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A different kind of kiss.
Have you decided what you are going to do for your sweetheart on Valentine's Day? Zack and I actually don't do much fro Valentine's Day. For the past four years we have been celebrating by cooking a nice dinner at home, exchanging sappy cards, and eating a tasty dessert. Often there is also a large Reese's Peanut Butter Heart involved.
You see, Zack does not have to do anything special for me for Valentines Day because he does sweet things for me all the time. For instance, a couple months ago Zack went to Europe. For quite some time I have been trying to get my hands on a cookbook: Full on Irish: Creative Contemporary Cooking. I am a HUGE fan of Kevin Dundon's food. I found the cookbook on Amazon, but it was ridiculously expensive. I had this great idea that it would be cheaper in Europe. I had no idea that I was sending Zack on a wild goose chase. The sweet husband of mine looked in every bookstore he could find to no avail. Being the great guy that he is, he brought be back a different cookbook: The Great British Book of Baking. Of course, he did not realize that every recipe in the book required the use of a kitchen scale (something I did not own), but that was beside the point. Everything in the cookbook looked fantastic so I bought and kitchen scale and the first thing I made was these Coffee Kisses. I modified the recipe from the original and used my Mocha Buttercream recipe for the filling. Let me tell you, these cookie...oh I mean biscuits....are FANTASTIC!
Coffee Kisses
cookie recipe adapted from The Great British Book of Baking, Buttercream recipe by Baked Perfection
For the cookie:
350g (approx. 2 3/4 cups) all purpose flour
150g (approx. 3/4 cup) sugar
150g (approx. 3/4 cup) sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
200g (1 stick and 6 tablunsalted butter, chilled and diced
4 teaspoons instant espresso
2 egg
For the filling:
1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
2 rounded teaspoons instant espresso dissolved in 2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a food processor, put the flour, baking soda, and sugar into the bowl and pulse a couple of time to just combine. Add the butter and process until the mixture looks like fine crumbs. Dissolve the coffee in 2 teaspoons hot water. Beat the eggs until frothy and mix into the coffee. Pour into the processor and run the machine until the dough comes just together.
Roll the dough into 1 teaspoon sized balls and arrange on a baking sheet leaving 1.5-2 inches between each cookie. Baked in the pre-heated oven 12-15 minutes, until light golden and firm to touch. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. While cooling, prepare the buttercream.
Beat together the butter, espresso mixture, and vanilla extract until smooth. Slowly add the powdered sugar until completely combined. If the mixture is too thick, add milk to thin.
Sandwich the cookies with the mocha buttercream.


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How do red light cameras work?
Red light cameras detect motor vehicles that pass sensors after a traffic signal has turned red. The sensors are connected to computers in high-speed cameras that take photographs of the violation. Depending on the particular technology in use at the intersection, a series of photographs and/or video images show the red light violator before entering the intersection on a red signal, as well as the vehicle's progression through the intersection. Cameras record information such as date, time, and time elapsed since the beginning of the red signal. Trained law enforcement officials review the photographs, and a violation notice is mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.
Where can I find the statute that allows for the installation of red light cameras in Texas?
Section 707.003 of the Texas Transportation Code addresses the installation and operational requirements, including contracting with a vendor, conducting a traffic engineering study, the selection of intersection approaches, the role of a citizen's advisory committee and the installation of signs. The traffic engineering study may be conducted by using the sample TxDOT Engineering Analysis template.
How long does it take to implement red light cameras?
TxDOT has estimated that implementations should take no more than 170 days and could take as little as 80 days.
TxDOT's ability to get the Inter Local Agreement (ILA) signed and get the configuration requirements met is the key to determining how long their implementation will take. If an agency is able to move forward quickly on these two key areas TxDOT will be able to get them up and running in Pilot mode in very short order.
Can red light cameras be installed on Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) roadways or on TxDOT right-of-way?
Cities may pursue the installation of red light cameras on TxDOT right-of-way through an amendment to the Municipal Maintenance Agreement (MMA). Cities without an executed MMA and counties, however, are not allowed to place the equipment on state right-of-way. Cities with an executed MMA must inform the local TxDOT district office of their intention to install the equipment. TxDOT has the right to review and approve the plans and inspect the installation even though it is a city contractor performing the work.
What is the format for the before and after crash data reports, as required by Section 707.004 of the Transportation Code, and how are the reports to be submitted to TxDOT?
The 18 months of before crash data and annual after crash data reports consist of a web-based reporting system where local jurisdictions enter the crash data for each intersection approach. Reporting requirement instructions have been developed and can be found at the TxDOT website.
Is there any requirement for the disposition of fines collected through red light cameras?
Yes. Section 707.008 of the Transportation Code outlines specific requirements for revenue collected through red light cameras. For questions on revenue required to be deposited in the regional trauma account or a local authority's special account to fund traffic safety programs, contact the state comptroller's office.
Isn't the main purpose of red light cameras to make money?
No. The objective of red light cameras is to improve intersection safety. Fines collected through red light camera violations are used to pay for the installation, operation, administration and maintenance of the photographic enforcement system. Camera equipment costs vary based on the type of camera, the complexity of the intersection, and technical requirements. A red light camera system installation can cost more than $100,000. A portion of the revenue from the installation over and above costs is required to be directed to the regional trauma account and local traffic safety programs.
Do cameras photograph every vehicle passing through an intersection?
No. Cameras are set so that only those vehicles that enter the intersection after the light has turned red are photographed. Vehicles entering the intersection on yellow, and still in the intersection when the light turns red, are not photographed.
Wouldn't increasing the length of the yellow signal at an intersection decrease the occurrence of red light running?
Allowing adequate yellow timing can reduce red light running, but longer yellow time alone does not eliminate the need or potential benefits of red light cameras. Yellow times at signals are determined based on variables such as the posted speed limit, typical deceleration rates of vehicles, the grade of the road, and motorist perception-reaction time.
Will motorists know which intersections have red light cameras?
Section 707.004 of the Texas Transportation Code requires that cities install signs along each roadway that leads to an intersection at which a red light camera is in use. Two types of signs are currently available to comply with the new legislation and both are documented in TxDOT's 2012 Standard Highway Sign Designs for Texas (SHSD) manual.
The first and most common type of sign is the Photo Enforced symbol sign (designated as R10-18a). This rectangular-shaped sign was developed specifically for the advance notice of photo enforced intersections. Design details of the sign can be found on page 1-198 of the SHSD.
A second type of sign is the Signal Ahead symbol warning sign (designated as W3-3) with the PHOTO ENFORCED plaque (designated as W16-10aP) mounted below. The W3-3 warning sign is typically installed when there is limited sight distance on an approach to a signalized intersection. Installation of the W16-10aP plaque below an existing W3-3 warning sign would result in compliance with the signing requirements for Red Light Cameras. Design details of the sign and plaque can be found on page 2-36 and 2-182 respectively in the SHSD manual.
Doesn't placing signs on the approach to intersections with red light cameras defeat the purpose of installing the cameras?
No. The purpose of the red light cameras is to improve intersection safety by reducing the number of red light violations. If the advance notice signs stop motorists from running red lights rather than the cameras themselves, then the purpose of this program is being met.
Can the cameras be used to enforce other types of traffic violations (speed, railroad crossings, etc.)?
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ACTA's Internet Chapter Leaks; And, Now We See How Sneaky The Negotiators Have Been
from the sneak-that-right-in-there... deptReports spread this weekend that the ACTA's all-important internet enforcement chapter had leaked. You can download the PDF from that link, or check it out below:
Sections 2 and 3 are the key ones to be concerned about here. First, they talk up the importance of making sure that third party liability is in the law. Now, technically, they are right that this wouldn't change US law -- as current case law does have a third party liability standard. But the actual text of the legislation does not. Now it is entirely possible that Congress could decide the courts were mistaken in their decision to blame third party service providers for actions of their users, and clarify the law to get rid of third party liability. After all, Congress did look at a bill to add third party liability to copyright law a few years back (the so-called INDUCE Act) and did not pass it. Thus, it could come to pass that Congress feels an inducement standard does not make sense, and goes ahead and corrects the courts for interpreting current copyright law to include such a standard.
But if ACTA passes, that won't be possible. The first thing you'll see is that the same copyright defenders who are saying ACTA is no big deal and we're worrying about nothing, will immediately start screaming at the top of their lungs about our "international obligations" such as ACTA, which prevent us from removing third party liability from our copyright law.
This is a big deal, because third party liability is a mess, and a perversion of justice. It's a way to blame a third party for actions they did not commit, just because it's easier. From a pure position of properly placing liability on the party who did the "wrong," third party liability is a perversion.
However, ACTA then gets worse. In section 3, it tries to set up the "safe harbors" by which a service provider might avoid liability. In the US, we already have this, with the DMCA's notice-and-takedown provision, which is widely abused. Yet, to qualify for the safe harbors in ACTA, the bar is set much higher. This is hidden pretty deep, and you might miss it (this is done on purpose) if you're not reading carefully. It's in section 3(b)I and in footnote 6. Basically, it says that for a service provider to get safe harbors, it must implement a policy to deal with infringing works -- and in footnote 6, it gives the concept of "termination" of service in the case of repeat infringers as an example of the type of measure. That, of course, is three strikes rules.
So, no, three strikes laws aren't "mandatory," but the only example given of a proper policy that would qualify a service provider for safe harbors, is three strikes. Guess what everyone's going to implement?
And, of course, if some country is so bold as to not implement such a thing, and to point out that ACTA says they do not need to implement three strikes, you can bet that the very same ACTA defenders will complain, and point to ACTA as a reason why they must do so. You can see this already in the way those same ACTA defenders treat Canada, in claiming that its current treaty agreements obligate it to put in place DMCA-like notice-and-takedown provisions, along with anti-circumvention rules -- despite the fact that the agreements say no such thing directly.
Speaking of notice-and-takedown and anti-cirumvention, both make their appearance in the ACTA document. The following subsection, again, highlighting what a service provider must do to get safe harbors, discusses takedowns:
an online service provider expeditiously removing or disabling access to material or activity, upon receipt of legally sufficient notice of alleged infringement, and in the absence of a legally sufficient response from the relevant subscriber of the online service provider indicating that the notice was the result of a mistake or misidentification.Michael Geist points out that this is a notice and takedown provision, though you could argue that it could be read as just notice-and-notice -- where the person uploading content has the right to respond before the takedown occurs. Still, the document is telling: note that the takedown is to occur on alleged infringement rather than on actual evidence or conviction of infringement. This should be seen as problematic as well. Given how often the notice-and-takedown system is abused, and given any judicial system that believes in innocence until guilt is proven, you would think that it should not be allowed to require a takedown without conviction.
Section 4 then discusses anti-circumvention and would lock in many of the mistakes of the DMCA that are causing serious problems today and need to be fixed -- not forced to stay due to "international obligations." The issue here is that it again will place the blame on the tools provider, since it includes just the manufacturing of tools for circumventing DRM or other technical protection measures. It's a bad law that blames those who make the tools, rather than those who use them. Furthermore, it makes no exceptions for the lawful use of the tools. You can use circumvention tools to make a perfectly legal backup of content that you bought. But, under the DMCA, the act of making that perfectly legal backup copy is illegal due to the circumvention. That's a huge problem that not only would be further locked into US law and blocked from change, but would then be forced on other countries who have (smartly) recognized how problematic this is.
In the end, the leaked document appears to show exactly what people feared it would (and, again explains why the USTR and the lobbyists, who helped draft the document, wanted to keep it so secretive). It takes a very fluid and evolving situation in copyright law and tries to lock it in place, despite tons of evidence of the harm done by certain aspects of that law, and to then spread those same mistakes to other countries. Furthermore, it ratchets up what is required to qualify for "safe harbors" to make it such that, while three strikes may not be required, no other option is presented. It's a multiple choice question with "A" as the only answer. And the USTR and entertainment industry lobbyists want to tell us that makes it not mandatory.
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It's not about the 'Left' or 'Right', but about 'power'
In our theatres of war, brought to us live on primetime television and on social media, we are presented with a rampant muscular 'Right' taking on an anti-national 'Left'. But if you look closely, you will realise that the political and social conflicts that are being tagged as "Right vs Left" have almost nothing to do with the labels being used for them.
For instance, muscular nationalism today seems to belong to the 'Right', while all forms of dissent that makes the government see red denotes the 'Left', although this is not really the case if you consider Cold War-era communist regimes and their remnants. When it comes to society and culture, conservatives are 'Right' while progressives are the 'Left. On matters relating to the economy though, free-marketers and innovators are on the 'Right', while those favouring state intervention are on the 'Left'.
Essentially then, what we are witnessing around us is a pure play for power – power that extends into the lives of people. Researchers have studied 'power' extensively: Steven Lukes in his seminal work, Power: A Radical View, introduced us to a three-dimensional view of power: a continuum in ways one can exercise power, ranging from coercion to agenda-control to manipulation. Others, such as Lisa VeneKlasen and Valerie Miller, have termed the different forms Visible Power, Hidden Power and Invisible Power.


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Have you no shame, Darrell Steinberg?
California's public universities certainly need improvement and advice. They have to deal with a huge decline in public support. They need to find ways to align their programs more closely with the state's workforce needs. They need to do a better job of turning their research into real technological advances for the society.
There are many institutions and people that the universities could approach for advice.
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But there is one institution that has no business giving the universities advice.
That is the state government.
But that hasn't stopped Steinberg, the top lawmaker in the state senate, and Gov. Brown and a host of legislators from trying to micromanage the university. Their latest obsession is the salaries that California State University presidents are receiving. The lawmakers think these salaries are outrageous -- and politically problematic -- given the cuts in public support for the universities, and the resulting fee increases to make up the lost revenue. The theory is that it's harder to raise taxes and provide more money for universities with all this news about salaries.
Maybe. But a body as politically unpopular as the California state legislature shouldn't be giving other institutions public relations advice. And there's more than a whiff of cynical, blame-the-victim strategy in these blasts at university presidents.
The universities are having to do things they don't want to do precisely because the legislature isn't providing them money. This lack of public support is not merely the fault of the legislature. The budget system itself -- a system constructed by both parties, the legislature, interest groups and the voters themselves -- guarantees constant cuts in public support to universities.
If the legislature wants to help universities cope with this never-ending budget crisis, great? But using the universities as whipping posts is unhelpful and wrong. Particularly when the governor and legislative leadership refuse to tackle the hard work of redesigning the budget and governing systems so that the universities don't get hammered all the time.
So here's some advice for Sen. Steinberg, Gov. Brown and the meddling legislators. Get to work on fixing the budget system.
And until you do that, when it comes to public universities, butt out.
A $513,415 Schools Promise I Can't Believe
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Students pledge to stop saying the R-word at Radnor High School.
My wife and I bought a house in the San Gabriel Valley last year because it was in a great school district. Our boys aren't old enough to attend the school yet, but immediately we made a donation to foundation that supports the local schools. And we're already intensely interested in the fate of the elementary school two blocks away, which the boys will probably attend.
That's why a new tool offered up by the campaign for a ballot initiative to raise income taxes for 12 years to fund schools is so powerful. The tool is a calculator that allows you to find your local school -- and see exactly how much -- to the dollar -- that school will supposedly get if the measure passes. It's featured in a new TV ad (embedded below) from the campaign.
My local elementary school would get $513,145 in 2013-14, and even more six years later ($893,111), and 12 years later (1,208,235) when the tax runs out. If you believe the calculator.
Which I don't. You shouldn't either. The numbers are empty promises, for a couple reasons.
The backers of this initiative, however well-intentioned, have no way of knowing how much revenue a particular increase in the income tax will produce next year, much less in 12 years. The only thing that's been predictable about tax revenues in California -- particularly those tied to the relatively volatile income tax -- is that they're unpredictable. A campaign that makes a promise that specific -- when common sense tells you they can't deliver -- is not a campaign that you can trust.
But even more significant, the notion of an increase is misleading because this tax increase -- and new mandate for school spending -- does not take place in a vacuum. This creates a new revenue stream that goes to school districts and some other programs, including a new Head Start-style program at the state level. But the state has a very complicated funding mechanism that remains in place; California also has a broken budget system that ratchets down revenues and ratchets up certain kinds of spending.
It's quite possible that, given the difficulties of governing in such a system, elected officials would find a way to cut other funding sources in school, to compensate for any additional funds that come into the system if this initiative were successful. Voting for this may not lead to a net increase in school funding at all.
All that said, Munger's initiative is no more dishonest in this regard than its competitor, the compromise initiative from Gov. Brown and the California Federation of Teachers. The backers of those initiatives also claim that it will produce money for education, even though they can guarantee no such thing. And in that case, the initiative is written to use tax money as a way to create new funding for education, so existing general fund money that might have to be dedicated to education could be repurposed to other services, particularly on the local government level.
The only thing guaranteed is that California's budget system will make a liar out of anyone who makes specific promises.
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Lasell College and Community Day Center Launch Homelessness Exhibit
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When a class of Lasell College seniors wanted to know more about the experiences of the area's homeless population, Lasell Professor Sharyn Lowenstein went to the source.
Lowenstein contacted the directors of the Community Day Center of Waltham and together they came up with a collaborative, community-service inspired project for the class.
As part of their honors capstone class, the students met with guests of the Day Center to discuss homelessness and to plan and produce a photography exhibit. Both students and photographers were asked to consider, "What is the experience of the Day Center guest in living every day?"
The exhibit, "Homelessness From Our Eyes," opens Friday, Nov. 5 at the art gallery of the First Presbyterian Church of Waltham and will be on public display in November and December. It showcases the photography of five Day Center guests who were asked to document their personal experience with homelessness.
"Being homeless is not a comfortable situation; it's frustrating," said photographer Ron McCann. "I think society is desensitized to a lot of this stuff."
"The photography opportunity allowed me to remember all the places I've walked and how different the terrain is. I've found there is even beauty in the things that don't seem so beautiful," said photographer Jeannie Redman.
The exhibit will be on public display on November 12th from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., November 13th from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., December 10th 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and December 11th from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the art gallery of First Presbyterian Church of Waltham, located at 34 Alder St.
Lasell public relations writing students also participated in the project producing promotional materials for the exhibit under the guidance of Lasell adjunct professor Becky W. Evans.
"Working with the Day Center has certainly helped us understand homelessness and near homelessness more broadly and more deeply," said Lowenstein, the director of the Center for Community-Based Learning at Lasell.
The Community Day Center of Waltham is the only day shelter in the MetroWest region. The drop-in center supports the homeless and those in need with legal, health, housing and job search assistance. It also provides "guests" with food, shelter and access to phones, computers and a mailing address.
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text: Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com Deer Pattern You Back Lee Lakosky says hunters need consistent pressure on deer woods Deer Pattern You Back Walking past a window, Lee Lakosky had an "a-ha moment," and it's changed the way he views deer hunting pressure.Hunters are notorious for wanting to spend time in the woods, scouting, breaking down the area and patterning the deer they will be hunting. Experts say to keep in mind while you are doing these, the deer are patterning you.That knowledge is something Lakosky of "Crush with Lee and Tiffany" said can help deer hunters. On a podcast with The Hunt Fish Journal of Ohio, Lakosky said that fact helps dispel the riding notion to never go onto your deer property before hunting season."I think you don't want no pressure, you want consistent pressure," he said. "We're always thinking how we have to be so low pressure, low pressure. It's what they get used to all year long." His realization came from continued observation of deer, even through a window. When someone walked past the window at Tiffany's mother's house, deer would run from a feeder about 50 yards away. But with repeated comings and goings, the deer are now used to the human activity and don't move as much, even when Lee's truck roars past. "I bet you could feed them out of your hand if you tried," Lee said, "every day just getting closer, and closer. They're bedding all over their yard. And it's been a short period of time from walking past the window and them running off."Lee and Tiffany do a lot of prep work on their 600 acres of farmland in southeastern Iowa, and Lee also sees that their presence has become commonplace for the deer.Lee said the deer were awful skiddish when they first moved there. They live in the state's largest county yet it doesn't have one stoplight. The pressure on deer there is low, unlike Pike County, a famous hunting county 100 miles south in Illinois, where a number of Boone and Crockett bucks are taken."There's 92 outfitters in Pike County; there's probably not 92 bow hunters in my county," Lee said. "We have a lot of deer dying of old age. Pressure just makes them more nocturnal, and gets them pretty spooky." The deer still run off when Lee and Tiffany run a four-wheeler through their acreage. He scatters any grouping when he's out planting, fertilizing, mowing or checking game cams, the difference is now they return quickly."I've noticed five minutes after I'm gone, those deer are back out," he said. "Those deer get used to it. When we get to hunting season, do we hunt it the same way? When we get to hunting season, it doesn't change at all."Lee points to Wisconsin and how heavy pressure there on opening day of gun season changes deer activity. He says the opener is like a national holiday as everyone hits the deer woods. "Over there, the pumpkin patch comes out -- every orange suit -- and those deer know something is different," he said. "Day two of the season is totally different than day one."So as he tries to get into the heads of deer, even speaking what he thinks they're thinking, he's a believer his presence has relaxed the deer to humans being on the land."I think if I didn't go into those fields all summer long, and I went into hunt, 'Whoops, somebody's in here. Something is different,' " he said. "Our deer don't know anything is different that we're doing, whether it's July 1 or Nov. 1, because it never changes for them."Even when they hunt during muzzleloader season, Lee said they never linger on the property. It's one shot, one deer, get it and get out.He also makes a point to allow the deer a sanctuary. The Lakoskys will only enter the timber stands during turkey season or when they're hunting sheds."I don't go into the timber," he said. "If I go in the field, I want them to run off and feel safe in the timber. They've got to have sanctuaries on your place."Lee said he first started to notice this trend when they began filming "Crush with Lee & Tiffany." He said the deer wouldn't come out of the timber to the fields until last light. With their continued presence, the deer got less and less camera shy."Oh, that's just Lee and Tiffany, they're here all the time," he said. "So, I think you'd be way better off going into your place once a week, once a week, once a week."Those deer get used to it. They smell you. 'Oh, that's just Lee.' I think you don't want no pressure, you want consistent pressure. You don't need to be invisible. If you've been there enough, they're OK with you being there."And that's when their rigorous scent control measures come into play. The Crush crew goes to great lengths to make sure they don't tip off the whitetails during the season. Now, Lee's pretty sure the deer and their great sense of scents can still make him out, but he feels them getting a snootful of him all year long helps trick them when they're hunting.They'll stop, they'll smell you, the whole routine, then they'll flip their tail then go through," Lee said. "They've smelled you every single week, but it's much fainter now. 'Oh, he must have been here 10 minutes ago,' or 'he must be up at the barn 200 yards away,' instead of sitting up in the tree 10 yards away. That's why we get away with so much."Without any scent control, they'd be gone. They think it's old or you're a lot farther away, or they'd blow and go."So Lee says to visit your hunting property, check the cams, tend to food plots, etc, make those deer learn the pattern that it's normal for you to be there. 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Recently reader Kevin Wellenius asked if I would define some sports science terms that pop up from time to time in books, magazines and on websites. I thought that was a great idea as I frequently am asked about each of the terms in his list below. It'll make my life a bit easier if I can just point someone at this blog rather than explain again and again. Not that I'm lazy… Below are Kevin's terms and my definitions. I added one to his list – FTP.
Note that not everyone in the field of sport science will agree with me on each of these. Scientists can – and do – argue about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. There's nothing wrong with that, I guess, so long as you have the time. And it's quite understandable as precision is quite important in the scientist's lab. When exercise moves from the lab to the real world, precision is nearly always compromised. In the lab almost everything is tightly controlled so precise definitions are also necessary. In the real world weather, traffic, hills, stoplights, safety and scores of other variables crowd out much of the precision. We're left with ballpark definitions. So that's mostly where I'm going with the following – kind of a mix of science and real world training.
Aerobic threshold (AeT). This is a relatively low level of intensity marked by light breathing and the feeling that you could maintain the effort for a few hours. It occurs at about 60% of your aerobic capacity or at about 70% of max heart rate or around 80% of lactate threshold. A ballpark way of determining your aerobic threshold is to subtract 30 beats per minute from your lactate threshold (see below) heart rate. In a sport science lab aerobic threshold is usually defined as the intensity at which lactate just begins to accumulate above the resting level. For more info.
Anaerobic threshold (AnT). This is usually determined in the lab by a gas analysis "ramp" test while running on a treadmill or pedaling an ergometer. A mask with a breathing tube is placed over your nose and mouth allowing the monitoring system to measure how much oxygen you breathe in and out. The difference between these is the oxygen your body is using to produce energy. At a low intensity at the start of the test you are burning mostly fat, but as the test intensity gradually increases more glycogen (storage form of carbs) is used. At the effort level where glycogen becomes the dominant fuel you are crossing the threshold between aerobic and anaerobic exercise. The AnT effort is often referred to as "redlining." It's common for well-trained endurance athletes to be able to sustain their AnT effort for about an hour (see FTP). A common field test for determining AnT involves a 20-minute time trial after which 5% is subtracted from the average heart rate, speed or power. AnT is sometimes referred to as the "lactate threshold."
Lactate threshold (LT). This is quite similar to AnT (to everyone except sport scientists), but a major difference is that it is commonly determined by measuring the amount of lactate in the athlete's blood during a ramp test in a lab rather than measuring oxygen consumed. When the lactate volume in the blood reaches 4mmol/L ("millimoles per liter"—a tiny amount) the athlete is assumed to be at LT. As with AnT, LT can be maintained for about an hour (see FTP). For more info.
Aerobic capacity. This is the same as VO2max which refers to the "maximum volume of oxygen" an athlete can use per minute relative to body weight to produce energy during an all-out, sustained effort of a few minutes that is well above the AnT. It's also usually determined in a lab by using a gas analysis ramp test that lasts for several minutes. In such a test the workload is increased every few minutes (usually 3 minutes) until the athlete can no longer continue. The amount of oxygen (in milliliters) used per minute per kilogram of body weight at around the time of stopping the test is the athlete's VO2max. In elite athletes the VO2max is often in the 70s or 80s with even a few testing into the 90s. Generally, the more aerobically fit an athlete is, the higher the VO2max. Highly trained endurance athletes can usually sustain their VO2max effort for around 5 minutes. So a simple (but painful!) field test of aerobic capacity involves doing a 5-minute time trial to determine your VO2max speed, pace or power. For more info.
Anaerobic capacity. This is a measure of how much maximal power or speed an athlete can produce in an all-out sprint effort lasting only a few seconds, usually 30. For more info.
VO2max. See "aerobic capacity." For more info.
Functional threshold power or pace (FTP). This is an excellent concept created by scientist Dr. Andy Coggan. It refers to the power or pace (or speed) that an athlete can sustain for an hour since that is commonly how long well-trained athletes can maintain their AnT or LT pace or power in a race effort. This concept is athlete-friendly since it simplifies the explanation of "AnT" and "LT" making it no longer necessary to understand lactate levels or gas analysis to grasp the most important part of the concept. The 20-minute test described in "AnT" above may be used to determine FTP. There is also a 30-minute test for determining FTP. Knowing your FTP allows you to establish training zones based on power. For more info.


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How did it feel to receive the first Red Ribbon Leadership Award at the United Nations on World AIDS Day in 2005?
You know something? It felt sad. It felt sad to look back over my involvement of 20 years and have to acknowledge that this disease that affects us all has gotten to such a crisis point in so many communities. Because it never had to get this far.
But we as human beings decided that some of us could set ourselves above others, acknowledge ourselves to be better than others, and so they should suffer, and because of that action we're now all suffering. You know, it's not a good position we're in as human beings.
And very soon HIV will be only one virus that's wiping out a whole lot of people around the world. Everybody's talking about this bird flu that's coming next. So it's like, "Wow, we didn't have to let this happen. But we did it to ourselves." And I have to say that bugs me a bit. So to be awarded for work that should have been done, and done earlier and done by many other people too, that's hard.
Of course, I laughed and joked about it and said, "Why can't it be for something absolutely worthless -- like a Globe or an Emmy or something like that?" Not for work that I couldn't help doing as a human being.
Many people think your AIDS advocacy and fund-raising began with the annual spectacular, Divas Simply Singing!, but actually your work goes back almost to the very start of the epidemic.
When I was on Broadway doing Dreamgirls, there was this silent disease going around called GRID [Gay Related Immune Disorder]. And you know, nobody wanted to talk about it. It was like, "Shhh ... the gay men's cancer," and nobody wanted to even whisper about it, let alone raise their voice. And these guys are all of a sudden just dropping dead from this secret disease. I think that's what really caught my heart about the whole thing.
Where did you find the strength or courage to speak up about a disease that so many people were terrified and ashamed of?
I honestly don't know. But I so believed that my friends, the ones that died early on, were good people, kind people, and it made absolutely no difference what their sexual orientation was. What mattered was the fact that they were great people -- the kind who could help you with your attitude and your wardrobe choices with a look! You know? And I thought it was terrible for people to dismiss their having lived like it was some sort of a dirty shame because of this disease. Something about that was never right for me. I just didn't like that.
During the years when you were so involved in fighting this disease that was still considered a gay disease, did it ever occur to you that it would overtake the African-American community in the way that it has?
I don't think I really knew that until about maybe six years ago. I remember very clearly doing Divas in 2000, and as I set foot on stage, I was suddenly like, "Whoa! I represent one of the fastest-growing groups affected by this disease -- women, especially black women."
How did that change the way that you felt about your AIDS advocacy?
I'll never forget one time I stood onstage and I said, "If sex could be death for men, then women cannot be far behind." And I tell you, that was one of the times that I received hate mail -- in talking about that. And people told me that I was crazy, and what am I talking about, and this is not my fight, not my disease, and what do I mean, "Women couldn't be far behind." You know? So.
How does it feel, after all these years and all this work, seeing that the African-American community now has to deal with the devastation of AIDS, too?
Very difficult. Because what I experience now is the same sort of silence that I heard 20 years ago, when guys were dying on Broadway. It's the same silence. The same unwillingness to talk openly about this disease. It was not until gay people came together and found union as a group that things started to change. They marched on Washington in numbers that people didn't want to believe, just like the Million Man March -- people didn't want to believe that those numbers could come together and speak up and out for change. But that change actually took place.
Do you see that same kind of coming together taking place among African Americans?
Little by little. It is slow, let me tell you. I've just written a piece called Sometimes I Cry, which is stories of women infected and affected by HIV. And in this day, at this time, the response I get from people each and every time I perform it -- you would believe they never knew, they never heard of it, because their stories have not been told and their voices have not been used to speak up and out about their own experience. And that's hard.
What is the most critical AIDS issue facing the African-American community?
Ignorance and stigma. Every time I perform "Sometimes I Cry," you would be amazed at what people do not know about this disease. Sometimes I think, "How could they not know?" But the more we concentrate on prevention, the more we're starting to see bits and bits of change, which is a good thing.
It's a proven thing -- even if people try to say it's not true -- if you really use a condom properly, each time, every time, you also lower the rate of infection. Is it perfect? No. But a condom does work, and prevention is better than cure.
Who needs to step up to the plate to break the silence?
I think it's a fact that when leaders in the community speak up and out in support of others, no matter who they are, we see change take place. So I think more people who are able and willing to speak up need to speak up.
Do you see in your own church openness to HIV/AIDS or an AIDS ministry?
Oh, absolutely. In fact, through the Diva Foundation we just gave a donation to help the church get it up and running, because I was just so appreciative of the fact that they were having the conversation about it. And this is a much older congregation than I attend, and we're really looking for young people to come to the church, so I was really happy that the older leaders in the church decided to take it on.
This year your Diva Foundation also gave major proceeds to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and to the Black AIDS Institute, two of the most activist organizations at work out on the frontlines, making demands, speaking very loudly.
Thank you so much for acknowledging that. I really appreciate that. Because you know sometimes there becomes a struggle and some people say, "Well, no, this person should get it, or that group should get it." And I'm like, "You know what people? Let us stay on point. Let us make sure that the people who need the help get the help the best way possible." And those two groups really are out on the frontlines, so that's how I made that choice.
What are your fears and hopes for the next generation of African Americans as they face the risks of HIV?
My fear is that it will continue the way it is. That is my greatest fear. My hope is that we can become somewhat enlightened, because I have two children. I'm a mother, and I hope when they come into their whole sexual life and well-being, that it does not kill them.
It seems that a lot of parents don't want to think of their children having sex ...
Oh come on, please, it's like not thinking about yourself having sex. I know that I have it and enjoy it, so why would I want to think that my children wouldn't have it and enjoy it when they get older and responsible? It's like saying, "Let's not eat." Well, I like food.
At some point children grow up, and they have to have sex. It's natural. God hard-wired us that way.
What do you make of the situation of young African-American girls getting infected at such high rates?
I think they've been so seduced by things like video 'hos and what they see on TV. Seduced into thinking that certain behavior is going to get them ahead. And all it's gotten some of them is a death sentence.
In terms of HIV education for kids, what do you think is the best policy?
Honesty. You know what? I would love to tell children to be totally abstinent. But I had a lot of friends who weren't, so I think about stuff like that. So, honesty -- be upfront.
Click here to e-mail Sheryl Lee Ralph. To hear or read Sheryl's speech at the U.S. Conference on AIDS in 2007, click here.
About Sheryl Lee Ralph
Among so many celebrity AIDS advocates over so many years, Ralph was singled out last World AIDS Day when she received the United Nation's first-ever Red Ribbon Leadership Award in honor of her outstanding and outspoken activism since the beginning of the epidemic. As an actress and singer, Ralph got her big break starring in the 1982 Broadway classic, Dreamgirls, and lent her newfound fame to garner support for gay men affected by the then-mysterious disease GRID, soon to be known as AIDS. In 1990 she created the critically acclaimed Divas Simply Singing!, an evening of song and entertainment headlined by top women performers that became one of Hollywood's most successful annual AIDS fundraisers.
As the "face of AIDS" changed from white and gay to black and female, Ralph has only intensified her advocacy. Her one-woman show, Sometimes I Cry: The Loves, Lives and Losses of Women Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS, which she wrote based on her work with women PWAs and their advocates, will open Thursday, March 16, at the Highways Performance Space in Los Angeles (For tickets, call 310-315-1459.) She can also be seen in her "day job" in the Showtime series, Barbershop, starring as a post-op transsexual.


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Improve your outdoor action photos
Take a clue from what the pros use
A football flies through the air to the wide receiver in full sprint. In the end zone, six people in photographer's vests track the arc of the ball with long lenses the size of a little-league bat, then scatter as the receiver busts through their line, grasping his prize. Touchdown! Did you get the shot?
The Canon EF600mm f/4 super telephoto lens — a pro sports photographer's favorite
Let's back up a second. Exactly why do pro sports photographers' shooting rigs look different from what your average enthusiast would have on the sideline? And what clues can we get for making better images of our significant ones at play or in athletic competition? Shooting fast action is one of the most common shooting situations there is — and it's also precisely the situation that delivers the highest percentage of disappointing shots to novice photographers.
So how do we up our chances for fast action shots that will communicate the impact of the moment? You don't need to break the bank like the pros do, there are quality alternatives. But keep those end zone photographers in mind; we'll get back to them and their gear at the end of the article.
Conquering time and space
From the start, you have two distinct problems that test the limits of your camera/lens combination: distance (you want to see something far away), and time (you want a small slice of time so you can freeze action).
Say you use the most basic approach to tackling these two problems, and take a basic telephoto lens that just magnifies the shot and couple it with a generic camera set to a fast shutter speed. You've addressed the basic problems — time and distance — but you've created a new difficulty.
Just add light
You see, magnifying the shot means you're gathering light from a smaller slice of the world around you. And increasing the shutter speed means you're taking a smaller slice of time, and therefore decreasing the amount of light available to your camera's sensor. So while you solved problems one and two, your result is a picture that's too dark to see. You can slow down your shutter speed to allow more time for light to enter your camera, but now motion blur can make the picture unacceptable. Both your subject's movement and your unsteady hands work against you. And bear in mind, your challenges increase if your venue changes to a large indoor space, as the available illumination decreases.
How do we fix this?
Addressing the problems
Well, if you have a typical point-and-shoot or a mobile phone camera, your options are pretty limited. There may be some settings that optimize your camera for sports shooting, but don't get your hopes very high. Many of those cameras' solutions, like dramatically increasing the image sensor's sensitivity to light, increase other undesirable traits, like noise. Often, electronic noise reduction is applied by the camera's circuitry, but the trade off there is that the image loses detail and texture. Cameras like these do a lot of things well, but we're talking about a specialized job. A multi-tool knife won't help you when you need a pipe-wrench.
Point and shoots with longer zoom lenses help you to fill the frame, improving your chances with one challenge, distance. High-zoom cameras (also called long-zoom or megazoom cameras) add larger lenses to address the light gathering issue. Together with their sports settings, these cameras can deliver decent results, especially in bright light.
Using lens choice to improve your chances
Let's talk about lenses and what they can do to help you with the problem. Whether your camera has a fixed, non-removable lens, like the two categories mentioned above, or the ability to use multiple interchangeable lenses as the DSLRs and hybrids do, your chances at capturing fast outdoor action improve by expanding your lens' light gathering power and by choosing an appropriate focal length, or degree of magnification.
The amount of magnification a lens can provide — essentially, how much it can conquer distance and fill the frame with a faraway subject — is called its focal length. It's often referred to in photography jargon as how long a lens is, and the amount is expressed in millimeters. The specifics of what the numbers mean and how the figures are calculated is well-explained in Tara's excellent article on our site, Choosing and Using a Lens for an SLR. For our conversation now, it's enough to know that the higher the number in millimeters in the lens' description, the higher magnification you'll have. And if the lens' length is described as a range, for example "30mm – 200mm," then it has variable magnification and is therefore what we call a "zoom" lens.
This Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens offers good light gathering ability for its focal length
A lens' light-gathering potential is primarily a factor of its aperture — how large the variable metal iris opening inside the lens can get. The larger the hole, the more light gets through to the sensor. The ratio of the hole's maximum size to the lens overall is measured in "stops" and is generally expressed as an "f" number, with lower numbers meaning more light reaching the camera's sensor. So, when comparing two lenses of similar focal length, a lens with a maximum aperture of f/1.8 is going to be able to gather more light than a lens with a maximum aperture of f/3.5.
Speaking of sensors, they have something to do with this complicated equation too. Very generally speaking, the larger the sensor, the more light it can gather, and as you've probably figured by now, light-gathering ability is a good thing in this situation.
Many telephoto lenses offer image stabilization as part of their feature set. Sensors in the lens detect motion and move optical elements in the lens to counteract that motion — giving the sensor a more stable image and thereby allowing slower shutter speeds. This is good for sharp telephoto images, but not always good for action photography. Slower shutter speeds mean more light, but also more motion blur, because your "slice" of time is longer. Still, it's always good to have image stabilization to minimize handheld shake — just leave the shutter speed fast.
It's all simple, right? All you need is a lens that has a lot of magnification, image stabilization, and a wide aperture, and a camera with a big honking sensor! Easy. And wrong.
It's the law
A little something called the laws of physics intervenes here. If you want the best of all these worlds, you will pay a significant penalty in size and weight as your focal length and aperture and sensor sizes increase. Remember this: a great lens cannot be simultaneously long, wide-apertured, designed for large sensors, and small. Something's gotta give.
Camera manufacturers have tried millions of combinations over the years to give you the best telephoto performance from the most portable package. Some strategies work better than others, but if you look carefully you'll always find where the compromises have been made. Here's what physics teaches us about maximizing your chances for fast, action telephoto shots outdoors:
Action steps for your camera
If you have a mobile phone camera or basic low/no-zoom point-and-shoot: your results will be largely disappointing. Cameras like this simply don't have the attributes to address this challenge adequately.
If you have a longer lens point-and-shoot or a high-zoom fixed lens camera: choose a brightly lit day, and learn to use your camera's sports-optimized settings. They're designed to give you the best-case scenario from their particular blend of sensor, electronics and lens.
If you have an interchangeable lens hybrid or DSLR: get a fixed focal-length telephoto or zoom lens that offers a maximum length of 150mm (35mm equivalent) or longer, and the lowest "f-stop number" maximum aperture you can afford. Seriously consider a lens with good optical image stabilization. These three things will go far in making your sports photography shine.
This is important. The more light your lens gathers while still giving you adequate magnification, the better your outdoor action shots will be. Yes, a lens that meets these criteria may cost you a bit more than your standard kit lens, but consider the cost in missed moments with a lens that's not up to the job. Almost every camera in the hybrid and DSLR categories offers a range of lenses that meet this description.
If you're interested in this type of photography, consider a hybrid or DSLR with a larger sensor. It will open new artistic possibilities in addition to giving you some extra leeway with light sensitivity. Also, most digital cameras today offer a wide variety of sensors and modes that are specifically targeted to this challenge. Learn these options — they're there for a reason. Manufacturers tweak their software and firmware constantly to improve your chances for success.
Last, but not least: improve your camera's mounting stability. Invest in a good tripod and use it. Or, if you're on the move, a good monopod.
Meanwhile, back in the end zone
Remember that group of pro photographers in the end zone in our scenario above? The ones with the lenses longer than a child's leg? This is what happens when you let physics go the way it wants to. They get fantastic image quality from their big-aperture, super-long, ultra-stabilized lenses, and they should. But they, too, have made compromises: those lenses have really big glass elements, and so they are simultaneously costly and bulky.
No one says you have to equip yourself like a pro; there are plenty of versatile telephoto lenses for hybrids and DSLRs that will make you look good out on the field, without sending you to the credit union's loan department.
But speaking of finances: it's worth noting that lenses typically hold their value, and sometimes increase in value over the years. Camera technology changes, and sensors keep getting better, but the initial point of entry for light going into your camera will always involve some form of old-school optical tech, so explore the many options out there. Lenses are an investment that will pay dividends for a long time, in both treasured moments and resale value.
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