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Dogs are too smart to hold elections, and it would be presumptuous of us to do it for them. But if there ever were a vote for which breed to make class clown, the bull terrier would be a strong contender.
I say this having only limited experience with the breed — virtually all of it through a woman named Marilyn Bailey, and most of it in the last three days, during which time her two dogs kept a smile on my face, made me laugh out loud and even brought Ace out of his diarrhea doldrums enough to play.
Ace is better now, thanks in large part of Marilyn, who spoiled him with cottage cheese, eggs, rice and other forms of pampering, and to Browser (above left) and Ivy (above right), whose goofiness — though young Ivy is far goofier than old Browser — is, while laughable, also somehow soothing, like an old sitcom.
Marilyn and I worked together at a newspaper in Lexington, Kentucky. That was 30 years ago, and I believe her bull terrier then was named Hot Shot. In the interim, I've seen her maybe three times. Yet, when she heard about our travels, she invited us to stay when we came through Seattle, and she treated us like family — in the good and functional, kind and caring sense of the word.
She's a serene and laid back sort, which can be an advantage when one is raising bull terriers, or when one is married to Carleton W. Bryant, as she is.
If Marilyn and Carl were a Chinese food entree, they'd be sweet and sour something.
If Marilyn is the epitome of graciousness, Carl is the personification of sarcasm, prone to hilariously biting comments, skewering those in need of a good skewering, and a bluntness that can leave you disarmed. Acerbic and gruff as he is, though, there are signs that, deep down, he's actually a tender-hearted soul.
Marilyn is a copy editor for the Seattle Times, Carl is a media consultant whose current projects include a website he developed called MrThoughtful.com.
It offers a solution for those men who just can't seem to remember to acknowledge significant dates — birthdays, anniversaries, etc. — with a card, or, at best, wait to the very last minute to do so.
The website serves as an automatic, surrogate card buyer.
Users register and create a profile of events and relationships — who in their lives they should send what cards to when. Then, as the significant dates approach, they receive by mail the appropriate card and envelope, as well as an email reminder to make sure it gets to the intended recipient.
Magically and with little effort, they appear to be thoughtful guys, fooling everybody. (There's also a MsThoughtful.com, but the marketing pitch is slightly different. It's for the woman too "busy" to buy cards, as opposed to just being a negligent oaf.)
But back to their dogs, dog show quality both, and members of what, to me — with their huge and sloping, football-shaped heads — is one of the more unusual looking breeds of dogs. It was rare, back in Baltimore for Ace to run into a bull terrier. The one time he did, he approached it slowly, almost as if he wasn't sure it was a member of his species.
Browser, 11, is a mellow sort, content to sidle up to you and stay there — for days, it seems. Ivy, not yet two, is contagiously playful. By the second day of our stay she had Ace fired up. Of course, they chose to let loose in the formal living room, where she'd run up to Ace, jump on him, then scurry away, somehow managing, while traveling at high speeds, to slide her whole muscular body under the sofa, before repeating the process.
Ace, who likes to softly bite the legs of the dogs he's playing with, or stick their entire head in his mouth, had some difficulty with the latter, but that didn't stop him from trying.
Both Browser and Ivy have an endearing habit of approaching when you are seated, bowing their head and pushing it softly into our stomach. Ace will do this from time to time, but only for half a minute. Browser seemed happy to stay in that position for five minutes.
While speedy dogs, as Ivy showed, they are also very adept at standing still — perfectly still. It's almost as if they become statues, motionlessly pondering what to do next and whether it's worth the effort.
Both loved to snuggle, Browser for extended periods, Ivy only briefly before nibbling your ear, climbing your torso or scooting off in search of something more interesting.
Once seated in Marilyn's lap at their home in Kirkland, though, she settles down, almost as if hypnotized.
Marilyn sent us off with a huge care package — sandwiches, beverages and apple cobbler for me, and for Ace, dog biscuits, atop which she spread peanut butter. Carl, who provided us with several great Seattle area tours, sent us off with a list of places to see on Oregon's coast and one of his website's promotional caps, allowing me to show the world just how incredibly thoughtful I am. Ivy and Browser — members of a breed whose faces seem to say, "Yes, I'm a dog, and I plan to engage in some dog-like antics. You want to make something of it?" — sent us off with a warm and giggly feeling.
One day soon, I'll need to thank them for all that southern hospitality, Seattle-style.
Maybe I'll send them a card.


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NEW YORK Twinkies, Wonder Bread and Devil Dogs are likely to return to shelves in coming months, but probably not under the same owners.
Hostess Brands Inc. said in bankruptcy court Friday that it's narrowing down the bids it received for its brands and expects to sell off its snack cakes and bread brands such as Wonder to separate buyers.
An investment banker for the company said a likely suitor has emerged to buy the namesake Hostess brand, which include Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos, along with Dolly Madison, which includes Zingers and Coffee Cakes. He said a separate bidder has emerged as a possible buyer for Drake's cakes, which includes Devil Dogs and Yodels.
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Would thought Rivers would be better equipped to handle the water.
Would thought Rivers would be better equipped to handle the water.
A follower of the schools of Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett, Benaud and Thunberg
I had a glimpse of Eureka
Chewing me up, chewing me up and spitting me out
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Lava, it was like lava
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Gah, played like a spas against Delev
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters II
PTA Masters 1000 - Tuesday (1st/2nd Round) - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Clay (Red)
- Jarkko Maxum has celebrated his return to the PTA singles circuit with a very impressive win over in-form Spaniard Sergio Joaquín in his first round clash. Maxum saw the writing on the wall with the massive downscaling of doubles events, and faced with the possibility of living off his American girlfriend's fortune was forced out of his brief retirement. Joaquín has played splendid tennis this season and claimed a title in Casablanca last weekend, but was made to work for a very tough first set against the confident Maxum who was happy to come to the nets with enthusiasm. But after dominating the tiebreaker, the World No. 32 had a stinker of a second set as Maxum began to find his range and more penetration in his ground shots. While he still didn't look completely match fit for singles tennis, he did enough to take an early break in the third and after some awkward moments held on for dear life for a dramatic 6-7(1), 6-2, 6-4 win on return. There's no reason he can't beat Becker Haas in their second round meeting.
- In second round action, fourth seed Jefferson Drake came out of a good warm up with a win as he defeated Jean-Christophe Genghini in straight sets. Drake failed to defend his title in Casablanca last week with a quarter final exit, but will have benefitted from a tough hit out here against the Frenchman who had little to lose as he went for his shots. Unsurprisingly this resulted in some mistakes, and he struggled with the pace of the courts as the typically slow Monte Carlo surface was not conducive to ball bashing tennis and Drake's great defence. That was ultimately the difference as Drake struggled to get out of first gear and showed moments of weakness in a 6-3, 7-6(1) win.
- Jojo Mustard, meanwhile, had no such troubles as he rode on his Houston momentum in a dynamic straight sets win over Emelio Cobos. The Argentine qualifier would have sniffed an upset following Mustard's late arrival to the continent and his match practice over the weekend, but after going up a break early against a scratchy Mustard he struggled to trouble the fourteenth seed. Houston and Monte-Carlo play fairly similarly, and Mustard didn't take long to adjust in his 6-4, 6-3 win to set up a second round clash with José Navarro.
- In the big surprise, ninth seed and Season I semi finalist Miroslav Brdar fell in three sets to Bulgaria's Ivan Genov. Also, after Joaquín the Casablanca champion lost the runner-up Carlo Amato was beaten over three sets by Dane Kasper Buur. French Open semi finalist Dwayne Murdoch's return to clay was a welcome change from his poor American swing as he smashed lumbering Norwegian Tom Vollan one and three.
- On the down side, sixth seed Radivoj Daneu continued his quest to rebuild his shattered ranking with a tight win over Spas Delev. It was a brave performance from Delev who played better than his ranking (as admitted by Delev post-match), but he was broken at key moments by the out-of-form Serbian who at times struggled with his rhythm. Delev also had troubles as his forehand deserted him too often, and that cost him a chance of taking the match to a third set as, down a match point, he framed a forehand and sent it well long.
- Seeded players out: Carlo Amato; Miroslav Brdar.
Great day for the CWLanders (except Mr. Delev, I guess).
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Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters II
PTA Masters 1000 - Wednesday (2nd Round) - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Clay (Red)
- Jarkko Maxum's return to the PTA singles circuit has come to an abrupt end in the second round in Monaco as Germany's Becker Haas claimed a straight sets win. Maxum yesterday fought a brutal three-set encounter while Haas enjoyed the day off, and the difference between the players was evident as the German dominated the short encounter. Haas has been imperious since an early season slump with good showings in Indian Wells and Miami, but it is the clay where he's most comfortable. After an awful first set, Maxum played a much better second set but still could not avoid a 1-6, 3-6 defeat. Haas now has the unenviably task of facing World No. 2 Daniel Páez Blanco who shook off concerns over his fitness as he trounced Portugal's Tiago Matías 6-1, 6-0.
- Jojo Mustard will now meet East CWLander Jefferson Drake in the third round following a tight straight sets win over José Navarro. The Peruvian ensured their second round clash would be a real scrap in a match dogged by some poor serving from both players. Nevertheless, showing his newfound maturity Mustard got the better of the South American qualifier when it mattered as he fought back from 3-5 to take the first set in a tiebreaker and saved a set point in the second at 4-5. The 7-6(4), 7-5 win will no doubt boost his confidence heading into a tough showdown against a top ten player for a quarter final spot.
- There were no issues for Sven Oxenstierna as he got his Monte Carlo campaign underway with an impressive 6-3, 6-2 win over Ion Andueza. The Spaniard had a 5-4 record on clay for this year coming into the match, but was no match for the second seed who played confident tennis as he looks to improve on his Season I performance. Andueza managed to bring up just two break points for the match without converting either, while Oxenstierna regularly got hold of Andueza's serve as he struggled with the breezy conditions. The straight sets win sets up a third round clash with fifteenth seed Sanchez Emelio who saved three match points in his win over Nilikar Midid.
- In his return from a bad injury, season I finalist Henry Charles was beaten in straight sets by the Ukraine's Viktor Vuriak 7-6(5), 7-6(6).
- Seeded players out: Henry Charles.
This time last season Mustard would have lost that match, confidence and experience a great combination.
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters II
PTA Masters 1000 - Thursday (3rd Round) - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Clay (Red)
- Sven Oxenstierna looks perfectly poised to make a charge at the Monte Carlo Masters title as he dropped just three games in a 6-2, 6-1 demolition of fifteenth seed Sanchez Emelio. After crashing out in the semi finals in Casablanca last week - a tournament that Oxenstierna clearly used as preparation for the clay court swing - the World No. 4 has been in dynamite touch in his two matches this week. The World No. 25 was no match for the baseline onslaught as Oxenstierna made the most of a slow Monte Carlo court with an elementary straight sets win. Next he plays Viktor Vuriak of the Ukraine after he upset tenth seed Zoltán Varga 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
- Meanwhile, Jojo Mustard's immense run of form has continued with a straight sets upset of fourth seed Jefferson Drake. Claiming a big top ten scalp, Mustard has now won eight of his past ten PTA matches in a typically spiteful affair between the two opposing CWLand players. As has become the norm, a number of more vocal fans were ejected from the arena following a line dispute in the first set. Down a break in the first set, Drake was frustrated with a call by the chair umpire who adjudged a forehand from Mustard in. Even after checking the mark, the umpire wasn't convinced as Mustard went on to claim the set seven games to five. Drake was seething between sets, and failed to channel that aggression into something positive as Mustard cooly slotted his two break points to take a 4-0 lead. Drake calmed himself to give himself a chance at a break back, but he could not secure it despite three attempts as the very impressive Mustard advanced 7-5, 6-2. He now meets fifth seed Radivoj Daneu who looks at home on the clay following his 6-3, 6-4 win over Ivan Genov.
- Seeded players out: Jefferson Drake; Sanchez Emelio; Danijel Micic; Zoltán Varga; Zhijun Sun.
Record breaking Spanish streak ends at 45-0
For the first time in nearly three years, World No. 2 Daniel Páez Blanco has been defeated on clay as American Dwayne Murdoch romped to a historic straight sets win on a sunny day Monte Carlo.
After a week of drizzle, the gods seemed to be on Murdoch's side as the sun dried Centre Court up considerably to give him a faster surface to work with. While Blanco had struggled with Becker Haas had troubled Blanco on Thursday, it was clear from the word go that Murdoch would pose an even bigger challenge as the Season I French Open semi finalist took break of serve in the first game of the match with a crushing backhand down the line
Question marks over the Spaniard's fitness continued to arise as he failed to run down balls he'd normally get, but down 4-5 he showed his trademark fight to string four points together on Murdoch's serve to level the score at five each. But after saving three set points in the tiebreaker with typical resilience, Blanco could not outlast the World No. 12 who claimed the first set 7-6.
The second set was a more cagey affair as Blanco began to work his way into the match. Still, though, Murdoch resisted with his offensive shot making causing the World No. 2 huge difficulties on both flanks. With the set evenly poised at 5-5, Murdoch survived a break point to hold serve in an important game with yet another double-handed backhand down the line. Just minutes later, Blanco found himself at 15-40 trying to keep his 45-match PTA streak alive.
He couldn't do it. A good first serve was just returned by the third highest ranked American on the planet and Blanco put what should have been an easy forehand approach shot into the net to secure his exit 6-7(6), 5-7.
The American was understandably elated following his victory, while the humble 31-year old Spaniard looked deflated as he congratulated Murdoch. While he may now stand at 45-1, the defending Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome, Madrid and Roland Garros champion cannot be counted out of the next six weeks.
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The Truth About Fish: What to Eat and How It's Changing Our Environment
Two days shy of the summer solstice, Balboa Bay gleams in endless variations of silver and gray. The oyster-colored water laps against the rocks of Korovin Island, about 5 miles off the Alaska Peninsula, the state's westward-stretching tail. The land looks barren from a distance, but as the fishing vessel Alaska Dawn pulls into a cove, I spot emerald moss and waterfalls as high as the buildings I left behind in New York City.
"We get to see this every day—and see it with our family," says Melanie Rotter, gesturing to the view from the wheel room of the boat she helms with her husband, John. "We've seen whales swim right up to the side of the boat. We know we are blessed." Rotter was seven months pregnant the first time she went out on this boat, and she's spent every summer since on the water, her seven sons and stepsons joining the crew as each one turned 12.
Nearby, sea hawks circle and dive. "That means the fish are here," Rotter says as we maneuver toward a smaller three-man boat. These fishermen are "setnetting"—they've sunk a long, rectangular wall of mesh in the water, snagging fish by the gills as they swim through. They've hauled in hundreds of wild salmon: the giant kings sold at high-end restaurants, deep-red sockeye beloved by foodies, and runty pinks and chum destined for cheaper outlets. Although aiming for salmon, they've also brought up Pacific cod, brown-spotted, fat and wriggling on the floor of the boat. The Alaska Dawn is what's known as a tender vessel, because she collects catches throughout the day from boats like this three-person craft and delivers them to the processing plant in nearby Sand Point.
The Rotters will bring the salmon to the docks. But the cod have a different fate: After setting aside a few in a cooler for dinner, the Rotters will throw the rest into the sea, dead. Although the family has a license to catch salmon, their boat isn't licensed for cod. Under Alaska's sustainable-fishing rules—some of the strictest in the world—boats are not allowed to sell both of these precious species. It's heartbreaking to discard a bunch of fish no one will eat, but the alternative is worse: If fishermen could sell anything, they would have incentive to catch everything, and fish would disappear. The theory is that only unbreakable rules like these can prevent the overfishing that has brought the ocean elsewhere to the brink of an eco-catastrophe.
What would happen if fishermen were free to grab up whatever they liked, whenever they liked? We don't have to speculate: With 4.3 million vessels worldwide netting 90 million tons of catch each year, the numbers of large fish—including cod, flounder, swordfish and tuna—have dropped by 90 percent in the past five decades. And if practices don't change, up to 90 percent of all the fish in the ocean could be gone by 2048, a study by 14 leading marine biologists in the journal Science reported in 2006.
Already on some reefs, "there are literally no fish in sight," says Stephen Palumbi, Ph.D., coauthor of the Science study and professor of biology at Stanford University. Off the coast of the Philippines, for example, fishermen in dugout canoes scrounge for fish the size of a 50-cent piece to have for dinner. "And those areas exist all over the world," Palumbi says, "where people rely on fish for their existence and the water is stripped bare."
Even if you're not a seafood fan, you have reason to worry. Fish are more than food, Palumbi explains; they are a key player in the delicate marine ecosystem. "When you rip out one part of the ecosystem, there is a cascade of ripple effects, and that is what destabilizes the oceans," he says. If you kill too many fish, for example, you may end up awash in algae, which fish eat, or you could throw off the natural mix of pathogens in the water.
On both U.S. coasts, bacteria-laden water has forced beach closures. Towns in Florida and Texas have been beset by a neurotoxic red algae that scalds human lungs, sending residents fleeing when it washes ashore. In the Bering Sea, East China Sea and Gulf of Mexico, swarms of jellyfish have appeared, possibly because they no longer have to compete with other fish for food, which is in part due to overharvesting, says Monty Graham, Ph.D., senior marine scientist for the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama.
Because healthy ecosystems have healthy repair mechanisms, robust fish stocks can help the ocean defend itself—from natural disasters, oil spills, even the worst of global warming. (Man-made carbon pollution makes oceans more acidic, but some fish excrete a carbonate that may offset this effect.) "Affecting the ecosystem's resilience could have very large consequences, especially given how much the oceans control our climate and that they provide us with well over 50 percent of the oxygen we breathe," says Sheila Bowman, senior outreach manager for Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch in Monterey, California.
Despite the stakes, the fishing industry is emptying our oceans. Governments the world over subsidize commercial-fishing operators to the tune of $29 billion, even in areas where there is virtually nothing left to catch. And as wild fish vanish, the industry turns to fish farms that in some cases pollute water, contaminate food with chemicals and give seafood huge doses of antibiotics, perhaps increasing the odds that you'll be exposed to a drug-resistant superbug.
Just as Americans are urged to eat more fish—8 or more ounces per week, according to USDA guidelines released this year—overfishinghas emerged as the next great environmental crisis. But what can one health-conscious, green-loving person do about it? I went 4,000 miles, boarding biplane and boat, to find out.
In Sand Point, population 976, rows of ramshackle houses, painted bright blue, green and purple and topped with corrugated metal, ring the hills above the port and processing plant. Everyone seems to have multiple jobs: The owner of the coffee shop can sell you a cell phone plan in a pinch and also inspects salmon down at the plant. I'm here at the invitation of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, a public-private partnership between the state and its seafood industry.
Halfway up the hill is a small white cottage with a falling-down sign: alaska sh and game. Inside, I meet Aaron Poetter, area management biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Poetter's job is to count not only what fish are caught but also those that get away. On a dry-erase board, he keeps daily counts of "escapement"—salmon that have eluded fishermen's nets and, after years at sea, made it back to the place they were spawned.
Despite its modest quarters, the department uses state-of-the-art technology to count returning fish, including aerial surveys, genetic studies and a fish weir, a checkpoint that traps and delays salmon so monitors can count them as they pass through. Only if escapement goals are being met does Poetter give the green light to fishermen to drop their nets. He makes the call—and more than once, an angry fisherman has stormed through his door with fists raised, ready to argue it.
Seven state, federal and international agencies regulate and enforce rules designed to keep fish stocks from collapsing in Alaska as they have elsewhere in the world. Authorities strictly limit licenses to fish salmon; in Sand Point, families have passed down these precious papers for generations. Boats may be only a certain size, so they can't haul in too many fish at once, and gear must be designed to limit catches. Some gear is outright banned in waters the state controls. Fisherman can't use bottom trawlers, which are huge, heavily weighted nets that scrape and destroy the ocean floor like a bulldozer; or longlines—up to 50 miles or more of baited hooks that indiscriminately kill seabirds, turtles, dolphins and whales.
On the Alaska Dawn, some of the choicest sockeye are set aside for a nonprofit effort to promote sustainable fishing in the area. Sold under the label Aleutia, these fish get special handling: The crew puts them on ice right away, helping the fish taste fresh and extending shelf life by up to three days. At the dock, fish are handled one by one rather than roughly tossed, and inspectors give them an extra once-over at the processing plant to make sure they aren't bruised or missing scales. The fillets will be sold at high-end retailers such as Whole Foods and Town & Country Markets, as well as by mail order at AleutiaSeafood.org. Aleutia puts all the profits back into the community to support programs that protect coastal resources.
Not every corner of the Alaskan fishing industry is so idyllic. At a different processing plant, I saw giant tanks of dead pollack sitting in refrigerated seawater for days. These would later be smashed into fish stick bits or, in the case of the worst-quality fish, turned into surimi (imitation crab) by a decidedly inorganic process that resembled running the pollack through an industrial washing machine. But although the process is not always pretty, Alaskans' efforts to protect their fish seem to work on the whole, confirms Daniel Pauly, Dr.rer.nat., professor of fisheries and zoology at the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre in Vancouver.
"Alaska is lauded for good reasons as an example of proper management, but there are very few places where this is true," says Pauly, who is also principal investigator of the Sea Around Us Project, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. "Furthermore, the United States imports an immense quantity of seafood from countries that don't have any management of resources." Nearly 85 percent of fish eaten by Americans is imported from places like China, Ecuador and Indonesia, which flout fishing limits and use destructive methods such as bottom trawling. Americans gorge on imports—including shrimp, eel and many kinds of tuna—that are endangered species in the wild. An all-you-can-eat seafood menu is as much of a horror to Pauly as serving up panda paws.
Salmon is a case in point. The vast majority eaten in the United States is not caught by people like the Rotters; Atlantic salmon, as opposed to the Pacific salmon caught in Alaska, has been so decimated in the wild that if you eat it, it surely came from a farm in British Columbia or Norway. These facilities raise fish from eggs in open-net cages, pens set up in the ocean that crowd in up to a million fish.
Farming, or aquaculture, would in theory seem a way to protect ocean life. But that's not how it works in practice. In close quarters, the fish often become infested with bacteria and parasitic sea lice. And when farmed salmon escape, as they frequently do, their infections can spread to wild fish, a 2007 Science study found.
Many fish and shrimp farms, especially in the developing world, combat the buildup of pathogens in fish with huge doses of antibiotics, leading the bacteria to develop resistance to the drugs. And because seawater and sediment are a soup of germs—fish, animal and human—fish pathogens may be transferring this antibiotic resistance to the germs that attack humans, including E. coli and salmonella, says Felipe C. Cabello, M.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at New York Medical College in Valhalla, who reviewed the threat in Environmental Microbiology. "Heavy antibiotic use in aquaculture needs to be reduced drastically and replaced with improved sanitation," he says.
Compared with wild salmon, farmed salmon also contain more than five times the wallop of chemicals such as PCBs, dioxins and the flame retardants known as PBDEs—all industrial pollutants that elevate your risk for cancer, according to a series of studies led by Ronald Hites, Ph.D., distinguished professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington. The problem comes from what farmed fish eat: In the wild, young salmon munch mostly on krill; because these shrimp-like creatures are tiny, they contain few industrial pollutants. Farmed salmon eat pellets made from fish further up the food chain that have more PCBs and other chemicals. (Wild salmon also get their red color from krill; farmed salmon are naturally off-white and get theirs from the chemical additives canthaxanthin and astaxanthin. Yum?)
I'm tempted to decide that no farmed fish will cross my lips. But of course, the issue is complicated. Salmon farmers stand by the safety and healthfulness of their product and practices. "Farmed fish can be terrific or dreadful depending on the conditions under which they are raised and what they are fed," says Marion Nestle, Ph.D., Paulette Goddard professor in the department of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. U.S.-farmed tilapia and arctic char, for example, do not use the net-cage method and are eco-friendly and low in contaminants. Yet Chinese-farmed tilapia earns an "avoid" rating from Seafood Watch. As for salmon, Nestle says, "If you don't know where it comes from, eat other fish."
But which other fish? The choices are overwhelming and the labeling inconsistent and even outright fraudulent. "The fish sections of supermarkets are the Wild West, where anything goes," Nestle says. "Most consumers haven't got a clue about telling one fish from another, and sellers take full advantage. This is one place where you need to find a seller you trust." To start: Seafood Watch recently introduced Project FishMap, an app for iPhone and Android that allows you to search among (and add to) a million restaurants and markets where users have located sustainable seafood.
Even at these spots, don't be shy about asking where your meal came from (U.S. product is often a better choice than imported) and how it was caught (ask for ocean-friendly methods like "troll and pole," versus bottom trawling or longlines). Seek out local seafood at your farmers' market, where you may be able to quiz the fisherman himself. And you can go to SeafoodWatch.org or BlueOcean.org to download or order apps and pocket guides that help you choose sustainable fish, including what to order at the sushi bar.
But meaningful change might come only when we persuade companies to care about the provenance of the fish they sell. "What really works is shaming the big wholesalers," Pauly says. "Then those companies influence the producers." In part because of pressure from activists and customers, markets (including Whole Foods, Target and Wal-Mart) now label seafood according to recommendations from watchdog groups, or they feature the blue label of the Marine Stewardship Council, an independent certifier of sustainable wild fish. The council has its critics, including the Pew Charitable Trusts, which argues that the group has certified questionable fisheries, including Alaskan pollack. But the MSC says fish don't get its approval without broad scientific consensus from 200 experts over the course of two years of study. Its system isn't perfect, it seems, but it's also not nothing.
When in doubt, Bowman says, eat lower on the food chain—which is usually a healthier practice anyway due to lower contaminant levels. That means fewer predators such as tuna, swordfish, salmon and eel and more small guys like sardines, anchovies and mussels. When the big fish bounce back, it can be a tipping point that restores the entire ecosystem. "The ocean is still a productive place, and we get a huge amount of food out of it," Palumbi says. "If you protect it even the tiniest little bit—if everyone makes choices that are a little smarter—you get incredible returns on your investment. It blooms with productivity and life."
It's impossible to make the ideal choice every time. But we can try to make better choices. I learned in Sand Point that I can't claim to love fish unless I also respect them, in part by supporting people who feel the same. On my last night, the fish I'd seen on the decks of the Alaska Dawn were grilled and served at a banquet that drew perhaps half the town. I devoured the meal as I sat with a tableful of women who talked about the thousands of fish they'd caught and cooked out on the water. "Everything amazing we see out here," Melanie Rotter had told me on her boat, "I don't take it for granted." None of us should.
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From what I can see the highest aspect three strut kite at the moment may be the 2013 blade trigger. The Evo is not high aspect. I have flown it. Good kite as north always is, does everything okay, not great in any category, although it does loop well and not a slouch in the waves, unhooks okay , jumps were ....okay.
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I don't follow NCAA football that much (aside from NC State, and QB Phillip Rivers is getting the Heisman shaft), but I think it's ludicrous that a team that loses their conference championship game, in blowout fashion, and holds the same record as the other Top 2 teams, still gets to play for the National Championship while the No. 1 team in the 2 other polls that actually matter, plays 2nd fiddle.
and the NASCAR points system. Where else can you win 9 races. 20% of the schedule, in 1 season, and still finish in 5th place overall, with the 1st place winner winning only 1 race all year.
After OU's shalacking at the hands of Kansas State last night, at home no less
For the record, while OU was the "home" team in last Saturday's game, don't be fooled--they weren't playing in the cozy confines of Owen Field in Norman, Oklahoma.No sir, they were playing up in Kansas City, at Arrowhead Stadium, where the NFL's Chiefs play.
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taiwandeutscher wrote:There is no real proof that Da Mo brought any fighting skills to Shaolin. In fact, even the Yijinjing is very likley not from him.
Dàoxuān wrote that Bodhidharma was "of South Indian Brahman stock," Broughton (1999:2) notes that Bodhidharma's royal pedigree implies that he was of the Kshatriya warrior caste. Mahajan (1972:705–707) argued that the Pallava dynasty was a Tamilian dynasty and Zvelebil (1987) proposed that Bodhidharma was born a prince of the Pallava dynasty in their capital of Kanchipuram. Some other scholars have a view that Bodhidharma was a kalaripayattu master from the Malabar region .
Dvivid wrote:Da Mo, who is the 28th patriarch, or 28th recognized master, of Buddhism, arrived at Shaolin Temple from India to teach Buddhism in about 500 AD. The monks at Shaolin Temple did already have martial arts techniques, for self defense; however, Da Mo emphasized the internal aspects of training. He brought with him knowlegde of prana yoga, ancient Buddhist techniques of internal cultivation (ie - embryonic breathing), and he WAS a martial artist, as was Siddhartha Gautama, likely in the style of Kalarippayat.
"Kalari" is an arena for combat, "payat" stands for a system of combat in Sanskrit. Similar to both Taijiquan and Shaolin Kung Fu, with elements of traditional herbal medicine, the style is based upon achieving spiritual transcendence. Kalarippayat stretches the body to its limits, and then repairs the damage with massage and medication. Very few schools exist now keeping this martial tradition alive. It is probably from pre-Buddhist times.
Kalarippayat includes wrestling and hand to hand combat. It also involves daily massage along the meridians, similar to Thai massage. Students undergo a process of softening and strengthening the body simultaneously.
I personally believe this internal style was prevalent between India, Rome, and into China.
Tibet imported Chinese and Indian Buddhism and martial arts, but they also had their own qigong-like practices and fighting arts.
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10 Years of OCSC
Trish Mesigian and her fabulous bar the Orange County Social Club recently celebrated 10 years of existence with a series of shows in the bar itself and at the Cats Cradle down the street. I played a solo set, there's a clip of me doing "Rope Light" HERE in the dim light of the bar.
The set was thematic-ish:
Getting Older (the Clean
Outside This Bar (American Music Club)
Hey Salty
Rope Light
Music Lovers (Destroyer)
Lets Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits (Magnetic Fields)
4th of July Asbury Park (Springsteen)
I Don't Want To Go Home (Southside Johnny)
Autumn Got Dark
Punch Me Harder
Swinging Doors (Merle Haggard)
Song for A Clock
Digging for Something
Lots of great shows the whole week, capped by Seven Brides for the Meatwagon doing their famous slew of covers good and bad.
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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
from the logic! deptGetting (by far) the most votes for "insightful" this week was an Anonymous Coward commenter, responding to the story of Amazon wiping out a customer account, locking her out of her Kindle ebooks with no explanation. The AC said what many people were thinking:
So if I try to obey the law I run the risk of actually losing my money... but if pirate this stuff I retain 100% control of my devices....Coming in second was a comment from Aaeru on the post about copyright not being a human right. Aaeru posted some content from this page about why copyright isn't about granting any natural right to the holder:
So why should I even try and choose the legal routes again?
"Copyright grants its holder certain rights."As for editor's choice, we've got cpt kangarooski (I'm sure that's his real name) responding to someone, yet again, asking the infamous "but how will I continue to make $100 million movies" question by highlighting (yet again) how that's the wrong question:
What rights does copyright grant to the holder?
"The right to produce copies or reproductions?"
No, the holder already can do that. He does not need the government to tell him that he can.
"The right to make adaptations and derivative works."
No, again the holder already can do that.
"The right to perform or display the work publicly?"
Again, this isn't a right being granted to the holder, he is permitted to perform the work as he sees fit. None of these rights are granted to the holder by copyright law; they exist independently. What copyright law does is take away the rights of everyone else to do these things.
I absolutely agree. In fact, I am an sculptor, and my medium of choice is the Moon. I'd love to invest my time and money into sculpting the Moon into a more pleasing (and copyrightable) shape. But to do this will require a significant amount of copyright in order to sufficiently incentivize me and justify my investment. Specifically, I need everyone on Earth to owe me a sizable fee for looking at the moon, forever.For the second editor's choice, we've got another Anonymous Coward, responding to the story of veteran parodist Michael Gerber going to Kickstarter after his publisher got spooked about the possibility of someone associated with Downton Abbey going legal over Gerber's planned parody. This AC had an interesting analogy:
And if you think that this is ridiculous, and that the price I want people to pay me is too big and not worthwhile, well, perhaps $100 million movies are too expensive as well, in terms of how much the level of copyright it takes to make the viable penalizes the public.
I just pledged, and I've never seen an episode of Downton Abbey.And, as a special bonus editor's choice, we've got Michael Gerber's own response to the comment above...
I'm currently reading a book by Terry Pratchett called "Interesting Times" and the point is made that there's something worse than a whip to a slave, it's when a population so effortlessly enslaved that they've internalized the whip.
"What if [Downton Abbey creator] Julian Fellowes gets mad?" "What if they hire another company to publish the official Downton Abbey Calendar/Tea Cozy instead of us?" "What if I make the wrong decision and get fired?"
All of the above tells me that someone in the publishing industry has internalized the whip.
Moving on to funny, we get started with another Anonymous Coward extrapolating from the DOJ's argument that there could be no harm in shutting down Megaupload, because Kim Dotcom has said he can't reopen the site:
The World Trade Center has not "suffered massive harm" as the US doesn't intend to rebuild it.Coming in second was a comment from Lord Binky, responding to the UN's worries that the internet was too open and (*gasp*!) terrorists might use it:
I read terrorists use food too. I'd start by controlling food so that a terrorist never uses it, then we don't have to worry about terrorists.For editor's choice, I'm actually doing three comments this week, but two of them are based on the same post -- the one about Random House's definition of "ownership" of ebooks being entirely different than everyone else's definition. First up, we had nospacesorspecialcharacters:
Oh come on what's the big deal? It's just like physical ownership. An ebook is like a book, and a platform is like a bookshelf.And then we had Jordan chime in with a more... practical solution:
I can't be the only one who buys all my books again when I purchase a new bookshelf?!
I'm not paying for the book. I'm licensing you rights to use my cash for a bit.And, finally, we have an Anonymous Coward responding to the post we had about an economist arguing for perpetual copyright, by arguing that he's ignoring the economics and the fact that they go against him. To get the full effect of this comment, we have to start it off with the quote from economist Stan Liebowitz that this AC is responding to:
Logic!I don't deny that it's efficient to sort of weaken copyright to a certain balancing point. What I'm saying is that we can do that, we have the tools to do that, and no one finds it particularly morally objectionable to weaken copyright to get to what is the proper balance. The point of my paper is that if we were doing it the way we're saying we would like to, we would be removing rents from the creators of copyrighted works, because that's how you get the balance that's most efficient. But we don't go reducing rents elsewhere in the economy, say from basketball players.
So let me get this straight:
- It is economically efficient to weaken copyright.
- No one finds it morally objectionable to weaken copyright.
- It is desirable to weaken copyright.
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any excitation voltages disturbances will affect both inputs equally,
chances are the noise will be picked up by both lines, and therefore should/will be rejected at the inputs of your differential amp. Only the true signal (i.e. the data you want),will be accepted by the diff opamp. So it has better noise immunity.
Not sure how a bridge circuit can have impedances that are close to balanced unless you employ a variable impedance resistor in the bridge? Or perhaps a ladder of resistors in series that are shorted by transistors as needed?
Yes, that's how you will need to balance your bridge (Zeroing) for the temp you want to establish as reference.
So with a single value of the potentiometer in the first leg you may compensate to zero the thermistor of ANY value in the second.
FWIW, I got that second circuit 'inspiration' from LTC with its easy drive ADCs. See this design note as an example.
Delta-sigma ADCs, with their high accuracy and high noise immunity, are ideal for directly measuring many types of sensors. Nevertheless, input sampling currents can overwhelm high source impedances or low-bandwidth, micropower signal conditioning circuits. The LTC®2484 family of delta sigma converters solves this problem by balancing the input currents, thus simplifying or eliminating the need for signal conditioning circuits.


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Holley Mangold has always been a "big girl." Big enough to play on the offensive line of her high-school football team that made it to a state-championship game. Now, Mangold hopes that her size - 5 foot 8 inches tall and 340 pounds - but, more importantly, her strength and skill can help her achieve a lifelong dream of competing in the Olympics.
Holley Mangold has always been a �big girl.�
Big enough to play on the offensive line of her high-school football team that made it to a state-championship game.
Now, Mangold hopes that her size � 5 foot 8 inches tall and 340 pounds � but, more importantly, her strength and skill can help her achieve a lifelong dream of competing in the Olympics.
She�ll find out in a week, as the 22-year-old is one of 15 women invited to compete for two open spots on the U.S. team in the Olympic Team Trials for weightlifting, which are to be held on Sunday, the final day of the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus.
Ranked second in the nation among women by USA Weightlifting, the Centerville native, now living and training in Columbus, is in a strong position to make it to the Summer Olympics in London.
Mangold�s journey to a possible Olympic berth hasn�t been easy, and it wouldn�t have come through Columbus had she not faced the biggest setback in her weightlifting career by not completing all her lifts at the 2010 American Open in Cincinnati. She won the competition twice, in 2009 and 2011.
�Bombing out� of the 2010 competition, as Mangold puts it, might have been the best thing that could have happened. That�s because, at a friend�s urging, she decided to stay in Columbus to train with Mark Cannella while recovering from knee surgery.
After a month of training with Cannella and the Columbus Weightlifting club at the Columbus YMCA North, Mangold went on to achieve personal bests at last year�s Arnold Sports Festival.
�Mark�s technical eye might be the best in the world,� Mangold said. She wouldn�t tell him that, she added with a laugh, because she doesn�t want him to get a big head.
But he did get results. Mangold has added 66 pounds to the weight she lifts in competition over the past year.
Cannella, the club�s coach since 2000, said Mangold�s progress has been nothing short of incredible. �I think she can compete with the best in the world,� he said.
A lot of people don�t realize that Olympic-style weightlifting involves more than picking up something heavy. He likened the proper lift to a golf swing: Technique is at least as important as strength.
Cannella said his training method is to look for what the athletes are doing wrong and then drill them on technique. �It�s never good enough, and they know that about me,� he said.
Mangold has faced tough expectations before. When she started playing peewee football at 8 years old, her father offered to serve as her coach and once made her bear-crawl for 80 yards in front of the rest of the team because she had walked instead of run to get a drink of water.
�It was just because he wanted to make sure he never played favorites,� she said.
The story also illustrates that her family pushed her to do her best, and their support is a big part of why she has succeeded, she said. There was a strict no-quitting rule in her house while sports were in season, which Mangold said taught her not to give up when things got hard.
She started playing football to be like her older brother, Nick, who would go on to be a star at Ohio State University and now plays center for the NFL�s New York Jets.
�I was at the age where everything my brother did was super cool, and I wanted to be just like him,� she said.
Knowing there was little outlet for her to pursue football in college, despite her love for it, she switched to another of the many sports she played while growing up: track and field. Mangold attended Ursuline College, a private school for women in a suburb of Cleveland, on a scholarship to compete in discus and shot put.
Successful at Olympic-style weightlifting in her senior year of high school, Mangold tracked down coach Daniel Bell so she could continue to train while in college. Bell, who lived about an hour from the campus, said he had recognized her potential when he first saw her lift at a National Junior Weightlifting Championship.
�It was caveman technique. It was awful, but she won,� he said. �She�s as strong as anyone out there.�
Bell pushed her to apply to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., where she trained for four months before competing in the American Open.
Part of the reason she fell in love with weightlifting is her extremely competitive nature. Unlike the team sports she grew up with, lifting put her in the spotlight.
�There�s nothing better than getting onstage and either succeeding or failing � but it�s all on you,� Mangold said.
She said she always had dreamed of competing in the Olympics while growing up; she just never knew what sport it would be in. Once she tried weightlifting, everything clicked into place.
Mangold said becoming a football player and now a weightlifter has little to do with challenging gender norms, and she�s not out to prove anything to the world.
She�s proof that people can blaze their own paths, though.
�As a person, you can do whatever you want to do,� she said. �If you have a dream, you have to follow it, and you can�t worry about the social mirror of what you�re supposed to do.�


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Baltimore's speed and red-light camera contractor says it expects the city's dormant network of automated cameras to be "fully activated" by the end of September.
But city officials say no restart date has been set, and have made clear that determination rests with them — not the contractor, Brekford Corp. of Anne Arundel County.
"It's the city's decision as to when we feel we are ready," said Adrienne Barnes, a spokeswoman for the Department of Transportation. "That's after we have carefully reviewed everything, making sure we are positive we are ready to go."
Brekford has "no authority to speak for when the cameras go back on," she added.
Brekford made its prediction earlier this month when it announced a net loss for the second quarter. In a statement, the company said "we expect the Baltimore [automated-camera] program to be fully activated during the current quarter," which ends Sept. 30.
On Friday, Brekford CEO C.B. Brechin put that comment in context. In an email to The Baltimore Sun, he said it is "not proper nor acceptable for service providers to make statements on behalf of the programs that they support."
"Comments stated in Brekford's financial statements are intended for our shareholders use only, and merely reflect our opinions and anticipations," he wrote. "These comments are in no way representative of the operations or intentions of the City of Baltimore or any of its employees."
Brekford became the city's vendor in January, taking over from another company. The city had hoped to move past prior problems that included erroneous speed readings from several cameras. But in mid-April, the city stopped issuing any tickets indefinitely after revelations that one of Brekford's speed cameras was programmed with the wrong speed limit.
More recently, police departments in Greenbelt and Hagerstown have voided or issued refunds for hundreds of speed camera tickets because some radar units didn't have an annual calibration, as required by state law.
Brekford is the contractor in both cities and has agreed to pick up the tab for lost revenue, according to police department news releases.
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Burning Coal Theatre's Lobby Lectures Series Continues with Churchill Biographer Paul Reid Tonight
Paul Reid, author of the just released conclusion to "The Last Lion" trilogy begun by William Manchester, will speak at Burning Coal Theatre Company tonight, January 31st at 6 pm.Tickets are $10 or free with anyone holding a ticket to that night's performance of Burning Coal Theatre Company's Good by CP Taylor. The lecture will last about 50 minutes and will be held at Burning Coal's Murphey School auditorium, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC. Tickets are available for the lecture at the door. More information may be obtained by calling 919-834-4001 or visiting us online at www.burningcoal.org.
After stints in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a worker in a cat-food factory, blue-grass guitarist, cab driver, bartender, and counselor at a home for emotionally disturbed children, Paul Reid and his brother bought a small steam-valve manufacturing business in Newtonville, Mass. In the early 1990s, after selling his share of the company, Reid began writing political commentary for local Massachusetts newspapers, which led to a regular op-ed column at the Boston Globe. As a free-lance writer he covered the Yugoslav civil war, narco-terrorism in Colombia, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. He graduated from Harvard University Extension School in 1990 with a bachelor of Liberal Arts cum laude. In 1996 Reid joined The Palm Beach Post, a Cox newspaper, as a features writer.
Reid was named 1998 Cox Newspapers writer of the year and won the 1998 Paul Hansell award, given by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, for reporting and writing. In 2003 he was embedded with United States Marines at the start of the Iraq War. In 2004 he left the Post to complete THE LAST LION: Defender of the Realm.
Paul lives in western North Carolina.
A popular novelist, historian, and biographer who, according to the New York Times, "used his novelist's eye to fashion meticulously researched portraits of power," William Manchester (1922-2004) was also the adjunct professor of history and writer-in-residence at Wesleyan University. "Power is the one thing that has fascinated me ever since I was a kid in Springfield, Mass.," he told People magazine. "What exactly is power? Where are its roots? How do some people get it and others miss it entirely? How do they hold it or lose it?"
Manchester's attention to detail was what made his works so successful. Many of his eighteen books of fiction and nonfiction were bestsellers, including The Arms of Krupp (about the German family that fed the Nazi War Machine), American Caesar (his biography of Gen. Douglas MacArthur), The Death of a President (on the assassination of John F. Kennedy), Goodbye Darkness (his memoir of his World War II experiences as a Marine in the Pacific), A World Lit Only by Fire (an exploration of the sordidness and the splendor of the Middle Ages), and the first two volumes of his Winston Churchill trilogy, The Last Lion. The final volume was published by Little, Brown on November 6, 2012 and written by Manchester and Paul Reid.
Manchester was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1922, and he joined the Marines in 1942. For wounds received on Okinawa, he was given the Purple Heart. After the war, he graduated first in his class from the University of Massachusetts, and received a master's degree from the University of Missouri. Manchester's thesis was on H. L. Mencken, and it became the basis of his first biography, Disturber of the Peace, published while he was a local reporter and foreign correspondent for the Baltimore Sun.
Manchester received the Prix Dag Hammarskjöld du mérite littéraire, James L. McConaughy Jr. Memorial Award for distinguished writing, the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award, the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence, and the National Humanities Medal for his distinguished career.
With each of its mainstage productions, Burning Coal presents a speaker or other presenter on a topic related to the production currently running at Burning Coal. Sometimes the topic is the play itself, sometimes it relates to the author, sometimes it deals with an issue about which the play is concerned. Past Lobby Lectures have includes Gerald Freedman, original director of Hair (at our 2009 production of Hair), a gospel choir (at our 2010 production of Crowns) and the author of several books on Poker (at our 2010 production of The Seafarer).
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History professor Herb Sloan appeared as an expert guest on the History Channel's program "10 Things You Don't Know About…," on the topic of the United States' Founding Fathers. In annterview with host Henry Rollins, Prof. Sloan talked about the financial circumstances experienced by some of the early American Presidents.
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Peabody-Burns USD 398 had school Friday despite a bomb threat made Feb. 14 at Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School.
On Feb. 21, Superintendent Ron Traxson sent parents of students a letter about the threat. No information was provided to local or regional news outlets.
"A threat was written on a PBJSHS restroom stall that on March 1st 'the building would be blown up,'" Traxson wrote in the letter. "The restroom was immediately locked and the Peabody Police Department was contacted."
The district investigated multiple students Feb. 15 and 19 — Feb. 18 was an in-service day. The investigation also included review of video surveillance. Based on the investigation, a student was suspected of writing the threat. That student was suspended, the letter said.
"It is important to understand that in situations such as this, anyone found responsible for such a threat will face long-term suspension or expulsion from school and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," the letter said.
Although the letter said administrators were confident in their identification of the threat, the building was searched before school Friday.
"School administration, in coordination with local and county law enforcement, will conduct a safety protocol with staff and students entering the building," the letter said.
Police were on the school campus as students arrived Friday morning.
The letter said that parents of students who attend PBJSHS could hold their children out of school Friday. Any missed work would have to be made up, but it wouldn't be counted as an unexcused absence.


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RALEIGH, NC — Raleigh is seeing a whole new scene when it comes to fitness these days. In January, new kid on the block, Capital Fitness, merged with Spa Health Clubs by forming a new parent company, Capital Health Clubs, that is jointly owned by Capital Fitness, Spa Health Clubs Inc. and some minority investors, said Rick Quinn, former general manager of Capital Fitness and now CEO of the newly merged Capital Fitness Spa Health Clubs.
The market in the Triangle is competitive, Quinn said, and Capital Fitness as well as Jason Douglas, former owner of Spa Health Clubs and current COO of the new company, knew that strength was in numbers.
Douglas' father, Steve, founded Spa Health Clubs 29 years ago, building a reputation with seven clubs in town. Capital Fitness had one club in downtown Raleigh since 2002. With eight clubs and 34,000 members, the new company will be the second largest chain in the area.
Quinn, who has been a developer of fitness centers across the country for 14 years, said that the two companies share a commitment to service.
"Unfortunately, the country has been plagued with substandard clubs that over the years have given people a bad feeling towards the industry," said Quinn. "Our centers will have local operators that understand the market. They will be medium-sized facilities focusing on member services, creating more inclusive and more affordable clubs. Most of all, we will respond to the fact that 80 percent of the country does not exercise, is out of shape and is fearful of joining a health club. Helping these people realize their fitness goals is our competitive edge."
All new equipment will be added to each club. The facilities will be expanded and renovated to resemble the downtown Raleigh location, offering an upscale environment at a lower-scale price, including richer colors and dramatic artwork. New service programs such as childcare facilities, chiropractic, rehab and massage will also be featured, along with new and better group fitness classes and an all-new personal training program.
All but one of the clubs will be open 24 hours for maximum member access and satisfaction. Most locations offer indoor wet areas, which include pool, hot tub, sauna and steam room.
During January, the first month of the merger, the clubs saw a 17 percent membership increase, and Quinn said the bump wasn't due solely to New Year's resolutions.
"We've heavily increased our marketing and sales team training to get out there and bring members in. We are also working on retention," Quinn said.


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Apple wanted to release a 4.8-inch iPhone 6 this year, but it ran into manufacturing problems, says Jefferies analyst Peter Misek.The plan was to release the bigger iPhone at the end of the year (October time frame) to prevent market share loss, but Misek reports Apple's screen suppliers are struggling to increase the size of the 4-inch iPhone to 4.8-inches.
Apple's iPhone uses a technology called "in-cell," which essentially meshes the touch screen with the glass screen into one thin display. Its partners can't get good enough yields making those displays bigger to launch the iPhone 6 this year.
If Apple had released the iPhone 6 this year, it would have been the third new iPhone model for the year, according to Misek's roadmap. He says Apple will release a low-cost iPhone in June, as well as an iPhone 5S, which is a slight bump over the current iPhone 5.
Misek believes there is another reason Apple could be holding back on the iPhone 6.
He thinks the next iPhone will run on a 20 nm processor, allowing it to add more cores, possibly four or eight. To take advantage of the new processing speed, iOS will have to be upgraded. The new iOS architecture might not be ready until 2014.
While Tim Cook has recently been stressing that Apple has the exact right screen size with the iPhone 5, Misek believes he's only saying it to prevent anyone from not buying iPhones and waiting for the next model.
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No Melo, no problem. Having their star player sit with a lacerated finger, the Knicks trounced the defending champion Heat 112-92 Thursday night in Miami. Raymond Felton carried the scoring load with maybe his best game as a pro, scoring 27 points on 10/20 shooting the ball. The NBA's number one offense rode a 37 point third quarter and a lockdown defensive fourth quarter to turn the grudge match into a laugher. LeBron James played well, but the Knicks were able to render Dwayne Wade useless tonight. Wade, quickly ascending from superstardom in this league, shot just 3/13 and was a game low -33 in +/- on the night. Chris Bosh also was ineffective in his 30 minutes played.
Here are my notes from the game:
- Duck!!! Raymond Felton was absolutely fantastic tonight. Not only did he dominate with his scoring, shooting 50% and hitting six three pointers, but he really controlled the game. He was an absolute wizard on offense tonight. Whether it was throwing flashy assists, crossing guys up or forcing defensive switches to get him an iso on a big man, Felton pushed all the right buttons on offense. As he has done all season, Felton did a good job of making sure the pace of the game didn't get too fast for the Knicks. There were only 93 possessions in the game, which is what the Knicks are looking for. Felton has done a spectacular job running the Knicks offense through these first 18 games. I was skeptical about the Knicks bringing him in as the starter, given that he has been a below average NBA player thus far in his career, but he has been absolutely fantastic this season. This was the best game I've ever seen him play.
- I said in my pregame write up that the Knicks had to shoot lights out from downtown tonight. They shot 18/44 (40.9%) from downtown, despite an 0/6 effort from Sheed. Smith and Jason Kidd each went 3/8 while Novak hit 4/9 and Felton was 6/10. When the Knicks shoot the ball like this, they're incredibly difficult to beat. I really believe the Knicks strong three point shooting is sustainable. They won't shoot threes at a 40% clip all season, but they can keep shooting the ball well because of the style of the offense. Credit to Mike Woodson, the Knicks really do a great job of unselfishly moving the ball and setting up open looks for each other. To me, this three point shooting tear gives me a lot of confidence about the teams chances in the playoffs. Whether or not the Knicks keep shooting this well the rest of the season, I don't know. But the fact that they have the ability to have a prolonged stretch of games with this kind of outside shooting has to make opposing defenses cringe. I'm not going to get carried away and start talking about deep playoff runs, but I'd be lying if I wasn't thinking about it.
- Te Knicks held Miami to a 98.9 offensive efficiency tonight. Given that Miami came into the game with an 110.5 offensive efficiency on the season, you have to be very happy about the Knicks defense tonight. It is a defense that I can't really figure out. Some games they look dominant, and others they look slow and they do silly things. Tonight, New York was clearly fired up on defense and did a really great job. They didn't let Miami get hot from downtown, holding the Heat to just 6/16 shooting. Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade combined to shoot 6/25. LeBron was good, but he's the best player in the game. New York was able to keep LeBron from taking over the game and they didn't allow his teammates to beat them. Given the opponent and the circumstances, the team not having Anthony, this might have been the Knicks best defensive effort of the night.
- Flight White played 17 minutes tonight. I wasn't impressed by his defense, but he was an efficient 3/3 on offense and hit a three. I like Flight. He's a solid player who isn't going to try and play outside himself. It is clear to me that he knows how to play. A couple times I liked the way he swung the ball quickly and moved off the ball. He took a great foul on LeBron James to force him to shoot free throws. I'm not sure he deserves rotation minutes, but I feel good about him being on the bench in case of emergency.
- Pablo Prigioni is getting more comfortable. I thought he was good tonight. He hit some shots, didn't turn the ball over, could've had about 7 assists, but the shots didn't fall. When Amar'e Stoudemire comes back, I think Prigioni and him can make some sweet sweet music. Unfortunately the Knicks don't have a great pick and roll big on their bench, so Prigioni isn't able to do what he is best at. We saw Prigioni's prowess in the pick and roll in the pre-season when he was setting up Chris Copeland left and right. I can't wait to see how he meshes with Stoudemire.
- On par with their league leading turnover rate, the Knicks had just 7 turnovers tonight. They forced Miami into 14 turnovers. Because the Knicks play such a slow pace, thus resulting in fewer possessions, ball security is absolutely crucial to the success of the offense. By not giving up possessions without shots, the Knicks really are maximizing their opportunities on offense. I really credit Woodson for designing a great half-court offense and I credit the point guards for keeping the offense under control. This style of offense is sustainable and ball security will be crucial to the Knicks success throughout the rest of the season.
- Kurt Thomas actually contributed in his 11 minutes played and grabbed 3 offensive rebounds. That's about all I have to say about that.
- We saw how Steve Novak's slightly increased arsenal of spot up moves helped him tonight. A lot of talk around Novak after the Knicks loss to Miami in the playoffs was whether or not he could be effective against an athletic defense like Miami. Well tonight, he absolutely was. A couple times he was able to get clean looks with his quicker release. He was pump faking all over the place, setting himself up with open looks as the Miami defenders flew out of bounds. I really liked what we saw from Novak tonight. I still think he could get better with his shooting this season. I know he is shooting 43% this season, but he is still missing some open looks he usually drains. Moving forward, I think Novak will only get more comfortable with this quicker release, which is scary for the opposition.
- What I really loved about the Knicks tonight is that they didn't skip a beat on offense without Carmelo Anthony. It wasn't like they changed the offense without Melo in there. They didn't run the ball into the post quite as much, but it was mostly the same offense we've seen all season. This is the measure of a great offense. Where on nights where a Carmelo or a Stoudemire misses a game because of injury or whatever reason, the offense can just plug and play. James White came in and played 17 minutes, the offense didn't skip a beat. Steve Novak and Ronnie Brewer played more minutes than usual, the offense didn't skip a beat. I give so much credit to Mike Woodson. He has implemented an offense predicated on ball movement that really fits this particular set of players. I would have slapped you in the face if you told me the Knicks would own the number one offense in basketball through nearly 20 games, but that is exactly what has happened.
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Memphis is tossing off and on. Also, snoring off and on.
Jerry's pissed at Memphis?/ I missed that one -- did he say something in his interviews. Dang--- I work in my office for the first time on Sat. and I'm missing key stuff here!!
I think it was Memphis. But neither one has or should have any remorse - they got to where they want to be. I got the impression Jerry respected (with difficulty) Dan's game play - but I think he likes Memphis more. What a dope - wait until he sees the show!
Wow, BB is spoiling the boys rotten with all the toys they gave them....bocce ball, badminton, remote controlled cars, checkers and cards. That ought to keep the boys occupied in their final days at the BB house.
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Baltimore police officers will be retrained on when to use the controversial "stop-and-frisk" tactic, Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Thursday, after a civil liberties group criticized the department's decision to change the name of the tactic.
"I want our officers to know we don't just randomly stop people without cause, without a reason," Batts told reporters in Northeast Baltimore, where he said he and his aides recently performed a stop-and-frisk on a suspected gang hit man and explained to him why they were doing it.
When officers simply jump out of their cars and pat people down, Batts said, "that's unacceptable."
State law and the department's general orders require officers to have reasonable suspicion that the subject is armed and "presently dangerous" before conducting a search for a weapon.
The law also requires police to submit reports on every stop-and-frisk to the state police.
State police say the 3,000-strong city police force reported making 422 such stops between August 2012 and July 2013.
The Baltimore Sun reported this week that police would no longer refer to the tactic as "stop-and-frisk."
They'll now be called "investigative stops."
Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez told The Sun that a national controversy over the New York Police Department's use of the practice had given "stop-and-frisk" a negative connotation from which police must distance themselves.
Rodriguez said Baltimore police used the tactic differently and more appropriately than New York, but said officers haven't always classified the stop correctly.
The Maryland ACLU, which has asked city police for data related to such stops, said Wednesday that the name change alone was not sufficient.
"Whether we call it 'stop and frisk' or something else makes no difference to the Baltimore residents stopped and searched without any reasonable suspicion that they have done something wrong," said Sonia Kumar, a staff attorney with the Maryland ACLU.
"We need the commissioner to enforce the policies already on the books that require officers to document their use of stop-and-frisk and that require supervisory review to ensure that officers are complying with the law."
After Batts saw the article, he said Thursday, he contacted Rodriguez to make sure the department was going further than a name change.
He said he was told that a broader review was taking place.
Batts said he was in Northeast Baltimore's Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood, where 27-year-old Kevin Everette was shot Tuesday, and saw a man who had been identified by a confidential informant as a hit man for the Black Guerrilla Family.
"What we explained to him was that we had information that he was a hit man or enforcer, and that I wanted him to know that I knew he was a hit man or enforcer, and as I was talking to him we patted him down for weapons by explaining what was going on," Batts said.
Jack Papp, the Police Department's chief spokesman, said police filled out an investigative stop form after the interaction.
The department's record-keeping has been questioned in the past. Police reported only 11 such stops in 12 months in 2005, as internal figures showed the number was in the thousands. One estimate indicated there had been as many as 130,000 over the course of nine months.
In 2010, city police statistics show officers conducted 234 stop-and-frisk stops, 207 in 2011, and 249 in 2012 through August 2012. Batts said he was unaware of the numbers and would research it.


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J.C. Penney to Shutter 33 Stores, Slash 2,000 Jobs
J.C. Penney (JCP) will fire 2,000 people and close 33 underperforming stores as part of a revamped turnaround plan it hopes will stem ballooning losses.
The struggling department-store chain said late Wednesday the move will generate annual savings of roughly $65 million beginning in 2014. Penney expects to incur charges of $26 million in the fourth quarter and $17 million in future periods related to severance and closure expenses.
"As we continue to progress toward long-term profitable growth, it is necessary to re-examine the financial performance of our store portfolio and adjust our national footprint accordingly," J.C. Penney CEO Mike Ullman said in a statement.
Shares of the retailer fell more than 2.5 percent to $6.83 in after-hours trade following the announcement. They have fallen more than 62 percent over the last 12 months.
The move comes nearly two months after the company reported a much deeper third-quarter loss on weaker-than-expected sales.
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text: James Hogan named aviation industry's Executive Leader of the year 15 Jul 2013 09:00 James Hogan, President and CEO of Etihad Airways, has been recognised for his "outstanding strategic thinking and leadership" in winning the Executive Leadership category at the prestigious annual Airline Strategy Awards, held in London. The award was announced at a gala ceremony held at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn and attended by hundreds of senior airline executives from around the world. The Executive Leadership Award was chosen by a panel of expert judges from the aviation industry after a thorough examination of Etihad Airways' performance in the last 12 months. In-depth analysis was conducted on the airline's increased profitability, industry leading growth and unique new partnership strategy with other air carriers. The Airline Strategy Award follows Mr Hogan being named CAPA Aviation Executive of the Year 2012 in which he was recognised for his "influence on the aviation industry, outstanding strategic thinking, and innovative direction for growth". Max Kingsley-Jones, who chairs the judging and is editor of the Airline Business magazine, said: "I'm delighted that we have recognised James Hogan with the Executive Leadership award this year. The judges were hugely impressed with every aspect of his leadership of Etihad Airways and the innovative ways in which the air carrier has grown in stature and success. "In the past 12 months many airlines around the world have struggled with their business during challenging economic times but James has spearheaded a remarkable growth story and the panel was delighted to make him the aviation industry's executive leader of the year." The judging panel included Geoff Dixon, former Managing Director and CEO of Australian airline Qantas, Ray Webster, former CEO of low cost carrier easyJet, Doug Steeland, the former President and CEO of US carrier Northwest Airlines, Professor Rigas Doganis, former head of air transport at Cranfield University and Chris Tarry, one of the most highly rated aviation analysts in London's financial market. Mr Hogan said, "I am very honoured to have been recognised by fellow leaders within the global aviation industry and this is a great accolade for all of us at Etihad Airways and our shareholders in Abu Dhabi. "Five years ago I signed on behalf of Etihad Airways the world's biggest order for commercial aircraft – 205 narrow and wide body planes – at the Farnborough Air Show. Since then we've made great strides and none more so than in the past year. "This recognition is the culmination of an incredible 12 months in which we've increased our profitability, focused a great deal of energy on customer service while, of course, never taking our eye off safety, and powered forward with our strategy of developing the world's first equity airline alliance." Etihad Airways in 2012 reported a 200 per cent increase in net profits to $42 million on revenues of $4.8 billion, a rise of 17 per cent on the previous year. Passenger numbers rose by 23 per cent to more than 10 million and the air carrier contributed $2.3 billion of direct investment to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and $8.4 billion of indirect spend. The airline signed a number of new codeshare partnership agreements with other airlines around the world in its drive to establish a new business model for air travel. In 2012 the strategy boosted Etihad Airways' revenues by $600 million. The collaboration deals with other airlines are designed to find innovative ways to address costs and work on synergies such as aircraft and engine sourcing and maintenance. The airline also holds equity investments in airberlin, Air Seychelles, Virgin Australia, Aer Lingus and, subject to regulatory approval, will acquire 24 per cent of India's Jet Airways. Επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας Ως πραγματικά διεθνής αεροπορική εταιρία, η Etihad Airways διαθέτει παγκόσμια παρουσία. Μάθετε πώς μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε με το πλησιέστερο σε σας γραφείο της Etihad Airways. Προβολή στοιχείων επικοινωνίας Παρατηρήσεις Αν θέλετε να μας στείλετε κάποιο θετικό ή αρνητικό σχόλιο να διατυπώσετε κάποιο παράπονο ή να κάνετε μια ερώτηση, παρακαλούμε κάντε κλικ εδώ Κάντε μας like Επισκεφθείτε τη σελίδα μας στο Facebook! Δείτε μας Επισκεφθείτε το κανάλι μας στο YouTube! Ακολουθήστε μας Etihad Airways | Προσφορές Etihad | Βοήθεια με την Etihad | Επιβραβεύσεις Etihad


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EMMA WATSON made the transition from child star to Hollywood leading lady with perfect poise.
Shooting to fame at the tender age 10 - when she first won the role of Hermione Granger in the blockbuster Harry Potter film franchise - her style education took place in the spotlight with her first red carpet appearance happening before she'd even hit her teens.
As her career grew so did her fashion profile - Christopher Bailey chose to front her first Burberry campaign in 2009; she has designed in collaboration with People Tree and Alberta Ferretti and joined Lancôme's illustrious list of brand ambassadors in 2011.
Meanwhile she has become a firm favourite with many designers. She first caught the eye of Karl Lagerfeld when she was 17 and Chanel has dominated her red carpet wardrobe ever since, often peppered with pieces from British designers including Christopher Kane, Erdem and Peter Pilotto.