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This year’s theme, developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), is “Look. Listen. Learn.  Be Aware.  Fire Can Happen Anywhere.”

Visit the NFPA’s Fire Prevention Week website to find safety tip sheets designed to protect your family; videos, games, and apps promoting fire safety; Fire Prevention Week background and history; and much more.

“Awareness is the key to minimizing the risk of fire-related injury or property damage,” BCFPD Fire Chief James Kreher explained.  “We are proud to partner with the NFPA to observe National Fire Week and encourage our residents to review the wealth of fire safety material available on its website.”

  • Cooking, heating, and electrical equipment are the top three causes of home fires in the U.S. every year.
  • Between 2011 and 2015, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 358,500 home fire structures per year. These fires caused 12,300 civilian injuries, 2,510 civilian deaths, and $6.7 billion in direct damage.
  • 60% of home fire deaths occur in homes without working smoke alarms.
  • Home fires burn much faster and hotter than in the past, due to the types of materials used today to build furniture and residential structures.

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It targets those with Alzheimer’s disease who go missing

CHICAGO — A statewide public awareness campaign around the new Silver Search program kicked off recently.

Sixty percent of people with Alzheimer’s disease will wander at some point during their diagnosis. Silver Search is a new tool in Illinois to help train law enforcement agencies across Illinois on how they can help the public when a loved one with dementia goes missing.

All new law enforcement officers will receive an expanded curriculum that includes warning signs to look for, communications skills and the criteria for a Silver Search, as well as procedures for activating a search.

Over the next two years, approximately 2,500 officers and dispatchers will receive this training. Informational cards will also be distributed to every officer in Illinois. The public will also be trained on what to look for though radio and television PSAs, billboards, and social media marketing campaigns in both English and Spanish.

“It’s important to educate the general public about this new program,” Erna Colborn, Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter executive and Region 9 leader, said. “There are 220,000 people in Illinois living with Alzheimer’s disease. I am so thankful to the Silver Search Task force for coming together and putting the safety of Illinois’ most vulnerable citizens first.”

When applicable, Illinois State Police will activate the Endangered Missing Person Advisory. This advisory will alert the public through IDOT highway signs and Illinois Lottery Terminals in addition to the Silver Search website and social media channels.

“In any missing person case, time is of the essence. Nowhere is that more evident than situations where persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia go missing,” Illinois State Police Director Leo P. Schmitz said. “The Silver Search program provides an avenue for a quick and efficient reaction to these types of high-risk situations. This program is a game changer by enhancing the tools that law enforcement can utilize to return this endangered population home safely.”

After legislation backed by the Alzheimer’s Association was enacted, the Silver Search Task Force was created. The Task Force brings agencies and organizations together with the common goal of creating a Silver Search program and toolkit to assist in missing person cases involving those with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Members of this task force meet regularly to collaborate and utilize shared tools.

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Papa's got a brand new bag..

So after being tagged by the lovely Vivian over at Diamonds and Tulle (, I had to join in and share the contents of my bag.This game comes at a time where I am experimenting with carrying on occasion a small over the body bag, this has never been my thing as I usually always have a mega bag so I can carry all sorts! But yesterday I tried this watered down contents...

Bag- Ri2k
Purse- Saddler-
I phone case-Cath Kidtson
Dove deo
Hat- For all the awful Scottish Weather!
Ipohone Nano 5th gen in Red with a patterned case I love!

Make Up Bag- Christian Lacroix
Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Mini
Kirby Grips
W7 Eyeliner in Black
Colgate Mini
Clinique Blush stick in Rosy Blush
Witch Doctor cover up
No 7 Mascara
2True Waterproof black liner
Gosh Lipstick in Darling ( love this nude!)
Mac Lipglass in Underage
Tiny Perfume atomiser
Posie Tint Tester
High Beam Tester
Mini Floss

No wonder my shoulder hurts! and that is with a tiny bag.
I am more a carrier of a big bag like this beauty that has proved a total winner from Rampage, a bit tacky, a big shiny and a bit gold but I have ended up using it pretty much daily since before Christmas as the green silky lining is so nice and the handy massive middle compartment has meant dividing up my stuff and no longer losing things as often.

In here is:
2 litre bottle ( got to get the right intake a day, I carry this all the time, it is so heavy when full!)
Umbrella by Billy Bag
Batiste mini dry shampoo ( if you don't carry this you really must, it is my lifesaver!)
Dove Mini Deo
Mini Hairspray
Tail comb for a little lift to take me from work to Bar!
End of my Clinique Happy perfume
More Keys!
Ipod with case
I phone with black leather flip case
Saddler Purse
Cath Kidston Glasses case
Hat AND Gloves :)
Really handy pull out charging cord for phone and pod
Make Up same as before with some added little pieces if going somewhere after work!

I can also put in my little packed lunch- Hurrah! I really do love my miniatures huh...

So ladies if you have yet to tip out your bag on the floor- get snapping, In particular I would love:

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Hope you all had a great weekend

  1. These posts are so much fun! I just adore your small purse. Last summer I picked up an itty bitty purse and pared down my items considerably. It was hard to do, but I ended up loving not lugging around so much.

  2. Thanks Jessica! It was a real bargain I got at the weekend, down from £150 to £30 I really am starting to feel that too, it is nice to not be tired from carrying such a heavy bag!

  3. Nice post! I have also lots of things in my bag...

  4. So fun to see these posts! Love your bags :)

  5. Love all your Cath Kitdson cases! I'm trying to make my bags lighter too. :)

    xx Vivian @

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“The crisp freshness of the opening accords is layered over the voluptuous richness of the floral notes. While jasmine is the main floral character, there is a distinctive presence of orange blossom and yang yang. The bright, resinous note of pepper suggests both incense and wood, while the sweetness of vanilla rounds out its sharpness.”

Then comes my second favorite fall winter fragrance. Dior Homme Intense. A Woody Floral Musk fragrance that was originally a limited edition, but is now part of the permanent line up.

As much I love love a fresh citrusy note for my summer fragrance, the powdery is a must feel for a good winter scent. Not only Dior Homme is intense, it is also sophisticated and sensual.

The last but not the least of our Fall Winter must have fragrances, Armani Privé Bois d’Encens.

Another line of fragrances started as a private collection of scents and this one was made to be worn by Armani and his close friends.

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Julia Johnson - Monday, October 22, 2018

This year is the 20th Anniversary of National Curry Week, and what better excuse do you need to enjoy a delicious curry?

What is National Curry Week?

It’s a week-long celebration of everything related to curry. Everyone loves a curry whether it is the gentle tikka masalas and kormas or the stronger madras and vindaloos that you enjoy.

National Curry week first started back in 1998 by Peter Grove, who decided to celebrate Indian cuisine and raise awareness of the wonderful dishes that are served up by chefs from the Indian continent while raising money for charity.

Peter was a food journalist with a terrific love of curry and ethnic food; he was a sports journalist for ITV’s World of Sport, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail.

When is National Curry Week?

This year it starts on 22nd October and runs until 28th October.

What are England’s most popular curries?

The UK's three most popular curries are said to be Chicken Tikka Masala, Korma and Jalfrezi with pilau the number one rice and garlic, the most popular naan.

Indian food was first introduced to England in 1809 during the Victorian Era and the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent.

According to blog.eftours.com the first curry shop was opened in London over 200 years ago, and Indian Food is now among the most popular cuisines in the UK.

It is alleged that Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow in 1971.

What is Balti? Balti is the actual term for the metal bowl or bucket your Balti dish is served in.

The largest naan ever made, according to the Guinness Book of Records, was made in Canada in 2016 and weighed a colossal 32 kg. It was 4.96 metres long and 1.26 m wide!

Did you know that London has more Indian restaurants than Mumbai or Delhi?

Did you know that the Portuguese introduced chilli peppers (native to Mexico) and tomatoes to India?

Each region of India has many traditional dishes and distinct flavours for example, in Kerala, in the south, you are likely to be served sadya which are dishes presented on banana leaves and seafood curries, while in the north-west, around Rajasthan, the cuisine is mainly vegetarian.

If you want to try some very different curries, the take a look at our menus. You can find the finest fish curries, the unique Achari curries from the Punjab as well as a plethora of dishes from mild to very hot.

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Ribbon Finger Sandwiches

Ribbon Finger Sandwiches
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Ribbon Finger Sandwiches

“These can be served immediately but in my opinion they taste best when refrigerated at least 3-4 hours– they will easily keep if made a day ahead of time.”  Erica

2 loaves white bread (I like to find the largest size I can find), or 36 large slices

1 lb. sliced deli ham (I used a roasted honey ham)

1/2 c. mayonnaise

1 (12-16oz) jar Cheez Whiz (the spreadable kind in the glass jar)

Lay out 3 rows of 12 slices of bread.

In a food processor, process ham (in batches if needed) until ham is well chopped.

Place ham in a medium-sized bowl and stir in mayonnaise until smooth and well combined.

On 12 slices of bread, spread about 2 Tbsp. of Cheez Whiz (like you would peanut butter).

On another 12 slices, spread the ham mixture.

Top the cheese slice of bread with the ham spread slice, and then top with the plain slice of

Repeat with all bread slices.

Using a sharp knife gently cut away the crust from each "sandwich".

Cut each square in half and then half once again in the same direction (making long
rectangles as seen in the picture).

Place finger sandwiches (trying not to overlap) in large Ziploc bags and refrigerate until
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I have to say, my expectations for the Best-Selling Summit and Golden Gala Awards were very high after working with DNA on Against The Grain and also filming with them for America’s Premier Experts.

To my surprise, DNA managed to EXCEED those expectations. From the opening cocktail reception to the gala after-party, everything was first class. DNA managed to give us the royal treatment while at the same time making us feel “at home”. This is an extremely difficult task – bringing hundreds of Type A personalities into one room and managing to [almost instantaneously] make them feel like family.

Since the Gala, I’ve leveraged the exposure gained from the book and attending the Golden Gala Awards to secure my first speaking engagement November 2, 2013 in Los Angeles. I have also been a guest on a national radio show “Money for Lunch” and contacted by a local news station to do a “Making A Difference” piece – which will give great exposure not only to my companies but to my non-profit organization.

Working with DNA has changed both my professional and personal life. I am forever grateful and will be a life-long client.

– Aly Benitez

In response to your request for a note on the Summit in Hollywood, let me start by saying what an amazing event it was!  The opportunity to have Jack Canfield, Tom Hopkins, Leigh Steinberg, and the “real” Rudy all at the same event along with 200+ best-selling authors was fantastic.  In addition, the content that you, Jack, Greg and Lindsay shared was excellent.  Then there were the thought leaders and BMOY candidates, which I enjoyed being one of, that brought incredible insights and information on how to improve both in business and in life.  We haven’t even talked about how great the red carpet event was to attend, the bowling night, or the band that you had for the post-party following the awards themselves.  Seeing the excitement and expressions on the faces of all of the authors receiving their awards is special too!

Overall the event was a smashing success in my opinion and I look forward with great anticipation to next year’s event.  I want to thank you and the team again for a wonderful experience that will last a lifetime!  We are all extremely fortunate to have you and the DNA team working with us to create and promote all of the products and services you offer.  The Summit provided a great deal of value, allowed me to network and build new friendships, and brought experts in multiple fields from all over the world together to teach, learn and celebrate.  That combination of events and opportunities is difficult to find and the experiences are impossible to replace.

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In an awe-inspiring several days, culminating with the Friday Night Gala Award, the interaction with other writers and success stories around the world was a lifetime opportunity and a forever memorable event that will be part of the scope of my lifetime.

Being in the same room, where the famous first Oscar awards were given and receiving a Quilly Award allowed for a nostalgic reflection backwards to the past and a future of hope that the award may provide.

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A thrill ran up my spine as I stepped jubilantly up the stairs to receive my Quilly Award at the Golden Gala Awards! I felt like I was at the Academy Awards, which was appropriate since the same designers create the awards for both events. Looking out at the cheering crowd, I felt fulfilled. My dream had been answered. I’m dreaming a new dream that next year I will be back.

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Postby LIONESSATDUSK » Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:39 pm

Hi all! I have read that some Bettas like to play with things. I'm wary on what to use. Not sure about ping pong balls made in China. Plastic beads? Any and all ideas are welcome.
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Bettas do have distinct personalities. Some really enjoy "playing". Have you seen this Betta toy?

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Postby Sivan » Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:53 pm

Some Betta fish will play and others won't. It comes down to their personality. I know many fish will chase floating objects such as ping pong balls, as you mentioned, and others will flare in cowardice from them. There is a fascinating fish training kit I would LOVE to own one day, called the R2 Fish School Kit that includes tunnels, hoops, soccer, limbo, and agility poles to swim through. It was originally developed for goldfish but Betta fish are fully capable of using it.

If I had $30 to spare, I'd buy it!
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Postby The Betta Place » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:56 am

I want to try ping pong balls and see if mine would play with those. I have one boy who is a jumper and I'm thinking the ppb would be something he would interact with. Hmmm I think a shopping trip this weekend ;)
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Postby NeoNebula » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:13 am

My first betta didn't care about the mirror ball. My current betta does flare his gills at it but he doesn't push it around. I'd like to try hoops and ping pong balls -- will look that up!
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September 24, 2016

“September! November!” To hear Betty Buckley cry out the names of the remaining months as the year wanes in “September Song” at Joe’s Pub on Thursday evening was to hear a great dramatic singer dig out the underlying anguish in a standard that is typically treated as a slice of senior nostalgia.

Yes, the days may be dwindling down, but there is consolation. The words, “These few precious days I’ll spend with you” give you an image of grandma and grandpa snuggling under a comforter by the hearth, not of a dazed oldster struggling with Alzheimer’s. Without overstating things, Ms. Buckley found alarm and impending grief in the song.

“September Song” is one of the most memorable moments of her stunning new show “Story Songs,” arguably the strongest cabaret of her career. Ms. Buckley belongs to a small circle of nightclub singers who are truth-tellers. Riding the crest of acclaim she received for her portrayal of “Big Edie” in a Los Angeles production of the musical “Grey Gardens,” Ms. Buckley, her voice in excellent shape, gave everything she sang the shape and depth of a personal confession. Happily, it wasn’t all bleak.

There was “Old Flame,” a zany film-noir pastiche by Joe Iconis, whose punch line deflates the narrator’s fantasy of murderous revenge on an old lover. “Cassandra,” a Jason Robert Brown song from a work in progress, describes a woman who can see into the future but keeps her mouth shut because the men around her say her predictions “never make a lick of sense.” Her icy rendition of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” was a painful reminder that racial prejudice, once thought to be receding, remains a seemingly intractable problem.

Ms. Buckley’s musicians included Christian Jacob, her arranger and musical director on piano, Tony Marino on bass, Oz Noy on guitar, and the drummer Ben Perowsky. Their instrumental settings gave the songs the far-reaching dimensions they deserved. Nearly every one was a reflection on the degree to which time alters our perceptions of life. Most poignant of all was Ms. Buckley’s eloquent rendition of “Don’t Give Up,” Peter Gabriel’s plea for courage in hard times.


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Worcestershire Access Officer, Bobbie Matulja reports:

At our Heavy Horse Experience Day on 30 September, 11 of us went along to Julian Hunt's family farm near Defford to have a go at harnessing, long reining, driving and ploughing with members of the Cotswold Carthorse Society.

The day started with harnessing demonstrations from Julian, who is a Worcestershire BHS committee member, and Dawn Large, who showed us how to prepare a horse for work. Dawn and Julian highlighted the differences between traditional English leather harness (as worn by Dawn's beautiful Ardennes mare, Dora) and modern American driving harness (modelled by Star, a more petite Dales cross). Dawn then demonstrated "putting to" by backing Dora into the shafts and attaching her to a cart.

We were then split into three groups so that everyone could have a go at long reining with a single horse using Dora or Star, and with the pair of massive blue roan Dutch Draughts bought along by Kim Williams for the ploughing.  Annie and Casper were magnificent - Annie was calm and experienced while Casper, who is only seven, had a slightly more feisty personality. Most of the work is done with voice commands, and working with a single horse is obviously easier - so I didn't envy the group who started with the pair!   With the single horses, we had a go at figure eights and then tighter turns round cones and various obstacles in the field.  Given that they were working with a bunch of novices, Dora and Star were models of good behaviour.  Long reining the pair up and down the adjacent concrete involved using more complicated commands which were either aimed at both horses (such as "walk on together"), or at each individual if we wanted one of them to work a bit harder (such as "come round Casper" if we wanted Casper to turn right).

Kim Williams spent his lunch hour setting up the plough, which has to be adjusted to accommodate different soil types and ground conditions, and getting Casper and Annie to put in the first couple of furrows. We then took turns at ploughing, and had a go at driving with Julian and Dawn. Ploughing with two horses is a highly skilled job, so Kim guided the horses while we put our hands to the plough, making sure the guide wheel in front of the plough-share ran straight along the edge of the previous furrow. It was a thrill to feel the sheer power of these two magnificent horses, and we had to take long strides to keep up as the plough cut through the soil.

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Athletes, AF, and Heart Rate Monitors

I haven't run much since late September. Instead I've chosen to focus on climbing, and on increasing strength in areas of my legs that feel weak and present with chronic tightness. As a result I'm not in tip-top running form. On December 24th I went for an evening run. It was already dark outside. My plan was to keep the pace easy and run a few miles on the lighted streets in town before heading into holiday eating binge season.

As I ran up the first hill, less than a quarter mile from my house, I was completely breathless. Struggling to keep my form and stay relaxed, I slowed the pace to a crawl. Two miles, and a long time later, I still wasn't warmed up. My arms and hands were cold and I wasn't sweating. My heart, beating wildly, felt like it was going to leap from my chest. Something was wrong. I walked the last half mile back to my house.

After showering to warm my chilled body, I strapped on my heart rate monitor. According to the monitor my pulse was fluctuating wildly and hovering above 100, even at rest. My resting pulse rate is normally in the mid 40's. Sitting still with a resting pulse two and a half times my normal rate left me short of breath. Standing up made me dizzy. My heart pulsed rapidly, and I could see and feel the beating through my lower left chest wall.

I'd had this feeling before, but never during cold weather, and never before a run. Sometimes after hard running races or workouts, during hot weather, I've had heart palpitations. Normally they go away by the end of the day. While they didn't seem quite normal, running your body nearly to exhaustion isn't quite normal either. I thought it might be some sort of recovery response to my extreme efforts. I'd also had the feeling one other time - during hot weather in the Cascades. I thought I might have had heat stroke. I didn't cool down for hours after finishing a long, fast hike.

I went to bed, hoping the feeling would subside overnight. The following morning my heart rate was still high - about 110 beats/minute at rest. That evening (Merry Christmas Ryan!) I checked myself into the emergency department at my local hospital. They take cardiac issues quite seriously. I was admitted and given an EKG immediately. The EKG showed an arrhythmia called atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation, the most common type of arrhythmia, occurs when the electrical pathways controlling how the heart pumps are interrupted or scattered as they travel across one's heart. This causes uncoordinated contractions, especially in the top chambers, called atria. The lower chambers, called ventricles, do most of the circulating, and have to work extra hard when the atria don't help out. A-fib or AF, as it's often called, is a serious issue. Anytime blood stops flowing smoothly it can clot. A clot in the atria could cause serious heart problems. If the clot is ejected it could cause a pulmonary embolism (a clot that attaches itself to the surface of the lungs), stroke (a clot in an artery in the brain), or thrombosis (blockage of an artery and eventual tissue death). These are life threatening and need to be taken seriously.

I was monitored while the ED doctor consulted with a cardiologist. The doctor briefly explained AF to me. It's not common in younger individuals (it affects about .5% of the population), stress, alcohol, and stimulants (caffeine) can trigger AF, and there are treatments that are effective, especially when you're young and there are no other cardiovascular issues. Afterward I was given the OK to go home, on the conditions that I would see a cardiologist ASAP.

On December 27th I met with a cardiologist who confirmed again that AF was my problem. I was going on day 4 with a resting heart rate of about 90-105. He scheduled an echocardiogram (an ultrasound of my heart) and a procedure called cardioversion to electrically reset my heart (like an automated external defibrillator does).

I took the entire four days in stride and tried not to worry. After all, people can live with a slightly higher than normal heart rate, and drugs can be used to prevent clotting, control your rate and convert your rhythm. However, the thought of living without exercise scared the shit out of me. I can live without running competitively. Honestly, I could probably live without running at all. Climbing though, that's a completely different story. All of my friends are climbers, my partner is a climber. It's what I do for work. It's one of the things I love most about life. In a way it seems so silly and vain, but it's reality for many of us as climbers - we participate in all-encompassing activity that becomes a huge part of who we are as people.

In the weeks following this paroxysmal AF I've learned a lot about my heart's little issue. My rhythm has returned to normal, and my resting pulse rate, measured using a heart rate monitor, is around 46. I've spoken with my mother and maternal grandfather about this too. It turns out my grandfather and all of his surviving siblings (4 of them in total) all have AF. There's a good chance it will show up in my mom's siblings as they reach old age too. There is some evidence that AF, which is not well understood and not attributable to any single gene, is familial.

Here is where things get a bit strange though.  It isn't random, although the people that get it are usually predisposed to it. There are triggers for AF. Stimulants can trigger paroxysmal AF. I drank a lot of coffee. Check that box, Doc. Alcohol is a trigger too. I like beer, and probably drank too much. Check that box too Doc. Both sodium and potassium imbalances can trigger AF. After big exercise days I've had bad muscle cramps. I'm not talking about little cramps, I'm talking about hamstrings staying locked, rigid, and bulletproof for up to five minutes at a time. Check another box on the ol' list. Endurance athletes are 5-10 times more likely to get AF than the broader population. This is not well understood, but it's believed that fibrosis, the thickening of of cardiac tissue as a response to extreme amounts of exertion, may create additional electrical pathways that divert the heart's normal electrical signal. Oops. Put another check box on there. A lack of sleep, or sleep disturbances can also trigger AF. I'm not the most normal sleeper. I've always tended to do short nights (5-6 hours) several times in a row, knowing that I could catch up at some point later on. Check another box there Doc. Add in the fact that I have a familial predisposition and it becomes apparent that AF may rear it's head early in my case.

I've begun running again, and I feel normal. Understandably, I'm going to approach racing a bit more cautiously from now on. I've cut way back on my coffee consumption. I now have one cup of half-caff in the morning, and decaf after that. The same goes for alcohol. A few nights each week I'll have a single drink. Over the past year or two regular sleep has become more important (and enjoyable) and I strive to get anywhere from 7 to 9 hours each night. I've begun drinking more water, and in conjunction with much lower alcohol and caffeine consumption, staying hydrated is easier.

In a way, the whole ordeal was a good thing, I needed to be more careful about how I treat my body, especially because sports are an essential part of my life. The decision was easy. In order to continue doing the things I love as long as possible I needed to change my habits. I feel better and I don't really miss the extra coffee and beer. Besides, I'm spending a bit less money now that $10 microbrew 6-packs pass through my hands very slowly.

AF was pretty easy for me to identify because I have no other health issues that might present similarly. However, if you've had panic attacks, anxiety or chest tightness as a result of stress, AF might feel the similar to them. A heart rate monitor, one of my really useful training tools, confirmed my suspicions and might not be a bad tool to have in the box if you're into endurance training and racing. From now on I'll be paying much closer attention to how I treat my body before and after exercise, and everywhere in between.

As usual, I feel like I'm left with more questions than answers. How many other endurance athletes have had this feeling before? Are there others who've been in my position and done nothing, knowing the feeling would subside? How healthy is extreme endurance training? Is it really good for us, or is it actually shortening the working lifespan of our hearts? Everything in moderation, and abstinence in certain things (like alcohol) seems like a very good idea to me now.


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Last weekend Horizon Hobby held their giant Air Meet in Germany. With loads of different pilots, hundreds of different airplanes, and over 25,000 spectators, Horizon’s German Air Meet is one of the biggest rc events on Earth. The event is used to promote the rc hobby to the people of Germany, who have long been known to love rc aircraft.

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Newly Modified Vancomycin Has Three Independent Mechanisms of Action & Is 1,000-Fold As Active As Native Vancomycin

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have given new superpowers to a lifesaving antibiotic called vancomycin, an advance that could eliminate the threat of antibiotic-resistant infections for years to come. The researchers, led by Dale Boger, PhD, Co-Chair of TSRI's Department of Chemistry, discovered a way to structurally modify vancomycin to make an already-powerful version of the antibiotic even more potent. "Doctors could use this modified form of vancomycin without fear of resistance emerging," said Dr. Boger, whose team announced the finding that was published online on May 30, 2017 in PNAS. The article is titled “Peripheral Modifications of [Ψ[CH2NH]Tpg4]Vancomycin with Added Synergistic Mechanisms of Action Provide Durable and Potent Antibiotics.” The original form of vancomycin is an ideal starting place for developing better antibiotics. The antibiotic has been prescribed by doctors for 60 years, and bacteria are only now developing resistance to it. This suggests bacteria already have a hard time overcoming vancomycin's original "mechanism of action," which works by disrupting how bacteria form cell walls. Dr. Boger called vancomycin "magical" for its proven strength against infections, and previous studies by Boger and his colleagues at TSRI had shown that it is possible to add two modifications to vancomycin to make it even more potent. "With these modifications, you need less of the drug to have the same effect," Dr. Boger said. The new study shows that scientists can make a third modification--which interferes with a bacterium's cell wall in a new way--with promising results. Combined with the previous modifications, this alteration gives vancomycin a 1,000-fold increase in activity, meaning doctors would need to use less of the antibiotic to fight infection. The discovery makes this version of vancomycin the first antibiotic to have three independent mechanisms of action. "This increases the durability of this antibiotic," said Dr. Boger. "Organisms just can't simultaneously work to find a way around three independent mechanisms of action. Even if they found a solution to one of those, the organisms would still be killed by the other two."

Tested against Enterococci bacteria, the new version of vancomycin killed both vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and the original forms of Enterococci.

The next step in this research is to design a way to synthesize the modified vancomycin using fewer steps in the lab, as the current method takes 30 steps. But Dr. Boger calls this the "easy part" of the project, compared with the challenge of designing the molecule in the first place.
Even if the process isn't streamlined, Dr. Boger believes the new vancomycin's lifesaving powers make its production valuable.

"Antibiotics are total cures for bacterial infections," said Dr. Boger. "Making this molecule is important, even by the current approach, if the failure of antibiotics continues."

In addition to Dr. Boger, authors of the study included first author Akinori Okano and Nicholas A. Isley, both of TSRI.

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As a Voluntary Aided Church of England school we have close ties with our local church, Bishop Ridley, on The Green. Services are held at the Church at various times of the year (eg. at Harvest, Christmas, Easter and Pentecost) and classes visit the church to support the RE curriculum and take part in services.

Bishop Ridley School has very close links with local groups and secondary schools, as well as the Police and Pupil Health and Welfare Services. We are developing links with Harris Academy, with whom we share our site, to take advantage of the superior facilities they are able to offer (eg. all weather playing fields, fully equipped gymnasium, ICT provision). We also have close ties with Bexley Grammar School for science projects, as well as Charlton FC and Kent County Cricket Club.

Bishop Ridley Church

We have close links with Bishop Ridley Church and the vicar, Rev. Mark Tariq  comes into school weekly to lead collective worship.

The School also visits the Church regularly for services, for example at Harvest, Easter and Christmas. Year groups also visit the Church for their own year group services throughout the school year.

If you are interested in visiting Bishop Ridley Chuch, there is a warm welcome for everyone.

There are two Sunday Services:

9am Holy Communion

A quiet, contemplative service where traditional liturgy is used.

10.30am Morning Worship

This is an all-age service, with music, worship and teaching. During the sermon, children can go to the Sunday Club.  Once a month, there are also Baptisms during this service, and (on a different Sunday) the Uniformed groups join the Parade Service.  All 10.30 services use powerpoint presentations, making it easy to follow.  Refreshments are served after the service and there is also an opportunity at this time to talk or pray with members of the Pastoral Team.

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Formula One races to stream live on new digital broadcast product.

F1 TV OTT service confirmed for 2018

Formula One has confirmed plans for F1 TV, its new over-the-top (OTT) digital broadcast service.

The new subscription network will launch early in the upcoming 2018 Formula One season, and will feature advertisement-free live streams of each race from the world's leading motorsport series, with access to multi-language commentary and multiple camera angles.

There will also be full access to live coverage of all practice and qualifying sessions, press conferences and pre and post-race interviews, while the channel will also carry action from  the FIA Formula 2 Championship, GP3 Series and Porsche Supercup support series.

F1 TV will be available in nearly two dozen markets at launch, including Germany, France, the US, Mexico, Belgium, Austria, Hungary and several territories in Latin America. The service, which will depend on technical support from Formula One partner Tata Communications, will initially be available via desktop and web services, with mobile and TV apps to follow on Amazon, Apple and Android platforms.

Two subscription offers will be available, with F1 TV Pro including live coverage for between US$8 and US$12 a month, and F1 TV Access carrying live race timing data, radio commentary and highlights videos for a lower rate.

Plans for a new digital broadcast service have been widely discussed since Liberty Media completed its takeover of Formula One in 2016. Last year, US broadcaster NBC ended its relationship with the sport - and was replaced by ESPN - as plans for the OTT network were developed. In a statement, it said it 'chose not to enter into a new agreement in which the rights holder itself competes with us and our distribution partners'.

"With the launch of F1 TV, we are beginning on the journey to build a cornerstone of our digital transformation," said Frank Arthofer, the Formula One director of digital and new business. "F1 TV subscription products are clearly and centrally aimed at our hardest core fans, and we are firm believers that while we are bringing a new audience to the sport, we must always remain focused on delivering products and experiences that serve the most avid F1 fans.

"Our objective with F1 TV is simple: provide these fans with the best available service to watch live Grands Prix and provide them with the best sports OTT customer experience in the world. Our team and our partners are singularly focused on delivering on that vision: not just for launch but over the long-term. Live streaming video is an exciting space changing almost daily.”

Mehul Kapadia, the managing director of Tata Communications' F1 Business, added: “F1 is the first global sport to adopt such an ambitious mobile strategy - and we’re excited to be part of it. A single global OTT video platform, with multiple live feeds and hundreds of hours of past highlights, gives fans the power to create their own unique, immersive motorsports experiences. It’s a way to keep existing audiences hooked and attract new fans to the world of F1 too.”


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A Pair of Pantos brings inclusive Christmas theatre to Brighton this month

The pantomime is a staple of British festive entertainment. Unfortunately, during the last 50 years, it’s become increasingly stale and irrelevant. Matters haven’t always been like this. There was once subversion amongst the slapstick. Panto evolved as circumvention of the legislation which forbade onstage dialogue in most theatres. Somehow this eventually evolved into a parade of crassness, lashed together with a perfunctory narrative and masquerading as family fun. “I was thinking how backwards a lot of the politics were in some of these mainstream pantos,” writer/director Hester Chillingworth tells me. “It’s really just unthinking, they’re like: ‘Yeah. We’ll just trot the same thing out every year’. I wanted to create an alternative offer for kids who love panto.” Like most British children, pantomime offered Chillingworth’s first experience of a big theatre production – and its subconscious messages about how the world should be ‘straight’ and heteronormative.

While most theatre becomes more aware of the audience, many mainstream pantos still churn out the same tired memes. Their cross-dressing characters reinforce gender stereotyping rather than highlighting fluidity, the Dame portrayed as a screeching,

un-loveable harridan. If a young male celebrity is unavailable, the Principal Boy is generally played by a young woman. Devoid of masculinity (and often trousers) she titillates instead of challenges. Meanwhile, the Principal Girl remains resolutely feminine, wide-eyed and vulnerable. “There’s a lot of homophobic, racist and transphobic gags. People will say: ‘Oh, it’s just tradition.’ But we’re having more enlightened conversations nowadays. We know to do better than that.” As a response to this, Chillingworth is writing and directing the forward-thinking A Pair Of Pantos.  It’s more mindful of the signals it sends, laying out a different set of narratives to deliver a universal validating experience. It proves you can have humour without cruelty or ignorance.

Taking the familiar stories of Dick Whittington and Jack And The Beanstalk, Chillingworth  has smashed them together to create a new show about morality, discovery and identity. “You might not even realise what messages you’re absorbing, I just wanted give it a bit of a closer look.” Themes of aspiration and social climbing from the source material have discarded, leaving characters stranded in an imaginary place which might not yet have room for them.

Its protagonist, Jack, has a fantastic idea for making money but things go wrong when the sneaky and contradictory King Rat gets involved.  But nobody knows which pantomime they’re supposed to be in, and Jack is still deciding what underwear is suitable when you’re non-binary.

For the first 150 years of its history, pantomime dramatised and dissected contemptuous political and social issues. Against a backdrop of sweeping change, Victorian audiences swarmed to riotous Christmas shows which offered an exhilarating alternative to the staid mainstream. These highlighted Britain’s issues with colonialism, poverty, worker’s rights and crime. In recent decades large-scale panto has abandoned societal nuances, becoming dumbed-down and spiteful. A Pair Of Pantos succeeds in reversing this trend, creating a relevant fantasy world which doesn’t languish in Disneyesque histrionics and lays out higher ambitions. “It’s probably a more human thing. I’m hoping that children who come to see will feel that it’s ‘right there’ and they can connect to it.”

A Pair Of Pantos comes to Brighton’s Marlborough Theatre on Tues 18 – Thurs 20 Dec, as part of a national tour.

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So I know I've been a way for a little while. I've been working on some posts and this time of year there is always so much going on with all of the holidays coming up. I have also been working on some sewing projects which I hope to share with you all soon. In the meantime here is one of my latest looks. I got this dress for my birthday and I fell in love with it.

Instead of pairing this with a black shoe, I decided to give it a pop of color, going with a turquoise heel.

I especially love the sleeves of this dress!

|| Dress: Sparkle & Fade - you can buy it here (and it's on sale!) | Belt: Patricia Field | Heels: Jessica Simpson ||

So since it is fall, here is an alternative way I'd wear this dress. Even with the sheer inserts this dress has prove to be very warm.

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RM: Tell me about why and how you came to write this play situated in the Hungarian town of Szeged and which brings together an American researcher, an English art dealer, a Hungarian language teacher...

BW: When an earlier play of mine, Getting Over You, was performed in London (at the Etcetera Theatre), it was seen by a Hungarian director, who subsequently contacted me to ask if she could work on the play with students at the University in Szeged. I was delighted; and she subsequently invited me to Szeged, where I worked on the play with the student cast - and later went back to see the play in performance. The play is about an English rock star who goes into reclusive retirement in the early 1970s; but has never come to terms with the reasons for his reclusiveness.

The play moves about in time - shifting between the late 1960s / early 1970s and the present day. I wanted to revisit the 60s and 70s and see these years beyond the commodification of a particular lifestyle. People tend to dismiss that period as a rather empty-headed ‘revolt’. Whilst not in any way wanting to reclaim or recuperate the more vacuous excesses of the period, I wanted to focus on the fact that it was a time when many people were seriously reviewing ideas about family and society, about individualism and social cohesion. I was intrigued by the fact that a play that seemed to me to so very English (the modern day scenes are all set in a grand house on the banks of the Thames) could be relevant to a Hungarian audience, let alone as successful as it was.

I realised that the appeal of the play to the Hungarian cast and audience was the questioning of identity in a time of immense social change. As I subsequently went back to teach at the University in Szeged on many occasions, I became fascinated by the changes taking place in Hungary in the 1990s; and some of the scenes of DOUBLE TONGUE were triggered by specific experiences from times that I spent in Hungary, in particular, the scene in the Fish Restaurant.

RM: It seems that through people's attitudes to food, so much is revealed about Western and Eastern European attitudes towards being Hungarian.

BW: Yes, James, the English art dealer is clearly dismissive and exploitative. Anna, the Hungarian adopts a self-deprecatory voice, almost parodying herself - perhaps in defence against James. Milan does not say a word, he gives nothing away. The different characters’ attitudes are postures. I did not, however, in any way mean the play to be a social documentary but rather an exploration of identity in the broadest sense.

RM: Sexual identity seems central to DOUBLE TONGUE. One of the most exciting aspects of the play is the sense that sexuality is nothing if not fluid. At least two of the characters, James and Robert are, or seem to be, bisexual; and B. is a male prostitute. Questions are left unanswered and you leave us, as an audience, with no certainties.

BW: That’s right. I wanted to portray sexuality as being fluid, as you put it, rather than a definite state. It’s unstable; and when the characters seems convinced of the stability of their sexuality, they are shocked by their own responses to the unexpected.

RM: There is a very strong sense that none of the characters is confident of their sexuality.

BW: They all display varying levels of sexual anxiety. James does not simply come across as bisexual, but, more importantly, is genuinely surprised by the intensity of his attraction for B, the black male prostitute; he’s caught out by his own passion. Certainly, James had played around before, he’s been to the seediest of places in Budapest; but this relationship with B. is different - and he doesn’t know why. He is attracted to the exotic which is why he ends up in the night-club where B works. But he does not expect to be entangled in such a dangerous roller coaster of emotions. Robert, the PhD student, is ambiguous. He is Anna’s lover but he also gives out a lot of signs of being gay. Robert is frightened by his own attitudes, particularly by his own attraction for Milan. I wanted to explore sexuality as something that catches the characters out when they are drawn towards those they should not be attracted to. This sexual instability, which overturns the very foundations of what you think of as your sense of self, is one of the most frightening elements of the play.

RM: But it is also very exciting.

BW: I hope so! It’s complex. I did not want to judge any of the characters, although certainly, I’d judge some of their actions. I think, for example, that Robert’s naïveté, his apparent innocence, is irresponsible - which ties in very closely with his refusal to face up to his ambiguous sexuality. On the other hand, B. has a much better sense of who he is, and what he’s doing. He may be manipulative, but so is Robert. The difference is that B. knows what he is doing, whereas Robert hides behind his mask of being the innocent abroad. B. is, of course, also anxious about who he is but he knows the rules of the game. He adopts the black prostitute’s role as a posture to his advantage and is, therefore, far from being a victim. Sexuality in both cases (i.e. Robert and B.) become another posture.

RM: So are languages. I was intrigued as to how you make the different languages work for you in your previous play Away Games. In Away Games, your British character’s condescending attitudes to French and German speakers clearly reeks of cultural imperialism. In DOUBLE TONGUE, code-switching from English to Hungarian and Serbo Croat is a marked reoccurrence . What are its functions? I suspect this is partly where the title of the play comes from?

BW: The title of the play (a quotation from Midsummer Night’s Dream) certainly refers to the use of the different languages, but it also has sexual connotations and also the implication of duplicity. It’s not unlike that old cliché from Westerns - White Man speak with forked tongue. In this case, however, the use of the various different languages works in a number of ways. At its most basic, it raises the dramatic tension. When, for example, Milan speaks in Serbo-Croat, Robert doesn’t understand him; but then nor will most of the audience. And the situation becomes quite terrifying - for Robert, and for us. It becomes a way of placing the audience in specific positions in relation to the narrative. It is likely that many people will find themselves not understanding what is being said at certain parts of the play; and whilst that could be alienating, I think that in performance it enormously increases the dramatic tension. But the shifting use of language is also thematic, in that one of the things I was wanting to explore in the play is our relationship to the exotic. Robert is attracted to Anna at least partly because she is strange, she’s exciting because she’s so unlike anyone he’s known. But he doesn’t really attempt to understand her. And he’s frightened by her - not least because she is probably the most intelligent person in the play; certainly, she has by far the most assured command of languages - she’s a Hungarian who speaks fluent English and has a pretty good grip on Serbo-Croat. Language is used in numerous different ways in the play: to entice, to exclude, to seduce, to frighten....

RM: How do you think your audiences will react?

BW: I very much hope that the audience in Szeged itself will be highly responsive to this play for obvious reasons. Most of the play is set in Szeged (although there are several scenes in Budapest) and the changes taking place there written from an outsider's point of view and previously circulated elsewhere. I am also, however, self-conscious of writing about Szeged as a foreigner - a stranger in a strange land, though hopefully with more positive attitudes than Robert’s!

RM: And how do you think Milan's outspoken views about the role of Nato in the Balkans will be received?

BW: Milan’s views are shocking. They are not my views; but I think that if we are going to avoid an endless repetition of the terrible conflicts in The Balkans in recent years, then we have to try to understand those views. Milan is terrifying, but it’s important to understand why - and I think that one of the reason’s he is so terrifying is that whilst he’s obsessive and single-minded, he is also plausible. His views about America and the involvement of NATO also act as a sharp contrast to Robert’s political and cultural naïveté. These radical views are certainly intended to be thought-provoking although I am unsure about how they will go down with an English audience.

RM: The play certainly deserves to be seen by large audiences.

BW: Thank you. I guess my worry is that many people in England will be turned off by the politics; that the play is dealing with an issue people don't want to think about too much.

RM: But is that not the reason why we go to the theatre?

BW: I hope so.


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Anyone who is a gamer knows how much video games have changed over the years, and not just the games themselves, but the perception of them. This applies to the blind as well, as our perception of game accessibility, what is playable and what isn’t, has also changed. I’d just like to take a moment to reflect and discuss those differences with you now. Let’s see what you think.

Accessibility in video games has become, as the years have gone on, both more complicated, and yet more simple as well. More complicated because the complexity of games is much, much greater than it used to be, and the implementation of accessibility features would involve the writing and/or rewriting of a whole lot more code. At the same time, though, it has become more simplistic because the possibilities of what can be implemented have expanded. Game companies have drastically increased in size, and games are now developed by teams that can go from small groups to well over a hundred people.

And that’s not all. The fact is, accessibility in retro games simply wasn’t a thing that was considered. Not just for blindness, but for anyone. If there was a game you couldn’t play, that was the end of it. There were no patches or fixes you could hope for. The release of a game was the final product, and that was that.

It’s interesting to think back on how all of these things have changed. In the case of blindness, for instance, we knew to accept that there were things we could play, and things we couldn’t, and nothing could be done about the ones we couldn’t. We had dreams, we had frustration, but we also had acceptance. For this reason, some of what I’ve mentioned above didn’t actually matter to us, because that was the way things were.

After all, it’s difficult to argue the fact that the accessibility threshold was a bit lower, at least for the blind. For instance, most very old games didn’t even have a menu. Old consoles didn’t even have an interface of their own. You pop in the cartridge, you turn on your console, you begin playing. If there was a menu option, it was almost always 1 player or 2. That alone eliminates some of the accessibility problems we face today. No menu memorization, no concern over whether a console has text to speech or how good it is, no store to purchase DLC from… It was a simpler time.

Games themselves were more limited in scope back then as well. This is interesting because it meant that a game was usually completely playable by a blind person, or completely not playable. A fighting game, for instance, didn’t even have an in-game move list back then, and although fighters today almost always fall under the playable category, we still don’t have access to those features in most of them. Back in the old days, though, we had just as much access to a fighter as anyone, as a sighted person couldn’t look things up easily either.

There is also an interesting difference in what we had to learn in order to play a game versus what we have to learn now. In older games, there weren’t as many sound effects used. This was good in that it took us a shorter time to learn what each sound meant, but it was also bad. Less sound effects meant fewer indicators for events. This was made worse in games that used the same sound for multiple things. Older fighters, for instance, used the same voice audio for all male characters, and only used a different one if there was a female character. We had to use other things, such as the sounds of certain moves, to determine which fighter was actually present.

Now, there is so much sound in games. This, too, is a good and bad thing. More sound means more work learning each individual one and what it means. This usually takes much longer now as there are so many sounds in the game that it is possible not to notice a particularly helpful one right away. For example, it took me some time to realize that, in Kingdom Hearts, Saura’s footsteps change depending on what keyblade he’s wielding, but once I figured that out, it was immensely helpful.

The fact that the footstep sound difference I just mentioned even exists, though, is a great example of why more sound is a good thing. As long as we can figure things out, there is loads of information available via our ears, some of which the sighted community doesn’t even notice. This is why today’s audio designers love us. We tend to catch the little details that exist, even though there are so many of them.

Today’s sound goes beyond sounds themselves, though. These days, with technologies like surround sound and even 3D audio, we get even more information. We can tell where something or someone is based on the positioning of its sound in our headphones or speakers. Most older games played all their sound from a single speaker until around the mid 90’s.

I’m not really trying to make a point with this blog. This struck me as an interesting topic because of how different things were than they are now, and I thought it would be fun for you guys to think about it too as we move forward into a new age of accessibility. Yes, accessibility takes a lot more work these days than it might have if we had accessibility features back then, but it’s still happening. Developers are starting to communicate with the disabled community, and they’re starting to listen. It’s a wonderful, magical time, but the past, the way things were in the NES and SNES days, had a sort of magic all its own as well. I hope all of this made sense, and I hope as well that it got you thinking. As always, feel free to comment, and check out the support heading for ways in which you can, well, support this content. Thanks for reading, and continue to be awesome!


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Keyana Prescott scored 33 points this year on Lake Region’s successful indoor track & field team.

“Keyana scores mainly in the hurdles and pole vault.  Recently, she cleared 6’6” (in the pole vault) to break the school record,” Lake Region Coach Mark Snow said. “She accomplished this while practicing only runway approaches and some plant drills.  Her sole legitimate ‘pole vault practice’ each week is at the meet while competing!”

In recognition of her strong work ethic, determination, commitment and good sportsmanship, Keyana is this week’s Boosters and Hancock Lumber “Player of the Week.” Each week, a Lake Region athlete is recognized for his/her dedication (does more than what is asked), work ethic, coachability and academic good standing. Recipients receive a specially-designed t-shirt, sponsored by Hancock Lumber.

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Name: Keyana Prescott

Year in School: Senior

Hometown: Casco

Parents: Pam Babbitt and Jason Prescott

Sports you play: Soccer, indoor and outdoor track & field

School organizations: National Honor Society, Student Council

School honors: Honor roll

Why did you choose to play this sport? I chose to do indoor track & field because the sport is about setting personal records and doing the best you can, as well as the team as a whole.

What is the most difficult part of the sport? I believe that the most difficult part of track is staying motivated to do your very best. Encouragement from your teammates and coaches is key.

What do you enjoy the most about the sport? The thing I enjoy the most about track is that the effort you put into practices pays off and shows at the meet.

What do you feel you need to work on? I would like to improve on my personal record in pole vault because I want to beat the school record again.

Why is teamwork important? In all sports, everyone plays a role in leading a team to success. In track, teamwork is important because we all support one another to do our best, which in turn will make the entire team successful.

What is the biggest impact your coach(es) have had on you? Coach Snow and Coach Caron have pushed me in pole vault and encouraged me to do better every week. Coach Dors has taught me to never give up. He always tells me that the only thing holding me back is between my ears.

How do you want people to view you as an athlete? I would like people to view me as a hardworking and dedicated athlete. I want people to know that I gave every sport my all.

Ten years from now, when you look back on your high school sports career, what do you think you will remember most? When I look back on my high school sports career, I think I will remember all of the new friends I made and the memories with my teams.

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