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SUNRISE, Fla. - The Phoenix Coyotes preserved their win by the smallest of margins.
Ray Whitney had a goal and assist, and Radim Vrbata also scored to lift the Coyotes to a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.
Mike Smith stopped 19 shots before leaving with 16:31 left in the third period because of a non-contact injury. Jason LaBarbera relieved Smith and made eight saves, including a close one on a penalty shot.
The Coyotes won for just the second time in six games. They gave up the winning goal with 0.1 seconds left on Saturday against the New York Rangers. This time, an inch separated them from a possible tying goal.
Florida was awarded a penalty shot with 24.5 seconds left in the game after several Coyotes' players displaced the net. Stephen Weiss' shot was blocked by LaBarbera, and the puck stopped right on the goal line.
"I looked at our bench, there was no reaction. Then I looked at their bench, and there was no reaction, and I'm wondering, 'What the heck is going on here?' " LaBarbera said. "I looked beside me and saw it, and I obviously saw the replay, and I was like, 'You gotta be kidding me.' "
Brian Campbell scored for the Panthers, and Jose Theodore made 20 saves. It was the first loss in regulation for the Panthers in nine home games. Florida's last 13 home games have been decided by one goal.
Weiss came in fast and fired the puck low on his penalty shot.
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The Council on Development Finance on Monday approved DuPont's application for a $920,000 grant from the Delaware Strategic Fund to help the company develop a small prototype manufacturing facility in Newark for organic light-emitting diodes.
The state is investing almost $1 million in DuPont Co.'s efforts to improve the manufacturing of components for lighter, more energy- efficient flat-screen televisions and displays.
DuPont is investing $30 million of its own funds to install equipment at its Stine-Haskell Research Center off Elkton Road in Newark, the state reported.
Under the agreement, DuPont is required to maintain the jobs for five years, or the money can be "clawed back."
Alan Levin, state economic development director, said, "The project is expected to add 35 full-time jobs, including nine professional workers and 26 engineers and skilled labourers." Alan added, "Although there's no promise that DuPont would build a larger OLED component factory in Delaware later on, making this investment now will put the state in good position to compete for that factory should it come to pass."
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Theatre festival highlights women playwrights of colourSeptember 28, 2011
Now in its twelfth year, the River Crosses Rivers II festival is one of the only events in America that highlights the works of women playwrights of colour. "The goal, simply put, is to give these women the kind of exposure that is provided by Ensemble Studio Theater, whose goal is to nurture individual theatre artists and to develop new American plays," the festival website says. "The River Crosses Rivers II is a stellar lineup of playwrights whose voices add richness and texture to the American Canon." The American Canon has not traditionally made a whole lot of space for women playwrights, and it's made even less room for women playwrights of colour. The River Crosses River festival is one way to rectify that.
What Drives My Activism?September 28, 2011
Today is a bittersweet day for me – it is both my birthday, as well as the anniversary of my grandfather's death. This year marks the tenth year since his passing. My grandfather was a very special man. Family was everything to him, and you could always count on my grandpa to come to your
Book Review: Broetry by Brian McGackinSeptember 28, 2011
Toni Morrison is often quoted as saying, "If there is a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." When reading Broetry, one gets the sense that Brian McGackin set out to achieve just that. While I wholeheartedly disagree with his assertion that men are "left behind" when it comes to poetry (I wonder what e.e. cummings and Walt Whitman would say to that), I do agree that poetry may not be perceived by many as a stereotypically "masculine" pursuit. And certainly, if there's room in the poetry world for something as niche as Haiku for Jews, why wouldn't there be space for poetry about beer, action movies and Nicole Scherzinger?
New feature – Young women: unemployed and on the shelf?September 28, 2011
I'm writing this from my flat in Japan where the footage of the London riots and the subsequent polarising sentencing has made my home country appear strange and post-apocalyptic. Without my usual grounding calmness of the tractor-speed Somerset countryside to provide context, it looks from here as if the UK is falling into a pit of despair. Perhaps living in a country that has seen fully fledged disaster should put everything into perspective, but in the long term it doesn't.
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7 October: 'green scarves' campaign in solidarity with Afghan womenSeptember 28, 2011
I was fortunate to be able to attend ActionAid's IWD event in March, when four prominent women's rights activists from Afghanistan spoke of their experiences and the day-by-day struggles faced by many women in the republic (my review is
No Service: Women in Combat and Military PolicySeptember 28, 2011
It's been a big month for military news. In the United States, the discriminatory 'don't ask, don't tell' policy was finally rescinded, putting the LGBQ in the US military. People no longer need to remain closeted to serve, although
Occupy Wall Street ProtestSeptember 27, 2011
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If we're the majority, where's the (media) visibility?*September 27, 2011
I'm starting to feel like a skipping record. Every so often there's a local pro-choice event where my mates and I are invited to speak. I stand before an audience of likeminded students or professionals, talk about reproductive politics in the States, and end on a call to action: "We can't win the fight for reproductive equality unless we counter anti-choice lies with facts and stories about our own experiences."
Alabama tells offenders to pick between jail and JesusSeptember 27, 2011
The small town Bay Minette, Alabama is giving non-violent offenders
Healthy is the New Skinny at Modern Mom MagazineSeptember 27, 2011
Would you rather talk to your teen daughter about her sex life or her weight? If you chose the former, you're not alone: a new study released this month by WebMD showed that nearly 22% of parents are uncomfortable discussing the dangers of being overweight with their kids, compared to only 12% of parents who feel uncomfortable discussing sex with their teenager.
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While other school lunch programs might plot to slip in a meatless Monday entree, Heather Forrester's menu planning includes the opposite challenge.
When are the students going to get meat this month?
At the Aurora Waldorf School, a private West Falls institution with about 180 students, Forrester produces school lunches that challenge notions about what kids will eat. Served four days a week at $3 per meal, lunches emphasize unprocessed ingredients in mostly vegetarian dishes, with an emphasis on organic and local raw materials.
Forrester does most of the work herself, including shopping, to put out 80 to 150 lunches daily. Since the lunch program began in September, Forrester said, more than a few kids have had their palates expanded by dishes like broccoli pasta, sesame noodles and Thai lemongrass soup.
"At the beginning of the year it was more challenging to get the kids to try new things," said Forrester, whose resume includes Rue Franklin and other restaurants. Since then, "moms have thanked me for serving things their kids haven't had -- if their peers are eating it, they'll generally try it too."
What's for lunch today?
"Wild rice and chicken herb salad on a bed of greens with some feta on top. One of my favorites."
Was the chicken organic?
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You say 90 percent of kids aren't vegetarians, but you serve meat once or twice a month?
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The Miami Herald (Editorial Board Opinion) – No Sale: South Broward Hospital District should retain public status
In the last days of this year's session, the Florida Legislature adopted a measure that puts public hospitals on the auction block. On June 20, residents of Broward County have a chance to tell officials that they want to keep Memorial Healthcare System public because there is simply no compelling reason to change its status… In addition to the absence of any clear and compelling reason to sell a successful public hospital system that does not burden the public with heavy taxes, there are reasons to question whether this is an unwarranted giveaway to private hospitals. Having the bill signed into law by a governor who was once a private hospital entrepreneur only raises more questions and strengthens the case for a definite No Sale.
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Sun-Sentinel (Editorial Board Opinion) Memorial Hospital Aces Any Test
The Memorial Healthcare System is not for sale, but the state of Florida isn't taking any chances. It's forcing the South Broward hospital chain to determine the benefits of selling or leasing its facilities – even if no such deal is in the works. Blame that on HB 711, a bill that sailed through the Florida Legislature and was signed by Gov. Rick Scott. The bill mandates every public hospital chain and health district determine the value of its facilities, and if the evaluation shows that operating the hospital is no longer in the public's interest, sets up provisions to find qualified buyers or lessees. Memorial Hospital is nowhere near that point and has no reason to go there. The hospital has one of the best operations in the state. More important, it has the confidence of the businesses, nonprofits and taxpayers that support it, and the residents who rely on its services. If there was ever a hospital that fit the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," this is the one.
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South Florida Hospital News: Memorial Healthcare System and 2011 ... A Year of Growth and Great Opportunities
It has been an historic year for Memorial Healthcare System, starting with the opening of the new Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital – the first, free-standing pediatric hospital in Broward County –and moving ahead with a poignant vote in which the South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners adopted the lowest millage rate in its history, a 41 percent decrease from the previous year.
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South Florida Hospital News: Nursing at Memorial Regional Hospital – It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This!
Nursing care is the most important aspect of any patient and family experience during their inpatient and outpatient hospital experience. At Memorial Regional Hospital, our nurses provide the best nursing care around. This experience can be measured by our nurses' caring touch, their friendly smile, their clinical expertise and their commitment to our patients and their families.
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5/15/2012 – Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine – Adult-Free Zone. Sports medicine program targets adolescent injuries
U18 Sports Medicine-a comprehensive sports medicine program for pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients-is poised to meet this increased demand. The multidisciplinary program encompasses sports injury prevention and operative and non-operative treatment by pediatric orthopedic surgeons from Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital as well as diagnostic imaging, including MRI and X-rays, and rehabilitation services at each of its locations in Miramar and Coral Springs, FL. [Read More...]
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5/21/2012 – Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine – Jockey recovers from a spinal cord injury with help of dedicated therapists
Lopez suffered minor injuries but Coa fractured the C-4 vertebrae in his spine along with his right wrist, left shoulder and left collarbone. After being admitted to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, FL, Coa was diagnosed a complete quadriplegic and given little hope for ever walking again. The native Venezuelan underwent two neurosurgeries during a two-week period at Memorial Regional Hospital before being released to The Rehabilitation Institute of South Florida at Memorial Regional Hospital South for extensive rehabilitation. True to his word, the 40-year-old veteran rider walked through the front doors of Memorial Regional Hospital South six weeks later, without assistance. [Read More...]
5/13/2012 – The Miami Herald (special health section) – Stroke centers help patients recover day-to-day skills
When it comes to strokes, "time is brain." That's the adage healthcare professionals use to describe the importance of treating strokes quickly to reduce their effects. A stroke, or "brain attack," occurs when a clot blocks blood to the brain, causing brain cells to die. Lasting effects – such as speech impairment, memory loss and balance or vision issues – depend on where in the brain a clot occurs. "We integrate the whole rehabilitation process extremely early," sometimes within one day of the stroke, said Dr. Alan Novick, the rehabilitative medical director for Memorial. [Read More...]
5/13/2012 – The Miami Herald (special health section) – For childhood strokes, time is critical
Greta Gillis never imagined her 6-year-old daughter would suffer a stroke. But during a visit to the beach last summer, the kindergartner started showing the telltale signs. Kendall was treated at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital. First, the doctors put her into a coma to slow her brain function. Five days later, they removed the malformation that had caused Kendall's brain to hemorrhage. Within eight weeks, a period of which involved in-patient therapy, Kendall was able to leave the hospital. "That hospital saved her life," Greta Gillis said. [Read More...]


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Before the start of the fall season, Federer stated that he could "dominate anyone" when he was at his best. I don't think any objective observers disagreed, but the question that popped up in the minds of many was how often could Federer conjure up his best tennis when needed? Turns out, often enough.
In the five events he competed in this fall, Federer won three of them, reaching a final (l. to Murray) and a semi (l. to Monfils) in the others. He went 21-2 in the time period, and dominated his toughest rivals to win the prestigious Year End Championships.
Is his form at the depth of the season a sign of things to come? Can Federer get back to the top again? Or was his play at the Grand Slams this year a more important predictor of his fortunes?
I don't like to make big predictions, but I can identify several reasons why I think Federer can get back to the top of the ATP rankings.


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What are you most proud of? It may not be the cleanest finish (not by a long shot) but overall it looks quite striking.
What advice would you give someone starting this project? Marina rolls over the silicon sheet with quite a large sweep - I found it easier to make very small gentle rolling motions, as the large sweeps tended to lift the fondant. The gentle rolling presses the fondant into the silicon blades bit by bit and it gave a cleaner finish than when I tried it the other way. However you choose to do it, there's a definite learning curve with using the onlay, and I wish I'd practised on a dummy before trying it on the cake (you can tell the difference between where I started and where I finished haha). My advice would be to maybe have a play with it on a dummy cake first so you get a feel for it.
Came out really nice..nice job
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WASHINGTON - Harold Winley sang "Love Potion No. 9" and other hits with the R&B group The Clovers in the 1950s, but now the 80-year-old says another group is trying to keep him from performing using the band's name.
Winley says he was in his teens when he and four other singers started performing as The Clovers in the Washington area. The R&B group played at Washington's Apollo Theater, eventually signed with Atlantic Records and celebrated when "Love Potion No. 9" became their biggest hit in 1959.
"It was great," said Winley, who now lives in Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. "We didn't make no money but we had a lot of fun."
The group's success fell off in the 1960s, however. And that's when things got more complicated, leading to a lawsuit filed earlier this year in federal court in Washington.
Winley and another band mate, Harold Lucas, went on to perform with separate musical groups that called themselves The Clovers, and Harold Lucas' group eventually trademarked the name in the 1980s. Lucas died in 1994, but two of the men he trademarked the group's name with continue to use it when performing.
Winley says the group has threatened venues who have booked him when he's used The Clovers' name, forcing organizers to cancel his shows at least twice. That's why he filed his lawsuit.
"It is our position that when people come to see The Clovers they expect that they are going to see Harold Winley or another original member of The Clovers," said Winley's lawyer, Brad Newberg.
Winley says his bass voice is still strong and he'd like to perform as much as possible. But if he goes on stage, he said, "I want to go on stage as The Clovers." He recently tried filing a trademark application for "The Original Clovers featuring Harold Winley" but was denied.
A lawyer representing the two men who hold The Clovers trademark did not return several telephone calls and an e-mail requesting comment. The attorney previously filed a court document asking that the lawsuit be dismissed.


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Supermarkets censoring tabloids, celebrities stalking paparazzi - how the worm is turning for those who profit from private glimpses of public figures.
Earlier this week, several supermarket chains around the country announced they would pull from their shelves any tasteless coverage of the life and death of Princess Diana. Already pulled by some stores are issues of the National Enquirer and the Star, printed before the fatal crash in Paris, detailing Diana's romance with Dodi al-Fayed.
Nationally, Safeway said individual U.S. and Canadian supermarkets in its 1,367-store chain were removing Sept. 9 issues of the Star, which featured an article about ``Di's New Loveboat Cruise.''


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ADMITTED: Brad Pitt, 40, has claimed in interviews that he gave up smoking cigarettes in order to be at his most physically fit for Troy, which opens Friday. And on Monday's Oprah, the audience applauded wildly when Winfrey announced that the hunk had kicked the habit. But Pitt then sheepishly asked the crowd to stop clapping – and revealed that he has picked up the rotten habit again.
EXPECTED: Next week's Frasier finale won't be the last of the exciting events in Peri Gilpin's future. The actress, 41, who lives in L.A. with artist husband Christian Vincent, is expecting a big life change this summer: twins, via a surrogate. And her next work project? "Whatever I do has to be really good because it will follow in Frasier's footsteps," says Gilpin, who played radio sidekick Roz. For now, there's voiceover work: "It's fun."
BLOCKED: Miramax's parent, the Walt Disney Company, is moving to prevent the studio's release of Oscar-winning documentary maker Michael Moore's new Fahrenheit 911, because the film allegedly links President Bush with powerful Saudi families, including that of Osama bin Laden, The New York Times reports. The film is due to premiere at this month's Cannes Film Festival in France. Variety quotes a Miramax spokesman as saying that the company was "looking forward to resolving this amicably." But Moore, 50, says on his Web site that the movie might "endanger" millions of dollars of tax breaks Disney receives from the state of Florida (where Disney World is located), because the film will "anger" state Gov. Jeb Bush.
PLANNED: Even though the third American Idol won't be chosen for three more weeks, the top 10 finalists – Fantasia Barrino, Diana DeGarmo, George Huff, Jasmine Trias and La Toya London, as well as those who have already been voted out of the competition, Amy Adams, Camile Velasco, Jennifer Hudson, John Stevens and Jon Peter Lewis – are planning for a combined summer North American tour, reports Billboard. The tour will play 48 cities, kicking off July 14 in Salt Lake City and concluding Sept. 26 in San Jose, Calif.
SPLIT: Scary Movie star Keenen Ivory Wayans, 45, has filed for divorce from Daphne Wayans, his wife of three years, citing irreconcilable differences, according to papers filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The couple wed in June 2001, and Wayans seeks joint custody of their five children.
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Seems like Mrs. Carter has finally moved on. According to Allhiphop's Illseed Toya and her man Memphitz got hitched over the weekend:
I heard MempHitz and Toya (Weezy's ex-wife) got married over the weekend. Well, isn't that something. From what I understand, they will take this to the next level and air it on Toya's solo reality show when it airs. The melding of business and reality are colliding big time! OH, did I mention Toya's allegedly pregnant too? Yep.
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This week has literally flown by, most likely because I've been on vacation and those weeks always go by the fastest. It wasn't my best week of workouts, but I did manage a few good ones! Before we get to that though, just a couple more updates on the new site!
I finished the drop downs yesterday, so be sure to check them out!
The About tab has a section about me, the furry fam and a contact form.
The Inspiration tab has links to all my WIAW posts, my Lindsay's Lunchbox & Lindsay Loves series, easy dinner and snack ideas, etc.
The Workout tab has links to all my Fitness Friday posts, and then the workouts are divided into separate pages for treadmill, cardio, weights, etc.
Another new feature is the sharaholic buttons at the bottom of each post. They make it super easy for you to tweet the link to my posts, post them on facebook or email them….so share away, my friends!
And finally, because Rita is SO AWESOME, she figured out a way to get the whole name of my blog to show up if you're reading my posts on your phone! weeeeeee!!!! gosh i love her 🙂
Still working on updating my blog roll!
So let's take a look at the workouts shall we?
March 16th
I turned to twitter late Thursday night looking for a HARD workout that I could get up and do Friday morning. Christine hooked me up!
Here's the link to the workout. It's a good one!
March 17th
Rest day. My parents and I walked the dogs 3 miles (to get coffee!)
March 18th
I had a busy weekend, dropped my parents off at the airport and then went straight to work. When I got home, I wanted a workout that would get the job done quickly! I put together this 16 min tabata. Each tabata has one exercise standing up and one down on the ground:
A couple of videos for you:
March 19th
Needed another quick workout so I ran a mile on the treadmill and then did this quick med ball ab workout. Something is always better than nothing!
The ab workout goes by quick but I was feelin' it by the end!
March 20th
Rest day. My back hurt, my knee hurt and I was exhausted. Listen to your body!
March 21st
Hubby and I headed to the basement to workout after he got home from work. I updated one of my older workouts and let me tell you, it BURNS!
Mar 22nd: I wasn't in the mood to come up with my own workout so I decided to let Twitter do the work for me! I sent out a tweet asking people to tell me their favorite bodyweight exercise and once I had enough responses, I turned them into a workout!
Here's what it looked like:
I was pretty much dead (but still smiling!) by that last wall sit:
Annnnnnd, I think I have chia seed stuck in my teeth. Whoops! Also, please excuse the cat litter and brewing supplies in the background 🙂
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San Antonio (February 3, 2016) – The San Antonio Symphony is excited to announce its third season at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing. The Symphony shines the spotlight on 14 awe-inspiring Classics Series concerts; a Mozart winter festival; and six eclectic Pops Series concerts. These performances offer a wide range of talent — fantastic pianists, superb singers, world-class violinists, a Rock 'n' Roll legend, a sublime guitarist, high flying aerialists, and more — all contributing towards an unforgettable 2016-2017 season.
Single tickets for our 2016-2017 season for our Classics, Pops, Gil Shaham and Christopher Cross will go on sale to the general public on August 22 at 10:00 a.m.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has
achieved a lot in his first year in office. His reform agenda next
year promises to be as challenging as it has been in
I wrote in this magazine a year ago,
during the tense 2002 presidential elections, that whoever won
would face a challenging reform agenda. I wrote that reforms
were needed, To release the immense potential of a
hardworking, creative and dynamic society.
Another important point I raised last year was that the
media had exaggerated the depth and extent of President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silvas leftist convictions. I also
mentioned a few challenges. He and his Workers Party (PT) had
to overcome the temptation of adopting heterodox, or
unconventional, economic policies. Lula also had to negotiate
with conservative leaders, the very individuals he had spent
much of his political career opposing, to build a political
base for his government in Congress.
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Then: 204 lbs.
Now: 129 lbs.
How: Lindora
Motivation: Weight-induced headaches and vision problems
A skinny kid in Miami who could eat anything – including her Cuban family's specialty, fried bananas – and not gain an ounce, Canino was shocked to discover that as an adult she had put on 80 lbs. during her first pregnancy and couldn't easily lose them after the birth of son Nikko, now 16. She went to Jenny Craig in 1988 and hit 115 lbs., but after the birth of her second son, Andrew, two years later, she again ballooned to 184. Using the now-banned drug combination fenphen helped, but without the pills, back came the weight. By the time her third son, Ryan, was born in 1994, she was carrying 174 lbs. on her 5'2" frame. "I got lazy," says Canino, now 39 and living with her kids and husband Hector, also 39, a seafood distributor, in a Los Angeles suburb. "I concentrated on my children and I lost myself."
As a result her self-image suffered. She skipped a friend's wed- ding rather than be seen in plus-size formal wear. "I knew I wouldn't look good," she says. "I stayed home and cried." Plus, as Canino got heavier, her shapely little sister, actress Eva Mendes (Stuck on You), was becoming famous. "I've never been envious of Eva," says Canino. But she would see her sister in magazines and think, "I used to look this good. What happened to me?"
Her health deteriorated too. Her knees and back often ached so much in the morning she literally had to crawl to the bathroom. And in September '01 she was diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri, a condition common to obese women that results in migraines, vomiting and, in rare instances, blindness from pressure on the optic nerve. "That scared me into losing weight," says Canino, who soon signed up at Lindora, a program characterized by a low-carb diet, lots of lettuce, daily weigh-ins and vitamin B12 shots administered by a nurse. She paid $1,200 for the first 10 weeks and found the plan initially difficult for a woman who "loved Big Macs with fries, pies and cheesecake." She learned to replace those with salads at the drive-thru and to curb bread, rice and pasta, all of which were forbidden in the plan's first stage. But shedding weight motivated her. She dropped 10 lbs in two weeks and started exercising, first walking, then jogging, then circuit training at a Curves gym.
In eight months she met her goal of 125 lbs., lost the pseudotumor symptoms and gained a new wardrobe filled with size sixes. "I knew she would lose the weight," says Mendes, who recently spent the holidays with her sister's family. "It was so inspiring." Canino has inspired husband Hector too. His reaction? "Wow! There's my wife who looks 20 years old again! Let's get down to it! Now, I've got to stay on my toes and stay in shape."
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We decided this was our day to visit Table Mountain, the flat-top mountain just east of the downtown section. Actually, Cape Town sprawls around all sides of Table Mountain, but the mountain's vast bulk is a buffer that keeps the city from feeling crowded.
We opted to hike one of the many trails to the top, climbing 2,000 feet in a couple of hours via the Platteklip Gorge. Once on top, we saw that the mountain summit really is as flat as it looks from below. We spotted the cableway station and walked toward it, pausing to spend an hour looking down on the great city.
We got our eyes fixed on the beach at Camps Bay from above, helping us to decided that's where we would spend our last night in Cape Town after we rode the cableway down. The tram cars revolve 360 degrees while they move, one of three such trams in the world. Others are at Engleberg, Switzerland, and Palm Springs, Calif.
The trailhead where we parked was close enough to send Ryan jogging to get the car.


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Tanya Huff
|Tanya Huff
|Also Known As:
|Author, Writer,
|Books, Television
|Blood Ties (television series), Blood books, Quarters series, Keeper's Chronicles (books), Smoke and Shadows, Novels of Crystal, Valor books, The Fire's Stone
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Tanya Huff is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer. The television series Blood Ties was based on Huff's Blood books, which are also known as the Vicki Nelson novels.
On fanfic
Tanya Huff wrote in a May 2010 journal entry:[1]
As the fanfic discussion is making the rounds again let me just reiterate where I, personally, stand.
1. Don't tell me about it. Knowledge implies consent and implied consent can potentially result in some legal nastiness. We'll both be happier if I don't know, trust me.
2. Have fun. I, personally, am thrilled you like what I've created enough that you want to see how it looks dressed in green and wearing thigh high boots.
3. I have no actual evidence, but I doubt fanfic has ever lost me readers and I strongly suspect it may be responsible for my gaining a couple.4. But, seriously, don't tell me about it.
On fan passion
In October 2001 she posted "I was an SF fan for years before I was a pro. I went to my first convention in 1977. I have been a costumer and a filker (still a filker), I've entered art shows, and run con-suites (not well, honesty forces me to admit) and the thing I love best about fans is how willing they are to be passionate about things. Books, movies, TV shows, games, corsets, beer, plots, characters, covers, authors, actors, high tech, low tech, comics and graphic novels and the arguments over which is which."[2]
List of Novels and Short Story Collections
Keeper's Chronicles
- Summon the Keeper (1998)
- The Second Summoning (2001)
- Long Hot Summoning (2003)
- Sing the Four Quarters (1994)
- Fifth Quarter (1995)
- No Quarter (1996)
- The Quartered Sea (1999)
Novels of Crystal
- Child of the Grove (1988)
- The Last Wizard (1989)
- Wizard of the Grove (1999) (Omnibus edition of Child of the Grove and The Last Wizard)
Blood Books also known as the Vicki Nelson novels
- Blood Price (1991)
- Blood Trail (1992)
- Blood Lines (1992)
- Blood Pact (1993)
- Blood Debt (1997)
- Blood Bank - a short story collection
Omnibus editions
- The Blood Books, Volume I (Omnibus edition of Blood Price and Blood Trail)
- The Blood Books, Volume II (Omnibus edition of Blood Lines and Blood Pact)
- The Blood Books, Volume III (Omnibus edition of Blood Debt and Blood Bank)
- Smoke and Shadows (2004)
- Smoke and Mirrors (2005)
- Smoke and Ashes (2006)
Valor books, also knows as Novels of the Confederation
- Valor's Choice (2000)
- The Better Part of Valor (2002)
- A Confederation of Valor (Omnibus edition of Valor's Choice and A Better Part of Valor)
- The Heart of Valor (2007)
- Valor's Trial (2008)
Other novels
- Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light (1989)
- The Fire's Stone (1990)
- Scholar of Decay (1995) a Ravenloft novel
Short story collections
- What Ho, Magic! (1999)
- Relative Magic (2003)
- Stealing Magic (2005)
- Finding Magic (2007)
The fandom for the television version of the Blood Books is small but established, and there is crossover between the television fandom and books fandom, but book verse stories are much more rare. The canonical Tony/Henry relationship, which does not exist on the show has drawn some fans to both the Blood and the Smoke series.
The Fire's Stone is often a Yuletide fandom and a few stories have been written.
Archives and Communities
- the AO3 has stories archived under several fandom tags, including HUFF Tanya - Works, Fire's Stone - Tanya Huff and Blood-Smoke Series - Tanya Huff
- The Fire's Stone stories at the Yuletide Treasure Archive
- tonys_shadows on Livejournal for discussion and fanworks related to the Smoke series
- ↑ http://andpuff.livejournal.com/197248.html Accessed October 20,2010.
- ↑ Passion: More than Just a Fruit posted October 6, 2011. Accessed October 7, 2011.


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From the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Financial Support: Mr. Alpers runs GunPolicy.org, which has current or recent funding
from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, York, United Kingdom; Netherlands Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands; Oxfam Australia, Melbourne, Australia; Small Arms Survey, Geneva,
Switzerland; Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Bern, Switzerland. Dr. Chapman was involved
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Australia and the United States share many characteristics. Both are English-speaking democracies of
multicultural immigrants. The 2 nations have been allies for nearly a century. Australians and Americans
consume similar diets of movies, video games, popular music, recreational drugs, and alcohol. Both have vast
interiors, early histories of armed European settlers mistreating native populations, plenty of feral pests
to shoot, and many firearm enthusiasts. Yet the 2 countries differ dramatically on the issue of gun
violence. The U.S. population is 13.7 times larger than that of Australia, but it has 134 times the number
of total firearm-related deaths (31 672 vs. 236 in 2010) and 27 times the rate of firearm homicide
(11 078 [3.6 per 100 000] vs. 30 [0.13 per 100 000] in 2010) (1).
The event that spurred this change in Australian gun control occurred on 28 April 1996 at the tourist site
of Port Arthur, Tasmania, when a gunman killed 20 people in 90 seconds with his first 29 bullets. This
"pathetic social misfit" (the judge's words) was empowered to achieve his final toll of 35
people dead and 18 seriously wounded by firing semiautomatic rifles originally advertised by the gun trade
as "assault weapons." Like most mass shooters in Australia and New Zealand, the killer had
neither a criminal record nor a diagnosed mental illness.
In the 12 days after this event, Australia's 6 states, 2 territories, federal government, and opposition
parties agreed to enact a comprehensive suite of firearm law reforms (2). John Howard, the newly elected and conservative prime minister, quickly reformed gun control
laws. Since then, there have been no mass shootings and an accelerated decline in total gun-related deaths
(3). All sides of Australian politics view tighter gun laws as a
triumph of Howard's administration.
Key components of the reforms included a ban on civilian ownership of semiautomatic long guns and
pump-action shotguns; a market-price gun buyback program financed by a small, one-off income tax levy on all
workers; proof of genuine reason for firearm possession; the formal repudiation of self-defense as a legally
acknowledged reason to own a gun; prohibition of mail or Internet gun sales; and required registration of
all firearms (2). In a long series of state and federal gun
amnesties and guns being voluntary surrendered for destruction, Australians have smelted more than 1 million
firearms, or one third of the national civilian arsenal. An equal number in the United States would be 90
million guns (3).
On the day of the massacre in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, one of us tweeted a link to our report on gun deaths
in Australia during the decade after the Port Arthur massacre and ensuing reforms (4). In the 6 years since our paper was published, readers accessed it online 14 742
times. During December 2012, a total of 82 310 people accessed it (see http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/articleusage?rid=12/6/365). Demand led to the reprinting of a book
detailing the events surrounding Australian gun control (5), which
was also made available as a free download. The world, particularly Americans, seems thirsty for information
about the Australian experience.
The U.S. gun lobby argues that, because people (not guns) kill people, gun control will not reduce gun
deaths. The Australian experience can inform this debate.
Whereas firearm suicides and single-victim homicides, such as domestic murders and criminal-on-criminal
shootings, dominate the landscape of firearm-related deaths in industrialized nations, it was a mass
shooting that outraged Australians and oxygenated public demand for gun control. The firearms banned from
civilian ownership in Australia are frighteningly efficient, mass-killing machines originally designed for
military combat. These weapons contribute little to target shooting or hunting. At the time, and across all
mainstream media, gun lobby pleas to allow open civilian access to weapons designed for the battlefield were
labeled as "un-Australian" extremism (5). Prime
Minister Howard stated that "This country, through its governments, has decided not to go down the
American path in regard to guns." But few predicted that a ban on semiautomatic weapons to prevent
massacres would have had a significant impact on Australia's total gun deaths. Then, as now, unintentional
shootings and suicides were responsible for 75% to 80% of gun deaths. Yet, the ban on semiautomatic weapons
led not only to a 16-year absence of gun massacres but also an accelerating decrease in the total rates of
gun deaths (3).
The rate of firearm homicide, which was decreasing by 3% per year before the reforms, decreased 7.5% per
year after the new laws. This change failed to reach statistical significance (P =
0.15) because of the relatively small numbers involved, but it remains notable (4). Firearm-related suicides in Australian men declined from 3.4 to 1.3 per 100 000
person-years (a 59.9% decline) between 1997 and 2005, while the rate of all other suicides declined from
19.9 to 15.0 per 100 000 person-years (a 24.5% decline), suggesting no substitution effect (6). The yearly change in firearm-related suicides in men was −8.7%
per 100 000 person-years (95% CI, −10.2% to −7.0%), and the yearly change in other suicides
was −4.1% (CI, −4.7% to −3.5%), less than half the rate of decrease in firearm suicide
(6). Although gun lobby researchers in Australia have sought to
repudiate these data (7) using methods that have been heavily
criticized (8–9), to date no peer-reviewed research has
established a plausible alternative cause for these accelerated declines. Meanwhile, others have attributed
even stronger public safety effects to Australia's firearm reforms (10).
A nation's incidence of firearm deaths reflects many cultural, economic, and legislative factors. Those
implacably opposed to Australia's reforms remain intent on attributing the declining incidence of gun death
to anything but the new gun laws and the destruction of one third of the nation's firearms. But Australia's
public health initiatives resemble the explanatory elephant in the room. No factor other than the dramatic
reduction in access to the semiautomatic weapons needed by those planning massacres has been advanced to
plausibly explain the cessation of mass shootings in Australia.
Although pro-gun spokespersons remain obsessed with the injustice of "decent law-abiding
shooters" being "treated like potential criminals," this rhetoric finds little traction in
Australia, where drivers are regularly treated as potential public menaces at random breath-testing
checkpoints and travelers as possible terrorists when passing through airport security.
Recently, a public health approach to gun control has taken root in the White House. Each of President
Obama's recommendations has its basis in evidence-based public safety interventions patiently researched by
our U.S. colleagues. Interventions similar in intent and design to those that successfully reduced the toll
of guns on the lives of Australians may, perhaps, take hold in the United States.
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As the United States struggles to develop meaningful ways to reduce firearm related deaths, it is imperative that these efforts be guided by sound evidence and informed by robust debate. Although the United States and Australia differ substantially in terms of society, history, and culture, some have suggested that the United States can learn from the Australian experience with gun control.
Given the importance of this topic, it is disappointing to see that Chapman and Alpers (1) provide only a superficial and highly selective account of evidence around Australia's firearms legislative reforms.
Citing their own work, they state that Australia's legislative changes have had significant impacts, and imply that only one paper written by 'gun lobby researchers' (2) has disputed this view. This is incorrect. Indeed, on the basis of detailed review of many studies, it has recently been proposed that Australia's gun laws do not represent a cost-effective intervention (3).
Aside from Baker and McPhedran (2), there is a body of research into the impacts of Australia's 1996 gun laws. Using a range of different statistical methods and time periods, none of these studies has found a significant impact of the legislative changes on the pre-existing downward trend in firearm homicide (4) (5) (6) (7). Nor does the decline in firearm homicides in Australia appear unique, with other Commonwealth countries experiencing similar or greater declines over time, despite less restrictive legislative approaches to firearms control (5).
Findings for impacts of the legislative changes on pre-existing downwards trends in firearm suicide are inconsistent. Some studies find evidence of an impact (8) (2) (6) (7), while others find little or no evidence of an impact and/or document substitution to other methods (4) (9) (10) (11) (12).
Chapman and Alpers (1) imply Australia's gun laws have stopped mass shootings, and allow no possibility that any factor other than gun bans could produce this outcome. They fail to mention that Australia's close neighbor New Zealand – a country that is genuinely similar to Australia in terms of history, culture, and economic trends – has experienced an almost identical time period with no mass shooting events despite the continued widespread availability of the types of firearms banned in Australia (13).
The absence of mass shootings in New Zealand despite ongoing availability of semi-automatic firearms cannot be reasonably attributed to pre-existing differences between the two countries. Using standardised data to control for population size differences, it was found that the occurrence of mass shootings before 1996/1997 was comparable between countries (13).
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, both Australia and New Zealand experienced high levels of unemployment, followed by a decade of relative economic stability and growth from the mid-1990s onward. The clustering of mass shootings around a period of economic downturn and high unemployment, followed by the absence of such events during a period of economic stability and relatively low unemployment, may reflect broader relationships between economic wellbeing and violence.
Despite accepting that many external factors contribute to the incidence of firearm-related deaths, Chapman and Alpers (1) imply that discussion of these factors as contributors to declines in deaths is somehow unreasonable.
However, a wide range of potential contributors to declines in Australian firearm-related deaths have been recognised by a number of sources. These include improved suicide prevention efforts and treatments for psychiatric illness, mental health literacy and stigma reduction, socioeconomic trends and an unprecedented period of economic prosperity, improved social programs, community-based policing and intelligence-led disruption of criminal activity (11) (12) (14) (15) (16). It is entirely appropriate to incorporate these factors into any explanatory model around firearm-related deaths, and to encourage otherwise represents an irresponsible and simplistic approach to policy-making.
Finally, in an 'appeal to authority,' Chapman and Alpers (1) claim that Baker and McPhedran's (2) paper has been 'heavily criticised' by Hemenway (17) and Neill and Leigh (18). Perplexingly, having deemed criticism by others a relevant point to make, Chapman and Alpers omit to mention that Leigh and Neill's findings (6) have also been criticised (19).
Neill and Leigh's claims (18) about our paper (2) are demonstrably incorrect, and our response to these is publicly available (20). Regarding Hemenway's (17) criticisms of our work, we previously sought to place a right of response on record, to correct a number of misleading claims (21). Unfortunately, despite publishing ethics dictating that authors whose work has been criticised should be allowed a right of response, the editors of that journal refused to publish our reply (22). Consequently, the record stands uncorrected, allowing authors such as Chapman and Alpers (1) to continue making misguided assertions about our work.
We agree that the United States can learn valuable lessons from Australia. One of these is to avoid going down the Australian path of attempting to silence debate and censoring, or trying to discredit, scientific findings that do not fit a particular ideological view about firearms. We understand some may find evidence showing a lack of impact of Australia's gun laws unpalatable, and seek to dismiss such findings. However, critical inquiry and the ability to engage in robust and honest debate remain the foundation of good science and effective injury prevention.
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2. Baker J, McPhedran S. Gun laws and sudden death: did the Australian firearms legislation of 1996 make a difference? Br. J. Criminology. 2007; 47:455-69.
3. Vos T, Carter R, Barendregt J, et al. Assessing Cost-Effectiveness in Prevention (ACE-Prevention): Final Report. University of Queensland, Brisbane, and Deakin University, Melbourne. 2010. Available for download at http://www.sph.uq.edu.au/docs/BODCE/ACE-P/ACE-Prevention_final_report.pdf
4. Lee W-S, Suardi S. The Australian firearms buyback and its effect on gun deaths. Contemp. Econ. Policy. 2010; 28(1):65-79.
5. McPhedran S, Baker J, Singh P. Firearm homicide in Australia, Canada and New Zealand: What can we learn from long-term international comparisons? J. Interpers. Viol. 2011; 26(2): 348-59.
6. Leigh A, Neill C. Do gun buybacks save lives? Evidence from panel data. American Law and Economics Review. 2010;12:462-508.
7. Ozanne-Smith J, Ashby K, Newstead S, et al. Firearm related deaths: the impact of regulatory reform. Inj. Prev. 2004; 10: 280-86.
8. Chapman S, Alpers P, Agho K, Jones M. Australia's 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings. Inj Prev. 2006;12:365-72.
9. De Leo D, Evans R, Neulinger K. Hanging, firearm, and non-domestic gas suicides among males: A comparative study. Aust. NZ J. Psychiatry. 2002; 36:183-89.
10. De Leo D, Dwyer J, Firman D, Neulinger K. Trends in hanging and firearm suicide rates in Australia: Substitution of method? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behav. 2003; 33(2): 151-64.
11. Klieve H, Barnes M, De Leo D. Controlling firearms use in Australia: Has the 1996 gun law reform produced the decrease in rates of suicide with this method? Soc. Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiol. 2009; 44: 285-92.
12. McPhedran S, Baker J. Suicide prevention and method restriction: evaluating the impact of limiting access to lethal means among young Australians. Arch. Suicide. Res. 2012; 16(2): 135-46.
13. McPhedran S, Baker J. Mass shootings in Australia and New Zealand: a descriptive study of incidence. Justice Policy J.; 8(1).
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15. Standing Council on Police and Emergency Management. Communique – 29 June 2012. Accessed at http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Media-releases/Pages/2012/Second Quarter/29-June-2012---Communique---Standing-Council-on-Police-and-Emergency-Management.aspx on 15 July 2012.
16. Williams S, Poynton S. Firearms and violent crime in New South Wales, 1995-2005. Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice. 2006; 98: 1-8.
17. Hemenway D. How to find nothing. J. Public Health Policy. 2009;30:260-8.
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