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Review of Carabeo 2000,
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Costa del Sol, Spain
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Our vacation apartment at Carabeo 2000 proved to be a great location for our family while staying in Nerja, Spain. On a quiet passage, just a short block from two restaurants with sidewalk dining, even our jetlagged late-night landing was eased by a short stroll in the night air and dining al fresco with the kids who had been cooped up in too many airplanes and airports.
From the apartment, we enjoyed access to one lovely beach across the street, and a 5-minute picturesque stroll down the pedestrian-only Carabeo Way to the Balcony of Europe, where we made a daily ritual of ice cream, visiting the town's well-cared for cats, and enjoying that most-photographed of Nerja's beaches: Calahonda Beach.
We had no need of our rental car to get from the apartment to any of a dozen restaurants or cafes in Nerja, including a French bakery around the corner. The Minimarket Aurora at the end of the lane proved to have every grocery I needed to stock our kitchen, including eggs, produce, sauces, milk, diapers and baby food, plus some of the best salame I think I've ever eaten which only cost 1 Euro - yes, I returned for more! Free parking was available both on street and in the parking lot just behind the apartment building.
The original Nerja apartment I'd hoped to stay in--which you might also consider if available--was located in the same building and featured two bedrooms and one bath with a full sea view from two balconies. Since that apartment was not available all of the dates we needed, the owners told me about this apartment that had two bedrooms, the advantage of an extra half bathroom, and one balcony with "diagonal sea view" you can see when on the balcony, which was kid-safe enough to be able to relax and enjoy time on it even with a 1-year-old.
Our kitchen was fully equipped with full-size refrigerator, oven/stove, microwave oven, toaster, and electric kettle. The half bath included a small high-efficiency washing machine and laundry powder--a terrific convenience for us while staying with three very young children. Laundry lines were ready as needed on the sunny balcony.
The apartment was also stocked with beach towels and and sand toys, and knowing we had a baby along, the owners of the apartment were happy to provide a high chair and portacrib (like a soft-sided Pack 'n Play, but slightly longer) with linens for our stay for no additional fee.
An elevator made coming and going with our stroller (and suitcases) a breeze. The apartment building also features a rooftop terrace with lounge chairs, a shower, and small swimming pool with a delightful view, though the pool is emptied during the winter months, so plan accordingly.
I would add a note that the very friendly owners made themselves quite available to us and were a great resource in our planning both before arriving and also during our stay. Knowing we had a very late arrival, they even stocked our kitchen with cookies and milk for the children.
Did we enjoy our stay at Carabeo 2000? Definitely yes. Would we recommend the apartment to friends? Yes. Would we stay there again? Absolutely.
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82 games, six months gone and it is time to discuss how the team makes the grade as seen from my eyes. A full report card is too long so I will break this down into 4 parts. The Core, The Near Core, The Here Todays, The Coaching Staff and Front Office. Today, The Coaching Staff and Front Office
The Coaching staff: Seven members strong led by Head Coach Paul Douglas Westphal with Jim Eyen, Mario Elie, Truck Robinson, Bryan Gates, Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Pete "Coachie" Carril.
An exciting start ended once the new calender arrived. 2010 ended much like last season's 2009 in the win column. But this is a different team. This team plays through adversity. They don't win, but it is not for want of trying. Ultimately, all coaches are judged, fairly or not, on wins. That said, it was smart to keep the current staff in place – they are good with the young guys and this team is the among the youngest in the League. The draft and the Vegas Summer League (VSL) will be of patrcular important for this coaching staff. With just two core players, expecting wins is a bit unfair. If you don't think Coach Paul is even average, given the 3rd worst record in the League, look at his contempeories: Saunders, O'Brian, Hughes, Kuester, Jordan, Rambis, KiKi, Neliie on the talent end. Would you want any of these guys in his place? I have to admit some bias, as I really enjoy this guy and I am happy he was given a contract extension. C+ (B)
The Front Office: The Kings hit a grand slam with expected Rookie of the Year and future superstar Tyreke Evans. Casspi petered out in the second half of the year but should be a fine addition, possibly a future starter but not there yet. Extending Coach Westphal and Carl Landry are highlights. The lowlight was the handling of former face ot the franchise and NBA ambassador Kevin Martin. The radio influence and the coaching interaction may be the outward problem but the responsibiity goes to the Front Office and their stance – often too quiet and uncharateristically lacking in class. The involvement of Dan Fegan and a lot of negative press allude to a contentious undercurrent. It is one of the biggest disappointments of the season. It seems that every off season has been "the biggest off season ever" but I will still repeat the sentiment. A high draft pick, no coaching search and a large chunk of money need to translate into more wins ; factor in the 2011 CBA and it is a tough row to hoe. I like the positioning of the available cash as much as those Cisco, Udrih and Nocioni contracts stand out. With too much cash (yes, there is such a thing) the Kings would be forced to spend no matter what. Improvement and playing time for the young'uns was the agenda and they held to it. C+ (B)
Ownership: Overall, the Kings ownership is making the effort to bring fans back to ARCO, working on Arena deals, ticket packages, Fan incentives and dropping John Thomas from the Front Office. The product is still not up to snuff. Given a B for effort. B (B+)
An eight game improvement from last season which is welcome step up. Unfortunately, the second half grade this season was D- (as in dismal). the Kings still sit on the lower rungs of the NBA ladder. Hopes run high, but winning 1/3 of their games leaves much to be desired. The addition of the expected RoY in Tyreke Evans and the mid season acquisition of Carl Landry make the Kings a bit more promising but the second half of the season had the team in the bottom 3 of the League. This year was about improvement and that gives the Kings a below average grade as the Kings still have one foot on the cellar floor.


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Meat loaf is truly an American classic; it tastes great served hot or the next day in sandwiches. My family loves their meat loaf a little spicier, so I've taken a classic recipe and kicked it up a notch or two by adding the rotel, Italian sausage and a few other ingredients. I like to use the two-piece loaf pan because the meat loaf does not sit in grease while baking.
1 1/2 pounds ground chuck
1 pound ground Italian sausage, mild, sweet or hot
1 onion, diced tiny
1 bell pepper, diced tiny, optional
2 jalapeno peppers, de-seeded and diced tiny
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 can (10 ounce) rotel, mild or hot, with juice
1/2 to 1 cup panko bread crumbs, regular bread crumbs or quick-cooking oats
2 cloves minced garlic
3/4 - 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon thyme
2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 medium onion, sliced thin
1 bell pepper, any color, sliced thin
2 tablespoons bacon seasoning
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The Democratic party has been known to be hostile towards guns and the Second Amendment. Now their party platform, among other things, calls for even stricter gun control laws, including the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban.
While GOP nominee Mitt Romney supports the assault weapons ban and supported the gun laws of Massachusetts, the GOP itself did not make that a part of their platform. The DNC platform has done that very thing.
The section under "Protecting Rights and Freedoms," regarding "Firearms" states:
We recognize that the individual right to bear arms is an important part of the American tradition, and we will preserve Americans' Second Amendment right to own and use firearms. We believe that the right to own firearms is subject to reasonable regulation. We understand the terrible consequences of gun violence; it serves as a reminder that life is fragile, and our time here is limited and precious. We believe in an honest, open national conversation about firearms. We can focus on effective enforcement of existing laws, especially strengthening our background check system, and we can work together to enact commonsense improvements—like reinstating the assault weapons ban and closing the gun show loophole—so that guns do not fall into the hands of those irresponsible, law-breaking few.
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Updated Crease Conflicts
Thanks to Mr. Benedicks for updating all 30 goalie situations yesterday... you'll want to take a look to stay ahead of these flip-flopping. St.Louis is the hot one right now as both goalies are looking good under Hitch and Buffalo is getting infinitely more interesting due to Miller's injury and Enroth's unbeatability. Shame that the #2s in Columbus & Minnesota are banged up cause there would be a nice opportunity there. Interesting... Quick seems very safe in LA as he lost four straight but was still given the start after a Bernier win. Also, didn't realize that Cory Schneider has only started one of the last eight.


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RC: First off... Les Breastfeeders. That's a pretty funky name. What spawned that?
S: The lack of motherly love as children and two of us, Luc (singer) and Johnny (tambourine hero), seeing a topless female neighbour through the window while thinking of a fictitious band name. The "Les"is very important. The name sounds cool in French, especially when you don't know what it means.
RC: What brought you all together?
S: Alcohol. A few girlfriends we had in common. Oh yeah, and the love of rock'n'roll.
RC: And you guys are from Montreal. It's not something we hear about much in the states, but does Montreal have a pretty thriving music scene?
S: You'd be scared. Just put your big toe in the pool, and the piranhas will get the rest of you.
RC: Just based on what I caught at the Montreal showcase at SXSW (where you guys tore it up by the way)...
S: Thanks
RC: ...it seems like the music coming out Montreal is pretty varied. Is there something that's considered typical of the "Montreal sound"?
S: Yes, the huge roar made by hundreds of mothers and boyfriends begging for their daughters and girlfriends to come back home after a Les Breastfeeders concert. Aside from that, many English-singing bands here seem to have a few musical influences in common...I'm not sure who exactly.
RC: You guys have a heavily garage-influenced sound. Who/where do you draw your influences from?
S: From our lifestyle mainly. Being poor, hanging out in bars and back alleys, and playing our rock'n'roll together, a mixture of '60s garage and French music, '70s punk rock, new wave, '50s rockabilly,...
RC: Here in Detroit, we're pretty heavy into garage, too. Are you familiar with any of the Detroit garage bands?
S: You mean Iggy, MC5? Yeah. Meg and Jack too, and the Detroit Cobras I like a lot.
RC: You guys are getting a really solid response in the States, despite the fact that a majority of your fans here don't speak French! First off, what do you think it is about rock and roll that bridges the language gap?
S: All the screaming! No language required. Also the energy. People get it as soon as we hit the stage.
RC: For the people who like your sound even though they don¹t understand what are your songs about, do you deal with consistent themes, or are you all over the place?
S: I'm not sure about that. Luc and Johnny write the lyrics, and they make sure to hide the meaning in codes and historical references.
RC: What's next for Les Breastfeeders?
S: Invading you guys again. But first, France and the UK (April and May 2007).
RC: Is there anything you'd like to add?
S: A few rocks in my glass of rum would be nice. But we don't add, we take from.


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Groove Magazine Podcast
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When Jason Giambi comes off the disabled list on Tuesday, many will wonder whether it could be his last day in the major leagues. It would shock no one if the A's, who drafted Giambi out of Long Beach State in the second round of the 1992 draft, released their once beloved star after a first half full of nothing but disappointment.
It wasn't supposed to happen this way though. Not with "G".
Once upon a time in the city of Oakland, Jason Giambi was larger than life. The five-time all-star and 2000 American League's Most Valuable Player was the reason the A's could trade away Mark McGwire in 1997. At the time, McGwire was the past, a remnant of the dominant Athletics teams at the end of the 80's and early 90's. Giambi gave the A's, and new general manager at the time, Billy Beane, a foundation to build around.
Giambi was the "poster boy" for a new look Athletics team that was going through a tough transitioning process. Giambi's free spirit, "born to be wild" attitude became what the Oakland A's were at the turn of the century. He was a natural leader and his care free attitude spread throughout the Oakland clubhouse. As a longtime teammate and friend of Giambi, Eric Chavez credits Giambi as being the reason why it was so easy for Oakland players to strive when they got called up.
"You don't have to earn anything with him," Chavez said of Giambi. "Put on a uniform, and you're part of the family."
That family of players that Giambi helped the A's create thrived on the field. The A's came within a handful of games of getting to the playoffs in 1999. But in 2000, led by Giambi's 43 homers and 137 RBI, the A's made the playoffs for the first time since losing to the 1992 American League Championship Series to the Toronto Blue Jays.
In what would truly be marked as a David vs. Goliath series, the A's would be matched up with the New York Yankees. The Yankees were the defending World Series champions and had won three of the last four World Series titles with stars that every baseball fan in America knew. They had a payroll over three times as much as the A's. But even with that advantage, Giambi gave the A's hope and after the first game, in which the A's beat Roger Clemens at home, people started paying attention. The A's pushed the Yankees to a deciding game 5, but came up short. They were one game away from beating the team that eventually won the World Series for their 3rd straight year.
The following season, there was much talk of whether or not the A's would trade Giambi. He was entering his final year on his contract and after his MVP performance in 2000, it seemed unlikely the A's would be able to resign him. On July 24th of that season, the A's were 18 games out of first place, mainly because the 2001 Seattle Mariners set an AL record for number of wins in a season. The teams only hope of making the postseason would be to beat out the rest of the American League and win the wild card, in which the A's were 3.5 games back. The feat seemed difficult and uncertain. Many expected the A's to trade Jason Giambi.
The very next day, the A's did make a trade, but it didn't involve Jason. Beane sent minor leaguers Jose Ortiz, Todd Belitz, and Mario Encarnacion away for Jermaine Dye. The move was monumental, as it meant the A's would make a run for it, despite Giambi being in a contract year. With Dye on the roster, the A's climbed the wild card standings and finished the season with 102 wins, second best in the American League. Once again, the team found themselves matched up against the New York Yankees in the playoffs.
After jumping to an early 2-0 series lead in New York, a series of incidents happened to lead to the A's demise that year. In game 3, a true pitchers battle between Barry Zito and Andy Pettitte, a brilliant defensive play by Yankees captain Derek Jeter and a decision by Giambi's brother Jeremy to not slide at the plate led to a 1-0 Yankee victory. The following game, the Yankees jumped on Athletics starter Cory Lidle and to make matters worse, Jermaine Dye, the key acquisition for the A's that year, broke his foot on a foul ball, ending his season. With momentum against them, the A's lost game 5 and their World Series ambitions. It seemed only fitting that in the final game of that series, Giambi, a free agent at the end of the season, would go 4-4 in what many thought would be his last game in an Athletics uniform.
Rumors had been floating around that the Yankees could be one of the teams pursuing Giambi after he would become a free agent, but it was also known that the A's were going to at least hope that Giambi would take a hometown discount to stay with the A's. That didn't prove to be the case as Giambi signed a 7 year, 120 million contract to join the Yankees.
As former A's manager Art Howe once said, "[Giambi] breathed life into [the A's]". Him leaving sucked the life out of many A's fans. While many knew the day would come, they felt betrayed because Giambi went to the team the A's had lost to the previous two postseasons.
Ironically, many Yankees fans at the time didn't respect Giambi's decision either and he was roundly booed when introduced as the newest Yankee on opening day of the 2002 season. It wasn't until much later in the season that Giambi earned the fans respect. Giambi was supposed to continue the Yankees tradition of winning a keep them in the World Series each and every year.
Initially, the investment looked sound. Giambi's 2002 season was everything the Yankees could ask for. With 41 home runs, 122 RBI's, and a .314 batting average, Giambi's Yankees had the best record in the American League. However, despite Jason hitting .357 in the series (only teammate Derek Jeter batted higher), the Yankees lost the series in four games.
In 2003, Giambi's batting average began to decline, but his power was still there and the Yankees were still winning ballgames. The team went to the World Series, but lost to the Florida Marlins.
Giambi was injured for much of 2004 season and only hit .208 when he was healthy, his worst mark ever as a pro. The Yankees during the postseason (in which Giambi did not participate) lost the ALCS to the Boston Red Sox, after blowing a 3-0 series lead. It was the first time that has ever happened in baseball and it ended the Red Sox's 86 year drought of not winning a World Series. To make matters worse, a grand jury leak of the testimony Giambi provided the Federal Government regarding BALCO, a Bay Area sports supplement company, got out to the public. In the testimony, it stated that Giambi admitted to using steroids.
And just like that, Giambi went from being the "poster boy" of a new look Oakland Athletics team, to being one of a different sorts. Jason's face was all over every sports magazine in the country. Next to it lie the word "cheater" in large ink.
Unlike many of the athletes today, Giambi endured the most criticism for his steroid use. He received a lound round of boos everywhere he went, including the entire New York fan base. Giambi's performance suffered, so much so, that when he was hitting below the Mendoza line in early May of that season, the Yankees asked Giambi to go to the minor leagues, something that Giambi refused.
He vowed to get better....and he did. Amazingly enough, Giambi finished the season batting .271 and even finished 18th that year in MVP voting. The Yankees faced off against the Los Angeles Angels in the ALDS and Giambi led all Yankee hitters in that postseason series with a .421 average. However, the Yankees fell short once again and much of Giambi's "success story" was lost when the Yankees couldn't advance.
Giambi played out the final three years of his contract with the Yankees and the team never got back to the World Series team they were when Giambi first joined the team. In those years though, much of the pressure to succeed was transferred to Alex Rodriguez, whose inability to perform in the postseason lost him much respect from Yankee fans.
In his last season with the Yankees, Giambi still managed to hit 32 home runs and had 96 RBI's to go along with it. Despite those numbers, there was no real demand for Giambi on the open market and Giambi's original team, the Oakland A's, the team he spited in 2002, came calling and signed him to a 4 million dollar contract for 2009.
Giambi was brought in to help the youngsters the A's were developing as they attempted to rebuild. With the A's having back to back losing seasons, acquiring Giambi for 2009 was bittersweet to many A's fans who still wonder to this day what "could have been" of their team.
It seemed like Giambi would be in Oakland to end his career. On May 24th, Giambi hit his 400th career home run. However, his age has finally caught up to him. Many scouts have said that Jason can't catch up with a 95 mile an hour fastball anymore. He is only hitting .193 on the season, ironically, the same figure he was hitting during that miserable start to his 2005 season.
At that time Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports wrote for everyone to "give Giambi credit for staying mentally strong while others perceived him to be weak". While many would like this to be true this time around, it may not happen. Like Mark McGwire in the 1997 season, Giambi might have to go to make room for the next star in the Oakland clubhouse.
The stories that many tell of Giambi are still legendary to this day. From his standoff with management over the ability to ride his Harley motor cycle, to bungee jumping with his brother Jeremy, to late night fast food adventures, golden thongs, and "porn star" mustaches, Giambi always brought something new and exciting to the clubhouse. His leadership was exemplified by his strong performance wherever he played and his mental toughness is something that can't be taught.
Let's just hope whoever replaces him makes the same impact.
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Archive for February, 2011
Vodafone take millions offline, again
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Internet on 28 February 2011
Vodafone has taken huge numbers of people offline, but this time, it wasn't deliberate. According to a post on their forums, (Intermittently available, I guess due to load) they experienced a break in at a data centre which caused some damage and has knocked out large numbers of users – twitter and blogs are suggesting it's mostly west of London.
I had always assumed with the Egypt troubles that you'd need to shut down a few locations to cause real damage as everything would be run at least in pairs hosted in diverse locations. No matter how careful you are with technical measures, there's a limit to how much you can protect in a single location against fire, flood or someone doing something nasty with a truck full of fertiliser.
It's perhaps ironic that at the LINX meeting last week, there was a discussion on how well an "internet kill switch" would work in the UK. It was noted the Egyptian one wasn't 100% effective as people still managed to get out and even if you take whole exchange points in the UK offline, we've shown we can route round the problems quite effectively. We may be reasonably confident that it's hard to take the Internet down, but perhaps it's rather easier to shut down the mobile and fixed-line communication networks than I'd realised.
Situations like this can be nasty – one hopes that Vodafone has enough space capacity in their network to simply reroute traffic elsewhere, depending on what was stolen/damaged. Some of it may be quite specialist/expensive kit and replacements could take days or weeks to source from abroad. At the very least, if the data centres have redundancy within them, they can "borrow" half the equipment from another location and relocate it to the affected data centre! (Prior to 2001, we used to talk about how to ensure redundancy in the event of hypothetical aircraft hitting data centres as a "worst case" scenario. We don't use that example any more)
Of course, as well as embarrassing technical questions there are a few embarrassing questions for security staff too. How did intruders get that far into such a critical data centre and manage to do damage before they were stopped? Were they even stopped or did they get away with their booty?
Prisons, a transwoman… and The Sun
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Media on 25 February 2011
A quiet week for blogging, but I have been sent one item of interest by a reader that I think people may find interesting as it concerns prisons and trans people. In this case, the prison service get it right, but facing are a bit of a backlash via the Scottish Sun in this story, titled "Sex-swap fella in women's nick".
In short, The Sun claims there is a pre-op transwoman in prison up in HMP Cornton Vale, Stirling and it's causing a "storm".
Exactly what sort of storm isn't clear, because there are just a couple of comments from "sources" at the jail which don't quite ring true, stating "We have not been trained to handle this. How are we supposed to search her?" Umm, well, you could try one of the draft Prison Service Orders that we're told governors have access to. There's no indication that staff are particularly stormy about this, nor that other inmates even know she's a transwoman.
In fact, the only attributed source for the story is her brother. If they have a "source" in the jail, I suspect it's not a prison warder but ancillary staff.
Oddly, they only have a pixellated photo of someone who is presumably the woman, Nichola. I don't quite understand why they could publish her name but obscure her face. Instead, the largest photo for the story is her brother – I don't quite see the relevance of that. It's also not been picked up by any other news outlet, so I have no idea how true any of this is.
Kudos to Stonewall Scotland for some positive comments on the issue. (Unlike Stonewall in England, they do cover Trans issues)
The Hunters
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Miscellaneous on 22 February 2011
The hunters lay in wait for their prey.
The more experienced pick their spot carefully. They know where the beasts will appear – and at the same time, most days. Mercifully, today will be no exception, for the hunters disappointment can quickly turn to anger.
Crowded together they are silent, necks craning to catch a glimse of any signs that will reveal the location of their target. The occasional head turns to look around to check for any other indication that might give them that slight edge over their competition.
Suddenly, a sign. Even before there is any noise, they know where their prey is.
A hundred bodies turn and move as one, but quickly the slower members are left behind.
It takes just seconds for them to reach the first of the dozen members of their target herd. But the rewards are the same for all: Their preferred choice of seating on the 1714 departure from Kings Cross to Cambridge.
(I don't know why, but the train arrives very shortly before it's due to depart. It's not announced on the boards until after it's ready and even though it's almost always platform 8, the above appears to be a daily occurance)
On DNA profiling, equality isn't good
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality on 18 February 2011
Am I getting a reputation for being someone who blogs about MPs doing silly things? I suspect I may be, as I had a couple of people point me at this piece from "This is Gloucestershire".
That a Tory MP thinks storing everyone's DNA is a good thing probably comes as no surprise, but it's baffling that Liberal Democrat MP Martin Horwood also apparently came out in support of this idea. Being a Liberal Democrat, it's no surprise that TheyWorkForYou.com lists him as voting very strongly against introducing ID cards.
But if you collect the DNA of everyone in the country, are you not just creating an ID database? Wasn't the database the major problem with the ID card system in the first place? And if you don't have an ID database, how do you know you have everyone's DNA anyway?
Even without the usual ID card arguments, collecting everyone's DNA is problematic, as Arizona found out with a database of less than 70,000. Getting a duplicate obviously flags up that there is a problem, but a bit of research shows we're not really sure of the statistics behind DNA. What happens if we collect everyone's DNA and throw up a single match, because the offender wasn't on the database or there was a false negative?
Someone completely innocent gets thrown in jail and has their life picked over by the police. They may even be convicted by the courts that don't fully understand how this works, because they don't do statistics.
Lets say that the DNA testing system is more than 99.999999% accurate. (That's a made up number by the way) To be precise, let's say the chances of a false positive are maybe somewhere in the region of one in two hundred and fifty million. But if for every sample you test 61 million people, (The population of the UK) you'll get a false positive one time in 4, assuming I'm remembering my A-Level statistics correctly!
At the moment, neither the police nor the courts (And certainly not juries) are trained to understand statistics in this way. Science says that the DNA testing is accurate to one in two hundred and fifty millinon, that's beyond any reasonable doubt, yes?
Full marriage equality, at last?
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality on 17 February 2011
Details are still a bit scarce as it's not been "officially" announced yet but there's a consultation on Marriage Equality in the works – most likely being announced by Lynne Featherstone MP this morning. (Possibly even right now) I don't know exact timetables, but the Guardian hints at the consultation starting in May which would point towards something hitting parliament in 2012, in line with what I've heard elsewhere. Amusingly and hypocritically, it seems this is "painfully slow" for Stonewall's Ben Summerskill, whose organisation was largely against marriage equality until just a few months ago.
Timetables aside, I do have a good idea of what is in the consultation and it's includes everything I believe has been campaigned for, which is a good signal for eventually getting some very positive changes to the law. Much of the detail of this has been ignored by the mainstream media of course, because they're just reporting "Gay Marriage!"
Covering the T angle first, there will be a fix for the current situation where Trans folk need to annul their marriages to get a Gender Recognition Certificate. As well as the emotional drain, (Yes, you can re-marry, but it's still significant) this is currently particularly problematic for a number of people because they are unable to access their state pension without a GRC and can lose some private pension rights if they do "divorce"!
It's also likely that there will be a way for existing Civil Partnerships to be converted into marriages and vice-versa, so anyone that's already gone down the route of a Civil Partnership can get it "fixed".
And for the rest of the non-Trans community – LGBT and heterosexual alike – it's much as predicted. Access to Civil Partnerships for opposite-sex couples, access to Marriage for same-sex couples and allowing civil partnerships in church. This last point pleases me, not because I'm particularly religious but because elements of the religious right were effectively stifling other religious groups – such as the Quakers, who we heard much from at the Liberal Democrat conference debate no the topic last year – who did want to be able to offer
civil partnerships full marriage to couples, regardless of gender. This was despite the fact that no religion is being forced to conduct ceremonies if they don't want to.
It's not unknown for governments to change their minds after consultation – that's why it's a consultation – but I'm encouraged by the announcement. The Conservatives already know they are going to get attacked by the more homophobic elements of the right wing press for this and would not have let it get this far if they did not expect to see it on the statute books.
The Independent – So nearly right, so very wrong
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Media on 14 February 2011
This story in the Independent Life/Style Fashion section, titled "Gender-blending: Sexual ambiguity in fashion" could so nearly have been a nice "Hey, look, transgender gender-f**kery is cool" story. But, instead, they've managed to completely confuse transgender and transsexual in a way that ends up being downright offensive.
It's not just the usual confusion of nouns and adjectives that one expects, with references to "a pre-operative transsexual in little beyond a smattering of magenta body-glitter". I could live with that, largely because if one gets annoyed with every grammatical error in the papers, one would spend life in a constant rage.
No, it's far worse than that:
Of course, the Blitz Kid cult of the early Eighties had its roots in the peacock glamour of Seventies rock, and performers such as Roxy Music and, of course, David Bowie. Knight cites those as his own personal reference points but states: "Now, it's much more upfront. It's now 2011 – it's not 1970. And, with the advances in cosmetic surgery, there's the ability, medically, to go further."
Uh, what? Cosmetic surgery isn't some sort of glamour thing for Transsexual folk. It can quite literally be the difference between being beaten in the streets and not, between life and death. Or by "go further" do they mean genital surgery? That's certainly been around since the 70s. OK, so perhaps we can skip this one, after all it's a quote rather than the journalist themselves.
But then we get this gem: (My emphasis)
The appeal of Candy's first issue, featuring Kelly Osbourne's then-boyfriend, Luke Worrall, in a powder-pink negligee, was such that cult Swedish clothing label Acne approached Venegas to create a selection of transsexual-friendly pieces. That's transsexual rather than unisex. "I wanted to make the opposite of unisex. Unisex clothes are usually very neutral – in this case, I wanted people not to say, 'Oh, these are clothes for men and women', but to ask, 'Oh, are these clothes for men or women?' The same feeling you get in front of a transgender person, that's what I wanted to create with the clothing." Acne has previously collaborated with Fantastic Man and Lanvin. "The last thing you can call that is underground," Venegas says.
A true head-in-hands, oh-my-gods moment. It seems we're being told transsexual means people saying "Is that a man or a woman"? If this sort of offensive confusion is the result of the "designers' fixation with sexual ambiguity reaching new extremes", then I'd quite like it if those designers – and the journalists that follow them – took their fixation and got the hell off our turf before they do some real damage.
Marriage Equality! (So little information, so much "news")
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality on 14 February 2011
Sometimes, it's amazing how little information can generate so much news. This weekend, there has been much speculation about equal marriage, apparently due to an article in the Sunday Times suggesting that Lynne Featherstone, LibDem Minister For Equalities will be announcing… well, something. Later this week, we're told. (It's paywalled, so I've not seen the article)
Other news outlets have taken a different angle, with The Independent and The Guardian concentrating on religious civil partnerships being allowed in churches. It's worth noting that religious organisations will simply be given the choice under all proposals I've seen and none will be forced. Several groups have come out saying they want to allow same-sex marriages and at last years Liberal Democrat Autumn conference, when Marriage Equality became official party policy, we had three Quakers independently speak in favour of allowing this. I'm not sure why this is significant, but it may be that this is something that can be enabled by Ministers without requiring a bill in parliament, so may happen sooner than full equality.
I hate basing blog posts on no information – readers may have noticed I tend to try to copiously link to sources. My statistics suggest that few people follow up the links, but I trust that if I did slip up someone would call me out on it in the comments. However, I could hardly not post about a Marriage Equality story in the news given that I picked up much of my readership after last years Stonewall/Marriage Equality controversy
What I do know is that I've been told (Face-to-face) by more than one backbench LibDem MP that they expect to see a full marriage equality bill (So heterosexual civil partnerships, plus sorting out the Trans people having to divorce issue) in this Parliament. Personally, I had not expected to hear anything before the next Queen's speech at the earliest, so perhaps this is welcome news… if it's true.
The conclusion? Something may be announced this week. Perhaps.
IPv6 T-Shirts
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Internet on 11 February 2011
Want to outgeek friends who have IPv4 T-Shirts from inferior, foreign geeky web sites?
Want to annoy your local Virgin Media engineer?
Look no further! "There's no place like ::1/128″ T-Shirts are now available. For the ladies, size-wise an "L" fits me and I'm a 14. Text reads: "There's no place like ::1/128″ and "This T-Shirt is IPv6 ready. Are you?"
(For those requiring explanation of ::1/128, see here. Yes, it's geeky. Don't say I didn't warn you.)
Sex-by-deception case: "Not Guilty" plea
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality on 10 February 2011
There's little new information on the sex-by-deception case I've been following, although it was in court again yesterday. Brooks has asked for more time according to various news sources (Daily Record) and the next hearing will be on the 8th March when a date for trial should be set. The print edition of the Metro suggests a plea of Not Guilty was also entered, but the story does not appear to be online.
Some reports (STV) indicate that the reason for the request for more time is for DNA/handwriting reports and an identity parade. (How a parade will work when Brooks's photo is all over the press I don't know) This is worrying because it would perhaps suggest that the lawyers believe that the whole "deception" over gender thing is really an issue and they're fighting this on the grounds of mistaken identity.
There's also an interesting comment thread on my previous post from someone who knows about Scottish Law who suggests that although the law is vague, not telling someone that might affect their consent would be illegal.
Brooks is still "remanded in custody", i.e. in prison, so even if not found guilty has already suffered because of this. It's starting to feel more and more like if you're stealth and Trans, you'd better not be having sex in Scotland.
Ministry Of Justice doesn't know why it's locking people up
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Liberty on 8 February 2011
It looks like the Ministry of Justice has a big problem on it's hands. It doesn't know why nearly a thousand inmates are even in prison.
Livejournal comments on my last post about sex ventured into the territory of prisoners and how reproductive rights work when there's nobody about to reproduce with. I looked up prisoner numbers (PDF link to justice.gov.uk) to see how many of them served sentences long enough for this to be a problem and found a wonderful table detailing types of offence. The data is repeated in several places, but the best table is on page 9.
There are 935 prisoners currently in prison listed as "Offence not recorded". This is separate from "Other offences". 17 of those were children under 18 but over 14. This is of a total prison population of 71,103 in August 2010, of which 1,222 are children.
One individual who saw this today works for the prison service and his reaction was described as "baffled". I'll bet!


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I feel like I now deserve my own pair of anti-establishment post grad slacks :/
White people love to show us that nothing of ours is off limits to them.
"Anti-establishment Post-Grad Slacks…"
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The delivery was right on-time and the payment was made using a wireless debit machine that delivery person had - very nice feature.
Couple of items were out of stock, but I expect that as they get more customers, it will become less of an issue. Also, you can order pretty much anything else you can find at a local grocery store - toiler paper, pampers, shampoo, &c.
The only issue I had was that we checked the option for not allowing substitutes, but one item was subbed anyway. But that wasn't a big deal.
Overall - good experience; and we plan on using them in the future."


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Not sure why I only get email about these events until after they happen. But I guess I can put them on my calendar for next year. Unless they are one of a kind, in which case there may or may not be coverage so I can determine if someone noticed I did not attend.
This is the best sports and social group of the summer! If you've never played before you owe it to yourself to check it out! For crying out loud it's on the beach!!!
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do the kids even know who these guys are??
charlestoniff.org This is THE WORST WEB SITE I HAVE EVER SEEN. Sweet stinking Jesus. I wrestled with that ponderously uninformative, confusing, pointless, broken, stupid, slow site for 4 minutes before giving up and deciding fuck the festival and the movies that will be shown. My GOD, why not just fucking list the fucking movie titles, a short synopsis, dates, and locations ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE FUCKING SITE???? WHAT ELSE COULD POSSIBLY BE OF ANY IMPORTANCE????
It is beyond comprehension that the only way to observe a schedule and description of films is to download an interactive PDF that takes minutes to down load, and is just an ad-filled brochure. Not ONE PERSON involved in this entire venture thought it prudent to fucking type out the list of movies and locations? Nobody thought that would be a good idea? Not for Twitter? Not for quick pick up by Yahoo or other news aggregators? Not for people on handheld devices?
Yeah. This is how pissed off that experience made me.
I attended this event, and thought Ms. Weir's research was interesting and thought provoking. However, the audience treated her very rudely and were disruptive throughout, making the Q&A portion incoherent. CofC students are generally more open minded and welcoming of different (and well argued) viewpoints than the behavior displayed at this event.
Great show! Tons of fun and really well done.
Great show - tons of fun and really well done!
Can't fucking wait for this.
The festival was fun once you got in, 1 1/2 hours waiting to get in park. After sitting in traffic for all this time we needed a bathroom break, we were directed to turn in to one of the parking lots which was the size of three football stadiums and there were two port-a-pots, each one had about ten people in line, the women were lined up in front of only one, once i got to go i opened the door and the pot was full and running over the seat, I had to pee so bad I went in and cut loose but it was gross. The parking lot was approx a mile, no port a pots along the way. once inside festival the lines for bathrooms were out of control, whoever was in charge with providing relief for the public failed big time. I really felt sorry for the women.
Swing Jazz dance band, She Goes He Goes, live this Sunday, April 7! https://www.facebook.com/HotJazzSwing
Never again assume that I don't know who Peyton Randolph is.
Ayarkay - yes, noon...where are you seeing 10 am?
From the group/event:
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of "Pride and Prejudice," we will screen the 2005 film version of the novel, featuring Keira Knightley. Refreshments provided. All are welcome. Screening to take place in Bishop Gadsden's Blackmer Hall. Meet and greet at 1:00, film to start at 1:30 PM.
Madra Rua's page says this starts at noon, not 10 a.m. Clarification?
Why has there been no review from CP for this play????
I cast serious doubts upon the notion that any locals who'd care enough to protest such an event are cultured enough to know who Dawkins is.
To be so young "Barefoot Movement" is a lot further down the road than any of us at the Charleston Music Hall were expecting...And then somehow those notions became moot as these four youngster began to levitate around a single microphone before our very eyes. And Ms. Noah Wall...this singer, songwriting, fiddle playing person in the band...Ms. Noah Wall...Why do I get the feeling that we will all remember the night when first we beheld...Ms. Noah Wall...She may be the sub-five-footer to be a lottery pick in the NBA...That girl don't sing she skyes.... Dan Lundy SATURDAY
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Boy, I sure can't wait to hear some great TEDx talks about how technology is going to change the underlying paradigm of the internet zeitgeist by actualizing social media into an ethereal concrete shape of unprecedented power that will allow more people to step up to the technological plate and take a piece of the pie that we will grow through the use of ideas that shape and mold our concept of what ideas really are and what they can be and how powerpoint and large video screens will bring democracy to the Middle East, end hunger in Africa, and keep the profits of tech companies strong.
Live music tonight, Sunday Feb. 24, featuring Mike Larsen's Classic Memories Big Band for the party!


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Jenna was twitterpated after a perfect date night with her kinda boyfriend. Then she walked in on a private conversation that ruined everything. What did she overhear?
Miley Cyrus performed on MTV's Unplugged last night and the cast stumbled across some hidden audio of Miley and her dad. It's funny they sound a lot like J-Si and Kellie. You don't want to miss it!
Big Al might have had a boring day but some other members of the cast had an interesting day. Kellie had an insightful trip to the psychic and J-Si brags on himself for reading a book!
Once released from jail, Justin Bieber went into the studio to record a song about his wild night and we have it! J-Si and Kellie share it with us and you don't want to miss it!
Ian Somerholdar calls us to talk about the 100th episode of The Vampire Diaries. He joins us in bed with his rescue dogs. We ask him who his favorite vampire character is? Listen below to find out what he said!
We are all so happy that Psycho Shanon is back and she is here with us in studio! Shanon shares with us how she is feeling and gives us her doctors report.
Kellie promised to take Emma Kelly to the park and have a picnic. But she is starting to think boys are cute now! So how did Emma Kelly interact with some older boys at the park?
We asked listeners to call in to tell us how we have changed their lives! Has each cast member made an impact on listeners? Check out our new bit "Because Of You!" to find out...
Kinsey and I had a mommy/daddy weekend out in California. Well, kind of. We went out to celebrate our old roommate's wedding. I like wedding weekends, because everything is basically planned out for you. Like the first day, for example: we flew in, check into the hotel, change, go to the rehearsal dinner… and then get left alone. Yup! We stayed walking distance from the restaurant was, so we just walked. Everyone else took a party bus. So when dinner was over, everyone got back on that bus, and took off. Where to? We don't know. Kinsey and I were standing on the street, by ourselves. We looked at each other, and laughed. We could have texted the bride, but it was the night before the wedding, and I am sure she had other things to think about.
So we decided to get an Uber… or an Uber X. Those aren't the black town cars, those are random people who want to make some money on the side cars. We got into the car, and we were greeted with a the strongest weed smell I have ever encountered. Kinsey broke the ice with "you smoking the ganja?!" The guy did not answer… because he spoke zero English. He had apparently just moved to the US from Spain. So he and I got into a conversation… I completely attempted to do a Spaniard accent while we talked. Kinsey, on the other hand, was not impressed. She got on the phone while we were talking, and here are some highlights from the conversation that I picked up on:
1. "we're in a car, and it smells like weed so bad. I want to puke."
2. "Jose and the guy are talking in Spanish… all I hear is 'blah, blah, blah, futbol. Blah, blah, blah, Chicharito."
3. "great! they are talking politics… I heard 'presidente'."
We asked him to take us to the fun part of town… so he drove to an area, and pointed at a club. We got out and walked towards the club, he drove off, and we realized he had dropped us off in the gay area of town. Not a woman in sight. Lots of guys, lots of rainbows, and lots of great style. Kinsey busted out laughing. So we decided to walk to the area of town where celebs might hang out. Kinsey was wearing heels, and I thought the bars would be a couple of blocks away… three miles, a huge blister on Kinsey's foot, and a piggy back ride later, we ended up at the same spot I always go to: Saddle Ranch. I was soaking wet in sweat.
I then texted our buddy from the show, Ryan Cabrera, cause he knows people in Hollywood. He said he was DJ'ing a lounge. So we went there. It was an intimate affair. I met a guy with a cool mustache, who work in real estate, and Kinsey became friends with his wife. We danced for a couple of hours, watched a guy, on what we think was some sort of ecstasy pill, lip synch every song, complete with dance moves, and then headed back to the hotel.
We have not been able to do this in over two years… maybe longer, and we got to do it again at the wedding, which was beautiful. I tried to take it all in, because I am sure we wont be able to do this again for a while.
After the casts discussion on What Guys Look For In Girls – A Slam Poem, J-Si and Al decided to come up with their own Slam Poems live on the radio! Their topics are so random, you have to check it out.
J-Si shares with listeners another family adventure! J-Si had his hands full when Cason (who was naked just after a bath) started to pee in the wrong place, wrong time. Where you might ask?
Big Al and J-Si asked Dr Girlfriend and Kinsey 8 questions that interracial couples are tired of hearing. What did they say? Watch it below, you have to hear their responses!!
Kellie went out with friends and ended up the seventh wheel. So… how did she and her friends twenty year old son end up a topic of conversation? Listen below to find out!
It takes a lot to make Big Al Mack angry. Over the weekend, a patron at Al's bar said something that made Al more mad than he has ever been in his life! Listen below to find out!
Big Al is going to do the Super Shred! Dr. Ian Smith from Celebrity Fit Club and author of Super Shred: The Big Results Diet: 4 Weeks 20 Pounds Lose It Faster joins us in studio to give Big Al weight loss tips and more!
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Doyin Richards from the Daddy Doin' Work blog calls us. So, what is so controversial about this father's blog and why has his pic gone viral? Listen below to find out!
ObamaCare or KellieCare? Kellie Rasberry has the solution for high health care costs in America. Check out her great plan to save you $$$ with her new program, KellieCare.
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Vanessa Hudgens calls us to talk about her new movie Gimme Shelter. She went through a huge transformation to play in this emotional true story. Did the movie change her views?
Jerry Springer The King of Daytime TV is hanging out with us in the studio! He tells us his about his new show called Tabloid and shares a secret with us! Also, which famous musician did he open for?
The cast talks about a new health food trend for 2014. Gluten free was last years trend, the year before that was bacon and this year… It's DIRT! J-Si tries some fresh dirt from outside our studio! What color does his tongue turn?
There is a new date App that is trending. Girls are the only ones to access it, read reviews and rate men. Jenna shares with us that Big Al was rated. How bad is Big Al rated? Watch below to find out...
The new Bachelor, Juan Pablo, is trying to improve his English, but he still hasn't mastered it. Watch as we find a scene cut from the season premiere of "The Bachelor," and how does it lead to J-Si doing a pelvic thrust?
J-Si shares with us his New Year's Resolution but he doesn't like calling it that. It's more like picking up a hobby or learning a new skill. Watch it below to find out which professional gymnast agreed to be his coach.
And FINALLY, life kicks back into gear and we get to go back to work on Monday! Not that I didn't enjoy every minute of checking out for the past two weeks.
Of course, I have to brag a little bit about being there for the opening night of Britney Spears' Las Vegas show — thank you again, Big Al! The trip out there was less than perfect, and a word to future travelers — do whatever you can to avoid a 2-hour layover in Phoenix. But other than that, my friend Amy and I got into Vegas and — despite my efforts to lie down — she made me go play blackjack. I was actually up a couple hundred bucks before we walked away. (And if I would've stayed away, I would still have that $200. Oh well!) And then we went by the Britney Spears souvenir shop and I departed with $45 of my winnings on an over-priced but cute Britney tee. And then, I loaded up on a burger the size of my head (and Kidd would say there, "Daaaaaamn…..that must've been a big burger because you've got a HUUUUUUGE head!") But then — despite a second round of efforts to lie down — Amy made me get dressed up and go to the red carpet/VIP party area where we hung out for a couple hours feeling less-than-VIP. But then I saw Robin Leach and Holly Madison were loitering with the likes of us and that made me feel a bit better about it.
Finally, our waiting around paid off! We saw Katy Perry rush by with an entourage of about 20 people who looked like they were floating on air because — OMG, we're friends with Katy Perry!! But she was acting super weird. She huddled with her buddies at the red carpet entrance for a couple minutes and then they all burst down the carpet about half-way, stood there for a second, and then went back the way they came. (Later, gossip sites were saying she just stood there during Britney's show and wasn't really into it. I don't know what was going on….)
Miley Cyrus rushed by us, as well, with her itty-bitties poking thru her belly-baring shirt that kept riding up in an effort to expose her assets. Unlike Katy, she did the full red carpet and without a bunch of hangers-on. And then she was gone. (But if you saw any clips of the show, she was DIGGING her some Britney!)
Rumors were that Kellen Lutz was going to do the red carpet. He didn't show. (Although he was at the opening night of Beacher's Madhouse with Miley later that night.) Rumors were that Adam Lambert was going to do the red carpet. He didn't show. (But Amy swears she saw him in first class on our plane.) Mario Lopez DID do the red carpet. And I do believe you could literally fall into that man's dimples, if you should trip close to his face, that is…(Britney ended up bringing him up on stage for some very tame S&M action.)
And that was it for the red carpet! We got a half-hearted effort by Katy with her happy-to-be-there cling-ons…Miley with her nips…and Mario with his dimples. And that was what we stood around for two hours to see.
Then we rushed to get inside the arena, but not before we grabbed our over-priced cocktails — doubles, please! Go big or go home, right? And then I stood there and watched my Britney like a proud mama watching her baby do good. Here's the thing — if you love Britney, you'll love the show. Yes, she lip-synchs the entire thing (although you will question a couple of times, "Is THAT live? Nah….") But anyone who complains about Britney lip-synching at this point is just an idiot because when you go see Britney, you just know that's part of the deal. However, she danced her little heart out. No, she's not the same Britney from the MTV Awards who ripped off her jacket and tie and then dazzled us in her nude body suit, but she's also not the same Britney who sleep-walked her way through the Circus tour. Her sets are beautiful…her dancers were incredible…the songs Britney chose were all fun and the little tweaks she made were just enough to keep it interesting for her and make it recognizable and sing-alongable for us.
And then — basking in my Britney afterglow — I went back to the same blackjack table and lost the $200 I'd won from earlier in the night. And then, Amy finally let me go to bed.
Would I like to go back for my birthday in April? Yes! Would I like to spring for the VIP experience? I'm not sure…..Maybe? But I definitely wouldn't go for the DELUXE VIP package. Again, if you've read what the gossip sites are saying, for $2500, fans aren't allowed to touch Britney unless she touches them first and they only get about 3 seconds with her for a quick photo. But you do get some Britney merchandise! I just wonder if that includes the same $45 tee shirt?
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Is Weight Loss for me?
You must lose weight if you have been carrying excess weight for a long time in your life. For the sake of your own future health, all the baggage you have been carrying has to go. if you have a poor BMI rate, you need to ensure that this has been brought down and this can only be done by losing the excess weight you have been carrying. People who do not have the advantage of height have little option when it comes to losing weight, since they are short in stature. Read the rest of this entry >
The Best Fitness Machines of 2010
Weight loss and fitness has become the preoccupation of many people in the world and the year 2010 is not an exception. It is no longer something you can compromise, and for this reason many people are saving themselves the disease that come with obesity, like cancer and diabetes. Losing weight is a must. You cannot be said to be Healthy with a lot of weight in your body, especially around the mid section. There are all kinds of fitness machines you need to use so that you are healthy and fit. One of them is the treadmill. Read the rest of this entry >
Fitness Exercise and Weight Loss: Can They Be Done Together
These two are related in terms of content in that one has to exercise to achieve both of them. The reason they are pursued however, it what makes them different from one another, so you have to pay attention to notice this difference. if your aim is to lose weight, you will most likely stop exercising as soon as you have managed to reach the weight you wanted. People in the search of fitness do necessarily look for weight loss, although they may begin the search for fitness as obese people.
The Ultimate Cardio Workout
Your decision to lose weight shows that you care enough about your heart to make sure it does not suffer from heart diseases. You need to work out your heart, so that you are healthier and less likely to suffer from diabetes and cancer. No matter how much well meaning you are, you could be participating in some exercise that do not do much for your heart and you could be wasting your time in the process. If the exercise does not raise you heart beat and keep it high for some time, you could be wasting your time.
What is Body Building?
There are two aspects to body building, the natural aspect and the sporting aspect. If you want to build your body, you have to eat all the high quality energy providing foods you can find. You have to eat well…we all build or bodies with food. The sporting aspect of body building is the competitive aspect where people pack muscles on their bodies as much as possible and can compete with others in the same caliber. Many people in this sport do not have the good quality muscles they need to be able to win trophies so they need to keep up their workouts and diet.


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The Daily Camera reported today that the game will be on ESPN, but I don't think they're right. The CU homepage says ABC. Apparently it will be broadcast to about half the nation which would also support the ABC thing because I don't think ESPN does split national telecasts.
Not a huge surprise that it's televised but still great news. Looking at the rest of our schedule I wouldn't be surprised if all of our road games the rest of the way are on TV (KU, MU, A&M). That's always a good thing. Maybe all of the home games too (except for ISU probably).
What is the Big 12's TV deal this year anyway? Seems kind of random so far. Last year wasn't it a 10am FSN game, a 1:30pm ABC game, a 5pm FSN game, and sometimes a late game on TBS? Seems like there have been a lot of ESPN games so far and I haven't seen any TBS games on TV. If anybody has a link to an article about the Big 12 TV package I would be interested to see it.


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Ladies' Day: Hats glorious hats!
Fabulous frocks and heavenly hats are on display for Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot. Fashionistas, though, are hoping nothing rains on their parade! The weather doesn't look too good!
This year's dress code has been tightened up - bare shoulders and thin straps are a no-no. Hats or headpieces are mandatory.
About 300,000 people are expected to attend Royal Ascot - consuming 170,000 bottles of champagne, 10,000 lobsters, 5,000 oysters and 18,000 punnets of strawberries.


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- University of Richmond Collegian - http://thecollegianur.com -
Students use NoNotes in classes
Posted By Stephen O'Hara On September 10, 2009 @ 2:00 am In News | No Comments
At least 11 students, and perhaps professors, at the University of Richmond are using NoNotes.com [1], an online audio transcription service, according to Matt Whitteker, director of business development for NoNotes.com.
Students record their classes, lectures or study and tutoring sessions and upload the file. Those who work for NoNotes.com will type up and send back their class notes in one to three business days, and will also share the class notes on its server for anyone else in — or otherwise interested in — that class, according to the NoNotes.com Web site.
One hour of class time costs $11.75, and students can purchase time packages up to 10 hours for $95.75 on the Web site. Students can also purchase a special package with five hours of audio time and an audio recorder.
Thousands of students at about 200 universities are registered at NoNotes.com, Whitteker said, though he added that not all were active.
Whitteker said that even teachers could benefit from NoNotes.com, noting that it would be a great tool for self-review.
"Many teachers teach the same subject many times," Whitteker said. "Having a transcription of lectures helps teachers refine their teaching, catch anything they may have missed and also lets them critically analyze the lecture for future improvement."
NoNotes.com, which started two years ago and went into global production last year, is currently available only in English, though the company has accounts in the United Kingdom and as far as New Zealand, Whitteker said.
Whitteker said that he didn't think there was a problem with students not taking their own notes.
"Our service lets you focus 100 percent on audio when it's delivered, then 100 percent as you read and review and pick out what is meaningful," Whitteker said.
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Does Competition Favor Delegation?
AbstractThis paper studies the consequences of product-market competition on firms' decisions to delegate more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes an attempt at bringing economic theory and management strategy closer together. An increase in substitutability between the products of the different firms triggers a different response depending on the size of the firm: larger firms delegate more responsibility, whereas smaller firms centralize decision making. The increase in substitutability also causes some firms to exit the market, which pushes in the direction of reduced managerial autonomy. Stronger competition also leads to less discretion in markets in which the possibilities for product differentiation are important. For a given number of firms, an increase in market size increases centralization, as the owner of the firm finds it more costly to accept rent seeking by the managers. However, this increase in market size will lead to the entry of more firms, which calls for more decentralized decision making. Under reasonable conditions, the aggregate effect leads to a U-shaped relationship where firms in both small and large markets are characterized by high levels of discretion, while there is less discretion for intermediate market sizes. Finally, a reduction in entry barriers leads unambiguously to an increase in the level of discretion given to the agent, as it results in a larger number of firms entering the market and, for a given market size, in lower concentration or expected firm-level demand, which reduces the value of having control and pushes in the direction of increased autonomy.
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Birthing unit closures to be discussed at public NHS meetings (From Gazette)
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Birthing unit closures to be discussed at public NHS meetings
Updated 10:36am Tuesday 25th March 2014 in News
THE temporary closure of birthing units in Clacton and Harwich will be discussed at NHS meetings next month.
Visitors to the North East Essex clinical commissioning group meetings will also hear about the future of urgent care.
The health forums start at Dovercourt Central Church, Main Road next Wednesday at 2pm, followed by Tendring CVS Hall in Rosemary Road, Clacton next Friday, also at 2pm.
The final meeting is on Monday, April 7 from 2pm at Colchester Primary Care Centre in Turner Road.
Visit neessexccg.nhs.uk for information.
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Highly suspicious two good & fit for purpose maternity units are closed, just as colchester general hospital brought two expensive birthing pools!
Sure families would much rather use units closer to home, than travel miles into Colchester & the added extra trauma of finding somewhere to park.
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Story by Francesca Krajewski
Over 20 independent winemakers, funded by online wine retailer Naked Wines, are flying over to the UK at the end of June to thank and meet their customers. As part of a UK-wide Tasting Tour, covering eight different cities in a week, the winemakers will showcase over 100 wines which were made possible through Naked Angel funding. Bill Small, a winemaker heading over from Marlborough New Zealand, said:
"We're thrilled to be jumping on a plane and coming to the UK to meet all the customers who've supported us over the past 12 months. Without their investment, our wines simply wouldn't exist, and we certainly wouldn't have gone it alone and cracked the UK market. It's going to be a long, wine-fuelled week but well worth the 116,000 miles across the globe!
Rowan Gormley, Naked Wines' Founder and CEO added:
"We get loads of requests from customers for us to come to them, so we thought it was time to hit the road and introduce them to their winemakers. They chat to one another on the site every day, so it's great to put faces to names and avatars, and nothing beats sharing a glass in person."
The Tasting Tour, which runs from 25th June to 2nd July, includes a series of pop-up lunch-time tastings in customers' homes and places of work, followed by large consumer events each evening. Tickets are £10 per person and available at www.nakedwines.com/tastingtour – and customers will get their money back if they order on the night.
The Tasting Tour itinerary:
Norwich 25th June: The Kings Centre, King Street, Norwich NR1 1PH.
Brighton 26th June: The Hilton Metropole Hotel, Kings Road East, Sussex, Brighton, BN1 2FU.
London 27th June: One Alfred Place, 1 Alfred Place, London, WC1E 7EB.
Bristol 28th June: Brunel's Old Station, Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH.
Birmingham 29th June: Maple House, 150 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6TB.
Manchester 30th June: The Studio, 51 Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1FN
Leeds 1st July: Royal Armouries Museum, War Gallery, Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT
Edinburgh 2nd July: Our Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AS
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Naked Wines invests in independent winemakers from around the world, in return for exclusive wines at preferential prices.
Since launching in December 2008, they've recruited over 150,000 customers, 50,000 of which invest £1million a month between them towards future orders of wines.
The business has recently launched a new free trade platform called Naked MarketPlace, where any winemaker can pitch their wines directly to Naked Wines' customers – for a flat 10% fee.


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Life of the Aztecs
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How do does the life of an Aztecs influenced todays modern life?
Everyone goes into the internet searching for information about the Aztec empire but most of the information that comes up is the history. I am here to give you the history but more: the daily life of an Aztec person and how they lived their lives. To start off, the aztecs had two main social classes, the macehualli or peasansts and the pilli or the nobels. This was the first society that required education for all its children, without regard of gender or social status. 20% of the population was dedicated to agriculture and food production. The other 80% of society were warriors, artists, and traders.
Cuisine: Their diet consists of maize, beans and squash to which were often added chilis, tomatoes, crickets, maguey worms, ants, larvae, etc. Insects have a higher protein content than meat. They had alcoholic beverages similar to beer, but it was forbidden to get drunk before the age of 60. After the Spanish conquest, some foods were outlawed, particularly amaranth because of its central role in religious rituals. There was less diversity of food which led to chronic malnutrition in the general population.
Recreation: The Aztecs daily Recreation sport was a ball game called tlachtli.The game was played with a ball of solid rubber, called an olli, whence derives the Spanish word for rubber, hule. The players hit the ball with their hips, knees, and elbows and had to pass the ball through a stone ring to automatically win. The Aztec variant of the Mesoamerican ballgame is the only one to be described in postcolonial sources, and not much is known about how other Mesoamerican peoples played the game.
Education: Until the age of fourteen, the education of children was in the hands of their parents, but supervised by the authorities. At 15, all boys and girls went to school. The Mexica, one of the Aztec groups, were one of the first people in the world to have mandatory education for nearly all children, regardless of gender, rank, or station. There were two types of schools: the telpochcalli, for practical and military studies, and the calmecac, for advanced learning in writing, astronomy, statesmanship, theology, and other areas. The two institutions seem to be common to the Nahua people, leading some experts to suggest that they are older than the Aztec culture.
Arts: Song and poetry were highly regarded; there were presentations and poetry contests at most of the Aztec festivals. There were also dramatic presentations that included players, musicians and acrobats.Poetry was the only occupation worthy of an Aztec warrior in times of peace. A remarkable amount of this poetry survives, having been collected during the era of the conquest. In some cases poetry is attributed to individual authors, such as Netzahualcoyotl, tlatoani of Texcoco, and Cuacuatzin, Lord of Tepechpan, but whether these attributions reflect actual authorship is a matter of opinion. Miguel León-Portilla, a well-respected Aztec scholar of Mexico, has stated that it is in this poetry where we can find the real thought of the Aztecs, independent of "official" Aztec ideology.
Transportation: The main contribution of the Aztec rule was a system of communications between the conquered cities. In Mesoamerica, without draft animals for transport, the roads were designed for travel on foot. Usually these roads were maintained through tribute, and travelers had places to rest and eat and even latrines to use at regular intervals, roughly every 10 or 15 km. Couriers were constantly travelling along those ways, keeping the Aztecs informed of events, and helping to monitor the integrity of the roads. Due to the steady surveillance, even women could travel alone, a fact that amazed the Spaniards, as that was not at all possible in Europe since the time of the Romans.
Economy: Money was used primarily in the many periodic markets that were held in each town. A typical town would have a weekly market, while larger cities held markets every day.Several types of money were in regular use. Small purchases were made with cacao beans, which had to be imported from lowland areas. In Aztec marketplaces, a small rabbit was worth 30 beans, a turkey egg cost 3 beans, and a tamale cost a single bean. For larger purchases, standardized lengths of cotton cloth called quachtli were used. There were different grades of quachtli, ranging in value from 65 to 300 cacao beans. One source stated that 20 quachtli could support a commoner for one year in Tenochtitlan.
Tribute and trade: Several pages from the Codex Mendoza list tributary towns along with the goods they supplied, which included not only luxuries such as feathers, adorned suits, and greenstone beads, but more practical goods such as cloth, firewood, and food. Tribute was usually paid twice or four times a year at differing times. On the positive side, the empire promoted commerce and trade, and exotic goods from obsidian to bronze managed to reach the houses of both commoners and nobles. Trade partners included the enemy Tarascan, a source of bronze tools and jewelry. On the negative side, imperial tribute imposed a burden on commoner households, who had to increase their work to pay their share of tribute. Nobles, on the other hand, often made out well under imperial rule because of the indirect nature of imperial organization. The empire had to rely on local kings and nobles and offered them privileges for their help in maintaining order and keeping the tribute flowing.
Religion: The Aztec culture had rich and complex mythological and religious traditions, as well as reaching remarkable architectural and artistic accomplishments. The Aztec culture also practice of human sacrifice very regularly.
The Aztec life influenced todays modern world in many ways. They had a wide variety of medicines, trading methods, arts, and simple tasks such as cooking and sports. Their customs have been revised and are still used today. Many cultures have molded off of them, such a equality and fine arts.
The Aztec infuenced todays life greatly. Aztec cutoms are still used in todays modern life. The Aztec were very independent. They all had jobs or went to school. The Aztec were the first society that required education for all its children, without regard of gender or social status. Which showed the modern world we are all equal. Other ways the influenced todays world is by their diet, recreation, their arts and trade.
Their diet consists of maize, beans and squash to which were often added chilis, tomatoes, crickets, maguey worms, ants, larvae, etc. Many rcepics are still used today and benifit us very well with the vitimins and nutrients it provides.
The Aztecs daily Recreation sport was a ball game called tlachtli. Today we have took this game and formed many ball games such as kick ball and football.
Song and poetry were highly regarded; there were presentations and poetry contests at most of the Aztec festivals. In their poetry where we can find the real thought of the Aztecs, independent of "official" Aztec ideology. This has anwered many of the question we have about their culture. Many of the plays and stories have been motified and are still being used today.
Many of the praticle things that were traded by the Aztec were how our world found out about them. Goods traded were feathers, adorned suits, and greenstone beads, but more practical goods such as cloth, firewood, and food. They had many goods that other places did not have. When trading came around this made the Aztec very wealthy.The king did keep order of trading, which made it diffcult because he took many of the good things for himself. Overall, many of todays basic goods were founded by the Aztec.
The Aztecs influenced todays life tremendously. This culture introduced many things that we use in todays modern life, such as and 365 day, 18 month caledar. Others way the influenced todays world was the medicine the created. They used many herbs, steam baths, and had many ways to cure injure, such as splints. The last way they influenced todays life by trade and farming. They were one of the only tribes to speak many differnet languages for trade and wood plows for farming. Everything that was introduced by the Aztecs has been more advanced in todays world.
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