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The 2nd Amendment guarantees an American's RIGHT to own firearms. Much like the 1st Amendment guarantees the concept to keep Church and State separate.
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Hi Christina.
What do you plan to do with the gun? Hunt? Target shoot? Skeet/trap? Compete (IPSC, for example)? Self/home defense? CCW?
I don't own a gun but I want to get one.
@Don, time to get something other than a cap and ball pistol.
I have owned guns most of my adult life and have had several jobs that required carrying a weapon. I have an Arizona CCW and own a Ruger SP101 in 357 mag, a Ruger P97 45 cal and a Magnum Research baby desert eagle in 40 cal.
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You know how awesome it is when great things happen to great people? Meet the extraordinarily talented Lizzie Garrett Mettler, creator of the ultra-chic Tomboy Style blog and the smashing book of the same name, and—according this year's September Vogue—inspiration for J. Crew's fall collection. For reals. She is also one of my favorite people and mixer of mean cocktails, maker of perfect salads with shallots two ways and, of course, always the best accessorized girl in the room. I hope you enjoy this end-of-year peek into Lizzie's closet and fridge… See you all in 2013!
What was the inspiration for Tomboy Style?
I felt like there wasn't a blog out there that really spoke to my style, so I decided to start it myself. I remember realizing that there was a shift in the word "tomboy," its meaning seemed to be in a transitional phase; growing up I thought of it as a pejorative word, now it's come to mean something entirely different, especially when paired with the word chic or style.
Can you describe your design aesthetic?
Not well. I definitely like a mixture of periods. I hate this word, but I guess I'd have to say it's "eclectic."
Your girliest moment?
I can get REALLY into table settings.
What piece of clothing or accessory in your wardrobe is in heaviest rotation right now?
My new Mrs. P Hicks canoe boots.
What five things will we always find in your closet?
Striped t-shirts
light weight scarves
Tretorn Nylites
I think I just counted that I have nine chambray shirts (yikes).
a photo of my husband
What five things will we always find in your refrigerator?
baking soda
First song played at your wedding?
With a Girl Like You by The Troggs (wait, Heather, you don't recall that from memory!?)
[EDITOR'S NOTE: After the fireworks, things got a little hazy…]
Favorite movie?
Hard to pick one. I've seen Casino Royale and The Graduate a lot of times.
Last book you read…
Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem (essays), a gift from Julia Leach the designer and creative director of Chance
Favorite drink?
Five things you always bring on vacation…
Foldable Ray-Ban wayfarers
an L.L.Bean tote with zip-top
Swatch Watch
The latest issue of The Gentlewoman magazine
Lavender essential oil—it calms, treats minor cuts or bites, helps induce sleep, and can act as a room fragrance. Plus, the bottles are always TSA-friendly.
Favorite piece of luggage?
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We went to a beech in Mississippi today called "Gulfport". It was pretty alright except for the random sunburn on my arms and face but it's not so bad so I can deal.
My leg is feeling better after being thrown from my bike off a car.
And I think I owe this fine day to the 6 or 7 4-5- and 6 leaf clovers I brought with me today unknowingly. See my Necronomicon is what I used to press some clovers when I found them and thinking, "Warm sun, Perfect water, outside
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It's been nearly a decade since Asian Cajun restaurants began taking off in the Los Angeles area, forcing diners to wait for hours for the opportunity to tuck into bags of spicy, buttery, boiled seafood. The trend quickly made its way north, and by 2010, the Crab Boil, the restaurant often credited with introducing the Asian Cajun trend to California, had opened up its own branch in Sacramento, amid a host of imitators. One of the newer additions to that genre is 938 Crawfish in Albany.
What makes Asian Cajun seafood different from traditional Cajun seafood boils? While your classic Southern seafood boil involves poaching shellfish in a mix of spices, Asian Cajun places go a step further and toss the whole lot in melted margarine spiked with aromatics and seasonings such as garlic, chili and lemon pepper. And they add items like mussels and snow crab to the Gulf Coast seafood mix.
At 938 Crawfish, you can choose from whole Dungeness crab, king crab legs, crawfish, clams, shrimp and/or mussels, tossed with lemon pepper or garlic butter sauce. Order your shellfish by the piece or the pound, or go for the Combo ($32.95), a shellfish assortment served with corn, new potatoes and sausages. The Meal ($45.95), which serves two or three, adds garlic noodles, fried fish and dessert. We went for the Meal — shrimp, clams, crawfish and mussels — smothered with a mix of the two sauces.
The seafood arrived bundled in a humid plastic bag that we disgorged into a common bowl — a steamy, buttery riot of crimson mudbugs, blushing head-on shrimp, golden corn and other colorful gems. The crawfish were probably the best of the bunch, smallish but sweet. The restaurant has crayfish flown in live from the Gulf Coast. The sauce, which we ordered mild, with a bowl of spicier stuff on the side, was addictive, studded with garlic, and bits of Thai chili and spices. The sauce was at its best when mingled with the sweet, fatty and slightly iodine juice from the shrimp and crayfish heads.
A few of the other items were less impressive, particularly the green-lipped mussels (almost all of which come frozen from New Zealand, and taste-wise are vastly inferior to live mussels of any sort) and the corn. Although waterlogged and limp cobs are almost true to form for most seafood boils, we still harbored hope.
You can get bread, rice or garlic noodles to soak up the brothy, unctuous goodness. The slightly springy lo mein noodles had a mild garlicky flavor and were topped with a scattering of roughly chopped scallions; we skipped the powdery Parmesan that came on the side. The Meal also included fish and chips; the fries were just OK, but the catfish, breaded in herbed cornmeal, was deftly fried with a lovely crisp exterior and just-cooked juicy interior. Mild, simple and flawless, it needed no adornment. The catfish can also be ordered as an appetizer ($9.95).
There are other appetizers, including Buffalo wings ($6.95) we wished had been simply fried rather than coated in a soggy batter. A better choice is the Kumamoto or local oysters on the half shell ($29.95 for a dozen Kumamotos, or $23.95 for local) — they're $1 each during happy hour (4 to 6:30 p.m.).
As one might guess, the vibe is casual seafood boil establishment: light and bright with tables adorned with butcher paper, rolls of paper towels and discarded shells. The servers are friendly and accommodating, with an eye toward keeping you hydrated (several beers are on offer, perfect for refreshing a chili-scorched palate) and managing the mounting mass of dining detritus.
The Asian Cajun genre is now deep enough to have its own variations, from Oakland's upscale alaMar to El Sobrante's pan-Asian Champa. But between the spicy, saucy shellfish and garlic noodles — and fried Oreos for dessert — 938 Crawfish is a good place for Asian Cajun done the "traditional" way.
938 Crawfish
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WHERE: 938 San Pablo Ave., Albany
510-525-2722, www.938crawfish.com
HOURS: 4 to 10 p.m. Mondays through
Thursdays, until 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and until 9 p.m. Sundays
CUISINE: Asian Cajun
VEGETARIAN: Few vegetarian options. You'll be dining on noodles, fries.
BEVERAGES: Full bar with cocktails, wine and beer
RESERVATIONS: Not required
NOISE LEVEL: Medium
PARKING: Street parking
KIDS: Kids will enjoy the noodles.
PLUSES: Live crawfish, fantastic fried catfish
MINUSES: The mussels are frozen.
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Vote your values: Character matters in picking politicians
Politics as usual doesn't inspire hope for one Catholic grandfather. Candidates ought to answer the tough questions about who they are, he says.
On November 7, 2006, the Democrats won both the Senate and House of Representatives, and many "blue state" supporters were already predicting a White House victory in the 2008 election. Republicans, on the other hand, were busy pointing fingers at both President Bush and party leadership for failing to maintain power in Washington.
Meanwhile, Miss Natalie Rose had just learned how to pull books through the bed rails of her crib. She discovered that "standing" gave her a new visual perspective to the world and that mashed potatoes may be the most wonderful thing on the planet.
As one network after another clamored for interviews with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a lone republican had already announced that his job was to make sure that she would be limited to a single term. Democratic leadership promised to reach across the aisle to their adversaries, and the sitting president echoed that both political parties would work together for the good of the nation.
During those days our only grandchild was more interested in a 4-foot stuffed bear named Henry. And though her eyes did occasionally drift toward the television as scores of Americans were waving the "red, white, and blue," their euphoria was of little interest to her.
As we fast-forward to the 2008 election, our granddaughter continued to grow in size and wisdom. Hours before Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States, she pulled out a wooden map and pointed to the Midwest "mitten," proudly announcing to her younger sisters, "That's where Nana and Granddad live." And cousin Connor moved to Connecticut only days after another cousin, Alessio, was born minutes away from where the president-elect had paid tribute to his supporters on a November evening in Chicago.
Now in 2010 it's politics as usual, with both sides on Capitol Hill accusing each other of numerous political atrocities. And though I bask in the glory of five grandchildren, with a sixth on the way, I remain very concerned for their future.
Having voted in countless elections I have come to the conclusion that what I think rarely matters. What candidates promise rarely happens; and that pre-election rhetoric is often mothballed until the next election when the incumbent's opponent reminds voters of broken promises.
So rather than wait for November's carnage, I want those who serve in public office to explain who they really are, what they truly stand for, and why grandparents like me should vote for them. All politicians certainly rally behind health care access, higher education standards, lower poverty rates, safer communities, more/better paying jobs, a stronger economy, bringing the troops home and protecting the American way of life. Though all these issues are critically important, voters need to probe a little deeper. Here's what I would ask the candidates:
On accountability: Will you follow the rules as dictated by the laws of this nation and the protocols expected of those in your position? Will you be able to make tough decisions and accept the consequences of those decisions? Will you accept the responsibility for the actions of those you hire, endorse, or engage? Will you share credit for successes and avoid blame for failures, regardless of political affiliation?
On appreciation: Do you have a full awareness of how blessed you are? Do you realize that the vast majority of your supporters need no reward for their endorsement other than the peace of mind that you will do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason?
On clarity: Obviously you are in the persuasion business. With that in mind, will you be straight forward in your deliberations, avoiding clever deceptions hidden in legal wrangling and obtuse language? Is it reasonable to assume you will not associate with those who suggest you conceal your agenda? And when you declare that "the American people" feel this or that way, will you back-up your statement with facts instead of blindly reading a script prepared by a staffer who gives you what he or she thinks will make you look good before the cameras? When you defend your position, will you promise not to change what you originally said or hide behind the "out of context" defense?
On compassion: Are you willing to stand up for those whose station in life is well below that which you have been given? Are you prepared to talk with the poor, not about them? Will you defend those who can't defend themselves, especially future citizens currently residing in the womb? Will "sacrifice" become your legacy reaching far beyond televised Christmas Day soup lines?
On discernment: Do you have the moral compass needed to make decisions regardless of "politically correct" agendas, pressure from special interest groups or voting alliances, or man-made arguments challenging time-honored principles?
On faith: Ultimately you will be judged by what you have done or failed to do. Will you refuse to genuflect to those whose god is a kaleidoscope of freedoms without responsibility, arrogance without humility, and debauchery without self control? Do you have the spiritual fortitude necessary to trust God, His principles, and the eternal hope He offers?
On fidelity: Will you be faithful to your vows, obligations, duties, observances, the Pledge of Allegiance, and Constitution of the United States? Will you stand behind the tenet, "a promise is a promise"?
On forbearance: Are you prepared to deal with political setbacks, betrayal, and indifference? Can you swallow your pride and move on when it is apparent that you are not going to win? And do you have the character to delay gratification and/or accept difficult circumstances?
On forgiveness: If heaven is your destination, then forgiveness is your passport. Will you have the courage to ask forgiveness and are you willing to forgive fellow colleagues for their transgressions?
On freedom: Are you in full support of the Bill of Rights and its inherent freedoms? Will you acknowledge that all citizens must control their actions, desires, and passions for the sake of personal welfare and the welfare of others? And are you willing to insist on obedience where rules and limits must be enforced while supporting those who have the authority to do so?
On integrity: Many government servants begin their career with a sincere desire to serve the public for the greater good but too often discover how the system works, necessitating a personal sea-change in philosophy, priorities, and ultimately one's character. Do you have the fortitude to resolutely face difficulties while standing strong in your beliefs? And are you willing to accept political crucifixion for these principles?
On social justice: Is it your desire that all citizens receive equal treatment in the social arena--education, economics, health care, and criminal justice? Can you demonstrate tolerance and respect for different races, religions, cultures, and customs while at the same time recognize that intolerance is sometimes necessary where common sense and/or the loss of America's founding principles are at risk?
On behalf of my grandchildren, I sincerely hope that those who will cast their votes this November will heed Abraham Lincoln's warning: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you're to test a man's character, give him power."
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The 2013 Super Bowl isn't just a showdown between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. It's also the time when Hollywood studios go head-to-head with trailers for their upcoming summer tentpoles.
To that end, according to Deadline, Paramount plans to roll out a new 30-second ad for Brad Pitt's long-awaited zombie apocalypse, "World War Z," during the pregame show and J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated "Star Trek Into Darkness" during the second quarter of the Big Game.
Universal, on the other hand, plans to debut the first official teaser for "The Fast and the Furious 6," the latest entry in that high-octane action franchise starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez.
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While Disney is launching a trio of spots for "Oz: The Great and Powerful," a 90-second buy for "The Lone Ranger" and a 60-second preview of "Iron Man 3."
Given CBS is charging upward of $4 million per 30-second ad, the Mouse House is shelling out a pretty penny for the mass exposure.
For their part, Sony and 20th Century Fox are sitting out this year and did not purchase any air time.
But for football fans, Sunday's matchup promises to pack plenty of big-screen thrills not unlike last year's Super Bowl, which saw trailers for such flicks as "The Avengers," "John Carter," "Act of Valor" and the 3-D rerelease of "Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace," among others.
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Connecticut will now require background checks, placed a ban on high-capacity magazines and will now require eligibility certificates for shotgun and rifle ammunition. Those who have been convicted of weapons offense will also be asked to register with the state.
As the Senate is set to hear on universal gun laws in just a couple weeks, the Washington Post reported they are currently having a difficult time finding a plan for "near-universal background checks on gun purchases."
Under the pretense that, "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," set by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre at the time of the shooting, they revealed their school safety policy Tuesday asking state and local officials to allow armed security at public schools.
So, while it was reported that Adam Lanza fired 154 shots in roughly four minutes, the argument for a ban against high-capacity ammunition clips should be a done deal and close the book on any debate that more guns will solve the problem.
President Barack Obama is set to visit Colorado this week to stimulate the debate for a national plan, and seek something he hasn't yet been able to find: national support for gun control.
Legislators need to acknowledge the facts of the devastation that can be caused with high-capacity ammunition clips and set a necessary call for universal background checks. The only slippery slope that applies, an argument often used by gun rights activists, is the slope towards safety from dangerous gun wielders. It should be made mandatory that all gun purchasers be mentally capable to responsibly care for and use a deadly weapon.


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This week was my first true first week. Confused? I started as a mid year teacher last year and never really experienced the beginning of school jitters at the actual beginning of school. To say that I was nervous is a complete understatement.
One – I couldn't sleep the night before.
Two – I now have first block prep or on the first day, a whole prep to panic and sweat
Three – I thought I forgot how to teach (luckily, I did not).
The amount of panic I actually feel towards all the "teaching stuff" i.e. anything but actually being in front of the room, is boggling me. Why are lesson plans so hard right now? Why can't I make a smartnotes file!? Why is constructing a homework assignment taking me an hour? Why are my goals and objectives so muddled – I wrote the curriculum for this course last year and I already taught THIS EXACT SAME CLASS! Why can't I learn any of my students names – I mean I have one class full of Sam's, Nicole's and Stephanie's so the odds are in my favor.
Basically, I'm a wreck. Thankfully, when I get in front of the students it goes away but the problem is I need the planning to be solid to have a solid block. I just don't know why every little task feels so large and I feel so inadequate and overwhelmed.
Blues of a half new first year impossible to adjust to a new schedule-classroom teacher? The panic and anxiety are starting to wear me down and this could be a truly long year if I don't get myself in check early. So perhaps this is just a vent post on how I need to maybe take a few more deep breaths and drink more tea…


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News alert: The American public's love affair with housing market has been rekindled. Although it may be difficult to accept, the very same properties they hated from 2008-09 are now increasing in value.
The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices – a popular yardstick of nationwide U.S. home prices – showed increases of 2.5% and 2.4% for the 10- and 20-City Composites in May 2013 compared to April 2012.
To further understand the velocity of the run-up in property values, not one of the 20 cities posted a loss over the past year. Furthermore, cities like Dallas and Denver have now surpassed their pre-financial crisis peaks established in June 2007 and August 2006!
David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, noted: "The Southwest and the West saw the strongest year-over-year gains as San Francisco home prices rose 24.5% followed by Las Vegas (+23.3%) and Phoenix (+20.6%). New York (+3.3%), Cleveland (+3.4%) and Washington DC (+6.5%) were the weakest. Monthly numbers before seasonal adjustment showed all 20 cities experienced rising prices. San Francisco (+4.3%), Chicago (+3.7%) and Atlanta (+3.4%) were the leaders."
Most housing analysts expect home prices to keep gaining and so far they've been right.
A March survey of home and mortgage analysts by Zillow showed the consensus median appreciation in 2013 was 4.8%, with only two respondents out of 117 indicating a decline.
Does this make the homebuilding sector and related REITs a buy?
First, it's important to have some historical perspective.
Although home prices have staged an impressive rebound, the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City Index is still 22% lower compared to its 2006-07 peaks. And by definition, market losses greater than 20% are still considered a bear market.
The still elevated number of homeowners with a larger mortgage than the value of their homes is problematic.
CoreLogic reports the percentage of all residential mortgages with negative equity or "underwater" at the end of the first quarter stood at 19.8%. Among the 39 million residential properties with positive equity, 11.2 million have less than 20% equity.
Nevada was the state with the highest percentage of mortgaged properties in negative equity at 45.4%, while Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. had the highest percentage of top-25 metropolitan areas at 41.1%.
The threat of higher interest rates is another looming risk that could easily derail the housing rally.
A 30-year fixed rate mortgage now costs 4.53% compared to 3.54% before. In other words, the cost of financing homes is more expensive. And it's already taken a toll on mortgage refinancing. The Mortgage Bankers Association reports its weekly refinance index has fallen by more than 50% since early May.
While it may yet take a few more months for the housing market to feel the pain of higher rates, ETFs closely tied to U.S. residential real estate are already signaling warning signs.
The iShares DJ US Home Construction ETF (ITB), has slid 9% over the past three months, while the iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF (REM) has fallen 24.84%. And the iShares Barclays MBS ETF (MBB) has fallen 3.5%, which is almost three-years worth of its 12-month trailing yield!
For home buyers, higher borrowing rates will make home affordability harder. And if the 10-year Treasury yield dances with 3%, it won't be good for the rate sensitive housing market.
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With enthusiasm pent up over a decade, hundreds of cycling advocates argued passionately Tuesday night for a bike and pedestrian lane to be added to the Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge.
Roughly 250 residents turned out for the fast-paced town hall meeting in Bay View, and the overwhelming majority made their case that the time had come to provide access to non-motorized traffic on the two-mile span that connects downtown Milwaukee and the lakeshore neighborhoods to the south.
In a rare sight, the bike racks and vehicle parking stalls outside the Beulah Brinton Community Center were filled equally.
By one tally, those who spoke in favor of the bike lane on the Hoan outnumbered the opponents by 55 to 5.
"I was shocked by the level of support out there," said State Sen. Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee), one of the legislators who hosted the meeting.
Several residents raised questions about the cost and the usefulness of a bike lane that they believe would be difficult to traverse in high winds and winter weather. Others objected to the potential that one of the six traffic lanes for cars and trucks would be turned over to slower-moving vehicles, creating congestion on a bridge that carries 40,000 vehicles daily.
Supporters of the idea drew steady applause and showed a "seize-the-moment," mindset, appropriate given the tight time-frame for decision-making by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
The state's road planners attended the meeting to gather input on the feasibility of a bike and pedestrian on the Hoan, which could be included in a large-scale reconstruction set to begin in 2013.
The DOT will make its decision - yes or no on the nonmotorized addition to the Hoan - by late fall, according to Brian Roper, design supervisor for the I-794/Hoan Bridge project.
The decision on the bike lane would be folded into the engineering work for the larger rehabilitation. Engineering for that project is set to be done in spring 2012.
Roper said the creation of a bike and pedestrian path, either on the current bridge or an addition, would fit into the current estimate of $275 million to $350 million for the upcoming reconstruction.
The options being studied include closing one or more traffic lanes to accommodate nonmotorized vehicles, widening the bridge in some fashion to add the bike/pedestrian path or suspending a secondary bridge under the current structure.
A proposal to close a traffic lane was rejected in 2002, in part to maintain traffic flow during the reconstruction of the Marquette Interchange. That project is finished and the Hoan rehabilitation planning provides another opportunity to consider the options, Roper said.
County Supervisor Patricia Jursik encouraged the DOT planners to think grand, and to consider the bike lane addition to the Hoan a "millenium project if you will."
The majority at the meeting simply argued for a stretch of pavement separated from cars to make their commute easier.
Teens said the lane would give them a transportation route, other than being driven by their parents. Senior citizens said the bike lane would be a path for their healthy recreation.
Supporters cited global politics and rising oil prices, the need to fight the growing obesity epidemic, the potential tourism draw and simple transportation needs.
Brent Emery, a local bike shop owner and former Olympian, said the issue of adding a bike and pedestrian accommodation on the Hoan fit into the larger question of the type of activity public officials want to support. Allowing people to bike and walk over the Hoan would show that they encourage active, healthy lifestyles, he said.
Alexander Pendleton, an attorney from Shorewood, said the numerous elite cities allow bikers and pedestrians to use their famous bridges, citing San Francisco and New York as examples. Even Shorewood now has a first-class bridge, one that carries cyclists on the Oak Leaf Trail over Capitol Dr.
"World-class cities have world-class bike and pedestrian infrastructure," Pendleton said. "Does Milwaukee want to be a world-class city or not."
Other supporters said allowing people to bike, walk or run over the bridge would attract tourists to the Milwaukee lakefront and its amenities, including the Milwaukee Art Museum. The bike lane also would fill the missing link, "the missing jewel" in the segment of Oak Leaf Trail that extends south from Veteran's Park to Grant Park.
That route now follows city streets, and several cyclists said they felt frightened riding S. 1st St. from Bay View to Downtown.
One cyclist challenged the DOT team in attendance to ride the Oak Leaf Trail and see the potential.
"You'll see this is such a no-brainer," he said.
Earlier in the day, four Milwaukee aldermen issued a press release stating their support for adding the extra accommodation to the Hoan. Ald. Robert Bauman, Tony Zielinski, James Witkowiak and Nik Kovak all touted the tourism benefits the bike and pedestrian access would provide.
DeWayne Johnson, the southeast regional director of the DOT, said the meeting provided a good opportunity to gather input for the upcoming decision. A consultant will be reviewing the feasibility and analyzing the costs for the DOT.
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Even though I may have delivered one of the first member retention seminars back in the 1980s and I've recently read more articles and seen more advertisements for systems related to member retention, I'd like to set the record straight: retention is not the be-all or end-all answer to the woes plaguing health clubs today.
In their book, The Origin of Brands (Harper Collins Publishers, 2004), Al and Laura Ries state that "A company that devotes all of its efforts to 'satisfying its customers' is a company headed for trouble." They contend that a company should create marketing opportunities for introducing new categories (i.e., new revenue sources), and they further assert that "Almost any company in any industry could be stronger and financially healthier by selling…or discontinuing some of its operations."
This way of thinking certainly flies in the face of the current rationale in many sectors of the health club industry, but I believe it's sound business advice. While I see some evidence for facilities doing the best they can to take care of members, I don't think that most clubs benefit greatly from all-out membership retention efforts or from the adoption of sophisticated retention systems. This opinion is borne out by the fact that, despite our best intentions to hold onto members, we have not significantly affected a 40 percent attrition ratio that has basically stood for nearly 15 years.
We should have learned two critical lessons in the past decade:
People are fickle; most people don't like to exercise; and the majority of people are not highly self-motivated — no matter how we try to change them.
It's extremely challenging to turn non-users into users. Thus, it's challenging once they're out of the loop to get them back on track. It necessitates behavioral change of the highest order, and I don't see many behaviorists at the helm of health clubs.
Let's take a trip back in time to study the core of the retention phenomenon. In the 1970s and 1980s, early adopters flocked into health clubs and signed up. As the industry grew into the 1990s, it became clear that we were no longer attracting only early adopters (we called them "gym rats") but that we had already shifted into the early majority stage of product development — that point on the bell curve where you begin to approach the top of the curve (we called this the introduction of the deconditioned market into our membership).
We have been riding that crest for about a dozen years, and, in my opinion, we have gone over the top of the curve and are now sliding down the other side as we've entered the late majority phase of customer attraction. The market segments that remain to be tapped, though timing is challenging to ascertain, are the dregs of the late majority group and then the laggards.
Statistically, though others will say differently, we have sold more than half of the member-eligible markets, and we have done a poor job of keeping them in the game. As the industry has grown in numbers and types of facilities, we now realize that we don't have nearly the remaining prospect market that we thought we had. So, we suddenly pay big-time heed to retention — possibly too much, too late. (I believe this factor has given rise to the Curves phenomenon and to the introduction of the low-price quality clubs — but that is subject matter for a future column.)
It seems that our industry suffers from what I'll call elementary confusion. The media and consultants now say we have to take care of our members and/or get them back into our clubs. That's like saying we ought to put a sprinkler system in the barn while the barn is better than half-burned-down and the stock is all out.
Seth Godin says it eloquently and simply in his little gem, Purple Cow, a must-read book for anyone intent on learning modern marketing. He says, "It [used to be] up to the marketers to decide who would pay attention and when. Today, it's the consumers who choose." He advises that "You must develop products, services and techniques that the market will actually seek out."
It's high time that we pay less attention to retention and focus more on the new customer's experience while we build viable alternative products, such as short-term program offerings, to better appeal to a more savvy marketplace. I believe the day of re-marketing what we already marketed and delivered poorly is in the past.
Author's Note: A personal thank you to all of this column's readers who sent condolences to Phyllis and me following the death of our daughter, Susan. Your thoughts were much appreciated.
Michael Scott Scudder is a 30-year veteran of the fitness industry. He is a personal business trainer operating Fitness Focus, a consulting company that offers private workshops on pertinent fitness business matters. Questions and comments are welcomed by Michael at 505-690-5974 or [email protected].


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Update, 7:30 pm May 17: This post includes a clarification below on what Steyer is asking for with an "erase button."
Amid all the hype leading up to the Facebook IPO, add one more cautionary voice to General Motors' decision to pull its advertising on the social network, the belief of half of the American public that Facebook is a passing fad and folks like Mark Evans, who just don't think it's a good investment. James Steyer wants you to take a step back and think about what Facebook is doing to shape the behavior and the psyches of young people. It can be very negative.
"Facebook has had a huge impact on the social, emotional and cognitive development of young people," says Steyer, an expert on media and children's issues, who is concerned about how social networking affects children and teens' brain development. "It's time to have a serious discussion about this." Steyer founded and runs non-profit educational group Common Sense Media and is working to kick that discussion into higher gear with his new book "Talking Back To Facebook: The Common Sense Guide To Raising Kids In The Digital Age."
He boils down his biggest concerns into what he calls RAP:
R is for relationships. Facebook and other social networks are altering the way that young people communicate with friends, parents, teachers. They'd rather "Facebook" someone or send a text than talk, even if they're in the same room. What does that do for teenagers' ability to hold intelligent conversations?
A is for addiction and ADHD. Steyer advocates setting limits to time spent on social networks like Facebook. Parents have to model this behavior, too, and not be tethered to cell phones at all times.
P stands for Privacy. "So many kids self-reveal before they self reflect," says Steyer. Teenagers aren't always mature enough to know what NOT to share with their friends online. Steyer polled the students at Stanford, where he teaches a couple courses, and found that 70% had posted something they now wish they hadn't. The message: Think before you share or send. "I see a big change in the attitudes of young people, a slow awakening to the critical importance of privacy," he adds.
One big gripe that Steyer has with Facebook: Why doesn't it have an eraser button? Yes, you can delete posts on Facebook and other social networks. But Steyer says it's 1) not easy to find the tools to delete posts 2) those tools are not easy to use and 3) the tools need to be simpler and take into account that what makes sense for a 24 year old may not be as clear to a 14 year old using the site.
"Mark Zuckerberg has said his motto is move fast and break stuff. That's fine if you view the world as an engineer. But that motto doesn't sit well for teenagers who are essentially forming their identities in public," warns Steyer. Not to mention the estimated 6 million kids under age 13 who have Facebook accounts. They're even more vulnerable, says Steyer.
One of my colleagues has a college-age daughter who tried to "de-Facebook" to get away from the constant pull of the site. But so much information about where friends plan to meet and socialize and even academic assignments are on Facebook that she found she couldn't easily get off Facebook.
Steyer is not anti-technology and he does point out that Facebook has helped promote democracy, and that it could be helpful with educational reform. But given the rapid change in technology and the way that young people have embraced social networking, he is concerned. Steyer supports the "Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011,"a bill introduced by Congressmen Ed Markey (D- Mass) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) last year. The bill has not yet come up for a vote.
What do you think? Are your teenagers spending too much time on Facebook? Are their identities too wrapped up in how they appear in their Facebook status? And will this hurt the IPO at all?
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by Louise E. Wright
"Box." The word crops up often in conversation with Cathie Meighan, SSJ. So it comes as no surprise that to understand Meighan — as both an artist and an individual — one needs to think "outside the box."
Forget the stereotype of the painter, brush in hand, struggling to transfer images, whether seen in the mind's eye or the world around her, to canvas. "Almost none of my paintings are with brushes," the Chestnut Hill resident declares.
"Evolving," Meighan's M.F.A. thesis now on display at Chestnut Hill College's Dwight V. Dowley Gallery, reveals her creativity not only in the works she produced but in how she produced them. The artist applied oils to canvas using a variety of tools: a T-square, a jump rope handle, even her own gloved hands.
One painting done in browns and blacks confirms the adage that necessity is the mother of invention. Having to transport large canvases to the Vermont Studio Center/Johnson State College, where she did her graduate work, Meighan hit upon wrapping them around swimming pool noodles. She trimmed off the ends, and the resulting clutter on the studio floor spoke to her. Moving and "dancing" in front of a canvas, she used the noodle pieces to apply paint. Thus, "The Dance" was born.
Sister Cathie's technique derives at least in part from research she did on the 1950s for an art history course. Labeled "domesticated," women at that time were denied the status of painters. They reacted by taking household materials, like scouring pads and mops, and painting with them. Meighan decided, "I'm going to give that a shot" and went off to raid the dollar store for supplies.
Furthermore, unlike the stereotypical artist, Meighan doesn't struggle to reproduce what she sees. The paintings already exist, and she is simply the medium through which they realize themselves. Although works like "Reflection" and "Detached" contain images of human forms, Meighan denies responsibility for them. "A lot of times figures just emerge out of my work," she explains.
Describing her process, the artist uses the metaphor of "a choreographed dance" but one in which she is following rather than leading. "The painting tells me," Meighan emphasizes. "I have no idea where I'm going, and I don't know where it is and where it's going to end."
With no goal in sight, how does Meighan know where to begin? She looks at the work of other artists and reads about them. "I read biographies of artists like crazy," she admits. "I can be with them while I read and pick their brains for inspiration … I just pick up anything and start — and there it is."
And when to stop? "When I step back and I look and I say, 'Yes, that's it,'" she replies … "Detached" is a painting in which a human figure "just emerged." Going back to it, Meighan attacked the canvas with pallet knife and spackle knife, severing head from body; hence, the title.
Such an approach — fearless, trusting, passive — did not always characterize Meighan's work. In the beginning, "I was very tight, very much about perspective." An instructor at the Vermont Studio Center sensed that Meighan was afraid to make a mistake. "He told me to paint nothing, to put paint on canvas and see where it would take me."
Meighan grew up around 26th and Dickinson Streets in South Philly and had an interest in art from the time she was four. At St. Maria Goretti High School, she "loved art more than anything," but the school did not permit her to take classes. In 1976, three years after graduation, she entered the convent. There her talent was recognized, and she was encouraged to pursue her passion.
Meighan took classes at what is now the University of the Arts and graduated from Chestnut Hill College in 1987 with a degree in painting. She also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Barnes Foundation, Tyler School of Art — in short, "everywhere. I'm a perpetual student," she declares. "I love to learn."
And to teach. Early on she taught elementary school, but in 1986 she began teaching art at West Catholic High School. Five years later she moved to Mount Saint Joseph Academy, where she has been ever since. She earned a teaching certification at Moore College of Art and decided to pursue an M.F.A., not just for personal satisfaction but also to teach in college.
The title of Meighan's thesis, "Evolving," is significant in two ways. First, it refers to a process of inner growth. "The body of work is the beginning," she points out. "I wanted something that says, 'I am not done.'"
Secondly, the exhibit takes its name from a self-portrait done in shades of blue evocative of shadows and darkness. Painted in 2011, it stands out, not only as the first work on display but also as the only representational piece in a collection of abstracts. Seated with knees clasped to chin and head bowed, the subject is confined to a space not much bigger than herself. Accompanying the painting is a poem Meighan composed that opens: "I am not what others say I am. / I am more! / The box that contains me is only a box."
The artist associates this feeling of entrapment with pain. "If you're trapped and can't move, you're overwhelmed with pain," and pain can cause a boxed-in feeling. Several works represent Meighan's response to the death of her aunt. One of them, "Pain Overwhelms Me," contains pieces of corrugated cardboard. Meighan literally started with a box, ultimately ripping it up. "The box suggests that pain boxes one in, says the artist.
Free and open to the public, "Evolving" remains on display through Nov. 16. The Dwight V. Dowley Art Gallery is located on the 5th floor of St. Joseph Hall. More information at 215-248-7042 or email@example.com.


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If you are developing chef recipes it really helps to use the command line tool called shef. Shef is just a REPL to run chef in an interactive ruby session. If you haven't ever tried it, you can find some nice instructions over here to get you going.
Shef gives an easy way to iterate on your recipes so that you can make small changes and see the effects. However, I found the _includerecipe function would only load the recipe one time, and complain that its seen the recipe before on subsequent tries. I added a small patch that implemented a new function called _loadrecipe that will allow you to reimport the recipe. The problem is that once the recipe is loaded again, the resource list is reimported giving us the same set of resources twice.
You can see the list of resources that are loaded up like so
chef:recipe > puts run_context.resource_collection.all_resources
If you were to call _loadrecipe again the list would double, and the new code would be run second when calling _runchef
chef:recipe > puts run_context.resource_collection.all_resources
The trick is that you can clear this list with this command
run_context.resource_collection = Chef::ResourceCollection.new
So to use _loadrecipe you should call the above before it to clear the current list. This can be done in one line like so
run_context.resource_collection = Chef::ResourceCollection.new; load_recipe "php"
Hopefully I'll be able to patch things to add a _reloadrecipe that overwrites the old resources so you don't have to use this trick, but for now this will work to get quick iterations going.


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Why Would Anyone Work In America When You Can Get EBT? [VIDEO]
Earlier this week, I posted a video of a young woman in California who explained the benefits of having an EBT card. At the end of the video she asked, 'Why would anyone in America work?' Pride, maybe? How about having a work ethic or a moral standard?
If you haven't seen the video yet, I posted it below in addition to her EBT song. I'm not going to lie, the lyrics are a bit vulgar, but you'll get the point. It's hilarious and at the same time it's horrifying. Check out Chapter Jackson in It's Free - Swipe Your EBT. Thank you for the education Ms. Jackson.
If you want to see more from Chapter, follow her on Facebook or Twitter. After some light research, it turns out that Chapter is an actress among other things, no, not what you're thinking! She's got producing and writing credits to her name as well!


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Sep 17, 2010
Emergent wins $51 million US contract for anthrax vaccine work
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. of Rockville, Md., announced today it has won a $51 million federal contract to further develop a next-generation anthrax vaccine that uses recombinant anthrax protective antigen (rPA). The US Biomedical Research and Development Authority (BARDA) said the 2-year contract calls for Emergent, maker of the only US-licensed anthrax vaccine, to develop the final vaccine formulation and test its stability. The contract also allows BARDA to extend the project for up to 3 more years "to support scale-up and optimization for large-scale manufacturing and additional animal studies needed to apply for US Food and Drug Administration approval of the vaccine." If the contract is extended to the full 5 years, the total value will be up to $186.6 million, BARDA said. Emergent's announcement said the vaccine contains rPA with an alum adjuvant and is based on pioneering research by the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. The company previously received two grants worth about $100 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop the vaccine. The company is also developing an adjuvanted formulation of the licensed vaccine, BioThrax, as well as treatments for anthrax. The US military uses BioThrax to protect soldiers deployed to high-risk regions.
Sep 17 BARDA news release
Sep 17 Emergent news release
Initial tests find no Salmonella in poultry feed ingredients
Early tests on chicken feed components have shown no evidence of Salmonella, suggesting that contamination detected earlier in finished feed at Wright County Egg, one of the Iowa companies implicated in a national Salmonella outbreak, may have occurred at the farm, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). FDA officials said the Salmonella Enteritidis source has not been identified and that the investigation is ongoing, the WSJ reported today. Some of the first positive findings in the case were tainted samples of feed produced at a Wright County Egg mill. The feed was used at Wright County Egg and distributed to Hillandale Farms, the other egg producer at the center of the national egg recall and Salmonella outbreak.
Sep 17 WSJ story
Seattle group to work on flu vaccine stability
The nonprofit Seattle-based medical group PATH has received a $5.2 million contract to develop pandemic influenza vaccines that are more stable and have longer shelf life. The funding comes from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), which may award up to $4.2 million more to PATH to continue the work. Stable formulations of flu vaccines are seen as crucial in pandemic situations, since the ability to have a ready stockpile of potent vaccine at the beginning of a pandemic may help limit the spread of a virus. Said Dexiang Chen, a principle investigator in the PATH work, "A longer shelf life will decrease the turnover of vaccine stockpiles, reducing costs and boosting confidence in the distribution of fully potent vaccines at an outbreak's point of origin—a key strategy for containing the virus and preventing a potential pandemic." Dr. Kathleen Neuzil of PATH pointed out that expanded vaccine supplies will benefit people in both the United States and low-resource countries, expanding global pandemic preparedness. PATH and its partners in the project, Arecor Limited and Aridis Pharmaceuticals, hope to develop improved formulations for both live and subunit vaccines.
Sep 16 VaccineNewsDaily.com article
PATH news release
Persuading young adults to get flu shots seen as challenge
Healthy adults aged 19 to 49 years are for the first time this flu season (2010-11) among the groups recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to receive annual influenza vaccination. But, as stated by the authors of a study published in Vaccine, "Recommending universal vaccination is one thing; achieving it is another." Previously, ACIP recommended vaccination only for certain groups within this population, such as people with underlying health conditions. The researchers used representative survey data from the 2009-10 flu season to compare flu-related attitudes and behaviors in the newly targeted group with those in adults previously targeted. They found that those in the new group are less likely to believe that flu vaccines are safe (44% vs 63%), to have ever been vaccinated for flu before the 2009-10 season (36% vs 64%), to be influenced positively by a healthcare provider's recommendation (44% vs 52%), and to have visited a doctor's office during the past flu season (41% vs 69%). The authors conclude that getting the roughly 46 million adults in the new target group to seek out flu shots will be challenging and will "require new approaches to vaccine delivery both inside and outside of office-based settings."
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UK says new TB test promises major improvement
The United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency (HPA) says its scientists have developed a new tuberculosis test that can identify TB in a sample in 1 hour, far faster than the gold-standard test, and with greater sensitivity than other rapid molecular tests. The test was described at the HPA's annual conference at the University of Warwick this week, the HPA said in a Sep 15 news release. "Rapid detection of the TB bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) will ensure quick treatment for patients and could dramatically reduce the incidence and consequences of TB in the UK and worldwide if practiced universally," the HPA said. It said the standard TB culture test can take up to 8 weeks, while other rapid tests currently available target a TB element that is sometimes present in very low amounts or is missing, which lowers test sensitivity. The new test, which uses polymerase chain reaction, will be further evaluated in trials in laboratories around the UK over the next year, the agency said. Earlier this month, an international team of researchers reported another new TB test, called Expert MTB-RIF, which they said can diagnose TB within 2 hours and simultaneously determine if it is resistant to rifampin.
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LOS ANGELES - Authorities are using a new California law to charge a paparazzo photographer in connection with a high-speed chase of Justin Bieber earlier this month.
The Los Angeles City Attorney's office on Wednesday filed four misdemeanor charges against Paul Raef, 30, including reckless driving with the intent to capture pictures for commercial gain, reckless driving, failure to obey a peace officer and following another vehicle too closely.
Paparazzi pursuit of celebrities has long been identified as a risk in Los Angeles.
"It's Hollywood. There are a huge number of celebrities and there's a lot of money paid for these pictures," said attorney Harland Braun, who has defended cases involving paparazzi and who said he has had to fend off photographers chasing his celebrity clients.
"Unfortunately, innocent people get caught up in these chases," he said. "I think the law is a good thing."
City attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said the Raef case meets all the criteria spelled out in the law, which was designed to clamp down on photographers' reckless pursuit of celebrities and has not been used before.
"We're very confident in our case," he said
However, a leading First Amendment lawyer said the California law is likely to be challenged vigorously.
Attorney Douglas Mirell said the statute enacted nearly two years ago seeks to punish members of the press by a different standard than the average person.
"A fan doing the same thing, trying to get a glimpse of Bieber or taking a photo for their personal photo album might be engaged in the same egregious conduct. But it would fall outside the statute because they were not doing it for a commercial purpose," Mirell said.
He said members of the press should be prosecuted the same way as others for laws such as reckless driving but should not be singled out as more culpable than others.
The charges stem from a July 6 incident in which Los Angeles Councilman Dennis Zine, a former police officer, and three other motorists called 911 to report a high speed chase along the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley.
Officers saw six vehicles pursuing a silver Fisker Karma, a high-end sports car driven by Bieber.
Raef's Toyota SUV was seen traveling at speeds over 80 miles an hour, weaving across all lanes of the freeway and on the shoulder, forcing its way into lanes where there was little room to merge safely.
Authorities said motorists were forced to brake and swerve to avoid colliding with Raef's vehicle and the others.
Bieber pulled over when officers signaled him to do so, but Raef's vehicle did not stop.
Bieber was given a speeding ticket and released.
The matter might have ended there. But 30 minutes later, Bieber called 911 and said he was again being followed by the same Toyota.
California Highway Patrol officers arrived at a downtown Los Angeles parking garage, where other paparazzi had congregated, and found the Toyota with the same license plate as the one that had chased the singer.
Officers identified Raef as the driver.
Raef is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 9. If convicted, he faces up to one year in county jail and $3,500 in fines.
Raef could not immediately be located for comment. Bieber's publicist did not respond to phone and email messages
Although Bieber ended up with a speeding ticket, Mateljan said he has cooperated with authorities investigating the case.


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Northern Trust Corp. has just added three U.S. listed ETFs that seek out dividends from international stocks.
The FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (IQDF), FlexShares International Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (IQDE), and the FlexShares International Quality Dividend Dynamic Index Fund (IQDY) join the company's FlexShares ETF menu and use what it calls "quality dividend funds" or QDF.
The ETFs employ Northern Trust's proprietary dividend quality score (DQS), which focuses on management efficiency, profitability and cash flow. According to the company's research, these three factors may very well be reliable predictors of quality rather than historical metrics like dividend growth. One of the main goals behind this method is to achieve a more stable dividend income stream over time for investors.
"Income remains a key consideration for individual and institutional investors alike," said Shundrawn Thomas, head of Northern Trust's Exchange Traded Funds Group. "Geopolitical, regulatory and market structure changes are driving a clear evolution in this area."
All three funds charge annual net expense ratios of 0.47% and are listed on the NYSE. Including this latest launch, Northern Trust now manages 13 U.S. listed ETFs with approximately $4.5 billion in assets.


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Basically there are no easy ways or skipping steps towards making money. A profitable business can increase the sales by employing a professional but if your business is at the edge of struggle then you may need some money making ideas to continue generating income.
There is no absolute channel to make quick money, especially if you are a business owner. No doubt, if your business is doing well then you have no worries to continue producing money from the employment of more experts. But if you are a beginner or is balancing your float in the business field, then you should give a try to some business ideas.
Among the many make money ideas, one of the foremost is to get your customers say yes to you. Try to ask direct questions that require a yes or no and ask them in a way where more likely the answer will be a yes. Most of the time after several agreement from your customers, it is much easier to continue persuading them into the purchase or at least show more commitment towards the product.
Another money making idea is to repeatedly staying in touch. This suggestion is asking you to have contact with every client after a successful trade. Instead, try to stay connected with your customers to update yourself about ongoing things besides grabbing any business opportunities. A brief follow up conversation with your clients could be an excellent arsenal towards making a profit.
Besides the two listed make money ideas, as a businessman, you should never hesitate to offer a guarantee. Offering guarantee or providing a trial offer to your customers is a rather effective idea to make money. Besides boosting their confidence, they can try out the product or service before deciding upon the purchase. This may be a good selling point as customers' confidence is pretty contagious so the spread of news will help increase your sales.
Apart of that, there is one money making idea called opening the doors with smaller sales. If you are a beginner in the entrepreneurial field or have yet to gain popularity, you may first focus on the small sale to earn a new customer. Perhaps you can offer a free or inexpensive trial on the product or service to attract your clients. Besides, this can be a survey platform as to understand the customers' needs and wants thus business owners can plan and arrange business strategies to expand the business sales.


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Scuba diving in Melilla - a real privilege
Every year, thousands of people from all over the world choose to go scuba-diving in their free time, and Spain is one of the best places to do it.
Scuba diving
La Concepción Bastion
Hidden beneath the waters of Melilla you will find an extraordinarily valuable natural treasure. This part of the Mediterranean has clear waters and its seabed is teaming with life. Diving here takes you into a magical world of colours, shapes and mysterious beings. There are many different reasons to come to the Melilla coast and discover its underwater paradise.
Scuba diving in Melilla is both adventure and spectacle. This piece of Spain, located on the African coast has wild, untouched seabeds, thanks to the low level of human exploitation in the area over the ages. Excellent diving visibility along with warm water temperatures year-round, calm, transparent waters, a huge variety of animal and plant species, good infrastructure in the town and the wild beauty of the surrounding area… All these are invitations to come diving and admire underwater landscapes which are real gems of nature.
Catering to all levels
Melilla has ideal conditions and infrastructure to try this thrilling sport for the first time, thanks to its diving clubs and associations, offering all types of services to expert divers and beginners alike. There is a wide range on offer: courses for divers of all levels, as well as for disabled persons; equipment hire; diving guides and boat transfers; varied special dive tours (night-dives, deep-water dives and cave-dives). There are also special group rates for dives and courses alike. To sign up for classes you must be 16 years of age or over and pass a medical examination.
Unique spots
There are many spots for scuba diving in Melilla. The Chafarinas Islands, Alborán Island or the Mar Chica, a lagoon belonging to Morocco, are all privileged dive sites. The best area, however, is doubtless around Tres Forcas Cape, close to the town. Los Farallones, Cala Blanca, La Mina and Punta Bermeja are all magical, untouched sites with seabeds rich in shapes and colours, home to a great variety of species.
A host of underwater life
Come and live a fascinating adventure… Contemplate starfish at close quarters; delight in the explosion of colours offered by coral and sea anemones; discover marine caves inhabited by prehistoric-looking invertebrates. Come and enter a mysterious world of shadows and silence, home to caves and stones clothed in algae and plants. There are underwater passages, arches, tunnels and caverns where you can see moray eels and groupers, while pollacks, rays, barracuda and a multitude of other fish slip comfortably through the water. In this area you can also take a close look at the shells of sunken galleons and broken battleships in their eternal resting place beneath the warm waters of this Mediterranean enclave.
To do apnea diving (without tanks - holding your breath) or to snorkel, you need no more than goggles and snorkel tube to observe the marvels to be found just a few metres below the surface.
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Kinder Morgan pipeline questions raised by B.C.
B,C, government asks 70 questions related to company's ability to handle heavy oil spill
The British Columbia government has questions for Kinder Morgan about the proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline through the province.
After reviewing the company's application to the National Energy Board, the province submitted 70 requests Monday for more information on oil spill prevention and response plans on land and at sea.
"Our staff have reviewed the overall application from Kinder Morgan," Environment Minister Mary Polak said at the legislature.
"What they have done is identified any gaps in information, places where they don't believe the information from Kinder Morgan is complete or gives us sufficient information to determine whether or not we can support the project."
Under revised federal rules, the province and hundreds of other interveners will not be allowed to directly cross-examine company experts on their testimony at the review hearings. Instead, they must submit information requests in advance.
Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist and Green MLA, submitted close to 500 questions to the panel. He's worried about marine oil spills.
"I am very concerned about the evidence used to justify Kinder Morgan's assertion that it can deal with a heavy oil spill," Weaver said.
"As we saw with the Northern Gateway hearings there simply has not been adequate research on how heavy oil behaves in a marine environment, or if it is even possible to clean it up."
The province officially opposed the Northern Gateway pipeline at federal review hearings. The panel later recommended approval, with 209 conditions.
The $5-billion expansion of the Trans Mountain line would almost triple the capacity of the pipeline linking the Alberta oil sands to Port Metro Vancouver.
B.C. lays out conditions
Like the Northern Gateway proposal, the province said the Trans Mountain pipeline must meet five conditions, including an undefined "world-leading" oil-spill regime.
Also like the Northern Gateway, the project faces staunch opposition from environmental groups and several First Nations.
But Polak said B.C. residents are not opposed to pipelines "just point blank."
"I think if they feel that if there are sufficient safeguards in place, then that opinion could change," she said, adding those safeguards are part of the province's five conditions.
The two pipelines were among a handful of proposals singled out Monday in a report by the United Nations' special rapporteur on indigenous rights.
James Anaya's report said he heard repeatedly from aboriginal leaders about "an atmosphere of contentiousness and mistrust" around resource development.
The federal government relies on the regulatory assessment process to consult First Nations, yet has rewritten regulations so that fewer projects require a now much-abbreviated review, he said.
First Nations are bombarded with proposals and the onus is on them to carry out their studies and develop evidence to support their concerns.
It all creates an atmosphere "that is conducive neither to beneficial economic development nor social peace," he said.
Of 16 Canadian projects mentioned in the report, eight are in B.C., including the New Prosperity gold and copper mine near Williams Lake and the province's hoped-for trillion-dollar liquefied natural gas industry.
The B.C. and other provincial governments have encouraged resource sharing between companies and First Nations, Anaya said. The province itself has revenue-sharing deals for mining royalties, stumpage fees and oil and gas revenues.
Among his 99 recommendations, Anaya urged the federal government to pursue "less adversarial" treaty negotiations and aboriginal consent on resource development.


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105m west of Arthur's Stone on Cefn Bryn on the Gower Peninsular, Wales is the Neolithic burial tomb called Great Cairn (Maen Ceti in Welsh). It is a circular pile of stones 16m diameter above a central grave. The suggested date of the cairn is 2500BC and is one of some 60 cairns in the area though some of these 60 are attributed to farmers collecting and clearing rocks from their fields.
Wales (Cymru in the Welsh language) is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The major cities are Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bangor. The city of St. Davids is the smallest city in the UK with a population around 2000. Wales itself has a population of around 3 million. The Welsh language is spoken by around 20% of the population.


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By FELIX SARVER
The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle
SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) – A murder trial held at the DeKalb County Courthouse in northern Illinois was no easy assignment for the handful of students involved.
Parents, teachers and jurors watched quietly as students from Classical Conversations cross-examined each other about a wife accused of killing her abusive husband.
It was, however, only a mock trial. Nevertheless, the students asked hard questions from witnesses, called on testimony from experts and raised objections to the judge.
Jeffrey Lewis, who played the judge in one of two mock trials held Wednesday, said the students were professional and showed a level of stress real attorneys would show during a trial.
Lewis is an attorney for Klein, Stoddard, Buck and Lewis of Sycamore.
"You could tell these guys were polished," Lewis said.
Classical Conversations is a nationwide program that focuses on combining classical educational methods such as verbal instruction with a Christian perspective.
The program serves home-schooled students and families. Students who belong to the program are grouped into "challenges" instead of grades.
The Challenge B Classical Conversation mock trial team comprises teenagers from Wisconsin, Rockford, Bloomington and Minooka. They took turns playing the prosecution and defense for the trial of Barbara Barrett, a woman who allegedly shot and killed her husband.
Rockford student Jacob Vrolyk said his team prepared for the trial by studying witness statements, confessions and exploring ways to raise objections. He thought the competition helped him build speech and debating skills, while also learning more about the law.
"We're getting a really great understanding of how our legal system works," Vrolyk said.
Deb Warning, Minooka licensed director for Classical Conversations, said the mock trial is evaluated by jurors and a judge. The jurors award points to the students for asking good questions, obeying court procedure and being flexible with the demands of making their case to the court. The judge gives the verdict, she said.
The Rockford team won against the Wisconsin team after the first session of the competition.
Each team took a turn acting as prosecutors while the other team was serving as defense attorneys. The judge found Barbara Barrett not guilty in both rounds, but the jurors awarded the most points to the Rockford team.
The mock trial wasn't meant to be a competition where students win a prize, Warning said.
"It's more about learning than getting a trophy," Warning said.
Information from: The Daily Chronicle, http://www.daily-chronicle.com


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The West Volusia Wolves spent their Thanksgiving Friday washing cars and hustling donations in anticipation of their dream — playing in this week's Pop Warner Super Bowl.
The West Volusia Wolves spent their Thanksgiving Friday washing cars and hustling donations in anticipation of their dream — playing in this week's Pop Warner Super Bowl.
Then on Saturday, they took care of business on the field, winning 31-0 to win their 15th consecutive contest without a defeat. But the fundraising work has only just begun.
The Wolves, a team competing in the Junior Midget division and consisting of boys between ages 10 and 14, have been dominant, giving up only 8 points in their last five games. But a more pressing statistic is the $15,000 needed to lodge and feed themselves during the weeklong tournament to crown a national champion from the eight remaining teams.
Meanwhile, another local team, the Ormond Beach Pride — consisting of eighth-graders and competing in the American Youth Football League — has also made the nationals and will play Saturday, coach Brian Colubiale said.
That team's expenses are expected to be considerably lower, Colubiale said, and much of the funding is already in hand.
But the Wolves face an uphill battle. Cameron Robinson, the head coach, said Pop Warner rules allow for his team to have six hours of practice for their next contest, but football might have to take a backseat to the fundraising effort.
"I'm not sure about the practice scheduled this week," Robinson said Monday. "This week, we're so focused on trying to raise the money."
He said he wants the players to get the experience of staying at a Disney resort for several days next week, soaking up the atmosphere of Pop Warner's championship week and being together as a team.
The Pop Warner Super Bowl is a weeklong event at ESPN's Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World.
"Some of our parents may be able to pay a good portion (of their own son's expenses) out of pocket, but others can't," said Suzann Kenis, whose son Ryan is a tight end.
The coach's wife, Yanira Robinson — mother of Julian Robinson, the team's running back and cornerback — said she believes the team had collected about $6,000 as of Monday afternoon.
There have been car washes, a bake sale and bucket collections at several retail stores in the three cities that feed the program: Deltona, DeBary and Orange City.
"We're definitely putting our kids to work," Yanira Robinson said. "We're not just asking for donations. We're giving up our weekends. .�.�. Instead of practicing, the kids will go out into the community and asking for money."
Another parent, Marleen Bournival of DeBary, said players such as her son, linebacker Jacob Patterson, are willing to barter volunteer hours for financial sponsorships.
A friend of the Robinsons set up a website with a PayPal account so donations can be made easily. The site, volusiawolves.com, was showing that more than $1,500 in donations had already been made online.
The Wolves are expecting to find out Tuesday morning who they will play in their first Super Bowl matchup on Saturday.
The team plans the following fundraising efforts: On Tuesday, the boys will all call relatives and friends asking for help. On Wednesday, the boys will walk their neighborhoods knocking on doors with their coaches. And on both days, some of the boys will be at the Wendy's restaurants on Howland and Saxon boulevards with buckets.
Meanwhile, the Ormond Beach Pride will play on Saturday at a park in Kissimmee, after winning the Southeast Region on Nov. 18 in a 20-18 comeback thriller.
"American Youth Football is a lot more affordable," said Colubiale, who coached in Pop Warner prior to starting the Youth Football team two years ago.�


text: A Blue View is a weekly perspective on the life aquatic, hosted by National Aquarium CEO John Racanelli. From the smallest plants and animals invisible to the human eye to entire ecosystems, every living thing depends on and is intricately linked by water. Tune in to 88.1 WYPR every Tuesday at 5:45 p.m. as John brings to the surface important issues and fascinating discoveries making waves in the world today. May 1, 2013: Seafood Fraud Uncovered Click here to listen to John discuss seafood fraud. When we go to restaurants and grocery stores, most of us assume that we're getting what we pay for. But as a recent study shows, that's not always the case—especially when it comes to seafood. Seafood fraud is not a new issue, but according to a recently released study from Oceana, it continues to be a pervasive problem. From 2010 to 2012, Oceana conducted a seafood fraud investigation, collecting more than 1,200 seafood samples in 21 states. Using a DNA barcoding technique, a short DNA sequence was obtained from each sample and then compared to a catalogue of sequences from more than 8,000 fish species. This DNA testing showed that 33 percent of the samples analyzed were mislabeled, though there was tremendous variation depending on the type of fish purchased. Red snapper in particular was the most commonly mislabeled—113 out of 120 samples were a fish species other than red snapper. Twenty-eight different species were substituted for red snapper, and 17 of those weren't even in the snapper family at all. In one instance, the red snapper was actually tilefish, which the government advises sensitive groups to avoid due to high mercury levels. Also raising health concerns, escolar was a substitute for white tuna in 84 percent of samples. Escolar is a snake mackerel that contains a naturally occurring toxin and can have serious digestive effects on people who eat more than a few ounces. The Food and Drug Administration actually advises against the sale of this species, and some countries have banned it outright. Consumers are not protected, though, when it's mislabeled as white tuna. The Oceana study reports that 44 percent of retail establishments sold mislabeled fish, with sushi outlets far outstripping restaurants and grocery stores. In fact, 74 percent of sushi venues mislabeled fish, compared to 38 percent of restaurants and 18 percent of grocery stores. There are many reasons that seafood fraud occurs. They include a lack of understanding, a desire to increase profits, and attempts to launder illegally harvested seafood. Somewhere along the supply chain, someone may substitute a lesser-valued fish. Others may short-weight the product, meaning the seafood processor misrepresents the weight of a seafood product so the customer gets less food for their money. The consequences of this fraud are considerable. In addition to affecting human health when one species is swapped with another that may have contaminants, allergens, or toxins, seafood fraud disguises what is truly happening in the marketplace, incentivizing illegal fishing and threatening conservation efforts. To address this critical issue, the SAFE Seafood Act was recently introduced to the House of Representatives and the Senate. This bill requires that seafood in the U.S. be traceable from its origin, standardizes seafood names, keeps illegally caught fish off the market, and increases inspections. So what can you do to protect yourself from seafood fraud? Show curiosity about where your fish was caught and how. This will increase the dialogue around these important issues and hopefully encourage restaurants and stores to ask questions of their suppliers. Be knowledgeable about what you're buying—and if the price seems too good to be true, it probably is. Tags: a-blue-view, food-and-drug-administration, legislation, national-aquarium-2, national-aquarium-ceo, national-public-radio, oceana, safe-seafood-act, seafood-fraud, seafood-fraud-legislation, seafood-legislation, sustainable-seafood, wypr Categories: Animals, Conservation, News Previous Post Next Post


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Actor Gary Oldman scared off a group of young women while he was preparing for his movie role as Dracula by showing them his prop coffin.
The British star played the bloodsucking killer in the 1992 film, and director Francis Ford Coppola was so determined to make the screen vampire's coffin a good fit, he sent a sample to Oldman at his home.
The actor stored the macabre object in a garage, and when he wanted to call an early close to a party at the property, he spooked his guests by showing them the coffin – and they all fled.
Oldman tells U.K. talk show host Graham Norton, "Francis Ford Coppola sent me a coffin to try out. One night I went out for dinner and everyone ended up at my place and at some point I wanted them to leave so I opened the garage door and the light came on and instead of a Porsche under the light, it was a coffin. I never saw those girls again!"


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By the National Strength and Conditioning AssociationISBN: 978-07360-8327-0Binding: PaperbackPages: Approx. 296Price: $19.95Available: March 2012
CHAMPAIGN, IL—Endurance athletes often believe the more they train, the better the results. But according to Ben Reuter, editor of Developing Endurance (Human Kinetics, March 2012), recovery time is just as important when developing an effective endurance training program. "Recovery-based training should be a primary focus of program design," Reuter says. "Without adequate recovery, athletes will not optimally progress and reach their full potential." He notes that recovery does not always mean days of rest; it can take many forms, including skill and technique practice, massage, high-quality sleep, aerobic cross-training, and proper nutrition.
In Developing Endurance, Reuter breaks down the four steps to designing a well-balanced training program for endurance athletes.
Step 1: Gather information. This includes determining the athlete's short- and long-term goals, sport background and competitive history, overall focus for the competitive season, race priorities and objectives, sport-specific strengths and weaknesses, history of injury, muscular imbalances, and a variety of other contributing factors. Most important, though, athletes must determine how much time they can realistically devote to training on a daily basis. "Many new endurance athletes are a bit overzealous when it comes to taking on more than they can handle; thus, it is important to differentiate between realistic and idealistic time goals so that proper balance between sport and life is achieved," Reuter says.
Step 2: Focus on the initial planning components. These include the type and frequency of recovery sessions that will be implemented, the type and frequency of high-quality training sessions, time between training sessions, the proper build-to-recover ratio of the periodization program and when it might fluctuate throughout the training year, and mental and nutritional training opportunities. According to Reuter, athletes and coaches must also discuss the type of feedback that will be provided by each to determine what method is most successful in delivering and receiving information.
Step 3: Look at the training program plan in detail. Included in this step is determining the specific techniques that should be included and at what times of the year and throughout the meso- and microcycle, the teaching of tactical skills in relation to race-specific scenarios, when and where specific training sessions should be placed throughout each training cycle, and the associated goals and outcomes of each workout. "It is very important for athletes to have and know their specific physical, mental, and nutritional goals for each training session throughout the training plan," Reuter says. "Each training session, regardless of type, should have specific goals and objectives with recovery opportunities emphasized."
Step 4: Plan each periodization cycle. A preparatory cycle lasts about 12 to 16 weeks; in a traditional periodization plan, the preparatory cycle provides the foundation of aerobic, strength, and flexibility skills needed for athletes to progress to the next cycle, which is more physically, mentally, and nutritionally challenging. "The precompetition build cycle is where the goals of improving speed, economy, power, and race-specific strength are normally implemented in 2- to 8-week cycles to provide optimal recovery time before the race season begins," Reuter explains. "As the race season approaches, properly implemented tapers become crucial in getting to the start line feeling rested and ready to race." Reuter notes that the actual competition season can be 9 to 36 weeks for some athletes, and he recommends that race blocks be separated into 1 to 4 weeks if competitions will take place each week. "This allows the body to recover well and, because most athletes can achieve only about two or three formal peaks in the competition season, it is best to separate important, top-priority competitions into two or three blocks throughout the season."
Developing Endurance is the latest entry in the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Sport Performance Series and provides endurance athletes and coaches with a research-based regimen for improving athletic stamina and minimizing chronic injuries. For more information, see Developing Endurance.
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is the world's leading organization in the field of sport conditioning. Drawing on the resources and expertise of the most recognized professionals in strength training and conditioning, sport science, performance research, education, and sports medicine, the NSCA is the world's trusted source of knowledge and training guidelines for coaches and athletes. The NSCA provides the crucial link between the lab and the field.
Chapter 1 Physiology of Endurance Sport Training
Chapter 2 Endurance Tests and Assessments
Chapter 3 Endurance Training Principles and ConsiderationsChapter 4 Endurance Sport Nutrition and Hydration
Chapter 5 Aerobic Endurance Development
Chapter 6 Anaerobic and Muscle Endurance Development
Chapter 7 Resistance Training Programs for Endurance Sports
Chapter 8 Running
Chapter 9 Cycling
Chapter 10 Swimming
Chapter 11 Triathlon
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Wouldn't a $5 keyboard and a $2 bottle of Wite-Out (Tipp-Ex for you Brits) prove just as effective?
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Scores of people were killed and hundreds more were injured at a soccer game in Port Said, Egypt, on Wednesday. Images of the horrific scene and its aftermath have appeared on front pages and headline stories around the world.
Armed thugs posing as fans of the home team (Port Said's al-Masry) stormed the field, rushed towards the section containing visiting fans (those of Cairo giants al-Ahly) and attacked them with knives, stones and fireworks. Many of the victims were young people who were stabbed, beaten and trampled to death during the chaos. This tragedy has echoes of past tragedies, where young people left home to cheer on their favorite soccer team, and never returned.
Authorities have launched investigations into the attacks, and some believe they may have been politically motivated. It was only a year ago that a revolution took place in Egypt, and Wednesday's horrors may have been committed to settle old scores.
The attacks generated widespread outrage and condemnation from many figures both within and beyond the world soccer community. Egypt has indefinitely suspended all soccer games, and the entire board of the Egyptian FA has been fired. People have taken to the streets of Cairo to mourn the victims and demand change.
The fallout will likely be far-reaching, and we have compiled photos of the deadliest stadium disaster the world has seen in 15 years (Warning: Some of the photos contain graphic images).
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