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For the third time in six seasons, Des Hasler will face his old foe Craig Bellamy on rugby league's biggest stage.
But the circumstances could not be more different.
Hasler, who has swapped maroon for blue to go with the white this season, has the chance to become the first ever coach to win back-to-back competitions in charge of different clubs.
Having waged so many battles with Melbourne while in charge of Manly, Hasler will have another chance to deny his old mate Bellamy, this time in charge of Ben Barba and the Bulldogs.
The coaches famously split the 2007 and 2008 grand finals, in doing so developing a strong respect of each other's work.
Bellamy has worked wonders turning the Storm around from their crushing low of 2010, when stripped of two premierships and forced to play for no competition points.
That he's kept the core of his superstar squad together is impressive - but to turn the rest of the scraps and ring-ins into a premiership contender is his true masterpiece.
Hasler, too, has performed a few miracles.
He helped turn Barba into the game's most exciting player, eradicating mistakes from his game and relying on him as the inspiration for his team's title run, while also getting the best out of Josh Morris and unearthing Josh Reynolds.
Barba will undoubtedly feature heavily next Sunday, when the game's top two fullbacks light up ANZ Stadium.
Billy Slater has held the mantle as the game's top No.1 for half a decade, but Barba seems ready to snatch it from his grasp.
Having already won the Dally M medal this year, Barba's next goal is a premiership ring.
And with jinking runs, blistering tries, unfathomable defence, amazing support play and unfailing reliability under the high ball, he might just do it.
But Slater's ability in big games is well-known.
And he understands what it takes to win grand finals - even if his triumphs to date don't feature in the record books.
Melbourne insist the premierships they had stripped for salary cap breaches are legitimate in their minds, but surely they will be hell-bent on etching their name on the trophy once more.
The last time these two teams met, in round 16 in Mackay, Canterbury were in the midst of their 12-game winning streak - and the Storm was their biggest scalp.
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Can't find many photos of her!
There really isn't many. She's only really appeared in one comic story. I know it's in one of the Star Wars tales and I believe maybe the Boba Fett omnibus. I'll try and see which Tales issue it is in the morning and post it.
There are only animated pics I've found too. They are very few.
She appears in Blood ties #3 and #4, I believe...


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A move toward "truth in labeling" would bring photographic arts more in line with ecological science.
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One strategy to bring the camera's images a little closer to reality is a practice I call "photographic calming." This is a technique of toning down, so that the gleaming light and colors in typical nature photography become subdued, tuned to meditative reflections on our threatened world. The range of exposure levels, contrasts, color saturation, and what Photoshop labels "vibrance" can be narrowed, not to take the blush off the rose, but to avoid depicting it with an enhanced ultra-radiant perfection.
Practicing this sort of tonal control would reveal by contrast that much of nature photography today is overly saturated with light and color. (This effect may be partly an artifact of our state-of-the-art digital cameras, monitors, and projectors, whose multibit pixels enhance light and color and seem to "tone up" or brighten most photos.)
Perhaps such calming is itself a distortion, an environmentally correct pall draped over the majesties of nature. But those glories are fading, and distorting them toward a subdued and tonalist register may be approved as a distortion that clarifies. We don't need a Natura Noir, a dark and forbidding photographic vision of the grim fate of the Earth; nor its contrary, the blare of Natura Gloriosa, with its hyped gorgeousness, which also obscures. Both enhancements and diminishments reflect values about what we see and understand about the natural world.
I've adjusted my own photo of Yosemite Valley both ways—hyped and calmed. We would not know from the hyped view that human-caused global warming afflicts Yosemite with a variety of ills. The massive Rim Wildfire nearby burned with such fury in August 2013 because of prolonged drought, brittle-dry vegetation, insect infestation, and numerous other effects exaggerated by climate change. Luckily the fire did not encroach into the valley itself, though smoke obscured its vistas. Ozone from cities floats into the valley as well. Heightened temperatures make it difficult for alpine creatures, such as picas, to survive at lower elevations as they once did. With less snowfall, trees proliferate and overshadow mountain meadows, stunting wildflower growth, and warmer temperatures shrink Yosemite's glaciers. None of this finds direct expression in either photo.
The less color-saturated photo, with its browner and grayer tones and less luminous sky and paler green vegetation, still expresses the scale and majesty of this famous prospect, but it insinuates all is not well, which it is not. It hints at fire, air pollution, and drought. Is it a lie? Perhaps, as is the one on the left, but its image is closer to the scientific and ecological truth rather than the glory shot on the left. The eyes of a viewer without environmental knowledge of the growing threats might "see" the hyped view, while the ecologically informed might look on the famous scene with a combination of respect and dread. Our conceptions drive our perceptions, and more accurate conceptions point to the calmed photograph as more "honest."
Photos of that nearby Rim Fire conflagration might serve a larger ecological purpose if they themselves did not become exciting, inflammatory icons with their own pop fascinations. Slightly more effective might be shots of the blighted aftermath of the fire, with dead trees littering the scoured, lifeless Earth. However, they provoke a whole new set of environmental concerns, from extensive winter flooding to demands by logging companies to clean up the 400-square-mile area by extracting trees, without regard to the ecological process of successional forest regrowth that requires them.
Finally, the features of Yosemite at risk from global warming can't fully be seen in the calmed photo, nor in the shots of flaming redwoods or burned forest floor. To convey that would require a narrative. We can therefore argue for a "truth in labeling" feature for nature photography. This would require an up-to-date scientific gloss on any subject, using the latest ecological information about the environmental health of it, visible or not.
More than a short comment about the scene, animal, or plant, such a science-based label would bring photographic arts in line with ecological science. Surely professional nature photographers, who are usually environmentally informed, need to affix such comments to their works the way news photographers or editors do, clarifying what we are looking at; they can consult with scientists as well. Nature photography would find a purpose uniting visual aesthetics with ecological explanation. It would help revise both our stubborn percepts and concepts about nature along more realistic lines, and add to our general scientific literacy. Images of nature with commentary then could be in the service of preservation, bringing photographic art back to a classical program of being aesthetically "pleasing" and useful at the same time.
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Special dog can help boy with rare case of epilepsy
PRINEVILLE, Ore - A little boy in Prineville needs help. Stryder Doescher has been diagnosed with a myriad of complications, including Severe Apraxia of Speech, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and most recently Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.
The Prineville 5-year-old was diagnosed to Landau-Kleffner Syndrome just a few weeks ago and is one of the more severe types of epilepsy.
Fewer than 300 people worldwide have ever been diagnosed with the disease, which causes silent seizures that can cause permanent brain damage.
But it is man's best friend who could be his best medicine.
"We spent almost two months at the Mayo Clinic last year, and we didn't know he was having seizures," Stryder's mom, Angela Doescher, said Thursday. "They showed me on camera sitting next to him and said, 'He's having a seizure right there.'"
Making trips across the country, trying to find help, the Doeschers are now turning to a service dog for help. The family is trying to raise $13,000 to buy a specially trained dog from "4 Paws for Ability.: The dog would alert Stryder or his parents of a seizure, moments or even an hour before it happens.
"I'm kind of lost in all of this, trying to figure out a way to get this dog for him as soon as we can," Doescher said.
Stryder's mom is looking for any help she can get from organizing fund-raisers to donations for the specially trained dog.
"Because of the LKS, each time it relapses, he does get brain damage from it," said Doescher. "The sooner we know he is having these seizures, the sooner we can change his medication and prevent some of the brain damage."
For now, Stryder sleeps with his parents, in case there are any problems during the night. But with the help of a service dog, he one day will be able to do a lot more on his own.
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Deficits, Taxes, Shared Sacrifice....Sound Familiar?
Original post made by Carl, Country Fair, on Apr 11, 2009
Read this story from the Wall Street Journal.
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It's happening all over the United States, California and the Pleasanton Unified School District.
Time to stop all tax increases. It's time to implement true structural reform. And Save Pleasanton Schools. No Parcel Tax. No on G.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 12, 2009 at 1:14 am
Carl - Public employees are entitled to raises regardless of the state of the economy. It's in the contract so get over it. If you don't like it, that's just too bad!
Your hatred toward teachers, schools, and children has got to stop.
Vote yes on G to show your support for our schools, children, and teachers! Otherwise, you are no better than Carl.
a resident of Country Fair
on Apr 12, 2009 at 7:58 am
Brandon -
All across the country unions are changing their contracts to address the new economic realities. You named it correctly....'entitlement'.
If the salary increases at PUSD were deferred for one year, approximately 30 teacher jobs would be saved for the life of the 4 year parcel tax.
I want as many teachers as possible employed for the Pleasanton kids. Seems like you want as few as possible with increasingly higher salaries.
Who really has the best interests of the children front and center?
Save Pleasanton Schools........No on G..... No Parcel Tax.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 12, 2009 at 8:54 am
Brandon must be a public employee or some kid who doesn't pay taxes, but he will.
This issue goes way beyond Measure G. Public employee wages are only half the problem...the PENSIONS are the real menace. Ya, those magical pensions that Gray Davis saddled the state with all those years ago and that Arnold warned everyone about. The unions painted him as the villian, but the real evil lies with them and their total disregard for the people of this state, or any state for that matter.
So, Brandon I'll get over it and you can take on that huge tax burden, because I'm a Boomer and I'm taking my money and following my fellow Bommers to greener and cheaper pastures.
Good luck with that.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Apr 12, 2009 at 11:53 am
Brandon, Do you then agree that CEOs at the car companies or bank presidents and those receiving bonuses at AIG should be paid at taxpayer expense (those taking the bailout money)? Because, hey, they had contracts, get over it?
I don't hate teachers, schools, or children--I have family and friends that are teachers, put my kids through these schools, have a grandchild in these schools, and I grew up in a very large family--so I love kids.
I'm against waste, poor planning, and one step solutions--I can apply that to Measure G, the state, or the federal government, or anyone else who has their hand in my purse. I don't think you can do that with your statement.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 12, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Oh yes, teachers should take that cut because the private sector is suffering and everyone should share the burden. . .That's because in better times the surplus is shared or what, that's not true. . .the increase is put into programs. . .not bonuses like the private sector. . .
Teachers are being asked to increase their workload, class size and continue to pay for materials out of their own pocket and take a cut because we are in hard times. No one ever mentions that salaries should be increased substantially in good times or that there should be any increase in benefits.
Teachers in Pleasanton have LOST salary in the last ten years because of the increase in healthcare costs. All salary increases, including step and column, have been offset by increase cost in healthcare. It costs about %12,000 a year for family healthcare. Subtract that from other salaries in the bay area and you will find the pay is not that high.
Not to mention the home values in Pleasanton and the difficulty one has living here on a teacher's salary. Teachers who live in town are more likely to stay after school, go to the extra-curricular activities and participate in the community. Teachers who leave often do so because they have long commutes.
Oh yes, Teachers contribute to their pensions which are dependent on age and the number of years teaching.
a resident of Country Fair
on Apr 12, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Can you show the analysis that teachers have *lost* salary in the last 10 years?
What percentage of teachers actually use the $12,000 to purchase health insurance?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 12, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Chris Grant had those numbers. In addition to being president of the school board, He works in the health care field. Teachers have fallen way behind even the COLA in Pleasanton.
What is your point about the percentage who use the money to purchase health care?
Maybe it is a question that really means what percentage of teachers are really a second income and don't need the health care?
That attitude is why teachers have fallen behind other professionals with similar education. In fact using the concept that teachers are often a second income was part of the rationale when paid health care was dropped in Pleasanton.
No, I am not a Pleasanton teacher nor am I married to one.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 12, 2009 at 4:42 pm
My favorite part of the health care increase argument is the assumption that somehow teachers are the only ones affected by the increase in cost. The rising cost of healthcare has affected everyone.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 12, 2009 at 4:49 pm
The Pleasanton teachers voted to raise their direct compensation and pay individually for health care if they are not covered through another source. This raised the pay base so that they would receive a higher retirement benefit. That would never fly in the private sector, but since there is little expectation of fiscal responsibility on the public sector and those that are minding the store receive the same types of advantages, it sailed right through with a nod and a wink.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 12, 2009 at 5:50 pm
News flash people, teachers have never been compensated properly for the work they do. Nor nurses for that matter (me). Firemen and policemen same thing. We do these jobs because we are drawn to them, because we love them, NOT because we expected to make a lot of money-if we did we would have taken Mom's advice and gone into another profession.
So, stop the whining about all the hard work and all the money out your pockets etc. and admit you got yourselves into this game because you wanted to. Expecting the good people of Pleasanton to bail you out of this mess-which neither of us created-is unrealistic right now as we are all in the same painful pickle. Show some compassion for your younger colleagues just starting out and our kids by throwing real wage concessions into the pot. The parcel tax as planned will NOT keep this ship afloat for long.
And before you get all steamed up remember that the rest of us public "servants" don't get parent support at our jobs, the awesome hours and holidays off, or the joy of being the person seeing little Johnny finally get his times 2's.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Apr 12, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Teachers and other public employees, or whoever complains: just quit if you are unhappy and go find those other lucrative jobs that are supposedly out there if you can. Let the natural process of real world selection begin. Chase those shrinking taxpayer dollars! It is long overdue that you do! Forget hoping that parcel tax increases will keep the pot full. $233K per parcel is not going to change the big picture. It will simply waste more taxpayer's money and won't change things very much.
This whole issue of parcel tax politics changed the moment that CASEY became politically involved in its PROMOTION as well as the TEACHERS who posed willingly for the front page of the Pleasanton Weekly in their pink shirts (March 20), which was a sign of pink slips issued that usually are never activated and are mandated by union rules. A complete farce, to say the least. Once you entered the political arena along with your leader, you are now part of everything that is directed against the parcel tax. That's how politics work, and if you don't like it, don't participate.
a resident of Golden Eagle
on Apr 12, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I didn't see one teacher on this thread complaining about how much they do and how little they are paid, so why all of a sudden did this become a "teachers quit your whining" thread?? Every single teacher in Pleasanton that I know loves what they do but is completely aware of the consequences of choosing to work in a profession where compensation is not nearly proportional to the work done and difference being made in people's lives. They all get it and I have not heard one teacher complain. Quit blaming teachers for all the voice that is Pro-Parcel Tax. Everyone assumes that teachers only support the parcel tax because they think that is the only way to save their job. News flash: teachers that I know have taken it upon themselves to educate themselves on the parcel tax and everything that comes with it. That is why they support it. I am SO sick of people ripping on PUSD teachers for everything.
a resident of Danbury Park
on Apr 12, 2009 at 8:27 pm
The problem is with the state not the district!
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 12, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
The benefits argument is an old beaten horse that could probably get a rest. When 63% of the teachers are taking home the extra pay because they don't need to buy the health insurance, the argument about teachers losing pay to rising health care costs gets moot.
A friend of mine who works "in the industry" told me about a colleague who has received a pink slip _every year for 25 years_. That person has never gotten actually laid off. Districts always hand out way more pink slips than they actually act upon but they have to do it because of union-lobbied-for rules. And to have this done in the middle of the school year is a HUGE advantage to the unions who get to put on the yearly dramatic spectacle. Who cares about the kids and the disruption to the learning process during all this?
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Apr 12, 2009 at 8:42 pm
When the teachers posed for the March 20 PW front page, they entered the game. The are now certainly part of the political process of free speech and discussion and are deservedly targets of this discussion. Complaining or not complaining by them on this thread or others is IRRELEVANT. The pink slip stuff is pure political play and the front page speaks to their participation in the play. For years the union rules have always been to require the slips to go out. Few teachers have ever been forced to cash in their chips because of it. But now it is used as advertisement to pass a tax onto the already overburdened taxpayer.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 12, 2009 at 9:01 pm
The amount of misinformation about pink slips is incredible. Teachers are given pink slips based on seniority and credentialing. Teachers are placed based on qualifications. They are not interchangeable.
More are given out than are needed because one can't be sure of the domino effect. An English teacher is surplussed at the middle school level and they bump someone at the high school. The middle school and the high school now believe they got a raw deal. They did. How do you reconcile that when both have done a good job?
A teacher retires and frees a spot at a school and someone who thought his or her job was gone now has one. If you have a spot for a science teacher that has to be filled with someone qualified to teach science, hence a teacher with less seniority may be kept while a teacher with more is released.
How would you do it? The teacher who coaches? The one who carpools with the principal? The one that goes to church with the Superintendent? What is fair? I know, let's do it by neighborhood poll.
What isn't fair, not that life is fair, is that we as a state continue to use the education of our young people as a political tool. This is not because Pleasanton has not planned well, it is because the state has not planned for the future of our young people. For the last number of years we have balanced our state budget by borrowing from foreign countries. The district is doing what it has to do by law, giving teachers notice so that then can look elsewhere if they need to look.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 12, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
... Doing what it has to do by laws which were created through union lobbying. The whole bumping thing is another union creation.
Why does this have to happen during the school year?
"Six years ago, for example, all but 3,000 of the 20,000 teacher pink slips that went out statewide were rescinded." Web Link
15% of the pink slips statewide turned into actual layoffs. It will be interesting to see what the percentage is this year. I'm going to guess it will be higher, but not by much.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Apr 12, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Thank you for the complicated explanation about pink slips that we in the taxpaying world of the so-called private sector, without whom there would be no funding so that there is a need for such an explanation, can almost understand as something rational. But, unfortunately, the explanation only seems to make sense to those in the Alice-in-Wonderland of the our public education system which is dominated by the teacher's union. There are few, if any, counterparts of such a system in the private sector.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 12, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Like it or not, whatever protections you might have from unreasonable or unfair, or unethical private sector bosses, (of course there are none of those characteristics among the business world) you have because of unions.
Again, how would you determine who should loose their job? Most reputable businesses have due process as it pertains to releasing employees.
It's not the unions that have caused this.
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Apr 12, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Veronica- Don't worry about Frank.
His bullying sarcasm is obvious and not necessary. His postings in this thread are attempts to spread misleading information about teachers and Measure G. They say nothing about what should be done to balance the budget.
"The district is doing what it has to do by law, giving teachers notice so that then can look elsewhere if they need to look."
This seems pretty clear to me.
He just wants to start a fight.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 13, 2009 at 7:27 am
Stacey is a registered user.
There's no misleading information about teachers. Go look at the PW photo of the teachers wearing pink. Also, this thread's subject isn't about balancing the budget, it's about continued public employee pay raises during an economic depression while at the same time wanting to raise a new tax.
I like how Carl above puts it: "Time to stop all tax increases. It's time to implement true structural reform"
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 13, 2009 at 7:28 am
Stacey is a registered user.
One of the teachers in the PW photo is Pat Kernan's daughter. You know Pat Kernan, school board trustee who doesn't live in Pleasanton and won't have to pay the parcel tax but votes to put on one the ballot for the rest of us...
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 13, 2009 at 7:56 am
Pat Kernan shows a Pleasanton address on the PUSD web site. Is this bogus and do you know something that I don't ?
Of course I do see "Attorney" as profession and they are a sneaky lot.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 13, 2009 at 8:41 am
Stacey is a registered user.
He uses the address of his daughter's apartment as his home office and business address or something like that. His home is in Camino, CA. His residency is highly questionable. Students would get kicked out of PUSD if they did the same thing.
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a resident of Downtown
on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:16 am
I learn more from these posts every day than I could in the real world. Seems PUSD focused a spotlight on themselves and the act isn't looking too good. Trust ? I don't understand...people who don't have to pay a tax (Bing and seniors) wanting other people to pay a tax, non property owners voting when their obligation is minimal....
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 13, 2009 at 11:43 am
A shortfall of over 8+ million in funding from the state is a disgrace. Those of you who are new to the debate, please know that PUSD was forced by the state to make cuts last year too.
Without the parcel, there will be long lasting and damaging effects to PUSD, particularly loosing some of our new employees and attracting experienced teachers from surrounding districts. I don't believe that is a scare tactic. It's reality that programs will be cut. PUSD won't look like it did in the 07-08 school year. This school year 08-09 was already different than years before because programs, employees, and funding for school site spending was already cut. Will PUSD still strive to provide the best programs its employees can provide? Of course, because most people who devote their lives to educating children are selfless, devoted, and committed to make sure that children are given the best opportunities. However, 20 in a classroom verus 33 in a classroom does make a difference. Cutting intervention plans will make a huge difference to not only the children who need the services directly, but also their classmates who benefit from having more of their teachers' time. California school children attend school each day in the largest class sizes in the nation. Why are any of you content with that? Whether you have children or not, all of us should be angry that Sacramento is shortchanging our school children. Are you writing the Governor? I have because I don't agree with the cuts to public education. Calfornia didn't need to sink any lower than we had in per pupil spending. Many districts will most likely loose class size reduction in K-3 and the shame in that is that our class sizes should have never been that large. Go into any K-3 classroom and visualize 12-13 more students, desks, sets of supplies in the same space.
My biggest concern as a taxpayer is that much of the bond money went to enlarge these schools for class size reduction. Now, is it really okay with many of you that those classrooms will sit empty or even removed from campuses? That would be a terrible waste of money we have already spent.
Instead of being angry at teachers, administrators, and anyone who has a pension (which teachers pay 8.5% of their salary into each month into their pension accounts, and teachers do not collect social security even with 40 quarters, nor do they receive a spouse's social security, nor do teachers have continuing health benefits after retirement). Please don't include teachers into the groups of public employees who do receive quite healthy benefits and health coverage for the rest of their lives. Most teachers need to work 40 years and reach 65 years of age to receive full retirements benefits which are still a portion of their highest salary, not ever exceeding the highest year of salary. I realize that some other public employees can at 55 and 30 years of service receive full benefits, not teachers. Teachers also contribute to 403(B) accounts and we, too, have lost money during the downturn of the economy. We, too, have lost value in our homes. We, too, have spouses who have lost jobs. We will be taking a pay cut in the fall along with supplementing the materials and supplies needed in the classroom because school funding has been cut. Teachers accept all of this as part of our employment, our choice. I am still grateful to be able to teach, especially in a community like Pleasanton. However, if some of you bloggers are going to bash teachers and their pensions, just maybe you could do some research and truly understand a teacher's pension plan. It doesn't take that much time to do some research, but it appears some of you would like to spread more misconceptations about teachers, their salaries, their pensions, and their health care rather than do a bit of research.
None of my friends envied my prospective pension when they were getting bonuses, stock matching, car allowances, reward trips, and the like. Funny how a bad economy makes people turn on one another.
a resident of The Knolls
on Apr 13, 2009 at 1:10 pm
It is question able if there would even be a shortfall, after the fed stimulus money, if the step&column raises were frozen.
This is not an economy that supports raises. I will not pay a tax so others can continue raises.
No on G , the salary tax.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 13, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I see that we don't need to get registered any more. I hope you are all planning to attend the Pleasanton Tea-party to vote against the parcel tax and to move on to more important things such as the retirement and medical benefits for all public sector employees. They have to be reduced to private sector levels or most cities will be going bankrupt.
a resident of Harvest Park Middle School
on Apr 13, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I have had kids in four Ptown schools, teachers are given so much money and parent purchased supplies there is no reasonable need for out of pocket expenses. I don't believe any teacher NEEDs to spend their own money in Pleasanton and I am tired of the whining.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 13, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Mom2 wrote: "PUSD won't look like it did in the 07-08 school year. This school year 08-09 was already different than years before because programs, employees, and funding for school site spending was already cut."
Instead maybe PUSD could look like it did in the 2006-2007 school year. Sorry, it's not "years before".
Web Link Flashback to 2006: The results of the Excellence Committee are in!
The cost to fund all recommendations: $15MM.
Item one on the list: reduce the counselor-to-student ratio. Cost: up to $1.3MM
Second item: CSR for all grade levels Cost: $8.7MM
Third important item: Technology Cost: $5MM
Now we didn't get anywhere on expanding CSR beyond the State programs. We did hire counselors which are now on the parcel tax list. The technology costs are unclear, but I do see technology specialist jobs on the parcel tax list. Hrm...
This is my favorite quote for today:
"I've heard throughout the community people saying, 'The Excellence Committee is great, but you're just going to add a parcel tax and make us pay.' But that is not the case," Kernan said. Web Link
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Mom2- Well said. Your points are right on with what is the truth in this budget shortfall. People will still believe what they want, yet I am still waiting to hear a solution. It is a lot of complaining and misinformation. (The Excellence Report, step and column)
No matter how you explain it, people like frank (above) are not going to hear you. They just want to start a fight.
Voting YES on measure G
a resident of Castlewood
on Apr 14, 2009 at 5:56 am
nospam1 is a registered user.
Don't simply vote "No" on Measure G...vote HELL NO!!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 14, 2009 at 7:11 am
I found a great website for anyone who wants to be an informed voter...Web Link
It was so good, I posted it as a new topic.
Finally, information that doesn't insult my intelligence, but expects that I may actually be able to understand some basic financial rules.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 14, 2009 at 10:27 am
Apparently you missed this missive from the V8 lady:
"Teachers are being asked to increase their workload, class size and continue to pay for materials out of their own pocket and take a cut because we are in hard times. No one ever mentions that salaries should be increased substantially in good times or that there should be any increase in benefits."
Also, was the V8 lady not here in November 2002 when enrollment topped previous predictions and staff received a $1,000,000.00 NON negotiated (not mandated by contract) cut of the ADA largesse granted that year. That was a raise in pay in addition to the regular COLA and Step and Column increases-with no strings attached. What did the kids get as a reward that year? Many got a brand new teacher after as much as four weeks of school-and a new classroom. Hmmmmmm……..
That money could have gone for something for our kids like an after school science, music or computer club-that parents didn't have to pay for. 1 million dollars goes a long way when you think about it like that. It didn't.
"Teachers who live in town are more likely to stay after school, go to the extra-curricular activities and participate in the community. Teachers who leave often do so because they have long commutes."
I've got to remember to tell my patients and supervisor that I can't stay to empty that bedpan 'cause I've got to leave early due to my "long commute" home. Seriously? How many of us could have a job with that line of thinking? And good grief if you're leaving early isn't that like 3 or 4 pm? I've had three kids go through PUSD and not one had a teacher who lived farther than Fremont or Tracy (and her husband worked there).
I'm not trying to start a fight or diss teachers, just trying to point out that teaching in Pleasanton is not all that bad, worth perhaps more of a sacrifice?


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Family of slain Paterson girl asks for help finding killer
Fearful parents kept children indoors amid a heavy police presence in Paterson's 4th Ward on Monday as the family of a 12-year-old who died after being shot in the head while riding a scooter pleaded with city residents to help find whoever killed their little girl.
The family of Genesis Rincon — named for the biblical story of Creation, attended a tearful rally late Monday night just minutes after their daughter was taken off life support and doctors began removing some of her organs for transplants. Her mother, Jenny Calderon, stood next to the site where she was fatally shot on Rosa Parks Boulevard and said: "I can't hug you anymore. Who did this to my baby?"
The Rev. Della Fischer of Calvary Baptist Church, who spoke for the family, asked people in the crowd of more than 60 people to cooperate with police in their investigation of the shooting. Earlier in the day, she said the family wanted to go "to the streets" and ask for the community's support.
"We pray for this city," she said during the rally. "We need more cops on the street."
Genesis, who attended School 21, was described by friends and relatives who visited her immediate family at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center on Monday as an outgoing girl who loved music, riding her scooter and helping other people, Fischer said. Her family decided to donate her organs, she said, "because they know who she was and what she would want."
She was shot on Rosa Parks Boulevard on Saturday evening near Warren Street as she returned from a store with two other children to a family party at her aunt's home in an area that has become notorious for shootings. Police said Genesis was pronounced dead Sunday morning. She was kept on life support until Monday night to preserve organs for transplant, according to Fischer.
Police worked out of a mobile command center on the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Warren Street near the crime scene Monday and canvassed the neighborhood for the second day as residents created a makeshift memorial of teddy bears and candles. Dozens of people from community groups came out during the evening to talk to neighbors and urge them to cooperate with police.
Bilal Hakeem, a member of one of those groups, said they told local residents that they have a stake in their neighborhood and can make anonymous tips to police. "People are pushing back," he said.
Fischer said 4th Ward residents sometimes are afraid to talk to police because they fear a "backlash" against them by criminals.
Mayor Joey Torres did not respond to a request for comment Monday and top city police officials could not be reached.
Torres visited Genesis' family at the hospital Monday afternoon and offered his support, Fischer said. "He told them the city is in their corner and that police are doing everything in their power to ensure that justice is served," she said.
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a former mayor of Paterson who still lives in the city, said in a statement Monday that Genesis is "yet another innocent victim of gun violence in Paterson" and that "It's time to act and get more cops on the beat." Paterson's police department has not recovered from a layoff of 125 police officers in 2011; most officers hired since then have been replacements for retired officers.
Family and friends spent the day at the hospital, where the girl's parents waited at her bedside. Genesis completed the 7th grade weeks ago, her family said, and those who knew her described her as bright and studious.
One cousin, Wendy Rodriguez, said the shooting had crushed her family. "They are really devastated at this point," she said. "It's very hard, very hard."
Melissa Ramirez, a friend of the family's who was at the hospital, said she was shocked by the shooting, and worried about her four children's safety in the neighborhood. "My oldest is 9, and I just had a talk with him," she said. "This has definitely changed the tone of the summer."
Authorities, meanwhile, spent a second day on Rosa Parks Boulevard handing out fliers seeking information about the shooting. Genesis was shot around 8:40 p.m. on the street outside 35 Rosa Parks Blvd., half a block from her aunt's house. Paterson police Capt. Heriberto Rodriguez said multiple shots were fired, but police have not determined whether there was more than one gunman.
The shooting was the second in the area Saturday: A 26-year-old man was shot on Rosa Parks and Putnam Street in the morning, police said. The 4th Ward has accounted for half of the city's 31 reported shootings so far this year.
Authorities on Monday said they had arrested a man on attempted murder charges in connection with another shooting in the area — a June 9 drive-by that injured six people as they stood in front of a liquor store on the corner of Rosa Parks and Hamilton Avenue. There was no indication that shooting was related to Saturday's.
Christina Hayes, 32, who lives down the street from Saturday's shooting, made a social media appeal asking people to bring candles, flowers and teddy bears to create a memorial near the spot where Genesis was shot. She called out to people driving by, asking them to place something on the growing memorial.
"Come out, Mommy, bring a candle or something," she said to one woman who drove by in a car.
Residents heeded her plea and signed a white banner that hung above the memorial's candles and teddy bears that read: "Stop the Violence."
One man, a relative of Genesis', was there with his 5-year-old daughter and said he was on the way to be with the family at the hospital. "She's just an innocent little girl," said the cousin, Guillermo Deno, 34. "I can't explain it."
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"I'm so scared right now," said Zoraida Lopez, 36, who said she told her children that she was too frightened to let them play outside. She said she showed her children a photo of Genesis and told them, "If something like that would happen to you, I would die."
Another neighbor, Hector Rios, 41, said he was considering moving to escape the drug activity, fights and shootings that he said often take place in the streets outside his home.


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Interesting choices. Seems to me, the weekly has chosen a group of self-centered, single issue people who are not concerned about PA as a whole. BTW, beware of "friends" groups--they scream single issue. Typical and not unexpected choices from the Weekly.


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WWE Total Diva Brie Bella of The Bella Twins had a nipple slip wardrobe malfunction on the 7/22/2013 RAW. Here are photos from the incident:
Rating will get a bump.
Yeah, the ratings will go up, but just a 'nip'. Hehe
I see we both googled this…
God bless the DVR!
That's not a slip, that's a presentation
That's all real, not plastic…
actually she had brest implants sorry to burst your bubble
nikki had the implants not brie
That is a fully.
Insert Daniel Bryan in the back doing the Samson "AAAHHH" while covering his eyes. Great Half Baked reference sir.
I am in love
first Katelyn then Brie, thank u WWE
A little earlier in the interview she pulled the neckline of the dress down too, she wanted more hype for the show coming up and I like many others have zero problem with the way she sought that attention
Yeah that was totally intentional. No complaints here though
1:29 dvr in hd is the best
I missed it..Eva Marie distracted me
Eva Marie doesn't even look real.
Vince is a freaking genius..A new show is about to premier & what better way to gain viewers..A nip slip controversy..The man is a billionaire for a reason..
we can only see, daniel bryan will get those fruits…
we want more, never say never, haha
Sum were in the back daniel bryan was yellin No No No NO NO NO!
it should have came out all the way
thats a long nipple lol
Is this for real ? Pretty damn funny , What an ugly slut. . . . and the " idolizer " WTF is that ? A wannabe moist husband to a blowup doll ??? WOW . This shit is better than facebook. You just keep on defending her and I would so ENJOY going to the wedding . . . . { I will bring some bicycle tire patches in case your wife acquires a new hole }
I missed it Eva Marie's fakeness
Eva Marie distracted me with her fakeness
I see things' like that all the time one more will not matter,only thing is I see 2 of them not 1
I want to suck that dry.
lol this was no accident i mean she had no bra on but not complaining thank you WWE,
nice dark color to it..which one John and Daniel are lucky. the fat asses and nice ass tits to play with evrynight on the road. Lucky dawgs
I'll take a flat chest over an implant any day. God hates implants
wow brie next time be little conscious of what you should show or should not in the public. now you are a married woman Daniel won't like it.
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Women Forced to Work
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|Workers toil at sewing machines on the main assembly floor of a garment plant in Saipan. (credit: Charles Hanley/AP Photo)
A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday heard testimony that there may be what amounts to a Chinese or Korean labor camp on American territory.
On the Pacific island of Saipan, tens of thousands of workers churn out clothes each year for big American clothing companies, including The Gap and Ralph Lauren.
ABCNEWS Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross has found that legal loopholes allow foreign workers to be shipped in to face conditions that few Americans would tolerate.
Most of the workers are "young women from China who have been promised by recruiters that they are going to good jobs in America," Ross reported.
"Instead many find themselves kept behind barbed wire, in rat-infested labor camps, and put to work in huge Chinese- and Korean-owned garment factories--often under sweatshop conditions--making clothes for the American market," he said.
The clothes can legally be labeled "Made in the USA."
It's all possible because Saipan is allowed to set its own immigration policy--a policy that Clinton administration officials told the subcommittee is out of control and must be changed.
"It has created a plantation economy, dependent on the massive importation on a continuing basis of low-paid, vulnerable, short-term indentured workers," said Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt. "That's not American."
Officials on Tuesday also confirmed what an ABCNEWS 20/20 investigation had found--that pregnant garment workers on Saipan are forced to have abortions to keep their jobs.
"When I told them I was pregnant, they told me to have an abortion," said Tu Xiao Mei, a woman who lost her job after refusing an abortion.
"With 11,000 Chinese workers here, I have never seen a Chinese garment factory worker have a baby," said human rights worker Eric Gregoire.
Saipan's governor, Pedro Tenorio, told the senators he knows there are problems but is still opposed to any change in the law.
"I am deeply concerned that a federal takeover will have a disastrous effect on our economy," he said.
Saipan has spent millions on Washington lobbyists and given top Republicans in Congress free trips to the beautiful Pacific island, including one over Christmas for House Majority Whip Tom DeLay.
"You represent everything that is good about what we're trying to do in America," he told outgoing Governor Froilan Tenorio, a distant cousin of the current governor, at a dinner in Saipan this past New Year's eve.
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Iwi leaders were promising the country a moderate water position even as one of them called Supreme Court Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias heavenly today.
Dame Sian said last week during the Supreme Court hearing of the Maori Council's final bid to halt the Mighty River Power sale of shares that it would inevitably create barriers to the Government's ability to provide redress for Maori rights.
The council's case had earlier been rejected comprehensively by the High Court. It sought a delay to the partial asset sales programme until a mechanism for dealing with Maori rights and interests in freshwater is established.
Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi chairman Sonny Tau said in his books, Dame Sian had perfectly articulated a simple point.
"[The government says] they're able to continue to address our issues, but the reality of it is they can't, because 49 per cent [of Mighty River Power] is gone.
"I think her comments are great. She's been elevated to angelic status."
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Te Arawa's Roku Mihinui who leads a committee working on freshwater, and Waikato-Tainui leader Tom Roa both said no matter the outcome of the appeal, iwi leaders' broad message to ministers was that they backed the government's work with tribes in the Land and Water Forum and direct iwi-to-iwi negotiations.
Mr Roa said leaders were keen to take a "moderate, considered pathway with the Crown," but real progress in recognising Maori interests had to be a government priority this year.
But that position of government/iwi engagement against the background of the sales isn't likely to sit well with the Maori Council which holds its own water forum tomorrow (Tue) on the campgrounds at the same time as Mr Key is welcomed onto Te Tii marae.
Mr Key said he was not bothered by the potential for the council to confront him.
"They're free to go and do that, of course ... I understand the Maori Council's perspective when it comes to water. We've seen those arguments taken to the Supreme Court and made in the Supreme Court. I stand by the views I've always held."
Mr Key who last year gave the Maori Party a pledge his Government would not legislate against any court decision upholding Maori rights and interests in water was unwilling to discuss what he might do if the Supreme Court found in favour of the council.
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Mood: WOOF!
My Favorite super hero is probably Rorschach
for a more conventional pick Gambit
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Britain's Prince Harry is wrapping up his week-long visit to the United States today. Harry began his trip to the U.S. on May 9. During his tour, he visited Colorado and the east coast, including areas in New Jersey hit hard last October by Hurricane Sandy.
Harry, 28, is the son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and third in line to the British throne, after his father and oldest brother William, the Duke of Cambridge. On Wednesday afternoon, the royal son will end his stay by playing in the fourth annual Sentebale Polo Cup in Greenwich, Connecticut. Sentebale—which means "forget-me-not"—is a charity co-founded by Harry that helps poor and sick children in the small African nation of Lesotho.
Supporting the Troops
During his tour, Harry made several stops to support members of the U.S. military and their families. He visited the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Maryland and Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The prince, who has completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan as a helicopter co-pilot, paid his respects to soldiers injured or killed in the line of duty. He also spoke with members of the Halo Trust, a charity that helps to clear landmines and war debris. His late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, supported the charity.
For Mother's Day, Prince Harry visited the White House and welcomed military moms to a tea party. "Surprise!" First Lady Michelle Obama told the guests, many of whom were service members in the U.S. armed forces and were not expecting to be greeted by British royalty. Prince Harry helped some of the 50 children in attendance make goody bags for their mothers.
In Colorado over the weekend, Prince Harry attended several events at the 2013 Warrior Games. The competition features activities for more than 200 wounded or ill servicemen and women. Veteran athletes from both the U.S. and Britain took part in the games. Harry and U.S. Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor participated in a sitting volleyball exhibition match alongside injured troops.
U.S. Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin and Harry formally started the games by running the last leg of a torch relay. Later that night the prince joined the crowd to sing "Happy Birthday" to Franklin, who turned 18.
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Part of Harry's visit was spent visiting homes and residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. On Tuesday, he visited Mantoloking and Seaside Heights, two New Jersey towns devastated by the storm.
In Seaside Heights, Harry and his tour guide, N.J. Governor Chris Christie, greeted construction workers who have been working on rebuilding the town's boardwalk. The structure is now about two-thirds complete.
"It's fantastic, the American spirit, isn't it?" the prince said to reporters. "Everyone getting together and making things right, it's fantastic."
Prince Harry and the Governor played a boardwalk game in which they threw plastic balls into holes to win prizes for children in the crowd. Harry suggested to a girl partnered with him, seven-year-old Allie Cirigliano of Middletown, that she pick a blue penguin as a prize. She chose a Hello Kitty doll instead. "Don't listen to me," the prince said with a laugh.
In Mantoloking, Christie showed Harry a spot where the sea had cut the town in half, taking out a bridge and houses. Every one of the town's 521 homes was damaged or destroyed in the natural disaster. Residents were not allowed back until February, but piles of rubble remain.
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(Feb. 23, 2009)--Classes are forming now for the UTSA College of Business Noon M.B.A. program. The 36-hour M.B.A. program can be completed in two and a half years by taking courses during the lunch hour four days a week at the UTSA Downtown Campus, 501 W. Durango Blvd.
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Since Kali Linux release, there has been little documentations and how to 'Metasploits Unleashed'.
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Decide for yourself as the touring production peoples the barricades through November 6 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. As for me, I'll enjoy being swept along by this whitewater raft of a musical whenever it comes through town every few years. Sentimentality, even this exciting, never killed anyone.
Based on the namesake 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, it has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg (Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre), lyrics by Alain Boublil (translated and adapted for the English libretto by Herbert Kretzmer), and book by Schönberg, Boublil, producer Trevor Nunn (Copenhagen, Noises Off), and Shakespearean John Caird. Premiering in Paris in 1980, it came to Broadway in 1987 — remaining through 2003 — and has been touring periodically ever since, propelled by its initial Tony Award trifecta of Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score.
As stories go, it has enough variety among characters for widespread identification, from student revolutionaries to sober factory workers, from prostitutes to bourgeoisie. It begins in a Toulon prison, where Jean Valjean (J. Mark McVey) is being released. He has served 19 years: five for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's starving family and the rest for trying to escape. His freedom has its limitations, though. By law he must show yellow identification papers that reveal he is on parole, and as such he will remain a pariah whom few will hire.
Pressed by bitterness and his situation to steal again, he does so from a compassionate bishop who has given him food and shelter. He is quickly caught by the police and brought to the cleric, who lies and says that the silver candlesticks were a gift to the pauper. Shamed into an honest life by this second chance, he hides the fact of his parole, changes his name and eventually becomes a model citizen.
After eight years he has become the wealthy Monsieur Madeleine, a factory owner and mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer, no less. Prosperity has changed his appearance so much that Javert (Andrew Varela), the policeman who paroled him and is thereby responsible for his capture, no longer recognizes him when they meet. However, though Javert becomes suspicious when the mayor displays extraordinary strength in rescuing a man under a cart, reminding him of Valjean, the escaped convict risks his freedom once again with yet another act of selflessness.
Needless to say, over the three hours required to convey the 1200-page novel, further injustices, dangers to good people, and benefits to evil people abound, as do a wealth of powerful songs to match the large emotions portrayed. The songs blend operatically into the dialogue, a la recitative.
As a factory boss, Valjean was responsible for the unjust death of Fantine (Betsy Morgan) and the probable dire fate of her young daughter Cossette (Maya Jade Frank), so he becomes her guardian. The child was being carelessly cared for by the comically villainous Thénardier (Richard Vida, Shawna M. Hamic), whose eventual revolving poverty and wealth represent that of the country. The hopeless conditions of factory workers and the unemployed are conveyed by the desperate "At the End of the Day," as unrealistic hope is by Fantine's "I Dreamed a Dream" and Cosette's "Castle On a Cloud."
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Accuracy wise, the sights on the Beretta will be better, and the Beretta is probably more accurate. But, one doesn't generally buy this size of a gun for a range gun. It is what it is - something for really up close issues.
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Since this is my first hive, I was just wondering if a noisy hive is a good thing? I can hear it the hive from 3 feet away. Just curious. Thanks.
Since this is my first hive, I was just wondering if a noisy hive is a good thing? I can hear it the hive from 3 feet away. Just curious. Thanks.
A noisy hive is a busy hive. If no activity at this time of year then you should be worry now.
Can you give some more info? You say new hive how long has it been since you got them? Was it a package? Sometimes queenless hives will have a loud roar. Have you checked on them to make sure your queen is laying? Have you looked inside to see if anything else looks out of place? Hives drying honey will have a roar. If your curious about something going on in your hive take a look. Now that you have bees this is the time to learn the hands on stuff you can't learn from books. If you get stumped on something keep you camera close by and take a picture. Then post it here most are more than happy to answer questions and a picture will help them give better answers.
get in touch with a local who can help you,, there is a local association,
this is a link to the SC state association which lists all local associations,,
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When they are doing an orientation flight, yeah, you should be able to hear them some distance away, and yesterday we had nice weather and lots of things blooming, I could hear them buzzing as I walked up.
If there isn't much activity in front of the hive and you can hear them buzzing inside, I'd think queenless -- they get agitated in the absence of a queen. They will usually become "runny" -- bees running all over the comb and "dripping" off the bottom when you pull a frame -- and fly up much more when queenless. Occasionally they become quite crabby and bang off your veil a lot, too.
Yep, inside a queen less hive after a split http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hq6UiDw60w
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Welcome to Workout Wednesdays, the new Playboy.com fitness blog by Jayde Nicole—personal trainer, fitness nutritionist, health nut, TV personality and, last but not least, Playboy's 2008 Playmate of the Year. Check back each week for Jayde's latest tips, and be sure to visit her all-new fitness website JaydeNicole.com.
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This Week: Stay in Shape While on Vacation
Vacations are all about taking a break from the daily grind. The problem? With all the pina coladas, all-you-can-eat buffets and relaxing on the beach your fitness and diet routine can go flying out the window. You've put in so much work and made great progress, so don't let your time away from home push you further away from your goals. Instead, use it to learn fun new workouts and stay on track.
Try Some Water Sports
The great thing about being on vacation is that you usually have a beautiful beach and warm ocean at your disposal. Switch up your workout routine by adding some fun water sports. Paddle-boarding is a great, low-impact way to work your legs and butt and tone your abs. Learning how to surf is a fun experience. Whether you become a pro or can't get up on your board, you will get an amazing upper-body workout. Kayaking is another one of my favorite things to do while on vacation. You get a great full-body workout, torch some calories and you get to adventure around the island. Whatever you do, just get yourself in that water, get moving and have fun.
Eat Like an Islander
If your vacation is in a tropical destination you are surrounded by freshly picked fruits, crisp vegetables and fresh-off-the-boat seafood. Take advantage of the local foods and fresh fare and avoid all the fatty packaged foods you can get back home. Another key rule is to avoid the buffet if you cannot control your portions. When people go to a buffet they tend to get this overwhelming feeling that they need to eat their money's worth, which leads to excessive overeating. Ditch the loaded plates, save the money and just order what you want.
Pack Your Workout Clothes
Don't forget those running shoes when you're packing up your suitcase. When people pack several workout outfits, their running shoes, iPod and anything else they normally have with them at their regular gym they are more likely to hit the weights. That said, being prepared is only half the battle; you have to make the effort. Leave your shoes at the front door so you see them every day. Putting your workout clothes on top of your other clothes helps too!
Walk, Don't Ride
Most resorts have a bus or trolley system to get you around—to and from the pool, beach, restaurants and, yes, even the gym. Choose to take in the beautiful scenery and walk everywhere instead. Those trips back and forth every day for a week will add up to some great calories burned and leg toning, not to mention it's better for the environment.
Explore Your Destination
You picked this spot for a reason, right? So go and check it out! Take a hike or rent a bike and go on an adventure. You may find some beautiful spots you can only get to by foot. At the same time you will be getting in some great cardio without even noticing. Book a tour of the island or town. Learn about the culture by taking a walking tour around the city and local landmarks. This is a great low intensity exercise that the entire family can do while getting to see the sites.
These are just some of the many ways you can keep active while on your vacation. You want to keep your beach body in top shape, right? Then don't let your progress slide, even while you're supposed to be relaxing. Use your vacation to boost your workouts and you'll come back tanner and sexier than when you left!
Have questions or suggestions for an upcoming Workout Wednesday? Message me on Twitter (@Jayde_Nicole) or in the Locker Room at JaydeNicole.com.
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