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AAR Mini-Polls: Top Tens
SF/Fantasy & Futuristic Romances | Paranormal & Time Travel Romances
May 9, 2007
Top Ten SF/Fantasy & Futuristic Romances
Almost every ballot submitted in this round of mini-polls included votes in this category. More than 200 titles appeared on your ballots for the Top Ten SF/Fantasy and Futuristic Romances.
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb easily won first place; it earned greater than 50% more votes than the book in second place, and greater than 90% more votes than the third place finisher.
Robb is clearly a fan favorite as three of her titles landed in your top ten.
Naked in Death was published in 1995 and introduced readers to a futuristic New York and Eve Dallas, a tough as nails homicide cop, and Roarke, a self-made Irishman billionaire.
Eve and Roarke have won Best Couple five times and been honorably mentioned three times in AAR's annual reader polls. In fact, 2005 stands as the only year that Eve and/or Roarke did not appear in the final results for Best Hero, Best Heroine, or Best Couple. Naked in Death was also voted onto each of the three Top 100 Romance polls we've conducted; in the most recent poll (2004), they landed in 34th position. Considering that Robb is often shelved elsewhere than Romance, this is quite a coup.
Glory in Death, the second in the series, placed seventh and Innocent in Death, which was just released in February, landed in ninth place, proving that well over twenty books into the series, Eve, Roarke, and several other returning characters have yet to wear out their welcome. Btw, Naked in Death and Glory in Death earned DIK status; Innocent in Death earned a grade of B+
Susan Grant's Contact, which earned DIK status, earned second place. Given that brick and mortar sales were severely restricted after Wal-Mart refused to carry the book, its final placement is surprising, although it did win as Best Alternate Reality Romance in our 2003 poll. Click Susan Grant's link in the results table for more surrounding the book's controversy, as well as a 2006 interview.
Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan won third place and is pure fantasy with some romantic elements. Former AAR editor/reviewer Jennifer Keirans praised the book in her DIK review: "although Warprize is set in a totally imaginary world, it doesn't feature any magic at all. The plot stems from realistic characters and their different cultures, not from sorcery." Strangely enough, although Warprize didn't win or earn honorable mention in the Alternate Reality category for the year in which it was released, it did earn honorable mention in the Best Medieval/Renaissance category, presumably because like many fantasy novels, it is set in a magical Medieval world.
Lord of the Storm by Justine Dare (aka Justine Davis) placed fourth and its sequel, Skypirate, placed eighth, giving the author a distinction belonging otherwise to J.D. Robb as having earned more than one slot in this poll. The books were published in the middle 1990s and can be found on both our Two Hanky Read and Alternate Reality [Special Title] Lists. These two futuristic romances feature heroes and heroines who learned to befriend, trust, and love somebody from the enemy side in a war. The Romance Reader's Susan Scribner wrote DIK reviews for both books.
Linnea Sinclair's Games of Command is another 2007 release to land on our list; it tied for fifth place among your top ten. The book is a hybrid between SF and romance. One of our new reviewers, Rike Horstmann, writes that the book "was one of the sweetest love stories I have read in recent months, with a hero who is both incredibly strong and deeply vulnerable and a heroine who is equally tough and charming."
Knight of a Trillion Stars earned DIK status at AAR years ago; Dara Joy's star-making book tied with Linnea Sinclair's for fifth place. Click Dara Joy's link in the results table for a 1997 interview in whick she discusses becoming an overnight success and whether she planned at that time to incorporate humor and steamy sex scenes in her book. Due to a dispute with her publisher, she resorted to self-publishing her last book, resulting in reader dissatisfaction because of shipping problems...and more.
Angela Knight's Jane's Warlord earned straight B and rounds out our top ten list. Though reviewer Jane Jorgenson classified the book as a Time Travel Romance, it has strong SF overtones in that the time travel was planned and executed by the "Temporal Enforcement Agency". Then too, a talking wolf sidekick lends a fantasy air as well.
The Best of The Rest
There was a far tighter point spread for titles 11 through 20 than there were for your top ten. 128 points differentiated Naked in Death from Innocent in Death; there were just eighteen points between A Civil Campaign and Gabriel's Ghost.
Lois McMaster Bujold's 1999 release, A Civil Campaign, placed 11th while Sharon Shinn landed in the twelfth spot with Archangel. Two titles from Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy ende up in this second set of ten: Queen of the Darkness earned the thirteenth slot and Daughter of the Blood came in 17th. Jayne Ann Krentz/Jayne Castle also had two titles in the second set of ten - Sweet Starfire from - believe it or not - 1986, and After Dark, published in 2000. A fourth J.D. Robb title, Born in Death, slid into the fifteenth slot - it is the second to most recent release in the series, proving yet again that her long-running series continues to please her fans. J.R. Ward's Lover Awakened, which as a vampire romance truly belongs in poll results for paranormal romances, ended up in eighteenth position...perhaps some readers felt the Scribe Virgin put the book in the fantasy realm. Rounding out the top twenty is Linnea Sinclair's Gabriel's Ghost, giving her two slots in the top twenty (she came in fifth for Games of Command, if you'll recall).
Top Ten Paranormal & Time Travel Romances
You voted for more than 200 titles for the Top Ten Paranormal/Time Travel Romances. Your top ten featured a mix of time travels, vampire romances, and other alternate reality selections, and had publication dates going back as far as 1992. Four were published last year and eight of the ten were published since 2000.
Lover Awakened, JR Ward's 2006 hit - and third in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, easily topped the list of your favorites.
This result is not surprising given that the book also proved a powerhouse in this year's annual reader poll, capturing wins for Best Romance, Most Hanky Read, Best Paranormal, Strongest Heroine (Bella), Most Tortured Hero (Zsadist), and Best Villain.
The second through fifth place titles were incredibly close together in terms of the number of points they earned in this ranked poll - the second place finisher earned fewer than 10% more points than the fifth place finisher. And while the second place finisher - Linda Howard's Son of the Morning - earned just 66% of the number of points earned by Lover Awakened, it only earned 10% more votes than the third place finisher, J. R. Ward's Dark Lover. While obviously popular among fans of time travel, Son of the Morning proved less popular among Ms. Howard's other titles, finishing seventh among Ms. Howard's titles in our poll of her top ten books.
Ward's Dark Lover, published in 2005, was the first in her Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and tells the story of Wrath and Beth, as well as introducing us to many other characters AAR readers have come to love. The book earned DIK status at AAR and won for Best Alternate Reality/Paranormal in our annual poll for books published in 2005. With two other books in the top ten - Lover Eternal (fifth place) and Lover Revealed (sixth place) - Ward definitely proved to be a powerhouse in this category.
Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, the first in her time traveling series about Claire and Jamie finished in fourth place, just two points behind Dark Lover. Outlander, originally published in 1992, has been a perennial favorite of many AAR readers, and placed seventh in our most recent Top 100 Romances Poll. Claire and Jamie finished second behind Eve and Roarke in last year's Favorite Couples mini-poll.
Five - or six - of your top ten titles were vampire romances. They include all four of Ward's books, one by Kresley Cole, and depending on your outlook, Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dance with the Devil, which features vampire-esque characters although AAR lists the book as fantasy romance. Two time travel titles (Howard's and Gabaldon's) made the list, and earning just one title each were Nalini Singh's alternate reality romance and a shapeshifter novel by Kelley Armstrong.
In this particular poll, just one point separated the book in 11th place - A Knight in Shining Armor - from the book that came in tenth. Joining Jude Deveraux as the best of the rest are these books:
This second set of titles includes books published as far back as 1990 and as current as last year. In a major reversal from the top ten, which featured mostly vampire romances, nearly all of this second set are time travel romances. Given the increase in popularity of shapeshifter romances, it's surprising that just one title appears in the top twenty - Kelley Armstrong's Bitten, in the tenth spot.
We invite you to consider these questions and post about these poll results:
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BERKELEY, Calif. - The University of Arizona women's gymnastics team finished in fourth place with a score of 193.350 at a quadrangular meet hosted by the California Golden Bears on Sunday. The No. 13-ranked Oklahoma Sooners finished first (195.300), No. 24 California landed in second (195.175), and the Utah State Aggies ended the meet in third (194.450). Arizona dropped to 2-7 on the season and 0-2 in the Pac-10 Conference, while California improved to 5-4 overall and 2-1 in the conference. Oklahoma upped its overall record to 6-1, and Utah State ended the meet with a 1-3 overall record.
Arizona set two season-high team scores on beam (48.800) and floor (49.075), and the Wildcats finished second in both the beam and floor team events. Nine Wildcat gymnasts - Nikki Beyschau, Aimee Estella, Nicci Filchner, Kara Fry, Amanda Goins, Sheehan Lemley, Randi Liljenquist, Andi McCabe and Heather Straccia - each set new season-high and career-high marks. California topped the field on vault and tied for first on bars with Oklahoma. Utah State won the team beam event, while Oklahoma won the team floor event.
Individually for the Wildcats, senior Kara Fry finished second in the all-around, as she set a season-high 39.300 in the event. Fry set a new career-high 9.750 on vault and tied for fifth on bars with a new season-high 9.825. She also tied for third on floor with a season-high 9.875, and she tied a season-high 9.850 on beam, finishing in a tie for fifth place. Junior All-American Randi Liljenquist tied for first-place honors on floor after setting a season-high 9.900 in the event. Liljenquist tied a season-high 9.750 on vault, and she finished in seventh place in both the beam (9.825) and all-around (38.700) events.
Pacing the Arizona lineup on vault, freshman Aimee Estella tied for fourth place and tied a career-high 9.800 in the event. Estella also set a new career-high 9.750 on beam and tied for 10th place. Senior Heather Straccia tied a career-high 9.850 on floor and tied for sixth in the event. Sophomore Nikki Beyschau set a new season-high 9.700 on vault and scored a season-high 9.625 in her first floor performance of the season.
Freshman Sheehan Lemley scored a new career-high 9.725 on beam. Freshman Amanda Goins made her official collegiate debut in the meet and scored a career-high 9.575 on vault. Freshman Andi McCabe set a new career-high 9.700 on floor in her only event of the meet. Junior Nicci Filchner posted a new season-high 9.725 on bars.
After completing a three-meet roadswing to open the 2001 season, Arizona returns to McKale Center for its season home-opener on Friday, Jan. 26, when the Wildcats are set to battle the top-ranked Utah Utes, at 7:30 p.m. MST.
University of Arizona Gymnastics Arizona @ California with Oklahoma & Utah State Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, Calif. January 21, 2001 Team Scores Vault Bars Beam Floor Totals 1. Oklahoma 48.650 49.125 48.275 49.250 195.300 2. California 48.925 49.125 48.125 49.000 195.175 3. Utah State 48.750 48.850 49.150 47.700 194.450 4. ARIZONA 48.575 46.900 48.800 49.075 193.350 Individual Scores Vault 1. Janet McKnight California 9.825 1. Megan Woolstenhulme Utah State 9.825 1. Leah Mueller Oklahoma 9.825 4. Aimee Estella Arizona 9.800 4. Lindsay Baker California 9.800 4. Pari Olver California 9.800 Uneven Bars 1. Leticia Ishii Oklahoma 9.900 2. Katreece Stone California 9.875 3. Carrie Kreifels California 9.850 3. Brittnee Penman Utah State 9.850 5. Kara Fry Arizona 9.825 5. Stephanie Kim California 9.825 5. Mariana Gonclaves Oklahoma 9.825 Balance Beam 1. Tina Ellis Utah State 9.925 2. Katreece Stone California 9.900 3. Nicole Kilpatrick Utah State 9.875 3. Kristen Bloom Utah State 9.875 5. Kara Fry Arizona 9.850 5. Leticia Ishii Oklahoma 9.850 Floor Exercise 1. Randi Liljenquist Arizona 9.900 1. Patricia Aoki Oklahoma 9.900 3. Kara Fry Arizona 9.875 3. Leticia Ishii Oklahoma 9.875 3. Mariana Gonclaves Oklahoma 9.875 All-Around 1. Leticia Ishii Oklahoma 39.400 2. Kara Fry Arizona 39.300 4. Carrie Kreifels California 39.175 4. Leah Mueller Oklahoma 39.150 5. Tina Ellis Utah State 39.125

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Welcome! Vintage Amanda teaches you natural health & beauty tips for better living. Please join our community by signing up below this article! r Much to my dismay this weekend, I found that my lovely jar of Croatian honey had crystallized! I am ashamed to admit that in my earlier, pre-Vintage Amanda days I had actually thrown out a half-used jar of honey because it went hard. (I know, I know, I'm cringing now too). But now that I'm enlightened and eco-conscious (or at least thrifty), I decided to try two ways of softening this jar of honey to see which is best.
Can I still eat crystallized (hardened) honey?
Yes! When your honey has gone hard or solid, it's simply crystallized. You can still eat this honey, stir it into your tea, or even use hard honey as a gentle face scrub.
How can I soften hard honey?
There are two techniques that I'm testing today. The traditional method of heating the honey in a bain-marie, and the faster, modern method of the microwave!
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How to soften hard honey with hot water
1) Traditional Technique: Sit honey in a bowl of hot water until it softens
Result: After one hour of sitting in the water, the honey was only somewhat softened. OK, maybe I should have used a bigger bowl. Or better yet, I should have put it in a pan of boiling water, so the water would remain hot. This method will work, but it's slow-going.
How to soften hard honey using the microwave
2. Modern Method: Microwave!
Admittedly, this method worked really well. I removed the lid and put the honey in the microwave on medium for about 1 minute, and voila, liquid honey!
This worked so well because my honey is in a glass jar. I don't think it's a good idea to microwave plastics (because some chemicals from the plastic may leech into the honey). So if you're dealing with a plastic honey container, I suggest the hot water method instead (the water should be hot, but not so hot that it melts the plastic!)
If you do soften honey in the microwave, be careful when you pick up the jar because it will be hot!
What is the best way to soften hard honey?
In this case, the modern microwave method won, hands-down. Softening the honey in the microwave was really quick, and it is still liquid the next morning.
However – many people (including me!) question whether microwaving damages the nutritional benefits of foods. If you are using the honey to get medicinal/health benefits, then I would NOT microwave the honey – use the hot water method instead! You could also scoop out the crystalized honey, and heat it gently in a bain-marie to soften it.
Now that you've got some runny honey, what will you do with it? Here are some of my favorite honey recipes:


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For many years, Texas has led the nation in the number of uninsured residents.
Unfortunately, even after full implementation of the Affordable Care Act — because Texas is refusing to participate in the Medicaid Expansion Program — we will continue to have a significant number of low-income, uninsured residents.
Texas officials are stating it will become too expensive to fund this program.
Local officials in Dallas, Harris and many other counties correctly contend we cannot afford not to participate. It is more costly to have such a high level of uninsured residents.
In addition to the costs associated with the poor health of many of the uninsured, our local hospitals are forced to provide huge amounts in uncompensated charity and emergency care.
This is funded by ever-rising local taxes and by raising charges to paying patients.
Participation in the Medicaid Expansion Program is not an endorsement of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA is a reality, regardless of whether we participate.
The ACA is simply a vehicle for obtaining funding and providing health care for Texans that are near or below the poverty level but ineligible for Medicaid under current eligibility requirements.
For example, a single person earning minimum wage is currently not eligible for Medicaid, but would be under the Medicaid Expansion Program.
Health care, because it is an essential and needed service, is unlike any other commodity. It is an essential, life-extending and life-enhancing service that is necessary for a country that values life and will make whatever market adjustments and subsidies are required to make health care available to everyone.
Please write your state legislators and tell them you want Texas to participate in the Medicaid Expansion Program.
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Convertibles. You can't move for them, despite the fact that we live on a windy, rain-swept island. Everyone from Audi to Volvo makes open-top versions of their cars, and UK sales are buoyant, even in this tough economic climate.
But there is a great divide among cabriolet fans: hard-top and soft-top. Technological improvements have allowed firms such as Peugeot, Ford and Vauxhall to create folding metal hoods rather than using the old-fashioned fabric types.
There are some benefits. The metal roof creates a solid slash-proof roof which keeps out the noise and the vandals, and there is nothing quite as posy as raising or lowering your roof at the touch of a button.
But there are negative points, too. Folding roofs never look gainly and they are so bulky that they eat into the boot space when folded away. They're also heavy and require huge motors to power them.
That's why Audi, among others, prefer fabric hoods. Old fashioned? No, they say. Modern fabric hoods are quiet and they fold away neatly to leave plenty of bootspace.
And here's one argument which I'm not truly convinced about. What's the point of having a convertible if it looks like a coupe? Surely, the argument goes, a fabric roof shows off the fact that you have a soft-top.
But there is no denying the benefits of a light fabric roof lead to better handling and performance. Take Audi's A3 Cabriolet tested here. It costs from less than £21,000.
It manages 135mph where legal, zips to 60mph in 8.2 seconds and returns more than 50mpg on a run. And you can store 260 litres in the boot, rising to 674 litres with the rear seats down. Impressed?
It isn't a family car, or a load-lugger, but there's no denying it blends impressive performance, good looks and a degree of practicality that you would struggle to find elsewhere.
While the looks and the image are the lure for the A3 Cabriolet, for me it's the engines and the ride and handling which really impress.
More advanced engine designs and technology have allowed car builders to get more power from familiar capacities without sacrificing reliability.
This engine is a meaty unit and it feels and sounds like a powerful car, but to get the sort of miles per gallon which used to be the preserve of superminis is excellent.
This car also comes with the option of a 1.2 litre engine which brings the entry-level down to less than £21,000, yet still offers spirited performance.
That's even more remarkable where the cabriolet version is concerned as, despite the canvas roof, the model suffers from the same weight issues as nearly all convertibles thanks to the extra motors and chassis-stiffening required, and weighs in at nearly 100kg more than its three-door equivalent.
Audi, along with its Volkswagen Group stable-mates has 'previous' when it comes to setting trends with small capacity engines. Previously, it was the 1.4-litre unit, available in turbocharged and twin-charged (supercharged and turbocharged) form, which raised eyebrows with its capacity belying performance.
The 1.2 TFSI unit also uses forced induction to boost performance to respectable levels while keeping fuel consumption and emissions low.
A replacement for the 1.6-litre unit, it lowers CO2 emissions by 35g/km and raises fuel economy by 9.2mpg while improving zero to 62mph acceleration and top speed.
It's a highly charismatic unit that adds a lot to the A3 Cabriolet package. Both compact and sophisticated in their own rights, car and engine seem made for each other.
Much of the charisma comes in the form of the engine note; a distinctive grumble that's ever-present but rarely intrusive. With the roof down it adds to the driving appeal, offering a sports inspired – if not sporty – soundtrack.
The chassis is impressively rigid, too, with scuttle-shake contained roof up or down and little flimsiness apparent at the wheel even when 'pushing on'.
Where Audi has succeeded with its smaller cars, including the A3, is the grown-up feeling inside that's reminiscent of the larger executive models.
Despite the more care-free, frivolous nature of a convertible, the A3 Cabriolet has this premium feel and maturity in spades.
Add increased economy and the A3 Cabriolet's appeal gets bigger and bigger while the engines get smaller and smaller.
All we need now is some warm weather. I'm sure someone at Audi is working on it.


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Make Your DSLR Movies Look Real Trippy With This Lens Kit
The advent of video-capable DSLRs has made it possible for more people to produce good looking videos on a tight budget. Lenses have played no small part in accomplishing that feat. Now, there's an entire kit designed for this purpose.


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The trade that brought Jaromir Jagr to the Boston Bruins from the Dallas Stars near the NHL Trade Deadline wound up costing the Bruins their first-round pick because they made the Stanley Cup Final.
One day before the 2013 NHL Draft in Newark, N.J. (3 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN), Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli said he'd like to find a way to get back into the first round.
"I think any GM who went into the draft without a first-round [pick] would have to do that," he said Saturday when asked if he'd like to acquire one. "So -- of course I would. Yes."
Regardless of where the Bruins draft, Chiarelli said the team's philosophy continues to be to pick the best player available, regardless of position.
"That is always is the overriding thought and objective," he said. "When you get into the nitty-gritty of who's at [No.] 10 or 11 and why, you've got to look to need a little bit. But the overriding tiebreaker and the overriding mentality is best player available."
The biggest offseason priority for Chiarelli is re-signing goaltender Tuukka Rask, who will become a restricted free agent July 5. That could be difficult, because the NHL salary cap is expected to drop to $64.3 million for the 2013-14 season; the Bruins sit less than $5 million below that.
Chiarelli expressed in his season-ending press conference Wednesday that the Bruins would like to re-sign Rask "as soon as we can." Rask has said he wants to stay with the Bruins.
Chiarelli said Saturday the team has made a qualifying offer to Rask, as well as to prospects Jordan Caron (forward) and Michael Hutchinson (goaltender). No offer has been made to forward Kaspar Daugavins, who is arbitration-eligible. So is Rask, but that's not an avenue Chiarelli wants to explore.
"I don't want to go to arbitration with [Tuukka]," he said. "I've talked to his agent, and we're trying to work something out."
Two unrestricted free agents who won't be back are forward Nathan Horton and defenseman Andrew Ference. Horton's agent said Saturday he wants to go to another team, and Chiarelli announced this week that Ference wouldn't be re-signed due to salary-cap constraints.
Chiarelli said he would do what he can to help Ference find a new team.
"I've got a couple of teams on Andy, and I've spoken with Andy's agent in order to help out, and I've actually given Andy's agent permission to talk to teams and then come back," Chiarelli said. "I'm not going to stand in his way; as I said it at my press conference before, he's been a warrior for us, and I want to help him as much as I can."
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How to figure out 1st, 2nd, 3rd... cousin, and how many times removed
that cousin is.
Determine which number (e.g. 4 greats) grandparent is the common
ancestor between two individuals. If the number is the same, you are not
removed (you are within the same generation based on the common
ancestor). For example, if the common ancestor is your 4th
gr-grandparent and the other person's 4th gr-grandparent, then add 1 to
the 4. You are 5th cousins.
e.g. You are:
The cousin part of the phrase, '1st cousin,' '2nd cousin,' '3rd
cousin,' etc., describes the relationship of two people who are/were in
the same generation.
Determine which number (e.g. 4 greats) of the grandparent is between
you and the ancestor, and the number between the other person and the
same ancestor. If the number is not the same, then you and the other
person are from different generations based on the common ancestor. You
would then add 1 to the smaller number giving the "cousins"
portion, then subtract the smaller from the larger giving the
"removed" portion.
For example, if the common ancestor is your 5th gr-grandparent and
the other person's 3rd gr-grandparent, add 1 to the smaller number (3)
giving 4 (the cousin part), then subtract 3 from the larger number (5)
giving 2 (the removed part). You are 4th cousins, twice removed.
The removed part is how many generations it takes to get to the same
cousin number, between two people.
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Resources for Educators
The sites below may be useful to provide data from real research for teachers to use in the classroom.
- datanuggets.org
- learn.anaee.com
- https://scwibles.ucsc.edu/learning-modules/
- http://www.planet-lab.org/
- http://ecoed.esa.org/
Summer to Make, Plan and Connect at Bradley University CS4H
This link has information and resources from the summer workshop.
Dr. Robert Yager materials for Pioneers in STEM Lecture Series
- Questions and Answers with Robert Yager
- NSTA's Exemplary Science Program Monographs
- Questions Are Central To Science, Technology, and Science Education
- Science Education Reform: More Emphasis....Less Emphasis
- Six Domains of Science for Teaching and Assessing Student Learning
Classroom River and Aquifer Activities
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Keith Richards ranks Bob Dylan's 1966 classic studio album "Blonde on Blonde" tops among the 101 albums people should listen to before they die, but regards the folk-rock godfather as "a nasty little bugger." The outspoken Rolling Stones guitarist made the revelation as one of several contributing artists asked to select their top album pick in the new edition of NME magazine.
According to an article posted May 18 at Music-News.com courtesy of NME.com, the iconic British rocker joined a group of musicians, which also included: Foo Fighter's Dave Grohl, Libertine's Pete Doherty, Smashing Pumpkin's Billy Corgan, The Artic Monkeys and ex-Oasis' Noel Gallagher among numerous others in selecting his No. 1 choice for the "101 Albums" list. The Stones co-founder regards Dylan's celebrated seventh studio album, one of rock's first double-albums, as groundbreaking, a record which didn't adhere to the "verse-chorus-verse formula."
Although Richards clearly admires his fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's music, he seems slightly less enamoured with the living legend on a personal level. Referencing The Stones' formative days back in the 1960's, Keef comments on Dylan's personality, saying, "We all pushed each other on in those days. Bob's a nasty little bu**er."
Dylan, who was one of the biggest influences on the Stones' greatest 60's rivals - The Beatles, also led the U.S. counter attack to the British Invasion, providing hits songs for top American groups like The Byrds, The Turtles, as well as Sonny and Cher. Recalling a personal encounter with the "Blowing in the Wind" hitmaker from the time period, Keef says, "I remember him (Dylan) saying to me, 'I could have written... Satisfaction, Keith, but you couldn't have written Desolation Row.' I said, 'Well, you're right there Bob!''
Richards recently collaborated with a score of international musicians on a remake of his song "Words of Wonder" from his second solo album "Main Offender." Fusing the song with a Keb Mo led version of Bob Marley's "Get Up Stand," the video premiered last month as part of Playing For Change, a movement created to inspire and connect different cultures through music.
The Rolling Stones recently announced an extended 14-city European tour leg, which will kick off May 26 in Oslo, Norway at Telenor Arena and wrap up July 3 at in Demark the Roskilde festival. To see Richard's new video or more tour info see Keith Richards.com or Rolling Stones.com.
Did you know? Keith Richards and fellow drunk Stone Ronnie Wood backed Bob Dylan during a sketchy performance at Live Aid, during which Dylan broke a guitar string.


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Peres: No Reneging on Oslo
President says we are closer than ever to peace, is "moved" by Syrian protesters' courage.
By Gil Ronen
First Publish: 7/26/2011, 12:32 PM
Peres: everything is rosy
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President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that there is no basis for speculation that Israel might renege on the Oslo accords if the Palestinian Authority declares statehood unilaterally in September.
A leftist news outlet reported earlier this week that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror is looking into the possibility that Israel would declare the Oslo Accords null and void.
"We are closer than ever to reaching a peace treaty with the Palestinians," Peres insisted. "The threatening month of September can be turned into a 'September of hope.' In the short time that remains we can try to reach understandings. The Israeli nation desires peace and there is no one who doesn't think a peace treaty can be reached."
Peres spoke at a news conference for the Arab press, in honor of the Muslim month of Ramadan.
Regarding Syria, Peres said: "President Assad needs to go home, he has killed 2,000 innocent people." He added that "it is not easy to demonstrate when you are being shot at. I am moved by the fact that they continue the struggle."
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Guest blog: Steve Howey
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Next up in our weekly series of guest blogs, we have Steve Howey. The former City defender tells us about life as a player, the changing role of defenders and his views on video technology...
I cannot tell you how happy I am that the football season is back! Seriously, I hate not having any football over the summer. Believe me; I was chomping at the bit for it to start again.
I still keep an eye on City's results to see how they're doing. I think that it will be a tough season for them though – especially with the change of manager – but it's a season I'm really looking forward to.
Since I finished playing, I've been doing my coaching badges like a lot of the lads do, but I have to be honest – it's always better being a player. You go to training and then you go home!
As a coach, you have to think about your players' attitudes, their pace, their positioning, how serious their injuries are... There is so much to worry about when you're a coach or a manager but it's still good because you're still involved in football. Nothing will ever compare to life as a player though.
At the moment, I do something called Premier Skills where I go all around the world, advising coaches and giving them ideas on how to improve. I spend a lot of time in Africa and Asia.
I also work for the Premier League, doing bits and pieces for them. There is much being said for the referee's assessments – that's what I do now. It's a delicate job where we try and get more ex-players involved in referee's performance.
I think that referee's get a little bit of stick – and sometimes, rightly so – but sometimes, you have to be honest and say that they do get an awful lot right. It's only since I've been doing what I've been doing that I've realised that they are actually very, very good.
They are bound to make mistakes – they all do – but it's okay for us, watching it on the television in slow motion and blown up. It's easy to cane the referees then but they don't have the benefit of replays and what happens, happens in real-time. I think they do a great job and I certainly think that referees in England are the best in the world.
Now, video technology is in place and the jury is still out. Some people are in favour of it and some people are against it. Personally, I'm alright with it. I'm not delighted because I like the game just the way it is, but I suppose you have to move with the times.
I do prefer things the old-fashioned way but you can understand why these things are being brought in. Nowadays there's a lot riding on games – especially with the amount of money that's involved – so if big decisions are wrong or if goals aren't given, it can be quite damaging.
A lot has changed since I played - even the role of a centre half. Their main aim is still of course to stop goals and keep clean sheets but in all honesty, I don't think centre halves are the centre halves of years ago (well, not too many years ago!). Let's face it, the old-fashioned ones would boot you in the head and get really aggressive!
Modern defenders have got to have a bit more about them and they need to read the game very well. They also need to be: versatile, comfortable on the ball and able to bring it out from the back. It wasn't like that when I was a player.
I guess one thing is still the same though: if you can influence the game in any way through your ability as a player, then you'll go far.


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Five Reasons Sports Departments Are Digital Innovators
Jason Fry | Oct. 18, 2010 8:35 a.m.
Asked on Twitter if this were true, I agreed that it was. Granted, some of the biggest anti-digital curmudgeons are also found in sports departments (particularly among the ranks of columnists), but to me that's evidence of a rearguard action: The dissent is always loudest and fiercest when it becomes clear that things aren't just going to change, but already have.
But why has digital innovation taken root in sports departments? I've been thinking about that since Brown-Smith's post and that flurry of tweets. Here, as I see it, are five reasons:
*Sports coverage is part of the Web's old-growth forest: The metaphor is from Steven Berlin Johnson, who discusses it here. There's ample demand for sports news, and from the beginnings of the consumer Web, sports fans used the Web to get information they couldn't get from their local paper. Some of them were out-of-town fans who wanted more than a box score or 15 seconds on SportsCenter. Others wanted more than they could get from their town's single paper. Lots of them wanted to talk about the last game – or the next one – with other fans. Sports departments have been finding new ways to meet this demand for nearly two decades now, giving them a head start over other departments.
*Sports coverage is a good match for the Web's rhythms: Games are a natural fit for serial storytelling, and the Web is a perfect vehicle to deliver such storytelling. While news organizations have come a long way in telling news stories in real time instead of waiting for them to be "complete" (as much as they ever can be), there's a learning curve there. But it's a lot gentler in sports: We instantly understand "Phillies 2, Giants 1, BOT 7" and that part of the story is yet to be told. Twitter is a superb vehicle for this, allowing sportswriters to offer bits of analysis or news as mini-stories and distributing those bits in as close to real-time as we can get.
*Sports benefits from a citizen/media ecosystem: For all the sniping between independent bloggers and the mainstream media, most Web-minded sports fans don't see reading fan blogs or news articles as an either/or situation – they see chances to get more information about their team. And their appetite for this information is apparently bottomless, whether it's news, analysis or conversation. Sports Web sites, newspaper outposts, rumor and gossip blogs, fan blogs, stat-focused sites, Twitter feeds, Facebook groups – everything complements everything else. This is true elsewhere too – but there are many more sports junkies than, say, political junkies, Linux enthusiasts or global-warming combatants, and sports fans are more likely to take in all points on a spectrum of opinion.
*Sports coverage is a star system: For better or worse, sportswriters are increasingly personalities and brands in their own right – witness the migration from newspapers to talk radio, sideline reporting, and Around the Horn. The Web offers sportswriters tools for kick-starting this star-making machinery, allowing them to amass Twitter followers, Facebook fans/friends and reach them in new ways. This is true for all journalists, but sports may offer a bigger audience, and sportswriters have heard the siren song of personality longer and louder than their colleagues in other departments.
*Sports coverage is benefiting from competition: Journalism jobs are being cut, with everyone from investigative reporters to local beat writers and movie critics feeling the bite of lower profit margins and slashed budgets. People who care about journalism are deeply worried about this, and they should be. Sports departments haven't been immune to cuts, but as newspaper jobs are vanishing, sportswriting opportunities appear to be increasing. Newspaper sports departments now compete with ESPN local entities, regional-sports networks, new ventures from big Web-news sites and amalgamations of blog networks. That means more opportunities and more competition, which drives more innovation.
Looking over those five factors, they all flow from the same source: healthy demand. Happily, that demand seems inexhaustible. I hope that drives sports departments to continue to innovate, experimenting with crowdsourcing coverage, mobile efforts, building connections with independent blogs, better connecting today's news with their archives, finding more effective ways of writing game stories, displaying information visually and breaking new reporting ground in sports business and science. They should have ample opportunity to do so: Even if the market for sports news can be saturated, we don't seem anywhere near that point yet.
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The second stage of Clint Eastwood's career – call it his Mea Culpa Tour – began in 1992 with "Unforgiven."
The celebrated western found The Man With No Name paying the price for all those cinematic killings
But Eastwood was smart enough to wrap those misgivings in a terrific yarn, and even smarter to cast Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman in critical roles.
Oscar glory soon followed, and suddenly Eastwood's brand became synonymous with award show buzz.
Eastwood stars as Bill Munny, a former gunfighter reduced to wrestling pigs on his modest farm. He stopped killing people years ago, and he doesn't even touch the bottle like he once did.
But an offer to do a quick killing for a quicker payday is too much to resist. So he re-teams with his old partner Ned (Freeman) and sets out for the hunt. Their paths end up crossing Sheriff Daggett (Hackman, earning an Oscar for his troubles), a lawman with an ego too big for any two-bit town
Bill and Ned aren't proud of their past, and no horse is hearty enough to ride them past their misdeeds. But right is right, and the actions of the dastardly sheriff and the men he shields from the law must be addressed.
The revisionist western embraces and explodes the genre's mythos with remarkable grace, and there's enough conventional action to please fans of Eastwood's earlier, grittier films.
"Unforgiven" even finds time to introduce English Bob (Richard Harris) a famed gunslinger whose presence adds even more color and texture to a film already overloaded with both.
"Unforgiven" allowed Eastwood to begin aging gracefully on screen, embracing characters who acknowledged the passing of time but still mattered. It's a journey that continues through today, even as the actor/director nears his 80th birthday.
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Earlier this month the Global Commission on Drug Policy released a report that stated the "war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world." The Commission boasted former heads of five countries, as well as human rights, business and government leaders, all of whom believe that "the war on drugs has not been, and cannot, be won."
In an Op-Ed piece in Friday's New York Times, former President Jimmy Carter praised the Commission's report, which he commended as "extraordinary" and "courageous and profoundly important."
President Carter has long been a supporter of cannabis decriminalization – in 1977 he recommended decriminalizing marijuana possession of an ounce or less on the federal level – as well as a proponent of drug treatment options in place of prison sentences. In his Op-Ed piece, Mr. Carter recalls cautioning against imprisoning young, non-violent drug offenders: "Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself."
However, Mr. Carter noted that in the 1980s, under former President Ronald Reagan, national drug policy shifted to "futile efforts to control drug imports from foreign countries." In addition to an increase in expense, drug-related violence and dependence on police and military forces to wage this war on drugs, Mr. Carter noted that this policy shift led to unprecedented prison populations.
"Just before I left office, 500,000 people were incarcerated in America; at the end of 2009 the number was nearly 2.3 million. There are 743 people in prison for every 100,000 Americans, a higher portion than in any other country and seven times as great as in Europe. Some 7.2 million people are either in prison or on probation or parole – more than 3 percent of all American adults!," Mr. Carter wrote.
Mr. Carter also lamented state budgets that now spend more on prisons than on higher education. He is hopeful that the Global Commission's report "will give some cover to political leaders who wish to do what is right."


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About a year ago, our friend, Barbara, called to say she was headed to the ER and asked if we would watch baby Brandon, in case she needed to stay the night. I told her of course, Brad and I would do anything to help out.
Barbara and her husband, Dave, were like family. Dave was Brad's friend from cardiology training, and for more than 10 years, a partner in his practice. He was my go-to-person in medical crises when Brad was out of town, rushing over when my daughter, Arielle, developed a wound infection three weeks after a surgery, and when my other daughter, Leah, dislocated her arm. When Dave and Barbara married, the girls were in their wedding. When Brandon was born, we were among the family members crowded into Barb's hospital room to hold him. During his first few weeks at home, we made it a habit to stop by with food or offer to walk the dog, just to get a glimpse of his sweet, round face with a tiny button nose and rosebuds lips.
So, when Barbara was admitted to the hospital for what turned out to be kidney stones, Brad and I, 45-year-old parents of a college sophomore and high-school junior, rushed to set up a port-a-crib in our bedroom and hauled a rocking chair up from the basement. Leah, our 16-year-old and the only child in the house while Arielle was away at college, made room for Brandon too. She placed his bouncy seat in the middle of the kitchen table where she did her homework, and when he fussed, cradled him in one arm, while taking notes with her free hand.
Leah wasn't the only one in baby heaven. Brad, who was home between MBA classes, which he was taking to launch a second career, premeasured formula and sterilized and lined up a half dozen nipple and ring sets for the day's bottles like he was preparing his operating room. Throughout the day and evening, we took turns feeding Brandon. "I'll get him," I'd say, when he'd wake from a nap.
"No, I got him," Brad would say, already out of his seat.
I'd be folding laundry or doing dishes and glance over at my husband giving the baby a bottle. It was warming to see Brad lean in close and kiss the top of his head or gently brush his cheek with his hand.
"Is it terrible that I don't remember any of this?" he asked one night.
"No, it's understandable," I answered. "You were in training when they were babies. You worked ungodly hours. But, you did help when you were home."
"Honestly, it's all a blur," he said, sounding unconvinced.
For me, the pictures were clear. Feeling the weight of Brandon in his car seat as I carried him through the hospital to visit his mom, smelling Johnson's Baby Shampoo on his head after a bath, and hearing the plastic covered mattress crinkle under his body at night started a continuous loop of baby images in my head. I could recall my babies sleeping, one on her stomach with her bottom up in the air, the other on her back with one arm stretched up over her head. I could see them in the tub, shiny, slippery bodies tight in my grip, or smiling up at me when I rubbed my nose against each of their faces.
Feeding Brandon produced the strongest feelings of all. One night, propped up against my headboard, I watched him while he sucked his bottle down, his cheeks moving and tongue clicking against the rubber nipple. Suddenly, I felt the sensation of let-down in my breast – that warm, tingling feeling that proceeds the milk being released. I shook my head brusquely, re-entering reality. I felt a different kind of letdown – an aching feeling of knowing that I'd never have those moments of early motherhood again. I would never have my babies' soft, warm heads against my skin or tiny fingers wrapped around my pinky.
"When was the last time one of my daughters held my hand?," I thought. These days, I can get away with a hug or a kiss, but anything more than that seems to be reserved for when they are sick or upset. Pain after shoulder surgery, a breakup, a rejection letter from a college — those are times I've been permitted to hold them tight, rub their backs and stroke their hair. With each touch and soothing word, I've attempted to repair a broken heart or ease a worried mind, often to no avail. Perhaps that's why I felt such bliss taking care of my friend's baby, even when being woken in the middle of the night.
Baby Brandon ended up staying with us for a week. During that time, Brad and I joked that we felt like stand-in grandparents. "Pop-pop, are you gonna take a nap while the baby sleeps?" I'd ask him.
"Very funny," he'd say. He and I both knew he didn't need an excuse to sleep during the day.
Half joking, we considered that if our daughters married young and started a family at 25, as we had, we could be grandparents in just a few years. Suddenly, we were feeling nostalgic for the future, for things yet to come. I asked Brad if he thought the girls would look to me for advice when they have children of their own. He asked if I'd have the energy to host grandchildren for an entire week. I interrupted the discussion and said, "That's enough!"
It was then that I realized I wasn't looking to turn the clock back, just slow it down.


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Already down 2-0...this is going to be a long gmae
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Already down 2-0...this is going to be a long gmae
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and Hodgson scores to make it 2-1
Since when does a linesmen help a guy with his equipment during a fight...that was Bull****.
And here comes the jinx.....
Long you live and high you fly And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be.
If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish would you ask for something like another chance?
Is it just me, or are there just as many Pens fans in attendance as Sabres fans?
And there goes the last chance to salvage the season.
since when was kneeling down on the puck covering it legaL?
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if it wasn't for a minute and a half of the worst hockey I've ever seen to start the game, they would have won.
yeah, the 2 shifts that got chasing ruined it.
well, TBH it was poms lack of getting it the eff out, instead tried to play with it, 30 seconds later, back of the net.
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Disease Proof
Well Water May Be Hazardous to Little Kids
A new report in the journal Pediatrics claims small children are vulnerable to waterborne illnesses originating from well water. Private wells can become contaminated with chemicals, germs and bacteria. Experts recommend well water be tested annually, at least. Currently, private wells are not subject to federal regulations, leaving owners responsible for proper care and safety testing; ScienceDaily reports.
And earlier this year, it was reported that pharmaceuticals, such as cholesterol medications, anti-depressants and blood pressure pills, are turning up in America's streams and rivers. Bottled water is no better. One study found bottled water is just as impure as water out of the tap.
In 2006, water in Seattle area schools was found to be contaminated with lead. Most of China's groundwater is polluted and India's water has shown harmful levels of arsenic. Eek!
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I have a water filter that attaches to my tap. Is this good enough? It's scary to think that your water contains so many pollutants.
Hey Danielle-
I have no idea about a filter, but I suspect bacteria and viruses might slip past. But then again, I don't know. :)
Doesn't sound like well water is worse than city water. It does not have drugs.hlorine or floride. Just get it tested sometimes. Oh, and don't use pesticides especially if your well is on your lawn.
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A Florida man was found dead floating in a lake after he fled police hours earlier. Police had arrived at a Tavares home just as this man had finished beating two people to death. James Earl Jones, 32, had beaten his girlfriend and her mother to death with an aluminum baseball bat.
A third victim was also found at the home beaten in the head with the bat, but he was still alive, according to MSN News on July 15. He was barely hanging onto life when paramedics arrived. Police report that Jones drowned himself in the lake near the home where the beatings had taken place.
The 32-year-old man beat his girlfriend, Shannon Ratliff, 42, and her mother, 66-year-old Mavis Ratliff to death. They were found dead at the scene with massive head trauma. The third victim, who was found alive but in critical condition, is Shannon's brother Eddie Ratliff, 51, according to Chron News today.
Friends of Eddie Ratliff said that they were told he might not make it due to the severity of his head injuries. He did undergo surgery today, but there is no word on his condition.
After James Earl Jones, 32, beat these three people, police arrived. He dropped the metal bat when police ordered him to, but he refused to be handcuffed and took off on foot.
Later in the day Jones' body was found floating in Lake Dora. Eddie Ratliff, who works on a city garbage route, had gotten a phone call saying that his sister was being beaten. He called in to work on his truck's radio to tell them he was en route to his sister's house because there was a beating going on.
Jeffrey Gullickson, who worked with Eddie on the route, called police and alerted them to the beating. When police got there Jones was still holding the bat.
This is when he dropped the bat as police ordered him too, but took off on foot before they could apprehend him. Police found Mavis Ratliff dead on the ground at the home. Her son Eddie Ratliff was laying about 40-feet away from her.
Shannon Ratliff was found dead on the living room floor, police report. Jones' father told police that his son was schizophrenic and had stopped taking his medication.


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Cadets fly in Blackhawk helicopter to exercise at Camp Seven-Mile
May 22, 2014 | Vol. 118 -- No. 5
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Eastern Washington University ROTC cadets disembark from a Blackhawk helicopter onto the gournd at Camp Seven-Mile near the Spokane River as part of exercises last Friday.
Members of Eastern Washington University's ROTC program got to go on a field trip last Friday.
And it included the Army's version of an amusement park thrill ride on board a Blackhawk helicopter that took them to their FTX, the year-end field training exercise.
"It's kind of our culminating training event for these cadets," department chair, Lt. Col. Jason Pape explained. Many of them now head out to summer camps, schools and training of all kinds across the country until they return for fall quarter.
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Medical marijuana supporters in Kansas, Missouri team up to raise awareness
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Medical marijuana supporters in Missouri got a small victory, but now Kansas families want to be heard.
Missourians with epilepsy are now able to use a cannabis oil thanks to a bill signed into law last week by Gov. Jay Nixon.
On Sunday morning, cannabis supporters all over the bi-state region held a brief rally at Liberty Memorial to raise awareness and celebrate the victory of House Bill 2238. They then marched to Children's Mercy Hospital.
They want medical marijuana to be legalized for all patients, not just the extract, which primarily helps epilepsy patients.
They are challenging legislators in Kansas to step up.
"Once it becomes legal in Missouri, unfortunately the patients who are in Kansas just a few blocks away won't be able to access that medicine, so we would really like to see something proactive in the Kansas legislature this year," Amber Iris Langston with Show-Me Cannabis said.
Christina Bay led the march, holding a poster of her little girl, Autumn.
"She can't be here today because it's too warm for her. If she were to come out today, we would be in the emergency room instead. She would definitely have a seizure," Bay said.
A genetic mutation causes the 2-year-old to seize for hours at a time.
Autumn's neurologist told the Kansas family that they've run out of medical options.
"It is so frustrating that there is something out there that can potentially help her and we don't have access to it because of our politicians," Bay said.
Missouri House Bill 2238 legalizes the use of low THC cannabis extracts.
Bleeding Kansas founder Lisa Sublet said the Missouri bill is a start, but there's still a lot of work ahead.
"Kansas City's a bi-state city. We have citizens from both states treated at hospitals here. The will of the people needs to be respected. We've had a bill in session for three sessions. We've said enough is enough this year. This year our patients will be heard. The bill will be heard and we'll get it passed. I'm not waiting another year ... I'm tired of burying people," Sublet said.
It's a passion that can be heard in Sublet's voice and seen in Bay's stride as they fight to give little Autumn a normal life.


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I don't know about you, but watching the Olympics always leaves me feeling inspired to work harder, achieve more, and get more fit! However, I sometimes end up curling up on the couch with ice cream, rather than getting out and doing something. Here is a great Olympics- inspired workout that is quick and will get your heart pumping!
Click here for a cute infographic!
Perform each of the following exercise for 30 seconds, with a 15 second rest in between.
1. Speed skaters lunge on your left leg, then hop to your right leg and repeat
2. Mountain Climbers: start in push-up position and alternate bringing your knee to your chest
3. Squat Jumps
4. Plank
5. Squat side jumps: squat, then jump to the left. Land, squat, and jump to the right.
6. High knees
7. Rotation jumps: try to turn 90 or 180 degrees around each time you jump.
8. Triceps dips
9. One-legged squats
10. Triceps push-ups
You can view the full article about this workout here.
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vSphere Upgrade Center
Before starting this phase, make note of any other VMware solutions associated with your environment, such as vCloud Director (vCD) and Site Recovery Manager (SRM), and use the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix to determine which versions of these solutions are compatible with vCenter Server 6.0. In-place upgrades to vCenter 6.0 are supported from vCenter versions 5.0 and above. Alternatively, you can choose to do a clean installation of vCenter 6.0.
This may be done in a rolling manner, with individual hosts in a cluster successively updated after virtual machines are migrated using vSphere vMotion to the other running hosts. By doing so, you can upgrade your vSphere hosts while avoiding virtual machine downtime. In-place host upgrades to ESXi version 6.0 are supported from vSphere hosts running ESXi 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5. Optionally, you may choose to do a clean installation of vSphere 6.0. Upgrade methods for upgrading your vSphere hosts include using the ESXi Installer, the ESXCLI command from within the ESXi Shell, vSphere Update Manager and Auto Deploy.
Additional Resources (Still valid for vSphere 6):
- vSphere Host Upgrade Demo (ESXi Installer) VIDEO
- vSphere Host Upgrade Product Walkthrough (ESXi Installer)
- vSphere Host Upgrade Demo (ESXCLI) VIDEO
- vSphere Host Upgrade Product Walkthrough (ESXCLI)
- vSphere Host Upgrade Demo (Update Manager) VIDEO
- vSphere Host Upgrade Product Walkthrough (Update Manager)
- vSphere Host Upgrade Demo (Auto Deploy Part 1) VIDEO
- vSphere Host Upgrade Product Walkthrough (Auto Deploy Part 1)
- vSphere Host Upgrade Demo - Auto Deploy Part 2 VIDEO
- vSphere Host Upgrade Product Walkthrough (Auto Deploy Part 2)
vSphere 6.0 provides an extended support matrix that allows older versions of VMware Tools and older virtual hardware versions to continue to run in a supported configuration on newer versions of ESXi. This extended support matrix facilitates vSphere upgrades by allowing you to upgrade your vCenter Server and ESXi hosts right away followed by a phased upgrade of your virtual machines over time. vSphere 6.0 supports running virtual machines with VMware Tools version 4.x, 5.x and 6.0 as well as Virtual Hardware versions 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
Virtual machines need to be powered off to be upgraded, so you should plan appropriate outage windows for this step. You can perform an orchestrated upgrade of virtual machines with vSphere Update Manager, which allows you to upgrade VMware Tools and virtual hardware at the same time.
VMware Tools Upgrade Flowchart:
Virtual machines running newer versions of VMware Tools are supported on older ESXi 5.x hosts. Refer to the vSphere compatibility matrix for more information.
Virtual Hardware Upgrade Flowchart:
Newer virtual hardware versions are not backward compatible with older ESX/ESXi hosts. Care should be taken to only upgrade virtual hardware after all vSphere hosts have been upgraded to ESXi 6.0. Refer to the vSphere compatibility matrix for more information.
The final step is to upgrade your datastores to vSphere VMFS version 5. This can be done with live virtual machines running on the datastores and do not require any virtual machine downtime. vSphere 6.0 fully supports datastores with VMFS version 3, so the datastore upgrade may be scheduled at a time that's convenient for you.
When upgrading VMFS 3 volumes to VMFS 5, the upgraded VMFS-5 volume retains the partition characteristics of the original VMFS-3 datastore. For large VMFS volumes on shared storage consider creating a new VMFS 5 volume and using Storage vMotion to migrate the data.
Additional Resources:
Phase 5: Install vRealize Log Insight for vCenter Server and vRealize Operations
The final step is to install additional management solutions that integrate with vCenter Server and provide capabilities for monitoring and planning. Consult the product documentation for
vRealize Log Insight and
vRealize Operations to see how to deploy these products.
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The Michigan Department of Community
Health recognized the need to develop a coordinated effort to improve
the oral health of Michigan's residents and received a grant from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work toward this goal.
As a result, the Michigan Oral
Health Coalition has developed a comprehensive Oral Health Plan for
Michigan and members of the Coalition work daily to meet oral health
goals by addressing recommendations outlined in the plan.
In 2012, the Michigan Department of Community Health Oral
Health Program surveyed stakeholders that use the State Oral Health
Plan to provide a framework for implementing oral health-related
activities. Read the Report
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Water Fluoridation
What Does This Mean to Me?
What happens if water fluoridation is
discontinued? Over time, dental decay can be expected to increase if
water fluoridation in a community is discontinued, even if topical
products such as fluoride toothpastes and fluoride rinses are used.
A U.S. study of 6- and 7-year-old children who had resided in
optimally fluoridated areas and then moved to the nonfluoridated
community of Coldwater, Michigan revealed an 11% increase in decayed,
missing or filled tooth surfaces over a 3-year period from the time the
children moved. These data reaffirm that relying only on topical forms
of fluoride is not an effective public health practice. Today,
Coldwater is a fluoridated community.
Resources Available
The Power of
Fluoride Legislative
User Information Database
Water's Fluoride
"Keep on
Smiling" Podcast
Facts by the American Dental Association
Dental Sealants
What Does This Mean to Me?
Who knew a clear plastic coating could do so much good? But for
hundreds of children at Michigan elementary schools, the provision of
dental sealants — or thin, plastic coatings painted on the
chewing surfaces of the back teeth — can go a long way in
preventing tooth decay. During the 2008-09 school year, 5,500 third and
sixth-grade students from 72 schools were screened, with 17,635
sealants applied to individual teeth. According to the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, "If sealants were applied routinely
to susceptible tooth surfaces in conjunction with the appropriate use
of fluoride, most tooth decay in children could be prevented."
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