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Joshua B Ludzki
November 18, 2013
KC: I'm Kathleen Harrison Cook and you've been listening to me for the last few years on Morning Edition and it's been very wonderful to be your host every morning. But in another day or two, I'm going to be leaving this position and handing it over to a new host and we have the new host with us this morning. Her name is Monica Sandreczki.
MS: Hello Kate.
KC: It is with definite mixed emotions that I'm leaving this position but I'm very excited that WSKG is redeveloping a news department and that we have local reporters that will be going out and covering stories in our region. And Monica is one of our new reporters and I will be moving into the promotional and development department. So it's going to be kind of exciting. I don't know that I'll miss getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning to do this shift. But it's been really wonderful having a great audience to talk to every morning.
Monica comes to us by way of Kansas City where she worked at the NPR affiliate KCUR on the news magazine show KC Currents. What is that? What kind of stories did you do there?
MS: Well, KC Currents is sort of like, their mantra was that we report on the diverse communities of Kansas City and so I ended up covering a variety of stories from local gun control legislation, about concealed carry in public buildings, my recent story, which was a lot of fun to do. It was about an urban midwife clinic actually.
This clinic was really about addressing sort of social issues in breast feeding and infant mortality rates, especially in the African-American community. I got to go to a breast feeding support group. It's designed to be exclusively for African-American women. It's called the Chocolate Milk Café.
I just had a really fun time on that story and getting to talk about the different social and economic and cultural factors that go into a lower rate of breastfeeding among the African-American community.
KC: I understand that even though you're from the Kansas City area, you attended college in New York State, right?
MS: Yea, right, I actually went to school in Western New York, still in the Southern Tier but in Allegany County, if our listeners are familiar with that, I bet they are.
And I actually have family in Wyoming County and up near Rochester. And some dear friends that live near Binghamton, up in Greene actually. So this wasn't too far out of my stomping grounds either.
KC: One of the things that I love about public broadcasting is that we take time to really understand the stories and that our reporters will go out to talk about things that are meaningful in their lives.
MS: I guess for me it's like, I grew up in a public radio family, where that dreaded phrase when you're driving in the car with your mom and she says, "let's find out what's going on the world today." Click.
As like a 9-year-old, that's like, "no, mom, don't do that, that's terrible."
But I ended up growing to love it and really appreciate it. Because I guess one thing for me that I really appreciate about public radio is how there's this willingness to have these longer, more extended, in-depth segments, covering issues such as: social issues affecting African-American women and breastfeeding. Because that matters but is there a huge news peg? Well, no. But it matters for the listenership and for us as a society.
KC: Monica, I know that you, like you said, you were a big public radio fan and you have a family that listened to it all the time. What are some memories that you have of Morning Edition in your life, growing up?
MS: Well, I grew up with Michael Byars, he was my Morning Edition host at KCUR. And actually I got to work with him a bit while I was at the station, so that was cool to you know see the face of radio, I guess, as they say.
I have so many memories of just sort of groggily waking up in the morning to schlep off to high school and everything but then coming down in the morning to eat my cereal and hear Michael Byars introducing the next segment that was going to take place and reading the weather and finding out if there was going to be traffic on 435 on the way in to go to school.
KC: It's cool when public radio can be that much a part of your life.
MS: One thing I'm looking forward to as a host is those personal sayings that hosts will have sometimes. Like for us when we first moved to Kansas City, we had a host, I forget his name right now, but his phrase in the morning was, 'it's five o'clock, I'm on my second cup of coffee,djambo'
KC: I would like to certainly encourage people to tune in as Monica takes over for Morning Edition. And as I said, you'll be hearing my voice some but I certainly welcome Monica Sandreczki to the Morning Edition team.
MS: Well, thank you. I am so excited to be here, it's going to be a fun ride.


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House Democrats fighting to save $1.5 billion worth of federal funding for energy-efficient cars have found a powerful business ally: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
As part of a spending bill the House defeated on Wednesday, Republican members wanted to take $1.5 billion from the Energy Department's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan-guarantee program to pay for more funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
In letters to lawmakers on Thursday, the business group's top lobbyist, Bruce Josten, called for retaining the loan-guarantee program's funding levels. The program will provide "new opportunities for American workers in a sector of the economy that is critical to the nation's recovery," he wrote.
The letters add momentum to House Democrats' efforts to keep the program's funding intact. Reps. Anna Eshoo of California and Gary Peters of Michigan rallied more than 100 of their colleagues to sign a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, opposing the cuts.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other top Senate Democrats are urging House Republicans to support their version of a spending bill, which would not strip the funding from the Energy Department's program. Congress needs to pass a spending bill by Sept. 30 to keep the government running.
House GOP leaders on Thursday were considering whether to try again to pass their bill, with the hope of winning over a block of the 48 Republicans, who opposed the measure on other grounds--or altering or eliminating the $1.5 billion energy-efficient cars program "pay-for" provision in what would be a concession to Democrats.
Reid said that Democrats would consider the bill if Republicans remove the mention of taking funds from the energy-efficient-cars program.
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"Indeed, the major challenge is how to attract and retain top-notch professional managers. In family business, compared to non-family business, there are very few ways you can provide incentives. In particular, outsiders always know the family members can get the top job, so there is less incentive to go to the company; also if it's not publicly traded, you can't get compensation [by way of] options or shares in the company, so there needs to be a big pay-off for the work of these guys.
Family business is struggling with these issues and there is no doubt about it. But there are some creative solutions for the family firms to attract professional managers. For example, phantom stock option plans work exactly like those stock option plans, except they are phantom because the stocks are not publicly traded. But they [mirror] the increase of the value of the firm. So there are ways family businesses can attract professional managers, and there are ways family businesses can work with professional managers in the firm.
All in all, I believe this is a big challenge for the family: Those who are open and willing to accept professional managers can succeed."
"Or hijack the firm. I had a conversation with some local people and found they are afraid that a professional manager might hijack the company from the family. But these concerns do not have support in the data. Proper corporate governance can alleviate this concern. As long as the family sits on the board, they can fire the CEO if that person doesn't perform.
I think the risks are not that high. I understand the emotional feeling and the fear, but if you think about it rationally – you know, you don't hire the guy just off the street, you look at his track record. And if she or he does something that's not good, they have a lot to lose as well. I think if there is proper corporate governance and a proper contract in place, the risk of stealing or hijacking companies from the families is minimum. And the data is very strong in suggesting that the value of a family business goes up when professional managers are brought in."
"I think that it is primarily up to the family to make that decision, it is the will and desire and the leadership of the founder to have sufficient foresight and desire to ensure that the legacy she or he created continues. It's in the best interest of the family unit, in the long term, to maintain a structure that would be embraced by the entire family through family meetings.
So, creating the family mission, the family charter and the family constitution are all activities that families have to embrace, and they have to internalize and ask questions such as, who are we? What do we stand for? What is important to us?"
If you had to answer these questions in your own business, what would the answer be?
Dr Amit has published extensively his empirical and field research on a broad range of issues that relate to Families and their businesses and is frequently quoted in the press. For the full story, read The Cost of Control: Managing the Growth of Family Businesses.
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Mac keyboard suddenly switched to French
Hi guys, I'm new to these forums so if this is in the wrong place, sorry!
Last night as I was shutting down my Mac, it suddenly came up with three language options - Spanish, French and Australian English, and selected French. Of course, it shut down before I could do anything, and now I can't log in as no matter what I try, I can't make an @ symbol on the AZERTY keyboard. Any ideas? Or anyone know the shortcut to change it back? The option comes up frequently (usually when I'm in the middle of assignments) so I figure something must get hit.
Thanks so much!
I searched and as far as I can tell there is no @ symbol on the French keyboard. But here's what you can do: Boot your Mac from your original install recovery DVD. When the install information comes up, select English (Australian English as the language of choice). Then, instead of installing, select the top menu item Utilities. Choose to change your password but instead of a new password, use a null (carriage return). Reboot your computer. It should now allow you to get in without a password and from there you can switch the keyboard back to Australian English.
If the French keyboard setting is anything like the French Canadian one, I believe it's Alt-2.
Most other websites seemed to go for the alt-2 option, but strangely enough it was alt-\. Eventually found this out after a couple of hours of searching and hitting every key combination. Thanks for the help from both of you, though! I've disabled the other keyboards so only Aust English is available, but it's good to to know about the reboot/utilities option as well.
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Analysis of Operation
The original opinion that the collection of blood and the separation of plasma would be "as simple as mixing a cocktail" promptly proved fallacious. The mass production of liquid plasma and its shipment abroad were very different from the production of small quantities for immediate local use. There were long debates on the size and shape of the collecting bottles, the stopper, the collection of blood by vacuum versus suction versus simple venous pressure, and the technique of removal of supernatant plasma. There were also discussions about the criteria for donors. Eventually, the age range was set at 21 to 60 years inclusive, the systolic blood pressure at 110 mm. Hg, and the hemoglobin level at 80 percent. Fasting was considered desirable, but the requirement proved impractical.
To set up criteria for production, to develop standard techniques, and to insure the safety of the final product involved far more difficulties than could be solved by volunteer part-time workers, and Dr. Charles R. Drew, later Assistant Professor of Surgery, Howard University, was appointed full-time medical supervisor of the project shortly after it was initiated.
The New York experience with liquid plasma led to the later decision that dried plasma would best solve the problem of so-called blood substitutes for the Armed Forces because of its greater stability; the simplicity of its packing, storage, and transportation; and reduced losses from breakage.
The Blood for Britain project was a most valuable introduction to the later development of the American Red Cross Blood Donor Service. ... The experience of the New York chapter served as a pattern for the organization and operation of the blood donor service which was to supply plasma for the Armed Forces and blood for oversea shipment. This chapter was ready to begin operations as soon as the Surgeons General of the Army and the Navy requested the American Red Cross to be responsible for the blood donor program.
There were many mistakes made in the operation of the blood and plasma program during the United States participation in World War II, but far more would have been made without the trial-and-error experience of the Blood for Britain project. The chief lesson learned was that blood and plasma, if they are to remain uncontaminated and safe for use, must be handled in a completely closed system. ...
The British Blood Program In World War II
The Association of Voluntary Blood Donors founded in Great Britain in 1922 later
became the British Red Cross Transfusion Service, the first organization of its kind in the world and the forerunner of a number of similar associations in Great Britain and elsewhere
. Blood banks were in operation in various hospitals in that country for at least 6 years before the outbreak of World War II.
In the months after the Munich crisis in 1938, recent advances in transfusion techniques, especially the use of stored blood on the field in the Spanish Civil War, were under constant discussion in Great Britain
(32, 37, 38)
. The Medical Research Council, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, established four blood depots in the outer suburbs of London. Arrangements were also made to establish an Army Transfusion Service, which would enroll all available donors in the South-Western Countries and which would also supply civilian needs in that area. ...
The British blood program was a remarkably successful operation for ... two reasons ...: (1) that it was carefully planned before hostilities began, and (2) that it was based on the concept that blood is a perishable fluid, as potentially dangerous as it is potentially useful, and therefore to be handled in special channels by specially trained personnel. The daily, almost hourly, care that trained British officers and men gave to the blood they handled reduced accidents to a minimum. The British also regarded it as essential that their armies be self-contained as regards blood. The success of the attempt in World War II, first made by the British in the Western Desert, to bring surgeons forward to casualties, was due in large part to the successful operation of the Army Transfusion Service.
A similar separate service was recommended by the Subcommittee on Blood Substitutes, NRC, for the U.S. Armed Forces early in U.S. participation in the war. ... Such a service was later set up in Italy, and time, expense, and lives would have been spared if it had been put into operation when it was proposed.
Functions of the Army Transfusion Service
The chief function of the British Army Transfusion Service was to supply blood and other fluids, including crystalloid solutions, with equipment for their use, to the entire British Army overseas and in the United Kingdom, and also to supply civilian needs in the areas of the United Kingdom in which it operated. Liquid plasma was used in temperate climates and was safely exported as far as India; it was kept cool but not under refrigeration.
Dried human grouping serum was prepared by the Army Transfusion Service. It was selected because it did not require refrigeration. It was colored with acriflavine for group A and with methylene blue for group B. ...
From BLOOD PROGRAM IN WORLD WAR II (SUPPLEMENTED BY EXPERIENCES IN THE KOREAN WAR) by Douglas Blair Kendrick. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1989. (Provided by the
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By Brianna Snyder/HealthyLife Jill Harris-Johnson got a "rocker shag" for her cover shoot. At Kimberley's A Day Spa in Latham, stylist Barbara Bittner says she fashioned our HealthyLife model's hair in angles and layers because she wanted to give Harris-Johnson a new look. "She always wears it curly," Bittner says. "She never really wears her […] [Read More]


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- Coronary artery disease (CAD) (1)
- Gene polymorphism (1)
- Innate immunity (1)
- Restenosis (1)
- Syrphidae, (1)
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- Association of a common TLR-6 polymorphism with coronary artery disease – implications for healthy ageing? (2013)
- Background: The pro-inflammatory status of the elderly triggers most of the age-related diseases such as cancer and atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis, the leading cause world wide of morbidity and death, is an inflammatory disease influenced by life-style and genetic host factors. Stimuli such as oxLDL or microbial ligands have been proposed to trigger inflammation leading to atherosclerosis. It has recently been shown that oxLDL activates immune cells via the Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4/6 complex. Several common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the TLR system have been associated with atherosclerosis. To investigate the role of TLR-6 we analyzed the association of the TLR-6 SNP Pro249Ser with atherogenesis. Results: Genotyping of two independent groups with CAD, as well as of healthy controls revealed a significant association of the homozygous genotype with a reduced risk for atherosclerosis (odds ratio: 0.69, 95% CI 0.51-0.95, P = 0.02). In addition, we found a trend towards an association with the risk of restenosis after transluminal coronary angioplasty (odds ratio: 0.53, 95% CI 0.24-1.16, P = 0.12). In addition, first evidence is presented that the frequency of this protective genotype increases in a healthy population with age. Taken together, our results define a role for TLR-6 and its genetic variations in modulating the inflammatory response leading to atherosclerosis. Conclusions: These results may lead to a better risk stratification, and potentially to an improved prophylactic treatment of high-risk populations. Furthermore, the protective effect of this polymorphism may lead to an increase of this genotype in the healthy elderly and may therefore be a novel genetic marker for the well-being during aging.
- Vergleichende Untersuchung an Schwebfliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) extensiv genutzter Wiesen (1996)
- Die Schwebfliegengemeinschaften extensiv genutzter Wiesen wurden anhand drei verschiedener Methoden untersucht. Dabei wurden einige überregional interessante Nachweise erbracht. Während der Phase qroßer Blütenentwicklungen wurden mit den Fallen im Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Aktivitätsdichte viel zu wenige Schwebfliegen erfaßt. Der Lebensraum Wiese hat eine große Bedeutung für Schwebfliegen, dies gilt insbesondere für extensiv genutzte Feuchtwiesen.


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Wow, such vitriol, Bigfir, zipdad, When you are able to respond to someone else's opinion without sarcasm or slamming, I'd be pleased to respond back. SoLow, good point; I guess I was thinking of a friend, a refugee from a war in Africa who finds fireworks too close to the sounds of war, and for me, the sounds of helicopters bring back an awful period during which my daughter's classmate had been kidnapped and all of the neighborhood was the scene for weeks of police activity and searchers. All of their work was conducted professionally and with compassion, but the helicopters seemed to add an element of invasiveness that seemed unnecessary. They did not advance the story or even tell it. I'm all for covering newsworthy events, but what's wrong with doing it on the ground, with a microphone and legwork?
Agree with you. Why do authors have to be likable and friendly? The work is the gift to the reader. We readers should not expect anything more of them, and we writers should feel free to be our introverted curmudgeonly selves.


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Comedian Roseanne Barr is still vying to be on the ballot in November. She hopes to represent the Green Party.
Earlier this year, Barr announced she would try to be the party's nominee.
"I will barnstorm American living rooms," she vowed. "Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs of average Americans in the run-up to the 2012 election."
That was in February. Since then, she hasn't done very much barnstorming, and Massachusetts physician Jill Stein is the presumptive nominee. But Barr has no intention of quitting.
"Candidate Barr is still campaigning for the Green Party. I don't have any other official word at this time. She has definitely not dropped from the race. If and when we get any changes to this, we will put out a press release immediately," wrote spokeswoman Anita Stewart on Wednesday.
Earlier in the week, Barr took to Twitter to champion her cause. She argued that she should get to speak at the convention because she "received nearly ALL votes by ppl of color."
Apart from her sitcom and comedy, Barr is well-known for her singing of the National anthem.


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Little Johnnie
November 12th 2008 07:05
Unfortunately, the baby was born without ears.
When mother and new baby came home from the hospital, Johnnie's family was invited over to see the baby.
His dad also told him that if he so much mentioned anything about the baby's missing ears or even said the word ears, he would get the smacking of his life when they came back home.
Little Johnnie told his dad he understood completely.
When Johnnie looked in the crib he said, 'What a beautiful baby.'
The mother said, 'Why, thank you, Johnnie.
Johnnie said, 'He has beautiful little feet and beautiful little hands, a cute little nose and really beautiful eyes. Can he see alright?'
'Yes', the mother replied, 'we are so thankful; the Doctor said he will have 20/20 vision.'
'That's great', said Little Johnnie,'coz he'd be f****d if he needed glasses'.
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Royal forest
A royal forest is an area of land with different meanings in England, Wales and Scotland. The term forest in the ordinary modern understanding refers to an area of densely wooded land; however, the original medieval sense was closer to the modern idea of "preserve" - ie. land legally set aside for specific purposes such as royal hunting - with less emphasis on its composition. There are also differing and contextual interpretations in Continental Europe derived from the Carolingian and Merovingian legal systems.[1]
In Anglo-Saxon England, though the kings were great huntsmen they never set aside areas declared to be outside (Latin foris) the law of the land.[2] Historians find no evidence of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs (c.500 to 1066) creating forests.[3] However, under the Norman kings (after 1066), by royal prerogative forest law was widely applied.[4] The law was designed to protect the venison and the vert, the "noble" animals of the chase – notably red and fallow deer, the roe, and the wild boar – and the greenery that sustained them. Forests were designed as hunting areas reserved for the monarch or (by invitation) the aristocracy (see medieval hunting). The concept was introduced by the Normans to England in the 11th century, and at the height of this practice in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, fully one-third of the land area of southern England was designated as royal forest; at one stage in the 12th century, all of Essex was afforested, and on his accession Henry II declared all of Huntingdonshire forest.[2]
Afforestation, in particular the creation of the New Forest, figured large in the folk history of the "Norman Yoke", which magnified what was already a grave social ill: "the picture of prosperous settlements disrupted, houses burned, peasants evicted, all to serve the pleasure of the foreign tyrant, is a familiar element in the English national story .... The extent and intensity of hardship and of depopulation have been exaggerated", H. R. Loyn observed.[2] Forest law prescribed harsh punishment for anyone who committed any of a range of offences within the forests; by the mid-17th century, enforcement of this law had died out, but many of England's woodlands still bore the title Royal Forest. At that time, the practice of reserving areas of land for the sole use of the aristocracy was common throughout Europe during the medieval period.
Royal forests usually included large areas of heath, grassland and wetland – anywhere that supported deer and other game. In addition, when an area was initially designated forest, any villages, towns and fields that lay within it were also subject to forest law. This could foster resentment as the local inhabitants were then restricted in the use of land they had previously relied upon for their livelihoods; however, common rights were not extinguished, but merely curtailed.[5]
- 1 Forest law
- 2 History
- 3 Surviving ancient forests
- 4 Royal forests in England
- 5 See also
- 6 Notes
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Forest law[edit]
William the Conqueror, a great lover of hunting, established the system of forest law. This operated outside the common law, and served to protect game animals and their forest habitat from destruction. In the year of his death, 1087, a poem, "The Rime of King William", inserted in the Peterborough Chronicle expresses English indignation at the forest laws.
Offences in forest law were divided into two categories: trespass against the vert (the vegetation of the forest) and the venison (the game). The five animals of the forest protected by law were given by Manwood as the hart and hind (red deer), boar, hare and wolf. (In England, the boar became extinct in the wild by the 13th century, and the wolf by the late 15th century.) Protection was also said to be extended to the beasts of chase, the buck and doe (fallow deer), fox, marten, and roe deer, and the beasts and fowls of warren: the hare, coney, pheasant, and partridge.[6] The rights of chase and of warren (i.e., to hunt such beasts) were often granted to local nobility for a fee but are a quite separate concept.
Trespasses against the vert were rather extensive: they included purpresture, the inclosure of a pasture or erection of a building on forest lands, assarting, clearing forest land for agriculture, and felling trees or clearing shrubs, among others. Note that these laws applied to any land within the boundary of the forest, even if it were freely owned; although the Charter of the Forest in 1217 established that all freemen owning land within the forest enjoyed the rights of agistment and pannage (see below).
In addition, inhabitants of the forest were forbidden to bear hunting weapons, and dogs were banned from the forest; mastiffs were permitted as watchdogs, but they had to have their front claws removed to prevent them from hunting game.
Disafforested lands on the edge of the forest were known as purlieus; agriculture was permitted here and deer escaping from the forest into them was permitted to be killed if causing damage.
Rights and privileges[edit]
The kings rapidly discovered that abridging their rights in the royal forests could provide a useful source of income. Local nobles could be granted a royal licence to take a certain amount of game. The common inhabitants of the forest might, depending on their location, possess a variety of rights: estover, the right of taking firewood, pannage, the right to pasture swine in the forest, turbary, the right to cut turf (as fuel), and various other rights of pasturage (agistment) and harvesting the products of the forest. Land might be disafforested entirely, or permission given for assart and purpresture.
The justices of the forest were the Justice in Eyre and the verderers.
The chief royal official was the Warden. As he was often an eminent and preoccupied magnate, his powers were frequently exercised by a deputy. He supervised the foresters and under-foresters, who personally went about preserving the forest and game and apprehending offenders against the law. The agisters supervised pannage and agistment and collected any fees thereto appertaining. The nomenclature of the officers can be somewhat confusing: the rank immediately below the constable were referred to as foresters-in-fee, or, later, woodwards, who held land in the forest in exchange for a rent, and advised the warden. They exercised various privileges within their bailiwicks. Their subordinates were the under-foresters, later referred to as rangers. The rangers are sometimes said to be patrollers of the purlieu.
Another group, called serjeants-in-fee, and later, foresters-in-fee (not to be confused with the above), held small estates in return for their service in patrolling the forest and apprehending offenders.
The forests also had surveyors, who determined the boundaries of the forest, and regarders. These last reported to the court of justice-seat and investigated encroachments on the forest and invasion of royal rights, such as assarting. While their visits were infrequent, due to the interval of time between courts, they provided a check against collusion between the foresters and local offenders.
Blackstone gives the following outline of the forest courts, as theoretically constructed:
- Court of attachment, sometimes called the Forty-Day Court or Woodmote. This court was held every forty days, and was presided over by verderers and the Warden, or his deputy. The foresters attached persons who had committed crimes against the forest law and brought them before this court to have them enrolled; however, it did not possess the power to try or convict individuals, and such cases had to be passed upwards to the swainmote or the court of justice seat.
- Court of regard, held every third year to enforce the law requiring declawing of dogs within the forest.
- Swainmote or Sweinmote was held three times a year: the fortnight before the feast of St. Michael, about the feast of St. Martin, and the fortnight before the feast of St. John the Baptist. It was presided over by the Warden and verderers, the foresters and agisters being in attendance. The first two occasions were to regulate agistment and pannage, respectively; the third was for the purpose of trying offenders before a jury of swains, or freemen of the forest. (The name of the court is sometimes said to be derived from swine, probably a misapprehension through its regulation of pannage.)
- Court of justice-seat or eyre was the highest of the forest courts. It was to be held every three years, to be announced forty days in advance, and was presided over by a Justice in Eyre. It was, in theory, the only court that could pass sentence upon offenders of the forest laws.
In practice, these fine distinctions were not always observed. In the Forest of Dean, swainmote and the court of attachment seem to have been one and the same throughout most of its history. As the courts of justice-seat were held less frequently, the lower courts assumed the power to fine offenders against the forest laws, according to a fixed schedule. The courts of justice-seat crept into disuse, and in 1817, the office of Justice in Eyre was abolished and its powers transferred to the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Courts of swainmote and attachment went out of existence at various dates in the different forests. A Court of Swainmote was re-established in the New Forest in 1877.
William I, original enactor of the Forest Law in England, did not harshly penalise offenders. The accusation that he "laid a law upon it, that whoever slew hart or hind should be blinded," according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is little more than propaganda. William Rufus, also a keen hunter, increased the severity of the penalties for various offences to include death and mutilation. The laws were in part codified under the Assize of the Forest (1184) of Henry II.
Magna Carta, the charter forced upon King John of England by the English barons in 1215, contained five clauses relating to royal forests. They aimed to limit, and even reduce, the King's sole rights as enshrined in forest law. The clauses were as follows (taken from the text of Magna Carta):
- (44) People who live outside the forest need not in future appear before the royal justices of the forest in answer to general summonses, unless they are actually involved in proceedings or are sureties for someone who has been seized for a forest offence.
- (47) All forests that have been created in our reign shall at once be disafforested. River-banks that have been enclosed in our reign shall be treated similarly.
- (48) All evil customs relating to forests and warrens, foresters, warreners, sheriffs and their servants, or river-banks and their wardens, are at once to be investigated in every county by twelve sworn knights of the county, and within forty days of their enquiry the evil customs are to be abolished completely and irrevocably. But we, or our chief justice if we are not in England, are first to be informed.
- (52) To any man whom we have deprived or dispossessed of lands, castles, liberties, or rights, without the lawful judgement of his equals, we will at once restore these. In cases of dispute the matter shall be resolved by the judgement of the twenty-five barons referred to below in the clause for securing the peace (§ 61). In cases, however, where a man was deprived or dispossessed of something without the lawful judgement of his equals by our father King Henry or our brother King Richard, and it remains in our hands or is held by others under our warranty, we shall have respite for the period commonly allowed to Crusaders, unless a lawsuit had been begun, or an enquiry had been made at our order, before we took the Cross as a Crusader. On our return from the Crusade, or if we abandon it, we will at once render justice in full.
- (53) We shall have similar respite [to that in clause 52] in rendering justice in connexion with forests that are to be disafforested, or to remain forests, when these were first afforested by our father Henry or our brother Richard; with the guardianship of lands in another person's `fee', when we have hitherto had this by virtue of a `fee' held of us for knight's service by a third party; and with abbeys founded in another person's `fee', in which the lord of the `fee' claims to own a right. On our return from the Crusade, or if we abandon it, we will at once do full justice to complaints about these matters.
After the death of John, Henry III was compelled to grant the Charter of the Forest (1217), which further reformed the forest law and established the rights of agistment and pannage on private land within the forests. It also checked certain of the extortions of the foresters. An "Ordinance of the Forest" under Edward I again checked the oppression of the officers, and introduced sworn juries in the forest courts.
The Great Perambulation and after[edit]
In 1300 many (if not all) forests were perambulated and reduced greatly in their extent, in theory to their extent in the time of Henry II. However, this depended on the determination of local juries, whose decisions often excluded from the Forest lands described in Domesday Book as within the forest. Successive kings tried to recover the "purlieus" excluded from a forest by the Great Perambulation of 1300. Forest officers periodically fined the inhabitants of the purlieus for failing to attend Forest Court or for forest offences. This led to complaints in Parliament. The king promised to remedy the grievances, but usually did nothing.
Several forests were alienated by Richard II and his successors, but generally the system decayed. Henry VII revived "Swainmotes" (forest courts) for several forests and held Forest Eyres in some of them. Henry VIII in 1547 placed the forests under the Court of Augmentations with two Masters and two Surveyors-General. On the abolition of that court, the two surveyors-general became responsible to the Exchequer. Their respective divisions were North and South of the river Trent.
Disafforestation, sale of forest lands and the Western Rising[edit]
- See also: Western Rising
By the Tudor period and after, forest law had largely become anachronistic, and served primarily to protect timber in the royal forests. James I caused enquiries to be made into assart lands of various forests. The commissioners appointed raised over £25000 by compounding with occupiers, whose ownership was confirmed, subject to a fixed rent. Under Charles I, several forests were disforested, the king receiving a portion of the waste land of the forest, which he then sold. The last serious exercise of forest law by a court of justice-seat (Forest Eyre) seems to have been in about 1635, in an attempt to raise money. The disafforestations caused riots in a number of West Country forests, including Gillingham, Braydon and Dean, as well as Feckenham. The events were known as the Western Rising.[7]
After the Restoration[edit]
A Forest Eyre was held for the New Forest in 1670, and a few for other forests in the 1660s and 1670s, but these were the last. From 1715, both surveyor's posts were held by the same person. The remaining royal forests continued to be managed (in theory, at least) on behalf of the crown. However, the commoners' rights of grazing often seem to have been more important than the rights of the crown.
In the late 1780s, a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the condition of Crown woods. North of the Trent only Sherwood Forest survived. South of it there were the New Forest and three others in Hampshire, Windsor Forest in Berkshire, the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, Waltham or Epping Forest in Essex, three forests in Northamptonshire, and Wychwood in Oxfordshire. Several of these no longer had swainmote courts, so that there was no official supervision. They divided the remaining forests into two classes, according to whether the Crown was or was not the major landowner. In certain Hampshire forests and the Forest of Dean, most of the soil belonged to the Crown and these should be reserved to grow timber, to meet the need for oak for shipbuilding. The others would be inclosed, the Crown receiving an allotment in lieu of its rights.
In 1810, responsibility for woods was moved from Surveyors-General (who accounted to the Auditors of Land Revenue) to a new Commission of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues. From 1832 to 1851 "Works and Buildings" were added to their responsibilities. In 1851, the commissioners again became a Commissioner of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues. In 1924, the Royal Forests were transferred to the new Forestry Commission.
Surviving ancient forests[edit]
Forest of Dean[edit]
The Forest of Dean was used as a source of charcoal for ironmaking within the Forest from 1612 until about 1670. It was the subject of a Reafforestation Act in 1667. Courts continued to be held at the Speech House, for example to regulate the activities of the Freeminers. The sale of cordwood for charcoal continued until at least the late 18th century. Deer were removed in 1850. The forest is today heavily wooded, as is a substantial formerly privately owned area to the west, now treated as part of the forest. It is managed by the Forestry Commission.
Epping Forest[edit]
The extent of Epping Forest was greatly reduced by inclosure by landowners. The Corporation of London wished to see it preserved as an open space and obtained an injunction to throw open some 3,000 acres (12 km2) that had been inclosed in the preceding 20 years. In 1875 and 1876, it bought 3,000 acres (12 km2) of open waste land. Under the Epping Forest Act 1878, the forest was disafforested and forest law abolished in respect of it. Instead the corporation was appointed as Conservators of the Forest. The forest is managed through the Epping Forest Committee.
New Forest[edit]
An Act was passed to remove the deer in 1851, but abandoned when it was realised that the deer were needed to keep open the unwooded "lawns" of the forest. An attempt was made to develop the forest for growing wood by a rolling programme of inclosures. In 1875, a Select Committee of the House of Commons recommended against this, leading to the passage of the New Forest Act 1877, which limited the Crown's right to inclose, regulated common rights, and reconstituted the Court of Verderers. A further Act was passed in 1964. This forest is also managed by the Forestry Commission.
Royal forests in England[edit]
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See also[edit]
- ^ Philippe Braunstein, « Forêts d'Europe au Moyen-Âge », Les Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Historiques [En ligne], 6 | 1990, mis en ligne le 20 mars 2009, consulté le 22 août 2012. URL : http://ccrh.revues.org/2859 ; DOI : 10.4000/ccrh.2859
- ^ a b c H. R. Loyn, Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 2nd ed. 1991:378-82.
- ^ The Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer. c. 1180 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/excheq.htm
- ^ Grant, Raymond (1991). The royal forests of England. Wolfeboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-781-X. 0-86299781-X.
- ^ Young, Charles R. (1979). The royal forests of medieval England. [Philadelphia]: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-7760-0. 0812277600
- ^ Manwood, John (1598). "1". A Treatise and Discourse of the Lawes of the Forrest. Retrieved 2006-10-17.
- ^ Buchanan Sharp (1980). In contempt of all authority. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03681-6. 0520036816
- ^ Turbutt, G., (1999) A History of Derbyshire. Volume 2: Medieval Derbyshire, Cardiff: Merton Priory Press
- Margaret Ley Bazeley, 'The Extent of the English Forest in the Thirteenth Century', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 4th Ser., Vol. 4. (1921), pp. 140–172.
- Gilbert, J.M. Hunting and Hunting Reserves in Medieval Scotland Edinburgh: John Donald Ltd 1979
- Raymond Grant (1991). The royal forests of England. Wolfeboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-781-X. 086299781X
- Manwood, John. Manwood's Treatise Of The Forest Laws 1717.
- Turner, G.J. Select Pleas Of The Forest 1901.
- Grafton Regis History and Heritage (CD Rom). Grafton Regis Millennium Project. 2004.
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Trying to live up to impossible beauty ideals is one of the most distressing problems plaguing women today. We all too easily join ranks with the industries making money off our insecurities, to engage in a war against ourselves. This "war" takes many forms, but the most common of all is our obsession with weight, specifically a fear and disgust of fat or being considered fat – an answer to the male dominated world we live in that values female beauty above female intelligence, female kindness, female courage and other traits of real worth.
Many wrongly believe that Latinas don't suffer body image issues, that poor self-esteem and eating disorders are problems of white women, but as these interviews with four diverse Latinas prove, Latinas deal with unique conflicting messages about their weight, along with the very same demoralizing messages white women receive. While some studies show that negativity about one's weight is higher among some groups, the truth is that body image issues are color and ethnicity blind and there are many women who struggle to appreciate their own beauty in all groups. Let's see what our four Latinas had to say.
Who They Are
It Starts Young
"The pre-teens, starting at 7th grade was the beginning of my body image issues." – Bohemian Babushka
"Outside of my family I became self-conscious around 5th grade when I encountered a school bully who would pick on me because of my weight. However, it wasn't consistent and I really did have schoolmates who did not see me as their chubby friend and would come to my defense, but it definitely was the first time I started to notice I was different. It hurt my feelings but, the friendships at that time made me feel loved enough where it didn't matter that I felt different.
Also, I had become part of this cheerleading group and it was time for us to pick our costumes to march in the parade and I couldn't fit the sizes because in 5th grade, I think I was already wearing a small in adult sizes. I remember going on my first 3-day diet to fit into my outfit to march in the parade. It just put in the back of my mind that I wasn't like the kids my age, but these two incidents didn't make me compare myself to others or feel unhappy about myself.
Inside of my family I became conscious around age 13, when it was no longer cute to be the chubby little kid. I remember I had an aunt who had come back from El Salvador after visiting and she was showing us pictures and she kept going on and on about how beautifully one of my cousins had matured and that if I was skinny I could be more beautiful than her. The comment made me feel as if I wasn't pretty at all because I was fat and truly started a life of yo-yo dieting to be considered pretty in my family. I really do feel it was this comment that also made me start comparing myself to others. I really thought up until that time that beauty was original and that it couldn't be generalized. But when I heard that comment, in my head something clicked and said "if others are comparing you, then beauty is not unique…you need to look like so and so." - Cynthia Martinez
"I became self-conscious of my weight when I was 10 years old. My breasts started growing and my classmates' hadn't. My mom would say to stop eating because they were going to grow more." – Jeanette
"[I became self-conscious] at a very early age – around 9 or 10 years old. Many of the girls in my class were starting to develop and I wasn't. This was around the time I started to notice boys and the boys in my class only noticed the girls who were starting to develop. Since it was my first year with braces and glasses, I was very aware that I was not the kind of girl boys would notice. My awkward stage lasted a long time. I was extremely self-conscious and insecure and never quite felt good enough." - Rosy
When Family Hurts
"My father, meaning well and being a little embarrassed, told me, "You know we love you however you are, but if you don't lose weight you might find it hard to find a husband." –Bohemian Babushka
"They would constantly make remarks about my weight. I remember my dad once telling my mom when I was around age 8 that she needed to start cinching my waist with a belt, so that I wouldn't look as "gorda". I remember being told in high school that if I didn't lose weight it would be hard for me to get a boyfriend. I am one of 5 girls and I was by far the biggest. All of my sisters were thin with the exception of one, and she was just barely a little fuller. I would remember my parents putting less food on my plate than my sisters and limiting the amount of sweets I ate in comparison to my sisters. The reality was my metabolism really was just slow in comparison to theirs, and they could by far out eat me, yet they would not gain weight. My parents' actions of denying food really sent a message to me that I had a problem…[Yet] while I was getting fat comments from one side of the family, my sister who is a year younger than me was getting the "You are sick, someone gave you the mal ojo" on the other side. The mixed messages I got from both sides of my family made me feel like my body would never be accepted." – Cynthia Martinez
"My mom never liked me because I was the fat one. She would call my sister mi flaca, bonita. It was hard growing up with a skinny sister because even my aunts would tell my cousins not to eat a lot otherwise they were going to be fat like me. When it was time to eat my mom would yell at me for eating fast. She would say "que no sabes comer, masticas como una marana." It got worse when we went clothes shopping which I hated – "ya vez, de que comes tanto no cabes en nada. Mirate come te vez gorda, cochina, andale sacate por ahi" and she would take my sister and have her try a lot of dresses. For my sweet 15, my mom made me take aerobic classes because she wanted me to fit in this dress that she liked and they didn't have it in my size.
My feelings didn't change, they got worse. My period started around 11 and I was a big tall girl. Men would wink at me or say things to me while I walked with my mom and she would hit me saying that it was my fault men were flirting with me. I always walked looking down and would shy away when men looked at me. I was only 12 with a body of an 18 year old.
My dad would say "ya no comas mucho, no vez que tu mama se enoja." And my aunt would tell my youngest cousin not to eat alot because she was going to be fat like me. My older cousins would make jokes about me like "ahi viene la tonina" or make sounds like a pig oinking. My mom would say "ella es mi elefante sin cola. Esa no come, ella traga." – And they would all start laughing.
My mom and aunts thought I was never going to get married. Nobody was going to like me because I was "fea and gorda. Y si un hombre quiere algo contigo nadamas es para cojerte. Lo unico bueno que tienes son tus nalgas y tetas. Tiene bonito cuerpo pero hay que taparle la cara. A quien salio Jeanette. Segurito a la familia de Joel (my dad). Tuvo que salir como esa familia fea y asquerosa" My mom would use very harsh words." – Jeanette
"I hate even saying this but growing up my parents never told me that I was pretty. It seems like something so silly to focus on, but its the kind of thing that sticks. I remember asking my mother once if I was pretty and she said something like "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and didn't answer my question. She wasn't a vain woman and I think she wanted me to be the same way. But no one in my family gave me the confidence I needed to go out into the world. And as a result, any boy/man who looked in my direction and told me I was pretty – I believed. And that need to feel pretty and wanted led to many self destructive relationships." – Rosy
Self-Esteem Issues – Not Just a White Girl Problem
"In middle school, the feelings I had about myself were not related to how I looked, rather how I dressed (I had just moved to an all-white rich school district coming from a low income predominately Latino school). I was noticing labels and attributing my beauty to how well dressed and not how much I weighed. However, once I got the clothing down I began to notice my skin was darker, my hair was curly in comparison to other girls and I had boobs and a butt. Not only was I dealing with weight issues now, I was dealing with cultural genetic issues.
The women in my family are extremely bottom heavy on one side and top heavy on the other side, and in 7th grade I had a full body, when most girls I went to school with did not get their body until their Junior year in high school. I felt awkward and ashamed of my body, because I didn't understand it. But then I got temporarily moved back to my old school district for about 3 years, and I didn't stick out like a sore thumb. Other than my weight, it allowed me to feel more normal. I think being with girls that resembled me more definitely attributed to a more positive body image…
In white culture, the moment I lost weight and was "skinny" (which lasted 5 seconds of my life), I was exotic and "thick". However,I still wasn't their standard of beautiful. In my culture, I was finally given the praises of beauty, because I was curvy and thin at a size 8-10. The contradiction was in what was considered thin, my family believed a 6- 8 was skinny, but the society, even in Mexican LA, only a size 2 was to be considered skinny. It made me feel like it was a goal I could never attain, because I didn't know what was really expected. Although, in my head I know the standard of beauty is much easier to achieve for my culture than it is for Anglo-America." – Cynthia Martinez
"One time a white guy told me that I looked like Jennifer Lopez. I told my mom that and she said it was probably my "nalgas por que de J.Lo no tienes nada." …Right after college, I started working and was now among white people. I was part of management and most of the employees where black or Hispanic. They would stare at me and flirt with me like crazy. I was 22, single with big hips, thin waist, big breasts, long black hair, college educated and inside I would feel ugly. No matter how much attention I got I would hate myself for being who I was. I still saw myself as fat and ugly. Like the little 10 year old girl whom was never taught to embrace my beauty or to love myself." – Jeanette
"As an adult, I'm still struggling with body issues and image. I was at an ideal weight before I was pregnant, a size 4 – 6 and for the first time in my life I had felt good about how I looked. Then I got pregnant and gained 60 lbs. My son is 6 and I'm still fighting that weight gain. My weight has fluctuated drastically – especially the last 2 years. I hate looking in the mirror, nothing looks right. And looking at pictures are even worse. It's not how I want to look and I don't feel good or confident when I look in the mirror. And saying that makes me feel incredibly superficial and vain." - Rosy
Going to Extremes
"At 15, I went on a serious low carbohydrate diet with hours of exercise. Dios, I looked good! Years later I realized I had anorexia/bulimia and that saddens me." – Bohemian Babushka
"I have pierced the cartilage in my ear, because someone from Bolivia told me that they do that in their country to lose weight, since supposedly it controls your appetite. I have seen a "bruja" to put a spell on me. I have been hypnotized, and had colonics. Because, I am a dreamer, I don't feel hopeless yet….my pockets are a little bitter though." – Cynthia Martinez
"I joined Lucille Roberts a couple years ago. I would run 5 miles 3 times a week. I enrolled in boot camp. I was taking kickboxing and other aerobics exercise classes. I would only eat an apple for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a week. I did it for a month and lost 20 pounds. I was starting to feel weak and one day, I fainted on my way to work. I passed out at the train station in NYC, hit my head on the concrete floor and was taken to the ER. The doctors said my sugar level was low along with my potassium and other things stuff. I was referred to a therapist because I was crying and had a breakdown of my emotions.
I also tried Herbalife products. My mom bought them from a lady at church for me. I was 17, and every time I took them I would feel my heart beat really fast. I told my mom one day and I told the doctor. The doctor asked my mom if she was planning to kill me because those products are not for children. He told her they cause serious heart problems and to stop giving them to me." – Jeanette
"I tend to binge. I can go all week eating the right things – lose a few pounds. And then the weekend will come and I'll eat everything – gain all those pounds back. And feel horrible about it." – Rosy
"…how to accept oneself completely? I'm still working on that one." – Bohemian Babushka
"I don't know if I've overcome the issues of my weight within my family, because I still try to diet every day. I think in my college years, I cared more about what others thought of me, where as I don't really care now. I feel like any issues they have regarding me are their issues to deal with, not mine. The hardest thing for me is shopping for clothes….I really do feel like there is a message designers send to me, and that is "Your body isn't worth dressing until you are a size that is not a double digit" and I'm not sure I've fully overcome that sentiment. Inside, I think perhaps I would look better if I was a size 8. Today however, I'm losing weight to feel comfortable for myself overall, and not so that others can feel comfortable with me." – Cynthia Martinez
"I feel that I love myself when my husband makes love to me. At that moment, I feel that there is someone who accepts me for who I am. As I'm writing this, tears roll down my face because I can't seem to accept the fact that I am beautiful. I need the acceptance of another human being. When other people compliment me I start saying to myself that yes I am pretty but then those years of harsh words come creeping into my head taking over the way I think and how I see myself…I don't know if I will ever accept myself without needing the compliments of others." - Jeanette
"We live in a society where beauty and sex appeal is everything. There are so many false photo-shopped images of beauty that it's rare when a real woman can compete. We are trying so hard to live up to an ideal – it's exhausting…I think articles like this that let women know that they're not alone in their thoughts are a huge step." - Rosy
"I love myself 99.9% of the time. A while back, I came to the realization that if I love my body, if I stop putting myself down, others follow my example and it leads to me feeling better about myself. However, I'm human and I find it difficult to fully accept myself when someone in the room doesn't….When put in that situation I ask myself, "Did you feel good about yourself when you left the house?… Women really need to tune out outside perception of beauty and define their own standard of beauty.
I started this thing a couple of years ago that my friends think is funny but it has helped me with my body image perception: I will walk around naked in my house (shutters closed) and stand at least 5 minutes in front of a mirror and appreciate myself. It was hard at first, I mean even the act of walking around my house naked was hard, even when no one was around… it was a sign I was not comfortable in my own body. The first time I stood in front of the mirror I couldn't find anything I liked, much less loved about my body…so I said nothing at all. With time I had to put a time cap on my love fest. I found it's easier to love yourself, when you don't allow the outside to define how much you should love yourself." – Cynthia Martinez
Your Turn
What are your thoughts and experiences on weight, body image, self-esteem and beauty ideals? Do you relate to these women? What do you think needs to be done to change perceptions of weight and beauty in our culture?
Here is a scene from the film "Real Women Have Curves" – Do you relate to Ana and the other characters in this movie?


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Are You "Savings Ready?"
By the Team at Military Saves
Crystal, a single E4, was working in her installation's Public Affairs office when a photographer with the Military Saves campaign asked if she'd be willing to pose for the campaign poster. She agreed. Later it occurred to her, "It's going to be bad if I'm on all these posters and I'm not saving."
She always intended to save, but never got around to it. Now, only 18 months later, she has no credit card debt, an emergency fund, and a savings account for a down payment on a house. She also contributes to Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), and has a Roth IRA.
What changed for Crystal? She didn't change jobs, didn't win the lottery or get an inheritance. Crystal simply set a goal and then took action!
Crystal is now "savings ready," a military member with a healthy financial profile who doesn't have to worry about finances when she deploys in support of the Global War on Terrorism or any other military operation. Are you savings ready?
To get an idea of your readiness level, ask yourself these questions:
- Are you free from credit card debt so you don't have to pay finance charges for carrying a balance?
- Do you have emergency savings? Most financial planners recommend you have three to six months of household expenses set aside in an interest-bearing savings account to handle unexpected expenses.
- Do you plan for future expenses (car repair, vacations, household appliance or furniture purchases, holiday and birthday gifts, back-to-school clothing and supplies, etc.), saving money before you spend it?
- Are you building wealth by owning your own home, or are you planning to buy a home by saving for a down payment and paying attention to establishing an excellent credit rating?
- If you have children, or you or your spouse are planning to return to school for further education, do you have college funds?
If you answered "Yes" to most or all of these questions, you are savings ready! If not, don't despair—not only are you in the same boat as most Americans, you can change your situation.
The first step is to set a savings (or debt reduction) goal. People with written goals and plan to reach them are much more likely to succeed. If you have a written savings goal, you're likely to save twice as much money as someone who doesn't have a goal!
When you set your first goal, remember the SMART goal-setting guidelines. Make sure your goal is:
- Specific, significant to you, and stretches you a little bit;
- Measurable, so you can easily know if you're making progress, meaningful to you and your family, and motivates you to achieve it;
- Achievable, agreed upon with your spouse if you're married, and action-oriented;
- Results-oriented, realistic in light of your personal situation, and rewarding; and
- Time-based, tangible, and trackable.
Let's walk a Military Mom through setting a goal to see how this works. Like Crystal, her financial situation is okay, but not great. She has a little credit card debt, already contributes to TSP, but doesn't have any other savings. She decides that her goal is to have $500 in a savings account so she doesn't have to go deeper into debt if she has an emergency, and then she'll pay off her credit card as quickly as possible.
Her goal is SMART, because it's specific and stretches her to do something new.
It's measurable and trackable, since she'll be able to see her progress every pay period. It's meaningful, because it gives Military Mom and her family hope that they can be debt free and have savings.
It's achievable, because Military Mom found $100 per month that she could save by cutting premium cable channels, bringing her lunch to work, skipping fast food for the kids except a once a month treat, and getting movies from the library instead of renting them. She and her civilian husband agreed on the goal and the plan to achieve it, so they're working on it together .
Decide now to get savings ready. Set your goal, make your plan, and go, go, go!


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Diamond D & Pharoahe Monch Take You Through the 'Rap Life' in New Video
The legendary Diamond D of the D.I.T.C. collective is back and he's brought the mighty Pharoahe Monch with him. The two hip-hop veterans take listeners on a trip through the 'Rap Life' in this music video premiered by HipHopDX. Diamond D handles the hook and production as he supplies Monch wit


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Confession: I took my scale on vacation with me.
Yep. Last week the Mister and I took our boys and escaped to the mountains for a few blissful days of much needed R&R. I majorly over packed, as I am generally prone to do, but one item I do not regret making room for despite it's awkwardness is my scale. I debated in my head beforehand, but ultimately decided to throw it in and boy am I glad I did.
My weekly weigh in day is Sunday and I am a strict once a week weigher. Weighing daily just makes this girl flippin paranoid and we DO NOT need any of that in this house. Once a week suits me fine. I knew we'd be gone til Monday and I wanted an accurate accounting of the previous week. We headed out Thursday and had a great weekend! So thankful for the sweet men I've been blessed with and loved spending a perfect Valentine's day {read: jammies all day, making them a big delicious breakfast while drinking my on plan hot cocoa, watching Disney movies & Full House episodes, reading, cuddling with all four of my guys} right at the stage we are at in life. So Saturday night I was STRESSING. I had done well all week on plan with everything I have control over. But, one thing I couldn't control was the lack of sleep I got almost all week because of a teething + fussier than normal baby. Sleep or lack of it majorly affects my weight loss each week, so I was preparing myself for a minimal loss or even maintaining.
Sunday morning I jumped out of bed {isn't it fun to WANT to weigh?!} and hopped on the scale before getting in the shower. I let out a WHOOP! I was down 2.6 pounds for the week and in the next set of tens: 159.0! Yay! The mister celebrated with me and I was on cloud 9 all day! The new number was exciting, but the coolest part was definitely staying on plan despite being on vacation and NOT FEELING DEPRIVED! Taking my scale was a definite motivator for keeping me accountable and keeping me on track in body + mind. So if you're doing awesome and have a tempting trip planned, pack your scale! Then let me know how it goes! (;
{FYI: total loss since 10.20=28.8 pounds. If you need help getting to your weight loss goals & want a self proclaimed awesome health coach, reach out! Through March 2nd you can receive up to $70 off your first order-ask me for details!}
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Now, everyone knows how we love the Olsen family, so it pains our heart to do this, but we really have to recommend that everybody go over to the PETA Website and play their Dress Up the Trollsens game. See, that's the new nickname they have for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. You can go on their site and dress "Hairy Kate" and "Trashley," who begin the game naked, in what we can only assume is the makeup they used during their auditions to be extras in I Am Legend. In their closet, you'll see items like a "Choked Chinchilla Cap" and a "Mauled Mink Shaw" (the "Dead Doggie Shoulder Bag" and "Kitten-Trimmed Mittens," we must say, are a stretch, even for PETA). The creepiest part isn't the bloody clothing, nor is it the fact that both twins have the same naked body-warts that plague Mr. Burns on The Simpsons. It's that their giant dead eyes follow your cursor as it moves around their bodies and does whatever it wants. They just dully regard you with a silent mix of sneering disdain and mild terror. For anyone who has ever had a fantasy about having sex with either of them, that should just about cure it. Because we're no Lance Armstrong, but we suspect that in real life, that's exactly how it goes.
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Kepler-452b revolves around a sun much like our own.
Barley Key to Mankind's Alpine Incursion
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The cold-tolerant cereal crop allowed humans to live and farm higher than ever starting more than 3,000 years ago.
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Bacteria in the gut of a pregnant mouse strengthen the blood-brain barrier of her developing fetus.
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Researchers discover a densovirus that is strongly associated with sea star wasting disease.
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Researchers find high stress hormone levels in the hair of hunted wolves in Northern Canada.
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Many social factors contributed to the evolution of male infanticide in mammal societies.
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Researchers show that patterned coloration can be an effective means of distracting predators from vital body parts.
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A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
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The right mix of mouse embryonic stem cells in a dish will start forming early embryonic patterns, according to two studies.
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Researchers create a phylogenetic tree of insects by comparing the sequences of 1,478 protein-coding genes among species.
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"I will continue to be positive and stay training hard for another opportunity in the NFL. I appreciate all my fans and supporters and if I have disappointed you in any way, you have my sincerest apologies. Once again I will continue to stay positive and appreciate all the support during this tough period in my life," Johnson said.
Lozada was a cast member on the VH1 reality TV series "Basketball Wives" when she was engaged to former Celtics player Antoine Walker. The couple broke up in 2009, and she began dating Johnson the following year.
After a whirlwind engagement, Lozada and Johnson married on July 4 and their much-publicized wedding in St. Maartin was the subject of VH1's reality TV show, "Ev & Ocho." The show, which was slated to premiere on Sept. 3, has since been dropped.
Because their marriage only lasted 41 days, some skeptics claim that it was just a publicity stunt for reality TV, but Lozada said that was not the case.
"I was a very good fiancé and wife to Chad. I did everything I could to make his life better," she said. "The person on 'Basketball Wives' is not the person at home. I don't think he would marry me if I was."
She hasn't been back to the couple's home since the incident, Lozada said, and believes that being away from each other is the "right thing" for both of them.
"I still love him," she said. "I feel bad for him because his life is now a mess."


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Best of Piedmont
June 8-15, 2015 $4995
If ever there was a trip for lovers of Italian food, wine and cycling – this is it. Piemonte restaurants regularly feature several hundred wines — most of them local. Barolo and Gavi are not just the names of great wines — they are real towns that we will visit. From the autostrada, Piemonte looks like nothing more than a flat patchwork of rice paddies and wheat fields, but turn off the highway and just past Bra, the flatland falls away to a landscape of rolling hills, dotted by castles, and covered in vineyards. You'll feel as if you've discovered your own private Tuscany — except there are fewer tourists, quieter roads, a greater variety of wine and richer culinary heritage.
Day 1 – Overnight flight to Milan.
Day 2 – Benvenuto! We'll pick you up at Malpensa and shuttle you to Hotel Ariotto, in the Monferrato hills. Assemble your bike and take a test ride through rolling wine country or visit with new friends at the panoramic pool before our sumptuous welcome dinner.
Day 3 – The Roads of Champions await as we depart Ariotto among rolling hills, then string together historic villages in the Po river valley on our way to the historic wine town of Gavi. A shady road carved into a verdant hillside leads us to l'Ostellerie, a charming lodging nestled into the famous Villa Sparina wine estate. Take in the peaceful vineyard vista before we gather for a welcome drink and authentic local cena.
Day 4 – On today's cycling loop your legs will feel how these roads shaped the careers of champions as you climb and descend with one eye on the road while the other admires the gorgeous scenery. Enjoy loops of 100, 70 or 34 kilometers before returning to the luxury of our hotel. We'll visit the village of Gavi tonite, perhaps dining with friends at a local pizzeria or stay and indulge in another sumptuous meal at famed La Gallina.
Day 5 – Breakfast with a view begins this busy day. Our ride begins on the rollercoaster roads of the Alto Monferrato then crosses into Le Langhe. Two peaceful but challenging climbs then take us to the walled hamlet Roccaverano, famous for its robiola cheese. A wild descent lands us in Cortemilia at Villa San Carlo where our enthusiastic host, Carlo Zarri, will show off the flavors of his region at our dinner in the garden. (Below right is a picture of Carlo pouring the wine.)
Day 6 – The switchback climb to Mombarcaro is among the steepest roads we've seen. It's just one of the features of today's scenic loop along the crestline roads of Alta Langa. Pause for an outdoor lunch then return to the hotel in time to relax with a book in the hotel's poolside garden. Open night to discover more local specialties either with Carlo or in the nearby artistic village of Bergolo.
Day 7 – Today's route winds through Barolo country, visiting the town itself and rolling by most of the famous vineyards. Stop at the Trattoria d'Amicizia for lunch of local meats and cheeses with "Papa's" own Dolcetto, or browse the museum of wine and truffles at the castle-enoteca in Grinzane Cavour. Cap the evening with another splendid meal at Villa San Carlo, perhaps Carlo will treat us to a dish he cooked for Sophia Loren?
Day 8 – Today we return to Monferrato, a quiet farm country of gentle hills typical in every way except that the farmers grow grapes for some of the best wines in the world. You'll recover quickly from the challenging ride as you relax with a refreshing glass of Malvasia in our hotel's shaded courtyard before sampling the incredible Carpaccio Ariotto and Risotto al Tartufo Chef Garrone has prepared for our group dinner.
Day 9 – Morning airport shuttles.
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CycleItalia is very fortunate to have our Best of Piedmont tour featured in BICYCLING Magazine's July 2013 issue.
"Feast Your Thighs" by David Darlington recounts his experience as he enjoys "pedala forte, mangia bene" on our flagship tour.


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Gear Review
Runs too small and short
Bought this jersey for my husband, and it runs too small for his torso which is very muscular. He is not very tall, 5'8" but built. Even returned this jersey for a size bigger, which still was short at the waist (above his belly button) and he could barely pull it over his shoulders. The fit is just not right for him - maybe would work for a slimmer body with a short torso?
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The most overrated 2012 New Year Resolution.
|January 7, 2012
|Posted by Dave under Culture, Life, Tips
And the most overrated New Year resolution is… To hit the gym and lose weight!
Don't we all? We feel guilty for overeating through the holidays.
I call the holidays, "the fattening season."
So how do we feel right after the holidays? We feel like crap (hung over) — but more importantly, we feel bad everytime we look in the mirror.
Why, why, why? You say. Why did it happen again! You promised last year you won't overeat… ever again — yet this tasty holiday season subdued you like a helpless, cute, little sick puppy… again.
Do you know what month gym memberships skyrocket? That's right, January. January is the "guilt" month. Everybody signs up to gyms — And they tie you up for a whole year, again.
And everyone stops, forgets, or cheats on their "fitness for a new year" resolution — faster than you can spell F-e-b-r-u-a-r-y.
And come March, you have completely and thoroughly forgotten your "fit for 2012″ resolution. Yes, you did.
Resolutions are temporary.
They're not supposed to be, but New Year resolutions are temporary. That's why I call new year resolutions — broken promises.
You never come through, do you?
Forget the old and start with the new.
Change is constant. It happens every year. Or everyday for that matter. You need to forcefully and thoroughly forget all your past hang-ups. It's hard, I know. But keep the good ones, and decimate all the bad past memories.
If you keep thinking about how poor you are, or life is hard or the job sucks in 2011 — then the cycle will continue. Your subconscious will linger on the bad stuff — attracting more bad stuff. It's a nasty habit. Cut it out.
But if you "only," and I mean "exclusively" think only about now and the future, and all the great things you're gonna do in it — then your subconscious will attract it. The universe is here to help us people. It is our martyr helpers. The universe will do everything in it's power to help us.
The universe aligns and gives us what we mostly think about.
If we only think about pain and suffering (we had in the the past) — the universe will attract you more pain and suffering. Because, somehow in a twisted way, you live for negative and bitter thoughts. Bickering, whining and complaining about stuff, seem to relax you. That's how you un-stress yourself.
That's a sick and nasty habit. Cut it out.
Think about good things. Make it a habit. Force it! Your mind will fight (as you've accustomed bickering and whining, as your main defense mechanism all your life), but imprint in your mind that "change" has come and you will think and attract only good things.
Being born, being given the most precious and most powerful element in the universe… life — gives you the right to be happy. You deserve to be happy. You deserve to be rich. You deserve to be successful. You've been putting yourself down for so long, time for change, time to increase that self worth and tell yourself, – I will be happy, healthy and wealthy.
Ever wonder why people who hang around with criminals, turn out to be criminals eventually? And people who sticks with rich, eventually wound up successful too?
That's because they become what they always think about. The rich always "only" think about success. And that's all they attract.
While if you hang out with bitter, whiny people — that's all you'll attract too — bickering, whining and complaining — all the negative stuff.
This is a new year. New life, new opportunities.
Let's say, for this year, all you want is, to be happy, healthy and wealthy. Then by God, just say happy, healthy and wealthy over and over again.
Try this — for this month alone, every single day, say "happy, healthy and wealthy… happy, healthy and wealthy… happy, healthy and wealthy…"
Repeat over and over again. Then repeat it again. Your life will change, drastically.
When all you think about is being happy, healthy and wealthy — then that's what you're going to attract.
Stop hanging out with negative people and stop thinking about negative thoughts. Your job sucks? Bills are stacking up? Life sucks? Don't mind it. Everytime a negative thought creeps in, say "happy, healthy and wealthy… happy, healthy and wealthy… " over and over again.
Your life will change. You'll be successful. Trust me.
Happy new year!
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