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By ODU Athletics
Oct. 25, 2009
NORFOLK, Va. -- The Old Dominion women's rowing team kicked off the 2009-10 season and its second season of varsity competition at the Head of the Lafayette on Saturday.
"Conditions were incredibly challenging, but we were happy with the close result of all three of our boats," said head coach Heather Weisel of the Lady Monarchs first competition of the year.
The teams competed on a shorten course from 5000 meters to 2700 meters due to the 25 mph gusting head winds.
The Lady Monarchs claimed the top three positions in the race with the ODU Varsity boat taking first crossing the finish line with a time of 10:12. Placing second was the ODU Frosh "A" shell with a time of 10:51, closely followed by the ODU Frosh "B" boat clocking in at 10:56 to take third.
Also rounding out the competition field was the William & Mary "A" boat in fouth (11:27), the ODU Rowing Club in fifth (11:37), the William & Mary "B" boat in sixth (13:10), the William & Mary "C" shell in seventh (13:26), and Liberty finishing eighth (14:00).
"Our varsity boat is comprised of all sophomores and second year rowers," noted Weisel, "so this was a solid way for them to start the year as they head into varsity level races. The frosh did a great job with several novices who only learned to feather this week. All in all, it was a great event and a nice beginning for us."
The Old Dominion women's rowing team returns to the water in Chattanooga, Tennessee for the Head of the Hooch the weekend of November 7th and 8th.
Head of the Lafayette Results:
1.) ODU Varsity W - 10:12
(Liz Hess, Christine Gravelle, Callie Roadcap, Jennifer Easterling, Marie Gately, Heather Leach, Heather Earle, Laurel Bransfield, Cox - Beth Doughtie)
2.) ODU Frosh "A" - 10:51
(Kiersten Stephens, Amanda May, Shelby Favre, Abby Voss, Meredith Laverdure, Hayes Davis, Gia Thompson, Kelly McHale, Cox - Allison Giegerich)
3.) ODU Frosh "B" - 10:56
(Nicole Meyer, Maeghan Pardy, Amber Ballantyne, Ashley Vente, Diana Lewis, Bridjette Parker, Anne Smith, Mary Kent, Cox - Ashley Payne)
4.) William and Mary "A" - 11:27
6.) William and Mary"B" - 13:10
7.) William and Mary "C" - 13:26
8.) Liberty Univ - 14:00


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이름: Kimberly Alexis Bledel
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Alexis parents encouraged her to try community theater at the age of eight to overcome her shyness. She is best known for her role as Rory Gilmore in the television series Gilmore Girls. Alexis made her film debut in Tuck Everlasting, released in 2002, and has since starred in several films, such as The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Good Guy.

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Besides a table and chairs, no piece fits the dining room better than this quintessentially American country-style cabinet with storage behind doors and a flat surface for serving food. This project fills both needs perfectly and is a study in simple construction. Build a face frame, attach that frame to a four-panel carcase, then add a top and a few simple details and you're set to store and serve.
Start the Cabinet Face First
Prepare the face-frame pieces according to the cut sheet, but add 1/16″ to the width of the stiles so they can be trimmed flush to the frame later. This ensures the assembled face frame overhangs the case when following the cut sheet. Locate and lay out the mortise-and-tenon locations on the rails and stiles.
Because a bead wraps around the inside edges of the face frame (it's not an integral part of the frame) there is no need to leave shoulders on the tenons. In fact, with the center and upper rails being narrow, I like to use the entire width of the rails as a tenon, which adds strength. The mortises are 3/8″ wide and 1-1/16″ deep.
Cut the mortises into both stiles of the face frame. I use a dedicated mortise machine for this task, but you can also chop them by hand or use the drill press to start the mortises then square and clean out the slots with a chisel. The mortise for the top rail is open on the top edge of the stiles. These are the only mortises for the project.
Next, create the matching tenons on the ends of the rails. I set up a dado stack and hog away the waste material, leaving a snug-fitting tenon. With these tenons, because they are the width of the rails, cut only the face cheeks of each end.
Set the dado stack for a 3/16″ deep cut. Set the fence to create a 1″-long tenon, then make passes for each face to form the tenon. The last pass is with the end of the rail tight against the fence. This ensures that all tenons are the same length. And that extra 1/16″ of depth in the mortise is just a glue reservoir.
Check the fit of the first tenon and make any necessary small adjustments. Finish the tenons and assemble the face frame. Apply glue in the mortises and on the tenons then add clamps and allow the glue to dry.
Wrapping Up the Frame
The added beading gives the face frame a "pop" and is so simple to make. Start with a piece of stock surfaced on four sides and milled to 3/4″ thick. Next, chuck a 1/4″ corner-beading bit into the router table. My setup looks different because I position my router horizontally. With the setup in a standard router table you'll run the stock vertically to form the bead.
Run the profile on both edges of one face of the stock and rip those pieces off at the table saw to a 5/16″ width. Then, after running the edges over the jointer to get a clean surface, it's back to the router table to make two more pieces. Make enough beading to wrap the door and drawer openings.
Before adding the bead, finish sand the face frame. If you do more than touch up the face frame by sanding after the bead is in place, you'll flatten the bead profile.
The beading is mitered to fit into the corners. The miter saw is the best tool for the job. Cut the pieces so they need to be bowed out just a bit in order to fit them in place. Too tight a fit won't work and too loose makes the job look sloppy.
With the bead pieces cut to fit, add a thin line of glue along the beading (the edge with saw marks) then tack the bead in place with small brads. The brads act as clamps until the glue sets.
The Case is Nailed
Begin the carcase by milling to size the panels for the sides, fixed shelves, adjustable shelf and the top. That's a good amount of work, but they are the only panels needed for the cabinet. You could forego the milling for the top and adjustable-shelf panels at this time if you want to divide the job. These two panels are needed later.
At the table saw, set a dado stack for a 3/4″-wide x 1/4″-high cut. Position the fence to cut dados in the side panels for the fixed shelves. Locate the fence so the top face of the bottom panel ends up a 1/4″ above the top edge of the bead on the lower face-frame rail (the 1/4″ step acts as a door stop). Then set the fence so the top face of the top shelf is flush with the top edge of the bead on the face frame's middle rail. Gather these measurements from your assembled face frame.
Once the dados are cut, add an auxiliary fence to the table saw and bury the dado stack 1/4″ into the extra fence. The 1/2″ that's exposed is the amount needed for the rabbet that will house the cabinet's backboards. Rabbet the back edges of both case sides.
Before starting any assembly, drill 1/4″ holes for the adjustable shelf. I have a jig for this task, but I've seen woodworkers use pegboard and a 1/4″ drill bit, too. Clamp your hole-drilling jig against either fixed shelf, but make sure to use the same shelf throughout the process; that keeps the holes aligned. I place the holes 2″ in from the front edge and the same distance in from the rabbet at the back edge.
With the adjustable-shelf holes drilled, it's time to assemble the case. Place a bead of glue into the dados of one case side before slipping the fixed shelves into position. Now comes the tricky part of the case construction. Add glue into the dados of the second case side and position the shelves so they slip into those dados. This is tricky because you need to get the joint assembled before the glue drips from the dados.
Align the shelves flush with the front edge of the case sides. Use a framing square to mark the location of the center of the shelves on the exterior of the sides, then with a brad nailer add five 1-1/2″ brads through the case sides and into the fixed shelves. Flip the case then install brads in the opposite side.
Putting a Face to the Cabinet
Dry-fit the face frame to the case checking both for overhang at the sides and that the fixed shelves line up with the beaded rails. If everything's a go, add a bead of glue to the front edge of the case then carefully position the frame. Tack it to the case with brads, again making sure to align the shelves to the rails. Allow the assembly to dry.
The next step is to trim the face frame to the case. This is where having the extra 1/16″ on the frame makes life simple. Use a router with a flush-trim bit to flush the frame to the sides. I always climb-cut (work against the rotation of the router bit) as I trim. The last thing you want to have happen is to catch the grain and rip the face frame causing irreparable damage.
If you haven't milled the top to size, now's the time. With the top prepared, use a 3/8″ roundover bit to profile the front and ends of the panel; shape both top and bottom. Take time to sand the edges before affixing the top to the case. Then, position the top on the case so that there is equal overhang on either end and the top piece is flush at the back. This time use a 2″ brad through the top and into the sides and front top rail. A small bead of glue along the front rail reinforces the joint.
Flip the case onto the top to install the 3/4″ x 3/4″ cove moulding. Make enough for the transition moulding for the base at the same time. Finish sand the intersection of the case to the top before adding the cove; you won't be able to get to this area easily after the cove is in place. Fit the moulding to the case with miters at the corners, then attach it to the case with brads. A bit of glue along the front and the first 4″ back on each side adds strength as well as keeps the miters tight. At this time, add a cleat for the backboards. It is attached to the underside of the top and flush with the rabbets in the sides.
Fascia Feet
The ogee bracket feet are a facade. They are fit to the cabinet and look great, but they do not carry the cabinet's weight. Instead hold them slightly off the end of the face-frame stiles and the ends of the case sides as they're installed. If you want to simplify the building process even more, use a bracket-style foot in place of the ogee. Both designs work identically.
If you plan to forge ahead and create the ogee feet, begin by laying out the profile on the ends of the stock. Next cut a cove at the table saw just as you would to make a piece of cove moulding. Match the size of the cove to the foot profile. (For more information on making ogee bracket feet, see Lonnie Bird's article in the August 2005 issue, #156.)
With the cove profile complete, place the stock at the table saw fence with the top edge on the table. Adjust both the fence and the angle of the blade to remove as much of the profile of the curved top edge as possible without touching the lines. Make a couple passes adjusting the fence to remove more waste material with each pass. From here you should be able to finalize the shape of the feet with a rasp or power sander.
Next, cut the foot stock to length and create a 45º bevel on four of the pieces; you'll need two matching sets. The rear feet are simply cut square. Lay out the scrollwork on each foot, then at the band saw or scrollsaw cut to the lines and clean up any rough edges with a spindle sander or hand tools.
Adding the Feet
Position the feet on the case and remember to hold them about 1/16″ off the bottom edge. You'll notice there is material showing behind the feet. Trace the profile of each foot, then remove that waste with a jigsaw. Don't worry about the look; just get the waste out of the way. All the edges are covered with the feet and the cove moulding that wraps the case.
Nail from the back of the case to attach the feet. Add glue to the miters to help hold them tight. Next, install the remaining cove moulding at the top edge of the feet. The cove is attached to the case with brads. These miters should be reinforced with glue as well.
Drawer, Doors and Back
The drawer for this cabinet is made in a traditional method. The sides join the back with through dovetails and the front is attached to the sides with half-blind dovetails. The drawer bottom is slid into grooves in the sides and in the drawer front. It is secured in the drawer with nails that extend through the bottom into the drawer back. The drawer rides on the fixed upper shelf. Drawer guides, butted to the face frame and held with brads, keep the drawer running straight.
The door joints are cut with a cope-and-stick set at my router table. The right-hand door in the photo has a rabbet cut into the rear of the left stile. That rabbet fits over a matching rabbet cut in the right stile of the left door. That stile is the 3-1/2″-wide stock.
With the door frames dry fit, measure the raised-panel openings then make two raised panels using either a table saw or router bit. Check the fit of the panels then assemble the doors using glue in the rail-and-stile joint only. No glue is used in the raised-panel area. Install pegs to give the cabinet an antique look.
Once dry, carefully hang the doors to the opening with simple butt hinges. The left door is held to the case with a wooden thumb-turn located behind the right-hand stile. It catches the middle rail.
The backboards continue the bead detail from the case front. Create the shiplap joint then add the bead detail to the individual pieces. As always, I spaced the boards using Popsicle sticks and nailed them to the case – all after finishing the cabinet. The finish is a mixture of aniline dye with three coats of spray lacquer.
While this piece usually sits mainly in dining rooms, it is a great project for anywhere you need storage. If you build it, I'm certain you'll find a place to show it off and use it. PWDownload the complete text and construction drawings here.
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text: Software & Apps MS Office How to Find Microsoft Office Product Keys Use a key finder program to locate your lost Microsoft product key by Tim Fisher General Manager, VP, Lifewire.com Tim Fisher has 30+ years' professional technology support experience. He writes troubleshooting content and is the General Manager of Lifewire. our editorial process Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tim Fisher Updated on March 06, 2020 MS Office Word Excel Powerpoint Outlook Tweet Share Email Most software programs require a product key as part of the installation process, including all recent versions of Microsoft Office. If you've lost your Microsoft Office product key, you'll need to find it before you can reinstall the software suite. Microsoft Office product keys are encrypted inside the Windows Registry, so searching for them manually is nearly impossible. You'll find a string of numbers once you locate the correct registry key, but what you'll find is encrypted text, not a working Office product key you can enter. Fortunately, programs called key finders do the finding and decrypting for you, giving you your valid, paid-for Office product key — that missing puzzle piece so you can successfully reinstall the program. Miguel Co / Lifewire If you don't find your key while using one of the methods outlined below, the only legal option you have left is to buy a brand new copy of MS Office. As often as you may come across free product keys for Office, or key generator programs, neither are good ways to go about this. Microsoft Office 2019 & 2016 & 2013 The Microsoft Office 2019, 2016, and 2013 product key situation is unique compared to older versions of Office (below). Microsoft Office 2013 (Word). Unfortunately for us, only the last five characters of the 25-character Office 2019, Office 2016, or Office 2013 product key is stored on your computer, making a product key finder pretty much useless in this case. I know, right away I'm going back on some of the stuff I said above! For whatever reason, Microsoft completely changed how they handled product keys with these newer versions of MS Office Of course, this unfortunate fact doesn't change the reality that you still need that product key to reinstall either version. How to Find Your Microsoft Office 2019, 2016, or 2013 Product Key If you have an installed version of Microsoft Office 2019, 2016, or 2013 via your Microsoft 365 subscription, you don't need to worry about product keys. Just sign in to your account and download and install the latest version of Office to your computer. It's not all bad news that key finder programs are no longer helpful with these versions of Office. In fact, the new way that Microsoft is handling Office keys might not be such a bad thing after all. Microsoft Office 2010 & 2007 Like all versions of Office, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Office 2007 both require a unique product key during the installation process. Microsoft Office 2010 (Word). If you're sure that you no longer have the physical product key for your version of Microsoft Office, or you've lost or deleted the email receipt that included the product key in it, you might, as you read in the introduction above, be able to extract the key from the registry using a key finder tool. How to Find Your Microsoft Office 2010 or 2007 Product Key LicenseCrawler, the key finder program we recommend for Office 2010 & 2007 product keys in that tutorial, will find your product key in just seconds. Older Versions of Microsoft Office Older versions of Microsoft Office, like Office 2003 (2003), Office XP (2001), Office 2000 (1999), and Office 97 (1996) all also require product keys during installation. Microsoft Office XP (Word 2002). Considering how old some of these versions of Microsoft Office are, it'd be surprising if anyone still has the product key around. How to Find Your Office 2003, XP, 2000, or 97 Product Key The Office 2010/2007 tutorial above could be used for any of these versions of Office as well, but we've found that Keyfinder Thing, the key finder tool we recommend in this tutorial, does a better job with these older suites.


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SWISHER- Joseph "Fred" Novotny, a former petty officer, third class, in the U.S. Navy, served his country in the vast Pacific Ocean theatre during World War II.
He remembered the change he saw in what was previously enemy territory, when the crew of the U.S.S. Arenac, an amphibious attack transport vessel that carried hundreds of troops, landed in the just-surrendered islands of Japan in Sept. 1945.
The occupying U.S. troops were greeted with welcome signs.
This summer, Novotny got another hero's welcome as he and his son went to Washington, D.C. for a day-long tour of the capital, with the elder Novtony's expenses paid by Eastern Iowa Honor Flight (www.eihonorflight.org).
Lynn "Lefty" Novotny was his escort for the trip.
"It was the experience of a lifetime to be able to have time with dad and the rest of the guys. I got to see the hero's welcome they received all over the place," said Lynn.
His father connected with a childhood friend from Joe's first communion class some four score years before, and the men sat on a bus with other vets and shared war stories and memories of their comrades-in-arms as they toured the capital.
The flights are organized by an all-volunteer team and in 2012, the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight crew flew four missions to bring veterans to Washington. Each seat on the trip is free for the veteran, and his or her guardian pays a fee to cover some of the costs of the day.
Russ Dunn, the director of Eastern Iowa Honor Flight, said his group is always looking for more veterans to honor and could use help with some of the funds to do it. Since the program began in 2008, they've been able to bring over 800 veterans to D.C. on honor flights. He is now organizing a flight for April 2013.
Priority is given to any veteran with a terminal disease, but the majority of those honored are veterans from World War II.
Lynn Novotny said the June 5, 2012, honor flight was punctuated with strong emotions.
At the Iwo Jima Memorial, a few hundred tourists and schoolchildren spontaneously began to cheer and applaud when they realized who the men were. Youngsters lined up to shake the hands of the men who gladly risked their lives to fight against enemy Axis powers over 60 years ago.
"It's so emotional for me when you really take a serious step back into time, and look at what these guys sacrificed for us," Novotny said of his father's generation. "If we wouldn't have won the war, many of us wouldn't be here. They had to sacrifice and work for it."
Yet the veterans demur such praise.
"To a man," he said, "none considers himself a hero."
The veterans received a hero's welcome several times that day in D.C., and when the long day was over and the Honor Flight landed back at the Eastern Iowa Airport around midnight, hundreds more Iowans gathered to salute their heroes in the airport lobby, shaking hands, saying thank you, and cheering once again for their safe return.
During his time in the Navy, the elder Novotny sailed all around the Pacific Ocean theatre during World War II, delivering troops and supplies in the Philippines, Guam, Okinawa, Pearl Harbor and San Francisco. After delivering troops and officers back to the West coast, he stayed on to bring the ship through the Panama Canal and home to Norfolk, Va., where the battered boat was eventually deactivated.
Many sent correspondence to soldiers and sailors during the war from home to keep their spirits up and relay the local news. One Swisher girl named Pauline sent letters to Joe Novotny, and they connected when he returned to the area and eventually married.
The couple, now married for over 60 years, renovated the one-room schoolhouse which Pauline attended until eighth grade.
They paid just over $1,000 for the schoolhouse and an acre of land, renovated the building and, in 1960, moved in for good, raising two children. Their son, Lynn, lives in California, and their daughter, Cheryl, lives in Waterloo.


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The richer the nation in which you live, the greater the chance that you'll have a lifestyle that includes little physical activity. Nasty health problems are the likely result, but technology has the potential to address the issue. So says a new study, Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and …
And long term studies seem to show that (despite the claims coming out of the sporting cabal at the top of the UK olympics team) the hosting nation of an Olympics does not see a rise in sporting participation. We would be doing much more for the people of the UK if the money had been spent on an expansion of the UK's cycle-path infrastructure, removing the current "I don't want to get killed on the road" disincentive to taking up a healthy and non-polluting form of transport.
The point is that if there no cycle paths people ask for them or use it as an excuse to not doing any cycling. Much of the paths are part of a national cycling network (these have a route number) and are used for touring cyclists.
Cycle lanes are not mandatory, they are often poorly thought out and sometimes dangerous. Cyclists using road racing bikes can hit 30MPH on the flat and so a cycle lane is an inappropriate place to be riding.
If you think it is cyclists holding you up on your way to work then you are mistaken, every time you come to a set of traffic lights just think about all the other cars who have forced you to stop and wait for them to cross.
We are on the brink of having the first British winner of the Tour de France and cycling is here to stay, get used to it.
He's talking about the national network of cycling routes, many miles of which are not highways at all, but metalled byways or disused railways. I used to regularly commute 20 miles a day that way when the alternative was the murderous A34. Some people do cycle it, but after seeing a poor fellow's head sheared clean off by a passing truck carrying a wide load I avoid out of town A roads by bike as much as possible.
> If you think it is cyclists holding you up on your way to work then you are mistaken,
No, I'm not. When a line of buses and cars is sitting behind some lycra-clad plonker doing 15MPH in the road, parallel to the clearly marked cycle lane that is 1m to his left, it's not the cars that are causing the delay.
> every time you come to a set of traffic lights just think about all the other cars who have forced you to stop and wait for them to cross.
Unlike said plonkers who sail through the red lights as if they weren't there, requiring crossing traffic to slam on the brakes and swerve?
> We are on the brink of having the first British winner of the Tour de France
And your point is?
> and cycling is here to stay, get used to it.
It's been here for years, long before cycle paths were thought of. I have no problem with it, and even indulge myself at times. When I do it is with suitable respect for the other traffic sharing the road.
You are partially right, most of our existing cycle lanes are rubbish. We need proper cycling infrastructure like the Dutch have, not a bit of painted tarmac that peters out at every pinch point.
On my commute down the A11 (Stratford High Street) there are at least three lanes in each direction, a stretch of on road parking and a central reservation, so there is room for this infrastructure.
I'm forever seeing cyclists holding up traffic on busy roads, while the purpose marked cycle path is literally visible from the road.
I don't know about you, but if I was out cycling, I'd want to keep far away from fumes and angry motorists if possible.
Drives me up the wall. My commute to work is on a busy road that has a cycle path running parallel to it for ALL of the length, so I am at a loss as to what the excuse is.
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"Cycle paths have to be the biggest waste of space in the country. Miles of expensive, empty, tarmac, and on the rare occasions I see anyone on a bike there's at least 50:50 chance that they're riding along the road, ignoring the parallel cycle path completely." -- Every time I see a cycle lane, it is occupied by several parked cars and in other cases moving cars that simply ignore the solid white lines.
I would be in favour of getting rid of bus lanes and creating cycle lanes with a divider that prevents cars and other motor vehicles from entering it.
The current system of cycle lanes are poorly thought out and are mostly dangerous.
I would look to the Dutch as an example of how cycle lane infrastructure should be implemented. Dedicated, not half baked.
> I would be in favour of getting rid of bus lanes and creating cycle lanes with a divider that prevents cars and other motor vehicles from entering it.
Sounds good, especially if you then get the police to hit the cyclists with a £100 fine when they use the road beside the cycle lane, just as cars using a cycle/bus lane get fined.
Unused and empty cycle paths are because they are usually crap - poorly surfaced and maintained making journey times a lot slower than cycling along the road. A lot of them also divert through very quiet and out of the way places, which especially when it's dark, make them appear dangerous and unsafe to people worried about attackes mainly women and children.
Most of the time councils do the bare minimum to get the cash they want, rather then building infrastructure that is fit for purpose and people would want to use.
Build decent paths and people will cycle...
Well I commute and shop by bicycle on cycle paths, so I easily exceed these guidelines; however I have to deal with overgrown vegetation which narrow the path and obscures road crossings, stupid routing, stupid placement of overflow parking spaces, ridiculous humps, degrading surfaces, some brain-dead brick or tile surfaces on slopes (nasty when icy), the zombies who block the path with their bodies, their kids, dogs, meandering bicycles, and way-long dog leads, some barely visible, across most or all of the path like trip wires!
I now use a MET Parachute MTB helmet, when I cycle, because a KO accident and quite expensive dentist bills taught me I need one, even for well ridden 'safe' cycle paths; a lid is a fracking joke.
If it snows, forget about the ice-rink shoe-print cycle paths being cleared, you have no choice but to go by road; however poor surfacing, damage, or other hazards on the side of the road can force going wider in places.
Basically, way-too-little is spent on cycle paths for quality design and year round maintenance in the UK, and too many zombie pedestrians use them, so it's not surprising many cyclists avoid cycle paths and cycle on the roads instead, abet at the risk of serious injury or death.
Looking at the solution as being "*discourage* car usage" is completely backwards. The solution is to *encourage* the use of other forms of transport, by making them work properly, so that people change voluntarily. In places where that doesn't make economic sense (rural areas) there is no point in punishing car drivers just because you can, so car use should be made easy and efficient to avoid jams and pollution.
Round where I live there's a huge anti-car effort, reducing roads to one lane and creating bus lanes, in an attempt to force people to use the bus. The bus service is only convenient for people who live and work entirely within the city, so those of us who can't use it have to sit in ever bigger traffic jams surrounded by fumes, while acres of red tarmac lie empty for most of the day. I can usually drive to work in 30 minutes, to go by public transport takes three buses and 2 hours, and I can't get home that way.
No wonder town centres are dying, with out-of-town shops and the Internet picking up the business. Nobody round here goes into town unless they really have to.
Have you been to Cambridge? You'd probably take the OP's point if you have. Because basically the entire town is listed the streets can't be widened and haven't been since they were laid down for horses and carts back in 1372 or whatever. The whole old part of the city is basically gridlocked from about 9 to 5 every day. I regularly used to be able to walk around town quicker than anyone could drive. It's an absolute poster boy for a place where it really _would_ make a lot of sense from all angles to heavily discourage driving. It'd be nice to make it like one of those towns in France where no private cars at all are allowed in the city limits.
Yes, I've been to Cambridge a few times, and I agree about the traffic, but it's exactly the situation where a good alternative would be used because it was better. No need to make the driving intentionally more difficult just tto create a need.
Which French towns are you thinking of? I've seen that in tiny mediaeval villages, never in towns with the possible exception of Megeve.
Er, have to cite a very vague memory there, I'm afraid. Could've been somewhere that was technically a village not a town, I don't really remember. I just remember being on vacation once and visiting a town/village/place where you had to park on the edge of town and walk around.
"20 min of vigorous-intensity physical activity on at least 3 days every week;"
I particularly like this one, which presumably happens in bed :-)
Sadly, the distribution of low activity across countries matches what I see in terms of overweight people distribution, across the various countries offices of my employer. This is especially true for women.
Here's the thing; the report is actually quite valid. There has been a considerable increase in both overweight and obese people; and the introduction of a new category of "morbidly obese". Although we can make various comments about the situation, the reality is that all of these "weight challenged" people are going to be putting a huge strain on the countries' infrastructure.
Put aside for a moment the need to provide bigger seats on transportation systems, theatres / cinemas, schools, etc. the NHS need to provide bigger beds, lifting systems etc. just to manage the number of overweight people that they have to treat. As those people get older, the care homes will also need more of that equipment. This stuff is not cheap; a local hospital spent over £100 k on fitting out one bed in one ward to cope with excessively large patients.
So where is the money to pay for this coming from? Quite simply from all of us; and that money that is spent on those facilities cannot then be spent in other areas. If we could halt the rise in obesity (by any means) it would save the country a lot of cash that could then be better spent elsewhere.
"can achieve by failing to meet each of the following criterion"
"Criterion" should still be the plural "criteria" (simpler example: "failing to eat each of the following carrot" is wrong).
The problem with the original sentence is the grouping. Is it "Failing to (meet any of the following criteria)" or "(failing to meet) any of the following criteria"?
P.S., why was the first thing I thought of a carrot?
Here we go again... more pseudo-science jumping on the let's blame the fatties wagon. Wealthier nations also live longer and healthier lives, no contradiction there?
As for those spouting the silly "cost to the NHS" argument, this has already been shown to be a fallacy, the overweight actually cost no more than the "healthy". How can this be? You say. They are all fat and unhealthy. Another recently published study confirmed the data we have had for years, since 2001 actually, that most overweight people live as long and as healthily as those who are considered "normal" weight and a damn sight longer than those who are underweight. Only about 4% of the population fall into the dangerously overweight category, less than those who number the dangerously underweight, about 7%. Why are there no calls for sanctions against the "skinny gits"?
Secondly, do you know how much sporting injuries cost the NHS? Do you know how much being dumb or taking stupid D.I.Y. risks cost the NHS? All personal choices, all "avoidable".
Don't you see that this argument leads to the justification of withholding treatment on the grounds of cost and then on to the break up of free, at the point of treatment, universal healthcare? Various NHS groups will publicise spending on obesity, because they all need more money and climbing on the obesity bandwagon is easy and convenient. Do you have actual figures on the spending for specialised equipment for treatment of fatties and how that compares to the treatment of others or are you just joining in with a socially approved prejudice?
I really tire of this continuing misinformation about, food, fat and health.
Five a day? Made up by a marketing firm for farmers of California. Actually, two a week gives much the same benefits. And fruit is full of fructose, the worst kind of sugar for us.
Salt will make you explode? No, the only evidence we have that it has any effect on blood pressure at all, is that for a small number of people who have high blood pressure, reducing salt will cause a small drop in blood pressure, even then, they are better off taking drugs to lower their blood pressure. For the rest of us it seems to have little or no effect.
Saturated fat is poison? Not according to study after study, which shows that the amount of saturated fat in our diets has little relationship to our life-expectancy or cardiovascular health. Poly-unsaturated fats cause an imbalance of omega 3 and 6 which often has to be compensated for by drugs. How much does that cost?
You make a good point. I did read somewhere that people who smoke are actually less of a burden to the state than those who don't. Partly because they contribute with tax on their purchases of cigarettes, they will likely have severe health problems which does cost the NHS, but they are also likely to die much earlier than non-smokers so the amount of care required in their old age is less, cos they're dead.
Your first paragraph is an interesting assumption - Wealthier nations are fatter, Wealthier people live longer, therefore fat people live longer.
Yes, if you live in a wealthier nation, the chances are that you will live longer. This is due to increased medical provision, less wear and tear on the body, increased access to medication, significantly better geriatric care. Most of those that live longer are not those that are obese, but those that have a more natural body weight.
The greater the body weight, the more risk of heart and other cardio vascular problems, strokes, type 2 diabetes, intestinal problems, kidney / liver failure, certain types of cancer, osteoarthritis, and problems in pregnancy for women.
The fact is that some people can live quite healthy lives eating nothing but processed meat, whilst other consume vast quantities of alcohol with no indication of any health problems. But for the majority of people, the best advice is maintain a sensible mix of food products in appropriate quantities for the amount of physical activity that they do; and that a sensible amount of exercise is appropriate for everyone.
In my experience, those people who don't like reading about the health implications of being considerably overweight are generally those people who realise that to believe what they are reading means accepting they need to make some significant lifestyle changes or they will pay the consequence. It is much easier to consider the research flawed and dismiss it than it is to make the lifestyle changes necessary to address the problem. I have both family members and friends who demonstrate this amply.
Now the argument about the politicisation of research is a genuine one, without doubt, so I'm always prepared to take a look beyond the headlines but I am afraid my own real life experience really does actually support, in principle at least. In more specific terms I don't buy into the media hysteria about excesses of salt etc because, frankly, most of it's common sense. The simple maxim "everything in moderation" is really all you need to live by to fine - that consuming 1/2 a kilo of salt / saturated fat / media's poison of choice in short order is bad for you shouldn't really come as a surprise. But I'd argue that if your BMI is much above 30 then you're probably not living by the simple maxim.
Just tell my friend (down from 17st to 12st in the last 7 months) that her health is no better now than it was before and see how far it gets you.... or perhaps talk to my dad (denier in chief) who's spent a life time telling me that 3-4 sugars in his tea, half a pint of cream on his desert etc won't have any detrimental effects on his health. I wonder if he tells the pharmacist the same thing when he picks up his blood pressure tablets, diabetes tablets, cholesterol tablets that the NHS has to pay for? To say nothing of the sleep apnea kit. And clearly he doesn't see the link either when he "isn't feeling well today" for non-specific reasons (happens 2-3 days a week) and so on.
"Wealthier nations also live longer and healthier lives, no contradiction there?"
Well no, not really. For a start, you work out life expectancies by looking at when people die. Seems obvious, yes? But think of the corollary. Effectively, all life expectancy data is, oh, several decades 'out of date'. When you talk about the life expectancy of Britons you're really talking about the life expectancy of Britons _who are dying today_. Which, since it's around 80, means 'people who were born in the 1930s and grew up in the 1940s'. There are notional life expectancy statistics which purport to tell you what your chances of living to Age X are, but these are what we can call 'notional' or less politely, 'guesses'.
So if it's really true that lack of activity a) is a factor in life-threatening diseases and b) is massively more prevalent than it was in the past, you won't find this reflected in current life expectancy statistics, and you can't counter the proposal by using life expectancy statistics.
Second, you can't just say 'oh, life expectancy is rising so any kind of suggestion that any trend might be unhealthy is wrong!', because it fails to account for all sorts of _other_ factors. Your life expectancy is based on a huge range of stuff. It's perfectly possible that, say, there could be three or four trends that are broadly negative, but eight or nine that are broadly positive, and so the overall trend of life expectancy continues to rise. That doesn't mean the negative trends aren't negative, and it doesn't mean that you can't give yourself an _even better chance_ at a long healthy life by avoiding the negative trends as well as taking advantage of the positive ones (vastly improved healthcare, lower smoking rates etc).
You seem to spend the rest of your post flailing at a straw man; the article didn't say anything at all about costs to the NHS. I don't know about you, but I try to avoid doing unhealthy things (and do healthy things) for entirely selfish reasons. I don't give a stuff how much it costs the NHS...
I was told by my doctor, not to join a gym, he said walk to the gym if you like, then turn around and walk back. His reasoning is that he deals with so many injuries from enthusiastic keep fit fanatics.
I'm self employed and usually stuck in front of monitors all day doing CAD. But I do make time to go out and walk 3-4 miles every day. Its not difficult. What I did find difficult was being employed in a company with a stressful culture, ending every day knackered, falling asleep in a chair when I got home, getting fatter by the year. Hard work never killed anyone? I disagree. Too many people have too much stress, which in my opinion leads to comfort eating. It certainly does not help them to sit in front of the idiot box every night, watch endless adverts for food and cooking shows.
The way I see it, having a slothful peaceful but unhealthy lifestyle might take years off my life, but it'll be the crap years at the end when I can't get around properly and need help to visit the loo.
I may as well fill my reduced life with some nice food and less effort, as long as it is kept in moderation.
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Well I'm a Brit and I'm not surprised. However I expect the stats (which I haven't studied closely) disguise a wider variation by reducing it to averages. After all, the average of 19+21 is 20 and so is the average of 10+30. I imagine the US is probably more extreme at either end but a bigger country with much more open space, greater interest and participation in sports (albeit with a more limited selection of them) really should expect to fair better over all.
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"Dante" Ravitch's Abhorrent Attack on Ben Austin
I've been friendly with Diane Ravitch for a long time. Encountering her historical work 20 years ago, I was struck by her hard-hitting, erudite analyses. She invited me to deliver my first featured talk (at Brookings, on my then-forthcoming Spinning Wheels book). When I was leaving UVA's Curry School of Education, she was one of the handful of mentors I turned to for guidance. A few years ago now, I hosted the first public event for her Death and Life book.
All of which left me enormously disappointed as I read two blog posts that Ravitch penned over the weekend. Ravitch weighed in on a situation in Los Angeles, where principal Irma Cobian was removed from her position at Weigand Avenue Elementary School in Watts when Parent Revolution helped parents exercise California's "parent trigger" law. Ravitch started out reasonably enough, pointing out that 21 of 22 teachers requested a transfer in response to Cobian's removal, and that one third-grade teacher said that Cobian's the best principal she's had in her nine years at the school. (It's also worth noting, though, as Parent Revolution does, that the school ranks close to the bottom of all LAUSD elementary schools on California's Academic Performance Index and that scores have fallen over the past three years under Cobian.)
Ravitch then shifted gears, summoning shades of Dante's Inferno, as she wrote of Parent Revolution, "There is a special place in hell reserved for everyone who administers and funds this revolting organization." One can just picture Ravitch fastidiously consigning these folks to their proper stations in the various circles of hell.
Ravitch grew even more heated as she wrote of Parent Revolution's founder Ben Austin, "Ben Austin is loathsome. He ruined the life and career of a dedicated educator. She was devoted to the children, he is devoted to the equally culpable foundations that fund his Frankenstein organization." She continued, "Ben, you ruined the life of a good person for filthy lucre. Ben, every day when you wake up, you should think of Irma Cobian. When you look in the mirror, think Irma Cobian. Your last thought every night should be Irma Cobian. She should be on your conscience-if you have one-forever."
Now, I've got my own qualms about Parent Revolution. I've mixed feelings on the trigger and on Parent Revolution's policy recommendations. But none of this, not one iota, even begins in the tiniest way to justify Ravitch's tirade. Moreover, I know Ben Austin and will attest to just how smart, well-intentioned, passionate, humble, and nice he actually is. Indeed, last fall, when I proffered a pretty tough critique of Parent Revolution, Ben's genteel response moved me to note, "I was cheered recently by Parent Revolution's impassioned but thoughtful and courteous [tone]," and to hail their contribution to healthy civil debate.
Let's consider the supposedly horrific nature of what Parent Revolution helped the parents at Weigand to do. Cobian had been at Weigand since 2009, and there's no evidence that things were getting any better. Meanwhile, a very sympathetic L.A. Times story reported parent leader Llury Garcia describing Cobian as "inaccessible and rude." Garcia, leader of Weigand Parents United, said in a private communication, "We love the teachers at our school and don't want them to leave. However... many of the teachers have turned on us, calling us 'uneducated' and unable to make good decisions for our children. By trying to support the principal who is leaving after years of failure, the teachers are the ones now trying to divide our community."
Nonprofits, for-profits, military units, sports franchises, and even churches routinely demote, transfer, or fire executives, generals, coaches, and pastors when they deem it appropriate. Sometimes it's undoubtedly the wrong call, and good leaders sometimes unfairly get the boot. But there's a sense, and it strikes me as a reasonable one, that it can be essential to change leaders in order to give a persistently low-performing organization a fresh start.
As Ben Austin wrote to me, in response to Ravitch's attack, "Her argument (and the reporter's argument) is that the principal was on the cusp of turning things around. It's possible, but the parents didn't think so. [Cobian's] tenure has been almost as long as the academic lifetime of an elementary school kid and [Weigand] is still 15th from the bottom of all LAUSD elementary schools (out of over 500). The parents felt they had waited long enough." Oh, and complicating the question of how ardently Cobian's teachers have her back, Parent Revolution communications chief David Phelps writes, "Contrary to the Times reporting, it is our understanding the teachers who have said they are leaving have not submitted official transfer requests to the district."
Now, I have no trouble with the notion that it's a mistake to fire leaders too casually, or that Cobian may have been treated unfairly. There's no clear evidence that Cobian did anything especially wrong. Indeed, Austin wrote to me, "We have gone out of our way to not personally attack the principal, or anyone else. As you can see in our media statement, we rely only on objective data to make our case and intentionally don't even mention her name." At the same time, despite Cobian's apparent popularity with the current staff, she has not been able to make a difference during nearly a half-decade as principal. In such a situation, pushing for a change hardly seems an act of malice.
I'd have loved to see Ravitch challenge the notion that replacing school principals is much of a restorative. I'd be especially open to the notion that Cobian got a raw deal if Ravitch had offered evidence that she's good at her job, and not just popular with the teachers at a persistently lousy school. But I can't focus on the merits when the arguments are swaddled in vicious, Dante-esque hyperbole that is unworthy of the author.


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Video of an exchange between a college football player from San Francisco who was thrown off an airplane in a dispute over his sagging pants and the pilot shows the young man pleading his case and insisting that he had pulled up his "pajama pants."
Deshon Marman, 20, was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, battery and resisting arrest in connection with the incident Wednesday on US Airways Flight 488 at San Francisco International Airport.
The Lincoln High School graduate was returning to the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque after attending the funeral of his best friend, former city football standout David Henderson, who was fatally wounded in a shooting last month.
The Chronicle obtained the three-minute, six-second video from the passenger seated next to Marman. In it, Marman can be heard saying to the pilot and a San Francisco police officer that he had told an airline employee that he would pull his pajama pants up after he was seated.
'I'm ready to go'
"My pants are up, sir," Marman said to the pilot, adding, "I paid my fees and I'm ready to go."
Marman was seated during the videotaped portion of the exchange, which ended before he was removed from the plane. It is impossible to tell how he was wearing his pants.
During the exchange, one of the men standing over Marman said, "Listen to me – we can have you off this aircraft."
"I told her when I sit down everything would be taken care of," Marman responded. "I'm sitting down and everything is taken care of. I'm OK. This is all unnecessary, sir."
The passenger who shot the video said that before he started filming, crew members and an officer had asked Marman to come to the ramp leading to the jet.
'I'm not getting up'
"Deshon immediately said, 'No. I didn't do anything wrong, there's nothing to talk about,' " said the passenger, a sales representative from Phoenix who asked to remain anonymous and said he did not know Marman. "His demeanor never changed from, 'I'm not getting up, I didn't do anything wrong, I paid for my ticket.' "
The passenger said he had started filming after Marman rebuffed the pilot's first request to get up and continued until shortly before all the passengers had to leave the plane, delaying the flight for an hour and a half.
The passenger said Marman's sweatpants sagged to mid-thigh level and revealed skin-tight black underwear.
"When I first saw him coming down the aisle, I was like, 'Come on man, really?' " he said. "But after he sat down, you couldn't see anything."
Police reported that an airline employee had said she asked Marman to pull up his pants before he boarded the flight, but that he had refused.
Marman's attorney, Joe O'Sullivan, said Marman had tried to lift up his pants at the time, but couldn't because he had bags in both hands.
"Once he was seated," O'Sullivan said, "his buttocks were at the back of his seat and nothing could have been seen, nor was anything displayed. The issue should have been over."
Police say he resisted
US Airways says Marman was pulled from the plane for not following the pilot's orders. Police said he resisted as he was led away.
O'Sullivan said Marman had left the aircraft after being told he would receive a refund. Police surprised him by handcuffing him, O'Sullivan said, setting off a scuffle.
San Mateo County prosecutors have not decided whether to file charges against Marman, who is free on bail.
On Friday, Marman released a statement saying, "I'm embarrassed by the negative attention that has been brought upon my family, my football team, my teammates, and most of all myself."
O'Sullivan said Marman planned to return to the New Mexico campus within the next few days.
"He'll fly Southwest," he said.
JUSTIN BERTON is a general assignment reporter at The San Francisco Chronicle. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/justinberton


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Haiku Stairs:
The Haʻikū Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven or Haʻikū Ladder, is a steep hiking trail on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii. The total 3,922 steps span along Oahu's Ko'olau mountain range.
"The Stairway To Heaven" — is one of the most extreme and beautiful hikes Hawaii (and America) has to offer.
For the past 26 years, the hike up the 4,000-step ladder has also been illegal, but that hasn't stopped people — dozens a day — from making the trek up and down the steel steps that were once operated by the Coast Guard to catch a glimpse of the view at the top of Puu Keahi a Kahoe on the island of Oahu.The stepladder was built in 1943 during World War II to "provide access to buildings at the top of the ridge, used as transmission stations," according to a tourism site called Best Places Hawaii.
The ladder scales "nearly vertical" heights over 2,500 feet from Haiku Valley to the top of Puu Keahi a Kahoe, so high that there are points in the hike where the peaks rise above clouds.
It was a popular hiking trail in the 1980s, operated by the coast guard, Though the hike is illegal, tourists (and some locals) attempt to scale the Stairway To Heaven every day.The Honolulu Board of Water Supply, The Huffington Post reports, "has jurisdiction over the hike and requires that anyone who goes up it sign waivers and present a $1 million liability insurance policy."
In early 2013, a group formed to petition the city to reopen the stairs to the public, but the stairs remain closed.
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Kirby is a town in Caledonia county, Vermont. It was formed in 1807 in Vt. from Orange county. The probate and court district for Kirby is Caledonia. For more information, contact the town at 346 Town Hall Rd., Lyndonville 05851. On the attached map, Kirby is shown as 8 in Caledonia county.
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Pinewood Social, located in Nashville's Rolling Mill Hill area, is a postmodern club where visitors are encouraged to undo their ties. Pinewood is separated into four different areas: a coffee shop, a casual restaurant, a cocktail bar, and an activity area with private karaoke rooms and a bowling alley.
For the bar, Josh Habiger from Strategic Hospitality created a menu showcasing Americana dating back to the mid-1800s. Starters include kale Caesar salad, a classic shrimp cocktail, fried cheese curds with pepper aioli, and chicken livers on toast. Entrées include a beef-tongue Rueben sandwich, a cheeseburger, fried chicken, and pot roast with roasted carrots and turnips, and gravy. The food is good, but it is at its best when chased with the drinks developed by beverage director Matt Tocco. The pair suggests imbibing the Southern Limerick when winter winds begin to rattle the windows.
"We wanted to create an Irish coffee, which most people think means Baileys and coffee, but it really means Irish whiskey, cream, and brown sugar," says Tocco. They wanted to create a warm, creamy, boozy drink that people could sip. "We chose the rye whiskey for the spiciness, the Meletti is a nice Italian amaro, and then we floated the cream on top." They also add some Angostura bitters to provide a spiced scent.
"One reason I think the rye and Meletti work so well is the coffee itself is really winey and fruity," says Nathaneal Mehrens, who manages the coffee bar and uses Konga coffee from Ethiopia for the drink. "The spiciness of the rye and the deep caramel notes of the Meletti really round out the flavor and make for a well-balanced drink. I think it's pretty cool that the flavor characteristics of this coffee still come through, even with the booze and cream."
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- 1/4 oz rich demerara syrup
- 3/4 oz Meletti Amaro Liqueur
- 3/4 oz James E. Pepper 1776 Rye
- 4 oz brewed Konga coffee
- Whipping cream for topping, plus more demerara syrup
- Atomized Angostura bitters
In a preheated 7 oz glass, add the rich demerara syrup, Meletti amaro, rye, and brewed coffee. Stir. For a whipped topping, lightly whip cold cream and a little demerara syrup in a squeeze bottle. Use a barspoon to float 1/4 inch of sweetened, whipped cream on top of the drink, and finish with atomized Angostura bitters.
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Whether you're single or coupled, getting away from other people's kids can be the key to a restful vacation. Here are six fresh ideas, listed from west to east, for easy getaways where kids are less likely to be around.
Try a getaway with a steady buzz
The concept: Stay at a coffee plantation on the Big Island.
Where: Kona, Hawaii.
Chances you'll see a child: Slim. The five-room Ka'awa Loa Plantation discourages parents from bringing kids; most visitors are couples or single travelers. In the rare cases when this B&B accepts a family with children, it places them in a separated cottage or in the upper suite, which has no guest rooms above or below it. As for the coffee plantation tour, few parents are likely to drag their kids there.
Cost: Doubles from $125 a night, with a minimum two-night stay. Breakfast is included.
The trip: The 20 miles of rolling hills along Kona's western coast are known as the Big Island's coffee belt. Rich volcanic soil and a continuous cloud cover make the region especially friendly to coffee beans, and about 600 local farms use that to their advantage. To get a taste, spend a few nights at the Ka'awa Loa Plantation. Located 1,200 feet above Kealakekua Bay, this B&B sits on a lush, five-acre plantation that produces coffee as well as a mouth-watering variety of tropical fruits. You'll breakfast on freshly picked dragon fruit, avocado, guava, passion fruit, and white pineapple. Sweat away your cares in a traditional outdoor Hawaiian cedar steam room. Then relax on the wraparound veranda (called a lanai) and watch the sun set over the bay.
Hot tip: For a two-hour coffee plantation tour, drive a few miles south to Pele Plantations' BrocksenGate Estate. Tours are free with the purchase of freshly roasted coffee beans, with prices starting at $25 a pound (800/366-0487, peleplantations.com).
Contact: Ka'awa Loa Plantation, 808/323-2686, kaawaloaplantation.com.
Become a wine explorer
The concept: Walk among wine estates for four days.
Where: Sonoma County, Calif.
Chances you'll see a child: Infinitesimally small. Because children (a) won't hike for miles a day and (b) are generally unwelcome at wineries.
Cost: From $950 per person, including breakfasts, lunches, accommodations, wine tastings, luggage transfers, and trail notes.
The trip: Face it: You're never hiking the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail, even if it's one of the ultimate child-free vacations. But a wine-tasting hike you can do. Luxury outfitter Wine Country Trekking sends clients on self-guided walks through wooded trails, country lanes, and hilly vineyards about 30 miles northwest of San Francisco. On one of its best-priced trips, Sonoma Valley Wine Tasting, you cover between six and eight miles a day. Because the tour is self-guided (maps and meal vouchers are provided), you can pick up gourmet picnic lunches from cafés and bakeries at your own pace. The itinerary of private tastings, which reads like a wine estate greatest-hits list, includes the large producer Ravenswood as well as the boutique operation of Robert Hunter. The outfitter reserves your stays at tony inns, such as the Zen-like Gaige House Inn, in Glen Ellen, Calif., and also transports your luggage.
Hot tip: Avoid getting lost by renting a GPS unit ($60 per trip).
Contact: Wine Country Trekking, 888/287-8735, winecountrytrekking.com.
Discover your inner Monet
The concept: Take a workshop in basic art instruction.
Where: Petit Jean Mountain, Ark., about 90 minutes from Little Rock.
Chances you'll see a child: Low. While Art Escapes has no set age policy and might accept a mature high school student, the program is not for young kids, and no high school or college student has attended so far.
Cost: Prices have not yet been announced but will likely be around $490 per person for the three-day workshop, including accommodations, meals, and instruction. Materials are not included.
The trip: The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute is perched atop Petit Jean Mountain in Arkansas's Petit Jean State Park. Overlooking the scenic Arkansas River valley, this former homestead of the late governor Winthrop Rockefeller has gardens, wooded trails, and buildings dating to the property's days as a cattle farm. The institute offers occasional three-day Art Escapes in the fall and spring. Visiting artists hold classes in such media as oil paint and watercolors. The classes, limited to a dozen people and open to all skill levels, guarantee plenty of personal attention and are often held plein air to take advantage of the pastoral setting. Evening activities allow you to mingle with the artists and your fellow students. One night may, for example, feature art-themed games. The conference center accommodations are sufficiently cosmopolitan, with flat-screen TVs and Wi-Fi.
Hot tip: Plan ahead. Art Escapes is offered twice a year (and in 2009 will most likely be in April and November). Registration opens approximately three months in advance of each session.
Contact: Winthrop Rockefeller Institute's Art Escapes, 501/727-6220, .
Float with foodies down the Rio Grande
The concept: Take a three-day rafting expedition with an accomplished chef, who prepares your meals.
Where: Big Bend National Park, Tex., about 400 miles from San Antonio.
Chances you'll see a child: Low. This river-rafting trip is geared toward couples, and most of the participants are between 40 and 65 years of age. The tour company says that kids are brought on trips less than 15 percent of the time, and they're never younger than age 8. You can guarantee a kid-free outing if you set up your own group of at least eight guests.
Cost: From $775 per person for a three-day, two-night excursion, including meals, accommodations, and equipment—except for sleeping bags, which can be rented for $10 per trip.
The trip: In a remote corner of western Texas, an outdoor adventure company and a Swiss-born chef have refined the river-rafting experience. On one of Far Flung Outdoor Center's Gourmet on the Rio Grande trips, you'll float on an inflatable raft down smooth water for three days through Big Bend National Park's 1,500-foot Santa Elena Canyon, where you can scope out coyotes, ringtailed cats, and great blue herons. Late afternoon activities include hikes to a swimming hole and to a viewpoint where you can look across to Mexico. The highlight comes when you make camp and chef François Maeder, of San Antonio's Crumpets Restaurant, prepares a multicourse meal. You'll savor such entrées as rack of lamb and roasted duck with paired Texan wines, and rich desserts like crème brûlée. And you won't be balancing a paper plate on your knees; you'll eat your riverside dinner from china on white tablecloths and sip your pinot noir from real wineglasses. At night, you and your companion will sleep in a tent of your own. Book ahead because at most four Gourmet on the Rio Grande trips will happen in 2009.
Hot tip: While the guides will set up rafts and tents, remember that you'll still be in the wilderness and expected to pitch in. Plan to do most bathing in the river or with warm towels provided by the guides.
Contact: Far Flung Outdoor Center, 800/839-7238, .
Climb a frozen waterfall
The concept: Scale a vertical ice mass in the White Mountains.
Where: North Conway, N.H.
Chances you'll see a child: Quite low. Groups are limited to three or four people; usually, it'll be you, whomever you came with, and a guide. Teenagers do account for around 10 percent of students overall at Eastern Mountain Sports Climbing School. Any child whose foot fits ice-climbing boots (which start in men's size 5) can attend.
Cost: Typically $140 per person for a basic class, including boots, crampons, and other gear. Prices vary depending on the day of the week. Availability depends on the weather, which is usually cold enough for outings between mid-December and early April.
The trip: In the eastern U.S., you have to hike for many miles to get to a good mountaintop view. But if you climb a frozen waterfall, you get to a great lookout point in less time and with less effort. In eastern New Hampshire, the Eastern Mountain Sports Climbing School shows fledgling ice climbers how gorgeous the White Mountains look at roughly 80 feet above their base. Don boots and crampons (the spiked foot pieces that help you grip ice), and learn how to tie your harness and swing an ice ax. You'll progress slowly from climbing angled ice slabs to scaling frozen waterfalls.
The view above the treeline is exhilarating, students say. Icicles glint around you while snow-covered mountains and trees stretch into the distance. "One misconception about ice climbing is that it requires a lot of upper-body strength," says Charlie Townsend, director of all the chain's climbing schools. "But it's really less about being able to do 10 push-ups and more about being able to take stairs three at a time. In other words, it's really about technique, problem solving, and efficiency."
Hot tip: After a day of climbing, head to the Cabernet Inn, 1.5 miles north of busy downtown North Conway, where the school's local office is located. The red-wine-hued B&B discourages children and caters to couples. Fittingly, the ambiance is elegant and romantic. Out of the 11 guest rooms, some have fireplaces, a few have whirlpool baths, and a couple have both (800/866-4704, , doubles from $95).
Contact: EMS Climbing School, 800/310-4504, , one-day classes in basic ice climbing are offered seven days a week from November through March.
Get back in the (bike) saddle
The concept: Take a bicycle tour of flat, paved roads.
Where: Outer Banks, N.C.
Chances you'll see a child: Small. Tour organizer Carolina Tailwinds won't accept any participants below the age of 16. Most of your fellow bicyclists will be 24 or older.
Cost: From $995 for the four-day version, including accommodations, meals (excluding one dinner), luggage transfers, guides, a support van, and a kayaking excursion.
The trip: The best way to see the island chain that makes up North Carolina's Outer Banks is from the seat of a bicycle. Carolina Tailwinds, a cycling company run by Anne and Greg Fleming, offers itineraries tailored by terrain and mileage to suit your skill level, typically covering between 15 and 80 miles a day. For example, its Ocracoke Bicycle Tour swings through the Southern Outer Banks over four days. Start in historic Beaufort, N.C., and pedal through the coastal fishing villages and salt marshes. Ferries will transport you to the different islands, including Ocracoke, where you'll often find wild ponies standing in the shade. Roll on to Ocracoke Village, which has several shops selling the artisanal work of potters, jewelry makers, watercolorists, and weavers. On Cape Hatteras National Seashore, pause for photos at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the tallest in the country. Come dinnertime, tuck into local seafood specialties served al fresco in restaurants like the Back Porch. Bunk down at cushy digs, such as the waterfront Inlet Inn and the historic Castle Bed & Breakfast (the outfitter will reserve your lodging in advance).
Hot tip: You don't need to own a bike. For $80 per trip, Carolina Tailwinds will provide (and adjust) a bike for you.
Contact: Carolina Tailwinds, 888/251-3206, , four-day Ocracoke tours will be in April, May, and October 2009.


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In the September 16th issue of Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King coins a new term, "ManFiction". It has become the buzz of the blogs. In Stephen's words:
"guys have what my son Joe calls "manfiction." And publishers sell it by the ton. Here's a concept so simple it's easy to miss: What men want from an Elmore Leonard novel is exactly what women want from a Nora Roberts novel — escape and entertainment. And while it's true that manfiction can be guilty of objectifying women, chick lit often does the same thing to men"
Here is who Stephen King considers manfiction writers:
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- Jonathan Kellerman
- Dashiell Hammett
- Raymond Chandler
- John D. MacDonald
- Michael Connelly
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There's a fascinating profile of Arthur C. Clarke over at the Sri Lanka Guardian, a newspaper in the land where Clarke spent the second half of his life. There are tons of insights into Clarke's life, writing and technological foresight.
But the most interesting bit might be this section, about Clarke's belief that American capitalism was diverting too much talent into useless occupations, instead of into the work of colonizing other planets:
While researching for this article I came across a searing indictment by Clarke on the American capitalist system. After observing that the structure of American society may be unfitted for the effort that the conquest of space demands he continued, "No nation can afford to divert its ablest men into essentially non-creative and occasionally parasitic occupations such as law, insurance and banking". He also referred to a photograph in Life Magazine showing 7,000 engineers massed behind a new model car they had produced as 'a horrifying social document'. He was appalled by the squandering of technical manpower it represented.
One wonders what Clarke would have thought of today's struggling space program. [Sri Lanka Guardian]
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About Family Locator
Family Locator by Life360 simplifies life in the digital world by making it easy to stay connected to the people who matter most.
With Life360 you can:
- Create your own groups, called "Circles," of loved ones, friends, teammates -- whoever matters most and chat with them in Family Locator for FREE.
- View the real-time location of Circle Members on a private family map that's only visible on Family Locator
- Receive real-time alerts when Circle Members arrive at or leave destinations (Eliminate disruptive "Where are you?" texts)
- Track stolen phones or lost phones
- Enjoy a more diverse array of features and benefits than those found on T-Mobile Familywhere, Sprint Family Locator, Verizon Family Locator or AT&T Familymap.
- Use Family Tracker's state-of-the-art GPS tracking technology for directions to favorite locations from wherever you are.
Family Tracker Offers Real Time Location Data
"I would recommend this App to anybody…Thanks for the personal touch, it makes me feel more comfortable in this day and age." – Family Locator User Scott Tatum. Plan your next family gathering with family tracker and end multiple texts to learn everyone's estimated arrival time. Family tracker alerts you when family members have checked in at a location and thanks to GPS Tracking technology, family tracker can also advise if someone is running late.
GPS Tracking of All Circle Members (Even Those Without Smart Phones)
For time-sensitive communication, Family Locator can quickly pinpoint the location of every family member. GPS Tracking for non-smartphone users is also possible, for a small monthly fee. This knowledge is quite handy for party planning: use GPS Tracking to make sure all guests have arrived before the guest of honor shows up at the surprise party! Family Loctor also saves your most commonly visited locations and can provide directions to them quickly (thank you Family Locator!).
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GPS Tracking to find Friends and Family
Life360 GPS tracking app uses GPS coordinates and state-of-the-art GPS location data to report the real-time whereabouts of your friends and family. Simply install the Life360 Family Locator app on your phone and your families' phones. Once registered, each member appears as a unique icon on the GPS tracking navigational map so you'll know exactly where each family members is, at all times. No need to send annoying "Where are your?" or "What's your ETA?" texts, the Life360 Family Locator puts this information at your fingertips. And to make life super easy, we send you GPS tracking alerts the moment your friends arrive at the appointed location!
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The Life360 family Locator is a very reliable Cell Phone Tracker. It can pinpoint the location of registered mobile devices, smart phones and even old school feature phones via the app's website, 24/7. Our GPS Phone Tracker lets you locate Android Phones, iPhones and Windows Phones. Its easy to use. All you have to do is invite your family members or friends and you can start tracking them on your Phone to track any cell phone.
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Family members who don't have the latest smart phone (or a smart phone at all), can still enjoy our GPS tracking features and benefits. Here's how it works: The app will send a text invite to the feature phone. Once your family member accepts the invitation and replies with a "yes," to the text, their individual icon will appear on the app's GPS maps. If their phone is lost, the app will provide GPS navigation assistance to help you guide them its destination. It's a phone tracker extraordinaire. To track a feature phone you will require a premium membership.
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6 Things We'd Change About Feedly
Google Reader is all but in the ground, and Feedly has risen up to take in the poor and forlorn Reader users who are wandering aimlessly around the web, looking for a new and comprehensive RSS experience.
Feedly is trying to fill the void by updating their services, but still, some of the magic of our favorite RSS reader is gone. If Feedly wants to fill the hole in our hearts left by Google Reader's demise, these changes are a good place to start.
Let us know what kinds of changes you'd make to Feedly, or which other Google Reader replacements you'll be using, in the comments below.
1. Less White Space
Feedly is definitely a more beautifully designed site than Reader, there's no denying that. But the excessive amount of white space is boring and unnecessary, especially for RSS users who want to see the most content possible in one sitting.
Not only that, but the site wastes space on useless features, like listing the sites in your feed multiple times, as pictured below:
2. An "Add Feed" Shortcut
While Feedly does have some convenient keyboard shortcuts available, the site is still missing the one that makes the most sense: add feed. The "a" key is still available for a shortcut, Feedly. How about it?
3. Export Your Data
Go ahead, call us paranoid, but we've been burned before and we need a safe exit strategy. We'd feel a lot better about switching over to Feedly if we knew there was a way to share or export our feeds and favorites if we ever need to abandon ship.
4. Improved Search
Google Reader allowed you to search within your feeds for information on a specific topic. Feedly, however, has no such option. Allowing readers to search within their feeds would eliminate some scrolling and help users find content faster.
5. Support for Large Feeds
Unlike Google Reader, Feedly has little support for large feeds for fear of cluttering up their database. This means that some feeds, like a hacked Facebook News Feed, won't work on Feedly.
6. More Organization
While Feedly has emerged as the front runner, Newsblur does boast one pretty nice feature that Feedly doesn't: the ability to nest folders inside other folders. This tiny change does wonders for organization, making our RSS feeds little Russian nesting dolls of productivity.
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text: Church and advocacy Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email THEMESCHURCHCHURCH AND ADVOCACY Advocacy is influencing the decisions, policies and practices of powerful decision-makers, to address underlying causes of poverty, bring justice and support good development. This section explores specifically how local churches can be involved in the task of advocacy. In addition, click on the following links for: A manual on how to plan and take practical action in advocacy. A guide on how to integrate local-level advocacy into church and community mobilisation (CCM) processes. (PDF 468 KB) A study and discussion guide for church and community groups on human rights and how to promote and defend them. What is advocacy?This section explores what is involved in advocacy, different approaches to advocacy, and the potential roles of an advocate. Why involve the church in advocacyThis section explores the biblical basis for Christian involvement in advocacy. The strategic role of the church in advocacyThis section explores the strengths, challenges and potential roles of both local churches and church structures (eg denominations) in advocacy. Church and community mobilisation (CCM) advocacyIn a handful of countries, Tearfund's church partners have undertaken pilot programmes to introduce advocacy into the CCM process – an approach now known as CCM advocacy. Visit this page to read more about this process. Case studies on the church and advocacyThis section provides a number of inspiring and informative stories of how churches have engaged in advocacy.