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South Korean officials recall M&M's and Snickers, as China's production standards improve.
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China's widening poisoned milk scandal ensnared some of the world's top food brands Monday, as South Korean authorities recalled Chinese-made M&M's, Snickers bars, and Ritz crackers.
The products were among 10 processed foods exported from China that were found to contain traces of melamine, the toxic chemical used to adulterate powdered milk that has killed four babies in China and sickened 54,000 others.
As officials worldwide continue to check for tainted Chinese milk products, there are signs that production safety in China is improving. New government tests show that the latest batches of milk are melamine-free. Meanwhile, victims of the contaminated dairy products are beginning to take legal action.
Although the melamine levels in the goods on sale in South Korea "do not pose a big health threat ... we will take the necessary measures to ensure food safety," the South Korean Food and Drug Administration said.
In Beijing, meanwhile, the new head of the Chinese government's quality watchdog pledged "substantial changes in the production and distribution of dairy products."
Wang Yong, who became head of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine last month after his predecessor was fired when the melamine scandal broke, told Xinhua, the official news agency, that his staff had dispatched 1,644 inspection teams to every dairy factory in the country.


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Blackboard Jungle hangin' on the streets of Hollywood California
Blackboard Jungle is back for their annual Hollywood reunion at the Roxy, and bassist Britt reminisces about the good ol' days
By Gerry Gittelson
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HOLLYWOOD — Blackboard Jungle is packing clubs on the Sunset Strip again. Not every other weekend or so like the band did in their prime in the early 1990s but once a year for the annual Blackboard Jungle reunion, and the 11th celebration is June 1 at the Roxy with Glamour Punks, Swingin' Thing, God Zoo and Wicked Jester – all underground successes back in the day that never quite found the brass ring.
With a great singer named Kenny Price, a rock-star-in-the-making guitarist in Dave Zink, an enterprising bassist in founder Britt in addition to drummer Joel Patterson, Blackboard Jungle climbed to the top of the heap in Hollywood but never signed a major record deal.
Shame really, because millions of people missed out on some compelling music, but that's an old story of course. What's fresh is the band's seasonal reappearance, and in a Metal Sludge exclusive, Britt was only too happy to share about what's it's like, what happened, and what it's like now.
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SLUDGE: Hey Britt, still playing the Roxy but getting paid better now, right?
BRITT: Oh yeah, 100 percent.
SLUDGE: It's good to hear your voice again. I think back, and Blackboard Jungle never it big like some of the others. You've had a lot years to mull this over. Any thoughts?
BRITT: We were different than the hair-metal bands. We had more of an alternative feel. I just feel like when you look at Guns N' Roses, it's a rough industry. At the end of the day, I think long-term we've done a lot better than a lot of those bands from back then that did get a record deal, bands like Kik Tracee and Animal Bag and whoever. We've done better than them without a record a deal, all those bands like Sister Whiskey. I could go on and on. I heard at one point back then that Riki Rachtman wouldn't play some band's video because the guy was wearing a Blackboard Jungle shirt in the video, so he wouldn't play the video.
SLUDGE: That's bizarre.
BRITT: Yeah, he didn't let Taime wear one, he never embraced us. Now he is cool, though.
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SLUDGE: So let's go back. I think I met Blackboard Jungle, the whole band, for the first or second time at the old Rock n Roll Denny's on Sunset, late at night or early in the morning. You were sitting with Kim Fowley, your new manager, and he was proclaiming you would be the biggest band in the world.
BRITT: Yeah, Kim was one of the first. He pretty much formed us and named us. He was our mastermind. He said we would be a gigantic band, but it went all wrong with him. With Kim Fowley, we had like every record label at our first SOUND CHECK. Then he threatened the life of one of the guys at Atlantic Records if he didn't sign us, and that was not good.
SLUDGE: And there was the off-shoot band, Bad Blood with Jeff Blood.
BRITT: Jeff Blood, they were our roommates. Bad blood, they had Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, and we only had Brent Muscat from Faster Pussycat, and it was a rivalry because they rehearsed across the hall. It's amazing we weren't able to go further because we were semi-nice guys, and we weren't on heroin.
SLUDGE: Me and you had already known each other a little bit, right? With Filthy Ritz. You played a G-Spot Jam, right?
BRITT: Yeah, Filthy Ritz was my first band. Andy McCoy from Hanoi Hocks came in and just picked the band apart. We thought we were Led Zeppelin, and Andy was talking about getting this deal and that deal and this check for publishing so he could make house payments, and we're just sitting down with him, and he wanted us to do heroin with him. I remember the night Guns N' Roses played the Cathouse, he was on heroin drooling right in front of us. I was like, no way dude.
We were the same way as Guns N' Roses. They were just these hicks from Indiana, and I went to see the Quireboys at the Roxy, and you remember Carol from Headline?
SLUDGE: Yeah, she was hot. With those little white shorts she used to wear, she turned me on. She worked with Mitch Stevens, who was Pretty Boy Floyd's manager.
BRITT: Yeah, that's her.
SLUDGE: Lesli Sanders used to like her, too.
BRITT: Yeah, I think so. So when I had no band, she had all these tickets for Pretty Boy Floyd, and I would take 'em and stand outside the Roxy out front and sell the tickets. I made so much money selling tickets that I never had to work.
SLUDGE: You would make enough?
BRITT: Yeah, she wasn't giving them to me to scalp them. I would steal a whole stack.
SLUDGE: Interesting. Better not tell Kristy Majors. You know how he is.
BRITT: Yeah, a lot of memories. I remember Andy McCoy once laughed at me, so I attacked him at the Roxy. He was like the patron saint of Hollywood, and I threw him over the bar onto a table.
SLUDGE: Why?
BRITT: Cause he walked in, and nobody had the balls to beat him up, so I did.
SLUDGE: Then what happened?
BRITT: I got thrown out, so I scalped more tickets. (laughs) I don't know.
SLUDGE: I love this stuff. I can picture it all. Back to Blackboard Jungle. So what happened?
BRITT: It was all good. We played the Teaszer, did a few things, then Brent Muscat, like God Save the Queen, he decided he wanted to produce us, and he really, really helped us. We started to get pretty big, and he took us on the road with Faster Pussycat. We pretty much did the whole "Whipped" tour.
SLUDGE: How could you afford it?
BRITT: We went in a van, selling t-shirts, enough to do it. We would sell like 200 t-shirts. We didn't have some stripper girl to invest like everyone else.
SLUDGE: What did you learn out there?
BRITT: I don't remember. (laughs) The tour manager, he just loaded us in a van, in Florida, and on the first day he told us it was going to be the best time of our lives, and he was dead on. We became a real band, out there on the road with no record deal, going places, playing a few places. We were smart enough to realize there was no time to wait for that gigantic tour bus – but if we had one, it would have been great!
SLUDGE: Did anyone shop the band for deal? Where you close?
BRITT: Yeah, but someone would always come back, and say we need more songs or to do this or do that, and then we'll sign you. We kind of fell victim but I would have liked to be a huge band like some of my friends. We did do a Japanese record deal, and we went to Japan. In Germany, they signed us to promote a cigarette company, weird stuff like that. We were like the Forest Gump of rock bands. We were always there but it didn't really happen, know what I mean?
SLUDGE: Did you get depressed?
BRITT: I think we got bummed out, sitting around, planning our tour plans around when our phone bill would arrive. We turned to different manager.s Marshall Berle met with us. We thought all this stuff was going to happen, and when it didn't we shouldn't have been depressed. We should have enjoyed it more.
SLUDGE: I guess today you have cult-hero status.
BRITT: Yeah, that's what I would say. You do get bummed out when everyone else is getting signed, though. When I first moved to Los Angeles, one week CBS was signing Johnny Crash, then the next week they were signing Love/Hate. I was like, wow, people here really do get record deals. It was magical. Pretty Boy Floyd got signed, and I was there. Five years earlier, in New Jersey, I didn't think rock stars even had real phone numbers.
SLUDGE: At some point you decided to move to L.A.
BRITT: Yeah, I left the day after graduation night from high school. My parents were going to be moving anyway, to San Francisco, and I just kind of disappeared, kind of slipped through the cracks. It was me and Jamie Scrap (now in Glamour Punks). We started calling people. I remember standing in front of Gazzarri's looking at a huge wall painting of Brunette and thinking, "How am I gonna compete with THAT?"
Only in Hollywood can you pass this out to thousands of people.
SLUDGE: I don't remember you being a heavy drinker at all.
BRITT: Oh no. Back then, I didn't party at all. That all came in time, and that all went away in time.
SLUDGE: Though I do remember your guitar player, Dave Zink. I remember that night at this big party at LP Sounds in the Valley, Gary Patterson's old studio. Duff McKagen was there, and anyway, Dave Zinc was going to attack some guy with a screwdriver. I talked him out of it!
BRITT: Yeah, that was typical.
SLUDGE: Why was he mad that night?
BRITT: Who knows? Probably because all the girls Dave dated back then were young strippers and sluts, and you know how they are, so I'm sure it was over some chick. He's all talk because he's too tall and skinny, he couldn't fight, just all talk. I remember at FM Station one night, he was fucking the girl backup singer for the Mimes, having sex with her on his amp right in front of everyone. It was a very weird time, living in this house where one morning Dave is sitting there playing his guitar, and Steve Jones (from the Sex Pistols) walks by, having just finished banging his girlfriend or something. We were young. The women, that was all just a process of being in Hollywood. You know, Gerry. You wrote about it in Hollywood Rocks.
SLUDGE: I did?
BRITT: Yeah, the press was really important back then. It was huge. In those days we would go across the country, and you would still see the L.A. newspapers with Rock City News and Hollywood Rocks. It was amazing. Anyone who ever wrote us a letter, we always wrote everyone back. We were nice guys. We were invited everywhere. We weren't elitist at all.
SLUDGE: You're playing with Glamour Punks again at the reunion show. Didn't you have a feud with them back in the day?
BRITT: Oh yeah. I threw Dizzy on his head one night because he was with one of my girlfriends. It was that way with everyone, that love/hate thing. We were roommates at the time, too. But walking into a house or an apartment building and pulling a fire alarm, that's just, I don't know. I used to hang out with Mandy, and we've seen a lot of people die. He knew how to keep it together. He was like the Marilyn Manson of the strip. If Mandy would do something, then everyone would do it. …. I actually tried to be Bret Michaels, but it was a bad attempt. I'm bad at doing glam. I kind of fall into the middle.
SLUDGE: You're still doing music these days?
BRITT: Yeah, I'm in a band called MK4 >HERE<, and I teach music in school, and I DJ on cruises. Teaching kids is pretty rewarding. Sometimes as a teacher, I listen to my 15-year-old and tell the kids, let's order pizza like "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," and we'll sit and do our work outside and eat together. I really did it, too.
SLUDGE: Did the kids appreciate it?
BRITT: Oh, they lost their minds. They love me. I helped the guy at the school newspaper do a Smashing Pumpkins interview. I let them listen to rap.
SLUDGE: What about you in high school? Did you fit in?
BRITT: No, I didn't fit in because I just cared about music. I read rock magazines. I would skip school to make a long walk to go buy rock magazines. I skipped my school prom to go see Guns N' Roses at L'Amour in New York City after discovering the band in Metal Edge. They just blew me a way that night. I had never seen anything like it. It was so incredible. My life changed that night. Axl dove into the crowd. I was like wow. I was obsessed with Motley Crue, too. I would walk four miles to the 7-11 to buy Circus and Hit Parader.
Nothing else mattered. I have memories of Steeler and Keel. I thought Rik Fox was cool of all things. Then I got to Hollywood, and he was such a prick when I think back to the way he treated me. I was just a 19-year-old kid. I would tell him to fuck off now.
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Be Careful with This Baby Seat Belt Video
Good Housekeeping has some concerns about a new belt to keep infants in seats
Wriggling, squirming, restless; does this sound like your baby in a chair?

This devices our supposed to secure a child to a chair using a Velcro strapping system.

Could it be a device that actually holds your baby in a regular household chair? The Good Housekeeping Institute wrapped and pulled to see if Sit 'N Secure was really a safe bet. First, the wrap-around, here the Institute tried Sit 'N Secure on chairs with different widths.

The wider the back of the chair the more the Velcro contact area is reduced and the less safe the product really is. Look how easy this Velcro releases.

And then the pull test. Would Sit 'N Secure prevent a seated child from tipping over? In this case, it's the type of chair not the type of strap that matters most.

They're wiggling around and rocking back and forth, it's very easy for them to pull back and tip head over heels. It only took 5 pounds on our test for the chair to fall backwards.

And that wasn't all, Good Housekeeping worried this product could give parents a false sense of security with inconsistent instructions.

Having inconsistent labeling or inconsistent instructions on the packaging, around the instruction book, around the product is really confusing and not very effective.

For example, the instruction say that Sit 'N Secure can be used with just about any kind of babysit but include a picture and caption that say it works with regular chairs. When asked by Good Housekeeping to comment, the makers say their product is supposed to be used with a high-chair strap. They also say if a child can remove the Velcro he is too old to be using the product. And they agree no child should ever be left unattended.

The only circumstance that I would want to recommend this product would be if a parent is in constant contract with their child.

And always keep an eye on that little prize. I'm Edie Magnus for Good Housekeeping Reports.
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So Colt Ford has a new Moonshine and Vodka line out. The press release says he's the first country singer to have such a thing on the market, although I would think that Hank Williams Jr. might beg to differ.
"I wanted to have real moonshine made by real moonshiners and that is what I got," said Ford. "This took over a year to get the government to approve, and it is really special. I could not be more proud to be involved with the Georgia Distilling Company and United Distributors. We have some great moonshine and vodka that I will put up against any on the market. This is gonna be a fun ride, and I am gonna do everything I can to make the world have a GOODTIME!"
I say good for him. In this business you really have to diversify and spread your money-making prospects far and wide. My only question is, why in the world is Richard Petty's M&M on the front of the bottle?
Back a couple of years ago M&M came out with a bunch of print ads that had celebrities turned into M&Ms featured in them. Kix Brooks and Burt Reynolds' M&Ms both bear a slight resemblance to Colt's bottle picture, but it was the Richard Petty M&M (that I can't find a picture of) that was really the spittin' image.


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There are probably millions of restaurants around the world. I bet near your house there are at least a dozen. So, when you are hungry and you want to eat out, how do you decide which restaurant to go to? The food is obviously one criterion but, aside from that, I'm sure there are other factors that come into play. I bet I know one reason why people go to Villa Escudero in the Philippines — the waterfall.
At Villa Escudero's Waterfalls restaurant, you eat your food on tables that are situated in water next to a waterfall. You have to be barefoot because your feet are in water the whole time you are there. Check it out:
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Hawaii Department of Public Safety
Hawaii Department of Public Safety | |
Abbreviation | HDPS |
Agency overview | |
Employees | 2,263 (as of 2006) |
Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction* | State of Hawaii, USA |
Size | 10,931 square miles (28,310 km2) |
Population | 1,283,388 (2007 est.)[1] |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Deputy Sheriffs Narcotics Enforcement Agents |
244 |
Agency executive | Nolan Espinda, Director |
Facilities | |
Prisons | 4 |
Jails | 4 |
Website | |
http://hawaii.gov/psd | |
Footnotes | |
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Hawaii Department of Public Safety is a department within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is headquartered in Room 400 in the 919 Ala Moana Boulevard building in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu.[2] The Department of Public Safety is made up of three divisions.
The Administration Division provides support services that enable the corrections staff to fulfill their responsibilities. Some of these services include training and staff development, fiscal and personnel management, management of the operating budget and capital improvements program budget, procurement, and management information systems and research.[3]
The Corrections Division oversees four prisons. Three of the prisons are located on the island of Oahu and one on the island of Hawaii.[4] They include:
- Halawa Correctional Facility
- Waiawa Correctional Facility
- Women's Community Correctional Center
- Kulani Correctional Facility in Hawaii County, on the Island of Hawaii, which was closed in 2009 [5] [6] and reopened in 2014
The Mainland Section has contracted with three facilities, one in Kentucky and two in Arizona, to house prisoners sentenced in Hawaii.[7] About 1,900 male inmates are contracted to Arizona.[8] In 1995 the State of Hawaii began contracting with prisons outside of Hawaii to house Hawaiian prisoners.[9] The criteria for sending inmates to private prisons on the mainland include a minimum sentence of 24 months, a lack of pending criminal cases in Hawaii, and a lack of major health and medical issues. Daphne Barbee, an attorney, said that she had clients with cases pending who were sent to the mainland anyway.[10] According to Kevin Dayton of the Honolulu Advertiser, some inmates prefer to stay in the mainland because they believe the private facilities will provide superior access to educational programs, drug treatment programs, and other programs that a prisoner would complete before he or she is considered for parole. Some prisoners, particularly prisoners who have young children and families, prefer to stay in Hawaii.[11]
As of 2010 the majority of Hawaii's male prison population is housed by the Corrections Corporation of America-operated Saguaro Correctional Center,[12] located in Eloy, Arizona.[13]
Hawaii is one of six states in the United States that operates its jails at the state level. Traditionally, jails are the responsibility of county government. The Hawaii Department of Public Safety is responsible for four jails: one on each of the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai.[4]
Law Enforcement[edit]
Although the department is required by Hawaii Revised Statute 26-0014 to have public safety related objectives and functions, the law enforcement division does not address the statistically greatest public safety related law enforcement issues.
Narcotics Enforcement Division[edit]
The Narcotics Enforcement Division (NED) enforces laws relating to controlled substances and regulated chemicals. The NED is responsible for the registration and control of the manufacture, distribution, prescription, and dispensing of controlled substances and precursor or essential chemicals within Hawaii.[14]
Sheriff Division[edit]
The Sheriff Division is one of two law enforcement divisions within the Department of Public Safety. Although all sworn deputy sheriff personnel are statutorily law enforcement officers, the majority of them do not have an actual law enforcement function.
The Court Services Section diverts deputy sheriffs away from public safety oriented law enforcement functions in order to provides the judiciary with bailiffs, security officers and corrections officers through the deputies assigned to the courts. Although Hawaii Revised Statutes section 606-0014 requires the judiciary's bailiffs to exercise police powers in the courthouse, neither the judiciary nor the Sheriff's Division operate in accordance with section 606-0014. Deputy Sheriffs function as adult corrections officers by guarding the corrections division's inmates in the courthouse. Deputy Sheriffs function as bailiffs by fulfilling the requirements of HRS 606-0014 for the bailiffs. Deputy Sheriffs have also functioned as tour guides and clerks for the judiciary.
The Special Operations Section, Fugitive Unit, or more commonly referred to as the Warrants Unit is also attached to the Court Services Branch. This plain clothes unit is primarily tasked with the execution of various felony and traffic arrest warrants. Other duties include but are not limited to the execution of writs of possession and assisting other Law Enforcement Agencies on Oahu and the neighbor islands when requested.
The sheriff's receiving desk is currently located at 240 Keawe St. in downtown Honolulu this serves as a sterile location for booking, processing, securing, searching, and transporting of arrestees. It also houses the Sheriff section Warrants office.
The Capitol Section provides an immediate law enforcement presence at the Hawaii State Capitol, Hawaii Civic Center Complex, Washington Place, and other locations deemed necessary by factors other than public safety related statistics. A recent agreement (2013) between the Sheriff Division and the Hawaii Community Development Association (HCDA) placed stipulations that the Sheriffs provide Law Enforcement for the Kaka'ako area as well as Kewalo Basin. Deputies have also been tasked with providing patrols at the Mayor Rights Public Housing Complexes. Deputies, arrest and or cite violators of statutes or ordinances during vehiclular patrol.
The Executive Protection Unit is tasked with the physical protection of the Governor and Lt. Governor of the State of Hawaii.
The Airport Sheriff Detail provides law enforcement services in and around the Honolulu International Airport.
Security Services at the Hawaii State Hospital, Waimano Training School and Hospital, and Fort Ruger at the Department of Defense are overseen by the Sheriff Division. Due to financial constraints some of the security positions were eliminated and contracted out.
The K9 Services Section utilizes canines to detect narcotics and explosives on limited state properties on the island of Oahu.
In 2007, the Sheriff Division was the first agency in the state to be certified with a Department of Homeland Security type III SWAT Team. The team could respond to an incident on state property on any island if it were needed.
A Sheriff's Chaplain Corps began with one chaplain in 2004. Chaplains volunteer their time to assist in times of need. In 2009, 3 uniformed chaplains serve all sections and units within the Sheriff Division.
Sheriff's Office facilities:
- Capitol Patrol Section (Hawaii State Capitol Building)
- Honolulu International Airport Unit
- Circuit Court
- District Court (Including Ewa and Kaneohe Courts)
- Kapolei Court
- State Capitol
- Receiving Desk - 240 Keawe St. Honolulu HI
- Hilo Court Section
- Kona Court Section
- Kauai Section
- Maui Court Section
Correctional facilities[edit]
Fallen officers[edit]
Since the establishment of the Hawaii Department of Public Safety, only one officer has died in the line of duty.[15]
See also[edit]
- Department of Public Safety
- Hawaii Five-O
- Highway patrol
- Honolulu Police Department
- Prison
- State patrol
- State police
- List of law enforcement agencies in Hawaii
- List of U.S. state prisons
- List of United States state correction agencies
- ^ http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html
- ^ "Home." Hawaii Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on September 30, 2010. "Department of Public Safety 919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 400 Honolulu, Hawaii 96814."
- ^ "Department of Public Safety".
- ^ a b "Department of Public Safety".
- ^ "Kulani Correctional Facility." Hawaii Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on September 30, 2010.
- ^ "Closure of Kulani Saves $2.8M Annually; Facility to Help At-Risk Youth." Hawaii Department of Public Safety. July 2009. Retrieved on September 30, 2010.
- ^ "Department of Public Safety".
- ^ "Halawa Correctional Facility." Hawaii Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on May 19, 2010.
- ^ Kakesako, Gregg K. "Third Hawaii inmate faces death penalty in Arizona." Honolulu Star-Advertiser. September 4, 2010. Retrieved on September 30, 2010.
- ^ McNarie, Alan D. "Death, detention and dollars." Honolulu Weekly. May 19, 2010. Retrieved on September 30, 2010.
- ^ Dayton, Kevin. "Arizona prison will house Hawaii inmates." The Honolulu Advertiser. Tuesday June 26, 2007. Retrieved on September 30, 2010.
- ^ Brady, Kat. "Using private prisons costs more than it seems." (editorial) Honolulu Star Advertiser. June 18, 2010. Retrieved on September 29, 2010.
- ^ "Saguaro Correctional Center." Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved on September 30, 2010.
- ^ "Department of Public Safety".
- ^ "Deputy Sheriff Daniel Browne-Sanchez". The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP).
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As thousands of Americans resolve to get fit in the new year, now may be a good time for fitness instructors to start mobile businesses to help clients work out in their homes or offices, says yoga teacher Karen Lindenberg.
Lindenberg, a former Microsoft program manager, founded Phyzz Yoga in 2008, offers yoga instruction in and around Seattle. "I'm of the mind-set that I can bring yoga to anyone, anywhere," says Lindenberg. "I've taught in people's homes. I teach in a classroom at the School of Medicine at [University of Washington]. I've taught in cafes and smoothie stores here in Seattle."
Here are Lindenberg's tips for starting a mobile fitness business.
- Determine your "travel radius." Gas is expensive, and commuting between far-flung locations can eat into paid client time. Lindenberg collects a small gas surcharge for sites located more than 13 miles from downtown Seattle. "In general, if you're in Seattle, I come to you," she says. "We have a staff of teachers we contract with beyond that, so that helps with our coverage."
- Carry minimal equipment. Lugging around heavy or bulky equipment takes time, so limit your gear to help streamline your transitions between spaces. Whenever possible, Lindenberg sticks to basics, such as a portable iPhone speaker for music and a few extra yoga mats for students who don't bring their own. "If the organization has requested it, I bring … mats, blocks, and straps for the whole class," she notes. Other types of fitness instructors might focus on exercises that use the body's own resistance in place of weights and other equipment.
- Use music to set the mood. When Lindenberg leads a lunchtime yoga session, she doesn't have the usual trappings of a yoga studio or meditation space to help people "zen out," so she uses music. "I try to select music that is ambient but something that keeps people in their own space and their own experience," she says. "You'd be surprised at how much, when you start a class, everyone is in their zone, and that plays a huge part in transforming the space around you."
- Sell the convenience factor. When talking to potential individual clients, Lindenberg emphasizes the convenience of having a yoga instructor come to them. "A lot of people don't have the time [to go to a yoga studio]," she explains. "It's ideal to have a private instructor come to your home, and it's an experience you can't get in a studio setting."
- Appeal to employers' fiscal sensibility. "If you're talking to business people, there's something to be said about speaking the same language and appealing to their bottom line," she explains. "Encourage them to take a more proactive approach to health and wellness for their employees. Why not keep your employees healthier so they don't have to use their health benefits?" She also allows businesses to schedule a few classes at a time or a single session, so that they're not locked into a long-term commitment.


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Sources: Bucs interview Mike Zimmer
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers continue to methodically move through their search for a head coach. Cincinnati defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer is interviewing with the Bucs on Monday and Carolina offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski will interview Tuesday, according to two league sources.
Zimmer also reportedly is a candidate for the head coaching job in Miami.
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ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas writes about all things NFC South in his division blog.
Once Zimmer and Chudzinski have finished meeting with Tampa Bay officials, the Bucs will have interviewed at least six candidates. Former NFL head coaches Mike Sherman, Marty Schottenheimer and Brad Childress reportedly already have met with the Bucs. Tennessee defensive coordinator Jerry Gray also has interviewed with Tampa Bay and a source told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that the Buccaneers have asked for permission to speak to Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin.
Philbin recently interviewed with the Dolphins for their coaching vacancy, before the shocking death of his son last week.
Along with Philbin, Tampa Bay received permission to interview Packes quarterbacks coach Tom Clements, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The interview is expected to take place later this week.
Sources said the Bucs could narrow their list of candidates and bring some back for second interviews later this week.
After firing Raheem Morris the day after the regular season ended, Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer said the team would go through an exhaustive search. Most of the candidates have been older and that's apparently because the Bucs wanted to go in the opposite direction of Morris, who was the league's youngest head coach.
Although Gray and Zimmer have not been NFL head coaches, they have lots of experience as coordinators. Chudzinski is a bit of an exception to the pattern the Bucs have followed. He's 43 and joined Carolina as offensive coordinator in 2011. He also had a two-year stint as a coordinator in Cleveland, but has spent the rest of his career has a tight ends coach.
But Chudzinski attracted a lot of attention in Carolina. Without an offseason program, he installed an entirely new offense and got quick results out of rookie quarterback Cam Newton.
That could be a selling point with the Bucs, who are looking to get quarterback Josh Freeman back on track after a disappointing 2011 season.
Pat Yasinskas covers the NFC South for ESPN.com. Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Antonia Wright Uses Her Body as an Artistic Medium: "I Got a Concussion and a Black Eye"
Antonia Wright puts her whole body into her work. Literally. Photo by Rudy Duboue "Be" by Antonia Wright
As a performance-based video artist, Wright uses her body as her medium. Whether she's rolling naked down an alley or simply kissing on an escalator, there's little doubt she gives it her all.
With such dedication to her work, it's no surprise gallerist Anthony Spinello has picked her up. This last year, Spinello included her into his fold alongside local art stars Agustina Woodgate, Typoe, and Farley Aguilar. And what better way to say "Welcome" than with a solo exhibition?
Tonight, Spinello Projects will debut "You Make Me Sick: I Love You," Wright's largest solo exhibition to date. On display will be 13 videos that will encompass not only Spinello's space, but spill over to the adjacent Butter Gallery and Projektraum.
We spoke to Wright about what to expect from the show, using her body as an instrument, and the hazards of the job.
See also: Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares: Booking It at Spinello Projects
Cultist: With people who are unfamiliar with your work, how would you describe what you do?
Antonia Wright: I do mostly performance-based work for video and photography -- it's myself in all the work. I make aesthetic choices on how to create it. It's all action based.
Is the show a retrospective?
I wouldn't use the word retrospective, no. It's sort of a breadth of work that I've made over the last several years. We are showing all video work, and we are showing about 13 different video projects. It's a pretty big show. It's the biggest show I've ever had, and it's the biggest show that Spinello has ever had, too.
How did the idea come about to do the show?
Anthony [Spinello] approached me -- he represents me now -- and he said he wanted to have a big show of mine of video work. We started talking about it, and next thing you know, we were taking over the whole building, and we are creating video rooms, massive projectors, and four-channel audio. The idea just started growing.
Was the idea at first to display just in Spinello's space and then it started to spill over into Butter, or did you plan it this way from the beginning?
We started realizing that there was so much work we wanted to show that we needed more room. Then he told me, "I want to do it in the whole building." And I said, "Yea, of course! Let's do it."
You do a lot of live performance work. Are you doing anything like that for the opening?
No, I don't think so. We have two brand new pieces that I've never shown before in the show and those are very performance based, but I'm not going to do anything live.
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I heard Chrome was really good. I haven't tried it yet, but I will soon enough.
I use safari, because it runs faster on my computer. And when I was at the dorms, using the horrible internet, the little difference in speed was a huge issue.
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Let's get that inevitable comparison of Sigourney Weaver's powerhouse Secretary of State Elaine Barrish in USA's six-part miniseries Political Animals (which premiered last night) to our own powerhouse Secretary of State Hillary Clinton out of the way. Yes, both ran for President and lost the nomination to a younger, more charming candidate; both were former First Ladies whose President husband had notorious extramarital affairs; both are seen as ambitious ball busters; and both can rock a serious power suit.
Still, despite all these obvious nods to Hil, the comparison does a disservice to both women. For just as many similarities as they have, there are stark differences as well (including Weaver's Barrish not having a daughter, but two sons.) But, the biggest difference is that Clinton's story is nowhere near as dull as the one that plays out in Political Animals.
It's a problem that is through no fault of its leading lady. Weaver's ability to work with any kind of material is nothing new. The stunning 62-year-old Oscar-nominated actress, who has been one of Hollywood's most versatile stars for nearly 30 years, only seems to get better with age. But even in Political Animals, which boasts an impressive cast that could carry its own weight if needed (thanks to the likes of James Wolk, Dylan Baker, and fellow Oscar-nominee Ellen Burstyn), Weaver's powerful presence still can't save the mediocre summer soap opera.
When we first meet Elaine Barrish, it's on the night of her concession speech — having lost her bid to the White House to a young, Italian Democrat named Garcetti (Adrian Pasdar) — with her smiling, supportive family by her side. However, it's not until after giving an invigorating, rousing speech in which she vows to American women that she will see a female President in her lifetime, that we really meet them behind closed doors.
And boy, are they one dysfunctional bunch. There's her pair of sons — the gay, drug-addicted, suicidal T.J. (Sebastian Stan), the put-together, politico-in-the-making Douglas (Wolk), and his demure fiance with an eating disorder, Anne (Brittany Ishibashi). There's her boozy, opinionated lightning rod of a mother-in-law (Burstyn) and her husband, former President Bud Hammon (a cartoonish, cigar-chomping Ciaran Hinds.) They all tend to say exactly what's on their mind, often in pay cable-friendly language. Within the first ten minutes, they utilize their place on USA by saying things like "homos," "s**t show," "douche," and "nutsack." So edgy.
Fast forward two years later, a now-divorced Elaine (she promptly asked her husband for a divorce after her concession speech) is down a philandering spouse (who is now dating a busty, vapid television star), but still has plenty of drama in her life. She's got her Pulitzer-winning nemesis Susan Berg (Carla Gugino) as a thorn in her side again when, years after breaking her husband's affair scandal, she inadvertently lets a story about T.J.'s failed suicide go public. (Her own cheating boyfriend/editor, played by Dan Futterman, gives the story to his blogging, cupcake-baking mistress. Oh great, another stunning victory for Internet Girls everywhere.)
Then there's also an ass-grabbing Russian foreign minister ("I will f**k your s**t up," she warns him in his native language) and a hostage situation in Iran with three American journalists to deal with. Still, Barrish manages to handle it all with ass-kicking grace. (If there ever was such a thing to possess, Weaver most certainly does.) By the time she tells a secret service agent in confidence that she's going to run for President again and win, you don't doubt her for one second.
And thankfully, viewers won't have to wait long to find out if that is the case. While Weaver (who might as well make space on her mantle for an Emmy now) makes the whole surprisingly bland thing watchable, the show (which aims for The West Wing, but hits the Dallas target instead) isn't necessarily worthy of her talents. There's no doubt the show will do well, especially as a summer program, considering it has three winning ingredients: graphic sex scenes, oft ludicrous dialogue ("Never call a bitch a bitch. Us bitches hate that"), and it doesn't take up much of your time (six weeks, to be exact.)
Political Animals doesn't quite know what it wants to be, ping-ponging between compelling, girl-power political drama and silly, ineffective family soap opera, but it gets one thing absolutely right: Sigourney Weaver cannot be tamed.
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Zippy's Bikes will auction a custom pink ladies cruiser bicycle to benefit breast cancer awareness in October.
Proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fund in the name of North Wildwood survivor Gina Miller.
The bike is a powder pink cruiser with a basket, pink light, cup holder and water bottle holder. It has "My Pink Cocktail" logos on the bike.
The Miller family started "My Pink Cocktail," a Facebook group, to support Gina Miller during her battle with breast cancer. The auction will take place on eBay. Search "My Pink Cocktail Bicycle" or Zippys on eBay to place a bid on the bicycle, and see pictures on www.zippysbikes.com . Those interested may join the group "My Pink Cocktail."


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I had a big problem on my ear and I want to get rid of it! I always awaken in the morning with a blocked ear, which felt sticky from wax. How disgusting! Because of this I can't hear properly and it makes horrible resonating sensation. I've been trying remedies at home in removing my blocked ear wax but no victory. Oh HELP! Having a problem on ear wax drived me crazy as it was like I am a deaf and felt like I was having a superficial body experience! (I am not exaggerating but it is!).
Now, I'm just comforting myself to the fact that I might seek for a doctor which specializes on ear wax removal before it is too late. Someone told me that ear wax removal is a pain free process. The process of ear wax removal takes a moderately warm solution and puts in the ear and had to wait a span of minute and run out of it. In my case, I haven't had my ear wax removal in a clinic before so I don't know what kind of ear wax removal the doctor should do. I was quite nervous because I got a bad pain on my ear and I don't know what causes it; I was thinking that maybe my ears had infection. It's been aching for a couple of days and this is the main reason why it pushes me to go for a doctor to get rid of my devastating ear wax. It was so embarrassing!
Admittedly, I was not convinced on putting something on my ear, they called a machine-I don't know exactly, so I never tried to have some advises of professionals. But then as what I told earlier, I badly need it to remove my blocked ear wax to immediately improve my hearing senses......Oh yah! Not to mention it indeed build up a problem on my hearing. I didn't realize how clogged my ears to end up in a doctor to have ear wax removal.
I don't want to get bumped out because of my blocked ear wax. I got an appointment now on my doctor for my ear wax removal, just now. I want to be thankful to my doctor on how he/she will unblocks my ear wax. Prior to that, the advance technology in improving the medication of patients that needs to be treated as soon as possible is ongoing nowadays which is of course of great help. Good luck to my doctor in neither unblocking nor removing my ear wax! (^_^)


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CAIRO - The funeral of a young supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt's Nile Delta is illustrating the deep divisions gripping the Arab world's most populous country following a decree granting President Mohamed Morsi sweeping powers.
"A boy got killed for nothing, Doaa Abdallah, a housewife and Brotherhood supporter, told Reuters.
What is all this is for? What did the Brotherhood or the president do?"Morsi's Opponents Rally Against Decree
Islam Massoud, 15, was killed Sunday in the Nile Delta town of Damanhour when he got out to support President Morsi.
His death was the first fatality in a wave of protests and violence between opponents and supporters of President Mors.
The latest turmoil was set off by a decree issued by Morsi last week that expanded his powers temporarily and prevented court challenges to his decisions.
Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets across Egypt Friday to protest the decree, calling on Morsi to rescind the decision.
Morsi defended his decree as an effort to speed up reforms that will complete Egypt's democratic transformation.
The division between Morsi's supporters and opponents were evident during the young boy's funeral.
While thousands of mourners attended the funeral, the streets surrounding the town square were festooned with banners proclaiming opposition to the Islamists.
"No to the Brotherhood," said one banner, a slogan also written on walls in Damanhour, 135 km (85 miles) north of Cairo.
Watching the funeral on Monday, onlookers openly aired anti-Morsi feelings.
"Of course we are all very sad about the violence happening in our town and which led to the death of a boy," said Ahmed Kheirallah, 29, who was watching the funeral.
"We reject all that. But we also reject Morsi's dictatorship decisions."
But supporters defended Morsi's decree.
"This is our president, our master, and we should all obey him, said Abdallah, who marched with other women separately from the men in the procession.
Those who engage in such violence are nothing but a group of feloul, thugs and Godless people.
Mohamed Nassar, a member of an Islamist group, echoed a similar support.
"The liberal opposition will do anything to stop Egypt from becoming what it should be and was always meant to be: an Islamic state."
Since Hosni Mubarak was ousted, non-Islamist parties have been struggling to get organised, helping the Brotherhood to do so well in the elections.
But new political parties including one set up by leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi say they are starting to make their presence felt.
Yousef Khaddam, an activist in Sabahi's movement, forecast a big turnout for the anti-Morsi rally in Cairo."We are seeing a lot of support in Damanhour," he said.
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The Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Schools Program at Dominican University of California is starting its first year serving the students of Marin County. Statewide, MESA is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Since 1970, MESA has encouraged many students—especially those from underserved populations—to learn about math, engineering, and science in new and exciting ways!
The MESA Schools Program (MSP) is one of three branches of MESA, serving middle and senior high school students with the help of local centers throughout California. It has grown to serve over 350 schools statewide and the California MSP has served as a national model for similar academic programs in many other states.
With the support from the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Marin Community Foundation, the program will be serving about 80 students in grades 6–12 from participating school sites in Marin County. This program partners with principles, teachers, administrators, school district officials and industry representatives.
To promote math and science education for disadvantaged and underrepresented middle school and high school students so they can excel academically and become competitively eligible for the most rigorous colleges and universities. Our hope is for the MESA students served through Dominican University to go on to serve their families and communities in a variety of math and science-based careers.


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Garrett introduced Inside Llewyn Davis at today's Independent Spirit Awards ceremony. The movie was nominated for several awards including Best Picture, which 12 Years a Slave won, and Oscar Isaac for Best Actor, which went to Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. IFC will be airing the show, starting tonight at 10 pm EST.
A thousand and one thank yous to my friend Juliana for translating the article from the March issue of L'Optimum Style for us! Juliana did a fantastic job with this and if you repost this anywhere else, please give credit to both her and Mrhedlund.com.
And last but not least, magazine is on newsstands now in France and can be purchased HERE or downloaded digitally HERE.
From the farm to the movies, the history of this new "Hollywood darling" already has every bit of the American dream. With his appearance à la James Dean, with whom Garrett Hedlund also shares some biographic characteristics, the ambassador of La Nui de l'Homme, of Yves Saint Laurent, becomes untouchable. Will he get the big role that will seal his destiny?
What's the main point in common between the Coen brothers and Garrett Hedlund, who got a role in their last movie, Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), in which the young actor of 29 years-old plays a mysterious road pal? Tip: That comes from the past, to a place where it's pretty chilly. The right answer is that all the three of them are from Minnesota, a rural State on the north of the United States, around 3.000 kilometers from Hollywood. There's nothing glamorous there (like Fargo, a dark comedy by Ethan and Joel Coen set in Minnesota and North Dakota, might lead us to believe), its cereal fields and cruel winters don't stimulate its habitants to pursue a carrier in the cinema. Especially when, like Garrett Hedlund, one grows up in a farm not far from the Canadian border. But when you are a handsome young man, tall, slim, blonde and with blue eyes that you know how to use to make a bad boy look like a charming snake, then you can start on dreaming…
"I didn't grow up watching many movies: there was only a little movie theater there, I must have gone two or three times, and then we didn't have many TV channels at the farm. The fact of not being saturated by all of that, never having too much of that, made it even more fascinating, I wanted to be part of it, or at least to dream to be able to", he explains. "I decided not to listen to those who wanted to ruin the dream, which made me to be a little lonely", he tells and a quote from Albert Einstein comes handy ("Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds", or something like that.)
So, he, the little poor boy from the Midwest, wanted to abandon his place and his farm-boy boots, other trait that can be used to compare him to James Dean or even Brad Pitt, to whom he's frequently compared to. James Dean didn't, in fact, have a father who was a farmer in Indiana? And Brad Pitt, didn't he grow up in the Missouri in a conservative family, before he got emancipated? Right, but Garrett doesn't have yet his Rebel Without a Cause or his Legends of the Fall to put him in the rank of new sex symbol and to turn him into the girls' idol. While he waits, he has already taken steps. "When I [moved to] Arizona at 14 years old (to join his mother – ed) there was no more than a state that separated me from California", tells Garrett. Before going through those 600 kilometers that separated him from the glory, he decided to take acting classes, paying 80 dollars/hour (his Wikipedia page says 60, but maybe he counts the interests rates) with a personal coach to recite the monologues. A big expense, whatever it is, for a young man who couldn't afford books or a "lectic" (meaning electric) guitar, according to the expression he had written, as a kid, on a gift list to Santa.


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The Blood Type Diet Archives Volume 4
Posted By: Bob TrentDate: May-01, 1998 at 20:42:26
In Response To: Is cholesterol level of 117 too low? (Pete R)
I recall years ago learning in a college physiology class that among other things, fats and cholesterol are necessary building blocks for the myelin sheaths that insulate nerve bundles. I wondered back then if we would see the mania to eliminate fats and lower cholesterol lead to a spate of neurological diseases. The nervous system can't be maintained if it lacks the proper raw materials. Just a thought.


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The Equitours Patagonia Ride is set on a 15,000 acre working cattle estancia, 20 minutes from the quaint town of Junin. I was met by welcoming staff, shiny strong horses, colorful gardens, clean modern accommodations and the token slew of dogs that any ranch or estancia seems to adopt.
My fellow guests and I settled in with a ride (followed by quite a hike) to see the condors. Wine and nibbles up high on an edge cliff eying the three condors on show was a great way to spend our first dusk. A hearty meal, plenty of wine and a good nights rest was a great prelude to the rest of the week.
During my stay we were asked to get up quite early one morning to help the gauchos move some cattle to a new pasture. I found time in Argentina, is definitely not of the essence. It takes a little while to get used to, but the laid back way of life becomes a treat. After a few days of late mornings, extended siestas and late afternoon rides it was a shock to the system having to set the alarm and prepare for an early morning of pushing cows.
The most interesting and comical obstacle we had to overcome was that our horses clearly were in snooze mode at this time of the morning! My beautiful mare was obviously annoyed by this interruption to her sleep time. Just like clockwork at around 10am (when we would usually be mounting) all the horses perked up and started being the spirited lively steeds we knew. I'm not complaining- it gave me a chance to wake up as well!
The majority of Patagonians live off the land and the estancia that Equitours sells is no different. The fact that they can be practically self sufficient while also providing wonderful meals for guests using their own turbine for electricity, is a great achievement.
There are orchards of plums, peaches, nectarines, apples, hazelnuts and large greenhouses for the vegetables. While at this estancia I was able to experience venison (deer), wild boar, homegrown beef and the most delectable ranch reared lamb on a spit, all washed down with plenty of wine. The vegetables were crisp and tasted exactly as they should- fresh. The cooking was simple yet the food held its own. Between the hospitality, the horses, and the cuisine it was difficult to leave Patagonia.
While in Patagonia I had the opportunity to do a 3 day pack trip. Here we would skirt the boundaries of the Lanin National Park and ride adjacent to the River Alumine.
Decked out in our customary ponchos we set off on the dusty dry trail for some adventure. We were spoiled with three days of great food, fantastic lunch spots, snow capped mountains hovering over us and peaceful evening spots to rest our heads.
The catering for the camping is outsourced to a family who run a fishing and hunting outfitting business at other times of the year. They are professional, friendly and great at what they do. Both camp spots were set up before we arrived and we were greeted with drinks and hors d'oeuvres right off our horses. Fresh olives, cheeses, chips, chicken stir fry, kebabs, barbeque beef, mashed potatoes, caramel crepes and fresh fruit are just a sampling of the delicious food we were offered.
I am not much of a "camper" and prefer the 4 or 5 star camping experience to the real nitty gritty get down and dirty style. These 3 days were just that. I was glad to get back to a hot shower and full size mattress but the experience of riding through the monkey puzzle trees and along side Lanin Volcano was worth the dirty face!


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Public Health is defined as - "the organized efforts on the part of society to reduce disease and premature death, and the disability and discomfort produced by disease and other factors, such as injury or environmental hazards. Public health is also a branch of preventive medicine, a medical specialty with a specialization in public health." - Slee's Health Care Terms, Healthy Communities Edition.
With this background and the renewed perspective on the rising costs of health care it is time to revisit the definition, role, and benefits to society of public health. With a new vision of what public health can offer, we can renew our commitment to doing a better job of managing health for members of the community and reduce the rising cost of illness.
The Problem: The health care system is reaching the breaking point in funding illness. Our resources are increasingly being consumed by the growing costs associated with ill health. Statistics confirm that only 20 percent of the population accounts for 60 percent of state health costs. Furthermore, one-third of all health spending is focused on half of the population, with 38 percent of the population having one or more chronic health conditions, and more than half have multiple chronic conditions. The average cost of medical services for a healthy individual is $2,400 per year. The average cost of an adult with a chronic medical condition is $4,800 per year, compounded for multiple conditions. Chronic diseases caused approximately 60 percent deaths worldwide in 2005, with projections that death from chronic disease will increase by 17 percent over the next 10 years.
The four most common chronic conditions in California are: hypertension, heart disease, asthma, and diabetes. This impacts 14 million adults in California. Nearly 1.5 million children have asthma. Obesity adds to the cost of health care, with one obese person costing the equivalent of three non-obese individuals.
What is the Role of Public Health: Health is the glue for any society and its members to be able to live their lives free from the limitations of illness and disease. It further protects personal assets from the financial burden incurred from the high cost of medical services.
Society pays for the cost of illness through taxes, uncompensated care, use of emergency departments for chronic illness, increased cost to business, and the social cost to families and care givers in caring for those in poor health.
The Solution: These demands on society require a renewed emphasis on public health and its potential value. Public health must be viewed as more than just a social welfare program for a limited at-risk population. Public health must be recognized as a critical module in preventing disease and building health for all citizens. We must re-evaluate the limitations we create with inadequate funding and the secondary role we give health. A foundation built on communities with a public engaged in managing their health and building healthy lifestyles pays great dividends to individuals, business, and government. The models exist, through programs such as Healthy People and other successful public endeavors, to educate the public and deliver services that assist in preventing illness, injury, and disease.
We need a renewed focus to re-examine funding to establish public health as an investment in our communities. A new emphasis on investing in health, with new public/private partnerships, is needed. A proactive approach is the best protection against the growing cost of illness.
Healthy communities attract businesses and provide a desirable living location for people to live and work and raise their families. Healthy communities share in the dividends. They provide effective education for a population that is able to learn. They provide a healthy workforce that is productive and contributes to the success of local businesses. They provide a desirable community in which to enjoy the retirement years. And most importantly they address the needs of the disabled, the frail, and the elderly in providing care and comfort.
How We Get There: Are healthy communities a myth? No. Are they feasible in today's economy? Yes. They are the only way we can afford to continue as a society without rationing care and further dividing the haves from the have-nots.
We cannot afford to ignore this issue. The better alternative, health, is proven to assist us in leading happier lives with more dollars to spend on things of value to us and to our families. Public health is an investment we cannot afford to make.
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UPDATE: Bakersfield man found dead by police with multiple gunshot wounds
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Bakersfield police said they found 38-year-old Bruce Cameron shot multiple times and later died from his injuries.
Police said they arrived at a house in the 3500 block of Caldwell Drive around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning when they received a call that a man had been shot.
Police said, Cameron died at the scene from his injuries.
The investigation showed that multiple people were at a party in front of the house.
Witnesses' said there was a verbal argument between several people at the party. Witnesses' also said that minutes after the argument a man returned to the group and shot at Cameron several times.
Police said the suspect was last seen running south in the 3500 block of Caldwell Drive.
The suspect is described as a black man in his 20's, wearing a white t-shirt and denim jeans.
BPD is asking if anyone has information about the shooting or the suspects to call Detective Kroeker at 661-326-3546