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For the top score on an essay writing assignment, students have to research an interesting topic and proofread it thoroughly. While many people are not naturally talented at writing, it is possible to learn simple academic writing tricks in a short amount of time. By using the following tips, students can ensure that they get the best grade possible on their assignment.
The prompt is one of the most important parts of writing. In it, the professor or teacher will discuss exactly what the student needs to do in their assignment. Students should look for task-related words like "compare" or "discuss". These words will indicate what the student needs to do. In the prompt, the teacher will also list the topic expected and any limitations on the assignment.
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Once students know what they need to discuss, they can begin working on the research. Ultimately, the student will be judged on the quality of their argument, so they need to make sure that they have read through all of the relevant background information. As the student learns about the topic, they should write down any source names and bibliographic details. By doing this, the student can make sure that they are prepared to create the bibliography and footnotes later on. Students will also want to write down any quotes or statistics that seem interesting so that they do not have to look them up later on.
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Before writing begins, students should design an outline that puts all of their thoughts in order. As they write out the outline, the student may want to include pieces of research or supporting evidence beneath each paragraph. Each paragraph in the outline should have a topic sentence that serves as a miniature thesis statement. All of these topic sentences will propel the argument forward until the conclusion. By the end of the paper, the student's argument should win the reader over to their point of view.
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Set Daily Goals Writing 10,000 words can be a daunting process. Instead of becoming intimidated by the size of the project, students should work on breaking up into smaller, more manageable pieces. For a 10,000 word document, students may want to set a goal of writing just 500 words a day. If the deadline is closer, they could raise this goal to 1,000 words. By setting manageable deadlines, the student breaks down the daunting process of writing and makes it easier to finish the assignment on time.
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Rock star Courtney Loveloves to tweet. Her mind flows like a wild, swollen river about to spill its banks. She's random, spontaneous, and quite often, you never know what jumble of letters are going to pop out of her head and onto your computer screen.
But she recently took it to another level. Love, 45, started a call to arms on her Twitter page. She said she needed help and she needed it fast. And slowly over the past week, a small army of "tweeps" heeded the call.
"I'm very grateful to Courtney for the opportunity to help her," said Jessica LaBrie, a college student in Vancouver, B.C. "She's influenced my life in a huge way."
LaBrie and a half of dozen of other Love fans from around the world are helping the rock star organize documents for an upcoming court hearing in Seattle.
The grassroots movement started June 11 when Love tweeted to her followers a link to a website that houses financial documents, e-mails and other personal items that she's collected over the years. Love also tweeted her password and even her Social Security number. And she wrote that she'd pay $10,000 to anyone who is willing to help her.
"i say 10k each if you can work togetjer and woth marie and get this disseminated tomorrow so i dont have to think about it and attnygencalls," the rocker tweeted.
The documents, Love believes, will help her in a legal battle with a Seattle-based wealth management firm called "Laird Norton Tyee." The company handles one of her daughter's trust funds. And she claims the firm has squandered millions of dollars from Frances Cobain's account. The firm has denied the allegation.
"We've been communicating by Twitter, e-mail and even the phone," said LaBrie, who said she expects to be paid for her time and research. "Also, it's a rare experience to work with like-minded women together towards a unified cause: Justice."
But Carmela Kelly, a journalism student in Phoenix said she is working for free.
"I just want to help somebody out," said Kelly. "She doesn't know how to write. I can organize."
"I've been collecting these documents for a very long time, since June 2003," said Love during a phone call to NBCLA on Friday morning. "I went to Twitter because no one is listening to me."
But people are listening now. The question remains: Will it have an impact on her legal case?
"People are increasingly using social networks to advocate and to influence what happens in a courtroom," said Robin Sax, NBCLA's legal analyst who is also a former Los Angeles County prosecutor. "For example, Facebook is commonly used as a source of information in divorce cases. So why wouldn't she go to a forum that people respond to the most?"
As for Love, she believes releasing this information on Twitter is the most important thing she's done in a long time. And she's hoping for a fairytale ending, as she twittered on June 11:
"i thnk there is a happy ending story in all of this…"

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A letter in the May 13 Tomahawk Leader:
Dear Letters-to-the-Editor,
I would like to thank the Tomahawk Leader and especially Abigail Bostwick for the very nice article on the new program, Pets-in-Need. This is a food pantry-type program to help those pet owners who truly cannot afford feed for their pets. And like all new programs, the process needs explanation and coverage. We are fortunate in that we have good, local media who are willing to help get the word out.
I do, however, need to clarify some aspects of the program. All monies collected go directly from the collection jars into a designated account at My Feed Store. The Salvation Army does not process or contribute any funds for this account. The Salvation Army does serve as a clearing house for those in need and simply issues the pet food coupons.
Acceptance of a coupon requires that the receiver fill out a Salvation Army application, but does not require the applicant to accept Salvation Army services. The intent of the program is to assist those responsible pet owners who truly are in need. It is intended for those who have to make a choice between food for their pets or food for themselves. The Salvation Army is a good first stop for this process because it then can evaluate the needs of the human applicant and provide assistance to them if possible.
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Team Melissa just got a little stronger! In the wake of New York Observer movie reviewer Rex Reed's scathing attack on Identity Thief star Melissa McCarthy — whom he calls "tractor-sized" and a "screeching humongous creep" — many fans have rushed to the actress' defense. Among them is veteran film critic Richard Roeper, of the Chicago Sun-Times (and, formerly, At the Movies With Ebert and Roeper).
Roeper spoke to Us Weekly exclusively about Reed's harsh assessment of McCarthy's size and talent, which he says crosses a line. "It's fair to comment on any actor's appearance if it's relevant to the character the actor is playing, the performance, and how that actor's physical traits add to or detract from the performance," he tells Us. "But this just smacks of mean-spirited name-calling in lieu of genuine criticism."
He adds: "Has Rex Reed used similar terminology to describe late great comics such as Chris Farley, John Candy, or John Belushi, or actors such as John Goodman and Kevin James?"
In fact, Reed's comments about the Mike & Molly star seem oddly personal and irrelevant to the actual movie (which he also slammed as a "chunk of junk"). At various points in the write-up, he refers to the actress as co-star Jason Bateman's "female hippo" and "a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success."
Roeper takes particular issue with this last insult. "Yes, Melissa's physical appearance is part of her comedic repertoire. Her own characters — including her character in Identity Thief — are sometimes painfully aware of their looks," he explains to Us. "This can lead to comedy gold — and to some poignant dramatic moments."
"I couldn't disagree more with Reed's assertion [that] McCarthy is a gimmick comedian who relies on her weight for laughs," he continues. "She's a gifted performer who happens to look like much of America. So what? The same could be said of Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, and a hundred other male 'everyman' actors."
Paul Feig, who directed McCarthy in Bridesmaids, echoes Roeper's sentiments about the star's considerable abilities — though with a bit more attitude. In a tweet posted to his account on Feb. 8, he wrote: "For his catty and school bully name-calling of the supremely talented Melissa McCarthy, I cordially invite Mr. Rex Reed to go f–k himself."
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Boston, MA – The Cleveland Indians activated first baseman/outfielder Nick Swisher from the paternity list Friday.
Swisher was placed on the list Tuesday, when his wife gave birth to their first child.
Swisher has hit .274 with six home runs and 16 runs batted in over 40 games this season, his first with Tribe after signing a four-year, $56 million deal with the club in the offseason.
To make room for Swisher, the Indians optioned infielder Cord Phelps to Triple-A Columbus. Phelps went 0-for-9 in four games with the Tribe.


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- Are you satisfied with your running? Does it feel strong? Are you enjoying it or does it feel like a drag (especially the long runs)?
I have lost about 15 lbs (from 172 down to 157) and my running is better than ever. I can run 10 miles first thing in the morning, without breakfast, maybe only eating a couple of almonds. I do not "bonk" any more. I enjoy running more and I have increased my weekly mileage. My races are going well. I start a bit slower, but gradually accelerate and tend to run the 2nd half of the race faster than the first. It is nice to pass exhausted runners, knowing that you are going to finish strong.
What is the explanation for this? I think my body has learned to burn fat more efficiently. While our glycogen reserves are limited, our fat reserves are not, plus there is more energy in a gram of fat than glycogen. While I do drink Gatorade during a race (and I enjoyed the banana on mile 21 of the Akron Marathon) I do not try to carbo-load and I eat a low carb breakfast before the race (I just eat my regular breakfast of eggs and half an orange). I also do not make any attempt to "replenish" my glycogen reserves after a race. (Standard advice is to eat carbs 30 minutes after a run/race – I ignore this advice because I do not think I need to replenish anything.) As a matter of fact, I usually crave fat after a race, not sugar/garbs. After Akron, my wife and I went to Bob Evans for a cheese omelet and sausage/bacon. It looks like this will be our after-marathon tradition from now on.
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STOCKTON - County residents with small claims cases will soon have their day in court.
STOCKTON - County residents with small claims cases will soon have their day in court.
San Joaquin County Superior Court is resuming court hearings for small claims effective Nov. 4, more than a year after budget forecasts led court officials to temporarily shutter the service that allows claimants to file lawsuits for limited amounts without having to hire an attorney.
"It is great news," Presiding Judge Dave Warner said. "They should have never stopped to start with, but at some point, when you run out of money, something's got to give."
Warner said restarting the service has been one of the court's priorities. And its restoration comes after the Superior Court's budget for the current year turned out better than originally expected.
Local court officials had halted small claims cases in anticipation of proposed state budget cuts to trial courts that would have sliced $3.1 million from San Joaquin County.
The public was still able to file the claims in the county with fees paid, but the cases were shelved.
San Joaquin County's share of cuts actually amounted to about $1 million in the budget revision, improving to $24 million from the originally proposed $22 million.
Although it was still a cut, Warner said, "Essentially, it is about $2 million better."
Warner said increases to filing fees for court services have contributed to the healthier budget.
The court also is in the process of rehiring 17 staff members who had been laid off during recent recessionary years. Since 2011, the court had reduced its staff by 55 positions.
"We have some people coming back as we speak," Warner said.
Hearings will be spread among various judges at the Stockton main court branch, at 222 E. Weber Ave. Small claims court is designed for citizens to resolve disputes cheaply, quickly and without attorneys.
Last fiscal year, there were 1,854 filings in San Joaquin County; the prior year, there were 2,846; and the year before that, there were 3,213.
The first order at hand is addressing a backlog of filings since services were curtailed. A backlog of 1,200 cases is to be heard before judgments on any new filings can be made.
Claimants who filed from Sept. 1, 2012, to Sept. 30 this year will be notified with their scheduled hearings, according to a court news release.
Beginning Oct. 1, new claims cases will receive a court date at the time of filing. "The Court would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of this county for their patience in this matter," the news release states.
Meanwhile, the court is gearing up for the construction of a new courthouse to be located adjacent to the current building.
Construction of the 13-story, $273 million building is projected to begin next summer with proceeds from state bonds going up for sale in spring.
The state has halted other court construction projects in the past few years to redirect those funds in balancing the budget.
But Stockton's 1960s courthouse remained on course for a replacement after state officials who toured the facility saw firsthand the issues on safety. A lack of barriers between the witness stand and the judge was a reason a defendant was able to stab a judge, who survived the attack, in 2009.
Warner is optimistic the project will continue moving forward as scheduled.
Signs of construction will be obvious as soon as October, when the court will close the current entryway facing Hunter Plaza to begin underground utility work. The public entrance will be switched to the San Joaquin Street entrance.
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Visit her blog at recordnet.com/courtsblog.


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Chances are the NFL will continue non-business as usual and there will be no trading of players for purposes of maneuvering in tonight's first round of the NFL draft.
League spokesman Greg Aiello said teams will proceed as they have been until further notice.
But what if the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules against the NFL at some point today and suddenly teams are free to deal?
The Raiders don't pick until No. 48 this year, in the middle of the second round, as a reward for their rise to mediocrity and an 8-8 record. Picking that late will make it more difficult to trade back into the first round, as opposed to past years when their second-round pick was something approximating a selection in the late first.
We won't know until tonight how conservative teams are going to in acquiring picks for drafts in future years when there is a even a slight chance they could be eliminated because of anti-trust concerns. No sense in trading for a future lottery ticket if it can't be cashed.
(Honestly, with both the players and owners wanting to continue the draft, and being the attraction that it is, I have a hard time envisioning it going away. But you never know how a team will react to when it's not set in stone).
If the Raiders (and everyone else) were free to trade to get into Round 1, who would be on the block?
First, eliminate anyone not under contract.
That list would include, most notably, Michael Bush, Zach Miller, Nnamdi Asomugha, Samson Satele and Robert Gallery.
Kamerion Wimbley has signed his franchise tender, but don't expect teams to come calling with his mammoth $11 exclusive franchise figure. Other huge deals unlikely to draw interest would be defensive tackles Richard Seymour and Tommy Kelly cornerback Stanford Routt, running back Darren McFadden, and wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey. Unless Al Davis is truly peeved at Shane Lechler for his criticism of the Tom Cable firing, he's sticking around as well. As is place kicker Sebastian Janikowski.
The players of real value in terms of reasonable contracts and potential future production are the core of the youth movement which has helped put the franchise back on its feet in terms of won-loss record.
The offers would likely come for the following players: wide receivers Louis Murphy and Jacoby Ford, middle linebacker Rolando McClain, left tackle Jared Veldheer, defensive linemen Matt Shaughnessy, Lemarr Houston and Trevor Scott (although he's rehabbing an ACL) and safety Tyvon Branch.
All are relative bargains in terms of acquired salary in a future where the cap status is uncertain and have demonstrated promise.
Do you deal the players you already know to draft one that you don't?
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Post by Stefan Van Eycken, Tokyo
It's dangerous to jump to conclusions when it comes to bottling strength ("oh, why not cask-strength?"). They're extremely meticulous when it comes to deciding the appropriate bottling strength – it's not a routine decision, at all, and it's not driven by marketing considerations either. For the people at Mars, bottling strength is just another variable that they carefully investigate and tweak until they feel it results in the best possible drinking experience.
There's more of this release to go around than the 22yo and 24yo offerings they put out earlier this year – 468 bottles, to be precise – but it's priced a bit higher (at around 19,000 yen). Word on the street is they're planning to unveil another 1988 at the upcoming Whisky Festival in Tokyo. Nonjatta will be there so you'll find out first hand what that's all about.
Read more about Hombo Mars Distillery here.
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I thought the 22yo was about 1300 bottles, so about 3 times this release.
This one seems to have slipped onto the market without much fanfare.
I have a bottle on the way, which I am looking forward to trying.
Recent Mars releases have been of excellent quality, so I think it should be a good one!
- November 14, 2013 at 8:02 PM
- Stefan Van Eycken said...
Yes, you're right, the 22yo was a big release - must be old age, starting to forget things. In case you didn't know, two new single casks have just been released. Check out our latest post (review of Whisky Festival in Tokyo 2013) for further details.
- November 18, 2013 at 8:38 PM
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Dr. Aronson received his undergraduate education at the University of Rochester and his medical education at New York University. He was an internal medicine resident at the University of North Carolina and a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health before coming to Yale as a renal fellow in 1974. He was Chief of the Section of Nephrology at Yale from 1987-2002. Dr. Aronson has published articles and book chapters on the mechanisms regulating sodium, acid-base, and oxalate excretion by the kidney, particularly as related to the formation of kidney stones. He has received a number of awards for his research work, including the Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and American Heart Association in 1985, the Homer W. Smith Award of the ASN in 1994, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, the Robert W. Berliner Award of the American Physiological Society (APS) in 2016, and the Walter B. Cannon Award of the APS in 2019. He served as President of the American Society of Nephrology in 2008. Dr. Aronson actively participates in the teaching of undergraduate, graduate and medical students, as well as residents and fellows. He was a co-recipient of the Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Prize in the Basic Sciences in 2005. Dr. Aronson is an Associate Director of the Yale M.D.-Ph.D. Program.
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Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humourist.
- To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.
- From the essay The Sense of Humor first published in The Romance of the Commonplace (1902).
- there are no roads in all Bohemia !
- From the essay Where is Bohemia? in The Romance of the Commonplace (1902).
- A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.
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I never hope to see one;
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After a thorough explanation to Hochuli about his unprecedented popularity -- after making him realize he's now culturally cooler than Chuck Norris and Jack Bauer combined -- Hochuli responded with something unintentionally deep.
"I haven't done a thing or said a thing in months, and my popularity has risen," said Hochuli, who eventually agreed to allow his quotes to be published. "I should just stay out of sight. Isn't it amazing?"
It is amazing. It is amazing that an eight-year agreement between the NFL and NFL Referees Association could generate such monumental interest. It is amazing that a referee's name is even known at all, let alone that it could morph into a piece of American pop culture.
But here we are, three days after an embarrassing episode that cost the Green Bay Packers a win, celebrating the return of Hochuli and his posse of 121 referees -- surely an odd experience for men who are far more accustomed to being booed than cheered. And you were wondering if the NFL would take a hit because of this?
Oh, Packers fans surely will remain bitter. They'll be upset until season's end, particularly if that loss in Seattle costs the team a shot at the playoffs. But is anyone going to stop watching football? Please. If nothing else, we've only continued to prove how much we care about football. Just ask any Packers fan protesting the result of Monday night's game. You don't protest if you don't care -- and Packers fans aren't going to stop caring about their team.
It's too bad Monday's madness could significantly impact the Packers' season, but it's times like these when fans must step back and recognize the reality of the situation: While football is a part of our culture, the NFL is a business, and such tedious (and at times unpleasant) negotiations often are a requirement of corporate success.
All that said, the NFL can and should walk away with some major lessons from this episode. It should recognize the intelligence of its fan base -- a fan base that grew so loud over the last few days that the league wanted nothing more than to finish this deal before another weekend of games.
In the future, the NFL would be wise to take more seriously the potential repercussions of a plan gone wrong. The replacement officials weren't adequate, and the league should have been more cautious about the pitfalls it could face if the worst-case scenario -- which occurred Monday -- took place. This could have been avoided if Wednesday's urgency was realized earlier.
Nonetheless, the NFL got its business done and now is looking at eight years of labor peace with the refs and nine more years of labor peace with the players. And the referees, more popular than ever, are headed back to work. How's that for one weird week?
These few days undoubtedly will be remembered in the NFL history books for the bizarre finish to Monday's game. Ultimately, though, it's far more likely that history will detail this not as some regrettable blemish but as an interesting story that fueled one of the more rapid conclusions to a labor deal you're ever likely to see.
"We've worked very, very hard," Hochuli said. "We've taken 18 extensive rules tests, watched hours and hours of video every week for the last several weeks. We've worked very hard to be prepared.
"I think we're ready."
So, too, is everyone else.
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De Maiziere, is a close confidant of Chancellor Angela Merkel's from her conservative Christian Democratic Union and had often been mentioned as a possible successor to the 58-year-old leader.

But with less than four months to go until a September general election, De Maiziere, 59, has become entangled in allegations he mismanaged a now-scrapped unmanned surveillance aircraft project with costly consequences.

The Euro Hawk programme had already swallowed more than €500 million ($651 million) before the defence ministry said on May 14 it would pull the plug.

Officials feared aviation authorities would not certify the Euro Hawk -- a version of US-based Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk customised by Europe's EADS -- because it lacks an anti-collision system. The ministry deemed the cost of adding such a system prohibitive.

De Maiziere, who has been attacked for failing to act far earlier, is due on Wednesday to present a report to parliament's defence committee on what the media have dubbed the "drone debacle".

He has been at Merkel's side since she took power in 2005, serving during her first term as her chief of staff before taking over the defence brief after her re-election in 2009.

Long viewed as a safe pair of hands with a particular talent for organisation and administration, De Maiziere had figured on the short list of possible candidates to eventually take over the reins from Merkel. Commentators said that speculation now looked to be quashed.

"De Maiziere could have become chancellor one day but since the drones crisis, no one is talking about that possibility anymore," the centre-left daily Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote Monday.

"The question is simply how de Maiziere will handle his mistakes and whether he can keep his job."

The wasted funds come at a time in which Merkel has been preaching fiscal discipline throughout the eurozone as a means to check the spiralling debt crisis.

De Maiziere will face deputies just days after news weekly Der Spiegel reported that senior defence ministry officials were aware as early as February 2012 about the concerns that led to the programme's cancellation last month.

Opposition leaders, who have been struggling to score points during the election campaign against the popular Merkel, leapt on the report.

The head of the Social Democrats, Sigmar Gabriel, called de Maiziere's long silence on the affair "unworthy" of his office, while Greens' parliamentary group chief Jürgen Trittin threatened a formal probe. Last month, Merkel's spokesman insisted that de Maiziere had her "full confidence".

But in an interview with Der Spiegel published Saturday, Merkel appeared reticent on his crisis management.

"The defence minister said he would present a comprehensive report this week about the project from its beginnings more than 10 years ago," she said when asked about his future in the cabinet. "I do not wish to preempt that."

De Maiziere had already run into trouble in February when he criticised German soldiers in Afghanistan who complained about a lack of public acknowledgement for their service, saying they appeared to be "addicted" to praise.

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Herbs or therapeutic plants have a long history in treating sickness. In customary Chinese drug, for instance, the recorded history of home grown prescription returns more than 2000 years and cultivators in the West have utilized "weeds" similarly long to treat what troubles us. We are altogether comfortable with the excellencies of Garlic, Chamomile, Peppermint, Lavender, and other regular herbs.
Enthusiasm for therapeutic herbs is on the ascent again and the intrigue is basically from the pharmaceutical business, which is continually searching for 'new medications' and more successful substances to treat illnesses, for which there might be no or not very many medications accessible.
Thinking about the long conventional utilization of natural prescriptions and the extensive assemblage of confirmation of their viability, how can it be that we are not for the most part urged to utilize customary home grown solution, rather than engineered, fragmented duplicates of herbs, called drugs, considering the a great many dollars being spent searching for these apparently subtle substances?
Herbs are considered fortunes with regards to old societies and cultivators, and some supposed weeds are extremely valuable. Dandelion, Comfrey, Digitalis (Foxglove), the Poppy, Milk Thistle, Stinging weed, and numerous others, have very much investigated and set up therapeutic characteristics that have barely any adversaries in the pharmaceutical business. A considerable lot of them indeed, frame the bases of pharmaceutical medications.
Research into the therapeutic properties of such herbs as the unassuming Dandelion is at present being attempted by researchers at the Royal Botanical Gardens, in Kew, west London, who trust it could be the wellspring of an existence sparing medication for growth patients.
Early tests recommend that it could hold the way to warding off growth, which slaughters countless individuals consistently.
Their work on the malignancy beating properties of the dandelion, which likewise has a past filled with being utilized to treat warts, is a piece of a considerably bigger task to analyze the normal therapeutic properties of scores of British plants and blossoms.
Teacher Monique Simmonds, leader of the Sustainable Uses of Plants Group at Kew, stated: "We aren't arbitrarily screening plants for their potential restorative properties, we are taking a gander at plants which we know have a long history of being utilized to treat certain therapeutic issues."
"We will analyze them to discover what dynamic mixes they contain which can treat the sickness."
Sadly, as is so frequently the case, this gathering of researchers has all the earmarks of being searching for dynamic fixings, which can later be blended and afterward made into pharmaceutical medications. This isn't how herbs are utilized generally and their capacities definitely change when the dynamic fixings are utilized as a part of seclusion. That resembles saying that the main imperative piece of an auto is the motor – nothing else should be incorporated…
All in all, why would that be this requirement for confining the 'dynamic fixings'?
As a researcher, I can comprehend the requirement for the logical procedure of setting up the way that a specific herb takes a shot at a specific infection, pathogen or what ever, and the need to know why and how it does as such. In any case, and this is a BIG at the same time, as a specialist of Chinese prescription I likewise comprehend the way toward picking and recommending COMBINATIONS of herbs, which have a synergistic impact to treat not only the malady, but rather any fundamental condition and additionally the individual with the sickness – That is a major distinction and not one that is effortlessly tried utilizing standard logical philosophies.
Utilizing episodic proof, which after all has a past filled with a large number of years, appears to get away from my regarded associates all together. Instead of endeavoring to detach the dynamic ingredient(s), for what reason not test these herbs, using the information of expert botanists, on patients in vivo, utilizing the heap of innovation accessible to specialists and medicinal diagnosticians to perceive how and why these herbs function in absolutely real patients, as opposed to in a test tube or on guinea pigs and mice (which, coincidentally, are not people and have an alternate, albeit some what comparable, physiology to us… ).
I think, that among the explanations behind not following the above methodology is that the pharmaceutical organizations are not by any stretch of the imagination intrigued by the impacts of the restorative plants all in all, yet rather in whether they can disconnect a helpful substance which would then be able to be made efficiently and advertised as another medication - and obviously that is the place the cash is…
The issue with this approach is notwithstanding, that therapeutic plants like Comfrey, Dandelion and different herbs normally contain hundreds if not a huge number of substance aggravates that interface, yet a significant number of which are not yet comprehended and can't be made. This is the reason the made medications, in view of purported dynamic fixings, regularly don't work or deliver reactions.
Headache medicine is a great a valid example. Salicylic corrosive is the dynamic fixing in Aspirin tablets, and was first secluded from the bark of the White Willow tree. It is a moderately straightforward compound to make artificially, in any case, Aspirin is known for its capacity to cause stomach aggravation and at times ulceration of the stomach divider.
The home grown concentrate from the bark of the White Willow tree for the most part does not cause stomach bothering because of other, purported 'non-dynamic fixings' contained in the bark, which capacity to secure the covering of the stomach in this manner avoiding ulceration of the stomach divider.
Ask yourself, which would I pick – Side impacts, or no site impacts? – It's an exceptionally straightforward answer. Is it true that it isn't?
So why at that point are natural solutions not utilized all the more usually and for what reason do we have pharmaceutical impostors stuffed down our throats? The appropriate response is, that there's next to zero cash in herbs for the pharmaceutical organizations. They, the herbs, have just been concocted, they develop effectively, they increase promptly and generally, they're unreservedly accessible.
Advance all the more, effectively endorsed and figured home grown mixes for the most part settle the medical issue of the patient over some stretch of time, leaving no necessity to continue taking the planning – that implies no rehash deals… no continuous remedies… no progressing issue.
Pharmaceuticals then again basically plan to diminish indications – that implies: progressing conferences, continuous deals, continuous medical issues – which do you believe is a more productive recommendation… ?
Try not to misunderstand me, it is not necessarily the case that all medications are impostors or that none of the pharmaceutical medications fix infections or ailments – they do and some are life-safeguarding arrangements and are without question priceless. Be that as it may, home grown concentrates can be comparably successful, however are not advanced and are exceedingly under-used.
The day by day news is brimming with 'revelations' of herbs observed to be a conceivable fix of either, as in the case of Dandelion and its conceivable hostile to malignancy properties. The fact is, that these herbs should be researched in the right way. They are not only 'a functioning fixing'. They for the most part have several fixings and taking maybe a couple in confinement isn't what influences therapeutic plants to work. Also, once in a while are natural concentrates endorsed by cultivators as singles (a planning which uses just a single herb). Generally botanists blend an assortment of restorative plants to make a blend, which tends to something other than the real indications.
In Chinese medication for instance there is a strict request of pecking order in any home grown solution, which requires impressive profundity of information and experience on the doctors part. The way that the essential or standard herb has dynamic fixings, which has a particular physiological impact, does not mean alternate herbs are a bit much in the readiness. This is a reality apparently disregarded by the pharmaceutical business in its need to make new medications that can control illness.
Realizing that restorative plants are effective to the point, that these plants possibly hold the way to numerous infections, are economical and have demonstrated their value on numerous occasions over centuries, how can it be that home grown prescription is still not in the bleeding edge of therapeutic medications, and is considered by numerous customary medicinal experts and pharmaceutical organizations as hocus-pocus.and other regular herbs.
Herbs as Medicines.
Herbs or therapeutic plants have a long history in treating sickness. In customary Chinese drug, for instance, the recorded history of home grown prescription returns more than 2000 years and cultivators in the West have utilized "weeds" similarly long to treat what troubles us. We are altogether comfortable with the excellencies of Garlic, Chamomile, Peppermint, Lavender, and other regular herbs.


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Depending on who you talk to, Rupert Murdoch getting cream pied in the face was hilarious, deserved, disgraceful, embarrassing, silly, or some combination thereof. For Murdoch's wife, 43-year-old Wendi Deng, the act was a call to arms- or rather, hands. Footage of the incident shows Deng leaping to her husband's aid and delivering a series of devastating blows on the pie wielding prankster before the man was escorted from the room.
After the incident, a British MP remarked,
Mr. Murdoch, your wife has a very good left hook.
Now, Deng is being hailed as a folk hero in China, having been described as a "guardian angel" and "tiger wife" since the incident. The Daily Mail reports,
An online poll by Chinese news site Sina found that her actions had made 46.1 per cent of respondents believe in love again, while 30 per cent said her actions had changed their attitude towards her.
Made almost half of survey respondents believe in love again? That's quite an accomplishment for an enraged barrage of blows.
Of course, no assessment of a famous woman would be complete without the input of a "body language expert," and it looks like the Daily Mail just happened to contact one of the top ones!
Top body language expert Judi James called 'the slap' Mrs Murdoch's 'Pippa Middleton moment'.
She wrote: 'Her spontaneous and aggressive defence, launching herself out of her chair to slap her husband's attacker clearly shows she is someone who likes to get stuck in.
'Even when security guards intervened, Wendi was still on the attack, she was like a rottweiler.
'This is Wendi's Pippa Middleton moment - where she upstages the father and son double act. What's even more astonishing is that she managed to still look elegant as she attacked - a true Amazonian, powerful woman.'
Calling Deng's defense of her husband a "Pippa Middleton moment" seems a little disingenuous, as Pippa Middleton never smacked the angry little flower girl around to knock some happiness and respect into her. Nonetheless, Deng has proven, on an international stage, that she is not a woman to be trifled with.
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Additionally, Thomas has taught jazz education at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Thurgood Marshall Academy, and the Frederick Douglass Academy for the Jazz Museum in Harlem's Harlem Speaks Education Initiative. He has hosted radio specials on WBAI (99.5 FM, Pacifica Radio in New York City), where for several years he has hosted a regular jazz show the first Monday evening of each month.
All About Jazz: What motivated you to write about this music?
Gregory Thomas: The foundation was the music my parents listened to, which included jazz, and my deep study and enjoyment of the giants of jazz I'd been listening to very intently since high school. Inspired by a high school stage band concert, I began to play the alto sax at 15 years old. I took lessons with a local Staten Island legend, Caesar DiMauro; studied music theory and saxophone method books; played in various classical and jazz ensembles; tuned in regularly to WRVR, WBGO and WKCR; and minored in music at Hamilton College, where I also hosted a jazz radio show for three years. Sharing a melody line with trumpet icon Clark Terry there, on April 17, 1984 in the college chapel, was an epiphany, a mystical experience of musical ecstasy.
A few years after graduating from Hamilton I met Keith Clinkscales and Leonard Burnett, later of Vibe and Savoy, who launched their first publication, Urban Profile, in the late '80s. I was more troubled by how relatively few black folk attend live jazz performances than by the dearth of black writers about jazz. So Keith and Len published my very first professional piece: "Why Black Folks Should Support Jazz." I became a staff writer for the Brooklyn-based City Sun several years later, and wrote about jazz and other subjects. Since then I've free-lanced for many publications.
My initial goals as a jazz journalist were to report accurately, and educate readers gently, while describing a recording or a concert so the reader felt that he or she had experienced it too. Usually if I don't like a performance, live or on record, I just don't write about it. I'm not into bashing artists to feed my ego or further my career. My major objective now is to share my knowledge and adoration of the music on as many platforms to as many people as possiblein print, on radio, on stage at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and on the internet and mobile through the TV series I host, Jazz It Up!
AAJ: When you started covering the music were you aware of the dearth of African Americans writing about serious music?
GT: Well it wasn't as bad then as it seems to me now. I'd read pieces on jazz by Stanley Crouch and Greg Tate in the Village Voice, Gene Seymour in the Nation and New York Newsday, as well as jazz writings by Harlemite Herb Boyd, and a contemporary of mine, Eugene Holley, in various publications. Playthell Benjamin wrote about jazz (and a whole lot more) for the Voice and other periodicals. All of these guys were in New York in my early years as a writer, as were the ever-looming presence of the elder grand mastersRalph Ellison and Albert Murray.
AAJ: Why do you suppose that's still such a glaring disparitywhere you have a significant number of black musicians playing this music but so few black jazz media commentators?
GT: I suppose that most black commentators who focus on music generally deal with more popular genres. And in 2009, there are less and less publications that even cover "serious music" anymore. The glaring disparity has to do with black musicians being acculturated early on to the cultural power and appeal of jazz expression, particularly since their ancestors founded and innovated the blues idiom vernacular called jazz, versus black media commentators who privilege popular forms (and the career benefits that could bring) over jazz, a fine art that they may not even like or feel qualified to write about.
Pop and youth culture hold a powerful sway. You have to go deep in the woodshed to write about jazz with substance. Most black commentators, even those in the academy, apparently aren't ready, willing or able to go that deep in the shed about the musical form at the very pinnacle of their culture, as developed in the United States. With some notable exceptions, this has been the case through the entire history of the music.
[Editor's note: on that academy tip, one wonders if we will ever see the likes of such leading black scholar-intellectuals as Henry Louis Gates, Cornel West, or Michael Eric Dyson write extensively on the subject of jazz music, with the same degree of vigor with which at least West and Dyson have taken up the pen to wax rhapsodic on black pop. Still waitin...']
But hey, on the other hand, perhaps writing about the fine arts, about "serious music," considering our difficult history in this land, was aptly viewed as a luxury until more recent times.
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I started Saturday at 4:20am I was going to start at 4:30am but got there early.
I had about 3 hours sleep the night before.
Andy flew up from SoCal and his flight was delayed ,and we went for dinner, and I still had to decide what to wear when I got home.
It was really warm at the start, no need for a jacket. I ask Andy if he wanted to pace me up to the Horse Heaven junction, he agreed. I felt really good and we talked all the way to the junction. We said goodbye and Andy gave me a little gift it was a little key- chain of a cute doll and it said "Superstar". I loved it. It would be my new good-luck charm. I hooked it on the front of my pack. I knew if I hit low points along my journey, I would look at it and it would make me smile.
Andy's last words to me were to drink, and eat ,and take my endurolytes. My plan was to take 1 cap and eat 3 clif bloks every hour. That's what Andy does and he's fast so I thought why not try it ;)
I don't eat much in a race because I'm not usually hungry . I knew it would be hot so I didn't want to fall apart so I would try his advice.
I made it to the top of Mission Peak in 78 min. It was the most beautiful sunrise. I took my first endurolyte and ate 3 bloks and took off into Sunol. I got into Sunol around 2:15 from the start. I went to my resupply which I dropped and stored next to the EPRP rangers office. Ranger Neil drove in as I was getting my water , ice and food.
I gave him a hug ,he wished me luck, and off I went bopping along the trail listing to my MP3. I would not have any supplies again until 31 miles where I would meet my crew in Del Valle.
I took off towards Rose peak the goal get there in under 5:45. I got there at 5:40. I ran out off water ,maybe a mile before the summit ,but only had to go another mile to Maggies where I would get water. I filled up and took off to Del Valle. I called Andy from the summit to let him know I would be there between 12:30-1:30.
I arrived in De Valle 8:35 into my run. The plan was between 8-9 hours. I stayed to regroup eat a popsicle which Jerry brought for me at my request. Mike Palmer would pace me from here to Sunol, where Andy would be waiting to take over pacing. Mike was there to pace me and help mark that section of the Ohlone 50k course.
It was hot out there and I knew the climb out of Del Valle would be tough. I said good-bye and me and Mike took off. I told Andy and we Should be to Sunol at 7:30pm but I would call from Rose Peak. I felt like I was going to die climbing out. It was hot but I knew it would start cooling down. I looked at my watch at one point and it said 104 for the weather. I just hiked all the uphills as best I could. I had to stop and sit many times alone the way. We arrived at the aid station that was 5.50 from the finish of the 50k race, they had dropped the supplies off, they always do it the day before, and most of the volunteers hike in Sunday morning or camp out.
I went through the supplies to get ice and water and found some tea. I really need that it tasted great. We headed out to Maggies where I knew I would see the volunteers who were camped out. My friend Jurek was already there. I had seen him with the rangers dropping off supplies earlier that day.
I was slow and the heat was taking it's toll. I just kept focused and looked at my little"SuperStar" doll. We made it to Maggies and there must of been 8 volunteers who were going to camp out that night. They gave me ice and some chips and sent me on my way.
I called Andy from Rose and said we would be there at 8:30. We took off I was starting to feel better because I knew all those big climbs were finished for now.
It was getting late I asked Mike to run ahead since the park closed at 9pm and didn't want him to get stuck inside the gate. It was no big deal because they actually lock the gate at 9:15.
I was only 5 min. behind Mike. I showed up at 8:55.
Andy took pacing duty from here. I was super happy to have him out there with me. The plan do a 2.5 mile out and back along the Little Yosemite trail than head 11 miles out over Mission peak to the trailhead than run 1 mile to Jerry,s house where I had aid. Head back to the start where I would start my watch for the last 50k, which is the time they put as my 50k result for the race.
During the 2.5 mile out I was falling apart, poor Andy had to deal with all my emotions. I was crying one minute laughing the next. Earlier in the day, at mile 43 I felt a bladder infection coming on. I was able to keep it under control. But it was getting worse again. I just had to make sure to drink a ton. And to make sure and use the cranberry juice I had waiting at Jerry's. I stopped and had to lay down at mile 55. Andy also massaged my neck & shoulders. I regrouped and we headed back to the aid in Sunol. We got what we would need for the next 11 miles and headed out into the night. I was getting sleepy so took a nodoz at 11:30. I was excited to have Andy out on my trail that I talk so much about. He was excited to pace me. We have run a few Ultras together now and have seen each other at hundred milers through the years. But never has he been around me to see how I am during a hundred miler. I will say I only had 1 mini melt down and that was because I was mad that I was so slow in the night.
We got to the top of Mission Peak and looked out to all the city lights. The weather was warm still no need for a jacket. During the whole run I put my jacket on two times for maybe a few minutes.
The plan was to be to Jerry's by 3:30 we got there at I think 3:10. I heated up some Miso soup and we headed out.
We got back to the parking lot and I started my watch at 3:40. We saw one of the usually hikers Doug and his dog Joe. He always hikes in the wee hours of the morning. We hiked and talked a little bit with him.
Andy and I enjoyed bonding out there. We really had fun.
We got to see the sunrise which was awesome. Heading back to Sunol we saw Phil Stark who was running 100k out there. I had seen him the day before. He had a friend pacing him. We wished each other well and off we went.
We arrived in Sunol sometime after 6:30. We got our supplies and said hello to the people who were setting up the aid station for the race. I knew it would be tough the rest of the way ,the climb to Rose, the climb out of Satans pit but I knew I would get there. My bladder infection was getting worse and there is nothing to do about it but drink. I was dry heaving coming into Sunol so I took a pill I had for sour stomach it worked. My feet were really sore. But knew I had to do what Andy said just put one foot in front of the other. He also said I shouldn't worry about my finishing time that it's all about the journey.
There were many times climbing out of Del Valle I want to quit but keeping positive turned it around.
When I was feeling sick at mile 79 I just wished I could quit but I knew I was just having a low point.
I was happy to reach Rose Peak but at this point the bladder infection was kicking in more. I had to keep stopping to pee. My feet were so trashed no blisters just sore. I was wearing shoes that I have never tested during 100 miles. I won't wear them that far again.
When we were heading to Rose the first runner passed us it was Jean he had won it last year and had a huge lead. We exchanged greetings and off he went. He went on to win.
I was now very encouraged to see all the runners passing me. I saw my friend Will who looked super strong and finished 7th. Most runners knew what I was doing and offered words of encouragement and commented many times that I was crazy.
The climb going down Satan's pit was painful my feet hurt so bad and my bladder hated it too. We stopped at the bottom to prepare for the climb out. I soaked my bandana and wet my legs down. I swear keeping your legs wet keeps your body cool. Many times on the course I wet my legs down with my water bottle. So many runners were having problems with the heat. Most of us struggled at some point out there. Having Andy out there all those hours was a blessing without him I don't think I would of wanted to keep going.
He is truly an Angel to have put up with me for so many hours.
I looked at my watch at the aid station that is 2 miles from the finish. I wanted to finish in 34 but that went out the window hours ago. I thought it would take me over 36 hours. But looking at my watch and doing some basic math in my head I thought I'm going to push to break 36. I always have given myself a little goal when running this solo that I finish in under 36 hours because that's my cut off.
I started shuffling faster and we made it to the finish in 35:50 WOO HOO!!! I was super happy. This was my 5th Ohlone 100 mile run with the race and my 8th Ohlone finish.
Congrats. to all the 50k finishers.
I want to thank Andy for being the best boyfriend ever and keeping me positive and motivated all those miles and hours. Oh and awesome job to Andy for running 53 miles out on the Ohlone. Thanks Jerry for the popsicle and helping with taking Andy back to Fremont and letting us use your house as mile 67 aid. And Mike who paced me 20 miles and than ran the 50k race the next day.
I will be back to do it again next year. Really my secret goal is to someday have this as an official 100 mile race ;)
click for pictures Andy took while on the trail.
Thank you to RD's Rob & Larry ,and all the volunteers you guys were all so helpful and happy to help.
26 comments:
- HappyTrails said...
You are awesome and inspiring! Great job! Andy's photos were great - the trails looks wonderful!!!
Congrats! You are awesome!
(runningfreeusa on the RW forum)
- olga said...
Oh, girlie, that's tough, and yes, you both are angels to each other, and I am very white-jealous and happy for you! That's a relationship to cherish!
- Ewa said...
Congratulations Catra! My son and I saw you and Andy on Sunday morning on Mission Peak. Doug and Joe were there and Doug asked if I knew you. I said that only through your blog. And then you passed by but I don't think you heard our "Good Luck!" wishes.
Awesome job!
- Shari Baby said...
Congratulations Catra! So..I'm NOT an ultra runner so I have no idea so forgive this question if its dumb...but Is it normal to start and stop so much during a ultra race ? Like did you drive to a house to eat, and get supplies, then back to the trail, etc ? I'm just wondering because it's way different than any race I have done before so I want to understand. I have a few friends that have done Western 100 and I dont think they started/stopped much. Inform me.....you look great and strong btw. Nice job
- Judi said...
You are a very special girl Catra.
- Catra said...
It's not a dumb question you don't understand that's ok.
This is a solo run.
It's my own thing I only ran it.
People often sleep on the trail in a 100 mile race. Out of 55 100 mile races I haven't had to do that.
I ran to Jerry's house because I did not have aid and I needed 2 miles to make my total 100 miles.
I was having issues and when I would stop and sit down it was a few minutes.
People do this at aid stations in races. There is a saying beware of the chair. It means don't stop and sit because you don't want to get to comfy you might want to drop if you're having issues.
It was pretty much one foot in front of the other for 35:50.
You do what you have to do to make it safely to the finish. Saturday was very hot and I had to take care of me. Many people who ran the 50k race Sunday had to rest at aid stations or under trees.
Western states 100 is easy compaired to what I did. You have aid stations every 5 miles so you don't have to carry your stuff for 20 miles at a time.
I love the challenge and that's why I map out courses and run my own runs.
Thanks for the post.
I hpe all is well..
- miki said...
Good job Catra! My boyfriend saw you just now at Whole Foods in Cupertino so I knew you had made it thru this weekend. Personally, I would not even be able to walk yet. :)
- *Ultra*Rockstar* said...
Hey Catra:
You rocked it once again. That is why you inspre so many of us, and you just keep smiling through it all. YOur positive energy is infective,
Thanks for the pep talk after the run. I was feeling so low about dropping, it was such a tough decision to make and your words mean a lot.
This Sunday Morgan & I are going to do our own "rise from the dead 50k" we are going to do it along beales point,rattlesnake area...and start very early.
Anywa congrats again !
Ultrarockstar: Michelle & Morgan
- Victoria said...
So I just want you to know that my friend's comment about you after he found out you'd just finished 100 miles-- "But she looked really good for finishing 100 miles-- I mean, she looked tired, but she didn't look any more tired than anyone else who had just done the 50K." And on the big scoreboard in the sky, you get 1000 bonus points for finishing with a BLADDER INFECTION!! I remember you saying that at the creek (before that ridiculous uphill), but I was so mush-minded at that point, I don't remember if I told you that then... hope you're feeling better!
Hi Catra! You're awesome !! Me, Ruby and Wayne are sooo proud of you! You really toughed it out!! You're my hero, Kathy D.
Dude... YOU ROCK!
- CoyoteGirl said...
Yay Catra! That's awesome! You are such an inspiration to me.
- Yoshiko said...
Dear Catra,
You are so awesome! I just came back from Jemez Mountain Trail Run in NM. I've got love trail run even more ever since I met your blog. You are my hero as you always have been to me.
Love, Yoshiko (Japanese)
- Catra said...
thanks happytrails.
It was wonderful being out there with someone I'm so in love with!
- Catra said...
Hey Melissa thanks.
- Catra said...
Hi Olga-
Andy is and was amazing we had so much fun together out there. The memories will last forever.
- Catra said...
Hey EWA-
I was pretty much out of it. I do remember seeing a tent on the top of Mission Peak and two ladies and a few people coming up the peak.
I didn't hear you, or notice who you were darn. I would of stopped to talk :) thank you.
Yeah we saw Doug & Joe at the bottom and hiked a little with him. He than took the short cuts and we eventually turned right to head up Horse Heaven and the South side.
Next time stop me in my tracks so I can meet you ;)
- Catra said...
Thanks so much and great job on your marathon.
- SLB said...
Awesome job, your motivation and determination are an inspiration. I am nothing but amazed at your ability to conquer these distances and races so close to each other.
Keep it up.
- Old Man and mid pack runner said...
cool you can still "strike a pose" even with the miles and other issues of the day. awesome job!
- GB said...
Catra, you're a womanimal! I need to pick your brain and learn about preparing for ultras. You are a pro in every way, and it is great to see your happiness with Andy. You both looked great when I saw you on the trail, and I know you had already been through hell and back out there.
I imagine I would have probably been crying more than laughing if I ran ONE HUNDRED miles! You're just plain tough!
- Shari Baby said...
Thanks for clearing that up and explaining to me. I do understand that 100 miles is freaking long ass way and I would be resting under a damn tree too! Way to go - you're one helluva crazy broad.
- willgotthardt said...
Always inspiring Catra...GREAT recap of your time out there, I can't even imagine...was good to get a handshake in with Andy as I passed by the two of you near Rose Peak summit, obviously a very cool guy.
Thanks for the nice race comment, appreciate it, I had a good day.
Will G.
- Catra said...
Hey Will-
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, you did great! And you will only improve when you do your next 50k. I hope to see you make the jump and move up to 50 milers and than 100 milers ;)
Have a beautiful day!
Hey Lady!
I am running my first Ultra this november (JFK 50) and thank you for the inspiration.I Your experience, strength, and hope is a beautiful thing, thank you for sharing that! Much love and peace to you sister and i am looking forward to reading about your journeys.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech volleyball team (5-14, 3-5 OVC) wrapped up its recent four-match road trip with a 2-2 record and will look to improve upon what it accomplished on the road when it opens a three-match homestand beginning with the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State, Friday evening.
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