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Did you know that research out of Belgium has shown that you can burn nearly one and half times more calories running on sand than you can running on solid ground? Of even greater significance is the fact that you can burn two to two and half times more calories walking on sand versus walking on solid ground. According to a 2004 study from Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, the average caloric expenditure for a male running 1,600 meters on a hard surface is 124 calories. The average for a female is 105 calories.
If the same distance were covered on sand, the men would have burned 198 calories while the women would have burned 168 calories. The increase in stabilizer muscle recruitment combined with a decrease in elastic element activity can lead to a dramatic increase in mechanical work demand. Separate research from 2013 found the energy expenditure to be roughly 30 percent greater in soccer players performing speed and conditioning workouts on the sand versus hard surfaces.
Sand training is also an extremely effective tool for increasing speed and agility in athletes. A study published in the Sports Medicine and Doping Studies Journal tested two groups of athletes in two separate agility tests, the T Drill Agility test and the 505 agility drill. Each group was then taken through 10 weeks of three times per week training. The only differences in training were one group performed all of the training exercises on solid surface while the other group performed the exercises on sand.
After 10 weeks of training, the hard training surface improved their T test time from 15.1 seconds on average to 14.4 seconds on average, for a .7-second improvement. The sand training group significantly improved their T test time from 15.3 seconds to 13.2 seconds for a 2.1-second improvement. That is nearly a 14 percent improvement in agility over a 10-week time period. The sand training group also made significant improvements in the 505 agility test, while the hard training surface group�s results were minimal.
In a 1982 Sports Illustrated article, NFL great Walter Payton was asked about his off-season training, which included a high volume of sand training workouts. Payton believed it was the constant adjustments required for successful sprinting and cutting in the sand that were major contributors to his speed, agility and low rate of injury. Researchers believe the sand increases the neuromuscular demand on the body. The instability of the surface creates repeated losses of balance, which in turn forces the stabilizer muscles throughout our body to work synergistically in order to maintain balance.
Countless professional athletes have followed Payton. Year after year, athletes from NFL, NBA and NHL all-stars to Olympic hopefuls and college stars make their way out to Manhattan Beach California for off-season workouts at the famous sand Dune Park. Division I college football teams, including Michigan, Oregon, Ohio State, Miami, Penn State and Georgia Southern, have all installed sandpits to enhance the speed, agility and overall athleticism of their athletes. Some high-performance strength and conditioning centers and CrossFit boxes have also begun utilizing sandpit training.
These athletes and coaches realize the significant benefits sand training can have on speed, jumping ability and overall condition. Sprinting in the sand leads to an increased demand of the hamstrings as extensors of the hips. During the drive phase, the feet sink and slide in the sand, similar to tires spinning in mud. This in turn increases the mechanical work of the hamstrings. Jumping in the sand is similar and can lead to significant improvements in jumping ability.
A study from the Journal of Sports Medicine had two groups of athletes train three times per week for four weeks. One group trained on sand while the other trained on grass. The group that trained on the sand saw significantly greater improvements in their squat jump compared to the grass-training group. Not only did the group training on the sand see better athletic gains, but they also incurred less muscle damage in the process.
In 2003 a research team out of Japan set out to determine the differences in muscle breakdown and soreness between jumping in the sand and jumping on solid ground. The researchers found significantly less muscle breakdown and associated soreness when jumping on the sand.
Training in the sand is also a great way for decreasing the risk of injury in the lower extremities. For example, the instability of the sand increases the demand on the small muscles that stabilize the ankle. This in turn strengthens those muscles, leading to a more stable joint. The same results can be seen in the knee and hip joints when training on the sand. It is for these reasons that some doctors and physiotherapists recommend their patients to incorporate sand walking or jogging into the final stages of their recovery.
If you are interested in a training method that significantly increases caloric expenditure and athleticism while decreasing muscle damage and the risk of injury, the answer may lie just below your feet. As the weather improves, shake up your workout schedule and give sand training a try.
Jason Shea is owner of Athletic Performance Enhancement Centers in Medway and a strength coach and adjunct professor at Dean College in Franklin. He has a bachelor's degree in exercise science and a master's in human movement. Contact him at email@example.com or 508-533-9005.
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Did you know that research out of Belgium has shown that you can burn nearly one and half times more calories running on sand than you can running on solid ground? Of even greater significance is the fact that you can burn two to two and half times more calories walking on sand versus walking on solid ground. According to a 2004 study from Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, the average caloric expenditure for a male running 1,600 meters on a hard surface is 124 calories. The average for a female is 105 calories.


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Even after promising to cooperate with federal prosecutors, the head of a defunct Lubbock biodiesel firm allegedly has continued to make false statements about his company's assets and tried to obstruct the 16-month-old investigation.
A motion filed Friday asking U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to revoke a San Antonio magistrate's order freeing Jeffrey David Gunselman on a $100,000 personal recognizance bond offers several examples of his continuing to make false statements that Absolute Fuels' processing plants were producing biodiesel.
Gunselman agreed to help federal agents identify and recover assets bought with some $40 million in funds prosecutors say actually came the sales of renewable energy credits lacking real biodiesel.
Federal officials acknowledge in court records Gunselman helped them recover some $15 million in assets.
And, documents state, Gunselman lived up to his end of the agreement for several months.
Then, it says, he took trips to Washington D.C. and to Boston without telling federal officials where he was going. In one case, he provided his travel itinerary - which he was supposed to present as he got permission for the trip - two months after the trip.
As part of that cooperation, court records show, Gunselman was allowed to participate in efforts to sell off Absolute Fuels' processing plants.
However, court documents describe two incidents earlier this year where Gunselman has made one or more false statements to potential buyers:
� In February, Gunselman allegedly told a potential buyer of his Anton processing plant - bought in January 2010 for about $750,000 - the plant's value was $30 million based on production. The buyer later determined in due diligence the plant could not produce biodiesel.
� Between March and mid-July 2012, Gunselman allegedly failed to share letters of intent and other documents with the government regarding a potential offer to buy biodiesel plants and other remaining assets of Absolute Fuels for as much as $24 million.
Secret Service Agent Michael Fiveash, the main contact between Gunselman and federal law enforcement officials, wrote in an affidavit submitted in court Friday, "(Gunselman) bases the value of the plants by using false production figures. None of the plants ever produced any biodiesel fuel, so they have no value."
Anton deal
Court records say Gunselman contacted a Cleveland, Ohio-based fuel business, Center Alternative Energy, as a potential buyer, and he told the company's owner the plant's value was $30 million.
The company's plant manager, Bill Dommermuth, came to Anton to inspect the facility and concluded the facility was not capable of production.
In reviewing the plant's plans and engineering diagrams, the affidavit says, Dommermuth determined there was no fire suppression system or spill containment system, and the electrical wiring failed to meet specifications.
The affidavit also says Gunselman told Dommermuth the plant had an Environmental Protection Agency permit to extrude some waste from the process out of the building through a pipe and into the ground.
Fiveash stated investigators have found no such permit and noted the EPA would not permit that kind of waste process.
In addition, Gunselman told Dommermuth his production head at Anton, Johnny Porras, had biodiesel production experience at another plant. However, federal agents say Porras told them he had no training in making biodiesel. In addition, the affidavit says, Gunselman was aware that Porras had produced no usable biodiesel for Absolute Fuels.
Pure Energy deal
Fiveash said in his affidavit he'd spoken in April with a plant broker who was representing another energy company, Pure Energy. Gunselman confirmed the talks and said he'd provided letters of intent to purchase the assets to his attorneys.
But in June, the plant broker told Fiveash while Pure Energy was interested in buying Absolute Fuels' assets, no letters of intent had been drafted.
On July 13, the broker told Fiveash they were interested in negotiating, and that Pure Energy had given Gunselman letters of intent for the talks.
Two days later, Fiveash said, he received an e-mail from Pure Energy's CEO, Irshad Ahmed, expressing disappointment that "none of our correspondence we sent since early this year had ever reached your desk." The affidavit notes that correspondence dated to March 2012.
Arrested at the back door
According to Fiveash's affidavit, negotiations reached a point where a July 23 deadline had been set to resolve the case.
But, the Secret Service agent said that sometime between July 3 and July 16, Gunselman "was not communicating with his attorneys," and was not telling anyone about his location or travel plans.
On July 16, his San Antonio attorneys, Van Hilley and the Goldstein Law Firm, advised federal prosecutors they were withdrawing from the case.
An arrest warrant was issued July 17.
Two days later, agents from the Secret Service and Environmental Protection Agency's criminal investigation division found Gunselman at the house he'd bought from baseball pitcher Josh Beckett in Boerne.
Fiveash noted that Gunselman didn't answer the ringing door bell or respond to agents making "'verbal announcements" or knocking on different doors and windows.
The arrest came as Gunselman was leaving the house through a back patio door, talking on his cellphone, the affidavit states.
Possible Swiss
Jacobo's pleading states agents are investigating the possibility that Gunselman may have made financial arrangements in Switzerland during a July 2011 trip.
Fiveash's affidavit cites an email exchange started with Gunselman, requesting a meeting in Switzerland with an official of the UBS global financial services company.
The affidavit also states investigators have determined Gunselman went to Switzerland "with heavy bags which may have contained large amounts of money," adding that when he returned "the bags were noted as exceedingly light."
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Topflight robotics boffins in the States have developed a nifty new accessory that no droid should be without - a squashy "gripper" manipulator which can be fashioned out of ground coffee and a party balloon.
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The manipulator works by pressing the soft balloon full of loose coffee grounds down on the object to be gripped. Then the air is sucked out of the balloon, causing the coffee granules to press together and lock into a rigid shape - just as they do when vacuum-packed. The object is now securely grasped by the manipulator, and can be released as desired by ending the suction on the granule-filled bulb.
According to professor Hod Lipson, one of the boffins working on the device, it "could be on the market tomorrow".
"The ground coffee grains are like lots of small gears," adds the prof. "When they are not pressed together they can roll over each other and flow. When they are pressed together just a little bit, the teeth interlock, and they become solid."
The coffee-balloon grasp-o-matic research was carried out at academic labs in Chicago and New York state, and private ones belonging to famous automation firm iRobot, well known as the manufacturer of the Roomba prowler-cleaning machines and as purveyor of war droids to the US military.
Apparently various types of granular material were tried out for the gripper, including rice, couscous and ground-up car tyres. Sand was apparently even grippier than coffee, but "prohibitively heavy".
It will not surprise regular readers to note that the research was funded by Pentagon boffinry-wackiness bureau DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Anyone familiar with the modus operandi of that agency will know that its programme managers, furnished with some coffee, are much more likely to consider fashioning a robotic hand from it than do anything so mundane as use it to make a refreshing beverage.
We look forward keenly to more robots assembled from common household or office items in coming years. The scholarly paper by the coffee-grasp inventors can be read by subscribers to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences here. ®
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2012 Lilly North Conference Participant Remarks
"There were several things I learned at the Lilly Conference that I immediately applied to my courses, but the increase in my understanding of the importance of teaching metacognition has led to a shift in my focus in this area that I think will benefit my students. Instead of feeling frustrated at students' 'lack of preparedness' for college level work, I have refocused on being more intentional in promoting recognition on the part of the learner that learning has taken place, or is taking place. I learned and am using prompts that encourage metacognitive thinking - at the beginning of each class session, in the middle of class and at the end of each class session. I have already noticed an improvement in the quality of students' exit responses at the end class – even though they still groan at having to do it. There was so much to learn at the Lilly Conference that it was inspiring to know how many people are committed to continuous improvement in teaching and learning. I highly recommend it to any faculty who could use some inspiration, and after all, who couldn't?"
-- Judy Goth-Owens, Child Development and Early Education
"The 2012 Lilly Conference was a fantastic experience. As a new member of the LCC family, I was thankful for the opportunity to attend. Having the opportunity to meet other LCC faculty members as well as educators from around the country was extremely beneficial. The variety of sessions offered by the conference will definitely improve my teaching skills. The sessions offering specific techniques to use in the classroom such as evidence based teaching, active learning, whole brain teaching and using low-tech activities that will help me to improve my teaching techniques. Other sessions such as negotiating generational challenges and teaching students to reframe their successes and failures will help me to connect better with my students to help them be more successful. I definitely recommend the Lilly Conference to any instructor who is new to education as well as one with many years of experience who is looking to improve their classroom experiences."
-- Dale Goerge, Electrical Technology
"The Lilly North Conference on Teaching and Learning was more valuable than I could have imagined. I attended many sessions that provided me with tools that I have already been able to apply, either in direct practice or in theory. One was about project-centered learning, and it reaffirmed my commitment to building exploration and uncertainty into my classroom. I teach English for The Early College at LCC, and far too often my students want to know the right answer. By equipping my students with critical reading strategies, I enable them to approach texts in a way that is exploratory and that encourages them to be comfortable with a degree of uncertainty.
Student engagement is an end to which many conference sessions sought to provide the means. One such session was facilitated by an animated instructor who demonstrated a handful of quick and easy classroom tools that bring out student voices and that discourage passivity. I successfully used two of them within my first week back on campus. The facilitator called one "mild pressure." It is a simple tool; an instructor can apply mild pressure by writing three guiding questions on the board (or by posting them onto a discussion board, projecting them onto a screen, etc.) at the start of class. The instructor can begin a lesson knowing that, on some level at least, students will be thinking about the guiding questions. During that lesson, these questions can be addressed directly or indirectly. On the two days I used this strategy, my students were more readily able to productively focus their comments about the texts we were discussing.
I encourage my LCC colleagues to attend next year's Lilly North Conference on Teaching and Learning. It was a fast-paced conference that has reinvigorated my classroom and my desire to teach."
--Tony Greenburg, The Early College
"I really found the Class Session Planning and Facilitation Template, and information on Conducting and Debriefing Classroom Activities from the workshop "Lesson Structure and Student Engagement: Bringing Classroom Activities to Life" a great tool. I used it to design a lesson plan on passive voice structures when I returned.
Sometimes I feel like I'm teaching in a vacuum and I thirst for new ideas to improve my classes, but often find myself caught up in the fast-pace of keeping one-step ahead of my students. During the busy part of my semester when essays begin rolling in, it's sometimes difficult to find the time to seek out new lesson plans. The conference was a like a fresh breath of air, talking to colleagues and gathering new ideas from different areas of expertise has helped me mix things up in the classroom.
I really enjoyed the tips I learned about how to build community in an online class. One idea was to have students do a first day introduction discussion board (something I already do in my online classes) but then take the information from their introductions, such as their recent work experience, a favorite, or something unique about them. This information is compiled into a Google spreadsheet. During the semester, I drop the students little encouraging notes using information from their spreadsheet. For example, if they are a Spartan fan, you might write a little note congratulating them on their team's recent win. I plan to implement this strategy when I teach my next online course. The spreadsheet can also help you keep track of replies to the student on discussion forums, encouragement you sent them, or personal notes.
I definitely think it is worthwhile to attend future Lilly Conferences; the venue was great, and there was a wide variety of workshops (a little something for everyone's interest) in both F2F and online instruction. There was a mix of university and community college instructors, so it was nice to get the viewpoint of someone teaching at the university level. I was surprised to find that at one university, if students do not fill out their teacher evaluation at the end of an online class session, they can be dropped from the course or not receive a grade until they have submitted the evaluation. (It's a requirement of the course.) I also liked that some of the conference sessions were shorter, rather than having too many long sessions. It gave me the chance to gather many new ideas to bring back to my classroom."
-- Rosalie Sanara Petrouske, Writing
"Wow, the Lilly Conference. That was the best experience I've had in a long time. I have attended other conferences, for other purposes, but this was the first that I could really apply information gained from the conference to my actual practice. Since I have joined the LCC community, I have learned a lot of information from our CTE courses. Going to the Lilly conference provided reinforcement of that information. It also provided clarity and additional tools to utilize. Some of the suggestions were "put on hold" for now so that I can begin a class with the methods I would like to apply. Many of the ideas I could easily put into practice in my courses that are already in progress.
Our courses are very much team oriented (nurse aide classes). So we have been adapting more group work into the face to face class time. We can see over the course that students can even get bored with these – so changing it up is very important. During the first week after the Lilly conference, I began doing more Pair/Share (rather than 6-8 student group activities). At first the students were a bit lost since they couldn't rely on others that would do their work for them, and it encouraged those who don't speak up much to participate. You could also easily see which students were less prepared than desired (they then became more prepared for the follow up class). Accountability is essential for our courses and we see students holding each other more accountable the more we challenge them to be active participants.
I was excited to share with my colleagues that we were on the right track. Students need to be actively involved in their own learning. It was nice to see that this can be applied to any area of learning on campus.
Students will continue to benefit from us attending Lilly conferences because we are all learners. If the faculty does not continue to grow then we are not providing a good example for the students. We need to continue to be excited about our fields, and learning a variety of ways of getting through to our varied students so that each can be impacted with the "bug" of learning excitement. Active learning will "stick" with the student far beyond their college years.
I truly appreciate the opportunity of attending the Lilly conference this year, and hope that I will be able to attend again. But more importantly I hope that other faculty will have the opportunity, and choose to grow and share!
-- Susan Schneider, Community Health and Nursing
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I am not really into football. I never have been. That being said, I do enjoy a good party, especially with food & wine! LOL! Plus, the commercials that are shown during the Super Bowl always prove to be entertaining to say the least. Aaron is having a few buddies (and significant others, some with children) over to watch the game. He is making most of the snacks, though I am in charge of most of the GF snacks for Jon & I. On the list:
~Chicken Wings ~ Aaron is making GF. Most like with BBQ (Sweet Baby Ray's) since we will have the Buffalo Chicken Dip too.
~Shrimp Cocktail ~ shrimp (naturally GF, of course) and Crosse & Blackwell Cocktail sauce.
~ Chachos ~ my creation of a combination of nachos & chili (I use Hormel w/beans)
~Buffalo Chicken dip ~ YUM-O as Rachael Ray would say.
~Veggie Tray ~ celery (also to dip in the Buffalo Dip), carrots, radishes
~ Cheese ~ cheddar, colby, pepperjack
~Mary's Gone Crackers ~ herb or original, not sure which I will put out yet
~ Queso Cheese Dip ~ Velveeta 2% cheese & Rotel tomatoes. Simple & yummy.
~ Brownies ~1,2,3 Gluten-Free mix
That should do it. Fairly simple and enough to stuff us silly, I am sure! Finish off with a glass or 2 of Cabernet and I should have a great time, even if I couldn't care less about that game!
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HAVE you tried Romainian beer? Neither have I. To remedy that, I brought back two interesting looking bottles from the Romanian shop in Edgware, North London. This is the first one, Timişoreana.
Breaking with Big Log tradition, I did some research first. And by research, I mean spending a couple of minutes Googling what strangers have to say. The net result is that the official Romanian language website is at http://www.serbariletimisoreana.ro/. And the best English language summary is on the Real Beer Blog; on which we learn that this is probably Romania's oldest beer (or "bere" as they prefer to call it). And that it's now owned and run by the makers of the Romanian beer that I'll post about next. Everything else, we can glean from the bottle labels themselves. I hope.
The neck label has a picture of a frothy tankard and some writing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but "Anno 1718" means that's the date the brewery dates from. Quite impressive for the region.
Down on the main front label, they've opted for a big roundel with an even bigger letter "T" in the middle.
In the middle of it all are what look like medals. The one of the left looks like a prize from "1891". The big middle one is a "Grand Prix" from 1908. And the one of the right is un-readably small.
I learnt somewhere that the Romanian language is much like the Latin world languages of Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Let's put that, and my limited knowledge of Latin Indo-European linguistics to the test by attempting to make sense of the words around the edges of the label. The bottom one, I think, means something like "Best" or "First" "Made Beer in Romania". The top border might mean something about "Very" and "Traditional". Translators, help me out. What does it all mean?
If the front label left me struggling, I might as well give up on the back one.
Translators, I need your help again.
Ignoring the writing, there are things even I can understand. The 5% alcoholic volume for instance. The web address of www.serbariletimisoreana.ro and telephone number. The best before date. That this is a 0.5 litre bottle. And that it's owned by Ursus Breweries and brew-zilla, SAB Miller.
Digging a little deeper into the Romanian language, I spot the words "Bere Blondă Pasteurisată". So, it's pasteurised, not draught. Fine, but "Blondă"? Is this going to impress me by being a blonde ale and not a Pilsner style lager?
Next comes the address of the brewery. Timişoara must inspiration behind the name Timişoreana. Then comes the list of ingredients, and I'm all out of linguistic talent again.
So, big thank you to the translators out there who've done most of the describing for me, this time around. Now it's on to the fun bit. What does Timişoreana taste like?
I take a chance on it being a lager, and wait until it's fridge-cold until opening. Pouring is a doddle. That big frothy head is as controllable as any, so no counter tops to wipe down afterwards.
In the glass, it's a very fizzy looking yellow, gold colour. The head is snow white. On the nose, you get a big whiff of that malted-barley formula that most big-name Pilsner style lagers deliver. Quite grainy and ever so slightly hoppy. I'd describe it as lagery.
What does Timişoreana taste like? The first gulp was easy enough. So I promptly took another swig. Then the aftertaste hit me. First impressions are that Timişoreana is going to be a lager as subtle as Mel Gibson.
On the flavour and taste side of the equation, you get a reasonable sourness and initial bitterness. This you can skip by gulping it down, if that's your style. On the feel and aftertaste side of the equation, you get hit by just a block of lagery, malted barley bitterness. No quirks or flourishes. Just a block of simple, lagery bitterness. So brute force is it, that it's a long lasting finish. No hoppiness as far as I can tell. Just that another twist on that familiar malted barley formula.
What am I enjoying about Timişoreana? Cold from the fridge, it's easy enough to drink. It's an honest, simple, down to earth lager. That taste is distinctive. And if you judge your beers by quantity, Timişoreana could easily be your friend over the course of a football match or night out.
What don't I like about Timişoreana? It's not the most sophisticated lager I've tried. That taste is as enjoyable as meningitis, and only gets worse as it reaches room temperature. A good lager is clean, crisp and refreshing. Even while cold, it is barely refreshing. After a couple of bottles, your mouth would quickly feel like a muddy puddle. It's a little on the gassy side, too.
How can I sum up Timişoreana? If you're in Romania, where, hopefully, it's much cheaper than it is here in Britain, and you want a sub-standard lager, this is the one for you. If you have no choice and you prefer quantity over quality, Timişoreana is adequate. For the premium you pay in this country, and even in the depths of Romania, it's hard to think of a reason to choose Timişoreana over something better. If you can think of a good reason to buy Timişoreana, leave a comment. Otherwise, treat yourself to something less ghastly.
Rating: 2.1
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
By Brian Leaf
Rockford Register Star
Posted May. 15, 2014 @ 7:33 am
Updated May 15, 2014 at 4:03 PM
ROCKFORD — To raze or not to raze?
That question has crept into discussions about the future of Brewington Oaks, the 45-year-old twin public housing towers south of downtown.
The Rockford Housing Authority has hired Larson & Darby Group to determine whether the towers are still functional and worth modernizing.
If they aren't, the authority could ask permission from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to tear down the buildings at College Avenue and Seminary Street and relocate Brewington Oaks residents. The towers provide housing for senior citizens and people with disabilities,
"The folks who are living there would be rehoused," said RHA CEO Ron Clewer. "No one would end up without a roof over their head."
Clewer told the RHA board last month that about one-third of the 418 apartments in the two towers are uninhabitable.
Clewer said that even if they were all usable, tenants would be hard to find because demand for units in the towers is low.
"There's no market, and there's no money to renovate," he said.
Four years ago the housing authority wanted to renovate the 15-story towers, where nearly all of the apartments are one-bedroom. It applied for $11 million from HUD, part of a $50 million modernization plan that would have kept the towers but cut the number of units from 418 to 226.
The grant request was denied and the project died.
Now the authority is trying to determine whether the buildings meet HUD's definition of functional obsolescence. If they do, they may be candidates for demolition.
But first, Larson & Darby will have to come up with solid figures for remodeling and replacement costs.
HUD says that if redevelopment costs exceed 62.5 percent of what it would cost to build the same property from scratch, the project is not cost-effective.
Clewer said RHA has estimated it would cost $83 million to build Brewington Oaks today, which means if the cost of renovation exceeds $52 million, it could be a candidate for demolition.
Clewer said RHA estimates renovation would cost more than $60 million.
When it was built, it cost $7.5 million to build both Brewington Oaks, known then as Campus Towers, and the 84 single-family apartments that became Jane Addams Village. The towers opened in 1969, after buildings were abandoned by Rockford College when it moved its campus to Rockford's east side in 1964.
The Jane Addams apartments were razed in 2008 and the area was redeveloped as Jane's Nobel Village, a 38-unit disabled supportive housing complex, at 502 Seminary St. It opened in 2013.
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A support group for those who care for or live with a person with special needs: genetic, acquired, physical, cognitive, psychiatric, dementia, ADHD, Autism, etc.
Members: 37
Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2016
Started by LeoPardus. Last reply by Taran Meyer Oct 21, 2010. 56 Replies 0 Likes
Thank you for the response, mr. poutine. I know how you feel about the religion thing, I have searched for support only to find that the only "support" most people have to offer is "trust in god," or "god does not give us more than we can handle." What nonsense.
Hi Shane!
Welcome to the group! I hope it will make things a little less scary and make you feel a little less alone. Good luck and take care of yourself too!
We read about angelman syndrome while trying to figure out what was wrong with our son. So far my son was just diagnosed as being on the "spectrum" with ASD but not quite at the level to be considered autistic. But nobody really seems to have answers. My parents have yet to fully digest the news and they are currently in denial. I'm hoping they won't start feeding me lines about religion when they do finally clue in.
Hello all, I have a three year old son with angelman syndrome. He is just now getting the hang of walking, and cognitively is around 10 months. He has multiple delays, hypotonia, doesn't eat solids, is non-verbal, and will require life-long care. I feel fortunate to have found this group!
Thanks so much PW! We're getting him the "ADOS" test on the 27th which is 1/2 of the gold standard test here in Quebec. If he is diagnosed, then the least we can do is get government aid and therapy.
Hey GP, my son was very similar. A lot of lining things up, a lot of headbutting, and he still doesn't talk very much at all. It is scary. And the worst thing is not knowing what he's got. Maybe its autism, maybe its PDD (pervasive development disability), and in either case there's no cure. If your son (and boys seem far more prone to getting autism than girls) does have something like this, get him diagnosed early, so you can start getting him the therapy he needs. He can get special services and show a lot of improvement, and the earlier you get started the better long-term results you will have. Good luck!
Hi All,
I've got a 2 1/2 yr old boy who's just wonderful, but he's exhibiting signs of being autistic (stimming, stacking, lining things up, verbal delay,banging his head into us constantly). We're going to get him tested but it's still scary. Even if he doesn't have autism, he's got something and part of the issue is doctors and people keep telling us there is nothing to worry about when we know otherwise.
I have a 4 year old son with what is thought to be PDD (pervasive developmental disorder). It is like Autism, with some differences. He has two younger brothers who are perfectly healthy. They talk and play and socialize expertly, while the oldest hardly speaks at all. When he does speak it is only the names of animals, and not well. He was receiving speech therapy and ABA when he was about 3, and it had seemed to be working somewhat as he had started speaking more and more, but we had to leave the country for my wife's job in Saudi Arabia and with no services there his language began to slip away. He is also very private and has some aggression problems. He fights with his brothers often for no reason and even took to biting and hair pulling occasionally. We are now back in the states since November, but he hasn't been receiving help because according to state law the school has 20 days to begin evaluation and then another 90 days to finish evaluation. Meanwhile his condition continues to deteriorate. He has a final evaluation at the end of this month (January), and is due to begin receiving services in February. I wish I knew why they couldn't start giving him services when we got here and worked out the evaluation process as they went along. My wife will have to leave to go back to Saudi Arabia in a few days, leaving me with all 3 boys and no help from any family or friends. I think I will be able to manage, but its tough.
Has anyone else had any experience with PDD? I feel like it is probably caused more by environmental factors than genetic, more so than Autism is (but I'm just guessing). I also feel like there isn't nearly enough research into either the causes or the treatments of these diseases.
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Wilson fitting in nicely in LA bullpen, clubhouse
Colorful reliever has locked down eighth-inning role for Dodgers
LOS ANGELES -- It seemed pretty normal, the Dodgers using their setup man in the eighth inning of Games 1 and 2 of the National League Division Series. That's what setup men do.
But there's nothing normal about the Dodgers' setup man, or haven't you ever seen Brian Wilson? He's the guy with the famous jet-black beard and mohawk, sometimes pulled back in a ponytail, wearing the dark glasses in the clubhouse, the ones with the built-in stereo earbuds.
He's showing up so early on game days for conditioning drills that Clayton Kershaw now has company. And when batting practice is over, he'll usually have huge grass stains all over his uniform from diving catches no pitcher should attempt.
Oh, and have you seen his green sequined dress shoes?
That's Wilson. It's no costume.
"He's real," said fellow Dodgers reliever J.P. Howell. "It's not a facade, it's really him. He's an animal, you know? He wants to do anything he can to win. You know what he looks like to me? A winner."
At 31, he also looks healthy enough for that rebuilt ligament to throw 96 mph on consecutive nights, which is probably a surprise to most clubs, especially the San Francisco Giants. Wilson was still recovering from his second Tommy John elbow operation last winter when they non-tendered their World Series closer.
"He wouldn't say this, but I'm sure a lot of people didn't think he'd be doing what he's doing after all he's been through," said veteran reliever Peter Moylan. "He took extra time off, rehabbed at [Triple-A] Albuquerque like it was Spring Training, and I feel he's just hitting his stride."
While some Tommy John patients rush back in a year or less, Wilson rehabilitated the injury for 17 long months, held a workout for interested clubs when he was good and ready, then signed with the Dodgers for $1 million July 30 because he wanted to help a club get to October and beyond.
"I had surgery and I had fear when I came back. He had zero," said Howell. "Just his makeup. He didn't even have a question that he'd be healthy. Just how he is."
Wilson was activated Aug. 19, made 18 regular-season appearances and allowed one earned run, with 13 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings. When he pitched scoreless innings Thursday and Friday, it marked the fifth time he's pitched on consecutive days.
"When he got here, he didn't have a defined role and we found in the Cincinnati series [in early September] that the one thing we didn't want to do anymore was get him up and down," said pitching coach Rick Honeycutt. "Now we try to be definitive: This is your inning. He warms up and we get him in. And he's pitched his way into this role."
The role is setup to young closer Kenley Jansen, which had been filled by Ronald Belisario against the toughest right-handed hitters and Paco Rodriguez against lefties. But for a World Series closer who obviously loves the spotlight, he's made sure not to step on toes.
"I'm not doing anything special," he said. "I'm getting outs, what I'm supposed to do, what I'm paid to do."
While Wilson has been dominating since his arrival, Rodriguez had a 5.68 ERA in September (his problems continued in Game 2) and Belisario had a 7.94 ERA in September.
"Lefty, righty, he's getting basically everybody out when he pitches," manager Don Mattingly said of Wilson. "He's solidified that inning for us and enabled us to shorten the game. We were mixing and matching to get to Kenley; now we're mixing and matching to get to Wilson and you're getting those last two innings off."
His new teammates, once they got to know Wilson, were pleasantly surprised to learn there's a lot under that getup.
"He doesn't let anything rattle him," said Jansen. "When we get late in the game, he gets locked in. I watch him. He's a good teammate. He looked mean, serious on the other side and you don't know what to expect. But he tells some crazy jokes. He's a cool guy to be around."
"I didn't know he was that smart and witty," said Howell. "He pays attention and picks up on things. I think he's got a photographic memory. When he got here, he gave everybody some space. He handled it well, coming to a new team in the middle of the season."
"I knew he was talented, but I never thought he was that knowledgeable about the game until I talked and hung out with him and learned that on the mental side, he's extremely strong," said Rodriguez. "He's one of the brightest people I've played with. He's got a lot of tricks up his sleeve. There's a lot of things you don't think about, but he does."
Wilson, who resumed domino games with former Giants teammate Juan Uribe, said there is one easy comparison to make between his current club and his former one.
"It's a similar clubhouse in that everyone gets along," Wilson said. "A lot of big names, a lot of superstars. That said, as long as we play our game, it's really fun to be part of this club."