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With Saturday's 75-71, comeback win over South Carolina, Ole Miss is 6-2 in the Southeastern Conference and tied for second in the league standings with Kentucky entering Tuesday's showdown with the Wildcats. The Rebels have also played themselves into the NCAA Tournament conversation as one of the first five teams out, according to the latest USA Today bracket released Monday.
Ole Miss enters Tuesday's game rated No. 56 in the latest Ratings Percentage Index (ESPN.com), while the Wildcats are rated No. 13, the highest rated opponent to date and the second-highest opponent on the schedule. The Rebels are 4-5 against top-100 RPI teams this season with wins over LSU, Vanderbilt, Penn State and Middle Tennessee.
"We have opportunities on the horizon, and we don't pay a lot of attention to the projections in the first week in February," Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy said. "There is so much basketball left to be played, and we certainly lived that last year. We were dead numerous times, and our guys continued to grind and fight. Anytime you're in a league such as the SEC, you're going to have quality opportunities. We have two this week, and my focus is just on getting our kids ready for the challenges."
Ole Miss had a similar opportunity last Wednesday at Tennessee, but they fell behind 13-4 by the first media timeout in an 86-70 loss. Tennessee held a decisive edge in rebounding (45-27), points in the paint (36-24) and second-chance points (19-4), and Kentucky presents similar problems with all five projected starters listed at 6-foot-6 or taller.
"I hope we can take the (right) approach that we have go in there with so we don't get the same result where we get behind 13-4 and then have to battle the five future pros, the hall of fame coach and the 23,000," said Kennedy of comparing Kentucky to Tennessee. "I hope we don't get behind early. It's a different team. Tennessee is veteran-laden, more physical, below the rim. These guys are high-flyers."
Kentucky is 80-2 at Rupp Arena under John Calipari, including 13-0 this season. The Wildcats hold a 100-13 lead in the all-time series, including a 26-1 mark at Rupp Arena, with the Rebels' lone win there coming Feb. 14, 1998.
The Wildcats lead the league in field goal percentage (47.4 percent), rebounding (41.8 rpg) and rank second in scoring (80.0 ppg). They also lead the league in rebounding margin (+10.1 rpg) and offensive rebounding percentage (42.8 percent). Freshman forward Julius Randle leads the team, averaging a double-double with 16.1 points per game and a league-leading 10.1 rebounds per game.
"They're extremely long and athletic," Kennedy said. "We better make a bunch of shots because it's going to be hard to get rebounds. That's what they do. They are young, but they have been very good at Rupp, and that's where we have to go Tuesday."
Related Links:
Ole Miss seeking quality wins, starting with Kentucky, writes Hugh Kellenberger of the Clarion-Ledger
Marshall-mania hits Rupp Arena for Kentucky game, writes Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herlad-Leader
A three-spot from UK's Ole Miss preview, writes John Clay of the Lexington Herald-Leader
Ole Miss senior Marshall Henderson is all grown up, writes Andy Katz of ESPN.com


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Author Notes: There was a time -- when turtle soup was a luxury dish and whiskey was an acceptable morning pick-me-up -- when garnishing an icy-cold drink with dollop of meringue seemed perfectly normal. And why not? The meringue floats on the surface like a regal, mysterious iceberg. As you mix it in, the sugar and whites add a touch of cream to what's otherwise a traditional sweet, boozy punch. Although this one does not, many Roman punch recipes instruct you to freeze the mixture before serving, presumably so it gets nice and slushy before receiving its meringue cap. Roman punch was served as an intermezzo at society parties and at the White House during Rutherford B. Hayes's presidency. Hayes and his wife, who was known as "Lemonade Lucy," were temperance advocates, and to get around their strictures -- the rumor was -- someone in the kitchen devised the spiked sorbet, which was served to guests. By 1922, the drink was declared passé by Emily Post. This recipe comes from The Essential New York Times Cookbook, and appeared in the Times in 1879. —Amanda Hesser
Makes: 6 to 8 drinks
cups lemonade
Juice of 2 oranges
ounces Champagne
ounces rum
large egg whites
A few drops lemon juice
cups confectioners' sugar
- Stir together the lemonade, orange juice, Champagne, and rum in a punch bowl. Chill.
- When ready to serve, make the meringue: whip the egg whites and lemon juice in a medium bowl until they hold soft peaks, then gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar. Pile into a serving bowl.
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Naval History's readers continually fill our mailbox with superb unsolicited articles. Nevertheless, I occasionally must ask historians to write stories for us on particular topics, and in some cases—such as this issue's commemoration of the battle for Tarawa's 65th anniversary-matching an author with the topic is a no-brainer.
Colonel Joseph Alexander, USMC (Ret.) literally wrote the book on the battle—Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa. Fortunately, he enthusiastically agreed to write for this issue, and we quickly decided on the basic outlines of his three articles.
The awful brutality of the fight for Tarawa Atoll's tiny Betio Island can easily overshadow the battle's monumental strategic importance. "A Bloody Proving Ground," however, puts the battle in perspective as the key first step in Admiral Chester Nimitz's westward advance across the Central Pacific. "Across the Reef: The Assault on Betio" then recounts the battle itself, including the daunting challenges the 2d Marine Division surmounted. And "An Enduring Legacy" examines Tarawa's effect on wartime America as well as describes the heroism of individual Leathernecks during the battle.
Colonel Alexander also helped line up two of the package's sidebar stories: "Aftermath of War: Tarawa Today," by Donald K. Allen, and "Documenting Betio's Defenses," about Larry E. Klatt's detailed drawings of Tarawa's fortifications. He then recommended we speak with Retired Marine Major Norman Hatch, who, in "What War Was Like,'" recounts to Senior Editor Fred Schultz filming the fighting on Betio.
Lastly, the colonel lent his expertise to this issue's most outstanding feature: the gatefold guide to the battle for Tarawa, "First Step in the Central Pacific Drive." Chief credit for this engaging mix of maps, diagrams, photographs, and text also goes to cartographer Bob Pratt, designer Kelly Erlinger, and artist James Caiella. This is our third bonus "centerfold," and we'd appreciate hearing how you like it.
As well as solicited features and sidebars, this issue also includes excellent stories that arrived at our office unexpectedly. Nick Cariello's Tarawa sidebar, "ER, Navy Style," showed up only a couple of weeks before our deadline. "A Naval Militiaman's Battleship Adventure," by retired Navy Commander Bolice Paul Fernety, and the Pearl Harbor escape story "Nowhere to Go but Down," by Donald A. Green, are prime examples of the high-quality eyewitness accounts we've been receiving from readers.
As we close out the year, it's important to note that you blessed Naval History with an especially strong crop of unsolicited articles in 2008. In fact, two of them have earned their writers Author of the Year Awards.
Alan P. Rems, mining the archives at Quantico, discovered unpublished letters that formed the basis of his article about the command history of the I Marine Amphibious Corps, "Halsey Knows the Straight Story" (August). Thompson Webb Jr., on the other hand, based his article, "Battling the Pacific's Most Deadly Force" (October), on personal experience. Mr. Webb, who passed away in 1998, wrote his vivid tale of surviving "Halsey's Typhoon" weeks after the December 1944 storm. His grandson Gregg Webb discovered it several years ago and sent it to us.
While articles by professional historians and writers will continue to occasionally appear in Naval History, the heart of the magazine will always be the stories that veterans, amateur historians, and history buffs with a great tale to tell send in.


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The Senate approved legislation Monday adding four additional drugs to the state's Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act. House Bill 2589 by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Ardmore, and Rep. Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore, adds morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and benzodiazepine to the list of controlled substances in the act.
Under the act, anyone who knowingly distributes, manufactures, brings into the state or possesses any of the controlled substances listed in the act will be guilty of trafficking and will face a set punishment based on the amount and type of drug that was trafficked.
Under HB 2589, anyone found with 1,000 grams or more of morphine, 400 grams or more of oxycodone, at least 50 grams of hydrocodone or 15 grams or more of benzodiazepine will face a fine of $100,000 to $500,000. The amounts only have to be a mixture containing a detectable amount of any of these drugs.
"These are four of the most commonly-abused prescription drugs in our state, and are the most commonly found drugs in prescription drug deaths," Simpson said. "Over 80 percent of the drug-related deaths in Oklahoma involve at least one prescription drug. We hope this bill will limit the trafficking of these drugs and prevent further senseless deaths and cut down on drug crimes in Oklahoma."
Sentences will vary depending on the quantity in an individual's possession. Individuals convicted under the act would receive a minimum of 10 years, which is twice the prison term for possession of these substances. For a second violation of trafficking, the offender would face a sentence of no less than 15 years, which is three times the sentence for possession. A third or subsequent trafficking offense would result in a sentence of life without parole.
The bill is supported by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics. It has been amended and will return to the House of Representatives for reconsideration.
"We want the punishment to fit the crime," said Mark Woodward, OBN legislative liaison. "It is very rare that someone would meets these thresholds, but when they do, we want prosecutors to have the option of a stiff penalty for those selling these massive quantities of pills."


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CHICAGO -- Sixteen new communities joined the YMCA of the USA's Statewide Pioneering Healthier Communities (PHC) initiative, a coordinated effort designed to combat childhood obesity, the organization announced this week.
The PHC initiative aims to reduce childhood obesity by promoting changes in local policy, systems and environment. For instance, the Blue Water YMCA in Port Huron, MI, plans to use program funds to provide healthy food and beverages to school children, increase physical activity among local children and improve access to safe play areas.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation committed $6.8 million over five years to support expansion of the Y's PHC program. The 16 new communities join 16 others selected in 2009 from Connecticut, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The newly chosen communities include:
• In Illinois: Chicago, Glen Ellyn, Joliet, Kankakee, Oak Park, Peoria, Quincy and Schaumburg.
• In Michigan: Adrian, Owosso and Port Huron.
• In Ohio: Dover, Mansfield, Marion, Piqua and Toledo.
"The Y is bringing leaders from all sectors together to make changes that will result in healthier communities," Neil Nicoll, Y-USA president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. "Statewide PHC extends the mission of the Y beyond our walls, giving back and providing support to our neighbors throughout the community with a proven model for creating healthier opportunities in order to fight childhood obesity."
Since 2004, the 164 communities participating in PHC have improved pedestrian safety and neighborhood walkability, increased access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and strengthened physical education requirements in schools.


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On October 27th and 28th, Irish music series Other Voices marked its 10-year anniversary with two sold-out shows at New York's Le Poisson Rouge. The 3-hour-plus program featured an interwoven lineup of Irish and American musicians as well as several notable Irish writers. The program featured Glen Hansard (The Frames/The Swell Season), Bryce and Aaron Dessner (The National), Bell X1, Martha Wainwright, actor/director Gabriel Byrne, National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, and many others. Each night also featured several surprise guests including Laurie Anderson, Justin Vivian Bond, Sharon Van Etten, Trixie Whitley, and Damien Rice who made a rare live appearance.
Co-Curated by Glen Hansard, Thomas Bartlett (Burgundy Stain Sessions), and Philip King (Other Voices series editor), the concert was the first Other Voices event in America and featured unique collaborations mixing traditional Irish fiddle tunes, poetry readings, and contemporary rock music from both sides of the Atlantic. The concert as a whole was immersive and engaging in a way that the best travel experiences can be – allowing one to recognize the familiar and foreign as an inseparable mix, re-contextualizing a place and a people in a fresh and vital way.
Proceeds from the events benefit the Fighting Words Centre in Dublin, a writing center for Irish youth founded by Roddy Doyle, author of 'The Commitments' (the novel later adapted to the popular film that starred a young Glen Hansard.)


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Englewood chamber official resigns
Mary Smith has resigned as executive director of the Englewood Cape Haze Chamber of Commerce, the group's president, Scott Barber, said this week.
Lynn Crouch, the chamber's administrative assistant, will handle the group's daily operations, Barber said.
"She has our full confidence in her technical capabilities, her dedication to serve the chamber members and her leadership for our valued and dedicated team of volunteers," Barber said.
Roofing By Curry gets designation
Roofing By Curry, of Bradenton, has been awarded the AsktheSeal.com Seal of Security and Confidence, a designation earned by companies who meet the consumer advocate's guidelines for quality, customer service and consumer safety.
"The fact that Roofing By Curry went through the process and has been awarded the Seal of Security and Confidence is a testament to its commitment to customer satisfaction and safety," said AsktheSeal.com founder Edward Marchiselli.
Industry magazine touts NaturZone
NaturZone Pest Control, of Sarasota, was named one of the top 25 companies to watch by the leading industry magazine PCT in its second annual "Companies to Watch" special report.
Pest Control Technology recognized NaturZone as an innovator in delivering award-winning green pest control solutions for 25 years and for the rapid expansion of the company.
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By John Steinberg | RAW STORY COLUMNIST
One of the great benefits of blogging
and writing columns is that I don't watch much
television these days. But try as I might, I cannot
entirely avoid one of the more bizarre phenomena of
recent years, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."
In case any of you have been lucky enough to have
spent the last two years in a parallel universe uncontaminated
by "reality" television, each installment
of QESG features a different sartorially challenged
hetero male who gets a makeover from a panel of fashion
consultants who range from the slightly swishy to
charter membership in the Judy Garland fan club.
Incredibly, this pouf
pageant is knocking them dead in Red State America.
It seems odd that these bible-thumping holy rollers
invite people into their homes a few nights a week
who they would prefer to never see in their communities.
Combine this oddity with the Bible Belt popularity
of that other gay minstrel show, "Will &
Grace" and it is hard to avoid the conclusion
that the militantly hetero middle is fascinated by
at least some aspects of gay culture.
I can offer no explanation for this societal-level
rubbernecking, but recent events offer considerable
evidence that such cognitive dissonance is not limited
to the shows Republicans watch. It appears that the
White House has no problem casting its own productions
with gays in supporting roles, though a deadbolted
closet door is a prerequisite.
Raw Story regulars are familiar with dapper David
Dreier's closet. The gay-bashing Congressman
from Rancho Cucamonga has been outed more times than
a poodle with a bladder infection, yet he remains
a favorite spokesman for the Administration.
I assumed that Dreier's manifest self-loathing
was relatively uncommon among the Bush inner circle.
But shortly after the gay Kristallnacht in November,
when the passage of 11 state-wide anti-gay ballot
initiatives helped to re-elect George Bush, rumors
began to swirl around former White House political
director and current RNC chief Ken Mehlman –
rumors that Mehlman studiously avoids addressing,
and that other prominent Republicans refused to discuss
on the record (at least until GQ magazine came knocking).
Then there was Gannongate. It simply begs belief
that the White House could have been unaware that
Gannon was a gay prostitute, and that it was unable
to find a less compromised shill. Someone must have
known and either not cared, or actually liked the
idea of having him close at hand.
And now, as night follows day, Gannongate has brought
speculation into the highest levels of the White House.
Rumors swirl around Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
Was he seen in gay bars, as has been reported by Raw
Finding a growing number of gays in the Bush White
House seems as notable as finding an equal number
of card-carrying Communists in Joe McCarthy's
office. But the apparent contradiction is not sui
generis. Such cognitive dissonance figures prominently
in the Presidential psyche. Dubya likes Condi Rice
and Clarence Thomas even if he is indifferent at best
and hostile at worst to blacks in general. He favors
Alberto Gonzales despite policies harmful to Hispanics.
By now it is painfully obvious to all but the folks
P.T. Barnum warned us about that Karl Rove uses the
prejudices of the prejudiced to persuade them to vote
for people (like Dubya) they would otherwise recognize
as a threat to their wellbeing. Republicans fan homophobia
for profit in the same way their perennial "Southern
Strategy" stokes racism.
But being gay is different, at least in the eyes
of the radical right. Condi can't help being
black; there is no question that Gonzales was born
Hispanic. The Christian Taliban insists that homosexuality
is a choice, which makes gays not merely sinners,
but inferior.
Yet Wayne Besen has been quoted
as calling the Republican Party a "gay affirmative
action program" and saying that the Republican
leadership looks like a "Harvey Fierstein cocktail
So why? What do these queer eyes do for the top Republican
guy? As part of my ongoing and utterly unschooled
psychoanalysis of our president, who manifests more
psychopathology than most residents of the extra-long-sleeve
wing of Bellevue, I can offer a theory: George W.
Bush is a textbook sadist.
A sadist is someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting
pain or others. We can still see glimpses of this
characteristic in our President's distant, heavily
sanitized past. It has been reported that the young
George Bush tortured frogs, and shot at his younger
brother with a BB gun. We know he saw nothing wrong
with branding fraternity pledges while at Yale.
For a man of Bush's current station, personally
dishing out such physical abuse is far too risky.
But the absolute power he now enjoys creates unmatched
opportunity to inflict psychological pain, which can
be worse for the victim, and thus more exquisite for
the tormentor. Recall that the Abu Ghraib guards force-fed
inmates pork and alcohol because those things were
banned by their religion – torture in the form
of forced betrayal of the victim's beliefs.
Cause and effect may not apply here, but either way,
Bush could well have progressed from his childhood
pleasure of torturing small animals to taking pleasure
in the willingness of minorities who betray their
own in order to advance their careers.
George W. Bush doesn't just torture minorities,
of course. Witness his comedy routine at this year's
Gridiron Club dinner at which the President joked
that he had the "dangedest puppy" who
would roll over on command - but only some of the
time. "I renamed him 'John McCain.'"
But there must be a special thrill when this patrician
in cowboy boots uses the oppressed to do his dirty
work for him. How many death row Hispanics did Texas
Secretary of State Alberto Gonzales encourage Governor
Bush to fry? How many poor blacks did Colin Powell
and Condi Rice send to their deaths in Iraq? And how
many gays have suffered from the way Ken, Scott and
David helped to engineer the triumph of homophobia?
Now, George Bush could scratch his itch without taking
a chance on alienating his homophobic base by allowing
untouchables into the inner sanctum. So why gays?
I'm guessing the reason he especially likes
having gays around is this: Bush cannot, in polite
society tell Gonzales to "screw the Hispanics,"
but in what passes for genteel company among Republicans,
he can bash queers in front of Mehlman, Dreier et
al and expect them to silently take the abuse. It
would not surprise me to learn that Bush knows these
closet cases are gay, and that he lets them know he
knows it. It would make his abuse of them that much
more satisfying.
So perhaps our Maximum Leader keeps a few self-loathing
gays around because he enjoys watching them lick his
boot heels for the right to borrow a smidgen of Bush's
power, even if the price is their own souls.
John Steinberg bloviates regularly @ www.bluememe.blogspot.com


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The default heart rate zones are divided into five intensity zones based on the percentage of your maximum heart rate:
You can define the zone limits yourself as you want. More detailed information about this can be found in the Polar Flow web service.
Provide an easy way to choose and monitor the intensity of your training based on speed or pace. Speed/pace zones help you vary your training by using different intensities for optimal effects. Speed/pace will be affected for instance by uphill, which usually reduce your pace but increase your heart rate and exercise intensity.
Speed/Pace zones work just like heart rate zones even if speed/pace reacts to change instantly whereas heart rate takes a few moments to reach the new intensity level. There are five zones, and you can use the default ones, but we recommend you to define your own. You can also create training targets based on the zones, and receive guidance on your training computer during training.
Speed/Pace zones are supported in running, cycling, rowing and canoeing sports.
More detailed information about this can be found in the Polar Flow web service.
Help you to monitor your training intensity in cycling and running, and to achieve optimal effects out of your training. Power zones are based on power which is a direct measure of absolute exercise intensity.
Power output is an absolute value of the external work rate, whereas heart rate is the measure of physiological effort needed to produce the power output. Seeing how your heart rate corresponds to the power zones and how it changes over time gives more insight into how your performance is developing.
Power zone limits are calculated to you automatically, but you can change them if necessary. They are in Flow web service under cycling and running sport profiles.
Polar users can track Normalized Power® (NP®), Intensity Factor® (IF®) and Training Stress Score®(TSS®).
Keeps you training at certain intensity. With ZoneLock you can target and lock a specific training zone during your training session. When you are out of the preset heart rate/speed/pace or power zones, the training computer will give a visual and audio alarm.
A moving symbol in zone display in your training computer showing whether you are inside the pre-set or desired target zone. This feature helps you to reach the desired intensity/pace/speed targets.
Make your runs and rides more exciting with Strava Live Segments. Get alerts about nearby segments, see real-time performance data during a segment and check your results right after you finish. Available for Strava Premium members.
An easy and reliable test to analyze how you recover from intensive, frequent training and optimize your training and prevent overtraining. Orthostatic Test is meant for long-term follow up, based on regular tests.
Heart rate and heart rate variability are good indicators of disturbances, such as fatigue or overtraining, in the autonomic nervous system. When taking the test, heart rate and heart rate variability are measured during supine rest, active standing up and standing.
In addition to training-induced fatigue, the orthostatic test results are affected by several other factors, such as mental stress, sleep, latent illness, environmental changes (temperature, altitude), and others.
Note that you cannot compare your results of orthostatic test to your friends' results: they are individual and apply only to you.
Estimates your aerobic fitness at rest without any exertion in just five minutes. The result, Polar OwnIndex, evaluates your maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and tells on what aerobic fitness level you are compared with people of the same age and gender.
The test is based on resting heart rate, heart rate variability, gender, age, height, body weight and your self-assessment of the level of long-term physical activity. You can compare your value to the population norms, the average values of people of the same age and gender.
Polar Fitness Test can motivate you to start, maintain or increase physical exercise.
To be able to follow the progress, the test should always be carried out under the same conditions, meaning at the same time of day, in a peaceful environment, and following a light training day or a day of rest.
Calculates the number of calories burned based on your individual data: your weight, height, age, gender, HRmax, HRrest, VO2max, and the intensity of your training/activity.
Heart rate-based calorie calculation is used when heart rate is measured, and it measures burned calories the most accurately also in conditions like cycling or lifting weights. Activity-based calorie calculation is used in training computers and activity trackers, when heart rate is not available.
You can see the cumulative energy expenditure (in kilocalories, kcal) during exercise and total kilocalories of the session after exercise. You can also follow your total daily calories.
Helps you to understand how each training session benefits your fitness. It also gives you motivating feedback immediately after exercise. With the Training Benefit feature, you can make your training more varied by altering your training intensity and duration.
The Training Benefit feedback is based on exercise intensity and duration. It reads into how much time you spend and how many calories you burn in each intensity zone. You get a quick overview after each session and for more detailed feedback, you can either check your training file from your training computer or later in the Polar Flow app or web service.
Training Load shows you how strenuous you training session was and helps you compare the load of different workouts. For example, you can compare the load of a long low intensity cycling session to that of a short high intensity running session.
Training Load is based on the intensity and duration of a training session. The intensity of a session is measured mainly by using your heart rate. The calculation is further affected by your personal information, such as age, sex, weight, VO2max and training history.
Your aerobic and anaerobic threshold values are used in the calculation. In addition, the sport you are doing is taken into account via a sport specific factor, which improves the calculation accuracy.
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Recovery Status helps you to find balance between training and rest and estimates how much training load you can tolerate. It keeps track of your cumulative load – that is, the intensity, volume and frequency of your training as well as your daily activity measured by a Polar wrist unit. Recovery Status takes your training background into account and estimates your current and future level of physical strain.
Too much training in relation to time for recovery may lead to fatigue and decrease in performance. On the other hand, with too little training within a time frame, you may not take advantage of your whole capacity. By keeping an eye on your recovery status you can plan your training so that you avoid over- and undertraining.
The four Recovery Status levels are:
You can see your Recovery Status in the Polar Flow web service.
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Directs you to your starting point in the shortest distance possible (straight line distance), as well as shows the distance to your starting point.
Distance (km, mi) can be set and measured in several ways. Training distance tells you the distance traveled during a training session. Lap distance tells you the distance of one lap.
Allows you to identify your current altitude and to determine altitude-related conditions. Your current altitude is shown as meters/feet and ascended and descended meters/feet. Altitude is measured either with GPS or an atmospheric air pressure sensor.
Allows you to choose the sport relevant for your training from over a hundred Polar sports with sport-specific reports. You can get the most valuable information for you from your chosen sport.
All sport profiles are based on certain logic and the most common (endurance) sports are enhanced with Polar-specific multipliers affecting calorie and training load calculation.
You can choose and adjust your own favorite sports and define specific settings for each one in Polar Flow. In more advanced training computers you can get tailored views during your training and choose what data you want to follow during training, for instance heart rate or just speed and distance.
You can tailor your training views to fit your needs. Customize your training views in the sport profiles settings in Polar Flow.
Built-in GPS provides accurate speed and distance measurement for a range of outdoor sports, and allows you to see your route on the map in the Polar Flow app and web service after your session.
See your speed/pace on your device during your workout and in Flow afterwards. You can also set a target based on your speed/pace training zones. You can view your current, average and maximum speed/pace.
You can create training targets in Polar Flow and save them to your training diary or as favorites for later use. Sync your targets to your training device. You can set phased targets with heart rate or speed/pace guidance to create an interval workout or add simple training targets, such as 'burn 700 kcal cycling' or 'run 30 minutes'.
Your device will guide you throughout your training. You will get an alert on your device when you need to slow down or speed up to make sure your training goes as targeted.
After the training session you can analyze your result and compare it with your target in Polar Flow.
Stores your recent training files. Memory capacity and number of stored training files varies according to training computer and what and how much data is included in files (e.g. heart rate, GPS). Certain languages also affect the memory capacity.
Allows you to easily follow up on your past training and activity as well as your planned training sessions four weeks ahead and back in time. Information shown includes: training plans, individual training results, tests.
In Polar Flow web service you can follow your diary in a daily, weekly or monthly view.
Allows you to take laps on the go whenever you want.
Set your automatic laps in the Polar Flow web service based on a certain time frequency or distance.
Tracks your personal bests like calories, distance or speed/pace during the exercise, and notifies you after a training session when you have broken your record.
Real time VAM (average ascent speed) shows how many meters you climb per hour (vertical meters per hour).
When Autostop/start is on, your training computer automatically starts and stops the recording as you start or stop moving during training.
Measures your real time and average cadence of your entire cycling session by wireless cadence sensor with Bluetooth. By using cadence sensor you can improve your cycling technique and identify your optimal cadence.
The cadence sensor measures your pedaling rate as revolutions per minute so you can compare the effectiveness of your ride against previous rides.
Measures your speed wirelessly and accurately and gives you current, average and maximum speed values.
You can see the speed in your training computer during your cycling session and in the Polar Flow app and web service afterwards.
Measures your distance wirelessly and accurately and gives you training and lap and total distance values.
You can see the distance in your training computer during your cycling session and in the Polar Flow app and web service afterwards.
Tells you the uphill or downhill inclination in numerical form, helping you to adjust your effort accordingly. It shows you the uphill/downhill steepness in percentages and grades.
You can see the inclination on your training device during your session.
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Connects your Polar device and possible sensors to each other and enables you to sync your data via mobile. It is a standardized, wireless communication technology that is optimized for low power consumption and based on an open platform.
Once paired, the Bluetooth Smart sensor is automatically locked to transmit data to your training computer. The training computer picks up your data from your transmitter only.
Allows you to stay up to date when wearing your training computer in your everyday life. You will receive alerts from incoming calls, messages and push notifications from social media apps and see them on the display of your training computer.
During training you can see who's calling and decide if you want to pick up or keep on enjoying your workout.
You can define which notifications you wish to receive in your phone's settings or turn off notifications altogether from your training computer.
Keeps the buttons of your training computer safety locked avoiding any undesired accidental presses.
Allows you to define settings in your training computer for up to three sensor-based bikes. When you start training, you can select the bike with the correct settings for that particular cycling session.
Allows you to update the software to the latest version with a USB.
Offers an easy way to follow your training, activity and progress in the Polar Flow web service. You can see your data in a daily, monthly or weekly view.
The Diary data includes e.g. completed training sessions and plans, test results and your daily activity.
Gives you a map view of your training route in the Polar Flow web service when GPS used. On the map you can examine your training data in further detail.
Creates a video presenting your previous training routes and allows you to see the highlights of the session. The video is available in the Polar Flow web service and you can share it with your friends and contacts in the Polar Flow community.
Allows you to see and discover public training sessions that other users have shared by browsing the map in the Polar Flow web service.
Be a part of the Polar training community and meet other Polar trainers there. You can share your own achieves, like training sessions or activity summaries or you can follow and comment other trainers´ training session or activity summary.
Gives you an instant, visual summary of one training session or your activity in the Polar Flow app. You can follow your activity in daily, weekly or monthly view.
Allows you to easily analyze every detail of your training and long-term physical activity in the Flow web service. You can also get a deeper insight into your training analyses, for example compare your heart rate against speed, view detailed lap information or analyze your performance related to the route.
Besides the many details you get about your physical activity and all the health benefits that come with it, you can also get practical guidance how to reach your Activity Goal and see your inactive periods.
Allows you to choose the sport relevant for your training from over a hundred Polar sports with sport-specific reports. You can get the most valuable information for you from your chosen sport.
All sport profiles are based on certain logic and the most common (endurance) sports are enhanced with Polar-specific multipliers affecting calorie and training load calculation.
You can choose and adjust your own favorite sports and define specific settings for each one in Polar Flow. In more advanced training computers you can get tailored views during your training and choose what data you want to follow during training, for instance heart rate or just speed and distance.
Offers you a practical tool to follow your development with reports and graphs over longer periods. In Week, Month and Year reports you can choose the sport you want to include to the report. In Custom period you can choose both the period and the sport.
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Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6, OS X 10.7, OS X 10.8, and later
Compatible with Polar Flow web service
Compatible with Polar Flow mobile app via Bluetooth Smart
Allows you to manually export data of your training session to third party apps and services as TCX, GPX or CSV files. You can also zip the files for faster download.
E.g. you can export a specific route in GPX format or a training session including key training data like route, heart rate, calories and cadence in TCX format.
You can transfer the training results and fitness test results from polarpersonaltrainer.com to Polar Flow with the following Polar products: RCX3, RCX5, RC3 GPS, CS500, CS500+, RS300X, RS800CX, CS600X, FT80, FT60, FT40 and FT7. It's possible to transfer either a single training or fitness test result or up to 25 results at a time.
Log into Polar Flow with your polarpersonaltrainer.com username and password. The training and fitness test results are transferred from your polarpersonaltrainer.com account to the corresponding account in Polar Flow (the account with the same username and password). Note that you can't choose the account you transfer the results to.
Offers an easy way to connect your Polar training device with 3rd party services.
Your training and daily activity details are automatically sent and available to be used in the services where you allow it. Now you can be connected for example with Strava, TrainingPeaks, Apple Health Kit, Google Fit, MyFitnessPal and MapMyFitness,
Polar is actively developing new 3rd party compatible services and will update the information constantly.


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The Dr. Pat Show: Talk Radio to Thrive By!: The Enlightened Message of Scrooge - a modern look at Charles Dickens' beloved tale, "A Christmas Carol," through the lens of an old time radio drama.
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Policy 13.E: Fiscal Misconduct
13.E.1 Statement of Information
The purpose of this policy is to maintain the public trust in and to preserve and to protect the assets and financial interests of the university by:(A) Promoting adherence to federal and state law, administrative rules, and university policies;
(B) Promoting increased awareness of all employees of the possibility that various forms of fiscal misconduct may occur; and
(C) Establishing responsibility for the prevention, detection, investigation, and resolution of fiscal misconduct.
13.E.2 Terms
In the context of this policy, fiscal misconduct means a deliberate act or failure to act in the course of university employment regarding fiscal matters, contrary to established law, rule, or policy, with the intent to obtain an unauthorized benefit, which results in loss or other damage to the university or university faculty, staff, student or university affiliated entity. Fiscal misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
(A) Embezzlement or misappropriation of university funds, goods, property, services, or other resources;
(B) Improper handling or reporting of financial transactions;
(C) Authorizing or receiving compensation for goods not received or services not performed;
(D) Authorizing or receiving compensation for hours not worked;
(E) Forgery or unauthorized alteration of financial documents or records;
(F) Diverting funds to an unrelated private enterprise that otherwise could be available to the university;
(G) Suspected fiscal misconduct is a reasonable belief or actual knowledge that fiscal misconduct has occurred or is occurring.
Fiscal misconduct also includes attempted fiscal misconduct. Attempted fiscal misconduct exists when an employee, with the intent to obtain a financial gain, engages in deliberate act or failure to act that constitutes a substantial step towards committing fiscal misconduct, even though that act or failure to act did not result in loss or other damage to the university or university faculty, staff, student or university affiliated entity.
13.E.3 Policy
(A) General
Prevention. The university will maintain an internal control environment to protect the university from loss or other damage resulting from fiscal misconduct.
Obligation to Report. All instances of suspected fiscal misconduct involving the university must be promptly reported in accordance with established university procedures.
Investigation. The university will establish and maintain procedures for investigating reports of known or suspected fiscal misconduct.
Remedies. Appropriate and timely actions will be taken to remedy fiscal misconduct. Such remedial actions may include, but are not limited to: (1) taking disciplinary action (up to and including termination of employment) against university officers and employees who engage in fiscal misconduct or fail to report suspected fiscal misconduct, (2) seeking restitution for all losses, including investigative and legal expenses, (3) forwarding information to the appropriate authorities for criminal prosecution of persons who engage in fiscal misconduct, and (4) instituting civil action to recover losses. Administrative actions will be taken as needed to mitigate the risk of future fiscal misconduct.
False Allegations. Employees who make false allegations of suspected fiscal misconduct with the intent to disrupt the university's business or to cause harm to another will be subject to disciplinary action.
(B) Responsibilities
Officers and Employees. All officers and employees are responsible for preserving the university resources entrusted to them and for using those resources in a prudent manner and for their designated purposes, as prescribed by law, regulation, or policy. Officers and employees are also responsible for promptly reporting incidents of suspected fiscal misconduct, whether by members of the university community or by outside parties. Individuals who are not responsible for investigating reports of fiscal misconduct shall not attempt to conduct investigations. Officers and employees are expected to cooperate fully with those authorized to conduct the investigation.
Managers and Supervisors. Employees with managerial or supervisory duties are responsible for creating an environment that contributes to the deterrence of fiscal misconduct and for maintaining a system of internal controls that assists in the prevention and detection of incidents of misconduct. Managers and supervisors should be familiar with the types of fiscal misconduct that might occur within their area of responsibility and be alert for indications of their occurrence. Appointing or supervisory authorities, as appropriate, are responsible for taking remedial action with respect to those involved in fiscal misconduct. Managers also are responsible for implementing cost-effective changes in policy and procedures that are designed to reduce the likelihood of recurrence.
Campus and System. Each campus has responsibility for maintaining an internal control environment and system of controls for the campus that reasonably deter, detect, investigate, and remedy fiscal misconduct. System administration has such responsibility for system activities and further has overall responsibility for maintaining an internal control environment and system of controls universitywide.
Department of Internal Audit. The Department of Internal Audit has the primary responsibility for coordinating the initial assessment, investigation, and internal reporting of known or suspected fiscal misconduct. The campus police departments, the Office of University Counsel, and other offices will be involved in these activities in a manner consistent with their responsibilities and authority and appropriate for the circumstances. All examinations, documentation, and reports concerning the investigation shall be considered confidential to the extent permitted by law.
Campus Police Departments. The campus police departments are responsible for criminal investigations and for coordinating the reporting of criminal actions with the Office of University Counsel to the district attorney and external law enforcement agencies in the jurisdiction.
Office of University Counsel. The Office of University Counsel is responsible for providing guidance to university departments and officials regarding investigative and remedial actions. The Office of University Counsel will serve as the liaison with external legal entities and, along with the campus police departments, will coordinate the reporting of criminal actions to the district attorney and law enforcement agencies in the jurisdiction.
Other. Certain activities that require investigation may not clearly constitute "fiscal misconduct" as defined in this policy. If other university policies or procedures do not exist, university management may follow the framework established here to ensure adequate coordination of such investigations.
- Adopted: December 7, 2000
- Revised: January 14, 2009, November 6, 2015
- Last Reviewed: April 6, 2017


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Arsenal prepare Emirates FA Cup screening after complaining of Wembley ticket allocation
ARSENAL have announced plans to show the FA Cup final live at the Emirates Stadium after chief executive Ivan Gazidis questioned the balance of ticketing for the FA Cup final against Hull.
The Gunners wlll show the game some 11 miles away from Wembley across north London, on giants screens for those supporters not able to attend in person, after each club were allocated 25,000 seats for the May 17 clash.
Arsenal took 49,000 supporters to the national stadium for Saturday's semi-final against Wigan, which they won following a penalty shoot-out, after the Championship side returned some of their tickets.
However, the distribution by the Football Association for the final will see some 20,000 tickets distributed to volunteers through the 'football family', which includes counties, leagues, local clubs and charities, the 92 Premier League and Football League clubs, another 134 full member clubs and all those clubs who reached the third-round proper.
Gazidis feels the system is unfair on both finalists, adding: "We are disappointed many of our supporters and also those of Hull City will be unable to get tickets to the cup final.
"We fully understand this is the show piece FA fixture to celebrate the game as a whole, but we also believe the loyal supporters of the competing teams deserve a greater chance to see their team play in what is one of the biggest matches of the season.
"We are disappointed many of our supporters and also those of Hull City will be unable to get tickets to the cup final"Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis
"The balance in the FA's allocation system is not right.
"Arsenal have approximately 45,000 season ticket holders and 150,000 members, many of whom come to games.
"They all give us their loyal support throughout a season but with the FA Cup final allocation at 25,000 there will be many disappointed Arsenal fans, who have supported the club home and away for years, who will be unable to get a ticket to this historic match."
"We want this to be a special day for Arsenal fans wherever they are, and the screening will be a great way for thousands of our supporters who are unable to get to Wembley to watch the match together at Emirates Stadium.


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Definitions of dock
n. - A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination. 2
n. - The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting. 2
n. - A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse. 2
v. t. - to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse. 2
v. t. - To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages. 2
v. t. - To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail. 2
n. - An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide. 2
n. - The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock. 2
n. - The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. 2
v. t. - To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc. 2
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It is a critical indicator of the health of the world's biodiversity. Far more than a list of species and their status, it is a powerful tool to inform and catalyze action for biodiversity conservation and policy change, critical to protecting the natural resources we need to survive. It provides information about range, population size, habitat and ecology, use and/or trade, threats, and conservation actions that will help inform necessary conservation decisions.
The IUCN Red List is used by government agencies, wildlife departments, conservation-related non-governmental organizations (NGOs), natural resource planners, educational organizations, students, and the business community. The IUCN Red List is produced by the Red List Partnership: Arizona State University; BirdLife International; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; Conservation International; International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); NatureServe; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Sapienza University of Rome; IUCN Species Survival Commission; Texas A&M University; and Zoological Society of London.
To date, many species groups including mammals, amphibians, birds, reef building corals and conifers have been comprehensively assessed. As well as assessing newly recognized species, the IUCN Red List also re-assesses the status of some existing species, sometimes with positive stories to tell. For example, good news such as the downlisting (i.e. improvement) of a number of species on the IUCN Red List categories scale, due to conservation efforts. The bad news, however, is that biodiversity is declining. Currently there are more than 97,000 species on The IUCN Red List, and more than 27,150 are threatened with extinction, including 40% of amphibians, 34% of conifers, 33% of reef building corals, 25% of mammals and 14% of birds.
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SouthingtonSOS is hosting a violent videogame return program at the Southington Drive-in next weekend.
The returned videogames will be trashed and participants will receive a gift certificate from sponsors and businesses that are a member of the Southington Chamber of Commerce.
The videogame return program was spurred by the recent shootings in Newtown that left 20 children and six adults dead.
"We are in no way implying that this one issue alone caused this or any other shooting, but collectively it is one that we felt we can do something about," said SouthingtonSOS member Tony Palmieri.
SouthingtonSOS, a community based, action-oriented task force comprised of members representing agencies, businesses, town officials and other Southington residents, was formed by YMCA Executive Director John Myers after Katrina. The group gathers only in times of emergency and Myers called the group into action following the Newtown tragedy to do what it could to help.
The group has already gathered all the information on the various charities established to aid with the shooting aftermath and has worked to spread the word around town. After hearing that Newtown had already received a great deal of aid, possibly more than they could handle, SouthingtonSOS decided to hold the violent videogame return program to hopefully make a statement about the violence contained within the games and its effects on children.
Other communities, including Newtown, have held such violent videogame return drives.
"Violent video games (stressing violent, not all video games), are a symbol of violence that is easily recognizable by mature adult society as one activity that ultimately condones violence in games as something younger people want to "enjoy", too," said SouthingtonSOS member Dick Fortunato. "We have not documented case studies, though there has been research in this area and we certainly need to become aware of more good research. Nevertheless, we raise the question of moving to a kinder, gentler form of healthy pastimes with the intention of building character and moral values rather than the most aggressive forms of competitiveness and amusement which at best desensitize us and immunize us from the compulsion of power through violence in our culture, even if not in killings and murder in extremely aggressive behavior."
Southington School Supt. Dr. Joseph Erardi, a member of SouthingtonSOS, has sent out a flyer on the event to all the parents in Southington.
The violent videogame return program will take place at the Southington Drive-in on Saturday, Jan. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon.
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SouthingtonSOS is hosting a violent videogame return program at the Southington Drive-in next weekend.


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Get it? Eye-fficial? Eye Sedso? Yeah it's not that great, but neither is this shitty ISSS.
I've been raving about this show for ages, and even though Mysterious Girlfriend X wrapped up it's series a while ago, I haven't really gotten around to writing a review about it until now.
Mysterious Girlfriend X is one of the best manga of all time, along with maybe Gantz, and Shingeki no Kyojin, as well as a bunch of awesome yuri titles (Girlfriends, Sasameki Koto). Okay, holy shit, I read a lot of manga.
Anyway, Mysterious Girlfriend X is unlike any other typical romance story in that the couple is established in the first chapter, and that it doesn't totally suck balls. I could talk about how awesome Urabe is or about the drool, but I think it's important to first mention how everyone in this story is creepily possessive of things or people that they like, case in point, this conversation:
Please don't think that this is the only time or that these are the only characters who do things like steal people's hair and take it home to smell in the seclusion of their dark, slightly damp room. This story is filled with oddballs, and that's just part of why Mysterious Girlfriend X is awesome. The other parts include panty scissors, strange bonds through transfer of drool, and leg-kick-restriction garter belts (not yet discussed in the anime, but still fucking awesome enough to be mentioned by me).
But hey, you've seen the anime, so, I'm not going to sit here and talk about the awesome story or it's incredibly awesome lineup of characters who awesome. No. I am here to talk about how the Hoods Entertainment adaptation made me feel, and how it compared to the manga.
Initially, when I saw that Hood's Entertainment was going to be producing this anime, I became nervous that they'd destroy the manga and turn it into some drool fan-service bullshit show like the rest of the shit that they've produced. But, fuck me with a garden hose if they didn't pull off an amazing adaptation.
In my opinion, the art and animation was as good as an adaptation could have. The words "flawless" and "breathtaking" come to mind. Especially the sunsets and scenery. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I loved the art from the manga in the first place. It has the feeling of a 1990's anime, and I love that.
The voice actors fit their characters to a tee, and did tremendous jobs in their own rights, and the flow of the story-line fit in the episode to episode way that it was set up. If there was one thing that I could change it would be this:
Mysterious Girlfriend X as an anime was a bit more laid back and relaxed than the manga, and though that isn't necessarily a bad thing, I thought that the faster pacing of the manga made it more……fun. You see, while the anime was brilliant in it's own right, a lot of humor that I found in the manga was kind of lost in the animated version. In my opinion, they focused more on character development and less on the funny, zany things that happen. That being said, the manga managed to capture Urabe's character perfectly, and that was my main concern with this anime. Urabe is the best, and one of my favorite scenes (also my favorite episode) was when Urabe loses her scissor accuracy and accidentally cuts Tsubaki's forehead. She then goes psycho at the notion that she hurt him, and by "goes psycho", I mean she makes this face:
Other than the awesome Urabe scenes, I feel like MGX was just a bit too serious. Mysterious Girlfriend X the anime was like one note, where the manga is closer to several.
That's not to say I didn't love the shit out of it though.
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