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Both of my adopted parents are deaf, and since I was the oldest child living at home, I served as their interpreter. It started when my father felt he didn't get a job because of his deafness, and filed a civil case that he believed he lost because he had an incompetent interpreter. After that, my dad always wanted me to serve in that role because he knew he could trust me.
Seeing the challenges he and my mother faced motivated me to pursue this as a career, and I earned certifications in interpretation and transliteration that are each equivalent to four years of college.
I worked for the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for seven years, and they sent me to hospitals all around the Boston area, including Dana-Farber, as an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter. When I started working for Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time four years ago, it seemed natural to help out at Dana-Farber more often. Now I'm on call here.
I meet hard-of-hearing or deaf patients when they come in, help them register, and then stay with them as they get their vital signs checked, meet with their caregivers, and, if necessary, wait with them while they get chemotherapy, radiation, or other treatments. Sometimes I can be with one patient from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m.; I'm needed every step of the way.
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Being able to be there for patients, advocate on their behalf, and make sure their voices are heard. It's great to break down barriers and help people be on an equal playing field. They feel a sense of trust with me, because I literally speak their language.
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Hyperion's Pohl to Raise $208 Million Private Equity Fund
Hyperion Asset Management is spreading its wings and expanding into private equity.
Founder and managing director Emmanuel Pohl is handing the reins of Hyperion Asset Management — which manages more than 3.2 billion Australian dollars (US$3.3 billion) in Australian equities — to institutional business director Tim Samway in order to establish a private equity fund.
The team of Pohl, and two yet-to-be named managing partners, will hit the road in May to raise 200 million Australian dollars (US$208 million).
The fund will take minority positions in businesses with earnings before interest and tax, or EBIT, of around A$5 million which are second or third in terms of market share and are seeking capital for growth, widening distribution or system improvements.
"We're comfortable taking minority positions, we've done that very successfully in the listed space," Mr. Pohl told Deal Journal Australia.
In the listed space, the Hyperion Small Growth Companies Fund, which won Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year Domestic Equities – Small Caps in February, recorded 24.9% per annum since inception in September 2002, outperforming the ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index, which recorded 9.37% per annum over the same period.
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The Motion/Captured Interview: Rob Lowe wants to be a superhero
See that photo?
That's the day I was on-set for the new film, "The Invention Of Lying," in May of 2008, just outside Boston. The scene they were shooting involved Jennifer Garner's character stopping by to give Ricky Gervais his birthday present. At this point in the film, Ricky's lying has propelled him to fame and fortune, as he literally reinvents the world around him to his own specifications. The one thing he can't do is force Jennifer Garner to love him, and so he suffers as her friend, listening to her talk about her impending date with Rob Lowe. She tries to give him his gift, but before he opens it, he tells her that the Man In The Sky (his version of God, dispensing wisdom through more and more elaborate lies) does not want her having sex with anyone, no matter what.
Well played, considering her gift to him is a "Free Sex Coupon."
Watching these three play the scene over and over, I was impressed by how supple the material was, how many different ways they could run the same basic lines and find totally different dynamics in them. And it's not just Ricky... both Rob Lowe and Jennifer Garner held their own in every moment. Finally, when Rob was done with this part of the scene, he was sent back to his trailer, and I was asked if I would like to join him there.
Oh, if I'd only known when I was a fourteen-year-old girl that I would spend an hour in Rob Lowe's trailer twenty-five years later...
[more after the jump]
Wait. That came out wrong. It's just that Rob Lowe has that effect on people. Back in the early '90s, I was living with a number of friends, and one of them was a drummer who ended up hanging out with Rob Lowe and a number of other people one night. He came home and was telling us about his evening, and one of the other roommates asked what Rob Lowe was like.
"Oh, I'd fuck him," the drummer said casually. "I'm completely straight, but Rob Lowe is so pretty up close that it's almost like a magic trick. The whole time you're looking at him, you're thinking, 'There is no way that guy actually looks like that. It's a mask. It's a trick. He's a special effect.' And the worst part is, he's actually fairly smart and cool when you talk to him, which makes it impossible to hate him."
Having now spent the better part of an hour chatting with him, I concur.
It's ridiculous how well age has treated him. He just gets more interesting every year, but he still has those Golden-Age-Of-Hollywood movie star good looks, that megawatt smile. And he's got that trick of making whoever he talks to feel like they're the center of the world for that moment. It's something I've noticed that many successful people do, almost subconsciously. Part of the trick of their charisma is the way they parcel out their focus to people. Very effective. Very powerful.
We spoke twice, with a brief interruption between the two halves of the conversation, but we started talking initially as I stepped into his trailer and he noticed the baseball cap I was wearing, the crew hat for "Iron Man." Keep in mind, this was about a week and a half after "Iron Man" opened, and it was the big movie on everyone's mind at the moment:
Rob Lowe: "Stark Industries." That's a cool hat.
Drew McWeeny: Oh, yeah? Thanks.
Rob Lowe: Seriously. That's fucking cool.
Drew McWeeny: I hope these producers aren't still mad at me. I broke the Sam Jackson secret the day he was shooting because I didn't realize it was quite as secret as it was going to be.
Rob Lowe: It's literally... I mean, they aren't kidding. I know people who actually have no idea because they didn't stay for the credits. Let me ask you something... was Hilary Swank in that movie or not?
Drew McWeeny: I think she was on-set visiting. I don't think she was in the movie, because that was the thing... she got photographed in Vegas, and everybody was like, "So, she's in it, too." I think she was just visiting somebody.
Rob Lowe: Um-hum. Interesting.
Drew McWeeny: The film that came out pretty much was t he script. There was really nothing left on the floor. It's not like they had four subplots that they had to lose or something.
Rob Lowe: Right. Right. Interesting. Interesting.
Drew McWeeny: I think they've got the coolest business model right now, how they're building towards the eventual group film. It's really shrewd.
Rob Lowe: So S.H.I.E.L.D. will be... who?
Drew McWeeny: Well, you're going to see Robert Downey, Jr. in "The Hulk" in a few weeks...
Rob Lowe: Right.
Drew McWeeny: And then in "Iron Man II," you'll get more puzzle pieces building towards "The Avengers".
Rob Lowe: Right.
Drew McWeeny: And then they're going to do "Captain America" and "The Avengers" in one year. So you'll get to "The Avengers" by... and keep in mind, "Thor" will happen before then... so you'll get like all of that together in one giant movie at the end.
Rob Lowe: That's genius.
Drew McWeeny: It's only because they own everything again. Like that's the only way that works.
Rob Lowe: What do you hear about... I'm on this show, "Brothers and Sisters," and our head guy is writing either the "Green Lantern" or...
Drew McWeeny: Right. He mentioned it in an interview.
Rob Lowe: Oh he did? Okay, good.
Drew McWeeny: He dropped it right at the end. They were talking and he said, "And there's this other movie I'm working on about some character you wouldn't know called 'The Green Lantern'," and then he said, "Gotta go" and got up and left. So the interviewer is like, "What, what, what?"
Rob Lowe: That... I want to check that out.
Drew McWeeny: Yeah. I remember when Jack Black was going to do it and they had the Robert Smigel script. And we wrote about that, and the response was so hostile from fandom that Warner Brothers was like, "No. We're not doing that. We were never going to do that," because fans don't want a comedy. They want a real "Green Lantern" film. And I think when they heard Jack Black, fans immediately went, "Oh, God no. They're going to do a spoof".
Rob Lowe: And is it Warner's?
Drew McWeeny: Yeah. I believe, because unless they've licensed it out...
Rob Lowe: It couldn't be Universal, no.
Drew McWeeny: No, I don't think so.
Rob Lowe: They'd never give that up.
Drew McWeeny: No. Because they're pretty smart about keeping it in-house. There are very few of their characters they've let go. The problem is then they don't develop them very quickly so they have a huge stable of stuff they still haven't done.
Rob Lowe: Yeah, right. It's insane.
Drew McWeeny: Marvel has been much more aggressive. But it sounds like DC is starting to realize, "Oh, shit, we have to wake up".
Rob Lowe: Yeah, I know. They're sitting on a fucking goldmine.
Drew McWeeny: "We're getting our asses kicked here, and all we're doing is 'Batman' movies, so..."
Rob Lowe: That's unbelievable.
Drew McWeeny: So, anyway, when did you get approached about this?
Rob Lowe: I got approached really early on. Ricky and I have the same agent, and he was saying Ricky's just sort of found this new movie that he's likely going to do. He brought it to my attention that way. And Matt and Ricky had just sort of hooked up and it all really coming together. Ricky and I got on the phone with each other just to say hello in London late one night and we made each other laugh a lot just even on the phone. Then we met each other at a party that my agent had for Ricky so he could meet people in show business. And that was it. I mean, they always just really saw me for the part, and I really wanted to work with Ricky and Matt a lot.
Drew McWeeny: Ricky's such a talent magnet now. Then on top of that, to have a script this smart in a world that you really get to invent as an actor because nobody's ever played this before.
Rob Lowe: Nobody's ever played it, and you know, that's the thing... what I like about it, when Matt and I had a really, really, really long meeting before I committed to it, was in "Wayne's World," and "Tommy Boy"... not so much in "Austin Powers"... but in those two movies, I sort of did the sort of prick nemesis part.
Drew McWeeny: Right.
Rob Lowe: And what was fun about this was, it's the prick nemesis part, but because it's a world where everybody tells the truth, you get to see the neurosis and the insecurity underneath it. That's what I really... that's why I really wanted to do it.
Drew McWeeny: Well, you've had a really lovely second act to your career where people realize, "Oh shit, Rob's funny."
Rob Lowe: Right, right.
Drew McWeeny: Because I'm of the age where I grew up with the Brat Pack films in that earlier era, and then it was right around "Wayne's World" where you reinvented yourself. A lot of actors don't get that shot to sort of re-establish who they are and re-define themselves.
Rob Lowe: Right.
Drew McWeeny: And directors, I think, really got it and pretty quickly, because we saw a number of roles afterwards where people used you right. Was that a conscious thing where you said, "I really want to do comedy," or was it more like you did one and realized, "God, this is what I love doing now"?
Rob Lowe: I think it was true the first time I hosted SNL. I really connected with Mike Myers in the writing room. Mike was a writer as well. So I can remember writing long nights... not writing, but sitting with Mike and him saying, I remember vividly, "Do you want to be in a 'Wayne's World' or do you want to be in a 'Sprockets'?" I said, "I want to be in 'Sprockets,'" so we did a big "Sprockets" thing. It was like the "American Bandstand" version of "Sprockets" together. And it went really well and I really connected with Lorne Michaels. And so when Lorne and Mike did "Wayne's World," they wanted me to be in it. And that's really what started it. I mean, it was just that I loved it. I grew up on "Saturday Night Live." I worshipped it, just worshipped SNL as a kid.
Drew McWeeny: I'm the same way. Eventually I want to do a book about every film that has had a cast member or a writer from SNL involved. There's like 700 movies. More than that now, I'm sure. That's just how it was when I started researching. There's never been a TV show that has had as large a cultural impact on film as SNL has.
Rob Lowe: That's a good point.
Drew McWeeny: And it's ongoing. We still see new talent pop out of that show constantly.
Rob Lowe: It's true. And working with Tina is interesting because the first time Tina hosted "Update," it was a big deal because they were replacing, I guess it was, Norm. I hosted that show. It was the season opener, and so it was the first time that Fallon and Tina had done the show. And I can remember being backstage with them and them being nervous, and I said, "You're going to be great. You're going to be great." But I had no idea how great she would end up being. And then to end up working with her in this was really cool.
Drew McWeeny: It's pretty remarkable. Louis C. K., who I have been a huge fan of as a standup for years...
Rob Lowe: Yeah, hilarious.
Drew McWeeny: ... has a... it's a really different Louis that I think people have seen before.
Rob Lowe: He's so funny. We went to the Celtics game together, Jonah, Louis and me, and they were so funny, but Louis with his sort of running commentary of life is the best. Just the best. I mean, you just want to have one of those tape recorders like you have and just run it all day. Just say to him, "Talk, man."
Drew McWeeny: Well, he's easy to talk to. I was thinking maybe I'd do like 5 or 10 minutes with Louis, and I looked up and it's been 48 minutes. And you get the sense right away that here's a guy that has a lot of say. But in general with this cast, you're not playing it as an overt comedy.
Rob Lowe: No.
Drew McWeeny: At what point did you feel like you got a handle on the tone?
Rob Lowe: Well, you're exactly right. That's the whole magilla of the movie is the tone. I got a sense of it from reading it, of what it was likely to be, but you never know. In the hands of other people, it could be completely different in spite of how it's written.
Drew McWeeny: That was a question mark today, coming in here. I had no idea what to expect from how it was played.
Rob Lowe: I know.
Drew McWeeny: Big question there.
Rob Lowe: There's a caveman sequence at the beginning, for fuck's sake.
Drew McWeeny: And Louis was scared of you. He was telling me today, he said, "Rob scared the shit out of me. He came in with those crazy eyes and the black teeth, and he was like... I didn't think I was acting anymore."
Rob Lowe: I was just scary. I was very into it. I have to say I was very into it. I regressed to being like an 8-year old kid in the backyard. And I didn't care who knew it. I was so into playing caveman, I can't tell you. But then you look at Ricky's work, you look at "The Office" and you look at "Extras," and you know that he does that really detailed truthful work. I mean it all comes out of truth. His whole career is predicated on him putting himself in unbelievably painful truthful situations. So I had a sense of that, but I didn't know until the first day when I got here and I had prepared what I thought I was going to do, and luckily I had diagnosed it. And it was just deadly straight, absolutely real.
Drew McWeeny: It really forces you to think about everything you do or say, since metaphor gets stripped away, simile gets stripped away, slang gets stripped away. It really forces you to think about how much deception we layer onto things.
Rob Lowe: Well, did you see the scene today, the ad-lib I threw in where Ricky's got the sex certificate from Jen? And my line as scripted is, "What's that?", and I really, I've been bringing sort of a Great Santini element to this character. That's sort of been my thing. This guy, to me, I'm trying to play him as a cross between The Great Santini and the owner from "The Natural."
Drew McWeeny: Okay. [laughs]
Rob Lowe: "I think you're a loser", but looking like Cary Grant the whole time. I once heard incidentally that Anthony Hopkins described Hannibal Lecter as a cross between Hal the computer from "2001", Katherine Hepburn, and Olivier in "The Entertainer." So just think about that one for a moment. Ever since I heard that story, when I do crazy things like this, I think okay, it's the owner from "The Natural", it's "The Great Santini." Santini was always on his fucking kid's ass for everything. That's what I am with Ricky, and I wanted to go... instead of saying, "What's that?", I said, "What the hell is that?", like really accusatory, like I found him with pot or something. And Ricky fucking started cracking up. He said "That's genius, that's hilarious," and we were all laughing, and Matt came in and said, "You can't say hell." I'm, like, "fuck".
Drew McWeeny: Yeah.
Rob Lowe: Because it's true. There are so many things you cannot do.
Drew McWeeny: Well, I would think that after playing it for awhile, do you ever now catch yourself as you're talking or as you're thinking or processing things, thinking about what you layer onto stuff?
Rob Lowe: I was doing an ad-lib where I was trying to impress a secretary. And so I was coming up with this sort of story about what my character would have...
That's the exact moment an A.D. showed up and took Rob away for a few minutes to adjust some wardrobe for the next scene. During the break, I was taken to interview Ricky quickly, and then brought back to When he came back, he asked me to step outside so he could smoke a quick cigarette, and we continued the conversation.
Drew McWeeny: That's the first time I've really had Ricky's undivided attention today. Good conversation. He takes his craft very seriously. I've been checking out the blog while it's been in production...
Rob Lowe: It's very fun.
Drew McWeeny: And all you see is the Nerf guns and the stuff like that, and then you meet him and you talk to him. I haven't seen a Nerf gun today, not once. So it's.... but you wait for that cackle and that's when you know you're on a Gervais set.
Rob Lowe: Yeah, yeah. That's really true. I mean, that cackle is so... it's so good as an actor to hear it, to know, "Oh, Ricky thinks it's funny".
Drew McWeeny: There's the stamp of approval, man.
Rob Lowe: That's what it is, man. I'm telling you, you know? I keep coming back to the caveman. I said, "Ricky, so how do you want to..." Talk about tone. "So what is the deal with the caveman? I mean, are we apes? Are we literally ourselves from the movie with just cavemen outfits on? Or how are we going to do it?" He goes, "Oh, this time I think we're not apes, but we can't speak. I think there's a lot of grunting". So I came up with the idea of, like, grunting, but there's a language of grunting. I didn't know how he was going feel about that, but then once we tried it, I heard the cackle, so I knew he liked my language.
Drew McWeeny: I think the draft I read, it was English. They were talking in English, or the narrator was talking... I can't remember which it was.
Rob Lowe: It's interesting because it's described. There's no dialogue, but the dialogue that is written is meant to be the subtitles. So it is English. "Oh, fuck that guy," which makes me laugh, so I'm like going... (grunting noises)... and shit like that. And it'll say, "Oh, he's scared," so that kind of... so I had...
Drew McWeeny: That's what the boar was for, right? The giant...
Rob Lowe: The giant boar was the boar, yeah, that Ricky says he killed.
Drew McWeeny: That he didn't.
Rob Lowe: That he actually didn't.
Drew McWeeny: Right.
Rob Lowe: And, yeah, I mean... and listen, where else do you get to go to the prop master, "Hey, you see that fake deer? I'd like to carry that into the scene"?
Drew McWeeny: That's what Louis said freaked him out... when you came in with the deer. He was, like, "Dude, it was nuts."
Rob Lowe: I was literally, like, out of "Apocalypse Now". I completely left the reservation for those two days.
Drew McWeeny: Like I said, you had a great run on "The West Wing," and now you're doing "Brothers and Sisters." You've been able to conquer TV very successfully. You've obviously made a name for yourself with comedy now. Is there anything left that you feel like you haven't done that you want to do, or do you feel like really you've been kind of blessed by the way it's all worked out?
Rob Lowe: Up until a couple of years ago, I felt like I've never really done a definitive stage performance, and so Aaron Sorkin and I went to London and we did "A Few Good Men" at the Royal Haymarket, and it was the greatest experience. And that was sort of the one thing that I wanted, to be able to have that part that really I could call my own and have it work, and that worked out great. I mean, I would like to play a superhero now. I watched Downey in "Iron Man," and I went, "Hey, wait a minute. Hang on here a minute."
Drew McWeeny: I think that's what he said... he realized, "Shit, everybody else is getting to have all the fun. I want my super hero film."
Rob Lowe: I think we all need to wear the suit at one time in our careers.
Drew McWeeny: Yeah?
Rob Lowe: I've just got to figure out what suit's a good fit.
Drew McWeeny: There you go.
Rob Lowe: Maybe it's Green Lantern.
Drew McWeeny: You know what? That's one where there's a lot of room for interpretation. There've been so many Green Lanterns over the years that it's not like there's... it's not like Superman where you're fighting an icon.
Rob Lowe: Right.
Drew McWeeny: And you've got to kind of struggle with everybody having their definition. There is room there.
Rob Lowe: I always liked Green Hornet, too. He's very sort of get trim and sort of dapper.
Drew McWeeny: Have you read "SuperMax"?
Rob Lowe: Unh-uh.
Drew McWeeny: Call your agent and tell him to send it over.
Rob Lowe: Really? "SuperMax."
Drew McWeeny: It's a Green Arrow movie.
Rob Lowe: Right.
Drew McWeeny: The premise is, the first ten minutes, he's the Green Arrow we all know, and then he gets a call. He goes to a crime scene. Gets there and all these mob bosses have been killed with green arrows sticking out of their chests. Cops come in and arrest him and they realize, "We can't put you in a regular prison. We're putting you in SuperMax," which is the prison for super villains. And the rest of the movie is Green Arrow with a price on his head in that prison having to survive as just another prisoner against every super villain from the DC universe.
Rob Lowe: Wow. That's a really good idea.
Drew McWeeny: Yeah. And it's not an origin story. It's not the typical super hero film.
Rob Lowe: Okay. I'm going to have to check that out. That would be awesome. That would be really good.
Drew McWeeny: It's cool. You're in a position now where I think you've kind of, you've reinvented yourself enough times, and now there's really no expectation of Rob Lowe has to do this.
Rob Lowe: Right. That's a good place to be I think.
Drew McWeeny: Yeah.
Rob Lowe: I think it's a really good place to be. You know, I also like how people have been so supportive of the Steven King stuff that I've done. "Salem's Lot," which I really fucking loved, and I thought it turned out great. Yeah, listen, if the part's good, it's good. People... that's really what's it's about, because there's really nothing else to prove.
Drew McWeeny: Well, some of the people you've hooked up with... obviously Ricky, and you mentioned Aaron Sorkin... these are the people right now that you want to be in business with, who are the big idea guys and not just that, but I think they also have longevity. They have more in them then just the one thing.
Rob Lowe: Oh, totally. You know Aaron's working on "Chicago 7" right now.
Drew McWeeny: Whatever he's going to do is going to be worth paying attention to.
Rob Lowe: Yeah. And I've been blessed at various stages in my career at having those people who come into my life. At the beginning, it was Francis Ford Coppola, who gave me my first movie part.
Drew McWeeny: That movie is so crazy. It's ground zero for everybody.
Rob Lowe: Isn't it weird?
Drew McWeeny: It's amazing. My wife had never seen it until like a year ago.
Rob Lowe: You're kidding.
Drew McWeeny: She's from Argentina, so it wasn't like a big thing for her.
Rob Lowe: Right, right.
Drew McWeeny: And when I showed it to her, she was like, "Holy shit, everybody's in this". It's really an unbelievable who's-who as you go through it.
Rob Lowe: It is, you know, and Fred Roos, who produced it... he cast... he was Francis's casting and Lucas's casting guy. He cast "American Graffiti". He cast "The Godfather". He cast "The Outsiders," and just those movies alone... it's insane.
Drew McWeeny: Yeah, you can't argue with that.
Rob Lowe: It's insane. Insane.
Drew McWeeny: What an eye for talent, man.
Rob Lowe: Fred, yeah. And I never forget reading for him. He gives you nothing. He'd go, "Thank you". And I'd go, "Fuck. I blew that one. Total stone-face. Nothing.
Drew McWeeny: Was there competition on that set? Was there like an alpha-male thing going on as you guys were all trying to...
Rob Lowe: Yeah, we used to beat the shit out of each other in the hallways. We'd put on boxing gloves and head gear and beat the shit out of each other. And the one guy you'd never want to hit really hard was Cruise, because he'd go psycho.
Drew McWeeny: [laughs]
Rob Lowe: You could fuck him up and shit, but if you hit him really hard, he'd just go nuts.
Drew McWeeny: That's funny. So few people have ever used that on film. I love it in "Taps". I think he's got the best ending in "Taps".
Rob Lowe: Yeah, that's Tom.
Drew McWeeny: And I think "Born on the Fourth of July" used it well. When he gets to be angry, pissy Ron Kovac for an hour, that's a Tom we don't see often.
Rob Lowe: That's his intensity. That's who he is. Yeah, he's great. That movie is... that was my going off to college was that age. I was 18. I'd never been away from home and I went off to... that was my frat.
Drew McWeeny: Hell of a frat, man.
Rob Lowe: Right? That was my frat. Yeah. How long are you on the set for today?
Drew McWeeny: I'm out of here in like an hour.
Rob Lowe: Oh no.
Drew McWeeny: Yeah. I have to be in L.A. tomorrow morning, otherwise I would have tried to book it a little different, but I'm due back tomorrow morning for "The Hulk". They're doing some...
Rob Lowe: Okay, what's the story on "The Hulk"?
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Stopping to eat a healthy lunch in the middle of a busy workday isn't always the easiest thing to do. Stress over meetings and reports can lead you to the fast food drive-through or make you skip out on eating altogether, both of which are unhealthy lunch options. Healthy grab and go lunches don't have to take all day to prepare and can be more tasty to the palate than you might think.
Busy adults who consider a fast food burger, French fries, and a soft drink a complete meal are missing out on essential nutrients that keep their body healthy, strong, and ready for anything that comes their way. Healthy grab and go lunches are heavy on whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables and lean proteins. Mayonnaise and other fat-laden spreads and sauces should be used sparingly or not at all, suggests Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Fried food should be an occasional treat, not the standard grab and go fare. Fast food and meals that are high in fat not only increase your risk of high cholesterol, obesity and heart disease, but they also take longer to digest, making you feel sluggish in the afternoon.
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Sandwiches, a traditional lunch food, can easily combine a variety of essential nutrients with a wide range of flavours when you are creative with spreads, sauces and oils. A chicken wrap, for instance, can take on several flavours:
- Mediterranean - add roasted red peppers or olive tapenade to the sandwich
- French - spread a thin layer of Brie on a whole wheat tortilla or French bread
- Italian - toss chicken with Italian dressing or balsamic vinegar and eat with Italian bread
- Mexican - have soft corn tortilla tacos with chicken with salsa and beans
Sandwiches, however, are not the only way to eat a healthy lunch on the go. Think outside of the box when planning your midday meal; leftovers are a great way to clean out the fridge and make sure you're getting an energy boost for the remainder of the day. Pastas, salads and soups from last night's dinner are quick rerun meals that give you a well-rounded nutrient punch; many items are delicious hot or cold and can be heated in the office microwave in mere seconds before you head to your next class, meeting or conference call.
If stopping your work to sit down with knife and fork is just not going to happen, stash a bag of apples, pears or oranges and a box of whole grain crackers in your filing cabinet. Fruits of this kind are shelf-stable for several days at a time, requiring no refrigeration, and offer both fibre and antioxidant vitamins. Whole grain crackers, rice cakes or whole grain baked pita chips provide you with fibre, a bit of salt and a satisfying crunch without a lot of fat or empty calories. Complete your working lunch with nuts or a square of antioxidant-rich dark chocolate.
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From the minute you wake up in the morning, your mind is already on the dozens of items you must tick off your checklist throughout the day. Packing a healthy lunch, especially when you're not sure you'll have time to eat, is usually at the bottom of your to-do list. Make the process easier for yourself by taking care of some at-home prep over the weekend. Shop for fruits, vegetables, lean proteins and whole grains, with variety as your keyword. Mixing up your protein each day can include a rotisserie chicken, a can of tuna and some lean ham; put baby carrots, fresh berries and sweet peppers in your trolley for healthy sides to accompany your wrap, soup or pasta salad. Slice, dice, and chop every ingredient as soon as you get home and measure out individual portions. Keep each ingredient in a separate container to preserve freshness and avoid spoilage. Having everything ready to literally grab and go as you leave for work makes eating healthy much easier than leaving the packing for the last minute.
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| Thats a shame that the Reconyx only lasts a little while, whereas the Bushnell trumps it, even though the battery capacity is smaller. The manufacturers have really grown in the area of power management & reduction. I wonder what started the trend towards the mini-cameras?
Rechargeables are great, but personally I have not used them in my cams with the exception of a set that failed miserably - the sensitivity of the low voltage circuit cut the camera's life far too short. 1.2 volts is the stock voltage out of a freshly recharged battery, whereas 1.5 volts is from a stock alkaline, I guess it adds up. The camera wanted 6 volts and it's only seeing 4.8. I stuck to using the rechargeables in the flashlight and they do a damn good job.
I tend to put my cameras in places where there might not be as much traffic, perhaps it may only take a few pics a day, sometimes none (short duration trips, guess the animals pickup the scent of a human?)
I'm partially scared that the camera will go missing, but I guess I should know that there is always that possibility, regardless of the cost.
My interest peaked when some of the manufacturers started to come out with MMS cameras. Stick a SIM card in it, subscribe to a text / picture messaging plan and away you go.
Fresh evidence is the best evidence to follow. If I get a text message with a pic of a big hairy beast walking by, I know that I can be hot on it's trail, or at least sound the alarm when the message comes in. The concept is solid and our only boundary is getting reliable cell service in the bush, and, drawing back to my original statement, longevity........
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|I've got 2. A Reconyx RC60 and a Bushnell Trophy. The RC60 takes 6 c-cells and went through them pretty quick. I picked up some rechargeable C's and they have lasted much better, but still nowhere close to the Bushnell with it's 8 AA's. The Bushnell is still on it's original set of plain jane duracells and has taken about 10,000 pics in 8 months or so. Currently I am using it to try and identify some illegal dumpers. I like the small size and camo case and of course it was WAY cheaper than the RC60. I know the RC60 won rave reviews when it came out but now I favour the Bushnell.
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| Every so often Canadian Tire offers a solar panel for sale, typically for about $9.99, it's a 1 or 1.8 watt model (There are two, one is slightly larger than the other). A good deal - they mention that it is weatherproof and indeed it is. I have had one screwed into the west-facing side of my shed roof and it has done a fantastic job of keeping a small rechargeable cell loaded with enough power to keep a trail camera going for several months (Wildview EZ-CAM).
Yesterday I put the meter on the battery with the solar disconnected and it was reading 12.8 volts. Pretty good I thought. Connected the solar back to the battery and left it going.
Because this is a low megapixel camera, a 1gb memory card will last for some time. Mostly active during the night, I've captured racoons, skunks, cats, a few dogs and of course, people. I keep forgetting the camera is there, it's become part of the outdoor scenery, camoflaged with camo tape and sticks attached to a stump, looks pretty unobtrusive.
Brings me to my point - camoflage and longevity. I have a real taste for cameras that can stay out for a long period of time without being touched, mainly for one reason - distance. I cannot tell you how many times I have deployed a trail camera, often times in cold weather, by the end of the weekend the low battery indicator is blinking. What gives? Is it crappy batteries? Cold weather? Faulty circuitry?
In most cases the camera still runs but it doesn't give me that warm and fuzzy feeling to leave it for a period of time, especially when you are leaving it and then driving a few hundred km's home. No, I want something that is going to stick around and actually work. So, I begin the testing at home. Batteries go in, camera turned on and just let it sit. Check it every few days - all looks good, it stays out. The WildView was a stray away from the normal setup, using solar instead of alkaline batteries, for it was one of the few cameras that I have with a 12v input jack. Testing for longevity, it seems to be holding up quite well. A slight bit of rust on the door clamps, no big deal; this camera has seen rain and snow and has weathered quite well. In fact, I could see this one going out with a panel and battery for at least 9 or more months.
It's been out since late September (when Tim and I got home from Moose Lake) and it's been running ever since. How's that for a long run? Now that I have built up my confidence in the setup, I might very well be heading up north to replicate the same sort of thing. I picked up these cameras at Canadian Tire, in a 2-pack, on clearance for $49, so at $25 a piece, if I lose one, I won't be too upset
Now this new generation of mini and micro cams, using AA batteries, has also perked my interest. As you may already know, I have a Tasco 11-9215C camera - it takes 4 AA batteries and it can sit around for a few months without the batteries needing to be changed, however, the cost point is still relatively considerable, even though they are now coming down. Have you seen the Trophy-Cam? Some places are selling for well over $200. Tio think that I would leave one of these in the bush for an extended period of time? That's a hard pill to swallow. Don't know if I could do that unless I knew for sure that it was a desolate location void of all human contact.
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Dinosaur Pile-Up Featured on Sloucher.org / Free Download
Sloucher has reviewed Dinosaur Pile-Up's debut, The Most Powerful EP in The Universe. The band are currently getting ready to release their full length debut Growing Pains. We here at Exploding In Sound are incredibly excited for the release from one of our favorite up-and-coming bands. Now if only they would appear on one of the compilations...
[Sloucher.org] The skinny: Some fuckin' excellent grunge from Leeds.
The review proper: Who cares if grunge seems to be extinct? We're due for a revival! And hopefully part of this attack of the Seattle flannel 'n' sardonic voice combo will include Dinosaur Pile-Up (no relation to Jim Yoshii Pile-Up), a band from Leeds who laid this short and sweet EP unto the unsuspecting public.
Starting out the proceedings is the catchy 'Summer hit single', sometimes a bit punkish, but all the time being completely fun. 'Opposites attract' brings back good memories of the 90s (Tripping Daisy! Tripping Daisy!!), with the laconic vocal delivery and the distortion cranked up to a NHS-approved level of daily dose (?).
'Cat attack!!' (which you can download very legal and very freely HERE) is a little manic, but it goes with the job. Giving you a bit of a breather is 'Melanin', a mellow (ish) moment of peace until getting to the choice cut of the album, the magnificent rocky and feedback-laden 'Beach bug'. The culmination of all that is good with this band is stuffed on this corker and with the good news that an album is coming our way, here's hoping it's as good as this 5 song EP.
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You can always download one of sloucher's free mix cds (okay, there's only one right now).
Fingers crossed, Dinosaur Pile-Up will appear on a new one (with other rocking dudes).
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I take 1.2 micrograms of Victoza along with 500mg metformin bid. This drug is pretty much amazing. I've been on it for about two weeks and my BG levels are way down. Was averaging about 250 fasting and am now down to low 100s fasting. I've also lost about 6lbs already. The needle is so small that you barely feel it. I prefer this drug to Byetta. I am so grateful for this medication.
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Within 2 days my numbers were down to 140 or below at all times. With insulin my morning numbers were higher than doctor wanted. I have lost 4 lbs, have slight constipation and some acid. I also have less appetite. However, ALL syptoms are more tolerable than the daytime lows I was experiencing with insulin! To me after a 3 weeks and at the .6 dosage it is a miracle drug! I hope the good news continues!!!!
Tried Byetta - dropped by BS too much. Started Victoza, within first 2 weeks stopped 2 other medications for diabetes. Have had very few side effects. Additionally have lost 30 lbs in 6 months because I feel full longer and I am not always craving food because of variance in BS. I am glad this is working for me.
Was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2004, and while Metformin worked at first, it gradually became less effective. Dr. added Glucotrol, and upped the Metformin dose, and I did my best with diet and exercise, but my numbers just went up and up. Finally went to see an endocrinologist who put me on Victoza. Have had no noticeable side effects, and my fasting blood glucose went from 276 to 92 in a month. A1c is down 1.5 points in that same time period. My BG numbers are now always well within the normal range and I'm losing weight. Don't love the injections, but it's not hard or painful, and the result is totally worth it!
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i've been on victoza for about 3 months and the first week was tough but after that no problems. I have lost 18 pounds so far and no more hot flashes so for me it's helping with two problems diabetes and menapause
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I am a 53 year old female and I have been on this drug for a little over a month now and it seems to do wonders in lowering the blood sugars as well as keeping me from wanting food. I find that the acid reflux is very annoying but I really need the weight loss. I am lossing weight although I have not checked the scales. My clothes are not as snug and people are noticing so I know it is working in that area. I am still concerned about the stomach issues and may need to adjust the dose.
I have been on this about a week. Already lost 5.5 pounds, morning sugars dropped about 50 points (were about 220 each morning).. Still at .6 dose getting ready to increase to 1.2. So far the only problem was nausea, second and third day were worse - much better now. Headache on the third day, but went away. This looks promising!
love this drug!!! try januvia and byetta then insulin, my fasting sugars were at the lowest 266 and highest in the 400s, started this drug 4 weeks ago and they are now 120's and even dinnertime readins of 110!! Im thrilled. Had headaches and nausea for first couple of weeks but persevered and they have gone and I ahve lost 15lbs!!
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On medication 11 wks. Started at .06 dose and to increase to 1.2 dosage 2nd wk. By mid 3rd wk, I was having acid reflux and nausea so returned to lower dosage. Lost 4 lbs. Saw MD end of 4 wks; instructed to stay on low dosage for 2wks and increase it to l.2 again. Acid reflex returned minus nausea. Appears I cant tolerate higher dosage. I was taken off Januvia and placed on Victoza due to spikes in sugar level 4 hrs after meals eventhough 2hrs cks were within range. May have to stay at low dosage or return to Januvia. Appt at end of month.
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WILMINGTON — Claude Julien is back for a ninth season as Bruins coach, and he said Wednesday at Ristuccia Arena that he doesn't feel his status is temporary.
Furthermore, he said he feels safe working for B's president Cam Neely, who has reportedly wanted to fire him in the past. The Boston Globe reported after the season that Neely wanted to relieve the coach in January.
"That's what's been out there. Is it the truth? That's the biggest question," Julien said of Neely wanting him gone.
Neely infamously said years ago that the Bruins can't win games by a 0-0 score, something that was perceived as a shot at Julien. Both he and Julien say they've moved past that comment — Julien even noted they go out for drinks — but that isn't what's in question. What's in question is whether Neely is going to want Julien gone again at some point.
"I think it's foolish to think that a president is just hovering over a coach's head, waiting [to] fire him," Julien said. "He's had the power, I guess, to do that, and he didn't. I think right there and then, it's got to tell you something. It's not an issue for me."
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|Cam Neely mum on final say, seeks better president-GM communication with Don Sweeney
|05.20.15 at 3:36 pm ET
While Cam Neely defended his relationship with Claude Julien Wednesday, he revealed a bit more about how he got along with the recently fired Peter Chiarelli.
After the Bruins introduced Don Sweeney as the team's next general manager, Neely stressed the importance of communication in the front office, prompting a question as to whether he felt he and Chiarelli communicated as well as they would have liked.
"The communication could have been better," Neely answered.
Chiarelli was the GM before Neely was president, but Chiarelli's success prevented Neely from picking his own guy until the Bruins missed the playoffs this season.
Given that Sweeney is both a former teammate of Neely's and the general manager of Neely's choosing, the working relationship between he and Neely figures to be better. He claimed that his friendship with Sweeney did not take priority over the qualifications of other candidates.
"I've been president of the Bruins since 2010," Neely said. "I have not hired a friend."
Neely repeatedly deflected questions about who gets final say on player personnel, but noted he doesn't want to do his general manager's job.
"I've made it very clear: I'm not a GM. I don't want to be a GM," Neely said. "I want the GM to do the job, but I want to know what's going on. I don't know how much more clear I can be with that. If the GM wants to push and fight and say 'This is the right thing,' then I'll sit down and listen. I want to have conversations. My door is always open."
Neely was then asked who's responsible for the moves the team makes, whether good or bad. He said that the president should take responsibility, but still avoided whether he makes the final decision. Asked who makes the call when the hockey operations department is split on a decision, he responded "tie goes to the runner."
"Then who's the runner?" multiple media members asked.
"Ultimately, if Don feels strongly about something, I've got to allow him to do his job," Neely said, "but if I feel strongly about something then I'll let him know. But this total autonomy thing, since I became president in 2010, it's been [considered] a big deal, and I don't get it. I really don't."
The Bruins fired Chiarelli on April 15. He has since taken over the Oilers as team president and GM. Because he had term on his contract that the Bruins would pay had he not found work elsewhere, the Bruins can seek draft pick compensation from the Oilers. Neely confirmed the Bruins are seeking a pick from the Oilers, which would be a second-round pick in one of the next three drafts. The Oilers get to pick which year they give up the pick, making it unlikely that they'll part with the third pick of the second round in this June's draft.
|Claude Julien's fate with Bruins still undecided
|at 3:01 pm ET
While the Bruins now officially have a general manager, the situation with their head coach remains unclear.
Speaking at his introductory press conference, Boston GM Don Sweeney would not confirm whether he intends to retain or fire Claude Julien. The Bruins gave their final two general manager candidates the opportunity to meet with Julien, something Sweeney did earlier this month. Sweeney also spoke to Julien upon being promoted on Wednesday.
Both Sweeney and Julien were at a number of Providence Bruins games down the stretch as well.
"I have some things that I want to sit down with Claude and go through in a very orderly fashion," Sweeney said. "As to where I think things need to change and to what direction we need to change as a group, and also acknowledged to Claude during this whole process that I think tremendously as a coach and as a person. It's just about lining up philosophical approaches that I believe in, that he believes in and that we can move the group forward.
"Some of that will involve personnel decisions. Some of that will involve staff member decisions and/or changes. That's to be determined. He's the coach of the Boston Bruins as of today. That's for sure."
Speaking after the press conference, B's president Cam Neely spoke highly of Julien and downplayed the belief that he has wanted to fire Julien at multiple points during his time as team president.
"Let me be clear. I think we have a good coach," Neely said. "I know it's been reported that we have a problem with our coach. I think over the years I would have liked to see some adjustments, but it wasn't about [seeing] certain coaches available. For me, it was about making sure we were making the right decision with our GM first and then we'll go from there.
Asked whether he felt Julien could change with the organization as it tweaks its approach to winning, Neely was noncommittal.
"He's another smart hockey guy. He knows the game extremely well," Neely said. "He's had a lot of success. This is where Don is going to make those decisions with Claude as far as the adjustments that he thinks we need to make.
"This comment that I made in 2010 about [how] we can't win games, 0-0, keeps getting played. Claude and I flushed that out in 2010. It's 2015 now."
Julien has been Boston's head coach for eight seasons, reaching the postseason for seven consecutive years prior to this season. His 351 wins with the B's put him 10 wins away from tying Art Ross for the most wins in Bruins history.
The pool of top coaching candidates has thinned, most recently with Mike Babcock's decision to coach the Leafs on Wednesday.
|Cam Neely admits he wants a voice but adds, 'I don't want to be a general manager'
|04.16.15 at 7:52 am ET
There was some speculation in the immediate aftermath of Peter Chiarelli's firing Wednesday that Cam Neely might assume the role and add the general manager's title onto his existing role of team president.
While team CEO Charlie Jacobs admitted that hockey operations will, for now, report directly to Neely, the team president said he wants no part of the gig long term.
"I'm not a micromanager and I don't want to be a general manager," Neely announced. "I want to have a vision, I want to understand what the vision of a general manager is going to be for the hockey club, obviously, as we move forward. I felt that I was able to have conversations and express my opinions. I felt that I was able to do that the last four or five years'six years. But as far as'I'm not a micromanager and I don't intend to be."
Neely did offer a critique of where he thinks the team might have gone astray over the last four seasons since winning the Cup in 2011, especially as it relates to drafting new talent.
"We have to look at the organization as a whole obviously and today's day and age with the game and the cap and a team that is fortunate enough to spend to the cap," Neely said. "As you have success and those players get better and you have to pay them more, you need those entry-level players to come in and be able to have an impact. It's expensive to always get ready made players.
"It's a nice luxury to be able to have but when you don't have the cap space to be able to do that, you've got to find entry-level players. I think there was a period of time there where'I don't think I'm saying anything that hasn't been chronicled'we missed on three or four years on some drafts that I think right now we're kind of paying the price for. That's not the sole reason but that's an area where I think we can improve."
Neely was asked if he had input or final authorization on moves that might have led the Bruins away from a tougher on-ice image that he has preferred ever since his playing days.
"Like I said I'm not going to micromanage a GM. I want him to do his job," Neely said. "I certainly want to have conversations about why and what the thought process is to make particular deals and trades and how that is going to look for the franchise, not just when it happens but also moving forward. The other thing to your second question, I think where we've had success is our four lines play hard. That's doesn't mean you can't have skill and play hard. It's something where 'is it easy to find?' No, but I think I'd like to see us get back to playing hard and where the team plays for each other. I think we lost that a little bit."
|Cam Neely says next general manager will decide Claude Julien's fate
|04.15.15 at 4:57 pm ET
While Peter Chiarelli's fate is known, Claude Julien's isn't.
Cam Neely and Charlie Jacobs said in Wednesday's press conference that a decision has still not been made on whether Julien will be kept or fired. Neely made it clear that just because Julien hasn't been fired yet, it doesn't mean he won't be.
"It hasn't fully been made,' Neely said of the decision. "We met with Claude this morning, Charlie and I. We told him that we really believe that once we go through the exhaustive search to find the next general manager, we will leave it up to that GM to decide what he wants to do on our coaching staff. Claude certainly understood that, but that's where we left it."
If the Bruins wait to fire Julien, the coach could miss out on other jobs. Julien signed a multi-year extension with the Bruins prior to this season and, if fired, would be paid it until he got a new job.
As such, there would be no incentive for Julien to quit while in limbo.
"We told him the situation and we asked him, and he said, 'I signed a contract to coach here and I want to coach here,' so he made that clear when he left," Neely said. "We had planned to meet with him in the next couple days to sit down about the season and talk to him about this past season. That's next on our agenda with Claude."
Asked whether the Bruins would consider "trading" Julien for draft picks, Neely said the team had yet to consider it.
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|Cam Neely knows money will still be tight with salary cap increase
|12.10.14 at 5:24 pm ET
When the Board of Governors projected a $73 million salary cap for next season, it looked to be good and bad news for the Bruins: good because it's higher than the current $69 million mark and bad because it isn't even higher.
Those seemed to be Cam Neely's thoughts Wednesday, as the Bruins president answered a question about the anticipated bump by smiling and quipping, "it's better than 69 [million]."
The projected cap, which is contingent on the Canadian dollar staying the same, will make it easier for the Bruins to keep their team together, but not much. The idea of adding key players in free agency will be out of the question, but then again it generally has been for a few years now, with the exception of the incentive-laden deal given two summers ago to Jarome Iginla.
Not counting Marc Savard, the Bruins have $49,897,857 committed against the cap to 10 players for next season. Dougie Hamilton and Carl Soderberg lead the list of players due for raises from their current cap hits, though Torey Krug and Reilly Smith can also expect pay bumps after playing this season for $1.4 million apiece.
"When you're a team that spends up to the cap and you are spending to the cap and you are into LTI, there's a lot of discussions and conversations and pencils and erasers that have to be in play," Neely said. "Fortunately, Charlie and Mr. Jacobs give us the opportunity to spend to the cap. Until they say we're not, we're going to continue to try and put the best team on the ice. Having said that, it's easy to spend money; you've just got to spend it properly."
Agent J.P. Barry told WEEI.com last month he had yet to begin serious negations with the B's regarding new deals for Hamilton and Soderberg, both of whom he represents. The holdup was due to the league not knowing where the cap would be next year, so perhaps the ball could get rolling soon with the clarity recently presented.
All that said, the $73 million figure is not set in stone.
"Based on what we're hearing, it's all based upon the Canadian dollar," Neely said. "They have a pretty good idea of the revenues that are coming in. It's just a matter of Canadian revenues and what happens with the Canadian dollar. It gives us a pretty good idea of where we're going to end up, but if we're going to err, we should err on the lower side."
The Bruins broke ground on their new practice facility, which will be called Warrior Ice Arena, on Wednesday. Cam Neely, Charlie Jacobs, Peter Chiarelli, Mayor Marty Walsh and New Balance chairman Jim Davis were among those on hand for the event.
Warrior Ice Arena, which will be located in Brighton as part of New Balance's Boston Landing project, is expected to open in September of 2016. The Bruins will continue to practice at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington until then.
That's great news for the Bruins, eventually. Though both Neely and Jacobs thanked Ristuccia at every opportunity Wednesday, Ristuccia is not an NHL-caliber practice facility. Furthermore, its location is inconvenient to Boston.
The Bruins don't have many things on which they can't sell players. They're a winning organization, they have a good coach, they spend to the cap annually and they have people in the front office who players throughout the league respect. Their practice facility, on paper, is really their only clear shortcoming when it comes to places to play for prospective free agents.
"I really think it means a lot to players. It means a lot to the organization and to the players," Jacobs said. "What I mean by the players is if I'm one of them — Big Zee, Looch or Seth Griffith or whoever it is – you're doing that grind of back and forth to the rink. Likewise, on an off day when the Celtics may be playing or there's an event in the building, you're out here. It means a lot to have a shorter commute.
"It makes life a lot easier, as we probably all are aware, but then you think about courting potential free agents. To be able to take them to not only the Garden and show them the work we've done there, but say, 'Hey, listen. Come check out our practice facility,' that's a big selling point for a lot of clubs. It should be one for Boston's and it will be very soon."
Both Neely and Jacobs said that the team's priority was to build a new facility within Route 128, with Jacobs saying he was "over the moon" with how things fell together with New Balance. Jacobs added that he feels the Bruins will "set [an] industry standard in terms of amenities, technology and quality when it comes to this training facility."


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Jindal reappoints majority of Lafourche Parish's levee board
Published: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 6:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 6:50 p.m.
BATON ROUGE — Five of the nine board members who oversee the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District have been granted another term by Gov. Bobby Jindal while a new appointment is beginning his first year in office.
Although most political boards experience regular turnover, Dwayne Bourgeois, executive director of the local district, said the composition of the levee board remains largely unchanged.
"We have a very good board right now," he said. "They're dedicated to the work, and they literally work hours on end to help protect the residents of the district."
Of the six Jindal appointed last week, Joseph Clement of Chackbay is the newest face on the board.
Jindal appointed Clement to replace former Port Fourchon director Ted Falgout.
Falgout, a business consultant, has turned his attention to the South Central Industrial Association, where he was recently named president.
"It was his own decision to step down," Bourgeois said.
While the governor appoints the members, nominations come from various sources.
For example, one member is selected from nominations submitted by each of the six state legislators representing the levee district as well as from the president of Lafourche Parish, the mayor of Thibodaux and the mayor of Lockport.
Jindal's most recent reappointments included:
— Ronald Adams of Thibodaux, the manager of Ronald Adams Contractors Inc.
— Lonny Babin of Larose, the owner of The Yard Store, LLC
— Cory Kief of Thibodaux, the general manager of Doucet and Adams Inc.
— Larry Maronge of Thibodaux, the owner of Venetian Bar and Doughnut Inc.
— Kenney Matherne of Lockport, a designer and modeler for John Deere of Thibodaux
In March, Jindal also appointed Tim Allen of Houma, a general manager for Apache Corp, to replace former board member Keith Barker.
"As we understand it, the governor should be reappointing the two others pretty soon," Bourgeois said, referring to current board members George W. Broussard of Lockport and the Rev. Nolan Smith Jr. of Raceland.
According to state law, the Board of Commissioners for the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District is responsible for "maintaining the integrity of the levees and maintaining the levee drainage system within Lafourche Parish, north of the Intracoastal Canal."
In the coming months and years, Bourgeois said the board's biggest challenges will involve money.
The entire district has been divided up into eight project areas, he added, and there are six to 10 projects identified for each.
The overall price tag is expected to eclipse $200 million.
The district's income from property taxes, however, is only about $3 million annually.
Although the district can secure money from the state and federal government, Bourgeois said that is becoming increasingly difficult.
"We do have an opportunity to put up to a 1-cent sales tax to voters, so a big part of what the board will be doing in the near future is deciding whether we should do that," he said.
On the horizon, Bourgeois said the recently seated board will likewise be overseeing a new review process for projects that increases transparency and accountability.
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Fitness haiku: Oooh! Nosebleeds!
Today's fitness haiku:
Nosebleeds ook me out.
I'm glad today's wasn't long.
And my day went on.
Thanks to a carefully placed Q-tips swab by my sister Susan when I was in kindergarten, I had childhood nosebleeds probably more than most kids. I really don't much these days (knock wood). But a couple of times in the winter — despite periodic squirting saline solution in my nose and turning off the portable heater before I go to bed — I still do.
Twice it's happened while doing push-ups, for some reason. Maybe it's a reminder of how odd my push-up stance is and that perhaps I should get professional help.
The other night, it happened when I was eating dinner with a friend. She's a veteran of nosebleeds, especially after a recent lingering cold. The second I discovered it, she reached into her freezer and pulled out a gizmo called a NoseBudd that fits over the bridge of your nose. Voila. Stoppage.
This rainy Wednesday, moments before I was going to start my run, I got an ominous feeling. Sure enough, blood ensued. I am a basic blood phobe, though (knock wood) I know how to keep from fainting at the sight of it (if I feel so inclined). Blood phobias, by the way, are the only phobia in which you actually pass out, a fact I learned in therapy to get over this.
But I digress. I sat still till it stopped, pinching the bridge of my nose (because I don't have my own NoseBudd (yet). Then I donned my rain gear and went for a run. It was slower and shorter than I'd intended, but I did it. I got ready for work, also at a slower pace than usual, and made it in just fine.
All this to say — well, I'm not really sure, other than yes, nosebleeds suck (if you'll pardon the expression). But they stop eventually, leaving you (OK, me) a bit more cognizant of their possibility of occurrence; a bit more thankful for simple colorless nasal excretions; a bit more grateful for the ability to just go on.
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CLEVELAND, Miss. - Rosa Lee Newcomb, 94, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died April 25, 2004, at the Bolivar Medical Center.
Born July 17, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Eugene and Purity Batte Watson.
Her husband, Henry Lawson Newcomb, preceded her in death on Oct. 5, 1955.
She was also preceded in death by her son, Robert Edwin Newcomb, on Aug. 16, 1981.
Survivors include: one granddaughter, Robin Miller of Germantown, Tenn.; her sister, Kathryn Mann of Skene, with whom she resided; and two great-grandsons.
Visitation is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Ray Funeral Home in Cleveland.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the IOOF Cemetery near Charleston.


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As many of you know, this is our first year as a CSA. I have been selling produce down in Rochester for the last couple of years out of a 3 acre garden we had always kept here on the 10 acres where we live. CSA is just a little larger scale then what I was doing before. I have had family members and friends ask why Community Supported Agriculture makes sense for their family. So I thought I would take a little time and address that here this morning. The United States isn't the same kind of country it was when our grandparents were growing up. In the 1930's when my grandparents were young, each family supplied much of what they consumed. My Great-grandma Myer had 9 children of her own, and she raised 2 young indian girls as well. They grew a large garden. When berries were in season, everyone picked berries. My grandmother used to take me out berry picking when I was a girl. I was astounded how fast that woman could fill up a berry bucket. When I asked her how she could pick that fast, she responded "When I was just a girl, my father used to take us 9 kids out to pick berries. He would tell us when we got there how many we would be picking, and we would stay until we met his quota. Everyone picked. When the older children had what they needed - they helped the younger children. When we were done, my father would pick my mother a bouquet of daisies, and we would all head home." They had a milk cow too. And my grandmother tells me now, that her father raised the meanest pigs in all of God's creation, which they butchered to help feed their bustling family. Living off what you grow, taking what you work for, and nothing more - that is who we used to be as a nation. We have lost some of our collective identity. We stopped working as hard for what we needed, because we no longer had to.
We need to again - its that simple. Michigan has one of the worst state economies in the country right now. We have many more people moving out then moving in, and the welfare rolls are growing. People feel lost. We are hurting, and now more than ever, we should be supporting each other. The people who worked for Ford and GM, who no longer have a job due to downsizing and relocations, would tell you that if you live in Michigan and you are driving a foreign made car, you are choosing to take money out of the pocket of your neighbor. That is money your neighbor won't spend at your local business. Taxes he won't contribute to the local school system that both of your children attend. Taxes that could make a broken system better. We are all a web of choices and consequences in our lives, our families, our state, and our country. Our choices positively or negatively affect one another. Taking from the teaching of Randy Carlson - we all need to live intentionally. Evaluating each decision carefully and making the very best one.
Everyone reading this can choose to go down to your local grocery and pick up your vegetables there, and yes you will be supporting your local store, but please don't be mistaken into thinking that you are supporting your local farmers by making that choice. Even the Whole Foods in Rochester, who claims to be a provider of local meats and produce, purchase and import their 'free range' chickens from Chicago, where they are grown in a dome. I promise you, there are plenty of Michigan farmers raising genuinely free range birds here to meet their needs. Choosing to support CSA is the best way to get the freshest produce at a price better then you will get at your local groceries. And anything in your share is guaranteed grown in Michigan. Next time you are in Krogers, pick up one of their black hand baskets - the wire ones, fill it with as much organic produce as it will hold and take it to the checkout. One of those wire baskets holds less than half a bushel of produce, which is the amount we provide as a half share from our farm every week. I promise you it will cost you more than $20, and the varieties available there are nowhere near as diverse as what we offer from the farm. That basket of produce from Krogers will benefit farmers in Mexico, Chile, and Brazil. There might be some Michigan produce in there, but probably not much, and definately less than half. That isn't good enough. In supporting your CSAs, you are supporting your neighbors, and your state and local economies. As Michiganders, we need to be very conscious of how much of what we make is staying here. Please consider supporting your local farms through their CSA programs. Your family and theirs will benefit greatly. Steph
This posting was originally from our website blog, and a few of our friends suggested we also post it on our blog here.
Prayer for the day: Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for our friends, our family, and our farm. Help us serve and represent You well in all that we do today. Help our work be fruitful, and our faith be strong. Keep us focused and diligent. Help us to set goals and accomplish them, and to meet our obligations. Please provide for our needs as only you can. Help baby Livy feel better and help Lucas' stuffy nose to clear up. Thank you for hearing and answering our prayers. Amen


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GAME: Chicago Blackhawks (9-13-0) at Anaheim Mighty Ducks (9-11-4).
TIME: Sunday, 8 p.m. EST.
Backup goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks making the most of his time as a starter with Jean-Sebastian Giguere sidelined.
The 25-year-old netminder hopes to build on a solid performance as the Mighty Ducks look to continue their recent dominance over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Anaheim is 5-0-2 in its last seven home games against Chicago. The Ducks are also 10-1-2 at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim versus the Hawks since a 4-0 loss on Nov. 19, 1997.
In Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Western Conference-leading Detroit Red Wings, Bryzgalov won his second start in three games. He has allowed just one goal in each win.
On Friday, Bryzgalov made 28 saves against the Red Wings, including a miraculous stop against Brendan Shanahan in the first period.
"The save Bryzgalov made on Shanahan was the game-saver because it turned the tide and allowed us to recoup," Mighty Ducks coach Randy Carlyle. "You could feel it on the bench. Everybody was basically going, 'Oh, no, it's in the net,' and then he pulls the thing out of the air."
Bryzgalov is 2-2-0 with a 1.88 goals-against average in his last four games after winning only one of his first nine games this season
Giguere, the 2002-03 Conn Smythe trophy winner given to the MVP of the playoffs, was placed on injured reserve Wednesday after aggravating a hamstring injury in 3-2 loss Nov. 20 to the Vancouver Canucks.
The Ducks have won two of three since an eight-game losing streak.
The Blackhawks, meanwhile, have dropped back-to-back games after a three-game winning streak.
Chicago is coming off Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. Mark Bell extended his goal-scoring streak to five games.
The Blackhawks killed off all nine Los Angeles power plays. But they have been short-handed a league-worst 181 times, including 32 times during 5-on-3 situations.
This was the 11th time in 22 games this season that the Blackhawks have been short-handed at least nine times. They are 6-5 in those games.
"It just seems that game after game, we're taking penalties like that," Bell said. "Either we're not getting the right calls, or we've got to smarten up. It seems like every questionable call is going against us, but we can't put it in the referees' hands. We've got to keep our sticks down like everybody else."
STANDINGS (through Nov. 26): Blackhawks - 18 points, 3rd place, 18 PB, Central Division. Mighty Ducks - 22 points, 4th place, 11 PB, Pacific Division.
TEAM LEADERS: Blackhawks - Bell, 9 goals and 17 points; Tyler Arnason and Kyle Calder, 11 assists; Matthew Barnaby, 55 PIM. Mighty Ducks - Teemu Selanne, 13 goals and 22 points; Scott Niedermayer, 13 assists; Todd Fedoruk, 49 PIM.
SPECIAL TEAMS (through Nov. 26): Blackhawks - Power play: 14.1 percent (19 for 134), 25th in NHL. Penalty killing: 81.2 percent (147 for 181), 20th. Mighty Ducks - Power play: 15.5 percent (23 for 148), 22nd. Penalty killing: 83.6 percent (143 for 171), tied for 8th.
GOALTENDERS: Blackhawks - Nikolai Khabibulin (7-12-0, 0 SO, 3.40 GAA); Craig Anderson (2-1-0, 0, 4.55). Mighty Ducks - Bryzgalov (3-8-0, 0, 2.77); Michael Wall (no appearances).
SEASON SERIES: Mighty Ducks, 1-0.
LAST MEETING: Oct. 5; Mighty Ducks, 5-3. At Chicago, Selanne and Scott Niedermayer scored power-play goals while Rob Niedermayer and Joffrey Lupul had short-handed goals.
ROAD/HOME RECORDS: Blackhawks - 5-9-0 on the road; Mighty Ducks - 7-5-2 at home.
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Based on reduced student interest, Lees-McRae has decided to no longer accept enrollment in five of its academic programs, effective immediately. Concurrently, based on increased student interest and industry demand, the College is considering several other programs.
"It is not uncommon for colleges to make changes in its program offerings based on student interest and demand,"said Dr. Kacy Crabtree, vice president of academic affairs. "These changes will not impact students currently enrolled in any of these programs. Classes will still be offered and students will be able to obtain their degree as planned. We will simply no longer recruit or accept students in these programs at this time. Please discuss any questions or concerns you have with your division chair, academic advisor or me."
The College will no longer accept enrollment in the following programs:
- Appalachian Studies (minor)
- Health and Physical Education (major)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (major)
- Outdoor Adventure Studies (minor)
- Sociology (minor)
In anticipation of incoming and prospective students, information about these programs has been eliminated from the website. Students currently enrolled in these programs should consult the College Catalog for any information pertaining to these programs.
Based on student interest and demand, Lees-McRae is in the process of implementing a pre-licensure nursing program and additional allied health offerings. Please contact Dr. Karen Reesman (firstname.lastname@example.com), director of nursing, if you are a freshman or sophomore at the College and have an interest in obtaining a nursing degree from Lees-McRae College. Several new allied health programs, including Emergency Care Services/Management and Healthcare Administration, are also being explored and updates should be available in a few months.
Lees-McRae continues to have robust outdoors program that supports students' interest in backpacking, camping, rock-climbing and other outdoor related adventure. The Office of Outdoor Programs offers several outdoor adventure courses available to students who desire to use these courses to complete their wellness requirement in the core curriculum. Since Lees-McRae College is located in such a desirable environment that supports outdoor programming and education, we will be conducting a feasibility study to determine student interest in Outdoor Leadership and Recreation Management. Any student interested in outdoor programs should contact Dee Thomas, director of outdoor programs, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 828.898.8810.
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