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Joined: 11 Jul 2006
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:26 am
Post subject: Explosiveness! Punches and Spear Thrusts VIDEO
ZOMG, Phayze finally got off his kiester and made
a new video!!!
I know it's a long one, but if you're interested in trying these things, make sure to stay for the disclaimer at the end - There are special guests in it. ^_-
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Location: New England USA
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:42 pm
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Wow, Phayze! When you get off your kiester, you really get it done! Great moves on the video -- will be adding punches (and maybe upper-cuts, too) to my SG workout. Great explanation and visual of using your whole body to drive the punch. And your tips at the end are excellent. I won't spoil the special guests surprise for others by mentioning it here, but I was getting very worried that one of them wouldn't appear until the Grand Finale came on screen -- bravo! Thanks so much for the video and the moves -- much appreciated !!! (BTW, your "pump water" move is still a favorite part of my SG routine).
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:28 pm
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Great video! I checked out some of the others you'd done as well. You've definitely come up with some nice variations.
Perhaps a shovelglove hall of fame is in order?!?
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Posts: 5789
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:17 pm
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I think this may be your best one yet -- special guests, subtitles, an amusing disclaimer, and the "answer to that age old shovelglove question: what about my legs?" And the moves really look like they kick ass.
It's funny, I've occasionally done "shadow boxing" with dumbbells on freestyle fridays, but it hadn't occurred to me to just use my sledge. A way purer shovelglove experience!
And now that there's a "
whole village
" in Thailand doing shovelglove, I wouldn't be surprised if it re-emerges after a hundred years or so as an authentic martial art.
Movement page link pending... think I'll add a link from the "stoke oven" page as well.
Thanks again!
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:50 am
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Thanks everyone! I'm always glad to hear that my little experiments are interesting to people other than me. ^_^
Winnie: When I realized Tux was sitting on me during the disclaimer I thought of you and decided to hold him up for the camera. ^_-
Jules: I'm glad you like my work, but "Hall of Fame" is going a bit far. I'm just another SG-Enthusiast with an iSight and some free time.
Reinhard: Yeah, this one was really a total package! I think it's my longest one, so I kind of worried that it might be too wordy. Integrating the Legs Dilemma was a major reason that I didn't make this video sooner - I wanted to feel like I knew what I was talking about when I actually got in front of the camera, so I've been experimenting with full-body explosiveness in pretty much all of my workouts to get the feel for what I was talking about.
I'm loving the Thai Village thing (I haven't gotten around to commenting on that thread yet). Even if it doesn't get absorbed into the local fighting style, it's a hell of a good way to harden up for a fight.
Oh, and yes. These moves are totally bad ass, and they make you feel like finding that Tae Bo guy so you can show him a real man works out. ^_-
Thanks for the linkage! As always, I really appreciate having my vids where people can learn from them.
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Location: New England USA
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:23 pm
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phayze wrote:
... I kind of worried that it might be too wordy.
Au contraire ... I'm glad you took the time to so carefully explain the use of the legs in these moves. I know I would have ended up throwing the punch using just my arms, when getting the whole body involved is so much more invigorating and fun. I liked the "coiled spring" image. And, your comments at the end about not banging the joints, going out to maybe 95%, are very useful for those of us who often need to be walked back from the cliff of over-extension.
phayze wrote:
Oh, and yes. These moves are totally bad ass, and they make you feel like finding that Tae Bo guy so you can show him a real man works out.
Or woman! I spent a bit of time yesterday singing along with the video, then added in punches and upper-cuts to my workout - talk about energizing and powerful! I do shovel-churn-drive posts-flip lever, then inserted these moves, which really pumped up the rest of my moves. They're an especially nice lead in to ab killers. Bad ass, indeed - woof!
It was nice to meet Spot (I'm sure she loves her summer cut!), and thank you so much for including Tux -- he sure is a handsome guy -- it's very reassuring to know that he would hate it if I hurt myself!
Now I'm afraid I've been too wordy ... but did want you to know that I, at least, think your level of detail was just right for these type of moves. Thanks again, Winnie
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:25 am
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Many apologies on the gender-equality thing. I have some bad linguistic habits that I can't seem to get past. ^_-
Glad to hear that you're having fun with it!
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:47 am
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I would like to see Phayze video but my computer will not play it. I have stop doing the shovel routines recently as I am doing so much planting lately I shovel enough with that. I do the other exercises though. You will be happy to hear that now two villages are doing the shovelglove because Marisas mother went home to Nakhon Sawan and showed people there how to do it. Plus these Burmese ladies here are doing it but dont even need to wrap something around hammerhead because they have dirt floor and hammer wont hurt it. I really dont understand why they are because frankly they work construction and get exercise all day long, but they do this for fun I guess. The most important thing in Thailand is sanuk which means like fun and it is important to make everything fun including work and the shovelglove is fun.I believe it is so popular because I have lost a lot of weight which to be honest is not just from shovelglove but also from work and gym. However people see me doing shovelglove and attribute my weight loss to that. Also they believe whatever farangs, which they call us westerners, do is a good idea. Not always true but in the case of the shovelglove I believe it is. Sorry for big long message but I am sitting here waiting for load of topsail and have too much time on my hands.
Chiang Mai and Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
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Location: Oklahoma, USA
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:20 pm
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There are some good ideas in the video. Here is some unsolicited advice: avoid dropping your chin as you do the movements...also avoid hunching your shoulders up in to your ears. If you improve these postural elements you'll have cleaner power transmission and it's less likely you'll get injured.
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:52 am
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chiangmaiboss wrote:
I would like to see Phayze video but my computer will not play it.
Hm, I'm sorry that you're having trouble with the vids. I'm not sure what would cause a thing like that - youtube is usually very accessable. It might have something to do with your internet connection speed. Eitherway, I'm glad to hear that SG is spreading across Thailand. Give it a few years, and it'll become the new national past-time at this pace. ^__^
David: Thanks for the advice! I didn't realize that I was doing those things, but I'll definitely try to me more mindful of them in the future.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:04 am
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There's a couple of other elements you could add into the spear thrusts. One would be to mix it up with high, medium, and low thrusts. Another is you could you combine a lunge and a thrust, like you're dropping low to thrust up under an opponent's shield. Not a really combat-efficient move since you're committing a lot of weight into the lunge, but this is exercise we're talking about.
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April 6, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Deanna Lentz assembled one of the most dominating efforts in MIT's women's lacrosse history Wednesday night, leading the Engineers to an 18-4 victory over Smith College in NEWMAC action at Jack Barry Field. Lentz scored seven goals and helped on two others to pace the attack, while her presence on defense proved to be equally exceptional.
Tech's offense was on-point all evening, and for the second game in a row, the Engineers peppered the opposing goalkeeper with a plethora of scoring opportunities. MIT (4-1, 1-1) outscored Smith (1-6, 0-2) 12-2 in the first half, pulling away early behind an offensive scheme that the Pioneers were challenged to stop.
Freshman Laura Watson sparked the barrage with two goals in the opening five minutes. Each team exchanged goals over the next ten minutes, and although MIT led 4-2, most in attendance felt that the battle wouldn't be decided until the late stages of the game.
Lentz and Kelsey Presson offered a conflicting view, which resulted in eight consecutive goals to close the half. Presson, the team's leading scorer entering Wednesday's tilt, scored once and added two assists during the stretch, while Lentz scored five goals; including a natural hat trick to cap the scoring.
After surrendering a quick goal at the start of the second half, MIT continued to flex its offensive muscle and answered with six straight goals. Kaitlin Kamrowski led the charge in the second stanza, scoring two of her four goals during the period, while adding an assist on Lentz's career-high seventh finish of the night.
Lentz excelled on both ends of the field, securing eight ground balls and causing six turnovers. While she didn't break any school records, the super junior fell short of the Institute mark by one for both defensive categories, and was one point away from tying the MIT record of 10 points in a game.
With the win, the Engineers improve to 4-1 overall, their second-best start in program history. The Cardinal and Gray opened the 1995 campaign with a 6-1 ledger before securing the team's only 10-win season (10-3).

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THE FULL PRESENCE OF THE dermatologic community at this year's annual meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD), held June 13-17 in Chicago, was critically important as the physician community de-bated its role and position in an emerging reformed health care system.
A timely and deliberate visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the AMA HOD high-lighted his administration's emphasis on inclusiveness. While some critics of former health system reform efforts felt the process was virtually closed to the broader health care community, and physicians in particular, Obama's remarks, met largely with resounding applause, assured physicians that they would continue to be a critically important voice in shaping any new health care delivery system.
Health System Reform
Perhaps the most lively debate of this year's AMA HOD meeting centered on whether or not the physician community should support any kind of government-funded, "public option" for health care insurance. The Dermatology Section Council followed the Academy position of supporting greater access for patients while cautioning against any public option that would be built upon the current Medicare system and its law approach to both health care delivery and reimbursement for services. While the issue appeared to be polarizing, with rivaling partisan opinions expressed, the AMA HOD was able to reach agreement after hours of debate, recognizing that 1) the details of any new system have yet to be developed, and 2) to remain a credible participant in the debate, the physician community should take a position that essentially supports any system that is founded upon the AMA's current principles of pluralism, freedom of choice, freedom of practice, and universal access for patients.
Medicare Physician Payment Reform
In the spirit of moving away from the annual fight to prevent across-the-board cuts to Medicare physician fees, the AMA HOD adopted a set of principles as the basis for developing and/or assessing any proposed Medicare physician payment reform efforts. Those principles, which the Academy has been involved with developing over the past years, include "Ensuring that reform efforts: promote improved patient access to care; are designed with input by the physician community; ensure payment rates that cover the full cost of sustainable medical practice; include participation options for all physicians; and ensure an appropriate level of physician decision-making authority over any shared-savings distributions."
Physician Workforce
The Dermatology Section Council joined with the majority of the AMA HOD in supporting several resolutions that, together, support the position that efforts to bolster the physician workforce must be part of any comprehensive health system reform. Such steps should include advocating for expanded funding for entry and continued training positions in specialties and geographic regions with documented medical workforce short-ages. The AMA HOD also moved to reaffirm its position that the cap on GME-funded residency slots should be lifted.
Vitamin D Recommendations
The AMA HOD approved a report of the Council on Science and Public Health setting forth recommendations for the AMA's support of "continued research on vitamin D and its metabolites, particularly long term studies that address adverse outcomes and potential confounders across all life-stage groups." The report further recommends that the AMA 1) take steps to educate physicians about the evolving science of vitamin D and its impact on health, and to develop resources for patients; 2) encourage physicians to consider measuring the serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in patients at risk of vitamin D deficiency and counsel those with insufficient levels on ways to improve their vitamin D status; and 3) monitor the development of new dietary reference intakes for vitamin D in 2010 and respond as appropriate. The Academy had the opportunity to review an earlier draft of the report, and urged that the recommendations be strengthened to emphasize the use of vitamin supplementation vs. UVA radiation. While that specific recommendation was rejected on the basis of not wanting to micromanage how physicians counsel their patients, the report essentially makes this point by only mentioning oral supplementation and not making any recommendation for use of UV exposure. Given that the recommendations were positive, do not specify supplementation by UV exposure, and cite the Academy's Position Statement on vitamin D, the Dermatology Section Council agreed to support the report's recommendations.
Relationships with Industry
The AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) presented a report to the AMA HOD setting forth guidelines for assessing ethical vs. Unethical behavior in relationships with industry, specifically in the context of continuing medical education (CME). The report was a revision of a harshly debated report from last year. While this revised report was perceived by many as considerably less restrictive than last year's, its recommendations were still considered unreasonable by organizations, including the Academy, that put on large annual scientific meetings. The recommendations essentially laid out an ethical frame-work, defining what is "ethically preferable," for example, CME providers accept funding only from sources that have no direct financial interest in a physician's clinical recommendations, and what is "ethically permissible," for example, CME providers permit individuals who have modest financial interests in the educational subject matter to program, develop content for, or teach in CME activities if there is full disclosure and steps are taken to minimize any potential influence. In addition, CME providers permit an individual who currently has a direct, substantial, and unavoidable financial interest in the educational subject matter to program, develop content for, or teach in a CME activity only if the individual is demonstrated to be uniquely qualified as an expert in the relevant body of knowledge or skills. The Academy joined a significant number of specialty societies in urging that the report be rejected and sent back to the CEJA for further consideration. There was substantial opposition to the notion of tiring what is ethically preferable vs. Permissible, the argument being that policymaker would only focus on what is preferable, and disallow all else. In addition, there was significant testimony that argued about the vagueness of certain terms such as "modest financial interest" and "substantial," and the possibility of the policy being interpreted in such a way as to essentially restrict any industry support to the exhibit hall alone. The CEJA recommendations would have been virtually impossible to accomplish in large scientific meetings with presentations by hundreds of faculty invited to participate in the activity. As Congress continues to scrutinize physician relationships with industry, CEJA will deliver yet another report on the issue at the HOD's interim meeting in November.
Incentives for HIT Adoption
Impending requirements for the adoption of health information technology and e-prescribing were also heavily discussed. Ultimately, the Dermatology Section Council voted with the majority of the AMA HOD in supporting policy that cautions lawmakers about the impact and potential unintended consequences of en-forcing financial penalties on physicians who do not adopt within established timeframes. In particular, dermatology argued that the high costs of adopting health information technology (HIT) and implementing and maintaining electronic medical records (EMR) are substantial for private practice physicians and that there should be reasonable and positive incentives to support HIT adoption.
Follow-on biologics
The subject of follow-on biologics has heated up over the past two years as the industry has sought to ensure a reasonable pathway for the introduction of biosimilars to the market, while preserving an appropriate length of time for exclusivity for brand-name biologics. The Academy's Environment and Drugs Committee is considering a position for the Academy; however, in the meantime, the Dermatology Section Council supported the general principles of the adopted AMA policy to "make follow-on biologics more available to patients and physicians (as a lower-cost alter-native), while protecting patient safety and allowing a reasonable timeframe for FDA exclusivity and patent expiration."The next meeting of the AMA HOD will take place Nov. 7-11 in Houston, where one of the Academy's delegates, Cyndi Yag-Howard, M.D., will begin her campaign for election to the AMA's Council on Constitution and Bylaws. Dr. Yag-Howard, an active member of the AMA HOD, and faithful contributor on behalf of dermatologists and patients, started her service as a resident physician. She currently serves as the chair of the AMA's Specialty and Service Society Section the largest caucus for specialty society and service society representatives within the AMA HOD.


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The Mets are in St. Louis tonight, a town that rarely treats them kindly. They'll play the sizzling Cardinals, who have the game's best hitter in Albert Pujols. They'll face them with Oliver Perez, which begs the question what's the over-under on homers allowed?
I'm guessing three.
Perez never inspires confidence, so you have to wonder whose basket is Omar Minaya putting his eggs in this weekend. Perez? Johan Santana? John Maine?
Geez … who do you think he had in mind when he told SI.com of his expectations for the weekend?
"St. Louis is always tough," Minaya said. "If we can win two out of three, that will be outstanding. If we win one, I'll take it. We've got Jose back, and once we get Murphy and Beltran back, we can compete with everyone else."
Here's tonight's starting line-up:
Jose Reyes, SS
Luis Castillo, 2B
David Wright, 3B
Jason Bay, LF
Mike Jacobs, 1B
Jeff Francoeur, RF
Rod Barajas, C
Gary Matthews, CF
OIiver Perez, LP


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Web Developers - Does IE9 Change the Balance?Noel Carboni Feb 15, 2011 2:59 PM
I was looking over the Internet Exlporer 9.0 RC beta version. It's looking pretty good.
With this version comes long-awaited color management in Microsoft's browser. After IE9 is released and is adopted widely, virtually all the web browsers (IE, FireFox, Safari, Chrome) will provide color management. The balance will have tipped decisively.
Okay, so maybe IE9 won't be adopted instantly, but I predict it may well be adopted fairly quickly. It really does seem to work well, and even in public beta it already is on a few percent of the computers out there. And who knows, Microsoft could roll it out as a Windows Update.
Another given is that wide gamut displays are becoming more and more common.
What does this mean?
1. People who have wide gamut monitors and calibrated systems (or a monitor-specific profile other than the default sRGB profile) will see Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB images with more vivid colors than they will see in sRGB images.
2. Images that have already been posted with a color space other than sRGB will of course become livelier, as their dull, lifeless color will be accurate, and they'll look more consistent across virtually all the browsers. Finally.
In general, if we subscribe to the notion that livelier, more saturated colors catch attention better, you could say that publishing wide gamut images is becoming more attractive in the brave new world of ubiquitous color managed browsing.
So... Should we start publishing in wider gamut color spaces? If not now, when?
Of course, some people will still be running old web browsers. A few percent of my site visitors still run IE6 or older today. Include IE7 and it goes up to 10%. But these may not be the people with money to spend.
Publishing images as sRGB will probably remain the most consistent way to go for a little while longer. But we chance sRGB looking plain, dull, and lifeless next to more brightly colored images on the competition's web site.
Maybe the trend will be to move toward publishing without a color profile. At first blush that sounds like a bad idea, but wait: Some browsers just put such images on screen without doing any color transforms... IE9 does this and the image will use the full gamut of whatever display it's shown on. You might ask, "won't it look garish on a wide gamut monitor?" Sure, but isn't that kind of the goal with advertising? "Garish, in your face" sells more than "accurate". Use as much of each user's display as possible.
But maybe the better way to do that would be to publish images tagged with the widest possible gamut - ProPhoto RGB. With proper color management, surely an image could use all of the color gamut any conceivable monitor could give. But there might be weirdities with the way things outside the monitor gamut look.
Okay, perhaps Adobe RGB could be the right middle ground. More gamut than sRGB, not so much that it lays bare the differences between adjacent colors in 8 bit format, and it can carry pretty much all the colors that modern monitors can show.
None of this is new. I just figured with a major new entry into the color managed browser stable just around the corner, perhaps it's a good time to think about it again.
Your thoughts?


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The B.C. Liberals tabled a pre-election budget this week that proposes to raise income taxes on business and higher-income earners, mirroring proposals from the NDP.
The corporate income tax rate would jump to 11 per cent April 1, accelerating by a year an increase announced in 2012.
NDP leader Adrian Dix has promised to return the corporate rate to 12 per cent, where it was in 2008.
Carole James, Opposition Critic for Social Development and co-chair of the BC NDP platform committee, notes the irony in the number of times the Liberals have criticized the NDP for considering tax increases.
"Here in a budget they gave I guess what some people could say is the biggest compliment," James said in a Thursday interview.
In Finance Minister Mike de Jong's budget, personal income taxes for those earning $150,000 or more would rise 2.1 per cent to 16.8 per cent for two years, starting January. The increase is to be rolled back to the current rate of 14.7 per cent in 2015.
The Liberals have not raised taxes for nearly 12 years, during which time the party has tabled deficit budgets and cut spending.
"We're making sure that we're not impacting the middle class," Comox Valley Liberal MLA Don McRae said, noting the personal tax is temporary but targets those who can most afford to pay it. About 65,000 British Columbians earn more than $150,000 a year, he added.
"I think the most important thing is we're actually going to balance the budget. That means the money we spend this year will not come with debt that children in the future will have to pay for…We've tried to live within our means."
Besides Saskatchewan, McRae said B.C. is the only province to return to a balance.
"For every dollar the province brings in, we spend about 4.1 cents on debt servicing."
James, however, said de Jong's budget is "bogus" because it is unbalanced. One area that "makes the public scratch their heads" is a plan to sell off close to $500,000 in real estate over the next two fiscal years.
"You don't have a fire sale for one-time dollars to be able to balance a budget," James said. "These are difficult economic times; the real estate market isn't at its best. Wouldn't it be better economics to sell strategic assets at times when the market is high?"
James also criticizes the Liberals for undercutting the health care budget, playing the "same game" from 2009 when they underestimated the amount of health care money then implemented "huge" cuts after the election.
She also notes a proposed four-per-cent increase to MSP premiums, increased hydro rates, and cuts in skills training and post-secondary education.
McRae said the BC Liberals are injecting $2.4 billion into health care in the next three years. He notes there are more than 800,000 low-income earners in B.C. who do not pay MSP premiums, but a middle-class family of four pays about $5 a month.
"I agree there is more being paid, but an average day in the hospital, if you have to spend it, could easily exceed $1,500 to $2,000. Costs of health care continue to rise, and we want to make sure that services are there for those who need it."
McRae also notes in the budget a "strengthening for the Agricultural Land Commission" and some exemption for carbon tax for the agriculture industry.
"I thought that was a really good move and a good support for agriculture," said McRae, the former agriculture minister who now oversees the education portfolio.
Another aspect he notes is a B.C. Training and an Education Savings Grant, where government is giving families access to $1,200 to invest in an RESP.
The provincial election is May 14. The winner of the election must pass a budget in the fall.
With a file from Black Press and CBC.


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Chargers take NT Carrethers, RB Grice, WR Reese
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Chargers completed their draft Saturday by picking Baylor wide receiver Tevin Reese, who already has a touchdown catch at Qualcomm Stadium.
The Chargers took Reese with the 25th pick in the seventh round, the 240th overall.
Reese caught a 55-yard touchdown pass in Baylor's 49-26 victory over UCLA in the 2012 Holiday Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium, home of the Chargers.
There will be "many more to come," said the speedy Reese, who is only 5-foot-10, 170-pounds.
San Diego's first-round pick, TCU cornerback Jason Verrett, had his first Division I interception at Qualcomm, against San Diego State in 2011.
Reese's 21 touchdowns of 40 yards or more were an NCAA and Big 12 record.
"If he can get us a couple of those, it'd be pretty good," coach Mike McCoy said.
Earlier Saturday, the Chargers took Arkansas State nose tackle Ryan Carrethers in the fifth round and Arizona State running back Marion Grice in the sixth round.
After the draft ended, the Chargers signed 17 free agents.
Among them were fullback Chris Davis, who came up with one of college football's most memorable plays on Nov. 30 when he returned a missed field goal 109 yards for a touchdown on the final play for a 34-28 win over the two-time defending national champion and then-No. 1 Alabama, and New Haven tight end Michael Flacco, younger brother of Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco.
The Chargers didn't have a fourth-round pick after trading it to Miami to move up in the second round Friday to take Georgia Tech outside linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu.
Carrethers' last play in college was blocking the potential tying field goal as time expired to preserve the Red Wolves' 23-20 win against Ball State in the GoDaddy Bowl.
General manager Tom Telesco said the 6-2, 330-pound Carrthers has "uncommon production" for a nose tackle, citing his 93 tackles, including eight for a loss, and four sacks last year.
"He has extraordinary athletic ability," the GM said. "He's got a real chance here."
Telesco called Grice "a well-rounded back" and "a touchdown machine" who scored 39 times in two seasons with the Sun Devils.
Grice, taken with the 25th pick in the sixth round, the 201st overall, rushed for 996 yards and 14 touchdowns last year while catching 50 passes for 438 yards and six touchdowns. A broken leg kept him out of the loss to Stanford in the Pac-12 championship game and the Holiday Bowl.
Also Saturday, Attaochu was introduced at a news conference.
Attaochu moved with his family from Nigeria when he was eight. He played flag football in grade school and wasn't introduced to tackle football until his freshman year, quite by accident.
"I tried to sign up for soccer, walked into the wrong room and the freshman football coach told me to come out and try to play football. From then on I started getting good at it," Attaochu said.
"It was an excellent mistake," he said.


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The Aug. 6 edition of the Telegraph had a letter from Rock Falls written by a lady about memories. This prompted me to write a few memories of Steward (not to be confused with Seward, next to Rockford).
I grew up on a farm close proximity to Steward and had five siblings, four sisters and one brother. We attended Steward Grade and High School consisting in the 1940s of 100 to 130 students – no kindergarten then.
My dad was on the school board, and at that time a new gym was built. Among the small schools it was one of the nicest gyms around. Tournaments like basketball were held there most years because of its size. Single teachers roomed and boarded with people in town. Hot luncheons were unheard of, so everyone carried a lunchbox, or some called them lunch buckets.
Telephones were the old-fashioned types with a crank and you'd get the operator. In the 1940s, dial phones were installed. This was a step up. On the old phones everyone could listen in on conversations.
Businesses in town consisted of two grain elevators, farm implement store, Royal Blue grocery and another grocery, post office, tavern, one pump gas station and a garage. Another interesting place was the confectionary with round tables with metal oval backed chairs. You could buy penny gum and penny candy, and ice cream was 5 cents, maybe a dime for a big cone. I must not forget the Friday night free shows, screen outdoors and benches to sit on. I could go on; maybe I left out a business or two.
Steward had one Methodist Church. The actual building goes back to the 1800s. It was well attended for the size of the town. We all went there and took part in whatever was offered.


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4 June 2009
As published online at Sailing Anarchy: 2009 Audi Melges 20 Detroit NOOD Champion Eric Wynsma and fellow competitor Chuck Holzman divulge the details about their wildly fun, fast and successful weekend at the Bayview Yacht Club. "It's a totally different boat with a totally different feel," exclaimed Holzman. These guys are super excited about the Audi Melges 20... Rock ON!


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Sue L. Cullumber 4/17/2007 5:12:04 PMSandy - great lemur shot! Love the intense eyes! #639751
Mary Timman 5/24/2007 7:13:27 AMwow..fabulous finalist. Congratulations! #4323666
Mitch Spence 5/24/2007 6:33:16 PMMy, this is wonderful, Sandy, with the terrific selective focus. #4326224
Dominick M. Dimacale 5/25/2007 1:28:00 AMCongratulations Sandy for your win...Dominick #4327324
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David Collins 5/28/2007 12:07:16 PMMega CONGRATULATIONS Sandy!!! What an awesome capture. #4339658
Bill Houghton 5/30/2007 1:57:09 AMThis is such a great shot Sandy. You did a wonderful job capturing it. Bill
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Lynn Haack 9/9/2007 7:58:03 AMSandy, the eyes...the expression...the color sat...the comp...all add up to a big WOW!!! Congrats on this spectacular winner! Lynn #4767617
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Dear Brendon,
Hope you don't think I'm odd writing an open letter when I could send you a private email, it's just that after Hoges' "Open Letter to New Zealand Batsmen", open letters have become fashionable again. And I'm not embarrassed to say that I'm a whore when it comes to fashion.
Let me start by congratulating you on your team's performance over the past few months. I've really enjoyed the way you've led the team this year. I think there were lots of cricket fans who wondered whether you were leadership material but you have shown that you are more than just a captain - you look like you've inspired the players around you to perform better too.
I understand it's not easy being a tattooed cricketer. Cricket supporters in New Zealand are a conservative bunch. To many tattoos are things you get when you're in port, drunk with your shipmates. They quietly live in fear that tattooed role models will influence their own kids to ink up. Some lay awake at night concerned their offspring may get out on Saturday morning pre-meditating a reverse sweep, then later head to the local tat house to have a nude woman scratched into their arm. Paranoia and superstition permeate our summer sport like Wet and Forget permeates the porous surfaces of pathways.
Nevertheless, most cricket fans in this country genuinely love the game and love being entertained. I've watched every game this year. I was there to see you play in Napier, and while we lost the game I'll never forget that 74 of yours.
It was great to see you and Ross Taylor batting together. Ross played the anchor role and fed you the strike brilliantly while you made the England bowlers look like schoolboys. They had no idea where to bowl to you. If they pitched up you went straight, if they bowled short you smashed them square. It was 36 balls of pure entertainment. There's something unusual about watching a cricketer wearing a stylised silver fern humiliate the opposition. It just doesn't happen that often. The last time I remember a New Zealand batsman dominated England was when Nathan Astle smashed that 222 against England at Lancaster Park. I still watch that DVD.
Our cricketing heroes are battlers. Look back and you'll see Hadlee, Chats and Wrighty. If a player in the 80s or 90s had style then there'd be a rumour about an incident involving tromboning that accompanied them.
But I'd like to think that we're moving on as a country. Last week's nail-biting draw against England gripped the nation. Dressed superbly by Ian Smith's energetic television commentary, test cricket put on its number ones and showed the public why it can't be beaten for dramatic tension.
I've heard a lot of whingers talk about our cricket team's lack of character and fight over the years. Normally they're people who have never faced bowlers who can deliver the ball fast enough to hurt. But I don't hear anyone criticising the team now. You can take a huge amount of credit for that.
So let me be the first to write an open letter congratulating you for your contribution to a really interesting summer of cricket - one of the best in living memory.
I'm sure in three years' time, when we've climbed the rankings and can consistently beat the best teams in the world, even diehard dissers like Mark Whatshisface from Radio Sport will be climbing on the bandwagon.


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Tech Titans Shift And Change: Worrying About Dominance Is A Fool's Game
from the this-time-it's-different! dept
Just a few years ago, it was decided that the battle for the internet was between the "big three" of Google, Yahoo & Microsoft -- better known as GYM. Those three dominated the tech space and there was nobody else "big" worth mentioning.
So, it's a bit funny to see a new report declaring that, today, there's a "Gang of Four" who are fighting to dominate the tech world: Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. GAAF? AGAF? As in the past, the article seems to think that this battle is the permanent state of the world, with those four being the only players. It talks about how this battle is raising antitrust concerns and worries about less openness.
However, I'm with Adam Thierer in thinking this is totally overhyped "chicken little-ism."
Isn't it funny how all the recent hand-wringing about the supposed dominance of today's big four fails to mention Microsoft, Intel, AltaVista, AOL, Yahoo!, BlackBerry, or the old telcos? It would have been impossible to pen anything about technology "dominance" in past years and not mention those companies. Today, they rarely get a mention, except perhaps to highlight their rapid fall from the upper echelons of Tech Titan-dom.Five years from now, you can pretty much bet we'll be discussing a very different set of companies aiming for tech dominance. Their may be some crossovers, but it's likely that at least one company on the list is one that you've either barely heard of today or you haven't heard of at all. The tech industry is ruthless and ever changing. It's tough to stay on top for very long, and any effort to totally close things off will be seen by smart entrepreneurs as an opportunity to jump in and compete, with openness.
This week's big news was Google's bid for Motorola, which positions the search giant better for battle in the smartphone and tablet wars with Apple. Think about it: A company that didn't even exist 15 years ago and got started in a garage is now making telecom giants sweat. Meanwhile, Facebook, a company started in a college dorm, made News Corporation's $580 million bet on MySpace turn out to be a mega-turkey. Meanwhile, Apple had what former CEO John Sculley called a "near-death experience" just 15 years ago only to experience a Lazarus-like rebirth and revolutionize the computing, online music, and mobile device sectors. Finally, Amazon.com, along with Apple, has upended media distribution methods and forced mass media giants to rethink how content is priced, bringing prices down in the process.
This is capitalism at its finest, not the catastrophe the tech pessimists preach about.


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Twenty of the 31 alumni artists whose work is featured in the Art Department's Alumni Invitational Exhibition returned to campus Friday night. It was the ideal gathering for President White's announcement of the Gregory J. Huebner Gallery, a tribute to the professor who has guided students for 37 years.
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See pictures of the opening reception and gallery naming ceremony. See a group photo and additional images here, and details from some of the works on display here, here, and here.
Professor Huebner will retire as Professor of Art at Wabash at the end of this year, but his legacy as an artist, teacher, mentor, and friend will endure for generations. That legacy is lived out in the lives of the alumni whose art is exhibited in the Alumni Invitational — alumni whose careers bring great joy and pride to their former professor.
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Luakit is an extremely fast, lightweight and flexible web browser using the webkit engine. It is customizable through lua scripts and fully usable with keyboard shortcuts.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Basic usage
- 3 Configuration
- 4 External links
The luakit package can be found in the official repositories and can be installed with pacman.
You can also use the git version available from the [AUR].
With the Unix philosophy in mind, Luakit is entirely customizable through its configuration files. Those files are written in the Lua scripting language, thus allowing virtually unlimited features. First, copy the configuration files to your $XDG_CONFIG_HOME folder:
cp -r $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/luakit $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
Now you can edit any of these files to make your browser fits your needs. Even if you do not know much about Lua, the configuration is simple and well commented enough to make it straightforward.
Basic usage
Press Template:Keypress to access the command prompt. You can do nearly everything from there. Use Template:Keypress to autocomplete commands.
To quit, use the
quit command, or the Template:KeypressTemplate:Keypress shortcut.
You can also close the browser while remembering the session (i.e. restoring the tabs) by using the
writequit command instead, or the Template:KeypressTemplate:Keypress shortcut.
- Press Template:Keypress to open a prompt with the
opencommand and enter the URI you want. Press Template:Keypress to edit the current URI.
- If it is not a recognized URI, Luakit will use the default search engine specified in
- Specify which search engine to use by prefixing the entry with the appropriate keywork (e.g.
:open google foobarwill search foobar on Google).
- Use common shortcuts to navigate. For emacs and vim aficionados, some of their regular shortcuts are provided. You can use the mouse as well.
- Use Template:Keypress to display the index of all visible links. Enter the appropriate number or a part of the string to open the link.
- Use Template:Keypress instead to open link in a new tab.
- Press Template:Keypress to open a new tab, Template:Keypress to close it. Press Template:Keypress to prompt for an URI to be opened in a new tab, and Template:Keypress to edit the current URI in a new tab.
- Press Template:Keypress to prompt for an URI to be opened in a new window, and Template:Keypress to edit the current URI in a new window.
- Switch from one tab to another with Template:Keypress and Template:Keypress, or Template:Keypress and Template:Keypress.
- You can switch to a specific tab with Template:Keypress.
- Reorder the tabs with Template:Keypress and Template:Keypress.
- Reload the page with Template:Keypress, stop the loading with Template:Keypress.
- You can re-open last closed tab with Template:Keypress.
- Open downloads page with Template:Keypress (or Template:Keypress fo a new tab).
- Copy URI to primary selection with Template:Keypress.
- View page source code with Template:Keypress. Return to normal view with Template:Keypress.
- View image source with Template:Keypress (or with Template:Keypress for new tab).
- Inspect elements with Template:Keypress. Repeat to open in a new window. Disable inspector with Template:Keypress
Input fields
Many webpages have editable elements like dropdown lists, checkboxes, text fields and so on. While they work perfectly with the mouse, you may encounter some troubles using the follow commands. In such a case, pressing the arrow keys may help. Alternatively, you can use the focus input Template:Keypress shortcut.
If enabled (default configuration), bookmarks can be used from within Luakit.
- The
:bookmarkscommand opens the bookmarks page. (Shortcut: Template:Keypress or Template:Keypress for new tab).
- The
:bookmark [<URI> [<tags>]]command adds the URI specified (or the current tab's URI, if omitted) to the bookmarks by specified tags. Starting from version 2012-09-13-r1, bookmarks page will be opened (new tab) in new bookmark editing mode before saving. (Shortcut: Template:Keypress).
Set your homepage as follows:
globals = { homepage = "about:blank", -- ... }
Custom search engines
You can virtually add any search engine you want. Make a search on the website you want and copy paste the URI to the Luakit configuration by replacing the searched terms with an
%s. Example:
search_engines = { aur = "https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=%s&do_Search=Go", -- ... }
The variable is used as a keyword for the
:open command in Luakit.
Set the defaut search engine by using this same keyword:
search_engines.default = search_engines.aur
Download location
This can be specified in
rc.lua :
-- Add download support require "downloads" require "downloads_chrome" -- Set download location downloads.default_dir = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/downloads" downloads.add_signal("download-location", function (uri, file) if not file or file == "" then file = (string.match(uri, "/([^/]+)$") or string.match(uri, "^%w+://(.+)") or string.gsub(uri, "/", "_") or "untitled") end return downloads.default_dir .. "/" .. file end)
There are several plugins available out there.
The official website features this one: https://github.com/mason-larobina/luakit/wiki/AdBlock-Lua-module
- Put the
adblock_chrome.luafiles in your
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/luakit. (mostly your
- Edit
rc.luaand add
require "adblock" require "adblock_chrome"
- Fetch an adblock-compatible list, like Easylist, and save it to
$XDG_DATA_HOME/luakit(mostly your
- Restart Luakit to load the extension.
- Use
:adblock-list-enable <number>command within Luakit to turn Adblock's list[s] you downloaded on; AdBlock itself becomes enabled on startup.
Full info on enabled lists and AdBlock state you can find using
:adblock or
gA at luakit://adblock/ internal page, if you enabled
adblock_chrome module which is not a mandatory part.
AdBlock for Luakit plugin is also available as a part of Luakit Plugins project: https://github.com/mason-larobina/luakit-plugins/
Bookmarks management
Starting from version 2012.09.13, Luakit bookmarks are stored in an SQLite database:
You can put a symbolic link in place of the default file to store your bookmarks anywhere on your machine. This way if your are using a cloud sync application like Dropbox, you can keep your bookmarks synchronized between your different computers.
Converting plain text bookmarks to SQLite format
Luakit 2012.03.25 featured bookmarks stored in a simple plain text file:
Each line is a bookmark. It is composed of 2 fields:
link group
Groups and links are alphabetically sorted, so there is no need to do it manually.
If you want to use your bookmarks with the latest Luakit release, you will have to convert the file. Here follow a sample Lua script to do that:
local usage = [[Usage: luakit -c bookmarks_plain_to_sqlite.lua [bookmark plaintext path] [bookmark db path] ]] local old_db_path, new_db_path = unpack(uris) if not old_db_path or not new_db_path then io.stdout:write(usage) luakit.quit(1) end -- One-pass file read into 'data' var. old_db = assert(io.open(old_db_path, "r")) local data = old_db:read("*all") assert(old_db:close()) -- Init new_db, otherwise sqlite queries will fail. new_db = sqlite3{ filename = new_db_path } new_db:exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS bookmarks (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, uri TEXT NOT NULL, title TEXT NOT NULL, desc TEXT NOT NULL, tags TEXT NOT NULL, created INTEGER, modified INTEGER )") -- Fill local url,tag for line in data:gmatch("[^\n]*\n?") do if string.len(line) > 1 then print ("["..line.."]") -- Get url and tag (if present) from first line. _, _, url, tag = string.find(line, "([^\n\t]+)\t*([^\n]*)\n?") -- Optional yet convenient output. io.write(url) io.write("\t") io.write(tag) io.write("\n") -- DB insertion. Nothing will be overwritten. If URL and/or tag already exists, then a double is created. new_db:exec("INSERT INTO bookmarks VALUES (NULL, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", { url, "", "", tag or "", os.time(), os.time() }) end end print("Import finished.") print("\nVacuuming database...") new_db:exec "VACUUM" print("Vacuum done.") luakit.quit(0)
As stated at beginning of the script, you must run it with Luakit:
$ luakit -c bookmarks_plain_to_sqlite.lua [bookmark plaintext path] [bookmark db path]
Your old plaintext bookmarks will be left unchanged. If the DB bookmarks do not exist, the file will be created. If it exist, do not worry, none of the previous bookmarks will be touched. However, this behaviour implies that you might get some doubles.
Import from Firefox
To import your bookmarks from Firefox, first you must export them to an HTML file using its bookmarks manager. Now we must convert the XML file to a Luakit format. You can use the following one-line awk command:
$ cat bookmarks.html | awk ' {gsub(/\"/," ")} /<\/H3>/{FS=">";gsub(/</,">");og=g;g=$(NF-2);FS=" "} /<DL>/{x++;if(x>= 3)gl[x-3]=g} /<\/DL>/{x--;if(x==2)g=og"2"} /HREF/{gsub(/</," ");gsub(/>/," ");if(g!=""){if(og!=g){printf "\n";og=g};printf "%s\t",$4;if(x>=3){for(i=0;i<=x-4;i++){printf "%s-",gl[i]}printf "%s\n",gl[x-3]}else{printf "\n"}}}'
Or if you prefer the more readable script version:
# Notes: 'folders' for Firefox bookmarks mean 'groups' for Luakit. # Put spaces where it is needed to delimit words properly. {gsub(/\"/," ")} # Since the folder name may have spaces, delimiter must be ">" here. /<\/H3>/ { FS=">" gsub(/</,">") oldgroup=group group=$(NF-2) FS=" " } # Each time a <DL> is encountered, it means we step into a subfolder. # 'count' is the depth level. # Base level starts at 2 (Firefox fault). # 'groupline' is an array of all parent folders. /<DL>/ { count++ if ( count >= 3 ) groupline[count-3]=group } # On </DL>, we step out. # If if return to the base level (i.e. not in a folder), then we give 'group' a fake name different # from 'oldgroup' to make sure a line will be skipped (see below). /<\/DL>/ { count-- if( count == 2 ) group=oldgroup"ROOT" } # The bookmark name. # If oldgroup is different than group, (i.e. folder changed) then we skip a line. # If we are in a folder, then we print the group name, i.e. all parents plus the current folder # separated by an hyphen. /HREF/ { gsub(/</," ") gsub(/>/," ") if (group != "") { if(oldgroup != group) { printf "\n" oldgroup=group } printf "%s\t",$4 if ( count >= 3 ) { for ( i=0 ; i <= count-4 ; i++ ) {printf "%s-" , groupline[i]} printf "%s" , groupline[count-3] } printf "\n" } }
Run it with
$ awk -f ff2lk.awk bookmarks.html >> bookmarks
Export bookmarks
The following script let you export Luakit bookmarks from its SQLite format to a plain text file. The resulting file may be suitable for other web browsers, or may be easily parsed by import scripts.
-- USER CONFIG local sep = " " -- END OF USER CONFIG local usage = [[Usage: luakit -c bookmarks_sqlite_to_plain.lua [bookmark db path] [bookmark plain path] DB scheme is bookmarks ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, uri TEXT NOT NULL, title TEXT NOT NULL, desc TEXT NOT NULL, tags TEXT NOT NULL, created INTEGER, modified INTEGER ); ]] local old_db_path, new_db_path = unpack(uris) if not old_db_path or not new_db_path then io.stdout:write(usage) luakit.quit(1) end -- One-pass file read into 'data' var. new_db = assert(io.open(new_db_path, "w")) -- Open old_db old_db = sqlite3{ filename = old_db_path } -- Load all db values to a string variable. local rows = old_db:exec [[ SELECT * FROM bookmarks ]] -- Iterate over all entries. -- Note: it could be faster to use one single concatenation for all entries, but -- it would be much more code and not so flexible. It is desirable to focus on -- clarity. After all, only a few hundred lines are handled. for _, b in ipairs(rows) do -- Change %q for %s to remove double quotes if needed. -- You can toggle the desired fields with comments. local outputstr = string.format("%q%s", b.uri or "", sep) .. string.format("%q%s", b.title or "", sep) .. string.format("%q%s", b.desc or "", sep) .. string.format("%q%s- ", b.tags or "", sep) .. ((b.created or "" ) .. sep) .. ((b.modified or "" ) .. sep) .. "\n" -- Write entry to file. new_db:write(outputstr) end print("Export done.") assert(new_db:close()) luakit.quit(0)
As stated at beginning of the script, you must run it with Luakit:
$ luakit -c bookmarks_plain_to_sqlite.lua [bookmark plaintext path] [bookmark db path]
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Prostate cancer has a disproportional impact on African-American men, who are 1.5 times more likely to develop prostate cancer and two to three times more likely to die of the disease than white men. Prostate cancer is also the most-diagnosed cancer in Hispanic men.
Early detection and education can significantly reduce those disparities. To draw attention to prostate cancer risk factors and the importance of testing for this disease - particularly among high-risk groups like African-American men and men with a family history of prostate cancer, Roswell Park Cancer Institute is hosting "Cruisin' for a Cure," a car show and prostate cancer screening event, Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with prostate cancer screenings available 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will take place at Elm and Carlton streets, Buffalo.
Prostate cancer education will be provided before screenings are conducted. Pre-registration for prostate cancer screenings is encouraged. Call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724). For more information on the car show, visit www.MANUPbuffalo.org.
Spectator admission for the car show and prostate cancer screenings are free. The day will feature music, door prizes, raffles and food vendors. Free prostate cancer education and screening will be offered for men 40 years and older. Vehicles and clubs welcome. The car show is open to all special vehicles, including cars, trucks and motorcycles (cost is $10 per vehicle registration). Awards will be presented.
All proceeds will be donated to MAN UP, which stands for Minorities Allied for the Need to Understand Prostate Cancer, an RPCI-affiliated group committed to helping men of color make informed decisions about prostate-cancer screening, treatment and survivorship.


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Action, Storylines Exactly What NASCAR Needed
It was a beautiful day, the sun shining brightly in a brilliant blue sky.
Perhaps it could have been taken as an omen -- except that has happened many times previously, and hardly could be counted on as a certain harbinger of good times ahead. On this Sunday, however, the perfect weather and the nearly full grandstands at Daytona International Speedway provided the ideal backdrop to something truly special.
No doubt there are many racing purists who will be quick to disagree. There were drivers who participated who stormed from the 2.5-mile track Sunday night cursing this new and strange and volatile way of making circuits around NASCAR's most famous venue. Some car owners and crew chiefs felt the same.
But the fact of the matter is that Sunday's 53rd running of the Daytona 500 was exactly what NASCAR needed to jumpstart its 2011 season. And it capped a Speedweeks that had just enough of everything else compelling to add true, legitimate optimism to the hopes that it can be used to help launch a season in which sagging television ratings and faltering attendance figures may perhaps become topics of the past.
Think about it. What did NASCAR need the most Sunday?
A strong crowd? While it appeared perhaps the infield did not have quite as many campers as in some previous years, the grandstands, which seat 146,000, were very nearly full and the crowd seemed engaged from start to wild finish.
Compelling action on the track? Not everyone liked it -- but the race had a record number of leaders, lead changes and cautions. There was dicey action throughout as drivers attempted to execute the tricky two-car drafts now required of those who hope to make it around Daytona quicker than the rest, and especially toward the end.
Someone different and refreshing in Victory Lane when it was all said and done? Say hello to Trevor Bayne, the youngest driver ever to win a Daytona 500 at 20 years and one day. Yes, Saturday was his birthday -- and yes, this race had all of the above.
NASCAR's present
Not only all that, but NASCAR's present and possible future met head-on with its storied past, as Bayne was driving a Ford fielded by Wood Brothers Racing. They hadn't won a Daytona 500 since 1976 -- three years before the last time the track had been repaved and 14 years before Bayne had been born.
It was more feel-good icing to a Speedweeks that already had been sweet on so many other levels.
"You know, we struggled so much the past couple of years just to make the Daytona 500, much less win it," co-owner Eddie Wood said. "This is so special."
For a sport that has struggled to find a way to have its fan base and the general public embrace the Jimmie Johnson era, it was a shot in the proverbial arm. This isn't meant to denigrate nor diminish what Johnson has done, for it hasn't been easy and the fact that he finished 27th Sunday hardly means he is going away in his quest for a sixth consecutive title.
Johnson is a good guy and a fine champion who represents his sport well.
But Bayne is a fresh face. He's young, he's good-looking, he's downright charming -- and as he proved not only Sunday but even earlier during Speedweeks, he can drive the wheels off a fast race car. His last name also is not Johnson.
Sunday's win proved that sometimes the nearly impossible can happen. A rookie driving for a team which had its best years seemingly decades behind them simply is not supposed to contend in the Daytona 500, let alone actually win it.
It should get the racing world's attention, and maybe even alert the younger crowd that hasn't exactly given NASCAR its rapt attention lately that this is an action-packed sport worth another look.
More than one race
Can one race really accomplish all this? Perhaps not. Then again, Sunday's crowning moment for Bayne in Victory Lane was about more than his one fine day in the sun.
Bayne's unlikely win was merely a fitting end to a Speedweeks filled with compelling storylines.
First of all, it was a time to remember the late Dale Earnhardt, who passed away in a last-lap wreck of the Daytona 500 10 years earlier. There were all kinds of tributes and lots of story-telling -- in print, on the world wide web, on airwaves or simply in the garage stalls and restaurant booths where all who knew him or worked with or around him gathered throughout.
Then his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the pole for the 500. Despite the fact that he later got wrecked during practice and was forced to the back of the field in a backup car for the start of Sunday's race -- and despite the fact that he got wrecked again late in the race after a strong run -- it was a fitting piece to the Speedweeks story.
So, too, was the brotherly shove that Brad Keselowski gave to brother Brian during one of last Thursday's Gatorade Duel -- pushing Brian into a 500 when it had seemed as unlikely, well, as a Trevor Bayne victory in the 500.
And likewise, Michael Waltrip's win in the Camping World Truck Series race last Friday was a fitting piece to the Speedweeks puzzle. Waltrip won the 2001 Daytona 500 -- and even after getting wrecked out of the 2011 Daytona 500, he embraced the spirit of the day and the raw energy that seemed to emanate from it.
"You're going to see some crazy stuff today," he predicted after his car was parked for the day after just 28 laps. "A lot of people don't get it. This is the Daytona 500 and we've been sleeping all winter, waiting for this race.
"And when I woke up this morning, it was a beautiful day. The crowd is amazing, the stands are packed. All of our sponsors are here."
Then Waltrip, who owns Michael Waltrip Racing, said he was going to go climb atop a pit box and "become a fan" to watch the rest of the race. He picked a good day to do that.
The powers-that-be in NASCAR no doubt have good reason today to hope there were plenty of others paying attention.
The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer.


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Add the intangibles: curiosity, observation, good judgment, experience, and concern for your patient. A person's life hangs in the balance.
The young man's father had fallen several times within a couple of weeks, prompting them to visit a local hospital emergency room. More than one ER, in fact. When nothing was found, the pair was sent home. But the father kept falling. And the son remained concerned.
"Skull CT scans weren't as common as they are today," says Dave Luce, who was on duty in Philadelphia's Episcopal Hospital clinic at a time when the young man brought in his father after another fall. Relying on his training and experience, Luce noticed something during his hands-on examination of the elderly patient. "When I checked his eyes and vision, I could see swelling of the optic disk, and I knew that wasn't good." In short order, this patient was on the operating table. Surgeons drained a subdural hematoma, taking pressure off the brain and saving the man's life.
Today, Luce recognizes how far the medical profession has progressed since his early years in the field. He carries such memorable experiences from his 32 years as a physician assistant clinician into his teaching and mentoring at Midwestern University.
I want to give back to patients and the profession while I'm helping educate new PAs. I love the synergy of teaching and seeing patients."
— David Luce, M.M.S., PA-C, Downers Grove
"To enter this profession and not see patients is not an option for me," says Luce. "I feel I need to do both as a role model for students. It takes discipline, but it's important." In addition to teaching at Midwestern, Luce sees patients up to eight hours each week at the Downers Grove (IL) Family Practice Clinic and at The Bolingbrook Christian Health Center, a clinic for underserved populations in Bolingbrook (IL). "I want to give back to patients and the profession while I'm helping educate new PAs. I love the synergy of teaching and seeing patients." In MWU's first-year didactic curriculum, Luce teaches Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis, and Medical Writing. He also received his M.M.S. degree from Midwestern in 1999.
Luce serves as the faculty facilitator for MWU's Underserved Medicine Club, a group that sponsors community'oriented medical projects, such as a day-long, student-run health fair for an inner-city Chicago community. He also helps organize medical missions to El Salvador — MWU students raise their own funds to make the trip — providing healthcare to underserved populations while working with a local medical professional. And Luce is part of MWU's Collaborative Health Advocate Team, an interdisciplinary effort where students and faculty work together on service learning activities such as diabetes management patient education.
"It's important for me to be able to mentor both students and new faculty members," says Luce. "I've worked hard over the years to improve my own teaching. When I'm having a good day, it's so rewarding to see students 'get' it and participate in lively discussions with each other." Luce also appreciates MWU's emphasis on teaching that complements its solid basic science research opportunities. "As faculty members, our focus is on students and our doors are open. We have a healthy and supportive environment that starts with the University president — she goes out of her way to foster a sense of belonging, of community, and that's just one of the reasons Midwestern University is such a great place."
David Luce, M.M.S., PA-C, is assistant professor of Physician Assistant Studies in the College of Health Sciences at Midwestern University's Downers Grove (IL) Campus. He advises MWU's Christian Medical Association and the Underserved Medical Club and serves as a site visitor for the PA accreditation and review committee.


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All-Star Game tonight on FOX
My apologies for disappearing for a couple days…just playing catch up over the break and getting ready for what promises to be a very excited three months of baseball or so coming up.
Hopefully you'll all tune in tonight to watch Bills and Hudson play. Big Brox won't pitch tonight, but he'll be there to take it all in and make sure his toe is ready to go for the second half.
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Hopefully the NL can turn things around and end this horrible drought they are in. I really think this is a good year though. They have a great all around team.
I think the All-Star Game will be as boring as the Home Run Derby, ugh! Can't wait until Thursday when we get back to playing real baeball.
I'm glad our guys are at the game, even if I'll be missing part of the game tonight. Either way, I'm with tru, can't wait for Thursday for our boys to be back in action!
What an awesome picture that is!!
Josh – Thanks for changing threads. As much as I liked that story, seeing the name Giants up there was getting kind of wierd.
I don't know why but the all-star game meant more to me in the 60's & 70's then it does today. I'm with tru and peru can't wait for the 2nd half to start.
Thanks Josh….Nice picture…..Kemp deserved to be in it as well….Next year, he will be voted in and it will mean more I'm sure. I want home field advantage, so…. COME ON NL!!!
I am eagerly anticipating the return of our Beloved Blue, until Thursday….. Enjoy Boy's…..Then it's back to buisness!!!
Enjoy the game tonight if that is possible, and have a wonderful evening everyone.
I still like the All Star Game although due to the start time I seldom see more than the last few innings. Of course the big difference now from the 60's and 70's is there are more teams, most of the games are on TV and Interleague play. Back in "the day" it was a novelty to see both leagues other than the World Series and there were fewer players on each squad. Now with so many players making the teams the manager has to scramble to get players in the game while still maintaining some game strategy. Still, compared to other pro sport all star games, baseball is still pretty much the same as a regular game. The players seem to take pride in being there and giving a solid effort unlike football where players seem to look at being selected to the Pro Bowl as either a punishment or a paid vacation and basketball where the game is not as important as putting on a good show for the fans. I do not like the idea of giving the league's winner home field advantage in the World Series.
Anyway, here's hoping our Dodger representatives make the most out of whatever opportunities they get tonight and let's also hope for a National League win to end the losing streak. And finally, wasn't yesterday the absolute worst sports day of the year?
Thanks Josh for the new thread!
I just LOVE that picture of our boys! I like, ibirken, can only watch the last few innings due to the time I get home. I could have aksed to leave early but I'll reserve that for Thursday when the boys are back in town.
Anyone know how many come from behind wins we've had this year? Please let me know.
22. Big Poison – Paul Waner
23. Little Poison – Loydd Waner
24. Scooter – Phil Rizzuto
25. The Splendid Splinter (gotta give some easy ones)
26. Wahoo Sam – Sam Crawford
27. Double X (Vinny talked about him recently) – Jimmy Foxx
28. E-Yah (this one probably ain't fair) – Hughie Jennings
29. Poosh 'em Up -Tony Lazzeri
30. Old Aches and Pains – Luke Appling
I had to cheat and google however.
Anyone here been watching some of the old All-Star game son MLBTV? I was watching one from 1996 last night. Did I read right on another forum that they showed 1966? If so, I missed it. that was the time the All-Star game was hosted in St Louis
Not to worry, Torre will do the selection next year.
By the way, there is one rules change I would like to see in the All Star Game. Even though I am a National League guy and don't like the DH, such a rule is almost demanded for the All Star Game. With so many players on each squad, having the DH provides the opportunity to get more players in the game without sacraficing anything. The managers could still sub at the DH position if they wanted. In fact, this is the only time the DH should ever be used.
Yepper. I'm with the bunch that enjoyed the game more back when. I still look at it as an event to be taken in, but they ought to play the game and leave the circus…in New York?
It will be very interesting to see what these posts will be like in two months time.
Geez Figgins still get to go to the all stars game.
Should've been Kinsler.
Now 11-0-1 since its 1996 defeat at Philadelphia—the longest unbeaten streak in All-Star history—the AL has cut the overall gap to 40-37-2 and hasn't lost in six meetings since the winning league started receiving home-field advantage in the World Series.
I agree they should have the DL since the pitcher won't hit anyway.
I see the prez is wearing a White Sox jacket.
Makes me wonder if the jacket was hiding a kevlar vest.
Bring in Billz!!!!!
Lincecum is stinking the place up so far. He needs to settle down.
Should have been a dp. Pretty boy Wright botched that play!
Any one else think Halladay would look good in a Dodger uniform?
Dare to Dream!
"I won't be in the World Series, so let me see if I can mess it up for the Dodgers" –Lincecum thought bubble
The NL has to break out of this All Star funk.
WTG Molina!! Home town boy delivers!!!
All the scoring with two outs. I like it. I like it ALOT!
This game is moving along much faster than I expected.
I mean DH didn't notice the mistake
I would love to see Kershaw moo down this guy to bad he didn't make it.
Nice pitching by Billz!!!
Is it just me, or did Braun get caught napping in left?
lmao at the Giants board explode.
I want Edwin Jackson back.
The Giant fans are all over Billz, and kissing Lincecum's behind. Chad wasn't at his best, but he did give up less runs than Lincecum! Sorry Giants fans, I guess all those years of horrible teams have got you a little bitter and far from reality!
Damn nice catch Crawford.
Damn if this was Coors those 2 ball would had been gone.
Billz is used to left fielders like that :)))) He is probably thinking there is nothing out of the ordinary about what happened.
I don't think I ever seen an ibb.
LOL nelly!
We need Andre and Matt in there! These guys are boring!
I can't believe Wakefield made the all stars game as a 42
I just can't believe this guy been around and this is his 1st all stars and I still can't believe Kemp didn't make it.
Come on let's destory this ex Giants that the Giants gave up with Liriano and Bonser for AJ.
Come on Odog let take the lead or tied it.
Oh well a hit is better come on Howard do it to your hometown crowd.
lmao well he does have 2 since he was born in Missouri
I guess not
First off, leave it to a pud to let the AL get the lead.
Then Howard strikes out w/risp on a terrible pitch. They deserve to loose this.
hmmmmmm I think Rivera is dued
Kemp is still better than Werth.
Anybody is better than Werth! There is no comparison between Werth and Kemp! Manuel is a jerk and deserves to lose this game.
WTG on losing this game Manuel
That game was as exciting as watching grass grow!
Get rid of that stupid rule that the all stars game determine homefield advantage and all the dominate by the AL there are still down 40-38-1 so much for Figgins being a last min replacement. It must be sad for these guys to make it and not get one AB's and I think they should had a DH tonight.
So much for the Pirates and Angels players to be in the game.
Deja vu all over again! Another one run loss in an All Star game!
How fitting for the home town boy to be the goat……Thanks Howard!!! Extra special thanks to Charlie Manuel, and his silly Philly Ph*cks for mismanaging, and letting another one slip away. Ever since Selig screwed every thing up by trying to make the game 'more significant', and giving home field advantage in the WS to the winning league, the NL just hasn't done squat.
Well they good thing about this probably mean Manny would DH and Pierre be in LF knowing what Torre might do.
no worries – The Dodgers will win the World Series wherever they play !!!!!!
That is a cool picture. But my favorite from tonight's game was watching Torre watch Mo pitching the 9th inning for the AL. He knew what was coming. Ashhttp://ashleymarshall.mlblogs.com
I can't believe a team that could be 5 to 6 games over .500 could get homefield advantage. Well the Cards and Philly beat the odd and so can we.
Isn't this like the 3rd time Fuentes hasn't pitch in the all stars game? I remember back in Colorado the NL didn't picked him and Fuentes was going to spend time with his family on a trip but he was a last minute replacement and he still didn't get to pitch.
OK, so I am doing a little bitching in my blog about the NL losing yet another All-Star game. I am sick of it!
Check out the picture of Dodger Stadium with the Mannywood sign in the left field side
Okay – that bugs me a little. I mean…… can't it just be inferred that it's Mannywood? I don't think it has to be spelled out for us……literally, does it? So, if he gets hurt or (heaven forbid) suspended again, does the sign come down?
Nelly, that is the Dodger marketing machine hard at work figuring out ways to wring out every last nickel out of us fans. These folks have learned to monetize just about every square inch of Dodger Stadium. It would serve them right to create a photo op by holding up a banner above that sign with the words: "Who would take banned drugs to obtain an unfair competitive advantage?" (Mannywood)
LOL!!! very good 32and53fan :)))
What about Bison Country or Everyday Dreland? Shouldn't they get their own signage?
LOL Nelly! I like those ideas!!!
Hey Collie!!! Thanks ~ How are you doing? Busy I am guessing. How was your visit with your brother? It's been a while since you have been on ITD.
I Wonder what happen to enchanted?
Enchanted was/is out of town. I am sure he willl be back soon. I am sure he will have plenty to say once Ned pushes his dominoes, if he pushes any at all.
I'm okay Nelly. My visit with my Brother was good. I was pretty sick and working the 1st part of the week so everything was pretty much a blur.
Not to be a downer, but things are actually a little tough right now. My job which I've loved for years has been tough lately. Also I don't know if you heard about the girl who was murdered here in Novato on Sunday but I used to work with her about 9 years ago. I was pretty good friends with her at work. I worked with her for a couple of years. So it's pretty weird to walk around there right now because I walk by the area she worked and can't help but think of her & it breaks my heart what happened to her. She was a very bubbly young women at that time & I can't even imagine how horrific the ending of her life must of been for her. How senseless & … I'm sorry, but I just don't really have the words to express my feelings right now.
I am so sorry to hear that Collie. That must be just devastating to your community as well.
It is tough on the community. I think many are just feeling so many different emotions right now. This is so close to home. Not just to where I live but in knowing the person.
Sorry to hit & run but I'm going to try to get some sleep. Also sorry to be a downer, & vent but I've kept it down. I'm letting a little out here & there. I'm just a little stunned and trying to figure out what I could do to make something bad turn into something good.
Good Night Collie – No problem what so ever, and you (and your wife) are in my prayers, as I am sure most of this board will do the same. Take Care and God Bless 🙂
Collie ~ I am sure you went to bed, but this is the one with the Amber Alert for the 1 year-old daughter? I heard the story on the radio when my friends and I were driving up to Walnut Creek yesterday. I looked it up just to make sure it was the same story I had heard about. That is an absolutely horrible, horrible thing that happened. Once again, my prayers and thoughts are with you Collie.
I am looking forward to beginning the second half of the season. We haven't had such a good first half in many years. Of course, like Joe Torre says, it is only where you are when the season ends that matters.
I am sorry to hear that Eric Milton needed season ending surgery on his back. It just goes to show you that you can never have too many pitchers on the 40 man roster. I would not mind seeing pull off a trade for Halladay if we could get him without giving up too much in return. If not, our starters will just have to bear down and continue to do the job they have done up to now but with more innings pitched.
Well is was nice try by Milton anyway.
Nice pic of Hudson and Broxton!
Let's hope the Crew keeps everything going in the right direction!
They say this is the slowest day in the sporting industry. Well, they are certainly right about that- just boring I tell you!!!
The All-Star game was one of the best in a while for me. I think it was because of Billz. It made me very proud to be a Dodger fan yesterday seeing 2 homegrown talents make the team. Also, Orlando Hudson is a class act thats really all you can say about him. He looks good in Dodger Blue and you can tell he respects this organization and its history. I'd really like to see the Dodgers extend him for a couple of years before the seasons over.
I'm going to be at the game tomorrow night! These last 3 days have gone by so slowly with no Dodger game to watch. I really didn't know what to do with myself to be honest. I'm sure today and tomorrow leading up to the game will be even slower.


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Posted a 3-2 record at the Keystone Classic including one fall ... Went 1-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
Sophomore (2011-12)
Went 1-2 at the Binghamton Open ... Also competed at the Keystone Classic ... Saw action in 10 dual meets ... Picked up back-to-back wins over Princeton and Brown ... Went 1-2 at the EIWA Championships, including a 3-1 victory over American's Sean McCarty in a second sudden victory overtime period.
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Sported a 6-13 overall record and went 5-6 in dual action at 174 pound ... Competed at the Binghamton Open, Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, and EIWA Championships.
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Four-time varsity letterman … A high school All-American … Two-time Academic All-American … State champion as a freshman and sophomore ...Earned all-league, All-CIF and was a California state placer … California freestyle and Greco state placer and champion … High school won states in 2009 after finishing second in 2007 … Team was four-time league champion and four-time CIF champion … Four-time Masters Champion and 2010 Reno TOC Champions … Finished seventh at the California state meet … Sported a high school record of 135-35 … Member of the California State team for four years ... Single Sport Athlete of the Year ... As a freshman recieved the Varsity Club's Young Titan Award (Varsity letterman coupled with leadership qualities) and as a senior he received the Varsity Club's Titan Member of the Year Award ... Received the coaches award twice ... Scholar-athlete … Volunteer in a soup kitchen and worked with autistic children … As a senior project, wrote a manuscript for a book on living with autism that he plans to write while at Harvard ... Aunt Monica Geraldo, played soccer at Notre Dame and professionally … Uncle James and Charles Geraldo were gymnasts at Penn State and Stanford, respectively … Uncle John Gerardo played soccer at Cal State Fullerton.


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New Delhi: He has been trying to establish himself at the international level, but Ajinkya Rahane is not really losing his sleep over selection in the Indian cricket team and is happy focusing on his game only.
"I don`t think much about selection, my focus is just on the controllable. I just focus on my game and work hard to improve," said Rahane, who represents Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
"I don`t have to prove anything, I play cricket because it is my passion," the youngster added.
Rahane credited his recent success in the IPL to the team mentor and role model, Rahul Dravid.
"I have learnt a lot from Dravid. Even after achieving a high in his career he has never gone out of way, how he conducts himself and handles himself is really great to see," Rahane said on the sidelines of a function on Friday.
"I had a lot of discussion with him during the camp ahead of the IPL, he advised me not to think about the numbers and just enjoy the game and that has really worked well in my favour," the Mumbai lad added.
The batsman has so far scored 332 runs in this IPL at a strike rate of over 140, with his best being the unbeaten 103 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Rahane, who likes to play with a straight bat, meanwhile said, he didn`t feel any pressure in adapting to different versions of the game.
"If you have good technique you can adapt to all three formats of the game," he said.
Asked why he avoids playing the switch hits and the scoops, like Kevin Pietersen and A B de Villiers, the 23-year-old said, "I don`t want to copy anyone, I just play the game my way and probably I have not felt the need to play an unorthodox shot so far."
And what was the mantra behind the team`s success despite the absence of some big names, Rahane said, "Cricket is a team game, a single individual can`t win you a game, besides Dravid has maintained a great balance in the side so far."


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The show for the Swiss Textiles Award took place in the evening on the same day as the show for upcoming Swiss designers. I have already written on my blog entry about the Swiss Textiles Award 2009 what it is all about. This year's nominees were Damir Doma (CRO), Juun.J (KOR), Adam Kimmel (USA), Mary Katrantzou (GRE), Duro Olowu (UK), Jason Wu (USA). They all showed their Spring 2011 collection on the runway including last year's winner Alexander Wang. As usual the jury consisted of international renowned fashion editors such as Hannes Hetta (Vogue Homme International Paris), Caroline Issa (Tank Magazine), Luke Day (GQ Style), Akiko Ichikawa (Vogue Japan) and others. Before I went to the show I actually ran into one of my favourite photographers Walter Pfeiffer and two of the jury members. The Swiss Textiles Award is always kind of a special thing to me, because where else would you see six great runway collections in one show. In the end, Mary Katrantzou won the award and 100,000 Euros prize money. I think she is an excellent choice but my bet would have actually been on Damir Doma – also because of his popularity. Who would you have chosen?
Walter Pfeiffer, Hannes Hetta, Luke Day
Duro Olowu
Mary Katrantzou
Jason Wu
Damir Doma
Adam Kimmel
Alexander Wang


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Susan McConnell and William Raabe were united in marriage July 25 on the beach in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The bride is the daughter of Bill and Sandy Rodgers of Chicora. Parents of the bridegroom are Jesse and Helen Raabe of Butler.
The bride is a graduate of Karns City High School and Clarion University.
She is employed by the Visiting Nurses Association of Butler.
The bridegroom graduated from Butler High School.
He is employed by AK Steel at the Butler Works.
Following a honeymoon trip to Jamaica, the couple is making their home in Butler County.