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For the last ten years, the final Saturday in February has become an important night for wine lovers around the world. Each year, this particular Saturday provides the excuse to open that special bottle of wine that you've got tucked away for that special occasion that never seems to arrive.
Open That Bottle Night was invented by Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, the husband-and-wife team that writes the wine column for the Wall Street Journal. Here's how they described their invention of this night in their memoir, Love by the Glass, after writing a column about how people should age their wines:
The response to "aging your wines" column was surprising. We received dozens of heartfelt letters from people who had one special bottle of wine. They all wanted to know whether their particular bottle of wine was still good and, if so, when it would be ready to drink. (The usually added, shyly, "How much is it worth?") We answered all these letters the same way. Your bottle is priceless. It's impossible to know if it's still good until you open it. Stop waiting for a special occasion to open it and make the wine itself the special occasion. Make a special meal and celebrate the wine itself.
After we'd written this letter dozens of times, it struck us that if so many people wrote to us about this issue, it must be a widespread question. Instead of telling everybody individually about celebrating their bottle, why not just write a column with that advice for everybody.... We decided we'd set a date when we could all make a special dinner and open our bottles together. Saturday seemed like a good bet because people could spend the day preparing....Because we wanted people to open that bottle they'd kept forever, we decided to call it, simply, Open That Bottle Night.
The next week [after the column had run] was one of the most extraordinary of our lives. Remember that scene in Miracle on 34th Street, in the courtroom, when the mailmen come in with sacks and sacks of mail addressed to Santa Claus? Well, that's what it was like. Kids from the mailroom kept arriving at our desks with stacks of mail. The tops of our desks were filled with envelopes. We took them all home and read. After the girls were in bed, we opened them and read them to each other. Each one was moving, or funnier, than the last. People from all over the world were sharing what was in their hearts with us, all because of wine. Most of the letters were long. Many were handwritten. Quite a few included menus and recipes and labels from the bottles. We responded to every one. John sat at the computer and composed letters. Dottie addressed the envelopes until her hand hurt so badly she had to stop. For almost two weeks we stayed up until two A.M. every night answering letters.... By the time the flood ended we had more than a thousand letters.... The Wall Street Journal nominated the column for a Pulitzer.... The ripples from "Open That Bottle Night" seemed to last forever.
They say good ideas only come around once in a blue moon. Ideas that can fundamentally change people's relationships to wine come around even less frequently. Open That Bottle Night is one of those ideas. In its own small way, it achieves what wine writers toil over every day -- removing the barriers to enjoying wine.
Every wine writer in existence has probably been asked about that "special" bottle that someone has, and the answer that Dorothy and John came up with is precisely the right one. Wine should be enjoyed with the people we love, whether it is a $10 bottle or a dusty treasure that we've been hoarding for the "right time" that never quite seems to arrive.
So if you can, grab one of those bottles you've been saving for a while. You know, the ones you always pass over in the rack because they're a little too good to bring to that party, or a little to expensive to open with pizza, or a little too close to that perfect memory of your Tuscan vacation. Pop that sucker open with people that mean a lot to you and celebrate the fact that wine makes the world better.
I'm using the occasion to help a friend inaugurate his new restaurant in San Francisco, and Ruth, Sparrow, and I, along with our friends Jack and Joanne and their son Trent, will be opening a few bottles that have been crying out for drinking, including a late 90's vintage Champagne, an old bottle of California Pinot, a strange bottle of southern Italian white wine made by a crank winemaker, and if we're in the mood, an old Riesling as well.
If you're reading this entry on Sunday, or even Monday, don't worry. The event works just as well on any day of the week. Grab that bottle and something good to eat, and enjoy yourself.
Great idea. I have been saving some bottles from our first vintage for a while. It will have to be the first Saturday in March.
Not too many years ago a friend answered the age-old question re: when to drink that special bottle you've been saving. His answer was drink it now. The special occasion is when you open, drink and share that wine with someone special. Since then I've drunk up all my 29's, 45's and 70's. Still drinking my 82's tho. Yeah right. Don't wait. That wine will probably never get any better, but may fade. Drinking a fine wine a little bit early is NOT infanticide, but it can give much pleasure.
We love OTBN and every year have great wines and even better stories. By having people over for dinner, we end trying a number of different and interesting wines and we enjoy a festive evening w/friends. One of the most interesting wines we had last night was a Swiss Cornalin - probably pretty difficult to find in this country. Feel free to read our recounting of the evening, replete with menu and tasting notes!
I was just curious as to which CA Pinot you chose to open?
How was it?
Actually we didn't get to that bottle (1996 Williams Selyem Hirsch Vineyard).
That is such a neat story! Tradition has to start somewhere and what a great way to start. I'm impressed with the way Dorothy and John touched so many people. From the depths of fiction it seems they created something real and liberating for wine lovers all over the place. If you don't have an excuse for celebration, sometimes you just need to make your own.
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In its first year of international competition, Israel Lacrosse took the European Championships by storm by placing eighth in the international tournament while fielding a championship-winning team in the EC12 Festival Tournament.
While the executive board for Israel Lacrosse is working very hard to build the sport from the ground up with Israeli natives, the current roster and staff is mostly made up of Jewish Americans with Israeli passports or other deep ties to the country and the Jewish religion.
Alex Jacobs and David Franklin are both graduates of Jericho High School and were standouts in the Jayhawks lacrosse program. Jacobs' mother was born in Israel and his sister currently resides there as well. With that, "A.J." holds an Israeli passport and competed in the championship tournament as a starting attackman; he scored Israel's first goal in the European Championships in the blue and white victory over Slovakia. Jacobs also played his college lacrosse at Oberlin College where his father, Don, also played.
Franklin graduated from Jericho in 2004 and finished his collegiate lacrosse career in 2008 at Emory University; he currently works as a senior researcher at CBS Sports Network where he is very involved in CBS' coverage of college lacrosse as well as both indoor and outdoor professional lacrosse. "I was supposed to come to Israel on birthright in 2007 but had to drop my spot in the trip when our team at Emory advanced into the national postseason. It's amazing to think about how lacrosse ultimately brought things full circle and gave me the opportunity to visit Israel in this capacity. Playing with a childhood friend such as A.J. also makes the experience that much more special." Franklin was a utility for Israel Festival team, as he would either start at attack or as a long stick midfield.
Max Weisenberg from Long Beach first came to Israel last year to play in the inaugural Israeli Lacrosse Championship at Kraft Stadium. "I contacted Scott and told him I was very passionate about seeing the country for the first time and promoting the sport in Israel." With that, Oceanside native and Israel executive director Scott Neiss invited Weisenberg overseas for just under two months where he conducted camps and clinics in addition to playing in the Zimmerman Cup. Weisenberg graduated this past spring from Bryant University where he played Division I Lacrosse for legendary coach Mike Pressler. Upon graduation, Weisenberg met the Israel Lacrosse team recently at the tournament venue in Amsterdam; he was among the top scoring midfielders on the championship-winning festival squad.
Ben Belmont from Great Neck graduated this past spring from Duke University where he won a NCAA Division I Championship as a sophomore in 2010. Belmont also made the trip to Amsterdam with Weisenberg to compete on the Israel Festival team and was a valuable addition as a starter at close defense. "It's kind of hard to compare anything to winning an NCAA National Championship but my experiences with Israel Lacrosse and the festival tournament are memories I will treasure for a very long time."
Evan Goldstein is originally from Queens, New York but played his college lacrosse on Long Island at Nassau Community College and Long Island University, CW Post. The 30-year old attackman saw a lot of playing time off the bench and was among the crowd favorites when he scored goals and executed his trademark celebrations in the EC 12 Festival Tournament. "I am extremely passionate about my Jewish heritage and the state of Israel; it means the world to me to leave my mark on this program," said Goldstein.
Jesse Kane from Roslyn played college lacrosse at Oberlin College in Ohio and is currently studying medicine in Tel Aviv. The midfielder competed for Israel's International Tournament team and arrived in Amsterdam only hours before Israel's opening-round game against Slovakia; Kane proved to be one of Israel's most important players due to his ability to face-off, push the ball in transition and score goals as well. "Jesse is the captain of our club in Tel Aviv and has done a wonderful job of helping me build this program into what it has become," said Neiss. "None of this would be possible without him."
Israel Lacrosse Head Coach Bill Beroza is also a Long Island native and played at Hempstead High School before going on to a stellar career at Roanoke College. Beroza has been a player and an assistant coach for Team USA and was named Israel's Head Coach in the winter of 2011. Israel assistant coach Pete Ginnegar is originally from Smithtown and was very moved by his experience with Team Israel. "My mom always told me never to forget where I came from and being on the Israel Lacrosse staff was almost like a reawakening for me. In addition to having a great time with the coaches and players I now feel more connected to my culture and some of the sights both on and off the field this summer really left me speechless at times."


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U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais employed 14 staffers this year at a cost of $431,184, second-lowest in the House of Representatives. Here are their positions and a brief explanation of their duties.
• One chief of staff -- Manages overall office operations, including assignments, supervision and outcomes.
• One legislative director -- Checks legislative schedule, plans legislative initiatives and points out pros and cons of political issues.
• One communications director -- Maintains lines of communication between the member and the media. Drafts news releases, develops media strategy.
• One scheduler -- Coordinates appointments and the member's overall schedule.
• Two legislative assistants -- Examine legislative issues and help with committee work.
• One legislative correspondent -- Drafts responses to constituent communications (position currently vacant).
• One staff assistant -- Performs administrative duties, including answering phones and arranging tours.
• One district director -- Manages district events and supervises all district employees.
• Three field representatives -- Represent the member during meetings with local elected officials and constituents.
• Two caseworkers -- Resolve constituent problems with respect to federal agencies such as Social Security, Medicare and veteran benefits
Sources: Office of U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, CongressLink, CSPAN.
The Times Free Press studied congressional staff payments between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30. Here's how the Tennessee delegation stacks up:
1) Scott DesJarlais, R-Jasper -- $431,184
2) Stephen Fincher, R-Frog Jump -- $541,074
3) Diane Black, R-Gallatin -- $567,622
4) Chuck Fleischmann, R-Chattanooga -- $618,955
5) Phil Roe, R-Johnson City -- $694,590
6) Jimmy Duncan, R-Knoxville -- $720,091
7) Marsha Blackburn, R-Murfreesboro -- $722,099
8) Steve Cohen, D-Memphis -- $726,110
9) Jim Cooper, D-Nashville -- $869,640
Source: Legistorm
Here's a look at how some local and more nationally-known House members stacked up against their colleagues, from least expensive:
1) Joe Walsh, R-Ill. -- $412,286
2) Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn. -- $431,184
100) Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn. -- $618,955
111) Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. -- $629,532
121) Tom Graves, R-Ga. -- $636,454
130) Paul Ryan, R-Wis. -- $647,665
246) John Boehner, R-Ohio -- $719,282
368) Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. -- $797,321
383) Eric Cantor, R-Va. -- $816,836
391) Ron Paul, R-Texas -- $829,125
434) Barney Frank, D-Mass. -- $919,570
435) Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. -- $981,906
Source: Legistorm
U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais went full tea party last year, campaigning across Tennessee's 4th Congressional District as a hard-line conservative all about rescuing an America "swallowed by big government."
Check out his staff salaries -- he wasn't kidding.
Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, DesJarlais paid his 14 local and Washington, D.C.-based aides the second-lowest salaries in all of Congress, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press analysis that examined staff ledgers for all 435 representatives.
"With our current economic climate and my commitment to demand more efficient government at all levels, I have done my best to lead by example," the freshman congressman said in a written statement.
Other local lawmakers -- conservative, tea-flavored Republicans themselves -- cut some office costs, but fell way behind DesJarlais. U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., ranked 100th and U.S. Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., finished 121st on the frugality index.
The Times Free Press examined salary records maintained by Legistorm, a nonpartisan resource that tracks government spending.
On one level, the data confirms a political stereotype -- Democrats as big spenders and Republicans as penny-pinchers. All but six of the cheapest 50 staffs work for Republicans, while Democrats employ the 17 most lavishly paid staffs.
But like anything in politics, numbers don't tell the whole story. Congressional staffers who work for longtime House members often require more money than Capitol Hill rookies, and lawmakers often add staffers as they accumulate time and influence in Washington. A congressional district's standard of living also factors into how much local staffers get paid.
Still, DesJarlais' numbers are striking next to those of his colleagues. Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, DesJarlais paid 14 aides a combined $431,184, averaging $30,798 per aide.
Other conservatives -- U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann ($629,532) of Minnesota and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul ($829,125) of Texas among them -- were bigger spenders by comparison.
"I am pleased to have a dedicated team whose goal is to provide 4th District residents with the best constituent services possible," DesJarlais said in the statement. "I am proud of their efforts and commitment to the people that I represent."
Only U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, an Illinois Republican who doled out $412,286 to his employees, spent less than DesJarlais on staff. In the same time period, U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York who represents part of Manhattan, had the highest collective staff salary -- $981,906.
House members are given about $1.4 million for rent, supplies, travel, phone, utilities, mail, equipment and staff salaries, aides said.
DesJarlais' spending on salary was 40 percent less than what his predecessor, Lincoln Davis, a Democrat and four-term congressman, handed out in his final year in Congress. Davis spent $715,436 on 18 employees between the beginning of January and the end of September 2010.
DesJarlais closed one of four district offices, cut salaries and didn't fill a few Davis-era positions, spokesman Robert Jameson said.
Fleischmann's year-to-year staff costs were 26 percent under those of his predecessor, eight-term Congressman Zach Wamp.
Between January and September, Fleischmann spent $618,955, falling squarely in the middle of Tennessee's delegation. Records show Wamp -- whose son, Weston, is challenging Fleischmann in the 2012 Republican primary -- spent $835,707 in the same time period last year.
Legislation passed earlier this year required all House members to cut their office budgets by 5 percent. But Chip Saltsman, Fleischmann's chief of staff, said cutting even further made sense since his boss ran as a fiscal conservative.
"We looked at coffee and travel and everything else," Saltsman said. "We wanted to cut."
DesJarlais and Fleischmann intend to return some unused funds to the U.S. Treasury at year's end, aides said. Next year's budget, passed by Congress last week, requires an additional 6.4 percent budget cut.
Democratic Reps. Steve Cohen of Memphis ($726,110) and Jim Cooper of Nashville ($869,640) employed the Tennessee delegation's most expensive staffs between January and September. They outspent even Rep. John "Jimmy" Duncan, a Knoxville Republican and the longest-serving member of Tennessee's delegation.
"Members make choices," said Katie Hill, a spokeswoman for Cooper.
"For example, some members will spend $100,000 on mailers, and Rep. Cooper has spent only $2,000. It's all about priorities."
It is Representative DesJarlais' taking of unregulated, out-of-state money that is his most telling budget decision. During the campaign that put him in office, Representative DesJarlais reportedly accepted $951,445 in "Citizens United" style stealthpac money.
Selling our state's federal Representative seats is totally unacceptable. We urge voters to remove this corrupt politician from office as soon as the law allows.
Expunge corrupt Republicans from office. Require officeholders to have a genuine personal interest in their service to the public. Reject corruption. Reject Scott DesJarlais' habitual and unacceptable and embarrassing decisions about money.
Get our Representatives off of Karl Rove's payroll.
Stiffing workers to accept bribes and payoffs is not what we expect our state's Representatives. Remove Representative DesJarlais corrupt self from office as soon as elections allow.
It's easy to be cheap with your staff when you don't do anything.
Got to agree he "Cut", as we sent four emails to that clown for assistance, never got one reply, This guy does zero, takes big money and really needs to be replaced, Lincoln was no prize, but this guy should be called "stealth rep" as appears to be there, but like gravity, you know it is there, but you cannot see it. He seems to be so low key he should send back wages, and stop hiring HS kids as staff or whatever he did. Big loser and usual double talk, cuts all but his campaign money?
Comparing congressional staff pay is interesting and informative but that is like comparing how much you send on a product with no mention of what the product is suppose to do. Missing from this story:
- Comparison of response to constituents needs
- Comparison of how much money representatives brings home to their district.
- Comparison of how much time they spend in their committees.
- Comparison of how much representative knows about the bills their voting on.
- Comparison of representatives' priorities toward their constituents, party, or their faction such as the Tea Party.
Since Chucky got elected 3rd district rep, he has made news pushing for reductions of capital gains tax for his fat cat backers, but we read very little of funding for the Chickamauga lock project. Oak Ridge lives or dies on appropriated money but Chucky and his Tea Party cohorts are against that sort of thing.
Order of importance and priority to both Chucky and DesJarlais is first, the Tea Party, and then the fat cat moneybags that are backing them, and then the Republican Party, and then last and the least, the people they are suppose to represent.
Dr. Desjarlais should be congratulated for paring his budget and being a responsible legislator. I recall that labor unions outspent corporations in political donations in the last election. It doesn't appear that the Public Citizen includes union donations in their report. Lamar Alexander said long ago "Cut their pay and send them home." Rep. Desjarlais is operating a tight ship and being quite responsible with taypayer dollars. If only the rest of the Federal Government could follow his example - we might work our way out of the 15 trillion dollar hole that past politicians have saddled us with.
Where has he been on the proposal to close the oldest employer in our area Taft Youth Center. He sure hasn't attempted to help one employee or the group of officals fighting it. Elections are comming up and the people from DC don't vote in his back yard, but guess who does? I guess when he fails the people of his area he can return to Medicine. Hope he is better at helping people in that field.


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|Foothill College
|Contact:Carolyn Stewart, Yoga Instructor
|12345 El Monte Avenue, Los Altos, California 94022
|Yoga Style: Yoga & Pilates
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Deepen your practice with increased awareness in a supportive atmosphere.
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|ISKCON of Silicon Valley
|1965 Latham Street, Mountain View, California 95010
|Yoga Style: Bhakti Yoga
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ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) is a bhakti yoga center. It is your ultimate destination for Bhakti Yoga - a complete experience for the body, mind and soul.
Classes on Bhakto Yoga and Bhagavad Gita are held every Wednesday and Sunday evenings and Saturday morning.
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|Pacific Meditation Center
|Mountain View, California
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Pacific Meditation Center is a spiritual community where all can understand and experience their true nature aided by the practices of yoga, meditation, kirtan, prayers, spiritual discussion, and community. We offer Bala Vihar classes for children in K-5 grade levels. Our programs integrate art, music, stories, yoga, and meditation to help develop healthy and vibrant children. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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|Be Hata Yoga
|Mountain View, California
|Yoga Style: Classical Hata Yoga
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Bringing classical hata yoga from the sacred Velliangiri Mountains in India to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jordan offers classical Isha Hata Yoga for committed students throughout the Bay Area to imbibe this powerful science for complete well-being via immersive on-going programs, workshops, weekly and private classes. An aspiring yogi since 2005, Jordan recently returned from eight months in India deepening his practice, culminating with the 21-week, full-time, residential Hata Yoga teacher training program at the Isha Yoga Center in the Velliangiri foothills of Tamil Nadu.
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Stable and at ease. Sounds simple, no? To be in the most challenging of postures (or positions in life) and be totally at ease and balanced is a great boon. Hata Yoga, as traditionally taught, is a step in this direction. Be Hata Yoga offers classical hata yoga, in it's full depth and dimension (or just a taste!) to committed students both new and advanced
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|California Yoga Center
|1776 Miramonte Avenue, Mountain View, California 94040
|Yoga Style: Iyengar
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The California Yoga Center is dedicated to offering yoga instruction in the tradition of B.K.S. Iyengar. This style of yoga cultivates strength, endurance, flexibility and relaxation. Classes and workshops are designed for students of all ages and abilities. Back care classes, and workshops on many yoga topics are offered in addition to asana classes. Studios in Mountain View and Palo Alto. Palo Alto address is 541 Cowper Street in downtown Palo Alto.
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|Mejda Das and Liquid Fire Kirtan Group
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|2434 rock st #13, Mountain View, California 94043
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Namaste, Explore the depths of healing music. Enjoy conscious inspiration and divine vibrations. Mejda Das and Liquid Fire perform bhakti kirtan (devotional concert) of traditional Hindu call and response musical prayers, mantras (deity invocations), bhajans (sacred hymns), Cosmic Chants (spiritualized songs of Paramahansa Yogananda). Featuring a fusion of uplifting sounds with Mejda Das (vocal, harmonium) and Ensemble. Please call 650 224 4790 to schedule spiritual music for your retreat, event or session. Om Shanti
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|Doron Yoga
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|509 Sierra Vista Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043
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|Yoga Style: Ashtanga Vinyasa
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Doron Yoga is committed to bring the highest level of teachings that will promote health and well being to the student. It is based on the tradition of Krishnamacharya and Ashtanga by Pattabhi Jois, yet is modified to include much more alignement and a variety of sequencing to work best with the current day student. Teachings are precise but not dogmatic, rich with humor and mostly emphasis on mind body integration, leading to better awareness and bliss, both within the practice and in life.
Nutrition and health tips are always offered, creating a holistic yoga experience. The teacher trainings are in limited sized groups, with a dedicated teacher that serves like a life mentor. A transformative experience.
Experience Doron Yoga and you will keep coming back for more. A truly balanced experience of hard work while enjoying without stressing or feeling competitive. Doron Yoga is the Gift of Yoga.
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|Center of Balance
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|1220 Pear Ave, Suite "i", Mountain View, California 94043
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|Avalon Art & Yoga Center (and in your home)
|Contact:Steve Farmer, Ph.D.
|370 California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94303
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Located at the foot of Stanford University. Home of one of the only university-level Yoga Teacher Training Programs in the world: This session's 18 Faculty members include seven Ph.D.'s and 2 M.D.s who between them have written dozens of influential books and articles on yoga and related topics.
Strong sense of community: The Studio offers 30+ free classes a month to the general public and special groups, including recovering cancer patients. Open 365 days a year, including all holidays. Typically 50 classes a week by some of the strongest and best-known teachers in Northern California.
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|Ashtanga Yoga Palo Alto
|Contact:Adarsh Williams
|330 Melville Ave, Palo Alto, California
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|Yoga Style: Mysore Ashtanga
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Yoga in the tradition of K. Pattabhi Jois. Mysore style class allows for students, beginner to advanced to safely learn and practice the dynamic form of Ashtanga Yoga.
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|158 Hamilton avenue, Palo Alto, California 94301
|Yoga Style: Bikram, Power Yoga, Jivamukti, Vinyasa,
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we offer daily hatha yoga classes in the Bikram, Vinyasa, Power Yoga, Jivamukti, Pre-Natal, Restorative and Yin styles. we also offer four Hot Pilates classes each week.
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|587 East El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, California 94087
|Yoga Style: Therapeutic / Hatha / Vinyasa Flow
Han Yoga Institute offers the community an intimate and supportive environment to explore the benefits of Yoga. Through Yoga, we educate and encourage improved health along with physical and mental awareness. We offer Therapeutic Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Han Power Yoga, workshops and private sessions.
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|Studio Rincon
|Contact:Bill Petrin
|3536 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park, California 94025
|Yoga Style: All Levels, Vinyasa, Power, YogaRok,
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Studio Rincon offers yoga for all levels of students in an elegant, clean local setting. We also offer adult dance & fitness classes for both men & women, and dance classes for children ages two - teen!
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|Yoga Soul
|Contact:Rebecca Snowball
|806 Coleman Ave., Menlo Park, California 94025
|Yoga Style: Vinyasa Flow Yoga
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Rebecca Snowball teaches classes at several yoga studios in the Bay Area's Peninsula. She began her practice in 1995 and was amazed at how much yoga changed her life. She studied at the White Lotus Foundation and began teaching in the year 2000. She enjoys sharing the gift of yoga to new students as well as intermediate and advanced practitioners.
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|Menlo Pilates & Yoga
|Contact:Francesca Philip
|1011 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California 94025
|Yoga Style: Various
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Menlo Pilates & Yoga is dedicated to human movement. We offer a range of services and provide only the finest instruction with friendly attentive service in the studio. Our goal is to provide a refreshingly positive experience and change the way people view health and fitness.
Our clients enjoy an atmosphere of relaxation and cleanliness in our modern studio, while being treated with respect. We seek to provide expert knowledge to help clients focus on their needs and meet their goals. We want to make this website informative and educational for you. Please call or e-mail us with any questions you have regarding Menlo Pilates & Yoga, our services or any aspect of our studio.
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|Pat Browne Yoga
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|Portola Valley, Portola Valley, California 94028
|650 464-0141
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I have been teaching yoga and giving Shiatsu sessions in the Portola Valley/Woodside/Palo Alto area for over 20 years. I offer private Yoga Lessons and/or Shiatsu sessions in your home. Group privates and yoga parties are fun and very popular with my students.
Sessions are customized according to your goals and needs. I teach with an emphasis on how to get the most for your efforts without hurting yourself. Sessions may be very gentle and therapeutic, or very active and strengthening.
I specialize in bridal parties and gift certificates for brides, their families, and attendants.
Redwood City, Menlo Park, San Carlos, Atherton, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Belmont, San Mateo, Burlingame, Hillsborough, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and surrounding areas.
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|YogaLife Society
|Contact:Yuvaraj V
|Sri Maha Kaleshwar Mandir, 2344-A Walsh Avenue, Building F,, Santa Clara, California 95051
|Yoga Style: Classical Hatha Yoga
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FREE Classes - 7:00PM on Wednesdays & 8:00AM on Sundays Classical Yoga presented in a dynamic package designed to suit modern professionals. Highly energizing practice which includes Stretching, Cardio, Asanas along with Pranayama(breath control).
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|Bikram Yoga, Santa Clara
|Contact:Abhi Sagar
|1500 norman avene, #201, Santa Clara, California 95054
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Close to 101/237, Intel and San Jose Airport. Offers beginner's series. Please see our website for more information.
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|Southwest YMCA & Kaiser Medical Center
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30+ years experience in Rehabilitation as an Occupational Therapist. Certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy and the tradition of Viniyoga and a Reiki Master. Southwest YMCA, Saratoga, CA Yoga for Osteoporosis classes offered Tuesday 10:45-11:15 and Thursday 12:45-1:45. Therapeutic Yoga classes offered Tuesday 1:30-3:00 and Friday 1:30-3:00 Balance Training offered Tuesday 12:00-1:00 and Friday 11:15-12:15 Kaiser Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA. Yoga for Osteoporosis 6 week sessions, Thursday 10:00-11:00 Contact Health Education (408 851-3800)to sign up for next session.
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|Be Yoga
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|Saratoga, California 95070
|Yoga Style: Certified Iyengar Teacher
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28 years of experience in working with people of all ages,sizes,shapes, colors, cultures, experiences, skills and capabilities.Presenter of yoga workshops throughout the US and Mexico. Studied with B.K.S. Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar in Pune, India
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|RK Yoga and Ayurveda
|Contact:Raji Krishnamurthy
|Saratoga, California 95070
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Yoga therapy and ayurvedic counseling for athletes, for back care, asthma colds/coughs, allergies, skin conditions, depression, insomnia, digestive and metabolic disorders etc. I also have special interest in working with children regarding ADHD, allergies, sports, relaxation and mental focus. I lay great emphasis on a breath centered yoga practice that will help you reintegrate yourself and within that journey you can bring about greater balance to your health and longevity. My main practice is on private sessions but group sessions that focus on issues like stress, asthma, back care, diabetes and cancer are opportunities to find relaxation, healing and reintegration.
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|Aqua Kriya Yoga
|Contact:Camella Nair
|Iam ministries- Mission Hills, Saratoga, California
|Yoga Style: Aqua Yoga
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Training and certifying Aqua Kriya Yoga Instructors. Some students need a little slower and gentler start to their yoga practice due to injury, age or preference. It is for this that Camella has been teaching yoga in the water for over a decade and has helped many people to enjoy the practice of being aware of their body, and improving how they feel within it. Next teacher training Sept 14-16th, or email to host an event near you.
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|Contact:Vasudha Paul
|4093 Valerie Drive, Campbell 95008, Campbell, California 95008
|Yoga Style: Raja/Hatha
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Teach kids fun yoga. Also, for women- raja yoga along with mantras, breath work, and ayurvedic beauty and therapeutic products. Promote youthfulness, toning, vitality and joy.
Classes are on Monday from 12-1 PM in the afternoon and on weekends
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|Yoga Fitness
|Contact:Linda Bonney and Jito Yumibe, co-direct
|#1 West Campbell Ave., #B29, Campbell, California 95008
|Yoga Style: Iyengar
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Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructors. Ongoing classes at all levels.
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|Contact:Steve Smith
|409 E. Campbell Ave., Suite 220, Campbell, California 95008
|Yoga Style: Hatha, Gentle, Yin, Kundalini
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The Enlightened Mind offers services and programs that enhance emotional and spiritual well being. Our mission is to provide resources that foster Self awareness and promote living in Inspiration.
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While there's no shortage of places in Farmingdale to grab a bite to eat, The Main Event, a new restaurant located at 1815 Broad Hollow Road, is making a compelling argument for locals to try them out.
Family owned by Gerry Constantatos and his sons Alex and Mike, The Main Event, their second endeavor into the restaurant field after the successful opening of their original location 11 years ago, is proof that the food business clearly runs in their family's blood.
"We've worked in our father's restaurants for years, and then we left for other career paths," said co-owner Alex Constantatos. "But eventually, my brother and I decided that we wanted to get back into restaurants, so in 2002 we purchased place on Old Country Road called Sluggo's, which was a sports bar and grill, and converted to more of a family-style restaurant."
"We're a family-run business and we have a relaxed sports bar atmosphere," Mike Constantatos added. "What sets us apart is the food. A lot of people come in here for the burgers or the wings, but because we're also in the seafood business we have lobster, clams on the half-shell, oysters...we gat a bar crowd, but the base of our business is the families that come in."
Over the years, the two brothers were passively looking for a second area that would be ideal for a second Main Event; when the former Kodiak's Restaurant and Bar location in Farmingdale presented itself, they jumped at the opportunity, Alex said.
"We did quite an extensive upgrade to the location," he said. "We re-did the entire kitchen...that was the most important thing. There was a lot of old equipment that was not set up to produce the five-page menu we have."
In addition, they also re-surfaced the floor, separated the restaurant area into four rooms, supped-up the entire audio/visual aspect with new televisions, re-did every table, chair, and booth, added a new tap system, and converted one of the bar areas into a dedicated dessert station. Upon entering The Main Event, customers are greeted by an expansive space filled dark wood, plentiful seating, and an astonishing 60 widescreen television sets that are tuned into everything from national sporting events to cartoons for the kids.
Despite the jitters that one might feel regarding opening a new business considering the unstable economy currently plaguing the nation, Alex said that he is nonetheless confident that, with some hard work and perseverance, The Main Event of Farmingdale can potentially meet or even exceed the success of their original location.
"I would say the most nerve-wracking thing was getting the location up and running and making sure it mirrors what we do in Plainview in respects to our high-quality food," he said. "From a financial perspective, the hard part in a restaurant such as ours is that during the summer months weekends can be a little slower. So, getting through the summer months and make sure we're prepared for football season is something very important to us."
Opening in Farmingdale on May 23 but only celebrating their grand opening now, Alex said that there are a few aspects of The Main Event that enables it to have a distinct advantage over other local area eateries.
"One of the great things about The Main Event is that one of the owners is always at the restaurant...you always have someone to relay a positive or negative message to," he said. "But what I really think sets up apart is we try and make as much of the food in-house as possible, and we try to give the best possible service that we can."
Mike echoed his brother's sentiments, saying that Farmingdale represents a big opportunity to expand The Main Event into a big-name restaurant among the community.
"It's very exciting and it's a very big challenge," he said. "We care very much about all the little details...we know there's a lot of competition out there, but we want people to know that if they come in, we'll treat you like we like to be treated...make you feel very wanted and taken care of."


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It's almost spring, but just enough to make you want to do gardening you'll regret. If you've been listening to the weather forecast you know that snow is on it's way again. We've had more cold weather lately than all winter. So that makes me happy to work with wool. Which is a good thing since I am getting ready for the Kentucky Fiber Festival. Tayler will be exhibiting her fleeces and have plenty of wool/yarn for sale.
Here is what I am working on with her wool.
Love working this pattern which shows off the nice texture of this soft yarn.
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Friday, February 1, 2013
Wooly Meadows Yarn - mmmm possibility!
|A few days after shearing, last spring.
Aren't these girls cuties? Simply Baaaautiful!
They live and work at Wooly Meadows, Sulphur Kentucky.
|Bulky weight yarn.
Here is the master of the flock, my fabulous niece Tayler, the best shepardess I know - there may be a little bit of partiality on my part. Her flock happily resides at Wooly Meadows in Kentucky along the bourbon trail. They are the happiest group of sheep I have ever seen, maybe there is bourbon in the water or perhaps it's the love and attention from a girl who is obsessed with her flock? The product from these girls is a fabulous quality yarn that is so snowy white even though it was spun in the grease. I am very excited to get a hank, wash it up and dare I say dye a batch and start a project?
In a quiet summer outdoor ceremony the ewes were married to this handsome gentleman - Nash. Nash is a natural colored Columbia/Rambouillet breeding ram producing medium fine wool sheep and nice meat lambs. She'll keep a few ewe lambs with potential high quality fleeces to see how there hogget fleece turns out. (Crazy name for the first shearing of a sheep - hogget!) Since this is the finest fleece the sheep will ever produce, if it doesn't meet Tayler's expectations, she will not continue to process wool from that particular sheep. This girl is a stickler for quality. This year she showed fleeces at NAILE with great success – earning ribbons and accolades. She even sold one fleece to a judging team!
|Corriedale ewe with crossbreed lamb
Here is one of the results the corriedale ewe pairing with the columbia/rambouillet ram netted.
Back to the yarn story, Tayler selected four of the finest fleeces and off they went to the Ohio Valley Natural Fibers Woolen Mill for custom processing. Little did we realize the amount of yarn this would make! So, to market we go not to buy a fat pig as the old nursery rhyme goes, but to sell some fine yarn. With four fleeces there is plenty of yarn for her to sell at The Fiber Event, in Greencastle Indiana. We'll be there with a booth on April 19-20th, 2013. Come see us. I'll post more about the yarn later....once I finish dreaming and decide what to do with it....
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Spring - is that you?
Love Spring! Tulips are poking up their stems, the garlic is doing nicely. I'm making lots of fun things with crochet including a plant sweater I developed. originally it was Mother's Day gifts but I've been asked to provide them for a fabulous shop in LaGrange, Kentucky called 1887 The Corner Shop. They have asked for other handcrafted items so it's time to step up the crafting!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Crochet Crochet.....
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Cupcake Marathon
Two of my favorite things - running and cupcakes. That's right, they don't seem to go together, but I have found a way to have my cake and eat it too. Running. If I want to eat, I have to run....that's just the plan hard truth.
So, Jason at Cook, Train, Eat, Race has a competition - giveaway. Run a marathon distance over two weeks and you could win great prizes. I have decided to donate a crochet cupcake - isn't it the cutest ever? Best part - fat free, gluten free, vegan.... and the wrapper comes off - cause you should never eat a cupcake with the wrapper still on!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
If you want to move to the next level in transforming your workout and your body composition - you have to enter this giveaway - or maybe just buy the darn thing outright....sounds very intriguing. Check out 26.2's blog for more info.
Headed out on a 5-10 mile run, I'll decide somewhere down the road exactly how far....
Headed out on a 5-10 mile run, I'll decide somewhere down the road exactly how far....
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
These little guys are the cutest. I followed a blog that had a picture of the little bear - I bugged her enough to put the patterns on etsy. Let me tell you they are very labor intensive! I will dig out the pattern so I can give a shout out to the pattern maker!
That is a quarter next to the bunnies foot to show scale! They fit in the palm of your hand!
Here's what I did during the great snow in of 2011 - it lasted two days in Knoxville Tennessee!
Now is about the time I start dreaming of spring - how about you? Today I wore a celery green top to work because I am over black, brown and gray!
On my way to work, I went to the grocery store and bought three bags of greens - spinach, mixed greens, and cole slaw mix (which I use to make my salads crunchy.) I made the most delicious salad ever!
Yummy Think of Spring Salad
- handful of spinach greens
- handful of mixed greens
- two pinches of coleslaw veggies
- 1/4 of diced avocado
- 1/4 diced tomato
- 2 tbsp White Balsamic Vinegar Citrus Vinaigrette
- 1 sliced tofurkey spicy Italian sausage (mico'd for 30 seconds)
- pinch sunflower seeds
I was either really hungry or this was indeed the best salad ever!
Speaking of sunflowers - last summer our cool farmer neighbor planted an entire wheat field with sunflowers! It was the most amazing thing - people stopped to take pictures for the few weeks they were in bloom....you couldn't help but smile. It inspired me to paint this picture.Because of him I now use sunflower oil to cook with. It has a mild interesting flavor - you should try it.
Between crocheting, painting and running I have been keeping out of trouble...sort of!
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Fashion blogger La Carmina recently wore our Shirred Long Sleeve Black Mesh Sleevey Wonders in an industrial dance video designed to raise awareness and funds for Japan's ongoing recovery effort.
Filmed in Seattle on the anniversary of Japan's tragic earthquake/tsunami disaster, the video is an exuberant celebration of Japan's vibrant pop culture and street fashion.
La Carmina and her pals made signs, danced around downtown Seattle, and took donations from passerby. Doesn't she look beautiful?:
Their efforts were inspired by Ridley Scott's Japan in a Day project, and they are submitting their many hours of footage to be considered for inclusion in Scott's upcoming documentary. The documentary, being made in conjunction with Fuji TV, will focus what people in Japan and around the world were doing on the one year anniversary of Japan's disaster.
Ridley Scott (who directed such films as Bladerunner and Alien) is producing Japan in a Day, which will air on Japanese television. However, he'll also be using submitted footage to make a film that will be released worldwide. We at Sleevey Wonders are keeping our fingers crossed for you guys!
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Recipe: Orange slices with citrus syrup
Dietitian's tip: Several orange flavors are combined here to add intensity and depth to fresh orange slices. If you prefer a nonalcoholic version, simply leave out the liqueur; the syrup will still taste rich and satisfying. Using calcium-fortified orange juice increases the calcium content of this dessert.
Serves: 4
4 oranges
For the syrup
Working with 1 orange at a time, cut a thin slice off the top and the bottom, exposing the flesh. Stand the orange upright and, using a sharp knife, cut off the peel, following the contour of the fruit and removing all the white pith and membrane. Cut the orange crosswise into slices 1/2-inch thick. Transfer to a shallow nonaluminum bowl or dish. Repeat with the remaining oranges. Set aside.
In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the julienne zest with water to cover. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Drain and immediately plunge the zest into a bowl of cold water. Set aside.
To make the syrup, combine the orange juice and honey in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the honey. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until the mixture thickens to a light syrup, about 5 minutes. Drain the orange zest and add to the syrup. Cook until the zest is translucent, 3 to 5 minutes.
Pour the orange syrup mixture over the oranges. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, or for up to 3 hours.
To serve, carefully divide the orange slices among individual plates. Pour the syrup and zest over the orange slices, dividing it evenly. Drizzle each serving with 1 1/2 teaspoons of the orange liqueur, if using. Garnish with the mint and serve immediately.
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Andrew Morris isn't a racer. He's a showman. Specifically, he's a freestyle rider who puts on stunt shows around the United States, doing things with his highly-modified 2005 Yamaha YZF-R6 that seem to defy the laws of physics.
Morris has been a freestyle rider for over three years now. Although he lives in Lafayette, Indiana—where he was born and raised—Morris's first glimpse of stunt riding was in Orlando, Florida. He traveled there in 2006 to watch his older brother ride, and soon followed in his footsteps. Or, rather, tire tracks.
Like many other stunt riders, Morris will soon call Florida home. The large stunt community there, as well as year-round riding and competitions, makes it the perfect spot for honing his skills.
Morris has competed in the Amateur Freestyle Series, which is a proving ground for riders on their way to professional XDL competition. He also attends other competitions, like the Yo Face Stunt Session in Little Rock, Arkansas. That trip, where he placed fourth in the Longest Stoppie category, was a road trip adventure. Morris remembers "staying up for two days straight driving to Little Rock because everyone that I was with passed out and wouldn't wake up—ever!"
Outside of competing, Morris stays busy by performing stunt shows, doing as many as four shows in one week. "Just imagine loud bikes screaming at you as loud as can be and smoke rolling everywhere," he describes. "I like to have people think I'm crazy by the way I ride, to think that any second I will crash. That thought keeps everyone interested through the whole show."
To make sure he has a successful show, Morris has one superstitious habit. "Every time before I go ride, I always put my right glove on first, then the left. Never the other way around," he says.
When he's not using his Galfer brakes to do stoppies and burnouts, Morris can be found at his side business, where he does bike and bodywork repair. Otherwise, Morris sticks to riding. "Anyone who wants to come out and ride, just let me know!" he says. "I am always down for some riding sessions, no matter how good or how bad!"


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taking a look at the latest modules, I noticed a common theme. PC's
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To me it's just starting to look like a dark version of the Forgotten Realms,
also known as Candyland meets Walt Disney.
I also noticed that many players want to play Villians and Victims, not true epics of Good vs Evil where Good is outnumbered but still manages to triumph after a long struggle. Many adventures seemed to be drawn from Hollywood splatterfests, where plasma drips down the screen and body parts are strewn everywhere because subtlety is a lost art form. Players grow immune to shocks because thier minds cannot really picture all of the blood and gore that would be splattered around if a party of PC's were really poling down a river of blood on a raft of corpses (actually played in a convention!)
So, I sat down, drank half a bottle of Jose Quervo, and plugged a bunch of Tales from the Dark Side into the VCR, turned the sound off, and dropped in my classical movies CD. Voila, that and a few nightmares later, and some of my players had difficulty sleeping.
The adventures, items, and characters listed in here are not kind and gentle, nor are they something to be admired. For the most part, these people got exactly what they deserved or were innocent bystanders, and like Strahd or Tatyana, nobody made them do the deeds, they chose to or they could not stop what was happening to them, powerless in the face of evil.
I will warn you up front, these modules are mature content, and deal with rape, sodomy, infacide, cannablism, ritualistic murder, toture, and acts of deranged minds. I delved deep into books on murderers, rapists, serial killers, and just plain butchers, trying to sort out the seed of evil and trying to picture if there were acts even they would shudder at, and in some places, I think I found them. If these pages disturb you, don't read them. I won't twist your arm, it's your choice. All in all, my pages are fiction, reality is much more disturbing. For those of you who doubt that, remember the female follower of Charles Manson who cut the embryo from a woman's living body and brought it to him, or how Dahmer ate his victims, or how every day women world wide are beaten, raped vaginally, orally, and anally, then beaten to death, or how teenagers kill some innocent person just "to see what it feels like". Sometimes thier bodies are sexually abused after death. Reality is far, far worse than our imaginations, so every thing written about in these pages can be overshadowed by a real world counterpart.
As I worked on moving Heart of Ice from my notes to electronic media, two school kids killed over a dozen schoolmates and themselves in an orgy of violence. It kind of serves to remind me that no matter how horrifying these may have been, some things are even worse. My daughter will be in High School in 8 years, and I'm beginning to wonder if she would be safer wandering the forests of Kartakass carrying a sack full of raw meat and blowing a dog whistle than in the halls of a public school.
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Boyland, Emma (2011) Television food advertising to children: nature, extent and potential consequences. Doctoral thesis, University of Liverpool.
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Background: Experimental studies have shown that exposure to food advertising on television can affect children's food preferences, choices and consumption in the short-term. However, little is known about the role of habitual television viewing (and therefore food advert exposure) and its potential relationship with brand awareness, brand requests, food preferences and weight status in children. The published research examining the UK television food advertising landscape also has a number of limitations that restrict its usefulness in assessing the potential influence of such food promotion on children's diets. The current thesis used innovative methodologies to examine hypotheses arising from these issues in 6-13 year old children and on the UK television channels most popular with this age group. Key Findings: Effects of acute, experimental food advertising exposure (Chapter 3): Relative to toy advertisement exposure, food advertising exposure increased all children's selection of branded and non-branded fat and carbohydrate items from food preference measures. No weight status differences in food preferences or response to advertising were found. Preferences for branded food items were particularly enhanced in high TV viewing children following food adverts suggesting that these children may have an increased susceptibility to these messages. However, all children were better able to recognise food adverts than toy adverts. Effects of habitual food advertising exposure (Chapters 3-5): Food preference differences between high and low TV viewers were evident in the absence of experimental television food advertising exposure in Chapters 4 and 5. All children were better able to correctly identify product names from brand character stimuli than vice versa. Higher habitual advertising exposure did not confer a greater ability to recognise food advertisements (Chapter 3) nor identify brand characters or products. Children with greater brand awareness did not display greater self-reported preferences for branded food items. The extent of food advertising on UK television (Chapter 6): Food advertising on television varied across channels, channel types, broadcast platforms, viewing times and recording periods (months of the year). The foods advertised on the channels most popular with young people were predominantly unhealthy items, even during periods when large numbers of children are watching, with promotions for healthy foods comprising less than a fifth of all food advertisements. The nature of food advertising on UK television (Chapter 6): Promotional characters (such as brand equity characters, licensed characters and celebrities) were often used to promote unhealthy foods to young people, although their use to promote healthier food items was greatest on dedicated children's channels. Food adverts aimed at children principally rely on 'fun' as a key attribute of both the advertising experience and the use/consumption of the product. Food brand websites were most likely to be promoted during food adverts aimed at teenagers or adults. Implications: This thesis increases understanding of the effects of habitual food advertising exposure on food preferences and food preference responses to acute, experimental food advertising, in addition to providing a comprehensive assessment of the television food advertising landscape in the UK following regulatory reform.
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