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Mila Cosgrove has worked in the human resources field for over 25 years. She holds a Senior Professional of Human Resources certification from the Society for Human Resource Management, a Certified Human Resource Professional certification from the International Public Management Association – Human Resources, and is a graduate of the Pacific Program for Catalytic Leadership. Mila has a BA in Psychology from the Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
During her career, Mila has held positions in both the private and public sectors. She has special expertise in the areas of labor and employee relations, training and organization development, classification and pay, and recruitment and selection. In addition to working for the CBJ, Mila has held positions locally with the Alaska Public Employees Association as the Southeast Regional Manager and with the State of Alaska, as Personnel Specialist, Labor Relations Specialist, Workforce Planning and Development Manager, Management Services Manager, and Director of Personnel. She has been the Human Resources and Risk Management Director for the CBJ since May of 2006.


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According to prosecutors, Tuller tied up 47-year-old Michael Demmons, put plastic bags and a pillow case over the man's head, and kicked him repeatedly.
Demmons shared the apartment on Pier Street with Tuller's ex-girlfriend, Maria Santos.
On Tuesday, neighbors testified that they heard constant banging coming from the Santos apartment on the night Demmons died.
Santos's daughter told jurors she had seen Tuller and Demmons together many times through the years.
She said that Tuller often gave Demmons nasty looks, made rude comments, and threatened him.
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CC-Crystal tops Sacred Heart for first place tie
CARSON CITY — Carson City-Crystal's girls basketball team is now the leader in the Mid-State Activities Conference – sort of.
The Eagles, who trailed Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in the standings by a game, grabbed a share of the lead from the Irish with a 42-24 victory at home Wednesday night.
"I felt we played great on both ends of the floor," CC-Crystal coach Larry Farmer said. "We were patient offensively, defended hard, hit some timely shots."
The patience offensively was evident from the first quarter, as the Eagles (10-2, 5-1) and Irish (8-4, 5-1) combined for just five field goals in the first quarter. However, Sacred Heart didn't get their second field goal until there was just under two minutes left in the quarter to make the score 8-6 Eagles.
"We've always held our hat on the defensive end," Farmer said. "If you're going to be any good you have to play defense."
That defensive stand continued in the second quarter, holding the Irish to just a Sara Hansen three-pointer while the offense got 11 points for a 19-9 lead at halftime.
"When we lost to Portland St. Pats (St. Patrick) before Christmas break we committed ourself to that end of the floor and I think it's really paid off for us," Farmer said. "Defense is a friend that never leaves you. Offense can leave you here or there but defense never leaves you no matter what."
The Eagles opened up the second half with a 10-2 run over the first five minutes of and was never seriously threatened after that despite Hansen getting eight points in the quarter.
"I thought we executed really well in the second half," Farmer said. "It was good patience and we waited for the shot we wanted."
Farmer tried to slow Hansen down.
"We just tried to stay with her (Hansen), get a hand up in her face," he said. "She's a good player. I believe she was all-state in Class D last year. We know how good she is and how good that team is and we wanted to take away their strengths the best we could."
Each team had just four players on their eight-woman rosters score. Hansen had 13 points, while none of the other three had more than five.
Leading CC-Crystal was Hailey Geister with 13 points. Mikayla Duflo added 11 and Tori Christensen and Mackenzie Geister added nine each for the 42 Eagle points.
"That's what I like about this team," Farmer said. "You never know where it's going to come from and different people step up and score for us. I think that's a sign of a good team when you have balance. You can take one or two players away on a team but when you have balance it's really difficult. (Wednesday night) Hailey did well. The next night it will be Tori, the next night it will be Kenzie."
The Eagles will get back into action next Tuesday night at home against Bath, a former Central Michigan Athletic Conference opponent before CC-Crystal switched to the MSAC.
CC-C 42, MP Sacred Heart 24
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SACRED HEART (8-4, 5-1) — S.Hansen 5 0-0 13, Ma.Predum 1 1-2 3, Terwilliger 1 1-2 3, E.Hansen 2 1-1 5. Totals: 9 3-5 24. Three-point goals: S.Hansen 3. Total fouls: 16. Fouled out: Ma.Predum.
CC-CRYSTAL (10-2, 5-1) — Duflo 3 2-4 11, Christensen 3 3-4 9, H.Geister 5 3-4 13, M.Geister 4 1-2 9. Totals: 15 9-14 42. Three-point goals: Duflo 3. Total fouls: 7. Fouled out: none.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Parks and Wildlife has scheduled a series of public meetings to discuss the structure of the big game hunting seasons from 2015 through 2019.
The state says major issues that are considered during the big game season structure process include the number of seasons for each species, the overlap among different seasons, breaks between seasons and the beginning and ending dates of hunting seasons. The hunting 'preference point' system and totally limited elk hunting units will also be discussed as part of this process.
"This is the public's chance to let us know what is or isn't working for them when it comes to the current hunting season structure," said Jim Aragon, Area Wildlife Manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. "This includes all stakeholders, not just hunters. We want to hear from businesses, landowners and communities too."
Every five years, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission sets the big game season structure. This review process allows the Parks and Wildlife Commission to consider public input along with information from wildlife biologists and managers to shape the structure of deer, elk, pronghorn, moose, black bear and mountain lion seasons for the next five years.
Parks and Wildlife says Colorado's big game hunting seasons account for a nearly $1 billion economic boost each fall to the state of Colorado. A 2008 study found that elk hunting alone pumps $295 million into the Colorado economy and supports 3,400 jobs in the state.
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|Feb. 19 - Buena Vista - Sangre de Cristo Electric Building, 29780 US Hwy 24, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
|Feb. 21 - Colorado Springs, CPW Regional Office, 4255 Sinton Road, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
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This episode of "This is Our Enemy" focuses on Greece, but most specifically Greek resistance to Nazi-aided Italian occupation.
The program begins with a dramatization, in which a German soldier tries to win the affections of a beautiful young woman by bribing her family with fresh meat and butter—delicacies they have not had for a long time, since the Germans killed all their cows for meat when they first arrived.
Anna, the daughter, cooks the meat, but when the family sits down to the table, first the mother and the father refuse to eat the meat. They opt to eat artichokes instead.
"What's the matter with you two?" the German soldier demands, "You gone crazy? You can't live on that mess. Don't you want some real food?"
"Oh, we'd like some very much," the father says, "But only if the rest of our countrymen are getting it too."
Music swells, and the program cuts to narration from a woman, who tells her listeners that the occupation leaders in Greece are very much afraid of the man bands of guerrilla fighters in the mountains.
In one town, she says, the Germans and the Greeks set up fine clubs in the best houses in town, complete with bronze plaques outside the door.
We are brought to a recreation of the guerilla response to the club houses. The guerrillas interrupt a part, killing all of the German and Italian officers.
"We collected dues from all our members," the leader laughs when they leave. He takes the plaques from the clubhouses and installs them in the town cemetery.
The woman wraps up the story with a remembrance of Greek heroes past, and of Greece as "a symbol, carried through the centuries, of the immortal structure of the human spirit."
Matthew Gordon, Chief of the Foreign Service, then gives his weekly report. As is usual in his reports, he talks about resistance to the occupation forces, claiming that, "the fascists in Italy, who tried to increase their holdings at the expense of neighboring countries, are doing their best to hang on at the expense of their own people."
Much of his broadcast is devoted to the subject of enemy propaganda, however. The fascists and the Nazis, he explains, are spreading rumors about Allied bombs destroying culture. "The way they tell it, we never hit anything of military importance," he says.
He also criticizes them of hypocrisy, saying, "This despite the fact that Nazis had used terror as a weapon, had bombed cities, and then put out stories of the great destruction they had caused, and the greater destruction they would cause."
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If you are not hooked by tonight's premiere episode of The Shield after the first 59 minutes, the last 30 seconds will definitely leave you wanting more. It's a cliffhanger that eclipses most we have seen in recent years, the most notable and recent example being the final few moments of last Friday's episode of Spooks on the ABC, which had a bomb ticking away in MI6 agent Tom Quinn's home. It left Monday's conclusion to series two of 24 on Seven for dead. But the final scene in tonight's debut of The Shield (9.30pm on Ten), however, is just plain numbing. Totally unexpected. Horrific.
It's that sort of cop show. True, police series about zealous cops breaking the law in order to enforce the law have become cliched. But in The Shield, the cliche is pushed well beyond what we have seen in the past. In this one, detective Vic Mackey is not only zealous and highly effective, which he would need to be to keep his job but he's crooked and, sometimes, gut-wrenchingly violent. In fact, the only problem with The Shield, which is set in Los Angeles, is believing that it is at all plausible. Mackey, played by chrome-domed Michael Chiklis, is so openly a walking time-bomb that it's a wonder anyone in authority could allow him on to the streets.
But they do. In fact, when it suits them, his superiors use his outrageous methods to crack cases that his more orthodox, suit-and-tie colleagues cannot. In the poorer quarters of LA, the cops don't get anywhere by pussy-footing around, and Mackey does not know how to tread lightly. So we see him roughing up suspects in the streets and, even in a police interview room equipped with a TV camera to record events, he lays into a pedophile with the gusto of a bar-room brawler. Surely a confession extracted in that manner would not be permissible in a court.
So, yes, some of The Shield is hard to believe. But I suppose it reflects the modern American attitude to law and order, both at home and abroad. Brute force is acceptable if it's a means to a legitimate end. And catching crooks is a legitimate end. Forget the legal niceties of Law & Order. Forget the occasional underhandedness of Andy Sipowicz in NYPD Blue. Vic Mackey is our sort of crime-fighter. He may be corrupt. He may even be no better than some of the cretins he snares. But he rids society of its lowest forms of life and that can't be a bad thing.
The Shield is over the top and I wonder whether Australian audiences will take to it with the relish of our friends across the Pacific. It certainly will have its work cut out to beat Nine's Footy Show.
But there's another newcomer in the timeslot tonight and it's worth a look, too, just for something completely different. Fat Cow Motel is a 13-week series of short whodunits filmed in rural Queensland. Each week a mystery unfolds but viewers are left to ponder what really happened until the start of the following episode, when all is revealed. In the meantime, they can get extra clues at www.fatcowmotel.com.au
This is a quaint little show. Each episode lasts about 25 minutes. It revolves around the proprietor of the Fat Cow Motel, Cassie Taylor (Kate Atkinson, who was policewoman Karen Miller in SeaChange), and city journalist Jack Green (Brendan Cowell). Green, who has come to town to delve into the debut episode's mystery - the sudden reappearance, 25 years after his reported death, of rock legend Rory Toogood - gets stuck in Fat Cow sorting out all sorts of crimes and misdemeanours.
This is quaint in so many ways. Fat Cow is a quaint little town. The characters are quaint country folk. The mysteries are quaint. Nothing too serious, nothing too headline-grabbing. There's the theft, for example, of the delivery van belonging to the two ageing hippies who run the town's vegetarian shop. And the acting is quaint. Boy, is the acting quaint!
But it is an interesting concept and one of the first and certainly the most imaginative uses of interactivity on Australian TV. Apart from being able to visit the website for more clues and all sorts of other information about the fictional township of Fat Cow, viewers can interact with the show via text messages. So Fat Cow Motel's creators, Nathan Mayfield and Tracey Robertson, deserve points for originality. But its quaintness seems out of place at 9.30pm - it would have been better at 8pm - and after only a few episodes, this whodunit fan found the mystery element somewhat inept.
In the opening moments of next week's show, when this week's mystery is solved, I bet many will say that not all of the clues were as obvious as the narrator suggests. It seemed to me that some of them were accessible only on the website. That's not fair. Not everyone has access to the internet and not everyone who does wants to commit to such an involvement with the show.
Fat Cow Motel is innovative and reasonably entertaining. But 13 weeks should see it out.
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The remaining twenty-eight municipally supervised bus lines in New York City, which carried more than 100,000,000 passengers last year, are expected to cease operation tomorrow as the result of a decision of the Court of Appeals, made public yesterday, which denied the city permission to appeal from the injunction granted by Supreme Court Justice George V. Mullan.
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So it's summer time, it's hot and you want cookies. Me too.
But you don't want to go to the store for a long list of ingredients or turn on the oven. Me neither.
Enter EZPZ chocolate oatsies.
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 cups sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups quick cooking oats
1/2 tsp vanilla
Put the milk, cocoa, sugar and butter in a microwave safe bowl. Fun fact: metal bowls are not microwave safe. Give them a little stir and microwave for 3 minutes on the normal setting. Take the bowl of deliciousness out of the microwave and stir it a little. The butter won't be completely melted yet, but that's okay.
Really important side note: if you're going to lick the spoon at this phase, blow on it first. Your burned tongue will thank you for it.
Put the bowl back in the microwave for 3 more minutes.
While the microwave is going, measure out your oats, peanut butter and vanilla and lay some wax paper (or foil) out on a counter top surface.
This time, when the microwave beeps you should have bubbly chocolate goodness.
While it still super hot (dude, do not lick the spoon at this stage) pour in the oats, peanut butter and vanilla and stir pretty quickly.
Once it's all mixed, drop spoonfuls onto the waxed paper. Let them cool and firm up for about 10 minutes while you're licking the bowl.
And then enjoy. Recipe makes 2-3 dozen of these chocolate peanut butter lovelies. You'll wish there were more.
Microwave cookies. You can't get easier than that! This EZPZ recipe comes to us courtesy of Katie, who we love and adore more than words. Katie blogs at Overflowing Brain, and she is a hardcore baker. Trust us, you'll wanna munch on most anything she puts in front of you!


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Backyard barbecues are known for hot dogs, hamburgers and BBQ chicken, sort of the Holy Trinity of the backyard grill.
Unfortunately, you can't cook BBQ chicken like burgers or hot dogs, or you can end up with chicken that is burnt on the outside, but still pink (undercooked) in the middle.
Actually, it is a common mistake. You have your hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken pieces coated in BBQ sauce on a nice, hot grill cooking away. Before you know it, the sugar in the BBQ sauce on the chicken starts to burn. You try turning the pieces over a couple of times, but they are starting to look pretty black. So you pull them off the grill and debate whether the chicken is too burnt to serve. You decide a little burnt chicken is not going to kill anybody and tentatively serve a few pieces. Then the chicken comes back with the discovery that it is still raw on the inside.
It turns out that the most BBQ chicken has in common with burgers and hot dogs is the low price per pound. BBQ chicken really needs to be cooked at a lower temperature, and for a longer period of time. You can still cook all three at your next cookout, you just need to give the chicken a head start before you start your burgers.
Here are some tips for the next time you fix BBQ chicken.
1. If you have the time, brine. Brining will make your chicken stay extra juicy and moist, even if you accidentally over cook it a little. Brining is easy to do (recipe below), but it does take a little extra time. So plan ahead and buy your chicken a day before you plan to grill it.
2. Legs and thighs. If you end up having to buy your chicken the day of the BBQ with no time to brine, you might consider skipping the white meat and just cooking legs and thighs. Legs and thighs are a lot more forgiving on the grill, so there is less chance of dry, overcooked chicken.
3. Low and slow. BBQ Chicken needs to be grilled over indirect heat at a temperature of around 300°F (recipe below), so you need to fix up the grill accordingly. On a charcoal grill move the hot coals to one side of the grill, on a gas grill turn on only half the burners. Grill the chicken on the side of the grill without the hot burners/coals and with the lid closed. You can still grill your burgers and hot dogs on the hot side of the grill, just give the chicken an hour head start.
4. Rub, then sauce at the end. A common mistake when barbecuing chicken is to apply the BBQ sauce too soon, or even at the beginning. The sugar in the sauce then burns, leaving a bitter taste. Apply a BBQ rub at the beginning and sauce the chicken the last 15 to 30 minutes.
5. Get an instant read thermometer. You can cut into the chicken pieces to see if it is done, or check for clear running juices when poked. But the best way is to use an instant read thermometer if you really want to know when things are done on the grill. White meat is done at around 160°F and dark meat is done at 165°F. Be sure to get a thermometer with a fast instant read response time. Some instant reads can be pretty slow. ThermoWorks makes some of the best and are super fast. You can find them on Amazon starting at $19.
Perfect BBQ Chicken
- 6 to 8 assorted chicken pieces. I picked up a grill pack at Sprouts that had 2 bone-in chicken breast and 4 legs.
- ¼ cup of vegetable oil
- Favorite BBQ rub (I used Mad Hunkys general purpose rub)
BBQ sauce glaze
- ⅔ cup BBQ sauce (I used Kraft's Hickory BBQ sauce)
- ⅓ cup honey
- 2 cloves of garlic minced (optional)
- ½ cup of sugar
- ¼ cup of canning/table salt or a ½ cup of kosher salt
- ¼ cup of your favorite BBQ rub
- 2 cloves of garlic chopped
- 1 quart water
- 1 gallon plastic zipper bag
As you saw in my first tip, I like to brine my chicken the night before barbecuing. This will make the chicken extra juicy and a lot harder to accidentally overcook.
Mix brine ingredients into 1 quart of water until dissolved.
Place chicken pieces into resealable plastic bag, add the brine and seal the bag.
Place bag in a bowl or pan to catch any liquid (if the bag springs a leak), then place into the refrigerator to brine overnight.
In the morning remove chicken pieces from brine and rinse off in cold water. Pat dry with paper towel, and put pieces back into refrigerator on a plate uncovered for 2 to 4 hours to air-dry the skin.
Set your grill up for indirect heat and preheat grill to a medium temperature of around 300°F.
While the grill is coming up to temp, take the chicken out of the refrigerator and lightly coat the pieces in vegetable oil, then apply a nice even coat of rub on both sides of the chicken pieces.
Once the grill is up to temp, place chicken pieces on the indirect side of the grill skin side up. Make sure not to crowd all the pieces together when arranging them on the grill, also try to place the chicken breast on the coolest part of the grill (normally the furthest away from the heat source).
Close the lid on the grill and let chicken cook 1-hour or till the breast meat reads 150°F on an instant read thermometer.
While chicken is cooking make the BBQ sauce glaze by mixing BBQ sauce, honey and garlic into a measuring cup with a large spoon.
After the chicken has cooked for 1-hour (or the breast meat has reached 150°F) pull chicken pieces off of the grill and onto a pan to be glazed. Be sure to close the lid on the grill after you pull the chicken so the grill keeps its temp.
Arrange pieces in pan so they are not touching and make sure the breast are skin side down. With measuring cup or large spoon, pour glaze over chicken pieces so that each piece is nicely covered, but make sure not to use over half the glaze. Turn pieces over and repeat pouring the glaze over the pieces until they are fully covered.
Place pieces back on the grill for 30 minutes or until the chicken breast reads 160°F on an instant read thermometer.
Pull chicken off the grill and serve.
The chicken turned out great! The glaze on the chicken has a nice caramelization, but is not burned. When I cut into the breast the meat actually looked wet. Now that is a juicy piece of chicken. I am really glad I took the extra time to brine it. Now for the taste, sweet, tangy, savory and juicy... I would call this perfect.
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September is typically the time of television premieres, and there are lots of them this month, but here's a look at the shows that are having September finales.
Bachelor in Paradise, Monday, September 1
From the creators of The Bachelor and The Bachlorette comes this show that takes former contestants from the aforementioned series and basically puts them back on The Bachelor, just set on a tropical island for a second chance to find their soulmates. Trashy reality TV that's either a guilty pleasure or cringe-inducing depending on your preference, the final episode will see the contestants narrowed down and reveal if anyone has really discovered true love over the course of filming.


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As the United States pursues its strategy to achieve stable governance in Afghanistan, a number of Harvard Kennedy School students will be headed there in the summer to help advance the country in other capacities.
From political rights to drug policy, MPP candidates will spend their break to help improve the complex, war-torn nation.
"I've studied Afghanistan extensively this year, and really wanted to see it in person," said Afreen Akhter, MPP1, who secured an internship with Shuhada, a woman-led NGO based in central Afghanistan. "We've been flooded with so many critiques of Afghanistan at Kennedy, however, I don't feel comfortable supporting any of those positions without having seen it myself."
Akhter will work on the ground for women's rights with Shuhada, taking part in community outreach through surveying program participants in several of their field offices. Putting her newly acquired econometrics skills to use, she will try to determine the effectiveness of their initiatives and whether or not they enhance community security.
"If I enjoy working in Afghanistan I'd like to apply to work as a civil servant for the State (Department) upon graduation," Akhter said.
Akhter will be working in Bamyan, the site of the desecrated Buddha statues infamously destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Home to the Hazaras, a minority Shiite population in Afghanistan, it is also the country's only province with a female governor, Habiba Sorabi.
Katy Peters, MPP1, will be working with the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission on a survey of political rights. Though her exact regional assignment and role are still being determined, she said she will most likely be stationed in Kabul. ...
Natalie Black, MPP1, will also be headed to Kabul to work for the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.
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That's Not Right! Using Fit to Prevent Business Rule Defects
Sophisticated applications involve huge numbers of detailed domain business rules. These rules are the heart of the application, determining critical details such as how much money is transferred between two banks (in a financial application), which compounds have been identified in a sample (in a chemistry application), or how a customer's money should be refunded (in a point-of-sale application). These details, while crucial, are too easy to get wrong. Sometimes, only the business experts can tell when the software is right or wrong. That's where open source Fit can help you. Fit is an automation tool for helping improve communication between business experts and programmers, allowing you to identify miscommunication and prevent business rule defects before they happen. Join James Shore for an introduction to using Fit in your project.
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Hi Guys,
I just bought a new 686 plus and would like some nice wooden grips and a leather holster for it. Do any of you guys have some ideas or web addresses for online stores that have what I'm looking for without breaking the bank? Some pictures would really be nice!! Thanks in advance for any help given.
Wow Steve! That's some great looking grips they make up there. I get holsters from Galco and Don Hume. Galco is at the top of the page and DH is here.http://www.donhume.com/Products/ProductsList.cfm
Thanks Steve and Baldy,
Those are some of the most incredible grips I've ever seen, and as far as the holster goes, I think I'm going to go with the Galco DAO. Unless I see one that I like better, the DAO is just what I'm looking for. I really appreciate the help guys.
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Voila. It's that easy. Go armed. Always.
Kudus on the new CHL!
This is a discussion on Forget the Nacho Run... go bowling! within the New Members Introduce Yourself forums, part of the Welcome To DefensiveCarry.com category; I was on my way out the door to celebrate a friend's birthday by going bowling, when I remembered I hadn't checked the mail today. ...
I was on my way out the door to celebrate a friend's birthday by going bowling, when I remembered I hadn't checked the mail today.
Junk, Junk, Bill, Junk...... CHL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So in lieu of a nacho run, I went back into the house, put my .380 Bersa Thunder CC in a strong side Don Hume IWB, untucked my polo, and went bowling!
I bowled two games wearing this rig and forgot it was on after the 3rd frame! None of the friends I was with are shooters so I didn't even mention it, and of course they didn't notice anything different.
Voila. It's that easy. Go armed. Always.
Kudus on the new CHL!
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
Shoot, I don't know if I'd have the guts to bowl and carry. Congrats on the CHL
"[T]he people are not to be disarmed of their weapons.
They are left in full possession of them."
Zacharia Johnson (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,25 June 1778)"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." ~Alexander Hamilton
I ain't gonna lie... when I was trying topick up a spare and there was one pin left standing... "the thought" crossed my mind.
Congrats on the CHL!!!
Sounds like you had a good time.
I don't know if I could go bowling with my carry piece. I would probably have a flashback in pin shooting. LOL.
Semper Fi
Welcome from Pennsylvania and congrats on the CHL. So what was your high score for the night?
Congrats on the CHL. Another armed Texan is what we need out here.
Congratulations on the CHL.
When you accept mediocrity you sow the seeds for future failure.
One should never confuse good fortune with good training.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum. In God we trust.
Welcome and congratulations from Alabama.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein
That 1st time out feels the greatest doesnt it
Welcome -
"To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them."
George Mason
"Gun control is a job-safety program for criminals."
John R. Lott
Hi and congrats.
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Catching Up: Josh Hill
Josh Hill, #75, rides for team Dodge Motorsports/Sycuan Casino/Hart and Huntington every chance he can get healthy and hit the track. The past season was a bit rough for Josh going from one injury to the next but it wasn't enough to get him down or keep him out. Listen in as Josh Hill recaps his last season and how he has geared up to keep competing in this Catching Up.


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Swiss food giant Nestle has successfully challenged Cadbury's attempt to trademark a distinctive shade of purple used in its packaging.
Cadbury won a legal case last year which meant other chocolate firms could no longer use the colour, which is known as Pantone 2865c.
Nestle, the world's biggest food company, appealed that decision and has now had it overturned in the UK Court of Appeal.
In his ruling, Justice John Mummery said Cadbury's formulation did not comply with the requirements for trademark registration.
The trademark application lacked "the required clarity, precision, self-containment, durability and objectivity to qualify for registration" Judge Mummery said.
Nestle first challenged Cadbury's initial trademark application in 2008. It and other confectioners are now free to use the same Pantone 2865c shade in their own packaging.
Cadbury, which is owned by Mondelez International, has been using the colour for its chocolate bar packaging since 1905.
The British confectionery firm's products include Dairy Milk chocolate, the Roses selection box, and the Creme Egg.
"We are disappointed by this latest decision but it's important to point out that it does not affect our long held right to protect our distinctive colour purple from others seeking to pass off their products as Cadbury chocolate," a Cadbury spokesman told the BBC.
"Our colour purple has been linked with Cadbury for a century and the British public has grown up understanding its link with our chocolate."
Cadbury said it was studying the ruling and weighing up the possibility of an appeal.
Last month, Cadbury lost a legal fight to prevent Kiwi company Whittaker's from trademarking the name of a particular type of chocolate.
Cadbury claimed Whittaker's 'Berry Forest' brand was too similar to its own 'Black Forest' chocolate.
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In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and herbes de Provence. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until the shrimp are pink and cooked through, about 2 minutes each side.
In a small bowl, mix together the yogurt, mayonnaise, mustard, maple syrup, turmeric, and basil until smooth. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Place the yogurt mixture in a dipping bowl.
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Typically when I teach William Carlos Williams's sequence of improvisations Kora in Hell, we spend a lot of time on the name in the title: Kora, or Persephone, the mythological figure Williams takes up as a kind of avatar for his own struggle to break free of "the traditionalists of plagiarism" and come up to the surface of the new. As he says in I Wanted to Write a Poem: "I am indebted to Pound for the title. We had talked about Kora, the Greek parallel of Persephone, the legend of Springtime captured and taken to Hades.
I've read Susan Schultz' Dementia Blog - the ongoing blog project and also a book published under the same title (excerpts from the blog). The blog is the diary of a daughter who cares for her mother as the parent's memory quickly fades, one crisis and change after another, in the usual sad and disorienting progression. But "progression"? Or "regression"? That, in short, is the key question. What is it that we call this human anti-narrativity? How do we describe it? Blogs, written in order, happen to feed to the browser last entry first, and so we read a blog, as it were, from last page to first page. Books conventionally turn this around. The reversal revealed itself to Susan as she wrote. Her primary response (to her mother's changing identity) yields to a secondary response (what is the apt mode for telling others of this) and then the primary/secondary distinction dissolves. To witness is to adjust. The illness becomes the medium.
It's time to check out the poets featured on ElectiveAffinitiesUSA, a blog managed by Carlos Soto-Roman.
When the gospel garage-rock we had so tolerantly been appreciating came to an abrupt end, Lon Solomon's face appeared like the Wizard of Oz on shining silver screens. A shiver ran down my spine and kept running as his dark mouth opened wide around words like "trustworthiness" and "veracity".
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Welcome back!! We enjoyed travelling with you. Stop in anytime to talk about your trip--we are travelholics and love sharing the adventure!!
There and Back Again
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First we were going 'there' and now we are 'back again'.
'There' is anywhere that is not 'here'. Just the fact that it is not 'here' gives a place an element of mystique, exoticism and fantasy - completely and utterly desirabile. However, once you get 'there', the people you meet from 'there' feel the same way about your 'here'. So I'm trying to look at coming 'back again' as a positive - a new place to explore.
When you're away, you're always venturing, looking forward, and being continually challenged. But then you're 'back again' and all that stops. Things are familiar and easy. Travel changes you, and then you return to a place where it feels that nothing has changed. You're instantly BACK and what you saw fades into distant memories with your first good sleep. It's almost a dream that never happened. Yet part of you knows that it DID happen and you have changed. Over the next few weeks you will notice things in yourself that don't quite fit into the 'old routine' like they used to. You will try out some new things to help re-kindle the memories: cooking a new recipe, printing some photos, glancing back at your journal. These are mostly private activities because the most frustrating thing about returning is that some people don't seem to care that much about what you've just done - they're just glad you're BACK safely. This can be hard to take, as all you want to do is talk about what you've seen and done. But it's not their fault - they really do care. They may ask you in depth questions like: 'what was your favourite country?'. Try as they might, they can't really get into the topic because they've never travelled there. Best to find some travelling friends if you need to talk. Everyone else will get bored looking at photos that really only have significance to you. Just as you might be bored hearing about the daily activities they did while you were away. Soon your conversations about travel evolve to: 'yeah, I've been there'.
But isn't that a wonderful thing to be able to say? For those of us who are true travellers, we long to say that statement more and more. 'I've been THERE, and I've been THERE!' as we dutifully stick pins into our wall map.
Yes, so now we've been a few more places around the globe, but the more you travel the more you want to see. Wanderlust can never be completely fulfilled. We will always dream of going places, and yes, we will always come back again. Life is a circle that goes round and round. You can travel all the way to the south pole, but soon you start to travel north again. East and west get mixed up somewhere in the middle and even time and dates lose their significance. The best thing to do is to simply live in the moment wherever you are and make the best of the life you have to live!
My husband always says that they only thing you really have in life is your experiences. These can be made anywhere as long as you are present - whether 'here' or 'there'.
It was wonderful to share in your travels and I was fascinated to hear anything and everything you could share - and would be fascinated to hear more, so how about a book - illustrated with your fabulous photographs? :) x
Hi de hi, we can identify with a lot of that, LOL! As to the photos, well we have not printed any off in the normal way. I am putting together a number of hard cover books, about 30x30cm, 50 pages, each one focused on a different part of our journey. Goodness knows how many I will end up with, it is a big project to cover 21 months, LOL. One for China (did you see that in Dunedin??) and just got the Turkey book back, and now to work on the Greek Islands and Mallorca... Good winter project, eh. They are far better than an album, if my opinion counts for anything.
I didn't get the wanderlust gene, or any of it's sister genes. But I'm very interested in people and cultures. Thank you so, so much for doing the blog. It meant a lot for me. Somehow, following your experiences, I've been able to gather some of you wander'dust', from my home without ever leaving my little mountain town


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While I certainly agree with Ladskater's ideas to praise the many wonderful mothers and fathers who sacrifice willingly to allow their sons and daughters to pursue their skating dream, I feel compelled to mention the other side of the coin.
While I will never condone Tonya Harding's outrageous behavior, poor choices, and excuses, the fact remains that her mother qualified fully for the "Dragon Lady" skating mother category. Mrs. Harding used to abuse Tonya verbally and sometimes physically at the rice rink if her daughter made mistakes or did not "try hard enough" to master the jumps.
Mrs. H. had a habit of screaming at Tonya, "You're not good enough! You'll never be a winner." When Tonya competed and came in, say fifth, her mother would berate her for not finishing higher. I recall a television documentary made of the young teenage Tonya Harding in which she phoned her mother from Garden City, Long Island, site of the 1986 US Nationals, where she had finished 6th. That was a very respectable result for a 15-year-old, and it earned Tonya several international assignments that fall. However, her darling mother criticized Tonya for making a mistake on her combination jump and for not finishing higher. After the phone call, Tonya slumped on the bed and moaned, "What a
b-----". Now really, does anybody think Mrs. Harding helped her daughter to grow into a mature, caring, and confident person with her brand of mistreatment? UGH.
Tiffany Chin won the 1985 US title and two World bronze medals, in 1985 and 1986, and she clearly possessed the talent to continue onward towards the 1988 Olympics. As a 16-year-old, Tiffany had won the silver medal at the 1984 US Nationals and competed brilliantly at the 1984 Olympics, where she finished fourth overall. However, Mrs. Chin was yet another Dragon Lady of the first order, a woman who could be counted on to verbally bully and criticize her daughter. Once (and I'm sure this wasn't the only time) Tiffany and her mother were interviewed together and were asked if they thought Tiffany was preparing well for the upcoming competitive season (in that case 1986/1987). Tiffany said she was training very diligently and felt she would be ready to compete well at Nationals to try to regain her US title. Her mother, however, contradicted her daughter and said Tiffany was lazy, not in good shape, and was not working hard enough to justify the amount of money her family was spending to finance her skating. Tiffany looked at her mother, sighed, and slouched back in her seat, with a facial expression of hurt and anger. Is this the way to motivate a child to skate their best. I hardly think so!


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Posted by Chris Martin 30 July 2013
Xbox One and PS4 release dates rumoured as Asda drops Wii U
Release dates for the upcoming Xbox One and PS4 next-gen consoles have been leaked by ToysRUs.
Microsoft's Xbox One has had a rumoured release date of 30 Novemeber for a while now but the UK toy and games retailer has stated on its pre-order page that it will arrive a day earlier on 29 November.
See also: PS4 vs Xbox One console comparison review.
That's exactly two weeks before ToysRUs says the Xbox One's main rival will go on sale. It says the Sony PS4 will arrive on 13 December.
The firm does, however, have a warning which reads: "Please note: If the release date changes we will contact you to keep you updated."
Needless to say, neither Microsoft nor Sony have commented on the release dates so official status is yet to be reached.
In other gaming news, supermarket chain Asda has dropped the Nintendo Wii U console which has been out for a few months now.
According to CVG, Asda is no longer stocking the Wii U in any of its 555 stores nationwide. Although some Wii U related stock remains on sale as Asda Direct. The supermarket recently cut the price of the Basic Wii U to £149.
Asda said it: "continues to offer customers a selection of Wii U games and accessories through Asda Direct, but these ranges are currently not on offer in Asda shops."
"Asda will stock [Wii U] games on a title by title merit basis as they come along through Asda Direct. We will continue to support Nintendo as a format holder partner." it added.
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China Beats EU to Turkmen GasAndrew Rettman
Turkmenistan and China inaugurated a major new gas pipeline on Monday (14 December), complicating the EU's energy ambitions in Central Asia.
Chinese leader Hu Jintao switched on the gas at a ceremony on the Turkmen-Uzbek border with Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and the leaders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
The 1,833 km pipeline passes through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan before reaching Xinjiang in China. It will pump 40 billion cubic metres of gas a year—about half the consumption of Germany—when it is in full swing in 2012.
The development highlights the difficulties surrounding EU efforts to get direct access to Turkmenistan's gas, breaking Russia's monopoly on EU-bound exports from the region.
"Everybody thinks we are in competition with Russia in Central Asia. But we are also in competition with China, and to a lesser extent, with Iran," an EU official said.
The Chinese pipeline was built in lightning speed.
China and Turkmenistan signed a preliminary agreement on the project in April 2006. Construction began in August 2007 and was completed 27 months later by an army of 8,000 workers.
In contrast, EU firms signed the first agreement on the Nabucco pipeline, designed to bring in gas from Turkmenistan and other countries in the region via Turkey, in 2002. It launched a wide-sweeping Central Asia strategy in 2007 and ratified a basic trade agreement with Turkmenistan in late 2009.
As of the end of this year no EU company has a gas contract with Turkmenistan and not one kilometre of the 3,300 km project has been built.
Early drafts of the Central Asia strategy said that EU concerns with human rights abuses in the region could hold back the union's interests. Unwillingness by EU companies to pay a huge bribe to Mr Berdymukhammedov's predecessor also stymied progress.
The Chinese pipeline does not directly threaten Russia's monopoly on gas exports to the EU but it challenges Russia's influence in the three post-Soviet states.
"I hope that, thanks to this investment we will be not just good neighbours, but also faithful partners," Mr Hu said at the ceremony.


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Camp Nashoba North
Nashoba North is situated on the east shore of Crescent Lake in the magnificent Sebago Lake region and is the summer home to 190 girls and boys ages 7 to 17. A non-sectarian community that brings together children from across the United States and abroad to experience all that Nashoba North has to offer. We strongly believe children of all ages and abilities can achieve remarkable skill development and self-confidence in our unique structured choice program. Every Sunday morning campers create their personalized schedule for the upcoming week. This allows campers to pursue a wide range of interests during their stay at camp. Nashoba North is well known for highly professional nurturing staff, modern cabins, numerous art studios, outstanding athletic facilities, and well-equipped waterfront for the active water sport enthusiast. Young equestrians of all levels can ride at one of New England's premier riding programs. The Arts at Nashoba North are endless with inspirational weekly dance recitals, One Act plays, and a host of weekly music bands on stage. For the creative child the art studios include pottery, woodworking, photography and a traditional art complex. Music lessons are offered for singing, drums, guitar and piano. Campers are welcome to bring their musical instruments to camp. Nashoba North campers rave about our wonderful food options that are professionally prepared by non-institutional chefs. Accommodations can be made for most allergies and special diets. Nashoba North campers have 4 or 8 week options and 15 day Discovery session is made available for first time younger campers. Accredited through the American Camp Association, Nashoba North is a traditional camp that is owned and operated by the Seaward family. Nashoba North's magical site has been inspiring youth and young adults since the 1920's.
Summer Address
198 Raymond Hill Rd, Crescent Lake
Raymond, ME 04071
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140 Nashoba Road
Littleton, MA 01460
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Camp Reviews — Memories from Real Camp Families
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|My son was eight years old the first time we dropped him off. He was nervous - but the counselors picked up on it and made him feel right at home. He had an amazing four weeks - tried everything you can imagine - windsurfing, woodshop, tennis, even riding! The letters home raved about life in the cabin and he could not say enough about how much he loved the food. The director was responsive and had wonderful resources for me as a first time parent. He is now heading into his fourth summer - Nashoba is magical.
|Silvia said...
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|My favorite memory is seeing my son enjoying camp and knowing that he is having fun in a safe place. And the last day of Camp, how sad he was to leave and talking about all his experiences for days and days. We are glad he has the opportunity to be part of the Nashoba family.
|Brad said...
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|I first went to Camp Nashoba three years ago and when I first got there I was completely uncertain about the whole sleep away camp thing. But I jumped right into it, I spent the whole summer there . I took the opportunity to learn all kinds of things, the first summer left me wanting to go back for more. My second summer was all I expected it to be and more, I shot for a North star and got to know the lay of the land better, I also became more fond of the water sports offered at camp though I was not good at any of them at the time. My third year at camp was by far the best and most memorable, I stayed the whole summer and so did most of my cabin, in this same summer I decided I wanted to try wakeboarding and got much better as the summer progressed, I also developed more in lacrosse too, overall I think that Nashoba has great staff that helps you reach any goal
|Doreen said...
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|My son had a wonderful experience at Camp Nashoba North. The camp is beautiful, on a lake in Maine. We are from NYC and Camp Nashoba provided our son with the perfect summer, carefree days spent swimming, kayaking, playing volleyball and making new friends. The camp is diverse, our son met kids from all over the world. We love the camp and can't wait for next summer!
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|The letter I received from my daughter this summer telling me she had become a vegetarian. She spent so much time at "animal care" at camp with a calf and goats that she came upon this decision herself and has stuck to it ever since.
|Linda said...
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|This was Jackson's first time away from home...EVER! And I can not express enough what I wonderful experience it was, for him and for me. I'm not sure who was more nervous, me or hime, but when we arrived on the first day, the counselors made us feel so taken care of, it made the transition much easier. Of course I still cried like a baby, but at least Jackson took it like a champ. You might of thought I'd won the lottery when I got my first letter! Oh the joy! It was a very brief note that I took a picture of an shared all over Facebook and with anyone who would listen! It simply said, "Mom, just wanted to say I love you and I'm more home sick than I thought. I am also having a awesome time. Love Jackson" I carried that note with me for the rest of the month. Mid-way through the month his camp counselor sent a post card letting us know Jackson was doing very well, winning awards, loving rock climbing & kayaking and that "everyone knows & likes Jackson, literally". Jackson's second and third letters also expressed some home sickness but I couldn't help but notice that almost every picture of him on FB was with some lovely young lady with a huge grin on his face, somehow I don't think he was feeling all that bad! Jackson came home a very different young man, which I think was my favorite part of camp...A few days after coming home, out of the blue one evening, he asked me if he could help me with the dishes!?!? I nearly fell over, it literally took me a minute to figure out how to answer. He emptied the dishwasher and loaded it up! UNBELIEVABLE! Thank you Camp Nashoba North for taking such great care of my little buy and growing him up into a fine young man.


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Rut sign
Has anyone noticed any pre rut sign going on. Here in SEMO, a few bucks have been spotted chasing does around the fields and into the woods. I have found several good scrapes and a few rubs. Things here should get real good in the next couple of weeks. I'm bowhunting in morning and should be a good day weatherwise! :yes:
Here in the midwest Ohio & PA will follow you. The pre-rut activity usually starts Oct 28-Nov 3 and the full rut Nov 7-11. These are the days I've observed. Seems like minus a day here or there the rut falls nearly the same every year. 30 days later will be the second rut for the does not bred during the first main rut. Last year we had a very warm spell that had most rutting taking place during the night.
i hunt fredericktown mo was scouting and moving cameras and found 2 scrapes
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i think it was this little guy he hung out for about an hour or so and spent a few min with just his rear end on the pic to the left of cam. the scrape is over that way.
We checked cameras this morning and it looks like the bucks are starting to chase the does a little. Got a pretty cool pic of a buck spinning around in the field to Chase after a doe by the fence.
Here in Randolph County, Missouri the bucks are still very much in bachelor groups, but they are starting to break up. This time of year is the best to be in the stand!!!
We are having unseasonably warm weather today in northern MO. I stepped outside this a.m. at 6am and it was almost 80 degrees and HUMID.
It got warm here saturday evening also. This coming saturday (27th) should be good. It is showing high 50's saturday here. It always tends to get real good here around halloween. I'm ready for the big bucks to start moving!
seeing a lot of rubs no scapes yet & no chasing here in NH
A few rubs nothing good yet
To be honest with you, I haven't touched my wooded area this whole summer and fall. I tend to stay out of it as much as possible. I'm a believer that this area is a sanctuary and I ONLY hunt it with rifle once or twice. Plus, this wooded area I'm talking about is approx 35 acres and has a very deep creek that runs completely around it making it hard for deer to access it all times of the year. When it rains, the deer stay out of the woods b/c they know when the creek is up, they can't get out- which we're talking about at full capacity 8+feet deep and over 20+feet across. Typically though, the creek is low with less than a foot of water in most areas.
My biggest problem with hunting this wooded area is finding a good place to hunt. There is no way to get a tractor down there to brush hog or to "clean it up". It's very thick in the summer (you can easily get lost) and there are 1,000's of trees down there. sounds bad, but if the creek wasn't there, it's be a HEAVEN of a spot to hunt!
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Hi, I am contemplating a move next year to Eugene... what's the vibe like there? Are there a decent number of secular homeschoolers? We lived for a number of years in Portland, so I do know the weather is similar.
We have moved around so much in the last year. We are on the east coast in Asheville. It is great here but the months you want to spend out door in the garden ie summer, the mosquitoes are unbearable!
Thanks so much. I'd appreciate any remarks. We are so ready to settle down somewhere.
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Bumping your post up for input. Anyone in the area homeschooling?
I am not yet homeschooling b/c my kids are still young, but we are seriously considering it. We believe in the Rasta way of life- not necessarily secular- but different nonetheless. I have friends that are secular homeschooling and they love it. There are several homeschool supports- like Oregon Connections Academy and another one through the Springfield School District. Hope this helps. Peace.
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Above is the newly revealed album art for the forthcoming project from Ashanti called Braveheart. There's already the new single with Rick Ross called "I Got It" and the veteran singer is set to collab with French Montana, Jeremih, and Beenie Man according to the new tracklist below. The album drops March 4th.
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Personal trainers like me spend all day watching people work out, and we see people day in and day out motivated, and ready, some very consistent but not getting any results. The one thing most have in common is there are making some big mistakes…read on and find out if any of these are holding you back from reaching your goals.
MISTAKE 1: Cardio
Spending extended periods of time on cardio machines tops the list because we see it particularly with women. Doing steady state cardio on machines like the elliptical or the bike is just wasting your time, especially if your "cardio session" includes texting, talking on the phone or reading a book. There are times when steady state cardio can be a good part of your training routine, but it will not do much for you unless you incorporate weight training and interval training in your routine.
Increase your workout intensity, but lower your duration. Try something fun and new (kickboxing, bootcamp class, sprints, or play a new sport like soccer) and continue to switch things up to keep your body guessing.
Instead of 45min+ steady state (cardio at a steady pace) elliptical workout try 20mins of interval training such as the following routine:
Pick the one of the following stair master, jump rope or treadmill:
1. 2 min warm up at a light pace
2. 1 min moderate pace
3. 30 secs as hard as you possible can (sprints, high knee skipping or literally running on the steps of the stair master)
4. Repeat #2 and 3 six times
5. Finish with another 2 mins at a light pace for a cool down
You should feel "done"! Do this routine only a few times a week.
MISTAKE #2: Weight Training
a) Not doing any weight training: This is probably the biggest mistake you can make if you want your body composition to change. Weight training, make your body tight and firm, builds lean muscle which makes you appear smaller as muscle takes up less space than fat in your body. And don't worry ladies you will not "bulk" up and look like Popeye, the only women that do are those that take some growth enhancing supplements. It is very difficult for women to build muscle!
b) High reps light weights: No this does not make up "burn" calories more. You should not strive to create a cardio effect while weight lifting. If your weights are feeling like you're lifting a little can of tomato paste and you could win the Guinness record of the biggest amount of reps or you would be able to throw your weights on the other side of the street, you're doing it wrong! All you are doing with that type of training is training your muscles so perform more and more reps in the future – but you won't see any results.
MISTAKE #3: Timing – Cardio before weight training
Doing your cardio session before weights will tire you out and you will not have sufficient energy to do an intense weight training workout. Always plan to do your weight training first, or do your cardio sessions on a non weight training day.
MISTAKE #4 Order of your exercises
Always train your biggest muscles first! We see it all the time, people walking into the gym and starting their workout with bicep or triceps. Focus on training your big muscles like back, chest and legs using compound exercises first (lat pulldown, chest press, squats), before smaller muscle groups like biceps, triceps, shoulders, or using isolated exercises like leg extension, bicep curls, tricep press etc)
MISTAKE #5 Not having a plan
So many people do it. They walk into a gym without a clue what they are doing that day or with some clip out from a magazine or a friend's workout. It doesn't work like that! You must have a plan, for the week, for the month and how you will change things up going forward. You can pair certain exercises together for example if you are just starting out you can plan to do 3 sessions a week, upper body day, lower body day and a full body day (plus let's say 2 cardio interval training sessions).
You must keep track of your weights and reps preformed and change them weekly. For example if you did bicep curls with 8lbs dumbbells for 15 reps this week, aim to use 10lbs the following week even if you do only 8reps. The next week use 10lbs again and aim for 9 reps, and every week like that until you get to 15 reps then increase the weight again. Basically increase weight or reps each week.
Stay tuned next week we will send you a great beginner workout program you can use!
MISTAKE #6 - Working the "machine circuit"
A few gyms now have it. It's a bunch of machines in a row or a circle type set up and we see people going from one machine to another. All the trainers chuckle at this one. Try and get away from the machines, while they come in handy time to time, nothing beats reshaping your body than using free weights. We know it's intimidating at first, the "boy" section, but go with a friend or ask a trainer to help you. Most trainers will be happy to help you.
MISTAKE #7 Bad form
This one can truly make it or break it for you. Not using the machines or the weight properly can not only result in injury, it can truly be a time waster. With every single rep you should engage the correct muscle and have precise tempo count. This is why you often see trainers touch a client, it helps activate the correct muscle. For example when you are using the lateral pull down machine, you should be pulling with your back (your lats), not feeling like your arms got a workout. You should also not be racing through your reps, there is a specific count on the way up and on the way down for each exercise (and this changes as you progress, and for different goals).
Books, magazines, and video exercise programs are great, but most people have very poor joint awareness, coordination and do not know their own body. Working with a knowledge trainer is one of the best investments you can make. We are adamant about form, both in our group classes and when working with clients one on one. If it's not feasible for you to hire a personal trainer, try a group class like our Body Beautiful Bootcamps for Women, and make sure you do your research as most fitness classes are taught by "fitness instructors" who are more about the cardio and coordination and do know necessary have the training of a certified personal trainer who must understand who must learn the complete anatomy of the body.
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MISTAKE #8 Doing the same old workout over and over again
When you do the same workout over and over again, the body has no reason to change. To see results you MUST change things up. We see people with a workout they found or someone gave them and they literally do it for not only months but sometimes for years! Just like consistently changing your weights and reps you must change your workouts. Not only the exercises but the structure. This is what personal trainers refer to as periodization. Periodization is basically a systematic planning physical training which involves progressive cycling of various aspects of a training program during a specific period. Aim to change your program every 4-6 weeks so, cycling between endurance training, muscle building, strength training and fat burning (again this is planned based on your body and goals and the cycling of the programs must be paired with that – But you can not just stay in one such :cycle" indefinitely).
MISTAKE #9 Working out for more than an hour
More is not better. Hard and intense is important, and this is why if you work at a high intensity there should be no reason or energy for you to be there for more than one hour to one hr 15 mins (this includes warm up and stretching)
If you are overtraining and pushing your body too far, your body WILL fight back. Not only will you likely get injured, your body may actually start storing more body fat! When the body is under too much stress (which is what overtraining essentially does), our cortisol levels increase (basically our body thinks its under some of attack), and as a defense mechanism our body fat increases. Our body uses fat to protect our organs from danger.
Too much training is counter-productive to your results because you will be putting your body in a poor hormonal state and you will be taxing yourself mentally as well. SO again stick to shorter and more intense workouts to burn fat and build lean muscle.
MISTAKE #10 - Bad eating habits
Yes, it had to make the list. Here is a sad fact YOU CAN NOT OUT TRAIN YOUR DIET. No you cant. No no and no. Just because you are working out it does not mean you get to eat more, which is basically what some people start doing "its okay to have this muffin, I worked out today". To get a lean, fit physique or to lose weight, your diet is essential. The two go hand in hand and no matter what anyone tells you, you will never get a six pack or lose weight from just working out.
We drill this in our client's heads and all our programs, always include nutrition plans. If you are working out on your own, fix this ASAP. If you are working out with a trainer or any group setting, make sure they provide you the tools you need to keep your diet in check. All training programs, and all trainers must have this covered!
Need help with your diet? Check out our Body Beautiful Diets for women
To get the best results consider working with someone to customize your training regimen. He or she will take the guesswork out of the equation, create a personalized plan tailored to your specific needs, make sure you're doing your workout correctly and even give you tips on proper diet - an even bigger piece of the weight loss puzzle. If you stick with it, you'll finally start to see those pounds disappear.


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Radio host and musician Andrew Fagan has been convicted and fined for riding a motorbike at more than twice the legal alcohol limit.
Fagan appeared in Waitakere District Court this morning and pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol.
Police prosecutor Stewart King said Fagan was seen driving in excess of the speed limit on a Suzuki motorcycle on Titirangi Rd on August 1.
"The defendant appeared to be unbalanced as he struggled to put his motorcycle on a stand after being stopped by police," he said.
Fagan was breath tested and showed a breath alcohol reading of 841mcg per litre of breath, more than double the legal limit of 400mcg.
"When spoken to by police the defendant stated that it was a wide road and that his speed was not hurting anyone."
The court was told Fagan had a clean driving record and had never appeared in court before.
Community magistrate Janet Holmes noted that he was "well over twice the legal limit", and took into account his early guilty plea.
He was convicted and fined $750, disqualified from driving for six months, and ordered to pay court costs of $130.
Fagan hosts an evening radio show on Radio Live with his wife, Karyn Hay.
He was frontman for the 80s band The Mockers, and now performs with his current band The People.


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Collingwood defender Ben Reid says team-mate Chris Dawes is 'shattered' after being dumped from the side that will play Essendon at the MCG on Saturday night.
The Magpies finish the regular season with a clash against their old rivals, with a place in the top four which would give them a double chance in the finals up for grabs if they win and Hawthorn defeat West Coast.
Dawes, who has kicked just 14 goals in 2012, will not be involved though, after coach Nathan Buckley lost patience with the out-of-form forward and dropped him on Thursday evening.
And with the season over for Collingwood's VFL side, winning a spot back in the senior team will not be easy for the out-of-favour forward.
"He is obviously shattered that he is out of the side," Reid told reporters before Friday's training session.
"He is obviously not happy with his form. He'll train as hard as he can for the next week and try and get himself back in the senior side.
"I think David Buttifant (club sports science director) and the fitness staff we have got here (will) put him on a pretty good program to I suppose, really work him over. A game-like scenario as much (as) possible.
"You can't get the game-style stuff at training but we (will) try and get as close to that as possible for him."
After successive losses to North Melbourne and West Coast, Buckley axed Dawes, Cameron Wood, Ben Sinclair and Paul Seedsman while Jarryd Blair will miss with a groin injury.
Essendon have also rung the changes for a match that Reid sees as vitally important as the 'Pies look to build some momentum heading into the finals.
"It's really, really crucial," he said.
"Obviously our last two weeks haven't been good enough and we have got to turn it around this week and play our sort of footy and really get some confidence going into the first week of finals."
Andrew Krakouer is one of Collingwood's five inclusions, with the former Tiger to play his first AFL match since undergoing a knee reconstruction in the pre-season.
And Reid said the playing group took motivation from Krakouer's determination to make a successful comeback.
"All the boys have seen the hard work that he has done. It's great. He has played three or four games now in the VFL and I think every week he has been in the best. He is ready to go and hopefully he lights it up tomorrow night."
Reid was also quizzed about the club's former coach, Mick Malthouse, who is likely to take the reins at Carlton following Brett Ratten's sacking on Thursday.
The defender described Malthouse as a 'great coach' but preferred to focus on Saturday's match, a fixture that could define Collingwood's season.


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December 7, 2012Kathleen LaForest and Kevin McQuillan are winners of the 2012 Arthur Neef Moot Court Competition. The four finalists in this year's competition were second-year students Jake Vorkapich (left) of Canton and Jason Alvarado of Rochester Hills, who argued for the petitioner; and winners LaForest of Ann Arbor and McQuillan of Toledo, Ohio, who argued for the respondent.
November 27, 2012Jack Schulz , Student Bar Association Board of Governors President, received the Bernard Gottfried Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Labor Law from Terry A. Morgan, regional director, Region 7, of the National Labor Relations Board recently. The scholarship is awarded to a student planning to pursue a career in labor and employment law.
November 14, 2012Blair Gould was awarded the Erman Teicher Miller Zucker & Freedman PC Annual Scholarship recogonizing scholastic achievement to encourage continued progress and to provide assistance to students in financing their Law School education. Gould, a second-year law student, works as a law clerk in the law office of Alan Lowenthal and served as a judicial intern to Hon. Mark Randon in U.S. District Court, Eastern Division of Michigan.
September 25, 2012Ryan Schutte received an award from the Michigan State Bar Environmental Law Section for an essay he submitted in the Michigan Environmental Law Journal as a second-year student. His third-place finish is "especially impressive" because he was in competition with third-year students, said Christopher Dunsky, editor of the MELJ. "Ryan's work is superb, well deserved," said Wayne Law Associate Professor Noah Hall, who teaches Environmental Law. He was presented with the $500 award by Anna Maiuri, ELS chair.
September 24, 2012Free Legal Aid Clinic student attorneys working at the Detroit Free Legal Aid Clinic were thrilled recently to cut the ribbon and officially move into their brand new digs - right next to the organization's former office on Woodward Avenue. Last winter, the clinic, which operates in conjunction with Lakeshore Legal Aid and with the Elder Law and Advocacy Center, was in trouble. The roof of FLAC's former home office was caving in. The Wayne Law students came up with a possible solution for a new and better office to help them serve FLAC's low-income clients, and the clinic's Executive Board - all students -presented their "case" to Law School Dean Robert Ackerman. He was impressed with their initiative, and that they hadn't asked the university, which helps sponsor the clinic, to solve the problem for them. Ackerman helped the students put their plan into action. A couple of moves were involved. First, the clinic - run by law students under the supervision of licensed attorneys - had to move lock, stock and law books into temporary office space on the Law School's third floor. The students found more permanent new office space for FLAC in a building right next door to their old one, but it needed extensive renovations, and the students needed a place to work for their clients while the repairs took place. The students also proposed to the dean a way to fund the renovations for the new office. "We said we could pay a third (through fundraisers), the law school could pay a third and the alumni could pay a third," said FLAC Chairwoman Gabrielle Saitz, a third-year law student. "We wanted to be close to the law school." Ackerman made it happen, and found funds in the law school's budget to provide FLAC with a little extra besides. He is proud of the students, proud of the conscientious manner in which they run FLAC, and proud of the service FLAC has provided to Wayne County's low-income residents since the clinic was founded in 1965 by Wayne Law alumni, students and private donors. And now the student attorneys with FLAC have moved into their new space, which is bigger than their original office space and in a location familiar to their clients. Wherever they work, the students with FLAC share a passion for advocacy and service, and enthusiasm for the clinic's work, whether they're doing it as interns for credit, work-study students for a stipend or as volunteers. "We're helping people who've been in really bad situations," said FLAC Secretary Julie Bland, a third-year law student. "It feels really good to be someone's advocate and help them get out of a bad situation. Ideally, I would like to work in legal aid (after graduation)." Patrick Klida, a second-year law student who works with FLAC, said he, too, would like to work as an attorney after graduation for "the people who need it most and for causes I believe in." "FLAC has a legacy in the community, and that's something I want to contribute to and be a part of," he said. "My heart's really in the mission." The "mission" now has office space at 5425 Woodward Avenue. Donations are welcome. Visit http://www.detroitflac.com to learn more.
April 25, 2012Environmental law students Three Wayne State University Law School students in the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic have received highly coveted internships this summer. Robert Johns will be working with the Michigan Attorney General's Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division in Lansing. Katie Okonowski has an internship in Atlanta with Environmental Protection Agency. Nick Ranke will intern with the legal staff at the MDEQ, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources, the Attorney General's Office, Administrative Law Judges and the Department of Agriculture.
April 16, 2012Journal of Law in Society announces its newly elected board for 2012-13: Editor-in-Chief Victoria Suber, Managing Editor Sorin Borlodan, Reviewing Editor Avery Rose, Symposium Director Kanika Suri, Public Relations Director and Business Editor Maggie Seeger, Senior Note Editor Amanda Skalski, and article editors Ashleigh Weinbrecht and Ryan Paree.
February 28, 2012Sarah Barbantini co-wrote an article with Adam Kutinsky, '00, titled "The uniqueness of professional-liability policies" for the Feb. 17 issue of Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Kutinsky is a principal at Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti and Sherbrook with the Commercial Litigation group; Barbantini is a law clerk on his team.
February 22, 2012John Zervos had an article published in the Huffington Post Detroit titled "Detroit in Transition: The Restructuring of Governance Through Privatization and Corporatization." The article talks about the upcoming Journal of Law in Society symposium to be held on March 23. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-m-zervos/detroit-privitization_b_1291869.html?ref=detroit
January 10, 2012Chelsea Zuzindlak 3L, has accepted an offer of employment from the U.S. Department of Justice through the Attorney General's Honors Program. The two-year program starts in September 2012. Zuzindlak will be working at the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review, Detroit Immigration Court, in the McNamara Federal Building downtown.