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Qatar to operate all-business class Doha-London
Originally published on businesstraveller.com 18/02/2014 - Filed under: News »
Qatar Airways will run an all business class service between Doha and London Heathrow.
The exclusive daily flight will be operated by a 40-seater narrow-bodied A319, configured 2-2, and will commence on May 15.
It will be the first time that an all business class service has linked the UK with the Gulf.
It is understood that Oneworld member Qatar Airways recently secured an extra flight slot at Heathrow, which would allow the operation of a sixth daily service.
The A319 will be rostered for new flights QR15, departing Doha at 1450 to reach Heathrow at 2025, and QR16, departing Heathrow at 2155 and arriving into Doha the next morning at 0640.
The new schedules appear logical. They are perfectly timed for the business person wishing to maximise his or her working time either in London or Doha.
Online return rates for Doha to London flights on the A319 are currently priced at from QAR23,860 (£3,940) return.
Yesterday, we reported that Qatar Airways will display its new A380 at this summer's Farnborough International Airshow (see news, February 17).
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MartinJ - 18/02/2014 14:20
Why would QR waste a precious LHR slot with such a small aircraft? If they used a widebody aircraft they could transport 40 business passengers AND another 300 in economy.
andystock - 18/02/2014 18:58
Since this is business class only, would LCY not be a better option for Docklands and the City?
ArabTraveller - 18/02/2014 21:31
MartinJ - my thoughts exactly! Perhaps what this slot is truly reserved for is the A380 service, when that is up and running.
I dislike the fact that window seats do not have direct aisle access. A single or business traveller would probably be better off with QR's B787 product. I wonder how fares on the A319 service will compare.
FredWatson - 19/02/2014 02:54
MartinJ, good point,
The operating cost of a A319 is significantly less than all wide bodied jets. No Idea what the maths are, but expect the choice of aircraft and class is likely cost and market driven. In addition QA have probably married their passenger class expected demand with the working day and the slots. It could be that this alternative is a USP for the airline as economy seats are already available on the same route.
IstanbulWarrior - 19/02/2014 05:37
I also wonder whether seats on these flights will be sold at the same price levels as Qatar Airways' other flights or if they will be sold at a premium as BA does for Club World London City.
SiteAdministrator - 19/02/2014 07:32
The forum thread on this is here
Many thanks
Tom Otley
Speedybird - 20/02/2014 02:07
AndyStock, I think it has to do with the short runway. BA's all biz class service to NYC, using the same aircraft has to stop in Shannon because it can't take off from City with a full fuel load. I haven't done the math re distance between LND/ NYC vs LND/DHA (am I using the right city abbreviations?) but I think that's why.
smith101 - 20/02/2014 11:26
This won't be the first time that an all business class aircraft has operated between the UK and the Gulf - Silverjet did it between Luton and Dubai, although sadly they couldn't make it work.
Holte75 - 20/02/2014 11:46
Silverjet flew LTN-DXB for a time, so not the first all Business service between UK & the Gulf.
AMcWhirter - 20/02/2014 12:19
Speedbybird - You are quite correct. LCY's runway length is a main factor limiting the destinations that can be served from the Docklands' airport. But there are also strict noise limits at LCY. Would a non-stop LCY-DOH flight (full of passengers and fuel) exceed these ? It's not an issue with BA's LCY-JFK service as it stops en route in Shannon and in fact the route mileage LCY-SNN is similar to LCY-EDI.
smith101 ArranSutherland - Yes that's true. When writing the piece, in great haste I might add, so that we could be one of the first with the news, I was thinking of the major European and Gulf carriers. Perhaps I should have stated "between the UK and Doha."
KSHaggag - 21/02/2014 18:06
As much as I love the biz class only concept as a passenger ,as much as I wonder whether this will be financially sustainable for QR ...moreover ,if the concept is there ,then would really London be the European destination of choice for such a concept ?? London is over saturated with huge capacity ..I doubt very much the five other QR flights are indeed profitable .
I do hope QR will reward it's customers flying this aircraft and service the points and miles related to First Class like BA is doing on the LCY JFK ...


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The next night, Ghost Rider returns to cemetery, followed closely by a helicopter that houses the women of H.E.A.R.T. Despite their tracking equipment, they lose track of the Rider when he descends into the underground tunnels. The Ghost Rider is taken into a large cavern, where he meets a mutant named Pixie. She's responsible for the children disappearances, saying she's keeping them safe from the Morlock leader, Masque. Suddenly, H.E.A.R.T. bursts into the cavern, firing on the Rider. Immediately after, X-Factor make their way into the tunnels and proceed to help the children escape, forcing H.E.A.R.T. to withdraw. Blackout, who followed the Rider, gets his hands on Pixie and rips her throat out. As the cavern begins to collapse, Ghost Rider calls for his motorcycle, which busts through the ground and returns to his side. He places the remaining children upon it and sends them to safety, but then turns his attention toward Blackout. The two battle fiercely as the tunnels collapse. On the surface, X-Factor help the children onto their aircraft, thinking the Rider to be dead. Suddenly, the Ghost Rider erupts from the ground and makes his way to his motorcycle, quickly riding off into the night.
This issue wrapped up the subplot about the disappearing children in Brooklyn, which started in Ghost Rider (1990) # 3.
Masque, a mutant with the ability to shape human flesh like clay, first appeared with the rest of the Morlocks in Uncanny X-Men # 169. He took control of the tunnel dwelling mutants in Uncanny X-Men # 254, and was eventually killed in X-Force # 9. Masque has since returned to life and has made several appearances in various X-Men titles.
Despite being on the cover, Archangel is the only member of X-Factor not to appear in this issue. Archangel later makes a solo appearance in Ghost Rider (1990) # 37.
This issue was reprinted in the Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Classic vol. 1 trade paperback.
Now obviously, even in 1990, the X-Men franchise of titles were a sales juggernaut for Marvel, and understandably guest-appearances by the mutant characters almost always drove sales up for books. But Ghost Rider was already a hit - a very successful, unexpected hit - and it doesn't seem likely that X-Factor was mandated an appearance to drive up sales. But, on the other hand, the characters don't really fit the plot at all except for the connection with the Morlocks that were responsible for abducting children all through the first eight issues of the series. This was the resolution to one of the book's long-simmering subplots, and the X-Factor appearance just feels, well, forced.
Regardless, on the surface this appears to be an important issue in the continuing Ghost Rider series. We get the convergence of several storylines: Blackout, H.E.A.R.T., and the child abductions. In actuality, however, only the abduction plot is truly resolved here, as both Blackout and H.E.A.R.T. return five issues later for their true resolutions. But be that is it may, when this issue was released it seemed like a break from the plotlines of the past year and a way for Mackie to move forward with new villains and new subplots (which he did, actually, with Zodiak and John Blaze entering the book in the next issue).
So, Blackout gets a false "death", H.E.A.R.T. continue to be ridiculous, and X-Factor do absolutely nothing during their guest-appearance. It's amazing that, with all of these things against it, the issue still reads as well as it does. Mackie gets a lot of mileage out of Pixie and her comments to the Rider about saving the children over vengeance against Blackout, and the missing children plot is resolved in a satisfying manner. I do have to wonder about why Mackie chose the Morlocks as the abductors, with their motivations being to protect the children from Masque - an X-Men villain that doesn't even make an appearance here. It seems like a tenuous link made to support the perfunctory X-Factor appearance.
Where the issue really holds up is in the artwork, as Saltares and Texeira (aided by James Palmiotti on background inks) turn in yet another stellar art job. X-Factor, in their day-glo superhero outfits, stick out like sore thumbs, but the artists do their best to make them fit in with the dark surroundings. In fact, they turn in one of the most chilling panels in the series yet: when Blackout kills the Morlock Pixie by ripping out her throat, colored in a silhouette of black and red that still looks absolutely vicious.
All in all, this is the first major misstep of the Ghost Rider series with the completely unnecessary X-Factor guest-appearance. But even then, the issue is far, far from being bad and I'd still recommend picking it up just to see how the long-lingering abduction subplot is resolved.
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- Lace HillInstead of designing a large glass-faceted building for a new mixed-use development in Yerevan, Armenia, Forrest Fulton Architects came up with a giant living man-made mountain! The entire facade of the hill-shaped building is covered in native plants, which act to absorb heat, filter air and water, and provide habitat to animals and insects, while the entire surface is irrigated with recycled graywater. Inspired by traditional Armenian lace needlework, Lace Hill, is punctuated with recessed windows, has interior voids that act as cooling towers, and includes many other sustainable building strategies.1
- Lace Hill over YerevanLace Hill is a proposed 85,000 sq meter (900,000 sf) mixed-use development with a hotel, office space, retail, restaurants, and apartments.2
- Lace Hill over YerevanRather than building a large glass-faceted structure, Forrest Fulton Architects propose a structure that easily looks like the surrounding landscape and is covered with native grasses.3
- Lace Hill over YerevanThe new city hill would have commanding views of the Yerevan and Mt. Ararat, the eternal icon of Armenia.4
- Lace HillThe living facade of the structure is planted in native grasses to help absorb solar heat gain, filter water and air borne toxins, and support life for insects and animals. Recycled grey water is used to irrigate the roof/walls.5
- Lace Hill over YerevanInside, large voids reach up to the ceiling letting in natural light from above and allowing air to move through the structure and provide natural ventilation. Landscaping, trees and ponds help cool the air as it moves through the shady interior.6
- Lace Hill over YerevanRestaurants and retail line the open-air promenade on the lower floor, which has amazing views of the city and Mt. Ararat.7
- Lace Hill over YerevanAccess to the structure via automobile is gained via an underground parking garage with a tunnel that leads in from city streets on the west side. No streets lead up to the promenade, preserving the natural look of the hill structure.8
- Lace Hill over YerevanPedestrians and cyclists access the structure via a diverse farm-park at the south, east, and west edges of the site. There could potentially be a large urban park to the west linking Lace Hill with other popular tourist sites.9
- Lace HillLarge holes in the roof of the hill act as skylights to let light into the landscaped courtyards. Warm air rises up out of the voids and cool air comes in from below.10
- Lace Hill over YerevanThe site for Lace Hill is located right in the heart of Yerevan and is an extension of the natural landscape.11
- Lace Hill over YerevanInterior program locations are determined by their access to solar gain and views. The hotel and apartments are located on the south side where they get the best sun and best views. Retail and restaurants are located on the bottom open floors and office is located on the North side with indirect light, which is better for working.12
- Lace Hill over YerevanInspired by Armenian lace needlework, the holes in the living hill act as windows to the interior. The windows are recessed behind a terrace to provide shading during the summer, but light still enters during the winter.13
- Lace Hill over YerevanThe profile of the hill is a natural and organic shape, much like the surrounding hillsides. The goal of the architects was to provide an alternative to typical mixed-use developments.14


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A small tree in a foggy marsh
I was not at this location primarily to do landscape photography – I had actually gone there to photograph migratory birds, first and foremost the Ross's geese that often setting in here during the winter months. However, when I arrived close to dawn there was very thick tule fog everywhere, and especially over the damp marshland of this wildlife refuge. I knew there were migratory birds about, but while I could hear them I could barely see them at all.
I eventually decided that the foggy landscape itself was going to be a more productive subject (at least until later, when the sun did finally come out) in these conditions, so I switched gears and spent some time doing landscape work. This clump of trees grew on a small rise in the marsh, and was backed by fog that caused further details to quickly disappear into gray.
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Chocolot's Ruth Kendricks tells me:
The Annual Utah Food and Candy Expo will be held Tuesday, April 9 at the South Towne Expo Center
Presented by the local chapters of the American Association of Candy Technologist (AACT) along with The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), this is a great opportunity for those involved in the food and candy industry to meet with ingredient and packaging vendors as well as take classes from industry leaders.
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God Strikes Homo Sin-marinated Baja, Mexicali, Coachella and Palm Desert California with 7.2 Earthquake
The end times are nigh! God is growing sick of how Mexicans are being allowed to wander through his ordained kingdom of America, the prophesied defender of Israel!
God grows sick and tired of how California is foul with the combustible juices of homosexual sin! The scent burns his eyes and wretches his stomach, so it is no surprise that he has hurled his great wrath at Mexico and Southern California!
Behold this map which shows the cities that has incurred punishment from their Master.
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During the Week of March 24- March 31 the Post Office had Click-N-Ship Demonstrations in all offices in the Rockaway's. Click-N-Ship is the newest form of one stop shopping right from the luxury of a person's own home. Click-N-Ship is so easy to navigate from the Postal Website, USPS.COM. It is as easy as 1-2-3, 1. Decide what service is desired. 2. Put the Label on the Package, 3. Set up for carrier pick up service. The demonstration was done by the Postal Service's Marketing Department, just showing how easy it really is. Some of the great extra's that you get from using Click-N-Ship include, FREE DELIVERY CONFIRMATION on all packages, FREE CARRIER PICK UP SERVICE on request, and many other great options. And of course the best option is that a person does not have to wait on line at the Post Office to mail the package, Customers can literally do everything right from the computer, and even buy stamps. Pictured, left, George Buonocore, Far Rockaway Postmaster with some of his customer service staff.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers awaiting the arrival of Black Friday are on the edge.
How well they do during the biggest shopping season of the year will have lasting consequences not just on them, but the still-fragile economic recovery.
This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession.
Economists and business executives will be watching closely.
As usual, success will depend largely on consumer spending. It accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity. Their spending can impact stores' expansion plans and inventory decisions into the new year.
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East Rutherford, N.J. -- Turns out, we had it all wrong.
Super Bowl XLVIII wasn't about the cold weather or Peyton Manning's legacy or the Year of the Horse. It was about something completely different.
This Super Bowl was not about a legacy. It was about a Legion. It was not about a legendary quarterback. It was about a legendary defense.
Seattle's infamous "Legion of Boom" defense lowered itself on Super Bowl XLVIII and Manning on Sunday night. They strutted into MetLife Stadium in their vagabond shoes and stole the show from the NFL's leading man on the game's biggest stage.
"The Legion of Boom, baby," loquacious cornerback Richard Sherman said. "I hope we etched our names in the history books."
Somewhere in the avalanche of coverage leading up to the game America forgot the oldest axiom in the book: Defense wins championship. Somehow along the way we forgot that Seattle's defense wasn't simply good, it was great, the first since the 1985 Chicago Bears to lead the NFL in scoring defense, total defense and turnovers forced, the defensive Holy Trinity.
After their unforgettable performance, no one will forget the Seattle Seahawks now. They will now be compared to the best defenses in recent NFL history, Pittsburgh's famed "Steel Curtain" of the 1970s, the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, maybe even the '85 Bears. They're that good.
"Straight Seattle football," Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin said. "Assignment, fast and physical."
Added Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett: "I think there's a lot of people that feel stupid right now."
Indeed, few saw this coming. Not the oddsmakers, who had Denver favored. Not the analysts, who overwhelmingly predicted a Broncos victory (me, among them). And certainly not Manning, who suffered through one of the most miserable nights of his masterful career.
Manning obviously will receive his share of criticism, and deservedly so. He played poorly. He did the one thing a quarterback simply can't afford to do in a game this big against a defense this good. He turned the ball over. Not once. Not twice. But three times. He never found a rhythm and never gave his team a fighting chance to compete.
Manning's first seven snaps resulted in 11 yards gained, one safety and one interception. It took the Broncos more than 19 minutes to gain a first down. By that time, Seattle led 15-0. It took the Broncos almost three quarters to score. By that time, Seattle had built a commanding 36-0 advantage.
The Seahawks held the man who threw an NFL-record 55 touchdown passes this season to a meaningless TD pass at the end of the third quarter. His final passer-efficiency rating was an un-Peyton-like 73.5.
"I give Seattle credit," said Manning, whose postseason record is 11-12. "They caused a lot of our mistakes."
This was nothing like Manning's loss to the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV. Manning played relatively well that night. The Saints and Drew Brees were simply better.
Manning and the Broncos were never in this one. If that game vs. the Saints was a heartbreaker, this one was a combination head-scratcher and head-banger. The Broncos could not have played worse. Not in their wildest nightmares. Heck, even the most optimistic Seahawks fans didn't expect this.
But maybe they should have. The Seahawks, after all, did the same thing to Brees and the Saints' high-powered offense this season -- twice. Brees could relate to the horror show Manning experienced. Brees went through it in Week 13 when Seattle held the Saints to their lowest yardage output in the Sean Payton/Brees era. The Saints went back to Seattle six weeks later and the Seahawks did it to them again.
"I think we played a great football team," Manning said. "We needed to play really well in order to win and we didn't come anywhere close to that."
But Manning had plenty of accomplices in this criminally poor effort. The entire Broncos roster overpromised and under-delivered.
After all, it wasn't Manning who snapped the ball through the end zone on the game's tone-setting first play from scrimmage. It wasn't Manning who couldn't block Seattle's front four in the ground game or in pass protection. It wasn't Manning who couldn't tackle Percy Harvin on the second-half kickoff return or make a third-down stop on Seattle's offense in the first half. He didn't fumble dispiritingly at the end of Denver's biggest gain of the night.
"Peyton Manning is a great player," Sherman said. "No way you could anticipate him having a bad game like that. But we were able to affect him a little bit and everybody played their behinds off. I think it was more about what our guys did well than it was about Peyton."
The dominance was so thorough, so sudden, the Broncos were forced to go into desperation mode in the second quarter, eschewing a field-goal try for a shot at a touchdown.
The performance rendered picking an MVP almost impossible. Half a dozen Seahawks were worthy. Linebacker Malcolm Smith won it, but the award just as easily could have gone to Harvin or safety Kam Chancellor or quarterback Russell Wilson. Truth be told, it probably should have been divvied up among the entire Seahawks defense. They deserved it.
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Los Angeles, California: Urban Light - 200 Lit Lampposts
Artist Chris Burden created this night-lit installation of 200 old cast-iron lampposts from the 1920s and '30s.
Los Angeles, California: La Brea Tar Pits
"Death Trap of the Ages." Prehistoric animals, trapped in tar that bubbles out of the ground in the heart of the city, just east of Beverly Hills. Pit 91 has a viewing platform with doomed fiberglass beasts.
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Ashley (17) and Colton (16) Fischer were granted the opportunity on June 24, 2012 to share their love far beyond the limits of this world. Ashley and Colton relished in the joy of being surrounded by family and friends throughout their short, yet very memorable lives.
Ashley and Colton's lives would seem too short to many, but for those who knew their hearts, they understood the quality of their existence far exceeded their quantity of time. Their smiles could light up a room while simultaneously melting your heart.
Ashley's passion for helping those most in need defined her caring nature. Her special needs cat Lilly taught her much. Developing the club Voices Carry with Larimer County Child Advocacy Center brought child abuse to center stage for RMHS students.
Colton's gentle giant status made him the quintessential offensive lineman for RMHS, he had just achieved second string varsity status as an incoming Junior. His love of the game gave him the nickname "Ed's Wingman". You could always count on Colton to tell you what he thought.
With Ashley and Colton's passing we remind others that their life is one to be celebrated, although we will miss them everyday, we know their spirit will remain forever in our hearts. Their love for each other never included the typical sibling rivalry, they were each other's best friends and will forever remain connected.
Ashley and Colton leave behind many wonderful friends, whom loved them very much.
Ashley and Colton are survived by their loving parents, Deanna and James Brookhouser of Ft. Collins, CO and Tim and Roxy Fischer of Tioga ND, Sister Natasha Rehak and Brother Zachariah Rehak, step-brothers Jeffery McCoy and Joshua Brookhouser; Step-grandparents Larry and Pat Brookhouser and many loving aunts, uncles and cousins.
They were preceded in death by their maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents.
Memorial services were held on July 2, 2012 at River of Life Church, Wellington CO.
Gifts in honor of Ashley Fischer's memory may be made to: Larimer County Child Advocacy Center. Gifts in honor of Colton Fischer's memory may be made to: Rocky Mountain High School – Boosters Club, c/o Allnutt Funeral, 650 W. Drake, Ft. Collins, CO 80526


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Before UMass: A four-year captain and starter, was a part of four Big 9 Conference Championships at Tennessee High School under coach Barry Wade ... Averaged 14.5 points, 2.8 steals, 3.3 assists and 4.4 rebounds per-game as a senior ... Squad reached the TSSAA Elite 8 for the first time in school history and was the Region 1-AAA runner-up and Substate champion ... Two-time Big 9 Player of the Year ... Three-time District 1-AAA All-Tournament Team honoree ... Selected as a member of the Region 1-AAA All-Tournament Team for the second time in her career as a senior, scoring 23 points to lead her squad to a comeback victory on the road to send Tennessee H.S. to its first ever State Tournament ... Was recognized as the Northeast Tennessee Player of the Year by the Bristol Herald-Courier as a junior ... Earned All-Northeast Tennessee honors twice from the Bristol-Herald-Courier and three times from the Johnson City Press ... Finished with over 1,700 career points and was the team leader in points, steals and assists as a senior ... Played AAU ball with the Nautilus Express out of Virginia, coached by former Memphis player Justin Wimmer ... National Honors Club, Beta Club and Honor Roll member.
Personal: Born Danielle Renee Montgomery on Feb. 12, 1990, in Wytheville, Va. ... Daughter of Cathy and Daniel Montgomery ... Sister of Brandy Golden ... Father, Daniel, played basketball at Union University ... Intends to major in Sport Management.
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State Senator David Holt represents the 30th District of Oklahoma,
which includes portions of Northwest Oklahoma City, Bethany, Warr
Acres and The Village.
In the Senate, David has fought on behalf of taxpayers to secure
a smaller, more effective and more transparent government, while
passing almost 50 pieces of conservative legislation into law. His
dynamic record of service caused Chuck Todd of NBC News to recently
name David a "Rising Star".
Born and raised in Oklahoma City, David's roots are deep.
The son of a teacher and a social worker, he is a fourth-generation
Oklahoman and an alumnus of Putnam City Schools, which he attended
from kindergarten until his graduation as a National Merit Scholar.
David brings a wide range of prior experiences to his position in
the Oklahoma Senate. At the time of his 2010 election, David had
already served a U.S. President, a U.S. House Speaker, a Lt. Governor,
and members of Congress. He also stood at the center of the Oklahoma
City renaissance during five years as chief of staff to its mayor.
David is managing director of investor relations at Hall Capital,
is a licensed attorney, and has served as an adjunct professor at
Oklahoma City University. He is also the author of the 2012 book
Big League City: Oklahoma City's Rise to the NBA.
David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from George
Washington University, where he was an award-winning sportswriter.
He also holds a Juris Doctor from the Oklahoma City University School
of Law.
David and his wife Rachel, an Oklahoma County prosecutor, married
in 2003. They have two children, George and Margaret. The Holts
are members of St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church. David
is a member of the Osage Nation. The Holts also maintain a home
at the Holt Ranch west of McAlester, OK.
was elected to the Senate on July 27, 2010 with 64 percent of the
vote in the Republican primary and was unopposed in the general
election. He took office on November 16, 2010. In 2014, his re-election
was unopposed.
On his first day in office, David was elected to Senate leadership,
serving first as Vice Chair of the Majority Caucus and then as a
Majority Whip.
He currently serves as Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee
on Select Agencies, charged with shining a light on the expenditures
of over 80 state agencies. He also serves on the General Government,
Judiciary, Appropriations, and Public Safety committees. He also
serves on the Oklahoma Compensation and Unclassified Positions Review
Board. In the past, he has served as Vice Chair of the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Select Agencies, Vice Chair of the Business and
Commerce Committee, and Vice Chair of the Redistricting Committee,
responsible for Central Oklahoma. He also served on the Joint Legislative
Water Committee.
David has been an effective legislator, passing almost 50 pieces
of conservative legislation into law.
Some of his legislative highlights include:
• Legislation that benefitted consumers by legalizing "Black
Friday" and other low price sales
• Legislation to dramatically increase government transparency
• Legislation to combat Oklahoma's domestic violence
• Legislation that required able-bodied adults without dependents
to work for food stamps
• Legislation to strengthen the sex offender registry and
protect Oklahoma families
• Legislation that created a statewide program for criminals
to clean up and rehabilitate neighborhoods
• Legislation that barred welfare recipients from using illegal
• Legislation that created a secure, online system through
which Oklahomans could register to vote
• Legislation that ensured the use of police body cameras
and accessibility of videos to the public
David has also been a champion for economic growth in Oklahoma,
having notched one of the most pro-business voting records in the
Legislature and having co-authored the landmark workers compensation
reform of 2013.
Having introduced an income tax cut bill every session, David has
also worked to advance the conversation about how tax cuts can grow
Oklahoma's economy. David has also been a leader in fighting
for taxpayers to have more control over their tax dollars, including
efforts to bring more transparency to the Legislature and to reform
laws that place government unions over taxpayers. David has also
fought for better public schools, having authored legislation to
give parents the ability to turn around a failing school and to
expand public school options for families in the inner cities of
Oklahoma City and Tulsa. David has also been a leader in efforts
to increase voter participation, in light of severely declining
turnout in Oklahoma.
David has also used the bully pulpit of his position to bring attention
to important events and people. He led a successful effort to place
a portrait of Ralph Ellison in the Capitol, and he also spearheaded
the state's first official recognition of Hanukkah. He also
organized a project to place signage marking Route 66 throughout
Oklahoma City. David has also carried resolutions in the Senate
to recognize events like Oklahoma City's 125th birthday, the
centennial of Jim Thorpe's 1912 Olympics, the 50th anniversary
of Oklahoma's first African American Senator, the 20th anniversary
of the Oklahoma City Bombing, and the annual winner of the Jim Thorpe
has received numerous awards for his work in the Oklahoma Senate.
They include:
• "Sunshine Award" from Freedom of Information
Oklahoma, in recognition of David's work to promote government
• "Child
Abuse Prevention Leadership Award" from Parent Promise, in
recognition of David's work to stop the abuse of Oklahoma's
• "Guardian Award" from the Oklahoma Commission
on the Status of Women, in recognition of David's work on
behalf of women and children
• "Legislative Champion Award" from the National
MS Society, in recognition of David's work to support the
MS community
• "Bulldog Award" from the Oklahoma District Attorneys
Council, in recognition of David's work to ensure that police
body cameras videos are utilized and accessible to the public
National organizations
and media have taken an interest in David's work.
In 2014, Chuck Todd of NBC News named David one
of two Republican "Rising Stars" in Oklahoma.
David serves
on the national board of GOPAC, which works to train and elect the
next generation of leaders.
In 2015, David was a featured speaker at the Southern Republican
Leadership Conference, sharing the stage with many of the leading
presidential contenders.
David has been
quoted or featured on Fox News, Fox Business News, MSNBC, NPR Morning
Edition, SiriusXM Patriot, and in The New York Times, The Washington
Post, Roll Call, NewsMax, The Blaze, National Journal, BuzzFeed,
National Review, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among
David has also spoken to media around the country about his experience
inside the Oklahoma City renaissance, documented in his book Big
League City: Oklahoma City's Rise to the NBA.
David has also been deeply involved in our nation's presidential
election process, having authored laws to move Oklahoma's
presidential primary date and to preserve the integrity of the Electoral
College process. In 2012, the voters of Oklahoma elected David to
the nation's Electoral College. David had previously served
as a member of two Oklahoma delegations to the Republican National
Convention. In 2015, David was named Oklahoman chairman of U.S.
Senator Marco Rubio's presidential campaign.
David was also a member of a 2012 delegation to China and Taiwan
sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the American Council
of Young Political Leaders. In 2015, he hosted an ACYPL delegation
from China in Oklahoma City. He is also a graduate of the State
Legislative Leaders Foundation "Emerging Leaders" program.
Public Service
his graduation from college, during which time he interned for Oklahoma
Congressmen J.C. Watts and Ernest Istook, David's path of
public service led him first to the U.S. Capitol. There, he served
the U.S. House Speaker during a time period that included the 9/11
attacks. David then spent two years in the White House of President
George W. Bush before returning home as Oklahoma's coordinator
to re-elect the President in 2004.
David then served U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe and Lt. Governor Mary
Fallin before becoming Chief of Staff to Oklahoma City Mayor Mick
Cornett in 2006, where he served until his election to the Oklahoma
State Senate in 2010.
David's time at City Hall was marked by major milestones in
the Oklahoma City renaissance, including the arrival of the NBA.
He documented that history in his book Big League City: Oklahoma
City's Rise to the NBA, published in 2012 by Full Circle Press.
That book has become part of the curriculum of at least two Oklahoma
City-area high schools.
Community Leader
A tireless
volunteer, David has been a member of many community organizations.
David has most notably been a champion for the arts, serving on
the boards of Allied Arts, the Oklahoma City Arts Council, the Oklahoma
City Arts Commission, and the Cultural Development Corporation of
Central Oklahoma. He also served as President of Oklahoma Shakespeare
in the Park and engineered its relocation to downtown Oklahoma City.
Among other community activities, David currently serves as President
of the Ralph Ellison Foundation. In 2013, he co-chaired the 25th
anniversary celebration of the Myriad Botanical Gardens. David is
also a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma City Class XXVI and has previously
been named "40 Under 40" by OKC Business News
and an "Achiever Under 40" by The Journal Record.
David's other past and present community
associations not previously mentioned include:
• Oklahoma
City National Memorial and Museum Foundation Board of Trustees
• Putnam City Schools Foundation Board of Directors
• YWCA Leadership Alliance
• Oklahoma Republican Party State Committee
• Oklahoma County Republican Party Executive Committee
• Northwest Oklahoma City Chamber Board of Directors
• Oklahoma State Chamber Congressional Activities Committee
• Oklahoma Municipal League Legislative Committee
• Oklahoma City Downtown Club Board of Directors
• Quail Creek Homeowner's Association Board of Directors
• ACM@UCO Business Development Center Advisory Board
• Oklahoma City Zoo Trust
• Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority Board
of Trustees
• Lake Atoka Reservation Association Managing Board
• McGee Creek Authority
• Oklahoma Olympic Engagement Committee
• Big 12 Basketball and Baseball Championships Host Committees
• Oklahoma Academy for State Goals
• Leadership Oklahoma City Alumni Association


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New Orleans Saints (4-0) at Chicago Bears (3-1)
Kickoff: Noon, Sunday. Soldier Field
Coaches: Saints' Sean Payton (66-34 career), Bears' Marc Trestman (3-1)
TV: Fox 8 WVUE -- Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver
Radio: 870-AM, 105.3-FM and 830-AM (Spanish)
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Saints: 4-2-25 6-5-22
Bears: 13-19-16 21-23-15
It's always a challenge when a running back can be a valuable asset to the passing game.
The Saints have two of those in Darren Sproles and Pierre Thomas. Unfortunately for them, the Bears have a receiving threat of their own.
Forte, a Slidell native, has 320 rushing yards (fifth in the NFL) and 160 receiving yards this season.
"He has good balance, good vision," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "He's a versatile player in that he does a lot of things very well, catches the ball well, good protector when they're throwing it. He's smart, so he's not a one-dimensional player. He's a 3D player. He can block, run and catch.
"He's been very productive for them in, I don't want to say (a) short period of time, but right from the start when he arrived (in 2008). It's something that you can see on film. He does a lot of things extremely well."
The production Graham brings to the field has been well documented.
But when one was the NFC Player of the Month for September and the NFC Offensive Player of the Week in Week 3, that's to be expected.
With receiver Lance Moore ruled out for the game, Graham is more important than ever to the Saints' passing offense. He leads the Saints, and most of the NFL's wideouts, with 458 receiving yards, and has six touchdowns.
Can Graham's production stay at this level? He'll have a big test in the elements against the Bears. But he's not resting on his laurels at this point in the season.
"I mean, it is the first quarter of the season," Graham said of the honors. "I guess it would mean a lot more in Week 16, but I'm definitely blessed after these first four games.
"And Sean has been looking for my matchup quite a bit. I've had a lot of one-on-one matchups. Drew (Brees) has really trusted me these first four games where he thinks if I have one or two guys on me, then he still throws it up."
Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan said the Saints are used to facing tall, physical receivers.
So the 6-foot-4 Marshall is just another player in that long line.
Marshall, with 27 receptions for 248 yards and two touchdowns, is the Bears' leading receiver, ahead of tight end Martellus Bennett, who has 225 yards and three touchdowns. He'll be one of Cutler's main targets against the Saints on Sunday.
That's something the Saints' secondary has been preparing for all week.
"I think they might have the tallest group of receivers with (6-6) Bennett, (6-3 Alshon) Jeffery, and of course Marshall," Ryan said. "These guys are gigantic, so we've got our work cut out for us. Of course Cutler is going to throw the ball as hard as he can, so we've got to be ready for it because I don't think anybody's got a fastball like he does."
Morstead, one of the NFL's best punters, knows he has to be on his game against Hester.
It seems Hester has burned almost every kick specialist in the league at one point or another. And the Saints felt the pain in 2007, when Steve Weatherford's punt was returned for a 64-yard touchdown.
Hester has returned 12 punts and five kickoffs for touchdowns in his career. Hester leads the league with 453 kickoff return yards.
Playing at Soldier Field has never been easy for the Saints in the Payton era (0-3). It's a difficult adjustment for a dome team to play on grass, particularly one that's forecasted to be wet Sunday.
The Saints have been preaching the importance of staying ahead in the turnover ratio. And with Bears cornerback and New Orleans native Charles Tillman, who has produced 46 turnovers during his career, questionable with groin and knee problems, that assignment may have just gotten easier.
Additionally, the Saints are going to have to key on Forte and force Cutler into obvious passing situations to give their fifth-ranked pass defense the advantage.
No doubt the Saints will also be focusing on Hester, who is always a potential threat in the return game.
But their main concern is playing sound football and keeping the production of the offense on an upward trend, without handing the ball over unnecessarily.
2 - Graham's ranking in the NFL with 458 receiving yards
9 - Saints turnovers at Soldier Field from 2006-08
31 - Points the Saints have scored off turnovers this season
17 - Career punts or kickoffs Hester has returned for touchdowns
"I think we've been a pretty good road team. There are a number of games that I can think of where we faced some challenges, whether it was weather or field conditions. Those are all things that good teams have to deal with. I think our players understand that. I think the pregame is important to make sure they have the right shoes on and being ready for anything. The weather can turn there quickly. There is a good chance for rain. Just getting acclimated very quickly and still understanding the turnover battle and all the little details that go into winning." -- Payton
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What most women don't realize is that we do exactly what we should not do when we are dating a guy. We get comfortable too soon, we start seeing ourselves in their lives full time, we start wanting to nest right away. What this does is totally scare the heck out of men! They take much longer to fall in love then women do and they scare easily!
Example, it literally took my fiance' 1 year and 10 days to say "I love you" to me. Most women would have jumped ship long before, but I was patient and knew it was right. I had made one mistake, I got comfortable. So what did I do to shake things up? Simple, I kept in touch with old boyfriends and I even answered the phone when they called. I made myself less available to him and got a little busier. I was not out dating other guys, but we had made no commitments to each other, so I was free to do what I wanted to do in the dating department. When a man your dating feels he may lose you, he will do one of two things, he will step up to the plate and make a commitment or he will leave. It's a risk but well worth it, if he leaves, he wasn't a man you really wanted to be in a relationship with anyway!
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Here's a quick analysis of two more of the day's finishes:
In the end, Duke made it the interesting, close game Wake Forest fans have come to know and love. Despite almost squandering a 17-point lead, Wake Forest won its 12th straight game in the series. The Demon Deacs, who were 3-9 a year ago, are now one win away from bowl eligibility, and equally if not more important, are still in the ACC race. They've got a road trip to North Carolina looming next weekend, but only two more games against Atlantic Division opponents remain: at Clemson and home against Maryland. Will the Deacs pull a stunning upset on the road against Clemson? Considering the 59 points the Tigers put up today on North Carolina's defense -- which was the best defensive front Clemson has seen -- it's unlikely. But the fact that Wake Forest has put itself in a position to make that game a meaningful one is impressive.
Virginia Tech's offense got off to a slow start and the Hokies trailed 7-6 at the half, but a spark from running back David Wilson got the Hokies back on track. Wilson's 42-yard touchdown run on the first possession of the third quarter gave the Hokies the momentum in the second half. Virginia Tech has since won three straight following its loss to Clemson, and the Hokies are in even better shape following Georgia Tech's impending loss to Miami. Still, back-to-back Thursday night games remain against Georgia Tech and North Carolina, but the Hokies helped distance themselves again with today's win.


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Tillandsia, also known as air plants, are a very versatile choice for terrariums because they do not need any soil. Air plants are epiphytic meaning that they grow on trees or other structures and get their moisture and nutrients from air and rain.
There are about 600 different species of tillandsia, ranging from Spanish Moss to the small air plants you will find glued in seashell souvenirs at the beach.
Their epiphytic nature allows for unlimited creativity when you are creating a terrarium. Tillandsia can be glued or wired to almost any surface.
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Tillandsia are very easy to care for, as long as you remember that they DO need water. When you first get your air plant, soak it in water for 20-30 minutes; allow it to dry completely before placing or mounting it in your terrarium. Mist your air plants about once a week, although you may need to adjust this more or less depending on the humidity of your house and terrarium container. If your air plant looks unhappy and too dry, take it out and soak it again for at least 30 minutes.
Tillandsia prefer bright indirect light so try to make sure they are in a well lit area in your home. Just be careful not to place them in direct sunlight, especially in a terrarium, since the glass container will heat up very quickly and cook your plants. They can also grow happily under fluorescent lighting so they can be a great low-maintenance choice for offices.
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35 year old Chelsea Legend has been released from Chelsea, after the club decided not to renew his contract.
Lampard can however still have a future at Chelsea, that is if a new deal can be negotiated.
Frank Lampard is not the only Chelsea player who is a free agent as striker Samuel Eto'o and Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer were also released.


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Remember when your mom would scold you for playing with your food? Well, we at Milton's are incurably addicted to playing with our food – and finding new ways of preparing, serving and enjoying our products. So, we dedicate this blog to some summer fun – and to exploring the surprising uses of Milton's Crackers.
Ever gotten home from running errands and had the munchies for a quick but healthy snack, that doesn't just plain "come out of a bag"? Perhaps you get that surprise phone call from Aunt Bertha that she's coming over – and will be there in 10 minutes. What to prepare? We at Milton's like to turn these moments of crisis into moments of cracker genius.
"Milton's Magic Pizzas": You've probably noticed our Gourmet Crackers are a little bit larger in diameter than the average cracker – which makes them great for mini pizza's. Here's a quick recipe that we can whip up in no time: Take a quantity of Milton's Gourmet Crackers (whatever flavor you prefer: Original Multi-Grain, Garlic & Herb, Everything, Whole Wheat) and lay them out on a cookie sheet. Use a butter knife to put a thin layer of pasta (or marinara) sauce on each. Put on your toppings – but don't over do it! We like mini pepperoni or diced ham! And then cover each with a small amount of shredded mozzarella cheese. Pop these in the oven for two minutes until the cheese is melted, maybe a bit bubbly – but take care that these don't burn! Serve on a platter and enjoy.
"CheeseQuake": No, this isn't all that earth shattering, but we like to use our crackers to kick up our cheese cake recipes. Rather than using your traditional graham crumbs to make the graham cracker crust, try using our Multi-Grain or whole wheat crackers for the base of your crust. You'll love the nuttier, more robust flavor that this gives your desserts – and how it complements the cheesecake. Just take Milton's crackers and put them in a food processor to get cracker crumbs, then use this as you would in any recipe. (Works really well with both baked and no-bake cheesecake recipes!) Besides, when your guests have that first bite of the dessert – you'll have a great secret of what made your recipe just that little bit extra special.
"S'mores & Tarts": Many fun food moments come when you can use a food in a new and different way. Here is our take on summertime S'mores: Take our Bite Size (Snacking Size) Multi-Grain or Whole Wheat Crackers, mini marshmallows, and your favorite "fun size" chocolate squares to make a mini-S'more with that Milton's crunch! What sets these off is the combination of the sweet of the chocolate, the rich cocoa notes, the salty crackers and the pillowy softness of the marshmallow (excuse us, while we get a napkin!) These are just the right size – for adults and kids alike!
So next time you think that crackers are best kept for soups or fancy entertaining – take a moment to zig when you want to zag! We love to be creative – and love to hear back from you about your creative cracker talents. Submit your ideas in the comments section below – we'll take the best ideas and post them to our website. Thanks, and talk to you next time!


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To follow-up on a story we ran last week about Alberto Del Rio talking retirement, I'm told by a source close to Del Rio that he'd actually like to have another run in Mexico after his career in WWE before he retires. Apparently all the talk of "retiring when his contract is up" is being done as a way to make the WWE office believe he's finished when his contract is up as opposed to returning to Mexico to prevent him from being buried on his way out the door.
Del Rio has saved his money well and is hoping to leave WWE on top when his contract is up, return to Mexico as a hero and work another year or two before calling it a career. My source doesn't feel this story is going to go away and the "cat and house" game between WWE and Del Rio is going to be an interesting thing to follow as time progresses.
The company is currently "desperate" for Latin stars and can't afford to completely bury Del Rio but do not have faith he's going to be around for the long haul either.


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Find out what the MORE beauty team is stocking up on this season
Come spring, I cannot get enough fresh flowers. (Especially after the long, dreary winter we've endured.) So I plan on all but bathing in Chantecaille Pétales Perfume ($175; chantecaille.com), an unapologetically girly blend of jasmine and tuberose.
-Genevieve Monsma, Beauty Director
If you're looking for more longevity from your nail lacquer, Dior Vernis Gel Shine & Long Wear Nail Lacquer ($25; dior.com) may be the ticket. Thanks to a new, sticky polymer, Dior's newest polish fuses to the nail for 15 percent longer than traditional formulas. What I'll be wearing: Dior Vernis in Psychedelic Orange.
-Genevieve Monsma, Beauty Director
Everything the beloved Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Glow Pads do for your face, this lightweight lotion accomplishes south of the neck. A cocktail of acids (glycolic, lactic, and hyaluronic) in the Alpha Beta Glow for Body ($38; available on dgskincare.com starting March 26) gently exfoliate and speed up cell turnover, as well as plump and hydrate the skin. Willow bark refines and clears pores, caffeine provides a temporary firming effect, and a drop of self-tanner imparts subtle, streak-free color.
-Alana Peden, Assistant Beauty Editor
For the better part of the winter, I frantically slathered on a heavy moisturizer twice a day—to little avail. My face still felt chronically tight and dry. Until aesthetician Ling Chan, a favorite of models and A-List celebs, directed me to incorporate her LING Dual Moisture Emulsion ($60; lingskincare.com), a watery "toner," into my regimen. She said I was feeding my face plenty—but giving it nothing to drink. So I splashed the Emulsion on my face twice a day, after-shave-style, and within a week that tight feeling and rough texture were gone. A miracle. Now, while this product may not be a spring-specific find, it is one every woman over 35 needs, whatever the season.
My heritage is German-Irish, but I married a Dutchman, so I have a soft spot for the newest import from the Netherlands: Rituals Skin and Bodycare. My favorite collection is Sakura, which smells faintly sweet and floral, not unlike cherry blossoms (hence the name!). My husband and I fight over the whipped body cream, Magic Touch ($25; at rituals.com starting at the end of March 2014); it goes on like frosting and imparts a barely-there, fresh scent.
For those with combination skin (hear, hear), this light, velvety serum-in-a-gel delivers potent actives without clogging pores. Skinceuticals Phloretin CF Gel ($155; skinceuticals.com) guards skin against environmental damage and brightens hyperpigmentation. Best of all: The antioxidant-packed formula provides all the hydration I need—moisturizer need not apply.
-Deanna Pai, Associate Beauty Editor
I try to employ natural but effective products whenever possible. Burt's Bees Brightening Refining Tonic ($9; burtsbees.com) harnesses the brightening power of daisies to lighten dark spots and refine pores but doesn't leave skin tight or dry.
-Alana Peden, Assistant Beauty Editor
I can't decide what I adore most about Neutrogena Color Smooth Moisture Stick in Juicy Peach ($8; neutrogena.com): the crayon's easy application; the sheer, balm-like color; or the fact that it smells like a luscious, ripe peach.
The hero of an under-the-radar British brand, Eyeko Brow Gel ($24; nordstrom.com) is the best thing to cross the pond since Morrissey—I can't live without it. The pale-brown tint suits all hair shades, and the short, stiff brush ensures mess-free application. Plus, while the gel sets brows in place, it never flakes or feels crunchy.
On days when I skip the blowout and opt instead to sport my natural waves, Kate Hudson or Cameron Diaz (and their beachy, casual California strands) act as my mane muses. My secret weapon? Oribe Surfcomber Tousled Texture Mousse ($37; oribe.com). I just wash, scrunch in a golf-ball-size squirt of the foam and air-dry.
Even better than the light texture of Nuxe 24Hr Moisturizing Body Lotion ($26; dermstore.com) is the intoxicating trace of almond it leaves behind. I'd wear it in my hair if I could. Plus, the super-hydrating formula absorbs within seconds for smooth, satiny skin all winter long.
My coworkers snicker when I turn on this battery-powered lip scrubber, but the joke is on them. Akin to a Clarisonic for your pout, the Bliss Pout-o-matic Lip Perfecting System ($48; drugstore.com) vibrates to instantly exfoliate and infuse winter-worn lips with mango-scented balm. And, as if the end result (a plumped up, baby-smooth mouth) isn't enough, the process feels also likes a massage—or a million tiny kisses.
Don't be misled by the gel formulation of Library of Flowers Shower Gel ($22; libraryofflowers.com); packed with shea butter, bee balm and jojoba oil, it's just as nourishing and moisturizing as its creamier counterparts. The bright floral scent turns a steamy shower into an aromatherapy spa.
This cheerful hue is similar to Radiant Orchid (that's the shade Pantone anointed "color of the year"), but YSL La Laque in Rose Scabiosa ($27; nordstrom.com) boasts a tad more pink, making it flattering for almost any skin tone.
For those with sensitive eyes—or bothersome contact lenses—Neal's Yard Remedies Lengthening Mascara ($25; us.nyrorganic.com) is a sight for sore . . . you know. The formula is 78 percent organic (the most of any mascara on the market), contains no preservatives and smells like vanilla (actually the result of a soothing blend of white tea and argan oil). You can pile it on for long, lush lashes without risking irritation.
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If you think you don't have the time for an effective and fast workout every day, think again. Whether you work all day or are busy student, you have at least 15 minutes a day for a workout.
The Science Behind a Vigorous, Short Workout
According to researchers of Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, 12 to 15 minutes of high intensity interval workouts, such as running, jumping and swimming, spread over three sessions will have the same effect as moderate exercise that lasts from 45 minutes to an hour.
Lead author of the study who published in Public Library of Science ONE, Dr. Arnt Erik Tjønna, states that, "Since we know that more and more people are inactive and overweight, the kind of improvement in physical fitness that we saw in this study may provide a real boost for inactive people who are struggling to find the motivation to exercise.'' He also says that regular exercise at high intensity increases maximum oxygen intake.
Warm Up To Cool Down
Whether you are exercising for an hour or fifteen minutes, you should always start with a warm up and end with a cool down. Mary D. Nadelen, an Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator (ATC) and has an M.S. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said, "Every workout must begin with a warm-up and end with a cool-down. A warm-up is necessary to prepare the body for exercise by increasing heart rate and blood flow to working muscles." She also states that both activities help prevent injury.
"Creating a smooth transition from the warm-up to a specific activity is a great way to prevent injuries. For example, a soccer player could pass, dribble and shoot a ball; a weightlifter could lift light weights before moving onto greater resistance." Start out with a three to five minute warm-up by running in place or doing jumping jacks. Do the same for a cool down at the end of your fifteen minute workout.
Lunge With Shoulder Press
A great example of an all inclusive workout routine would be including all major muscles such hamstrings, quadriceps, abs and obliques and back. Lunges that include an upper body exercise strengthen these muscle groups at the same.
Simply grab a pair of 5- to 10-pound dumbbells in each hand, stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and bend you elbows to make the dumbbells almost touch your shoulders, palms facing forward. Lunge forward with either leg and bend your knees at 90 degrees. Repeat this exercise by alternating legs in one-minute intervals for five minutes at a moderate or heavy pace.
Your lower back and abs and obliques make up your core. It is important that you focus on including strengthening exercises because these are areas that help you function during everyday activities such as lifting and walking. For example, medicine ball "V" sit ups strengthen your arms and abs while back extensions help strengthen the muscles in your mid and lower back in one clean motion.
Lie on your back, legs straight and hands clasping the medicine resting on your lap. While holding the ball, simultaneously lift your arms and legs straight up, touching the medicine to your toes. With slow and concentrated breaths, lift your shoulder blades off the floor in quick pulses.
Repeat this motion in 20 repetitions for three sets. Back extensions can be performed in the comfort of your home, right on the floor! Lie flat on your stomach with your arms and legs straight. At the same time, arch your back and lift both legs together. Arms are raised but to your side. Crunch your shoulder blades together and hold the arch for a count of two. Release back to starting position and repeat.


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It all started with my sweet-tooth-chocolate-loving girl! when talking about her upcoming birthday party, all she knew was that she wanted a chocolate fountain there. Perfect! We'll have a Willy Wonka themed party complete with a chocolate fountain. I wanted décor that would really make a statement when the birthday guests arrived and found just the right things at Shindigz . we also hung cellophane-wrapped 'candies' from the ceiling and wrapped the tables with astro-turf to complete the look.
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They slept each night in chairs dragged from their own rooms. They refused to eat in the restaurant with the hotel's other guests. Simple requests, such as water and coffee they ordered from room service, were apparently denied by hotel management.
On Feb. 22, two days after the bodies of his parents were found with their throats slashed, Anthony Ianiero stood at the doorway of his parents' room watching the chamber maid clean the blood-soaked floor.
Inside, Mexican authorities gathered the personal belongings of his parents, each catalogued by a clerk in what was supposed to be evidence for the murder investigation.
For 10 months, the shy 35- year-old has been the reluctant face of a grief-stricken family shoved into the public glare by the murder of his parents.
Once surrounded by his three sisters and extended family, he has timidly, but repeatedly, appealed for help to find the killer.
"I tried to do everything on my own, but nobody was listening to my little voice. Not the Mexicans, no one in our government, and none of the police officials. Nobody was hearing me," he said in an exclusive interview. For four hours, he spoke publicly about the event s that led to his family 's ill fated vacation, the aftermath of the murders and the strain on the Ianiero siblings.
Inevitably, fissures have cracked the family's unified veneer. Now, Anthony Ianiero often stands alone when he lashes out at an investigation that has been bungled and seems forever stalled.
"They're ready to get on with their lives," he says quietly when asked if his sisters have abandoned the cause. "I'm not. I can't even attempt to get on with my life until I figure out what happened."
When Lily Ianiero and Marco Facecchia chose the all-inclusive Barcelo Maya Beach resort for their wedding venue instead of a similar hotel in Jamaica, it was because they thought Mexico was safer.
The wedding arrangement s and travel plans were cobbled together in two weeks once the couple decided tom marry. A group of 19 family members, including Lily's four-year-old daughter, her twin sister, Marco's parents, his pregnant sister, and his elderly grandfather, agreed to book for a trip for two weeks at a cost of about $5,000 a person.
Domenic and Nancy Ianiero tried to find a cheaper fare on their own, but in the end, the Ianieros all boarded the same charter flight from Toronto's Pearson International Airport to Cancun with the others.
They arrived at the Barcelo tired but happy at about 10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, where they checked into Room 4134. After settling into their rooms, the entire group had a buffet dinner at the hotel.
On the family's frustration with Ottawa, A18, and at nationalpost.com
After dinner, Nancy and Domenic, whom their son describes as a happy and fun-loving couple, tried to convince the others to attend a theatre show at the hotel bar, Captain Morgan.
Apparently, the others were too exhausted from the six-hour trip and retired to their rooms for the night.
Just after midnight, Domenic and Nancy headed back to their room, but apparently lost their way.
"My parents had never been to a resort like that, everything looked the same to them," Anthony said.
Having walked around for about an hour, the couple realized they were lost and couldn't find their complex among the two-storey buildings.
To make matters worse, Anthony says his father would have been in considerable pain.
Days before departing from Canada, the real estate agent had developed a growth on his foot, which Anthony thought was a small cyst.
After the flight, the swelling in his foot had worsened so that he could only wear slippers provided by the hotel.
"They were walking back on their own, everyone had already gone back to their rooms. They saw the security guard on a golf cart and my father waved him down," Anthony said.
Domenic asked the man, who was dressed in a uniform, to escort the couple back to Room 4134 in his golf cart.
Anthony figures his father trusted the hotel employee, later identified as Blas Delgado Fajardo, and "offered maybe too much information" by revealing his sore foot.
According to Anthony, Mr. Delgado-- who is a former bodyguard for a former Quintana Roo governor --claimed he had medical training and could help massage away the pain. The Ianieros invited the stranger into their room at about 12:30 a.m., where he spent about 30 minutes administering to Domenic's foot, and then, improbably, returned again to check on them at 2:30 a.m.
"My parents were infrequent travelers. They didn't find it unusual that this individual returned at 2:30 in the morning, knocked on their door, which my mother answered, and told her not to forget to rub cream on her husband's foot," said Anthony, still incredulous when he recounts what happened.
At breakfast the next morning, Domenic and Nancy told their daughters about their encounter with the security guard, enthusing about how thankful they were for his assistance.
"They weren't suspicious of him coming back to the room at that time," said Anthony, choking back emotion. "Not even my sisters found it unusual because they aren't avid travellers either. I would definitely have found it strange."
Later that morning, Nancy Ianiero went to the swimming pool with the others, while Domenic set out to find the security guard, who had not been wearing a name tag on his uniform. His goal was to arrange for another foot massage and express his gratitude. But no one
at the hotel claimed to recognize the man he described.
That same morning, at 11:47 a.m., Domenic was issued a new card for his hotel room because he couldn't find the one he'd been given when he checked in.
By mid-afternoon, he finally gave up his search and joined the others on the beach, where they spent the rest of the day.
Hotel records show that the door of the Ianiero room was opened at 7:29 p.m. on Feb. 19, while Domenic and Nancy were apparently out at dinner in the hotel restaurant.
As well, the safe in the couple's room was opened 12 times that day, the last time registered was at 8:55 p.m. -- again while they were apparently not in the room.
After dinner, Lily and Marco went back to their second-floor bridal suite. Lily's in-laws, Dora and Robert Facecchia, joined Domenic and Nancy at Captain Morgans, but left soon after they arrived because the music was too loud.
At 11:12 p.m., hotel records show the Ianieros returned to their room.
The next morning at 7:30, Dora and Robert knocked on the Ianieros' door, which was located one room down the hall from their own. The women had agreed to go to the gym before breakfast.
When no one answered, Dora thought they had overslept, so she returned at 8:00 a.m. Again, there was no answer at the door, so they tried reaching them by telephone. Still, they got no answer.
That's when they became concerned.
A cleaning lady in the hallway was enlisted to unlock the door to determine whether the Ianieros were actually in the room. When she refused, her supervisor obliged at 8:20 a.m.
Robert opened the door and without entering the room, he immediately saw Nancy Ianiero lying on the ground, face down in a pool of congealed blood.
Domenic was slumped on his side in the bathroom.
"The room was full of blood. I don't think there was anything left in them. Even I saw that when I got there," is how Anthony described the murder scene.
Dora, who had peered over her husband's shoulder, began frantically screaming for help. Someone ran up the flight of stairs to the bridal suite to brace Lily for the shock.
Within moments, the entire wedding party gathered in the hallway outside the Ianieros room, crying hysterically.
About five hotel security guards were sent to the area, but according to what Anthony had been told by family members, they did little to seal off the area.
Before police arrived, a doctor had already walked into Room 4134 to examine the bodies and Barcelo management instructed cleaning staff to mop up blood in the hallway and outside the closed door, Anthony says.
As word of the gruesome discovery spread throughout hotel, other guests walked unrestricted past the tragic scene.
"[Hotel] security was trying to reassure my family that what they were doing was standard," said Anthony.
Local and federal police arrived at the scene almost three hours after the bodies were discovered: "No one explained why it took so long. We depended on the hotel to call police. We don't know if they called them after they finished cleaning the halls or if they were holding them up at the front gates. We don't know, but it took quite a long time for them to get there."
Daniel Lavoie, the Canadian consul in Cancun was notified, and a junior staff member was dispatched to the Barcelo resort.
"Their only concern was to get my parents' passports cancelled and get my parents sent back home," said Anthony. "Once that was arranged, their job was done."
In the meantime, the coroner in Quintana Roo advised the family to make arrangements to transport the bodies back to Canada. Apparently, he refused to conduct autopsies or remove the bodies from Room 4134 until the Ianiero family paid US$7,000, which also included the costs for embalming and the caskets to carry the bodies home.
Marco phoned Anthony urging him to remain in Canada to make the arrangements and not to fly down to Mexico as scheduled the next day, on Feb. 21.
Anthony refused. "I said, 'I'm sorry, I couldn't just sit at home and wait.' I didn't trust anything that was going on there."
When he arrived at the resort on Feb. 21, he found Mexican police questioning his twin sisters Lily and Nancy in the front lobby.
That was then he first learned of the mystery security guard who had been in his parents' room the night before they were killed.
"This all started to sound suspicious to me," he said.
While his sisters urged police to search for the unnamed security employee, he asked to speak with the chief investigator on the case.
When his request was denied, Anthony pleaded with Canadian consular staff to intervene. He was eventually granted a few minutes and was told someone "very strong" had "cut" his parents' throats.
"I asked him if they had suffered, he said no." Later that evening, Anthony
stood stunned outside the patio window looking into his parents' room, where their bodies had finally been removed only 90 minutes earlier.
"Everything looked like it was in disarray. Somebody had just murdered my parents, I wanted to know everything because I knew once we left Mexico, I wouldn't be able to gather any more information," he said.
Meanwhile, Anthony's desperate pleas for help to Canadian officials went unanswered. Calls to Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, were not returned. Ditto for his messages to Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
In fact, the RCMP liason officer in Mexico City had been notified of the murders immediately, but did not arrive at the crime scene until a week later. The reason: The Mounties said they didn't have jurisdiction in Mexico.
"They could have caught the security guard quickly," Anthony says during the interview. "But [the discovery] that a hotel employee at a high-end resort is responsible for murdering two tourists would devastate the tourism industry. It was easier to blame the Canadians, it was easier to say my parents were bad people."
Canadian police would urge their Mexican counterparts to focus on the security guard, whom they had learned did not had return to work at the hotel since the bodies were discovered, even though he had been seen by a Barcelo employee loitering near the hotel bar the night of the murders.
When the family hired Edward Greenspan, the high-profile Canadian criminal lawyer, to help conduct their fight, one of his first moves was to send a private investigator to Cancun to meet with Mexican officials, including Attorney General Rodriguez, to find out about the criminal investigation.
As a result, the Mexicans finally sought Mr. Delgado for questioning in July. The security guard has allegedly never been found, and only a smudged image of his likeness is contained in the police report.
Although Mexican police interviewed Mr. Delgado's roommate, they did not inquire about the security guard's whereabouts and why he had not returned to his job at the hotel since the murders.
For Anthony Ianiero, the Mexican file is simply "farcical," a farce that has been compounded by Ottawa's refusal to send police to Mexico to probe the murders. The family is convinced robbery was the motive for their parents' murder, despite the Mexican investigation's insistence that nothing was stolen: "There is no other reason this could have happened," said Anthony. "My parents were obviously too friendly and they allowed a stranger into their room. There is no other reason why someone would do something like this."
The family is pursuing legal action against the Barcelo Resort in an attempt to get accountability. "I want to make sure that people responsible are taken to task. I am going all the way to court to prove our point that Canadians should stop going to Mexico until that country conducts a proper investigation and finds out what really happened to my parents."
As for his strained family, he has no idea how they can ever recover: "I think we need counseling. I definitely think we need something to help us out," he says at the end of the interview, wiping away tears that finally broke through his armour. "Nothing can prepare you for this."