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Updated 9:30 p.m.—Occupiers held a general assembly meeting and voted unanimously to hold the building until they are arrested. There were about 40 outside and 10 inside. The ones inside asked for welding gloves and dispatched a committee to find pallets behind grocery stores to build barricades.
At one point, in an ironic moment for people who are trying to claim their use of public space as a First Amendment right, they shouted at news reporters asking them to stop filming.
"We'll make you stop," one said when asked what they would do. "We'll keep shouting until you stop."
Updated 8 p.m.—Occupy Santa Cruz demonstrators are having a dance party in in front of a vacant bank while other protesters hold their position inside the building.
Police left the scene just before 8 p.m., as about 40 demonstrators danced around a giant public address speaker in the bank parking lot.
Riot gear-clad officers had surrounded the building after the Occupy movement took over the former Coast Commercial Bank mid-afternoon Wednesday.
Update 7 p.m. Police tried to get into the bank, but were held back.
The occupiers were about to begin their evening General Assembly in the bank's lobby when some 30 police officers surged the front doors of the building. Occupiers quickly stacked furntiure and used planks of wood to bar police from entering.
The bulk of the crowd gathered on the front lawn of the bank and stood face to face with over two dozen shield and baton wielding members of the Santa Cruz Police.
The officers used batons to keep the protestors at bay while other police attempted to enter the barracaded bank.
Original story, 6:40 p.m.—Occupy Santa Cruz took over the empty Coast Commercial Bank building at Water and River Streets around 3 p.m. Wednesday, because they say the building was being held hostage by Wells Fargo.
"Capitalism has taught us that no one is ever going to give us anything," said OSC spokesperson Mark Paschal. "You have to take it.''
Paschal, a graduate student whose major is "a century of crisis in education," says the building was serving no purpose other than as an asset on paper for Wells Fargo. They want to make it into a community center that would host workshops explaining their cause. OSC also plans to make the area available to other community groups that need space.
Asked how long they plan to stay, he said the people who initiated the action are not going to simply disperse when asked to.
"There are plans to barricade the building if necessary."
When asked if the 50 or so people on hand were enough of a force to hold the building one occupier who remained anonymous was more skeptical.
"They have been planning this for almost two weeks—that's a generous estimate. I think they might have jumped the gun."
Six Santa Cruz police cars, two motorcycles and a van were parked at the bank, with officers clad in riot gear observing the action from the front of the bank and near their vehicles.
When asked what their plan was, one officer asked a Patch reporter to move back and that he didn't feel comfortable answering questions.
City Council member Katherine Beiers was there. She said she was just passing by and was so surprised by the actions that she stopped to check it out.
"Some private people own the building, and so they can be outside but going in, I don't like it," said Bieirs. "I came by and was really surprised like 'whoa,' and I really thought Don Lane was negotiating with them."
An occupier then asked her who was using the building.
"No one was using it," said Beiers.
"Well, we're using it," said the occupier, getting a laugh out of the council member.
Police used the Nixle alert system to alert Santa Cruz residents about the demonstration and urged people to stay away from the area. Traffic is affected.


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The Portland Trail Blazers have suffered an inordinate amount in terms of injuries, from losing Greg Oden consistently to dropping Brandon Roy suddenly. That said, the team has been a relative picture of health (Oden aside) this season, with LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, Gerald Wallace and Wesley Matthews -- the team's core -- remaining largely fit. Raymond Felton, the fifth Beatle, so to speak, has been fit in terms of health but not fit in terms of fitness, and it shows as he's had a disastrous season.
But that doesn't mean that he still wouldn't be an improvement for some team. Hi, Lakers.
The Blazers need backcourt help, as Felton's been amazingly bad and Jamal Crawford, who has been good, isn't a point guard by any stretch of the imagination. Frankly, the team should never have traded Andre Miller for Felton -- Miller's problem in Portland was that he struggled to play well with Roy. He worked quite well with Aldridge, Batum, Matthews for a short period Wallace.
That said, the Blazers could also stand to lose some of the current backcourt. Matthews has been disappointing after earning our the first year of his contract last season. Batum will be a restricted free agent in July, and will be due a big payday. (There's already talk about the cap-rich Kings making a big move for him.) Wallace can also become a free agent, but chances are that he'll pick up his $9.5 million option and tie up Portland's space. So it's a tricky balance: you'd love to get something, anything for Felton or even Crawford (who has an option for 2012-13), but you also, y'know, need some guards.
The Lakers could take Felton off of Portland's hands because, stunningly, Felton would be an upgrade for L.A. We think. L.A. has an appropriately sized trade exception from the Lamar Odom deal. Crawford's suitors would be the usual suspects: playoff contenders with bench scoring needs.
Because Felton and Camby come off of the books at season's end, the Blazers are slated to have at least $18 million in cap space next season, according to ShamSports.com. If Wallace and Crawford decline their options, that could increase to a whopping $33 million. There is some flexibility here.
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CATEGORIES Movies, CinematicalLast month, just as Dario Argento's 'Giallo' was gearing up to hit DVD shelves, star Adrien Brody stopped the flick right in its tracks.
Why would the star of a film stop it from being seen? As the story goes, Brody signed on, started production, and a week in he found out that the film was underfunded and his pay had not been put into an escrow account as planned. To keep him from leaving the project, Brody was told that new funding was secured and got him to sign a new agreement that if he didn't get paid, he would have the "absolute right to withhold consent to the use of his likeness in the Picture."
The film wrapped, and when it geared up for a stateside DVD release with Brody's face on the cover, the actor still hadn't received all of his pay, so he decided to exercise that convenient new agreement and stop the film. Fast-forward a month, and he's won the first battle of the war.
The AP reports that a federal judge has ruled that 'Giallo' cannot use the actor's likeness -- the DVD cover features his face -- to promote and sell the film, and cannot "distribute, market or sell 'Giallo' in the United States." This ruling doesn't clear up the monetary aspect of Brody's suit, but it sure suggests that the courts are on his side as the battle continues.
'Giallo' follows an American model in Torino who is abducted by a taxi driver, and the sister (Emmanuelle Seigner, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly') who tries to save her by enlisting the help of an FBI agent (Brody) hunting the killer. The actor took over the role in early 2008, after Ray Liotta left the project.


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"This talented family band from Illinois has successfully navigated the most difficult hurdle facing groups of this kind: growing from a 'cute kid' act to a serious collection of young adult musicians," says John Lawless of Bluegrass Today. In a short amount of time they have developed a unique sound that has drawn critical acclaim from across the bluegrass community. In 2012, Emily Bankester was also awarded the first International Bluegrass Music Association Momentum Award for Vocalist of the Year.
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A Growing ODU Needs To Expand - But How?
(University Business, November 20, 2012)
Old Dominion University is exploding with growth. Its student body jumped from fewer than 20,000 a decade ago to more than 25,000 this year and is projected to approach 28,000 in five more years.
Buildings are sprouting to meet the demand for classrooms, research labs, housing, dining halls, recreational facilities and even green space. The past five years have brought more than $225 million of construction, including $28 million now under way.
And it's happening on a campus hemmed in by neighborhoods and the Elizabeth River.
ODU's football program has added to the land crunch. In May, as the school was preparing for its fourth season, officials announced that the Monarchs would join Conference USA and play major college football. That means Foreman Field, the university's 76-year-old, 20,068-seat stadium, needs to be expanded or replaced to meet conference standards. (More)
The Politics of Tolls
(Opinion, Examiner.com, November 19, 2012)
It appears as if nothing gets citizens more engaged than a threat to their pocket. Hampton Roads has seen a few instances where this threat has reared its head again and again. Take the past few years, for example. First it was the threat of tolls at the "new" tunnel proposed to be constructed between Norfolk and Portsmouth. Major community organizing - despite the derision with which some of us hold community organizing as a profession - produced significant resistance to the idea. Then it was suggested tolls on I-64, an idea which is still catching some traction. Now, there is a proposed expansion westward of highway 60, west towards Richmond, with accompanying tolls.
There is a reason people oppose tolls. Basic economics suggest that tolls are taxes, and they raise the cost of doing business, whether the cost is in terms of the prices of goods themselves, or the resulting factoring in of the cost of the toll (tariff) into the cost of finished goods due to the transportation to the outlets. This is especially the case if you consider a trucker, who might use a road that has tolls, twice a day, six days a week. If the toll is, say, $7.00 for one trip, over the course of a year, it would add a whopping $4,368. Clearly, for a small business, that is a very high cost. I can see the reason why such a business owner could do a one-man protest, because that would definitely impact their bottom line. Their customers too, might cut back on spending because the cost would increase as it was passed onto them. ...
There have been other rumblings, about building high-speed rail from the Washington DC metro area to North Carolina, with a branch linking the DMV metro area with Hampton Roads. If there was a profitable discussion, that qualifies as one of them. High Speed Rail has not got much traction in this country, mainly because of the love affair between people and their cars. But as technology produces better products and faster ways of getting from point A to B, it appears that rail is catching on slow. A lot of people, for example, take the express buses that link different cities, for example Hampton Roads and New York, which ought to be the same basic concept. High Speed Rail is one of the discussions that this country should be having. Again, local issues illustrate the difficulty of consensus on this issue. The residents of Virginia Beach have finally decided to agree to study the prospect of extending The Tide to Virginia Beach. Even as they study it, The Tide can be one of the most beneficial developments in the area, cutting down on traffic, traffic jams, commute time and being more environmental-friendly. Again, the planning phases illustrate the difficulty in getting things done (sometimes autocracy can be efficient). If The Tide, for example, went past ODU (which would look like the natural order of things), to Joint Forces Staff College and the two bases in Norfolk, and extended to Virginia Beach, think of the savings in terms of gas and time that all those populations could have! (More)
ODU heads out like a lion
(Editorial, The Virginian-Pilot, November 20, 2012)
No matter how the seasons ends, Old Dominion University's squad is leaving the Football Championship Subdivision with a bang.
On Sunday, in the way of modern sports, the Monarchs found out during an ESPNU broadcast that their 10-1 record had earned them the fourth seed in the FCS playoffs. That high seed means that ODU will get a bye over Thanksgiving and could host as many as three playoff games. If things break just right, one of those games might be the FCS semifinal.
Before any of that happens, ODU has to get ready to host a game next weekend against the winner of Saturday's matchup between Bethune-Cookman and Coastal Carolina.
The bid is particularly sweet because of the treatment ODU has received from the Colonial Athletic Association, the conference ODU is in the process of leaving for a spot in Conference USA.
The move is part of the Monarchs' climb from the FCS (Division I-AA) to Division I, or what is now called the Football Bowl Subdivision. (More)
A celebration of the impact of giving
(Inside Business, November 16, 2012)
THE ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS represents more than 30,000 members in 231 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. The association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession.
AFP's purposes are to foster development and growth of fundraising professionals committed to preserving and enhancing philanthropy; establish a code of ethics and professional practices; require member adherence to a professional code of ethical standards and practices; provide training opportunities for fundraising professionals; implement programs that ensure cultural and social diversity in our membership and leadership; collect, research, publish and disseminate historical, managerial and technical information on philanthropy and philanthropic fundraising; promote public understanding of philanthropy and philanthropic fundraising; conduct activities that maintain and develop legislation favorable to philanthropy; enlist, organize and support members to achieve our purposes; foster international cooperation, knowledge exchange and education among fundraising professionals worldwide; use all necessary and proper means to accomplish our purposes; provide a valid and reliable certification program for fundraising professionals. ...
PRESIDENT - Martha Price Stewart, Director of Development, St. Mary's Home for Disabled Children VICE PRESIDENT AND NPD CHAIR - Tricia Hudson-Childers, Director of Major Gifts, Old Dominion University (More)
A growing ODU needs to expand - but how?
(The Virginian-Pilot, November 18, 2012)
Old Dominion University is exploding with growth. Its student body jumped from fewer than 20,000 a decade ago to more than 25,000 this year and is projected to approach 28,000 in five more years.
Buildings are sprouting to meet the demand for classrooms, research labs, housing, dining halls, recreational facilities and even green space. The past five years have brought more than $225 million of construction, including $28 million now under way.
And it's happening on a campus hemmed in by neighborhoods and the Elizabeth River. ...
Like ODU's campus, Foreman Field is surrounded by development. Expanding the stadium would be difficult from an engineering standpoint and could intrude into the Larchmont neighborhood.
In order to plan how the university will grow in the next 15 years, and how to accommodate major college football, ODU hired the firm of Perkins+Will to help update its campus master plan. ...
The study will involve architects, engineers, demographers, urban specialists and other experts, said David L. Harnage, ODU's chief operating officer. University officials said neighborhood leaders, city officials, students and faculty will be consulted and that ODU has budgeted $675,000 for the project, which is expected to be completed in June.
School President John Broderick said the master plan process "forces us, in a good way, to have the kinds of discussions about where we see ourselves. Our hope is that, down the road, people will say we did a good job of managing the space Old Dominion has." (More)
Governor launches Holidays Hoops Classic Food Drive
(Luray Page Free Press, November 17, 2012)
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and university presidents Ed Ayers, Ángel Cabrera, John Broderick and Teresa Sullivan today marked the official launch of the Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic Food Drive to benefit Virginia food banks.
The four university presidents from the schools competing in this year's Holiday Hoops Classic enthusiastically agreed to join Governor McDonnell to co-chair the food drive. The non-profit Federation of Virginia Food Banks is the official Cause of the Classic, and together with co-chairs, encourages citizens and fans to support their favorite university by supporting their local food bank.
During the holidays, Virginians regularly take time to lend some help to those who are less fortunate. As part of that Virginia tradition, Governor McDonnell chose to partner with the Federation of Virginia Food Banks to support a state and regional food drive to benefit those in need.
"The 2012 Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic will be one of many fun and exciting events for Virginians this holiday season. Unfortunately, not every Virginian is able to fully enjoy this time of the year because of concerns about how they will feed their families," Governor McDonnell said. "That's why I'm pleased to have the university presidents join me as-co-chairs of the Cause of the Classic. The Federation of Virginia Food Banks is a vitally important organization that helps people in need put food on their tables. I encourage you to participate in this food drive and support your local food banks that provide critical assistance in every corner of Virginia for our most needy families. This is a great opportunity for Virginians to support their favorite team by supporting this important cause." ...
"The Old Dominion University community has a proud history of community engagement, volunteerism, and service to others. So we are honored and excited to be a part of Governor McDonnell's Holiday Hoops Classic," said President John R. Broderick. "Students, faculty, staff and friends of Old Dominion are geared up for the friendly rivalry with our higher education colleagues, but more importantly for the good cause toward which we'll all be working." (More)
Geology professor conducts monumental research into climate change
(Kentwired.com, November 18, 2012)
From the North Pacific to the South Atlantic, professor Joseph Ortiz has seen several parts of the oceanic world. But the geology professor said he never envisioned conducting research in the "starkly beautiful" Arctic region.
Ortiz, along with scientists from Old Dominion University and University of Southern California, researched ice flows and climate changes in the Arctic and published their findings in the professional journal Nature Geoscience. The article, "1,500-year cycle in the Arctic Oscillation identified in Holocene Arctic sea-ice drift," is now the second most blogged about article on the publication's website.
"We're motivated to do science research because it's interesting, and I think it's useful, but it's kind of exciting to think that something that I worked on is really of importance and interest to people," he said.
He researched some of the causes of climate changes, including arctic oscillation, which is an atmospheric pressure pattern that influences weather in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the press release. This pressure affects ice flow, one of the subjects the scientists researched in the study. (More)
Power in numbers: research is pinpointing the factors that make group therapy successful
(American Psychological Association Journal, November 2012)
Group therapy appears to be gaining popularity for two reasons: More clients are seeking it out as a more affordable alternative to one-on-one psychotherapy, and more research is demonstrating its effectiveness, say psychologists who practice it.
"Group therapy is more popular than it has been in the past because of the many studies that show its efficacy," says Nina W. Brown, EdD, a professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
For many conditions, group therapy works as well as individual therapy, says Gary Burlingame, PhD, a professor of psychology at Brigham Young University. He points to the results of more than 50 clinical trials that have compared patients who were randomly assigned to individual or group treatment. All of those studies "overwhelmingly support the equivalence of the two formats in producing the same degree of improvement for several disorders," Burlingame says.
In addition, he notes, group therapy exceeds APA Div. 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) standards for efficacy for major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, substance use disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder and general personality disorder. (More)


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November is IAAPA Expo time around here. Several of us head to Orlando as speakers, committee chairs, or buyers. It's an incredible trade show. Here's a series of HoliBlog posts from November 2007′s trip to the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions Expo: Destination: Orlando. The night before I left, I told my youngest…Read More »
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It was getting close to bedtime for James last night. My second grader had grabbed a good book and made himself comfortable on Daddy's side of the bed. (Stories from the good book, actually.) It seemed a good time to sneak in for a cuddle, so I slipped in on my side and got ready…Read More »
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… well, there's snow out there, but we're here. If you haven't already, you might want to take a look at our Construction Cam, as the sweep of the area shows some lovely precip. (I refuse to call it "the white stuff.") Last night at home, when I realized it was snowing, I turned on…Read More »
Trip report: Part 1
We always get such a kick out of receiving "trip reports" from our guests; thought maybe you'd enjoy hearing about a trip some of us just took. Coming back from a business trip and back to the office, it's always hectic "catch up" time, so this report will come in several chunks. The trip was…Read More »
When numbers mean, well … not much
Although my career choice doesn't make it obvious, I really like math. My math SAT score was 80 points higher than my English. Go figure. Our three sons are all math-heads. Tom, a math major, just started a position at JPL. (Now we can't joke with him, Hey, it's not rocket science! Sigh.) Tom and…Read More »
"Are you out of your mind?!"
Lovely. My seven-year-old just hollered, "Are you out of your mind?!" to his teacher. Teachers, actually. Swim teachers, to be precise. They laughed and encouraged James to try. And off he went, paddling away. Still "beating up" the water too much, but a vast improvement from a week ago. Some of the Splashin' Safari lifeguards…Read More »
A mother's prerogative
… is to be really rotten once in a while. Yesterday evening, my son James and I headed down to The Voyage. I had to check on a few things in preparation for media coverage on Opening Day. Then I saw it. That sign. The "Are You Tall Enough To Ride?" sign. Now James has…Read More »
Lawdy, Miss Scarlett!
… we've been asked to add a "birthing room" to our park. Could you imagine? Free unlimited boiling water? Holidog to pant along as your breathing coach? A miniature height-measurement stick to get the official length of your tiny bundle? Would it be in the Labor Day section? We've come to the conclusion that the…Read More »
A year late?
The other evening, my youngest son and I came back to "work" to enjoy a few hours in the park together. James had never tried Monsoon Lagoon before; he was beside himself with glee and was literally the last one to leave. As the water park closed, and we headed back toward Holiday World, I…Read More »
Mother's Day hits twice
I tease Thomas that he's my egghead son. John, 13, is my musical son. And James, 5, is my farm-boy son. They're all bright fellows, but Tom is what I sometimes refer to as "scary smart." I have, by the way, a newspaper clipping of an article stating that bright sons get their brains from…Read More »


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Casa Topana, waterfront house in Bonaire
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Casa Topana a lovely old Bonairean fishermen home, just renovated and located at one of the best spots of Bonaire: the boulevard in Kralendijk. Great view at the ocean and the moored ships. Swimming, snorkeling and diving in front of your vacation home! Sit on the porch and enjoy the sunset, while fishermen clean their freshly caught fish on the beach right in front of your eyes.
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Wonderful bird watching in your own garden. Everything you need is on walking distance; down town Kralendijk with shops and restaurants.
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Local Activities: · swimming · scuba diving or snorkeling · walking · sailing · cycling · fishing · wind-surfing · water skiing
Leisure Activities: · DeepSea-Fishing · Fly-Fishing · Snorkeling · Surf-Fishing · Bird-Watching · Pier-Fishing · Sight-Seeing
Rent a boat and keep it in front of the house. Go diving from your home and take a diving course next door. Walk to all restaurants, bar, shops etc. Near town but far away enough to have a quiet time.
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22 Wiregrass Way - Lake District home w/ carriage house in WaterColor
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This luxurious home is over 3000 square feet. 22 Wiregrass Way located in the Lake District of WaterColor is less than a five minute bike ride to the beach club. This spacious home is professionally decorated throughout with your comfort in mind. The ground floor features a large open living/dining area with adjoining kitchen with beautiful granite counters and upscale appliances. The main living area has surround sound to enhance your enjoyment of the plasma television and stereo system. As an added amenity enhancement, Hi-speed wireless internet is available throughout the house.
The downstairs bedroom has a queen size bed and a full bath with double vanity sinks and a walk-in shower. The master suite, located upstairs, has a king size bed plus an awesome full jetted bath, double vanity sinks and walk-in shower. There is also an office area located right outside the master suite. The third bedroom, located on the second floor, has a queen size bed and full bath with tub/shower. The kids will love the second level bunkroom featuring four bunk beds.Need to get away for a little quiet time-each bedroom, except the bunkroom, has flat-screen TVs/DVDs and access to a private screened porch.
The carriage house has a queen size bed and full bath with tub/shower and a separate living area. The living area has a sleeper sofa and two side chairs. The kitchen features stainless appliances including a microwave and refrigerator. A great escape from the hustle of the main house! Perfect for the nanny or couple who long for some peaceful quiet time.
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With farms in Kansas and North Dakota and custom harvesting jobs from Texas to Montana, Kevin Clark needed a fully equipped service truck. Thankfully, Clark, his sons Kendall and Scott and his crew enjoy passing the winter months in their Kiowa, Kan., shop.
The truck they built can fix, tow and fuel just about anything. "We have compressed air, hydraulic capacity, everything we need," Clark says. "It makes everything much easier when we are in the field." The truck won the Service Truck Category of Farm Journal's 2012 "I Built the Best" contest.
Clark's crew started with a one-year-old Peterbilt, with a 475-hp engine rated to tow 90,000 lb. "It came with an UltraShift transmission, which makes it possible for anyone to drive the vehicle," Clark says.
They lengthened the frame rail at the rear by welding on another 8' of Peterbilt frame and reinforced the entire rig. Then they built the box, which stretches 80" from ground level. "Every hinge on the box has a grease zerk," Clark says. "The grease helps keep road salt out."
Compartments on each side of the bed contain compressed air hose reels; metric and standard wrenches; tools; nuts and bolts stored in magnetic trays; and parts for combines, tractors and implements. Drawers slide easily on angled iron frames coated with plastic. A lip at the rear keeps the drawers from falling out. Other compartments contain fuel and lubricant hoses, meters and pumps; an air compressor; a generator; and a 302-amp welder/generator. The welder compartment has a 220-volt, 50-amp outlet and four 110-volt outlets.
Air in, dust out. With a push of a button, the lid opens over the compartment that contains the
hydraulically driven air compressor. "The lid lets the compressor get plenty of air, even though we close the doors to keep out dirt and chaff," Clark says.
At the rear of the bed are four air outlets and two reels with 100' of ½" hose. The outlets are set in recessed slots for protection.
"For additional air pressure, we made a direct hookup to bypass the regulators," Clark says. "We can dial in the air pressure or have constant 120 psi for big jobs that need more air. There is an outlet with 25' of ¾" hose for the big air guns we use to change big combine duals and semi-truck tires."
One compartment houses hydraulic outlets and controls to raise, fold or tow implements. "To run the hydraulics, all you need is air to operate the PTO that runs the hydraulic pump," Clark says.
A compartment under the rear deck contains chains, jumper cables and odds and ends.
The walls and bottom of the acetylene torch compartment are reinforced to protect the contents in case of an accident. The compartment that houses filters is double-sealed with rubber to keep dust out.
Every compartment is lighted by LED bulbs, one on the inside and one on the door. Fold-down steps make the bed and compartments easily accessible.
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Nebraska boy gets his wish: skydiving in Colorado
LONE TREE, Colo. (AP) Seven-year-old Max Vertin has a disease that is
weakening his muscles, but not his imagination.
Make-A-Wish Colorado says Max, who loves to pretend to fly like a superhero, will be soaring Tuesday at an indoor skydiving facility near Denver called SkyVenture Colorado.The Hasting, Nebraska boy will don an Iron Man costume for his wind tunnel adventure.
Max and his two brothers have Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that primarily affects boys, often manifesting itself when patients are very young and causing their muscles to slowly deteriorate.
Until recently, according to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, patients did not survive much beyond their teens, when the disease begins to affect the heart and respiratory muscles. But life expectancy has been increasing because of advances in cardiac and respiratory care.
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CHICAGO -- Kansas City manager Ned Yost isn't looking at the Orioles' playoff push this season as something from which the Royals can learn.
"I can go through 15 different examples, it's not just the Orioles," Yost said of Baltimore, which hasn't had a winning season or reached the playoffs since 1997 but began the day tied with the Yankees atop the American League East. "But you still have to stay focused on what you're doing as a group and where you are. We're getting very close."
Kansas City's strong August, coupled with the Indians' and Twins' struggles, has the Royals in third place, well behind the White Sox and Tigers. But the Royals have played well against contenders like the White Sox (8-4) and Rays (4-2) while struggling against the Twins (5-10).
Yost wouldn't label his team's inconsistent play frustrating. Instead, he said it was exciting to see how close the team is to reaching it's potential.
"We've got some areas we need to address and be more consistent in, mainly our starting pitching," Yost said. "I think our young kids have made great improvements and great strides this year."
At some point, however, young players need to stop making strides toward their potential and actually hit it. Yost said going through that inconsistency is part of the process for youngsters and sometimes it takes a while. He's hopeful, however, that 2012 is one of the final building blocks.
"We put a bunch of young guys tougher all at one time, so they've learned their lesson together, they've gone through it together, they've gotten better together," Yost said. "The first full year is a very valuable year in terms of experience and learning and these kids have, for the most part, all been here from the beginning to the end this year, so it's going to pay dividends next year."
Yost high on Perez's defensive skills
CHICAGO -- Kansas City's Ned Yost has been around numerous catchers in his nine-year managerial career, but there's no question in his mind which one is the best defensively.
It's his current backstop, Salvador Perez, who Thursday set a Royals' single-season record for catchers with his Major League-high fourth pickoff.
"He's the best," Yost said Friday before the Royals began a three-game series against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. "His throwing, his intellect, his athleticism. Very, very solid behind the plate in every aspect defensively."
And, of course, the 22-year-old isn't bad at the dish either, hitting .313 with nine home runs and 30 RBIs with only 16 strikeouts in 56 games. He also extended his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games on Friday.
Yost said Perez has lived up to the organization's expectations and, when asked of the youngster's ceiling, Yost responded by saying Perez can be a "perennial All-Star."
Crown points
Salvador Perez extended his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games on Friday, eclipsing his 11-game streak earlier this year. His current streak is the longest by a Royals player this season.
Shortstop Alcides Escobar entered Friday hitting .455 (10-for-22) this season at U.S. Cellular Field and is batting .340 (18-for-53) in 15 career games on the South Side.
Cash Kruth is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @cashkruth. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sao Paulo: Alumni Networking Reception with Professor Laurie Hodrick and Professor Robert Hodrick
Alumni Networking Reception with Professor Laurie Hodrick and Professor Robert Hodrick
Presented by the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of Sao Paulo, the Columbia Business School Office of Alumni Relations and the Columbia Business School Program for Financial Studies
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Nara Roesler Gallery, Avenida Europa, 655, Sao Paulo
Cost: No cost to attend.
Please join area alumni for a networking cocktail reception at the Nara Roseler Gallery with Professor Laurie Hodrick, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Business and Founding Director and Chair of the Advisory Board, Program for Financial Studies and Professor Robert Hodrick, Nomura Professor of International Finance.
A special thank you to Daniel Roesler '03 for allowing us use of the gallery for this event.
To RSVP for this event, please contact Renata Lauffer at email@example.com
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Secretary of State Charles Summers has sent a letter to about 200 of the Maine university students cleared in a recent voter fraud investigation, advising them to either get a Maine driver's license and register their vehicles in Maine or relinquish their right to vote here.
The one-page letter cites Maine election law, which requires that voters be Maine residents, and state motor vehicle laws, which require that new residents who drive get a Maine driver's licence and register their vehicles here. In the letter, Summers requests that students "take appropriate action to comply with our motor vehicle laws within the next 30 days." If students decide they aren't residents after all, he asks them to fill out the enclosed form to cancel their Maine voter registration.
Summers said he sent the letters because he's responsible for both election and motor vehicle laws as secretary of state, and he felt he had to follow-up on the approximately 200 people who said they lived here but who were not listed in the state's motor vehicle database.
"I'm made aware that there are people who may not be in compliance like everybody else in the state of Maine — that's why I sent it out," he said.
But others say the letter was an attempt to intimidate the students and manipulate them into giving up their right to vote here.
"My car registration ran out at the end of September. Now I renewed, but I'm a registered voter (and) I didn't get a letter from Charlie Summers asking me if I was going to re-register or if I wanted to unenroll to vote," said David Farmer, spokesman for Protect Maine Votes, which is fighting to reinstate same day voter registration in Maine. "He singled out these students and there's only one reason to do that and that's to scare them."
"Imagine you're an 18-year-old kid, a 19-year-old kid, and you get a letter from the secretary of state threatening you with a Class E crime. It's easier to just say, 'Yeah, you know, I don't know if I want to get involved in this mess.'"
The letter does not explicitly say that failure to get a driver's license or register a car can be considered a Class E crime, but it does cite the specific statutes, sections, and subsections in Maine law that do. Although Class E crimes are punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, the letter also does not say what the consequences might be for any of the 200 students who stay registered to vote and do not get a driver's license or register a vehicle here.
Casey O'Malley's parents found the letter threatening. Although O'Malley, a 21-year-old University of Maine at Farmington student originally from Rhode Island, doesn't have a car here to register or drive, her parents insisted she fill out the form that came with the letter and cancel her voter registration in Maine.
"They instantly were worried about legal ramifications if I didn't follow through on what the letter said, if I didn't completely remove my voter registration from Farmington," O'Malley said.
O'Malley registered to vote in Maine because she lives here for school and is active in a number of community, nonprofit and political organizations. She said she loves Maine and is planning to go to graduate school here. Although her parents insisted she give up her right to vote, she held off.
Instead she brought the letter to UMF's student life director, who connected her with Celeste Branham, the school's vice president for student and community services. Branham has given a copy of the letter to UMF's lawyer and is trying to figure out who at the Secretary of State's Office students can talk to about their specific circumstances.
Branham pointed to another UMF student who got the letter and drives a borrowed car owned, insured and registered by his parents, who live out of state.
"It's very upsetting," Branham said. "Our students are saying 'We're not intending to violate the law, that's not our purpose, that's not what we want to do. But we haven't registered our vehicles for legitimate reasons.'"
Branham called the letter "unfair."
"Why now? Why these students when I'm fairly certain there are many, many people in this state who have not registered their vehicles here and still claim residency and vote?" she asked. "They're not trying to do harm. They're trying to be citizens. Active citizens. And we should not be in the business of discouraging active citizenship."
The issue of student voters started over the summer just as a "people's veto" referendum campaign to restore Maine's Election Day registration system and repeal a law requiring two days' wait began to heat up. State Republican Chairman Charles Webster alleged that 206 people were registered to vote in Maine but were also enrolled in Maine's public university system as out-of-state students.
Summers investigated. In September he determined the election system was "incredibly vulnerable" to fraud, but said he found no cases of blatant wrongdoing by the students.
It is legal for out-of-state college students to vote in their college towns as long as they have established residency there. Because the university system's residency requirements for in-state tuition are vastly different from the state's residency requirements for voting, a student could pay out-of-state tuition but be allowed to vote here.
Webster could not be reached for comment Monday.
Although Summers' letter mentions the investigation, it does not say the students were exonerated. Instead, it says, "I am writing to inform you that this investigation is now closed and to convey some important information pertaining to your voter registration and residency status, based on the results of the investigation."
Summers said the letter, sent around the same time he announced the results of his investigation, was not meant to be intimidating and was not an attempt to scare anyone away from voting.
"That's the silliest thing I ever heard," he said.
He declined to say what penalties the students might face if they don't either get a Maine driver's license and register their vehicles in Maine or relinquish their right to vote here.
"The 30 days would have to lapse first before we get to that point," he said. "Then we would see. That's all. I don't want to speculate, because you're asking me to speculate on what may or may not happen. And I know how that can get you in trouble. Speculating. I'm not going to do that."
Text of the letter sent from Secretary of State Charles Summers to about 200 Maine university students:
On July 25, 2011, I was presented with a list of 206 University of Maine students with out-of-state home addresses and asked to investigate allegations of election law violations.
I am writing to inform you that this investigation is now closed and to convey some important information pertaining to your voter registration and residency status, based on the results of the investigation.
Our research shows you have registered to vote as a resident of Maine. Maine's election law (Title 21A of the Maine Revised Statutes, section 111, subsection 1) defines "residence of a person" as "that place where the person has established a fixed and principal home to which the person, whenever temporarily absent, intends to return."
As Secretary of State, I also oversee the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and am responsible for enforcing the laws of Maine's Motor Vehicle Statute – Title 29A. As you may or may not be aware, Maine law requires residents of Maine, who are licensed to operate a motor vehicle, to obtain a Maine driver's license within 30 days of becoming a resident. (Title 29A of the Maine Revised Statutes, section 1251, subsection 1A). If you are the owner of a vehicle, you are also required to register that vehicle in Maine within 30 days of becoming a resident. (Title 29A, section 351, subsection 1A)
If you are currently using an out-of-state driver's license or motor vehicle registration, I ask that you take appropriate action to comply with our motor vehicle laws within the next 30 days (i.e., by October 20, 2011). If, instead, you are no longer claiming to be a Maine resident, I ask that you complete the enclosed form to cancel your voter registration in Maine so that our central voter registration system can be updated.
If you have any questions or concerns about this matter, please do not hesitate to contact the Division of Elections at (207) 624-7650 or the Bureau of Motor Vehicles at (207) 624-9000.


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Broadway Scares: Night of the Singing Dead, Featuring Evita Cast Members Plus Alice Ripley, Set for Oct. 28
By Andrew Gans
Cast members from the Broadway revival of Evita will offer Broadway Scares: Night of the Singing Dead, a Halloween extravaganza to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Oct. 28 at XL Nightclub.
The 9 PM event will include a concert, costume contest and late-night dance party.
The concert will feature Evita cast members Rachel Potter, Bradley Dean, Laurel Harris, Brad Little, Jessica Lea Patty and Daniel Torres as well as special guest Tony winner Alice Ripley.
Drag diva Bianca del Rio will serve as hostess for the evening, which includes a post-concert costume contest for audience members. Perez Hilton will help judge the contest. The winner will receive two tickets to Evita, a backstage tour of the Marquis Theatre and the chance to meet Ricky Martin after the show.
A ghoulish dance party will follow.
Doors will open at 8:30 PM.
Tickets for this special benefit are $40 for reserved seating and $20 for general admission. They may be purchased in advance at broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770, ext. 268.
XL Nightclub is located at 512 West 42nd Street, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
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Sugar Beach-The Last Resort in Panama City Beach
- bedrooms 4
- baths 3
- sleeps 8
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type Condo
- community Thomas Drive Area
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4 bdr. 3 bath sleeps 8 pool/pet friendly in Panama City Beach
The Last Resort you will ever want to stay in, you have found the place to come back time after time. Have you stayed in Panama City Beach and had to park in a dark parking garage and walk forever through tunnels and up and down elevators to finally get to a very small condo? How would you like to pull right up to your condo and walk right in? Parking is no problem. You don't have to get on an elevator to get to the beach or the pool. This 4 bedroom condo, you will stroll past the tennis courts, past a huge pool and onto the beach.
Our unit is in the Sugar Beach Condos right off of Thomas Drive at Surf Drive.
This 4 bedroom condo is very spacious. There is a kitchen loaded with cookware nice dishes and extra small appliances. The bedroom downstairs has a queen and a full bath in the hall.
Two of the bedrooms upstairs have queen beds in them and a king in the master. There is a full bath shared by the queens and a full bath in the master bedroom. There is a sectional sofa in the living room. This condo sleeps 8 people comfortably.
The deck overlooks the tennis court and a pond. There is a grilling area with picnic tables to enjoy a meal with your family.
Come to our unit and enjoy the close walk to 6 restaurants, lots of clubs and go cart rides for the kids and putt-putt golf. Of course, the beach is a short stroll as well. You will be spoiled at the size and proximity of our unit.
Check in time is 3 PM CT and check out time is 10 AM CT. This allows the cleaning staff to prepare for the next happy vacationers.
condo rental amenities
Tennis courts
Club House with rest rooms, TV, snack bar, pool table, table tennis, games
Shuffle Board
6 restaurants within walking distance
Putt-Putt courses
Golf courses
Go cart tracks and more!
activities and attractions in Panama City Beach Gulf Coast North
sailing jet skiing
Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
Pier Park
The Back Porch
Ron Jon's Surf shop
Buffalo Wild Wings
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rates include tax and cleaning based on one week stay from Sat to Saturday
January $1852.50
February $2194.50
March $2365.50
April $2365.50
May 1-15 $1852.50
May 15-Aug 9 $2365.50
aug 9-oct 1 $1738.50
Oct 1- nov 30$1852.50
December 1168.50
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Assessment centre welcomes international visitor
The Regional Assessment and Resource Centre (RARC) at Queen's is setting the standard for excellence in assessing and providing resources to post-secondary students with neurologically-based disorders. RARC's impact is extending beyond Canada and the United States with a recent international visitor.
"My week at the centre has been eye-opening and shown me ways my university can improve services for students with learning disabilities," says Iris Lam, a clinical psychologist in the Centre of Development and Resources for Students at the University of Hong Kong. "After examining the high-quality work of RARC's psychologists and psychological associates, I think we can improve our assessments in order to develop more informed accommodations."
The University of Hong Kong encouraged Ms Lam to visit RARC with the goal of building up expertise and experience on working with university students with learning disabilities. Ms Lam has been impressed by the way RARC not only assesses the neurologically-based disorder but also focuses its testing on determining the cognitive deficits underlying the impairments.
Ms Lam spent the latter half of the week learning about the support services RARC provides. She intends to use that knowledge to advocate for service improvement when she returns home.
"One of our mandates is to promote research and best practices, and it's a real honour to share what we have developed over the last 10 years with our first international visitor," says Allyson Harrison, Clinical Director, RARC. "We have seen an increase in qualified students with learning disabilities attending post-secondary institutions not only in Canada but around the world, and RARC is well-positioned to help improve the resources that are essential for the students' academic success."
RARC is funded entirely by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, which recently renewed its commitment to the centre for three more years. RARC is a unit within Heath, Counselling and Disability Services at Queen's and recently moved to new offices in Mackintosh-Corry Hall.


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PROBLEM: Show a kid a Big Wheel or rocking horse, and he'll want to ride. Provide a wooden bathtub on wheels, and she'll climb right in. Kid Size: The Material World of Childhood, an exhibit of more than 130 everyday objects for children from different cultures and time periods, cries "Touch me! Use me!"
But "don't touch" was the rule. Even exhibit designer Anne Mundell could not touch a single object. Curators from the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, originators of the show, sent a courier to supervise the setup at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, who was given the authority to pull the exhibit if any object was threatened. All paint treatments and scenic elements had to be in place before the exhibit arrived, and a staff trained in art packing and handling put objects where Mundell and assistant curator Elisabeth Agro wanted them.
How would Mundell make sure she achieved the show she had promised while staying clear of the art in it? And how would the Carnegie keep children safe from sharp or moving art while keeping the exhibit safe from them?
SOLUTION: When Carnegie curators asked Mundell, coordinator of design and associate professor of scene design at Carnegie Mellon University's Drama School, to create a playful and imaginative environment that told an involving story, the exhibit had been touring museums for seven years. It arrived with formal pedestals, "slats of wood with a roller coaster feel," says Agro, organizer of the Pittsburgh presentation. There was nothing for young visitors to do but dream of using the objects.
"Almost all the items were three-dimensional things that were used as part of life or part of play," Mundell says. Would hands-on activities help visitors appreciate the exhibit and keep hands off the art, they wondered.
The team left what Mundell calls "a trail of breadcrumbs" made of "Colorform-type things" along the stairs to attract museum-goers to the exhibit and to areas where they could become involved in related activities. A huge back-lit sign (by Dale McNutt of Soho Invention, Inc.) and written guides explained there were six distinct chapters:play, mobility, seating, sleep, formal learning, and basic functions (eating, grooming, toileting). Visitors could start anywhere, as you might when reading a book of related but non-sequential short stories.
Working from photos of the objects and with the help of Adobe® Photoshop®, Mundell created activity areas to accompany each chapter, each with its own palette and shapes.
The mobility exhibit, for instance, featured assorted baby strollers and sling carriers. Agro says they collected things that were similar to the objects on display, objects children could handle in this case, contemporary slings and baby dolls, weighted by sand to create the heaviness of a real infant when carried. Visitors could personalize model cribs, hear bedtime stories, or rest on pillows near the exhibit of cradles and other sleep-related objects.
It was important to keep activities in the activity areas. A replicated moving toy might not be valuable, but oh, the damage it could do by careening into an art object. Pencils and magnets seem harmless enough, but "they could be used for evil as well as good, and they had to be contained," says Mundell, who created geography of the space, using visual cues and space divisions to delineate activity and exhibit areas. "There was always something on the floor [in activity areas], like a mat or a carpet," she says. Signs on pedestals with exhibit objects helped make clear what couldn't be touched, and a sign with rules helped, too. Guards monitored each station to make sure visitors understood the rules.
It was also important to provide visual clues that told visitors when it was okay to participate. In the formal learning activity area, where visitors could do table activities at old school house desks similar to those displayed and write on a star-shaped blackboard, leaving children's drawings on the board helped.
Designing an exhibit also creates, well, design issues. It was important to put objects together in a way that pleased the eye and made sense to the story, and sometimes the two conflicted. Agro and Mundell wanted to put a Charles and Ray Eames mechanical rocking horse — wooden blocks glued together with hinges and springs — next to a modern rocking horse, but scale differences made that hard. Moreover, object placement was another safety variable. In one instance, Mundell painted a triangular platform with a sharp corner "a hideous bright neon color" to ensure visibility.
Mundell unified exhibit and activity areas, too, creating different moods for different chapters with light (by Todd Brown and Chris Kreche) and sound (by Joe Pino) as well as color. Vibrant color and bright light marked play activity and exhibit areas, for instance, with dimmer lights and cool colors in sleep areas. Ambient soundscapes included playground noises, school bells ringing, crickets, and other night sounds. Lighting that revealed objects and created mood would also have to be safe; using many footcandles was out.
Mundell also had concerns about carpeting, since new carpet releases chemicals that can damage finishes or change the composition of wood, and she placed a chemically neutral felt between the object and the carpet to protect objects.
Budget, too, was tricky. "Usually, we don't put additional money into a show [after paying the fee for it]," says Agro. "We were the only museum that encased the show in an environment…We provided skin and muscles to the bones."
By punctuating the show with usable objects and design moments, "we created a world that visitors belonged in," Agro says, adding that there were 54,000 interactions by at least by 26,000 separate individuals in activity areas during the exhibit's run.
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CUSTOMERS will no longer receive a paper TV Licence in a bid to save cash.
The cost of a TV Licence has not changed since 2011, and with the price now frozen until 2016, people who pay by direct debit will continue to be covered despite not receiving their annual licence in the post.
By not issuing the annual paper licence to customers, TV Licensing will have saved around £5million from the start of the initiative to charter renewal in 2016. The costs saved, through ink, paper and postage costs, by not issuing an annual paper licence to these customers is expected to total £3m throughout the next three years. The money saved will be used to off-set national rises in postage costs.
Mark Whitehouse, spokesman for TV Licensing in the West Midlands, said the paper licence was not needed because payment plans will not change until 2016.
He said: "We're always looking to increase efficiencies to deliver better value for the Licence Fee payer.
"Without the yearly postal reminder there is a chance some customers may forget to let us know if they move house, or update their direct debit details. Keeping us updated of any change of details is easy and can be completed quickly and safely online or by phone."
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Shake Then Bake Potato Wedges Recipe
Pass on the high-calorie french fries and opt for the tasty potato wedges our Test Kitchen home economists cooked up instead! Baked until crispy, the potatoes are zesty and satisfying.
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 medium potatoes, cut into wedges
- Refrigerated butter-flavored spray
- In a resealable plastic bag, combine the paprika, parsley, onion salt and pepper. Spritz potato wedges with butter-flavored spray; place in the bag, a few at a time, and shake to coat. Arrange in a single layer on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 25-30 minutes or until tender. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Crispy Potato Wedges in Light & Tasty August/September 2003, p63
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"I just saw my reflection in my pool of sweat," says B.J. Gaddour, C.S.C.S.
He pauses, then looks up and screams with excitement: "That's the first time that's happened!"
Gaddour might be playing with us, but there's enough sweat on the floor to make it believable. And he's not yet even finished with the 30-minute workout he's filming for Men's Health DeltaFIT: Speed Shred, our all-new 8-DVD fitness program that blasts fat, torches calories, and sculpts every muscle in your body.
As Gaddour pushes through every routine—there are 18 workouts in all—his passion for helping people get leaner and fitter than they ever thought possible seems to literally drip out of him. "That's not just sweat," he yells. "Those are change droplets."
And surely, he's right: They are change droplets. But did you ever think of your sweat that way? Once you experience Men's Health DeltaFIT and Gaddour's Speed Shred program, it'll be impossible not to.
The New Way to Train
It's not every day we launch a fitness movement. In fact, we never have. But that's what we're doing with Men's Health DeltaFIT and the Speed Shred DVD program. So what is it, exactly? DeltaFIT is a fitness system based around "metabolic resistance training." The kind of intense, fast-paced training that lights your muscles on fire, torches fat, and skyrockets your endurance. The kind of training that makes you sweat buckets.
If it doesn't jump out at you, "Delta," or Δ, is a Greek letter that, in mathematics and science, is used as a symbol for "change." In the case of DeltaFIT, think: Change your body. Transform it. Make it look, perform, and feel better. The DeltaFIT mantra: "Make a change!"
And while "FIT" is seemingly obvious, it's also our acronym for Fast Intense Training. FIT is what makes change happen.
All of this positions Gaddour as the perfect leading man for our first DVD series. Change and intensity, it seems, are what he's all about.
At 29, Gaddour is known as a top Men's Health fitness adviser, and one of the most shredded guys you'll probably ever meet. As the saying goes, his abs have abs. And his biceps have biceps. But when he was in high school, Gaddour weighed 275 pounds and wore size 44 pants. Worse, he suffered from debilitating knee pain that made him feel like he "was 17 going on 77."
On a family cruise, he saw a photo of himself that inspired him to make a change. "I knew I was overweight," he says. "But for some reason, I had never seen myself as I really looked. That picture literally changed my life."
It's changed thousands of other lives, too. That's because Gaddour has become one of the world's leading metabolic training and fitness boot-camp experts. It's not just the workouts themselves that are so effective; it's the intensity that Gaddour brings to them when he coaches. "I consider every workout a fat-burning battle that gets you ready to conquer the 'fight' that is life," says Gaddour. "If you can get through these workouts, everything else you do in life will be easier."
But there's one other major reason Gaddour gets results: People love his workouts. "Through coaching thousands of fitness boot camps, I've learned that people simply get bored with conventional strength-training routines, no matter how well-designed or effective they are," says Gaddour. "Yet they often can't get enough of DeltaFIT-style metabolic workouts."
The Secret of DeltaFIT
You might call "metabolic resistance training" both an evolution and a fusion of a classic circuit workout and high-intensity interval training.
Like classic circuit training, you'll do one exercise, rest, and then do a different exercise. But unlike the typical circuit-training approach—which is often eight basic exercises that each target one major muscle group—you'll use athletic-based movements that work multiple muscles, from multiple directions. Movements like the one-arm burpee with a row, the dumbbell reverse lunge and swing, and the levitating pushup (all of which you'll find in Speed Shred). Yet these exercises are still organized in such way that they don't "compete" with each other.
A simple way to describe this is that you might do an upper-body exercise followed by a lower-body exercise. As you'll see in Speed Shred, though, there are far more imaginative ways to use this strategy to create a routine. But the benefit: "By working more muscle in every exercise, you'll build greater total-body strength, while torching calories at a blistering pace," says Gaddour.
What's more, instead of doing a prescribed number of repetitions for each exercise, you'll do every set for a specific period of time. "This is where the fusion of high-intensity interval training figures in," says Gaddour. For example, workouts in which you sprint hard for, say, 30 seconds, and then rest for 30 seconds.
For years, Men's Health has reported on the benefits of using these types of sprint intervals as way to efficiently burn calories, boost metabolism, and improve fitness levels. But there's just one problem: With sprinting—whether you're running or cycling—you're limited with how long you can perform the activity before having to stop. That's because you're fatiguing the same muscle group interval after interval, which ultimately leads to complete exhaustion. "While you burn a ton of calories per minute during these workouts, most people simply can't sustain an activity like this for longer than 10 minutes," says Gaddour. "That is, if they're truly working hard enough."
But what if you could do a high-intensity interval workout for 30 minutes? How many calories could you burn? What kind of change could you make? "A pretty amazing one," says Gaddour.
This is where combining a cutting-edge circuit with an interval-based approach creates a genius solution. Instead of doing a single mode of exercise for each sprint, just think of the exercises in your circuit as your "sprints."
Since the exercises are non-competing, you won't experience fatigue as fast, even though your heart rate will go through the roof with every interval. And you can vary your work and rest periods—even eliminate rest periods altogether—depending on your goal.
The result: "You'll do more work at a higher intensity than with any other system," says Gaddour. "And yes, it trains every muscle, but the cardio effect is also unbelievable. You won't have to wear a heart rate monitor to know how hard you're working."
Perhaps most important, Gaddour says that people just like this fast-paced, timed-approach better than typical rep-counting. "There's not a minute wasted and there's nothing to think about; you just work and sweat," he says. "And when you're done, you feel like you've conquered the world. That feeling is what keeps you coming back."
And no doubt, that's the real secret of DeltaFIT—the real secret of change. Start creating your own change droplets today, with Gaddour's cutting-edge Speed Shred. With 18 workouts—and hundreds of cutting-edge exercises— this plan will change the way you train forever. All to get you lean, ripped, and shredded!
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Fitness Fixes: How to Avoid the Cold and Work Out at Home
When it comes to working out, everyone has their fitness niche. Cardio addicts can go for hours running, biking, or using the elliptical, while others prefer to spend their hours at the gym lifting weights and toning muscles. Either way, with the roads a slippery, wintery mess, it is unlikely anyone is getting their fitness fixes outside the home. Whether you want home conditioning exercises, a free yoga class, or streaming videos, here is your guide to at-home fitness.
1. Exercises you can do anywhere
Sometimes, you need a go-to movements that you can do anywhere. You can repeat any of the following five moves as often as you want and anywhere you want.
Side Lunge: This move is a way to mix up your traditional lunges, working your glutes, thighs, and hips. The American Council on Exercise (or, ACE) says to start with your feet parallel and hip-width apart. While maintaining good posture and keeping your base engaged, step horizontally to the right, with your weight on the left heel. Place your right foot on the floor and bed at the knee until your shinbone is vertical to the floor, and your bent knee is aligned over the second toe. Exhale and push off with your right foot to return to starting position. Repeat on the left side. For an advanced version, do the move while holding free weights.
Plank pose: Holding the plank pose will strengthen your abs and back. It is best to start with shorter intervals, 15 to 30 seconds, working your way up to a minute. The ACE guide for plank begins with lying on your stomach, elbows at your sides directly under the shoulders. Tuck your toes, engage your abs, and slowly lift your torso and thighs. You will form a straight line, and your shoulders should be relaxed. Hold the position for your determined amount of time, and slowly lower down to the ground, keeping your body straight.
Tricep Dips: As the name implies, this moves will target your tricep muscles, located in the back of your arms. You'll need a chair or a steady surface at a similar height to do this move. First, position your feet a few feet away from the chair. Place your hands on the seat of the chair so that your fingers face your body. Bend your arms slowly, dipping down until your butt is almost touching the floor. Slowly raise yourself back up until your arms are fully extended again. Repeat.
Burpee: Don't let the name keep you from trying this move because it is the perfect full-body exercise. It combines cardio with strength training, and will get your heart pumping in no time. As shown in this video, begin standing and take your hands down to the ground. Next, you kick your feet back, then bring them forward to return to the squatting position, and finally you jump up in the air, returning to the squat to start the move again.
Standing Bicycle Crunches: Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Bend your knees slightly, and place your hands behind your head. Lift your left heel, brace your abs, and bring your left knee up as you rotate your shoulders so that your right elbow touches your left knee. Lower back to start, repeat until ready to switch to the other side.


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In Brief
The idea that nothing exists in isolation−but only as part of a system−has long been embedded in folklore, religious scriptures, and common sense. Yet, systems dynamics as a science has yet to transform the way we conduct the public business. This article first briefly explores the question of why advances in systems theory have failed to transform public policy. The second part describes the ways in which our understanding of systems is growing−not so much from theorizing, but from practical applications in agriculture, building design, and medical science. The third part focuses on whether and how that knowledge and systems science can be deployed to improve urban governance in the face of rapid climate destabilization so that sustainability becomes the norm, not the occasional success story.
Key ConceptsReducing wholes to parts lies at the core of the scientific worldview we inherited from Galileo, Bacon, Descartes, and their modern acolytes in the sciences of economics, efficiency, and management.The decades between 1950 and 1980 were the grand era for systems theory. However despite a great deal of talk about systems, we continue to administer, organize, analyze, manage, and govern complex ecological systems as if they were a collection of isolated parts and not an indissoluble union of energy, water, soils, land, forests, biota, and air.Much of what we have learned about managing real systems began in agriculture. One of the most important lessons being that land is an evolving organism of interrelated parts soils, hydrology, biota, wildlife, plants, animals, and people.The challenge is to transition organized urban complexity built on an industrial model and designed for automobiles, sprawl, and economic growth into coherent, civil, and durable places.A systems perspective to urban governance is a lens by which we might see more clearly through the fog of change, and potentially better manage the complex cause and effect relationships between social and ecological phenomena. The application of systems offers at least six possibilities to improve urban governance.
A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something . . . . [it] must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose.
A system [is] (a) a set of units or elements interconnected so that changes in some elements or their relations produce changes in other parts of the system, and (b) the entire system exhibits properties and behaviors that are different from those of the parts.
One of the most important ideas in modern science is the idea of a system; and it is almost impossible to define.
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One of the things that gives real wizards their "powers," is the ability to see the world as systems within systems within systems... and then finding the leverage points, where a small action in one part of the system might cause a very large response elsewhere...
This post and article discuss that whole idea in a bit more depth. I found it to be a good read.
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