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EPA Workplan: Demonstration Project on Hydrilla and Hygrophila in the Upper Kissimmee Chain of Lakes
Element 4: Demonstration and Outreach
Objectives Addressed by Element 4
1) To demonstrate the work in alternative technologies to manage hydrilla and hygrophila and disseminate to the public the results of this project.
Local stakeholders, including boaters, anglers, outdoor enthusiasts and key community leaders are concerned about the impacts of hydrilla and hygrophila on lakes. The demonstration and outreach portion of this project features a variety of methods to demonstrate progress on the project and implementation of new alternative management strategies. It also presents an excellent opportunity to bring Floridians "up to speed" with the problems our state is facing regarding invasive and aquatic plant management, of which hydrilla and hygrophila are prime examples in aquatic habitats. Although we have been struggling with invasive plant problems for more than a century in this state, most people are unaware of the severity of the situation.
While the use of herbicides continues to play an extremely important role in the battle against invasive plant species, an informed citizenry is perhaps our best long-term defense in protecting the diversity of our native flora and fauna and the habitats they require.
A concerted public information campaign in Osceola County will go a long way in getting the word out to lake residents and other user groups who can help us stem the flow of invasive species by being aware of the problem and on the lookout for existing infestations or potential ones. This will ultimately benefit all Floridians, whose tax dollars are being spent each year to mitigate the damage being inflicted by a number of highly invasive species. The information developed in this project can then be used as a template for similar public outreach efforts throughout the state.
Plant management agencies also will benefit from making herbicide information more readily available to the public – thereby easing a general "suspicion" of herbicides among some lake-user groups and lakefront homeowners. Even when plant growth is "out of control" in a water body, many people are reluctant to resort to chemicals for fear of adversely affecting fish and other wildlife. Much of this distrust is the result of historical problems associated with the use of specific chemicals (which are no longer used) and also from citizens not having enough information about today's herbicide application practices.
It has been shown however, that once residents are made aware of the ecological and economic impacts of invasive plants in their community, along with the care being taken to research and license the various herbicide products, they are usually quite willing to "allow" researchers and field technicians to go on about their work. In fact, many of them are eager to offer assistance.
Lastly, while the project focuses on management of hydrilla and hygrophila, this project will enhance our ability to educate both Osceola County residents and visitors about the unique ecology of one of Florida's most vital freshwater systems (i.e., the headwaters of the Kissimmee River Basin), further nurturing a strong sense of ownership and stewardship and long-term environmental protection.
Project Objectives
Our main goal is to demonstrate the results of this project to the local applicators, non-scientific public, as well as to federal, state and local government partners. To accomplish this, Osceola County's local Extension Office will be hiring a faculty member to develop a series of demonstration and outreach strategies in cooperation with the UF Center for Invasive and Aquatic Plants (CAIP) Information Office. The Extension faculty member will also be responsible for the coordination of meetings and facilitate communication between research personnel, CAIP staff, and other County staff.
Task 1 Demonstration field days and media events to keep stakeholders informed on the progress of hydrilla and hygrophila management work and to show new techniques and management plans.
Task 2 An interactive website will keep citizens/agencies informed of the various stages of research in a timely manner and also allow citizens to communicate directly with researchers and county officials with any questions and/or concerns.
Task 3 A searchable on-line database, available 24 hours/seven days a week, will hold citations of all Osceola County plant management and work related to the hydrilla and hygrophila control. Complete manuscripts (hard copies) of the project works will be available from the CAIP Information office or as downloadable PDF files. At least two electronic publications will be specifically developed for the non-scientific public.
Task 4 Portable Aquatic Plant Management Displays / Kiosks that can be used for local events such as the County Fair, Earth Day, Great Outdoor Days Fest, Scientific Conferences and at various public areas such as boat ramps, parks, libraries and county offices.
Task 5 Development of interactive science curricula for teachers in Osceola County; the curricula will allow students to be involved in the project via customized laboratory lessons/activities made available on the website, in the classroom and in the field. Training for teachers and lab kits will also be included in this task.
Task 6 Development of demonstration and outreach strategies to help stakeholders understand and minimize the spread of hydrilla and hygrophila. This would include printing of educational materials and items to be distributed at meetings and Field Day demonstrations. This could include quick tips and fact sheets on hydrilla and hygrophila that direct clients and applicators to the website for additional information. Examples could include laminated boater/angler quick ID cards, key chain floats, boat trailer stickers to remind boaters to clean trailers of plant debris, etc.
Task 7 Participation in scientific meetings to share research relating to hydrilla and hygrophila management. Posters and research papers will be presented.
Element 4, Task 1
Demonstration field days and symposia are ideal for showcasing work progress and findings to stakeholders including elected officials, applicators, key community leaders, media, travel writers, fishing guides, agency personnel and the public. On the water and seminar presentations allow interaction with scientists and help relay facts as they are being discovered. Field Days/Lake Days will need to be conducted at stages throughout the project including a Kickoff event and project updates.
Element 4, Task 1 Milestones and Measures of Success
Year 1: Kick Off Event – introduce the public and local government officials to the goals of the project.
Year 2 & 3: Hold one field demonstration day in years 2 & 3 for general project information and education. Goal: a minimum of 30 people in attendance and press coverage.
Year 4: Hold the final field demonstration day. Goal: a minimum of 50 people in attendance and press coverage.
Element 4, Task 2: Interactive Website Development and Maintenance
The goal of this task is four-fold:
- It will provide a visual means of demonstrating newly emerging hydrilla and hygrophila management strategies and communicating with Osceola County residents and other stakeholder groups about the aquatic plant management activities taking place in their own backyard and why it is so important to their local economy and ecology.
- It will provide a way for the public to interactively query workers, graduate students, and researchers as to the status of the plant management project during the four-year time frame. Project managers will benefit because it will provide a highly efficient and cost-effective means to gather questions, concerns, and comments from the public and/or fellow workers and respond in a timely manner, minimizing communication problems.
- Because information will be made available in "real time," it will provide project workers a way to easily track progress of the project, no matter where they are located, and also allow for enhanced communication between workers and/or the public.
- It will provide a framework / organizational tool for developing material that will be used in the creation and publication of informational booklets for the general public (i.e., to be printed later in the project).
This web site presents a unique opportunity to include citizens "in the loop" by providing detailed information about the work being done, while it is being done. Educational 'lessons' written for a non-scientific audience, and photo documentation will be used to describe the steps being taken to have the least impact on non-targeted species (native species) while still accomplishing the goal of managing invasive aquatic plants.
Basic lessons about aquatic plants and the role they play within freshwater systems also will be featured on the web site along with information about native, non-native and invasive plants found in the lakes, ponds and waterways of Osceola County. Supplemental materials such as maps of the various lakes involved in the project will be provided along with other pertinent information (e.g., surface area acreage, rainfall, historical plant data, water chemistry, etc.).
All of this will be presented within a historical context that includes the geology and hydrology of the area and human-induced changes made over the years. Additional plant management information will be made available by providing links to the rather extensive CAIP main website, when appropriate: http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu
As mentioned earlier, the website will provide a framework for gathering material that will ultimately be available in printer friendly files that can be used for printed publications. Topics will include:
- A discussion of how much vegetation is "acceptable" or needed in a water body and how hydrilla and hygrophila fit in the overall picture;
- Growth rates for hydrilla and hygrophila as well as other invasive plants, and a discussion of how they compare to native plants;
- Methods used to control hydrilla, hygrophila, and other invasive plant species including biological, mechanical and chemical control (i.e., herbicides) along with discussion of maintenance control;
- Effects of the various control methods on birds, fish and other animals in the system;
- Herbicide safety and the historical research behind it.
Additionally, the website will provide a visual celebration of the flora and fauna found in the Kissimmee River Basin.
- This site will be served and accessed through the main web site of the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic & Invasive Plants (http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu);
- Project Coordinators will provide local content for the web site;
- Project workers will provide information, photos and other products for inclusion on the site, along with CAIP staff;
- Updates will be made to the site at a minimum rate of once a week so that both the public and project workers can track the progress and use the site as an interactive time-line;
- Editorial support and compliance to Section 508 of the American's with Disabilities Act for the web site content will be provided by CAIP faculty and staff;
- The web site will begin "construction" during FY07.
- Two informal in house usability studies shall be performed with input from website's targeted audience. One shall be performed at the initiation of the site and the other a year after initiation.
Element 4, Task 2 Milestone
A draft outline, flowchart, and master style sheets for the website will be complete by the end of December 2006. The website itself will be launched before the end of March 2007. The site will be maintained throughout the entire project. Complete informal, in house usability studies by June 2006 and June 2007.
Element 4,Task 3: Database Development
A searchable online database, available 24 hours/7 days a week, will hold annotated citations of all Osceola County invasive plant management and research reports. Complete reports will be available from the CAIP Information Office, as well as in downloadable PDF files.
The objective of this task is to provide a central repository for all reports and other published materials resulting from the overall Osceola project. Materials will be cataloged with keywords to enable both project workers and the general public to locate items of specific interest (e.g., users will be able to search for information on a particular plant, herbicide, and/or control method, etc.). The cataloged information will be provided in a database accessible via the main CAIP web site (http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu) with a link from the Osceola web site. Both hard copies and PDF files of reports will be maintained and copies provided upon request. Published materials can include published scientific articles and reports, internal agency reports, abstracts of presentations from conferences, newspaper articles, etc.
With a central repository of all published and peripheral materials on the Osceola project, any interested person can have access to scientifically accurate information. Readily accessible scientific information can promote a sense of openness and inclusion with the public. It not only will invite the public to participate as much or as little as they like, but could prevent misinformation being presented as fact to citizens, journalists, conservation groups, etc. The fact that reports and other publications are not addressed to the public, but to other researchers and to granting agencies promotes a scientific truth to the information in addition to the materials that are being prepared for the public.
A central repository of all published material also will enable project workers and others to have complete access to work being completed and reported by others, and easy access to these materials on a 24/7 basis. Materials will be permanently archived and housed at the CAIP website and research center for historical purposes, as well.
Both the citizens of Osceola County and all persons performing work associated with this project will benefit from this task as described above.
The database will be served within the existing Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System (APIRS) database house on the UF/IFAS/CAIP main web site. A link will be provided from theOsceola Project web site described in Task 2.
Project researchers, graduate students, state contractors or other district agency personnel performing work and providing reports will contribute copies of all materials to the CAIP team for inclusion into the database. New materials will be added to the database within three weeks of their receipt.
Element 4, Task 3 Milestone
A search of the current APIRS database will be done for any materials that would be pertinent to this project and tagged for easy location by researchers and the general public; to be accomplished by the end of December 2006. An assessment of these materials will be completed and a literature review will be compiled and made available on-line (via the website); to be completed by the end of March 2007.
Materials provided by project researchers will be added to the database within three weeks of receipt.
Element 4,Task 4: Visual Displays
The goal here is to create large eye-catching visual displays that can be used to inform people about the project and inspire them to seek more information via website or print material.
These displays will be in the form of large retractable banner stands or "flags" that can be displayed in indoor/outdoor venues or events whether it be at Great Outdoor Days Fest or at municipal buildings such as the courthouse, libraries or schools. Educational kiosks at public parks and boat ramps will also provide long-term education. They will need to be durable enough so they can withstand multiple uses (and users).
This would make a nice traveling display for schools in Osceola county and be used at scientific conferences. Exhibits can also be placed in pdf files on the web.
Element 4, Task 4 Milestone
Three introductory displays will begin at beginning of October 2006 and completed by the end of that same quarter (December 2006). Another set of displays can be produced by the end of December 2007, for use in various spring and garden festivals in early 2008 and a 3rd group as the project closes, providing pictorial illustrations of accomplishments, etc.; to be produced by the end of September 2010.
Element 4, Task 5: Science Curricula for Teachers
Development of interactive science curricula for teachers in Osceola County provides additional opportunities for educational and outreach. Curricula will allow students to be involved in the project via customized laboratory lessons/activities made available on the website, in the classroom and possibly allowing for activities in the field. Using the website, students can also track progress in the project and contribute, when applicable.
Based on recent feedback from science teachers (via surveys and workshops), it has come to our attention that educators are very much in need of real-life science projects that can be used to help students learn basic science/research concepts. This project provides an excellent resource for developing a variety of laboratory and field activities, which integrate math, science and language skills. Sample activities include identification of hydrilla and hygrophila; vegetation mapping; herbicide applications based on volume of water; calculation of surface area, equipment calibration, water volume, dilution, etc.
With the help of a teacher(s) during summer months, curricula will be developed and made available in a variety of formats (PowerPoint ™ lessons, web-based activities, teaching laboratory modules, etc.) and hands-on assistance in the field (e.g., students could assist in the release of insects being used for biological control experiments). A summer lab will be developed for the teachers to learn how to use the new curricula and lab kits will be given to those that attend.
Element 4, Task 5 Milestones
At least 4 PowerPoint ™ lessons, 2 web-based activities and accompanying hands-on laboratory/field activities and modules will be tailored for Osceola County for upper elementary, middle and high school students. Materials will be developed, field tested, and made available by the end of June 2008 and presented to school teachers for use in the fall 2008.
Element 4,Task 6: Develop Additional Demonstration and Outreach Strategies Relative to Hydrilla and Hygrophila Management
While some strategies have been identified, as the project advances, additional demonstration activities will likely need to be developed. Print publications are a traditional Extension educational tool, however, other more interactive strategies are needed to engage stakeholders in the information exchange process.
A stakeholder advisory committee will be developed to assist the Extension faculty member in identifying additional methods to reach a diverse audience and stakeholder groups. This can include development of specialized quick tips and fact sheets on hydrilla and hygrophila that direct readers to the website for more information. The focus of these strategies could include aquarium stores and hobbyists, as well as visitors from other countries, since there is so much tourism on our local lakes. Availability of fact sheets on the EDIS system will provide a broad audience base for information relative to aquatic plant management in Osceola County. All documents, including fact sheets, will also be available by web access in printer friendly format.
Element 4, Task 6 Milestone
Develop and implement at least 2 additional strategies to help demonstrate and educate stakeholders regarding hydrilla and hygrophila management strategies.
Element 4,Task 7: Participation in Scientific Meetings to Share Research Relating to Hydrilla and Hygrophila Management.
Graduate students and researchers participate in scientific meetings to share research findings and collaborate on related projects. This offers additional outreach opportunities and will involve presenting scientific posters and papers. It is important for scientists to publish their work in peer-reviewed journals and through the University publication process so that others can build on their work. Having the publications available on the UF/IFAS EDIS system will assure scientific integrity of the information and make the information available to a broad audience.
General types of meetings with the potential to disseminate information derived from this project include:
- Florida Lakes Management Society Conference;
- National Lakes Management Society Conference;
- Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society Conference; and
- Florida Exotic Pest Plan Council Events
Literature searches and personal interviews with scientists in the discipline of aquatic plant management and ecology will be conducted to ensure current information is used for writing fact sheets. Publications will be peer reviewed within and outside of IFAS before publication on EDIS. EDIS publications are reviewed at least every three years to ensure information is current.
Element 4, Task 7 Milestones and Measures of Success
Year 1, 2, 3 and 4: Prepare at least one poster and one research paper each year, sharing research progress and promising new hydrilla and hygrophila management technology.
Year 4: Prepare at least one poster and one research paper summarizing the entire research and demonstration project supported by EPA funding.


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Just yesterday, a report came out of Los Angeles that producers of feature films and television programs are increasingly seeking locations outside of California. Many of you may have thought, because of the past, that Arizona was still a major player in the movie business. In fact, the state film office no longer exists.
How is that possible for a state that borders California, has the best climate for shooting films, unlimited talent and is a right-to-work state -- potentially saving a fortune for a production company?
Currently 45 states and Puerto Rico offer incentives to filmmakers; Arizona is among the least generous.
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Sunday Night Homework
October 2013
Let's start with the basics. Why do I call it work-life integration and not work-life balance? The term work-life balance first appeared in the 1970s to describe the balance between an individual's work and personal life. The '70s were a time of important societal changes. To name a few: women were leaving the home to enter the workforce in larger numbers and computer technologies were just beginning to peek into our lives.
Today, things have changed dramatically compared to how they were 40 years ago. We now have many variations on the family environment, electronic devices have invaded our homes, and our workplaces are no longer confined to a fixed space. Thus, the old lines have been blurred and we have to create new, modern ways of developing healthy boundaries while allowing ourselves to be successful in all of the areas of our lives that are important to us. Worklifebalance.com defines today's balance as "meaningful daily achievement and enjoyment in each of my four life quadrants: Work, Family, Friends and Self."
This definition works well, but I still think the word "balance" is not enough. Balance implies that there is some state of homeostasis in which all aspects of our lives are in perfect harmony. This rarely happens! In his book Fire of Love, world-renowned yoga teacher Aadil Palkhivala writes, "The moment our attention ceases and we congratulate ourselves for being balanced upright, we have already begun to fall over…Achieving and maintaining balance are the path, not the destination." Consider instead that the destination is integration, a state where there is dynamic flow between our core values and our daily commitments, and our time spent on each of these.
Take a moment now, and think about your core values. For each of us, they are different in their order of priority, but for many of us they include family, friends, health, spirituality, and work. For more on reviewing your core values, you can check out the Home Practice section of my Drexel Global Night of Networking Work-Life Integration presentation on the Alumni Association's YouTube channel.
For many of us, integrity at work is not only one of our core values but also a high priority right along with family and friends. To prevent work from eating away too much of our time, we must take a holistic view, with work and family and friends and our other values together. At first, this can be overwhelming, but it gets easier over time with practice. We can begin with an exercise to kick off the journey that I call "Sunday Night Homework." Here's how it started for me:
I spent many of my school years doing homework and long-term assignments on Sunday nights (a moment of thanks to my parents who instilled this habit in me early on in life). I always found that my Mondays, which I often hated, turned out a lot better when I did this. Later on, as an adult attending Drexel's MBA program part-time after work, I revisited this habit and found similar results. My week was always better when I planned ahead.
A few years later, after nearly burning out in my job, I realized that I wasn't allocating enough time to anything else besides work and my reserves were almost empty. I took a step back and reflected. I asked myself, "How did I get here?" The answer was not pretty. Even though I had seen great success at work, my health wasn't good, many of my friends were forgotten and I felt like more of a visitor than a member of my family. Thankfully, I got the chance to start anew and my passion for the topic of work-life integration was born. Your story may not be as dramatic, but let's face it, we can all do better.
So what is "Sunday Night Homework"? It's a planning exercise to help keep us in check each week.
Set aside 1 hour to plan for the week on Sunday night. The first time you do this it may take longer than 1 hour, but I promise with practice, the time it takes will shorten. If you work odd hours or days, set time aside for your Sunday night planning exercise on whatever day will work for you.
Look at your calendar for the week ahead. If you keep separate calendars for work and personal commitments, set these side by side. In the future, you may want to integrate these as well, so you can see the big picture more readily.
As you review the week of activities, ask yourself:
Review your MUST DOs against your core values. Which ones are linked to which of your core values? Which of your core values don't have any MUST DOs? What can you set in motion now to free up time to focus on a higher priority value?
Delegating is a great and often underutilized tool. Send a few emails, texts, or better yet, call or leave a voicemail to ask for help. You may have to be a little creative here. For example: Can you ask a friend to drive the kids one way to a sporting event so you can take care of a few errands before attending? You can volunteer to drive the next time.
Outsourcing is relatively easy to find, though sometimes costs money. However, if you think of your time as an opportunity cost, a few extra dollars here or there can make a big difference in freeing up time. For example: Can you hire a local teenager to mow your lawn?
Preparing in advance takes some additional time for sure, but you may end up with better quality time later. For example: Can you throw a few things in the oven to be reheated later in the week so instead of cooking dinner you can share some family time?
Review your work. Act like you're a teacher grading an assignment, did you touch on all of the objectives (focus on your core values)? If not, go back and move a few more things to the delegate or put-off list. The seeds of this step were born out of an experience I had toward the end of my Drexel MBA. There was a group project in my Organizational Behavior class. I was tired of being a leader, so I decided to coast along and just do what others in the group assigned to me. We ended up with a pretty decent work output and presentation. Imagine my surprise when I got a poor grade! As it turned out, the actual grade was based not on the content, but on the process of how our group worked. The professor was looking for us to assume our natural roles in the group and I hadn't. In that spirit, think about the process, not the outcome. Go back and reevaluate your delegating and crossing off. What else can you change to better reflect what is important to you and your goals?
On a side note, rarely will everything go perfectly as planned and even if it does, it might not match with your priorities. Build in time for the unexpected and try to block an hour or two on your calendar for that. Finally, reward yourself after you complete your planning exercise. It doesn't have to be anything big. Some ideas: have a cup of coffee or tea with a loved one, take a short walk, turn off your devices and breathe!
About the Author
Andrea Alfonsi, MBA '04
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Moderator, Invenio Research: After serving as president of a niche marketing research company, Andrea Alfonsi began consulting to share her expertise for the specialized strategic marketing and business planning needs of her clients. Andrea has nearly 20 years of custom marketing research and consulting experience. She has held senior roles at several of the top healthcare primary marketing research agencies. She has moderated thousands of in-depth interviews and focus groups with physicians, consumers and other allied health professionals.
Andrea is a member of the Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Group and the Marketing Research Association, currently serving on the Board of Directors for the SoCal MRA chapter. She has been a guest speaker for both organizations. Andrea holds an MBA in Marketing from Drexel LeBow College of Business and has served on its Alumni Council. She has been a presenter at graduate-level and alumni events.
Work-Life Integration Presenter and Yoga teacher, Invenio Wellness: As part of her commitment to Work-Life Integration, Andrea has presented workshops on the topic on numerous occasions. She teaches yoga and mind-body fitness in the San Diego area. She recently spent a week in Santa Fe, New Mexico working on additional teacher training in Prajna yoga.


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On the scripted-show sets I've visited lately -- indeed, all the ones I've visited since the end of the WGA strike -- the talk has been about whether or not SAG (the Screen Actors Guild) would also walk out. The union's contract expires Monday, and near as I can tell, there is neither a new contract nor a call for a strike vote.
The New York Times says maybe.
Slate says no.
I say, I hope not.
Continuing the same position I had during the Writers Guild walkout, I don't take sides in labor disputes to which I'm not a party. In this situation, I confine my concerns to the collateral damage -- the crews and office staffs and caterers and truck drivers and all the other employees and ancillary businesses that already took a body blow over the three-month WGA shutdown.
After sitting on more sets than I care to count, my respect for crews has no bounds, and they're just as important to the production process as studio executives, writers, directors and actors.
The way everyone does business in the media -- and that includes my business -- has changed, is changing and continues to change, whether we like it or not. There have been and will be casualties, and right now, I'm not sure anyone really knows how many and exactly who they'll be when it all shakes out.
And I'm not just talking about the effects of new media, the Internet and all that stuff.
Entertainment isn't like food or fuel or medical care or a roof over one's head or clothing on one's back. Movies and television (especially cable and premium channels) are luxury goods, ones people will give up if their budgets get squeezed hard enough.
There was just a story yesterday about Salt Lake City preteen sisters protesting the high gas prices that forced their parents to cancel their cable-TV subscription -- which included daily doses of "Hannah Montana."
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Heavier and better. I love the original but this is a little better
Hey,come on now! Heavier? Yes. Better? Definitely NOT! The original TNOTB is a song that's written in pure gold in the book of heavy metal history. This is just a cover of that brilliant song. A very good cover indeed,but JUST a cover!
Maiden is the original. And that Number of the beast is also one my favorite songs. But the Kreator Number of the beast I THINK is better…The best Maiden song i think is Wasted years .or stranger in a strange land.or Heaven can wait or Somewhere in time
Different ppl different tastes…..
BTW "pure blitzkrieg" *rolleyes*
This WWII terminology will stick on german asses forever I guess.
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Marta & Rita's Iberian Tour
Hi there,
You cant imagine how happy I am right now while typing this on my computer. And not happy because Im typing, dont take me wrong, but because very soon Im going on holidays with my bike and would like to share my trip with you along the road.
Its been a long time since my last biking holidays Almost a year and a half! Yes, have had some long biking weekends in the Alps in the meantime, but no real biking holidays since my trip to Norway in July 2010 (
). Yes, too long ago
But how rude I am! Havent properly introduced myself For those who dont know me (guess almost everybody here
), this is my very quick bio: my name is Marta, I was born in Spain but Im currently living in Switzerland. Love travelling and love motorcycles. And think the best you can do in life is travelling with your motorcycle. I do enjoy reading RR and I really admire those men and women who go on these amazing looong trips around the world. I would love to do that, but I dont have the guts to quit my job and leave. My trips are much more humble (3 week maximum) but they are important to me. And would like to share this one with you all. It makes the whole experience much more enjoyable!
So this is me:
But Im only half of the team The other half is Rita, my brand new BMW F650GS Twin (have her only since end of June!). Earlier this year I decided to trade Heidi, my R1200GS for a smaller motorcycle. It broke my heart I loved Heidi, but she was too big for me. No excuses, easy as that, too big for me. So now have Rita and think its a pretty good fit for me!
And this is Rita:
And where are we going? Well, I have a rough idea of what Id like to do:
The kick off idea for this trip was to do a round tour in the Iberian Peninsula, but to be honest, dont know if Ill end up doing the full circle or not. I just want to ride, enjoy the road, enjoy the landscape, enjoy the food and try to relax. I can tell you I suffer a bit from planning fatigue due to my job so I just want to take things as they come and decide everyday where Ill go the next one.
Will you join us?
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I have been tweaking and reforging and done everything in my power trying to improve my healing output, yet after looking at logs im still only around 60 k hps, this is really starting to anoy me, i should be around 70 - 80 k with my gear, I have maximised my uptime of healing stream and and combined unleash elements and healing rain but still i feel like im falling behind. if any have any suggestions to tweaks etc please let me know see my char here
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Easily accessible by cab from downtown or the cruise piers, this spot at Playa San Francisco is a rowdy affair with a restaurant and bar where waiters break into song and draw customers into line dances. The food is typical of the chain—burgers, barbecued ribs, tacos—and the alcohol flows generously. While there's a wide array of water sports offered, the water is shallow and not always clear. Amenities: food and drink; parking (free); showers; toilets; water sports. Best For: partiers.
Carretera Costera Sur, Km 14, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, 77600, Mexico
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Carlos 'n Charlies Ripped Us Off! Be very careful, Carlos 'n Charlies and the police in Cozumel are good at ripping people off! When on a cruise of boomers and oldies music where drinks and gratuities were covered in many places already, meeting at Carlos and Charlies was on the scheduled list of events. We (two) had four coupons for one free marguarita each coupon. Sat down, got the first ones, and as time went on figured we didn't have to use
the second two because they gave us the impression the marguaritas were free, with first coupons. Here is how it happened: we were told by employee that a few hundred of those were handed out to our group members, and then non-removable wrist bands were put on us, then when we were ready to order second round, and of course ready to use coupons again, they brought them and didn't ask for any payment. We hadn't expected that, and were thrilled, keeping our 'free' drinks flowing and not using the second two coupons, dancing and drinking with our wrist bands. When we rec'd the last two of our marguaritas, one was left untouched (we figured our limit was reached) and one was close to full, time to go back to cruise ship. After leisurely strolling outside a ways, an employee of Carlos and Charlies chased us down and told us we owed them money for all of the 'free' drinks. I was surprised, but thought, ok, except that I wanted to present him with our two coupons, there was nothing on them that stated one coupon per person, so honoring them would have been legitimate and honest. He refused to honor them, and I was also irked that we had left those untouched drinks that we would not have ordered had we known they were not free. I made him a generous offer, for a good portion of the sum he was requesting, and he not only would not honor our free marguarita coupons, but refused my offer. So I asked for police to intervene. It turns out the policeman in Mexico who arrived was equally as corrupted as the Carlos and Charlies's personnel. So we paid full amt, they 'won', and when my husband said, "This isn't right' to the Mexican cop, he just shrugged and 'stuck' us. Watch out in Mexico, all parts of Mexico, if you are Americans, it's getting worse and worse there! All you are to them is a dollar sign, not a human being!
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2009 (Freshman): Notched a team-leading 25 wins during the 2008-09 season ...Secured five matches for the Cats including 4-3 victories over Ohio State and the program's second ever win over Florida ...Had a stretch of 10 wins in the fall followed by eight more in the spring ...Was the tournament champion at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and the June Stewart Invitational in Nashville, Tenn. ...Selected to play in the NCAA Doubles Championship with partner Carolina Escamilla, finishing with a 10-11 record and advancing to the Round of 16 after upending the overall No. 3 seed ...Ranked as high as No. 29 in doubles with Lilley ...Defeated multiple ranked teams during the season in doubles with the biggest upset coming over Arkansas' No. 18 Nanar Airapetian and Anouk Tigu ...Played primarily at the No. 5 position in singles during the spring ...Earn conference honors as the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week twice, first for her win over Ohio State and then again as she clinched the upset over Clemson ...One of her biggest wins came over Georgia's Naoko Ueshima, ending Ueshima's 19-match win streak.
Junior Career: Finished second at state in doubles twice... Three-time All-State and All-District ... Ranked as the No. 68 recruit in the nation by TennisRecruiting.net and the No. 1 recruit in Oregon ... Coached by Tamer El Sawy and Mike Henderson at the El Sawy Tennis Center in Portland, Ore.
Personal: Born on Jan. 10, 1990 in Portland, Ore., to Charles and Denise Lilley ... Has three sisters, Kate (22), Clara (21) and Melissa (16) ... Father Charles skied collegiately for the University of Colorado in 1972-73, grandfather Theodore Lilley played baseball for Yale in the 1040's ... Played tennis and basketball in high school ... Plans to major in Business (Finance) or Kinesiology.
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SO MANY PEOPLE ASK US WHY WE CALL OUR GREAT TASTING PRODUCTS GERBS?The company name comes from our oldest brother Barclay Conte. In his spirited tradition Barclay gave us the nickname, 'GERBS', whenever he found us cooking in the kitchen with our parents Ed & Lorraine, up to our elbows in pasta sauce, chocolate or cake batter. Our parents encouraged us to learn how to make homemade all-natural meals, especially our mother who made almost everything we ate from scratch, so if we didn't have baseball or football practice, we would be in the kitchen learning how to make age old recipes passed down through the generations, like Italian Squid Seafood Sauce, Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cake, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, or traditional Irish Stout Onion Soup.
The first product Gerbs began producing was Whole Roasted Pumpkin Seeds. For our family pumpkin seeds were not just a staple part of our Halloween, they were a part of our everyday diet throughout the whole year! When after we finished coring and carving our pumpkins our mother would gather all the seeds, sprinkle some salt & pepper on them and roast them in the oven. She seemed to always have them ready when we were done carving and about ready to light our Jack O' Lantern. Back then the whole family could hardly wait to let those seeds cool down before we were munching them down by the handful. A smile comes across our face every time I smell our whole pumpkin seeds cooking, just thinking about all the Halloween's we have enjoyed!WHY DID WE ORIGINALLY PICK PUMPKIN SEEDS TO START OUR BUSINESS?In 2003 we found ourselves in the kitchen again before our annual Halloween Party cooking up our favorite dishes of the holiday season and of course– PUMPKIN SEEDS! Throughout that party this particular year, our friends & family kept commenting on how much they loved our seeds and that they wished they could purchase a homemade pumpkin seed like this in local stores. Well as they gobbled them down, we immediately realized that we had come across something magical, a deliciously tasty & healthy snack. This batch had just the right roasted aromatic flavor and toasted seasoning that afterward we all agreed that these seasonal treats would be a great snack food– ALL YEAR LONG! So when the question came to what we would call our new snack treat, we wanted it to be a unique family association and we both immediately answered in unison, GERBS!!!!Following that special night, and receiving encouragement from family members and friends, we decided to start a new business endeavor, ultimately incorporating GERBS in July 2003. Since we knew very little about starting a small manufacturing business the first year and a half was spent 'learning the ropes', developing our flavor patented lines, designing our packaging, analyzing our cost structures, as well as looking into production, manufacturing time frames, and marketing constraints to produce our gourmet pumpkin seeds on a commercial level, while still abiding by our core principles of making an a healthy, All-Natural snack food using fresh ingredients without any chemicals or preservatives. Although our varieties of seeds sold in grocery stores have changed over the years, our commitment to excellence and constant product innovation has guided us along our way. In 2005 the first bags of Gerbs were sold, we started with one line, and progressed to sell 8 lines of Seeds at the retail store level in standard pouch bags. Since our re-branding in 2011, Gerbs is now sold in 11oz. re-sealable locking tubs, in Four different categories:Gerbs Seeds:
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Red Rooster is one of Australia's largest fast food restaurant chains. Red Rooster specializes in selling roasted chicken and other related products.
The Kailis family opened the first Red Rooster store in the Perth suburb of Kelmscott, Western Australia in 1972. Myer purchased the business in July 1981. In 1992, Red Rooster bought the Big Rooster chain to expand into the eastern states. These stores were re-branded as Red Rooster. In May 2002, after several years of being owned by Coles Group (previously known as Coles Myer), Red Rooster was purchased by Western Australian company Australian Fast Foods Pty Limited, who owned the competing Chicken Treat fast food chain. Currently there are over 360 Red Rooster stores in Australia represented in all states and territories of Australia except Tasmania.
In April 2007, Red Rooster and Chicken Treat were sold by Australian Fast Foods for $180 million AUD to a consortium formed by the management and the venture capital arm of Westpac known as Quadrant Capital
Until the late 1990s the stores were only open from lunchtime until about 9pm. Since then they have extended trading hours and started to produce a breakfast menu in response to McDonald's breakfasts. They have also begun selling low-fat and lower-salt products in response to consumer demand for 'healthy' meals.
Red Rooster chicken is generally served as a full portion of chicken, either 1/2 or 1/4 chicken, rather than individual pieces, though it is avaiable. Chips are usually served with the 1/4 and 1/2 chickens as a Classic meal, Red Rooster serves chips in a special seasoning.
In 2007, Red Rooster introduced a new product line of fish and chips and fish related products, the most recent of which being squid and prawns.
In addition to its chicken and seafood Red Rooster also serves grilled chicken (previously Portuguese style cuts of chicken, currently it serves garlic pepper splits (chicken skewers) and smoky chilli tenders (plain chicken strips in a sauce) which are grilled and then either eaten on their own, with chips, salad, in a baguette or a wrap) as well as wraps (either grilled chicken with salad mix (lettuce and carrot), onions, and tomato with a sour cream glaze, this is also available in a baguette, a Flayva which is mild spicy chicken strips with summer sauce, cheese, lettuce, and tomato) baguette (a BLT (bacon lettuce tomato, with grilled chicken) or a strip sub, now renamed to the rippa sub, which has mild spicy strips, with the choice of classic summer sauce, tandoori indian style mayonaise or spicy salsa sauce and lettuce) or burgers, these can be a fillet burger which has a fillet, lettuce, tomato and cheese with mayonnaise, a real bacon burger which omits the mayonnaise and tomato for barbecue sauce and 'steak style' bacon or a cheese burger which has a special smaller patty, tomato sauce and cheese.
Red Rooster has over 400stores nation wide and is hopeing to increase that number to 600 by the year 2011. In New South Wales the newest store to open up is located at 484 Sunnyholt Road, Parklea 2768. It is the first store in New South Wales to feature the newest store design and layout named the "Blade" design or also known as the "Red007" design. The Parklea Store is set to be open on Saturday the 4th of October, 2008. The Store design consists of a Drive Thru, a modern themed Dining area, an Alfresco area (a covered outside Dining area), sufficient off street parking and regular and disabled public toilets.
The Parklea store is also one of the only few Red Rooster Stores in New South Wales to proudly sell the famous Red Rooster Breakfast. The Breakfast menu consists of Bacon and Egg Rolls, the "Kaiser" breakfast burger, hash browns and a variety of Coffee. The Breakfast menu is run from 7:00am till 11:00am daily. Also from 7:00am all of red roosters famous burgers, wraps, subs, chips and beverages are available. Chicken packs and all other sides aren't available till 9:00am. Coffee is also available all day.
Over the years Red Rooster has utilised various slogans and campaigns but they mainly focus on the name "Red Rooster" or at least the word "Red". A popular jingle of the 80's and early 90's used the words "Are you Red Red, Ready Red Rooster".
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A bored Shantos Ssekito was seated at home watching UBC's Open Up show when the host, Irene Kulabako, told viewers the programme had vacancies for technical crew. Then in his S.6 vacation and with no prior knowledge of how TV operates, an excited Ssekito dashed to UBC and told Kulabako he was the right guy to hire. Slightly bemused, she told him she wanted professionals. But after unyielding pleading, she gave the young man a shot.
"I was supposed to work as a production assistant but ended up in the sound department where I was instantly hooked," Ssekito recalls. "Everything there fascinated me - the equipment and how it worked. I instantly knew this was the area I wanted to work in for the rest of my life."
Twelve years down the road, Ssekito's fascination has grown into a prolific career. He is one of the few professional sound mixers in Uganda and arguably the best.
"I have so far done sound for over 20 local and international films plus a number of TV programmes," boasts the 33-year-old. "I don't know of any other Ugandan sound mixer with that record."
Some of his prominent credits include: Stone Cold, All Our Children, Beauty to Ashes and TV shows The Good Life and Inspire Africa. He also had a stint on the set of Hollywood hit The Last King of Scotland though he was not credited.
Sound mixing:
As a sound mixer, Ssekito is tasked with managing the audio part of a film. This involves separate recording of sound during shooting and later syncing it with the footage. It also involves creating soundtracks and selection of sound effects, though Ssekito admits he has not yet advanced to the latter.
"My role is to give the movie a voice and that's a difficult job to do because you are like the soul of the film," he says, "Can you imagine watching a movie without sound?"
A graduate of Procurement and Logistics from Kyambogo University, Ssekito is keen on making it big in the sound- making profession. He has since sought an education in the profession, having been to the Maisha Film Labs thrice as well as attaining a certificate from the acclaimed Mohammad Amin Film Institute in Nairobi, Kenya.
"I have largely educated myself through the internet," he says. "I have to keep updated with the latest technologies since that is what most of my international clients use."
And his expertise comes with a heavy price. He brags of earning about $150 -200 (about Shs 375,000-500,000) daily, depending on the project, way above what a typical Ugandan director gets in a week.
But Ssekito gives value worth his hefty pay, the reason he has caught the attention of acclaimed directors across the East African region. When I met him for this interview, he was preparing for the next day's flight to Nairobi where he is set to work on an upcoming TV series.
But like any other job, Ssekito decries some problems affecting Ugandan sound mixers. Top on the list is the poor pay which he partly blames on his colleagues, saying most of them do shoddy work.
Most Ugandan directors have not yet fully appreciated the role of sound mixers, he adds, plus modern sound equipment is too expensive. He is, nevertheless, optimistic the future is bright.
"It is upon us the players to get organized and tap the advantages that are coming with the fast growth of the Ugandan film industry."
Family man:
For now, Ssekito is grateful for what he has so far achieved from mixing sound, including living a "comfortable life and being able to pay my bills."
He credits Kulabako as his mentor and his wife and two sons as his inspiration.
"I am grateful to God for giving me a supportive family," he humbly says, intimating that his sons, aged just four and two, have already showed prospects of becoming future sound mixers. He thus spends most of his free time with them just so he can pass on the skill.


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Now he's back! He's alive! And we're all dying to know how the residents of Llanview will react to the news that only Vincent Jones (Tobias Truvillion) holds privy to, especially a particular redhead, Natalie Vega (Melissa Archer) who John had finally decided to give his all to before that fateful night in Atlantic City!
Stay tuned, fans, as the thread to this story begins to unravel. And to Michael Easton� Thank you for staying with the show! One Life to Live wouldn't be the same without you!
John McBain� Michael Easton? Michael's many talents include being the writer/producer/director/editor of the award winning festival film "Daedalus is Dead," various screenplays including a bio-pic, "Monty", about the late actor Montgomery Clift, guest appearances on Ally McBeal, 413 Hope Street and Diagnosis Murder, to name a few. He is also a published poet.
Eighteen Straight Whiskeys, a collection of poetry taken from his heart, was released in October 1997. I've read his poetry collection, fans, and it is awesome!
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providing free legal assistance to victims of violent crime to help enforce
their rights under the Victims' Rights Act.
RMvlc's staff spends considerable time with clients and encourages open, ongoing communication to ensure victims' individual needs and priorities are being met. Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center works to ensure the criminal justice system treats victims with fairness, dignity, and respect by advocating on behalf of victims while working with law enforcement, prosecutors, and the courts to encourage meaningful interactions between victims and the criminal justice system.
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Ashley Arens joined RMvlc in November 2014. Ashley obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from East Carolina University in North Carolina in 2009 and her Master of Social Work and Master of Science in Social Policy in 2012 from the University of Pennsylvania. Since arriving in Denver in 2012, she has worked for Urban Peak as a case manager and life skills counselor. She has also represented Urban Peak at the Human Trafficking Center at DU, served on coalitions within the city involving HIV and youth, and served as a sexual assault victim's advocate.
Sasha Hutchings joined RMvlc in early 2014. She received her Master's degree from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago and her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Religious Studies from Fairfield University. Sasha joins the RMvlc having most recently worked as the Assistant Director of Seeds of Hope Charitable Trust in Denver, Colorado, where she was responsible for running the organization's operations. She has also worked extensively with at-risk youth and their families, including teaching in an inner-city school in Boston, Massachusetts, and working with the Social Service Project and Criminal Juvenile Justice Project at the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic in Chicago, Illinois.
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Sitting behind the wheel these days can feel more like being in an aircraft cockpit, such is the proliferation of warning systems, head-up displays and automated controls. Vehicle makers are increasingly fitting such systems in a bid to reduce accidents by improving driver awareness of other vehicles and pedestrians, and keeping their eyes on the road.
However, while the aim of adding sensors and ever more powerful on-board computers may be to improve road safety, critics fear that each new warning or information system provides an additional distraction for drivers whose attention to the road is already dangerously compromised by gadgets such as cellphones and satnav systems.
"People are often distracted enough just grooming themselves at the wheel," Steven Shladover of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, told a conference on intelligent vehicles in London this month.
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Many gluten free baked goods are loaded with sugar and overly-processed ingredients. Just because it's gluten free, does not mean that it's healthy.
Let's go beyond labels and into a realm of seasonal desserts made with whole foods and very little sweeteners.
Blueberry Cherry Crumble
A guilt-free crumble?? Elena's Pantry offers this grain free delight which uses fruit as the only sweetener.
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It seems like we've read this one before: a solitary escape to the Italian countryside, salaciously detailed descriptions of food, the name dropping of small villages, but for some reason it's still captivating, even if one Ms. Mayes is not involved, and even if there's no Tuscan sun hovering overhead.
As this NYT article about one woman's summer stay in this neighboring region points out, Umbria is not Tuscany: "Umbria is to Tuscany what Sonoma is to Napa — a little less trafficked, a little less touristy, a lot less money." But just as good food, and don't worry, I'm pretty sure you won't notice much of a difference with the sun here.
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In response to popular demand, extra screenings of "Walking to School" at the International Children's Film Carnival 2010 have been scheduled at 7.30pm on July 25 and August 13 at the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Space Museum and the Cinema of the Hong Kong Film Archive respectively. An extra screening of "Please Vote for Me" has also been scheduled at 7.30pm on July 30 at the Lecture Hall of the Space Museum.
Presented by the Film Programmes Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), the International Children's Film Carnival 2010 is part of the annual International Arts Carnival (IAC). A variety of outstanding children's films will be shown this year: 11 feature films from the Netherlands, Poland, China, India, Denmark, France, Norway, Australia and Indonesia, and 21 short films from different parts of the world. The screenings will be held from July 10 to August 15 in the Cinema of the Hong Kong Film Archive, and the Lecture Halls at the Space Museum and Hong Kong Science Museum.
The touching "Walking to School" (2008) is about a sister and her younger brother living in the mountains in Yunnan and sliding along a moving cable across a raging river to school every day. The film balances tension and tragedy with humour and hope, capturing the breathtaking beauty of the Nujiang Gorge.
In the hilarious "Please Vote for Me" (2007), three candidates for class monitor must win popularity through a talent show, a debate and a public speech. This hilarious documentary shows how democracy works in a children's world. An interactive session will be hosted in Cantonese by Kwan Chung-yeung, who has been a professional scriptwriter, director and actor of children's drama for more than 10 years.
Tickets for most of the screenings have already been sold out. A few tickets are still available for "Tahaan" (2008), which delivers a powerful message of peace; the playful comedy "Razzle Dazzle" (2007) and Indonesian box office hit "The Rainbow Troops" (2008), screened in Special Screenings for Parents, which is a new section specially for parents, teachers, social workers and all those concerned with the growth of children. All Special Screenings for Parents will be followed by a discussion session, hosted by a registered social worker of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, to share parenting tips.
Tickets for the additional screenings priced at $45 will be available from tomorrow (May 28) at all URBTIX outlets. Half-price concessionary tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 and above, people with disabilities and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients. Discounts of 10% to 20% for purchasing tickets of film programmes or performing arts of the IAC are also available.
Programme and discount details can be found in the booking brochure of International Children's Film Carnival 2010 or in the IAC programme brochure at all LCSD performing venues. Reservations can be made by phone on 2734 9009 or via the Internet at www.urbtix.hk. For enquiries, please call 2734 2900 or browse the website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/fp .
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Are you a Los Angeles-area resident tired of having helicopters hovering over your home?
The good news is that members of the area's Congressional delegation, who know how important this issue is to quality of life, are fighting on your behalf. The bad news? The Federal Aviation Administration is not moving as fast to curb this noise as the Congressman and Senators would like.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, as well as Reps. Henry Waxman, Alan Lowenthal, Karen Bass, Brad Sherman, Adam Schiff and Tony Cardenas, expressed their displeasure this week to FAA administrator Michael Huerta. You can find the 56-page helicopter noise report, which they cite in the letter, by clicking here. The production of that FAA noise report was supposed to be the first step is reducing helicopter noise around L.A.


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Airports in St Petersburg
Pulkovo International Airport (LED)
Pulkovo Airport is one of the busiest airports in Russia and serves close to nine million passengers annually. The airport is situated 12 miles (20km) from downtown St Petersburg. It offers little in the way of restaurants and shopping opportunities, and the few retail options at the airport are overpriced.
Passengers using the airport are advised to find their gate as soon as they've passed through security as some gates are quite far and flight information is often only posted in Cyrillic script. Gates 1-6 are situated in a separate 'satellite terminal' situated in the middle of the tarmac. It can take quite a long time to get to this terminal. Also, passengers flying on Aeroflot, or at the same time as an Aeroflot flight, should expect long queues and a fair amount of chaos.
The airport is situated 14 miles (23km) south of St Petersburg.
Getting to the city
Buses leave for Moskovskaya Metro Station from outside the terminal, from where metros go to the city centre. Passengers who are staying in a major hotel can usually arrange to be picked up.
Local time is GMT +3.
Tel: +7 812 104 3450.
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8 Ways to Prevent Any Kind of Cancer
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- Drink Pomegranate Juice
- Eat Blueberries
- Relax a Little
- Pop Selenium
- Order Sushi
- Spend More Time Outside
- Clear Your Air
- Invest a Little Sweat Equity
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As mentioned, Gary Stoner is using seaweed to fight the Big C. When he fed the polyphenols from brown seaweed to mice that had been bombarded with UV rays, their incidence of skin tumors dropped 60 percent. And the polyphenols shrank existing tumors by 43 percent. Better still, the doses that produced these effects were the equivalent of only 1 or 2 tablespoons in a human being.
"Seaweed is low in calories and fat, yet it provides heart-helping fiber, bone-building calcium, and iron," says nutrition consultant Molly Morgan, R.D., C.D.N., owner of Creative Nutrition Solutions, in Vestal, New York. "Dried, roasted seaweed sheets used in making sushi also provide vitamins A and C."
Use it: "Eat more sushi rolls," says Stoner. "It's not quite the same seaweed, but it has some of the same compounds." As a bonus, sushi itself is a great muscle food. A typical spicy tuna roll has only 290 calories but packs 24 grams of protein. Also, look for a Korean-made, seaweed-fortified drink called EntroPower (entropower.com), which should be hitting U.S. health-food stores soon.
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