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Goodbye, Bel Air; Hello, Gotham! at 31, Cheryl Tiegs Switches Careers—and Leading Men
It has, of course, meant largely dismantling the old one. She's cut back on transcontinental commutation—and life with husband Stan Dragoti—to take in the New York nightscape with photographer Peter Beard, who co-starred with her in Africa. Friends say it's heavy. Meanwhile Dragoti minds their mansion in Bel Air. "We're trying to work out the spatial conditions of our relationship," he says in the special argot of admen-gone-Hollywood. "We need our own space right now." Still, the man who gave the world "Try It, You'll Like It" doesn't much: "It hasn't been especially fun," he concedes.
Life goes on; Stan's film-directing debut, a comic Dracula called Love at First Bite, opened Friday the 13th. "I couldn't be happier for him," says Cheryl. "We are as friendly and as understanding as can be." Nonetheless, she no longer plans to help promote the movie. "We're incredibly unofficially separated," Cheryl says. Does Dragoti blame Beard? "No man can break up a marriage," Stan replies firmly. "When two people split it's just between them."
Beard's love of urban-jungle wildlife is profound; he's dated everyone from Lee Radziwill and Carole (Obscure Object) Bouquet to Suzy Chapstick. In contrast to the smooth, steady Dragoti, 45, Beard, 41, is a flash-tempered, Yale-educated artsy type whose sartorial taste runs to coveralls and sandals and whose modus operandi seems often to range from expedient to abusive. When a right-to-life rally was clipped from his African film, Beard blew up at the network. "He just wanted to make a comparison between human and animal overpopulation," says Cheryl, who was nearly killed twice on location for the cause—by a charging rhino and by an elephant she escaped by diving into the bush. "Peter drove us crazy sometimes," Cheryl admits. "But," she says, "I've always been willing to try anything once. If you're going to do something, I always say, go all the way."
It's the same advice, somewhat extrapolated, that she's retailing in her beauty-book-in-progress (for which Beard took some of the pictures). "I'm trying to get women off the sofa and soap operas and up to doing something about themselves," she says. "It's easy to go down jelly-roll lane and get fat." For herself, Tiegs clearly believes that giving up all but such monster modeling contracts as Clairol and Cover Girl will pay off in the long term, even if the collateral changes mean some painful readjustment. Last year she said of her wish for a baby, "It's really going to be next year." Now her forecast is a nervous hedge: "There's still time."
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Date: May 27, 2010
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This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 27th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
RED-THROATED LOONS have been seen at Park Point throughout the past week, with an impressive peak of 102 counted on the 27th by Peder Svingen between 12th Street and the Sky Harbor Airport. Karl Bardon found a PACIFIC LOON on the 26th at the Lafayette Square access, as well as a probable WESTERN GREBE and 63 RED-THROATED LOONS. Several observers reported an excellent fallout of 25 warbler species on the 25th at Park Point, including a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER found by Karl Bardon south of the Sky Harbor Airport, several CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, and a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. Chris Mansfield saw a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO the same day at Southworth Marsh on Park Point.
Jan and Larry Kraemer saw 60 WHIMBRELS near the Sky Harbor Airport on the 27th. Shawn Conrad found a WESTERN KINGBIRD on the 25th at the Park Point recreation area ball fields. Harold Nordin found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Park Point on the 22nd, and it was relocated on the 24th. Julie Calligure saw three EVENING GROSBEAKS on the 24th at 16th Street on Park Point. Peder Svingen saw a THAYER'S GULL at the Superior Entry on the 26th and 27th and a record-late ICELAND GULL on the 26th. Sandra van den Bosse and others found a GREAT EGRET on the 25th at Indian Point in West Duluth and the bird was still present on the 27th.
LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found by several observers at Stony Point on the 22nd. Steve and Ann Schon saw a male SPRUCE GROUSE and a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in northern St. Louis County on the 23rd along the Astrid Lake hiking trail, about 0.5 mile south of the Echo Trail (CR 166).
Nancy Jackson reported WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on the 26th at the south end of the McDavitt Road (CR 233) in the Sax-Zim Bog. Mike Hendrickson saw several SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 22nd at the intersection of the Arkola Road (CR 52) and the Stickney Road (CR 207), and along CR 29.
Kim Eckert found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 23rd in Aitkin County along MN Highway 200 near mile marker 199, about a mile west of US Highway 2.
Recent new arrivals in the area include BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, ALDER FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and WILSON'S WARBLER.
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Saturday Aug. 8, 2009
Augusta, Ga--This year, more then ever, there seems to be new coaches taking over teams. Eight of them in our area alone. One of them, at Aquinas as Matt Lezotte is now in charge of the Fighting Irish.
The former Westside grad has been on the Aquinas staff the last few years, but now is the decision maker. First and foremost, he got the guys into the weight room more then ever. When you have a lot of kids that play on both sides of the ball, conditioning is huge
"We need to be well conditioned and we need to be in shape, we need to be tough and we need to execute, we're banking on those things" said new coach Matt Lezotte "If we can do that then any football team is hard to beat if you can do those things well."
"He's really organized this team and made us a lot stronger and work out in the weight room and he's just made us a better team all together." added senior Garrett Pippen
Plenty of familiar faces return to the Aquinas lineup which bodes well, especially for the guys up front. You see Aquinas plays in arguably the toughest region in class a with the likes of Lincoln County and Wilkinson County. Getting off to a good start before region play will be important.
"Those are really going to help get everyone going and get our spirits up so if we can do good those first five games that should help carry out through our region play and really get us going for all the other games." said Tyler Snead an Aquinas senior
The Irish finished three and seven a year ago and the goal this year to improve upon that. Those non region games to start things will go along way if that's to be the case


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Ducks Unlimited and partners recently completed the restoration of 1,600 acres of wetlands on Smith & Bybee Lakes, located in Portland at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. This wetland complex is owned and managed by Metro Parks and Greenspaces, and is proclaimed to be the largest protected urban wetland in the United States. The primary objective of this project was to restore as much of the natural hydrology to the site as possible with the understanding that during some parts of the year water would need to be physically retained in the wetlands. Restoration involved removing a dam and tide-gate, and replacing it with a large water control structure that captures tidal waters, allows for water management, and provides fish passage into the lakes. The previous structure had converted the wetlands into one two permanent lake s , and did not provide any management options.
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(1821–90), English explorer, anthropologist, and translator; full name Sir Richard Francis Burton. In 1858, he and John Hanning Speke were the first Europeans to see Lake Tanganyika. Notable translations: Arabian Nights (1885–88), Kama Sutra (1883), and The Perfumed Garden (1886).
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AIG: Government Sale Winner
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- American International Group (AIG) was the winner among the largest U.S. financial names on Tuesday, with shares rising 6% to close at $35.26.
The broad indexes all saw 1% gains, as the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee began its two days of meetings, with investors expecting the central bank to announce on Wednesday plans to continue its large monthly purchases of long-term U.S. Treasury securities, as the central bank works to keep long-term rates at historically low levels.
While the Fed is expected to continue is purchases of long-term Treasuries at a pace of $45 billion per month, however, there could be some upward pressure on short-term interest rates if, as expected, the central bank stocks making equal monthly purchases of short-term Treasuries in 2013.
Investors also cheered the announcement by the Center for European Economic Research that the ZEW economic sentiment indicator for Germany rose to 6.9 points in December, increasing from the previous level of negative 15.7, for the indicator's first positive number since May.
The Center for European Economic Research said that "the indicator's rise shows that the financial market experts expect the economic activity to stabilize until early summer 2013," and that "positive U.S. economic data may have contributed to this assessment."
Financial stocks trailed the broad indexes, with the KBW Bank Index (I:BKX) up slightly to close at 49.51, while the KBW Insurance Index was flat, at 126.99.
Shares of HSBC (HBC) rose 1% to close at $51.84, after the bank reached an agreement with the Department of Justice and U.S. regulators to pay a whopping $1.9 billion to settle charges that it facilitated illegal transfers to Iran and the laundering of money by Mexican drug cartels.
The deal included a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department, under which HSBC will be "subject to strict oversight by a corporate monitor for the next five years," according to Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, who also said during a press conference that HSBC "must further enhance its compliance structure."
HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver said in a company statement that "we accept responsibility for our past mistakes. We have said we are profoundly sorry for them, and we do so again. The HSBC of today is a fundamentally different organization from the one that made those mistakes."
Gulliver added that "under new senior leadership, we have been taking concrete steps to put right what went wrong and to participate actively with government authorities in bringing to light and addressing these matters."
'You Did It'
The U.S. Treasury late on Monday announced a public offering for its remaining 16% stake in American International Group's common shares, with the shares selling for $32.50, which was a 3% discount to Monday's closing price.


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Go Radio's timing is impeccable. Close The Distance sounds like the end to a bittersweet summer. It captures that occasionally ambiguous feeling between seasons. You're obsessing over what you could have done differently, but at the same time you're focused on the future.
All of Close The Distance's songs hit home thanks to Jason Lancaster's honest lyrics and passionate vocals. Albums like this can easily come out sounding forced — after all this is Pop-Rock centered on break-ups, mistakes, and growing up. But it never does, everything sounds organic and sincere. The songs are never too bitter, cheesy, or desperate.
Of course the catchiness of the whole affair doesn't hurt either. Songs like 'Baltimore', 'Collide', and 'Things I Don't See' wouldn't be out of place on Top 40 radio stations. They're a perfect mix of lyrics, vocals, production, and musicianship.
On the topic of musicianship, one thing I love about this album is each instrument is given ample breathing room. I hate songs where one instrument dominates everything, or songs where everyone decides to play at the same time. There are peaks and valleys, every instrument sounds distinguished and they flow naturally with one another. Combine this with all of the above and a few well placed backing vocals and you have a potent mix. (Rating: 8.5/10)
Close The Distance comes out on September 18th via Fearless Records. Pre-order it here and like Go Radio on Facebook.


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'Please Give': Director Nicole Holofcener on Money, Shopping and Catherine Keener
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener is known for wry comedic movies that star Catherine Keener and showcase the awkwardness of human relationships . Holofcener worked with Keener previously on the films "Walking and Talking" (1996), "Lovely & Amazing" (2001) and "Friends with Money" (2006). Their latest collaboration is "Please Give," which centers on a New York family bent on taking over their crotchety old neighbor's apartment once she dies. It co-stars Amanda Peet and Oliver Platt and opens in limited release on April 30.
Holofcener talked to the Wall Street Journal about her work.
The Wall Street Journal: You had less money to make this film than your last one, "Friends With Money." How did that affect it?
Nicole Holofcener: If I had more money it would have been the same movie but I would have had more to play with in terms of sets and shooting days.
Your movies feel very literary. Are you a big book person?
I'm probably not a big book person. I read a lot but I don't read voraciously. I love reading. I have 12-year-old twin boys and they have not discovered the joys of reading; I wish they would. A great book is like nothing else. I read only fiction, any books my friends recommend.
In this film Kate (Catherine Keener) is seen reading a book by [This American Life regular] Sarah Vowell and the writer makes an appearance in a scene. What's the story?
I love Sarah Vowell. I've read a couple of her books. Catherine Keener is a good friend of hers. We got her book to be in the movie. You can't put a book in a movie unless you have permission to use it. We called Sarah from the set and she was like, "Yeah" and I asked her if she'd like to be in the movie too.
I read an interview where you said you spend a lot of the time in between your movies shopping.
Did I say that? God that's stupid. I work on TV shows, I rewrite scripts for studios to support myself. Usually I get jobs to improve character dialogue, mostly romantic comedies. Right now I'm writing a script based on a French movie that nobody's ever heard of. Focus hired me to do it. And aside from all the shopping, I've got two kids and a dog and a house and a messy life.
I know Catherine Keener plays your alter ego in your movies. Is anyone else in "Please Give" based on anyone in your life?
Oliver Platt's character Alex is based on my ex-boyfriend in parts—the good parts. He really loved Howard Stern, and so does Alex.
Andra, the old lady in the movie, is just so crotchety and awful. Usually old ladies in movies are at least partly sweet.
Ann Guilbert, the actress who played her, said she was channeling her mother in law, who is long dead. She said, "I'm trying to remember how awful she was."
Why did you decide to make the main characters vintage furniture sellers?
That world just gave me so many opportunities for funny scenes about the guilt. They're surrounded by the old furniture of the old or dead people.


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Award: Carl B. Allendoerfer
Year of Award: 1993
Publication Information: Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 65(1992), pp. 91-103
Summary: A proof of Sarkovskii's Theorem based on the Intermediate Value Theorem.
About the Author: (from Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 65 (1992)) Xun-Cheng Huang has earned his degrees from Shanghai Jiaotong University (M.S., 1982), and Marquette University (M.S., 1987, Ph.D., 1988). He taught mathematics at New Jersey Institute of Technology and is currently at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include biomathematical modeling, differential equations, integrable, and chaotic dynamical systems.


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Today in Dallas photo history – Wild Card! Behold the Dallas Metropolitan Guard!
Try as I might, I could not find a significant event for February 23 for which I also had a photograph. So I'm playing a Wild Card again – significant photos for which I have no date.
These images, both dated 1902, have been in our photo archive for quite some time, but I can find little information to tell me just exactly what's happening. Early mentions of the Metropolitan Guard in our text archive refer to it variously as an "infantry company" or a "drill team."
The barest minimum of research I conducted on the web indicated that Texas did have a number of militia units in the 1800s, but would a militia group – charged with defending the populace – also devote time to drill routines? I don't know. But I'll bet someone out there does.
In any event, enjoy these photos. And if you know what it's all about, let me know!


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Vietnam Airlines to Begin London Flights
Last Updated on Saturday, 03 December 2011 03:33 Friday, 02 December 2011 16:45
By Lang Thang.
On 1Dec2011, Vietnam Airlines officially announces to begin direct flights on 8Dec2011 between Hanoi (Vietnam)/Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and London via Gatwich Airport. Initially, there will be 4 flights per week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from either Hanoi Noi Bai Airport or Ho Chi Minh City Airport to London Gatwich Airport.
The flights from Vietnam will depart at 23:00hrs and from London at 12:20hrs (local times); the duration of flight is 13 hours 40 minutes from/to Hanoi and 14 hours to/from Ho Chi Minh City saving the journey by air between the two countries up to seven hours compared to the flights with 1 stopover.
With the London flights, Vietnam Airlines will have 29 flights per week between Vietnam and 8 cities in 4 European countries. The new flights will help to facilitate trade and tourism between Great Britain and Vietnam.
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The ninth annual Elkins Toughman Contest will be held on Friday and Saturday at Elkins High School's Richard P. Simmons Memorial Gymnasium.
Doors will open up at 6:30 p.m. and the event will start at 7:30 p.m. on both nights.
Advance tickets for both days are still available at Rich Oil and Speedway stores in Elkins, Buckhannon and Philippi. Advance ticket sales will end at noon on friday and remaining tickets will be available only at the gate.
"Advance ticket sales have been very strong," said West Virginia Sports Promotor Jerry Thomas. "There are good seats still available and we are expecting another good crowd."
There are 80 fighters entered for the event with more entries expected. There will be a new division this year and it is the lightweight class where fighters 139 pounds and under will compete.
Fighters can still enter by either calling 1-800-296-3897 or going to www.wvtoughman.com.
The marine corp will also have a pull up contest in the lobby at EHS?for anyone interested.
This years toughman is being sponsored by WDTV, WDNE, Performance Powder Coating and Network West Virginia.


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World's Biggest-Heaviest Baby Ever Born
An Indonesian woman has given birth to the heaviest baby ever born in Indonesia, a boy weighing in at an eye-watering 19lbs (8.7kgs), 62cms (24.4ins), born last year.
The incredible size is the result of his 41 years old mother having having diabetes, therefore the baby received too much glucose, allowing him to grow so big.
The doctors described the baby as "extraordinary" in so many ways.He is almost "non-stop feeding", and cries very loud.
Well, this is a real life super-baby 🙂
But The heaviest surviving newborn (all time, worldwide) seems to have been a 22lb 8oz boy born to one Carmelina Fedele in Aversa, Italy, in September 1955.
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Police have confirmed that Medford resident Jordan Adam Criado, 51, is the man suspected of stabbing his wife and four children before setting his west Medford house on fire this morning, killing all but himself.
Pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Providence Medford Medical Center was his wife, Tabasha Paige-Criado, 30, according to the Medford Police Department.
Also pronounced dead after they arrived at Rogue Valley Medical Center this morning were the couple's children, three unnamed males age 7, 6 and 5, and a 2-year-old girl, police said.
All victims died from stab wounds and smoke inhalation, police believe.
Investigators were still in the process of identifying the children, and the investigation was continuing this evening.
Jordan Criado remained in police custody at RVMC, where he was being treated for smoke inhalation, police said. Investigators categorized his condition as stable.
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Verdict From the GOP: Obama is Wrong
By Khalid Khattak and Janet Hook
Congressional Republicans reacted strongly and negatively Thursday to President Barack Obama's proposals to close down the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, criticizing the possible move as "ill-conceived."
They also panned his proposal to eventually repeal the post-9/11 law sending the U.S. military into action.
In response to Mr. Obama's counterterrorism speech at the National Defense University, Rep. Ed Royce (R., Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said closing Guantanamo would threaten the security of U.S. citizens at home and abroad.
Mr. Royce was also critical of the Mr. Obama for continuing "to mistakenly treat counterterrorism as a law enforcement issue."
Similarly Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) termed Mr. Obama's law enforcement view of terrorism and national security as "deeply misguided." She said his plan "to close down the terrorist detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and send terrorists back to the battlefield might please his liberal base, but it would harm America's national security and send a signal of retreat in the war against radical Islamic jihad."
Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) said he would work with the administration to close Guantanamo but complained the president didn't have a plan to do so. And he opposed another of Mr. Obama's ideas — repealing the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, the congressional authorization for war after the Sept. 11 attacks. Mr. McCain disputed the idea that the U.S. is no longer at war with terrorism. "We are still in a long, drawn out war with al Qaeda," he said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) also opposed repealing the use of force authorization. "I believe we are not in a war that is winding down," he said. "We are in a war that is morphing.''
Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R., Ga.) and Kelly Ayotte (R., N.H.) opposed closing Guantanamo because they believed it was unwise to release prisoners to Yemen. Mr. Chambliss said that would be tantamount to "turning them loose.''


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There is something wrong with the Scott administration, when the judicial system continues to strike down laws the Florida legislature has passed. It was always my belief that voting was the essence of our democracy, and every political office holder believed they had a responsibility to extend this right to the largest number of citizens. But in Florida, it appears that our political leaders believe that a select few should have the right to vote and the system should be restrictive. In a highly-publicized decision, a federal judge in Tallahassee ordered that the state stop enforcing part of a new elections law that he said puts harsh and impractical restrictions on voter registration in the state. The League of Women Voters of Florida, Rock the Vote and the Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund filed the Tallahassee suit in December, after the League halted voter registration drives out of concern that volunteers could receive fines up to $1,000. It was obvious that this bill was designed to eliminate new minority voters, and new young voters. U. S. District Judge Robert Hinkles order said, The part of the 2011 election law rewrite that requires third-party voter registration groups to turn in registration forms within 48 hours of signing up a new voter or face up to $1,000 in fines put a virtually impossible burden on groups engaging in voter sign-up. In 2008, there was the largest number of new voters to vote in a presidential election in the history of the country and many of the Republican strategists want to lower the number of new voters in the 2012 election. In 2008, there was the largest number of new voters to vote in a presidential election in the history of the country and many of the Republican strategists want to lower the number of new voters in the 2012 election. The short deadline, coupled with substantial penalties for compliance makes voter registration drives a risky business. If the goal is to discourage voter-registration drives and thus also to make it harder for new voters to register, the 48-hour deadline may succeed, Hinkle said. Instead of moving forward, our governor is taking steps to move backward. The governor and his administration appear to violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act. In the short time that Scott, his administration and the Republican Florida Legislature have been in office, they have passed many ridiculous and unconstitutional laws that have been geared to hurt minorities. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was enacted to protect minorities and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act was enacted to protect citizens from voter purges. But Scott has ordered his administration to go on a voter hunt and purge Florida voters from the voter rolls. Scotts administration has flagged 2,700 voters as potential non-citizens; 58 percent are Hispanic and the other largest minority is Black. Racism is still alive today and dont think because there are Black politicians everywhere, that racism has disappeared. Voting is all about power and the Republicans in power want to maintain control. Hispanics and Blacks have the potential to be a powerful voting bloc, if we work together. Roger Caldwell is the CEO of On Point Media Group in Orlando.By Roger CaldwellMiami Times contributor, firstname.lastname@example.com


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If you buy a car and you're unhappy with it, there are legal rights which you can use for a happy outcome.
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Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
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Erick Mead
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Re: Baseline skillset
Mike Sigman
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There it is again, the "power comes from the big toe" idea that Shioda hinted at but didnt explain. Would you be willing to expound on that a little further now, Mike, or would it be too far from the theme of baseline skills?
I just tried to think of a quick way to explain what it is, but it's tricky without the understanding of the baseline skills that lead up to it. Let's just say that it is one of the supplemental ways to store and use power. ... It's one of the choices of things you want to specialize in
Shioda explained it and illustrated it as shown below. He said the big toe was the key to centering power (chushin ryoku) which is the necessary prerequisite for focussed power (shuchu ryoku) or breath power (kokyu ryoku).
Mike suggested:
Mike Sigman
Someone pushes you and you let that push go unimpeded (as much as possible) through you to the
back leg
. That would be simple grounding. If you keep their push lined up with the ground while you go backward and down a couple of inches (to allow you to "store" in the leg, waist, and hopefully tanden joints) and then you return directly into their push
Mike thus advocates in his "basic skillset" exercise precisely the reverse of what Shioda was talking about with the Big Toe chushin power, which is on the front (irimi) leg.
Shioda even shows it on the back cover of Total Aikido:
He makes clear in the the illustration and text of "Dynamic Aikido" (p. 82) the centering power in the big toe is on the forward foot in the direction
of the irimi
, NOT in the rear "grounding" footand in the direction opposite the irimi of the technique, which as Mike suggests, is directly in-line with the attacking force .
The illustration and narrative specify the right (forward) big toe as the focus of power, even when performing ikkyo
, as depicted.
I very often have to correct students whose irimi in their technique is incomplete because they stop with the feet about shoulder width apart in hanmi and weight fairly evenly distributed. By showing them how to, just as Shioda depicts, rotate the weight from the front heel to the ball of the front big toe (drawing the rear leg up under, as the hip pulls it forward). They gain an additional six inches of extension forward -- with a
movement of the body.
Most importantly it is performed (as Shioda illustrates) without any significant rear leg spring or push (as Mike suggests). It is a motion of the whole body (weight transfer - taijuuido) pivoting dropping (slightly) forward and then rising to center itself over the forward ball of the big toe. The rear leg merely travels sliding along the ground.
It also raises uke's connection a further two inches or so and the tanden travels in an rising, forward arc, like extending from chudan to seigan with the sword. It is the exact same mechanics for the hip and torso as is applied with the wrist and forearm in seated kokyu dosa.
Chushin weight distribution is on the rear leg big toe in situations where the rear hip is the one making the irimi. In a gyakku munetsuki iriminage, for instance, the forward leg and hip are in line with, but giving way to, the attack, while the rear hip is initially
advancing in irimi
Even though the rear leg may not change position at all, its weight distribution changes from heel to toe. Thus, the rear big toe is momentarily the focus as the center point of the irimi/tenkan in receiving the attack.
The rear leg is off-line and merely forms the pivot. It cannot transmit reaction force to the attack from the ground. If it were bearing the force of attack with ground reaction, the hip would have to be in-line and would not be free to turn forward in irimi. As soon as the receiving irimi/tenkan is made, the reverse irimi/tenkan begins on the forward hip and leg with the same sort of weight transfer described above. The ball of the big toe on the front (irimi) foot again becomes the focus to make the throw.
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A group of women from Clubsport Valley Vista in Walnut Creek recently made a mark at the USTA nationals in Surprise, Ariz. Competing in the 55+ age category at the 4.0 level, the group represented Northern California well, taking third place. The Valley Vista women lost in the semifinals to the eventual champions from the Pacific Northwest but secured a third place banner and trophy, now displayed at Clubsport's infamous "Fence of Fame." Pictured from left are Verna Ogden, Chris Seely, Susie Gwynn, Lisa Snowden, Lorna Zlock, Bonnie Merrill, Judy Miller, Gayle Ferry, Linda Davis, Arlene Acosta, Dixie King and Dolores Schmidt.


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Japanese Prime Minister Aso announced Lower House elections earlier today. Last Saturday he still insisted that elections would not be announced any time soon, but the LDP's historic loss at yesterday's elections for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly seems to have changed his mind.
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The New York Comedy Festival 2012: A Preview
The New York Comedy Festival hits the city with an extra degree of difficulty in presidential election years. In 2008, the festival launched with a panel discussion on political humor the day after Barack Obama was elected, and no one had any ideas yet for how to be funny about the guy. This year Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, who have perfected a two-man Obama impersonation on their Comedy Central show "Key & Peele," will perform as the festival begins on post-election Wednesday at New York University's Skirball Center.
"It will be somewhat improvised," Mr. Peele says. In their unique Obama impression, Mr. Peele addresses the nation calmly as President Obama while Mr. Key, as an "anger translator" named Luther, voices the frustration the President can't. The duo has an episode of their weekly show airing Wednesday night for which have pre-taped sketches for (hopefully) any scenario: Mr. Obama winning, Mitt Romney winning, and a temporary stalemate.
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Over the years I've shared my experiences getting comfortable with concealed carry and the options that have worked for me. When I first started looking online, resources for women were scarce. In the past few years numerous websites and groups geared toward women have become available to help serve as educational and product resources, but one website in particular has kept me coming back for more.
You may recall a belly band holster review that I shared last year. I purchased this holster from The Well Armed Woman and my review summarized my use of the holster over an extended period of time. Back in 2012 I began receiving the newsletter from Carrie Lightfoot, the company's owner and founder. It regularly features product information, legal news relative to women and concealed carry, as well as personal stories of why women began to carry concealed or how they've been empowered by carrying concealed. I recently had the privilege of speaking with Carrie about her website and her passion for sharing her knowledge with women throughout the country.
Carrie's goal back in 2012 when she created The Well Armed Woman was to "educate, equip and empower women for self defense and to expand the world of firearms to be the voice for women everywhere." Prior to that, her own personal experiences and a need for greater physical security triggered her instinct to learn to better protect herself. A friend took her shooting at a range and she realized how much she enjoyed it, which led her to seek out training and become a NRA Certified Firearms Instructor.
"When I began thinking about purchasing and carrying a gun several years ago, there was no single resource for a woman gun owner and shooter. I was frustrated and disappointed to discover that there were so few resources out there that provided straight forward and complete information and products geared specifically toward me as a woman gun owner in this male-driven industry. The information I did find was often condescending and sometimes downright insulting. They simply weren't talking to me or meeting my needs as a woman interested in gun ownership. The Well Armed Woman is the complete resource for the woman gun owner."
Carrie's passion for research and learning led her to create The Well Armed Woman in order to share a truly thoughtful plan of action about whether gun ownership is right for any woman. "Women are different with how we come through that door than men. It's an emotional thing." I've found Carrie's newsletters, product line, video reviews and website content to be not only informative, but also provide a no-nonsense approach to help me to consider my options and what will work for me.
One of the main things that attracted me (and keeps me returning) to The Well Armed Woman from my very first visit, was the serious nature behind Carrie's mission. Sure, she has some fun content and sells the girly accessories for women who are into that, but she's never lost the focus that she's there to help provide direction for women who need to know about firearms and what options are available. "My primary focus is self defense." This is what I relate to when it comes to firearms training and skills.
When visiting The Well Armed Woman, one of the first things that's noticeable is its easy to navigate format. In the purple navigation bar towards the top of the page is a link for Where to Start. For any woman who may be looking for information on buying their first firearm, or migrating to concealed carry, this is an invaluable link. It's direct without being intimidating and it's part of the no-nonsense approach that I appreciate so much from Carrie. This section is broken down into stages and steps that help women to ask themselves important questions before getting started and then provides direction on what's next.
For the women who are ready to learn or practice shooting, there are additional links to help find a local Chapter in their area to head to the range with, concealed carry products and range equipment and important topics that firearm owners should be aware of. The Chapter Program offered by The Well Armed Woman has grown significantly over the past two years and groups are now established in 43 states. "It's clear that women are so hungry for knowledge" and the Chapter groups provide an hour of classroom instruction and an hour of range time at every meeting. If a Chapter isn't available in your area, be sure to keep checking back as additional Chapters are being added regularly.
Keeping your shooting skills on target certainly requires regular practice and knowing your firearm, but being a responsible firearm owner also means keeping up to date with legislation in your area that could effect your right to carry. As you know there are many politicians currently in office (and activists with money to fund campaigns) who feel it's necessary for Second Amendment rights to be limited or removed based on their personal opinions, not on constitutionality.
One of the topics shared in the most recent TWAW newsletter was bringing awareness to a new campaign targeted at women and moms that could ultimately limit concealed carry and gun ownership rights. Carrie is asking that women "get proactive, and to get out there and speak up. NOTHING is more powerful than your voice and your own personal stories about why your ability to protect yourself must not be jeopardized. I encourage you to take a few minutes and write down why these constitutional rights are so important to you. Write down what the freedom to own and carry a gun means to you and how seriously you are committed to safe and responsible gun ownership. If the possession or use of your gun saved your life or that of someone else, now is the time to share that story." (Women can submit their personal stories with Carrie by visiting here.)
A realistic concern regarding this latest campaign is that "masterful marketing" could overpower the facts and statistics that those of us in the responsible gun ownership realm are familiar with. Carrie firmly believes that women must share their stories of why armed self defense is important in order help defend our right to carry and influence perception. I agree with her and hope that women in the ITS Community and everywhere will share personal stories with Carrie and with legislators.
As a woman and a mom I know I'll defend my right to protect myself and my family. There is no better time than now to make sure our voices are heard.
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Is this a joke? That website is nothing but regurgitated slop. Everything on there is grossly overpriced and easily found elsewhere for way less.
@JG As I've stated in the article, I find TheWellArmedWoman.com to be an invaluable resource for information and for concealed carry products. I've appreciated the many options to choose from when it comes to holsters and the fair pricing. TWAW also provides excellent customer service.
Thanks for sharing your opinion, but I respectfully disagree.
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My mom used to tell us that when she passes, she didn't want us to spend lots of money on a big fancy funeral with lots of flowers, a fancy casket and people being sad. "Take that money and have a big party and celebrate! I'll be partying with you!"
Depending on your belief system, you may or may not give much credence to psychic ability. Mom gave a lot of credence to it and we have many friends in our circle who have that gift. The two consistent things they all said when she disappeared were that they saw her in water, and that wherever she was, she was happy. For two years I've been pondering those two things and now I understand. She was indeed in water, and she is indeed happy.
I don't understand why she became bi-polar so late in life. I've heard many theories, I've done my own research and I still have no definitive answers. I do know that bi-polar disorder is a horrible, destructive disease. It was horrible for her. It was horrible for the people who loved her. But I also know that her illness in no way reflected the extraordinary human being that she was and it's not what I want her to be remembered for.
What things do I remember about her?
She was a joyful person, full of life who laughed a lot, sometimes so hard she'd have tears coming out of her eyes. She was the kind of person people flocked to because she had so much heart, so much compassion - and she was so much fun.
She had this uncanny ability to raise one eyebrow while lowering the other. A trait that doesn't seem to have been passed on to any of us. Maybe it skips a generation...
And her skunk stripe – the blond streak she had just above her forehead. She had that from the time she was in college into her early-thirties. We used to tease her mercilessly about it. I remember how disappointed we were when she got rid of it because she'd had enough of our teasing.
I remember birthday parties – with angel food cake and light whipped cream for frosting. What kid likes angel food cake with light whipped cream frosting? We didn't. But it was so much better for you than chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Mom was a health food freak before it was fashionable to be a health food freak.
The homemade ice cream though – that was some of the best stuff in the world. For our birthday she'd make us home made vanilla ice cream. We used to beg her to make it for us the rest of the year, but it was only a birthday treat.
She was the kind of mom that every person wished they had growing up. And while I really wasn't too keen on the hairbrush, which by the way she wielded very effectively, as an adult, I look back now and realize just how very fortunate I was to have the parents I have and to have had the childhood I had. Her family and the people she loved meant everything to her.
Even after she became ill she looked so beautiful for all of our weddings. The biggest tribute to her life is her children who have the most wonderful memories of a fabulous life. We all hope our children remember their childhoods as fondly as we remember ours.
We'd have family picnics every summer holiday – Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, and I remember playing some pretty competitive games of croquet, bocce and jarts and on 4th of July lighting off sparklers and roman candles. She loved roman candles.
I remember trips to the beach every summer. We'd get up early in the morning to go walk along the beaches looking for sea glass and arrow heads. We'd swim out to "Turtle's back" during the day and at night, we'd go back down to the beach and sit on the bench for a while to "tuck in the ocean" before we went to bed.
We had the neighborhood house. Everyone called her "Mom". In the summertime it was swimming in the pool. In the wintertime it was sledding down the front yard with mom out there perfecting the sled run for us after each time we went down. In high school, it was the gathering place for all teenage events. I remember late nights when we'd have a dozen friends over playing Ouija or "Light-as-a-finger-stiff-as-aboard" and mom would come out in her nightgown to say good night to everyone as she toddled off to bed.
I remember hiking the blue trail every afternoon after school. We'd hike out to the lone pine, sit down and eat macoun apples that we always took with us, and hike back. There was this 3-trunked tree at the top of the ravine that we'd leave our walking sticks in. We'd pick them up on the way out, and put them back in the tree on the way back. Sometimes, on the way, we'd stop at coon rock. I have to say that in high school, it didn't seem nearly as gargantuan as it did when we were kids and she and Gramma took us there to climb.
Over spring vacation every year when I was in high school Mom and I would go to a different park every day. We'd spread out a big blanket, sit down and have lunch, then sit there to read our books for a while. And then we'd go for a hike before heading home.
Mom loved the holidays – all of them. For Valentine's we'd have pink pancakes for breakfast, green ones on St Patrick's Day. At Easter we'd always color eggs and she made a cake that looked like a lamb, covered with coconut with jelly bean eyes.
Halloween was one of her favorites. We spent weeks getting our costumes ready, most of which mom made or put together. We always had "orange noodles" - otherwise known as Kraft macaroni and cheese. There were ghosts on all the windows made using glass wax and a cardboard haunted house she'd had since she was young. That thing has so much tape holding it together that by the time we were in high school it was probably as much cellophane tape as cardboard. Kids and parents came from all over the area for Mom and Dad's candied apples.
Her favorite holiday was Christmas. I remember making Christmas wreaths from princess pine and pines cones, making our own beaded ornaments, cookie baking parties and ginger people, and crowding around our little tiny organ and singing Christmas carols while Aunt Doris played. I've been trying to remember if she was "4 calling birds" or "6 geese a laying". When we were older, we'd stay up with her on Christmas Eve to toast in Christmas and stay up til midnight on Christmas Day to toast it out.
She played her Christmas albums from what seemed like Labor Day to Memorial Day, stacking them up on the turntable of our big console stereo so it would play one, then pull the needle arm back, drop another album down and play the next one. Occasionally we had a few too many on the stack, or the stack wouldn't sit just right and a bunch of them would drop. I think you were only supposed to stack 3 at at a time at the most, but of course we'd pile on 5 or 6 just to see if we could.
And I remember singing. She had such a beautiful singing voice. I remember her trying to teach me how to harmonize. She was such a very patient woman. We used to sing all sorts of Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary and other folks tunes that she taught us - Tom Dooley, "Ana-cucha-katcha-gamma-tossa-merra-tossa-noca-sama-kama-wacky Brown, and Jess's favorite "There's a hole in the bucket dear liza dear liza..."
There are so many memories I have about my mom, and so many more that all of you have of her. But what I most want her to be remembered for is how much she loved, how much she laughed, and how much she celebrated life. Today, our day to remember her, that's exactly what I intend to do.


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An IDEAL is a vision of the Ought-To-Be - some good to be attained. . . . An ideal is a challenge to a better life. First we must see it in imagination; then we must long to make it a part of ourselves; then we shall guide our conduct by it, we shall live it. An ideal is both light and power. It is light for conscience and motive-power for will. It is a standard by which we judge between right and wrong. When we see a noble ideal lived out in another's life, it gives us a holy discontent with ourselves until we make it our own and it makes more beautiful and strong our own character. This is the way of all progress, as the world grows better, for there is no progress without ideals. . . .
G. Walter Fiske
Source: quoted by Loyd J. Ericson from G. Walter Fiske, Jesus' Ideals of Living, Abingdon Press, 1922
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Former British Boxing Champion Gary Mason Tragically Killed In LondonBy Jane Warburton January 10th, 2011 All Boxing Articles
Tributes continue to flood in, following the tragic death of another Boxing Legend. Former British Heavyweight Champion - Gary Mason, died last week having been involved in a collision with a van while riding his bike through London.
Mason, whose career spanned ten years, had an impressive 37 win (34 by KO) record suffering his only loss to Lennox Lewis in 1991 for the European and British titles.
Aged just 48 at the time of his demise, Mason began his career in 1984, posting wins over the likes of Tyrell Biggs, James "Quick" Tillist, Ricky Parkey, Jess Harding and Hughroy Curry before retiring in 1994 .
The Jamaican born London resident had run his record to 35-0 (32) before facing Lewis, 14-0 (12), at the time, who stopped Mason in the seventh round.
Boxing News Tags: Boxing, Former British, Heavyweight, James Quick Tillist, KO, Legend, Lennox Lewis, Ricky Parkey, Tyrell Biggs


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Worcestershire Royals overpowered Gloucestershire Gladiators to register their first Friends Life t20 win of the season by five wickets at New Road.
Having restricted their neighbours to 119 for nine on a slow pitch, Worcestershire got home with five overs to spare thanks to a flash of form from Alexei Kervezee, who has had a difficult summer since he retired from international cricket with the Netherlands.
With only one half-century in 26 previous innings in all formats - that arriving in a Yorkshire Bank 40 meeting with his former Dutch team-mates - Kervezee held his focus today in cruising to an unbeaten 42 from 32 balls.
Worcestershire dominated the game from the outset but put a little pressure on themselves when losing key wickets.
Moeen Ali, following a successful spell of 2-14 with his off-breaks, was going well on 22 when he swept Tom Smith to deep square-leg and Andre Russell hit a rapid 18 before he was run out, ambling along with his bat off the ground when looking for a single.
When Gareth Andrew chipped Smith to midwicket, giving the left-arm spinner 2-22, the home side were 93 for five but Ben Cox held firm alongside Kervezee and completed the job with a straight six off Benny Howell.
Comprehensively beaten in their first two group games, Worcestershire selected three spinners in an attempt to take advantage of a dry, sparsely grassed surface.
The plan worked to perfection in the case of Moeen, who delivered 14 dot-balls in four overs, but the seamers were not to be shut out of the action in reversing the previous week's 48-run defeat at Bristol.
Michael Klinger, who won that match for Gloucestershire with an unbeaten century, gave Jack Shantry the first of two wickets in successive balls in the fourth over.
The Australian turned a simple chance to short midwicket and Chris Dent was stuck on the crease when edging through to wicketkeeper Cox for a golden duck
There was soon to be another double with the last ball of one over and the first of the next. Cox grabbed another edge from Dan Christian and Alex Gidman was leg-before as Daryl Mitchell began a spell of 3-21.
Six batsmen got into double figures but no one could break free as Worcestershire's fielders backed up their bowlers with slick catching, none better than Kervezee's overhead take from Howell in front of the rope at midwicket.


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I'll be speaking at the MySQL Conference and Expo on April 22-25 in Santa Clara. On April 25 at 1:50 PM I'll be talking about using MySQL in the Amazon AWS cloud but to be honest, I hevn't done much formal preparations. I will prepare some slides here, but fact is that most of this session will be practical, hands-on stuff. Largely, I'll show stuff that I used when I was Database Architect and Admin for a reasonably large AWS installation.
Anyone telling you that Amazon AWS is just like any other environment, except that disk-I/O is slower, doesn't get it, there is much more to AWS than that. By using the services that comes as part of AWS there are loads on things you as a DBA or Devops can do to simplify and automate everyday tasks. Backups, slave provisioning, availability are things that can make really good use of AWS. So armed with an AWS account and some MySQL instances running there, I'll be showing you some real world examples.
Also, you may ask why I haven't been blogging much recently? If this worries you, I think you should get a day job. Jokes aside, I was testing MySQL replication in real life, but it sort of failed on me, and I ended up with twins alright, but one boy and one girl. These two has taken a lot of my time recently, and the joys of blogging and writing code in spare time was changed to exercising the joy of changing dipers on these little babies:
I will do some more blogging now again though, I have promised myself to do that, but I have loads of other things to do also.


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Remember why we went to war in Iraq (beyond the WMD argument) in the wake of the September 11th attacks America realized our Mideast policy of propping up dictatorships was failing miserably. Al Qaeda was seen in the region not as the barbarous band of Muslim murderers they subsequently showed themselves to be, but as the only force effectively fighting regional dictators and their American sponsors.
Bush, I think correctly, diagnosed the problem and realized we needed to offer a competing narrative to win over the people of the region. Iraq, with its underutilized oil resources, reasonably educated population and historical significance in the region would serve as an example for the rest of the Muslim nations of the Mideast. Remove the dictatorship, the argument went, and with help and guidance from the US the country would flourish. This would be our answer to the Strong Horse/Weak Horse narrative bin Laden had been selling for a decade. In addition, we'd turn a country that had been a terrorist haven into a fighting ally against these very groups.
It was a reasonable play considering the stat of the world and the options available to us. It offered up the possibility of changing the game in a region where our policy had grown stale and began producing far too many costs for too few benefits.
But like any opportunity that presents possibility of great gains, it also entailed great risks of equally high or higher losses.
Unfortunately, it appears we are going to reap the losses.
And predictably so (at least I predicted it – after reading Angelo Codevilla's brilliant and incisive analysis of the Bush actions).
We invaded Iraq without first asking ourselves three questions:
1. What and who are we at war with?
2. What is the best way to defeat this enemy?
3. What will we call victory?
The answers are, in order:
1. We were, and still are, at war with Muslim terror gangs who wish to attack us primarily on religious, but also geopolitical grounds.
2. The best way to defeat these groups is to destroy the regimes that arm, finance, train, shelter, protect, and use them against us and our interests and allies.
3. We will have achieved victory when we no longer fear attacks from them, and no longer feel the need to give up our essential liberties in the name of temporary safety in order to protect ourselves from them.
Drew is misrembering something else here: We didn't decide on "regime change" as a strategy. We (apparently) decided on regime change followed by the establishment in Iraq of some sort of multi-cultural/religious/tribal "democracy." This new democracy would serve as the destabilizing factor in the Muslim world, and help to bring the rest of it into the world of modernity.
That was always a fool's game, and obviously so, right from the start.
I said so at the time, I've continued to say so, and you know what? I was right.
Bush, supposedly but not really a military man, forgot the first principles of war: Know your enemies – they are the ones trying to kill you. Kill them until they no longer wish to, or are even able to try to kill you.