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The Workout Diaries: Fad #5, Hula Hooping
In May of this year, I packed myself into a car with three gal-pals and headed south to Tennessee for the enormous music festival Bonnaroo. I was excited beyond belief to live in a tent, embrace my inner hippie and become one with the swaying, music-loving masses.
While everyone who attends Bonnaroo is worth watching, the hula hooping girls were my favourites. Majestically swaying to the music in their peasant skirts and bikini tops, hair all the way down their backs, these girls would wind colourful hoops around their bodies in a choreographed-yet-totally-natural dance. I would watch these girls with such envy, they looked like friggin mythical creatures from an elvish land!
Luckily for me, Toronto has classes to turn me into my pretend alter-ego of a hippie hula girl. My third and final class with Brass Vixens was a hula hooping class and I was determined to give those girls a run for their money.
I should point out that two years ago, I decided hula hooping was the best way to achieve abs so I bought one, set myself up outside, began to hoop and as soon as it dropped to the floor (which was almost immediately) I said "Nope, this sucks" and left the hoop outside.
Anyway, Shannon (who by the way is pretty much my favourite person at this point) gives me a quick tutorial on how to start basic hooping just in case the seven-year-old in me had forgotten. She has a collection of hoops, all different sizes and weights for optimal hooping. I start off spinning it around my torso and am beyond happy to find that it's just like riding a bike.
Throughout the class we test out tricks and learn how to dance inside of our moving hoop. Those festival girls have nothing on me as I learn to spin the hoop around one hand, then both, then switch to the opposite hand, spin the hoop above my head and lower it around my waist and finally spin myself quickly around while the hoop stops and keeps itself around me. Shannon continues to laugh whenever I express amazement at being about to accomplish these tasks and occasionally screech "I ROCK!"
Here's a short snippet of my inner thoughts:
1 p.m. -- OMG I CAN STILL HULA HOOP.
1:05 -- Can we just do this for the entire class? Look at these hips go!
1:10 -- No, I'm over it. My hips bones are definitely bruised already.
1:15 -- Yes, let's move it to the hands please. Oh...this is for people who actually have co-ordination.
1:20 -- SORRY! Hoop got away from me, you know how it goes. *spin* Oops! Sorry!!
1:24 -- HOLY COW! I'm spinning INSIDE my spinning hoop!! Would it be weird to video this to prove it happened?
1:30 -- Hooping while passing weights back and forth? I'll just continue to hoop, thank you.
1:35 -- Yea, I'm spinning the hoop above my head. No big deal.
1:45 -- Okay, flipping the hoop up with my foot is a definite no-go. I'll just continue to hoop, thank you.
1:50 -- DID EVERYONE SEE THAT?! I passed the hoop from above my head down to my hips!! I'm a natural. And again...ouch, must keep face out of the way.
1:55 -- I could do this all day! Look out Bonnaroo!
End Result: I'm so incredibly proud of what I accomplished inside of an hour! This feels different than a regular workout, it was more like skill training and I was able to totally nail a few tricks. I expected my torso to kill the next day from all the hooping but what hurt most was my hand from spinning the hoop so much.
Effort: There's a lot of work that goes into this session but you totally don't even notice. I was way too busy concentrating on not losing my handle on the hoop to realize the workout that my abs and arms were put through.
Return Trip?: Absolutely. If not to learn more hula tricks, than definitely to show Shannon how I've perfected the ones I've already learned by practicing in my backyard with my own hoop (it's pink and makes a sparkle noise).Read other entries in the series
First up on my fitness calendar was hot yoga. Regular yoga was out of the question since the prospect of searing heat makes my heart flutter. (No seriously...tropical temperatures are a dream). Setting out to find a yoga studio that offers the sweaty class was easy and I settled on Hot Yoga Toronto in the Annex. You have the option of taking either a verbally taught or silently lead class. Personally, I opted for the class with words...it was going to be hard enough to follow. Read the full story
This week I decided to sign up for a spin class at Quad on King Street West. While I had no illusions about being a yoga newbie, I always like to think that I'm an excellent cyclist. Every summer on schedule, I decide to use a bicycle as my mode of transportation and pout until my dad unhooks his from the garage ceiling and cleans it up for me. Newly pumped and shiny, it will sit in my hallway unused because cycling around the city is dangerous and it's so much more fun to walk. But somehow I still like to think I could cycle if I really wanted to. Read the full story
When I first heard about the Aerial Strength class offered by Brass Vixens on Queen West, I have to admit, I pictured something totally different. Read the full story
When I decided to start writing this column, pole dancing was the first and foremost workout that I wanted to try. I enjoy a good night out at a club and might have even won a dance-off or two. So, yea I like to think that I can dance. I always figured that placed in front of a pole, I'd do better than alright. Read the full story
I should point out that two years ago, I decided hula hooping was the best way to achieve abs so I bought one, set myself up outside, began to hoop and as soon as it dropped to the floor (which was almost immediately) I said "Nope, this sucks" and left the hoop outside. Luckily for me, Toronto has classes to turn me into my pretend alter-ego of a hippie hula girl. Read the full story.
I signed up for a Barreworks mixed level class and am told it's a good choice for a newbie like me. The instructor promises an hour of fun, serious core work and ballet-inspired barre stretches. Only opened since June of this year, the studio is the first of its kind in Canada. Developed from the super popular trend in the US, Barreworks promises a lean dancer's body through muscle sculpting, cardio training, core conditioning and deep stretching. Read the full story.
A few weeks into my quest for the best workout, a workout buddy mentioned a machine called The Reformer. While describing its uses, I could not get the picture of an 18th-century torture device out of my mind. This week I was excited to try out MisFit Studio after being recommended by a friend. The studio can be found in an alleyway in a stunning converted old coach house. I initially signed up for a "Kick Ass Mat" class with no expectations whatsoever. When I arrived I was taken for a tour of the studio (did I mention it's gorgeous?) and came face-to-face with The Reformer. Read the full story.
Zumba. Everyone is always talking about Zumba. Whenever I mention my workout quest to friends and family they practically unite in saying "Zumba! Have you tried Zumba yet? Why haven't you Zumba'd?!" Well, listen up you guys, I finally went out and tested Zumba. Read the full story.
If you haven't heard about Kangoo don't worry, you're in a huge group. Not one person I've told of my escapade knew what I was talking about. You've probably seen women at trade shows standing in a booth repping the new workout wearing boots that resemble ski shoes with oval springs attached to the bottom. If you haven't, go to more trade shows! Free swag! Anyway those ladies sell Kangoo Jumps boots to be used while you run, walk or generally work out. Read the full story.
Months and months ago, I attended a show in Toronto where Billy Blanks was appearing for a motivational speech as well as autograph signing. For those of you who don't follow the lifestyles of the fit and fabulous (of which I am not, nor do I follow) Billy Blanks invented the workout known as Tae Bo. A fusion of tae kwon do and boxing, the workout is done to a hip hop soundtrack for extra energetic movements. There's punching, kicking, stepping, crunching and a lot more. Since 1975, Blanks has touted the workout as the "future of fitness" and comes complete with an incredible backstory that made me tear up during his speech. So I bought the DVD. And got it autographed. Sometimes I hate me. Read the full story.
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The district police have booked two Akali leaders on the charges of assault and hurting religious sentiments by pulling the beard of a Sikh, on a complaint filed by SGPC member Jarnail Singh Dogranwala.
The accused, block samiti vice-chairman Ranjit Singh Khojewal and senior Akali leader Dalwinder Singh Sidhu, denied all the charges and alleged that they had been falsely implicated.
Dogranwal said in his complaint: "Khojewal and Sidhu have assaulted me twice in the previous week. On May 1, when I was coming out of district planning committee chief Sarabjit Singh Makkar's office, Khojewal assaulted me and pulled my from my beard. and My turban was removed. Then Sidhu also pulled me from my hair and both thrashed me. When I cried for help, they fled."
The police have booked the accused under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 295-A (outraging religious feelings) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
Later, Khojewal and Sidhu,along with their supporters reached court premises, and staged a protest opposite the office of Makkar, allegeing that they were being framed.
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There is scant doubt anymore that from day one of the election of Barack Obama the goal of the Republican party has been to obstruct his presidency and find evidence that he should be impeached. OK, so George Bush lied about WMD, OK, so there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and 9/11, George has white skin and is a Republican. Sometimes, it is difficult for any rational person to believe in the anger and viciousness of Republicans, but the evidence is overwheleming. As far as they are concerned, Obama is the anti-Christ himself and must be removed from office.
Thomas Pickering, a highly seasoned diplomat wrote a critical report on the response to State Department personnel to the Benghazi incident which led to the death of four people. As Pickering notes, "they've tried to point a finger at people more senior than where we found the decisons being made." Pickering found that "systematic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels" of the State Department led to the deaths.
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Holy Smoke!Did you know? Thanksgiving is just three weeks away
Turkey Day, as many of us call it, is right around the corner. But the retail world has kept it a big secret.
For the past couple months, we've seen Halloween everything — decorations, costumes, candy and cookies. And from children to adults, we've eaten it up.
Except for the northeastern States, still recovering from Frankenstorm, we're all pretty much over Halloween.
Thanksgiving is our next national holiday, but you'd never know it in the stores.
Unless you're looking in the freezer section of the grocery store — now strewn with turkey stiffs — or the end-aisle display of yams, chopped pecans and mini marshmallows.
Sadly, there's little sign of America's national harvest celebration. It has been replaced by an ever-earlier Christmas blitz. Macy's, for example used to launch the Christmas buying season with "The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade." Now they're already on the air pitching their exclusive celebrity lines.
In Macy's eyes, Christmas now "Trumps" Thanksgiving.
By the way, wasn't that a much younger Donald Trump in the 1947 holiday classic, "Miracle on 34th Street?" He was the one demanding Kris Kringle produce his birth certificate — and when Kris didn't comply, Trump abruptly said, "You're fired!"
Also pushing the holidays, mega-retailers K-Mart and Walmart, are now urging us to layaway. As a result, I'm now laying awake at nights wondering what I should hurry up and layaway — and I'm not thankful for that.
What I am thankful for is my truly wonderful wife, how great our decision was to pick up and move to Haywood County, how quickly we made friends and assimilated into the community, for our not-so-part-time jobs, for strong faith, for my column (now pushing four years) and the many wonderful people and organizations it has introduced to me — like Holy Smoke.
Did you know? — Holy Smoke is more than a popular expletive. Holy Smoke is also the clever name for a barbecue ministry, born out of fire and brimstone.
As the story goes, a few years ago St. Andrew's on-the-Hill Episcopal Church in Canton completed an expansion and renovation. As so often happens these days, the project didn't exactly come in under budget. Instead, the church was left with an enormous debt.
Church leaders met to discuss the predicament, and in frustration one of the men, said something like, "We might as well set fire to it (the church)." Of course, he wasn't serious, but it got the men thinking about the one thing that they all loved — firing up their barbecues.
Holy smoke — just like that, a new church ministry was born. The men purchased a gimungous smoker and started serving up great barbecue throughout Western North Carolina.
No doubt you've seen Holy Smoke at local festivals — from Waynesville's Church Street Art and Craft Shows and Apple Harvest Festivals, to Canton's recent Turning Leaf Fall Festival. Holy Smoke is everywhere, serving up absolutely wonderful cherry-smoked meats. And all proceeds from their efforts go directly to reducing the St. Andrew's on-the-Hill's church debt.
Amen to them, and Amen to their great barbecue meats. I've been a huge fan of Holy Smoke for many years, especially at Thanksgiving.
Did you know? — Holy Smoke offers a variety of smoked meats for pick-up for Thanksgiving. So instead of getting up at the crack of dawn and "birthing" your own turkey, all you have to do is call Holy Smoke for your choice of meats that have been lovingly, religiously smoked over cherry wood for 12 to 14 hours.
Holy Smoke offers Thanksgiving turkeys, turkey breasts, hens, pork butt, beef brisket, stuffed pork loin and salmon.
Believe me, you can't beat the quality of Holy Smoke barbecue, but there is one catch — you have to plan ahead. Orders must be received by Monday, Nov. 12, for pick-up in Canton the day before Thanksgiving.
I'm thankful that I have the Holy Smoke telephone number for orders (St. Andrew's office) saved on my iPhone — it is 648-7550.
As I complete this column, my mouth is watering, which leads to one final caution — you will need to exercise great restraint after picking up your Thanksgiving order, as the incredible/edible smell of Holy Smoke's barbecue will fill your car with a powerful urge to pull off the side of the road and start feasting.
So I recommend bringing no sharp knives or kitchen utensils with you on pick-up day. Better yet, bring someone along as a chaperone to keep you from spoiling Thanksgiving for the rest of the family.
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I am soooo excited about getting this last group getting into the RR3 I am doing a happy dance all over my house! For now we're known as Group 14 but we can come up with something snazzier than that.......any ideas??? I've been designated the point person for this group and I hope you all will contact me anytime there is a question/concern of any type. If I don't know the answer, I know Terri is out there somewhere to help us :) I also hope the friendships we build in this group lasts a lifetime. We'll always have a little piece (or should I say border) of each other! There is already a post started so we can show our centers off to the entire board but I'd also like to post ours here as well. If someone doesn't want to have their centers shown as each border is added, please let me know as soon as possible and I'll make sure each group member is aware of this. Okay........ Let's start talking to each other ladies! I can't wait to get to know each of you and to see your centers. I'm attaching the center I plan on using. (I've had it done for over a month :) ) Purplesharon has been given the go-ahead to use a center that is slightly larger than the 24" x24" measurements. But.....it is because of her we are able to have this Group 14! Soooo.....THANK YOU Purplesharon!!!!! And a big shout out to Terri as well. She has worked hard to get this last group into the RR3 and I appreciate everything she has done! Okay...... Let's see those centers!
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January 2014
CRESCENT CITY- A 60 year old man is arrested after he was spotted allegedly looking at child pornography inside of a coffee shop. It was an off-duty deputy that noticed Lawrence Mason looking at obscene material on his laptop at the Java Hut in Crescent City on Wednesday.
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NORTH COAST- An update to a recent plan to end homelessness in the county was brought before the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Tuesday. It showed a three percent decrease in the number of homeless people in the county over the last two years.
The Humboldt Housing and Homeless Coalition first introduced the plan five years ago as a blueprint for how the...
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ARCATA- The Arcata Police Department has received fewer calls and complaints about illegal indoor marijuana grows. The fewer reports corresponds with Measure I, Arcata's high energy use tax that is designed to reduce the amount of energy intensive illegal grows within Arcata.
Complaints to the department used to be a daily occurrence and is now only happening once a month said Det. Sgt...
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New medical marijuana dispensaries banned, staff directed to draft new ordinance, and Halvorsen Quarry appeals denied with an added condition at Board of Supervisors meeting
EUREKA- Supervisors passed a ban prohibiting new medical marijuana dispensaries to open in Humboldt County four to one today. Currently there are three current dispensaries open in the county, one in Eureka, Garberville, and Arcata. The ban passed today will allow those dispensaries to remain open but prohibits establishment of new dispensaries until an ordinance is drafted. On Tuesday...
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EUREKA- Representatives from College of the Redwoods will meet with the Accrediting Commission for Junior Colleges later this week to review the sanctions against them. The college is looking to remove or reduce the sanctions at this weeks meeting.
The college received a serious caution by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges in Feb. 2012. The sanction was later...
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TRINIDAD- The spike in winter wildfires may be due to the unusually dry weather conditions, but the lack of rain fall isn't all bad news.
Today, we talked to people in local businesses who say the weather has helped them. The National Weather Service confirms 2013 was the driest year on record in Eureka, with similar conditions throughout the North Coast. In Trinidad, business owners...
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The Red Wildland Fire continues to burn as fire officials work to put out the blaze.
The Red fire began on Saturday at about 12:30 p.m. It's located in the snow camp area and has burned over 330 acres. Nearly 450 fire personnel including Cal Fire, local agencies, Redwood National Park, the Forest Service and the Department of Corrections are currently battling the fire. Officials...
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EUREKA- Sequoia Park Zoo is the oldest zoo in California. Now it is also the only zoo in California with Bush dogs.
The Bush dog is an endangered species found in South America. Mato and Perito are brothers who were brought in from Palm Beach Zoo in Florida.
"I think they're really cute and I want to take one home," said Ashley Karanopoulos, who lives in Eureka.
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From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:
On 1-06-2014, at approximately 3:45 p.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff's Deputy stopped a 2004 Cadillac for vehicle code violations on Frontage Road, Trinidad. When the deputy contacted the driver, Shena Lee Christensen, 29 years old from Eureka and the passenger, Carter James Daniels, 32 years old from Blue Lake, she...
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Cal Fire News Release:
Fortuna – The Red fire located in the Snow Camp area started on January 4, 2014 at approximately 12:30 p.m. Cal Fire, Department of Corrections, Forest Service, local fire departments and Redwood National Park were dispatched to the privately owned timberland.
As of January 7th CAL FIRE has the following fire...
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From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:
On 1-07-2014, at approximately 12:30 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office was notified of an armed robbery that just occurred at 1021 Murray Road, Freeway 76, McKinleyville. The clerk told the dispatcher the suspect fled on foot westbound on Murray Road, armed with a handgun. When deputies arrived on scene they...
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Five new employees joined the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office today.
Sheriff, Mike Downey welcomed the new members of the department that included: Correctional Officers, Rosie Freixas from Eureka and Eric Morris of Mckinleyville, Dispatcher, Jessica Cyphers of Eureka, Evidence Technician, Jennifer Braud from Fortuna and Property Technician, Bruce Hollingsworth of Rio Dell.
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On this date in 1754, Joel Barlow was born in Connecticut. Educated at Dartmouth College and Yale, he served as chaplain in the revolutionary war. His edition of The Book of Psalms, issued in 1785, was widely used by the Congregationalists. Barlow left the ministry, and took up law, admitted to the bar in 1786. As a writer and poet, he was a member of the well-known "Hartford Wits," and made his name with "The Vision of Columbus," written in 1787. (His enduring work is the mock-heroic humorous poem, "The Hasty Pudding.") Barlow became a deist after traveling in France, according to C.B. Todd, who wrote the Life and Letters of J. Barlow, 1886. Barlow translated Ruins by Volney. Barlow's claim to freethought fame was as counsel to Algiers, when he secured the release of prisoners and negotiated the Treaty with Tripoli of 1796-97, which stated that the United States was not a Christian nation. It was written in Algiers in Arabic, and signed at Tripoli on Nov. 4, 1796. Barlow translated the treaty, which was ratified by the U.S. Senate on May 29, 1797, and proclaimed in Philadelphia on June 10, 1797. George Washington was president when the treaty was signed in Tripoli, but it was signed by Pres. John Adams. Barlow also befriended Thomas Paine, and was responsible for getting Paine's The Age of Reason published during Paine's imprisonment in Paris. Barlow became American ambassador at Napoleon's court in 1811, and died in Poland traveling to meet Napoleon during his retreat from Moscow. D. 1812.
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I call Tax Masters the next day and soke to Elie B. [continued below]....
After about a week I called my employer to see if the levy had been lifted to my surprise nothing had been received, so I called Tax Masters and was told my case worker would give me a call back Yvette Gonzalez no call back. Next day I call again was told she would call me back again after 2 hours and important as this was I could not believe no one was retuning my calls so I called them back and demanded to talk with someone. Well when I finally got to speak with someone they informed me that they would not be doing anything until my next payment which was not the way Mr. King explained it to me as I told him without a pay check There are no payments.
My pay was levied By the IRS and left me $200 dollars to live on for the next two weeks.So I called the IRS to see what could be done so my family and I could be able to live and in ten minutes worked out a payment plan and they released the levy. Should have done that in the begining but was given legal advice by Tax Masters not to contact them.
With my problem resolved I wrote a letter to Tax Masters that thier services are no longer required as It was taken care of and to keep my deposit but not to take anymore payments as no service was rendered.Return all my documents and power of attorney was revolked. This was on 2-11-10 on 3-1-10 they withdrew from my bank account another installment payment.
I have Called to get some anwers they will not give me anyone to talk to and no one willreturn any calls I have left messages with Dwane Logan,KC Perry,Mr King,Yvette Gonzalez for three days now and when I call back they hang up on me. The Girl that answers the phone Tiffiney finally told me even though they are not doing anything for me they have the right to take my money until they decide whether they drop the case or not and if they are going to return my money. Well they are attorney's so they are legal crooks and scam artists.
Word to the wise you have a better chance with the IRS, Tax masters are more ruthless and are leeches for honest people in need of tax consultants.
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These dudes will do anything for a laugh to the point that I actually had to ask myself if they were for real or not. If so, I wonder what they do in their spare time? Whip each other with barbed wire while sporting celery sticks up their rectums? If this isn�t �all show�, we�ve got a serious case of S&M fetishism on our hands. My favorite bits in this perverse human zoo had to be the Night Pandas sequence where our boyz rollerbladed through the streets of Japan dressed in Panda outfits while causing a ruckus. Seeing Johnny Knoxville get his face bashed in by some tubby boxer in a store was also GREAT TIMES and I couldn�t help but laugh at strip whore �Party Boy� (Chris Pontius) who likes to take it off in public places and boogie in a thong. Toss in there some kool cameos (Tony Hawke, Henry Rollins and Spike Jonze owning in old age makeup), some rockin' good tunes and you get a Pi�ata of pleasurable monkey business.
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In one study, Eve Donnelly, Ph.D., of Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, and colleagues obtained bone biopsies of women with femoral fractures, including 12 who took bisphosphonates for an average of 8.5 years, and nine did not. They found that bisphosphonate use was associated with significant decreases in minerals involved in bone quality.
"Bisphosphonate use altered the bone quality by narrowing the distribution of the mineral properties in the biopsied tissue," Donnelly and colleagues conclude. "However, bisphosphonate use did not alter bone microarchitecture or percent of osteoid surface in these fracture patients. Our data suggest that suppression of bone turnover with long-term bisphosphonates results in a loss of heterogeneity of the tissue properties that may contribute to the risk of atypical fractures."
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This collection of readings is designed to transform the way Australians understand republicanism.
'We Love the Queen. We honour the Queen. We serve the Queen.'—R. G. Menzies
'We must be ourselves.'-Patrick White
This collection of readings is designed to transform the way Australians understand republicanism. The editors, Mark McKenna and Wayne Hudson, have harvested a wealth of previously neglected historical sources to produce a fascinating collection of original documents that grapple with the issue of Australian republicanism. In the vein of Manning Clark's Select Documents in Australian History, this collection offers an inspiring and salient sample of Australian viewpoints, from the famous to the obscure, the official to the flagrantly informal, the rhetorical to the ridiculous.
McKenna and Hudson argue with wit and conviction that the republic has a place in Australia's future, but only if it is a republic founded on a vision of inclusion. 'This is the first principle of creating a sense of ownership and belonging—a republic about which people might begin to care.'
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Mark McKenna is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Science Program at the Australian National University, Canberra. Wayne Hudson is Professor of History and Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities at Griffith University.


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School Visit Tips
Sylvan Dell publicist Sara Dobie posted some advice on her blog today, from two of the top-selling authors at Sylvan Dell. Why do they sell so many books? Because they do so many school visits! Click here to read more.
On the same note, be sure to catch Alexis O'Neill's column, The Truth About School Visits, in the SCBWI Bulletin. Alexis always has outstanding advice for authors interested in developing this part of their career.
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You rock. Thanks for the shout out, Terry!
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Terry - Thanks for the "shout out" for my SCBWI Bulletin column about school visits - and thanks for this link to Sara's great post. She echoes what I've heard from countless marketing folks in publishing. They all tell me that they know the authors who are doing school visits just by the spikes in their book sales.
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From athletes to dieters, high protein diets and their promises of muscle gain, weight loss and improved health appeal to a wide diversity of people. But how much and what kind of protein is best, and does the macronutrient fulfill its promises?
While low-carbohydrate/high-protein diets, such as the Atkins or South Beach plans, are no longer the hottest trend, high-protein diets seem to be just as good (if not better) as high-carbohydrate diets for weight loss and health benefits. A high-protein diet can even help to optimize athletic performance (and muscle strengthening) due to the important role of protein in both endurance and resistance training exercise. The two modes of exercise stimulate muscle protein synthesis which is further enhanced if protein is consumed around the time of the physical activity. Eating protein immediately after exercising helps in the repair and synthesis of muscle proteins. Protein intake during exercise probably does not offer any additional performance benefit if sufficient amounts of carbohydrate – the body's preferred energy source – are consumed. However, for endurance athletes who need to consume adequate calories to fuel extended training sessions, or for any exerciser striving to lose weight, protein can preserve lean muscle mass and ensure that most weight loss comes from fat rather than lean tissue.
The average person requires 0.8-1.0g of protein per kilogram of body weight per day (.4-.5g/lb). Athletes need anywhere from 1.2-1.7g/kg (0.5-0.8g/lb) depending on gender, age, and type and intensity of the exercise (less for endurance athletes and more for strength-trained athletes). The American Dietetic Association emphasizes that the recommended protein intakes are best met through diet though many athletes do turn to whey- or casein-based protein powders and other supplements to boost protein intake and muscle regeneration.
Several factors come into play when choosing the "best" type of protein, including: protein quality, health benefits, dietary restrictions, cost, convenience, taste--to name just a few. While no one type of protein is best for everyone, keep these considerations in mind:
Ultimately, the jury is still out on the best amounts, mechanisms and methods of protein intake. However, it seems that when combined with regular exercise and an overall healthy lifestyle protein can live up to its promises of muscle gain, weight loss and improved health.
Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD, FAAP is the Senior Advisor for Healthcare Solutions for the American Council on Exercise, a board-certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a Diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in sports dietetics, and ACE Certified Health Coach. She is the author of "Eat Your Vegetables and Other Mistakes Parents Make: Redefining How to Raise Healthy Eaters" and the textbook "Sports Nutrition for Health Professionals." She has been ACE certified since 1998.
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