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As everyone knows, Victoria is in drought, but desalination is not the answer. It's a short term solution, but the massive amount of energy used to make salt water drinkable, and the size and location of the plant make it a no-brainer: There are better alternatives.
The Wonthaggi desalination plant (approved by Victorian State Government) will:
- Spoil a wild and magnificent heritage-listed coastline with a five-storey factory the size of the MCG.
- Discharge 8,800 litres of effluent per second into the ocean, comprising concentrated brine, heavy metals, and toxic chemicals.
- Suck in and kill 380,000 small organisms per second; the base of the food chain, with obvious flow on effects to fisheries, the adjacent marine national park, penguin reserve, and RAMSAT wetland.
- Produce an estimated 1.18 - 1.57 million tonnes of carbon emission every year, which is incongruous with recent federal government commitments to reducing emissions by 60% by 2050.
If you oppose the Victorian Desalination Plant, disagree with Victorian State Governments current water policies and want the Victorian State Government to provide the best quality solutions to prevent climate change, then have a democratic say on a new direction in water policy. Add your name to the petition to the Governor of Victoria opposing the Wonthaggi Desalination Plant, get behind Tom Carroll, Glyndon Ringrose and Crowded House's Nick Seymour, and fight for your right.


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An interesting couple paragraphs appeared this morning on The Atlantic Monthly's business blog.
The topic was the rift between Republican governors over the $787 million stimulus package:
Many Republican governors seemed more comfortable on the sidelines of their intraparty debate. "I'm sitting it out," [Indiana Republican Mitch] Daniels said. He added, "I'm rooting for the bill to work. I'm trying to use its funds wisely."
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue said that while he would have voted against the stimulus bill had he been a member of Congress, he didn't urge Republicans in Georgia's congressional delegation to oppose the measure because he would have "felt a little uncomfortable lobbying against it knowing we would use some portion of it."
So far, Perdue said, he and his staff haven't decided to reject any of the stimulus money, but their review process isn't over yet.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nearly everyone knows that Japanese Americans were imprisoned in internment camps during World War II.
And many people know that during the Reagan administration, the federal government offered a formal apology and a $20,000-per-person reparation.
But hardly anybody knows that it was Grayce Uyehara, a retired Philadelphia social worker, who helped lead the national grassroots effort to win redress for Japanese Americans who lost not only their freedom but their homes, jobs, and savings. After achieving that singular American victory, Uyehara returned to a quiet life in the suburbs.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. On Friday night, Uyehara will be honored with the Standing Up for Justice Award, presented by Asian Americans United, an advocacy group.
Uyehara, 94, of Medford, is too ill to attend the gala at the Painted Bride Art Center. Accepting on her behalf will be son Paul.
"They went through a lot of hard times, difficult times," said Paul Uyehara, 58, a Justice Department civil rights attorney in Washington.
He said he cannot recall his mother talking about her work to win redress, except for when community groups or news reporters asked her to speak. Perhaps because of her modesty, she has never gotten due credit for passage of the redress act, said Hiro Nishikawa, a board member of the Philadelphia chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
"Without her drive and involvement," said Nishikawa, who as a boy was interned with his parents and siblings, "I don't think it would have happened."
In fact, the redress movement easily could have failed.
Among political leaders, Sen. S.I. Hayakawa (R., Calif.), the son of Japanese immigrants, vehemently opposed any official apology. He said Japanese Americans had "welcomed the evacuation as a guarantee of their personal safety," and in the camps enjoyed "three years of leisure."
Some chapters of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars were opposed, and the California-based Americans for Historical Accuracy called internment a "big lie," contending the Japanese Americans sat out the war in relative comfort.
Everywhere Uyehara went, she insisted internment was not only a Japanese issue but an American one. In America, people aren't sent to prison based on suspicion. If Japanese Americans could be summarily locked up during one war, who would be locked up during the next?
It is 70 years since Japanese Americans were forced into bleak, overcrowded barracks surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards. And 25 years since the government said it was sorry.
But the issues around internment, described by the writer John Hersey as "the bitterest national shame," remain potent.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, bringing the United States into a war already raging in Europe and Asia. Several thousand Japanese Americans were quickly arrested. Politicians and newspaper editors demanded more, certain that saboteurs lurked.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, citing "military necessity," signed Executive Order 9066, causing the removal and incarceration of people of Japanese descent. About 120,000 were confined, at least two-thirds of them American-born. Many were children. None were charged with a crime.
Uyehara, then a music major at what is now the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., was sent with her family to a local makeshift camp, then to rural Rohwer, Ark. She played piano at church services.
When the War Relocation Authority loosened its rules, she was able to study at Minnesota State Teachers College. "I didn't even have any winter clothes when I left, but it didn't matter," she later told an interviewer.
After the war, she came to Philadelphia, where a brother was studying at Temple University. She married Hiroshi Uyehara, an engineer who also had been in the Rohwer camp. Together they helped organize the city chapter of the JACL.
Many internees never spoke of their internment experience, and their children often grew up unaware. That began to change in the late 1960s. The JACL established a National Redress Committee in 1978. The effort grew in 1982 when a commission that had been appointed by President Jimmy Carter found the internment was not caused by danger to national security but by prejudice and hysteria.
Uyehara, then retired from social-work positions in Delaware County and Lower Merion, volunteered as national director of the Legislative Education Committee, the JACL's lobbying arm. She had no experience in partisan politics, no connections in Washington beyond those forged through the League of Women Voters.
But during years of labor in the JACL, she had built a reservoir of trust. So, if she phoned a JACL contact in New Mexico and asked him to go see Sen. Pete Domenici, he would go.
"Philadelphia was really the epicenter of redress, and it was the epicenter because Grayce lived there," said Grant Ujifusa, a retired editor and redress strategist. "She was the mother of us all."
On Aug. 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed House Resolution 442, named for the decorated 442d Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese Americans. The act provided money for 60,000 survivors and required that the history of internment be told through monuments and museum collections and in classrooms.
"An apology is a huge thing," said Ellen Somekawa, executive director of Asian Americans United, whose parents and grandparents had been interned. "It wasn't like, 'Sorry, now let's move on.' It was, 'Sorry, and now let's get to the business of telling this history.' "
Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.philly.com


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(Photo from Fat From the Side submitted by fiercefattyflavor who says, "On the runway modeling Size Queen designs. If you told me in high school that my fat, beautiful ass could do these things, I would have rolled my eyes. But I'm so happy to be walking the road of body acceptance, and doing all the things I never thought I could.")
When you talk about fat-discrimination, like I did a few posts back, there's usually someone around to shout out the common rebuttal – that while you shouldn't discriminate against something that someone can't change, fat people are fat because of their own damn fault, and if they don't like it they can simply lose weight. That's the undercurrent to most fat-hate. It's the great big justification for it all – you're fat by choice, which means not only are you this horrible thing called fat, it's all your fault, which is even more horrible and unfathomable.
So this is an idea I want to explore really thoroughly. I'm sure you're all familiar with it, but let's state the claim outright. The idea goes something like this: If you're fat, all you need to do is eat less (or differently), and then you will be thinner. It's so basic! Calories are energy, and we store our excess energy as fat. If we eat fewer calories (or burn more calories), our weight will go down. Calories in! Calories out!
There are all kinds of suggestions about how to go about this and more diets than I could possibly list, but the gist is the same. You wouldn't be so fat if only you would put down the fucking cheeseburger. It's so obvious, that thin people cannot grasp why we fatties can't get on board. It's so obvious that fat people can't figure out why they themselves can't get on board.
But if it's SO obvious and SO simple, then it should be SO true, don't you think? So let's look at what science has to say about this so obvious thing.
LOTS of researchers have looked into whether or not dieting works to treat obesity, since Medicare guidelines provide funding for obesity treatments that work. There's lots of data I was able to look at. Looking at scores of studies over the years, the first finding is that dieting works. Sort of. Dieters in weight-loss programs lose an average of 5-10% of their body weight.
The first problem with this is the small numbers. I weight 225 pounds and am obese. If I lost 10% of my weight, I would weigh 203 pounds and be obese. Anyone who talks about a weight-loss program as a solution to the "obesity problem" is talking out their ass. In one study, participants lost 6-10 pounds. In another, they averaged a 4 pound loss. When someone touts a weight-loss program as "working", is that the amount of loss you have in mind? In another study, there was no difference from the control group after three years.
This New York Times article talks about two large studies that show no weight-loss results. In one, women followed a low-fat diet for 8 years with no change in their weight. In another 8 year study, researchers did all those things people say we should do to fight childhood obesity rid the world of fat children: expand PE, serve nutritious cafeteria food with less fat, teach students about nutrition and exercise, and get the parents involved. These changes also didn't lead to weight loss.
Even when dieters show small losses, those losses tend not to stick around. The main thing that changes across the studies is the rate of regain. One study says 90% of dieters gain back their weight within a year. Another study says 95% gain it back in 2-3 years. Another study says only 3% keep it off. And most of these dieters gain back MORE than they lost. One study shows that two year later, 23% gained back more than they had lost. When followed for more than 2 years, 83% gained more than they had lost.
According to Traci Mann, UCLA associate professor of psychology and lead author of a study looking at 31 studies on diets:
"We concluded most of them would have been better off not going on the diet at all. Their weight would be pretty much the same, and their bodies would not suffer the wear and tear from losing weight and gaining it all back. Diets do not lead to sustained weight loss or health benefits for the majority of people."
So what about exercise instead? A British study followed 200 children over 3 years, monitoring fat and exercise levels and found that varying levels of physical activity did not lead to changes in fatness. How about people doing one hour of aerobic exercise, 6 days a week, for a year? Their weight loss averaged 3-4 pounds. A whole year! In one 6 month study, people doing 50 minutes of exercise 5 days a week lost the same as those using diet alone. Other studies that looked at programs combining diet and exercise found that the losses were slightly better than with diet alone, but still not very impressive, and you're still likely to gain it back.
I looked at study after study, charts, graphs, numbers. I did the math, I read the conclusions, over and over again. Diets don't work. People generally do NOT lose weight and keep it off.
It's hard to state this strongly enough, and I'm going to keep repeating it as I go forward, it's a really important message:
Diets. Don't. Work.
(Edited to add: I don't post most of the hateful comments I get on this post. If your comment is one of those, I've added a new page where you can bring your arguments – The Fat Backtalk Zone. If I won't publish your comment here, there's a possibility I'll post it and reply over there.)
That is some really impressive research, and good on you for getting into the nutty gritty of it. I myself never had to worry about weight growing up and never had a problem till I broke out with eczema in my late twenties and was put on a high dose of steroids did I even know what it was to worry about it. Now that i have been trying to lose some weight I can't. I was wondering about diets but kinda saw a lot of them as being unhealthy in one way or another, or just hard to stick to. My Aunt has struggled with weight loss all her life but Weight Watchers really has done well for her, but I think that is kind of a life change it's not something you go on and then off.
I admit you are likely right and this is all true. But personally I am not at a place where I can accept it. I sort of have to believe that if I really try I can lose weight and that I am just fat because I am not really trying. Trying really hard worked before and then I stopped and I got fat again. Like, I can lose weight anytime, I just don't want to right now. Yes, I know it is sounds dumb.
You say that trying really hard worked, but that's kind of the point. If you try really hard, you can lose weight. If you try really hard, you can hold your breath too, or not urinate. Eventually, your biological imperative will overwhelm your will. The problem is that, when it comes to food, that is framed as a personal failing. It's not. Don't hate yourself for not being able to hold your breath or your bladder indefinitely. Don't hate yourself for not being able to hold your appetite either.
This is great writing Issa!
Its a sensitive subject for me as well.
I once was in a hotel with my mom and we were laughing at this magazine that was showcasing diets of the last 20 years and between my mom and I we had tried nearly every one of them. Including the Dolly Parton Cabbage Diet. (for real my mom did that for a bit.)
My mom was anorexic growing up, and still has some body dismophia issues she struggles with, she's a size 10, and not obese. She was on weightwatchers while I grew up and swore by it. I have tried that, and everything else.
I'm strangely having to work with a program in Chattanooga right now called "Step 1 Healthy Kids/ Healthy Families" – who is partnering with our urban farm non profit. The goal is to fight "childhood obesity".
anywho- I guess the question is- What does work? million dollar question. I am currently going to the gym every day again, and enjoyed reading your blog while i ate my lunch of chicken fingers and salad. <3 thank you!
What does work?
It's important to define what you mean by "work." It's true that, if you reduce calories enough, you will lose weight. Lock a person in a room and don't feed them, and they will starve to death. At the end, they will weigh less than they did when they started. This is the premise that people rely on when they say, "just burn more calories than you take in, and you'll lose weight." Well, it's true, but it's also pretty bleak. I doubt we could call enforced starvation "working." But starvation is what's happening when you intentionally reduce calories to induce weight loss–and that's not conjecture on my part; there's science behind that. This is the foundation of the claim that "diets don't work." Because, you can't really claim that a weight loss method that requires you to enter a state of semi-starvation is "working" in any meaningful sense of the word.
From this perspective, it's not surprising that very, very few people manage to lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off over the long term. It's not surprising if you re-word that sentence as, "very, very few people are capable of entering a state of semi-starvation and then voluntarily maintaining it for years or decades." Shocker!
To boil your question about "what works" down, I think you would have to ask, "what is capable of causing weight loss without causing the body to enter a state of semi-starvation?" The answer appears to be: nothing that we know of. That doesn't mean that there isn't something out there, but it doesn't seem to have been discovered yet. But, as Issa points out, the focus here is entirely wrong. The question should not be, "what works to cause weight loss," but, "what works to increase overall health, or quality of life, or healthy self-image?" Thinness is used in our culture as a proxy for all of these things. It's not.
It seems to me that we should be concentrating our efforts and $$$ into instilling healthy habits into our children, and trying to prevent them become obese in the first place. Big parts of the problem come from the way we grow/raise our food, the way our infrastructure is set up for car travel, and the prevalence of junk and fast foods. Basically, our entire American culture is making us fatter.
Have you looked into any of these studies, I mean this one is on snails not people, but the theory is sound.
The general idea is that recent (like last few generations) environmental pressures affect people who are not actually under those pressures. For example, you notice how wealthy white people are thin? Our system likes to say stuff like "because they exercise, because they eat high quality food, because they eat less", but poor people are heavy "Because they eat bad food and don't exercise"
But this sort of theory says that people who come from families that have been well off for a long time have bodies that plan to be feed and have all their needs meet. Those bodies don't store up for hard times.
Where as people who are just a few generations from poverty have bodies that prepare for possible starvation situations.
So for example both lines of my family were poor and did not get good food. As a child I did not get regular access to good food. But since I was about 8 I have. If things go well and I have kids they will have a good food, often. Their kids will, and in a few generations my offspring will be the "I can eat anything and not gain a pound" type. But no matter what I do, I will never be like that.
I was bringing this up specifically about childhood obesity. Feeding a kid well, teaching healthy food habits and getting them out in the fresh air are all great ideas, these things should happen. But some kids will still be fat, there might really be nothing that can be done about this. Being fat might be as much a part of this kid as skin color or height. Those posters shaming kids who are fat make me so angry.
Kitty wrote:
I admit you are likely right and this is all true. But personally I am not at a place where I can accept it. I sort of have to believe that if I really try I can lose weight and that I am just fat because I am not really trying.
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But some kids will still be fat, there might really be nothing that can be done about this.
I think you're right the second time, and I wish you could apply the same compassion you feel for these kids to yourself. You deserve it.
I am of the firm opinion that one of the major causes of *eating disorders* is that American culture is fixated on three major things:
1) Fear of fat. As a culture, we are so horrified by the idea of fat that it winds up consuming a large part of our thought processes and we obsess on it. This obsession is obviously unhealthy.
2) Food trauma. Food trauma is every time anyone has been bullied by family, friends, coworkers, a doctor, or some medical study about what they may and may not put in their mouths. I've heard statements like "you have to try three bites before you're allowed to say you don't like it", I know people who have been beaten for refusing to eat food they find revolting, I was once married to someone who was deeply indoctrinated that he was required to full his plate, and then eat it all.
If I have the right to tell you that you MUST eat something, that's not far off from telling you whose genitals you must place in your mouth. I find that disturbing.
3) Betty Crocker. Well, more accurately, the entire "food in a box" industry, which is designed to be quick, easy, not require any real knowledge of cooking or ingredients, and contains tons of fillers that we normally wouldn't use if we were cooking for ourselves. Fast Food can be lumped in here, too.
There's other factors too, of course, but that's my comment sized precis about WTF is wrong with "diets" in America. We don't need diets. We need to eat healthy, get up from our chairs, couches, and computers once in a while (I plead guilty to that one!) and focus on our bodies being in good functional working order. Nowhere in that does "fat or thin" really enter into it.
"If I have the right to tell you that you MUST eat something, that's not far off from telling you whose genitals you must place in your mouth. I find that disturbing."
Exactly. Well stated.
I'm a member of the National Weight Control Registry, which is trying to figure out what does work for weight loss maintenance. I'm hoping something useful comes out of it, but in the meantime I think Healthy At Every Size is a great concept. I know I'm not moving enough, and that I feel better when I do.
I was reading through the US News ranking of Best Diets and their kudos go out to DASH, which is not designed for weight loss. Reading up on DASH reminded me that I eat too much salty processed foods and don't move enough. As a result I have twin goals for the next month.
While the evidence says calorie restriction does not work long term, eating fruits and veggies and being active are pretty universally good advice.
While the evidence says calorie restriction does not work long term, eating fruits and veggies and being active are pretty universally good advice.
I think you're onto something here. It's really a shame that so many people adopt what are otherwise generally healthy eating and exercise habits, then abandon them when they fail to produce weight loss. There are all sorts of benefits to eating healthy food and exercising more, and it's too bad that so many people miss out on those benefits because all they're focused on is weight loss.
I just got done looking over Issa's shoulder at all the ignorant comments that she isn't going to approve. Apparently, someone linked to this post somewhere and now all the haters are coming out of the wood-work.
It's obviously pointless to respond to these people, but I am struck by one thing: how the commenters seem to have not really actually read the article. Issa links to many studies that directly refute the haters' claims (all you have to do is eat less, eat healthy, etc…) and yet the haters seem to, as usual, totally ignore this.
That is the essence of bigotry: to hold onto a hateful and belief about a class of people without regard for facts.
If calorie restriction doesn't work, then why does bariatric surgery work?
I lost 100 lbs in 2006 without surgery. I have kept the weight off.
I wonder if Issa or any of the commenters can school me a little more in The Science of Fat. I will always be fat, but I get fatter when life events not of my choosing pin me to a chair for months or years–an awful cubicle job, a major injury, etc. When things change and allow me more time and energy, I make an extra effort to get active again, I rebuild lost muscle, and I get back to what I consider my typical level of fatness, where I'm more comfortable. My perception is I have a fat "set point" and a zone of "extra" fat above that. (My "set point" is still obese by BMI measures, so this isn't just cultural standards speaking through me!) My life-circumstances-imposed "extra" fat seems to abandon me in response to ordinary movement and diet, while the rest of my fat is quite attached to me. Now, I've never been able to go more than one or two years without a chair-entrapment period, so I've never been able to discern whether I regained extra weight because of my activity-inhibiting life experiences, or whether it would've come back anyway. So my hypothetical question is, if I could get through the next 5 years without a trapped-in-a-chair life change, does the research say that my weight would still creep up again, given that I'm at a level of activity and feeding that are comfortable, and not an unsustainable diet/exercise program? I guess I'm really asking whether there's anything valid in the old set point concept, since this article suggests that our set point seems to be the highest weight we ever reach, and to which we will always return. Thanks for any thoughts/references/links!
It seems to me that the idea of a diet is a temporary thing. I always looked at food and weight loss as a lifestyle change. I jokingly say "there goes my lifestyle change" when I eat something that my peers would describe as fattening.
I think that there is more to it than just food an exercise though… Such as childhood abuse… (some scary stuff):
Thank-you for writing all this up. Sometimes I feel like I know these things but having them all laid out in one place really puts it in perspective. I've been going through all your fat-acceptance posts, and the other day I just started crying because I was thinking 'You mean I CAN allow myself not to feel ashamed of this body?'. Which was embarrassing. But totally cathartic.
While I agree that it won't help you lose weight, I just hope you aren't discouraging regular exercise and healthy eating with this. It doesn't help people lose weight but it is still good for your heart and joints to go for a run or lift some weights ever now and then. Fat and thin people(especially thin people because they tend to do it less)need to move around. The plaque on your arteries has little to do with how you look in a swimsuit.


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Ruth Elizabeth Hart Butler
Ruth Elizabeth Hart Butler
Jan. 12, 1919 - Sept. 26, 2013
Ruth Elizabeth Hart Butler, 94, died September 26, 2013. Ruth was born January 12, 1919, in Waycross, GA, the daughter of the late Leon Eugene Hart, Sr and Georgia May (Tubbs) Hart.
Funeral services will be held October 3, 2013 at 12:00 pm under the direction of Tharp Funeral Home of Bedford, VA, the Pastor Chad Beck of Cove UMC officiating. Burial will follow at Virginia Memorial Park in Forest, VA where Ruth will be laid to rest next to her predeceased husband, the Rev. Charles Redden Butler, Jr., originally of Lynchburg, VA. A Memorial Service will be held at Faith Chapel in Huntsville,AL October 4, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Charles and Ruth were Evangelistic Missionaries to the nation of Brazil and Ruth was an Elementary School Teacher when living in the United States. In their later years they made their home in Huntsville, AL. Ruth is survived by their five children; eight grandchildren; and seven great-granddaughters.
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Who's Your "Grey's" Doppelganger?
Who's Your "Grey's" Doppelganger?
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Are you "dark and twisty" like Meredith Grey? Focused and determined like Cristina Yang? Tough on the outside like Miranda Bailey? ABC has a new online quiz to help you figure out which "Grey's Anatomy" gal you're most like. I'm a Callie, which surprised me a little — I thought for sure my love of baking would push me into Izzie territory. But I certainly wouldn't mind being tough enough to break bones, and I guess I should tell my boyfriend we're eloping to Vegas. (kidding, kidding)
Which Seattle Grace lady are you? Tell me below!
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ohplz 6 years
I'm Izzie too
HeatherStJoeMI 7 years
I took the test twice. First I was Addison, I'm not so sure. I took it again and I was Callie !!!
lilxmissxmolly 7 years
:-D I'm Callie! I thought for sure I'd be Addison!
emisaurusrex 7 years
I'm Izzie. I figured I would be... it fits for me. :)
Beth1122 7 years
I'm a Miranda. I think it's so funny how everyone wants to be Callie and no one wants to be Meredith! LOL
nati 7 years
I'm a Callie... :)
sashak 7 years
hooray!! now I'm Callie. I'll definately take that!!
sashak 7 years
ugh, I got Meredith!! She annoys the hell out of me!
Pokemyhontas 7 years
Meredith???? I thought I'd be a Callie.
lindaloo 7 years
I got Meredith which didn't make me happy so I did it again & got Callie. That's better! :)
mrsjacki 7 years
I'm a Meredith. Cool! Jacki _______________________________________________________________ Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.
DeaconP 7 years
i got meredith - no wonder i hate her so much...lol.
controlledspin 7 years
I'm Callie and that actually really suprised me. I thought for sure that I would be Izzie.
kibsy 7 years
i got meredith...kinde guessed i would...:)
yiddidea 7 years
I'm an Izzie which didn't surprise me in the least. If only I could find my Denny, all would be good in the world. ;)
SillyBecky 7 years
I'm an Addison, too. But that doesn't surprise me at all.
tlsgirl 7 years
Gah! I got Meredith and am completely horrified. For one thing, I'm the exact opposite of dark & twisty. A little confused now....
diva_22 7 years
Miranda, but I see myself a lot in Addison, Meredith and Izzie. I thought I would confuse the quiz.
Jodiemarie 7 years
I am Miranda too, yay!!!
jenha 7 years
I got Meredith (which is no surprise) but I think there is also a lot of Cristina or Izzy in me too
riva 7 years
I am an Addison. -- Of all the things I've lost, my mind I miss the most.
lem0n 7 years
I got Addison The description sounds about right
pink_magnetism 7 years
Molly 7 years
I'm Meredith, which is annoying considering I think she's a pain, but I totally knew that's what I was going to get.
kafarine-tin-tin 7 years
Im meredith. Which I spose is good...
lms 7 years
I got Miranda. I don't know why though.
californiagirlx7 7 years
Callie :(
kal2 7 years
I got Callie and my name is Kalli!
HoneyAndtheMoon 7 years
Also an Addison.
kmcconne79 7 years
addison here...
JennyJen2 7 years
Miranda - I think since she is the only mom on teh show it makes sense.
i-heart-monster 7 years
I'm a Callie. It fits ;)
MissVecchio 7 years
I for sure thought i would be Meredith, trust me, i think i qualify for the whole "dark and twisty" thing, but i got Callie! and then i played again and i got Izzie (which i thought was kinda right too)... i guess i have a little bit of all these women!
arianell 7 years
I'm Addison. Fairly accurate, I guess.
POPSUGAR-Celebrity 7 years
I'm Miranda too. Who knew? I guess it's the family as my rock part! That's was fun. Love quizzes.
SassAndBide 7 years
i took it again just for fun and now i'm a miranda lol which sounds about right
SassAndBide 7 years
I'm Izzie too lol that was surprising i thought i'd be callie
Cortney 7 years
I'm an Izzie! "You're impulsive and often follow your heart, not your head. Caring too much can get you in trouble. But you're always there for your friends, and good thing they're always there for you too. Just doing your job isn't for you; you'll always find a way to go above and beyond because there are som many people who need your help. Just remember to save yourself becore you save the world."
jess55 7 years
i got meredith,and im horrified...
nannychica 7 years
I got Callie. I thought I'd get Addison! lol But I'm fine with my results. And they were pretty right-on. :) "You are very direct and sometimes that is a bit much for people to handle, but you just call it like you see it." That's so true. It's hard to hold back sometimes.
designergirl 7 years
Cristina- Which I found surprising, I thought I would be an Addison.
silverspark7 7 years
I'm Meredith...though I knew that already hahaha. I've got it all there, minus the horrible parental experience...
redsox26 7 years
I'm a Meredith! I don't know if thats a good thing or not though
Maggie-Mae 7 years
I'm a Miranda, too.. .I thought for sure I would be a Callie!
cskelly07 7 years
Callie :)
Linda-McP 7 years
Miranda. Yay!
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Ten minutes, while the kids are getting breakfast. I've been away, trying to refocus, figure out how to balance all the things in my life. I am a victim of my own varied interests. So much that I want to do. So much that I need to do. Art, writing, reading … homeschooling, meals, gardening … online communities, cohort, church … marriage, family, friendships.
The main thing that I know is that I have to implement practice and disciplines in my life. Rising early, writing, spending some time doodling and drawing while listening to music. That small routine each morning is saving my life right now. It might not seem so to those around me. I may seem just as frantic and hectic and at loose ends but trust me. It is the anchor in my life.
As I finished up this morning, I thought about blogging and the urge to post my art and why I want to do this. I am trying to send a message. Honestly, I am not really sure what the message is. I am trying to figure that out for myself. But somehow, I know that there is something that we all need to know about ourselves. Deep down, in our souls, we need to know something in order to be whole.
That's why I write, it's why I try to be honest and authentic. It's why I post my art. I am trying to figure it out.
Grace and Peace.


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American Folk Art and Framing
Through TH (4/24) – Uprooted, works by Southern self-taught artists
Through SU (5/18) – Social Geographies: Interpreting Space and Place, mixed media.
Through TU (4/29) – Works by five Southern Highland Craft Guild members.
Through SA (4/19) – Old Ironsides and the War of 1812, an educational exhibit.
Through SU (5/11) – Eyecatchers: The Hunter Collection, quilts.
Through SA (6/22) – Pierre Daura: Modernist in the Mountains, paintings.
Through SU (6/2) – Take 10: Collectors' Circle 10th Anniversary, mixed works.
Through WE (4/16) – Musical Mentors, photography by David Holt. Lipinsky Hall.
Through WE (4/30) – Works by Transylvania County Public Schools students
ONGOING – Bits and Bytes: Art of the Video Game, illustrations.
Through SA (5/31) – Glass sculptors by Toland Sand.
Through FR (4/25) – Impromptu, mixed media.
FR (4/4) through FR (4/18) – Art of Tomorrow, works by school students. At First Citizens Bank, 539 N. Main St., Hendersonville.
Through SA (5/24) – Narration, mixed media.
Through SU (7/20) – Ralph Burns: A Persistence of Vision, photography.
Through WE (4/30) – Books will be donated to Accio Books and the Pop Project. Contact for drop-off locations.
Through WE (4/30) – Landscapes by Reda Kay.
ONGOING – Large flow paintings show.
Through (5/17) – Cynthia Homire: Vision Quest, mixed media.
Through (4/30) – Collecting dresses, accessories and cash donations for local girls in need.
Through (5/17) – Volunteers needed for various tasks before and during the 5k held at UNCA on May 17.
Through WE (4/23) – Face Jug show.
Through (5/7) – abstract pastels by Bridget Risdon Hepler
Through (4/21) – Registration open for Grief Rite Bible Study, which runs May 1 through June 5. $8.
Through SA (5/24) – Nancy Kubale, ceramics.
Through (5/3) – Taking Shape, works by Windgate Fellows. Curator's talk: May 2, 6pm.
ONGOING – Classes for careers in the food and hotel industries. Includes American Hotel and Lodging Association Certification. Call for times. $25.
Through SU (7/6) – Scenography by Barbara Sammons.
Through SA (5/31) – The New Construction, mixed media.
Through WE (4/30) – Works by members of Women In The Arts Foundation.
Through SA (5/24) – Zen, Asian-inspired works.
Through FR (4/18) – Glass sculptural works by Kerrick Johnson.
Through (4/23) – Original artwork needed for new website, ashevilleartsalive.org. Resume, up to 10 images and links to online work samples may be sent to email@example.com.
Through WE (4/30) – Paintings by Christin Zelenka.
Through FR (5/9) – Pottery from a private collection.
Through TU (4/29) – Paintings by John Nelson.
Through SA (5/17) – International Photo Exhibit. Ramsey Library.
Through MO (4/28) – Motion Emotion, mixed media.
Through (5/31) – Event will be held Sept. 20-21, 10am-5pm.
SATURDAYS, 7am-noon –
Through (5/1) – Works by senior art students. Opening reception: April 11, 5:30pm.
Through MO (4/14) – New Media student show. In the Highsmith gallery.
SATURDAYS, 9am – Ballet. Ages 3 and up.
ONGOING – Submissions open for 2014. Themes and deadlines: Animals, May 6; Potters, June 3; Art Mart, Nov. 10.
FR (4/11) through SU (4/13) – Theme is "Restoring the Father's Reputation." $20.
SATURDAYS, 9am-2pm –
SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm –
SA (4/12), 10am-2pm – Richmond Hill Park, 280 Richmond Hill Drive. Tools and instruction provided.
SA (4/12), 10am-6pm – Registries for this "Baby Shower" drive, to support foster kittens and puppies, can be found at Target, Walmart and Amazon. Donations may be dropped off at the Adoption Center, 14 Forever Friend Lane.
SA (4/12), 10am - Convention of Precinct Delegates. Held at 305 Williams Street, Hendersonville.
FR (4/12), 10am – Writing workshop with author Amy Willoughby-Burle.
SATURDAYS, 10:30am-2:30pm – Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Not available March 15.
SA (4/12), 10:30am-2pm – Volunteers needed to sort books for "book shelf starter-kits" for Homeward Bound clients.
SA (4/12), 11am-2pm - Sierra Nevada River Cleanup with Asheville Greenworks. Free. Held at
SA (4/12), 11am-2pm – Plant clinic to solve gardening problems and answer questions.
SA (4/12), 11am-2pm – Composting demonstration at the WNC Farmer's Market.
SA (4/12), 1-4pm - Located at 90 Springside Drive. $2 or a can of food for MANNA Food Bank.
SA (4/12), 1pm – Demonstration of how Tai Chi can reduce tension.
Through WE (4/30) – Bikes and bike parts for donation to kids and adults.
SA (4/12), 1-3pm – Easter crafts, prizes and games. $5/$3 non-crafting children.
SA (4/12), 2pm – Holly Library on the AB Tech Asheville campus.
TH (4/3) through SA (4/19) – Laughter on the 23rd Floor. $40. Wed.-Thu.: 2pm & 8pm; Fri.: 8pm; Sat.: 2pm & 8pm; Sun.: 2pm.
SA (4/12) & SU (4/13), 2-4pm – Beasts of the Southern Wild. $8/$7 students and seniors.
SA (4/12), 2pm – Six popular authors take part in panel on Middle School Fiction (ages 9 to 12).
SA (4/12), 3pm – Anne Clinard Barnhill discusses her novel Queen Elizabeth's Daughter
SA (4/12), 3-5pm -
SA (4/12), 3-6pm – "Howl In," includes tour and potluck. $5 per plate.
SATURDAYS through (4/26), 4pm – Held at Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain.
SA (4/12), 6pm – Joel Salatin, author and organic farmer. Humanities Lecture Hall.
SATURDAYS, 6-8pm – Shiva and Sri Chakra Puja.
SA (4/12), 6:15pm – Ticket sales benefit the organization's work with rescue, restore and release of children involved in sex-trafficking. $15/$10. Held at Asheville Event Centre, 291 Sweeten Creek Road
SA (4/12), 7pm – Ashley English discusses her book Handmade Gatherings: Recipes & Crafts for Seasonal Celebrations & Potluck Parties with tasting and demonstrations.
SA (4/12), 7:30pm – Robin Bullock, celtic/ folk artist.
SA (4/12), 7:30pm & 10pm – Asheville Vaudeville with guest emcee Sneaky McFly. $15/$12.
FR (4/11) through SU (4/27) – Dearly Departed. Fri.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. $22/$19 seniors & students/$12 children under 17.
TH (4/3) through SU (4/19) – Women and Wallace. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. $15.
SA (4/12), 8pm – David Holt and the Lightning Bolts perform as part of Artfest. Lipinsky Auditorium. $20/$5 UNCA students.
Through MO (4/14) – Portrait/street photography by Anthony Bellemare.
Through (5/16) – Registration is open for this May 17 event for Lupus Foundation of America. Participants agree to raise $100.


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Move Over, French Fries: Crispy Homemade Tater Tots
Cook's Country
Tater tots are like the homely cousins of french fries, browned and chubby instead of slender and golden, but just as addictive. The most recent issue of Cook's Country has a recipe for crunchy, fluffy homemade potato tots that is making us wonder why french fries get all the attention.
The team at Cook's Country experimented with the best way to make tater tots that were not too dense or gummy, with a crunchy exterior. They found parcooking the potatoes and draining their starch is the best way to ensure a fluffy, fully cooked interior. Pressing the potatoes into a pan and freezing them before cutting also makes it easy to cut the mixture into tots.
The recipe includes instructions for freezing and reheating the fried tots, so you can have a side of tater tots whenever the mood strikes.
• Get the recipe: Crispy Potato Tots at Cook's Country
Have you ever made tater tots from scratch?
Related: The End of Tater Tots? A Proposal to Ban Potatoes in Schools
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I wonder if the recipe could be tweaked for shallow frying instead of deep frying.
Christine, at least in my experiences, I've pan fried more fries than I have deep fried. No real recipe tweaking, just get the oil hot enough and watch them while they cook, flipping as you go.
That's what I usually do too. No fryer and no want to have liters of boiling oil on my cooktop range, being the klutz I am. I think I'll give these a try, they looks really good.
Check over on chow.com. A few weeks back they did a great write up on homemade tots ranging from basic to fancy and I think their recipes were a little more solid.
My problem isn't getting good tots, it's getting good cheesy tots. I've tried making some at home that taste like Sonic's but they are never right. I don't know if I'm using the wrong kind of cheese or what.
tater tots? show me how to make crispy crowns!
Crispy crowns would be SO much easier than tots! (And have you noticed how impossible they have become to find recently?) Just make the "dough" press it thinner in a pan and cut with a small round cutter. Done and done and now that you mention it, easier than shaping the tots.
I wonder if these could be sprayed with a little TJ's spray olive oil and baked. I need to give the bake thing a try because I have high cholesterol. I am aware that they won't be as yummy as deep fried, but......
any suggestions for cooking these without a microwave?
Your cholesterol won't be affected if you use a vegetable oil. Cholesterol is animal fat. You have to consume animal fat to make it rise.


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Join Dr. Ralph Wilson, Jim Sterne and I, as we explain in this 7 minute video what "continuous incremental improvement" means and how to get started with it.
What obstacles do you face in getting your organization to adopt a continuous optimization process? Do they need to see more success stories like these?
Editors Note: If you want to learn more about marketing optimization and meet Ralph, Jim and Bryan, register for the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit in Washington DC, October 20-23rd. If you want, you can use discount code FN10 for a 10% discount.
Nice video! Already knew many incremental improvements, but there were some i didnt know yet, so thanks for it! On a long term this leads to radical improvement, so try to keep track of your improvements
Nice video, I agree with all your points. We have the same approach with our customers : next to the methodology aspect, there is a true change management issue. It is much easier for someone to think short term than long term : continuous improvement is not a very usual approach for e-marketers.
The article starts with an improper use of the reflexive pronoun "myself". I myself was unable to get myself to watch the video of these excellent gentlemen, for fear that my grammar conscience would be pricked too often! I have a "myself" pet peave that I cannot shake, sorry! Bounce!
Not only have we constructed our own business model with a central focus on continuous incremental improvement, or kaizen, but we have discovered that this same approach is extremely effective in the realm of personal development, lifestyle fitness, and wellness. We contend that most approaches to fitness and lifestyle change are dysfunctional as reflected by the actual statistics (especially in ratio to the amount of available knowledge and the $2 billion weight-loss industry). One of several key reasons most fitness/wellness programs are not sustainable is that people attempt too radical a change too quickly. A kaizen approach yields greater results that are actually sustainable. Continuous, incremental improvement organically develops lifestyle fitness and personal success.
Dr. Robert Maurer, Ph.D., has written a great book on the subject called "One Small Step Can Change Your Life – The Kaizen Way". Dr. Maurer points out that there is an actual physiology at play in the brain itself that resists dramatic change. Maurer teaches how to apply kaizen principles to side-step this natural response. An expert on the art of success, Maurer leads the reader to a sense of empowerment as they begin to see and believe that great change (and success) is made through small, positive steps.
With insane health care costs, the loss of worker productivity/creativity, and human resource retention issues, we need to take a closer look at the realities of improving the health and well-being of our workforce and our leaders. Human capital is inexorably linked to the ability of the human – body and mind, to perform at its highest level.
Karen B. Cohen
I think the key point that might get lost here is that it takes a certain sense of self confidence to allow yourself to admit that you could get better. All too often this gets lost in the hubris of office politics where an admission like that would be seen as a sign of weakness. In a small organization the ability to quickly move past that and get on to the job of continuous improvement can be an asset.
I am in total agreement, it is just hard to have Continuous improvements when your always releasing new products.
Great video, continuous improvements are important and one of the keys to growing from a small successful company, to a mid-sized or large successful company.
[...] smarter marketer and to produce better results. This is the very core of a Six Sigma approach to a continuous improvement process. Use the data to make changes to your website, feed your email campaigns and tools like Google [...]
Great article. I agree with Article about continuous improvement, it's hard.
Mmm, i missed the eMetrics. To bad, sounds interesting.
I think employee buy-in is the hardest part to continuous improvement. "we've always done it that way and it works well" is a common phrase I've heard.
I agree, it is just very difficult to have continuous improvements when you releasing new products all the time to bring clients.
[...] lifestyle change can help you accomplish fitness goals. Same goes for Optimization, also known as Continuous Improvement. The shift out of project mentality needs to be addressed within your organization (culture), [...]
I really enjoyed reading this article and found it helpful and informative. I agree that continuous improvements are an important issue and paramount to expansion of any business.
Six sigma methodology is very suitable for the continuous improvement. DMAIC is the best and easiest method to tun the project
Thanks, these kind of videos and posts keeps us motivated. And that's one of the most important things
Six sigma methodology is very suitable for the continuous improvement. DMAIC is the best and easiest method to tun the project
this video is useful,the important thing is:if you can do what you say?
I loved the blog you! Are always new subjects and interests of leitores.Espero always bringing new material.
Are de parabens! Success
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Great video, but now days who has time for continuous improvements? I know I don't.
Continuous improvement is ideal, just isn't doable on a daily basis. If so, you will be Einstein by the age of 30.
It is a fair point brought up. Many people stop once they see results. Conitnuity is essential for successful business.
Thanks for sharing and giving insight in this. Continuity is underestimated.
Results is what everyone is working for, the most difficult part is keeping the results and improving.
Have experienced this with on of the ventures I followed, very promising in the beginning, but not creative enough to keep the results up.


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Fast Five was released April 29th, 2011 and stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot. The film is directed by Justin Lin.
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This might be the only time we see Vin Diesel as the 'little guy.'
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Can't wait
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@Gonzo23 haha with a 2x4
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I love how that cross/human in Brazil shows up in all of the trailers and now in this poster. :D
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Other one was better.
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Hell yeah that looks so sweet
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Can't wait.
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@cupid I agree man, Justin Lin just hit the nos big time on this movie series
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Every poster The Rock gets bigger. I know Vin escapes but damn, he'd easily get his a$$ kicked
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Culture War Propaganda that Supports Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse
School Beatings in the News Parental Support (as long as they remain ignorant)
Paddling: Out of Control Pseudo Science
Paddling Brutality and Injuries
Reasons for Paddling
Can We Justify Child and Adolescent abuse?
Does Paddling Do Any Good?
The Phallic Paddle
Padding in the Digital Age: Bringing Back the Good Old Days?
Did Jesus Teach "School Paddling?
Other Religious Views
Lifetime Sexual and Psychological Damage for Victims and Witnesses
Victims Quotes: Feelings About Paddling
Paddlings lifelong, mostly hidden, effects on the victims
Does the sexual nature of paddling
have to be explained?
Others affected: The teen who witnessed a man slapping a woman
Who would be affected if Mr. Brady had spanked Marcia on TV?
Effects on the Witnesses Quotes
Psychological Dissociation
The Stockholm Syndrome
Masochism Perversions Forced Upon Schoolgirls
Manipulative Sado-masochistic Praise Quotes
Sadism: a Job Hazard for Paddlers
School Paddling as Sexual Harassment
Psychological Dissociation
The study of trauma-induced psychological problems is a rapidly growing science, with new studies and books released continually. Since the interested seeker will have no trouble finding volumes of good material, written by professional researchers, on the Internet, in libraries, and in bookstores, and since I am not a psychologist, we wont try to create such a resource here. Well instead present a bit of general information to raise some awareness and point readers in the right direction for further study.
For those who want more scholarship in their reading than I can offer, there are many hundreds of books and psychological studies that deal with child abuse and school paddling. If I were to recommend only one book, at least as a starter, it would be one that does not deal directly with school paddling: Trauma and Addiction, by Dr. Tian Dayton. There are many psychological studies as well as books by true research experts written for the general public by Dr. Murray Straus and Dr. Irwin Hyman.
Paddling children and adolescents, with its unscientific, reckless, and abuse prone violence, coercion, and sexual aspects, has been documented to cause Post Traumatic Stress disorder. Child abuse is, in fact, one of the most common ways that dissociation disorders can be induced into people, and it should thus come as no surprise that school paddling is very capable of rising to the level of trauma-inducing abuse. In fact many cases of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder have been documented from school paddling. I am sure that paddling is the hidden cause of many other dissociative disorders as well, and that this type of harm is far more widespread than even most researchers might imagine. As with the bruises below the underpants, this type of paddle damage is largely hidden from view and undiagnosed. Certainly few of the rum-dums who dole out school paddling would know a dissociation disorder if they saw it.
The harms from spanking and paddling child abuse can sometimes take seemingly unrelated forms such as self-mutilation. The bad kids who dress as Goths may be crying out for help if they get a lot of peircing done. (For others it may be simply a fad.) One woman, now middle aged, was severely tortured as a child by her father under the pretense of spanking. She was stripped naked and beaten with many objects, including a stick that she would have to go and pick out. She developed self-destructive behaviors. She would pull her skin off a minor cut and keep pulling, as a child and throughout adulthood. She wanted to see if she was real. She continued to suffer from increased forms of self-mutilation through middle age, which she largely managed to disguise from the world. Self-mutilation is, in fact, another of a long list of common dissociation by-products of people who suffer from child abuse.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the Stockholm Syndrome, dissociative amnesia, depersonalization disorder, and even to some degree our national doublethink about the physical and sexual abuse aspects of paddling that we both know about, and pretend not to know about, are all generally related to psychological dissociation.
Dissociation is a way that humans try to cope with traumatic events that are too overwhelming to mentally process in the ordinary ways. It generally involves the brain somehow removing the person, who in the context of child abuse we can rightly call, the victim, from the scene, at least partially. The results can include memory loss of the entire event, selective memory loss of certain parts of the event, or a dissociation at the time of the event where the victims feel like they float away. At the time it is occurring the victim might experience the trauma as surreal. Later she may suffer from flashbacks, nightmares, depression, harmful attempts to re-live the trauma, and unexplained addictions to substances and risky lifestyles in an attempt to kill the pain or flee from the memories. This type of trauma, particularly to young children, can also result in an extreme dissociation, split personality.
I am no psychologist, so I cant make a clinical diagnosis, especially based on a few interviews that center on a single topic. Ive recently, however, read a fair amount of materials on various types of dissociation. I felt a tremendous sense of revelation, as I suspect many victims of this type of abuse would also. The descriptions of psychological dissociation and its aftereffects fit the pattern of what so many of the young women we interviewed went through (and indeed are still going through). Many otherwise mysterious experiences and lifestyle choices that paddle victims had related to us suddenly made sense.
Chapter 12: Lifetime Sexual and Psychological Damage for Victims and Witnesses


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Freecom is claiming to have the smallest and lightest 2.5-inch USB 2.0 hard drive. Called the Mobile Drive XXS, it weighs just 155g, and comes in 160GB, 250GB and 320GB capacities. It's got the usual USB 2.0 drive specs, but if you've got greasy paws, you'll be glad to hear it's incased in a rubber finish. Now I just wanna know how thin it is?
It's available now for $93, $120, and $143 respectively.


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Like many subcultures, amateur radio has a lingo all its own. Tune into a conversation on 40m phone, and you might hear something like this:
W8ABC, this is K0XYZ. You're 5 by 9 here, but there's a lot of QR-Mary.
K0XYZ, this is W8ABC. QSL, Fred. Thanks for the report. I'll say 73 on this one.
Fine business, Joe. Catch you later. K0XYZ clear.
The first thing you'll notice are the Q-signals. Q-signals are three-letter codes that are used mostly when communicating with Morse Code, but their use has become common in voice operation as well. They were originally developed for use by maritime radio operators, but they were also adopted by airborne radio operators, and, of course, by amateur radio operators.
When operating Morse Code, a Q-code takes the place of an entire phrase. So, for example, if I send "QTH ANN ARBOR MI," what I mean is, "My location is Ann Arbor, Michigan." Appending a question mark, makes the Q-code a question. "QTH?" would mean, "What's your location."
A complete list of Q-signals used in amateur radio can be found at http://www.qsl.net/w5www/qcode.html. Many of these are not frequently used, though, even when operating Morse Code. In addition to QTH mentioned above, some of the most commonly used Q-signals are:
- QRL – I am busy or the frequency is busy. One sends QRL? before calling CQ to determine if a particular frequency is in use.
- QRM – You are being interfered with.
- QRN – I am receiving a lot of atmospherice noise.
- QRP – Lower power. QRP is often used as an adjective. A low-power transceiver, for example, might be called a "QRP rig."
- QRS – Send slower.
- QRT – Stop sending. QRT is often used as a verb. "I am going to QRT" means that you plan to go off the air.
- QRZ? – This Q-signal is almost always used with a question mark. It means who is calling me?
- QSB – Your signal is fading in and out. QSB, QRN, and QRM are often used as nouns to mean fading, noise, and interference, respectively.
- QSO – I can communicate directly with [a particular station]. This Q-signal is also often used as a noun. "I had a QSO with Joe on 40m last night" means that I contacted Joe on the 40m band last night.
Hams also use phonetic alphabets when operating voice communications. In the example above, K0XYZ notes that there is a lot of "QR-Mary," Mary being the phonetic way to say the letter "M." We use phonetics because many letters sound alike, especially over a noisy radio channel.
The ARRL recommends that amateurs use the NATO phonetic alphabet (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet) as most amateurs around the world will recognize them. It was developed in the 1950s, and was designed to be intelligible and pronounceable by all the NATO allies.
Finally, a lot of the lingo we use in amateur radio is a holdover from the days when all amateur radio communication was in Morse Code. An interesting example of this is the use of the term "fine business," or FB in Morse Code.
Fine business can mean "OK" as in, "FB, Joe. I copied all of that last transmission." It can also mean "good" or "excellent." In Morse Code, one might send "THE KX-1 IS A FB RIG JOE."
Finally, when amateur radio operators end a contact, they often say "seventy three" or "seven three." In this context, "seventy three" means "best regards." The origin of this term is as old as amateur radio.
Before the Internet made long-distance communications so cheap, amateur radio was often used to send messages across the U.S. and around the world. Many common messages were codified to make sending them quicker. For example, if you wanted to wish your Aunt Harriet in Poughkeepsie a happy birthday, you'd get hold of an amateur radio operator. Instead of sending the text, "Greetings on your birthday and best wishes for many more to come," he would simply send "FORTY SIX."
SEVENTY THREE is short for "best regards." So, when we sign off with that number, we're wishing the ham on the other end of the QSO a fond farewell. If you're particularly fond of the ham on the other end, you might say "EIGHTY EIGHT." Be careful, though, "EIGHTY EIGHT" is short for "love and kisses."


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TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- The hearts of triathletes
adapt to the rigors of training and competition by becoming more
efficient, which suggests that combining endurance and resistance
training may be the best way to achieve optimal heart health,
researchers say.
German researchers used MRI to examine the hearts of 26
professional male triathletes (mean age 27.9) and a control group
of 27 men who were recreationally active no more than three hours
per week (mean age 27.3).
Compared to the control group, the triathletes had larger left
atria and larger right and left ventricles. In addition, the
triathletes' left and right ventricles had greater muscle mass and
wall thickness. A triathlon is a multi-sport competition involving
swimming, cycling and running in succession.
The researchers also found that the triathletes' resting heart
rates were 17 percent lower than those of the men in the control
group. This lower resting heart rate is associated with greater
heart blood supply and more efficient heart function.
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In his Vaad Report in the March 1, 2004 edition of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, then-Vaad president Arnie Vered wrote:
"Imagine how powerful our community would be if we all challenged ourselves to contribute what little precious time we could for the benefit and growth of our community."
It is the credo by which he lives.
In recognition of his longtime dedication to the community, Arnie has been named the 2008 recipient of the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award. The award is the highest honour the Ottawa Jewish Community bestows on an individual for exceptional service over a period of many years.
The award was created in 1980 and bears the name of the late Gilbert Greenberg, president of the Vaad from 1977 to 1979, who exemplified the qualities of leadership which the award seeks to recognize each year. It will be presented to Arnie at the annual general meeting of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa on June 11.
Even before Arnie and Liz Vered had their first child, he served as his synagogue's representative on the Hillel Academy board. Three decades and six children later, he has served with distinction in almost every senior position in the Ottawa Jewish Community and in an impressive number in the general community, as well.
"It's always been a pleasure to see what I have participated in, come to fruition," he says. "It makes it all worthwhile." Happily for the beneficiaries of his efforts, in his capable hands, a great deal has come to fruition.
The handwriting was already well-etched onto the wall in 1991 as Arnie was approaching 40. That year, the Ottawa Jewish Community recognized his extraordinary commitment by naming him recipient of the Freiman Family Young Leadership Award. That same year, the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications presented him with its Volunteer Service Award.
"The reason I participate is that I had good examples at home," he says. "Watching my parents being active in the community made an impression on me. And I've always enjoyed community work because I always meet the nicest people.
"I'm honoured to be chosen as part of a group whose contribution to the community was recognized with the Gilbert Greenberg Award, and honoured to be joining the select few who are the second generation to receive it."
Arnie's parents, Zeev and Sara Vered, were the recipients of the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award in 2002.
The depth of Arnie's commitment is awe-inspiring and, like cream, he always rises to the top. He is past president of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa/Vaad Ha'Ir, past president of the Soloway Jewish Community Centre, past president of the Jewish Community Campus of Ottawa, past president of the Jewish Community Property Management Board, and past president of the Ottawa Talmud Torah Board/Hillel Academy. He is also a past chair of the Ottawa United Jewish Appeal Campaign, past chair of the Ottawa State of Israel Bonds Campaign, and sat as a member of the Machzikei Hadas Synagogue board.
In the general community, Arnie served as treasurer of the board of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), and chaired the CHEO Foundation's highly successful capital campaign. He is currently a member of the board of Ashbury College.
"I appreciate that I was able to participate in community affairs at a young age," he says. "And I'm very happy to see that the younger people, the next generation, are coming forward to take their places in this regard.
"The Jewish Community is a wonderful training ground," he says. "By being involved in the Jewish Community you learn the principles that make it easy to go outside the Jewish Community. And when you do, you find that the Ottawa Jewish Community is held in high esteem and that the expertise you learned through your Jewish communal involvement is highly regarded, and serves you very well.
"When you go outside the community you realize how well we are doing," he adds. "We really are an unbelievable community and we should be very proud of that."
Arnie credits Liz, his "remarkable, understanding wife," and the support of his family, both at home and at work, for enabling to him take up the challenge of making a difference.
Arnie and Liz's six children are Ariel, 24, Danya, 22, Jordana, 20, Alexandra, 18, Michael, 14, and Tori, 12.
This spring the Vered family has much to celebrate. In addition to Arnie winning the Gilbert Greenberg Award, four of the children – Ariel, Danya, Alexandra and Michael – have successfully completed their courses of study and are graduating from their respective schools.


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The Burlington Choral Society was established almost 40-years ago and today boasts over 100 singers. The group is gearing up for a big performance later this month, a concert celebrating the 100th birthday of British composer Benjamin Britten.
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A tool for rapidly and accurately swaging the individual teeth, or bits, of a large power-driven saw, with the teeth remaining in place on the saw blade or band, the tool being composed of a plurality of hardened steel parts presenting a recess for receiving a tooth to be swaged and defining the desired final shape of the tooth tip, and a guide element arranged to engage a portion of the saw blade adjacent the tooth being swaged in a manner to maintain the tool in the orientation relative to the tooth required to effectuate optimum swaging. The tool is constructed to be driven by a power tool, such as an air hammer.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a swaging tool for the teeth, or bits, of large saw blades, and is applicable to inserted-tooth saws and solid-tooth saws. The invention is particularly applicable to wood cutting saws. During industrial utilization of sawing machines, particularly those employing large saw blades, it is necessary to periodically restore the cutting edges of the teeth in order to maintain proper cutting efficiency. In saw mills, for example, where such blades are in practically continuous use, this procedure might have to be carried out several times during a work shift. Commonly, the teeth of such saw blades or bands are restored by a procedure involving swaging which is done manually followed by filing, manually or with a power grinder. Swaging is effectuated by positioning a swaging tool around each tooth in turn and striking the rear end of the tool with a hammer. The tool presents one or two recesses which define the desired final shape of the major tooth surfaces. The tool is formed so that the, or each, recess is substantially wider than the tooth and must be carefully positioned to treat each side of the tooth individually. Because such a tool can restore a saw tooth to only an approximation of its original shape, it is generally necessary to follow the swaging operation with a hand filing or power grinding of each blade tooth. Large saw blades of the type here under consideration contain a large number of teeth and the above-described reshaping operations are relatively time consuming. For example, swaging and filing of a 56 inch diameter circular saw blade which will have of the order of 55 teeth generally takes 30 to 45 minutes, so that the performance of two complete reshaping procedures during the course of a work shift results in a significant down time. Moreover, hand swaging operations must be performed with a high degree of skill and care since the tool must be perfectly oriented relative to the blade tooth at the instant of each hammer blow. Any tilting of the swaging tool away from proper orientation will result in the production of incorrect bevel or edge angles. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above-noted drawbacks possessed by prior art swaging tools. Another object of the invention is to reduce the amount of skill required to correctly reshape the teeth of such saw blades. A further object of the invention is to substantially reduce the time required to perform such a reshaping procedure. These and other objects are achieved according to the invention by the provision of a tool for swaging saw teeth, composed of means defining a recess for receiving the tip of a saw tooth and shaped to the desired final configuration of that tooth, which means are made of a hardened material, tool guide means adjustable in position, and fixable in any selected position, relative to the recess-defining means and arranged to cooperate with a portion of the associated saw for establishing a selected orientation between the recess-defining means and the tooth to be swaged; and impact force delivery means rigidly connected to the recess-defining means for delivering to the recess-defining means impact forces in the direction toward a tooth inserted in the recess. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a swaging tool according to the invention. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal, cross-sectional view of the swaging tool of FIG. 1 in position for swaging a tooth of an inserted-tooth circular saw. FIGS. 3a, 3b and 3c are side elevational, top plan and front elevational views, respectively, of one component of the tool shown in FIG. 1. FIGS. 4a and 4b are side elevational and top plan views, respectively, of a second element of the tool shown in FIG. 1. FIGS. 5a and 5b are front elevational and top plan views, respectively, of a third component of the assembly shown in FIG. 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The preferred embodiment of a novel swaging tool according to the invention is, as shown in FIG. 1, composed of two hammer holder members 1 and 2 secured together by machine screws 3, which may be cap screws. Holders 1 and 2 are formed to define a longitudinal passage in which are disposed a bottom hammer 4 and a top hammer 5. The surfaces of hammers 4 and 5 which face one another are inclined, as is shown in FIG. 1 for bottom hammer 4 and in FIG. 2 for both hammers, to slope toward one another in the direction away from the front end of the tool and to meet at the ends of their sloping portions. In addition, holders 1 and 2 present interior wall portions bordering the sides of the space between the inclined surfaces of hammers 4 and 5. The wall portion of holder 2 is visible in FIG. 1. Thus the inclined surfaces of hammers 4 and 5 and the above-mentioned interior wall portions of holders 1 and 2 together form a recess defining the desired final shape of the teeth of a saw blade. The width of this recess, measured between the interior wall portions of holders 1 and 2, is equal, with a small clearance, to the desired final width of the cutting edge of each tooth to be swaged. Hammers 4 and 5 each have a rectangular cross section. The assembly formed by elements 1, 2, 4 and 5 is surmounted by a tool angle adjustment member 6 provided with longitudinally extending, upstanding flanges 61 defining, together with a sloping bottom surface 62 extending between the flanges, a guide channel for maintaining the tool in position during a swaging operation. Bottom hammer 4 is extended from the rear of the assembly by a rod 41 of circular cross section provided with an integral collar 42 for attachment to a drive tool, such as an air hammer. Adjustment member 6 is secured to holders 1 and 2 by machine screws, for example cap screws (not shown), each extending through a respective elongated longitudinal slot 63 and threaded into a respective one of a series of threaded bores formed in an associated one of holders 1 and 2. With this arrangement, the position of adjustment member 6 with respect to the remainder of the assembly can be adjusted in the direction of the double arrows 64. Each of components 1, 2, 4 and 5 can be made of a suitable heat treated tool steel, while adjustment member 6 can be made of a suitable heat treated stainless steel. Holders 1 and 2 are provided with respective chamfers, 11 and 21 adjacent the opening into the tooth-receiving recess in order to facilitate entry of a saw blade tooth into the recess. The manner in which the tool shown in FIG. 1 is employed to swage a saw blade tooth is illustrated in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, where the tool is being applied to one tooth 7 of an inserted-tooth saw blade 8 of relatively large diameter. Cross-hatching is omitted from the body of the blade itself to avoid confusion. In the standard construction of such saw blades, each tooth 7 is held in place in a respective recess of the saw blade 8 by a holder 9 and each tooth 7 is backed by a projecting portion 8' of the saw blade itself. The cutting surfaces of each saw tooth 7 are intended to form a specified angle and the outer surface of each tooth is commonly parallel to the outer surface of its associated backing portion 8'.
In accordance with the present invention, the tool holder is first mounted in an air hammer, the attachment portion of which is illustrated in broken lines in FIG. 2, and then positioned relative to a saw blade tooth 7 in a manner such that the tip of the tooth is seated in the recess formed between the sloping surfaces of hammers 4 and 5 and the associated interior wall portions of holders 1 and 2. Bottom surface 62 of adjustment member 6 is inclined relative to the adjustment direction 64 of the member to permit adjustment of the orientation of the tool relative to the tooth being processed. The cap screws extending through slots 63 are initially loosened, and the tool is positioned in the manner shown in FIG. 2 with the channel formed between flanges 61 surrounding the backing portion associated with the saw blade tooth just preceding the tooth to be swaged. Inclined surface 62 is placed against the outer periphery of that backing portion. Then, the adjustment member 6 is moved by the operator in the adjustment direction 64 while surface 62 remains in contact with the outer surface of its associated blade backing portion until the sloping surface of bottom hammer 4 comes to lie flush against the associated surface of tooth 7 and a portion of the adjacent outer surface of backing portion 8'. The tool is now oriented properly relative to the tooth to be swaged and the cap screws extending through slots 63 are tightened down to rigidly secure adjustment member 6 to holders 1 and 2. This operation also establishes proper adjustment of the tool for all of the other teeth of the same or an identical saw blade. The spacing between flanges 61 is selected to be only slightly greater than the thickness of the saw blade so that engagement of the flanges around the backing portion with which they are associated also assures that the swaging tool cannot be inadvertently tilted in directions perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 2. The engagement of a portion of the saw blade in the channel between the flanges 61 also serves to prevent any undesirable twisting, or canting, of the tool about its longitudinal axis during swaging. Once the tool has been adjusted to the particular saw blade and is held in position with surface 62 bearing firmly against its associated portion of the saw blade, the air hammer, or other drive device, can be placed in operation to cause the swaging tool to apply forceful impact strokes to the tip of tooth 7. As a result, the requisite swaging operation is completed in a very short time. Because the tool is accurately and positively positioned relative to the blade tooth, it becomes possible to use a power tool to produce the necessary swaging impact. Not only does the swaging operation proceed rapidly, but it has also been found, probably due to the high impact levels which can be produced by a power tool, that the original shape of the saw tooth tip will be substantially restored by the swaging operation itself, so that the need for a subsequent filing step in connection with each swaging procedure can be eliminated. In practice, it is found that the teeth of a saw blade can be properly maintained if the filing step is performed only after every two or three swaging procedures. In comparison with prior art procedures, it has been found that the swaging tool according to the invention permits a complete swaging procedure to be performed on a 56 inch diameter, inserted-tooth saw blade having approximately 55 teeth in 7 to 10 minutes by personnel having only a small amount of experience. Surface 62 is easily held against the associated outer surface of the saw blade in view of the very small amplitude of movement of the tool during the swaging operation. If, for special purposes, it were desired to orient the swaging tool so that some angle exists between the outer surface of the tooth and the sloping surface of bottom hammer 4, the necessary adjustment could be achieved simply by providing a threaded bore through bottom hammer 4, near the free end thereof, the axis of which hole is parallel to the plane of FIG. 2, and by inserting a set screw into that threaded hole so that the inner end of the screw bears against the outer surface of the saw blade. The screw could then be adjusted to establish a desired spacing between the sloping surface of hammer 4, in the region of the end thereof, and the outer surface of tooth 7 and its associated backing portion 8'. Once the position of adjustment member 6 has been established in the manner described above, the swaging operation could proceed. The precise form of holder 2 is illustrated in the three views of FIGS. 3a, 3b and 3c. This holder is formed to have a main body 22 and laterally projecting portions 23 and 24 which define the generally rectangular passage in which hammers 4 and 5 are held in the manner generally shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 3a illustrates four threaded blind bores provided in portions 23 and 24 to receive the machine screws 3. FIG. 3b illustrates three threaded blind bores 25 any one of which can receive the holding screw inserted through a respective one of slots 63 of adjustment member 6 in order to secure the adjustment member to holder 2. The holder 2 is formed, at its top surface, with a longitudinal channel 26 of generally rectangular cross section for guiding a correspondingly shaped rib 65 formed in the bottom surface of adjustment member 6, as is shown in FIG. 5a. The length of holder 2, i.e. the horizontal dimension in FIG. 3a between its rear edge and the inner edge of chamfer 21, is generally equal to the overall length of top hammer 5, although this is not essential. The form of holder 1 is shown in the two views of FIGS. 4a and 4b. As shown in FIG. 4a, this holder is provided with through bores for receiving machine screws 3, and these bores may be countersunk at the side remote from the plane of FIG. 4a. As is shown in FIG. 4b, holder 1 is also provided with three threaded blind bores 15 any one of which can receive the machine screw inserted through the associated slot 63 of adjustment member 6. The longitudinal dimension of holder 1, i.e. the horizontal dimension in FIGS. 4a and 4b, is equal to that of holder 2. FIGS. 5a and 5b illustrate the details of adjustment member 6, the previously-mentioned projecting rib 65 being visible in FIG. 5a, as is the inclination of bottom surface 62. The precise inclination of this surface is selected in dependence on the range of blades on which the particular model of the tool is to be employed, a slope of between 5.degree. and 15.degree. having been found suitable for a wide range of the inserted-tooth circular saw blades commonly utilized in commercial saw mills. Embodiments of the present invention could equally be provided for swaging solid-tooth circular saws or bandsaws, with the same attendant improvements over prior art swaging techniques. It is even conceivable that the novel tool according to the invention could be satisfactorily employed to swage saw teeth by means of manually generated impacts, i.e. by striking the rear end of rod 41 with a hammer. However, in order to fully realize the advantages of the invention, it is preferable to employ the novel tool in conjunction with a power impacting device since this enables the swaging operation to proceed much more rapidly, the guidance afforded by adjustment member 6 making a procedure of this type possible. It will be understood that the above description of the present invention is susceptible to various modification, changes and adaptations, and the same are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the appended claims.


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Lawrence Griffiths EMPICS Sport
How does a home Olympics compare with others?
The best thing is the simplicity of it all. The crowd is great, they cheer for you just being there, but more than that you don't have to travel. The environment is similar. The food is similar. It makes a huge difference, even if it's not in your home city. If it's in your home city it's even better.
How should the athletes deal with the home media pressure?
Athletes need to communicate with the press and not only the press, but their community and their friends. If you say to them in the offseason I can fit you in then all of a sudden they feel a part of the process and they'll work with you. Some people will always criticise, but you can't stop everyone.
Is Twitter a good way to keep in touch with the fans?
I'm not a fan. I just don't get it. All of our lives are so boring except for maybe five minutes, and for those five minutes I don't want anyone to know about that anyway!
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What will make the London Olympics special?
London's culture and history will make the Olympics Games special. Like Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris wherever you go there is culture, art, nightlife. They've got it all. And then you're bringing the Olympics to it and bringing the whole world there with their language and their cultures. Athens and Beijing were neat cities, but they did not have all of what London has got. London has got so much to offer even without the Games. You can even walk in the Olympic Park and not even see any events and just feel the Olympics. Seb and everyone has done a great job and I just know it's going to be a great Games.
Which events will you be going to see at the Games?
I always go and see sports I've never seen before. I go to the track for maybe a day or two, but every single Olympics I go to see two or three new events. When am I going to see badminton or archery? I'm definitely going to see archery this time. So I would encourage all the people in London to pick your sport and then pick a new sport. And I bet you, you become a fan because each sport has its own culture, its own heroes and its own story. In 2010 Winter Olympics I went to see curling and other than the ridiculous British pants, it was really fascinating.
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Usain Bolt is competing in two of your events, what do you make of him?
He's had an amazing career. He's set those records and won those championships, but really the interesting and the fun part is now and taking it to the next level. He knows and we all know that if you don't have longevity then you cannot be considered the greatest. So I think he's extremely motivated to win back-to-back Olympic golds as it's only been done once. He may be ready, but there's a whole host of athletes out there that are thinking that too.
Can Bolt do the long-jump?
I just think it's ridiculous. The reason I say that is because a sprinter turning into a long-jumper is like a American football safety on defence turning into a quarter-back. They are totally different. And the long-jump is so much more difficult. However, a quarter-back could become a safety. Also, I think the one of the main things wrong with our sport is that why does he have to do my events to define his greatness? Why can't he just run his events and have a great long career? Maybe run the 400m which is easier to do? I didn't come in saying that I had to do Jesse Owens' events to be defined 'great'. I was a long-jumper that sprinted and he's a sprinter. Let him sprint. Marion (Jones) was on everything we know in the world right now and she still couldn't win the gold medal. It's a very difficult event.
The 100m record has dropped considerably since you had it, can it keep going down?
Our grandkids are going to see someone running faster. That's just the way it is. People always said, 'you can't jump over this, you can't run the four minute mile, and all those people are dead. There's no limit. People are going to be 8ft tall in one hundred years, doing things that we couldn't even imagine.
What is your favourite Olympic memory?
I think the two minutes after crossing the line of the 100m and then getting a flag was the best, along with actually receiving the medal.
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