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The University of California, Davis, studies the heart, treats the heart and promotes heart health in a big, big way, to be demonstrated Friday, Feb. 7, when thousands of students, staff and faculty will try to set a new world record for largest heart formation.
This show of force against heart disease — the No. 1 killer in the United States — will be happening on the first UC Davis Wears Red Day, coinciding with National Wear Red Day, sponsored annually by the Heart Truth Campaign and the American Heart Association to raise awareness of heart disease as the leading cause of death among women.
"To show just how dedicated we are to this important cause, we have set our sights incredibly high," UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi said of the university's attempt to break the Guinness World Record of 11,166 people in a heart formation, set in February 2010 in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico.
UC Davis is going for 12,000 people covering about an acre on the Davis campus. Everyone in the community, on or off campus, is invited to join in.
Participants are asked to wear red; many students, staff and faculty are expected to put aside their regular Aggie Pride Friday shirts (in blue) in favor of special red shirts with the outline of a heart on the front. They're on sale at all UC Davis Stores and online; $1 from every shirt sale goes to the UC Davis Women's Cardiovascular Medicine Program for its education and outreach efforts.
"On UC Davis Wears Red Day, we are making a statement about taking good care of our hearts — by adopting healthy lifestyles and starting prevention early," said cardiologist Amparo Villablanca, director of the Women's Cardiovascular Medicine Program, which, when it began 20 years ago, was the nation's first program dedicated to women's heart health.
Villablanca and Adele Zhang, a lecturer in the UC Davis Department of Design, have been addressing heart health awareness in their own unique way every February for the last five years — with beautiful red dresses. Zhang and her students design and make them, and Villablanca presents them at her annual Women's Heart Care Education and Awareness Forum for Community Leaders.
This year, Chancellor Katehi is collaborating with Villablanca and Zhang to expand the "wear red" campaign throughout the university community, to remind everyone of the importance of heart-disease prevention.
The most red will emanate from the Hutchison Intramural Field, where organizers will cordon off an area for the heart formation and count people as they enter to be part of the record-breaking attempt. Participants are asked to start gathering at 11:30 a.m.; official photographs will be taken at about 12:30 p.m.
Then comes the Battle Heart Disease Fair, free and open to the public, from 1 to 4 p.m. in The Pavilion, next door to the IM field. UC Davis' Alpha Pi Sigma sorority is organizing the fair, to include information tables and health screenings.
For more information, call UC Davis Ceremonies and Special Events, (530) 754-2262.
About UC Davis
For more than 100 years, UC Davis has been one place where people are bettering humanity and our natural world while seeking solutions to some of our most pressing challenges. Located near the state capital, UC Davis has more than 33,000 students, over 2,500 faculty and more than 21,000 staff, an annual research budget of over $750 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges — Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools — Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.
Additional information:
- UC Davis Wears Red Day Facebook page
- UC Davis Women's Cardiovascular Medicine Program
- The Heart Truth (National Institutes of Health)
- Go Red for Women (American Heart Association)
- Men and Heart Disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)


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NEW YORK (AP) — The former president of the prestigious National Arts Club has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle claims he mismanaged the institution and used its resources to finance a luxurious lifestyle, a New York official said Wednesday.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued O. Aldon James in September, saying James, his brother and an associate used more than a dozen apartments and other space at the club's Manhattan headquarters rent-free. He also said James spent tens of thousands of dollars from club funds on purchases at antique shops, flea markets and vintage clothing stores.
The lawsuit came after an 18-month investigation, years of legal battles and the removal of James as president in 2011.
Critics had accused James of being a compulsive hoarder because many of the items bought during shopping sprees at flea markets and Salvation Army and Goodwill Industries thrift shops were stored in space he controlled at the club.
The club was founded in 1898 by an arts critic for The New York Times and has been in a mansion adjacent to Gramercy Park since 1906. Its mission is to promote public interest in the arts. Members have included Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Scorsese.
The attorney general's lawsuit said that if the club's apartments had been rented out, rather than used for personal living space and storage, they could have brought in at least $1.5 million in the last six years.
Schneiderman said the club will get $900,000, with the balance going to cover the state's costs. As part of the agreement, the club will use $274,000 of the settlement to replenish its Kesselring Fund, a restricted endowment to support the dramatic arts. The suit claimed James used the money to restores the club's facade.
The club has agreed to change how it operates and put tighter controls on finances.
A call to Gerald Shargel, James' lawyer, wasn't initially returned Wednesday. At the time of the lawsuit, he said James, who didn't take a salary, "acted only to benefit the club." He said James turned the club around and make it once again relevant on New York's cultural scene after becoming president in 1986.
"Today's settlement allows the club to close the door on years of bitter discord and start to recover from the havoc that Aldon James and his cohorts wrought," Schneiderman said.
Under the settlement, James and the others have to be out of their apartments by the end of July, can't contest being expelled from the club and are banned from serving as an officer, director or fiduciary at any New York nonprofit.
The district attorney's office in Manhattan had investigated the club, but decided James' actions did not constitute "provable criminal conduct" and the case was best handled in civil court.


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As soon as you commit to your land itinerary, make your air reservations and double-check that your flight dates match the dates of your land itinerary.
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- Check which regional/domestic flights are included in your land itinerary. For flights not included in your land itinerary, it's generally best to make them part of your trans-Atlantic/Pacific flight reservation. If regional/domestic flights are not included in your land itinerary or with your trans-Atlantic/Pacific flight, contact us and we'll be happy to assist you.
- We focus on the land portion of our trips, so you can use airline miles and the travel agent of your choice for international air arrangements. However, we generally are able to find good consolidator rates for international flights, so let us know if you would like assistance.
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A middle school in New York has placed a ban on hugging between classes, reports the New York Daily News. Although it sounds like the plot of a Footloose sequel (Armloose?), Brooklyn Prospect Charter School's principal Dan Rubinstein told The Brooklyn Paper that the ban was created to keep the students from lingering in the hallways, disrupting the flow of traffic and making kids tardy for their classes.
"It's a time, place, and manner thing," he said. "We don't want students spending too much social time between class."
Plus: Weird Things Schools Have Banned
The students are also not permitted to eat or go to the bathroom during the three-minute breaks between classes, raising the question of whether doing any of that would be less disruptive during class time. The school said that they have received no complaints from parents about the ban, which may have come into being because a sixth grader told teachers she felt uncomfortable when hugged by an older child. However, students claim that the new rule was actually enacted to stop the new trend of group hugging from occurring in the hallways, which the preteens are still allowed to do at lunchtime.
Plus: Tennessee to Ban Teachers Discussing Homosexuality
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School isn't the first to enforce such a rule; middle schools in Oregon and New Jersey have also banned hugging.
Do you think schools should be hug-free zones or could such a rule stifle the students' ability to connect with one another?


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The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group representing 80% of the 57,000 nuns in the United States, remains under scrutiny from the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF).
In the spring of 2012, the CDF issued a statement accusing LCWR of promoting "radical feminist themes" and "corporate dissent," causing outrage among Catholics around the globe. On April 30, 2014, the Vatican chief of doctrine, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, accused U.S. nuns of not abiding to the harsh and unjust reform agenda imposed on them by the Vatican. In addition, the document personally attacked renowned theologian Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ.
The unjust mandate forced upon the nuns, which threatens their works of justice, is a prime example of how the hierarchy in the Roman Catholic Church misuses its power to diminish the voice of women.
Catholics deeply value the prophetic witness of women religious and appreciate their commitment to social justice. The behavior that Cardinal Gerhard Müller recently exhibited toward the leaders of the LCWR and Dr. Elizabeth Johnson CSJ is deeply concerning. It is time to stop bullying Catholic women leaders.
Actions you can take:
1. Sign the online petition asking Pope Francis to retract the mandate and apologize to Sr. Elizabeth Johnson
Download our letter, add your own comments and send it to Pope Francis.
2. Tweet Pope Francis @Pontifex "We stand with the Sisters!"
3. To help Pope Francis learn more about feminist theology, send him copy of Sr. Elizabeth Johnson's book, Consider Jesus, in Spanish.
Send Pope Francis a copy of Sr. Elizabeth Johnson's book, Quest for the Living God, in Spanish.
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The Nun Justice Project is a grassroots movement supported by the following organizations: American Catholic Council, Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church, Call To Action, Catholics for Choice, CORPUS, DignityUSA, FutureChurch, New Ways Ministry, Quixote Center, RAPPORT (Renewing a Priestly People, Ordination Reconsidered Today), Voice of the Faithful, WATER: Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, Women's Ordination Conference.


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We've all read the words from the Google CEO, but in case you've been living under a rock, I'll repeat them once more. "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place," Schmidt argued, "If you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines - including Google - do retain this information for some time and it's important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act and it is possible that all that information could be made available to the authorities."
"That was Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, telling you exactly what he thinks about your privacy. There is no ambiguity, no 'out of context' here," Dotzler writes, "And here's how you can easily switch Firefox's search from Google to Bing (yes, Bing does have a better privacy policy than Google)."
Personally, the most important reason why I find Schmidt's words upsetting is that for me, as a Dutch citizen, the Patriot Act bears absolutely no relevance. If this was really all about the Patriot Act, then at least Google could make sure that data on international users was handled differently - but I doubt it. Lest we forget, a company like Google, which makes most of its revenue through advertising, benefits greatly from data retention - things like the Patriot Act provide them with the perfect excuse to do so.
The Mozilla-Google relationship is an interesting one, and Dotzler's words only makes it more complicated than it already is. About 97% of Mozilla's income comes from Google, so the search giant plays a vital role in the development of not only Chrome, but also Firefox. The relationship between the two got interesting when Chrome arrived, and when Google Chrome Frame was announced, Mozilla expressed concerns it could "fragment the web". This latest spat doesn't do anything to warm the waters.


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NORTHBOROUGH - After keeping up with the energetic Walter K. Hall for just over 93 years, his body finally decided it was time to rest. He died peacefully in Westborough, MA on January 18, 2013. The son of Esther and LaForrest Hall, he was born on January 6, 1920 and raised in Dorchester, MA. He taught himself to sing, dance, and play the drums and trumpet. At Boston English High School he became a track star who won the first race he entered and set state records. As an eighteen year old freshman at Boston College, he broke the world's record in the 45 yard high hurdles. After transferring to Tufts University, he anchored their relay team when they won a national championship at the Penn Relays. He remained devoted to Tufts all his life, actively working in fund raising and alumni events.
Graduating from Tufts in 1942, he went directly in to an officer training program at the Coast Guard Academy. As the skipper of a Coast Guard patrol boat, he directed an attack on a German U-boat off the coast of Florida. His navigational skills led to an important assignment when he was put in charge of constructing the then top secret LORAN radio towers along both coasts of the United States. He was overseas in the Philippine Islands when WWII ended in 1945.
He met Barbara Ann Maddison at Tufts and married her in the Tufts chapel in 1943. After WWII they moved to Portland, and later Falmouth, Maine when Walter was a traveling salesman for Hallmark Cards. He was active in Rotary, the Masons, and he often served as a lay preacher. True to his family's maritime heritage, Walter loved to sail a variety of slow but lovable sloops in Casco Bay, ME. In 1962 he changed careers and helped raise money for colleges such as Colby, the University of Chattanooga, Columbia University, and Bentley. When he finally retired in 1986, he was living in Northborough, MA and served as the executive director of the Massachusetts Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Walter especially loved musical theater and revues in which he could ham it up while singing and dancing. He enjoyed singing with Sounds of Concord Barbershop Chorus, the Senior Strutters of Sudbury, and the Westborough Community Chorus. He was particularly dangerous when he had a portable microphone in his hand, joining in sing-a-longs at his senior community even in his final days.
After the death of his wife, Barbara, he married Jean Stearns Amadon of Sudbury in 1992. They traveled frequently and particularly enjoyed staying in Linekin Bay on the coast of Maine until Jean's death in 2011. He is survived by his children Heather, Alan, and Kristin; by three grandchildren, Aaron Drummond, Gabrielle Hall and Danielle Hall. And he has six very spirited great granddaughters.
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Well, even I can't rain on Jared's parade now, especially since Castellanos might actually get a chance to be the Dodgers' right-handed-hitting, fourth outfielder.
Castellanos started in center field in the Dodgers' second spring training game. While it's just an experiment at this point, it could be his ticket to a Major League job in 2013.
Since the Dodgers are seemingly giving up on Castellanos as an infielder, this is the next-best option.
Castellanos' bat isn't really a question. Ever since being acquired from the Cardinals in the Rafael Furcal trade, he's done nothing but hit. He got his first cup of coffee in 2012, but didn't get consistent playing time. He went 4-for-23 (.174) with a home run and eight strikeouts. A small sample size, for sure. His minor-league numbers give a better indication of his improvement.
The most important part of Castellanos' improvement is his walk rate.
A 4-percent increase could be a fluke, but it could also be Castellanos adapting and doing what he has to, thus improving his chances of having a Major League career.
Mike Petriello wrote a nice piece on Castellanos last week. Then on Monday, he wrote this:
"(A)gain, I don't want to get too excited over anything, good or bad, based on one game, but from what I saw of Alex Castellanos, he's going to need some real work to be an acceptable option in center field. I'm just not sure he's got the speed for it."So, there's that.
Petriello has also been pushing for the Dodgers to acquire a player like Casper Wells. I'm more of a Franklin Gutierrez guy myself, but either would be preferable. But maybe Castellanos can be that guy. Maybe the Dodgers don't have to expend resources on a fourth outfielder.
Wells and Gutierrez can play center field -- Gutierrez can play it especially well. That is unknown with Castellanos. Hopefully the Dodgers give him the spring to prove himself, as Matt Kemp is going to miss some of the spring and could be the designated hitter in some games.
Castellanos has one way to ensure his future: learn to play a passable center field. He's athletic enough and can play the corner outfield positions just fine.
Considering Kemp is healthy, Castellanos -- or whoever is going to be the backup center fielder -- won't be called upon to play the position much. If Castellanos can play it better than, say, Juan Pierre, he's going to be just fine.
More likely, Castellanos will serve as a part-time platoon partner (as weird as that sounds) for Carl Crawford or Andre Ethier -- assuming he makes the team.
The Dodgers didn't sign Scott Hairston, a guy capable of playing all three outfield positions with some pop off the bench. Maybe Castellanos can be the Dodgers' other Hairston. It'd be a refreshing move from the team, and it might be the smart move.


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Joe Nocera has a new Gun Report up, and it begins this way —
Every day, when Jennifer Mascia and I compile this report, we are stunned at the number of children who are accidentally shot — and often killed — because a gun-owning adult in their household has put a loaded gun someplace where they can get their hands on it and shoot it. We have three such examples in today's report, one of which resulted in the death of a 4-year-old in Houston. Other nations mandate that gun owners keep their firearms in safes bolted to the floor. Why don't we?
And the answer is that Gun Absolutists fight such restrictions tooth and nail. I have had this conversation in online forums, many times — I'll begin by saying that anyone who keeps a loaded gun where a child could reach it is a fool. This will be followed by X number of Gun Absolutists saying that if they followed recommended protocol — unloaded gun and ammunition separated and both locked up — then they won't have access to their guns fast enough when Bad People break through the door to kill them. And they have a right to protect their families.
They also assure me that their kids have been/will be taught not to mess with Daddy's firearms, so there's no problem. This tells me the writer either has no children, or else his wife is doing all the child-raising. Either way, he seems to have no real-world experience raising children, because even the "best" child will do things they know they are not supposed to do. And very small children (like a four-year-old) are often not mentally organized enough to grasp (or long remember) what they are being told.
The father of the four-year-old was arrested, btw, but not because his carelessness caused the death of his child. He was arrested for possessing a stolen gun.
Elsewhere, men standing in line outside a gun shop in Lubbock, Texas, got into a disagreement as to who was where, and one of them pulled a gun and threatened to shoot. The men were in line to buy ammunition, waiting for the store to open.
These lines form outside every large ammo retailer when word spreads that the store has received a new shipment. The panic-crazed mob then cleans out the newly arrived inventory in a matter of minutes. My brother says he has seen the same thing in Colorado Springs and guns have been drawn there, too.
They're going to obtain the means to defend themselves or die trying, I guess.
Also, there are updates on the status of George Zimmerman; see Mark Follman at Mother Jones and Judd Legum at Think Progress.


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For many reasons, people may avoid seeking an evaluation for their mental health concerns. Unfortunately, such people continue to suffer without benefiting from the wide range of safe and effective treatments available.
An important first step in recovery is seeking professional evaluation and treatment. The following websites may be helpful in finding a qualified mental health professional:
Yet another option is to talk to your primary doctor. Roughly 60-65% of people with mental health problems are treated by primary care physicians, such as doctors practicing family, pediatrics, or internal medicine.
After the evaluation, your doctor may recommend medication to treat your condition. You may also receive a referral to another professional, such as a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist. Clinical psychologists are trained to provide psychotherapy, also informally known as "talk therapy", to treat mental illness. Psychiatrists are physicians with specific training in mental health and the treatment of mental illness using medication.
You may also find the article Knowing When to Seek Treatment helpful.
It is important to remember that talking about your concerns with a professional does not mean you will be placed automatically into an asylum or long-term facility. Mental health professionals always try to choose the most independent form of treatment possible. Thus, outpatient care is favored over inpatient care, if it is clinically safe to do so.
It is also not true that mental health professionals try to radically change patients' beliefs on topics such as religion or culture. Indeed, religion or culture can contribute positively to the course of clinical improvement.
If you have symptoms or a formal diagnosis of mental illness, remember that it is not your "fault." Mental illnesses are not the result of character weakness. True illness cannot be overcome by willpower alone or by ignoring the problem.
Instead, mental illnesses are thought to result from the following contributing factors:
Many safe and effective treatments exist. Depending on your symptoms and diagnosis, health care professionals will explain a course of treatment that best fits your needs. Some commonly used treatments include:
Psychotherapy and medication may also be used together or with other treatments.
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMl)
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Read true first-hand accounts of mental illness posted on SAMSHA's web site.
Read books written about mental illness, including first-hand accounts from the Mental Illness Reading List
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Monday, January 09, 2012
Look Up!
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Thank you for allowing me to look straight ahead and see it all!ReplyDelete
good point Rick,ReplyDelete
I suppose the same goes for driving..
I'm talking about on ze feet = walking, promenading, flanering etc. bien sur!
Looking up is trés important! You might trip up on the pavement or over the kerb. You might bump into a trés chic Madame with her trés chic chien, but you will see the most fantastic buildings/architecture. I always walk round Périgueux and Bordeaux looking up.ReplyDelete
Bonne année et bonne santé.
Lovely images, Carol! I suppose Paris is beautiful, whether one's looking up or down or left or right. Just lovely...ReplyDelete
There is so much to see there IReplyDelete
think I would get whip lash :))
I do know I wouldnt want to miss the Eiffel Tower for sure.
Looking up is always good!ReplyDelete
If I ever get to Paris, I shall make sure to remember your counsel. ;-)
Looking up to see what time it is has become a habit of mine too. Working public clocks are everywhere here in Vienna. Sometimes I catch myself that I have been walking around a corner to catch the time instead of simply looking at my wrist watch.
Love it, Carol. Two types of walkers in Paris: the first one is one that always checks their feet for ze doggies and the other ones who look up are often scraping their feet...ReplyDelete
Love the car reflections and all your photos.
Would I get by with wearing my muck boots- the pretty ones with fleurs on? I always am looking everywhere except where my feet are stepping! I would look like a whirling dervish trying to not miss a thing! also I would be wanting to make friends with all the Paris chiens & chats.ReplyDelete
much less poop in Paris these days in my opinion since the fines were upped.ReplyDelete
And smaller dogs too more generally so...


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"The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications today released its report on IT pricing in Australia, making 10 recommendations and concluding that the long-discussed 'Australia tax' is real." One of the recommendations is to make geo-blocking circumvention legal - and as a last resort, the committee recommends the government to make geo-blocking illegal altogether. Pretty strong language.


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What's the secret to an engaging Facebook business page? According to the results of an internal study revealed by Facebook yesterday, posting content about subjects related to your brand is your best bet. The study sought to identify how post topics relate to engagement, which can help marketers understand which of their content is the most effective at getting fans to engage with their Facebook business page -- both organically, and through Facebook ad and Sponsored Stories promotion.
About the Facebook Study
Facebook's study looked at four weeks' worth of page posts from 23 brands spanning six industries, and Facebook categorized each post into one of three buckets:
Posts About Products or Services: e.g. "Our new resort just opened! Book your trip today." (Facebook's travel brand example)
Brand-Related Posts: "I decided to go on my first cruise because______." (Facebook's travel brand example)
Posts Unrelated to the Brand: "Hang in there everybody. Monday will be over before we know it!" (Facebook's travel brand example)
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Overall, Facebook found that posts that fell into that second bucket (brand-related posts), were the most significant predictor of page engagement.
And remember, according to Facebook, an 'engaged user' is a person who has clicked anywhere on your post. In other words, engagement means that a person has performed an action on your post, such as liking it, sharing it, commenting on it, clicking on a link you share, viewing a picture, watching a video, answering a question you pose, RSVP-ing to an event you post, etc.
Facebook also reported on several content posting best practices to consider, depending on your Facebook marketing goals:
- Goal = Generating Shares: Facebook recommends posting about topics related to your brand and leveraging photos, photo albums, and video content.
- Goal = Generating Likes: Facebook suggests posting about topics related to your brand and using a clear call-to-action, such as "Like this if ..."
- Goal = Generating Comments: Again, make the post about your brand, and spark discussion by posing a question in your post.
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Riegel Creating Unique Airstream Rental Firm
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In an entirely new twist for the RV industry, former Thor Industries Inc. executive Dicky Riegel in May will launch Airstream 2 Go LLC, a company that plans to rent Airstream travel trailers hitched to GMC Yukon Denali SUV tow vehicles to retail consumers.
"Airstream 2 Go is entirely new for people who never have had the experience of an Airstream," said Riegel, former president of Airstream Inc. and senior president of Thor Industries, Airstream's parent company.
Airstream 2 Go initially will make available through facilities in Las Vegas and Los Angeles a fleet of 20 23- and 28- foot Airstream International Signature travel trailers with interiors by noted designer Christopher C. Deam.
Rates for a weeklong rental will range from $5,300 for people who just want to pick up a trailer/tow package and range up to $7,500 for a customized itinerary developed by Airstream 2 Go's partner Off the Beaten Path, a Montana-based travel planning and outfitting company. Riegel noted that Airstream 2 Go would limit rentals to five days or longer.
"It's a premium experience," Riegel said. "Many in the RV industry will say, 'Wow, that's a lot of money.' But if you think about how unique Airstream 2 Go is, and the ability we give to visit America's Great venues in a quintessential way, we know there will be demand for the experience at the premium price point."
Rental customers will be covered by their automobile insurance, Riegel said. "Insurance coverage will be just like when they rent an automobile," he said.
Riegel said Airstream 2 Go, in developing its novel business plan, surveyed 60,000 consumers about their interest in renting an Airstream and found a substantial number of positive responses.
"For all those people, Airstream 2 Go presents an exciting opportunity never offered before," Riegel said.
Also as part of its game plan, Airstream 2 Go has an exclusive arrangement with Airstream Inc. to provide rental travel trailers to the public, which heretofore had not been available.
In California, Airstream to Go will offer rentals at the Airstream Los Angeles dealership in San Gabriel. In Nevada, the new company will have a 28,000-square-foot lot in a redevelopment project in downtown Las Vegas.
Riegel said Airstream 2 Go over the next three to five years expects to establish facilities in Florida, Texas, the Pacific Northwest, Illinois and New England, "among other attractive locations. Ultimately, the consumer will tell us where they want to go."


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"I am a former professional musician turned librarian. My father was an Army officer and we lived in many places throughout the world. In my childhood, I moved about 7-8 times and lived off the mainland in Okinawa, Hawaii and Europe for varying periods of time."
What Inspired You to Work in Libraries?
"Library work started off as my day job to supplement my income while playing in working bands. The library as a workplace couldn't be more ideal if one appreciates all manner of the arts and the pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment. Over the years I discovered that I enjoyed my co-workers' humor, intelligence and dedication to public service and found that I was deriving a tremendous level of personal satisfaction and fulfillment as well. When offered the opportunity to attend library school, I decided that the time had come to shift my focus from music to librarianship and I have never regretted it."
What Do You Do at SMCL and Where Can We Find You?
"I manage the two libraries in Pacifica, [Sanchez and Sharp Park]. Finding me can be a challenge at times because I 'float' between the two locations in order to be where I am most needed at any given time. I also do a lot of community outreach so much of my time is spent outside the walls.
In 2000, I created a Musical Storytime that combines children's music and storytelling in a live performance. Audience members are encouraged to sing along with their kids and to take the song sheets home. Most storytimes have a music component but we wanted to take it to a new level. Live performance is becoming less accessible to younger children--parents comment often on this aspect of the storytime, how much they appreciate their children getting to hear live performance."
What Do You Like Most About Your Job?
"The community connection. The emergence of a true and abiding love for the written word in young people. Helping seekers of knowledge find their way through the information ecosphere. Introducing readers to a new author or concept. Hearing people's stories and recognizing the commonalities between and amongst each other. Having the opportunity every day to make a difference in someone's life."
What Would You Tell People About Libraries That They Might Not Know?
"That librarians are not an enclave for repressed, authoritative older women obsessed with quiet and order. And no, we do not sit around all day reading.
The library is the last bastion of non-partisan dissemination of information that respects the intelligence of its patrons enough to provide them with the tools they need to make smart, informed life decisions without interference."
What Are You an (Un)Official Expert On?
"I am a committed generalist who knows a little about a lot. I know a lot about wine, cooking, other cultures, music of all kinds, art, baseball, guitar and sports in general."
What Are Your Hobbies?
"Cooking, baking, sports, walking for exercise and mental detoxification and vegetable gardening."
What Book, Movie, and Album Would You Take With You to a Deserted Island?
"The biggest, fattest, most complete World Literature Anthology available; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; and the [Beatles'] White Album or Crosby, Stills and Nash's first album."
Who Is Your Favorite Fictional Character of All Time?
"Really impossible to say. Ender Wiggin, Miles Vorkosigan, Oliver Twist, Arya Stark, Huck Finn, Dr. Dolittle -- it just goes on and on."
If You Could Have One Superpower, What Would It Be?
"Flight. For the speed, the freedom and the convenience."
What is Your Go-To Dessert?
"Ice Cream. Caramel chocolates. Cookies. Any or all."
In One Word, What Do Libraries Mean to You?
Author Bio:
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Delighted to find another Miles Vorkosigan admirer, as well as one who listens to Crosby, Stills and Nash. Kudos to interviewer Anthony Andora for his skill in eliciting great details for very readable interviews...
I really enjoy conducting these interviews. But I don't do much really--it's the amazing staff members who make them so readable, funny and insightful! It certainly inspires me towards my goal of entering the library profession!


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