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GenoLogics provides the Clarity LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), which is designed to help genomics and mass spec laboratories collect data, track samples and workflows, integrate systems and tools, automate common tasks, collaborate with other organizations, and more. The LIMS is easy to customize and provides role-specific interfaces for users. The GenoLogics REST API allows developers to interact with the research information stored with their LIMS solutions.


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Hiding vegetables in food has become quite popular; it also has become quite a highly charged topic, especially with moms. There are very strong opinions on both sides and I think the reason is when it comes to parenting, we all want to do right by our children. To sneak or not to sneak vegetables? It's easy to get defensive when we feel as though others are questioning our parenting choices.
I think its essential children know what they are eating, why it's great for their body and where it came from. They are naturally full of curiosity when they are young which means it's the perfect time to encourage them to explore fruits and vegetables! I think it's important for children to know what vegetables look, feel and taste like.
That being said, I do think adding vegetable purees to dishes as a way of enhancing their nutritional value is a great idea! I'm not fond of the sneaking and hiding aspect…I think we can just look at these purees as a normal part of a recipe. I personally wouldn't put vegetable purees into dessert type foods; I think it might cause confusion for children — mom's cupcakes are okay to eat, but not the ones from the store. That's just my opinion though! It really comes down to one fact, unless we know all the circumstances it's really not our place to judge how another parent decides to feed their child.
For parents with children who have sensory and problem feeding issues using vegetable purees might be the only way to ensure their children are getting important nutrients into their diet. Parents with very picky eaters are sometimes so desperate and concerned they are just happy to know their child ate something nutritious whether they knew it or not.
I suggest if you "sneak" vegetables into your children's diet be sure to keep introducing colourful whole fruits and vegetables to your children too…even if they just look at them at first!
Parenting is one of the hardest and most rewarding experiences; if we all extend a little more kindness and less judgment to our fellow parent I think it would be easy to see we all want to have healthy and happy children…we just take different paths to get there sometimes!
What are your thoughts on hiding vegetables? Looking forward to reading your comments!

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I said it before, and I will say it again...I need to start attending more daytime talk show tapings. In case you have trouble getting your hands on a copy of Wii Fit today, feel free to direct your blame to Ellen Degeneres, who today gave out not only the sought after fitness device but a Wii to play it on to everyone in her stupid, stupid studio audience. Not only that, but they also received an Indiana Jones DVD 3-pack and the entire run of Sex In The City. Now I'm really jealous.
You can hit up here website to see the giant piles of Nintendo products in action. I'd like to thank Kotakuite dArk_stAr for sending in the tip, all the while wondering what the hell he is doing watching Ellen.
The Ellen Degeneres Show [Official Website]


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Zahr El Laymoun – Dbayeh
Oriental kitchen and grill café
Review by Souad
Zahr El Laymoun is a big modern Lebanese restaurant opened recently in Dbayeh. It is beautifully decorated with nice elements and vivid colors. The terrace and garden are quiet, relaxing, and offering a space for children.
The restaurant serves innovative Lebanese cuisine, like kebbe stuffed with labneh or tabbouleh.
Service is quick and decent, and food is excellent. So it's definitely a good spot!Write a Review
Delicious modern Lebanese cuisine, taste the kebbe and grills.
Suitable for vegetarians. Serves alcohol.
Good to know
Has a garden and a terrace. Recommended for large groups.
On old Tripoli road, north Dbayeh.
5 Reviews
Jun 28, 2011 at 09:09I haven't tried their food but for argile lovers, don't expect much. Maybe this is becoz they focus more on their kitchen as i concluded from previous review.. Generally speaking, it is a relaxing place, not crowded at all, worth trying with group of friends who dont take narjile :)
Jul 15, 2010 at 00:43Just waw.
Aug 14, 2010 at 13:10I like to eat at Zahr el Laymoun, they really succeeded in bringing something new in the Lebanese cuisine. Not only that it's different from the other restaurants, it's also delicious! The place is never overcrowded, so it's one of my favorite place to enjoy a relaxing lunch or diner with friends and family.
Jan 27, 2012 at 13:21Nice place.
Sep 2, 2012 at 22:45I love this place, I would say their food is one of the best in Lebanon and the pricing is just fine! I always take my foreign friends and they have a blast!
Call them
Phone Number: 04 542 541
Website: http://www.zahrel-laymoun.com
Get there
On old Tripoli road, north Dbayeh.
See Also
Souccaria - Dbayeh(21 votes)
Sugar, spice and everything nice
Zess - Dbayeh(9 votes)
Lebanese restaurant on the seaside road
Kasr Fakhreddine - Broumana(3 votes)
High End Lebanese Restaurant with an Outstanding View
Casino Fawar Antelias(4 votes)
Lovely Restaurant by the River
Mounaï - Mansourieh(0 votes)
400 Square Meter Terraces and Evening Entertainment
Al Balad(15 votes)
Good Lebanese Mezze and Grills at Reasonable Prices


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Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Preparing to take on Germany
I have, of course, mentioned this before. And you probably are thinking this is old news. But I just want to talk about my training, which is actually much more important than the race. I finally was able to run a long run yesterday (after suffering foot problems seemingly related to my beloved Ecco Bioms) and it was over the larger hills in Næstved. They are called åse (pronounced ohseh - sort of). It's some glacial term. I have run them fairly regularly since we moved to Denmark 22 months ago and I had always gotten winded to the point of walking - that is until yesterday. I had 3 hours of full-on åse and didn't have to walk on one hill. Liking to believe I am a scientist of daily life, I am trying to figure out why this is. Well, the only possible explanation is Invar (intensity + variation :)). Almost every day I work out repeatedly at what I perceive to be my VO2 max either in running intervals, swimming intervals, biking hills or doing this crazy step dancing stuff in my stomach-butt-thighs pulse class. Hills, as far as I understand it, are a great way to check the status of your heart and lungs. And, unless you have some lung illness, it is the heart which is the limiting factor. So I am deducing that my heart is doing well. Now I just have to work on keeping up my endurance (ie making time for long runs) before the marathon the second weekend in October.
I have also had a lot of hill races lately, which in hindsight, seemed to be a great workout. I am consiering adding a hill 10k race, Maglebjergraeset to my schedule in 2 weekends. I know Helle will be there. SR will again be working :(.
This is probably a good place to explain - last month I thought I was pregnant yet again, had two positive pregancy tests and then had my period the next day. Chemical pregnancy. The OB-Gyn in Duluth had warned me my uterus wouldn't be ready for a baby to implant the month after a miscarriage. I found myself wishing those super sensitive pregancy tests didn't exist - I just didn't want to know. So I'm not pregnant.(end of the aside)
To give you an idea of these åse, I snapped a picture, which I freely admit is quite crappy. And it really just resembles a regular hill in the woods.
Further along on my tour of the åse, I saw something that brought me back to my childhood.
Who knew it was so easy to get a Super Mario power-up on a run in the Danish woods?
These guys were everywhere and if you ask any Dane, they'll go on and on about the poisonous nature of these mushrooms: one lick and your deadly fate is sealed. This particular toadstool is called Amanita muscaria. It is true that if you eat about 15, especially if they are green or yellow capped, you might die. But if you boil them, you can eat as many as you like. And I guess they taste good. SR has suggested I prepare them for my lunch some day in front of his mom just to see the reaction. It is tempting.
But then what on earth appeared among the toadstools but a Lorax, apparently proud of just having eaten a stomach full.
And then an SR to keep him out of trouble.
A day in the magical åse.
And then, since I'm talking about people "taking on" Germany, here is a song from a Danish female musician living in Berlin who is starting to make it big there. The piano part is just so haunting - I can't help shivering.
It's called Brother Sparrow by Agnes Obél.
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- nwgdc said...
If I remember my UW La Crosse Mycology class correctly, there are some halucinogenic properties to A. muscaria, and the story goes that some ingestion of those things led to the legend of Santa Claus being dressed in red and white and entering homes through rooftops. No, seriously!
- 15 September 2010 at 20:57
- Ewa said...
These are the prettiest mushrooms one can find in a forest. My grandmother used them to kill flies. She would sprinkle some sugar on them an flies would just love that stuff to death.
Do Danes like mushroom hunting? In Poland it is a major pastime.
I know yours is not a political blog but I cannot stop myself from commenting that I am not too crazy about the raise of intolerance I am seeing in this world, Germany, US, France...
I peeked at the mountain profile for your Oct marathon. That looks painfully steep. Gosh, you are brave.
- 15 September 2010 at 22:23
It almost looks like your laying in a bed of poison ivy... i hope not. best of luck in germany.
- 15 September 2010 at 23:00
- mmmonyka said...
Is it common to collect mushrooms in Denmark?
Because in Slovakia everybody does that. Now is the season and my parents basically go to forests every weekend to collect mushrooms and then they dry them, or conserve them etc. When I was a kid my grandfather used to drag me out of bed at 5am on weekends because it is apparently the best time to collect mushrooms...
Actually, the green variety of the Amanita is one of the most poisonous mushrooms in Europe and America- just half a mushroom could kill an adult. I have read somewhere that 95% people who eat it die (at least in Slovakia), so please do not try it... The red one is also poisonous but deaths are pretty rare and you can eat it once you boil it in water. But I have tried it only once, at friend's house, my parents would not let me eat that:)
Good job on hills!!!
- 16 September 2010 at 00:28
- mmmonyka said...
that flies story... The name you use for Amanita in Poland has something to do with flies killing, right? Because in Slovak it is "muchotravka" which means something like "fly posion". I actually fully realized it only now when I read you comment:)
- 16 September 2010 at 00:31
- Ewa said...
Polish name is like that too muchomor, mucha meaning fly, mor - old Polish for death.
- 16 September 2010 at 00:52
- sea legs girl said...
That is hilarious about S. Claus. Muscaria is definitely not the "shroom" one takes to get high, but apparently some can exerperience mind-altering effects. Really cool that you went to UW La Crosse. I miss La Crosse - it is a beautiful city!
Ewa and mmmonyka - great stories. I am happy for some other European input here. Yeah, apparently some Danes love mushroom hunting, too. There is something really fascinating about the mushroom hunting tradition in Europe - it just goes back so many hundreds of years and there are so many myths and stories.
Anon, you are right! It certainly does look like poison ivy. I am one of the lucky 1/4 of people who have no reaction to the stuff. This will be a good (accidental) test to see if The Lorax is the same way.
Oh and by the way Ewa and Mmmonyka it's called fly agaric in English and fluesvamp in Danish (fly mushrooom). So at least everyone agrees the mushroom has something to do with flies. How nice :).
- 16 September 2010 at 12:24
- Karina said...
Hej Sealeg,
Håber det er ok jeg skriver på dansk?
Søde billeder af dig og din familie!
Jeg løb Brocken Marathon i 2007, jeg glæder mig til at læse om dine oplevelser på bjerget.
Held og lykke med de kommende løb
Kh Karina
- 16 September 2010 at 14:31
- sea legs girl said...
Jamen da selvfølgelig Karina. Sejt at du har prøvet Brocken. Tak for din besked!! Rigtig god træning og efterår til dig.
- 16 September 2010 at 14:49
- SteveQ said...
Don't ever try eating any amanita. I know someone who picked edible mushrooms and picked one "death's cap" with them, removed it from the collection and the poison just from contact was enough to kill. The local Hmong population here has at least one death per year as there's an amanita that looks like something they picked in Laos.
- 16 September 2010 at 17:22
- SteveQ said...
Oh, and I didn't delete any comment of yours. Some weird things are happening on my blog (such as picture sizes change at will).
My favorite running song right now is "I Don't Believe You" by the Thermals; I shouldn't like that band as much as I do, bbut they're a guilty pleasure.
- 16 September 2010 at 17:28
- wildknits said...
I am with Steve - amanita = poison. As my microbiology prof said "It may not kill you, but you will wish you were dead!"
Many mushrooms (poisonous) are toxic to the liver and can lead to the need for a transplant.
Why play around when so many good, edible and delectable ones exist!!
But I do love capturing photos of the amanita species. Their size is amazing!!
- 17 September 2010 at 05:02
- olga said...
Muhomor, that's the name we have for this mushroom. And we don't eat it, although mushroom hunting is the activity we invlove in since we are little. When I was growing up in Belarus, I'd go for hunt in the morning to have enough for breakfast. On the weekend - to can enough for winter. I even did it while living in NY. Even twice in OR. Miss it, and wild berry hunting...
Good luck this weekend. Lorax is very handsome.
- 17 September 2010 at 12:34
Hi Tracy. If you come to Maglebjergræset, there's lunch at my place afterwards. Lene; Jakob and Jesper are coming. Do come!
There is another kind of the fly agaric called snowwhite fly agaric (snehvid fluesvamp). That is the deadliest one, and the one some asian people have mixed up with mushrooms with fatal results.
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In response to a 2015 AdAge article, the AAF's EVP of Government Affairs, Clark Rector, discusses the highly regulated and scrutinized category of advertising: pharmaceuticals.
Senator Max Baucus, D-Mont., Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee released draft tax reform legislation that takes direct aim at advertising.
Credible sources within the House Ways and Means Committee confirmed that not only does limiting the deduction for advertising costs remain on the table for tax reform, but that the proposal could be even worse than we feared.


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Policy on Absenteeism
We understand that you as students are here at this university primarily to learn, and success in your coursework is important. At the same time, the digital program is a production environment, which requires us to answer for our productivity. As students and professionals, we expect you to recognize your limitations and make responsible decisions as you balance your schoolwork and other activities with your work schedule.
If you find that you cannot continue to work as many hours per week as you had originally requested, please come talk with us, and we will reduce your work schedule accordingly. This is a responsible method of managing what may have become, for you, an untenable position, and we respect you for being responsible.
Given this understanding, we need to clarify for you what is and is not acceptable to us in a work environment.
If you do not show up for work, and have not contacted us, that's a serious problem. We know that sometimes you cannot contact us immediately; please do so as soon as possible. Regardless of your reasons for missing work, more than 3 day's absences in a month is grounds for dismissal. You have agreed to work for us, and we need you to do just that; if you are unable to meet our needs, we need to find a replacement for you; however, if you are having problems, come talk to us before it gets to that point.
Again, if you need to reduce your scheduled work hours so you have more time for your studies, please come talk to us. Then we can plan and perhaps hire in more help to make up the difference.
If you have any questions about these policies, please come talk with Jody or Jeremiah.


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Dozens of proposals to change the state Constitution were up for consideration by lawmakers this session. In the end, they all fell short of reaching the ballot.
Dozens of proposals to change the state Constitution were up for consideration by lawmakers this session. In the end, they all fell short of reaching the ballot.
Friday was the effective deadline for proposed constitutional amendments to be approved by lawmakers for voters to consider in November, and lawmakers left town with nothing approved.
That means voters will only be asked to make one constitutional change this fall, on whether they want to allow future governors to be recalled for office. That was put on the ballot in last year's session.
Here's a rundown of constitutional amendments that missed the mark this year.
Redistricting reform
A partisan stalemate blocked competing proposals for changing how legislative districts are drawn.
Republicans backed House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 56 and Senate Joint Resolution 104. The so-called Fair Map Amendment would have allowed a commission to redraw legislative district maps, instead of lawmakers. Democrats blocked them from moving ahead in the legislature.
The Fair Map Coalition failed to collect around 280,000 signatures needed to get the measure on the ballot through a citizen initiative. The group said they were 100,000 signatures short of the goal.
"We don't want to hang it up, but we're out of time," said Jan Czarnik, executive director of the Illinois League of Women Voters.
House Republican Leader Tom Cross said the coalition should be "commended for their efforts" in "bringing forward true reform to the state's redistricting system."
A Democratic-backed measure advanced further in the legislature but couldn't clear a final hurdle.
Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 121 would allow lawmakers to draw legislative maps but would change the process if a stalemate occurred.
The measure was approved in the Senate, but fell short of approval in the House.
Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, said Gov. Pat Quinn's comments Thursday questioning the measure might have shifted momentum away from possible approval in the House.
"For him to make a general statement with no specificity of any shortcoming on the day that it was being deliberated is unconscionable," he said. "If you're not sure, just keep your trap shut."
Judicial eligibility
Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 120 would have changed the eligibility requirements for state judges. The measure would require attorneys to practice at least 10 years before running for circuit judge, 12 years for appellate judge and 15 years for the Supreme Court.
Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, said an amendment that reduced the subcircuit judge requirement from 10 years to five years was one of the main reasons the bill stalled in the Senate.
"We just ran out of time to deal with it," he said.
Harmon said he had reservations about the amendment after criticism from the Illinois State Bar Association. He said he plans to call the measure again next year.
House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, attempted to push a similar amendment that fell short in a House vote. Madigan spokesman Steve Brown said he was unaware if he would introduce House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 57 next session.
Madigan also failed to pass a resolution that would have eliminated the lieutenant governor position. House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 50 did not see a vote in the House.
The amendment was filed after Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen dropped out of the race amid personal troubles. Lawmakers instead approved a bill that would have the governor and lieutenant governor nominees run together in primary elections.
Crime victims rights
A proposal to allow crime victims to enforce their rights in court did not make it out of the House.
House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 19 would allow victims to pursue court action to uphold their rights and allow them to be more involved in post-judgment proceedings.
Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, who sponsored the bill, said he would try to move the amendment again next session after Republican opposition spiked it this year.
"I think it's very clear the Republican Party had a political statement this year, and in the effort to make that political statement, some ideas that had nothing to do with politics disappeared," Lang said.
Progressive income tax
Rep. Mike Smith, D-Canton, advocated switching Illinois to the progressive income tax, instead of the current 3 percent flat tax.
The measure got to the House floor two years ago, but this year it stalled in a House Revenue and Finance Committee.
Smith said Republican opposition meant House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 27 wasn't going to go any further.
Why did they fail?
Harmon said some amendments failed simply because they became part of an election-year game.
"Amending the constitution is serious business, and we take it as such," he said. "There's a real visceral reaction here to using constitutional amendments as political fodder."
Currie said most amendments do not end up on the ballot.
"I guess the real question is why should this year be different," she asked.
Raoul had said the upcoming election might have scarred lawmakers from supporting measures like lifting a mandate for the flat income tax rate.
Smith said there's "just not the move to do any type of tax issue, whether it is a regular tax increase or a progressive."
Matt Hopf can be reached at 217-782-3095. John Guidroz can be reached at 217-782-6882.
Bill breakout
A look at some of the constitutional amendments that fell short this year:
HJRCA 19, sponsored by Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie. Would increase crime victims' rights in court proceedings. Postponed in the House.
HJRCA 27, sponsored by Rep. Mike Smith, D-Canton. Would replace the flat tax in Illinois with a progressive tax. Stalled in a House committee.
HJRCA 50, sponsored by Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago. Would eliminate the office of lieutenant governor by 2015. Stalled in the House.
HJRCA57, sponsored by Madigan. Would require attorneys to be licensed for between 10 years and 15 years before they could serve as judges. Held in the House.
HJRCA 56, sponsored by Rep. Tom Cross, R-Oswego. Would change the state's redistricting process, allowing a commission to draw the district maps first. Stalled in a House committee.
SJRCA 121, sponsored by Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago. Would have changed the state's redistricting system. Passed in the Senate, but voted down in the House.


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Sports Poster Effect for Scrapbook Pages
Inspired by Linda Rodriguez's design on page 85 of our June issue, I've created this fun sports poster for my son, Zack. I've detailed the steps below so you can create your own poster-like effect. All you'll need is a photo, one digital patterned paper, and Photoshop Elements.
1. Open your photo in Photoshop Elements and crop to the desired size using the Crop tool. Be sure to leave space to the side of the photo to place your text. Select File > Save As and rename your new photo.
2. Open your patterned paper and click on the Move tool. Drag and drop the paper down on to your photo in the Project Bin. I've chosen to use a paper from the Up at the Villa kit by Erica Hite at Scrapgirls.com.
3. Select your Marquee tool and click and drag over the subject in your photo and press delete on your keyboard to remove the patterned paper.
4. Select your Eraser tool, and in the Options Bar, select a large feathered brush (mine is 1000 px) and click and hold and drag the eraser on the edge of the paper to fade out the hard edge.
5. Next, click on the Set Foreground color swatch, and with your eyedropper tool, click on a color in your patterned paper and click OK.
6. Click on the Gradient Tool, and in the Options Bar, double-click Foreground to Transparent in the Gradient Picker.
7. With the Gradient Tool still selected, click near the edge of your patterned paper and drag 1/3 of the way onto your photo. This creates a slight blending of the colors. You may need to undo (Ctrl+z) and repeat this step to get the desired effect. If the color is too dark, lower the opacity in the Layers palette.
8. Finally, select the Text tool and add your text. I've followed Linda's lead and altered the font types and colors for a fun effect.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
MGH residents and fellows make great save during soccer game
LIFE-SAVERS: Some of the MGH residents who helped save Robinson's life. From left, Thomas, Soverow, Jena, Pham and Zilinski
SPAIN MAY HAVE WON the World Cup, but a team of MGH medical residents and fellows had a victory of their own on the soccer field this summer when they helped save the life of another player.
One afternoon in May, C. Robinson was playing a game of soccer with a men's team at the Harvard Athletic Complex. Robinson, an avid athlete, trains year-round for skiing, soccer and triathlons, so what happened next came as a total surprise. As the game was coming to an end he collapsed without warning.
"My memory is that I was reaching over, but that's it. My teammates said it looked like I was just sitting down on the field," he said.
That's exactly how Tommy T. Thomas, MD, PhD, a Neurology fellow, describes the scene. Thomas was playing on the opposing team when he saw Robinson "lay down on the turf." One of his teammates called him over, and when they could not find a pulse, Thomas started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
On a neighboring soccer field, a team of MGH residents also were in the middle of a game and watched the incident unfold. Sonali Paul, MD, one of the medical residents, said she and her teammates ran over and formed a line behind Thomas to relieve each other when one got tired from performing chest compressions.
Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, another medical resident, ran to get the complex's automated defibrillator. Paul administered the first shock, and Thomas gave a second in an attempt to restore Robinson's pulse.
"Our team and everyone there was stunned by what happened," says Paul. "But it was a great display of teamwork on the field. Everything happened just as it would have in the hospital."
When the ambulance arrived Robinson was still unconscious, but emergency medical technicians found a weak pulse before rushing him to a nearby hospital. Those who had come to Robinson's aid were left to wonder how he would fare.
Paul found out two days later when Robinson was transferred to the Cardiac Step-Down Unit at MGH, the same unit on which she and two of the other residents on the soccer team work.
"They all came in to see how I was doing," says Robinson, who has been recovering steadily. "It was great to meet them and thank them for what they did."
As a result of his cardiac arrest, Robinson underwent a procedure to receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, a small device used in patients at risk of sudden cardiac death that can detect and treat abnormal heart rhythms. He started working with a personal trainer in mid-June to get back in shape for a triathlon this summer and credits Matthew Nippins, PT, DPT, CCS, an MGH senior physical therapist, with helping him get back in shape.
In addition to Thomas, Paul and Jena, Robinson thanks each of the residents on the field who helped save his life, including Krishna Reddy, MD, Jodi Zilinski, MD, Jon Soverow, MD, and Neil Ahluwalia, MD, all medical residents; Julien Pham, MD, a Renal Unit fellow; Sarah Psutka, MD, Urology resident; and Andrew Delemos, MD, a Gastrointestinal Unit fellow.
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Loyola Institute for Ministry holds webinar on self care
Loyola press release - August 6, 2012
The Loyola Institute for Ministry and adjunct faculty member Jim O'Neill, Ed.D, L.P.C, will host the webinar on self care, "As You Love Yourself: The Minister's Challenge," on Wednesday, August 8 at 7 p.m. CDT. The webinar is free and open to the public.
O'Neill has been a full-time pastoral counselor for more than 30 years in Metairie and New Orleans. In addition to serving as director of the Pastoral Department of Notre Dame Seminary, he has also served as a professor of pastoral theology and executive director of the Pastoral Counseling Center of Southern Baptist Hospital.
For more than 25 years, O'Neill has presented workshops and presentations on integrating masculine and feminine energies, men's issues, marriage, parenting, and other issues related to mental health. He teaches the Family Systems and Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counseling courses in the LIM on-campus program.
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Winter view next to the Polish chapel of St. Wojciech (Adalbert) at the historic St. Adalbert's Cemetery. At the turn of the century Milwaukee was home to the third largest (or largest, depending on metric) Polish immigrant population in America.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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September 20, 2006
Georgia to Shrink Family Friendly Zone at Brooks Mall
Source: Official Release
(Not a joke)
ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 20, 2006— Fans will have a chance to run, jump, catch and throw with top UGA athletes before the next home football game. Prior to Saturday's game with Colorado, student-athletes from four other UGA teams will be at the family-friendly areas to interact with fans and sign autographs.
One family-friendly area is located in the North Campus quadrangle between Old College and Broad St. There fans will be able to meet athletes from the UGA track and field and cross country teams. The teams will be there from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., signing autographs and mingling with fans. In addition, 10 members of the UGA cheerleading squad will be there from 9:45 to 10:15 a.m. to rally fans. Kick off against Colorado is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
The South Campus family-friendly area is located on the front portion of D.W. Brooks Mall in front of the Miller Plant Sciences Building. This location has been condensed to allow for more traditional tailgates along the greenspace, according to George Stafford, associate vice president of auxiliary and administrative services.
"We are reducing the size of the area at the D.W. Brooks Mall," Stafford said. "Based on the attendance we have had the first two games, we felt that it was in the best interest of our fans to condense the area. The linear nature of the Brooks Mall lends itself to a variety of uses, and we feel like traditional and family-friendly tailgating in this area can certainly be accommodated."
At the South Campus location, the defending SEC Eastern Division Champion Georgia Bulldog softball team will be joined by the nationally ranked men's and women's swimming/diving teams from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 2. Ten members of the UGA cheerleading squad will be joined by 20 members of the pep band from 9:45 to 10:15.
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Note: It's good to see that UGA is being somewhat reasonable in evolving what was a terrible idea. It's progress. We still don't need as much of North Campus reserved for all of this non-sense, and it's still not about booze. It's about litter.
That said, I'm pleased that some progress is being made in balancing the situation.
For those that aren't familiar with Brooks Mall, it is basically broken into two parts. The front part = no booze. The back part is roughly the same size. It will be a bit harder to lug tailgating equipment back there, but it's progress.
Ideally, they would flip the two areas. But something is better than nothing. More progress is still needed.
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- IBDawgfan82 said...
Now all we need is for the powers that be to either move the North Campus FF Zone to the intramural fields or just totally do away with it.
- Dawgnoxious said...
Westerdawg, I give you total credit for the retreat by the Adams Regime. Your video made this half-assed implementation of a half-assed idea the laughing stock of the Bulldog Nation.
Why not put the Leebern-free zone at the upper practice field right next to Butts-Mehre? The band practices on the lower two, but the upper one isn't as far away as the intramural fields so it's easier to get to.
Either way, your video was the Bulldog version of Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Pamphleteering in the digital era still works. Keep the heat on. One day, this too shall pass and the scourge of Michael Adams will be no more.
- peacedog said...
We're now pimping out other student-atheletes to improve attendance in these areas? Good grief.
Yay for the square-footage useage reduction. But honestly.
- Georgia Girl said...
Keep the heat on PWD and all tailgaters!!!
You're right, a little bit is better than nothing. Plus, it shows they know their plan has failed, big time.
I just hope those that do tailgate in the now relieved ares pick up their trash - maybe more concessions will be made.
- ThreeDawg said...
And the numerous quotes from the We'll Never Get It Administration continue, "we feel like traditional and family-friendly tailgating in this area can certainly be accommodated." For the love of God, people who drink beer also happen to be traditional in nature as well as family friendly. What man brings his kids with him to a football game and doesn't covet the first cracked beer?
- Scott said...
I still want Adams fired and all this nonsense stopped! I am still withholding my yearly donation to UGA until he's gone!


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Monday, March 22, 2010
Muffin Tin Monday...blue & purple
In a desperate attempt to get some decent light I headed outside to the deck...
Across the top are grapes, blue & purple Fruit Loops, frozen blueberries.
Bottom row: blackberries, waffles with blueberry syrup and finally, blueberry yogurt.
It was a hit! Little girl chowed down. The only think left were the Fruit Loops, lol. (Those are actually mine, the kids never eat them ;-) ). She said, "I don't like those poople poops, mama". She meant to say "purple loops", but I definitely laughed at her pronunciation. :)
Like last time, if you are interested in seeing other posts of people participating in MTM, just click on the button at the top of this post. :)
** okay, so apparently today was "no theme" and the blue & purple theme is scheduled for next week (???). I guess I messed up.
So sorry!
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- Alison said... [Reply to comment]
Well, we can all come view your tin for inspiration next week! You came up with a whole lot more than I would have, I was planning to skip the theme, but maybe I can come up with some stuff after all...
- March 22, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Sandy said... [Reply to comment]
It looks really good! Especially the waffles!
- March 22, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- JDaniel4's Mom said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks for the ideas for next week! I love the foods you served.
- March 22, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- w said... [Reply to comment]
it looks great! there is never really a mess up if your kids eat the whole meal! i mean. other than the poople poops.
- March 22, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Kelly said... [Reply to comment]
It looks really nice. When I saw the color theme series I was wondering what I would do for blue/purple week as there is not a lot of this color naturally occuring in whole foods. You have great ideas! I think I may be surprised at everyone's creativity.
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- March 22, 2010 at 8:50 PM
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I have an IT question, I hope that's the place to ask it.
I'm building a team for a specific project and am considering buying Netbooks for the first time, the reason being cost-reduction (we are a lean-and-mean operation, I'm looking to save on whatever I can). The whole team is very mobile, sharing time between working at home to working at the office to working on airplanes... So desktops are out of the question.
My team has both software developers and "documentation guys" - designers and marketing folk.
The programmers are using mostly Python, and most of them running a small MySQL installation (developer installation). The rest of the guys are using mostly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Is Netbook a viable choice for my programmers? And for the rest?
What are the trade-offs I should be aware about when choosing between Notebooks and Netbooks?
EDIT: Reading some of the answers, I understand I had an underlying assumption when asking my question. I assumed that netbooks, like notebooks, have docking stations allowing for work with large screens and "normal" keyboards in the office or at home. Is that incorrect?
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CALGARY - The lawyer for a Canadian soldier charged after a mine explosion killed a colleague on a training range in Afghanistan says his client isn't guilty of a crime.
But the prosecution contends that Maj. Darryl Watts's supervision of the range on the day in question was negligent to the point that criminal charges are justified.
Watts, a Calgary reservist, faces a court martial this week on a charge of manslaughter and five other offences.
Cpl. Joshua Baker, 24, died on Feb. 12, 2010 at a range four kilometres northeast of Kandahar city when an explosive Claymore mine packed with 700 steel balls raked a Canadian Forces platoon. Four other soldiers were wounded.
A Claymore mine is a command-detonated anti-personnel weapon that is set up above the ground with the explosive side facing in the direction of the enemy.
Watts is also charged with two counts of negligent performance of a military duty, one count of unlawfully causing bodily harm and two counts of breach of duty.
He was a captain at the time and the officer in charge the day of the accident.
"My personal view is that Darryl Watts didn't do anything wrong here and certainly didn't do anything criminal, and hopefully the evidence will bear that out," said his civilian lawyer, Balfour Der, in an interview with The Canadian Press.
"Legally, it's a very interesting case in that they've charged my client with manslaughter for a negligent act," he said. "There aren't very many cases where the prosecution charges manslaughter and then relies on negligence. Usually the charge is criminal negligence causing death."
The court martial will be similar to regular court proceedings, except the judge will be a senior military officer and the jury will be made up of five other officers who will determine whether Watts is guilty.
"What the prosecution is alleging is the way that range was conducted on the day in question was negligent to the point of attracting criminal liability," explained Maj. Tony Tamburro, the prosecutor from the Office of the Judge Advocate General.
"No one is alleging anyone here intentionally committed an offence," he said.
"What we're saying is that their standard was such a departure from the norm that it attracts criminal liability. So from that point of view, it's not an intentional offence."
If convicted, Watts could be sentenced to prison time in the Canadian Force's detention barracks in Edmonton or in a regular correctional facility.
Lesser punishments can include dismissal from the military, a reduction in rank or a fine.
Two other Canadian Forces personnel were charged following the accident.
Warrant Officer Paul Ravensdale, who was the safety officer at the firing range, faces identical charges to Watts.
Last September, Maj. Christopher Lunney pleaded guilty to negligent performance of duty while four other charges were dropped. He was demoted to captain and received a severe reprimand.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version included an incorrect surname for the prosecutor and an incorrect list of charges in the case. The earlier version also wrongly identified who was leading the platoon the day of the explosion and wrongly called a Claymore a landmine.


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CSU: "We're No. 138"
Future Mountain West addition Boise State and current member TCU are ranked 1-2 in this week's USA Today Sagarin computer poll.
For what it's worth, CSU is No. 138, below many I-AA teams. The Rams rank as lowest in the MWC.
New Mexico, a 72-0 loser at Oregon, is listed as No. 120.
The Associated Press poll doesn't give quite as much love to the MWC. Boise State ranks No. 3 and TCU No. 4. TCU is No. 5 in the coaches poll.
Utah broke into the AP poll at No. 20. BYU, also in its final MWC year, is in others receiving votes with future MWC team Fresno State.


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WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- The Casey Anthony acquittal shows why U.S. civilian courts should not be trusted to handle terror-suspect cases, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said.
"We just found with the Caylee Anthony case how difficult is to get a conviction in a U.S. court," McConnell, R-Ky., told "Fox News Sunday."
Casey Anthony, 25, of Orlando, Fla., was acquitted in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. She was sentenced to four years for lying to police -- but because of time served, she will be released from Orange County (Fla.) Jail this week, court officials said.
Suspected terrorists such as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed -- the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks who is scheduled to be tried along with four other suspects in a civilian federal court in New York -- "are not American citizens," McConnell said.
"I don't think a foreigner is entitled to all the protections of the Bill of Rights," McConnell said. "They should not be in U.S. courts. They should be at Guantanamo [Cuba] and before military commissions."
McConnell and other Republicans expressed anger last week after the Obama administration said it would prosecute in civilian court Somali terror suspect Ahmed Warsame, accused of ties to two Islamist militant groups.
Warsame was charged in U.S. District Court in New York with nine counts related to accusations he provided support to the Shabaab Islamist insurgent group fighting to overthrow the government of Somalia and al-Qaida in Yemen.


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New Details About Carrie Underwood's 'The Sound of Music' Set Emerge
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Carrie Underwood's live broadcast of the 'The Sound of Music,' set for NBC on Dec. 5, will not take place in New York City proper. Instead, it is being broadcast out of Bethpage, Long Island, with details of how things will play out on set being revealed by the network.
The producers opted to move to a Long Island complex, which was once the base of classified projects for aerospace company Grumman, for logistical reasons.
The New York Daily News reports that the "show will look like a film with all the action played live and in sequence."
If a scene takes place in the living room of the von Trapp family, it could be shot with multiple cameras. Actors will move to the next set and do so off-camera. As they walk into the next scene, they will be filmed by a second camera crew.
"All of the singing will be live, and the music — using a 40-piece orchestra — will be prerecorded in order to ensure the best mix of the instruments," officials with the production said.
NBC sources also explained, "Major set or costume changes will be made during commercial breaks, but several changes will happen instantaneously during the filming."
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"If something goes wrong in the live filming, that's the way it will be broadcast," NBC reps said.
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WC Sweeps F&M For The Second Time In The Last Three Years
LANCASTER, PA – Visiting Washington College took a 14-7 lead into the bottom of the seventh and held off a rally by host Franklin & Marshall to record a 15-12 win at Caplan Field in Centennial Conference baseball action on Friday afternoon. The Shoremen improve to 23-4 overall and 8-2 in the conference, while the Diplomats fall to 16-14 and 5-5 respectively.
This is the second time in three seasons the Shoremen have swept the Diplomats and Washington grabbed both games in the 2010 season. Washington has taken five of the past six against F&M.
The Shoremen got on the board in the top of the first when with two away, senior John Rolewicz (Bear, DE/Salesianum) doubled to centerfield to drive home sophomore Nick Marinelli (Ellicott City, MD/Marriotts Ridge) to make it 1-0.
Rolewicz would push the lead to 3-0 in the top of the third when he singled up the middle with one out to drive in junior Sean Connole (Mt. Airy, MD/St. John's Catholic) and senior Ryan Normoyle (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape). Rolewicz would score on a sacrifice fly to right-center by fellow classmate Dwight Wilcox (Annapolis, MD/St. Mary's) to make it 4-0.
The Diplomats would get on the board in the bottom of the third when Josh Mendelson walked with the bases loaded and two away to drive in Will Benenson to cut the visitors' lead to 4-1.
However in the top of the fourth freshman Matt Christopher (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) scored on a fielding miscue by F&M to restore the four-run lead at 5-1.
But in the bottom half of the fourth the Diplomats scored three times after the first two were retired to trim the lead to 5-4. Aaron Gillette scored on a two-out two-base hit down the left field line by J.T. Triantos to cut the lead to 5-2 and Triantos would come home on Benenson double to left-center to reduce the deficit to 5-3. Benenson would score on a single through the left side by Kevin Shields to get F&M within a run at 5-4.
The Diplomats scored three times in the last of the fifth to take a 7-5 lead. Connor Devlin doubled to right-center to score Mendelson to tie the game at 5-5 with no outs. Devlin would score on an infield single to second base by Alex Vescera to put F&M up 6-5 and the hosts had its first lead of the afternoon with one out. Vescera would score on a sacrifice fly by Benenson to give F&M a two-run lead and cap the scoring.
Washington would put a six-spot on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth to reclaim the lead at 11-7 with all six runs coming after the first two batters were retired. Remington scored on a throwing error by the Diplomats to get WC within a run at 7-6. Connole leveled the game at 7-7 when he scored on a single to left by Normoyle. Marinelli came around to score when Rolewicz singled through the left side and WC led 8-7. Normoyle would score on an error by F&M to put the guests up by two runs. Wilcox capped the scoring when he socked a two-run double to right to score Rolewicz and junior Tyler Cotterell (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) to give the Shoremen a four-run cushion.
The Shoremen tacked on three runs in the top of the seventh to increase the lead to 14-7. Connole scored the first run of the frame when he scored from second on a two-bagger to right by Normoyle to make it 12-7 with no outs. The next two runs were scored with one away. Marinelli scored on an error by F&M to give WC a six-run bulge. The last run of the three-run outburst was scored by Normoyle on a single by Wilcox.
The Diplomats got a pair in the bottom of the seventh to cut the lead to five runs. Mendelson drove in Triantos on a two-out single into left to cut it to 14-8 and Benenson scored on an error by Washington to trim it to 14-9.
In the bottom of the eighth, F&M scored three one out runs to trim the once seven-run lead to just two at 14-12. Benenson chased home Gillette on a single to left and the lead was 14-10. Triantos scored on a chopper single by Shields to cut it to 14-11 and Anderson singled through the right side to send home Benenson to trim the lead to 14-12. F&M had the go ahead run at the plate, but junior pitcher Kyle Aldrich (Warren, NJ/Watchung Hills Regional) got a strike out and groundout to end the inning.
In the top of the ninth, Christopher doubled down the left field line to drive in Rolewicz and gave the Shoremen a 15-12 lead with two outs.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Diplomats sent the tying run to the plate in Benenson, but sophomore pitcher A.J. Schmalfuhs (Morristown, NJ/Morristown) struck him out looking to end the game.
Rolewicz went 3-for-5 with four RBI, while Wilcox went 2-for-5 with a career-high four RBI as they helped spark a 15 hit effort. The four RBI led all players. Along with Rolewicz, Connole, Marinelli and Normoyle all scored three times. Christopher had a personal-best three hits in the victory. Normoyle added two hits and two RBI for WC, while Remington notched a pair of hits. On the mound, sophomore Tim Perrotta (Roseland, NJ/West Essex Regional) got the win and gets his first career win to go to 1-0.
For F&M, who had 21 hits in the loss, Benenson led the offense with a 3-for-5 effort with a game-high four runs and three RBI. Triantos went 4-for-5 with three runs scored, while Shields went 4-for-6 with two RBI. Gillette went 2-for-7 with three runs scored, while Anderson went 3-for-5. Mendelson drove in two runs, while Devlin had two hits. On the hill, Sean Cosgriff got the loss and drops to 0-1.
Washington is back in action tomorrow afternoon with a 12:30 p.m. conference doubleheader against visiting Haverford at Athey Baseball Park.


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For the love of DollyDiscuss anything and everything related to our favorite country queen...
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For the love of Dolly
Oh my gosh, does Dolly have some major fans, don't get wrong I love Dolly but these folks have their porches like her childhood home and her pics all over their walls and plan their whole lives around Dolly.. I am watching this movie For The Love Of Dolly, OMG. They make Dolly dolls, move to TN to be closer to her I can't believe this, they go to the opening of the theme park every year, and follow her from town to town, it's crazy! They love her so much, they are addicts almost. OMG Dolly is a magical lady, she is so good to her fans and I think that alone makes her so lovable, she is wonderful. I met her in Dollywood just by chance and I never forgot her smile and how very nice and humble she was. Okay now they are kissing her star on the Hollywood walk of fame, that's crazy. She is amazing, I love her and I would like to sit and visit with her along with Reba, they are both amazing. It makes me sad that so many people have made them ( celebrity's) so hard to meet, the paperazzi and so on, crazy fans. You have to remember they are people just like me and you and they deserve their privacy. I would love to meet so many singers in person but I don't think I would stalk them and it seems these people on this show are doing, I mean they make new outfits for everytime they see her in person. I admire that you all are fans but I think you are pushing it here, she is wonderful but I don't think you all should put this kinda pressure on her, imagine what she would think if she saw this move, which I'm sure she will, if I were her I'd be scared to death of you all. Okay now they are at the car dealership looking for Judy's car she traded in and looking for Dolly's hair, they are smelling the seat belts, okay guys you are way crazy and I mean NO disrespect to Dolly but you are all are just to much, The Bible which Dolly does read it says "Thall shall have No God before me" Hello thats what you are doing is worshiping her.
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1st of all the bible does say "U shall not have any other Gods but ME." and i agree that some of those people r worshipping her. But doesnt the bible also say "Judge not least u b judged"? Well, that is what u r doing here- judging people who u have probably never met b4! so what if some1 builds a replica of Dolly's house--- they're not hurting any1 and last time i checked this is AMERICA---- a FREE country! This is Not necessarily worshipping her. These r DOLLY"S fans--- in her book she says she loves each and every 1 of her fans. If DOLLY doesnt have a problem w/ these people, why should u??!!
PS: im Sure ur probably thinking by now that im 1 these people, but i am not.
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everyone has someone very important and who has touched their live in a very special way. i dont think its fair for u to say people who love these people are worshiping them. some people adore their mothers and look up to them and u cant possibly say they view them as their god. anyway i love Dolly and i dont care even if anyone thinks i worship her .
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I agree, although I credit Dolly Parton and Shania Twain getting me through the hardest time of my life, I don't worship them. People are always saying- "Your obseessed." I don't care if people think I worship them- I owe them a great deal- but I don't see them as gods. I wish I could just tell them how much they have done for me.
"Dolly Parton cannot leave the building until I meet her! She is my greatest hero of all time!" ~ Shania Twain accepting Entertainer of the Year 1999
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|Rams in the Rankings
VCU in the Top Five of the CAA This Spring
|100m (women)
#1 Dionna Hayes-JR, 11.75
200m (men)
#2 Darius Vaughan-FR, 21.97
200m (women)
#4 Kiara Porter-FR, 24.03
400m (women)
#1 Kiara Porter-FR, 53.98
110m H (men)
#5 Chase Turner-SO, 15.10
400m H (men)
#3 Cameron Morse-SR, 54.77
3000m Steeple (men)
#3 Sam Hush-FR, 9:46.88
4x100m relay (men)
4x100m relay (women)
4x400m relay (men)
4x400m relay (women)
4x800m relay (men)
4x800m relay (women)
High Jump (women)
#5 Shanita Glenn-SO, 5'3"/1.60m
Long Jump (women)
#5 Sarah Fulgham-FR, 18'6.5"/5.65m
Triple Jump (women)
#1 Chaneka Perry-SO, 39'8.75"/12.11m,
Shot Put (men)
#2 Brandon Ruffin-FR, 52'4.75"/15.97m
#3 Ryan Coles-FR, 49'5.5"/15.07m
Shot Put (women)
#1 Jaleesa Williams-SO, 45'6.5"/13.88m
#5 Jessica Williams-SO, 42'0.75"/12.82m
Discus (men)
#2 Brandon Ruffin-FR, 165'10"/50.56m
#3 Frank Afriyie-JR, 163'7"/49.86m
#5 Ryan Coles-FR, 155'3"/47.32m
Discus (women)
#2 Jessica Williams-SO, 149'2"/45.46m
#4 Julia Anyaugo-SR, 146'2"/44.55m
#5 Jaleesa Williams-SO, 142'2"/43.34m
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#4 Frank Afriyie-JR, 170'2"/51.88m
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RICHMOND, Va. - With less than a month left before the CAA Championships, the VCU men's and women's track teams have positioned themselves to be a threat to take home a title come the first weekend in May.
Nearly 30 Rams sit in the top-five of the CAA outdoor performance lists, including 11 that have posted one of the top two performances in their events so far this spring.
Three freshmen have put together quite a debut season on the men's side with sprinter Darius Vaughn and throwers Brandon Ruffin and Ryan Coles.
Vaughn ranks in the top-10 in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dash. His time of 21.97 in the 200m is the second-best time in the CAA this spring, while his time of 11.06 is the eighth-best time in the 100m.
He has also been a critical part of both the 4x100 (42.67) and 4x400 (3:15.81) meter relay teams that have the third-best times in those events.
Ruffin finds himself ranked second in both the shot put and discus. His toss of 52' 4 ¾" in the shot put at the Fred Hardy Invite and his throw of 165' 10" in the discus at the Ram Invite have him positioned to score big time points for the Black & Gold in a few weeks.
Coles ranks in the top-five in both the shot put and discus as well. His toss of 49' 5 ½" is the third-best mark in the shot put, while his throw of 155' 3" in the discus sits fifth on the list.
VCU's own set of the Williams sisters are having quite a spring as well with both sophomores ranking in the top-five in both the shot put and discus this spring.
Jaleesa Williams has the top distance in the shot put with a mark of 45' 6 ½", while also ranking fifth in the discus with a toss of 142' 2". Jessica Williams has the second-best toss in the discus at 149' 2" and fifth-best mark in the shot put at 42' ¾".
Freshman Kiara Porter continues to impress in her first season with the Black & Gold, ranking in the top-four in both the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes. Her time of 53.98 in the 400m is the top time in the CAA, while her time of 24.03 in the 200m is fourth-best.
She's also been a member of the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay squads that have two of the top marks in the conference this spring, both of which came last weekend at the Florida Relays. The 4x100 squad posted the CAA's best time of 45.47, while the 4x400 squad's time of 3:44.93 is the second-best time this spring.
Also on the 4x100 squad was junior Dionna Hayes, who has the top time in the CAA in the 100-meter dash this spring at 11.75, which also took place at this past weekend's Florida Relays.
The other Ram who has the top spot in the CAA this spring is sophomore Chaneka Perry, who's leap of 39' 8 ¾" in the triple jump leads the conference.
VCU will get a little preview of the CAA Championship meet this weekend with a Saturday appearance at the Mason Invitational, the same location of the conference meet in May.


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I bought these Keen Erickson PCT boots earlier this year but finally got to use them for Sept hikes.
I had to buy 1/2 size larger than the keen shoes I own. These boots needed virtually no breakin time. I've always had to break in boots but these are perfect after just a couple of hikes. I have a hard time finding boots that fit because Ihave wide feet and a high arch but these fit great.
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Orioles reliever Pedro Strop assembled with his new World Baseball Classic Dominican teammates three weeks ago for their first workout in Tampa, and that's when the tone for an undefeated championship run was set.
The Dominican Republic has become the world's biggest baseball factory outside the United States, but the Dominican's first-round exit in the most recent WBC in 2009 was a disappointment that resonated throughout the entire Caribbean nation.
So Dominican manager Tony Pena's first message to his team was seemingly simple: "Be yourself."
"The thing was that we had some bad [history] the past couple of WBCs with people saying that guys were out of shape, that they didn't care, that they were just playing through the motions, a bunch of stuff," said Strop, who returned to Orioles camp from the WBC on Thursday. "So we came and we had a meeting during the first workout as a team together and at the meeting that day we talked about it and we said that we were going to change that [history].
"Overall, we were hungry."
Strop, coming off a breakout season in 2012 in which he spent most of the season as the Orioles' set-up man, played a tremendous part in the Dominican's success, pitching in several tight late-inning situations. He was 3-0 and threw 6 2/3 shutout innings in six tournament appearances.
His most important outing came in the championship game against Puerto Rico, when he came into the game in the seventh inning with two on and no out in a 3-0 game. Strop struck out the first two hitters he faced, Carlos Rivera and Pedro Valdes, before inducing a foul pop-up to third from Jesus Feliciano to end the threat.
Three times the tying run came to the plate, and each time Strop retired that hitter and celebrated by fist pumping and jumping into the air. With the Orioles, Strop points to the sky as he walks off the mound after every completed inning, but that was nothing compared to the way he danced around the mound after outs.
The Dominican players' histrionics — which included jumping out of the dugout during big scoring rallies and gatherings at the mound when closer Fernando Rodney shot an imaginary arrow into the air (something he does with much less fanfare during the regular season with the Rays) — became a talking point throughout the tournament, especially in a game in which players are taught from a young age to keep their emotions in check.
Other teams had their own unique displays. After the two-time champion Japanese team lost, its players lined up along the third base line and bowed to salute the crowd.
For the Dominican players, being themselves was playing with intense emotion.
"That's what everybody wanted," Strop said. "That's what we talked about at that first workout. Let's play ball the way we know how to play ball — the way we grew up playing. Let's play loud. We're playing for the Dominican Republic. Let's play like we grew up playing. Let's do whatever we know and that was the key to it.
"We told ourselves that we've got to do whatever we had to do to win. Everybody in that tournament is there because they can play baseball. We were like, 'OK let's not try to be so confident, let's just play the game the way we know how.'"
And for the 27-year-old Strop, who was signed out of the Dominican at the age of 16 as a shortstop, then was converted to a pitcher before battling arm injuries, it was one of the biggest highlights of his baseball career.
"It's up there," he said. "I still want to win a World Series, though."
Back in Sarasota, two Dominican-born Orioles players — Wilson Betemit and Alexi Casilla — had there own way of celebrating the win. The morning after the Dominican's title win, Casilla took a Dominican flag hanging in a hallway with flags from every country represented in the organization and hung it between his and Betemit's locker.
"Everybody in the Dominican waited for that, and you know in the last World Baseball Classic we lost and this year we did it," Betemit said. "We're happy about it. … Everybody plays baseball, we love baseball. We play it all year long. We play winter ball and everything. That's what we do in the Dominican."
Casilla said watching the Dominican team play in the WBC reminded him of the intensity of playing winter ball in the Dominican.
"I think we kind of play different than in the states," Casilla said. "In the states there are a lot of rules, but in our country we like to have a lot of fun and play loud and talk loud. Everything is like a joke and you have fun with it. That's our culture and that's how we play baseball over there.
"I have seven, eight years playing winter ball and it's crazy over there. You have a lot of fun. I never want to stop playing winter ball because of that because it's so much fun over there. That's the way we are. That's our culture. That's the way we grew up. That's the way we play baseball. Everybody knows each other and everybody is almost like family. Even if you get into fights, you don't really fight. We have brawls, everybody is shaking hands and giving hugs and stuff like that. So it's not a real fight "
As for Strop, he was pitching in several high-pressure situations in March and even made an extended outing of 1 2/3 innings, something that admittedly worried Orioles manager Buck Showalter.
Strop is a major part of the Orioles bullpen. He had a 1.43 ERA with 23 holds last August as the primary set-up man before hitting a rough stretch at the end of the season. He rebounded in the postseason, throwing 2 1/3 critical scoreless innings in the AL Division Series. And before leaving for the WBC, he allowed just one hit in three scoreless innings with five strikeouts and one walk.
Strop isn't worried that the stress of the WBC will affect him.
"For me, last year was my first full season in the major leagues so every year in March, I always saw them as intense innings because I'm trying to make the team," Strop said. "Even last year when I was out of options, I was fighting for a spot, so it's a little different but it's not. I'm just going to pitch how I know how to pitch. I'm not going to try to do anything different."
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Haha, so do you like Dire Straits?
Just watched the interview again on 7, **** that's funny.
Yeah, saw that, was so gun. Pat Welsh has to be the worst interviewer though.
"I'M like, 'come on, don't be scared of those hurdles', because I was so scared of those hurdles. I just said 'no guts, no glory', and I got it.
OH my God, you've got to be kidding me. Is this real? This is amazing, I can't believe it. I don't know what to say.
I GOT out, didja see me? I was standing at the start. Did you see how pumped I was, I was probably more pumped than I've ever been in my life (before the race). I actually ran my own race for once. (After the semi-final), in my head I was like, 'I have to medal'.
I WALKED out into that stadium like I never have before. I was acting so strange, I was yelling out and talking to myself out loud. I've never acted like that before in a race, I just got it right on the night.
IN a way I was acting like an arrogant American, screaming and yelling (before the race).
I WASN'T hurdling the greatest last night, I was happy to get a medal.
IT was bloody awesome.
I'VE got big enough boobs to get across there in front of everyone, so that is good.
I HATE training but all that hard training has been worth it.
SHE can be quite scary (her coach Sharon Hannan).
I JUST got out, I don't even know how I got out, I got over the hurdles and I was like, ****, I could see the girl pass me, I saw Lolo pass me and I was just like keep running your own race, keep running your own race ... and I did, I actually ran my own race for once.
I DIDN'T think I would (get silver), but I just wanted to, and I did. I wanted it bad enough.
I LOOKED up at the scoreboard and I thought, why haven't they got my name up there yet? I know I've got it.
I COULD have told them myself that I got silver. I would have gone up there and said 'I got silver, and put it on the board'.
I WAS sure (second place) but I wasn't 100 per cent sure ... but I was still pretty sure that I had it (waiting for scoreboard).
I DON'T know how I did it. I just did it. I don't know what happened, I just ran it.
I SAW Lolo go down and I thought go for it and I did, and I got it. Can you believe it?
I FELT for her (Lolo Jones) but I mean, it's good for me.
I CAN'T believe it, thank you Sharon (Hannan, coach). Thank you everyone I thanked before except for last time I missed out my mum, my boyfriend, and mum's travelling partner Vicki and I have to say hello Sydney, Daven, Aila and Brook my three cousins ... my four cousins in Oz."
THERE are so many random Aussies out there it's so cool. Thank you Australia you've just been so awesome. I've got all your Facebook messages, I've got all your emails, I will get back to you one day.
I DIDN'T even do a great time. I didn't even hurdle that great so imagine what I am going to do when I hurdle good.
I WAS kind of lying saying I just want to make the final, I knew I had it in there somewhere but I wasn't going to put that much pressure on myself.
THE emotion, the excitement, the adrenalin, everything was just all rolled into one and it just exploded out of me when I ran, it was great.
YOU got to go for gold. I mean I've got another two Olympics in me, so there's going to be a gold one in there.
I HAD a great start. Those girls obviously didn't have a great start.
I KEPT my cool, I didn't worry about anyone else. I got over that finish line and got silver.
YOU have to live it. For most athletes it's a once in a lifetime chance, I enjoyed every second of it.
SHE (Lopes Schliep) was the first person I saw so I just grabbed her.
I ALWAYS had a feeling I was going to get a medal. I didn't say anything in case it didn't happen."
Haha, that's outstanding.
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Irish Coffee… The Rest of the Story
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There is a common and widely held myth that Irish Coffee, that most wonderful of elixirs, was first created in the bar in Shannon Airport. It is true this luscious, Gaelic concoction, was served there at a very early date. But… it wasn't the first place to serve this wonderful drink, it actually originated in County Donegal at Jackson's Hotel, in Ballybofey.
There was a seaman named Joe Jackson, a Derry man, who served in the Merchant Navy during World War II. It was his misfortune to be on a ship that was torpedoed in the north Atlantic. When he was rescued he was suffering from exposure and was revived with a high proof drink made from coffee and rum, which was a Navy practice of the day. The rest of Joe Jackson's service was in the eastern Mediterranean and there he was exposed to drinks containing cream, sugar, and spirits.
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In the early 1950s a Scottish motoring magazine published an account of Joe Jackson's Irish Coffee. The drink was replicated, according to lore, on 10 November 1952, in the bar of Shannon airport, but this was several years after Jackson's Hotel served the drink. Perhaps it was a public relations coup or perhaps Donegal was in those days too distant and away, for whatever reason, the Shannon airport origin for Irish Coffee began to take root.
The real story is Irish Coffee is the creation of Mr Joe Jackson and was first served at Jackson's Hotel in Ballybofey, County Donegal, where they still serve it today, exactly as it was created by Joe Jackson in the late 1940s.
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