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Zambia Highby Paul Rubio | Men's Book Chicago magazine | September 14, 2012
Diversifying its national economic portfolio post-millennium, Zambia opened its borders to tourism with a vengeance. The shift away from a dependency on the copper industry enabled the country to begin capitalizing on its breathtaking attractions, iconic wildlife parks and awe-inspiring surrounds. A mere decade later, Africa's adventure capital has caught fire as the continent's hottest destination.
A little larger than Texas—and smack in the center of Southern Africa—landlocked Zambia, which is divided into nine provinces, flanks eight other African nations. Zambia's Eastern Province is home to wildlife-rich South Luangwa National Park, the sights and sounds of which rival the most active patches of the Serengeti National Park in nearby Tanzania. Instead of game drives, however, Zambia specializes in walking safaris—excursions that invite wildlife enthusiasts to connect with the continent's vast animal kingdom.
The genesis of walking safaris can be traced back to the 1950s in Zambia (the country was known as Northern Rhodesia from 1911 until the declaration of its independence in 1964). Today Sanctuary Zebra Plains, Walking Safari Camp(sanctuaryretreats.com) celebrates this history with the ultimate experience in bush immersion. This new breed of pedestrian expedition combines hard-core adventure with modern-day luxuries and is able to accommodate a maximum of six guests at one time. During a period of three days, safari-goers trek through South Luangwa National Park coming face to face with zebras, elephants, giraffes and hippos, as well as paramount predators like crocs, leopards and lions. It's necessary during these exhilarating yet precarious encounters to swallow your ego and listen wholeheartedly to the expert guide whose commands include when to remain quiet, when to be completely still and when to drop to the ground—"fight or flight" moments to be sure, but take heed, these guys know exactly what they're doing.
Just don't expect to pitch your own tent after an adrenaline-packed day in the bush. Back at the mobile camp, comfort elements kick into high gear. While groups are off in the field, a dedicated team sets up home base. It's a class act—think big-top-inspired tents, with actual beds and portable flush toilets; gourmet meals prepared via portable stoves; and beer-filled ice buckets.
Beyond Zebra Plains there's Puku Ridge Camp, another Sanctuary Retreats camp in South Luangwa, where walking safaris are shorter, less intense and optional. Featuring a private outdoor shower, deluxe bathtub, minibar, 24-hour electricity and hot water—all within the confines of a private tent—this deluxe outpost is an easier sell if traveling with your significant other instead of the guys. Credit also goes to the endless stream of Champagne, three-course epicurean meals and sunset cocktails in the bush—perks that rev up the romance factor considerably.
Here, the twice-daily open-air Jeep safaris traversing the wildlife-rich savannah woodlands headline the agenda. Game drives at Puku Ridge Camp are beyond amazing. One evening I'm lucky enough to witness a leopard drag its kill up a tree, then watch hungry hyenas gather at its base, eagerly awaiting the leftovers.
Victoria Falls is the other essential piece of Zambia's adventure puzzle. Locally known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or The Smoke That Thunders, the planet's largest, and arguably most impressive, vertical cascade of water is a thrill-seeker's playground. Boasting a watery rush of power and strength across a width of 5,600 feet, Victoria Falls mercilessly beats the earth and proffers one of the finest panoramas in the natural world. To put this scene in perspective, consider that Niagara Falls and Iguazu Falls plummet, respectively, 167 feet and 269 feet. Victoria Falls, in comparison, takes a whopping 354-foot plunge. From the roaring crash of pounding water and the acute whip of residual mist to the formation of colossal rainbows across a visible mile, the ascent at Victoria Falls ambushes the senses.
Fortunately, experiencing the falls isn't confined to nature trails. Helicopters and low-flying planes also supply jaw-dropping aerial views. And the Victoria Falls Bridge, which splits the falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is sectioned by a bungee jumping platform. So in addition to acting as the world's coolest border crossing, it also serves as one of the scariest jump-off points imaginable. Those who want to live on the edge can literally do so by taking a dip in Devil's Pool, a natural water source on the falls' precipice, or by braving the racing rapids—Grade 5 after rainy season—on the falls-fed Zambezi River.
Located within Victoria Falls National Park, Sanctuary Sussi & Chuma, also from Santuary Retreats, is the ultimate crash pad for unadulterated Vic Falls rapture. This luxury lodge seamlessly organizes all adrenaline-inducing activities and offers riveting game drives throughout the park; boat cruises along the Zambezi; and walking safaris in hopes of encountering Zambia's eight remaining white rhinos.
Nestled along the Zambezi River, and surrounded by natural islands, lodge vistas are nothing short of stunning. Add to this panorama a riverside bar, swimming pool and stylish lounge, and you have all the trappings of a contemporary hotel—albeit one situated in the middle of the bush. And nothing is better than elevating your heart rate to the max, then returning to contemporary modern comforts to recharge for the next day's adventure.
Since word spreads quickly in the age of globalization, it's only a matter of time before Zambia goes mainstream and tames its wild ways. But for now, at least, Zambia parlays the mystique of Africa in the raw and showcases a vast playing field for both hard-core and amateur adrenaline junkies.


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Part 1 of this two-part series explained how to size overload protection devices and short-circuit and ground-fault protection for motor branch circuits. Understanding the key point of that article, which was that motor overload protection requires separate calculations from short-circuit and ground-fault protection, clears up a common source of confusion and a point of error. But another source of confusion arises when it comes to sizing short-circuit and ground-fault protection for a feeder that supplies more than one motor. Let's look again at branch-circuit calculations and then resolve the feeder issues so your calculations will always be correct.
Branch-circuit conductors and protection devices
Per 430.6(A), branch-circuit conductors to a single motor must have an ampacity of not less than 125% of the motor full load current (FLC) as listed in Tables 430.147 through 430.150. To illustrate this, let's size the branch-circuit conductors (THHN) and short-circuit ground-fault protection device for a 3-hp, 115V, single-phase motor. The motor FLA is 31A, and dual-element fuses for short-circuit and ground-fault protection are in use (Fig. 1).
Per Table 430.148, the FLC current is 34A.
Per Table 310.16 (60°C terminals [110.14(C)(1)(a)]), the conductor must be a 6 AWG THHN rated 55A.
Per the motor FLC listed in Table 430.52, size the branch-circuit short-circuit and ground-fault protection devices by using multiplication factors based on the type of motor and protection device. When the protection device values determined from Table 430.52 don't correspond with the standard rating of overcurrent protection devices listed in 240.6(A), you must use the next higher overcurrent protection device. To illustrate this, let's use the same motor as in the previous example.
- Per 240.6(A), multiply 34A×175%
- You need a 60A dual-element fuse.
To explore this example further, see Example No. D8 in Annex D of the 2002 NEC. Once you've sized the motor overloads, branch-circuit conductors, and branch-circuit protective devices, you're ready to move on to the next step.
Motor feeder conductor calculations
From 430.24, you can see that conductors that supply several motors must have an ampacity not less than:
125% of the highest-rated motor FLC [430.17], plus
The sum of the FLCs of the other motors (on the same phase), as determined by 430.6(A), plus
The ampacity required to supply the other loads on that feeder.
Use Fig. 2 and solve the following problem.
Example No. 1. For what ampacity must you size the feeder conductor if it supplies the following two motors? The terminals are rated for 75°C.
One 7.5-hp, 230V (40A), single-phase motor
One 5-hp, 230V (28A), single-phase motor
(a) 50A
(b) 60A
(c) 70A
(d) 80A
Let's walk through the solution.
The largest motor is 40A.
80A is the closest selection that's at least 78A.
What size conductor would give us this ampacity?
(a) 2 AWG
(b) 4 AWG
(c) 6 AWG
(d) 8 AWG
Per Table 310.16, a 6 AWG conductor rated at 75°C provides 65A of ampacity, so it's too small. However, a 4 AWG conductor provides 85A of ampacity, which will accommodate the necessary 78A. Therefore, you need to size this feeder conductor at 4 AWG.
Next, we have to determine what size overcurrent protection device (OCPD) we must provide for a given feeder.
Example No. 2. Using a slightly more complex example, try sizing the feeder conductor (THHN) and protection device (inverse-time breakers, 75°C terminal rating) for the following motors (Fig. 3):
- Three 1-hp, 120V, single-phase motors
- Three 5-hp, 208V, single-phase motors
- One wound-rotor, 15-hp, 208V, 3-phase motor
Refer to 240.6(A), 430.52(C)(1), Table 430.148, and Table 430.52. Start by determining the ampacities required for each size of motor, then walk through each step until you arrive at the correct OCPD size.
1-hp motor: FLC is 16A.
5-hp motor: FLC is 30.8A.
30.8A×250%=77A (Next size up is 80A.)
15-hp motor: FLC is 46.2A.
46.2A×150% (wound-rotor) 569A (Next size up is 70A.)
Now, let's look at the feeder conductor. Conductors that supply several motors must have an ampacity of not less than 125% of the highest-rated motor FLC (430.17), plus the sum of the other motor FLCs [430.6(A)] on the same phase (Fig. 4).
Continuing with this example, add up all the ampacities, multiplying the highest rated motor by 125%. Thus:
Table 310.16 shows you need 1/0 AWG THHN because at 150A it's the smallest conductor that accommodates the 136A of ampacity we're working with. When sizing the feeder conductor, be sure to include only the motors that are on the same phase. For that reason, these calculations only involve four motors.
You must provide the feeder with a protective device with a rating or setting not greater than the largest rating or setting of the branch-circuit short-circuit and ground-fault protective device (plus the sum of the full-load currents of the other motors of the group) [430.62(A)]. Remember, motor feeder conductors must be protected against the overcurrent that results from short circuits and ground faults but not those that result from motor overload.
When sizing the feeder protection, be sure to include only the motors that are on the same phase.
Refer to Fig. 5 for this sample motor feeder protection calculation.
Example No. 3. What size feeder protection (inverse-time breaker) do you need for the following two motors?
- 5-hp, 230V, single-phase motor
- 3-hp, 230V, single-phase motor
(a) 30A breaker
(b) 40A breaker
(c) 50A breaker
(d) 80A breaker
Let's walk through the solution.
Step 1: Get the motor FLC from Table 430.148.
- A 5-hp motor FLC is 28A.
- A 3-hp motor FLC is 17A.
Step 2: Size the branch-circuit protection per the requirements of 430.52(C)(1), Table 430.52, and 240.6(A)
5-hp: 28A×2.5=70A
3-hp: 17A×2.5=42.5A (Next size up is 45A.)
Step 3: Size the feeder conductor per 430.24(A).
The largest motor is 28A.
Table 310.16 shows 6 AWG rated 55A at 60°C as the smallest conductor with sufficient ampacity.
Step 4: Size the feeder protection per 430.62.
It must not be greater than the 70A protection of the branch circuit plus the 17A of the other motor, which is the total of all loads on that feeder.
Choose the next size down, which is 80A.
How can you be safe if you're selecting the next size down instead of the next size up? Remember, you've already accounted for all the loads, and the NEC requires that you not exceed the protection of the branch circuit. Again, keep in mind that you aren't calculating for motor overload protection. Motor calculations are different from other calculations. With motor feeders, you're calculating for protection from short circuits and ground faults, only — not overload.
Putting it all together
Motor calculations get confusing if you forget there's a division of responsibility in the protective devices. To get your calculations right, you must separately calculate the motor overload protection (typically near the motor), branch-circuit protection (from short circuits and ground faults), and feeder-circuit protection (from short circuits and ground faults). Remember that overload protection is only at the motor.
Any time you find yourself confused, just refer to NEC Figure 430.1. It shows the division of responsibility between different forms of protection in motor circuits. Example D8 in Annex D of the 2002 NEC illustrates this with actual numbers. Keeping this division of responsibility in mind will allow you to make correct motor calculations every time.

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Is it correct to say the Name of Allah should have a fatha not a dagger alif?
Fatha or Dagger alif on the letter lam of the Name of Allah
Assalaamualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh
Please clarify the following for me regarding the Name of Allah taa'la:
I have noticed in some versions of The Quran, the Name of Allah has simply got a fatha written above the shaddah on the lam, however, in other versions, a dagger alif has been used.
Is it correct to say the Name of Allah should have a fatha not a dagger alif?
Is there suppose to be an elongation of the fatha on the lam?
Jazakallahu khayran. Thank you.
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh,
The Glorious name of Allah does have a pronounced alif after the lam with the shaddah. The dagger alif, which is part of the scholarly enhancements and not part of the 'Uthmani writing, has been added to some musaahif, but in others they didn't add it because of the vast familiarity with the glorious name of Allah and the knowledge that this alif exists in pronunciation. Some scholars believe it would be better if it was written in (as a dagger alif) for clarity.
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Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor (MMMT) of the Ovary
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My mother (63 y.o.) was recently diagnosed with a multi-mullerian ovarian tumor. She had a complete hysterectomy and 21 biopsies. The tumor was on her right ovary and spread to her fallopian tube. She is staged at 2-a. I am aware that this type of cancer is rare and that there aren't a lot of statistically significant studies on it. Even less frequently is it caught in stage 2a.
Her doctor has recommended a treatment plan of 8 cycles of Chemo. The plan he has recommended is known as "doubling." She will alternate in her 8 treatments between the gold standard of Taxol / Carbo and a second set of drugs know as Ifos / Adria. She will receive four treatments of each.
My mom is obviously scared about Chemo because of the fact that there is no concrete evidence that her body isn't currently free of cancer. Is there any light that you can shed on the type of treatment that her Doctor has recommended? Also, is there any advice that you can give on this situation or on where I can go to get good literature on it? We want to get educated as a family so that we can get my mom comfortable with the final treatment program.
Christina S. Chu, MD, Assistant Professor of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
Malignant mixed Mullerian tumor (MMMT) of the ovary is very rare. These tumors more commonly occur in the uterus, but even then are rare. We know from clinical trials that several chemotherapies have activity against this tumor including the drugs that your physicians recommended: paclitaxel (Taxol), adriamycin (also known as doxorubicin), ifosfamide, cisplatin and carboplatin. These drugs can be given in various combinations and schedules, which should be discussed in detail with your physicians. However, because these tumors may be very aggressive, I agree that your mother should receive additional chemotherapy. If you wish to investigate more about this type of tumor, I would advise that you research MMMT (also known as carcinosarcoma) of the uterus, which is more common. We believe that any information regarding chemotherapy effectiveness for tumors of the uterus should also hold true for tumors of the ovary.


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Taking Siri out for a spin?
Blog Guy, I gather from your recent posts that you're a big fan of Siri, the personal assistant on the new iPhone 4S who carries on conversations with users?
I am. I'm pretty dazzled, I must say.
So, have you gotten to know her personally?
Well, I don't like to boast, but as you can see from this screen grab, yes. Siri sent me her personal, private phone number.
Blog Guy, you're just pathetic. That's one of those fictitious 555 numbers that they use in movies, which don't really exist. Siri is just having fun with you. So, I heard a weird rumor about the timing of the release of the iPhone featuring Siri.
Yeah, it's true. Apple released the phone a couple of weeks before Halloween so they can cash in selling Siri costumes for trick-or-treating. All the kids will be trying to look and sound like Siri next Monday night.
But does anybody know what she looks like?
Yes. She sent me this photo of herself. She's sassy, perky, coy and confident.
So this woman who wouldn't even give you her real phone number claims she looks like a fashion model in Russia? I give up, Blog Guy.
It's only going to get better. On the next iPhone release, you won't even have to punch that button to get Siri's attention. She'll answer if you just give the phone a whirl, spinning it around quickly.
That's amazing! I hadn't even heard that yet!
Really? You don't know about the Whirled Siris?
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hey, Spin made second billing today! You go, girl!
BG, maybe you should visualize whirled peas.
That might be a contender for Virgin Atlantic's Steward uniforms…
@Georgia: Hahahaha! Nice comment.
Blog Guy, that is one of your best.puns.e-v-e-r.
If you cut multiple strands of cloth on the upper layers of that red outfit you'd have Siri with the fringe on top.
@FriscoJohn: Hey, none of your jokes. This is Sirious stuff. Roll those isinglass curtains down.
@Spin – how Sirius can it be at less than $2 a share??? Is BG getting his own show? You can tell me, I swear…I'll keep it quiet. Will SARCASM be streaming on the satellite air waves???
@Georgia, what time do you get up, anyway?
@Spin, thanks, that's very nice…
@Frisco, great minds. I actually wrote part of a song using Siri with the surry lyrics, but then went the other direction…
@69: too bad the model wasn't wearing animal skins and a tiara with a hypodermic needle in the crown. She'd be the furry with the siringe on top.
@BG – the time varies. This morning, I thought it was a little before 5. Actually, it was a little before 4. Oh well. I did a load of laundry, had time for Pilates (lots of fun with 2 dog resistance!), and checked my dog's FB page (gotta keep an eye on what those young'uns are doing, you know).
I wonder if a Golden Retriever and a rubber crab can be online friends?
Peaches, sure, why not? Does your Golden Retriever have 'a soft mouth,' for carrying George, on some of those nice, long beach strolls that George likes, though? Hey, it could happen!
@Unca – I'm pretty sure that's standard Golden Retriever eqpt…yep, he does. And he loves walks on the beach. Fair warning to George, my dog has been known get really, really, really demonstrative with his affection. His toybox is full of very well loved toys. He's even been known to sneak a quick slurp at the vet. He figures if you get in kissing range, you are all his 😉
That's SOP for Goldens, Georgia. Let me guess. Occasionally he tugs on his leash to go where HE wants to go, right?
absolutely, BG. As a pup, we had to watch that he didn't chew thru the cord on the retractable leash. Now he's all grown up (turned 5 last week) and a serious adult dog…who chases his tail, gallops thru the house, does a nice "upward facing dog" pose while barking, etc 😉 The vet did tell us he would probably outgrow his playful stage at 15 or so.
@Frisco: You can keep your phone if you're thinking that I'd care to swap.
Blog Guy, I decided to do your 180 for you.
From the musical "Oh, that Blog Guy!"
Come all ye bloggers, I guess you'd better hurry.
Get your iPhones out and listen to our Siri
Shall we order take-out with Ms. Siri when the fridge is shot?
Watch OE blog and see how it flusters
When we write them poetic busters.
Our Spam filters scan other posters and they get caught.
The jibes have Python, or Basler air.
Or perhaps some vague ref to Krasnoyarsk.
His faithful assistant Lamar is where?
What else should we commit to this farsk?
The puns we fling don't seem to faze her
As long as Shra has her taser.
Watch as we slide down Occam's razor and shall wonder not
If Blog Guy will allow Siri with the voice that is hot.
I teach yoga, Peaches! Geoge does all that with me every day, as I teach. It's amazing what a rubber Crab can do. He is also very patient, known to sit for months in the same place, waiting for me to release to do his wild thingies!
Frisco, I doff my hat toward you… Heck, I take out my Occam's razor and shave toward you…
Awwww, BG! What can I say? Miss Siri loves company.
Merlin took a lot of yoga classes. He always took Siri with him. Merlin's companion stretched a little too hard in class, but he wanted to help with sore-Siri.
Frisco, I'm just glad you chose that song to riff on, instead of "Everything's Up To Date at Basler Airlines"
@Frisco: brilliant!
@Spin: Hey, I think we'd love to hear your version of "Everything's up to date at Basler Airlines"! 😛
@Jclimacus: Agreed that @Frisco's rendition is brilliant.
OK, here goes…
I got to Basler Airlines on a Friday.
By Saturday I larned a thing or two.
'Cuz up till then I didn't have an idee
Of what the mod'rn world was comin' to
I counted twenty airplanes
In the big hangar
Every time I went to OshKosh
And then I made a call
for some customer support
And a strange woman spoke to me, by gosh.
What next?
What next?
Everything's up to date at Basler Airlines
They've gone about as fer as they could go
They went and built a jet plane sealed with duct tape
And then the "aerospace engineer" made his escape!
Ev'rythin's like a dream at Basler Airlines
It's better than Jet Blue any day
You can see their latest model on a laminated placemat
They can drive you to different places, what do you think of that?
But if you need to fly, their plane is likely to go splat
They've gone about as fur as they can go
Yes, sir!
They've gone about as fur as they can go.
Friends, either you're covering your ears
To a situation you do not wish to acknowledge
Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated
By the presence of an I-Phone 4S in your community.
Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,
I say, trouble right here in OE Blog City.
Why sure I'm a smart phone owner,
Certainly mighty proud I say
I'm always mighty proud to say it.
I consider that the hours I spend
With a multi-use device in my hand are golden.
Help you cultivate multi-tasking
And a cool head and a keen eye.
But just as I say,
It takes judgement, brains, and maturity to score
In a Angry Birds game,
But I say that any boob can take
And shoot, an bag five fliers in one.
And they call that sloth.
The first big step on the road
To the depths of deg-ra-Day-shun
I say, first, your "harmless" app,
Then Xbox in your livin' rooms.
An' the next thing ya know,
Your son is playin' for money
In sunglasses, and a backwards turned hat, on ESPN!
And list'nin to some big out-a-town Jasper
Hearin' him tell about Texas Hold Em'.
Make your blood boil?
Well, I should say.
Friends, lemme tell you what the WORST is.
Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six apps in junior's phone.
Apps they say that mark the diff'rence
Between an upstanding young man and a time waster!
With a capital "T,"
And that follows "S" and that stands for Siri!
And all week long your Blog City
Youth'll be frittern away,
I say your young men'll be flirtin' an' frittern!
Frittern and flirtin' away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too!
With that sultry seductive scarlett Siri siren!
Never mind gittin' dishes washed
Or the homework done or the trash taken out.
She'll be stuffin' your sons pockets with 555 numbers!
and that's trouble,
Oh, yes we got lots and lots a' trouble.
Now, I know all you blog readers are the right kinda parents.
I'm gonna be perfectly frank.
Would ya like to know what kinda conversation goes
On while they're chattin' and texting?
Textin, yes ah say! Texting and chattin it up with that gal!
They're tryin' out words like "LMAO", and "WTF"!
Libertine men and Scarlet women!
And fashion shows, in red fabric!
That'll grab your son and your daughter
With the arms of a jungle animal instinct!
Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground!
Trouble, oh we got trouble,
Right here in Blog City!
With a capital "T"
That rhymes with "P"
And that stands for Phone!
I – Phone!
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in Blog City,
Right here!
Gotta figger out a way
To keep the young ones respectable after school!
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble…
Okay, jclimacus, spin and frisco. I am awed. I am awedly enough.
I am taking a few days off to let the site cool, because I'm not following this onstage….
@jclimacus: I would say you've outdone yourself, but this is getting to be a consistent out-doing of yourself. Very impressive. With all due respect, it might be all right if your non-081 version stays in the Reuters cafeteria because you are doing a bang-up job with your comments.
No! No! Blog Guy, it's your turn to turn your awedly enough thoughts into a song from a musical.
Sudden thought: Wouldn't it be funny if there are a bunch of kids reading this out there and they have no idea on earth what songs you guys are riffing on?
"Sudden thought: Wouldn't it be funny if there are a bunch of kids reading this out there and they have no idea on earth what songs you guys are riffing on?"
C'mon Blog Guy, just doing our best to edjumicate the next generation… oh, I should not have said that…
@Spin: couldn't agree more, I know BG's got it in him.
Holy carp, Batman!
Who knew we had multiple musical geniuses (genii?) on board?
Maybe we need to start testing for performance-enhancing doughnuts?
If Siri were overseas would her number be 0112358132134? That would make her a Fibonacci Siris.
Sadly I'm 36 and I don't know what musicals you're riffing from! But thanks to you BG I'm now buying my bf an iPhone 4S for his 40th, just for Siri!
First time commenter, long long long time reader!
@RB: what if the kids' great great grandparents are reading?
After the call is over
After the iPhone 's set down
After Siri's voice leaving
After the apps are gone
Many a tween is texting
Can they spell whole words at all?
Thanks, Funkyk… These are riffs from The Music Man and Oklahoma. But more importantly, your BF is VERY lucky. Please keep coming back here….
Thanks for clearing that BG. Like Funkyk, I had no idea what you guys were riffing about…
I guess I have a lot to learn.. Offline, that is.
And coz its the Festival of Lights, in my part of the world, I will let that zap go for now.. 😉
Confused? You're the ideal OE Blog reader – join today!
Happy Diwali, Shra!
@Shra: I can't speak for @Malteser, but I'm guessing that @FriscoJohn and @jclimacus081 went to high school in the U.S. Many high schools or summer theater groups for high schoolers in the U.S. perform Oklahoma! (it's easy to get the rights to perform it) and/or the Music Man. If you weren't a performer in the musical, you had friends who were, so you'd go to see these musicals to support your friends. Hence, a lot of post-high school Americans probably know the songs from Oklahoma and/or The Music Man.
@Funkyk: Welcome! Please continue to comment. Tell your BF to start reading the blog, too — after he receives his birthday surprise, of course.
Spin is right, Shra. At our high school we did a musical based on the friendship between a Looney Tunes character and the wife of Harry Truman. It was called "Porky and Bess."
My humble addition to the musicla (Oklahoma) theme:
There's never been a worser time to fly-
A little too early and waaay too late!
Starting as a reporter was our brave Blog Guy-
Still be living in a con-fused state!
Con-fused state-
gonna eat first rate!
Gonna buy you chicken, waffles and Poutine-aters,
No more pumpkins, spinich and termaters,
Towers on the tarmac where the fire engines zoom,
Plen'y of air but not much room,
Not enough room to swing a cat!
Plen'y of places to stow your hat.
Baas-ler Airlines, where the wings come sweepin' off the plane,
And engine overheat sure don't smell sweet,
When the pilot jumps right out into the rain
Baas-ler Airlines, Ev'ry flight my honey lamb and I,
cower with fear
and watch a vulture makin' lazy circles in the sky.
We know we long to land (yo-ho)
And not fall into the Rio Grande!
And when we express
Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-ye-ee-ss!
We're only sayin'
You're doin' fine, Basler Airline!
Basler Airlines B.S.!
BRAVO, Nosmo! I really think we've got a hit on our hands. Especially since Lamar is totally based on Jud Fry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xQzazBK DQ
I'm just a commenter who cain't say no
I'm in a turrible fix
I always say come on let's go
Just when I oughta' say nix
When a commenter asks me to pen a haiku
I know I ought to ignore him just like that
But then I hear a 5-7-5 start to coo
I write a simple poem in seconds flat
I'm just a fool when comments are low
I cain't help but add my own
I write and think and rewrite and hone
I somehow get into a commenting mindset zone
I cain't say 'no!'
Whatcha gonna do when the blog guy uses a topic
and you want to look at it microsopic
Whatcha gonna do?
S'pposin' that he says
Something that makes your laugh hearty
And want to start a comment party
Whatcha gonna do?
S'pposin' that he says
That Lamar has a new idea
and he tells you of the latest fashion show
Whatcha gonna do when he jokes like that?
Shut the computer off and go?
Didn't do Oklahoma or The Music Man in my HS days. We did Auntie Mame (not the musical). I was typecast as the stuffy banker. But, oh, have I changed.
Okay, I didn't really go to a high school. Not as such…
@Nosmo, Spin: Outstanding! A tough act to follow but here goes…
Basler Airlines!
What a wonderful name,
Named for Robert Basler of OE Blog fame.
Basler Aeronautics, as a Shakespeare would say,
Trips along softly on the tongue this way–
Basler Airlines, Basler Airlines, Basler Airlines,
Let me say it once again.
Basler Airlines, Basler Airlines, Basler Airlines,
That's the planes that "knew me when."
If you'd like to have a logical explanation
How I happen'd on this paragon of aviation,
Though they never make their destination
The aerial chief
That suspends belief!
Basler Airlines,
Basler Airlines,
Not Continental, United, Delta, Quantas, or Zoom, but–
Basler Airlines,
Basler Airlines,
Basler Airlines,
They'll take ya home!
People should have to pay good money to read comments like these. They shouldn't get them for free…
@Blog Guy: Technically, it comes out of US taxpayer money. http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/20 11/08/03/ill-have-the-satan-sandwich-sug ar-coated/
Thanks for your encouragement guys! And my boyfriend will be reading the blog now as he already knows about his present – but didn't know about my guilty pleasure of reading the OE blog till last night!
@Nosmo: love the song
@BG: love Porky and Bess! I went to a small parochial school and we didn't have musical theater. I did attend a summer program in the public school system. They produced "South Pacific" and I got picked to stand on a table in the nightclub scene and sing "Fan Tan Fanny." Ain't been right since.
Onedoor, not to second-guess you or anything, but I don't even remember that song. Could it have been "Bloody Mary" or "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right out of my Hair?"
Silly me! I told you I haven't been right since then. That and I was still working on dinner. It was "Flower Drum Song." See if that helps, BG.
Fan Tan Fanny was leaving her man
Fan Tan Fanny kept waving her fan…
The guidance counselor never mentioned table dancing.
Sister Merry Bambi would have had good balance back then. Now, I tend to be a little off balance (snicker).
Heh heh heh, Onedoor. You can't get something like that past me. Okay, at least not past Lamar….
Wow… I am in awe in all of you… its like being a kid again and watching superstars/idols performing on stage for the very first time… and ofcourse I am staring in wide-eye wonder at the costumes..
This is what happens when Siri breaks down and you miss your Country Roads.
"I hear her voice, in the morning hour she calls me,
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
And driving down the road I get the feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, Siri-ously!"
Bring it on home, Malt:
Country Roads,
take me to Roscoe's
It's The place I want to dine
Siri mis-led me
And no-one's fed me
Take me to Roscoes,
Country Roads
Oh gosh,Malt, I love you for getting Country Roads in..
Its one of my fav Jon Denver songs!
Sing along, everyone!!
Times Critic Review: the OE Blog Musical, was a hit, even before it hit the stage
Speaking of costumes, @Shra, apparently, if you ask Siri what she is wearing, she says, ""Aluminosilicate glass and stainless steel. Nice, huh?"
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/1 4/siri-is-one-funny-lady/
To continue with the genre, this might have been sung by Nicely Nicely Basler:
I dreamed last night I got on the boat to heaven
And by some chance I had brought Siri along
And there I stood
And I hollered "Siri, answer me"
But the passengers, they knew the 4s from the Droid
For the people all said sit down
Sit down, you're rockin' the boat
The people all said sit down
Sit down you're rockin' the boat
And Siri will book your diary
To the sharp tone from your throat
Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down
Sit down you're rockin' the boat
I sailed away on that little boat to heaven
And by some chance found that Siri answered my last query
And there I stood,
Nicely appreciating Siri-Dearie
But the passengers were bound to resist
For the people all said beware
You're on a heavenly trip
People all said beware
Beware, you'll scuttle the ship.
And Siri will book your diary
A finer program Jobs never wrote
Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down
Sit down, you're rockin' the boat
Great, Spin. Glad to see you're not Runyon out of ideas….
Blog Guy, some might argue that mine is a Loesser version of the song.
Geez Blog Guy, I took your advice and broke down and bought one of the new iPhone 4S's. At first it was fine, took it out of the box, plugged it in, etc. Then I asked Siri a question:
jclimacus081: "Siri, can you tell me which theaters are showing Anonymous this weekend?
Siri: "Sure thing honey, but the name's not Siri."
jclimacus081: "Uhm, sorry?"
not Siri: "No I'm Debi, a special prototype. Debi Hari actually. Hit it boys!
Colour me your iPhone, baby
Colour me your heart
Roll out the red carpet, darling
I know who you are
Come up off your keyboard baby
I know where you blog!
Call me, on the line
Call me, at 555, any, anytime
Call me, jclim, you can call me any day or night
Call me!
Cover me with new apps, baby
Cover me with smiles
Roll me in designer clothing
Russian models are just fine
Emotions come I don't know why
Ain't it something, this new AI?
Call me, on the line
Call me, at 555, any, anytime
Call me and we'll blog all day
Call me, call me any day or night
Call me!
Got commentor's block? I'll solve it baby
In any language that you like
Ooh, amore, chiamami chiamami.
Oo, appelle-moi mon cherie, appelle-moi
I'm an app anytime, anyplace, anywhere
Dump that Stinkberry, Android, with a touch of flair
Take me out and show me off
Put me on the scene
Dress me in the fashions of the sassy, perky
Zombie fashion queens
Ask me, ask me
Any thing you want to know
I'll find the best steak in town
Or the nearest musical Broadway show
Oh, call me, ooh ooh ahhhhhh!
Call me.
Call me, call me, any, anytime…"
It's been singing for six hours, and frankly I'm scared to go near the thing. Help!
Hey, Dave! They designed this one with you in mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q0kd5LlA Nk
Daisy, Daisy…


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No description of fairylike perfection is too saccharine for the hummingbird. They live in a world of blossoms, sweet nectar, and the untainted freshness of everlasting spring
Rachel Poliquin, The Breathless Zoo
If I was forced to choose a favourite specimen or exhibit at the Museum, at best I could probably narrow it down to a top three. Among the group would definitely be the beautiful case of hummingbirds on display in the Birds gallery.
Standing over six feet tall and containing at least 100 of the tiny, shiny little birds, the case is typical of the Victorian-era exotic displays sought by natural history and curiosity collectors.
One of my favourite Museum items: the hummingbird case in the Birds gallery, with close-up showing the shimmering plumage of the birds inside.
Unfortunately the origin of this magnificent case is not clear. Our best guess is that it came from collector William Bullock's personal museum, the contents of which was sold at auction in 1819.
In the document, 'A companion to Mr. Bullock's London Museum and Pantherion,' his hummingbird case is listed as 'the finest collection in Europe', and of the birds it is said that 'precious stones, polished by art, cannot be compared to these jewels of nature'.
But if you demand provenance with your hummingbirds, then look no further than our collection of John Gould cases. Gould was a gardener turned taxidermist, illustrator and publisher whose big break came when he was commissioned by King George IV to mount the monarch's pet giraffe.
Ever commercially minded, in 1851 Gould self-financed an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds to capitalise on the footfall of those attending the Great Exhibition. The birds were presented in 24 custom-built cases which revolved and were specially lit to show off the iridescence of the hummingbirds' feathers.
A picture from the Illustrated London News showing Gould's 1851 hummingbird exhibition.
Among the reported 75,000 people who attended during the run of the Great Exhibition were Charles Dickens, and also Queen Victoria who wrote in her diary:
It is impossible to imagine anything so lovely as these little humming birds, their variety, and the extraordinary brilliancy of their colours.
After Gould's death, the Treasury provided a grant to the Museum to purchase his hummingbird cases, 3,800 unmounted hummingbird skins and 7,000 skins of other birds, which were divided between South Kensington and Tring.
Three of Gould's 24 hummingbird cases purchased by the Museum.
For a time, the cases were displayed on our Central Hall balcony, but as special collections librarian Paul Cooper explains, at one point they almost met a terribly unbefitting demise:
They were rescued them from being thrown into a skip in the 1970s. Presumably they were thought out of fashion, out of date, not needed... but the Library saved them when the Museum was going to get rid of them.
A watercolour showing Gould's hummingbird cases on display in one of the Central Hall balconies (left), and a c. 1932 photograph showing a couple of cases precariously placed at the top of the Central Hall stairs where our giant sequoia now stands (right).
Six of the hummingbird cases now reside behind the scenes in the Rare Books Room in the Library at South Kensington and one other is in Walter Rothschild's library at Tring.
It is hard to believe that these cases of hummingbirds, which can excite such romantic infatuation, could ever be considered surplus to requirements. In the words of Gould himself (the brackets are mine):
The pleasure I experience each time I see (our) hummingbird (case) is as great at the present moment as when I first saw (it).
Six of the hummingbird cases now resident in the Library's Rare Books Room.


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Charlotte Hornets
A bug's life: A second act for the guy inside the Hugo costume
You don't go to school to become a professional sports mascot. So there was no one around to teach Michael Zerrillo that every mascot has an expiration date.
He figured that out on his own in the spring of 1995 when an accident on an air-pressure catapult tore his Achilles tendon and several ankle ligaments.
If you lived in Charlotte in the '90s, you undoubtedly saw Zerrillo perform without ever knowing his name or seeing his face. A former Arizona State gymnast, Zerrillo was the second Hugo, beloved mascot of the Charlotte Hornets. He played the fuzzy teal-and-purple bug from 1990 through 2007, moving with the team from Charlotte to New Orleans and briefly to Oklahoma City when Hurricane Katrina forced a temporary relocation of the NBA franchise.
Now 48, Zerrillo is back in Charlotte in an entirely different profession: He's building services coordinator for the office tower that is part of the NASCAR Hall of Fame complex. Instead of doing back-flips and high-fiving little kids, he makes sure tenants get moved in and out of office space or that inventory at NASCAR Digital's production studios arrive on time. Zerrillo sees both tasks this way:
Make people happy every day.
"He's got a gentle heart. As soft a heart as anyone I've ever known," said Marilynn Bowler, formerly the Hornets' vice president of public affairs. "He identifies with people. I've never heard him say a bad thing about anyone."
Bowler became Zerrillo's surrogate mother in Charlotte after the Hornets hired him in his 20s over dozens of applicants. The original Hugo was a dancer, but the team wanted a more acrobatic performer. So they consulted with Bob Woolf, the Phoenix Suns "Gorilla" – essentially the mascot of all mascots in the NBA.
Bowler hinted around with Woolf that they'd be interested in hiring him if he was of a mind to move. Woolf said he had a friend, a fellow Arizona State gymnast, and "anything I can do, he can do."
So the Hornets brought in Zerrillo for a tryout. He flew from Phoenix to Charlotte on a red-eye, and with no sleep, as Bowler recalled, "he knocked the socks off that audition."
A Southern encounter
There's no template for being a mascot. You make it up as you go along, whether it's riding a unicycle or roller skating or – this was Zerrillo's first challenge on the job – testing if you can do a standing back-flip while wearing that bulky costume and heavy clown-like shoes.
Zerrillo drove to Wilmington, where a cousin was playing Leonardo in one of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movies. He needed his cousin to spot him as he attempted stunts in the Hugo costume. On the way there, Zerrillo spotted something in a small town he still remembers vividly 23 years later: two men dressed in Ku Klux Klan garb, carrying a large wooden cross.
"That was eye-opening," Zerrillo recalled. "That's when I knew this wasn't (hometown) Syracuse or Phoenix.''
It was Bowler's job to make him feel welcome as he fast-tracked through two months of training before the 1990 season-opener. Bowler called Zerrillo's mother to find out his preferences, stocking an apartment near the Charlotte Coliseum with soda, candy bars and snacks. Meanwhile the Hornets were figuring out the holes in their new mascot's game.
"Dancing was a challenge," Bowler recalled. "You assume that anyone as coordinated as Michael could just step out on the floor and dance. No. It takes years of practice to do that, and he had two months. But he pulled it off."
Zerrillo quickly became a daredevil, coming up with the "Super Hugo" alter ego, so he could perform the more risky stunts in teal tights. Team owner George Shinn loved the increasingly spectacular feats, whether it was rappelling from the Coliseum's ceiling or finding ever more dangerous ways to launch his body at the rim for a dunk.
Over time, Woolf helped place three more of his former gymnastics teammates in the mascot business, and they brain-stormed constantly. Their coach, Don Robinson, sometimes teased Arizona State's basketball coaches, "I'm putting more guys in the NBA than you are."
The bug in the mirror
But being a mascot wasn't just stunts, it was about making a connection with people without speaking.
"It's hard to convey what you're thinking," Zerrillo said. "You spend a lot of time in front of the mirror (in costume) thinking, 'Oh, that's what it should look like.' "
He had a special knack for making kids – even the very young – comfortable with Hugo.
"Gymnasts are always teaching young kids, so I knew how to come up to them without seeming scary," said Zerrillo, who has a daughter, Bella, and son, Oliver. "It's really about getting what (reaction) people give back to you."
By the spring of 1995, Zerrillo was experimenting with a catapult that could thrust him from outside the NBA 3-point line to the rim – about 25 feet. It required him to plant one foot on the catapult's spring board to trigger the device.
In preparation for a playoff series between the Hornets and the Chicago Bulls, Zerrillo attempted the stunt, and the worst happened. Maybe he planted his foot wrong or maybe the air-pressure was miscalibrated. But he ended up on the floor with the torn Achilles and numerous other injuries.
The surgeries it took to repair those injuries were so extensive that Zerrillo recalls his case was brought up in a medical school discussion. A doctor described the damage as "like stepping on a land mine," to which a medical student replied, "Why would somebody do that?"
That question – why keep doing Hugo's crazy stunts? – became a recurring theme. Over time, Zerrillo suffered a ruptured disc and had multiple neck surgeries. He tore tissue in one of his shoulders. He had surgery on both knees to remove torn cartilage.
Time to move on
Through it all he took a "show must go on" attitude. One time, when a doctor diagnosed appendicitis, Zerrillo asked if he could still perform that night. The doctor asked him to consider what it would be like vomiting inside Hugo's head. Zerrillo relented and had the appendectomy.
So he and wife, Andrea, came to the realization this Hugo gig was coming to an end. He was living part of each year in New Orleans or Oklahoma City so that Andrea and the kids weren't constantly uprooted. With kids to raise, it was time to come home to Charlotte.
Zerrillo had his real estate license and figured a booming city like Charlotte offered plenty of opportunity. That was 2008 – the outset of the great recession – so plans changed. A friend was helping to coordinate construction on the NASCAR Hall of Fame and needed help. Zerrillo didn't know construction, but his people skills fit well with the job. Eventually it led to his current position.
He likes this job because every day is different. But it's not the same as living a bug's life.
"There's a definite high in hearing 24,000 people cheering for you," Zerrillo said. "But any job where you constantly help people is rewarding."
As you might expect, Zerrillo is all for the Charlotte Bobcats' planned name change to the Hornets. He'd also favor a shift back to the teal-and-purple bug rousing Charlotte crowds.
"I'm behind it, I think it's a great idea," he said. "Whatever happens with the Bobcats, I hope people embrace (the new nickname) and they go all out."
Today, it's difficult to distinguish where Zerrillo ends and Hugo begins. How does Zerrillo describe his alter ego?
"He's approachable. Lovable," Zerrillo said "A person you'd always want to hang out with."


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Interactive games and fitness are becoming a hit with kids. But how will they with adults in clubs?
The school children, dressed neatly in collared shirts and khaki slacks, line up in rows of four with foam noodles in hand, patiently awaiting their next drill.
When they get their cue, these well-mannered children flip the switch and go into attack mode. The first kid in line runs up to one of the four brightly colored walls and takes aim.
Later, after everybody's had their turn, the kids attack the wall with rubber balls, a la dodgeball. The good news is no children are harmed in this game.
In another room in the school, a group of younger children try to keep step with an image on a TV screen. Other kids pedal as fast as they can on interactive bikes. One kid throws haymakers in an interactive boxing game.
The children are partaking in physical education classes as part of the PE4life Academy at Woodland Elementary School in Kansas City, MO. The way these kids exercise now may be how they exercise in the future. And as this active gaming trend grows, fitness club owners may have to take a long look at incorporating interactive games in their facilities.
"It is our contention, within three to five years, there will be an interactive fitness area or room next to every strength and cardio room in as many facilities in the country as possibly can afford," says one gaming manufacturer, whose company expects its business to more than triple this year.
Bringing video games into the fitness world appears to be a no-brainer. According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), computer and video game software sales in the United States grew to $7.4 billion in 2006. ESA also says that 69 percent of American heads of households play computer and video games, and the average game player is 33 years old. But for the time being, interactive exercise equipment is being used primarily in kid-only centers or the kids club sections of larger for-profit clubs.
School children have been the focus of the importance and usefulness of interactive gaming with fitness. Naperville (IL) Community Unit School District 203 began using interactive bikes hooked up to a video game about seven years ago.
Phil Lawler, a Naperville middle school physical education teacher and the district's physical education coordinator at the time, wouldn't even buy video games for his own kids. Now Lawler, the PE4life academy director, uses the "enemy" as his ally.
"It is a total body workout, but the kids get into it," Lawler says. "You watch the kids work out on this stuff, and they're laughing and smiling while they do it. You go into a health club, and why do we have TV screens in the health clubs? We're just trying to distract them from their exercise. Well, this really distracts them from their exercise."
Naperville Central High School offers a learning readiness physical education class to its freshmen in the first hour of the day. The class has most of the latest interactive equipment.
The early morning active gaming classes may be helping to improve their brain skills and test scores. The school studied how well 15 freshmen did in a second-hour literacy class after exercising on the interactive equipment compared to 15 freshmen who took literacy class in the eighth hour of the day, long after their interactive physical education class. The first group of freshmen did far better in the second-hour literacy class than the second group did in eighth hour.
"The improvement in the semester is about a half year difference between those kids," says Paul Zientarski, the instructional coordinator for Naperville Central's physical education, health and driver education department.
Cross-lateral movements during these games are especially important to brain improvement.
"We have lots of brain research that shows that anytime you do a cardiovascular workout, you manufacture new brain cells," Zientarski says. "Anytime you incorporate music and rhythm, that helps make the neuro connections up in the brain. We're starting to see improvement in test scores in reading and math as a result of the kids using [interactive equipment] in relationship to our P.E. classes. Besides being physically fit, mentally, it's preparing them for the learning process."
Naperville isn't the only school district that's going interactive. Sierra Vista Junior High School in Canyon Country, CA, raised money in March for new interactive equipment for its fitness center.
"We're hoping that other schools and other districts will model what we're doing," says George Velarde, the Sierra Vista Junior High physical education department chair.
Research from one interactive gaming equipment manufacturer shows that its product can help children with autism, attention deficit disorder and dyslexia. Children develop these conditions, according to the research, from inactivity in the early stages of life. This type of equipment can help re-stimulate children or help them "catch up" to where their development needs to be.
Besides brain function and classroom improvement, using interactive equipment in exercise for school-age children helps in other areas as well. Woodland Elementary saw a 59 percent decrease in discipline incidents and a 67 percent decrease in out-of-school suspension days from the 2004-2005 school year to the 2005-2006 school year after PE4life introduced the active gaming equipment to the school.
Lisa Witherspoon is a doctoral student at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, researching interactive equipment with elementary school children. Her subjects often leave the lab, which substitutes as their P.E. class, with faces red from exertion and making comments about it being "the best P.E. class ever," she says.
"I've seen kids come in that are overweight or maybe not the most athletic or maybe not the most competitive and they have found success," Witherspoon says. "They're able to be in the same room with these athletic kids that are great at team sports and be just as good if not better at these interactive games, so they can socially fit in with all ability levels."
The fight against obesity is the primary objective for most people associated with helping kids learn and use interactive games with fitness. The obesity issue is the main reason Ernie Medina, a preventative care specialist, co-founded the XRtainment Zone in Redlands, CA.
Unlike most interactive gaming centers such as Nexgym, which has two locations in Texas, or Fitniks in Santa Rosa, CA, or even the Energy Factory, a club in Tenafly, NJ, which has since closed, the XRtainment Zone is available for use by the entire family and promotes itself as a family wellness and entertainment center.
In addition to video games, the XRtainment Zone offers fitness classes, nutrition classes and health studies.
"We're sort of breaking ground in areas that haven't really been tested yet," Medina says. "All of us are testing it all at the same time."
Kevin Bolden is the president of the Nexgym facilities in Southlake, TX, and Plano, TX. Bolden, who expects to open 10 to 15 facilities this year across the United States, says an owner of an interactive gaming center could expect a return on investment between 30 percent and 50 percent.
"It is a very profitable business," Bolden says. "The reason that it's profitable for us is that we are a brand new model that targets a whole group of kids that haven't been targeted before … only children from ages 6 to 14."
Several YMCAs are benefiting from the influx of active gaming equipment, too. Billy George, the chief operating officer of the YMCA of South Hampton Roads in Virginia and North Carolina, says all 13 of his centers have IZones, or interactive zones.
George credits these IZones for growth in membership. In 2005, the YMCA of South Hampton Roads reported 28,140 units. In 2006, that number grew to 32,842, an increase of 14 percent. There were also about half a million new visits from 2005 to 2006, George says.
Many major fitness clubs have not totally embraced the active gaming trend. Gold's Gym spokesperson Dave Reiseman says that in most Gold's Gyms, kids can use the gym at 14 years old if they are supervised and 16 years old if unsupervised.
"It's not something we've really integrated into the gyms yet," Reiseman says about active gaming, "but by the same token, we're always evaluating new technology, new equipment. Five years from now, who knows?"
The XRtainment Zone sits on top of a 24 Hour Fitness, which announced a partnership with an interactive game company two years ago for the use of its product in the 24 Hour Fitness kids clubs.
Spectrum Athletic Clubs, which has 22 clubs in Texas and California, doesn't invest a lot in active gaming equipment, according to Matthew Stevens, CEO of the company.
"We have found that the key to the success of [our kids clubs] starts with the programming directors," he says. "So we've invested significant money into our people more than into an audio-visual solution." Besides, he adds, the active gaming systems are only used when a club has the right people programming the activity. That being said, the company does offer an interactive gaming wall at some of its kids clubs and offers large play structures at most.
Medina has noticed a problem when club owners or staff members don't know how to use the interactive equipment.
"They'll get this piece of equipment. They'll set it up in there," Medina says. "But because people are unfamiliar with it or don't know how to use it, then it doesn't get used and it just takes up space. People end up returning it, selling it or say, 'See, it doesn't work.'
"Because of that learning curve and the novelty of it, you need to have somebody dedicated that could either do classes or run people through it until it finally got to the point where [it would be like] people know how to use a treadmill."
Bolden hires mostly high school and college-age people at his Nexgym facilities.
"They are particularly effective because they grew up with a lot of this technology, so they understand it," Bolden says. "They interact very well with the age group of 6 to 14. The technology itself is pretty intuitive. At birthday parties, kids have to come in off the street and be up and running on this equipment in seconds. In our design, it's intuitive enough for them to do that. It doesn't take very long for kids to pick it up and manage the technology on their own. It seems to be faster for the kids than it does for the adults."
Brian Jaccoma, the fitness director at The Club@800 Squash & Fitness in Rye Brook, NY, is supportive of the active gaming movement and has been in the market for a piece of interactive equipment. Jaccoma wonders, though, whether the cost of these types of games is too expensive for clubs and schools.
An interactive dancing piece of equipment runs about $500 to $600. Gaming bikes cost anywhere from $1,200 to $1,800. Some interactive systems could cost as much as $7,000, and that does not include screens, TVs and any other additional units. Another thing to keep in mind: In 12 to 18 months, one manufacturer says, products will have new technology.
Stephen P. Roma of Work Out World is interested in putting interactive gaming equipment in the child-care area at one of his clubs in Middlesex, NJ.
"If we can add value to the experience of the child coming to the facility when mom and dad drop the child off, the child is going to want to be there; the mom and dad will want to be there," Roma says. "It's just a good environment full circle for us."
However, Roma is not sure about adding interactive equipment to the main part of his club. Roma doubts that the 20-something or 30-something gamer crowd will want to join a club simply because of the gaming equipment.
"Unless it's entertainment driven, I don't know if I'm ready to buy into that," Roma says. "I don't think I would invest money in it at this point."
In the future, though, club owners may have to tailor interactive equipment for their adult members, many of whom will have grown up exercising with all the games they used to play as kids. So instead of the normal background noise of treadmills running and barbells clanging at clubs, you might hear more sounds like whack!
"It's not going to be enough that there's a TV screen in front of them," Bolden says about future members. "Over time, I think you're going to see a lot more interactive technology introduced into the adult gym."
Manufacturers of Exertainment Bikes and Accessories
- Cateye Fitness, www.cateyefitness.com
- Expresso Fitness, www.expressofitness.com
- Tacx, www.tacx.com
- VCycling, www.vcycling.com
Some Active Gaming Manufacturers to Check Out
Cybex: The Trazer is a virtual reality game that combines reaction time, acceleration, speed, power and balance. www.cybextrazer.com
CycleScore: A project funded by a grant from the MIT iCampus program, a recumbent bicycle is hooked up to a motivational game that uses interactive feedback. www.cyclescore.com
Expresso Fitness Corp.: The Expresso bike pairs cycling with interactive training software as it simulates dozens of courses. www.expressofitness.com
Konami: A company known for its computer, video and arcade games, Konami also offers Dance Dance Revolution and other interactive cardio games and equipment. www.konami.com
Makoto USA: A game that combines physical training with sensory integration therapy to improve performance. www.makoto-usa.com
Powergrid Fitness: Specializes in interactive, isometric strength training devices that hook up to common video-gaming systems. www.powergridfitness.com
RacerMate Inc.: Offers electronic bicycle ergometers and trainers along with software including programs on coaching and multi-rider racing. www.racermateinc.com
Sportwall: Products such as Sports-PC, ScoobieBall and SmartBall use games, lights and sounds to get children and adults moving. www.sportwall.com


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I love fall season and I love its beautiful colours. So I thought of sharing wonderful butternut squash recipe from Ivy Liacopoulou of Kopiaste.
If you have a favourite butternut squash recipe please do share with me...waiting to hear from you.
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Baking time: 1 hour
Serves: 1 baking dish (about 12 pieces)
- 2 lbs butternut Squash, grated
- 1 lbs spinach, squeezed
- ½ cup olive oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 lbs feta, crumbled
- ½ cup parsley, finely chopped
- ½ cup fennel fronds, finely chopped
- Salt (with caution) and freshly grated black pepper
- A pinch of cumin
- 1.5 lbs corn meal
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 200 ml Greek yogurt 2%
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp salt
Additional ingredients:
- 3 tbsp margarine divided (to grease the baking tin and to add on top)
- Grate the pumpkin and mix all the filling ingredients.
- In a large bowl add the crumble ingredients and mix using your hand until the ingredients are well blended to form the crumble. If you still see corn meal, add more olive oil, if necessary.
- Grease a 35 x 25 cm baking tin with 2 tbsp margarine. Add half of the crumble on the baking tin.
- Add the filling on top and sprinkle the remaining crumble on top of the filling.
- Add the remaining margarine in small pieces scattered all over the baking tin.
- Preheat oven to 180o C / 350o F and bake for about 1 hour or until the crumble is golden on top.
Serve as a main dish, a side dish or a snack.
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