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4 Tasty Grab-and-Go Iced Coffees
We don't know about you, but it's getting awfully hot in here. And while we're all for brewing up your own iced coffee at home, there's good news in the ready-to-drink iced coffee world as well. Cold brew methods for bottled coffee are getting more innovative—and delicious. Here are a few of the season's best new contenders.
Blue Bottle Coffee Roasters New Orleans Style Cold Brew
Taste: Sweet treat
Ingredients: Coffee, milk, chicory, cane syrup.
As cold-brew news goes, this one may be the biggest. The introduction of a packaged version of Blue Bottle's long-loved New Orleans Cold Brew—a chicory-tweaked, served-sweet, milk-softened version of one of the cafe chain's two cold brew offerings—will likely be a game changer for both its fans and the Oakland-based international company. The organic beverage, served in an adorably simple kid-style milk carton, was introduced earlier this year in West Coast Blue Bottle shops, and, recently, Whole Foods Market. While it creeps slowly eastward, get ready for the company's continued world domination.
It tastes a little less intense than the in-cafe version to me, but ultimately, the flavor is as sweet as the packaging: none-too-coffee-heavy, but way easy to drink. I'm guessing we're going to see this in the lunchboxes of precocious kids named Brooklyn and Sebastian nationwide soon, because it's basically a way cooler bottled Frappuccino. And unlike other packaged cold brews from small roasters, there's no added step of attenuating your drink with milk and sugar. Just yank this little treat off the shelf and drink.
Available for about $4 for a 10.66-ounce carton from Blue Bottle cafes and Whole Foods Market stores on the West coast, with more regions to come soon.
Black Medicine Iced Coffee
Taste: Rich, intense, chocolaty, smooth
Ingredients: Coffee, vitamin C
Another entry from the Bay area is Black Medicine, a recent-to-market iced coffee served in 11-ounce aluminum bottles that boasts "pressure brewing"—not cold brew—technology. As with most iced coffees, the type of coffee used is not specified (they tend to be blends, managed through the season to maintain an ice-friendly flavor profile), but the target here is clearly a rich, intense chocolaty flavor that would pair well with the dairy of your choice.
What's pressure brewing? The company won't say exactly, but they laud the benefits of hot-brewed extraction (more fullness of flavor without bitterness or flatness from some cold brew methods) along with, they claim, an increase in caffeine content. That said, it's not a concentrate, just an intensely flavored cold coffee with its own inherent sweetness and clean finish. And....vitamin C, for some reason. As iced coffees go, this is more bold than nuanced in flavor, but we applaud them for their ingenuity and beach-ready bottling.
Available for $3.50 for a single 12-ounce bottle, or $80 for a 24-pack.
Coffer Cold Brew Coffee
Taste: Refreshing and slightly sweet
Ingredients: Coffee, raw cane sugar, yeast
Another new entry in the refrigerator case is Austin, Texas-based brewer Coffer, the self-proclaimed "world's first naturally carbonated cold brew coffee". Coffer's inventors have jumped onto the fermentation craze to deliver this highly-decorative 12 ounce glass bottle (looks like beer, and they made coozies for it, too!) of fizzy, refreshing cold brew.
It's a fine example of coffee soda: the mix of sugar and yeast that carbonate Coffer elicit a subtle, gentle drink. It's harder to identify the inherent notes in the original coffee, but you chose this because it's delightfully fizzy coffee—which stays, by the way, just as delightful with a splash of milk. Still available only regionally, we're looking forward to seeing how Coffer perfects their flavor profiles as well as their fermentation technique before taking the nation by effervescent storm.
See website for availability.
Slingshot Ready-to-Drink Cold Brew
Taste: Just like actual coffee, naturally sweet with a good body
Ingredients: Coffee
Of this year's picks, Slingshot's not the newest on the block. Since 2012, the Durham, NC-based company's been serving up fine bottled cold brew versions of locally roasted Counter Culture Coffee, in both ready-to-drink and concentrate varieties. No doubt fueled by both a close relationship with Counter Culture and a thriving local food-maker community, Slingshot's been able to gain a strong foothold with its carefully chosen coffees that lend themselves towards good flavor expression and soft, easy sweetness when brewed cold. We tried a Colombian-based brew, which was full of flavor, but a little short on the body and dimension of a hot-brewed coffee—such is the uphill climb of cold brewing, though many prefer the tempered acidity and mildness of this method. That said, it's delicious over ice, and with or without the dairy of your choice.
Available online for $12 for a pack of two 16-ounce bottles.
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I've been listening almost exclusively to Siouxsie and the Banshees for the last couple of weeks. Halloween seems an appropriate time to write something about them, and about Siouxsie Sioux in particular, given that a song entitled "Halloween" figures so prominently in their discography.
In my opinion, no other British group of the post-punk era underwent such dramatic metamorphoses or so thoroughly explored their potential as a recording unit as Siouxsie and the Banshees. Their albums were strong and intelligently sequenced, their singles (collected as ONCE UPON A TIME and TWICE UPON A TIME) were glorious, and their B-sides (collected in the box set DOWNSIDE UP) were a laboratory for fascinating experimentation. Siouxsie herself was such a compelling figure, so obviously a creature of theater and so sleekly photogenic in their videos, I find it incredible, even outrageous to this day that no one ever approached her to act in features. And when harrowing flipsides like "Umbrella" started turning up, I couldn't understand why at least one enterprising horror director out there didn't have the brain to put them in harness right away as the Anglo answer to Goblin. They were not ones for standing still; they went through guitarists like Kleenex (The Cure's Robert Smith moonlighted with them briefly), but their core guitar sound was essentially defined from the get-go by original six-stringer John McKay and later refined when the extraordinary John McGeoch joined the Banshees for three of their most beloved albums (KALEIDOSCOPE, JUJU and A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE). Even with later guitarists on board, they were a powerhouse live band, driven by Budgie's thundrous drum sound and one of the most original and authoritative female figureheads a rock band has ever had.
In the course of this latest immersion in the Banshees, I read some things and discovered that Siouxsie and Budgie divorced awhile ago and disbanded The Creatures, and that Siouxsie released her first solo album, MANTARAY, last year. She's still a handsome woman, and the album finds her still in strong voice, and noticeably less guarded about showing her tender side. (What's next, a sense of humor?) It's a good album, opening with "Into A Swan," a pounding ode to impending personal transformation -- a theme also reflected in song titles like "About to Happen", "Here Comes That Day" and "If It Doesn't Kill Me." The instrumental sound of the album is percussive techno-cabaret, appropriately fantasmagorical but with a array of instrumentation whose broad musical palette recalls A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE. But hearing Siouxsie's voice severed from the tantric, flangey, tidal swell of The Banshees sometimes brings about in actuality the sense of dislocation that she often sang about on the albums she made with The Banshees in the late '70s and '80s. The ever-fluctuating flavors of the record's instrumental backing gradually ring hollow (or at least fickle) over the course of ten songs, failing to provide in visceral anchoring what it delivers in varietal color. Of all the tracks, "Into A Swan" and "They Follow You" come closest to capturing a classic yet distinctively fresh Siouxsie sound. Vocally and instrumentally, MANTARAY is an inventive album, though it falls short of being a wholly convincing or coalescent one. Siouxsie's voice needs to backed by stronger personalities, and I hope her next solo album finds her sounding just as bold but less alone.


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I was thinking this morning about the presuppositionalist's argument for God, and it occurred to me that in fact, presuppositionalism is really rather an effective disproof of theism in general and Christianity in particular. Consider this snippet from Pastor Stephen Feinstein's third post in his debate with Russell Glasser.
I am not sure how familiar you are with Thomas Aquinas' Cosmological Argument… Have you studied the 10-step argument as outlined in Summa Theologica I, Question 2, Article 3? Just for the purpose of classical education, I recommend it. Although I reject the semi-pelagian presuppositions of the classical argumentation for the existence of God, Aquinas actually gets somewhere good between the 5th and 6th step.
The Gospel tells us that God is a loving heavenly Father, more so than any earthly father. And yet, how many children do you know, who have loving earthly fathers actively and personally involved in their daily lives, who need to resort to an advanced study of medieval philosophy, ontology, and epistemology, just to find a line of reasoning abstruse and convoluted enough to persuade them that their father necessarily even exists?
The same could be said even of other religions whose gods are less chummy. Vulcanologists don't need medieval philosophy to justify their conclusion that magma is real. Doctors don't need it to believe that disease and suffering are real. In fact, even when the Bible itself makes claims about God being real, it does so without resorting to any kind of ontological rationalizations.
Believers resort to philosophy because it is a world of ideas, especially of abstract and complicated ideas where the unwary and inexperienced can easily be led astray. And the world of men's ideas is the only place God actually shows up—He's in their stories and their speculations and their superstitions and their rationalizations. But the other world, the world of actual material reality? No, we don't ever see him there.
And that's why elaborate and obfuscated superstitions like presuppositionalism become popular Christian apologetics. If there were a God who loved His children enough to interact with them in person, the way real fathers do, nobody but a few academics would be interested in any medieval 10-step argument as outlined in Summa Theologica I, Question 2, Article 3. Aquinas himself wouldn't even have needed to bother inventing a cosmological argument for God's existence, since who would bother to do so for a father who was already visibly, audibly, and tangibly present and involved in their life? The reason philosophy makes good apologetics is because God only exists in the ideas of men.


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The Commissioner for Culture and Media of the German Federal Government is preparing an amendment of the German Act towards the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Kulturgutschutzgesetz; KultgSchG). German news outlets are covering the act's financial effects on collectors of e.g. valuable paintings. What has hardly been mentioned so far is the fact that all German collectors and dealers specializing in objects starting from EUR 100 ("archaeological objects") or respectively EUR 2,500 will be affected by the amendment. ...mehr
We are using a web-based petition to try and demonstrate how many people support private collecting in Germany. After we published the petition online on Tuesday afternoon I sent out an e-mail to some colleagues and friends, and that was when all hell broke loose. Phone calls and e-mails kept flooding in from people thanking us and asking how they could help the cause. This is something we cannot be grateful enough for as my own small network will never manage to collect the 120,000 signatures needed for the German Federal Diet (Bundestag) to attend to the petition's appeal. ...mehr
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(wm) Encounters with this man were always impressive despite of Dresden-born Peter Reichenbach being very humble and not the tallest. Rickenback as he was known passed away on June 11, 2015 in London. He grew up in a lawyer's family and had to leave due to his Jewish origin in 1936. After constantly escaping from the nazis for three years he managed to emigrate to England where he was granted citizenship and the right for permanent sojourn in 1945. In the same year he established the Waltham Stamp Company with a successful focus on German stamps.
Rickenback became famous throughout the world as a philatelist and supporter of his hometown of Dresden. He cultivated numerous specialized collections including Dresden postal history (local post), Dresden post cards and Dresden ad stamps, the latter of which he donated to the Dresden town museum in 2006. His memberships include the Berlin Philatelist Club of 1888 (since 1956) as well as the Association for Saxony Postal History and the Dresden Philatelic Association (both since 1948). Rickenback also served as a board member of the British Philatelic Trader Society and was among the first board members of the British Philatelic Federation. He was also a revered member of the World Association of Philatelic Journalists and Authors (AIJP).
In 1953 Rickenback edited the first English philatelic journal for Germany, the "German Philatelic Review", for four consecutive years until 1957. In 1955 he collaborated with Joachim Hosang on the "Stamps in Battledress" paper. Later on he contributed his knowledge to numerous German philatelic books. Until the very end he continued his research on various topics regarding his hometown of Dresden. ...mehr
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Kudos to Epson Tech Support and Shame on Canon!
December 05, 2012, 04:01:15 pm »
It's not often that we read about positive experiences with respect to problem solving when we encounter issues with our pro graphics printers... whether they be Epson, Canon or HP. I'm as guilty as the next photographer in that I'm quick to complain when something is amiss and I don't take the time to thank the people responsible for resolving problem issues that shut my printer down.
Two weeks ago my "Low Ink" light came on for Vivid Magenta Ink while printing an image on my Epson 3880 printer. I wasn't concerned as I had a back-up cartridge and know from years of printing with my Epson 9600 that one can still make a number of prints before the cartridge hits the wall. This printer has been the most trouble-free printer I've ever owned as well as THE most economical in terms of ink waste. I think I've only had to do one cleaning cycle in the two years I've owned it!
The ink ran out and I inserted the new cartridge. The panel on top of the printer immediately read "Ink Low" for the new cartridge I just installed. Puzzled, I began a new print and the printer stopped after printing just two inches of the new image. The panel now read "Ink Out" for the new Vivid Magenta cartridge I had just installed.
I removed the cartridge, shook it again for a full minute and reinserted it. "Ink Out" was still indicated for this ink. I shut off the printer and waited a while, reinstalled the cartridge and the warning still persisted. I tried in vain to remove and reinsert the cartridge several more times before giving up and calling Epson Tech Support.
I reached Jim Weeks and he was kind and cooperative. He mentioned that on rare occasions a bad cartridge will sneak through and this is probably what happened. He offered to send me a replacement via Fed Ex and confirmed my correct address. I asked him if he wanted me to send in the defective cartridge and stated that I'd gladly do so and he said "I'll call you if we need to see it." That was it.
The cartridge just arrived via Fed Ex.
I very much appreciate the integrity Epson showed in standing behind their product. It shows that Epson cares...
The flip side is a recent experience with Canon. I had the Maintenance Tank light flashing on the Canon for the past weeks. I've replaced only the Yellow cartridge since purchasing the printer and all of the other colors are well over half full. I purchased the 8300 after reading many testimonials on this and other forums about how "frugal" the Canon was with respect to the cleaning cycles when compared to Epson Wide Format printers. While I had gone through at least two full 220 ml sets of ink on my Epson 9600 prior to having to replace a Maintenance Tank, it seemed unconscionable that the Canon Maintenance Tank would fill up with less than half of the original 330ml cartridges used!
I called Canon and explained the situation to their Tech Support. I spoke with a gentleman who expressed no concern and stated as matter of fact as he could "sounds like you need a new maintenance tank." His mastery of understatement was laudable!
I then called IT Supplies who I bought the printer from. Matt was out so Chris handled my call. I simply asked if this was normal: that a Maintenance Tank would fill with less than half the original cartridges used? I explained that I purchased the Canon because it was reputed to be much more frugal with ink waste (than Epson) but that my personal experience was certainly proving otherwise. My indoor humidity is a constant 67%, which is optimum for a piezo printer like the Epson's. Canon's are supposedly more resistant to plugging with dry conditions so 67% would appear to be even more in the Canon's favor.
Chris said he'd do some research and get back to me. That was last week... and I haven't heard from him since.
I very much appreciate that Epson cares and wish that Canon would show a little more concern at what I feel is clearly a problem.
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Re: Kudos to Epson Tech Support and Shame on Canon!
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December 05, 2012, 06:11:11 pm »
Priming the 8300 or any large printer with long ink feed lines uses up a lot of the maintenance tank capacity. Put in a new tank, give it some time.
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December 05, 2012, 06:20:17 pm »
Do you keep your printer on all the time, or switch it off right after printing?
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December 05, 2012, 06:41:12 pm »
No chance you reinserted the empty Epson tank? I did once and cursed it, thinking it was the new one. It Supplies aren't Canon of course.
Last Edit: December 05, 2012, 07:05:02 pm by enduser
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December 05, 2012, 07:06:36 pm »
Printer is left on all the time. It needs to be in order for the printer to go through it's normal agitation cycles.
I'm just curious: for those who own an 8300 printer, is this normal? Did you need to replace your Maintenance Tank with less than half of your original cartridges used?
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December 05, 2012, 07:15:26 pm »
Enduser: I opened the new Epson Vivid Magenta and inserted it immediately. The used one was placed in the blue wrapper and inserted in the box the new one came in and then put in the trash. There's a significant difference in weight between full and empty cartridges so making a mistake like that would be difficult if one is paying attention, especially given the need to agitate the new ink before inserting the cartridge.
W/respect to IT Supplies: I've bought all of my paper from them for years as well as the printer. They're generally pretty good about answering questions so this surprised me. All I expected was an answer as to whether this was normal or not as I suspected a problem with the printer given the ink waste. Once again my Epson's have never filled their waste tanks anywhere near as quickly and the Canon was reputed to be much less wasteful in cleaning cycles than the piezo heads on Epson printers. If what I'm experiencing is normal on the Canon printers this would tend not to support what I've been reading on this and other forums.
And though IT Supplies is not Canon, I tried with Canon and they just said "buy another maintenance tank." There was no effort to answer my question so I thought I'd try IT since they've sold a lot of these printers and should be very knowledgeable about any existing issues.
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December 05, 2012, 09:26:54 pm »
If you go into service mode you can reset your maintenance tank on the Canon. The tank just holds some absorbent felt which is easily unsnapped apart. You could replace the felt with some shamwow etc, or wash what they have. When I did this on mine there was still a ton of capacity so you could possibly just rearrange the original felt and use again. Take out the tank, open it up and have a look.
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December 05, 2012, 09:51:12 pm »
This is what I used to do with my 9600 and I spent a good amount of time searching for a similar option on the net prior to buying a new tank for the Canon. The consensus is that resetting the tank is possible before and only before the tank is full. Once the tank indicates full you're cooked. This is what I've read on numerous posts regarding this issue so I have to assume that you pulled yours and exchanged the stuffing when you first saw the warning that the tank would soon need to be replaced.
Please correct me if I'm misinformed as $90 is a heck of a price to pay for some paper towels laid into a flat box to absorb waste ink.
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December 06, 2012, 11:45:05 am »
I believe you are correct, only once it gives the warning. But yes it is an expensive diaper, no need to ever buy a new one.
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"New in 2018, the SSC class has been very well received across the country," Duncan said. "More than 100 SSC kits have been sold through Tire Rack to date, so we anticipate this will be a well-attended and very competitive class at this year's Tire Rack Solo Nationals. I'm betting the class will be a lot of fun for drivers and produce a lot of excitement."
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Registration for the 2018 Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® Nationals opens July 2, 2018, at 6 p.m. Central Time. For more information about the SSC class, visit https://www.scca.com/pages/solo-spec-class. For more information about Solo Nationals, visit https://www.scca.com/pages/national-championship.
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Shuttle Endeavour docks with ISS – greet each other.
Posted by dandare on November 17, 2008
The space Shuttle endeavour, (after its launch on 14th november 2008 ) docked with the International Space Station, on sunday 16th november, 2008.
Below are some freeze frame images, from the live NASA TV link online (see here ).
Endeavour (as seen from the ISS )
Endeavour near to docking with ISS
View of docked shuttle from ISS
Above:(3 images) Doing checks, so that both endeavour and ISS can greet each other (this is the view from the ISS side).
Houston control
Above; 3 images; 6.16pm Central Time (16th november) both ISS and Endeavour greet each other.


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Clean vegetables, drain pasta or fill vases, there always seems to be so much action in the kitchen like nowhere else – and practically everything revolves around the sink. This makes it all the more important to find a solution that not only looks good, but also provides practical advantages. A kitchen sink from the Architectura family is an excellent choice in every way. Because its classic design is both attractive and well-designed.
Attractive appeal
The Architectura kitchen sinks boast a classic familiar design that goes perfectly with a wide range of interior styles.
Thanks to their homogeneous surfaces and harmonious lines, they blend perfectly in kitchens with an urban as well as country house style. You can choose between 13 different ceramic colours. This will give your kitchen a very personal touch and perfect the overall look.
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All Architectura models have plenty of space for preparing or washing food. Featuring a large draining area, Architectura is available in 3 different sizes for unit widths of 60 cm, 50 cm and 45 cm. Even large pots, pans and vases do not pose a problem thanks to the spacious main basin. Thanks to its large basin width, Architectura 45, suitable for units measuring 45 cm, offers plenty of space for washing up despite its small sink size. The Architectura 60XR model is practical for a wide range of jobs thanks to its half bowl. Not least because of the large selection of accessories such as the perfectly fitting steam bowl.
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U.S. nurses are caught between a sour economy, a demographic bump and a flood of unemployed new graduates. After years of worry about a shortage of nurses, about one-third of new nursing graduates in the United States have been struggling to find work. Experts tell VOA's Jim Randle there will be many job openings for nurses - eventually.


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Since then he has been 25% retired and 75% Senior Internationalization Engineer for Lionbridge. (Hey, you don't want to jump into something like retirement and find out you can't handle it!)
His work for Lionbridge involves helping other companies internationalize their products, web sites and web applications as well as teaching developers basic internationalization techniques.
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Tie Dye Shirts
This was one of the most fun projects we did at summer camp. Yes, it's messy but tie dye shirts are a great project that girls of all ages can enjoy – and enjoy wearing! If you're doing this for a camp, you should include a white shirt specially for crafts on the packing list. To boot, Tie Dye Shirts make for a great souvenir to bring home from camp. For a troop activity, you can either buy the t-shirts for your girls or send home a request for them to send an old white or really light colored t-shirt for the project.
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Materials Needed:
- Tulip One-Step Tie Dye Kit Rainbow
- White t-shirt
- Rubber bands
- Plastic gloves
- Plastic tablecloth
- Scissors
- Wash the t-shirt in a clothes washer to remove sizing.
- Cover your work surface with the plastic tablecloth.
- Place the damp shirt on your prepared surface and smooth flat. To create a traditional bulls-eye design, pinch the front of the shirt just above the center then lift fabric up and scrunch fabric into a tube shape. Wrap a rubber band about 2″ from the tip, wrapping several times until tight. Repeat every 2″ or so along the entire shirt.
- Wearing gloves from the dye box, fill a dye bottle halfway with water. Replace the cap and shake until all the dye is thoroughly mixed. Remove the lid, add more water to the line indicated on bottle, and replace the cap and shake to mix.
- Carefully squeeze one color of dye on tip, turning shirt until entire tip has dye.
- Squeeze another color dye around center of next section, letting it bleed toward rubber bands. Insert tip of bottle into folds and squeeze more dye as needed.
- Avoid squeezing the dye too close to the rubber bands so you can leave white rings between the colors. Rotate through the colors available in the kit evenly.
- Let the dye set 4-6 hours. Use scissors to carefully cut off the rubber bands.
- Fill a clothes washer to a full load setting with a small amount of laundry soap. Once agitation strts, insert the t-shirt. Dry in clothes dryer or line dry.
Safety Tips!
- Adult supervision is required when using the dye.
- Adults should cut off the rubber bands when working with younger girls.


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MB Madaera
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Chris Madaera
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Determine the Length of Your Workouts
Evaluate Your Progress
Keep Warm-Up in Perspective
"Doing more exercise with less intensity,"
Arthur Jones believes, "has all but
destroyed the actual great value
of weight training. Something
must be done . . . and quickly."
The New Bodybuilding for
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MUCH of that "something."
This is one of 93 photos of Andy McCutcheon that are used in The New High-Intensity Training to illustrate the recommended exercises.
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Ellington Darden
Dr. Ellington Darden's Intensive Coaching
How to apply The Secret for your personal-best physique.
by Ellington Darden, Ph.D.
In 1970, Arthur Jones challenged me... to exercise harder and briefer, in good form. As a result, in a positive and real way, my training, my physique, and my life were changed — forever.
Three years later, stationed in a windowless office next to a well-equipped gym at the Nautilus headquarters in Lake Helen, Florida, I became an almost one-man publishing team. I personally measured, photographed, trained, or wrote about scores of athletes, including . . .
Steve Reeves, 1947 Mr. America George Eiferman, 1948 Mr. America Bill Pearl, 1953 Mr. America Harry Johnson, 1959 Mr. America Red Lerille, 1960 Mr. America Bob Gajda, 1966 Mr. America Jim Haislop, 1968 Mr. America Boyer Coe, 1969 Mr. America Casey Viator, 1971 Mr. America Sergio Oliva, 1969 Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1970 Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu, 1976 Mr. Olympia Frank Zane, 1977 Mr. Olympia Chris Dickerson, 1982 Mr. Olympia Robby Robinson, 1975 Mr. World Mike Mentzer, 1978 Mr. Universe Ray Mentzer, 1979 Mr. America
. . . and many others from the Golden Age of Bodybuilding.
I continued to work closely with Arthur Jones until he died in August of 2007.
Prior to Jones and Nautilus, from 1964 to 1972, I won 17 state and regional bodybuilding shows and entered the Mr. America contest twice. Plus, I graduated from Florida State University with a Ph.D. in Exercise Science.
Looking back, I've devoted the last 43 years of my life to building exceptional bodies. And, I've touched the masses through the 6-million books I've sold. But the things I've treasured the most, have been teaching, guiding, and helping highly motivated men.
As previously noted, I've indeed worked with many bodybuilding greats. But expertise goes far beyond the genetically gifted. Almost every man I've trained — consistently — over the last five decades has ultimately developed his best physique. Such an individual, in my book, is a true physique champion.
Training the genetically gifted, such as Boyer Coe and Casey Viator, for bodybuilding competitions, requires knowledge and experience. Training men with average or slightly above-average genetics, such as Eddie Mueller, Dave Hudlow, and Tom Wykle, so they can simply have great-looking bodies, demands even more knowledge and even more experience.
In summary, coaching motivated individuals has been my life's work,
My life's devotion.
That's who I am,
What I do best.
And, I want to train you — personally — one-to-one,
IF, you have what it takes.
I've known for years that the best teaching and learning occurs one-to-one, with no distractions, with nobody present but the teacher and the student.
That's why I'm opening the doors of my private gym to a limited number of personalized, one-to-one, coaching intensives. The intensive-coaching session entails 6 consecutive hours in one day, with my problem-solving e-mails directed specifically to you and our work together over the next 90 days.
The setting is my home in Windermere, Florida, a small town 20 miles west of the Orlando International Airport, 6 miles from the gates of Disney World, and minutes from neighbors: Tiger Woods, Shaquille O'Neal, and Ken Griffey, Jr.
I evaluate, exercise, and coach each trainee in my private gym equipped with Nautilus and conventional machines, as well as a library retrospective of almost a half-century of my research and writing.
What To Expect During Dr. Darden's Intensive Coaching
Below are examples of possible coaching topics. Are you interested in:
Answering YES to one or more of the questions highlights the need to find realistic solutions to the above problems. Solid solutions, related to exercise and nutrition, have been my business for four decades.
First, I evaluate your muscular potential by applying aspect ratios based on measurements of hundreds of subjects. Long muscles, short muscles, or in-between, I graph and chart potential muscular size in factual ways that you can comprehend.
Adapted to your problems and goals, I show you the latest in scientific guidelines, review the basics and the exceptions, and explore seldom-applied shortcuts to body-transforming results. With your guidance, I plan a series of training routines that streamline your success.
Then, I put you through probably the BEST workout of your life, explaining how and why each technique is so effective.
Next, over a post-workout nutrient boost, we talk about food and nutrition, as well as the importance of rest and sleep. There is ample time in my office/library for me to discuss all your questions.
After the intensive session, you get my follow-up coaching (through weekly e-mails) — with tweaks, adjustments, and ongoing advanced techniques — for 90 days.
Anyone in the personal-training industry receives a certificate that notes he's attended my individual coaching intensive.
The secret is much more than simply having my coaching attention. It's knowing how to select, with confidence, the best exercises according to the equipment that is available; how to design routines with the right combination of single- and multiple-joint exercises; why the agonistic/antagonistic muscle interplay is important; and why negative-only exercise must be emphasized, yet limited.
The secret is about solving the slow-twitch/fast-twitch dilemma; when to train less or more; when to apply a not-to-failure workout; and when to take a layoff and for how long.
The secret is about food, fuel, and supplements — and their places in the muscular-growth and fat-loss processes — and how to be skeptical of various promotions and products. It's about science, superhydration, sound sleep, neurotransmitter measurement, endocrine balancing, and mental preparedness.
The secret is about how to analyze your own physique realistically, without distortion, and... with your goals in clear focus.
Most importantly, however, the secret is about accountability. And that task is straightforward: You are accountable to me, Ellington Darden.
One point I emphasize in my coaching intensive is that the new HIT applies to a hard gainer, an easy gainer, and the all-but-forgotten average person — who's neither a hard nor an easy gainer.
It doesn't matter how you are classified — or whether you need to lose fat, build muscle, or some of both — my coaching intensive guides you to achieve your best physique in the most efficient manner.
My intensive-coaching package is geared for a trainee who has a real passion for reaching his personal-best body. The package includes 6 consecutive hours with me in my private gym in Florida and weekly interactive e-mails for the next 12 weeks or 90 days.
Price: $1450.
Besides my intensive one-to-one coaching and weekly technical e-mails, you get my undivided thinking in responding to your questions, plus my experienced, straightforward answers.
If you follow directions precisely, I firmly believe you can lose fat, build muscle, or both lose and build — to the degree necessary — to achieve your best physique.
For coaching dates, availability, price confirmation, registration, and purchasing details, I want you to call me on my personal line. In the old days at Nautilus, I always answered my own phone — without a secretary — and I still do. I'll interview you upfront and determine your seriousness.
If you qualify, then we'll agree on a date and time and move forward.
My private phone number is 1-407-668-0730.
Note: This is a special line that I only activate once a day, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, EST. All other times the phone will be turned OFF.
Once again, this offer is for serious trainees only.
If you have the motivation and the discipline to achieve your personal-best physique — then, the secret is your ticket to the fastest-possible results.
Your intensive-coaching plan is about to begin.
Act today. Availability is limited.
Don't just wonder what your body, with significantly more muscle and less fat, COULD look like. Take charge, commit to my plan, and see for yourself.
You're going to like the RESULTS.
MY GUARANTEE: If you're not completely satisfied with my intensive coaching, as well as your overall results — let me know and you'll receive a full, prompt refund.
Call at the designated times:
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday-Friday, EST, 1-407-668-0730.
Photo Captions:
1. Golden-Age montage
Clockwise from top: Arthur Jones (with Don Shula observing) coaches a 1975 West Point cadet through an intense set of leg extensions. It was always a pleasure to train Boyer Coe, which I did in 1983. Casey Viator, after a HIT workout in 1978, contracts his award-winning arm.
2. After montage
Men who experienced the secret: Eddie Mueller built 18 pounds of muscle in 10 weeks. Dave Hudlow added 1-3/8 inches on each upper arm and 3 inches on his chest, in only 2 weeks. Tom Wykle lost 35 pounds of fat in 6 weeks.
3. Keith Whitley had well-above-average genetics for bodybuilding. With my intensive coaching he gained 29 pounds of muscle in 6 weeks.
4. Private gym
Here's a section of my private gym, which includes seven Nautilus machines, a Bowflex machine, a barbell, two dumbbells, a wrist roller, and several hand grippers.
5. Mueller and Darden
When Eddie Mueller visited me recently at my home in Windermere, Florida, I hadn't seen him in more than seven years. Eddie was featured in my book, BIG, where he finished the program weighing 192 pounds with 9 percent body fat. That was in 1988.
When this October 25, 2007, picture was made, he still weighed 192 pounds, but his body fat was 18 percent.
Eddie was one of the first individuals to sign up for my intensive-coaching plan. Together, we decided that a realistic goal for him would be... to lose 15 pounds of fat and to increase his muscle mass by 10 pounds.


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Setup a Meeting in Outlook
Schedule a meeting with other people
A meeting is an appointment that includes other people and can include resources such as conference rooms. Responses to your meeting requests appear in your Inbox.
- In Calendar, on the Home tab, in the New group, click New Meeting.
- In the Subject box, type a description.
- In the Location box, type a description or location. If you use a Microsoft Exchange account, click Rooms to choose from available rooms.
- In the Start time and End time lists, click the start and end time for the meeting. If you select the All day event check box, the event shows as a full 24-hour event, lasting from midnight to midnight.
Note: If you want to schedule meetings based on an alternate time zone, on the Meeting tab, in the Options group, click Time Zones.
- In the meeting request body, type any information that you want to share with the recipients. You can also attach files.
- On the Meeting tab, in the Show group, click Scheduling Assistant.
The Scheduling Assistant helps you find the best time for your meeting.
- Click Add Others, and then click Add from Address Book.
- In the Select Attendees and Resources dialog box, in the Search box, enter the name of a person or resource to include at the meeting. If you are searching with the More Columns option, click Go.
- Click the name from the results list, then click Required, Optional, or Resources, and then click OK.
Required and Optional attendees appear in the To box on the Meeting tab, and Resources appear in the Location box.
The free/busy grid shows the availability of attendees. A green vertical line represents the start of the meeting. A red vertical line represents the end of the meeting.
The Room Finder pane contains suggested times for the best time for your meeting (when most attendees are available). To select a meeting time, click a time suggestion in the Room Finder pane in the Suggested times section, or pick a time on the free/busy grid.
Note: If the Room Finder pane doesn't appear, on the Meeting tab, in the Options group, click Room Finder.
- To set up a recurring meeting, on the Meeting tab, in the Options group, click Recurrence. Choose the options for the recurrence pattern you want, and then click OK.
When you add a recurrence pattern to a meeting request, the Meeting tab changes to Recurring Meeting.
- To change the advance time of the meeting reminder, on the Meeting tab, in the Options group, click Reminder, and then click the time you want. Click None to turn off the reminder.
- The organizer can also set the reminder time for recipients by changing the reminder time on the meeting invitation. If the organizer does not change the default reminder time on the invitation, the recipients will each use their own default reminders.


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Michael S. Malone is an author, journalist and television host. After earning two degrees from Santa Clara University, he joined the San Jose Mercury-News as the world's first daily high tech reporter. There, he was nominated twice for Pulitzer Prizes in investigative reporting. Malone has been a columnist for the New York Times, ABCNews and Forbes. At Forbes, he was editor-in-chief of the nation's largest circulation high tech business magazine, Forbes ASAP. Malone is the author or co-author of nearly twenty books of business, history and biography, including several best-sellers. The host of four PBS interview series, he was co-producer and writer of the Emmy-nominated PBS primetime miniseries The New Heroes. A founding shareholder of several successful Silicon Valley start-ups, including eBay, in 2010 Malone was among the first to receive SCU's Leader's Legacy Award. For creating the Silicon Valley comes to Oxford program, now the largest event for entrepreneurs in Europe, Malone was named a Distinguished Friend of Oxford and Associate Fellow at Said business school. A regular op-ed contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Malone has three books slated for publication in the next year.
He and his wife Carol live in the oldest frame house in Santa Clara Valley, and they are currently restoring a historic Oklahoma Land Rush homestead and farm.
Malone now re-joins the faculty of the Department of English, where he will teach upper-division courses in Nonfiction Writing to help students learn about publishing in both print and digital media.


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GNRHS Archives acquires Ora Deal Photo Collection
Ora Deal (1887-1960) loved trains. For many years he lived in Starkweather and Enderlin, ND where as a hobby he took pictures of Soo Line and Great Northern trains. He also belonged to a group called the International Engine Picture Club. Sponsored by The Railroadmens' Magazine, it offered rail enthusiasts free membership to encourage them Read more…


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100 Million IE7 Installations!
I'm pleased to report that on January 8th, we had the 100 millionth IE7 installation. However, even more important than installations is usage. According to WebSideStory (the company we use to measure browser usage), as of this week, over 25% of all visitors to websites in the US were using IE7, making IE7 the second most used browser after IE6. We expect these numbers to continue to rise as we complete our final localized versions, scale up AU distribution, and with the consumer availability of Windows Vista on January 30, 2007.
If you haven't installed IE7 for Windows XP yet, you can download it here. You won't need to download it for Windows Vista as it has IE7 built in with all the same features as the XP version, plus Protected Mode.
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Successful Sodding
For a society that demands instant gratification, sod is to turfgrass what a DSL line is to your computer: finished visual images come real fast. Not perfect for every installation or renovation, sod still reigns as the premier way to add turfgrass to any landscape situation.
If yours is an initial use of sod, there's a simple way to choose the best turfgrass form for your use. Visit the Web site for Turf Producers International (TPI) at www.lawninstitute.com. Once you've found the home page, click on "Turf Resource Center", and then click on "What's best for me?" A simple test will help guide you in your selection of sod versus seeding or hydroseeding. Sprigging, a planting form used with warm-season grasses, is not incorporated as an option.
Before the mechanical equipment rolls in to prepare a seedbed for turfgrass sod plantings, the enlightened grounds maintenance manager has already spent hours of time preparing for a successful project. Before the first ripper teeth hit the soil surface, a well orchestrated turfgrass planting should have already been effectively worked out. If you've chosen sod, here's a checklist on how to improve the quality and longevity of the installation.
Before the specifications can be written for sod selection, you need to select a good turfgrass mixture. Will the turfgrass stand be used as a playing field, park open space or in an un-trafficked entry area in front of a corporate office building? Each one of these specific uses demands the proper selection of suitable turfgrasses.
Selecting an appropriate turfgrass for sod could be done a couple of different ways. First, you could call your region's sod farms to see what varieties are available and then research the characteristics of the turfgrass species used for the sod. Or, you could use the TPI Web site listed on page 32 and once you've gotten to the "Turf Resource Page," click on "The Basic Grasses" to find out what's available in sod. The checklist below will also help you make your selection.
- Test your soils
Soils for future turfgrass areas should be tested minimally for pH, macro- and micro-nutrients and for soil texture (the relative proportions of sand, silt and clay and organic matter.) You should also examine soils for depth and determination of relative soil horizons: the 'A' (topsoil) horizons and 'B' (sub-soil) horizons. You can reach these through the use of a backhoe, if one is on site, or by using a shovel or soil auger.
- Knowing the fertility
Mechanical aspects and depth of the soils you're working in will enable you to determine what soil amendments might be necessary to produce the best turf possible.
- Evaluate other micro-climatic considerations
Are there prevailing winds, areas of sun and shade and different soil types in the area that you will install the turfgrass sod? Knowing your micro climatic differences can help you plan for the best turfgrass selections. Using slightly modified different seed mixes for sun and shade areas, or knowing where two soil types interface will help you better determine the correct turfgrass and irrigation systems to use.
- Plan your irrigation systems well
In most large turfgrass areas, some form of rotor irrigation head, capable of throwing greater distances is practical and efficient whereas smaller areas will most likely be irrigated by spray heads. You should also evaluate development of sub-surface irrigation systems for each individual turfgrass installation. Remember that turf in shade and turf in sun have different irrigation needs. Water each related sun area with a different irrigation circuit, one whose run time on the controller can be more exactly tailored to water needs.
- Consider the grading and drainage implications
Turf areas should be designed with smooth flowing surfaces, with minimum 2-percent slopes and good, long-distance transitions between flat and steep portions. As you are preparing the seedbed areas, consider the mounds, berms and hills as forms of elevation changes within turfgrass areas. Also, slopes deserve much essential consideration. Slopes should never be steeper than is acceptable for safe mowing practices, and irrigation should always go across the slope. Top, middle and lower irrigation heads should be individually circuited.
- Plan for equipment access and verify property lines
A commonly overlooked factor in the installation of a large turfgrass sod area is equipment access. Before starting a project, figure out your dump truck and general equipment dimension requirements. Although a larger piece of equipment may be more useful on a particular project, if access is difficult you may have to use a smaller piece of equipment, even if it is less efficient. Make a thorough evaluation of property lines prior to starting a project. If any access routes or property lines are in question, contact a land surveyor to carefully stake out those specific lines and boundaries.
Seedbed preparation varies greatly from project to project, and the use of specific seedbed preparation equipment will depend on the scale and complexity of the job. Listed below is the process that would most likely be followed from the most complex project to the least complex. In chronological order, these required tasks would be:
Remove existing vegetation. If the site is heavily wooded, you will need to remove trees, shrubs and other vegetation before sod installation. Whereas shrubs and herbaceous materials are easy enough to remove and dispose of, trees and their roots are another matter. Once you cut a tree as close to the ground surface as is possible, then you should remove the stump. Depending on the size of the tree, it may be necessary to remove the stump with a backhoe, and then to additionally grub out large diameter roots. The extent of grubbing for the removal of tree roots will depend on each individual site. It is important to remember that large tree roots should be removed if they are within a foot or two of the surface, as subsequent decomposition of the roots will cause the soil surface to settle.
Remove large rocks, boulders and other impediments. If the site is rocky, it is important to remove large boulders and rocks (of roughly more than 1 foot in diameter) using mechanical equipment such as a backhoe or front-end loader. Once you have removed the large rocks, begin removing the small ones with a rake towed behind a tractor in subsequent finish grading operations.
Rough grading. If extensive grading is required, a grading plan should be prepared by the project landscape architect or engineer. Related to the grading plan will be the total quantity of soil to be removed or replaced. For extensive cuts, figure out how much, if any, of the cut material can be stock piled on-site for subsequent reuse. The soils report and testing should indicate the nature of the subsoil. The respective subsoil preparation (such as scarification) should be specified. At this point, you should also rake the surface of the soil to a depth of ideally 6 inches to 1 foot to remove any foreign objects or rocks. from the immediate soil surface.
Placing topsoil. If extensive grading is required, and especially if fill soils are required, make sure the fill soil has been tested for related fertility and mechanical qualities prior to placement. It is best to require the results of that soil testing from the soils provider in writing. If you have stockpiled site topsoils, replace them at this point. Place topsoil in no greater than 1-foot-thick lifts and redensified under the observation of the project engineer.
Trenching for irrigation systems. There are two general ways of trenching for irrigation systems related to the turfgrass: One is to trench during rough grading; the other is to trench after finished grading. The benefit of trenching during rough grading is that the subsoils are brought to the surface and are subsequently amended during incorporation of organic matter and amendments. The downside is that if irrigation laterals and standpipes are plumbed prior to finished grade, they can sometimes be broken during rototilling operations. If trenching is done after finish grading, the offset is that subsoils are brought to the surface and can be notably different than amended soils. These subsoils can be problematic in terms of the uniform growth of turfgrass at the soil surface.
Soil amendment and incorporation of organic matter. Depending on the results of the soil chemical and physical analyses, you should amend the soil at this point. Amendment of the soil might include the incorporation of soil nutrients; chemical amendments such as lime, sulfur and gypsum; and the incorporation of organic matter. Do not be surprised at the change of soil volume; incorporation of organic matter and soil amendments also incorporates air into the soil, and the soil may appear more voluminous than desired. After the finish grading and rolling, and following a few irrigations, the soil will gradually settle down to the planned grade.
Finish grading and rolling. Once you have amended the soil as per the specifications, the next step is to smooth out the soil surface and to slightly compact it. If necessary, rake the soil to remove smaller stones and roots. At this point, you have finally achieved the surface necessary for the installation of sod.
Installation of gopher wire. In many regions, gophers, voles, moles and ground squirrels can ruin an otherwise perfect sod installation with their burrowing. Manufacturers have developed special hardware cloth and wire to anticipate the different sizes of vertebrate species that burrow in the soil.
Install gopher wire directly on top of the finished rolled soil. In order for the wire to fit snugly to the soil, which enhances immediate root contact between the soil and the sod, insert metal erosion control netting staples, available at most landscape suppliers. Install staples in a triangular spacing. In sandy, loose soils use longer staples (9 inches or longer); in thicker clay and silt soils, shorter staples (6 inches or less) work better. You may need to pre-irrigate thicker soil no closer than two days before sod installation to soften the soil for easier stapling. The goal of pre-irrigation is to soften the soil for the staples and not over-water and negatively affect the installation of the sod on muddy soils.
Sod installation techniques: Sod comes in rolls designed to be laid like carpet and rolled with equipment that expels trapped air and creates a better soil interface for effective rooting. Whereas sod for residential and commercial use measures approximately 1.5 feet by 6 feet per roll, newer "big-roll" sod makes installation of turfgrass areas a less labor-intensive task. Check with local sod farms to make sure they cut big-rolls before planning their use.
Knitting edges and rolling. To avoid the new sod drying out, and especially to prevent the introduction of weed species, it is important that the ends and edges of the sod rolls be "knitted" together to provide adequate joining of the seams. It is acceptable for the seams to overlap slightly as rolling with a lawn roller will help knit them effectively.
Fertilizing as per manufacturer's specifications. Depending on the turfgrass blend, the grower may recommend fertilization before, during or after the installation. If you have the results of a site soil sample available, pass them on to the grower before a fertilizer recommendation is made; your soil chemistry or texture may influence the type and composition of the fertilizer.
Irrigating sod during and after installation. As you'll see, sod rolls on large installations can dry out during installation, both on the palette and on the soil surface. On those warmer days remember to use a fine spray nozzle to lightly wet the soil surface as the sod is rolled out and lightly wet (or tarp cover) rolls on the palettes to prevent drying out. Once the rolls are laid out in specific areas, soak the sod and soil beneath it to slightly below the root depth of the sod. Avoid walking on these soaked areas as footprints can create permanent low-spots if the soil is too wet.
Sod growers and installers agree that three weeks is an accepted minimum for sod establishment, although most agree that two weeks is the bare minimum. This is dependent on temperature, water, soil conditions and intensity.
David Downey is the parks division supervisor for the coastal community of Capitola, Calif. As happens in most coastal cities around the world, Capitola is inundated with tourists during the summer. The more tourists, the more lawn traffic. Because Capitola has been largely built out, most of Downey's work with sod has to do with turfgrass renovation and repair. His greatest challenges are with summer repairs and related sod installations. Despite marking cones and flagging, pedestrians walk right through them. These repair areas never get enough time to effectively root. Downey admits that, despite the disturbance during rooting with sod, the same phenomenon would happen with a seeded area, and even worse: they could also yield the unwanted addition of mud to sidewalk. At least sod is still attractive the day it's rolled out.
Downey has had a peripheral challenge with the plastic netting that is used to hold sod rolls together. If sod is used to repair play fields, soccer spikes can snag the plastic netting, pieces of which have actually blocked area drains.
Bruce Moncrief is a sales representative at Greenfield's Turf, Inc., located in the Salinas Valley of California. Regarding Downey's experiences with problems related to the use of nylon mesh in sod production, Bruce's response is that the verticutting and aerating processes, described below, are essential to breaking down the mesh effectively enough that it doesn't snag on sports shoes with cleats. If there is enough lead-time, non-netted sod can be grown to meet the specific needs of a project.
After the initial establishment, follow the sod grower's maintenance recommendations. Mow often, removing no more than ⅓ of the grass height at a single mowing. Keep your mower blade sharp. Use local TPI mowing recommendations for your type of lawn by visiting their Web site, www.lawninstitute.com.
Fertilizer and chemical applications will depend on climate, sod type, soil, insects, weed and disease conditions. Again, follow your sod grower's recommendations whenever possible.
Depending on the wear-and-tear a sod installation receives, it may need additional mechanical treatments to improve its health. Verticutting removes thatch that has built up during the mowing process. This organic mat, if it becomes too thick, can prevent irrigation water from reaching the root zone of the sod, as well as acting as a breeding area for pests and diseases. Once thatch has been laid up on the surface of the turfgrass, it should be raked up and recycled, if possible, or removed to a landfill for disposal. Fertilization and deep irrigation generally follow the verticutting process.
Depending on the amount of foot traffic and play turfgrass receives, the soil beneath it, especially heavier soils, will become compacted and drain poorly. Generally, irrigation water will run off instead of percolating into the turfgrass' root zone.
Through the use of different types of machinery, remove plugs of sod and soil through aeration. You can either rake or sweep up the plugs for removal or leave them on the surface where they will decompose relatively quickly with regular turfgrass irrigation.
If the sod is weed-free on delivery, and if the seams between rolls are tightly knitted, post-emergent weed treatment is greatly diminished. Most of all, sod's immediate, fully mature look and shortest establishment time make it worth considering despite its initial costs.
Steve McGuirk is a California licensed landscape architect, living and working in the Monterey Bay area.
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The Doctor Is In: You Ask, Pediatricians Answer
Lexington Pediatric Practice, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
Dr. Dwight Reynolds started Lexington Pediatric Practice in 1987. The original office was located on Old Chapin Road and Dr. Reynolds was the only pediatrician in Lexington at the time. For the first three years, Dr. Reynolds was the sole physician at the practice. Like its patients, Lexington Pediatric Practice grew up big. Over the years, new physicians joined. Today, it's home to Dr. Reynolds, Dr. Lillie Bates, Dr. Caroline Webber and Dr. Caleb Wheeler, and is located inside a spacious, kid-friendly office at LMC-Lexington, located at 811 West Main Street, Suite 204.
In honor of the silver anniversary milestone, its four physicians are sharing their answers for some of the most common questions they are asked at their practice
Dr. Lillie Bates
Q: How can we help to keep our children from becoming overweight?
A: We've seen more overweight children because we're not moving enough. We've even seen high blood pressure and early onset diabetes in teenagers. The key is for the whole family to live a healthy lifestyle. Take a walk or jump rope together. Switch to skim milk. Remember that convenient foods are not always healthy foods. The Midlands is a great place to raise healthy kids – we have a lot of opportunity for activity.
Dr. Dwight Reynolds
Q: What are your best summer tips for parents?
A: Babies need sunscreen with a recommended SPF of 30. Don't trust that it's waterproof or sweatproof – reapply throughout the day. Also, roll-on deodorant can be great first aid for mosquito bites. A deodorant with aluminum salt, which most have, will keep a fresh bite from flaring up and becoming infected. And, meat tenderizer is a good remedy for fire ant bites. Mix some meat tenderizer with a few drops of water and rub it on the bite to help the area heal faster.
Dr. Caroline Webber
Q: How can I get my baby to sleep through the night?
A: Put your baby in his room at night as soon as you are comfortable – definitely by 2 to 3 months old. If your baby cries when you put him to bed, give him 10 to 15 minutes to calm down on his own. If he's still crying after that, go into his room, reassure him and give him a pacifier, if he uses one. Then, give him 15 to 20 minutes before going back. It's important for a baby to learn how to fall asleep on his own without help from things like a rocking chair or bottle.
Dr. Caleb Wheeler
Q: What milestones should a baby reach by the first birthday?
A: The first birthday is the biggest time of change in a child's life. They start walking, talking and eating real food. Everything they know is changing and all kids handle that and develop differently. At age 1, a child should show an effort to talk, say a few words including mama and dada, show their personality, express their needs and show some affection.
Lexington Pediatric Practice is accepting new patients. You can reach them at 803-359-8855. www.lexpediatricpractice.com


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The best way to explore Vietnam's beguiling capital is to get a local to give you the inside track, says Alex Whittleton.
I arrived at my hotel in Hanoi's brash and beautiful old town in a state of bleary-eyed excitement. My flight had been long and sleepless, but I'd just had one of the most entertaining taxi rides of my life. The 45-minute trip across town from the airport felt like a kaleidoscopic dream – dazzlingly colourful, deafeningly loud, and the perfect primer for a stay in the animated capital of Vietnam.
The first thing that struck me from the taxi was the implausible number of motorbikes swarming down the road: a family of five was perched perilously on one, a filing cabinet was strapped to the back of another, and a girl carrying a (rapidly expiring) foot-long fish rode on a third. I soon realised that this was nothing out of the ordinary. A tide of motorised humanity washes down the streets of Hanoi day and night, against a backdrop of flashing neon signs, vast billboards and charming French-colonial architecture. The journey was a vivid initiation to Hanoi – I could barely hear myself think with the incessant buzz of engines, beeping of horns and clatter of street vendors. And if I was experiencing sensual overload inside the taxi, I wondered what on earth it would be like on the outside.
After dumping my bags at the hotel, I had just enough time for a quick shower before the main event of my day – a walking tour of the city with a local student. I'd booked through HanoiKids, a student-run outfit that pairs up local youngsters who want to practice their English with visitors who want the inside track. You can have a half- or full-day tour, and it's completely free. I couldn't imagine a better way to see the city.
At 9am prompt, I was picked up from my hotel by Na, a friendly 20-year-old from Hanoi University. I must've looked like a typically frazzled tourist in need of perking up, because she took me straight to a street kitchen for a breakfast of pho. Ordinarily, I'd have found beef and noodle soup too much first thing in the morning, but I was saved by a confused body clock that thought it was supper time. Sitting on the street in the early-morning sunshine, planning an itinerary with Na, I felt a keen sense of anticipation – our first stop was to be the city's famously tumultuous ancient quarter.
Made up of 36 higgledy-piggledy lanes, each named after a particular craft, Hanoi's ancient quarter is jam-packed with people flogging their wares: everything from bamboo baskets to paper lanterns spill out onto the pavements, which double up as workshops. My abiding memory of this extraordinary square mile, however, will be the delicious scents that filled the air. Fresh vegetables, sizzling meat, piping hot green tea, and sweet doughnuts were being hungrily dispatched at makeshift kitchens on every street corner, and I couldn't help but feel ravenous, despite my enormous breakfast.
We meandered south, swapping the commotion of the ancient quarter for the relative calm of Hoan Kiem Lake – the focal point of the modern city, where people go to exercise, play chess or simply take a breather. Na led the way down thoroughfares and backstreets, past chic boutiques, crumbling façades and ancient temples.
I found crossing the road a heart-pounding, dizzying ordeal. Lane discipline in Hanoi is non-existent, and zebra crossings and traffic lights are resolutely ignored. To get from one side of the street to the other, you simply step out and hope for the best. I was lucky I had Na to grip onto.
After a lakeside lunch of spring rolls and a chat about Na's teacher-training studies, we made our way to the formidable Hoa Lo Prison, dubbed the "Hanoi Hilton" by American prisoners of war in the 1960s. It's a captivating, haunting place that documents the miserable lives of its inmates with preserved solitary-confinement cells and horrifying displays of torture instruments. A mere 30 minutes inside was enough, and I felt relieved to see the street again.
The rest of the afternoon passed in a happy haze of chatter and sightseeing. Between motorbike-dodging and doughnut-eating, Na told me about the importance of ancestral worship for Vietnamese families. This emphasis on filial devotion comes from Confucius, whose teachings have shaped the society. It felt like the right moment to see the great philosopher's shrine at the nearby Temple of Literature before visiting our final sight, the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum – another shrine, but to a much more modern hero. The final resting place for the embalmed body of Vietnam's charismatic Communist leader has become a pilgrimage site for people from across the country.
The light was fading fast, so we jumped in a taxi back to the hotel. Looking out, the streets now felt like an old and familiar friend. This tour had been every bit as thrilling as I'd imagined. And thanks to Na, I'd explored hidden side-streets, heard stories of family and cultural life, and, perhaps most importantly, figured out how to cross the road.


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If I could, I would take The Ravens' Restaurant at Stanford Inn by the Sea home with me. It would be wonderful to enjoy their fabulous food without traveling and since the food is so good, I could easily sustain a vegan diet. Given that my husband and I live near Chicago, we feel very fortunate to have had several wonderful dining experiences while visiting Stanford Inn by the Sea in Mendocino, California
My husband and I approach food differently. I have been a gluten-free vegetarian for many years, while my husband loves all the other kinds of foods. I have played with the idea of attempting a vegan diet when I heard two authors of vegan cookbooks touting the value of this kind of eating, how much energy one has and how good it is for one's health. My husband has major questions about all of this. However, our experience at the Ravens' Restaurant during our stay at Stanford Inn by the Sea was an absolute delight. The flavors and textures of everything we tasted surprised and delighted us, each in our own way. The extensive wine list (more than 50 wines) comprised primarily of locally produced wines was very impressive. My husband enjoyed the wines he selected both by the bottle and by the glass.
The Ravens' website states: "Our Mission is to provide healthy organic cuisine that rivals the finest Northern California restaurants. We feel that this is the 'path of least resistance' to demonstrate that healthy and satisfying food produced and cooked with a lighter touch on our environment can be a wonderful experience. It is our mission to 'seduce' those often suspicious of veganism by continuing to build on our reputation as an outstanding restaurant within a four diamond, AAA rated country inn….The Ravens' provides an exceptional vegan experience and it's painless! Guests don't have to go out of their way to try an ethical, sustainable meal. They also find an outstanding wine list and a full bar. "
My husband and I enjoyed two wonderful dinners. Elimah was our very attentive server the first night, offering great suggestions and pleasant conversation. The meal began with an "amuse", which was Daikon radish, topped with a sesame and dill pate, and carrot slices and spread of almond and sweet potato pate. The gluten-free bread was delicious and an especial treat for me because I could enjoy the delicious spread.
Next, from the eight choices among the "Small Plates", we decided to share the Dos Tacos Biologicos. The tortilla was soft and the filling delicious. The decorative flower, a bachelor button, was a charming touch.
From the five choices of "Salads", we selected two. The Raven's Roasted Beets was a salad topped with a dab of lemon, walnut pate. The yellow beets were sweet and the red beets had a mellow flavor. The beets were pleasingly soft but retained their texture and were a great contrast to the crunchy frisee. The dressing was delicious.
The Grilled Pear Salad was very unusual and was topped with a brazil-nut cheese pate. For my husband who loves spinach, it was a great blend of flavors with pepitas. The warm, wilted onions added texture and flavor. The smoky flavor of the pears was different from anything he had previously tasted and the combination of flavors, colors and textures was perfect.
From the seven "Large Plates" selection, we decided to share the Moussaka. It was filling and tasted like the best of the typical Moussaka we experienced elsewhere. The Moussaka was warm and contrasted with the accompanying quinoa that was served cold and was very flavorful and crunchy. There was also a kale leaf that looked and tasted very much like a stuffed grape leaf.
We have been sampling sorbet in various places and since this was a gluten-free choice, while not on the menu, we were interested in trying this dish. Three flavors were presented to us. We liked the strawberry, the apricot was very, very good but the pear was best of all.
Wine from the nearby Navarro winery was perfect with the meal.
For dinner the next night my husband selected the Encrusted Mushroom Sandwich, golden baked potato wedges and cashew-paprika slaw. It gave me pleasure to see how much he enjoyed this. I helped him with the potato wedges and wondered how they could be so evenly browned. Then I tasted the slaw and couldn't believe how good it was. The flavor lasted in my mind for a long time.
My selection was the Kale Salad, massaged (?) kale, mushroom ceviche, avacado tartare-amazing.
We spoke briefly with Sadhana (Wysteria) Berkow, Creative director and Chef Instructor. We also met Johanna Zahn, an intern from the Natural Gourmet Institute, N.Y. Sadhana suggested that I might find the information about the internship program interesting and it is.
"In 1999 we organized an internship program and, today, we participate with Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Program and The Natural Gourmet Institute providing internship opportunities for their students. Interns come to work with our staff as practicum to complete their school's certificate program. This has been a happy alliance as some of our outstanding staff have been introduced to Mendocino and The Ravens through the school."
"In the morning the Raven's Restaurant offers a large and extraordinary Breakfast Menu. Recognizing that most of our guests are not vegans, we offer a large variety of elegant, gourmet breakfast dishes to assure they will not miss bacon and eggs. Our dishes are traditionally associated with the finest breakfast restaurants in the United States."
We had two amazingly delicious breakfasts. My waffle was unusual and I would love to get it again, it was so good. My husband's fruit was great. The coffee was especially good. Juice was available. Breakfast was a great start to the day.
We also enjoyed tea-time at 3:30
We were interested to note that:
Local - Dishes based on locally harvested products from seaweed to morels.
Organic - 99% of our ingredients are organic and most produce is from regional organic growers or the Inn's California Certified Organic Farm.
Conscious - Vegetarian and Vegan cuisine. Products carefully selected to support sustainability.
Regard for the Land - Wine list comprised primarily of wines produced from certified organic vineyards, biodynamic vineyards, or those using sustainable, traditional farming practices.
Recycling - All food wastes are composted and the compost dug back into garden beds. All glass, papers, and cardboard are sent to recycling.
Ravens' Restaurant is independently owned and lovingly cared for by Jeff and Joan Stanford.
Some of the nicest features of the food in the restaurant were that the flavors were exceptional, the textures contrasted pleasingly and that the food was filling. On our travels, a number of people referred to their dining experience at The Ravens' Restaurant and commented that they did not feel deprived and enjoyed the vegan fare. And since we were only eating vegan food for a couple of days, we also felt the additional benefit of increased energy and a general good feeling.
In the airport as we were leaving SF, I happened to talk with a woman who had also visited Stanford Inn at the Sea several years ago and noting the bag I was carrying with the logo from the inn, she commented she really needed to return because it was such a wonderful experience for her. Of course, it was for us too, and we hope to return soon.
Check the menu online:
RAVENS' RESTAURANT AT STANFORD INN BY THE SEA: Coast Highway and Comptche Ukiah Road, Mendocino, CA 95460
800-331-8884 • 707-937-5615 • Email: [email protected]
More about the food -
Since 1996, we have learned that the de rigeur kitchen with an ego centric executive chef, a creative and intense leader, simply does not work. Our kitchen is run by a director/coordinator whose responsibility is to assemble and knit the creative talents of all staff from those who primarily prepare the food for cooking to those who are actively producing the food on the line.
We are committed to reducing our impact on the environment and support sustainable agriculture through our purchases. We use no meat or meat products. All produce is organic, some produced by our California Certified Organic Farm - Big River Nurseries. And this year we celebrate 24 years of sustainable agriculture.
People who ate a strict macrobiotic diet including sea vegetables did not suffer from radiation poisoning even if they lived within a mile of the Nagasaki nuclear bombing.,
Umeboshi plum is a pickled apricot, not a plum.
Wasabi is from the rhizome of a semi-aquatic member of the cabbage family.
Shiitakes boost interferon production which is needed to fight bacteriological infections.
Broccoli contains folic acid, Vitamin A and beta carotene and boosts production of enzymes in the body that detoxify. Broccoli consumption helps prevent heart disease, osteoporosis, high blood pressure and cancer. Importantly, the calcium spectator content of broccoli can be as effective at lowering cholesterol as medication.
Cashews have less fat than almonds, peanuts, pecans and walnuts. High in proteins and essential fatty acid, they are also high in saturated fat. They enhance health in small amounts.
Edamame are green soybeans and are unprocessed except for cooking. High in protein, edamame contains all eight essential proteins, is nutrient dense and is associated with protecting against heart disease and cancer
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Jackson Named Head Men's Tennis Coach
Andy Jackson has been hired as the new men's tennis head coach at the University of Arkansas. Jackson spent the last 12 years at the University of Florida and before that at Mississippi State in Starkville for 17 years.
Jackson lead his teams to 22 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, and is the only coach to win an SEC title at two different schools. He has also won three conference regular season titles, three conference tournament titles, and has been named SEC coach of the year three times.
In his last 24 years, he has coached Florida and Mississippi State to top 25 rankings, with 13 of those teams in the top 10.
"I am honored to be the new head coach at the University of Arkansas and appreciate the opportunity Jeff Long has given me to help lead this program back to a place as a consistent national contender in men's tennis," Jackson said.