what they all have to offer.Mar 6, '07The hospital I work for will pay up to $1000 a semester, but I don't work enough hours to qualify for this.Mar 6, '07Your state board of nursing, state nurses association or state hospital association should know about any of the programs like this going on in your state. You are always going to hear the "bad" gossip. Think about this though. Hospitals that have employees coming out their ears don't need to offer programs like this because they have more employees than they know what to do with. If there is one thing I have learned in all my years, it is that what makes a job pleasant is the people who you work with in your most immediate work area. That, unfortunately, is totally a matter of fate and something that you won't know until the first day you show up for work. You can have an interview with a manger who seems really nice. But if you end up having to work shoulder to shoulder with a real nasty B**** of a charge nurse, the nicest manager in the world won't make a difference, except maybe she might be a willing shoulder to cry on.Mar 6, '07Mine paid for tuituion via tuition reimbursement with no contract. So I spent very little on NS. (even pencils and 3x5's were paid for).
Just ask around, and make sure there's no time committment or contract.Mar 6, '07I am on scholarship with a local hospital, I don't work for them as of yet, have applied for a few pt positions but nothing yet lol I work for them for 2 yrs after graduation and they have a grad nurse orientation and training program that lasts until you feel comfortable on your own, avg is 3 mos according to HR, and they will pay for my NCLEX fee when it comes time to test
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OXNARD, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 30, 2014) - Workrite® Uniform Company, a leading provider of flame-resistant (FR) workwear worldwide, has opened up new channels for consumers to buy their high-quality FR clothing, highlighted by preferred partner status with Staples® Facility Solutions.
Staples purchased Corporate Express, a safety supply company, in 2008 and it has become the fastest-growing sector of their business. Staples Advantage has selected Workrite to be their sole provider of FR workwear, and will be selling a core product offering of Workrite's most popular and necessary garments, including:
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Founded in 1973, Workrite Uniform Company, Inc. has delivered high-quality flame-resistant (FR) workwear for 40 years. They are also the leading supplier for FR station wear for fire service. An ISO 9001:2008-certified company, Workrite is solely focused on the development and manufacturing of FR clothing. Workrite is an affiliate of Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co. ("Dickies"), the largest workwear manufacturer in the world. For more information on Workrite and its FR programs, visit www.workrite.com.
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Simulated Cyber Wars Hone Security Skills
Pitting seasoned cybersecurity professionals against one another in a high stakes battle of strategy and endurance, the inaugural Ixia Cyber Combat on December 7th hosted 20 teams from across the region in its first-ever simulated cyber wargames in Singapore.
The Ixia Cyber Combat─12-hour test of skill, strategy and endurance where participants compete against peers in a live skirmish─leverages multiple skills in network infiltration, data mining and exfiltration to root out attackers inside the networks they are protecting.
The goal? To find the greatest number of flags by either penetrating the other team's servers, defending services or analyzing the attack traffic inside the network. Along the way, organisers hoped participants would hone their skill sets and plug gaps in training and knowledge with a range of new tools and scenarios they could apply to their organizational defenses.
Guo Gen and Mai Linh of Team Wizlynx were the inaugural winners of Ixia Cyber Combat 2017.
The best defense is an offense
According to Naveen Bhat, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Ixia, the objective of Cyber Combat was to educate cybersecurity practitioners to defend better. "Cybersecurity is a lot like the sport of Judo. You have to teach a judoka how to attack and not just defend. Understanding your enemy by thinking and acting like him makes you a better defender."
Bhat noted the massive Wannacry ransomware attacks earlier in the year succeeded because security practitioners had failed to heed vulnerabilities in their networks. "Protecting your business is like protecting your home. You know where the entry points are and install the necessary defenses. But when the environment is unfamiliar or changed, you're vulnerable again," he observed.
So the goal is to ensure practitioners are upskilled to meet the evolving cybersecurity landscape. "There are 14,000 malware attacks every night across the globe. No matter how good you think your security defenses are today, they won't be good enough tomorrow," he remarked.
Thinking like the enemy
To address the rise of cyber vulnerabilities, Bhat advocates practitioners hone their skills in simulated cyber security attack scenarios. He stressed that many enterprises rely on compliance solutions and vulnerability assessments to reduce the risk of security breaches but these do not close the gap in assessing security resiliency.
"There are tectonic shifts occurring in the cyber security space. Demand for skilled and talented practitioners is far outstripping supply so platforms such as Cyber Combat offer the industry a forum to stay current, upskilled and updated on the latest tools and technologies," he said.
Bhat suggests practitioners must think like perpetrators and hackers if they are to exercise true defensive measures to protect their organisations.
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This report constitutes an extensive analysis of the state of knowledge on the link between eating disorders and substance abuse. Eating disorders, which include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, affect more than 5 million Americans. Millions more display some configuration of symptoms, if not the full-blown disorder. Eating disorders can have devastating physical and mental health consequences, not the least of which is the increased potential for substance use and abuse.
Findings from this 3-year study were based on analyses of national data sets and on a review of nearly 500 articles, books and reports.
The exhaustive report found that anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa were the eating disorders most commonly linked to substance abuse and, for the first time, identified the shared risk factors and characteristics of both sets of disorders.
Individuals with eating disorders were up to 5 times as likely as those without eating disorders to abuse alcohol or illicit drugs, and those who abused alcohol or illicit drugs were up to 11 times as likely as those who did not to have had eating disorders. Specifically, up to 50% of individuals with eating disorders abused alcohol or illicit drugs, compared to 9% of the general population. Conversely, up to 35% of individuals who abused or were dependent on alcohol or other drugs have had eating disorders, compared to 3% of the general population.
Although only 15% of girls were overweight, 40% of girls in grades 1 through 5 and 62% of teenage girls were trying to lose weight. These girls were especially vulnerable to eating disorders and substance abuse problems.
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Words and music by Arlo Guthrie
Not so long ago I set out on this road
With my friends and my companions by my side
And I think of you wherever I do go
I'm a rambler, I ain't hard to satisfy.
Won't be long till I am home again with you
Just a few more miles to go
Won't be long till I can get back on my own
Won't be long till I can spend my time with you
In the airport I'm standing in a line
Search my pockets, check me out and I'm alright
It's not hard but it ain't easy all the time
To be in some other town most every night
Oh, I miss the singing from porch banjo nights
And when friends come by to pass the time away
And when the winds that chill the Bershires in the night
Heading east through Massachusetts toward the bay.
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Stephanie Davis vows to raise child alone
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- 18 May 2016
Stephanie Davis is determined to focus on her unborn child now without the help of her ex-boyfriend Jeremy McConnell
Stephanie Davis wants to raise her child alone.
The former 'Hollyoaks' actress was left stunned earlier this week when she discovered she's pregnant with her on/off boyfriend Jeremy McConnell's baby but, despite her heartache, she's determined she doesn't need the Irish hunk anymore and will bring up the unborn tot as a single mother.
A source explained: "She was shocked when she discovered she was pregnant, they hadn't been trying but they hadn't exactly been careful...
"...She is determined to raise the child alone. Hopefully this will sort her head out - she has just been left to cope with this all by herself. Jeremy won't take her calls."
The brunette beauty is "100 percent pregnant" after taking three tests to confirm it but she's devastated the 26-year-old model doesn't believe she's carrying his child.
The insider told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Stephanie was desperate to see Jeremy and break the news face to face. He point blank refused - in fact - he doesn't believe that she is pregnant and it's breaking her heart."
The 23-year-old star set tongues wagging earlier this week after she appeared to hint she's pregnant when she left a since-deleted comment under Jeremy's photo on Instagram.
And, although Jeremy doesn't yet have proof she really is expecting, he's adamant he'll stand by her if it turns out she's carrying his child but he wants her to quit the booze and lay off the partying for the sake of their baby.
He said recently: "Just to clear if what is circulating is true, I'll always be responsible for my actions and I explained to Steph I'll speak to her, and do everything for her, if she stops drinking and partying knowing she's "pregnant" I'm sick of tit for tat but I won't let anyone slander me ,i haven't been ideal in the relationship what so ever, I'm trying to move on peacefully, it's a shock to most, but a kid can't fix a broken relationship." (sic)
The turbulent couple called time on their on/off relationship for the fourth time last month following a series of blazing rows which, at times reportedly turned physical, while holidaying in Cape Verde.
The arguments reportedly led to Jeremy needing six stitches in hospital after an altercation got out of control.
The former pair first began dating in January after they fell for one another while competing on this year's 'Celebrity Big Brother' but, over the past five months, they've been rocked by countless cheating allegations and vicious rumours.


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Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to settle charges that its brokerage and a former vice president sold securities it didn't understand to municipalities, non-profit organizations and other customers.
The 160-year-old San Francisco-based company agreed to pay $6.5 million in a case involving highly structured securities and its Minneapolis-based Wells Fargo Brokerage Services unit. That unit is now known as Wells Fargo Securities.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said, in announcing the settlement, that "the firm's representatives failed to understand the true nature, risks, and volatility behind these products before recommending them to investors with generally conservative investment objectives.''
The SEC charged former vice president Shawn McMurtry for his improper sale of asset-backed commercial paper.
McMurtry did not obtain sufficient information about the investment and relied almost entirely upon its credit rating.
Wells Fargo and McMurtry were, at a minimum, negligent in recommending the relevant programs, the SEC said, without obtaining adequate information about them without disclosing the material risks to customers.
According to the SEC, the improper sales occurred from January 2007 to August 2007. The implosion of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities led to the credit crisis of 2008 and 2009.
Here's what Wells Fargo's brokerage sold:
Asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) structured with high-risk mortgage-backed securities as well as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), whose value and payments are derived from a portfolio of underlying fixed-income assets.
"Broker-dealers must do their homework before recommending complex investments to their customers," said Elaine C. Greenberg, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Municipal Securities and Public Pensions Unit. "Municipalities and other non-profit institutions were harmed because Wells Fargo abdicated its fundamental responsibility as a broker to have a reasonable basis for its investment recommendations to customers."
"These issues occurred more than five years ago and pertain to a part of the firm that was completely revamped after the merger with Wachovia'' at the end of 2008, said Wells Fargo communications manager Elise Wilkinson. "We are pleased to put this matter behind us.''
Wells Fargo has taken a number of remedial measures, the SEC said.
All told, Wells Fargo agreed to pay a $6.5 million penalty, $65,000 in disgorgement, and $16,571.96 in prejudgment interest. McMurtry agreed to be suspended from the securities industry for six months and pay a $25,000 penalty.
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld writes for Securities Technology Monitor.
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Q -- Extended Safety & Preliminary Efficacy Trial for HIV Prevention among MSM
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
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- Response Due
- 6/16/2003
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2003
- Point of Contact
- William Richardson, Contract Specialist, Phone 770-488-2653, Fax 770-488-2671, - William Richardson, Contract Specialist, Phone 770-488-2653, Fax 770-488-2671,
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- Extended Safety of Once Daily Oral Tenofovir for HIV Prevention Among High-Risk Men who have Sex with Men A. PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND PURPOSE: Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with antiretroviral agents (ART) has been shown to substantially reduce the risk of HIV seroconversion after occupational exposures, and there is evidence to suggest that PEP may also reduce the risk after sexual exposures. The purpose of this project is to determine whether ART taken as pre-exposure prophylaxis (ie., before a sexual exposure occurs) is safe on a long-term basis. The agent chosen for the study is Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) which is taken once daily and which has a strong safety and efficacy profile when used as a therapeutic agent. This study will be done in coordination with an independently sponsored trial that will examine the safety and efficacy of this agent among heterosexual women in Africa and Asia. Participants in this study will be randomized to receive either TDF or its placebo and will be followed for any adverse effects of the agent, any changes in their sexual behavior, and HIV incidence. Results of this study will determine whether TDF is safe and acceptable for long-term use among men who have sex with men (MSM), whether such use might affect participants? sexual behavior, and whether such use should be further investigated to demonstrate efficacy in preventing HIV acquisition among high-risk MSM. B. BACKGROUND AND NEED: The HIV epidemic is continuing to grow and the predominant mode of transmission worldwide is sexual. Sexual abstinence or consistent and correct condom use are the only methods currently recommended for prevention of sexually transmitted HIV yet many at-risk persons are either unwilling or unable to remain abstinent or to use condoms with every sexual act. An effective, easy to use method of prevention is urgently needed. Topical microbicides are being developed in hopes of offering at-risk persons a method to protect themselves from infection when condom use is not possible. However, no microbicide candidate has shown effective protection from HIV in human trials. Ever since the development of the first antiretroviral agents, the potential of ART to prevent HIV acquisition has been explored. Non-perinatal studies have looked at ART given as post-exposure prophylaxis, i.e., after a person has been exposed to HIV. PEP was shown to dramatically decrease the risk of HIV seroconversion among persons who had been occupationally exposed. Similarly, even though no definitive human studies of the efficacy of PEP for sexual HIV exposures exist, much animal and anecdotal evidence suggest that it may reduce the risk of transmission, and many healthcare providers currently offer it to persons who experience isolated exposures. PEP appears to have varying degrees of effectiveness depending on how long after the exposure it is given. This has raised the question of whether ART would be even more effective and potentially able to be used by greater numbers of at-risk persons if it were to be used before the exposure takes place, ie., as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP). Given the continued growth of the HIV epidemic and the relative lack of HIV prevention options, the concept of using a daily oral antiretroviral to prevent HIV transmission merits further exploration and testing. As noted above, condoms and potential topical microbicides require consistent and correct use during every coital act. This is similar to the situation when barrier methods were the most common forms of nonpermanent contraception. However, when hormonal oral contraceptives were introduced and the preventive method became disassociated with coitus, contraception became easier, popular, and more effective at the individual and population level. TDF has been selected for investigation as chemoprophylaxis against HIV in high-risk individuals because of its? unique pharmacologic profile. In addition to TDF?s convenience of being a once daily single tablet with a safety profile comparable to placebo among HIV infected persons, it has striking anti-HIV potency and a low potential for selection of resistant viruses. Each of these properties is necessary given the realities of the intended target populations. Moreover, initial prevention studies in simian models have provided encouraging results. An independently funded study is currently in the planning stages for an expanded safety and efficacy study of TDF among sexually active heterosexual women in Africa and Asia. Another population that is most likely to eventually use HIV chemoprophylaxis should it be proven to be safe and effective would be high-risk MSM, and thus it is imperative to determine in parallel with this international study whether TDF is safe for use by men. Of note, the public health policy issues associated with the use of oral HIV chemoprophylaxis may be substantially different for MSM as compared to heterosexual women in the developing world. As an example, there is concern that the potential for increased risk behavior may be greater for MSM. The availability of an oral agent may induce some men to switch from the most effective prevention method (condoms) to one that is less effective (TDF). It is likely that TDF may be highly effective against HIV (i.e., > 80%) but it has no efficacy against other sexually transmitted infections (STI) such as syphilis and gonorrhea. Modeling exercises have indicated that the availability of a less-effective method but which is used more often can result in a large decrease in HIV transmission. However, decreases in transmission of HIV would need to be considered in the context of the potential for increased transmission of other serious, although generally non-fatal STI. E-Mail: email@example.com
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Height of puppet: 22–33 cm
Weight: 0,3–0,5 kg
Puppets of the BASIC category is the smallest kind of puppets produced by our company Rici Marionettes. BASIC series covers the whole range of various characters well known from fairy tales, belles - lettres and czech history.
Skeleton, shoes and guiding the puppets are made of wood, the other part of the special material. All puppets are hand painted and designed down till the smallest detail, which ensures its realistic look. Control system BASIC series consists of rocker arms, for strings and wire and ensures a natural and easy ability to move of the puppets.
Every marionette is dispatched in its box, fine packed top protect the goods on its way to you. For better transportation are our puppets supplied in two parts with detached head. For completion its enough to slide the head up the wire and than hook it to the "neck eyelet" of the marionette and you are done.


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MALS students take four classes within the program—Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies, two core courses in their chosen track, and the thesis/capstone project—and choose their remaining electives from among all courses offered across the doctoral and certificate programs at the Graduate Center.
Flexibility and innovation within the M.A. in Liberal Studies curriculum are essential in order to allow both faculty and students to engage new trends in higher education. Though MALS offers tracks in many interdisciplinary subjects, new areas of study, such as the digital humanities, refugee studies, human rights studies, and postcolonial studies continue to emerge at a rapid pace. The MALS program at the CUNY Graduate Center is well positioned to house this concentration. It already fosters interdisciplinary work and is home to diverse courses and faculty members whose expertise spans large areas of the academic spectrum.
Students have the ability to discern the development of nascent fields and should have the freedom to pursue them as part of their coursework for the MALS degree. This proposed track in Individualized Studies empowers students who identify a new area of study for which a MALS track does not currently exist to work closely with a MALS faculty member to create an individualized track of study within the program.
Only students who are enrolled in the M.A. in Liberal Studies can submit a proposal for this track. Students cannot submit a proposal for this track before they are admitted.
In order to enroll in this track, students must be mentored by a GC faculty member, who will provide advisement on the track proposal. Students must submit a request form and a short (1-2 page) written proposal to the MALS Executive Officer outlining the proposed course of study, identifying courses that may be taken, and explaining why existing MALS tracks are not feasible for such a course of study. The consulting faculty member must review the proposal and sign the request form before they are submitted to the EO.
This Master's degree program requires the following coursework for a total of 30 credits:
A required introductory course, MALS 70000 Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies.
Two core courses, selected from two different tracks, will serve as the core courses of the proposed track.
18 credits from courses of the student's choice.
A master's thesis/capstone project, MALS 79000.
Proposals for an individualized study track for the spring semester must be submitted by March 15 by 5pm in order to be considered.
Proposals for an individualized study track for the fall semester must be submitted by November 15 by 5pm in order to be considered.
Proposals should be submitted to Kathy Koutsis, MALS Assistant Program Officer (Room 4106).
Examples of Possible Tracks in Individualized Studies:
Digital Humanities and Archaeology
A student could propose to study the ways in which archaeologists can use new digital humanities resources. The two MALS core courses relevant to this study would be Great Digs (MALS 745000) and Digital Humanities Methods and Practices (MALS 75500). These courses, along with other electives selected from MALS and the wider GC catalogue, would enable the student to research methods and techniques that could be used to build new digital resources for the study and teaching of archaeology (interactive pedagogy, open scholarship, material analysis of digital objects, comparative approaches to archival texts, and new approaches to archival collections). The student's thesis/capstone project could concentrate on applications of the methods and techniques of digital humanities to the study and teaching of archaeology.
Fashion Studies and Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
A student could propose a track that focused on the business of fashion and the role of the individual in the production of modern day fashion from a biographical and business perspective. Many major fashion lines are linked to brands focused on individual designers (e.g., Alexander McQueen, Tom Ford, Stella McCartney). The student could choose courses that would help explore the relationship of the lives of individual designers to the brands and business practices that are built using their images.
Visit the GC Mina Rees Library's Liberal Studies Research Guide.
Students' contact for Individualized Studies research is reference librarian Alycia Sellie.
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Jurors on Tuesday began deliberating the case of a Houston man accused of fatally shooting a 79-year-old woman when he opened fire on his daughter outside a Texas courthouse last year.
Bartholomew Granger, 42, is charged with capital murder in the death of Minnie Ray Sebolt last March. If convicted, he faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty.
Prosecutors want the former truck driver and rapper on death row.
Granger has acknowledged that he fired at his daughter and ran over her with his truck outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in downtown Beaumont after she accused him of sexual assault and testified against him in the case. But he said he did not shoot Sebolt, a bystander who was accompanying a relative to the courthouse.
Granger's daughter, now 22, survived the March 14, 2012, attack but spent three months in a coma. She testified against him last week.
Jefferson County assistant district attorney Ed Shettle said in closing arguments Tuesday that recordings of jail phone calls showed Granger saying he was proud of the attack.
"I ask you to do what you know in your heart," Shettle told jurors. "Find him guilty."
Granger insisted Monday that he had run out of bullets while shooting at his daughter and therefore could not have killed Sebolt.
"How could I have killed her?" he asked the court.
Defense attorney Sonny Cribbs said if there was any doubt that Granger fired the bullets that killed Sebolt, he should not be found guilty of a capital crime.
"Our position is he's not guilty of capital murder," Cribbs told jurors. "He might be guilty of murder."
On Monday, Granger and Shettle engaged in feisty back and forth during cross examination, with Granger finally asking the prosecutor why he was so hostile.
"What did I do to you?" Granger asked.
"That little old lady bled to death," Shettle replied. "That's why there's such animosity."
Prosecutors say Granger was furious with his daughter, her mother and his estranged wife because they had testified against him in the sexual assault trial. He illegally bought an assault rifle from a Houston gang member then waited outside the courthouse in his truck for hours to take his revenge, prosecutors said.
Granger said the events of the day were hazy, but then went on to describe in detail how his daughter fell, how she cried for him to stop and how he repeatedly pulled the trigger then ran back to his truck and drove over her.


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Brilakis, I Remote Wireless Communications for Construction Management: A Case Study. In: the International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering, 2006-6-14 to 2006-6-16, Montreal, QC, Canada pp. 135-144.. (Unpublished)Full text not available from this repository.
The recent advances in urban wireless communications and protocols that spurred the development of city-wide wireless infrastructure motivated this research, since in many cases, construction sites are not conveniently located for wired connectivity. Large scale transportation projects for example, such as new highways, railroad tracks and the networks of utilities (power-lines, phone lines, mobile towers, etc) that usually follow them are constructed in areas where wired infrastructure for data exchange is often expensive and time-consuming to deploy. The communication difficulties that can be encountered in such construction sites can be addressed with a wireless communications link between the construction site and the decision-making office. This paper presents a case study on long-range, wireless communications suitable for data exchange between construction sites and engineering headquarters. The purpose of this study was to define the requirements for a reliable wireless communications model where common types of electronic construction data will be exchanged in a fast and efficient manner, and construction site personnel will be able to interact and share knowledge, information and electronic resources with the office staff.
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On 26 Oct 2006, at 15:08, Simon Baxter wrote:
In my searching, on the MythTV support pages etc, the support for XvMC and s-video seemed very poor. I was searching Matrox, nVidia & Savage.
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People often assume they are alone in their fear of flying. Statistics, however, suggest that as many as one in six people are nervous flyers. These statistics may be helpful since one realizes that one is not isolated in one's fear. There are many tips for allaying the fears of nervous flyers. Many swear by one particular method, and it may be necessary to try a few before finding the best method.
Fears are frequently irrational, and nervous flyers generally know this. They are often not calmed by the fact that air flight is much safer than a trip to the store in one's car. These facts can help some people, but not all. It may be helpful to realize that most flying accidents occur at landing or takeoff. To eliminate risk, one may wish to avoid having to use connecting flights, and attempt to book only direct flights.
Some people swear that an alcoholic drink helps them to calm nerves. This is not always the case for nervous flyers. Some nervous flyers may drink to excess in the hopes that nerves will be calmed. This may make one sick, and as well, a notably intoxicated person may not be allowed to board a flight. Others find that drinking alcohol actually heightens alarm. Thus for most nervous flyers, alcohol should be avoided.
As well, nervous flyers should avoid caffeinated beverages. These will definitely increase nervousness. Coffee and tea are obvious suspects, but also consider eliminating sodas containing caffeine as well.
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Some nervous flyers respond very well to a variety of breathing exercises or self-meditative exercises. These methods like Dr. Andrew Weil's breathing methods can help regulate mood but they do require practice before one tries them out on a flight. One can usually get tapes or work with a trained therapist, but consider beginning this work several months before flying, so practice has been adequate.
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Duke Takes Down Rival North Carolina, 17-9
May 22, 2010
By Jon Marks
Special to NCAA.com
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Blue Devils are headed back to the Final Four for the fourth straight year next weekend in Baltimore after taking apart archrival North Carolina 17-9 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Men`s Lacrosse Championships on Saturday at Princeton Stadium.
Not only does that set up a national semifinal against the winner of Sunday's quarterfinal between No. 1-seeded Virginia and host Stony Brook, it avenges an early season Duke setback at the hands of the Tar Heels. For North Carolina, it's an extremely bitter pill to swallow, this being the third straight year Duke has sent the Heels packing from the tournament and fourth in the last five.
"The first time we played them, we really lost our poise,"' said coach John Danowski, who lifted starting goalie Mike Rock late in the first half of that game for Dan Wigrizer, who limited the Heels to just three second-half goals. "They got the lead, and we did some really uncharacteristic things defensively.
"But that's 10 weeks ago. I'd like to think we've worked on some things since then and gotten better."
Does that mean the Tar Heels, who started 10-0 before splitting their final six games, got worse?
"It was the first time we'd beaten Duke in years,'' said defender Ryan Flanagan of the win that snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Blue Devils. "I think that's where we hit a lull toward the end of the season.
"A lot of us hadn't been there before, and we didn't handle it well. I think the next step of the program is to know what to do when we have that success. Now we know that when we're playing well at the beginning of the season, it obviously doesn't mean much."
The Blue Devils, on the other hand, began to turn the corner. Since then they've been knocking over virtually everyone in their way, the lone blemish coming April 23 against Virginia. Now they may have a shot at redemption.
"I want Virginia,'' said senior Max Quinzani, who scored three goals, giving him 64 for the season. "This is my fourth year of Duke lacrosse. Of the four, this is the team trending to excellence. This is the first time we're hitting our stride at the right time." Zach Howell led Saturday's onslaught with four goals, followed by Quinzani and Ned Crotty with three apiece, while Steve Schoeffel, Justin Turri and CJ Costabile each scored twice. Costabile's first came just 11 seconds after North Carolina's Thomas Wood had cut it to 11-8 late in the third. That triggered a six-goal Duke surge over a 10-minute span that broke it open.
"Winning those faceoffs gave us momentum," said Danowski, who took over in Durham in 2007, after the second half of the 2006 season was canceled due to the scandal. "That and our success on ground balls are important to us." It also proved to be too much for North Carolina to overcome, as goalkeeper Chris Madalon made just six saves while surrendering all those goals.
"I didn't think it was his fault," said Tar Heels coach Joe Breschi, who got a career-high four goals from Jimmy Dunster, while Thomas Wood and Billy Bitter scored twice apiece. "They just won a lot of faceoffs and ground balls.
"They just made more plays on us, just as we made against them in the regular season. They played with a sense of urgency we didn't match."
Now it's back to the Final Four for Duke. The Blue Devils got to the championship against Johns Hopkins in 2007, Danowski's first season, but have been bumped out in the semis the last two years by Hopkins and Syracuse, respectively.
"It's hard to think back to those other games," said Danowski. "But why shouldn't we feel confident the way we're playing right now?"
Indeed, the Blue Devils seem to be peaking when it matters most, having scored at least 12 goals in 11 of their last 12 games.
"Every year you say, `This team feels right,' " said Crotty, whose three assists raised his school record to 60. "Now we're just going to keep doing what we're doing. "It's worked great for us so far."
Next stop. Baltimore and the Final Four -- again.


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Place the chocolate chips in a blender. Add the brandy, vanilla, salt and eggs and turn on the blender.
While it is blending, remove the circular disk from the blender lid and very slowly pour in the very hot coffee. (It is essential that the coffee be extremely hot in order for the final product to be the right consistency and texture.) Blend until the mixture is smooth and fairly free of visible bits of chocolate, 20 to 30 seconds.
Pour the mixture into 3 large glasses, such as snifters, or 10 demitasse cups, leaving plenty of room to add a heap of whipped cream later. Place in the refrigerator for at least 3 to 4 hours so the mixture has a chance to set.
Before serving, spoon in the Brandy Whipped Cream and decorate with shaved chocolate
Add the heavy cream and sugar to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and whip until it forms soft peaks. Add the brandy and mix in.
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