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To reach this conclusion, researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) merged information from two giant studies.
From the first study, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), they gathered blood sugar measures of about 2,400 adults who met a definition of type 2 diabetes.
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A December study from the Harvard School of Public Health estimated that healthy eating costs the average person about $1.50 per day more than unhealthy eating.
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The new study found that for every increase of roughly 10 cents per pound in the cost of produce, fasting blood sugar climbed 20 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), or about 13 percent of the average fasting glucose level in the study, which was 162 mg/dL.
Every roughly 14-cent increase in a pound of low-fat dairy was tied to a 9 mg/dL increase in fasting blood sugar, about 6 percent of the average level.
While the study found an association between food prices and blood sugar levels in those with type 2 diabetes, it did not establish a cause-and-effect link.
"Healthy foods are more expensive, and being forced to purchase unhealthy foods, maybe for economic reasons, does have health consequences," said Adam Drewnowski, director of the nutritional sciences program at the University of Washington, in Seattle. He was not involved in the research.
"Instead of merely advising people to consume expensive foods for better health, we ought to pay more attention to prices," he said.
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I myself recently opened Hey Grey, a new Etsy shop on December 1st and then to add even more chaos (and fun!) to my schedule, I started Grey Labs on New Year's Day, January 1st. But with my joy of creating and growing my Etsy shop, also comes some doubt and worry. It's called new-Etsy-shop-syndrome and yes, its normal! No matter if you're a brand new Etsian or are ready to take your current shop to the next level, there are ways to overcome new shop woes. With a little planning and loads of effort and commitment, you can overcome new shop woes and be on your way to Etsy success.
Here's how:
Product Planning
Most people already have a product to sell or a product in mind when they open an Etsy shop. What they may not have; however, is a plan to grow that product line. Basically, a product plan helps you decide what products to create and when to offer them.
Perhaps you want to add your specialty line of wedding invitations to your Etsy shop. But you know that weddings are somewhat seasonal, with the busiest months being between late spring and fall. You're not sure what type of invitations may be popular this year. You also know you'd like to add additional products to the store to help sales all year long, but you're not sure what. A product calendar can help you answer these questions.
Unfortunately, many new Etsy sellers don't give product planning enough thought. But now you're in the loop! Here's how to get started on your own product planning:
- Do Your Research:
A product calendar is simply that, a calendar. It helps you keep track of what product you're going to offer throughout the year. Before you can fill it in; however, you need to know what you're going to sell each month of the year.
In order to target your products to what people are looking for (trends), and to grow with the seasons, it's a good idea to do a little research. This applies to nearly any type of product. If you can offer different shapes, sizes, colors and uses, you can likely mold your product to sell well all year long. If not, brainstorming products that compliment your shop and have a wider appeal, is key.
For instance, say you sell your own brand of Nordic knit socks for men and women. Socks are obviously a winter item, but you can add complimentary products to your shop to boost sales all year. Consider selling sock patterns or your own brand of wool yarn. Too boost fall and winter sock sales, knowing what colors are trendy for the season can help. Expanding your line to include baby booties or children's socks in trendy colors can also help bolster consistent sales.
How do you find out what's hot and what people are looking for?
Etsy's Merchandising Desk: Etsy sends out routine articles on what's hot and trending across all industries. This helps you know what type of items, colors, themes and sizes are sought after.
Etsy's Holiday Reports: Similar to the merchandising articles, Etsy creates reports for the major holidays to help you know what shoppers are looking for.
Pantone Reports: Pantone is a leading informer of color trends for each year. This includes trends in fabric, papers and textiles. Keeping an eye on hot color trends can help you see what consumers are likely to be looking for.
Community Forums: The community forums on Etsy are full of valuable information. Both sellers and buyers post here, and often post about trends and items they are looking to buy. Over time, you'll see certain topics repeat—such as buyers looking for certain items—that you may be able to cash in on.
- Create a Product Calendar
Once you've decided on products to offer throughout the year, you'll need to keep track of them. Grab any calendar with boxes large enough to write ideas and notes. Then, map out when you're going to launch individual products.
If you sell wedding invitations, you may want to launch new spring and summer designs in December. Then, launch fall and winter designs in February. For the winter holidays, you may want to launch a line of custom gift tags and address labels, in October. Of course, you'll want to tweak launch times to your own products; however, writing it all down in a calendar gives you an instant plan of what products to offer all year long.
- Create a Listing Calendar:
A listing calendar is a separate calendar that reminds you when you're actually going to list products in your store. This is super handy when planning for holiday selling. Typically, you'll need to stock products about two months before major holidays, like Christmas. This ensures you have enough stock built up for the shopping season, and allows time for shipping.
Product Prep
Despite all your great planning, you can't sell what you don't have. Product preparation is your next biggest hurdle to prepare for active selling. It's best to create as much product as you can before you actually open up your Etsy shop. This way, you can stock your virtual shelves and be ready to welcome shoppers in. If you're already open for business, make sure to double up time to prepare products and supplies.
- Product Production: Make sure you've created enough products to stock your store. Create enough of each color, size and variety. Look at your product planning and listing calendars to help you know what to prepare, and when. Because actual product production is the biggest time involvement in your shop that you may have, stocking inventory ASAP will save you a lot of headache when sales start rolling in.
- Gather Raw Materials: Part of making your goodies is having everything you need to create them. Be sure to keep on hand, all the raw materials you need to make your inventory. Have a list of all your suppliers handy, and find back-up suppliers just in case.
- Gather Shipping Supplies: Believe it or not, shipping your products actually takes a lot of materials and time. You'll need envelopes, boxes or containers to ship your products in. The United States Postal Service offers free shipping supplies, from boxes to envelopes. You may also purchase shipping supplies in bulk from online suppliers like Uline.com, to help save some cash.
- Gather Product Packing Supplies: Once sales start coming in, you'll be surprised how quickly packaging supplies can get low. Be sure to keep all the things you need to package your product, like clear baggies, tissue paper, ribbon or twine and product containers or bags.
- Branding Materials: You'll need a stash of business cards, business or product labels and any other collateral you'd like to include with each purchase. Many online printing companies like Moo.com and VistaPrint.com, make it affordable to purchase business materials in bulk.
Setting Up Right
Shoppers are picky. And they have a right to be. People want to know they are dealing with an honest-to-goodness business before they part with their money. With so many shops to choose from, a potential buyer only takes about 2 seconds to form an impression about a shop. If she doesn't like the look or tone of your shop, she's not going to spend any money with you. Thus, setting up your Etsy shop correctly from the get-go is a must. Here's what you should work on:
- Branding: Have a professional store logo that clearly reflects your business identity. From the colors that you use, to the fonts and wording and any images you use, your logo is the starting point. From there, everything else that displays your business image—photos, product descriptions, about us and policy pages—should all encompass your business brand.
- Shipping Options: Decide if you're going to ship only in the United States, or worldwide. Then create shipping profiles for your Etsy shop. This helps buyers know immediately if you'll ship to their location and how much shipping costs.
- Set Policies: Use the 'shop policies' section of your Etsy shop to outline what customers can expect. List common issues like refunds or exchanges, how custom orders are handled, customization issues and how to contact you if needed. Nothing turns buyers away faster than an empty policy page!
- Write your Profile: The profile section in your Etsy shop is your place to let the world know more about you and your business. A great profile includes tidbits that allow others to make a personal connection to you—your background, your hobbies, your education or your family. Also include background on your Etsy business, including the how and why of it. Be sure to add in links to your social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, so people can connect with you off Etsy, too.
- Take Great Photos: The photos you take of your goodies tell the story of each product. Etsy gives great information on taking excellent product pictures. Make pictures of every product as consistent as possible—its all part of your shop branding!
- Use Your Words, Dear: Your keywords, that is. Every Etsyians must have a basic understanding of search-engine optimization (SEO). Essentially, SEO is what allows shoppers to find your store via search engines like Google. Keywords are handy two or three word phrases that someone would commonly use to find an item like yours. You'll need to implement great keywords in your shop title, your product titles and product descriptions. Etsy gives a great SEO talk to help you brush up on your keyword skills.
Marketing your shop comes next, and it is one of those necessary things that just never ends. Once you've set up shop and stocked it with your wares, you're ready to start spreading the word. Jump into marketing as soon as you're ready to start selling; don't wait. Etsy simply provides a platform for selling your things but it's up to you to drive customers to your shop.
- Use Social Media: Everyone has gone social these days, so jump on the bandwagon with your business and keep up! Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace, allow you to gather a group of like-minded people who love your products, and help spread the word about your shop. Create a business fan page on Facebook and attach an Etsy Mini. This is a miniature version of your Etsy shop that people can peruse, find what they like and hop over to Etsy to buy!
- Tell Everyone: Marketing becomes super-easy when you let other people spread the word about you. Simply, tell everyone you know about your Etsy business. Friends, family, associates, friend-of-a-friend, the elementary school secretary—they're all great little marketers. Be sure to add a signature to your email program with a link to your Etsy shop. Whenever you send an email, your shop link will go along with it. Also, consider adding your shop URL to your own address labels, or making stationary with your shop information on it. Whatever you can do to tell everyone, go ahead and try it!
- Go Grassroots: There are literally so many little things you can do to spread the word about your Etsy shop. Many are free to low cost and can help get your name to the masses. Consider things like a window sticker for your vehicle, wearing a T-shirt with your store name and URL, donating products to local charity events or participating in craft or vendor events.
The Art of Balance
Once you dive completely into making your Etsy shop a success, you can easily become consumed. If you also have a family, another full time job or outside commitments, you may find much woe in trying to juggle it all.
Fear not. This is a common problem. There may not be one single solution that makes running an Etsy shop along with everything else completely smooth, but it can get easier. Seasoned Etsyians often talk about the art of balance—of finding what works for you.
Balancing Family: Your spouse and children are your true loves, but your Etsy store may quickly catch up. While you feel completely devoted to your family, you may feel crazy motivated to work on your Etsy shop every waking minute. The solution: let your spouse and kids (if they are old enough) know how important your shop is to you. Then, work out a plan:
- Create time each day solely dedicated to your Etsy shop. Have your spouse pull child care duty while you're working.
- Enlist your spouse or older children for help with household chores so you can focus on your shop.
- Consider finding wonderful childcare a few hours a week, if needed, to allow you some uninterrupted work time.
- Stop working! Know when to stop for the day so you can enjoy after school activities, extracurricular events, or just some needed family time.
- Make daily lists of both work and family responsibilities to help you stay more organized.
Balancing Work: If you work a traditional 9-5 job in addition to running your Etsy store, you have to pay careful attention not to blend both at the same time. You may be tempted to sneak time to poke around your Etsy shop while at work, but your boss may have other ideas. Since there are only so many hours in a day (and you're likely exhausted when you get home from work), you'll need to be creative in managing your time:
- Only list as many items as you can keep up with. If you have a demanding 9-5 job, yet you keep boosting your shop with new items, you may get bogged down quickly. Keep your shop manageable.
- Make it clear in your store policies that you handle all convos and emails in the evening (after work), so customers know when to expect communication.
- Prepackage what you can to make shipping faster and easier.
- Set aside certain hours each day to work on your shop. Even if it's an hour in the morning and an hour or two at night, you need to carve out time to pay consistent attention to your shop.
- Make sacrifices when things get tight. Perhaps you have a crazy schedule at your day job, and your Etsy sales just jumped through the roof. Since you've made a commitment to your shop, you'll need to manage your sales and follow-through. Make sacrifices where needed (no T.V. or going to coffee with friends) to help you keep up.
Remember, no matter how hard you work on your Etsy shop, it takes time to grow a successful business. Sales may trickle in at first and don't expect a boon in constant sales. Don't be disappointed if that doesn't happen for weeks—sometimes months—after you open up shop. The key to success on Etsy is consistency. Always work on adding something new, marketing and promoting your goodies. Don't let fear or woes get you down. Slow and steady wins this race, for certain!


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This is the Stahly Live Blade razor. There were several safety razors with vibrating heads over the years but the Stahly was probably the best-known. It was produced from the 1940's into the 1970's and had a reputation as a very well-designed and well-built razor. Some called it the Cadillac of safety razors.
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The Evolution Of Parker Razors Demonstrated: The 90R
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I recently posted an article discussing the "evolution" of Parker razors. I mentioned the first Parker razor I bought in 2006, the 90R. As I was working on the post Howie Woda suggested I compare my 90R with a current version as an example of how the razor has progressed, and he was kind enough to send me one. There have definitely been some changes: the new version is noticeably heavier ( 2.7 oz. vs. 2.1 oz. ), a fraction longer (4.625 inches vs. 4.5 inches total) and the TTO mechanism has obviously been beefed up (Howie says the metal…
The Evolution Of Parker Razors
Posted June 6, 2012
Parker Safety Razor has evolved significantly over the past few years, having "hit its stride" as a double edge (DE) razor manufacturer and becoming a more important player in the traditional shaving community. I quite like my Parker model 92R–in fact it's in the top 3 of my razor collection (and I have a lot of DE razors).
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My friends at Stag Barbershop, the place in Milwaukee I gave a presentation at last year, contacting me recently with a problem. It seems like some of their clients have difficulty replacing their safety razor blade and wanted to know what the right way was to do it. Well…I don't know if it's the "right" way but I can show you how I do it.
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[UPDATE: HERE is a post about the newer, 2013 R41 head that is not quite so aggressive.] The muhle R41 is one of the latest in a series of recent engineering design changes going on through the double-edged safety razor world (in addition to new razors such as the Weber and the Ikon one-side-open-comb-one-side-safety-bar). It sports an unusual razor head, a hybrid of the classic open-comb razor and the more recent scalloped safety bar design. It has generated some interest in the safety razor world recently, particularly in some of the discussion forums, for not only its innovative design but also…


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I am looking for information on the parents of Donald Matheson (abt. 1809-1882)of Skye who married Catherine Macdonald (abt. 1807-1874)of the same place. Also the ancestry of her parents Allan J. Macdonald and Margaret MacKinnon of Skye. Allan apparently had siblings Margaret (married John Kinlock Macdonald) and Catherine (married Donald Macleod of Skye and lived in Point Prim). Donald lived in Bell Creek (now Bell River) and is buried at Belfast. Donald Matheson's children were Flora (whom I think married Roderick Macleod of Melville), Allan (m. Mary Murchison), Alexander (m. Flora Ross), Christy (m. Malcolm R. Stewart of Sconser, Isle of Skye), and Duncan, my g-g-grandfather, who married Emma Lucetta Furness and lived in Vernon River. Any ancestral or descendant information of these namesw would be appreciated.
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Salvation Army donations down in Porter County, Gary
By Amy Lavalley Post-Tribune correspondent December 20, 2012 8:28PM
Katie Jones, center, drops a donation into the Salvation Army red kettle as she and her husband Duane leave a store in Portage Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012. Bell ringer Ron Jackson looks on at right. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media
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The red kettles outside Porter County merchants this year are light, and that's threatening the services offered by the Salvation Army of Porter County for the coming year.
While Lake County's Red Kettle Christmas Campaign is going better overall, officials there said donations are down in Gary, which could force cuts there as well.
The situation in Porter County is more dire. The kettles and a mail-in fundraising drive are budgeted to bring in $245,000 for 2013, which is $5,000 more than last year's goal, said Major Jon Welch.
So far, the two campaigns have raised less than $145,000, at a time when the need for services provided by the agency, including a food pantry and heating assistance, are going up. Demand on the food pantry is up 600 percent since the spring of 2011.
The mail campaign continues until the end of January, Welch said, but the bell ringers stop ringing on Christmas Eve.
"Sometimes it has been pretty rough, though it's a little bit more of a difference compared to previous years," Welch said.
Even a longer holiday season —Thanksgiving was early this year — isn't helping, and Welch isn't sure why, though he suspects it could be the economy. When the budget has fallen short by a few thousand dollars, the agency has been able to adjust.
"But if it's a major shortage, we have to do quite a few drastic cuts that make a difference for a lot of people," he said, adding the nonprofit serves between 30,000 and 35,000 people a year.
In Lake County, the Salvation Army set a fundraising goal for the kettles and mail-in at $1.14 million, up by $90,000 from last year.
The agency is 2 percent ahead on its mail appeal, and around 7 percent ahead on the kettle drive.
"We're right now at about 60 percent toward our goal," said Major Russ Sjogren.
The exception is Gary, where kettle donations are down $15,000 from last year. While mail-in donations are allocated between the agency's three corps, in East Chicago, Gary and Hammond/Munster, kettle donations remain in the corps where they are collected.
That means Gary could have to revise its budget, find other resources, or cut its budget to account for the drop in donations, Sjogren said.
"They were up last year over the year before," and have seen increases over time, he said, "so this year, it's kind of an anomaly for them."
Overall, though, Sjogren said he feels good about how collections are going, which is positive news for the 60,000 people the Salvation Army serves in Lake County each year.
He, too, has seen the need increase, with past donors showing up for assistance, and a 45 percent bump up in demand for the social services offered by his agency between 2010 and 2011.
Sjogren also thinks the economy may be hurting the fundraising campaign in Porter County.
"I think people are really cautious about how they spend their money," he said. "They're hanging on to more of it for themselves because they don't know what the future will bring."
Welch, in Porter County, wondered how his agency would adjust for a budget shortfall that could be tens of thousands of dollars.
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Re: Embracing A New Israel, Amos Oz, Aug. 12.
Amos Oz has always been a great writer and a poor politician. This time is no different. Isn't it ironic that the Jewish settlements in the West Bank would actually go a long way toward solving the Israeli housing crisis?
While it is wrong to expel Arabs from their homes, most of the Jewish population in the settlements live on land legally purchased from, and thus unclaimed by, Palestinians. It was fine for the Jewish pioneers to purchase land from the Ottoman Empire. How is this not the same thing?
Eliezer Bercuson, New York, N.Y.
To date, Israel's neighbouring enemies have failed to destroy it. But Israel's greatest challenge these days comes from within. More specifically, it comes from those on the far left, like Amos Oz. Mr. Oz is cheered by the sight of young Israelis who want the government to do more. Virtuous souls that they are, they want the government to transform the country into a kind of "social justice" utopia.
But utopia is unattainable and when governments try to engineer one — as has happened in the United States and U.K. — everything starts to crumble. Britain and the United States may be able weather their current storms, which were brought on by well-meaning societal perfectionists. But there's no way that Israel can do so due to the unique challenges it faces.
Mindy G. Alter, Toronto.
So Amos Oz, the life-long labourite and author, is disenchanted with the new Israel. It is too rich, too materialistic and too capitalistic for his idealistic mind-set. Israel was a far more moral country when it was poor and men laboured with their hands.
Where does Mr. Oz think that Israel's high standard of living comes from? Where does he think the funds that created Israel's powerful army come from? Where does he think that Israel's low unemployment rate comes from? It is capitalism that has brought Israel to its present state, not socialism.
Dr. Stanley J. Revich, Burlington, Ont.
Give peace a chance
Re: The Middle East Conflict, In 1,000 Words Or Less, George Jonas, Aug. 13.
To claim that there is no solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict is ludicrous. Just like in the past, it will take a catastrophe to get Israel to sit down and make the painful concessions that are necessary. To end the conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have to spark a crisis by removing the settlements, withdrawing from most of the territories and making compromises regarding Jerusalem. But there's a chance that Israel can reach an agreement with the Palestinian Authority on a two-state solution.
Israeli governments always act when a crisis necessitates it. A peace agreement with Egypt was signed only after the blood-drenched Yom Kippur War, even though Anwar Sadat had offered Golda Meir a similar deal eight months before. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin agreed to shake Yasser Arafat's hand and sign the Oslo Accords only after the first intifada. Ariel Sharon withdrew from Gaza following the second intifada.
An interim Israeli-Palestinian agreement requires Mr. Netanyahu to compromise on some of his principles, but it is better to do it now rather than wait for something catastrophic to happen. An agreement can be reached by sitting Israelis and Palestinians down in a closed room and tasking them with formulating an interim agreement.
Arie Raif, vice chairman, Canadian Peres Center for Peace Foundation, Toronto.
Three's company
Re: Warren Jeffs' Canadian Connection, editorial, Aug. 11.
It causes me great anguish to know that Canadian courts may strike down Canada's prohibition on polygamy. It makes me ill to think that a judge will have the power to decide whether the religious practices of Canadian men who collect women as concubines in harems is more important than the equality of Canadian women.
There is no equality when one man is given the power to rule over many women. Should the judge decide that Canadian men do indeed have such a right, I hope that all Canadian women will conduct a mass burning of the Charter.
Jancis M. Andrews, Sechelt, B.C.
Politicians are not role models
Re: What's Wrong With British Society?, Aug. 12.
Your panel focused its discussion on the attitudes of British youth during the riots. Perhaps it's worth recalling the 2009 MP expenses scandal.
Among British MPs of all political stripes, there was widespread and brazen misuse of public funds. Young people grabbed flat screen TVs, while MPs preferred moats, chandeliers and helipads. The cavalier attitude toward looting other people's property seems identical.
James Morton, Toronto.
Re: Whatever, I'll Do What I Want, letter to the editor, Aug. 12.
Letter-writer Marcia Rutman is correct in questioning letter-writer Daniel Kowbell's ("Viva La Revolución," letter to the editor, Aug. 10) absurd assertion that government cutting so-called "necessary" services are the root cause of the recent riots in the U.K.
It looked to me as Vancouver did a couple of months ago — as just a simple case of carnage by young, hooded, cowardly and violent thugs who feel entitled to do and steal whatever they want. Now it seems that many U.K. observers are using the excuse that these riots in Britain were inevitable because of the high youth unemployment rate. I think what Britain needs now can be summed up in two words: Iron Lady. Bring back Margaret Thatcher.
David Honigsberg, Toronto.
Re: Breaking the U.K., Tom Rachman, Aug. 12.
Tom Rachman reports that sales are soaring in Britain for American aluminum baseball bats for applications to looters' skulls. What? Is nothing sacred? Has Britain gone that far down the drain? Ever held an English cricket bat? It's huge and weighs a tonne. But then the aerodynamics of the American baseball bat may be better in close quarters.
On the other hand, a baseball purist would never, ever use a — gulp — aluminum bat.
Fraser Petrick, Kingston, Ont.
Re: They Know They'll Get Away With It, Matt Gurney, Aug. 11.
Matt Gurney discussed the failure of British police to confront rioters and stop them with whatever reasonable force is necessary. Of course, some rioters have been arrested and charged. Perhaps some of them will face prison time. But this will not prevent the next riot, because the vast majority of them will get off without paying the price for their criminal behaviour.
Comparisons should be drawn to the aboriginal "warriors" of Caledonia, Ont., who managed to paralyze the police force, harass citizens and coerce the Ontario government into doling out millions of taxpayer dollars.
I suspect they drew the same lessons as the hooded rioters the U.K. will draw: We can get away with it because the police are afraid to stop us.
Garth Gillligan, Sooke, B.C.
Re: A Matter of Responsibility, letters to the editor, Aug. 12.
There will be no change in the ominous shift in Western societal behaviour as long as it is accepted that we have an obligation to take care of the poor and less fortunate. Once you accept this, it is only a matter of degree.
I accept no such obligation or claim on my life and until a moral stand is taken against altruism in the Western world, the rioting and other acts of force against innocent people will continue to escalate. It's only a matter of time.
David R. Bowland, Bobcaygeon, Ont.
What to do about those darn cyclists
Re: Ontario NDP Puts Cyclists On Its Road To Election, Aug. 12.
If it wasn't coming from a mainstream political party, the NDP's idea of making cars stay a metre away from cyclists would be roll-on-the-floor hilarious. I hope the party has enough money to buy a ladder long enough to climb them out of the hole they've dug for themselves. It's hard to believe these people are responsible adults, let alone responsible politicians.
When he was mayor of Toronto, David Miller laid the ground work for the insanity that is now an official plank in the provincial NDP platform. While we're at it, let's make it mandatory for all bicycle riders to take both written and road tests. Then let's make license plates mandatory for bicycles. We can follow that up with a new department responsible for policing the constant threat to public safety caused by bike couriers.
Stephen Boyling, Toronto.
Harper should focus on Asia
Re: Harper Lauds Costa Rica, Seeks Trade 'Upgrade,' Aug. 12.
Every trading relationship begins with two countries having something that the other needs.
So what do the South Americans have that we need? For that matter, what do we have that they need? Nothing will be gained if all we do is end up trading pots and pans back and forth with each other.
Our strength is in natural resources. Not every country has them, but every country needs them. We should be spending all our time in China and India, because that's where the market for natural resources is.
And if what we get back in return are finished products that are made cheaper than we can make them ourselves, that's fine, because our strength is not in manufacturing anyway.
Roy Weston, Burnaby, B.C.
Religious right or religious wrong?
Re: Can Rick Perry Rally Republicans?, Aug. 12.
Sometimes I can picture Christ (figuratively, of course) spinning up there in Paradise as He observes people like evangelical "Christian" Texas Governor and promising U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate Rick Perry, who proudly recently held a national prayer event to call for "God's help" in rescuing Americans "adrift in a sea of moral relativism."
This, from a "Christian" who would, as he did in Texas, almost certainly slash federal health and education budgets if voted into the White House — in order, of course, to spare giant U.S. corporations and billionaires from a progressive, fair tax burden.
No one should expect a professed Christian to be perfectly Christ-like, or even close to it. To be considerably non-Christ-like is more in tune with our collective nature.
However, people who practise a lifestyle — personal or political — that is contrary to Christ's teachings yet still proudly refer to themselves as genuine followers of Christ are doing a great, unwarranted disservice to Christianity's reputation for consistency.
Frank G. Sterle, Jr., White Rock, B.C.
Stop the flow of illegal wieners
Re: Would You Like Mustard On That?, letter to the editor, Aug. 12.
Letter-writer Klaus Beltrame should check his history before asserting that "contamination has nothing to do with" Austrian prosciutto being confiscated at the Toronto airport.
There is good reason to restrict importation of certain foods into Canada.
In fact, Canada suffered tremendous financial losses due to the deaths of thousands of cattle, sheep and pigs during an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Saskatchewan in 1952. According to Agriculture Canada, it was attributed to the introduction of the virus by "an immigrant from an infected farm in West Germany."
Eleanor Hawthorne, Lethbridge, Alta.
Being green, as a private dream
Re: Ontario's Green Dreams, editorial, Aug. 13.
Your editorial argued that "green energy isn't economically feasible on a large scale without some form of government subsidy." That is not correct. Ontario has what amounts to an unlimited supply of energy, in the form of our summer heat, which can be stored for use in the winter.
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology campus in Oshawa does so by transferring heat from its air-conditioning systems into the ground, where it sits until winter. Toronto's Enwave system uses thermal storage to cool downtown office buildings in the summer. Such systems can be designed for buildings of any size and they are viable without subsidies.
Ron Tolmie, Kanata, Ont.
America's priorities are in the wrong place
Re: Experimental Hypersonic Aircraft Missing, Aug. 12.
American taxpayers paid $320-million to develop a hypersonic bomber that can "deliver a nonnuclear warhead anywhere in the world within an hour."
In the meantime, 46 million Americans are living on food stamps.
Fraser Petrick, Kingston, Ont
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Carlos Artemio Coello Coello received a BSc in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas in Mexico in 1991 (graduating Summa Cum Laude), he was awarded a scholarship from the Mexican government to pursue graduate studies in Computer Science at Tulane University (in the USA). He received his MSc and a PhD in Computer Science in 1993 and 1996, respectively. His PhD thesis was one of the first in the field now called "evolutionary multiobjective optimization".
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Airsoft can be a fun sport, but like many sports, proper safety equipment is required.
Full Face Protection *REQUIRED UNDER 18*
Players under the age of 18 are required by insurance to wear a hard, full face covering, such as a paintball mask that fully protects the eyes, nose, mouth, and face. Airsoft ANSI Z87.1 rated goggles and a metal mesh, or rigid 'Ironface' lower face protection, are allowed as long as both are worn at all times.
Eye Protection *REQUIRED*
Strapped Eye protection is the most important thing you need to play Airsoft, but often players put themselves in danger by wearing insufficient eye protection. Proper eye protection for Airsoft offers a full seal around the eyes. The lenses, at minimum, should be ANSI Z87.1 rated and ideally MIL-DTL-43511D rated. (It requires that goggle lenses can withstand impacts from .22 chisel-point projectiles fired at 560 feet/sec (~167m/sec) without penetrating the lenses.). If you are wearing the eye-glass style goggles they must be fully sealed with RUBBER to the face (the edge of the lens is not acceptable) and must be strapped to your head, no exceptions.
NO Shooting or Safety Glasses! You must have full-seal goggles; no exceptions.
Covering Exposed Skin *RECOMMENDED*
Covering exposed skin with sturdy clothing such as BDUs, tactical gear, or even a hoodie and sweats goes a long way in helping protect your skin against both the environment and BB welts. We strongly recommend covering sensitive areas such as the head, neck, knuckles, knees, elbows, and other thin-skinned areas, but you should wear long sleeves and long pants as well.
Gloves *RECOMMENDED*
In outdoor Airsoft games, gloves are a good idea. In indoor Airsoft games, they are something that no player should be without. Nothing ruins your day like being shot in the knuckles or a finger tip from 10 feet away. A pair of mechanics-style gloves will cost about $10.00 at most stores and will protect you hands and fingers fairly well. Of course, better gloves cost more money, but they also offer better protection. Like any kind of sports equipment, as you grow into the sport you invest more in equipment, but don't let that stop you from protecting your hands.
Lower Face Protection *RECOMMENDED*
So, you have a good set of goggles. Your eyes are protected. What about your teeth and your face in general? Having some form of lower face protection is very important when you are playing at a CQB (Close Quarters Battle) facility. You will be having BBs shot at you from 10 feet away (and sometimes less).
There are many kinds of lower face protection, and each has good points. You can wear a Shemagh, a lower face protector like 'The Ironface,' or one of the better mesh lower face protectors.
No Running *RECOMMENDED*
Running while holding onto a live Airsoft gun can result in you tripping or colliding with another player and causing injuries. The "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" saying has its origins in the military. With that context, the meaning is fairly obvious: moving fast, or rushing it is reckless and will likely get you killed. If you move slowly, carefully, and deliberate, however, you are really moving as fast as you can without needlessly increasing the risk to your life.
Barrel Blockers *REQUIRED*
These must be on, and magazines out when you are off the playing field. No exceptions and every field in New England enforces this. If you don't have one, we sometimes have them for sale, but so does Walmart, Dicks, and most paintball/airsoft stores. No excuses. You will get a warning, then sent home. Nobody loses an eye in our building.
FPS Limits *REQUIRED*
The FPS limit at The Citadel is 360 FPS using .25 bbs or up to 400 using .20′s. Please note this is a limit and not a goal! a lower FPS is better overall since this is a CQB center.
No Pyrotechnics *REQUIRED*
We do not allow pyrotechnics of any kind in our building (including "cold" pyro). This rule is non-negotiable. Bringing pyrotechnics will result in a player being banned from the building.
Blind Firing *REQUIRED*
Blind firing is not allowed. Its a safety issue and a sportsmanship issue. Blind firing is poking your gun out and shooting without being able to see what you are shooting at. It is also firing in such a way that you offer no target to shoot back at. (Like sticking your gun through a hole). You must always be looking down the barrel of your gun when you are shooting. You must also present some kind of target.
Shooting from behind cover with nothing but your gun sticking out is a safety hazard and frankly not fair to other players. What makes for a good move in a movie is not always good for a game where both sides are supposed to have fun and play fair.
Safety Tape Rules *REQUIRED*
Areas of safety concern will be marked with neon/florescent tape, or labeled "OUT OF PLAY". These areas are not to be entered or played with. If there are electronic or mechanical things you are allowed to play with they will be marked and your referee will explain this, but otherwise the default is 'do not touch'.
Safe Shooting *REQUIRED*
Nobody is to shoot over 7ft high in the building if you do so you will sit out a game. If you shoot at any lights, speakers, fire protection equipment, cameras, or similar things you are done for the day. If our refs see or suspect you hit such things you will pay for their replacement and if you refuse or do a runner you will be prosecuted for vandalism and we will see you in court as well as being banned from The Citadel and probably most fields in New England after we tell them you are a vandal and refuse to cover the damage. If you go into a buddy's house and break something you offer to pay to fix it, this is common decency. Remember this is a safety issue and is non negotiable.
Physical Contact *REQUIRED*
You are not allowed to grab or grapple with a player or their Airsoft Gun. Doing so can result in you being asked to leave and further penalties. If a scenario calls for you to "carry" someone you only need to put your hand on their shoulder and walk with them. If you put your hands on anyone in an aggressive manner or to 'fight' them, the police will be called and you will be banned from The Citadel we take this very seriously and safety of our players is paramount.
Close Kills / Safety Kills / Bang-Bang Rule *RECOMMENDED*
Everything is close. If you sneak up on someone and have them point blank (5ft) you can offer a "safety kill / close kill / bang bang" if they accept it by saying "im out" or something similar they are out. If not… Shoot them. You do not have to be cruel about it. Shoot them in the vest or the leg. There is no need to needlessly cause a player pain.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- If your heart doesn't beat correctly, you can get an electronic pacemaker and live happily ever after -- or at least until it wears out and you need another one.
Now, the results of an animal study add to existing evidence that people may one day have an alternative to living out their days with an electronic device implanted in their chests: gene therapy.
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