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Every Summer, 120 Belarusian children with special needs leave their orphanages to enjoy three weeks of fun at a holiday camp in an uncontaminated part of the Belarussian countryside. And volunteers from Britain fly out to join the children and make sure they have a wonderful holiday.
What kind of disabilities do the children have?
The children who live in Zhuravichi orphanage all have learning difficulties. Many have Downs Syndrome or autism, and some also have physical disabilities. The children from Rechitsa School have Cerebral Palsy or similar physical problems and some also have learning difficulties.
Why is the holiday so important to them?
They look forward to it all year! The children at Zhuravichi, in particular, live quite limited lives in the orphanage. All through the winter they look back on the happy memories of their last holiday, and then in the Spring they start looking forward to the next one. It gives them the opportunity to try all sorts of activities which they never get the chance to do at home; spend lots of time in the fresh air; and to make friends with all the volunteers.
How long is the holiday and when does it take place?
The children spend just over three weeks at the camp, but volunteers generally go for about 12 days. Check the website to see dates for the coming year.
Who can volunteer?
Anyone who is energetic, hard working and loves children. Many of those who volunteer are students, but older volunteers are also welcome, particularly anyone who has experience in working with children with disabilities – nurses, teachers, carers, physiotherapists.
How do volunteers and children communicate with each other?
We will give you a tape with some useful Russian words and phrases you can practice before you go to Belarus. There will be two interpreters at the camp to help, and some of the volunteers also speak some Russian. Many of the children do not speak and not all have good understanding of Russian, so you will be able to communicate with them through smiles, gestures and a friendly voice.
What is the role of a volunteer?
You will help the children to enjoy all kinds of activities, such as painting; mask-making; nature walks; collages; football; parachute games; circle games; music making; face-painting; discos; going on the swings… Some children and teenagers need help with toileting and we have a rota to help with this. Most days you will work 9am-9pm, with a couple of hours off after lunch.
Who will organise the activities?
It is very important that everyone works as a team at the camp. Those who have been before will be happy to advise and support new people, but it is up to everyone to come up with activities, share ideas, work really hard and give everything you've got to make sure the kids have their best holiday yet. This is why for the last couple of years we have rotated the role of 'Co-ordinator', so that everyone gets a chance to take the lead for a day and all the responsibility doesn't fall on the same people all the time. The meeting which takes place each day after lunch is a chance for you to discuss what went well or what didn't work, and to plan for the afternoon and the next morning. Everyone should be at these meetings, and whoever is being co-ordinator that day runs it, sorts out the rota and makes sure everything is running smoothly.
How much money will I need to raise?
We ask all volunteers to raise £450 to cover the cost of their flight, other transport costs and their accommodation at the Holiday Camp. If you can raise any extra, or add gift aid to this, it will sponsor the holiday for a young disabled person living in an institution in Belarus, whose holiday is not funded by the state once they reach 18.
Will I get any training before the trip to Belarus?
We will have a get together in May or June where you will be able to learn a lot more about the children, hear about the experiences of those who have been before, ask lots of questions and start to learn a little Russian. It is essential that all volunteers attend one of these briefing days.
Will I need innoculations?
As soon as you have been accepted as a volunteer you should visit your GP to ask what s/he recommends (if they've never heard of Belarus, it's a country between Russia and Poland, and the area where you will be staying contains a river and some woods, although you won't have to walk in very long grass). It is a good idea to make sure you are up-to-date with your tetanus and polio, and perhaps have hepatitis vaccinations. Your doctor may suggest others.
How do I apply and when will I know if I have been accepted?
You can ask us to post or email you an application form, or see the previous page 'Volunteer in Belarus' to download from the website. The deadline for receiving applications is Monday 17th March 2014. We will let all volunteers know if they have been successful or not by the end of March (subject to clearance by the Disclosure & Barring Service) If you apply after this there may still be spaces for people with relevant experience.
At the moment it is not certain that there will be a children's holiday this year which we will be able to provide volunteers for.
The Holiday Camp say they have no spaces in August; the orphanage which most of the children come from say they must have spaces in August; and the Recuperation Department say they will look at the problem in May!
We hope that they will do this at the beginning of May as we have a preparation weekend on May 10th and 11th in Buxton which all new volunteers really need to come to.
We will definitely have a holiday for young adults with disabilities for which we will send volunteers from August 17th to 27th.
If there is no children's holiday, then we already have enough volunteers for the Young People's holiday. But if it turns out that we can send volunteers to work with the children earlier in August, then we will definitely need more volunteers. We hope to send a group from August 2nd to August 16th.
So please apply if you are willing to wait to see what happens, and keep the weekend of May 10th and 11th free for the preparation weekend. We hope to be able to let you know before that weekend, whether there will be a children's holiday or not this year.
Many of the volunteers who have taken part in recent years say it was one of the best experiences of their lives. And several have changed career direction as a result. It is hard work, but it's also a very rewarding experience for the volunteers and a totally magical time for the children.


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My main thread is in the Rogue Trader forum, but I just wanted to let all the Dark Heresy players know about it since it supports Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader and Deathwatch characters.
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Reiss, Michael (2002) Reforming school science education in the light of pupil views and the boundaries of science. School Science Review, 84 (307). pp. 71-77. ISSN 0036-6811
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The science education provided in schools is still a narrow version which generally gives pupils only a partial understanding of either the scope of science or its achievements. Yet consideration of what most pupils want and of the boundaries of science argues for a richer science curriculum. Such a move makes intellectual sense and is feasible. It should lead to science teaching being more satisfying for pupils and science teachers alike.
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The National Weather Service in Marquette provides marine forecast graphics for Lake Superior, including wave height, wind speed, and wind direction. The National Weather Service in Chicago provides marine forecast graphics for Lake Michigan. The forecasts provide a graphical representation of forecast conditions on Lake Superior and Michigan for 48 hours. Feedback is always appreciated.Click image for graphical forecast of selected area
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NWS Marquette is responsible for issuing a nearshore marine forecast for waters within 5 miles of the south shore of Lake Superior from the Wisconsin/Michigan Border (Saxon Harbor) to Whitefish Point, Michigan, and the north shore of Lake Michigan from Cedar River, Michigan, to Seul Choix Point, Michigan. The nearshore forecast is issued during the same time frame that daylight savings time is in effect.
Nearshore forecasts will normally be basedupon guidance contained in the Lake Superior forecast (issued by NWS Marquette) and Lake Michigan forecast (issued by NWS Chicago). However, this guidance is not considered binding on the local nearshore marine forecast. The nearshore forecast is issued within one hour of the open lake forecast.
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When waves are expected to reach or exceed three feet, people on or near piers, breakwaters, and beaches are advised to avoid these areas or exercise extreme caution until waves subside.
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Special marine warnings are issued for short terms (usually 2 hours or less) when strong winds (34 knots ormore) are expected to occur. These winds are usually associated with squall lines or strong thunderstorms. A special marine warning maybe issued even though a small craft advisory is in effect. NWS Marquette's area of responsibility for special marine warnings include both the nearshore and open lake zones. (See the Severe Weather Page for active warnings.)


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Music: 50 Cent – Straight To The Bank
50 cent is back with stright to the bank, but will this album cash in enough cash to make him laugh straight to the bank?
Video: Lil Scrappy – Livin In The Projects (2Pac sample)
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Mary J Blige at Plymouth Jazz Festival
Beyonce on the Cover of Vibe Magazine
Ciara at Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party
Ti and Tiny back together and the engagement is still on
What can I say about these two they make up and break up like some second graders. Any way they were recently spotted at The Welcome to Miami Party hosted by P diddyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Party, I hope they can keep it together this time round, seeing that the engagement is back on. Continue reading
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Rising energy bills and concerns about the environment are leading more homeowners to consider energy audits. A professional provides a detailed assessment of your home's energy use and energy efficiency, as well as suggestions for conservation or retrofits. The U.S. Department of Energy reports that simply sealing and insulating your home can save up to 20 percent on heating and cooling costs (see References 1).
Hiring an Energy Auditor
The most important component in a useful and accurate energy audit is hiring a capable rater. Select one from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Home Performance list, contact your utility company or hire an energy auditor certified by the Building Performance Institute or the Residential Energy Services Network. (See References 2) The U.S. Department of Energy recommends hiring a professional who uses both a calibrated blower door and thermography. Once you have narrowed down the list to two or three potential raters, ask for references and give each a call. The energy auditor will be spending several hours in your home and both competence and personal safety are important (see References 3). You can expect to pay $300 to $500 for a home energy audit; some utility companies may offer this service to customers for free or for a smaller fee, so contact your utility first. (See References 2)
Gathering Information
Before the energy auditor arrives, gather the information needed to help provide a complete picture of home energy issues and usage. Check with the rater for specifics, but be ready to identify existing moisture problems in your home, and provide copies of the last 12 months of energy bills plus any manuals for the heating unit, air conditioners and appliances. (See References 2)
What to Expect
The auditor will ask questions about your personal habits and perform a series of tests. Expect questions regarding the number of people home throughout the day, the number of rooms normally used and average summer and winter thermostat settings. Be as accurate as possible. The rater will conduct a blower door test, check for leaks in your home's ductwork, test and tune heating and air-conditioning units, locate cold spots and find air leaks. (See References 3)
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During the blower door test, air will be sucked out of your house by a powerful fan mounted to an exterior door. The result is that interior air pressure will be lowered and outside air will make its way back in through any available gap. Prepare your home for this fluctuation by cleaning up fireplace ash and closing the damper, turning the furnace and water heater thermostats down, closing all windows, opening all interior doors and closing fireplace doors. (See References 4)
The thermographic scan uses infrared cameras to measure surface temperature variations in your home, letting you know if insulation is adequate and correctly installed. The scan can be conducted from the home's interior or exterior and is typically performed while the blower door test is running, since this exaggerates air leakage and makes it easier to detect. (See References 3)


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- Enjoy a brief stop at a local coffee plantation
- Don't forget to book your Galapagos Islands Airport Arrival Transfer
What You Can Expect
En route, you'll visit a coffee plantation which is part of a social responsibility program. The encouragement for the organic coffee cultivation contributes to the conservation of plants and soil in the Galapagos and is therefore deemed to be a perfect model of sustainable tourism.
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Ochre Health took over the running of the Eumundi Family Medical Practice on Monday 6th January 2014. Work began to relocate the practice to larger facilities directly behind the current practice, which was planned for completion by May 2014.
Ochre Health Medical Centre Eumundi is the 4th and final site in the new Sunshine Coast GP Super Clinic network which includes the main site in Sippy Downs which opened in March 2014 and existing sites in Maleny and Montville.
The new practice opened its doors on Monday 28th April 2014 with three GPs and has the capacity to grow to five GPs over time.
Ochre Health Medical Centre Eumundi has been established with financial assistance from the Australian Federal Government under the Super Clinics program.
Hours of operation
Monday – Friday: 8:30am – 5:00pm
Weekends and Public Holidays: The Ochre Health Medical Centre Sunshine Coast in Sippy Downs is open from 9:00am – 4:30pm on a walk-in basis.
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Out of hours medical deputising service Family Care Medical Services.
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Dr David Heppell (MBChB, MRCGP, FRACGP) – Medical Coordinator/General Practitioner
Originally from the north of England, Dr Heppell has lived and worked on the Sunshine Coast for 4 1/2 years. After graduating from the University of Medicine in Leeds, he spent 5 years in hospital specialities before commencing General Practice. David gained the Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2001 and worked in Yorkshire for almost 10 years before emigrating to Australia.
Specialty interest Areas: Mens Health, Mental Health Issues, Skin Cancer removals.
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Dr Karen Macmillan originates from Scotland. She graduated from the University of Aberdeen School of Medicine in 2000 and then moved to the South of England where she completed her training in General Practice. Karen moved to Australia in January of this year with her partner and young son. They are fortunate to have family in the local area.
Specialty interest Areas: Womens' Health, Skin cancer and Preventative Medicine.
Dr Patti Slegers – General Practitioner
Dr Slegers has been working at the existing practice since 2012 and we are pleased to retain her services at the practice. She is currently working towards gaining fellowship of the RACGP.
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Ilya Kovalchuk of the New Jersey Devils announced his retirement from the NHL today. Seriously.
One of the most gifted players of the last decade, one of my personal favourites to watch, has decided to head back to Russia for good at age 30. Whether he plays in the KHL or not remains to be seen, but it seems pretty likely. He's leaving $77 million on the table over the remainder of his contract after making $53,829,023 (according to @bcostellothn) over the course of his career in North America, but…
In talking with someone close to Devils: Kovalchuk very tight with KHL money men. Source speculation: "Could make $50M in 5 years there."
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) July 11, 2013
Yeah, he's going to be okay financially. Money's not a huge issue here.
Even for the Devils it's not all that massive from a money standpoint. They got some of the best years of the guy's career, and will only have to pay a cap hit of .25 mill per season until 2025 according to CapGeek. While $250k is a lot to you and me, it isn't that damaging when it comes to dealing with the NHL salary cap.
But the money thing aside – and man, it's okay to push it aside for the moment – this blows. As I said on Twitter, Kovalchuk was a player who used his size extremely well, was quick but never seemed rush, and had a huge shot. He was a classy dude too. He was a thrill to watch play. He'll be missed in the NHL.
I'll write more on his career in the coming weeks – why I wish he hadn't been drafted by Atlanta and traded to New Jersey, how I think the Yaroslavl tragedy affected him a great deal, how I think this makes the most sense for him – but for now, I'm just bummed. He's likely doing the right thing for him and his family, and I can dig that. But from a purely hockey perspective (I see you, Devils season ticket holders)…this isn't a great day for the leauge.
Here's what the Devils and Kovalchuk had to say:
Statement from New Jersey Devils President/CEO/General Manager Lou Lamoriello:
"After many conversations with Ilya over the past year on his desire to retire from the National Hockey League, Ilya's decision became official today. On behalf of the entire organization, I wish Ilya and his family all the best in their future endeavors."
Statement from Ilya Kovalchuk:
"This decision was something I have thought about for a long time going back to the lockout and spending the year in Russia. Though I decided to return this past season, Lou was aware of my desire to go back home and have my family there with me. The most difficult thing for me is to leave the New Jersey Devils, a great organization that I have a lot of respect for, and our fans that have been great to me."
Kovalchuk played 11 seasons in the NHL, including the last four with New Jersey. He retires with career NHL totals of 417 goals and 399 assists for 816 points with 516 penalty minutes in 816 games.
He added 11 goals and 16 assists in 32 career playoff games. Kovalchuk scored 89 goals and 112 assists for 201 points in 222 games, while adding eight goals and 11 assists in 23 playoff games with the Devils. He was traded to New Jersey by Atlanta on February 4, 2010. He was Atlanta's first choice, and the first overall selection in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Born April 15, 1983 in Tver, Russia, Kovalchuk represented Russia at three Olympic Winter Games, nine World Championships, one World Junior Championship and the 2004 World Cup."
Devils penalized $3M, 1st, and 3rd for offering a deal they didn't intend to honor. No penalty to Kovy for actually not honoring a deal.
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THREE people escaped with only minor injuries after a head-on collision between a truck and car on the Portland-Nelson Rd on Monday.
The accident happened at 11.40am about three kilometres west of Nelson after a B-double truck loaded with woodchips burst a tyre as it was negotiating a bend.
Leading Senior Constable Andrew Payne, of the Portland police Highway Patrol Unit, said the truck lost control as a Mitsubishi Lancer approached the bend, with the two vehicles colliding and the truck overturning.
The truck driver and the two people in the Lancer all miraculously escaped serious injury.
Read more in Wednesday's Portland Observer, January 8, 2014.


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Located in the Catalan capital's Eixample district, Suites Barcelona Ara367 enjoys an enviable situation in an historic area, only a 5-minute walk from the Sagrada Familia. Popular tourist destinations such as Casa Mila, Casa Batlló, Plaça Catalunya and Passeig de Gracia, are within walking distance from here. The nearby metro stations Tétuan, Verdaguer and Girona provide quick and easy access to further away attractions such as the Miro Museum, Font Magica de Montjuic and Museu Picasso.
Staying in Barcelona Suites Ara367 you can choose between 2- or 3-bedroom apartments with a fully equipped kitchen, all located in the same building. Every air conditioned accommodation has a terrace and is accessible via an elevator from the ground floor. Complimentary wireless Internet is accessible throughout the property and shuttle service is available upon request.
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Seaton Smith was the guy I was most looking forward to at TEDx, and by the end, he owned the joint. Way more interesting than some guy who thinks he knows all the answers is someone who's hot on the scent and getting close. You're not forced to sit back and be lectured; you're invited to lace up and join a brain expedition in progress.
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Jenn Shelton took questions live online yesterday at Portland's Mail Tribune. No surprise, the conversation went directions others rarely do. Jenn criticizes the sub-title of the book and what she feels is a romanticized portrait of the Tarahumara, but if she wasn't insightful and out-spoken, I wouldn't have recognized her. Archived video is at bottom. Highlights include:
I don't like cougars much. I'm okay with bears, though."
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If two of America's greatest runners can get healthy by getting off their heels, why shouldn't you? Three years ago, Alan Webb was one of the world's best milers. In 2007, he ran the fastest time in the world in both the mile and 1500 meters. Then he began to get injured and sank into a slump. Recently, as the Portland Tribune reports, he put himself into the hands of Alberto Salazar, the distance running legend who's now head of Nike's elite training program. And one of Salazar's first moves? Just as he did with Dathan Ritzenhein, Salazar immediately got Webb to begin running barefoot-style.
Webb was also landing on his heel, in effect slowing himself down.
"We want to eliminate his braking motion," Salazar says. "We want to no longer detect any forces coming back. With Galen, there are no forces going back. With Alan, there still are. It's like having a tire with a nail in it.
Curiously, Webb was once known for appreciating the benefits of a bare foot. When I interviewed him back in 2005, he told me that in high school, he was a size 12 with a flat foot and constant injuries. After his coach got him doing barefoot drills, his feet began to transform: by the time he graduated, Webb told me, he was a size 9 with a raised arch and no more ailments.
So what went wrong? Same thing that happens to the rest of us: he aged, he got bigger, he got a little sloppy. As Salazar puts it,
As he got older he gained too much muscle weight and his form got worse.
Salazar is making it clear that graceful running is a skill you can learn and perfect, not some rare genetic gift you're either granted or denied at birth, like a single purple eye. Makes sense, right? The first time you try chopsticks, you'll spray fried rice all over the table. Practice, and you'll become quick and efficient. Children in Beijing aren't any more hardwired for digital dexterity than kids in Boston; they just pick it up by application and necessity. Now contrast Salazar's belief — that there are good and bad ways to run, and the only difference between them is logic and practice — with the doomed sense of predestination you get from comments like these, as Amby Burfoot watches Haile Gebrselassie:
The truth is that Haile's stride is a gift delivered to him the day he was born. He has a combination of muscle-fiber types, tendon springs, and body-length ratios that are unique to him. He never had to practice his running form; it's simply the way he runs because it's the way he was born to run.
Seriously — the greatest distance runner in history never thinks about what he's doing? Van Gogh obsessed over his draftmanship; Michael Jordan fired up thousands of jump shots a day in the off-season and formed "The Breakfast Club" during the Bulls' championship seasons for pre-workout workouts; piano virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz lamented that, "If I don't practice for a day, I know it. If I don't practice for two days, my wife knows it. If I don't practice for three days, the world knows it." They weren't born with their dexterity — they earned it. Likewise, maybe we'll never run as fast as Geb, but as Salazar is teaching Webb and Ritz, there's no reason we can't run as well as Geb.
**Update: Check out this Runner's World report on the same story. Notice what's conspicuously absent? You've got junk food …core strength …splayed feet… Hang on, what happened to the "tire with a nail in it"? Where are Salazar's remarks about the "braking motion" caused by heel-striking? It's really odd that RW missed the single most important comment Salazar made — unless it's because it tarnishes cushioned running shoes. Salazar isn't a fan of burgers, but he didn't finger Double Whoppers as the major factor in deflating Webb's tires; he blamed the heel strike.
The key to light, easy running is rhythm, and that's a secret that combat forces have known for thousands of years. Roman centurions used to cover 50 miles in a single night, running with one hand holding their weapons and the other on the shoulder of the soldier ahead of them. That kind of close-quarters striding demands a quick, left-right-left-right rhythm: you'd either kick the guy ahead of you or get kicked by the guy behind if you didn't get your feet up fast. No way, in other words, could you land on your heel; you'd never have time to roll through to your forefoot for the next stride without getting a sandal up your butt.
So what was the long lost running rhythm of the ancient Romans? Most likely, the same one the U.S. military calls double-time running cadence: 180 strides per minute. Not coincidentally, that's the same stride rate preferred by elite marathoners. Check out Haile Gebrselassie and Paul Tergat duking it out at 10,000 meters, and Emil Zatopek fighting and lunging his way to the tape in 1952. Despite the differences in speeds, distances and generations, people who need their legs to be fast and resilient are also fans of a pop-pop-pop forefoot stride.
I've been lucky enough to learn from a lot of excellent barefoot runners and natural-running coaches. Dr. Mark Cuccuzella in West Virginia and Ryan Miller in Boston are top-notch; they teach Danny Dreyer's ChiRunning and are masters of making the technique easy to learn and remember. Ken Mierke, the Annapolis-based coach who developed Evolution Running and first got it through my head that form is everything, is also a superb instructor.
But every time I run into Lee Saxby, I learn something that makes my head snap up. Lee began his career as a physical therapist with a waiting room full of limping runners. He knew how to get them back on the roads, but the best he could offer was temporary fixes: he could ease their pain but not prevent their injuries. Then he got wind of some Soviet emigre named Dr. Nicholas Romanov who claimed to have a revolutionary technique called "The POSE Method" which would end running injuries forever. Saxby knew it had to be a scam, but with nothing better to offer his patients, he decided to check it out. He was right to be concerned; what he learned threatened to ruin his career. What, no more deep tissue massages, or hamstring stretches, or cross-training? No more orthotics, or shoe referrals, or months of after-care? Where's the profit in making people unbreakable?
But rather than resist, Saxby signed on; he blended his teaching skills as a physical rehab specialist with Romanov's breakthroughs in movement research and became Europe's top POSE teacher. I've visited him twice over the past few years while I've been in London, and both times he crisply and unerringly zeroed in on little hitches in my stride. The effect was always startling: I instantly felt lighter, stronger and quicker, and the upgrade became an easy and permanent part of my runs.
What I like best about Lee is that he doesn't lecture, or require more than an hour of your time, or even demonstrate very much. He's figured out how to break the key movements down into a sequence of snappy drills. Do them, and you'll be electrified by how great it feels to run naturally, and how easy it is to learn. Like this guy…
Learn to Run Barefoot with Lee Saxby and Terra Plana from GTB Goodtruebeautiful GmbH on Vimeo.
But to be clear: I don't mean this as any kind of endorsement of a shoe. I'm a fan of form, not footwear. If I need some protection on rough terrain, I like all kinds of minimalist styles: Vibram FiveFingers, the Mizuno Wave Universe, Barefoot Ted's "Air Luna" huaraches, Terra Plana's "Evo." That said, I'm awed by the convictions of Galahad Clark, head of Terra Plana and heir to a shoemaking dynasty. For a long time, Terra Plana's bread-and-butter was women's fashion shoes, but once Galahad became convinced of the harm done by overly-engineered shoes and the benefits of natural movement, he decided he couldn't live with himself if he sold products he knew were dangerous. So rather amazingly, he decided to tear up his product line and sell nothing but barefoot-style shoes.
And how did he signal the switch?
By running the 2009 New York City Marathon in his bare feet.
Or in the exact words of a study co-authored by Gordon Valiant, Nike's head of biomechanical research:
"Our current approach of prescribing in-shoe pronation control systems on the basis of foot type is overly simplistic and potentially injurious."
This is mindboggling and explosive stuff, and no one explains it better than Peter Larson. Essentially, the top scientist at the world's top sports shoe company is attached to a study that suggests the whole running shoe business is built on nonsense. The second you walk into a running-shoe store, the study concludes, you're looking at trouble. There you are, faced with the Bewildering Wall of Footwear, trying to decide on one of dozens and dozens of nearly identical-looking shoes. Naturally, you have to rely on the "expert" assistance of a "professionally-trained" salesperson (trained by whom, you might ask? By shoe company reps and shoestore owners). They'll check out your bare feet, maybe have you trot in your old shoes on a treadmill. You'll then be steered toward a new shoe that's supposed to compensate for the height of your arch and the roll of your heel. "Make sure to replace them after 500 miles," you'll be warned, which means you have to start the process all over again in 6 months because the $100 shoe you've just bought will mysteriously — and inevitably — be discontinued.
And now, after millions of running injuries, billions in shoe company profits, and decades of being warned that we'll get hurt if we don't buy pronation-controlling footwear, what are we now told?
Current conventions for assigning stability categories for women's running shoes do not appear appropriate based on the risk of experiencing pain when training for a half marathon.
It is noteworthy that every runner who trained in the motion control shoe with a highly pronated foot posture reported an injury.
Most remarkably, the lead researcher seems to channel Barefoot Ken Bob when he adds this advice:
Listen to your body, not to what the salespeople might tell you.
If Valiant's name sounds familiar, by the way, it's probably because he's one of the fathers of Nike's most misbegotten experiment, the Shox series. Priced at a whopping $150 back in 2000, the Shox have foam springs which are supposed to provide "propulsion as well as cushioning," theoretically allowing runners to sproing along. The Shox made the cover of Popular Science, but one subtly ominous undertone was included in the article:
"There are no current plans to use the shoe in professional competition" the reporter noted, "so it will be difficult to quantify whether it will actually help athletes run faster…"
Now that's odd. At the time, Shox were the absolute top of the line. They were the most expensive shoe on the market, boasting 16 years of technological research and development. They were supposed to provide the two things every runner needs most: propulsion and cushioning. What an awesome advantage for an elite marathoner, right?
Except none of them would wear the things.
U.S. military researchers finally stepped in to settle the dust and resolve the running shoe debate. Their question: do running shoes cause the injuries they're supposed to prevent?
Their answer: Hoo-wah! Or as they actually put it:
Researchers found almost no correlation at all between wearing the proper running shoes and avoiding injury. Injury rates were high among all the runners, but they were highest among the soldiers who had received shoes designed specifically for their foot types. If anything, wearing the "right" shoes for their particular foot shape had increased trainees' chances of being hurt.
The most startling thing about this study is how much it resembles the same experience we've all had whenever we've walked into a running-shoe store. Thousands of military recruits had their arches and running styles assessed, then were given either a motion-control, stability, or neutral-cushioned shoe. Sound familiar? The result was a catastrophe: the s0-called science of shoe selection made things worse, not better. I don't see how any running-shoe store can keep performing that video gait analysis voodoo after this, or how any magazine that aspires to journalism and not just ad revenue can continue putting out those shoe reviews. Even the Pentagon now knows that cushioned running shoes aren't just useless — they're dangerous.
And the worst offender?
Across the board, motion-control shoes were the most injurious for the runners. Many overpronators, who, in theory, should have benefited from motion-control shoes, complained of pain and missed training days after wearing them, as did a number of the runners with normal feet and every single underpronating runner assigned to the motion-control shoes.
No wonder the shoe industry is quietly conducting a silent recall of motion-control shoes. Now, try to correlate what the U.S. military discovered with the advice you're constantly hearing from running magazines and podiatrists:
Go to a specialty running store where trained professionals will evaluate your feet, watch you run, recommend the right shoes, and then let you go out for a test drive. You'll leave with a comfortable pair of shoes that will have you running pain-and injury-free. (Runner's World, May 2010)
For a biology professor's take on related news (U.S. Olympic marathoner Dathan Ritzenhein's switch from heel striking to a softer, more barefoot-like stride) check out the always smart Runblogger. Both stories lead to the same conclusion: Changing footwear changes nothing, but fixing form can fix everything.
Ritzenhein isn't just a world-class runner and a Nike-sponsored elite; he's being personally coached by marathon great Alberto Salazar and monitored by Nike biomechanist Gordon Valiant. He's got the finest running minds, resources and technology at his disposal, and the personal experience of thousands of miles to draw on. It's safe to assume that Ritzenhein thinks about running every day and reads everything about the sport he can lay his hands on. So when a runner of that caliber realizes that shoes can't solve his problems but maybe a barefoot-style footstrike can, it's time for the rest of us to pay attention.
I got home, took the KSO's off, and had some blisters, but my PF pain was gone. I was amazed and bewildered.
Next time you come across one of those befuddled news stories which ponder whether minimalist running is a fad, consider the case of Sean Fillner. Like many runners, he turned to natural foot motion after suffering endless injuries in running shoes. Incidentally, I've never met a runner who turned to shoes because of problems with natural foot motion. Fillner may also be the most dogged VFF customer on earth, although he might have spared himself a lot of time and international shipping if he'd tried bare feet first. (courtesy of Peter Larson, the Runblogger)


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The two vendors at the Alabama Farmers Market on Finley have begun to receive their spring shipments of tropicals and other plants. |
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- Posted by tsmith2579 7B (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 10 at 16:13
What varieties do they have? |
Not sure what all they had.I recognized sago, roebellini, majesty, fish tail, what appeared to be a Pindo, and two or three others along with ferns and other plants.Last year they had the same along with bottle,queen, foxtail. |
Are there a lot of plant venders at the Farmers Market? I always say that I want to go but have never made it down there. |
- Posted by john_trussville z7b AL (My Page) on Tue, Mar 16, 10 at 18:39
Here are a few pics I snapped last w/e. In addition to what you see in the pics there are tons of blooming tropicals inside the buildings i.e. hibiscus, mandevilla, bougainvillea, oleander, shrimp plant...as well as knock-out roses, gardenias, philo selloum, ferns and others. Most everything is very reasonably priced. haley45: I believe there are currently just the two tropical vendors there. If you go, just drive straight in & all the way to the back and hang a right, and you'll see the palms everywhere. And disregard the "wholesale only" signs posted. They'll sell to anyone. |
I went back this past Saturday with my pick-up and made my first purchases of the year.Three majestys and two roebellinis.Payday this week so I plan to go back. |
- Posted by john_trussville z7b AL (My Page) on Wed, Mar 17, 10 at 12:54
bamatufa, did you get a couple of these roebellinis? Sure wish they were hardy here. They're a steal for $100. |
I know ! I saw one Saturday I wanted. The big ones catch my eyes everytime I drive in there. I had to settle for the offspring babies in 14 inch pots. I saw the size I purchased in a local nursery for $99 each. |
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I see people plant those Pygmy dates every year and they always get killed by a freeze (even down here at the FL line). |
- Posted by john_trussville z7b AL (My Page) on Thu, Apr 8, 10 at 12:10
The two tropical plant vendors here at the farmer's market, Oakley Smith & Bobby Graves are totally honest with customers in regard to which palms they sell are cold hardy & which ones aren't. Still, a lot of folks like to buy the non-hardy ones just to have around their homes & pools to add a little tropical flair just for the summer. |
I just put two of my old Pygmy's in the ground that were on the decline. My plan is to protect them this winter but I may chicken-out and pull them up before winter hits. |
- Posted by john_trussville z7b AL (My Page) on Tue, Apr 13, 10 at 17:31
I wish you luck on that endeavor. My experience with robellinis is that when they start declining they're almost impossible to revive. Since they never seem to over-winter very well indoors, I gave up on them years ago. |
I m glad I found this page. I've wondered where this farmer's market was that sells Palms. I had planted two Windmill palms. One did great, one died. It looks bad at the front steps as a result. Also had bad luck with Pindo palms... Anyone know the prices of Windmill palms here? Are they there weekdays or SAturday only? Thanks! |
I went by there this past Tuesday on my day off.They had a few palms but I heard Oakley on the phone placing an order for some more Robellini palms. Early part of March is the best time as far as selection but now may be a good time to will & deal with them on any that have not moved. Graves used to be open 24hrs. Oakley was open until 8p.m. or so. Both 7 days a week.Graves had their "Wholesale Only " sign put out but I beleive if you politely approach the owners they will cut you a retail deal so do not be intimidated by the wholesale sign if you see a palm you want. Worst case they will tell you no but I have a feeling they will not.I bought from Graves last year and have spoken to them this year this past March when I went by there to look at new shipments. |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 10:27
If ever you are driving to the beaches, keep in mind there's a palm tree farm a couple miles north of downtown Florala. They probably keep bankers' hours, so call ahead if you'd want to go by. Florala Palm Co. They have pindo palms, sago palms, crepe myrtles. I know nothing about palms, but was looking for a website. Didn't find one, but found several business listings sites that said such. I don't know if buying one directly from a place like this would be significantly less expensive or not. ...or if it would fit between the kids in the back seat. LOL! That saves me, never even stopped by, but driving by is great for fantasizing! |
Chotty, did you make it by the Farmers Market? |
I plan on going this month. It's been a while. Hope they're still selling. I see several yards in B'ham that have very healthy prickly pear cactus as well I want to look into. Also giant green Elephant ears seem to do well. |
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Technically, there's still a day left until the sweaty masses are rounded up and booted out of Gamescom, but we've seen the conferences, absorbed the media and consumed all the german sausages a man can take.
You in the back, stop laughing and grow up.
The Gamescom vein has been thoroughly tapped. Our fingers are worn, our nerves are frayed and our minds are awash with PR speak, but we've got just enough in us to tap out a rundown of our highs and lows of the event.
HIGH: Remember Me
Capcom is currently the boogeyman from Japan. Internet forums and comment sections erupt into a vocal symphony of DLC practice complaints and critiques at a mere mention of its name. So it's good to see, hear and read the buzz surrounding Remember Me. We're drowning in sequels and known quantities, so it's no surprise at all that Dontnod Entertainment's futuristic action game is the subject of many spirited discussions.
Remember Me isn't playable at the event but we've poured over the screens and videos Capcom has released. Cheesy dialogue aside it looks very promising. Once we've seen and sampled more of it we'll consider it on its own merits, but for now we're revelling in obvious comparisons to Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, Blade Runner and Inception.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution left us with a desperate craving for more cyberpunk. Between Remember Me, Watch Dogs and CD Projekt Red's new RPG we're sure to get our fill next year.
LOW: Cruel Half-Life 3 teases
It was never going to happen really was it? It never does. And yet for some reason we still feel utterly crushed that the game's blatantly erroneous appearance on the list of products on show at Gamescom turned out to be just that.
The perpetual edge-of-seat-anticipation that we've felt for the last five odd years has pushed us well beyond breaking point, we're floating in a realm of madness and illogicality now. A dark place where even the most implausible, obviously fake Half-Life 3 developments are stretched and skewed into something vaguely resembling a dead certainty by our desperate psyche.
What else is on the list? Dragon Age 3. EA has confirmed it's working on Dragon Age 3 hasn't it? Yes, it has! It said it will "surprise and delight". Yes, surprise and delight! We're about due for a Dragon Age 3 announcement aren't we? Yes, Origins was out just over a year before the second was confirmed. We're due, definitely! We're due. EA is going to announce Dragon Age 3 at Gamescom. It will. I know. Which means... Half-Life 3 will be there. Finally, Half-Life 3 will be announced. This time. For sure.
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But what about power failure when someone has a lantern? The lantern ignores the darkness marker so I'm not sure why it would be so important to the investigator to solve the wiring puzzle before exploring the room. But that is probably just the roleplayer in me (I'm pretty new to being a Keeper/GM, I'm usually a player) If it ever comes up again I'll probably just tell them that the light from the antern is casting a lot of shadows and it is making it hard to find anything of use.


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I am a full time student at IUE and a mother of a 3 year old and a step mother of a 14,13,and 10 year old and i love to cook.
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I am getting custom cabinets with shaker style doors/drawers. The current plan is to do the stiles & rails at 3" instead of the standard 2". On the drawer banks, my plan was to have the top drawers flat and the lower drawers pieced. This works fine on the 3 drawer banks but the 4 drawer banks, the middle drawers pieced leaves only about 1" of space between the stiles & rails. I was thinking of doing flat, flat, flat, pieced on the four drawer banks. Does this make sense? Other suggestions?
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- Posted by granite-girl (My Page) on Wed, Jan 27, 10 at 15:59
What about just doing them all flat? Look up shaker door styles on the finished kitchens, see if there are any examples. |
- Posted by julie94062 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 27, 10 at 17:08
All my top drawers are flat (slab) and the same size (6" high) and the lower drawers have the stiles/rails. On the 4-drawer bank, the top drawer is still 6" and the bottom 3 are about 8" each, and all are slab front. If you had rails/stiles on the smaller drawers, it might be hard to place the handle, plus might look crowded. Here are mine. Sorry about the phone pic :-) But I have seen smaller drawers with the rails/stiles and they look fine, too, so it's just what appeals to you. Maybe do a mockup with a handle? |
Small drawers look better flat. |
- Posted by redheadcurlyq (My Page) on Wed, Jan 27, 10 at 17:35
Yes, eks, that makes sense. |
I have a combination of the two. I really think it's personal preference. Four drawers to the right of refrigerator are flat. Island has flat top drawer and rails/stiles on larger bottom drawers. |
- Posted by totallyconfused (My Page) on Wed, Jan 27, 10 at 18:01
Mine are all flat. I'm not crazy about pieced drawers unless the drawers are large, but that's just me. Totally Confused |
- Posted by remodelfla (My Page) on Wed, Jan 27, 10 at 18:35
There have been many threads about this. Many people use a slab on the narrower 6" top drawer and piece the wider lower drawers |
- Posted by cali_wendy (My Page) on Wed, Jan 27, 10 at 18:59
Mine are all slab except for the large drawers (pot size). Oh, and also the large freezer drawers are pieced as well. |
Here is a photo of my only 4 drawer bank in the kitchen. Cabinets are full overlay. The stiles (is that the right word?) are 1.5 inches so I think it looks just fine. Lots of room for a handle. |
Mine are going to be full overlay doors. With the 3" stile & rails, there isn't much room in the smaller drawers for a handle..it looks kind of odd. So, am I better off to do all flat in slab in the 4 drawer bank like many of you did or do the 3 smaller drawers slab and the lower drawer pieced? |
I guess mine are unusual, as the top and bottom rails on drawer fronts are narrower so that I didn't have a full 3" at the top and bottom, only on the sides, and all around on the doors...I think so that where they join is the width of one rail, instead of 2. It allows for a bigger panel in smaller drawers. Like a lot of others, I have slab smaller drawers and 5-piece bigger drawers. However, I have to tell you that after I spent a day last week cleaning out the little crevices and corners, I now look at my choices differently. We bake and cook a lot, plus a big family and pets, with a lot of movement of flour, dust, etc., ...and I'm not getting any younger...so if I had to do it again, I would do all slab drawer fronts...maybe doors, too. Not kidding, not exaggerating. |
pieced? ~ I feel stupid, BUT what is a pieced drawer? |
Could you get smaller rails for the shallower drawers? My drawers, while not shaker style, still have fairly substantial frames/rails and all drawers have them. However, Omega must have anticipated this issue b/c while the doors have 3" frames, all the drawer fronts have 2-1/4" frames. Is it possible your cabinetmaker has done the same thing? My door description: 3" wide mitered moulded frame 3-drawer stack (24" wide): 4-drawer stack (24" wide), also shows a door with the 3/4" wider frame: Slab drawer fronts: |
Here is my 4 drawer bank, plenty of room for the pulls, but I guess my rails are smaller than yours will be.
Phyl345...A 5-piece drawer front (what the OP meant by 'pieced') has a panel (raised or flat, but for Shaker style is flat) with stiles and rails (a frame) around it, while slab drawer front is usually one, plain, flat piece. |
We are just about to launch into cabinets and I never thought about the stiles and rails for the drawers for shaker. But now reading Rhome's post (even though those drawers look really nice) I'm going to consider all slab. Never thought of the cleaning issue. (We have a very 1980's slab kitchen now and I have to admit they are very easy to clean, but perhaps that's more important a factor if you are doing white vs. wood??) |
- Posted by cawfeegirl (My Page) on Thu, Jan 28, 10 at 20:46
I dont have mine yet, but on the drawer stacks Im doing slabs on the top drawer, the rest will be 5-piece. |
Ctreno, I have fir (natural finish wood), as well as some light gray, cream, and burgundy (painted) cabinets. The cream showed the worst, but the dirt builds no matter the color. It was actually hardest to get the wood as clean, because it was harder to see some of what was on them...Had to get the light on them at the right angle. This was more of an issue around the pulls than on the bottom rail ledge, though. |
So far, I haven't had problems cleaning our drawer fronts. The only place it's even been an issue is in the baking center (mostly flour). I usually blow out what I can, dust w/a dry cloth, and then take a really wet cloth and clean what's left w/o much effort. I follow by a dry cloth b/c I don't want to leave a lot of water on the wood. The crevices haven't been a problem for me, but as you can tell, it's an issue for others. For me, I'd rather have the style of my drawers and do the occasional cleaning than have slab drawer fronts. |
For what it's worth, we've found in our cabinet hunt that all-slab is cheaper, too. Not a huge amount---under $1,000---but for us that's ten percent of our overall cabinet budget, and it equals the markup for painted v. wood or inset v. frameless with one of the shops we're looking at. So, another factor to throw into the mix! (All else being equal we will do pieced for the large pot drawers and slab for the smaller drawers---probably splitting it above and below 6" depending on how the measurements shake out.) |
We only have one 3 drawer bank and they are fairly large (both width and depth) drawers, but I opted for all slab on all of our drawers throughout the kitchen. I do think it does come down to personal preference as someone else mentioned. Kat :) |
When I was researching cabinet styles, I noticed a correlation between door and drawer details. The simpler the style, the more likely you'd see slab drawers, sometimes all slab and sometimes mixed with 5-piece drawer fronts. As cabinet styles became more detailed, there was a much slimmer chance of seeing them paired with slab drawer fronts. As buehl discovered, plain fronts don't look as finished with more detailed doors. Drawers that echo door details just look better. I think you could go either way and I'd be more inclined to aim for a balanced look of stile versus inset panel. 1" clearance between stiles doesn't seem to provide that, IMO. Your wider stiles sound more like the contemporized Shaker cabintes that Ikea offers. Perhaps you can find some inspiration by looking at photos of Ikea kitchens. There are several in the FKB. Here's an example of a 4-drawer bank next to a 3-drawer bank from mindstorm's kitchen (link below). You can see more photos if you click on the link to the photo album from mindstorm's FKB page. |
Here is a link that might be useful: FKB - Mindstorm's kitchen.
- Posted by BlackChamois (My Page) on Fri, Nov 8, 13 at 0:28
@positano - I know this is an old thread but hopefully you're still receiving the post replies :) I have a couple questions on your 4 drawer bank: Thank you!!! |
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I am delighted to be writing to you today about MyFootballClub and Ebbsfleet United, almost 20 months on from one of the most revolutionary moments in soccer history when a web community voted to complete the £600,000 purchase of an English soccer club. As you're a soccer fan you will no doubt have taken account of this movement at the time, and you may think it random for me to pick this up again now, but I am inspired to explore what lessons we can learn from it now we're further down the line and to discover what it's importance will be for the future.
Strangely enough, what is fundamentally most important about MyFootballClub has absolutely nothing to do with soccer! The experiment is of course of continuing interest to soccer fans around the world, hence its relevance here, but its real significance is as an indicator of a vital social trend: the democratization of private enterprise. This process is rooted deep in history, as shall be revealed, and is perfectly accompanied by the rise of social media and visionary interpretations of government 2.0. Maybe this is basic to you, or maybe you haven't a clue what I'm on about. But stick around because all will me made clear soon…
First I'll give you a bit of background to MyFootballClub and its specific significance for Ebbsfleet United and soccer generally. Then I'll move on to talk about the wider influence of a community owned soccer club in this increasingly social world; something a number of newspapers and media companies were smart to pick up on at the time. 20 months down the line seems like an appropriate point for review, so let's get going as see what more we can learn about soccer, about people and about society.
MyFootballClub: The Management Community
After launching in April 2o07, the MyFootballClub website rapidly gained 12,000 members to raise a massive £500,000 by 10th August. In all members chose to buy Ebbslfeet and chose NIKE to be the official kit supplier, as well as making decisions on key transfers and finances amongst other things. In doing so they quickly proved that community decision making via online voting was a feasible model for the game of soccer. Whilst critics would have questioned the practicality of such activity, for many people know how inefficient a board room with too many people can be, this experiment proved that the internet was able to bring a new lease of life into soccer amidst a stale rampage of monopolistic, private-billionaire club ownership.
The real attraction for the fans and members was the ability to take the concept of fantasy football and place that in a new reality which worked in practice. The ability to 'play' on their computer also seems to have made it resemble soccer management games like Football Manager and Championship Manager. When you combine the fun element of fantasy with the wild passion many people have for football, the results were unsurprisingly incredible. An online community bought a soccer club and drove it towards success beyond its wildest dreams.
Ebbsfleet United: New Found Glory
After the takeover Ebbsfleet experienced record ticket sales, a victory in the final of the FA Trophy at Wembley, exciting new transfers and live TV coverage of their matches. Now that the club was owned by people from 80 different countries, the media attention paid towards them was naturally massive. The club's renewed finances combined with this unprecedented publicity paved the way for these magnificent achievements and it became clear that the experiment to launch a successful, crowd-driven soccer club had worked.
The club now boats a host of sponsors and its website matches its dramatically improved status as a club. Indeed their official site, http://www.ebbsfleetunited.co.uk, can be found amongst the top 1% of all websites on the internet (according to the rankings by Alexa: the web information company run by Amazon). Meanwhile the MyFootballClub website finds itself well inside the top 0.5% of all sites on the internet. Though these stats are not fool-proof, they are just one indicator of the great popularity brought about my this concept of community-powered clubs.
Summary of Media Attention
"Buying a football team used to be a rich man's game. Not any more" (The Economist)
"A new era for international sports could be close" (ESPN)
"MyFootballClub members will have a vote on transfers, player selection and all major decisions affecting the club" (BBC)
"The sense that £35 a year effectively buys you the right to behave like a football god is an attractive proposition" (The Daily Telegraph)
BUT…Has the Novelty Worn Off?
Given that the club apparently hasn't achieved any milestones since February 2009, it would only be too easy to answer this question with a big, fat YES. After all, at the time of writing, the club is sitting in 20th position in the league: just one place above the relegation zone! Furthermore, the hyped-up media coverage seems to have died away and the MyFootballClub website traffic ranking has not improved in a long while, despite its initial performance.
And yet, despite all this, it would still be wrong to write MyFootballClub off. There is still plenty of time for Ebbsfleet to pick itself up and the club's fame will surely act as a platform for its future success. The founders of MyFootballClub undertook a remarkable task and the success they have enjoyed up till now is a testament to their ambition, the proactive nature of the members, the adaptability of soccer as a sport and above all the concept of community-powered business.
It remains to be seen whether Ebbsfleet will work in the long term, but it is certainly a brilliant example of a democratically run club which can be used as a model for all future ventures. But even if another community-run club were to launch, it would not have the same novelty value as Ebbsfleet. As the first and original club of its kind, Ebbsfleet is guaranteed to hold its place in people's minds and in the soccer history books- its media appeal can be reinvigorated at any moment and any future success may help it to snowball once more with the right publicity.
So to finally answer this question…No! Because it is the original and only community-owned soccer club, with vast intellectual resources for its position and an ability to make further membership money at will, MyFootballClub and Ebbsfleet do have a future even if things have gone quiet for now. 20 months on, that is what we can learn on the soccer front. Now onto the broader lessons of the Ebbsfleet project…
The Future of Crowdfunding – Rooted in History
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term crowdfunding, we first need to look at the term crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing, a term coined by the great Jeff Howe who wrote a book of the same name, is basically when a role normally performed by a firm is outsourced to a large, undefined group of people. So the way in which Ebbsfleet United runs its decision making process is a form of crowdsourcing because the huge mass of members are now doing this job. Crowdfunding, then, generally refers to crowdsourcing for raising finance. MyFootballClub raised its money from the community and in doing so leveraged their resources to perform a task which any individual member would not have been able to perform on their own.
We have spent a long time getting to this part of the article, but crowdfunding is the reason that the Ebbsfleet example is so significant. This is NOT news, but the subject is so fascinating that in my opinion it cannot draw enough attention- however far down the line we go. With MyFootballClub, soccer collided with a long-growing social movement in a very positive and productive way and it is this movement which we now need to look into.
In June 2007 the Observer called MyFootballClub "a magnificently chaotic pure democracy" and thus showed just how far we have come since Jean-Jacques Rousseau said in the Social Contract that "no true democracy exists". What is ironic is that now we may have finally reached the closest thing to a true democracy, it is not with the state but with a private enteprise! The power of the crowd and the movement towards equality of opinion has always existed, but it has taken the internet to really accelerate our development as community-minded beings. Our social nature is always present, but Crowfdfunding has expressed it in a way that was never before possible really. Soccer is just one field in which this can operate, but there are many others too including music and financial loans.
The extension of our ancient need for community can be found in modern social networks, social bookmarking sites and various other social start up enterprises (all of which are analysed and monitored by the mighty Mashable: the social media guide). This has all been covered many times before, but I hope you are now starting to see that the community-purchase of a soccer club is not just relevant to soccer, but is a legendary indicator of a timeless social movement.
The future of crowdfunding, then, will probably NOT be another community soccer club: Ebbsfleet is fairly safe in that domain for any new club would lack the same novelty appeal and could not boast any originality. I believe we will see whole industries over-turned by the user-generated movement until there is a major, crowdfunded company in all the major sectors. The key is to be the first into your field, so it is perhaps best not to now choose the soccer field!
Crowdfunding is just the product of increasingly connected, social communities- the topic of MyFootballClub was clearly soccer, but this model could easily be replicated in a host of other areas. So 20 months on from the voted purchase of Ebbsfleet we cannot expect anything new to have happend in that industry because it is not likely to again- MyFootballClub has a bright future itself but it is now the social not the soccer lessons which are transferable.
And Finally…
This article is not intended to be visionary, for I believe the press at the time did a good job of realizing Ebbsfleet's social and historic significance, but Iam thankful to you for indulging my discussion of this fascinating subject. The pressing need to write this article 20 months on, then, is so that it may serve as a small reminder of crowdfunding potential and a little progress check for the development of soccer. What's most important, though, is that the social spirit which drives MyFootballClub can be kept alive and applied to a whole range of other industries now and in the future, until the concepts developed yesterday are an absolutely integral part of tomorrow's world, from the web and beyond.
Have fun,
Soccer Geek
P.S: In addition to learning about the social movement, please also click here to sign up to my free soccer eCourse where I show you how to use transferable skills to improve your performance.
NB: Here's a quick list of great, useful links if you're interested in this side of soccer, MyFootballClub and its wider significance. These blogs habe already covered it well, reglardless of whether you agree with their opinions, so please also pay them a visit. MyFootballClub is no longer news, but having looked at it20 months on from the agreed purchase, it may be worth going back and looking for further info from the time once mor. That's if I've convinced you of it's significance now!
1) Soccer Lens: http://soccerlens.com/myfootballclub-nice-idea-wont-work/1994/
2) Blue Square: http://soccerword.com/index.php?blog=16&title=myfootballclub_and_ebbsfleet_united&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
3) Buzz in Football Blog: http://www.buzzinfootballblog.co.uk/my-football-club-buys-51-of-ebbsfleet-united/77
4) MeDiary: http://mediary.wordpress.com/


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Dessert:ARG! Do I need to serve dessert? Maybe a cake from the bakers. (Or ask my mom for her carrot cake . . . but then, she'd be the only person bringing anything.)
Ooh, if you're going to do corn on the cob, and you have room in your oven, bake it in the husk at 350 for half an hour. It's magical. Let's just say I don't even need butter and salt to enjoy it (and I will butter and salt just about everything).
One suggestion for the menu....the potatoes and veggie are all eeally starchy types. ....green beans, potatoes and corn...what about a lighter type veggies like carrot or asparagus?


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