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Here at Hike. Blog. Love. we believe that adventure is for all. It is always my hope to use this blog as inspiration in getting others outdoors and experiencing the world no matter the obstacles that might stand in the way. So when I heard the story of Shawn Feliciano Garber and her Big Hike, I just knew I had to share it with all of you. The other night I had the privilege of chatting with Shawn on the phone to ask her some questions about herself and her upcoming adventure. I hope that you will be inspired by her story as I have been. She also needs our support to make her mission come true, so I am hoping today to spread the word and ask that you do the same.
Meet Shawn, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2009 and about to embark on a 800 mile hike to raise awareness:
"Multiple Sclerosis is a disease not often seen on the outside. It affects nearly half a million people in the United States alone. It touches every gender, race and geographical location. Most people diagnosed with MS are between the ages of 20 and 40, a time in life when with families and careers, movement matters the most. MS keeps people from walking. It keeps parents from picking up their children, keeps athletes from reaching their goals, and keeps travelers from hiking the globe. That is why Shawn Feliciano and her team at Hiking for Multiple Sclerosis plan to spend three months hiking the Rocky Mountains beginning in Arizona, bringing awareness to those who can no longer climb to the top of any mountains. Starting on August 4th, 2012 Shawn and her crew will embark on an 800 mile journey to raise money and awareness of those suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Shawn hopes to use this hike to inspire the community around her and to bring together a group of people that may not have the support they need to cope with MS. Multiple Sclerosis does not just affect the patients; but it touches their families and friends as well. This hike is for everyone."
When I sat down to speak with Shawn, my first question to her was "why a Big Hike?" She explained that after her diagnosis in 2009, as she dealt with the shock of her diagnosis and the emotional aftermath, she began writing her memoirs which she had started prior to her diagnosis. She states that her "dad was instrumental" in motivating her to begin writing again. It was during this time that the Big Hike was concieved. She says that "everyone has their own hike" and that she wanted to inspire others to have the "courage to so something" despite the obstacles in their life.
So what does Shawn hope to accomplish through her Big Hike? The "biggest thing is to encourage others. With any kind of disability, it is all encompassing and your world crashes" around you. She feels that it is important for others out there with disabilities to know that there is support and communities who will embrace them. She went on to explain to me how after her diagnosis, some people weren't sure what to do and that there was even a "shunning away" experience as people learned of her diagnosis.
When I asked Shawn what she envisioned to be her biggest challenge on the hike, she immediately exclaimed "snakes!" Can't say I blame her on that one! She also told me that vertigo is something she has been experiencing since her diagnosis and could possibly impact her hike, although she also stated that she has "no fears of actually being able to do it."
I also asked Shawn who her biggest supporters have been on this journey. She told me that her husband and father were among her greatest supporters and that she was thankful for all of her family's support.
The last question I asked Shawn was this: If there is one thing you could say to someone who has been recently diagnosed with MS or some other type of disorder, what would it be? Shawn says, "I know your world has just crashed down but don't give up, find inner strength; be courageous."
I think it is evident that Shawn has done just that! It was an honor to be able to discuss her diagnosis and the Big Hike by phone and I know she will continue on to inspire many more people on her journey. To find out more about Shawn and the Big Hike, you can visit her website at www.az817.org. To make a donation, you can visit her website or her fundraising site through the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA). Shawn is still seeking donations to aid with the logistics of a three month hike as well donations to support MS research.


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This is a place to request prayers for deceased loved ones.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Prayer List 2010
This is a place to request prayers for deceased loved ones.
66 comments:
- Evann said...
Marie & Byard Gaulene; Frederick Robert, Amelie & Althee Duplantier; Christopher & Elizabeth Mengis; Carol Lorraine Mengis; Crozet & Peggy Duplantier; James Tolhurst; Carol Tolhurst; Herbert James & Marie Tolhurst; Peter & Rose Grivas; Bobby, Leon & Robert Louis Duplantier; Eddie Pugh; Chris & Marie Mengis; Fr. Michael Alchediak, S.J.; Fr. Bernard Tonnar, S.J.; Jack Larkins; Vincent Caruso; Betty Shattuck; Rick Grant; Frederick Gaulene; Alfred & Gloria Gaulene; Harold Smith; Camille Weber; Carol McKinney; Larry McCormick; Ida Gay; Charles Peter McDonald; Fritz Eagan; Edward R. & Maxine Ferry; Rev. Kevin Horrigan; Richard Baudouin; Eddie Blank; Robert Williams; Sandy Gelpi; Charlie Bellone; Fr. John H. Miller, C.S.C., S.T.D.; Les; John Kempf; Adrian Duplantier; Dr. Fred Duhart, D.O.
- January 28, 2010 at 12:18 AM
Bill Jordan, Sam Shirk
- February 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM
- Maginoo ng Laguna said...
Through Saint Joseph, I pray for my ancestors, Felizardo de Rivera, Antonio Hilario de Rivera, Victoria de Rivera, Nicasio Francia, Manuel Francia, Rafaela Carrillo de Francia, Mamerto Francia, Sr., Salud Carrillo Francia, Modesto Fuentes, Felipa Fuentes, Luis Carrillo, Libertad Carrillo-Bennett, Crispina Carrillo, Vicente Carrdillo, Benjamin Carrillo, Criselda Carrillo, Felixberto Francia, Manuel Francia
- February 17, 2010 at 11:29 PM
Rose & George Meier, James & Anna Boyle, Elizabeth Hess, Walt Swartz, Frances Heineman, Sr. Mary Ryan, OP, Poor Souls, Mary Dolan, Anna Meier, Elizabeth Cuddy
- February 19, 2010 at 7:13 AM
Mom and Dad; Gloria; Bobby; Mary Ellen; Brad; Carrie; CAG
- February 19, 2010 at 8:11 AM
- Cajundweeb said...
Gerald Thomas Constant, Wendy Mayeux
- February 19, 2010 at 8:22 AM
Mama Alma Watkins, Maria Lovullo, Deanne Depass Feaster, Beth Delbert, Grandma Nina
- February 19, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Vincent Caruso; Jack Larkins; Sr. Mary David Collins, RSHM; Barbara Bonney; Frank Cali; Helen Brady Fourcade; Beatrice Brady Evans; Barry McGannon, S.J; Zelma Benoit; Harvey Quittner; Nancy Michele Scholl; Thomas Reso; Rev. Harold Dicharry; Mike Lala; Thomas Stahel, S.J.; James Loughran, S.J.; Janice Guillory; Thomas H. Clancy, S.J.; Thomas P. O'Malley, S.J.; Ferdinand Grayson.
- February 19, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- Flapper Flickers + Silent Stanzas said...
Joseph and Antonetta Tarallo.
- February 19, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Sara said...
Eternal Rest for
Jean & Don Anderson
- February 19, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Al said...
Giovanni & Rachele Stasi, George W Troup, Bertha Titlow Troup Mishler, Charles Mishler, Frank & Catherine Aiello, Sam Stasi, Giuseppe & Minina Stasi, Mike & Anita Caballero, Sr. Georgia,Sr. Anneta, Tanya McClain. Fr. Ed Kolfenbach
- February 19, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- cvsyyap said...
Victorino A. Basco, Ramon Glenn Ordoveza, Monchu H Ordoveza, Justin de Guzman, Josie Lichauco, Antonio T Climent
- February 20, 2010 at 12:45 AM
- ReWrite Man62 said...
For my beloved parents and ancestors: Ruth and Albert L. Pierce; Hattie and Sam Pickard, Jessie P and Woodie T. Pierce, Florence and Don R. Owens, Aunt Lala and Uncle Floyd Pickard, Sue Pickard. For Charles A. Fletchinger Jr. Edward Cheslow. Kurt Nelson. For the repose of the souls of Anne Brosio and Michael Pendo. For my unseen yet always present guardian angel, who works overtime keeping me safe and sound.
- February 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- Room110 said...
Oscar, Vincent, And Troy A
- February 20, 2010 at 9:09 PM
For Patricia Beard, friend
For Eugene Vaughan, Bridget Clayton Vaughan, Rebecca O'Sullivan Vaughan, Daniel O'Rourke, Alice Easton O'Rourke McCurdy, Robert McCurdy, beloved grandparents
For Sharon Vaughan Mullally, Beloved Aunt, Owen Vaughan and Terrence O'Rourke, beloved uncles
- February 22, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- Jennifer Gregory Miller said...
Glenn and Florence Gregory; Edward A. Anthony; Frank J. Hanka; May and Bryan Corbin; Claire Rousseau; Margaret Rousseau; Catherine Marks; Buddy Rambin; Louise Yazbeck; Carol Jones; Tom VanderWoude; Kathleen Severe; Leonard Miller; Irene and Harry Miller; Mary and Joseph Brandt; Herb Brandt.
- February 22, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Maria Kinh, Peter Kinh, Peter Thong, Maria Mai, Peter Duong, Anna Can, Peter Bai, Dominic Dan, Joseph Cong, Maria, Teresa Tam
- February 23, 2010 at 12:58 AM
- Vencedora_878 said...
Auntie Clare, Yolanda,grandpa,cecilia, avinash,peter- That the lord will have mercy on them and bring to eternal rest.
- February 23, 2010 at 1:16 AM
Family, friends that have gone before me: Anthony Joseph Benkovic, Simeon Benkovic, Dallas Louis Ramirez, Mom and Dad Schiele, Annette & Constantine Lazarakis, Nicholas y Stamatia Pandis, Sophia Pandis & child lost in miscarriage, all priests and religious, Connie, Sherrie, Tia Mariay Tio Nicholas, all family in Greece, soldiers, firemen, policmen, Ronald Koening, souls in purgatory, holy innocents, and those that nobody prays for in purgtory. Eternal rest!
- February 23, 2010 at 11:07 AM
For my Mother Marge, who passed on 5 years ago and whose birthday is today. I miss you Mom and I love you. I am grateful for all of the blessings in my life and cannot help but wonder if you and Dad are helping me to create them.
- February 25, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Pray for Joseph Tramuta, Charles & Thelma Tramuta, Bubby and Joan Tramuta,Gary Calico, Tony and Mae Calico,Gregory and Marie Bruno,Norman Amacker, Barbara Stier,Chris and Corliss,Lilly and Tony, AC,Baby, Nana,Pappa, Nita,Joseph,Johnny, Pat,Sa,Ada, Frank,Elda, Joseph
- February 25, 2010 at 10:39 PM
For a friend of mine, who died this morning. St. Joseph, take Nanni in heaven, near your divine Child
- March 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM
Joseph McGilvray, George T. Lenig
- March 5, 2010 at 11:55 AM
To those I miss very much: Grandmommy, Pappa, Mamaw, Auntie and my dear friends Wes, Lisa and Christie.
- March 5, 2010 at 4:00 PM
To those I miss very much: Grandmommy, Pappa, Mamaw, Auntie and my dear friends Wes, Lisa and Christie.
- March 5, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- JennB said...
Genevieve and Francis Going; Mary and Charles Davis; Ivy Readeth and John Samuel Lucas; Thomas Joseph Burton; Claude Dee Riley; and George Edward Brannon.
- March 6, 2010 at 8:23 PM
For all the Tuzi and Calabrese relatives both living and deceased. For Ralph Tuzi, Kimberly Davis, may you rest in peace. For our family so far away, I pray for you.
- March 8, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Nana and Papa, Grandma and Grandpa. Aunt Katie. All great aunts and uncles. Lynnie and Carrie. Uncle Peter. Mrs. V., Mr. M., Mr. D., Randy, Andy, Sally M., Mr. S., everyone I forgot, all deceased priests, brothers and nuns, all aborted, everyone with no one to pray for them. Amen.
- March 8, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- Rue said...
Ruby Tuesday Fahrun; Rosella DeRiggi; Pellegrino DeRiggi; Antonio Roselli; Maria Acierno; Maria Hartung; Maria Tomiuk Fahrun.
- March 8, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Unknown said...
Mary Patricia Connolly, Eddie Jenkins Sr., Val Kientz, Keith Krasnoff, Wayne Zeringue, Antoinette K-Doe, Skip Campbell, Alice & John Connolly, J.B. Hanks
- March 8, 2010 at 1:58 PM
St Joseph pray for my family members who have gone to their rest: Joseph Trincali, Josephine Trincali, Antonina Tringali, Theresa Brigandi, Natale Brigandi, Sal Guarino, Tom Guarino, Vita Guarino, Vito Guarino
- March 8, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- jessica said...
Mark Davis and Cindy Umlauf
- March 10, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Alice Arnold, Russle Arnold Sr., Russle Arnold Jr., Robert Arnold, William O'Neil, Gma Lauer, Louis Calabro, Aaron Lockhart, Mark Hennehan, Kelly Shay, Paul Charlier, All those babies lost to miscarrage, All those babies lost to abortion. All those who need our prayers.
- March 10, 2010 at 3:12 PM
Mama & Poppy, Grandma & Papa, Lynda, Giulio & Blondie
- March 10, 2010 at 3:26 PM
For the 5th anniversary of my Mother Marge Rotondi's passing; rest in peace Mom. I miss you every single day. I miss you and Dad. You are always with me, I know. May you both be living in eternal peace. Love, Rosemary
I also would like to memorialize a dear friend to our family, Sunny Krawec, and my Aunts Viola and Dorothy as well. I imagine you all "hanging out" together!
- March 11, 2010 at 4:32 PM
For the 5th anniversary of my Mother Marge Rotondi's passing; rest in peace Mom. I miss you every single day. I miss you and Dad. You are always with me, I know. May you both be living in eternal peace. Love, Rosemary
I also would like to memorialize a dear friend to our family, Sunny Krawec, and my Aunts Viola and Dorothy as well. I imagine you all "hanging out" together!
- March 11, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Unknown said...
Pray for the souls of Robert E. and Clarice C. Chandler, Richard P. Johnson, Mary Hersey, Robert J. Anderson Jr. For the sainthood of Ven. Fr. Michael J. McGivney.
- March 13, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- mck said...
for the deceased members of the kelley/lewis families, as well as all ancestors; all those who have died and have no one to pray for them-- especially those closest to heaven.
- March 13, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Wanda Gammel, Maria Rodriguez, Diego Varela, Evelio and Elisa Gonzalez, Miguel Valle
- March 15, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Mother, Father, C.A. Stewart, H.Gene N.
- March 16, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Josefa Lopez Vda. de Escayola and Josefa Giron Beloved Grandmother and Great-Grandmother
- March 16, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Virgie & J.L. Lodrigue, Donnie & Elaine King, Don Rhodes Sr., Curtis Lodrigue, Ricky Lodrigue, Teloria Lodrigue, Caesar Romero Sr.
- March 17, 2010 at 5:06 PM
O San Giuseppe, please pray all my family, for Nonna Rosa in Italy, Nonna and Pappa, Nanny and Pop pop Kelly, Grandad Yackenchick, my dear mother and father, my Godparents, Uncle Johnney and Aunt Sharon, my brothers and sisters, my aunts and uncles, my cousins, and all the members of my Family. Please interceede for the souls in Purgatory especially those who are related to me, Nonna Antonette, Nonno Domenic, Nonno Vincenzo, Zio Antonio, Zia Maria, Cousin Felix, Mrs. Rinaldi, Cousin Davie Doyne, Uncle Angelo, Uncle Frank, Mr. Rinaldi, Mom mom Carr, Aunt Dorthey, Uncle Bill, Grandfather Carr, and Grandfather and Granmother Yackenchick, and all the souls in Purgatory. Please bless His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, our Holy Father; assist him and protect him from his enemies. Bless Bishop Barres. Please bless and reward my saintly pastor, Father Connolly. Bless Father Butera, Father Drucker, Father Zelonis, Kevin Lonergan, Father Keifer, Father Brennen, and all those who serve your church and all those who aspire to become priets. Please pray for all of God's Church. Please bless and help all those who went to our Saint Joseph's Church, in Pottsville ( and Saint Francis' too) which have now been sadly closed. Please bless, also, my new parsih. Please bless our country, the United States of America, and its government. Please pray for the conversion of the liberals, and the success of the conservatives. Please bless all those who are serving our country in the military; protect them and help them defeat Islamic extreamism. Please help all the sick, and the poor, the sinners, and the infidels. Please help all those who could use your help, Mrs Deleon and her family, Mrs Laplaca who has had a stroke, Mrs. Palerino who has cancer, Maria Pottsvilla, Logan Farre who has cancer, and all those in need. Please bless all my neighbors, all my teachers and fellow students at school, and all my associates and relatives. Please bless all my family with holiness, peace, health, and happiness. Please bring all those who are dear to me into heaven. Please bless everyone in the world with all the graces which God thinks we are lacking. Please pray that God's Will is done in all things, at all times, in all places, by all people. Please help me to do well in school. Please grant that I may become a good and holy priest someday. Please help me to know God better, love God better, and serve God better, so that I can live in holiness and in happiness with Him and with my neighbors in this world and in the next.
Thank you, dear Saint Joseph!
Viva San Giuseppe!
O glorioso San Giuseppe, pregate per noi! E cosi sia.
- March 17, 2010 at 7:13 PM
For the deceased members of the DeCastris, Macaluso, Ludovici, Sampere, Braasch and Beccue families
- March 17, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Severo & Nellie Patarini, John Salveti, Jim & Agnes Bukovitz, Charles Overstreet, Jake & Granny Overstreet
- March 18, 2010 at 1:54 AM
- Sacristan said...
Thomas & Louise Backhouse. Ronda Faenza. Keith Aubbuson. Peter Smith. Peter Hall.
- March 18, 2010 at 4:56 AM
- Italophile said...
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
Maria Mistretta Wright, Linwood Gentry Dugat, Sarah Maria Boudreau, P.B. Mistretta, Sr., Suzanne Mariette Mistretta, Naneen Mariette Weismeir, Stephen Francis Mistretta, Amalia Cannon Mistretta, Gaetano Joseph Mistretta, Bernard Mistretta, Andrea Mistretta, Mary Thibaut Causey, Cynthia Montero, Loretta N. Folse Munson, and Henry A. "Tracy" Folse, III
- March 18, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Italophile said...
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.
Maria Mistretta Wright, Linwood Gentry Dugat, P.B. Mistretta, Sr., Suzanne Mariette Mistretta, Naneen Mariette Weismeir, Sarah Maria Boudreau, Bernard Mistretta, Andrea Mistretta, Amalia Cannon Mistretta, Gaetano Mistretta, Cynthia Montero, Mary Thibaut Causey, Loretta Folse Munson, Henry A. "Tracy" Folse, III.
- March 18, 2010 at 11:37 AM
For my beloved Dad Charles L Doss, my beloved Grandparents Stacia. E Doss, Gordon Smith Sr., my beloved Mother-n-Law Betty D. Estes I pray for eternal peace. Amen.
- March 18, 2010 at 4:54 PM
Jerry Sicard and Jim Franklin
- March 18, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Moggie said...
Daddy and Mum, little John, baby girl, Fr. Finch, Fr. Masterson, Fr. Kane, Evelyn, Shirley, Pat N., Arlene, Bill G., Eileen, Millard, John J., Daniel S., Donald M., Iva, Persis, Alta A., Fred A., Robert A., Daniel A., Donald A., Clara L., Henry L., Mary H., Benjamin H., Agnes, Beanie, Lou, Al S., Richard S., Danny S., Bernice, Ralph, Clarence, Sarah P., Laura W., Lynwood P., Henry J., Al S., Eva A., Paul C., Adam P., Alice W., Royce P., Mum's cousin, Omar W., Edna D., Edith C., Ettie H., Bubba H., Dwayne D., Mike, Tommy W., Bob Y. May they rest in peace with our dear Lord. Amen.
- March 19, 2010 at 12:56 AM
- Dr. T.T.Coals said...
Antoinette Brown, John A. Lopez, William T. Ingram, Lucy and Mauro Lioy, J.D. Folsom.
- March 19, 2010 at 5:52 AM
Benjamin R. Valenzuela, Angelina Lara, Joe Valenzuela, Frank Valenzuela, Albert R. Valenzuela,Librada R.Valenzuela, Juanita H. Vargas, Remigio Vargas, Muzzi Lemus, and Albert Lemus. May they rest in peace.
- March 19, 2010 at 7:37 AM
PawPaw, Midgie, Cliff, Michael
- March 19, 2010 at 7:54 AM
For my beloved father, Rolf, taken home one year ago today, and my sweet loving mother, Ellie, taken home 8 weeks later. My heart will always be broken.
- March 19, 2010 at 8:09 AM
Edward J. Ryan, Rev John R. Phelan, Rev. Rudy Beckmann, Margaret Scheve, Mary Probst, Norvell Benoist Sr., Florence Benoist, Granpa Scheve, Edward James Ryan, Katherine Ryan, Emma Beckmann, Joseph Beckmann, Herman Scheve, Frank Scheve, Al Beckmann, Martin(Mike)Beckmann, Mary Beckmann, Dorthy Beckmann, Alice Lang, Kay Lang, Frank Lang, Jeramiah Ryan, Michael Gabriel Benoist, Francis Jean Benoist, Jamie Lee Benoist, Paul Richard Benoist, Louis Beckmann, Debbie Lavall, Theresa Monnig, Mike Armstrong, Edward Armstrong, Raymond Beckmann, Dorthy Beckmann, Jessie Beckmann, McCommish Sisters
- March 19, 2010 at 9:49 AM
Lawrence Joseph
Grace Marie
Katherine and Victor
- March 19, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Edward J Knott jr, Eileen J Knott, Jessica Knott, Matthew Fauvell, Margaret Fauvell, Danial Reilly, Minnie and Anna Molloy, Frank and Josephine Boyle, Jerry and Dot Clinton, Gene McNally, Rita and Van Tassel, Mary Beth Collins, Alicia and Gene Conklin, Adalaide and John Collins, Alicia Knott, Edward J Knott, James Gartland, Dusty Wallace, Jean Shine, Jane Shine,
- March 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Unknown said...
Joseph and Maria Abbot, Sylvia Abbott, Andrea Abbott, Michael, James, and John Simanello,
- March 19, 2010 at 12:19 PM
For Ignacio Jr Avina and Victoria Hernandez
- March 19, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Genevieve of Mystical Hills said...
Clara 'Clare' Callahan Schaff; A.Vincent Schaff; Fr. Harold Cohen, S.J.; Sharon Joyce Alexander; Modenna Ceconi; Mary Louise "Fant" Carlson; Ann and Earl Jones; David and Valley Callahan; Mildred and John Callahan; Elvire Claire Clement Schaff; Elvian Schaff McCormack; Clement Schaff;Rosemary and George Schaff;Martha nd Meredith Schaff;Elmo Delacroix Avet; Veronica Ann Avet;Marte Clement; Dorothy Donnard;Claire Victoria Delacroix; Zoe Avet Chapin; Carl and Eliska Schaff; Ludevine Avet Clement; Vincent Avet; David Thomas and Julia C. Callahan; Lawrence and Margaret Hennessey; Alice Katzenmeyer; Ruby and Charles Peyton; Dennis Barclay; Margaret and Tony Zemanek;Catherine Ryan;
Sr. M. Isabel Rand, R.S.M.;
Sr. M Perpetua Adams, R.S.M.; Sr. Elizabeth Jean DeMuth, R.S.M.; deceased Sisters of Mercy; Fr. Thomas Halley, S.J.; Louis and Vi Voight;
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them...St. Joseph, pray for us.
- March 19, 2010 at 3:10 PM
Joe and Gerry Zahn, Alice Davis Tibbetts, John Paul Shisler, Douglas Kanoy
- March 19, 2010 at 5:27 PM
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.
St. Joseph, please pray for all my deceased family and friends, including our baby who died before birth, and especially for Margaret H. and James F. both of whom died in February, and for Fr. James A. Miceli, who died in December.
- March 19, 2010 at 10:25 PM
Sandra A Capitano Connors; Kenneth Robert Connors; Nadine Bourgeois Capitano; Salvadore Capitano
- March 19, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- Amy Caroline said...
Carolyn Hedrick, Floyd Norton, Joseph Velho, Zulmira Furtado, Helen Hedrick, Alfred Knopf, E.H. Hedrick, Bennie Stewart, and Lucille Stewart
- March 20, 2010 at 1:04 PM
My loving mother Teresa Marinelli
- March 20, 2010 at 2:10 PM

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Framingham: Investigation launched into police abuse allegations
By Norman Miller, Daily News Staff
Police launched an investigation Tuesday into allegations an officer brutalized a handcuffed man high on drugs early Monday morning by slamming the man's head face down into the pavement, then quickly confiscated the cellphone of a witness who was trying to shoot video of the arrest, authorities said.
The MetroWest Daily News reported that Police Chief Kenneth Ferguson said a formal investigation has begun into the allegations made by Harmony Lane resident Richard Porter, who said an unknown officer severely beat Jonel Reyes, 20, of Framingham, on Monday at 1:30 a.m.
"We take these allegations very seriously," said Ferguson. "We have an allegation of police misconduct and we are investigating this."
Porter said he witnessed the beating and went inside to get his cellphone.
He had started recording the aftermath, when an officer grabbed him and "slammed" him into a cruiser. The officer Porter said was slamming Reyes' head into the ground told the other officer to take his phone.
"They gave me a choice. They said we'll either put you under arrest and we'll get a warrant for the phone or you can just give us the phone," said Porter. "After the fact, after they confiscated the phone, a sergeant came over and he's swearing at me. He got in my face and said, 'Instead of videotaping us, why didn't you go over there and help him.' "
The incident began on Monday, when police went to Harmony Lane for a report of a man having a bad reaction to drugs, police spokesman Lt. Stephen Cronin said. Officers encountered Reyes, who was naked and exhibiting behavior like someone who had taken bath salts, a drug that can cause hallucinations and violent outbursts.
Cronin said officers began struggling with Reyes, who fought them as they tried to take him into protective custody. During the struggle, officers sprayed him twice with pepper spray and fought with him to get him handcuffed. Reyes was taken to the MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham to be treated, Cronin said.
Reyes was not arrested at the time, but police said they will charge him with assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. Reyes had been arrested Sunday in Framingham on a Westborough District Court warrant that charged him with driving without a license.
But Porter said the incident was a lot more than what police had initially said.
He said he was in his home when he heard an officer yell "get on the ground, get on the ground," so he went outside to see what happened.
Porter saw Reyes, whom he had seen around the neighborhood several times.
Porter said at one point, Reyes was on the ground, handcuffed and a female officer was sitting on his leg while another officer was kneeling on Reyes' shoulders and neck.
"The cop on the shoulders and neck grabbed his head and banged his (Reyes') face into the pavement," said Porter. "I screamed over to the cop, 'You don't have to bang his head. You already have him subdued, leave him alone.' He kept doing it. Granted, he (Reyes) was on acid, but to push his face into the ground and try to knock him out was way overboard."
Porter said he went inside to get his phone and one officer came and took it away.
Reyes remained hospitalized at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham as of Monday. A hospital spokeswoman said he was in stable condition.
Ferguson said Porter came to the Framingham Police Department on Tuesday to be interviewed as part of the investigation. He said Porter met with a sergeant, who is a supervisor. The chief said that is the first step in a police misconduct allegation investigation. The investigation could later be referred to a superior officer.
Porter said police returned his cellphone on Tuesday. He said there was no video on it, but he said he couldn't be sure he had recorded anything Monday. He said he was happy police are taking the allegations seriously.
"The interview went really well," said Porter. "I felt they already knew the officers. I felt like I got a fair shake and I feel like they're taking it seriously."


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The Plot that Failed
It was one of the matchmakers rare successes and he rejoiced at the thought that both families were pleased with the shiduch he had initiated and that he would soon be collecting his shadchanut fee. But before the climax was reached, he received a call from a friend from abroad who was coming to Israel with his daughter in search of a shiduch for her. The sum he offered the shadchan if he succeeded was far beyond anything he had ever received in his career, and temptation overcame him.
He was convinced that the boy whose engagement was soon to be celebrated would be ideal for his friends daughter. In order to make him available, he rushed off to his father and maliciously lied to him that the girls father was spreading terrible stories about him. He then did the same with the girls father and thus succeeded in breaking up the almost certain match.
This unscrupulous fellow was not so successful when he tried pairing the boy with his friends daughter. But the story did have a happy ending thanks to the initiative taken by the girls father. After his initial anger at his prospective mechutan, he began to have doubts about the accuracy of the shadchans report that he had maligned him. He went to see him and asked why he had spoken against him, and was surprised to hear that the same lie had been told to him. They then embraced each other and the original shiduch finally came to fruition.
When the malicious shadchan had the gall to ask for his fee, since he was the initiator of the match, the local rabbi told him that he would have him publicly ostracized for such behavior and that he had no claim to a fee since he demonstrated that he did not want the original shiduch to succeed.


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E-newsletter Issue #105 | December 6, 2012
Idaho Rep. Maxine Bell began the fiscal session of The Council of State Governments 2012 National Conference by stating the obvious.
"We're still in fiscal trouble," said Bell, who served as moderator for the session at Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Texas.
But speakers at the session, "State Revenue Outlook 2013 and Beyond," offered some encouraging news on some of the major issues facing state governments—budgeting, revenue volatility and public pensions.
"We're coming back to pre-recession levels about a year before we thought," said Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers. States were expected to return to those spending levels in 2014; Pattison said that's likely to occur in 2013. In fact, about half the states are already at pre-recession spending levels, Pattison said.
And, he said, the number of states that have had to go back to make mid-year cuts to the budget after the governor signed it dropped to eight states in the last fiscal year and will drop even further—he predicts two or three states—in the current fiscal year.
With regard to revenues, Pattison said, "states are doing better and they'll continue to do better."
He doesn't, however, expect states to reach the historical average for budgeting.
"The trends are good and we're in a positive area, but unfortunately we may not grow as fast as we did on average," he said.
States also will have the added challenge of fewer funds from the federal government, "because cuts are coming."
But the economy is improving, said Rick Mattoon, senior economist and economic adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
He said the growth in the economy next year is expected to be between 2.6 percent and 2.8 percent, then move up to 3 percent. While the normal expected growth of gross domestic product after a recession is around 5 percent, economists see momentum for the economy, Mattoon said.
Another challenge facing states is the public pension systems of state retirees. About 45 states have addressed that long-term problem with a number of meaningful reforms in the past few years, said Keith Brainard, director of research at the National Association of State Retirement Administrators.
That's helped improve funding levels of many state and local pension systems—which cover about 12 percent of the U.S. workforce, he said. Pensions have garnered a lot of attention the past few years because of those funding levels, Brainard said, but that attention can be misleading.
"There is no national public pension crisis," he said. "To the extent there is a crisis or a problem, it is isolated to a state or locality. You've got some pretty well funded plans and plans that have real serious problems."
He reminded policymakers in the room that the main factor in the low levels of pension funding levels is that plan sponsors—state governments in some cases—have failed consistently in the past to make the required contribution to the pension systems.
To make up for that funding failure, states have taken actions that include raising the age a state employee can retire, requiring plan participants to make higher contributions into the plans, lowering annual cost-of-living adjustments and adopting hybrid retirement plans—part defined contribution, part defined benefit.
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Traveling gives us the opportunity to disconnect from our regular life. You get to forget your problems/issues for a few weeks, it can also help you figure things out that you would not have understood without the distance traveling can give you. We all have crazy schedules, work and a family to take care of, going away alone or with some friends can give you distance and perhaps even make you realize how important these people are for you. Like the saying says: we never know what we have until we lose it.
Another great benefit is the relaxation you get to do. It's nice to live life to its fullest and enjoy a stress free time with yourself. Going on vacation lets us recharge our "batteries" by disconnecting us from our regular life. When we come back we feel invigorated and we are happy to be back in our day to day routine. It's a very good stress remover that has a lot more to give than most people are willing to accept.
Traveling increases our knowledge and widens our perspective. To view new customs, different ways of living is fantastic for the mind. It gives us a new perspective about life and especially our life, it can help us change some of our habits or even create new ones. When I travel I usually make it a point to try new food, some cultures don't have fries in their diet and they are all skinny, others use spices to give taste and not oils or fats. Discovering different values and ways to get by in life is really interesting. You also need to visit exotic new places and discover what this wonderful world has to offer.


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Chuck Cleland
posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 7:18 am
I am trying to estimate power for a relatively simple LGM. The model specifies linear growth over 4 time points which is unrelated to intial status but dependent on a single covariate (a dummy variable). Here is what I think the correct Mplus specification of the model is:
i BY
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[i*0 s*.1];
i WITH s*0;
i ON x1*.0;
s ON x1*.125;
I think this corresponds to a squared multiple correlation for the slope factor of about .04, ( (.125 - 0) / (.09^.5)). The Monte Carlo approach to power for the s ON x1 effect suggests that power is only .75 with 200 subjects (no missing data, normal data). I then used the Satorra-Saris method on the same model and find .80 power for only 52 subjects. The approximate noncentrality parameter obtained when misspecifying s ON x1 to 0 was 75.760 with n = 500).
1 - pchisq(qchisq(.95, df=1), 1, (52/500)*75.760)
= 0.801503
Are there mistakes in my use of either MC or SS? Could anyone comment on the differences I seem to get using the MC and SS approaches? I can provide the Mplus input files for either MC or SS.
posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 9:26 am
Muthen-Curran (1997) compared SS with MC power; see p. 383. They found reasonably good agreement at total n=200 (with a 50-50 split on the x variable). SS may be off at the low n=52. What does SS give at n=200?
posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 9:56 am
Your results do seem a bit strange. If you send me the input for both the MC and SS runs (all steps for SS) I'll take a quick look to see if I spot any input errors.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 2:13 pm
In the MC power calculation, you specified the mean of x1 to be .5 in the MONTECARLO command and cut it at zero resulting in a mean of .691. Note that the x1 mean in the MONTECARLO command refers to the mean of x1 before it is cut. In the SS power calculation, you have a mean of .5 for x1. When I change the mean for x1 from .5 to 0 for the MC run, so that the mean for the x1 variable used in the analysis is .5, the power is .889 at n=250 which is probably closer to the SS power. I am sending you the output.
posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 8:41 am
Hi, Dr. Muthen:I have a question in terms of estimating effect size of slope factor regressed oin a covariate equivalent to your paper Muth and Muthen 2002. There, the covariate predicting growth rate factor is a categorical variable, I just wonder if the covariate is continuous, how to calculate the effect size of the regression coefficient,that is slope regressoned on x.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 4:46 pm
I don't know that there is generally agreed upon way to do this. But how about looking at mean differences in the outcome (divided by SD) for a 1 SD change in the continuous covariate? Or any amount of change that can be seen in practice.
posted on Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 1:54 pm
I recently conducted a multiple group LGM analysis (2 groups, n=72 and n=69, total N=141). The model includes four time-invariant covariates (correlated), an intercept, linear slope, and quadratic slope, with seven time points contributing to their estimation. In all, the model includes 7 dependent variables, 4 independent variables, and 3 continuous latent variables.
I am wondering if there is any way I can justify adequate power of this analysis without conducting a Monte Carlo Power Analysis (as this might be beyond my skill level). Do you know of any literature or other output data I can use to support an analysis of this type with my sample size?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 10:56 am
I know of no way to support this other than a Monte Carlo study.
posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 2:06 pm
Hello again,
Thanks very much for your suggestion. I am now attempting to conduct the Monte Carlo analysis, but running into some warnings and errors due to incorrect syntax. Here are two issues:
1. Duplicate warnings for my MODEL and MODEL POPULATION command
Is there a way to address these? I am guessing that I've incorrectly specified the MODEL and MODEL POPULATION for the 2-group LGM.
2. And the following error: ERROR in MODEL MISSING command No MODEL statements for MODEL MISSING. True values must be specified.
The model is missing data on dependent variables, however I am not certain what to specify for the Model Missing command for a 2-group model.
Any help or examples would be very much appreciated.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 4:57 pm
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Hemant Kher
posted on Monday, November 01, 2010 - 7:18 am
Hello Professors Muthen & Muthen,
I fit a growth model to a sample n=150. The measured variable is self efficacy which is the sum of all items at each of the 4 time points. The intercept and the slope have means of 65 and 6 respectively, and the growth is non-linear with slopes of 0, 0, 1 and 2 (no change in periods 1 and 2).
Realizing that effect size is large (regression coefficient of 6), can I use the Monte Carlo procedure to determine minimum sample size for a power of 0.8 or more? Is it reasonable to input observed means (and variances and other required parameters) from my analysis for this?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, November 01, 2010 - 9:05 am
You can use your sample values as population parameter values if you believe they are good approximations of the population values. With a sample size of 150, this may or may not be a reasonable assumption. This may be the best information you have about your population.
Hemant Kher
posted on Monday, November 01, 2010 - 9:26 am
Thank you for your response Professor Muthen. Yes, this is the best guesstimate of population parameters as prior studies have only considered 2-point designs and have not used LGM for analysis.
I also tried other sample sizes given my estimated paramter values to get an idea as to when the sample size would be too small based on a power of 0.80. It seems that a sample of 150 appears adequate.
Hemant Kher
posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 2:56 pm
Hello Professors Muthen & Muthen,
I am writing about the issue of power analysis. Your answer above was very helpful. Just to confirm:
(1) the final column in the Monte Carlo output, labeled %Sig Coeff is the power estimate (% times the null hypothesis of zero was rejected)
(2) I also assume that the power analysis also holds for other outcomes, such as the variance of the intercept and slope, as well as the covariance between them
Thank you as always for your time
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 4:14 pm
1. Yes.
2. Yes, although variance testing is complicated by the fact that you are testing on the border of the admissible parameter space, so I am not sure how good the power estimate is there.
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Little cooks dream up Mother's Day menus
Chances are, at some point in your childhood, you attempted a Mother's Day breakfast in bed, with mixed results. (Mine involved a pot of tea made by dunking a tea bag in hot tap water even though my mother was, in fact, a coffee drinker.) But even if the result is less than stellar, these are the first steps to recognizing that mothers deserve a break from their myriad parental duties which, for many, include a lot of cooking.
Not much has changed. While whipping up organic blueberry and banana pancakes at Hetherington Public School recently, the students in Ms. Enza Wood's Grade 2-3 class shared their ideas for what to prepare for Mother's Day.
Maybe it had something to do with the pancake curriculum, but several students dreamed up elaborate breakfast menus for Mom.
Tyler Parent said he'd opt for pancakes, or even waffles. Madison Glendenning suggested bacon, eggs and a side of potatoes.
Esha Adeogun reminded her classmates that if they're going to make breakfast, not to leave out the toast.
These little cooks also know when to get help from the grown ups. "I would ask my grandma for help," said Liam Hamilton. "She lives right next to my house."
Aaron Shahwan said his mother likes healthy shakes, so he would do a repeat of a smoothie he whipped up with his dad's help: strawberries, blueberries and banana all served up with a side dish of fresh fruit. "She loved it."
Classmate Brandon Tiron opted for lunch, so his mom would get to sleep in. "I would pour my mom a glass of champagne," he said, "And give her lunch in bed."
Jordyn Burton also devised a lunch menu because her mom would rather go for salad. "Moms are healthy and they like healthy stuff," she said. How would she top up this special Mother's Day salad? With apple slices.
Dalinna Ung said she might make lunch, too, since her mother's favourite dish involves pork and chicken.
Kage Neff focused on dinner. His mom likes to eat at the restaurant for a treat, he said, but his at-home dinner menu would include soup and bread. It's important to show he cares, after all. "She does lots of things for me," he said.
Or, take Teton Badger's advice and skip right to dessert! What would he serve his mother? Pie.
And Desmond Strilchuck, putting the finishing touches on his picture of flower buds on a vine, had an idea for sprucing up a Mother's Day meal: add a handmade craft for decoration.
Baking helps students in other ways
This isn't the first cooking task Ms. Wood's students have tackled this year. After a successful soy nut butter and jelly sandwich venture, they've graduated to pancakes … with help from the teachers, of course, when it comes to anything near the griddle.
Copying and following a recipe helps students learn what's known as "procedural writing" in education-speak, said Wood. And along with reading and writing, preparing pancakes also requires measuring, calculating fractions, stirring, cracking eggs and delegating tasks. Plus, these students were able to accurately name all their cooking utensils, including spatulas and whisks!


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Reducing design time is critical in engineering because the result is lower costs and faster time to market. Design time often includes a number of non-value-added activities such as re-design, over-design, or scope creep that can be minimized by thoroughly understanding all of the application criteria and verifying calculations and analysis via parametric testing of components, modules, and full assemblies with data acquisition equipment, and proving out projected performance results with testing.
Capture as much of the pertinent application information as possible in the beginning to avoid having to go back and repeat portions, if not the entire design process. Be wary and prepared for scope change. Use theoretical calculations and analyses to determine the best initial designs, and then compare them with test measurements of the key performance attributes on actual equipment. Confirm bench test results by performing cycle tests under actual field conditions.
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The first and very critical step of nearly every engineering process is identifying the application requirements. Each product may have a unique set of criteria that will affect its performance. Using a checklist will help to ensure the consideration of parameters that may otherwise be overlooked.
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A good place to start is by defining the direction and magnitude of the load. The system orientation can be very important. With a horizontal orientation, the drive load is equal to the payload weight, times the frictional coefficient. With a vertical orientation, the drive load is equal to the weight. Loads acting on linear bearings and guides can be vertical loads, horizontal loads, or pitch, roll, or yaw moment loads, or any combination thereof. Loads may also vary in their magnitude and direction.
The resultant load vectors at each bearing must be established from the proper combination of the various load vectors to which the linear bearing system is subjected, as life expectancy cannot be estimated based on just the overall system load vectors. The load that each linear bearing is subjected to is called the equivalent load for that given bearing. The system is then sized based on the sizing of the most heavily loaded bearing. For more information on computation methods for an equivalent load, refer to the linear bearing and guide suppliers' catalogs.
A ball screw assembly, for example, is intended to carry axial loads, translating rotational motion to axial motion. The ability of the ball screw to resist buckling under compressive loads is called its column strength. The screw carries an axial load that is effectively equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the load imparted to the ball nut — its complementary part — and is related by the design geometries to the driving motor's torque. In general, the column strength is the limiting design parameter because for longer lengths, it can be much lower than the material's actual compressive strength. Since the free length-to-diameter ratio is intimately related to column bucking, it follows that for a given diameter, the axial load capacity of a ball screw is dependent upon its free length.


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Mount Saint Mary - 74, Farmingdale State - 68
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Mount Saint Mary College Knights defeated Farmingdale State 74-68 in today's Skyline Conference men's basketball game in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Knights improved to 15-5, 13-3 in the conference with the win, while Farmingdale dropped to 12-8, 11-4 in the Skyline.
Mount Saint Mary led 25-22 at the half, despite struggling from long range (0-for-12), but came out in the second and shot 60-percent from three-point territory to go on for the six point victory. The game featured 16 lead changes before the Knights took the final lead of the day with 7:23 left to play on a three-pointer from sophomore guard Lenny Ragaglia (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's Boys).
Farmingdale State was led by junior guard Dyshaun Flournoy (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) with a game-high 20 points, including four three's. Junior guard Richard Payton (Amityville, N.Y./Amityville) finished with 12 points, three assists, three steals. Junior guard Joshua Smith (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) had five assists and three steals for the day, along with seven points and four rebounds.
With four players in double figures, Mount Saint Mary's junior forward Carlos Valdez (Carolina, Puerto Rico/Minisink Valley) scored a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds. Senior forward Tim Morris (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich) had 18 points, Ragaglia had 12 points and freshman guard Donte Howell (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) finished with 10 points.
The Rams will now host Old Westbury in a Skyline game on Tuesday, February 8th at 8:00 p.m. The game is a fundraiser to raise awareness on Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Women's game starts at 6:00 p.m. General admission is $2, admission with student ID will be $1.


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Welcome to the Department of Religion!Religion is one of the most powerful forces in society—from ancient times to today, religious beliefs, practices, texts and traditions have played a formative role in nearly every aspect of human life. Politics, economics, literature and great works of art have long been inspired by religion—perhaps today even more so than in antiquity.
And yet, how much do you really know about religion and its many forms and cultural expressions?Courses in our department explore the study of religion from intercultural, comparative and multidisciplinary perspectives. As scholars of religion, faculty members in our department feel strongly that religious literacy is essential knowledge for the exercise of informed local, national and global citizenship in an increasingly complicated world.Whether you think of religion as an expression of ultimate meaning, a binding social force, a physiological impulse or a set of beliefs and practices, courses in our department will challenge your presuppositions and help you think critically. If you are just getting started and want to learn the basics, What Is Religion? provides an overview of world religions and of the scholarly methods used to study them. Or, if you are curious about a particular religious tradition, consider taking Hinduism, Islam, or another of our tradition-focused courses. Courses like Religion and Modern Culture or Religious Conflict, Violence & Peacemaking will give you an opportunity to think about religion in its various contemporary cultural and social contexts. And if you have ever wondered how scholars approach classical religious texts, Hebrew Scriptures in Context, New Testament in Context and Dead Sea Scrolls are courses that will give you a whole new perspective on the biblical traditions.One of the fun things about religion courses, is that you learn to see religion in some unexpected places. In Spiritual Dimensions of Healing, you'll also get to study Chinese medicine, and in Religion and Fantasy, you'll come to understand Harry Potter in a whole new way. And, if you're interested in how religion intersects with sustainability, check out one of our courses in Environmental Ethics.If you're still not sure that the academic study of religion is for you, feel free to visit us on the second floor of East College. We welcome your questions and your curiosity!
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Since 1994, Avalon Organics have worked diligently to create exceptionally pure and effective personal care products. Avalon Organics are inspired by organic agriculture and the ongoing struggle towards true sustainability. Avalon Organics are humbled by a profound respect for the life of all things, as demonstrated by their use of 100% vegetarian ingredients and their rejection of animal testing at any level. To Avalon Organics, honoring the body with Consciousness in Cosmetics® is a guiding principle in their continuous journey to make safe, natural and effective products. The road from 1994 to today has been exciting and meaningful. But 2012 marked their most profoundly rewarding period, as they announced the total reformulation of the brand so that every product Avalon Organics make could be certified to the NSF/ANSI 305 Standard for Personal Care Products Containing Organic Ingredients or the USDA National Organic Program. As Avalon Organics continue their journey, they are grateful for the privilege of sharing their body care formulas with you. Avalon Organics are humbled by this opportunity; it inspires them to create formulas that are satisfying, effective and conscious of your health and the environment we share together.
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First and foremost Avalon Organics' purpose is to create an extraordinary range of truly effective personal care products that are inherently pure, safe and certified to the NSF/ANSI 305 Standard for Personal Care Products Containing Organic Ingredients.
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of sweetness, it scares
me. This house gives me a perfect
wholeness, a perfect sense of knowing
where not to be.
Let us not go in. It scares me, this
minute by minute retracing
of my steps, over destroyed bridges.
Sweet Lord, I can't
continue. Brave sad skeleton singer.
It's what's inside the haunted house, the deadly
quicksilver, that seals
my veins with lead
in the arid afternoon.
The jet doesn't know how we
can go on. It terrifies me. Valor but
a memory, I do not continue. Sad ruby
red skeleton, just whistle, just whistle.
César Vallejo: Trilce (XXVII), 1922, trans. TC
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Tornado waterspout near Cape Formentor, Mallorca: photo by Julian Kupfer, 2006


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Patriots need Tom Brady, but need their running game even more
The very first play the New England Patriots ran from scrimmage Saturday night was a handoff to LeGarrette Blount. No one could have thought it would become the theme of the night.
Blount blasted over the left side for a touchdown from 2 yards out, the Patriots led 7-0 75 seconds into their AFC playoff game against the Colts, and they didn't put the sledgehammer down until their 43-22 victory was complete.
It seemed implausible that the Patriots could not only win a playoff game with Tom Brady not throwing a single touchdown pass, even at home, and even in the cold, soaked, windy conditions in Foxboro. It seemed even less likely that it was possible in a game against Andrew Luck, who had passed the Colts out of a huge hole the week before in a 45-44 comeback win over Kansas City in the wild-card round.
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But Blount made it look easy. To be fair, of course, the Patriots' defense helped on that touchdown, as Alfonzo Dennard intercepted Luck on the game's first series and ran it back to the 2. Blount did the rest, and did it with stunning ease.
The Colts never truly slowed him down when it counted, and they didn't do much against the rest of the Patriots running game, either. Blount scored four touchdowns, three from short-yardage and one from 73 yards early in the fourth quarter. He finished with 166 yards on 24 carries.
Throw in two short touchdown runs by Stevan Ridley and a two-point conversion run by Ridley, and the Patriots had little problem controlling the game—early, when they jumped ahead 21-7, and in the end, when the Colts had climbed back to within 29-22 late in the third quarter.
The style of win has to give pause to the Patriots' opponent in next week's AFC championship game, the winner of Sunday's Chargers-Broncos game in Denver. The message: The Patriots can win in any manner they like.
The Patriots took the pressure off of Brady's arm and what was left of his receiving corps, which lost yet another member when Kenbrell Thompkins was knocked out of the game in the third quarter. It was only the fourth time in Brady's 25-game postseason career, dating back to his first start in their first Super Bowl season in 2001, that he'd gone without a touchdown pass.
Amazingly, the Patriots are 4-0 in those games. On Saturday, they rolled up 234 yards on 46 carries; Brady threw just 25 times, with underwhelming numbers (13-for-25, 198 yards). Luck was as electrifying as Brady was pedestrian—but in good and bad ways: two touchdown passes to get them back into the game, but four interceptions to take them right back out of it.
This is the Patriots' third straight trip to the AFC title game, with a loss to Baltimore last year and a win over the Ravens the year before—in a game, coincidentally, where Brady didn't throw a touchdown pass.
It's all food for thought for the Chargers and Broncos, as soon as that winner is decided.


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Miley Cyrus Spotted Leaving Marijuana Dispensary
At this point, she's just bein' Miley. Miley Cyrus was photographed leaving a medical marijuana dispensary in Sherman Oaks, Calif. this week.
The news shouldn't come as a huge shock to anyone, as Cyrus has been as well-documented fan of the wacky tobaccy for a while. When a video of Cyrus inhaling from a bong went viral, she apologized and said she was smoking salvia. Shortly thereafter, yet another semi-scandalous video of Cyrus hit the Web. This time, Cyrus joked about her Bob Marley birthday cake, saying, "You know you're a stoner when friends make you a Bob Marley cake. You know you smoke way too much f—in' weed."
Cyrus recently came to the defense of her on-screen mom, Demi Moore. Moore and Cyrus partied together recently shortly before Moore entered rehab following an overdose of nitrous oxide, though it was also reported that Moore was smoking something (though there are disputes as to what she actually inhaled). Cyrus was photographed at the party posing suggestively with a now-infamous "penis cake" for her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth's birthday. Was she inhaling then, too?
Cyrus isn't revealing anything we didn't know already. And who knows? Maybe she was just getting into character for her part as Lola in 'LOL.'


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text: Former boxing promoter Frank Maloney is undergoing a sex change, according to a newspaper interview published Sunday.The 61-year-old Maloney, who guided Lennox Lewis to the world heavyweight title in the 1990s, is now living as a woman by the name of Kellie, Britain's Sunday Mirror reported.The twice-married Maloney ended an illustrious career last October and told the paper about undergoing hormone treatment for two years in preparation for a sex change operation."I was born in the wrong body and I have always known I was a woman," Maloney was quoted as saying by the Mirror. "I can't keep living in the shadows. That is why I am doing what I am today. Living with the burden any longer would have killed me. "What was wrong at birth is now being medically corrected. I have a female brain. I knew I was different from the minute I could compare myself to other children. I wasn't in the right body. I was jealous of girls."Maloney said a boxing career helped bring in enough money to walk away from the sport and live a new life as a woman."It was something that I was determined to suppress and keep wrapped up because I didn't want to be seen different," Maloney said."(Boxing) took up all of my time. It gave me a complete focus. It was something I thought I had to be successful in because I thought if I failed in that, where do I go?"-SAPA


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Hi! It's Quilted Works blogging with you today on the Moda Bake Shop. We are excited to be here again to share a unique project created by Rhonda Ferguson, an instructor here at Quilted Works. This super easy "Ring of Memories" is sure to be a project you're going to want to make. It's just perfect as a gift for little ones, because we all know kids LOVE to see pictures of themselves. And what a great way to accomplish that…with fabric of course!
- Family Pictures
- Charm Pack (one square for each picture)
- Iron-on Photo Transfer Paper
- Hobbs Batting – 3 1/2″ square for every two pictures
- 1/4″ (6mm) Eyelets and setting tools
- 2-inch metal book ring (found at office supply stores)
Picture Preparation:
Bring family pictures into a photo editing program and crop pictures to make them square. Make sure you leave enough room on the top left or right hand corner so that the eyelet will not interfere with the faces in your pictures – this should be approximately 1/2″. Save pictures to your desktop.
Insert a total of six pictures onto the page using the steps listed above. Pictures will be end to end with the paper having 1/4″ margins. *You can print the photos any size you wish. We did the 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ to maximize the use of our photo transfer paper.
Remove any paper from your printer's paper tray and insert photo transfer paper (one at a time) into the tray. Using manufacturer's directions, adjust settings as needed for your printer and print.
Cut out pictures to 3 1/2 x 3 1/2″.
Choose a charm square for each picture. Place the picture in the center of the charm square and iron it on, according to manufacturer's directions.
Group pictures in sets of two. Remember that you need to leave room for the eyelet so it doesn't interfere with faces in the picture.
Make a sandwich with a picture square (right side down), then a layer of batting (centered over picture) and last another picture square (right side up).
Pin the square in each corner, lining up the corner of the top picture, the corner of the batting and the corner of the bottom picture. Follow these instructions for each set of pictures.
With coordinating thread, sew 1/8″ away from edge of picture.
Following directions on eyelet package, place eyelet in top left hand corner of each picture square.
We placed the eyelet on the picture and traced the inside, then cut out that small circle to fit the eyelet piece inside.
Trim edges of fabric square with pinking shears to desired size. I trimmed 1/4″ from each side.
Slide picture squares onto the 2″ metal ring and you're done!
One darling Photo Book! The perfect gift for baby!!!
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The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter - a film about three Pennsylvania steel worker buds who go off to fight in Vietnam, and how the war affects them and the people around them - was massively praised on release back in '78. Time has been a mixed bag for the film, though everyone would agree the acting, with Robert De Niro leading a cast of then mostly unknowns, is exceptional; it's the film's murky politics and point of view that has been put into question. Much of the reevaluation has arisen with the epic rise and brutal fall that director Michael Cimino went through. But regardless of what the film was trying to convey, what is on screen is a stunning looking piece of filmmaking. Like a great symphony, it is often gentle and quiet, but still emotional and then loud with a horn section of shocking violence, giving the film a massive punch to pack.
The first third of the film's three-hour running time follows a group of steel workers first preparing for Steven's (John Savage) Russian Orthodox wedding and then a deer hunting trip as Steven, Michael (De Niro), and Nick (Christopher Walken) are about to be shipped out to Vietnam. They are joined by three other friends played by George Dzundza (Basic Instinct), Chuck Aspegren in his only film role, and the great John Cazale (Fredo of The Godfather and Sal of Dog Day Afternoon in his fifth and final film role before he died). The overly tense Michael also has a little thing for Nick's girlfriend, Linda (Meryl Streep), but acting on it would play against his machismo code.Continue Reading
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Clint Eastwood hit the big time with his trio of Sergio Leone-directed genre-bending spaghetti westerns and then propelled to superstardom with the vigilante-cop Dirty Harry flicks. But even while playing the mega-star in commercial fare he still managed to make a number of unusual flicks you wouldn't expect from an actor riding such a glorious wave. Films like the gothic, civil war, teen lust thriller The Beguiled or playing a sociopathic rapist gunmen in the western High Plains Drifter (both great flicks) matched by what could only be called a homoerotic, action, road, buddy-dramady called Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, it's like Midnight Cowboy but with fast cars and guns. The other thing that makes the movie so unique in Eastwood's filmography; it was the only time in the era that he was paired with a co-star with so much measurable talent. In his best performance after his debate in The Last Picture Show, Jeff Bridges gives a fascinating performance and shows why he would also eventually reach iconic status (he also got well-deserved Oscar nominations for both films). Thunderbolt and Lightfoot provides Eastwood fans with the expected muscle, but also an odd dose of heart.
After the syrupy theme song by Paul Williams called "Where Do I Go From Here?" Eastwood first appears on screen as a minister giving a sermon in a church. When an assassin tries to shoot him, clearing the church, he takes off on foot and is saved when an ...


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WHAT: University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe will visit St. Joseph, Missouri, as part of his Show Me Value tour focused on communicating the value of higher education to all Missourians. The Show Me Value message was created in response to growing national sentiment that the value of a college degree is declining and that youth should be encouraged to find alternatives to obtaining a four-year college degree.
President Wolfe will discuss both the personal and societal benefits of obtaining a college degree to eighth graders in St. Joe, as well as meet with education, business and civic leaders to discuss barriers to college attainment and ways higher education leaders can improve college-going rates. He also will visit with a St. Joseph-area business to discuss workforce needs and ways the university can help prepare students for the workplace.
WHEN/WHERE: Friday, March 22
9-9:45 a.m. Truman Middle School
10-10:45 a.m. Bode Middle School
11-11:45 a.m. Robidoux Middle School
1-1:45 p.m. Spring Garden Middle School
Media who would like to attend the school events are asked to RSVP to Chief Communications Officer Jennifer Hollingshead at the contact information above no later than noon Thursday, March 21. President Wolfe will be available for a limited time following the school events for interviews and to answer questions.
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Rodney Wynn, founder of Wynn with Fitness, holds both a master's of business administration degree and a bachelor's degree in information systems management from the University of San Francisco. Wynn also is a certified specialist in performance nutrition. You can reach him at [email protected].
When your members think of hydration, water is probably the least favorite liquid of choice. In terms of liquid, water just isn't that sexy. TV commercials usually sell the notion that energy drinks, diet sodas and health drinks are good for you and contain only 100 calories or less. There is even a large campaign of the benefits of drinking milk, promoting healthy bones and teeth. The public and your members have forgotten about the basics, and how simple and easy it is to drink water.
Water is accessible everywhere people go. There are drinking fountains at parks, schools, fitness facilities and libraries, but sports drinks and diet drinks typically have to be purchased from a store. Not only does this set the consumer back a few dollars, but also these drinks usually contain unwanted sugar and preservatives. Water (with the exception of unfiltered water) is relatively clean and free of preservatives. So, how do we get clients to buy into the idea of drinking water?
When new clients join a fitness club, they are crying out for help. This is where we as club owners and personal trainers need to establish a baseline because these clients are like sponges, trying to absorb all of the information that they can. We preach that water has to be consumed throughout the workout, but does this carry over to the rest of the client's day? What if the client is on vacation or not working out that day? These are situations that we need to think about to make sure that clients are staying on the right track.
Most clients have busy schedules, so trying to get them to eat and drink at certain intervals can be challenging. Club owners and personal trainers must make this process as seamless as going to work every day. This will take time, but once clients have this down, it becomes second nature.
One of the things that can be done is to show clients a comparison chart of calories and sugar that is in sodas, juices and sports drinks. If clients are on a limited calorie diet, you can quantify how a couple of these drinks can sabotage their diet. A good benchmark is to have clients purchase 20-ounce plastic sports bottles that can be readily filled with water. If a client starts work at 8 a.m. and takes lunch at noon, have them gradually drink the 20 ounces over a 4-hour span. They should do the same thing between the hours of 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. This, in addition to the 8-ounce glasses they drink with breakfast, lunch and dinner, should supply an adequate amount of hydration.
Adequate hydration is crucial to your clients' well-being. If a client is exercising daily, has a well-balanced diet and is getting plenty of sleep but still sees no results, then hydration is an area that should be explored. This gets back to the fundamentals of good health.
There are too many health commercials that prey on the uneducated consumer of a miracle pill that promises weight reduction in as little as 30 days. A consumer usually purchases these items and sees no results. This becomes a frustrating proposition, and one that may have clients drop their fitness activities altogether. Water should be the first thing you mention the next time a client asks what they should do to insure good health.


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Approaching a remote section of the emergency room, I was uncertain as to what I would encounter something about two men pepper-sprayed and brought in by the police department.
However, the police were not the pepper perpetrators. A security guard at a large retail outlet saw the two shoplifting and confronted them. As they fled, the guard pulled his pepper spray. He didnt spray them, he hosed them down.
Reaching the open exam-room door, I could see the officer sitting there, wearing a surgical mask, his eyes red and tearing, his nose running. My eyes and nose did likewise, yet neither of us had been sprayed.
Mutely seated on the exam table was one of the thieves; the other was showering. The one before us was caked with pepper from the neck of his T-shirt to his upper forehead. The totally intoxicated, peppered pair made it past the guard, dove into their Ford Pinto, and, through what must have a waterfall of tears, drove into a masonry wall of an adjacent, big-box store.
In the last two decades, pepper spray and its active ingredient from cayenne peppers, capsaicin and related compounds, has replaced Mace in law enforcement and personal-protection use. Detested for its use in the 60s and 70s, Mace is now a brand name, among others, for pepper spray. Probably of little surprise, capsaicin sprays are simply more effective. Many violent people, be they psychotic, on PCP, methamphetamine or otherwise intoxicated, are more resistant to traditional Mace than to capsaicin.
Pepper sprays are marketed for personal protection/safety, menacing dogs and repelling bears. For use against bears, federal regulations require at least 1 percent capsaicin. Bear-repellant, aerosol cans deliver more volume than personal safety cans and have longer range up to 30 feet, check labels. Whether one carries bear repellant or a handgun (or both), the deterrent has to be immediately available and the owner completely familiar with its use.
Eye contact is essential a cloud of spray rather than spot-on will do resulting in immediate, severe eye pain, watering and loss of vision. If the respiratory tract is hit, throat and chest burning occur as well as coughing and shortness of breath. Water washing is ineffective, and symptoms usually resolve in less than an hour. Deaths from capsaicin are either very rare or nonexistent, depending on whether ones allegiance is to the American Civil Liberties Union or law enforcement.
Does spraying bears simply make them angrier, more aggressive? No. Increased aggression has not appeared in any species studied: dogs, cats, aggressive deer, black or grizzly bears whether free-ranging or caged. A U.S. Forest Service article, Reactions of Free-Ranging Black Bears to Capsaicin Spray Repellant, has details.
Another detail to consider is the legal status of pepper spray. In a number of foreign countries, sprays have the status of weapons for law enforcement use only. Or spray may be available only by license or sold solely for animal defense. In Canada, any spray for use against humans is prohibited, other than by law enforcement.
Whatever the legal status (check, if traveling), capsaicin, properly used, is a good choice.
www.alanfraserhouston.com. Dr. Fraser Houston is a retired emergency room physician who worked at area hospitals after moving to Southwest Colorado from New Hampshire in 1990.


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Classroom assessment techniques: a handbook for college teachers
Jossey-Bass Publishers, Mar 12, 1993 - Education - 427 pages
How well are college student learning? How effectively are faculty teaching? Teachers themselves are the closest observers of learning as it takes place in their classrooms--and thus have the opportunity to become the most effective assessors and improvers of their own teaching. But in order for teaching to improve, teachers must first be able to discover when they are off course, how far off they are, and how to get back on the right track. In "Classroom Assessment Techniques, " Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross provide a practical handbook to help college faculty--and teachers in other settings--develop a better understanding of the learning process in their own classrooms and assess the impact of their teaching upon it.
This revised and greatly expanded edition of their 1988 handbook now includes a self-contained self-assessment device--the Teaching Goals Inventory--for identifying and clarifying instructional goals. And the book offers teachers at all levels of experience detailed, how-to advice on Classroom Assessment--from what it is and how it works to how to plan, implement, and analyze assessment projects. The authors illustrate their approach through numerous case studies and examples that detail the real-life classroom experiences of teachers carrying out successful classroom assessment projects.
The book features fifty valuable Classroom Assessment Techniques, each presented in a format that provides an estimate of the ease of use, a concise description, step-by-step procedures for adapting and administering the technique, practical advice on how to analyze the data, pros, cons, caveats, and other useful information. These fifty Classroom AssessmentTechniques are cross-indexed so that teachers can easily locate the appropriate techniques for assessing their particular teaching goals in their academic disciplines. Techniques are also indexed for their usefulness in assessing content knowledge, higher-order thinking skills, course-related attitudes and values, and students' reactions to the course.
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Citadel adopts GPLv3
The developers of the Citadel messaging and collaboration system are pleased to announce that we are now releasing all of our software under version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
There has been an intentional effort by a particular producer of non-free software to subvert, erode, circumvent, and otherwise undermine the spirit of free software. In the light of recent events, it has become clear to us that GPLv3 will provide stronger protection from patent problems and license circumvention.
Citadel remains the only messaging and collaboration system offering end-to-end GPL across the entire code base, and we continue to lead in this area by being the first to adopt GPLv3. Furthermore, when compared with other systems in its category, Citadel remains the only one that is comprised of end-to-end free software at all. Others offer a feature-limited free version but require a paid license in order to use the "enterprise" or "network" edition. Citadel has no such limitation; we make our very best work available to everyone on the same terms.


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Sugar Rush: Taiyaki and Ice Cream at Three F(x) Ice Cream & Waffles in Jacksonville, FL
Dessert and a show. That's what's on tap at a dessert destination with the quirky name of Three F(x) Ice Cream & Waffles in Jacksonville, Florida. The three "F"s are "fresh" for coffee, "fruits" for ice cream, and "fun treats" for waffles. I found this to be a bit "flaky," for confusing.
Not needing coffee, I went for two "F"s, with the "fun treat" waffles actually being taiyaki. This Japanese street food, which literally translates to "grilled sea bream," is a pancake-like sandwich in the shape of a fish that is generally filled with red bean paste. The Korean owners of Three F(x) make them to order, pouring batter into taiyaki pans and offering more than a dozen fillings. While there are a couple of savory options like beef frank with string cheese, the sweet options prevail—from nutella to "cream cheese cream" to apple cinnamon.
I opted for Taro Taiyaki ($2.45), and per personal (though fairly common) tradition, bit off the head of the fish first. Inside was the taro's captivating purple color, but also a layer of what the taiyaki-maker called egg and cream cheese. Custardy, I'm guessing it was the aforementioned cream cheese cream. Luckily, the earthy and nutty flavor of the taro wasn't completely lost, and the taiyaki brought back memories of enjoying the crisp pastry treat on the Japanese streets.
Meanwhile, a worker will make ice cream fresh in front of you at another station that features an "ice pan" which freezes to -35°F. You get a choice of milk (whole, soy, non-fat) to which you add your desired flavor—including various berries, other fruits, mint, espresso, and of course vanilla and chocolate. Staying with the Asian theme, I chose Green Tea Ice Cream ($4.65, small). The blended mixture gets poured in a crepe-thin layer onto the frozen pan. It starts to freeze instantly, so the worker mixes and manipulates it with two putty knives until it solidifies to the right consistency. Asked if I wanted a fruit topping or two candy toppings (included in the price), I selected pineapple, thinking I'd eat it off the top of the ice cream. When it turned out to be a mix-in rather than a topping, I knew I was in trouble.
Green tea and pineapple wasn't a great combination. The green tea flavor was rather weak, and while not as dry and grainy as I expected from what I saw, the ice cream lacked the rich creaminess I crave. Still, it was a fun show to watch, and given that everything's made fresh, I wouldn't hesitate to return to Three F(x) for the refreshing chance to try taiyaki again in an unlikely location far from its native land.
Three F(x) Ice Cream & Waffles
9802 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256 (map) (904) 928-9559; facebook.com/ThreeFxIcecreamwaffles
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