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Effective Fitness Equipment On A Budget
Boxing gyms, by their nature, usually operate with very limited space and even more limited resources. Yet boxers are widely recognised for being among the fittest athletes. With a positive attitude and a small budget serious levels of fitness are possible. Here are 5 training aids you can buy for less than $50, to use and store at home.
Road Work
That is right - running, putting the miles in. All you need are a pair of training shoes and some determination and you can get started.
Road work is the basis of all good training. If someone comes to my gym, even though they may look in good shape, I can tell if they have not done their road work.
It is good to mix up the length and pace of your running but as a minimum you should get out and keep the heart rate up for 30 minutes.
Top Tip - sprint between every second streetlight to really get the heart pumping.
Skipping Ropes
Another cornerstone of a boxers fitness is skipping. It often forms part of the warm up and warm down. It takes a bit of time to get good at skipping but like most things in boxing training it is just about finding a rhythm.
As a demonstration of how key skipping rope is to any fighter's training you only need to walk into any gym in the world - the ropes will be there without exception.
Again 30mins is a good guide to help you get in shape.
There are two types of rope generally on sale - plastic ropes which are easier, cheaper, (and sting less when they hit your legs!). But I recommend leather ropes. The added weight tones your arms more and they tend to last longer.
There are loads to chose from if you do some searching. The link below takes you to the leather RDX rope. You can get cheaper ones but at around $25 (as at time of writing) it provides good value and you can see from the reviews (if you go to Amazon uk site) that it lasts.
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As boxing physique is largely based on core strength the kettlebell is becoming more and more popular in gyms.
It can be used for a hugely diverse range of exercises and works arms, back, torso, and legs. When used correctly and regularly you will feel a big difference - fast.
You should take some advice on techniques to ensure you don't injure yourself. A great resource is YouTube which has hundereds of different Kettlebell routines to work any area of the body you wish.
Again a quick search will reveal many kettlebells on offer. There is no need to go for a big brand name here - this is a solid piece of metal and is unlikely to break.
The weight you want depends on your strength. You will see from a quick search that there are several weight options - I suggest people of average fitness get a 25lb kettlebell. This weight is useful for anyone using this equipment. It will work larger muscles for smaller people and works different muscles for those who can lift more weight.
Also - many exercises can be done with just one kettlebell, so you can start off really cheaply.
"To Get Strong You Only have To Lift Your Own Body Weight
An ex European Champion told me this and it is very true.
Press up variations, sit up variations, squats, burpees and neck raises - these will get you in serious shape and they are FREE to do.
Again YouTube is a great information source to see different techniques in each of the above.
One thing that may assist at home is a mat. To be honest I just pile up 3 or 4 towels but a mat is more comfortable and you can wipe it clean. There are short cushioned ones just for sit ups but I would get a longer one so you can also work on press ups.
Again - no need to buy really fancy here but it is important to get value for money. When searching for a mat make sure it gets good reviews on use and durability before you purchase. As always - there are hundereds of mats available if you think something suits you better... or, if you love doing laundry, you could just use towels.
Medicine Ball
This is the final piece of equipment and like the skipping rope - no self respecting gym would be without one.
That said, until you are up to a decent level of fitness you probably won't get great use out of one.
They are so versatile you can use them in many many training routines.
Utilising them in press ups to vary muscles is a great way to get more from your workout.
Sit ups are where the medicine ball really comes into its own. Working solo you use it to add resistance. Working in a pair you can incorporate throwing the medicine ball out of a sit up, or using it for impact around your abs - classic fighter training.
Medicine balls come in different weights but again - no need to break the bank here. You can buy top of the range gear when you use it daily. The Everlast medicine ball below is fairly sturdy and well priced to get you started.
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Time To Get Out And Train
Hopefully now you have a few more training ideas that won't put a hole in your pocket or take over all the space in your house.
If you have determination and work hard you don't need the fancy equipment people try and throw at you. Running and lifting your own body weight will get you in supreme shape, everything else will just help you on your way.
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One of the biggest obstacles people have to overcome when trying to lose weight, is finding a program that is easy to fit into their lifestyle for the long haul. There are a few factors that play a big role in whether people fail or succeed at attempting to change their lifestyle and eating habits. Most people fail simply because they do not prepare themselves mentally and emotionally before taking the first steps towards making lifestyle changes for the better.
Preparing yourself for a successful and effective lifestyle change, also involves learning how to prepare meals that are not just good for weight loss, but also tasty and satisfying. Most people get stuck in a right when it comes to cooking, often falling back on tried-and-true old favourites and family recipes. Unfortunately, most of the time these tried-and-true old favourites happen to be high in carbohydrates, salt and or sugar and all the wrong kinds of fat. And this is the one fingertips people up the most, almost guaranteeing an awesome flop.
One of the easiest way to prepare yourself, your family and your home for a healthier lifestyle, is getting rid of all the things in your kitchen cupboard and fridge that are preventing you from losing weight and living a healthy lifestyle. Initially, this can be quite daunting and terrifying considering the cost of food and the amount of it you need to either throw away, give to family members and friends or donate to a charity or shelter. The easiest way to go about this, is to do this slowly. Start off by getting rid of margarine, salad dressings, mayonnaise and other condiments in your fridge that contain sugar or carbohydrates. It easy: just read the label.
Replace your margarine with real butter, mayonnaise with a home-made variation (recipe is below) and switching out your salad dressings for a good balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. If you're not using all gold tomato sauce, now is the time to start because it does not contain sugar, or carbohydrates.
By making these somewhat scary changes, you'll find it easier to get into the habit of buying healthier foods and ingredients. If you can, try switching out your regular cake flour, bread flour, self-rising flour and Maizena (corn starch) for almond flour, coconut flour, macadamia nut flour and psyllium husks instead. Start off by using almond flour, coconut flour and psyllium husk to begin with. It makes it a little simpler and less overwhelming.
If you and your family still use sugar, now is time to switch it out. To be perfectly honest, this is probably one of the most expensive part of trying to live and eat healthily. There are many alternative to sugar on the supermarket shelves, but choosing one that is as close to natural as possible as well as healthy, can also be a bit overwhelming. Here are a few sweeteners worth looking into:
- Xylitol. It looks exactly like sugar, but has a cooling effect on the tongue. It's not as sweet as sugar, but does not spike blood sugar. It is a little on the pricey side but perfectly safe for diabetics, therefore making it safe for everyone.
- Stevia. You can find this in a liquid form or powder. Liquid is better as it is easier to control. This stuff is insanely sweet and too much can leave a slight bitter aftertaste in your mouth. So go easy on it.
- Erythritol. It is a sugar alcohol found naturally in some fruits that does not spike blood sugar or insulin levels either.
- Palm or coconut sugar. This is considered safe for diabetics, and therefore safe for everyone. This one is also on the pricey side. Also noted that Palm sugar has a brown colour and will tend everything you use it in a darker colour.
Most of these things are easily found at your local Pick 'n Pay supermarket or online. Initially purchasing these ingredients can be a little pricey, but they are 100% organic and easily digestible in the human body and brilliant for cooking and baking. They have no carbohydrates and no added cane or corn sugars/syrup and are not processed.
All this seems rather daunting at first glance, but with a few helpful recipes to give you a little bit of guidance, you'll find it's far easier to live a healthy lifestyle and eating real food that is not only nutritious, but has fabulous health benefits as well. Once you have actually stopped your cupboards and fridge with the healthier versions of your usual grocery shopping buys, you'll find the costs are not so different from regular shopping.
Stock up with things like bacon (streaky bacon is really good), pork sausages butter, full fat cream cheese, cream, crème fraîche, Cheddar cheese and lots of eggs to make delicious and nutritious meals. If you absolutely have to have bread in the house, there is a way around that to. Below is a great recipe for making gluten-free, zero carbohydrate bread, as well as a couple other recipes to get you started.
Seed and Nut Bread Recipe
1 cup flax seed (freshly ground, pre-ground store bought will not work)
1 cup almond flour
1/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup xylitol
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/3 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 cup of eggs
2/3 cup of full cream milk or buttermilk
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Preheat the oven to 180°C and coat a loaf tin with spray and Cook or butter. Combine all dry ingredients into a bowl and mix with a whisk to break up any lumps. Mix the eggs milk or buttermilk and olive oil well, then stir in a bill cider vinegar. Pour into the loaf tin and bake at 180°C for fifteen minutes. Lower the heat 260°C for a further fifty-five minutes to an hour. If the bread becomes dark, cover the bread with some tinfoil and continue baking.
Note: this bread can be flavoured with anything you like from variety of cheeses to pay so and sun-dried tomatoes. It's a versatile recipe that can be adapted to whatever flavours you enjoy the most.
Banting Mayo Recipe
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 a cup coconut oil
1/2 a cup olive oil
1 tablespoon Greek yoghurt
salt and pepper to taste
Combine eggs, mustard and lemon juice in a food processor. In a small pan melt the coconut oil just enough to let liquefies. Slowly pour the coconut and olive oil into the food processor while slowly increasing the food processors speed. Once the mixture has emulsified, add the Greek yoghurt salt and pepper and lemon juice. Pour your mayonnaise into a jar and keep refrigerated.
Note: the mayonnaise should be used within one week because it won't last for much longer than that. This recipe makes about 400 mL of mayonnaise that you can stretch it out with more coconut oil or yoghurt.
Chicken Curry Recipe
2 chicken breasts skin on, bone in
coconut oil
coconut cream
fresh green beans, cleaned and chopped
one medium onion chopped
curry spice and masala
smoked paprika and turmeric
Parboiled chicken breasts in just enough water to cover. Remove chicken from the water and set aside to cool, then shred or cube the meat and skin (discard bones). Reserve and freeze the chicken stock for later use. In a pan use a generous amount of coconut oil (2 tablespoons or so) and fry or off the onions and the spices on a low heat for about two minutes. Add the chicken and cook for a further two minutes. Pour in one can of coconut cream and green beans and simmer until reduced by one third.
Note: because of the high fat content, the dish is fairly rich and satisfying. However, it can be served with a side dish of salad or sambles (finely chopped onion, fresh tomato with parsley or coriander, lightly seasoned with salt, pepper and a little bit of white vinegar). Can be made as spicy or as mild as you like.
Other great meal ideas is fried pork chops (fat on), steak with mushrooms, pepper and cream sauce, mince curry, pumpkin soup with Banting bread (recipe above). They are so many ideas online for high-fat low carb recipes that are super nutritious and awesomely satisfying, you can't and won't get bored. By following a diet like this, not only will you be eating real food, but it's an awesome way to eat healthily to maintain weight or lose weight.

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A group of strange people…
Doing Strange things…
Making crude Jokes…
And we don't use soap.
Okay, ya'll hush it down I'm bout te tell ya'll a tale… *Frank spreads his arms out* Now, ye see this Scumbag Saloon. Bodega built it just fer me. Why would such a scumbag like Bodega do that fer me? Well, I tell ye why! It's because we bruthers frem other muthers. Like, he was a mercenary butt person, an' I just a friendly swamp man. When he came te the last Island an' we met in the swamps. Oooh I tell ye, we got a long like we new each udder fer years. We was laughin' all night long. We even went huntin' an' spelunkin' tigether. I offered him a home, an' in return, he did the same fer me here.
We just like te play jokes an' be bit scummy, but we's all have our own personalities. We are just tryin' te bring some not so pure light inte these here lands, an' get everyone te live a little. We also want money, booze, women, an' jobs.
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Ankara: Turkey suspended all activities at its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said, as the security situation in Syria deteriorated further.
Last year Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he should quit, having lost patience with his former friend`s refusal to end a violent crackdown on popular unrest over the past year.
Turkey is providing sanctuary to more than 16,000 Syrians who have fled the violence in their homeland, has given shelter to soldiers from the rebel Free Syrian Army, and allows the Syrian opposition to meet regularly in Istanbul.
On April 1, Turkey will hold a meeting of "Friends of Syria", grouping mostly Arab and Western governments, to find ways to pressure Assad into halting his military clampdown, during which the country has drifted towards civil war.
Many of those governments closed their embassies in Damascus earlier this month.
The meeting of foreign ministers will be held in Istanbul, where leading Syrian dissidents were gathering on Monday and Tuesday in an attempt to bridge divisions within the opposition and instil confidence in the Syrian National Council umbrella organisation.
More than 50 countries were represented at the first meeting of the "Friends of Syria" group in Tunis in late February.
Last week the foreign ministry called on all Turkish citizens in neighbouring Syria to return to Turkey as soon as possible, saying it planned to close the consular section of its Damascus embassy, which it did on March 22.
All embassy staff have been withdrawn, including the ambassador, who had recently returned to Damascus, having earlier been brought back to Ankara for many months as relations with Assad`s government turned icy.
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Turkish diplomats` families were brought home last year after an attack on the embassy by demonstrators who were angry that Turkey had taken sides against Assad.
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Hey everyone on NS, Jamieson Irvine here giving you the scoop on the summer and my time at Mammoth for the Salomon Jib Academy Finals…Photo by: Scott Markewitz
The Salomon Jib Academy Finals held at Mammoth was a great trip- I had the most fun skiing I've ever had! It was great to see all of these other young shredders tearing it up from all over the globe and I got to meet quite a few people that were really cool from the rest of the Salomon team. I was stoked to be a part of the Jib Academy finals this year.
Photo by: Scott Markewitz
Photo by: Scott Markewitz
Photo by: Scott Markewitz
I roomed with a fellow Canadian from B.C. named Tucker Visser, and also Cody Cirillo from Colorado. They were super fun to ski with and I hung out with them for the whole week which was rad!
Photo by: Scott Markewitz
Mammoth is an amazing mountain- they have a huge amount of park terrain features and natural hits to explore when your skiing around the mountain.Photo by: Scott Markewitz
The weather was hot every day, making the jumps super soft and forgiving. There was a fair amount of wind which stopped us from hitting our private jump, which was sorta a bummer, but the last day the wind died down and the jump ended up being really fun.
Photo by: Scott Markewitz
There were tons of kids throwing down rodeos, corks and bio's and anything else you could think of.
Thanks for the good time Salomon!
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I got the chance to film for a day- here is the vid and a couple of pictures… http://www.vimeo.com/4602633
After Mammoth and a little break back in Barrie Ontario I headed out to Mt Hood for two weeks with the Ontario Pipe and Park Team.
My brother Jack is on the team this year too and is killing it these days! Check him out below! Skier: Jack Irvine
Photo by: Trudy Irvine
This was my second year at Hood. It's pretty cool there- the hill is a volcano cone and is huge and dirty. I stayed in Govy with all the other Ontario Hoodlums. I learned a bunch of new tricks- rodeo 9s and 10s, switch cork and bio 9s, 10s, and 12s; and spent some time just working on my grabs and trying to perfect my tricks.
Photo by: Andrew Mciver
I also made an edit of Mt Hood- it was filmed by teammates Luc, Blake and coaches Toben and Andrew- a lot by Andrew- thank you very much! Here is the link and more pictures of the trip below!
The rest of my summer looks like a lot of biking and a trip to Florida to visit my grandparents… and cottaging… and hanging out with friends…
I hope to see ya next season starting at the Georgian College Jib Fest Rail Jam in Barrie Ontario!
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Rolling shutter
Check out this photo of a propeller seen out a plane window that I saw on a Flickr blog. It was taken with an iPhone, and the milliseconds it took the electronic shutter to capture the different parts of the image yielded a really cool effect with the prop.
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Patna: JD(U) national spokesman Shivanand Tiwari on Monday blamed the market-driven culture of the present day for the increase in crime against women in the country.
"In the present age of market-driven westernisation, the projection of women in films and advertisements is contributing to the rise in crimes against them," Tiwari told reporters.
"The present generation is carrying such a wrong image of women. This is provoking rape and atrocities against women," he said adding `provocative` dance numbers in films were also contributing to it.
"In old times apsaras (fairies) were sent to disturb meditation of saints. Likewise the item dances are polluting mind of younger generation," Tiwari told newsmen on the sidelines of a meeting of JD(U) MPs, MLAs and MLCs.
On a woman being gang-raped, murdered and her body hung from a tree in an orchard by unidentified persons in Bhagalpur on Saturday night after she got down from a Delhi-bound train, he said this was a problem of law and order and judiciary should deal with such cases expeditiously.


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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge 2012
Since this blog is pretty much nothing but vintage mystery reviews and essays I'm going for three categories - two of Bev's and one custom made category of my own - for a total of 24 books. Easily done, my friends, though I'm sure to exceed that by the year's end. Though I won't be listing many of the actual titles (I am subject to frequent fits of whimsy that will cause me to deviate from any laid out plan) I will list the authors I have lined up.
The writers marked below with an asterisk (*) will be first time reads for me. I know it's hard to believe, but there are hundreds of writers I have yet to sample.
PERILOUS POLICEMEN: 8 books with a policeman as the primary investigator
Anthony Abbott
Jonathan Craig
Ed McBain
J. J. Marric*
Nigel Morland
Helen Reilly*
Lawrence Treat*
Henry Wade*
DEADLY DECADES: 7 books, one from each decade plus one extra of my choosing
Pre-1900s - Mary Elizabeth Braddon*, Emile Gaboriau*, Wilkie Collins
1900s - Gaston Leroux, Arthur Morrison*, E. W. Hornung*
1910s - Hesketh Prichard, Ernest Bramah, Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre
1920s - Isabel Ostrander, Carroll John Daly, Johnston McCulley, Thomas Hanshew*
1930s - Jonathan Latimer, Nicholas Brady, Ethel Lina White*, Richard Hull, Anthony Berkeley
1940s - Helen McCloy, A.B. Cunningham, E.C.R. Lorac*
1950s - Bruno Fischer*, Jonathan Craig, Day Keene*, Helen Nielsen*
... and many more especially from the 30s, 40s and 50s.
MURDEROUS MISCELLANY: Witchcraft/Black Magic in the detective novel
Gladys Mitchell
Michael Burt
Maxwell Grant
Dennis Wheatley
The Witch of the Low Tide by John Dickson Carr
The Devil's Bride by Seabury Quinn
The Witching Hour by C. S. Cody
The Black Magician by R.T.M. Scott
...and probably some others I will discover serendipitously next year.
I encourage all lovers of mystery novels who have yet to sample some of the best of the old books to take this opportunity and challenge yourself with the bare minimum of eight books. Eight books over an entire year! Anyone can do that. Those eight may lead to new discoveries and a new addiction. Anything is possible.
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I know it's not a competition, but when I read lists like this it gets the competitive juices going. I was going to do women authors, but now that just sounds dull in comparison to your fabulous lists. I'll have to put on my thinking cap.ReplyDelete
Mouth-watering titles and authors, especially your Miscellany selections - really looking forward to 2012!ReplyDelete
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Whatever and whomever you decide upon I'll look forward to your thoughts and impressions. You picked a few this year that I 've never read and enmjoyed your takes on all the books.
Sergio -
I have to say you inspired me to go all out with next year's chlalenge. I was thinking only of sticking with the decade category, then I read your post and thought I can do three categories, too. As Carol says above it's almost like we're competing with each other. I'm already looking forward to January.
Looking good! Love to see those "Miscellany" themes going up!ReplyDelete
Looking forward to another great year of reviews.


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Iran nuclear deal: 8th day of talks
Ministers from Iran and six world powers lurch into an eighth day of talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, with a deal at their fingertips. David Pollard reports.
Two days past a deadline, and still counting.... Iran and ministers from six Western powers pushed through the night in a bid to, finally, strike a deal. The US foreign secretary, John Kerry, joined for a briefing by his boss in the White House .... While, after the marathon night-time session, Iran's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, spoke to Iranian TV. IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, SAYING: "There's been a lot of discussion since last night and there has been some progress towards preparing a draft agreement. But we haven't reached the point yet where we can say what the outcome of these meetings will be, but it won't be more than one joint statement." At stake: an agreement to block Tehran's capacity to build a nuclear bomb - in exchange for lifting sanctions. All sides under pressure to come up with something. Even more so after a White House warning that it was prepared to walk away from the talks, if necessary. A deal desirable - but not at any cost, according to Seven Investment Management's Justin Urquhart Stewart. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JUSTIN URQUHART STEWART, SEVEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, SAYING: ''This is really very important indeed. But it's got to be an agreement that's people can see as being credible, and not just being a fudge, with people thinking it's a last-minute sticky tape just to try and get an agreement. If it hasn't got the then we'll get right back to where we started.'' Sanctions have halved Iran's oil exports to just over one million barrels per day since 2012. Oil futures fell further as the talks entered their eight day at a Swiss lakeside hotel, on the prospect of a deal unlocking its oil exports. IG's Alastair McCaig. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALASTAIR MCCAIG, MARKET COMMENTATOR, IG.COM SAYING: ''It's worth remembering that Iran is arguably the 3rd largest oil producer of the OPEC nations. So if sanctions were eased considerably, and if they were able to come back to the markets with their full supply, we could easily a 10 per cent fall in the oil prices. The shift in balance of supply and demand really hasn't been altered by increased demand and this would once again be fresh supply offered to the market. '' That might be some way off. An agreement would almost certainly lift sanctions only in stages, deferring even a partial return of Iran's crude to the market until at least next year.


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London's National Portrait Gallery is currently celebrating the fifty year career of photographer Sandra Lousada. The twenty one portraits on display depict key figures in literature, film and fashion from the early 1960s.
Subsequent to the acquisition of forty portraits by Lousada, the display at The National Portrait Gallery highlights shots taken between 1960 and 1964, many of which feature in Lousada's book Public Faces Private Places (2008).
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Born in London in 1938, Sandra Lousada initially found it difficult to find work as a photographic assistant or get commissions. A turning point in her career was the publications of her portrait of Richard Hughes on the cover of the New York Times literary supplement. She went on to work for Mademoiselle, Harpers & Queen, Tatler and Vogue whilst also becoming a successful theatre and portrait photographer.
Sandra Lousada: Work and Performance runs in the Bookshop Gallery of The National Portrait Gallery, London until the 20th May 2012. Lousada's book, Public Faces Private Places: Portraits of Artists 1956-2008, (published by Frances Lincoln), is also available.
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"002 Operation Moon": 002 operazione Luna is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Mónica Randall and Linda Sini.
- also known as 002 Operazione Luna
- countries: Italy, Spain
- languages: Italian Language, Russian Language
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November 3, 2010
The majority of voters favored a bond measure to expand the Mt. San Jacinto College Pass campus, but Measure U fell short of the 55 percent needed to pass in the Nov. 2, 2010 election.
Measure U, a $47 million bond measure, received nearly 52 percent approval from voters in the Pass area, according to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters web site. Only voters in the Pass were asked to decide on the bond and all funds would have remained in the Pass for expansion of the local campus.
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"While we are disappointed that Measure U did not pass, Mt. San Jacinto College is encouraged by the majority of support from the Pass," said Dr. Roger Schultz, Superintendent/President. "The Pass area's unemployment rate is higher than other areas and higher education and job training are pathways out of the economic downturn this region is experiencing."
Mt. San Jacinto College began this year building the initial elements of a campus to serve the Pass area, which stretches from Calimesa to Whitewater. The San Gorgonio Pass Outreach Center consists of modular buildings that include four classrooms.
Measure U would have funded the expansion of the Pass campus with permanent buildings. It would have paid for equipment and labs, including those needed to offer programs like nursing and criminal justice. State community college leaders are expecting California to implement mid-year budget cuts that could impact community colleges.
"Although we realize the need for higher education is great in this area, we will have to live within our means," Dr. Schultz said. "Mt. San Jacinto College will not be able to offer as much as if the measure had passed, but we have a history of partnerships and innovation. We are committed to serving the Pass, as well as the entire district, with quality education."
Mt. San Jacinto College is one of only a few of the state's 72 community college districts without an approved bond measure. Since 2001, 65 districts have passed at least one local bond. Some of the districts have passed more than one bond measure during that time.
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After easily handling Burbank two days earlier in the teams' first meeting, the Crescenta Valley staff wanted to make its squad didn't take the District 16 Little League 10-11 All-Star championship game lightly.
In retrospect, the coaches had nothing to worry about, as Crescenta Valley scored early and often in a one-sided 14-1 victory at Scholl Canyon Ball Fields to secure the title.


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In today's best game/app deals, we have Star Fox Zero + Star Fox Guard on Nintendo Wii U for $36.82 with free Prime shipping or in orders over $49. That's almost 40% below the original listing, the lowest Amazon has offered it for and the best we have tracked. "Players use the GamePad to control their Arwing spaceship and see the view from the cockpit, while the TV shows the overall context of the full battlefield."
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Other notable deals include The LEGO Movie Videogame from under $15 Prime shipped (Reg. $17+), Evolve on Xbox One for $9.99 Prime shipped (Reg. up to $20), and Guitar Hero Live from under $26 Prime shipped (Reg. $40+).
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David Moyes Believes Cesc Will Fit United
Former Manchester United defender David May believes a move to Old Trafford would be "perfect" for Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
United have so far been rebuffed in their attempts to bring Fabregas back to the Premier League ahead of the new season, but May believes the former Arsenal captain might fancy the move if Barca's asking price is met.
He told Sky Sports News Radio: "When good players are there it's right that United should go for them. I wouldn't say that they're desperate; Barcelona are holding on to him, and rightly so because he is a good player.
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The news that Loyiso Mandinga will be joining Comedy Central was confirmed in a tweeter feed 'Mandinga will present local segments for Africa, reporting outside the US for the African broadcast'.
The South African comedian who takes pride in his humble roots in the Eastern Cape of South Africa says this opportunity is not just about him.
''This isn't even about me. This is about SA comedy and comedy in Africa. We're all grinding so damn hard to make this thing work and this only happened because the hard work, love and dedication we all put into this is obvious to the world,'' Mandinga posted on his Instagram account.
Describing the role that his fellow South African will take on the Daily Show, Trevor Noah joked that the show is giving an opportunity to other countries besides the United States to show off their 'stable geniuses'.
"As wild as Donald Trump is for America, many countries around the world have Trumps of their own and since The Daily Show is in many countries, we thought 'why not give each country a chance to show off their stable geniuses?'" said Noah.
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Thai food is probably the spiciest cuisine on the planet, outstripping anything offered by even Mexican or Indian dishes. Carmel Thai restaurants strive to create a balance and harmony in all of their dishes, giving customers the excitement of hot flavors and ingredients unlike anything else in town. Some of their most popular offerings include panang curry, red and green curries, fried wontons, satay, Pad Thai noodles, and various seafood selections such as spicy squid and steamed mussels.
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Old Spokes Home: Early 1890's Tangent Geared Bicycle
Glen at Old Spokes really came up on a gem here. This bike is thought to be built in the early 1890's by the Ames Manufacturing Company in Chicopee Falls, MA, and it might just be a one-of-a-kind. Derek put a nice video together featuring a couple of my favorite former co-workers Greg and Glenn, restoring this small piece of history.


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An electric power system is a network of electrical components used to supply, transfer and use electric power. An example of an electric power system is the network that supplies a region's homes and industry with power—for sizable regions, this power system is known as the grid and can be broadly divided into the generators that supply the power, the transmission system that carries the power from the generating centres to the load centres and the distribution system that feeds the power to nearby homes and industries. Smaller power systems are also found in industry, hospitals, commercial buildings and homes. The majority of these systems rely upon three-phase AC power—the standard for large-scale power transmission and distribution across the modern world. Specialised power systems that do not always rely upon three-phase AC power are found in aircraft, electric rail systems, ocean liners and automobiles.
In 1881 two electricians built the world's first power system at Godalming in England. It was powered by a power station consisting of two waterwheels that produced an alternating current that in turn supplied seven Siemens arc lamps at 250 volts and 34 incandescent lamps at 40 volts. However supply to the lamps was intermittent and in 1882 Thomas Edison and his company, The Edison Electric Light Company, developed the first steam powered electric power station on Pearl Street in New York City. The Pearl Street Station initially powered around 3,000 lamps for 59 customers. The power station used direct current and operated at a single voltage. Direct current power could not be easily transformed to the higher voltages necessary to minimise power loss during long-distance transmission, so the maximum economic distance between the generators and load was limited to around half-a-mile (800 m).


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Does this mean that if you are in the very middle, you are in Limbo? 🙂
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So you can't be in the right place at the wrong time? Mathemeticians suggest that a proper 4 region Venn diagram isn't possble but the ones for 5, 7 and 11 regions are quite pretty: http://cartesianproduct.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/venn-diagrams-for-11-sets/
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'Mafia cops' convicted
NEW YORK (AP) - A pair of highly decorated ex-NYPD detectives were convicted Thursday for their roles in eight murders and assorted other crimes while on the payroll of a mob underboss in one of the most astounding police corruption cases in city history.
The federal court jury in Brooklyn deliberated for two days in the case against Louis Eppolito and Steven Caracappa, who spent a combined 44 years on the force and once worked as partners. The pair, who were immediately jailed after the verdict, face up to life in prison on their convictions.
Eppolito, 57, and Caracappa, 64, were accused of leading a double life for years: respected city detectives who moonlighted as hired killers for Luchese crime family underboss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Wenner described the case against the so-called "Mafia cops" as "the bloodiest, most violent betrayal of the badge this city has ever seen."
The defendants rubbed their faces and stared at the jury, while Eppolito's family wept as the verdict was read.
U.S. District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein immediately revoked their $5 million bail pending their May 22 sentencing. Before Caracappa was led out by federal marshals, he hugged defense attorney Edward Hayes.
Hayes and Eppolito's attorney, Bruce Cutler, said they would appeal. "It's an appearance of justice, but it's not justice," Cutler told reporters outside court.
Eppolito's 28-year-old daughter, Andrea, accused prosecutors of squashing new evidence: a letter written by Casso from prison suggesting the detectives were innocent of several of the crimes.
"They should go find the real killers," she said.
Eppolito and Caracappa received the verdict they deserved, said U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf.
"They didn't deliver us from evil," she said. "They themselves were evil personified. They did it as cops, and they did it as Mafia cops."
The pair were convicted of racketeering conspiracy, which includes the eight murders, witness tampering, witness retaliation and obstruction of justice. They also were convicted of money laundering; narcotics conspiracy and narcotics distribution.
Prosecutors charged that the two used their positions as crime fighters to aid the crime family - at a price of $4,000 a month. Their salary increased when the detectives personally handled the killing, authorities said; they earned $65,000 for the slaying of a mobster during a phony traffic stop.
Casso also referred to the pair as his "crystal ball," providing inside information on law enforcement interest in the mob world, authorities said. Caracappa, who retired in 1992, helped establish the city police department's office for Mafia murder probes.
Eppolito, the son of a Gambino crime family member, was a much-praised street cop - although there were suggestions that some of his arrests followed tips provided by mobsters. The contrast between his police work and his "family" life was detailed in his autobiography, "Mafia Cop."
Eppolito also played a bit part in the classic mob movie "GoodFellas." After retiring in 1990, he unsuccessfully tried his hand at Hollywood scriptwriting.
The former detectives, who retired to homes on the same block in Las Vegas, insisted on their innocence from the time of their arrests in March 2005. But neither took the stand to refute the charges during the trial that began March 13.
The key prosecution witness was Burton Kaplan, an acknowledged drug dealer who spent four days on the stand linking the pair to an assortment of murders between 1986-90. Kaplan testified that he served as middleman between Casso and the detectives.
Casso, known as one of the most brutal mobsters in the city, was reportedly involved in 36 murders himself. Both sides considered calling him as a witness, but ultimately decided Casso came with too much baggage - even after he wrote the letter.
The details of the killing spree were chilling. The detectives "arrested" a mobster named Jimmy Hydell in 1986, but instead delivered him to Casso for torture and execution.
That same year, the pair furnished the underboss with information to locate Nicholas Guido, a mobster involved in a planned hit on Casso. Their inaccurate tip led to an innocent man with the same name, who was killed after Christmas dinner at his mother's house.
The detectives also were charged with killing Gambino family member Eddie Lino during what began as a routine traffic stop, and finished with Caracappa shooting the mobster.
Associated Press Writer Tom Hays contributed to this report.


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