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Whenever I am marathon training, except during taper time, I hate getting out of bed in the morning. Right now I am in the middle of a pretty high mileage week and my body is feeling it. I lay in bed in the morning and think, "Do I really need to go to the bathroom that badly?" I swear my body aches like crazy and those first few steps are comparable to a post-20 mile run. I am super stiff and and my feet are tender. It doesn't help that my bathroom is in the loft of my bedroom, so I have about 15 steps to break my muscles in.
It only takes one walk up the stairs and the blood gets moving and I can walk again, but then it happens again on my run. Today I had 7 miles General Aerobic with strides on the schedule. This was my first non-recovery Saturday since I started this training program. My muscles were really looking forward to a slow recovery run, but I obviously needed to go faster. The first 2 miles of every run are usually pretty slow while my muscles warm up, but once I was moving, the run was fairly easy. I averaged a 9:10 pace, slower than my normal GA, but that was as fast as the body would go. My strides were a little painful though. Every time I do fast strides, I get a pain in my upper thigh. It is a weird pain so I am hesitant to go too fast as I don't want to injure myself. But I got the 10 strides in and got off my feet immediately as I have 21 miles on the schedule for tomorrow. I have only done one other 21 mile run other than my marathons, so I obviously am a little anxious. As long as I get out the door fairly early, I shouldn't hit too much heat and the 21 miles shouldn't be too bad.
Bridget was asking if she can enter a race again so she can win a ribbon. I guess I better start looking for a local race that has a kid's run going along with it. I have a couple tune-up races on the schedule in August, but I can't seem to find any around here the match up very well, I guess I better start looking harder.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
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- mamasweeds said...
Good luck tomorrow! I totally thought of you today on my LR, you are my LR idol!
I can imagine getting out bed is tough with all the miles you are doing right now. You truly are an inspiration though! :) Can't wait to hear about your run tomorrow.
- July 18, 2009 at 10:02 PM
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Kisaburō Andō
|Kisaburō Andō
|August 10, 1874
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
|May 10, 1954(aged 80)
|Empire of Japan
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Years of service
|Lieutenant General
|Other work
|Home Minister
Kisaburō Andō (安藤紀三郎 Andō Kisaburō?, 11 February 1874 – 10 May 1954) was a career officer and lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, who served as a politician and cabinet minister in the government of the Empire of Japan during World War II.
Life and military career[edit]
Born to an ex-samurai family of Sasayama Domain in Hyōgo Prefecture, Andō graduated from the eleventh class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1899. In 1901, as a second lieutenant in the infantry, he served in the 10th Brigade of the Taiwan Garrison. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1904, and served as a company commander in the IJA 10th Infantry Regiment, and was subsequently promoted to captain, and to major in 1913.
In 1918, Andō was sent as a military attaché to the United States, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel while on assignment. On his return, he served in the Personnel Bureau of the Ministry of War from 1921-1922. In 1922, he was promoted to colonel, and assigned command of the IJA 73rd Infantry Regiment, followed by the IJA 2nd Infantry Regiment. From 1923-1927, he returned to the Personnel Bureau at the Ministry of War.
After Andō was promoted to major general in 1927, he commanded the IJA 30th Infantry Brigade until 1929, and was attached to the staff of the IJA 1st Division from 1929-1932.
In 1932, Andō was promoted to lieutenant general, and became commandant of the Ryōjun Fortress in the Kwantung Leased Territory from 1932-1934. Although Andō went into the reserves in 1934, and quickly retired, he was recalled to active duty in 1937 with the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War and was assigned command of the 9th Depot Division. He retired again in 1939.
In 1940, with the founding of the Taisei Yokusankai political party, Andō became active in politics and was made vice-chairman of the party. He was also the commander of the party's paramilitary youth wing, the Yokusan Sonendan. In 1942, with the establishment of the Tōjō administration, Andō joined the cabinet as a Minister without portfolio. One of his tasks, assigned personally by Emperor Hirohito was to coordinate efforts to suppress news of the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway, [1]
The following year, he was asked to assume the post of Home Minister, serving until the fall of the Tōjō administration in 1944. During his tenure as Home Minister, he was successful in curbing the leadership of the Yokusan Sonendan, which had become politicized, and which had become increasing critical of older politicians and bureaucrats and was starting to evolve into a populist political movement independent of the Taisei Yokusankai. [2]
He subsequently was appointed to a seat in the upper house of the Diet of Japan.
After World War II, in December 1945, Andō was arrested by the American Occupation authorities on Class A war criminal charges along with all other members of the wartime Japanese government. He was held in Sugamo Prison until December 1948, but was never brought to trial before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. He died soon afterwards on 10 May 1954.
- Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992). Encyclopedia of Military Biography. I B Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-85043-569-3.
- Parshall, Jonathan (2007). Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Potomac Books. ISBN 1574889249.
- Shillony, Ben Ami (1991). Politics and Culture in Wartime Japan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198202601.
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- Ammenthorp, Steen. "Andou, Kisaburou". The Generals of World War II.
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Ocean Sands - Private Entrance - Beachfront Condo with Gazebo and Hot Tub(71 Reviews)
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- Minimum stay:7 nights
- Sleeps:6
- Bedrooms:2
- Bathrooms:2
- Property type:Condo
- Internet:Yes
- Pets considered:No
- Wheel chair accessible:Yes
About the Property
Condo, 2 Bedrooms + Convertible queen bed, 2 Baths, (Sleeps 6)-Concierge on site
Looking through all these other properties you will notice that most are on the fifth or ninth floor of a mega resort. Do you really want to come in off the beach with all your gear only to get on an elevator to your unit as someone else is leaving in dress clothes to go out. Walk a few steps from beach chair to sofa in this unique small resort setting without fighting the crowds at the pool or on the beach.
You've found it - home! This is the ONLY listing for this resort you will find of the thousands you will have searched through. Our resort will make you feel like you live here being directly on the beach in the heart of New Smyrna Beach. Ocean Sands Beachclub is unsurpassed in every way including our:
Hot Tub
Heated Pool
'Sleep Number' beds.....as seen on TV
Handicap accessible ground floor units promote easy access with every step from luggage to beach chairs into this private entrance walk-in condominium. Constructed legally as close as possible to the ocean, you can see the kids on the beach while sitting on your bed, sofa, or porch. See the floor plan of the unit below.
Since this beach is a nesting ground for Seaturtles, it is a protected area which limits traffic and there is not a light anywhere near the beach. This makes for a nature filled DARK secluded beach with a ceiling of bright stars you would only find on a deserted island. Here you will walk into this star filled moonlit postcard scene at your doorstep.
Without any large resorts nearby the beachfront is empty and quiet. Walk south on the beach 250 feet to find Chases beachside Tiki bar and restaurant. Walk across the street for Manny's Pizza which appeals to all ages. See my detailed GOOGLE map below with sites near-by, also see how close to the ocean our buildings sit compared to our neighbors. Other resident beachgoers south of you live out of the way and must drive by the resort to exit, almost 5 miles when they want to travel out.
Location: Ocean Sands Beach Club Resort is located at 3208 Hill Street New smyrna Beach, Florida 32169 (an actual sand road) at the intersection of 22nd Street. Conveniently located one mile from the only bridges which access the mainland routes.
The city itself is the best-kept secret for beach lovers with emphasis being on maintaining a beachside community and not the almighty tourist dollar. There really isn't any traffic here since it's not a tourist-laden city, and even has laws to prohibit any further commercialization efforts. The ruckus at Daytona Beach is a few minutes away and not at your doorstep. Our city is more for families, retirees, or anyone looking for a quiet, relaxing atmosphere.
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Property Type
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- 800 sq. ft.
House Rules
- Children Welcome
- Non Smoking Only
Accommodation Type
- Vacation Rental
- Guests Provide Their Own Meals
Onsite Services
- Housekeeper Optional
- Concierge
- Staff
Bedrooms: 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6, Beds for 6
- Bedroom 1: 1 queen
- Bedroom 2: 2 twin/ single
- Convertible bed(s): 1 sleep sofa /futon
- Master Br has Queen size 'Sleep Number' bed as seen on TV, sleep sofa covertable is a Queen size with linen, blankets and pillows provided .....Baby Cribs available upon request...moreless
Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms
Other Amenities
- Outside storage (for beach chairs, floats, etc.)on your private patio as you walk into your private entrance condo. Lifeguard supervised beach & 2 grocery stores within 1 mile, Quiet family-oriented small 23-unit resort. Kitchen also has a toaster, coffee maker and blender. Also find a vacuum cleaner, iron & board, ceiling fans in every room, hair dryer in master bathroom and a 5 x 5 shower...moreless
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- Away From It All
- Family
- Cinemas
- Live Theater
- Marina
- Museums
- Restaurants
- Ruins
- Theme Parks
- Zoo
Local Services & Businesses
- Fitness Center
Leisure Activities
- Boating
- Eco Tourism
- Miniature Golf
- Shelling
- Shopping
- Shuffleboard
- Sight Seeing
- Wildlife Viewing
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Sports & Adventure Activities
- Basketball Court
- Cycling
- Fishing
- Golf
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving Or Snorkeling
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Sound/Bay Fishing
- Surf Fishing
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Wind-Surfing
- Dining
- Dining Area
- Seating for 4 people
- Air Conditioning
- Hair Dryer
- Heating
- Iron & Board
Linens Provided:
Free linen service on tuesday & thursday. Leave sheets and towels outside your door and housekeeping will exchange...moreless
- Parking
- Coffee Maker
Cooking Utensils:
all utensils and pans need to cook a Thanksgiving turkey to feed 8...moreless
Dishes & Utensils:
Quality heavy silverware, glassware and dishes included...moreless
- Dishwasher
- Ice Maker
- Kitchen
- Microwave
- Oven
The poolside gazebo seats 12 can be used for beachside family picnics...moreless
- Lanai / Gazebo:
House Cleaning
- Housekeeper Optional
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7 night min stay
Changeover Day: Saturday
Additional information about rental rates
- Taxes Not included
Add $100-$200 for peak weeks. Bike Week, Spring Break, Fourth of July, etc.
Manager's cancellation policy:
100% refund if canceled at least 30 days before arrival date.
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The city is truly in the middle of it all with Daytona Beach 30 minutes north with all its whirlwind of activities (fortunately not at your front door), Orlando with all its theme parks and activities in itself can take a week to explore is only 1 hour away, To the south 1 hour is Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral for deep sea fishing, cruise ships, and NASA tours and launches, Locally sea turtles hatch until September and dolphins play in the surf, Cook fresh seafood on your BBQ grill, or my favorite - open my bedroom window at night to hear only the roar of the surf - you are that close to the ocean! Biking
Manager info
Year Purchased: 1989
About: See all the sites on my map above, everything is near-by. Click the satellite zoom tab (bottom right in the map)to see how OSBC almost appears to sit in the ocean. Look north and south......see how my neighbors are built back 100 feet from us! We are the closest property to the ocean you will find.
Why Ocean Beach Sands Beach Club, New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA:
Rare to find a small oceanfront resort like OSBC offering the old florida charm being lost to developers. Remember as a child the road trips to this wonderland called Florida? The roadside attractions, palm trees and the quaint motel with the pink flamingos out front seemed endless. Most are gone, even the palm trees were moved to make room for destructive monster beachfront development buring memories and the charm we knew. Anyone can relive that lost experience here (except the flamingos)and get away from the crowd.
The Unique Benefits at this Condo:
The resort is located in a residential neighborhood. There are 5 house north and south which are rarely occupied. This beachfront is less traveled and with the dark beach at night (Sea Turtle laws require the no lights shine at the beach), makes for a star lit night with a beautiful moon on display.
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Oceanfront, Pool and Hot Tub with outside your front door
Rare oceanfront Gazebo Laptop makes this your office
Comfortable patio furniture with tiled floors.....smell the salt air yet?
Living room view...yes I CAN walk these steps from the sofa to my beach chair!
Master bedroom has queen 'Sleep Number' bed, TV, bathroom & ceiling fan
Spare bedroom has beach theme and shows the tile floors throughout unit
New/wide staircases installed this year at 30k each
New 'Paver Bricks' on the pathways
View from 23rd Ave ... wide parking spaces
Sea Turtle nest ready to hatch
This floor plan is identical for all units at 800 sq ft
Ocean - Pool - Hot Tub - Gazebo and always a chair nearby
Barefoot friendly
Easy path to walk to the beach
Fully furnished kitchen
TV in every room
Enter from the beach ... foot-wash on the right and hose to rinse chairs
Private patio for beach gear Private entrance for each unit
Landscaping maintained weekly
Oceanfront at low tide
Drone view of resort location on the beach
Owner/Reservations David Kirkland
Unit configuration & rental rate chart......Rate A unit is red, B units blue,etc
This listing was first published here in 2004.
Date last modified - Tuesday, April 25, 2017
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This year's British Social Attitudes survey reveals that two-thirds of people would be unhappy with another coalition government. So how did we get into this mess in the first place? That's the question that Channel 4's enjoyable one-off Coalition sought to answer, dramatically reconstructing the events which took place over five frantic days in May 2010.
This imagining of closed-door conversations is classic Peter Morgan territory, but the writer of The Deal and The Special Relationship must have been otherwise engaged because this was scripted by a relative newcomer James Graham. Graham conducted interviews with many of the key players featured here but it was casting rather than research which most obviously gave the film its air of believability.
Not only is actor Mark Dextor the spit of David Cameron, but he nailed the PM's head boy on holiday demeanour so perfectly it's hard to imagine him playing any other role. Bertie Carvel as Clegg helped us remember that there really was a time when the Lib Dem leader was considered the charismatic face of change, while Mark Gatiss was suitably vampiric as Mandelson, Even the Prince of Darkness, however, could muster some genuine sympathy for Gordon Brown (Ian Grieve) when it came time for the outgoing PM to face defeat.
There was still plenty of purposeful marching through Whitehall and several clandestine meetings in secret passages "last used by Churchill", but this was a much less scathing picture of politics than viewers of House of Cards or The Thick of It have grown used to. Graham's first instinct is to sympathise, not vilify and so he gave us rounded, flawed human beings instead of the usual scheming Machiavels.
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Mark Gatiss in 'Coalition', seated left, as Peter Mandelson (Channel 4)
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Left to right: David Cameron (Mark Dexter), Nick Clegg (Bertie Carvel) and Gordon Brown (Ian Grieve)
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This made Coalition particularly convincing on matters of personality; how Ed Balls's bullish body language forestalled Labour's negations and how Cameron and Clegg's personal affinity went some way to overcome their political divide. "I suppose Westminster School isn't a world away from Eton," Graham has Cameron say to his new chum, "Chapel at 8am and all that, come hell or high water…" Did it really happen like that? The pre-title disclaimer hedges bets, but Graham's skill is to make it feel like it really might have done.Reuse content


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Single-estate (not blended) certified organic 'kamairi' pan-fried green tea. Complex, rich flavor, setting it apart from most other Japanese teas.
This subtle, sophisticated green tea has been the winner of UK's "Great Taste" award. If you are looking to intrigue your palate and expand your tea experience, this tea is for you.
"Kamairi" in Japanese literally means "pan firing", or "roasting in a pan". The process is an intensely manual, and as a result production is only done on a small scale.
The characteristic aroma of tea is strongly preserved in the final product, due to the traditional techniques developed over centuries.
Due to its labor-intensive process, Kamairi teas are rare even in Japan and more so in the west (they account for only about 2% of all Japanese tea production.)
Fresh tea leaves are immediately dried after harvesting for ten minutes at 300 °C. Next, the leaves are rolled and dried in a four step, intensely manual process.
This time-tested Japanese technique yields a unique fragrance, with a remarkably complex, smooth and rich taste.
Grown, harvested and processed by traditional farmers in lush green highlands of Kyushu island in Southern Japan.
Net Weight: 100 grams
Product of Japan
This tea is certified as organic by the government of Japan. All plant-based organic products produced in Japan must be compliant with Japan Agricultural Standards (JAS). The compliance process includes a rigorous application process as well as regular on-site inspections.
High quality Kamairi teas yield their maximum flavor when brewed at temperatures much lower than boiling, and for less time than other teas. Brew it in water that is too hot or for too long, and the tea will end up tasting bitter.
• Use good water, and a non-reactive kettle.
• Brew with simmering water.
• Do not brew for too long. About 2 minutes will do.
• Do NOT stir, shake or mix the tea while brewing.
1 - Add Tea to Teapot
Add tea leaves to the empty teapot. One teaspoonful per cup is sufficient. However, you may adjust the amount depending on your own taste.
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Pour hot water from kettle into each cup. Let the water cool down a bit in each cup for about 2 minutes.
3 - Pour Water from Cups into Teapot
Close the lid of the teapot. Let the tea brew for about 2 minutes. You may adjust the time for what suits your palate best. DO NOT stir, shake or mix the tea while brewing.
4 - Serve and Enjoy!
Pour small amounts of tea into each cup at a time, and go around until the very last drop is poured. Japanese firmly believe that the last drop of tea determines its taste as a whole!
You can add hot water again to the teapot for a second, or even a third brewing.
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Paul Roberts didn't know what he was starting when he decided to create a soda- pairing menu at the seminal French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, California. Roberts, director of wine and beverages for the Thomas Keller group, spotted a gap in the market when a restaurant reviewer arrived with his kid. "I thought, 'Why don't I have something to offer him apart from water?'"
Three years on, and grown-up sodas have become quite a cult in America. An ever-expanding array of flavours - such as birch, dry Valencia orange, crème vanilla and grape - are increasingly available on shop shelves. The trend has become so big that Manhattan restaurants now make batches of their own fresh sodas. The process allows them to create drinks that not only pair naturally with their existing menu but can also change with the seasons.
All of star-chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's 17 restaurants serve fresh homemade sodas, explains the beverage director Bernard Sun: "Our cocktail programme is actually an extension of our soda programme, not the other way round." At Vongerichten's latest restaurant, Perry Street, you will find spiced maple, ginger ale and orange elderflower. "We can easily recommend pairings if a guest wants it."
Clearly, the days when a chef famously refused to serve an American tourist a Coca-Cola to wash down his duck à l'orange at Parisian restaurant La Tour d'Argent are long gone. And it's not just the big guns that are making their own soft options. "We want the drinks to be as good as the food," says Judy Tu, co-owner of the funky New York restaurant Tigerland. Tu serves lime, ginger and tamarind sodas to pair with spicy Asian fusion food. "Sodas, just like beer or champagne, team well with fiery food; the bubbles tame the heat."
Audrey Saunders, doyenne of New York cocktails, will be launching herbal-infused sodas at her Pegu Club in the summer and gets most call for her ginger ale in the winter. "I go through a gallon a day," she says.
And the soft option craze is not restricted to the US. Below are half-a-dozen drinks available nearer to home. Roberts, though, is a little rueful of the trend he helped kickstart. "I studied to become a master sommelier," he laughs. "But we've got the most attention pairing sodas with the menu rather than a $1,000 bottle of wine." s
London's Moti Mahal offers this accompaniment to fish or shellfish. A perfect alternative to a good Muscadet Sur Lie.
Juice of 2 limes
25g/1oz sugar
A knob of ginger, chopped
Pinch of black salt
2 pinches roasted cumin
Mix all ingredients and pour into a glass. Add two cubes of ice and water to taste.
Mango, mint and cumin
Again from Moti Mahal. This goes well with lamb and is a non-alcoholic equivalent of a Cabernet Franc from the Loire.
2 sour mangoes, peeled
80g/3oz sugar
1tsp cumin powder
10 sprigs mint, chopped
Purée all the ingredients. Strain and chill for 2 hours. Serve over ice in a tall glass.
Fresh citrus juice
Clarke's in London recommends this with granola or eggs benedict. Perfect for days when you can't face Buck's Fizz.
Pink grapefruit juice
Valencia orange juice
Mix in equal proportions and serve with ice.
Pomegranate and pepper juice
Roussillon in London suggests this with rhubarb millefeuille. A wine-free Jurançon, if you like.
200ml/7fl oz water
Juice of 4 pomegranates
60g/21/2oz brown sugar
2 slices of lemon
1tsp Indonesian pepper
Boil everything in a pan. Cool and serve cold on ice.
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A good pairing to Asian food says Glasgow's ABode Vibe Bar. Try in place of a fine Gewurztraminer.
1/2 lemon cut into 4
5 stalks of coriander
1tsp sugar syrup
Mix everything. Pour into a glass, add crushed ice and top with soda water.
Ginger and caraway cordial
Roussillon also recommends this with scallops and asparagus. To be taken instead of a Viognier from the Languedoc, perhaps.
1 litre/13/4 pints water
120g/4oz white sugar
30g/1oz grated ginger
30g/1oz sultanas
30g/1oz caraway leaves
Boil the water and sugar. Turn off heat, add the ginger, sultanas and caraway. Cover and leave for 3 hours, then refrigerate for 24 hours. Pass through a towel and refrigerate. Leave for a week before drinking.
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When the next two rounds of the Heineken Cup are played in December, the Scarlets will have home and away meetings with Leinster, the holders. Little wonder the Welsh side's captain Mark Jones kept the lid on the hwyl, despite a notable win on the ground on one of England's standard-bearing sides. "We're miles off being the finished article but we're taking the right steps," said Jones, the flying wing who enjoyed one of his most influential afternoons in a career marred by injury.
Autumn's season of mists and mellow fruitfulness has been significantly bounteous for Scarlets, with wins in both their Heineken pool matches; for Irish, buoyed by an opening victory in Leinster, the fog descended when they were clinging to a 25-24 lead a couple of minutes from the end. Peter Richards chased back to his 22 to cover a chip by Scarlets' Daniel Evans and picked the ball up in front of his fly-half Ryan Lamb. The referee signalled that Lamb had knocked on, which was debatable, but Richards was offside, either way. The resulting penalty was a cinch for Stephen Jones, who finished with 17 points.
"It's still all on in this pool," said Toby Booth, the London Irish head coach. "I'm sure Brive will be a tough challenge for us and Scarlets will be tough for Leinster." Booth's Scarlets counterpart, Nigel Davies, has a fondness for management jargon and he described "a structure" and said "the players are growing in that framework". Put it any way you like: the locks Lou Reed and Dominic Day showed up well opposite the formidable Bob Casey and Nick Kennedy, while in the backs Evans and Jonathan Davies constantly took the game to their opponents.
Davies the coach recommended Wales continue to consider 20-year-old full-back Evans for next month's internationals (the first choice, Lee Byrne, is injured). The same may apply to Deacon Manu, Scarlets' New Zealander tight-head prop who is available to Wales after qualifying on residency and whose solid scrummaging helped the former Wallaby David Lyons to have an eye-catching match at No 8. "The scrummaging was first-class and we got close to parity in the line-out," said Lyons. "For two young blokes [Reed and Day] basically in their second year of professional rugby to perform like that against one of the best line-outs in Europe says a lot for them. This is by far the biggest [Scarlets] result I've been involved with."
Irish were able to field their England squad scrum-half Paul Hodgson even though he was due a rest under the elite player agreement. Booth revealed that the England manager, Martin Johnson, had requested three weeks ago that the three elite scrum-halves would play through the four rest weekends. Only Hodgson was able to do so – Danny Care of Harlequins has been nursing a wrist injury, while Leicester's Harry Ellis missed his side's Heineken games with a knee problem – but this exciting match of five tries tended to swirl around him and Lamb.
It appeared Irish had saved themselves after being on the back foot for most of the second half when Sailosi Tagicakibau picked off Mark Jones' pass to sprint home from 80 metres. But Declan Danaher, who had scored the first of two quality tries to each side in the first half, was forced off in the 73rd minute and Irish's depleted pack were unable to keep Scarlets at bay. "The young players came of age," said Nigel Davies. "We have to move forward in the knowledge that we have a strong heritage we have to uphold, but we have to do it our way. I know the heartache of Europe and we have to be very mindful that it will be a step back if we don't take advantage of this. There's a heck of a long way to go."
London Irish: Tries Danaher, Seveali'i, Tagicakibau; Conversions Lamb 2; Penalty Lamb; Drop goal Lamb. Scarlets: Tries Evans, M Jones; Conversion S Jones; Penalties S Jones 5.
London Irish: P Hewat; T Homer, E Seveali'i (P Richards, 58), S Mapusua, S Tagicakibau; R Lamb, P Hodgson; D Murphy, D Paice (D Coetzee, 53), F Rautenbach (P Ion, 53), N Kennedy, B Casey (capt; A Perry, 58), D Danaher, G Stowers, C Hala'ufia.
Scarlets: D Evans; L Williams, S Lamont, J Davies (R Higgitt, 58), M Jones (capt); S Jones, M Roberts; I Thomas, M Rees (K Owens, 60), D Manu, L Reed (V Cooper, 60), D Day, S Easterby (R Pugh, 60), D Jones, D Lyons.
Referee: P Fitzgibbon (Ireland).
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The State Liberals have described the creation of yet another highly paid communications position in the Education Department as an obscene waste of taxpayer's money.
"Jay Weatherill is going to pay a new spin doctor $360,000 a year - on top of the existing $4 million budget for the Education Department's existing Communications Department," said Shadow Minister for Education John Gardner.
"To add insult to injury the contract for hiring this fat cat has been given to a Victorian human resources company that doesn't even have an office in Adelaide.
"The ridiculous job description that accompanies this new position highlights what a total waste of money it is.
Reporting to the Chief Executive, the new Executive Director Strategic Policy and External Relations will join a recently re-aligned senior executive team and play a vital role in facilitating the development of strategic policy and effective engagement with key partners of the Department.
This is an outstanding opportunity to provide proactive and collaborative leadership in the identification of strategic policy priorities and the development of insightful, innovative and practical policy solutions which are focussed on achieving improved education outcomes for South Australian children and young people.
Further, this role will assume leadership for both internal and external communications.
"I've no doubt this new spin doctor, who will get paid more than the Minister, has been hired to reduce political damage stemming from the Government's failed education policies," said Mr Gardner.
"Last year's NAPLAN results show South Australia was lowest or second lowest of all states in eighteen out of twenty categories.
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In today's world the marketplace distorts our values and our dependence on petroleum keeps us from creating truly sustainable agriculture. So, how can we achieve true wealth and at the same time make society around us more resilient? The answer, Will Bonsall believes, is greater self-reliance in both how we grow our own food, and […]
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We need a global energy revolution. In developed nations we are wasting massive quantities of energy providing heat and light to our homes and businesses while one and a half billion people have no access to electricity at all. The existing central-power-station model is based on old technology that spews carbon, energy, and money straight up the chimney.
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Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed. Moreover, the answers they propose and fund often produce the opposite of what they want over time. We end up with temporary shelters that increase homelessness, drug busts that increase drug-related crime, or food aid that increases starvation.
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Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energy security, close-knit communities, local and meaningful livelihoods, and sustainable policies in our cities and towns. The same nature-based approach that works so beautifully for growing food—connecting the pieces of the landscape together in harmonious ways—applies perfectly to many of our other needs. Toby Hemenway, one of the leading practitioners and teachers of permaculture design, illuminates a new way forward through examples of edge-pushing innovations, along with a deeply holistic conceptual framework for our cities, towns, and suburbs.
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For more than 10,000 years, grains have been the staples of Western civilization. The stored energy of grain allowed our ancestors to shift from nomadic hunting and gathering and build settled communities—even great cities. Though most bread now comes from factory bakeries, the symbolism of wheat and bread—amber waves of grain, the staff of life—still carries great meaning.
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Invasive species are everywhere, from forests and prairies to mountaintops and river mouths. Their rampant nature and sheer numbers appear to overtake fragile native species and forever change the ecosystems that they depend on. Concerns that invasive species represent significant threats to global biodiversity and ecological integrity permeate conversations from schoolrooms to board rooms, and concerned citizens grapple with how to rapidly and efficiently manage their populations. These worries have culminated in an ongoing "war on invasive species," where the arsenal is stocked with bulldozers, chainsaws, and herbicides put to the task of their immediate eradication. In Hawaii, mangrove trees (avicennia spp.) are sprayed with glyphosate and left to decompose on the sandy shorelines where they grow, and in Washington, helicopters apply the herbicide Imazapyr to smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) growing in estuaries. The "war on invasive species" is in full swing, but given the scope of such potentially dangerous and ecologically degrading eradication practices, it is necessary to question the very nature of the battle.
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Owning a small wood or being able to help look after one well has become an increasingly popular subject. Getting Started in Your Own Wood has all you need to know about the basics. It is written by experts committed to the care and stewardship of woodland resources and provides practical advice and guidance for those coming to woodland management for the first time.
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"Society does not generally expect its farmers to be visionaries." Perhaps not, but longtime Maine farmer and homesteader Will Bonsall does possess a unique clarity of vision that extends all the way from the finer points of soil fertility and seed saving to exploring how we can transform civilization and make our world a better, more resilient place.
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that the way we are living is not sustainable. We perceive that our high-consumption lifestyles are contributing to ever more pollution of our air, water, and soil; ever more destruction of rain forests and mountains; more devastating hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, and drought; and the depletion of soils and aquifers. Even our planet's vast oceans are being degraded by overfishing, acidification from fossil fuels, and millions of tons of toxic trash.
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With practical examples of alternative building, renewable energy, holistic forestry, no-till gardening, hospitality management, community outreach, and more
The Community-Scale Permaculture Farm describes not only the history of the D Acres project, but its evolving principles and practices that are rooted in the land, its inhabitants, and the joy inherent in collective empowerment.
For almost twenty years, D Acres of New Hampshire has challenged and expanded the common definition of a farm. As an educational center that researches, applies, and teaches skills of sustainable living and small-scale organic farming, D Acres serves more than just a single function to its community. By turns it is a hostel for travelers to northern New England, a training center for everything from metal- and woodworking to cob building and seasonal cooking, a gathering place for music, poetry, joke-telling, and potluck meals, and much more.
While this book provides a wide spectrum of practical information on the physical systems designed into a community-scale homestead, Trought also reviews the economics and organizational particulars that D Acres has experimented with over the years.
The D Acres model envisions a way to devise a sustainable future by building a localized economy that provides more than seasonal produce, a handful of eggs, and green appliances. With the goal of perennial viability for humanity within their ecosystem, D Acres is attempting an approach to sustainability that encompasses practical, spiritual, and ethical components. In short: They are trying to create a rural community ecology that evolves in perpetuity.
From working with oxen to working with a board of directors, no other book contains such a wealth of innovative ideas and ways to make your farm or homestead not only more sustainable, but more inclusive of, and beneficial to, the larger community. Readers will find information on such subjects as:
Emphasizing collaboration, cooperation, and mutualism, this book promises to inspire a new generation of growers, builders, educators, artists, and dreamers who are seeking new and practical ways to address today's problems on a community scale.
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A story of friendship, encouragement, and the quest to design a better world
A Man Apart is the story—part family memoir and part biography—of Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow's longtime friendship with Bill Coperthwaite (A Handmade Life), whose unusual life and fierce ideals helped them examine and understand their own.
Coperthwaite inspired many by living close to nature and in opposition to contemporary society, and was often compared to Henry David Thoreau. Much like Helen and Scott Nearing, who were his friends and mentors, Coperthwaite led a 55-year-long "experiment in living" on a remote stretch of Maine coast. There he created a homestead of wooden, multistoried yurts, a form of architecture for which he was known around the world. Coperthwaite also embodied a philosophy that he called "democratic living," which was about empowering all people to have agency over their lives in order to create a better community. The central question of Coperthwaite's life was, "How can I live according to what I believe?"
In this intimate and honest account—framed by Coperthwaite's sudden death and brought alive through the month-long adventure of building with him what would turn out to be his last yurt—Forbes and Whybrow explore the timeless lessons of Coperthwaite's experiment in intentional living and self-reliance. They also reveal an important story about the power and complexities of mentorship: the opening of one's life to someone else to learn together, and carrying on in that person's physical absence.
While mourning Coperthwaite's death and coming to understand the real meaning of his life and how it endures through their own, Forbes and Whybrow craft a story that reveals why it's important to seek direct experience, to be drawn to beauty and simplicity, to create rather than critique, and to encourage others.
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A practiculture way to grow nutrient-dense food, produce healthy fats, and live the good life
The Nourishing Homestead tells the story of how we can create truly satisfying, permanent, nourished relationships to the land, nature, and one another.
The Hewitts offer practical ways to grow nutrient-dense food on a small plot of land, and think about your farm, homestead, or home as an ecosystem. Much of what the Hewitts have come to understand and embrace about their lives of deep nourishment is informed by their particular piece of land and local community in northern Vermont, but what they have gleaned is readily transferable to any place—whether you live on 4 acres, 40 acres, or in a 400-square-foot studio apartment.
Ben and Penny (and their two sons) maintain copious gardens, dozens of fruit and nut trees and other perennial plantings, as well as a pick-your-own blueberry patch. In addition to these cultivated food crops, they also forage for wild edibles, process their own meat, make their own butter, and ferment, dry, and can their own vegetables. Their focus is to produce nutrient-dense foods from vibrant, mineralized soils for themselves and their immediate community. They are also committed to sharing the traditional skills that support their family, helping them be self-sufficient and thrive in these uncertain times.
Much of what the Hewitts are attempting on their homestead is to close the gaps that economic separation has created in our health, spirit, and skills. Ben uses the term "practiculture" to describe his family's work with the land—a term that encompasses the many practical life skills and philosophies they embody to create a thriving homestead, including raw-milk production, soil remediation, wildcrafting, Weston A. Price principles, bionutrient-dense farming, permaculture, agroforestry, traditional Vermont hill farming, and more. The Nourishing Homestead also includes information on deep nutrition, the importance of good fats, and integrating children into the work of a homestead.
The Hewitts' story is reminiscent of The Good Life, by Helen and Scott Nearing, and is sure to inspire a new generation of homesteaders, or anyone seeking a simpler way of life and a deeper connection to the world.
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How we eat is such a fundamental part of what we are; yet, in our present time-poor culture of prepackaged fast foods, food can become an expensive symptom of alienation and disempowerment. It doesn't have to be this way! The Vegan Book of Permaculture gives us the tools and confidence to take responsibility for our lives and actions. Creating a good meal, either for ourselves or to share, taking time to prepare fresh, wholesome home- or locally grown ingredients with care and respect can be a deeply liberating experience. It is also a way of taking back some control from the advertising agencies and multinational corporations.
In this groundbreaking and original book, Graham demonstrates how understanding universal patterns and principles, and applying these to our own gardens and lives, can make a very real difference to both our personal lives and the health of our planet. This also isn't so very different from the compassionate concern for "animals, people, and environment" of the vegan way.
Interspersed with an abundance of delicious, healthy, and wholesome exploitation-free recipes, Graham provides solutions-based approaches to nurturing personal effectiveness and health, eco-friendly living, home and garden design, veganic food growing, reforestation strategies, forest gardening, reconnection with wild nature, and community regeneration with plenty of practical ways to be well fed with not an animal dead! This is vegan living at its best.
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Chelsea Green, the Vermont-based independent publisher, has always had a nose for authors and subjects that are way ahead of the cultural curve, as is evident in this new anthology celebrating the company's first thirty years in publishing.
The more than one hundred books represented in this collection reflect the many distinct areas in which we have published–from literature and memoirs to progressive politics, to highly practical books on green building, organic gardening and farming, food and health, and related subjects–all of which reflect our underlying philosophy: "The politics and practice of sustainable living." The Chelsea Green Reader offers a glimpse into our wide-ranging list of books and authors and to the important ideas that they express. Interesting and worth reading in their own right, the individual passages when taken as a whole trace the evolution of a highly successful small publisher–something that is almost an oxymoron in these days of corporate buyouts and multinational book groups.
From the beginning, Chelsea Green's books were nationally recognized, garnering positive reviews, accolades, and awards. We've published four New York Times bestsellers, and our books have set the standard for in-depth, how-to books that remain relevant years–often decades–beyond their original publication date.
"Chelsea Green was born from a single seed: the beauty of craft. Craft in writing and editing, in a story well told, or a thesis superbly expressed," writes cofounder and publisher emeritus Ian Baldwin in the book's foreword. Today, craft continues to inform all aspects of our work–design, illustration, production, sales, promotion, and beyond. It has even informed our business model: In 2012, Chelsea Green became an employee-owned company.
With the rise of the Internet, new media platforms, and a constantly shifting bookselling landscape, the future of publishing is anything but predictable. But if Chelsea Green's books prove anything, it is that, despite these challenges, there remains a hunger for new and important ideas and authors, and for the permanence and craftsmanship of the printed word. Today our ongoing mission is stronger than ever, as we launch into our next thirty years of publishing excellence.
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The Wild Wisdom of Weeds is the only book on foraging and edible weeds to focus on the thirteen weeds found all over the world, each of which represents a complete food source and extensive medical pharmacy and first-aid kit. More than just a field guide to wild edibles, it is a global plan for human survival.
When Katrina Blair was eleven she had a life-changing experience where wild plants spoke to her, beckoning her to become a champion of their cause. Since then she has spent months on end taking walkabouts in the wild, eating nothing but what she forages, and has become a wild-foods advocate, community activist, gardener, and chef, teaching and presenting internationally about foraging and the healthful lifestyle it promotes.
Katrina Blair's philosophy in The Wild Wisdom of Weeds is sobering, realistic, and ultimately optimistic. If we can open our eyes to see the wisdom found in these weeds right under our noses, instead of trying to eradicate an "invasive," we will achieve true food security. The Wild Wisdom of Weeds is about healing ourselves both in body and in spirit, in an age where technology, commodity agriculture, and processed foods dictate the terms of our intelligence. But if we can become familiar with these thirteen edible survival weeds found all over the world, we will never go hungry, and we will become closer to our own wild human instincts—all the while enjoying the freshest, wildest, and most nutritious food there is. For free!
The thirteen plants found growing in every region across the world are: dandelion, mallow, purslane, plantain, thistle, amaranth, dock, mustard, grass, chickweed, clover, lambsquarter, and knotweed. These special plants contribute to the regeneration of the earth while supporting the survival of our human species; they grow everywhere where human civilization exists, from the hottest deserts to the Arctic Circle, following the path of human disturbance. Indeed, the more humans disturb the earth and put our food supply at risk, the more these thirteen plants proliferate. It's a survival plan for the ages.
Including over one hundred unique recipes, Katrina Blair's book teaches us how to prepare these wild plants from root to seed in soups, salads, slaws, crackers, pestos, seed breads, and seed butters; cereals, green powders, sauerkrauts, smoothies, and milks; first-aid concoctions such as tinctures, teas, salves, and soothers; self-care/beauty products including shampoo, mouthwash, toothpaste (and brush), face masks; and a lot more. Whether readers are based at home or traveling, this book aims to empower individuals to maintain a state of optimal health with minimal cost and effort.
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The thoughts and actions of people past and present have determined the current state of our planet. If we change our thinking, we can change the health of our own lives and also the future state of our world. 7 Ways to Think Differently explores ways to address personal, social, and environmental concerns in simple practical steps in our daily lives, helping us to make incremental, achievable changes.
As well as addressing our internal landscapes, Looby explains how individuals and communities can work together to achieve positive change. She also explores the current political and mainstream paradigms and where they are leading us.
Learn about:
• Abundance thinking
• Solutions thinking
• Systems thinking
• Thinking like nature
• Cooperative thinking
• Thinking for the future
• From thought to action
These ways to think differently are influential alternatives to the current mindset and can shift us to a better present, as well as set us on a trajectory toward a better future. This is for anyone who wants to make a difference in the world. Looby offers potent medicine for a world full of challenges.
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Why a unicycle? Why a cross-country trip? Why leave a prominent New York magazine and return to the simple life in Kentucky?
Reminiscent of classic literary travelogues, Mark Schimmoeller's Slowspoke: A Unicyclist's Guide to America takes readers on an inward, emotional journey as he inches across landscapes and communities from North Carolina to Arizona.
Schimmoeller became inspired by his unicycle as an adolescent. It taught him that rushing—whether down the driveway or toward adulthood—would cause a fall, and so, instead of accepting the speeding, straight line that de-fines modern American life, he adopted his single wheel's wayward rhythms.
Written with poise and humor, Slowspoke is more than a cross-country trip on a unicycle; it's a meditation on a playful, recalcitrant slowness that is increasingly rare in a culture obsessed with acceleration. At times ach-ing and other times joyful, Schimmoeller intersperses recollections of his journey with vignettes of his present-day, off-the-grid homesteading with his wife in Kentucky and their efforts to save an old-growth forest.
Schimmoeller's personal journey will resonate with anyone who has slowed down to experience life at a unicycle's speed or who longs to do so, who has fallen in love or searched for it, or who has treasured tall trees or mourned their loss.
Slowspoke: A Unicyclist's Guide to America is also available as an audio book! Browse and download the book here >>
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In Building a Low Impact Roundhouse, Tony shares his many years of experience, skills, and techniques used to build this unique and affordable low-impact home. Always witty and inspiring, the author explains the process of visualizing and designing a house through to the practical side of lifting the living roof, infilling the walls, laying out rooms, and adding renewable, autonomous technology.
Building a Low Impact Roundhouse has become a classic text sold all over the world. Tony's home and lifestyle have attracted much media interest, and he and his partner continue to inspire many individuals and communities to seek out ways of living more sustainably.
Now in its third edition, with a fascinating ten-year update including a major new section on the couple's marvelous straw bale den, Tony also includes sections on the physical design, and he writes about the lifestyle required for living in a roundhouse. He offers advice on roofs, floors, walls, compost toilets, wood stoves, kitchens, windows, and planning permission. There are additional photographs of life in and around the dwelling and illustrations from the construction plans for one of the UK's most unique homes.
This true and captivating story covers the realizing of a lifetime's dream as well as being a practical "how to" manual for anyone who loves the idea of low-impact living and wants to self-build an affordable, organic home.
Paperback $14.95
Beyond You and Me is the first volume in the Four Keys to Sustainable Communities series and is a practical anthology for anyone seeking to rebuild existing fragmented villages and communities, establish new group enterprises and ecovillages, and heal the wounds of conflict and social division. It is for those seeking to live cooperatively and in peace with fellow human beings and the Earth.
Since the beginning of human history, we have lived in communities. That is, however, until the mid-twentieth century, when cheap fossil-fuel energy has enabled many of us in industrialized countries to live more socially dispersed and isolated lives. But now, escalating climate change, peak oil, and the need to radically reduce our carbon consumption dictate that this unsustainable way of life cannot continue. We must relearn the art of community building and conflict resolution.
Beyond You and Me offers skills in communication, conflict resolution, leadership, facilitation, and consensus decision making, and an inspiring perspective on solving global problems. Written by an international group of social and ecological pioneers, it includes the voices of Marshall B. Rosenberg, Wangaari Maathai, Starhawk, Azriel Cohen, Hildur Jackson, and Helena Norberg-Hodge.
The Four Keys represent the four dimensions of sustainable design—the Worldview, the Social, the Ecological, and the Economic. This series is endorsed by UNESCO and is an official contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. The other books of the series are Gaian Economics, Designing Ecological Habitats, and The Song of the Earth. The Four Keys to Sustainable Communities series was completed in 2012 and is now available in the U.S. for the first time.
Paperback $29.95
Gaian Economics is the second volume in the Four Keys to Sustainable Communities series and sets out to explore how we can develop healthy and abundant societies in harmony with our finite planetary resources.
Using contributions from a wealth of authors (including Small Is Beautiful's E. F. Schumacher, eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, and Rob Hopkins of the Transition movement), the editors address ways of reducing our consumption to levels that enable natural systems to self-regenerate and to do so in ways that permit a high quality of life—that we live within our means and that we live well.
Since the advent of the Scientific Revolution in the sixteenth century, humans have stood apart from the rest of nature, seeking to manipulate it for their benefit. Thus, we have learned to refer to the natural world as "the environment" and to see it, in economic terms, as little more than a bank of resources to be transformed into products for human use and pleasure. This has brought us to the brink of collapse, with natural systems straining under the weight of the population and the levels at which we are consuming.
We are, however, on the threshold of a shift into a new way of seeing and understanding the world and our place within it—called, by some, the "Ecological Age." It will be characterized by a new understanding of our place as a thread in the web of life, of our interconnectedness with all other living things. Gaian Economics offers ways forward toward this Ecological Age, giving suggestions for how it may take shape, and how it would work.
The Four Keys represent the four dimensions of sustainable design—the Worldview, the Social, the Ecological, and the Economic. This series is endorsed by UNESCO and is an official contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. The other books of the series are Beyond You and Me, Designing Ecological Habitats, and The Song of the Earth. The Four Keys to Sustainable Communities series was completed in 2012 and is now available in the U.S. for the first time.
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(Detroit Free Press (MI) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Aug. 09--Frank Hagerty was looking for a hobby, something to do in his retirement, but the business he started in his Traverse City basement became the world's largest insurer of collectible cars and wooden boats.
Today, 30 years after Frank started the business because none of the insurance companies he represented would underwrite his prized wooden power boat, Hagerty Insurance is a leading member of the Traverse City business community and a Michigan success story with about 670 employees worldwide and more than $200 million in premiums sold last year.
"It begins and ends with a love of the automobile," Frank's son McKeel Hagerty, president and CEO, told me recently, standing in his office lined with car memorabilia and custom electric guitars. His father, who died this spring at 79, was mad about cars, but not fancy ones. He began his insurance business in Traverse City by striking up conversations with customers about their cars.
"We were Ford people," McKeel said with pride. "There were no Duesenbergs in our family. There were always car restoration projects in our garage." As teenagers, he and his two older sisters each got to pick a vintage car they'd restore with their father for their first car. His sisters picked a Chevrolet Corvair station wagon and 1960 Porsche roadster. At 12, McKeel paid $500 for a trashed '67 Porsche 911S. He and his father had the car ready to drive when McKeel got his license at 16. He still owns the car and occasionally drives it to work.
The company insures more than a million collectible cars and 13,000 wooden boats in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Hagerty also insures car museums, restoration shops and classic car dealers.
Its modern headquarters in downtown Traverse City houses 500 employees, classic boats and cars and a treasure trove of information about collectible vehicles. The company's magazine, Hagerty Classic Cars, has 600,000 subscribers and could become America's highest-circulation print automotive magazine.
Hagerty's staff and cars will be prominent at Woodward Dream Cruise events this week, including a '65 Ford Mustang coupe the company's workers restored to like-new condition last winter. Look for the sparkling white Mustang on Woodward this week, and in Mustang Alley on West Nine Mile Road in Ferndale Saturday.
"Everyone on my team really enjoys the opportunity to work on the cars," said Nick Cassell from Hagerty's IT department. "Working on a part that's unique to that car helps us understand the restoration process and what our customers do." Much of Hagerty's success stems from understanding car collectors and treating them differently from the giant insurers focused on contemporary vehicles. The company guarantees full value on claims, monitors auctions and private sales to see whether the value of each car is rising or falling, and offers flatbed road service, a favorite with owners of finicky old cars.
Hagerty is building a database on collectible cars, including a vehicle identification number decoder to help owners figure out exactly what they have. VINs weren't standardized until 1981. That can makes ID'ing some vintage cars as much art as science. Another part of the company is collecting stories associated with significant cars while the people involved with the vehicles are still alive. Owners can also record their stories on hagerty.com, which aims to have 5,000 stories this year.
Hagerty's call center handles thousands of calls from customers daily, discussing everything from claims to requests for help finding rare spare parts.
The average value of the cars Hagerty insures is $30,000.
"This is not a sport that's just for the wealthy," McKeel said. "You can get a great pickup, an MGB or a 1970s car for a few thousand dollars.
"At the higher end of the collectible spectrum, though, you're talking about history. The automobile is the most significant industrial artifact of the last 150 years." Hagerty runs events to teach kids how to drive classic cars with manual transmissions and how to evaluate a vintage car. The company is also involved in initiatives to document and preserve historic vehicles.
Privately owned, Hagerty doesn't have to report financial results, but McKeel says income from premiums is growing at more than 10% annually. He's been approached by larger companies that wanted to buy the business, but McKeel has resisted the offers. In a few cases, he has partnered with some larger insurers, giving them access to Hagerty's expertise.
"We're a car business," he said. "The beginning and end of it is that we love cars and understand people who love them." Contact Mark Phelan: 313-222-6731 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @mark_phelan.
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Is it wrong to love the music of Jennifer Lopez or that of Enrique Iglesias? Maybe. But is their music as obnoxiously addictive as cupcakes were popular in the early aughts? Yes, and just as delicious and somehow just as gross as that strangely popular phase in American culinary history.
The worst part about Iglesias is that his newer music is like an early Madonna song. It is awesome and terrible at the same time. It sticks. "I Like It," produced by Gaga's hit-maker RedOne, and "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)" are magnificent, poppy musical monsters. I like it that he has Pitbull in the song, and who better to sing about fucking with than Luda? Like for realz. Luda's a filthy man. And again, baby, I really like it.
Remember any fly girl's classic jam "I'm Real" for which Ja Rule teamed up with the former Mrs. Marc Anthony? It's the most satisfying song to sing along to, mostly because your range is about that of JLo's, but also because you can totally feel this shit in your heart. 'Cause you're real too girl. And don't you ever forget that.
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