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RYA Powerboat Grand Prix British Sprint Championship took place in Stewartby, UK during fourth and 5th August 2012. Forty powerboat racing teams took to the water in a bid to claim one of the seven individual championship titles up for grabs.
2012 Sprint Champions - RYA Powerboat Grand Prix British Sprint Championship 2012
Hosted by Stewartby Powerboat Racing Club in Bedford the Championship has been heralded a great success with some amazing displays of racing prowess out on the water.
In the GT15 class six youngsters vied for the top spot but it was 2012 European Champion Ben Jelf that secured a hat trick of wins to secure the title, while the rest of the fleet battled strong for second and third positions.
There was little separating the youngsters but eventually Thomas Mantripp secured the silver medal with Jess Beaumont taking the Bronze as some fantastic racing was demonstrated by our young drivers that bodes well for a nail biting final round of the British Championships in September.
Once again the GT30 Championship was a hotly contested affair as seven boats battled it out to take the 2012 title. Jordan Muckles set the fastest qualifying lap and looked to be on top form but was unfortunately after winning the first heat was plagued by engine problems in heats two and three forcing him to retire.
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Just three teams lined up to battle it out for the Outboard Hydroplane titles and despite the depleted numbers the racers continued to push each other as if a World title depended on the race. Nigel Edwards took pole in qualifying and won heat one of the weekend's four races.
In heats two and three Wayne Turner continued his previous fine form to take heat wins and secure the 2012 Powerboat GP RYA British Outboard Hydroplane O250 Sprint Championship. Paul Jillings secured the fourth heat win and with it the O350 Outboard Hydroplane Sprint Title, with Nigel Edwards taking second.
In the T850 class reigning champion Bill Owen was hoping to make it four championship titles in five years. In Qualifying David James set the fastest lap with TopCat Racing's Mike Pillow in second. But this wasn't to phase the experienced of driver Bill who as soon as the start lights went out showed them he meant business getting a fantastic start and leading the race from start to finish.
Bill continued on form and took a hat trick of wins to secure the championship title for the fifth consecutive year, leaving the fleet to battle it out for second and third; going to Mike Pillow and David James respectively.
On to the F4 Sprint Championship and nine F4 catamarans lined up on the start line. Reigning champion Mark Williams had returned from his T850 especially for the Sprint competition and was looking forward to getting out on the water. Williams blasted off setting the fastest qualifying lap and then took a clean sweep in the heats winning all three to see himself crowned 2012 Powerboat GP RYA British F4 Sprint Champion for the second consecutive year.
Stuart King and Paul Veares went head to head for second and third positions but engine problems in the second heat saw King drop from second to sixth in the second heat meaning he'd have to settle for the bronze medal in the championship behind Veares.
The F2 class fielded a strong fleet of 12 powerboat racers all ready to challenge for the title. Lining up on the start line was 2011 British Sprint Champion Paul Balfour and F2 British Champion Malcolm Goodman as well as 2012 Championship leader Alan Marshall and three times F2 World Champion Colin Jelf and what looked to be a real battle of the titans!
Malcolm Goodman set the fastest time in qualifying and in the first heat powered ahead to take the lead into the first turn of the first heat but the rest of the field were hot on his wake and one false move would see the chasing pack capitalise to their advantage.
Goodman took two heat wins and a second securing him the 2012 Powerboat GP RYA British F2 Sprint championship title. Owen Jelf secured the silver medal, with Paul Balfour taking bronze.
RYA Powerboat Racing Officer Nikki Drummond had this to say on the Champions achievement: 'We'd like to offer our sincerest congratulations to all the Champions on winning the titles, and to all the competitors for some fantastic racing.
'The Sprint championships are different to the normal British Championship titles as there's absolutely no room for error if you want that title as some of the racers found out this weekend. In the British Championship if you have a bad round you get the chance to make amends at the next round but at the sprints it's down to just three races in the one weekend so you have to give it all and hope for the best. The racing this weekend was really exhilarating and fantastic to watch.'
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A well-known Rostraver gun shop owner suffered critical injuries when a vehicle struck him Tuesday night while he was in his wheelchair near his business.
Rostraver police are looking for the driver of the unknown vehicle that struck Byron White, 74, in his driveway along Route 136 just before 6 p.m.
The accident occurred near White's business, The Gun Rack, which he opened in 1985 after losing his steel mill job.
Harry Schmidt, a longtime friend and gunsmith for White, opened the shop as usual Wednesday as White was being treated at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh.
White is paralyzed on his left side because of a series of strokes more than a decade ago and he uses a wheelchair to get around. He was leaving the shop to head to his nearby home when he was struck, Schmidt said.
"Somebody went off the road, through two mailboxes and hit him in his driveway," Schmidt said.
White suffered internal bleeding, a crushed pelvis and a number of broken ribs, Schmidt said. A UPMC Mercy spokeswoman said White was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon.
White's wife, Barbara, found him after the accident.
"She had just locked the back door (to the shop) when she heard something, and she didn't know what it was. It was like a crunch," Schmidt said. "She walked up to the house and he wasn't there. She started walking back and he started yelling from the neighbor's yard that he was hit."
White is known for his vast knowledge of firearms and for his collection of World War II German military knives and Nazi-era items, according to a profile of him published in the Valley Independent newspaper two years ago.
Schmidt said despite his physical difficulties, White went to work at the shop every day.
"He'd give you the shirt off his back. He really would," Schmidt said. "He's just one of the nicest people I know."
He said he can't fathom how the driver could leave the scene.
"That's just ignorant," Schmidt said. "I don't know how someone could hit a man in a wheelchair and go."
Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call Rostraver police at 724-929-8811.
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The wonderful Quiraings on the Isle of Skye, there is a lot of fantastic photos of the place, so was trying to get a different sense of the place?? comments welcome.
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A lovely composition and a place i hope to visit in September,
I think you have made the best you can from a bright day,The detail in shadows is lost (In this jpeg version)
It also seems a little soft especially nr horizon.
Try bracketing (if you didn`t ) so you can pull out detail in shadows.
Or if you havn`t make 3 exposures by copying the file , adding more contrast in another copy ,then less in another
then combine all 3 in a HDR program or using layers to adjust the different files and then merge all three.
Hope this helps and i`m not teaching to suck eggs.
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Nice image. The softness, I am sure, is intended and works on this very stark scene very well. The high contrast works or me and not a suitable image for HDR in my opinion. But you wouldn't anyway, would you?
You have made a quite bland scene rather interesting.
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Hi Both,
Dont think i`ve ever done a serious HDR and certainly not posted one .
There are times when i bracket , when the extremes are over riding, how ever, i`m a great believer in straight from camera and a few tweaks in Lightroom.
Only use N,D filters to slow water down and can`t remember the last time i used a polariser. (Do have some Grads but they stay in bottom of the bag )
HDR or bracketing might work here to get some more detail in bottom left and the triangle of shadow center of shot. imho HDR /bracketing is a tool that can be used but not seen.
I hate images that have all the detail from top to bottom, but some detail in blocks of black shadow is also something i try to achieve in an image.
Anyway enough said,i don`t want to start the old HDR argument off again
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Interesting image. I don't think it needs HDR, just a touch of something in those blocked shadows. There may be detail hiding there. Captured in RAW I'm sure a larger dynamic range would be have been possible.
Good one anyway,
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Morning All, Thanks for your comments, not sure where the HDR came from as it is just a straight shot with the additional tweaks, and Kim you won't be disappointed it is a magical place.
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Sorry, I did not think is was HDR. I meant that the scene did not need HDR to capture it without losing detail in the shadows. I was commenting on the suggestion to use HDR.
My feeling is although I like the image and find it striking, lost shadows in a colour image will be seen as a fault by many.
My suggestion is to try and recover some detail from the shadows and use RAW in the future to capture more detail.
I've done a mod where i lightened the shadows a little overall and selectively in the area to the right .
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Hi Ian, Thanks for the Mod and see your point, what I was after was a mono shot with a small sense of color and contrast to it and so don,t have a problem with some loss of detail. Mind you not sure if I have got the shot I had imagined which is why I enjoy Ephotozine it enables you to hear that all important second opinion from the likes of yourself and others.
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It is a lovely shot of a scenic area I used to scramble around in my youth - I think the Old Man of Storr is somewhere near here.
The only comment I would make is, that to my eyes, there is a marked slope down to the left - the line of the clouds and the small piece of the distant horizon seem to indicate this and the hills themselves appear to be leaning backwards . In a scenic shot like this it doesn't really matter too much I suppose and it is very attractive as it is.
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It's a strong composition, using light and shadow, but HDR or otherwise I do have a problem with the processing. It effectively flattens the image, reduces the sense of distance, of structure, the 3-D quality. This to my eye has the look of a (very beautifully) painted theatrical backdrop.
I suspect that Geoff is right about the angle by the way; the image looks more 'right', and as a bonus more dramatic, when tilted a few degrees clockwise.
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Hi Moira/Geoff, yes I see from the mod what you mean (Oh hell back to the drawing board)
Thanks Mike.
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If we all liked the same things, life would be boring indeed.
All subjective here. Normally I am bored with open scenic landscapes with no true subject, but, for me, it is the high contrast and softness that lifts this above so many others. Put the drawing board back down.
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Great image, and certainly a different perspective of this well photographed location.
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Well, my BIAM status is the same as it was last week. Yep. I just had 6 days in a row off work from the bar, and despite the plan to write, I never even attempted to do so. Not once. *grin* TO be honest, I rarely even thought about writing. It's okay though, have I never mentioned I tend to be a binge writer whose best under pressure? We're not even close to our deadline of July 30th. I have plenty of time. PLus, I've had so much time lately when I haven;t been writing, but all I've done is think about writing, that this past week off really felt good. I wasn't thinking or stressing or trying to plot and plan, I was just relaxing. And I do believe, getting ready mentally to write. It's sort of felt like the quiet before the storm.
What did I do on my days off? Read. Yes, I read a lot. A couple of new books, but many of the ones off my keeper shelves. I just wanted to relax and enjoy, and fall in love with books again. I also did some photo work, and had dinner with the family. And got my balcony ready for summer by repainting the siding of my condo and planting some flowers and plants. I still want more plants, and I want to stain the railing on the balcony, and maybe lay down some permanent all season carpeting of some sort, but I'm not in a hurry to do that.
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Darlene's BIAM Goal: 90,000 words.
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Sasha's BIAM Goal: 90,000 words
completed to date: 2,921 words
Babette's BIAM Goal: 50,000 words
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Thought I'd share a bit of Clydesdale success...
Just competed in the New Zealand Club National Championships for the first time.
Took on the TT race.
Been training for it for a full year and my goal was to break 40km/hr for the race. But this was something I hadn't done ever in any of the lead up events - so I was getting worried that it would never happen.
But surprise surprise - in the event - I got the bike rolling and was able to stay there.
Finished the 25km event with an average of 41.5km/hr and in 6th place.
Very very happy with that. Especially when I'm was on my road bike with clip on aerobars - and all those ahead (and most behind me) were on sexy looking TT bikes.
Trying to figure how I can afford a custom Zinn TT bike now...
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Without moving, the Alawite religious community moved from Syria to Lebanon and Israel. In fact, their town of Ghajar is split between Israel and Lebanon. It sits in the Golan Heights where it belonged to Syria until the 1967 War when Israel captured the area. When Israel formally annexed Golan, Alawites in Ghajar opted to become Israeli citizens. This made their group the only Alawite community in Israel. Then the UN drew Lebanon's border to cut through the heart of Ghajar. There are over a million Alawites in neighboring Syria, where the Syrian president is part of the Alawite religion. The Alawites in Ghajar find economic benefits by identifying with Israel, so they practice their unique version of Islam in a land ruled by Jews.
Alawites borrow beliefs from other religious groups, and worship a relative of Islam's prophet, Mohammed. Alawism says that all people were once stars in the world of light, but they fell due to disobedience. Individuals must be reincarnated seven times before they once again return to being stars. They see themselves as a persecuted minority, God's chosen people, the only ones who have seen the light. They think that if people are sinful, they will be reborn as Christians.
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A college campus should be a place of academic freedom — an environment that encourages students to explore new topics, develop critical-thinking skills, and learn how to communicate ideas effectively.
Jonah Goldberg, AEI Fellow, bestselling author, and columnist will deliver a speech entitled, "Cheer Up, for the Worst Is Yet to Come" to an audience of interns as part of our Intern Reception Series.
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For Americans as a whole, the most pernicious myth is that entitlements are mainly a benefit arrangement for an underclass.
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I recently noticed that my employer's HR department has started deducting a "Merion Township" tax from my paychecks. I assume this is because my employer has an office in King of Prussia, and that the commonwealth allows municipalities to levy a wage tax of up to 1% (Philadelphia is a special exception to the 1% limit due to its status as a 'city of the first class"). However, I'm a little vague on the details of the 1% tax. Is this something you have to pay if you work there and don't live there? If not, how would I go about getting them to refund my money? It's not a huge amount of money, but I already feel that I pay more than enough taxes to the state and city, and having yet another tax get deducted by some place where I don't live and haven't really been to in months really galls me -- yes, people feel he same way about Philly's commuter tax
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right on lonerider, thanks for the honesty. the board was given to me as a gift, the boots he had for me were 1 size to big so i didn't take them. ill use the old ones for shoveling the drive way and go try on some new ones this week. any boots you recommend these days? I'm sure what was good when I started isn't the same today. I do remember never to skim on boots, most important part of the setup.
So finding a good boot is a very personal things as everyone's foot is shaped differently. I highly recommend anything with separate upper/lower lace systems (so you can tighten the upper laces to lock down your ankle... without over-tightening your lower laces and crushing your toes/instep till they get numb). That has been the number one obvious innovation the last 7-10 years that I have really enjoyed. I really liked the idea of BOA laces... but all the models I tried don't spread out the pressure evenly enough for me, leading to pressure points (I have skinny bony feet). I do like quick-pull lacing systems in general though. Heat moldable liners are nice... but they aren't a must have thing (they aren't a panacea to poor boot fit).
I have very narrow heels, with medium wide toes along with flat feet. I found that Nitro boots (Team or Select) are the best brand for preventing my heel from lifting on toeside turns. My flat feet are helped by custom footbeds (I have had both, but I prefer Sole Supports to Custom Superfeet myself).
If you have a medium heel... you should also check out Salomon boots (in order of stiffness Dialogue, Synapse, Malamute). I like them, but my heel lifting unless I really overtightened my laces (which lead to shin/instep pain).
Again, I suggest you try out a lot of different pairs and see what works for you.
Personally I think 32 is mush (all of their boots are floppy compared to other brands). I had a pair of 32 Tm-Twos and while they started out ok (5 out of 10) after like 20 days (about half a season for me back then) they broke down and lost all support. 32 tried to fix it be adding removable plastic inserts into the boot tongues, but that only helped a little. I tried the 32 Primes next, but they weren't much better. Vans is not great either. Other brands I've tried are Ride, K2, DCshoes, Burton.
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Rumors, lies and gossip have far-reaching consequences in Lillian Hellman's "The Children's Hour." Though written in the 1930s, much hasn't changed.
It follows an angry student who runs away from an all-girls boarding school; in order to avoid going back, she makes up a story about a lesbian affair between two of the faculty. When first produced, the piece was highly controversial for its mention of homosexuality. Today, however, it continues as a cautionary tale of untruth, injustice and loss of innocence.
Street Theatre Company brings it to the stage Friday throughSept. 22 with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 5 p.m. Sundays, featuring a cast of Terra Buschmann, Jaime Janiszewski, John Mauldin, Paige Glasser and Haley Covington as 13-year-old Mary Tilford.
As for Hellman, she later wrote numerous other works, including "The Little Foxes," "The Autumn Garden," "Watch on the Rhine" and "Toys in the Attic." "The Children's Hour" premiered on Broadway in 1934 to critical acclaim.
Tickets are $18; $16 for students and ages 60 and older. Street Theatre is at 1933 Elm Hill Pike, just off Briley Parkway. For more details, call 615-554-7414 or see www.streettheatrecompany.org.
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Ford shares suffered their sharpest one-day drop since January 2011 on Wednesday after the company warned that its profit margins would decline next year, largely because of the cost of launching a record number of new vehicles and continuing troubles in Europe.
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No means Yes?
Due to a quirk in state law, voters will have to vote No if they want to keep the citys pension sales tax around for another five years.
Rather than requiring a Yes vote for renewal, the statute authorizing the pension tax requires the city to ask voters every five years if they want to repeal the tax.
As a result, voters will need to vote No in April if they want to extend the tax, or Yes if they want it to end.
The tax also would expire once the pension reaches 100 percent funding, or if the city failed to give voters the opportunity to repeal it again within five years.
City staff recently approached state Sen. Bob Dixon, R-Springfield, about changing the law to allow a more traditional renewal, said City Manager Greg Burris. But Dixon said it would be practically impossible to get the change through the legislature which doesnt reconvene until January before the vote.
Before seeking an extension of Springfields police-fire pension sales tax, the city plans to present voters with a doomsday budget showing expected cuts if the tax is not extended.
I think we owe it to the citizens to tell them this is what will happen, City Manager Greg Burris said during a recent planning meeting.
The 3/4-cent pension sales tax generates about $28 million a year for the citys self-funded pension program, which held only about a third of the assets needed to pay promised benefits when the tax was passed in 2009.
The funds balance has more than doubled in the four years since, but city staff warned in 2009 that the sales tax likely would need to be renewed for a second five-year term.
More recently, the pension boards actuary has estimated the sales tax needs to be extended an additional four to five years for the pension to be fully funded.
City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill sending the tax extension to a vote in April. And while city employees are prohibited from lobbying voters, a city task force is planning an informational campaign to educate the public about the vote.
At a task force meeting Aug. 29, Burris said the effect on the citys budget would be severe if voters decide to repeal the tax, rather than extend it.
In addition to growing the fund balance, revenue from the sales tax offsets some of the money the city otherwise would be required to pay into the fund.
Without the tax, the city expects it would have to increase its annual contribution from about $7.7 million a year 35 percent of the salaries of the still-active police and firefighters covered by the plan to about $19 million, just to keep the plan stable.
The change would increase the share of revenue devoted to the pension from about 10 percent of the citys $77 million general fund budget to about 25 percent.
With so much of the citys budget taken up by employee salaries, its going to be people no matter which way you cut it ... which translates into service reduction, said Mary Mannix-Decker, the citys finance director.
Burris said city budget cuts during the recent recession could give voters an idea of what to expect. A citywide hiring freeze instituted in January 2009 allowed the city to cut millions from its budget by leaving more than 130 positions unfilled.
Vacancies in the fire department forced fire trucks to be staffed by crews of three, rather than four, as well as rotating closures at city fire stations.
The police department closed substations and stopped taking walk-in reports at the south district station on Battlefield Road. Less serious crimes were less likely to be investigated, and most officers assigned to neighborhood- or community-oriented positions were pulled back into regular patrol assignments.
I want to run that exercise, Burris said. It gets ugly real fast if the tax is not renewed.
Educating and campaigning
Although the alternate budget has yet to be compiled, work on a list of frequently asked questions appeared almost complete when the planning group met last week.
The document, which contained about 40 questions and answers about the pension tax, will be posted on the citys website once complete.
In addition to making the information available online, the city plans to actively reach out to various community groups and service clubs, much as it did in the run-up to the November 2009 tax vote.
Members of City Council, the pension task force and city staff conducted dozens of presentations during the month before the vote, often more than once a day.
This time, plans call for most presentations to be given by pension board chairman Charles Cowherd, Fire Chief David Hall, Police Chief Paul Williams or Burris.
A tentative schedule calls for the speaking engagements to begin in January and continue through March.
A social media campaign directing voters to information on the citys website also is planned for March, and City Utilities customers could receive a bill insert in February explaining the proposed tax extension.
The police and firefighter employee associations plan to lobby voters more directly.
Members of the Springfield Police Officers Association and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 152 likely will start a door-to-door political campaign targeting likely voters in mid-January, said Shawn Martin, president of the local fire union.
Although police and firefighters may not campaign for or against ballot issues as city employees, they are allowed to lobby voters as members of the associations.
Martin said he and other union leaders also have been talking to local business leaders to drum up support for a citizen-led group similar to the one that campaigned for the tax in 2009.
The political action group Citizens Keeping Our Commitment, co-chaired by local businessman Jack Stack and bank president Anne-Marie Baker, spent more than $50,000 promoting the 3/4-cent sales tax, as well as an earlier tax proposal that failed in February 2009.
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This exercise is done to warm the body up from the inside out and also expand lung capacity. Two sets of 10 slow inhale/exhale breaths start the class.
Warms up the upper body/spine, and begins the process of concentration, patience and focus.
This 3-part posture warms up the lower body.
Eagle pose opens the 12 major joints of the body - seven on each side - deltoids, scapula, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles. It is the final posture of the warm-up series, and a short break follows this asana.
The first posture of the balancing series, this posture deepens concentration, as well as builds strength throughout the body. It is a forward bending posture, working to increase the strength of the back and muscles surrounding the spine.
Continuing focus on concentration and strength, this backward bending posture also increases the heart rate, improving the cardiovascular system.
This 10-second posture is designed to further increase the heart rate to strengthen the cardiovascular system, along with all-over body strength.
This stretching pose opens up the whole back side of the body, starting with the legs, moving into the hips, then into the spine - one day providing a 360-degree, full body stretch.
This is the master posture of the standing series, working the heart, lungs and all major muscles and systems of the body.
This front-side compression improves metabolism, and the digestive, endocrine systems, and immune systems.
Only one set of this posture is performed. It is designed to lower the heart rate, and focuses on balance and spine-strengthening while opening the hips and knee joints.
The final posture in the standing series, one set is performed as a final exercise in concentration and patience before beginning the floor series. Benefits
The optimal resting posture for the heart, this is the longest posture in the series lasting a full two minutes. It is the first posture of the floor series, and is then used as a resting pose in between postures for the rest of class.
This posture is excellent for the lower portion of the digestive system, improving elimination functions within the body.
A very traditional sit-up is used to transition between postures on the floor, continuing to improve abdominal strength and tone.
The first of the four-posture spine-strengthening series, this pose isolates and strengthens the lower portion of the spine.
This three-part posture isolates and works the upper portion of the spine.
This posture works the middle portion of the spine, building the musculature surrounding that area.
This posture completes the spine-strengthening series by working the lower, middle and upper spine in tandem, working against gravity to create a deep backward bend.
This very gentle backward bending posture also improves the joints of the hips, knees and ankles.
A gentle forward bend or spine extension, this pose is excellent for calming the nervous system while also working the shoulders.
The deepest backbend in the Bikram series, all postures performed up until now prepare the body for Camel pose. This posture compresses the spine and flushes out old fluids and blood, allowing for new, oxygen-rich replacement fluids to lubricate and nourish the spine.
The deepest forward bend or spine extension in the Bikram series, this is the complementary posture to Camel pose. This posture extends the spine, opening each joint and to allow new, oxygen-rich replacement fluids to lubricate and nourish the spine.
This posture consists of a final compression pose and a final stretching pose. It regulates the heart rate and metabolism, and allows for a final, deep posterior stretch.
The final posture in the series, this pose allows for a final lateral compression and release of the spine. Only one set on each side of the body is performed.
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Megan Beck (left) and Sydney Czanstkowski of Mountain Home captured the girls' doubles 12-and-under title at a USTA sanctioned junior tennis tournament last month in Little Rock. Czanstkowski also placed second in the girls' Novice 12-and-under singles, while Beck lost a third-set tiebreaker in the semifinals of the girls' Level 4 12-and-under singles.
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The Republican fight for Congressional District 4 is taking on a military tone.
Sitting congressman Ander Crenshaw holds a very influential seat on the Defense Appropriations Committee in the U.S. House. Crenshaw said he has a big say on military spending.
"There are only 15 members of Congress that sit on that subcommittee," Crenshaw said. "And we write the budget for our national security."
Crenshaw said he believes that is one of the most important things the federal government does.
Challenger Ryman Shoaf is new to politics but has an extensive career in the military. He served 27 years in the Navy.
"When you wear a uniform, you have to keep your political views to yourself," Shoaf said. "Well, I am no longer in the Navy, and I don't have to keep my views to myself."
Shoaf said he believes the biggest issue facing the country is the national debt.
Shoaf said he gets asked often why someone should vote for him and not Crenshaw.
"I say it's true he is very well-connected, but it's called the U.S. House of Representatives," Shoaf said. "It's not called the U.S. House of Well-Connected."
Crenshaw believes that it is actually working out quite well for Jacksonville.
"I think people appreciate that you have some background, you have some experience," Crenshaw said. "You just don't talk a lot. You have a record that shows you have done some things."
Crenshaw said the fact that he sits on several important committees shows his role in Washington.
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The Pella boys golf team is off to a 2-3 start. Coach Graham Gifford says the team is happy to have key players from last year return to the team. Lucas Boyd, a junior is the number one golfer. They've also returned their number 5 and 6 golfers from last year in Beau Vandersluis and Ryan Van Norden, both seniors.
Pella boys golf is away from competition until a triangular event against Grinnell and Oskaloosa on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
WALLA WALLA – As the fourth season of West Coast League baseball approaches, the Walla Walla Sweets are again looking for individuals for their internship program.
For the third year in a row, the Walla Walla Sweets will offer aspiring sports professionals the opportunity to learn about the day-to-day operations of a professionally run sports organization.
The internships, which start in late May and run through the middle of August, expose participants to many facets of the behind-the-scenes operations of a professional baseball team. Sweets interns gain experience in marketing; ticket sales; sponsorship; stadium operations; community relations; and retail/merchandise sales.
The primary responsibility of Sweets interns on game-day is to be the driving force of the stadium operations team. Tasks include stadium set-up and breakdown, running on-field promotions, operating the guest services booth, working as an usher, ticket operations, and more.
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In regards to Darlene Carver's letter in the 5-22-14 Macon News. On health care. It sure is needed, we need some kind of control. Too many people that didn't have insurance just because they didn't want to pay it, as long as they can go to hospital emergency and get free care. The hospital has to make it up by charging more to people that do have insurance, they have to get their money from some where. Taxes: If the wealthy paid there taxes like they did before Pres. Bush cut taxes for the wealthy, there would be money to pay teachers, firemen and police, they wouldn't be losing their jobs because of cut backs. When they lose jobs, that means no money floating around.
Gun Control: People just don't seem to have moral sense or the ability to distinguish right from wrong, like selling guns to sick mentally ill people, just to get the money. Having a gun in the house for protection is one thing, but to have a big semi automatic a military weapon to see how many people they can kill. I am sure that our veterans didn't fight for a country that allows innocent people to get killed going to school or a movie or just walking down the street.
Welfare: That little bit that people get may be keeping some people from eating out of other people's garbage cans, which I have seen in country's that don't have any government help. I've lived where they don't have social security. All they have is there family if there lucky. We better hope they never take our social security away, like the republicans are talking about. A few good men can't do anything when you have a republican congress that says no to everything a few good men want to do. That's why we have a president, just like when you go to work, you have a boss telling you what you can or cannot do. Can you imagine what this country would be like with out some kind of control.
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Archive for March, 2010
Health Care: The Day After
It was never about Health.  It was never about universal health care.   Access does not equal care and certainly not quality care.   Yes, one side "won."   This is not a victory for you.
It is not a left-wing agenda.  It is not socialized medicine.  This is the first time the Federal Government has mandated the purchase of a private party product.  And from the very racketeering group that is the root cause of the problem in the first place.   What a travesty.   Another government subsidy.   Effectively amounts to another "government bailout."
As Michael Moore wryly said:
The larger picture here is that the private insurance companies are still the ones in charge. They're still going to call the shots. And if anything, they've just been given another big handout by the government by guaranteeing customers. I mean, this is really kind of crazy when you think about it.
This is not the same as a state mandate for auto insurance.
The State of California is unrelenting on this point.  Driving is a privilege!  It is not a right.  If you do not drive, you are not mandated to purchase auto insurance.  Furthermore, the reality is auto insurance does not cost $5000-12,000 annually.
This is the first major landmark piece of legislation in American history that was passed by such a narrow margin without a single Republican vote.¬†¬† Social Security passed with bipartisan support in 1935 — 81 Republican Congressman and 16 Republican Senators.¬†¬† In 1965¬† Medicare passed with bipartisan support —¬† 70 House Republicans and 13 Senate Republicans.¬† In 2010 there was not one single Republican vote.¬†¬† And the margin in the House was razor thin — 220 to 212.
It also violates a well-tested political strategy — sell it first to the American people who will then pressure Congress to pass new legislation.¬† The public is not aboard.¬†¬† The latest Quinnipiac and Washington Post polls show the public still opposes this landmark Act.
AT&T has already made plans for a $1 billion write-off in advance of cost shifting.   And legal staff is hard at work looking for technical loopholes.  This just in from Robert Peer at the New York Times:
William G. Schiffbauer, a lawyer whose clients include employers and insurance companies, said: 'ÄúThe fine print differs from the larger political message.¬† If a company sells insurance, it will have to cover pre-existing conditions for children covered by the policy. But it does not have to sell to somebody with a pre-existing condition. And the insurer could increase premiums to cover the additional cost.'ÄĚ
Everyone is giddy about "the win."   This is only the end of the beginning.
Remember the Telecommunications act of 1996?   It was enacted to guarantee local competition amongst the major carriers.  It never happened.
Now watch this interview with Michael Moore:
Health Care Reform: Myths and Misunderstandings
Too often have I written about the endgame.¬† Shades of Mark Twain — reports of my death are exaggerated.¬† But this really is the ninth inning.¬† The problem is the president is looking for the long ball — the out of the park home run.¬† When he should have been hitting singles, or emulating the great Joe Montana — short yardage high percentage gains — not Hail Mary passes.
Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant
The secret fate of all voting democratic House members.¬† The arm twisting in the house rises to epic proportions not seen since the days of the infamous Tom DeLay – the Hammer.
This will be a bad bill.¬† You are all unwitting pawns in this game.¬† It will solve nothing.¬† It cures nothing.¬† It has emboldened the insurance racketeers and Big Pharma.¬† It has only one potential good outcome — Rush Limbaugh has promised he will leave the country.
They have rolled Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich.¬†¬† Other voices have been marginalized – Bernadine Healy, Robert Reich, Norman Goldman of Talk Left, Marcia Angell. And who will benefit from a fatally flawed passage?¬†¬† The rising unaffiliated — the independent vote.¬† This is a Greek tragedy.¬†¬† A Pyrrhic victory.
We are all too aware of the right wing echo chamber.  A well orchestrated score promoting stereotyped rat a tat answers.   How do they do this?
The same may be true in on the left as well.  We hear platitudes and assertions over and over again without challenge.
1. United States ranks number 37 in the world in healthcare.
Why repeat this assertion over and over and over again?  Because it makes a false point.
This figure is derived from life expectancy in the OECD¬† (organization of economic cooperation and development) countries.¬† The spread is narrow – less than five years.
My friend Burton Goldberg, one of the most successful publishers of alternative medicine, constantly beseeched me on this issue — investigate life expectancy derivations.¬† Life expectancy is a highly complex mathematical formula that balances death with infant mortality.
A country with a high infant mortality has a lower life expectancy rate – at birth.
For the most perplexing reasons, the United States still has a relatively high infant mortality rate.  If the figures are adjusted for life expectancy after the age of 60 we rate number 5 in the world.   If life expectancy figures are adjusted after the age of 80 we rate number 3 in the world.
In other words, as we advance in age, the effect of infant mortality is factored out and the real life expectancy becomes more apparent.  We are not number 37 in the world.  We are in the top three.  Life expectancy figures beg a revised definition.
Furthermore, life expectancy is a dreadfully  inadequate measure of the health of a nation.  It says nothing about the quality of life.  HDI, (Human Development Index) may be a better measure.]  It says nothing about vibrancy, activity, mental health, social health, sexual health, or productivity.   It simply means that you crossed the finish line at a particular age.   No matter whether you dashed across or fell across the finish line and died.
In Anti-Aging Medicine, we talk about "squaring the curve."  Increased Health Span and not Life Span.  A healthy life until old age followed by sudden death.  Not a slow inexorable painful march to the end.
2. The medical system suffers from over utilization.
Not as I see it.   Quite the opposite.  I see scores of patients who have pleaded for years for adequate and thorough lab testing only to needlessly suffer through unnecessary dysfunctional states   This is a natural consequence of HMO and PPO medicine.   Bottom-line cost-recovery medicine is a zero sum game.
3.  If you do not pass this bill everybody will end up in the emergency room.
There is such an appalling lack of medical input in this entire debate.   Urgent care medicine had its roots in the 1980s.   Originally funded and promulgated by astute entrepreneurs and ex-emergency physicians, these facilities answered the need for acute medicine outside of an emergency facility.   There are more than 8700 Urgent centers visits vs. 4600 emergency departments.     [And by the way, Emergency care represents less than 3 percent of the nation's $2.1 trillion in health care expenditures while covering 120 million people a year.]
This is market-oriented medicine.¬† A workable and elegant solution in response to a market demand for immediate care outside of exorbitant emergency rooms.¬†¬† They are successful and see all comers.¬†¬† In Atlanta alone, my good friend Jordan Rice, one of the leading Urgent Care entrepreneurs in the country boasts of the ability to see any and all comers — Medicaid and cash paying patients.
Even the original Medicare bill of a 1965 garnered 13 Republican votes in the Senate and 70 Republican votes in the House.  To pull every legislative trick in the book only underscores the thinness of support for this ill-conceived rewrite of our society.  To be honest, Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign could have more far-reaching effects that all 2700+ pages of this legislative lunacy.


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Judge [Insert name of assigned judge]
This matter having come before the court at a pretrial conference held pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. ("Rule") 16, and [insert name, address and telephone number] having appeared as counsel for plaintiff(s) and [insert name, address and telephone number] having appeared as counsel for defendant(s), the following actions were taken:
(1) This is an action for [insert nature of action, e.g., breach of contract, personal injury] and the jurisdiction of the court is invoked under [insert citation of statute on which jurisdiction based]. Jurisdiction is (not) disputed.(2)
(2) The following stipulations and statements were submitted and are attached to and made a part of this Order:(3)
(a) a comprehensive stipulation or statement of all uncontested facts, which will become a part of the evidentiary record in the case (and which, in jury trials, may be read to the jury by the court or any party);(4)
(b) for jury trials a short agreed description of the case to be read to prospective jurors.
(c) except for rebuttal exhibits, schedules in the form set out in the attached Schedule (c) of--
(1) all exhibits (all exhibits shall be marked for identification before trial), including documents, summaries, charts and other items expected to be offered in evidence and
(2) any demonstrative evidence and experiments to be offered during trial;(5)
(d) a list or lists of names and addresses of the potential witnesses to be called by each party, with a statement of any objections to calling, or to the qualifications of, any witness identified on the list;(6)
(e) stipulations or statements setting forth the qualifications of each expert witness in such form that the statement can be read to the jury at the time the expert witness takes the stand;(7)
(f) a list of all depositions, and designated page and line numbers, to be read into evidence and statements of any objections thereto;(8)
(g) an itemized statement of damages;
(h)* for a jury trial, each party shall provide the following:
(i) trial briefs except as otherwise ordered by the court;(9)
(ii) one set of marked proposed jury instructions, verdict forms and special interrogatories, if any;(10) and
(iii) a list of the questions the party requests the court to ask prospective jurors in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 47(a);
(i) a statement that each party has completed discovery, including the depositions of expert witnesses (unless the court has previously ordered otherwise). Absent good cause shown, no further discovery shall be permitted;(11) and
(j) subject to full compliance with all the procedural requirements of Rule 37(a)(2), a brief summary of intended motions in limine. Any briefs in support of and responses to such motions shall be filed as directed by the Court.
(k)* an agreed statement or statements by each party of the contested issues of fact and law and a statement or statements of contested issues of fact or law not agreed to;
(l)* waivers of any claims or defenses that have been abandoned by any party;
(m)* for a non-jury trial, each party shall provide proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in duplicate (see guidelines available from the court's minute clerk or secretary);(12)
(3) Trial of this case is expected to take [insert the number of days trial expected to take] days. It will be listed on the trial calendar, to be tried when reached.
(4) [Indicate the type of trial by placing an X in the appropriate box]
[_] Jury [_] Non-jury
(5) The parties recommend that [indicate the number of jurors recommended](13) jurors be selected at the commencement of the trial.
(6) The parties [insert "agree" or "do not agree" as appropriate] that the issues of liability and damages [insert "should" or "should not" as appropriate ] be bifurcated for trial. On motion of any party or on motion of the court, bifurcation may be ordered in either a jury or a non-jury trial.
(7) [Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), parties may consent to the reassignment of this case to a magistrate judge who may conduct any or all proceedings in a jury or nonjury civil matter and order the entry of judgment in the case. Indicate below if the parties consent to such a reassignment.]
[_] The parties consent to this case being reassigned to a magistrate judge for trial.
(8) This Order will control the course of the trial and may not be amended except by consent of the parties and the court, or by order of the court to prevent manifest injustice.
(9) Possibility of settlement of this case was considered by the parties.
United States District Judge(14)
Date: _____________
[Attorneys are to sign the form before presenting it to the court.]
Schedule (c)
(1) The following exhibits were offered by plaintiff, received in evidence and marked as indicated:
[State identification number and brief description of each exhibit.]
(2) The following exhibits were offered by plaintiff and marked for identification. Defendant(s) objected to their receipt in evidence on the grounds stated:(16)
[State identification number and brief description of each exhibit. Also state briefly the ground of objection, such as competency, relevancy or materiality, and the provision of Fed.R.Evid. relied upon. Also state briefly plaintiff's response to the objection, with appropriate reference to Fed.R.Evid.]
(3) The following exhibits were offered by defendant, received in evidence and marked as indicated:
[State identification number and brief description of each exhibit.]
(4) The following exhibits were offered by defendant and marked for identification. Plaintiff objected to their receipt in evidence on the grounds stated:(17)
[State identification number and brief description of each exhibit. Also state briefly the ground of objection, such as competency, relevancy or materiality, and the provision of Fed.R.Evid. relied upon. Also state briefly defendant's response to the objection, with appropriate reference to Fed.R.Evid.]
(5) Non-objected-to exhibits are received in evidence by operation of this Order. However, in jury trials, exhibits that have not been explicitly referred to in testimony or otherwise published to the jury prior to the close of all evidence or in argument are not in evidence.
Committee Comment: The amendment to the Final Pretrial Order Form will improve efficiency in litigation.
1. Singular forms are used throughout this document. Plural forms should be used as appropriate. Where a third-party defendant is joined pursuant to Rule 14(a), the Order may be suitably modified. In such cases, the caption and the statement of parties and counsel shall be modified to reflect the joiner.
2. In diversity cases or other cases requiring a jurisdictional amount in controversy, the Order shall contain either a stipulation that the required jurisdictional amount is involved or a brief written statement citing evidence supporting the claim that such sum could reasonably be awarded.
3. The asterisked (*) options shall not be required unless the court explicitly orders inclusion of one or more of them. On motion of any party or on the court's own motion, any other requirement of the Order may be waived.
4. Counsel for plaintiff has the responsibility to prepare the initial draft of a proposed stipulation dealing with allegations in the complaint. Counsel for any counter-, cross- or third-party complainant has the same responsibility to prepare a stipulation dealing with allegations in that party's complaints. If the admissibility of any uncontested fact is challenged, the party objecting and the grounds for objection must be stated.
5. Items not listed will not be admitted unless good cause is shown. Cumulative documents, particularly x-rays and photos, shall be omitted. Duplicate exhibits shall not be scheduled by different parties, but may be offered as joint exhibits. All parties shall stipulate to the authenticity of exhibits whenever possible, and this Order shall identify any exhibits whose authenticity has not been stipulated to and specific reasons for the party's failure so to stipulate. As the attached Schedule (c) form indicates, non-objected-to exhibits which have been explicitly referred to in testimony or stipulation or published to the jury are received in evidence by operation of this Order, without any need for further foundation testimony. Copies of exhibits shall be made available to opposing counsel and a bench book of exhibits shall be prepared and delivered to the court at the start of the trial unless excused by the court. If the trial is a jury trial and counsel desires to display exhibits to the members of the jury, sufficient copies of such exhibits must be made available so as to provide each juror with a copy, or alternatively, enlarged photographic copies or projected copies should be used.
6. Each party shall indicate which witnesses will be called in the absence of reasonable notice to opposing counsel to the contrary, and which may be called as a possibility only. Any witness not listed will be precluded from testifying absent good cause shown, except that each party reserves the right to call such rebuttal witnesses (who are not presently identifiable) as may be necessary, without prior notice to the opposing party.
7. Only one expert witness on each subject for each party will be permitted to testify absent good cause shown. If more than one expert witness is listed, the subject matter of each expert's testimony shall be specified.
8. If any party objects to the admissibility of any portion, both the name of the party objecting and the grounds shall be stated. Additionally, the parties shall be prepared to present to the court, at such time as directed to do so, a copy of all relevant portions of the deposition transcript to assist the court in ruling in limine on the objection. All irrelevant and redundant material including all colloquy between counsel shall be eliminated when the deposition is read at trial. If a video deposition is proposed to be used, opposing counsel must be so advised sufficiently before trial to permit any objections to be made and ruled on by the court, to allow objectionable material to be edited out of the film before trial.
9. (Note: The use of the asterisk (*) is explained in Footnote 3.) No party's trial brief shall exceed 15 pages without prior approval of the court. Trial briefs are intended to provide full and complete disclosure of the parties' respective theories of the case. Accordingly, each trial brief shall include statements of--
(a) the nature of the case,
(b) the contested facts the party expects the evidence will establish,
(c) the party's theory of liability or defense based on those facts and the uncontested facts,
(d) the party's theory of damages or other relief in the event liability is established, and
(e) the party's theory of any anticipated motion for directed verdict.
The brief shall also include citations of authorities in support of each theory stated in the brief. Any theory of liability or defense that is not expressed in a party's trial brief will be deemed waived.
10. Agreed instructions shall be presented by the parties whenever possible. Whether agreed or unagreed, each marked copy of an instruction shall indicate the proponent and supporting authority and shall be numbered. All objections to tendered instructions shall be in writing and include citations of authorities. Failure to object may constitute a waiver of any objection.
In diversity and other cases where Illinois law provides the rules of decision, use of Illinois Pattern Instructions ("IPI") as to all issues of substantive law is required. As to all other issues, and as to all issues of substantive law where Illinois law does not control, the following pattern jury instructions shall be used in the order listed, e.g., an instruction from (b) shall be used only if no such instruction exists in (a):
(a) the Seventh Circuit pattern jury instructions; or,
(b) any pattern jury instructions published by a federal court. (Care should be taken to make certain substantive instructions on federal questions conform to Seventh Circuit case law.)
At the time of trial, an unmarked original set of instructions and any special interrogatories (on 8 ˝" x 11" sheets) shall be submitted to the court; to be sent to the jury room after being read to the jury. Supplemental requests for instructions during the course of the trial or at the conclusion of the evidence will be granted solely as to those matters that cannot be reasonably anticipated at the time of presentation of the initial set of instructions.
11. If this is a case in which (contrary to the normal requirements) discovery has not been completed, this Order shall state what discovery remains to be completed by each party.
12. These shall be separately stated in separately numbered paragraphs. Findings of Fact should contain a detailed listing of the relevant material facts the party intends to prove. They should not be in formal language, but should be in simple narrative form. Conclusions of Law should contain concise statements of the meaning or intent of the legal theories set forth by counsel.
13. Rule 48 specifies that a civil jury shall consist of not fewer than six nor more than twelve jurors.
14. Where the case has been reassigned on consent of parties to a magistrate judge for all purposes, the magistrate judge will, of course, sign the final pretrial order.
15. As in the Final Pretrial Order form, references to "plaintiff" and "defendant" are intended to cover those instances where there are more than one of either.
16. Copies of objected-to exhibits should be delivered to the court with this Order, to permit rulings in limine where possible.
17. See footnote 17.


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Tea, Tea, TEA!posted @4:43am ET on February 12, 2013
So, I'm back on course!
First thing i've done is start drinking a heck of a lot of water and caffeine-free tea.I've got my whole family into this. Start the day with detox tea (lemon) then have lots of green teas with different natural flavours (mango is awesome) plus a Pukka Cleanse (liquorice, fennel, etc) and peppermint after each meal. I feel really good and full of energy!
Similarly I'm also doing Jillian Michael's de-bloating thing. Also, really really good! Incase you want to try:
60 ounces water
Dandelion root teabag
1 tablespoon pure cranberry
3 tablespoons lemon juice
It's supposed to reduce any water weight you're holding onto, you do it for 7 days and could lose up to 5 pounds. I definitely feel trimmer and less bloated, but I'm not weighing in until next week anyway, just to give myself some more time to see results.
I'm also back to doing weights, and did a huge amount of walking the last week (it's great when you go visit new places and walking doesn't feel like exercise!)
So hopefully this week will be better!
@ 9:45am ET on February 14, 2013 Curious to see how this goes for you! Great job on the exercise!
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