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It is so demoralizing to always fail. And I'm set up for failure each and every time I show up at the box. Craig warned me when he first looked at the website for CrossFit Summerville because he knows I'm competitive. Everybody who comes to the box must be or they would not keep coming back.
Here there is one workout and only one workout each day. It is divided into men's and women's weights, but that's all. I've been to one garage game here in Charleston and worked one in Hilton Head. I don't think there are prescribed and scaled workouts, I know there are. There are masters levels, too, for old coots. There isn't just one at even elite venues, but there is just one at my box. I cannot attain anything ever as it is written. It is just one unattainable goal and will continue to be for months, if not years.
The only reason for me to keep going back is self motivation. There is no extrinsic attagirls from being able to write anything meaningful on the board. And there won't be at any time in the foreseeable future. The only person benefitting from all this work is me, but I've been conditioned since kindergarten to work for the gold star. I am not getting any gold stars.
CrossFit Summerville's class for today:
EMOM for 10 minute 1 Power Clean + 1 Split Jerk @ 90% (of 1RM Power Clean).
In 12 minutes complete:
100 UB Double-Unders
AMRAP of…
7 Deadlifts 275/185#
25 Burpees
Notes: The 100 Double-Unders are a "buy-in". When the 12 minute clock starts they must be completed before moving on to the AMRAP. The TOTAL TIME of the entire piece is 12 minutes. If you do not complete the 100 Double-Unders in the 12 minutes your score is ZERO.
CrossFit Hilton Head's class for today:
2 minutes of jump rope
Hamstrings. Hips. Shoulders. T-spine.
DE Day. 2 reps on the minute of High Bar Back Squat (HBBS) @ 60% of 1RM.
5 rounds of:
5 strict pullups
5 burpees (touch your pullup bar at the top)
5 burpee pullups (you may kip your pullups on these ONLY)
50m shuttle sprint
Rest :60
LII: Kip all pullups. You do not have to touch the bar at top of burpees.
5 rounds of:
6 negatives or 6 ring rows
12 burpees
50m shuttle sprint
:60 rest
PWOD MOB: Lax ball in C/S/B/G/Forearms. Hamstrings. Hip flexors.
What I did today:
1000 m row
lunge up and down the mat various methods – five different things
one minute of pushups
then I did the power clean and split jerk with the 22# bar as stated
two-thirds of the 100 double unders or 400 scaled jump ropes was 265 and I got them done with 30 seconds to spare, a heart rate of 174, and the room spinning.
I did get to the box for one more day. I failed again. I'm pretty sure I could somehow manage Craig's WOD, but those 12 Burpees five times look a little daunting, too. But I don't think it would take me years to reach that level. It would be a goal I could attain some time before I die.
It is only my own stubbornness that keeps me going. I really want a gold star.


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Chocolate Avocado Pudding (Transitional Recipe)
Chocolate Avocado Pudding
This delicious and creamy pudding works well as a snack, a breakfast, or even as frosting!
2 avocados (ripe but not over-ripe)
1/4 cup plus 2 T honey
1/4 cup plus 2 T cocoa or carob powder
3 T coconut oil, melted
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Place all ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. Taste and adjust flavors if needed.
NOTE: The first time you make this, you may want to begin with just the 1/4 cup of honey and carob or cocoa and see how you like the flavor. It is easy to add more of these ingredients later.
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InnovaCare, Inc. offers managed healthcare services where they operate the leading health plans of Puerto Rico, PMC Medicare Choice, Inc. (PMC) and MMM Healthcare, Inc. (MMM). InnovaCare Health have over 200,000 individuals as members along with a network of more than 7,500 providers serving them. InnovaCare Health continually strive to provide members with quality healthcare with the use of sustainable models of managed care that are cost effective, innovative, coordinated, and totally integrated with advanced technologies. And to continue their mission, their CEO and president, Richard Shinto, M.D., announced in July 2016, the adding of three executives to their team.
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Penelope Kokkinides is one of these executives announced as being added to this company. With over two decades of experience in specialized and managed care and government programs, including Medicaid and Medicare, she is definitely the right person to help maintain InnovaCare Health and their patients' success and wellbeing.
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Her extensive knowledge and expertise were acquired from a number of previous executive roles. She worked for Centerlight HealthCare as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President where she was over the strategic direction and management of the managed care division. She worked for Touchstone Health as the Chief Operating Officer. She also worked for AmeriChoice, an UnitedHealth Group's business unit, as the Corporate Vice President of Care Management and Disease Management where she assisted with the development and the implementation of AmeriChoice's health model. And besides innovacarehealth.com, Kokkinides was featured in qns.com and rentimental.com.
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Dr. Shinto serves on a few boards. Also, he received an award in summer of 2012 for the Service category in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year in New Jersey at a special gala at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick. This award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs demonstrating extraordinary success and excellence in areas, such as financial performance, innovation, and personal commitment to communities and their businesses. His educational achievements include a B.S. degree from the University of California at Irvine, a M.B.A. degree from the University of Redlands, and a medical degree from the State University of New York in Stony Brook.
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Jarrett Bay Boatworks builds a custom convertible for NASCAR driver Jeff Burton.
January 11, 2011
If you were a NASCAR champ and you wanted a new sportfishing boat custom-built to your specifications, you might find Jarrett Bay Boatworks is up for the challenge. Driver Jeff Burton did, and last year they began construction on his new boat. Jarrett Bay's hull number 57 is a 46'4" long, 15' wide sportfishing machine (which carries 600 gallons of fuel and drafts 4'4"), powered with a pair of 575-hp Cat C9 Acerts, coupled to ZF pod drives.
This is Jarrett Bay's first pod boat, and the extra belowdecks space (which would have been dedicated to the engineroom in a straight inboard arrangement) is used to form a second stateroom, with a pair of side-by-side berths. Another unusual design feature is the helm station Burton chose. "We're taking a lot of what you see in a down-east boat that cruises and applying it to a boat that's also ready to go hard-core fishing – and in a size that's something I can manage myself," Burton says.
Instead of the usual upper station, Burton decided to add an interior helm into the mix. That eliminates the usual salon wrap-around mask, in favor of actual forward-facing windows laid into a slightly higher-than-average cabin design. The rest of the salon is just as unusual, with a galley aft and to port, a small dinette forward of the galley, and a settee to starboard, behind the lower helm. "If you're going out fishing and it's raining, or you just want to get out of the elements, you can get down below," Burton said. "That enables me to be with my family too, you know, and be able to spend time together. That's really what boating is all about, is being able to spend time together."
The bridgedeck still has a full-blown steering station, of course, and is capped off by a half-tower with a resin-infused hard top that has integrated, recessed running lights and LED courtesy and spreader lights. The electronics package is based on a Furuno system, complemented by a KVH high-def satellite dome, a Fusion Stereo and a FLIR night vision camera.
The 46 is expected to make its debut at the Miami Boat Show in February—but Burton said he hopes to take it through the inlet and catch some sailfish, before he has to leave town to climb into a land-vehicle and put the pedal to the metal in Daytona. Keep tabs on the boat's progress via Jarrett Bay's Jeff Burton blog.
And if you want a really cool view of this new 46, check out this time-lapse construction video of the boat. You'll get to watch as a half-dozen guys scramble around like ants on mescaline, working at about 10,000 miles per hour to plank the hull.
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225 square kilometres! You don't really want to get lost in zombie infested land of this scale. There is a map in game but you have to find it first… or you can download one from the Internet! So rather than having the map open in another window, I thought it would be handy to actually print one, and it worked.
I have assembled an image that is set to 300 dpi for printing on A4 and it also has map legend (not that you need one). However to achieve best results you need to print it on photo paper which is available from any office stationary supplier. Then before you print anything you have to go to printer properties and tell the printer that you are using photo paper and set the quality to maximum. The result is pretty neat and readable map that has a grid, which makes it easier to meet with friends and other survivors. The image is ~18MB and you can get it from my Google Drive.
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Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's office laid out the case for a long prison sentence for Paul Manafortbecause he "repeatedly and brazenly" broke the law before, during and after he served as President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, according to a sentencing memo.
The memo, which is more than 800 pages with attachments, was filed Friday in the D.C. District Court but not released until a day later for review and redactions.
The prosecutors didn't recommend a specific amount of prison time but warned the 69-year-old Manaford, who is currently incarcerated in another case because he violated his bail terms by attempting to contact witnesses, "presents a grave risk of recidivism." U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is scheduled to sentence Manafort on March 13, and federal sentencing guidelines suggest Manafort get between 17 and nearly 22 years of incarceration.
On March 8, Manafort is scheduled be sentenced by District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, Va., for eight felonies related to tax and bank-fraud charges. Federal prosecutors, also members of Mueller's office, in this case have told that judge he should face up to 25 years in prison.
In the D.C. case, prosecutors have also outlined a host crimes for which he is not charged beyond the two conspiracy counts.
"Based on his relevant sentencing conduct, Manafort presents many aggravating sentencing factors and no warranted mitigating factors," according to the memo. "Manafort committed an array of felonies for over a decade, up through the fall of 2018. Manafort chose repeatedly and knowingly to violate the law -- whether the laws proscribed garden-variety crimes such as tax fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and bank fraud, or more esoteric laws that he nevertheless was intimately familiar with, such as the Foreign Agents Registration Act [FARA]. His criminal actions were bold, some of which were committed while under a spotlight due to his work as the campaign chairman and, later, while he was on bail from this Court."
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And the crimes extended to members of Congress and the executive branch. The prosecutors' list included tax preparers, bookkeepers, banks, the Treasury Department, the Department of Justice National Security Division, his own legal counsel.
In September, Manafort pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy witness tampering. Manafort also admitted money laundering and foreign lobbying crimes that encompassed his work for Ukrainian politicians and other clients.
He had agreed to cooperate with the federal authorities.
"Manafort's conduct after he pleaded guilty is pertinent to sentencing," the prosecutors wrote. "It reflects a hardened adherence to committing crimes and lack of remorse."


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"The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual." – Vince Lombardi
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In order for a student organization to be eligible to be recognized by the NJIT Student Senate, it must abide by the following:
- Have a minimum of ten (10) NJIT undergraduate student members. A membership list must be submitted to the Vice President of Administration via email in either a spreadsheet or text document. The membership list must contain the member's full name, year, and UCID.
- Submit a completed registration application to the Vice President of Administration. The registration form must be signed by the advisor.
- Submit a constitution via email to the Vice President of Administration that meets the criteria listed elsewhere in this packet and is consistent with the rules, regulations, and policies of the NJIT Student Senate and NJIT.
The Registration Process
In order to become an NJIT Student Senate Recognized Organization, the organization needs to do the following:
- Organizations must be able to fulfill all the criteria for registration listed in this packet. They must also fill out the registration form in this packet and submit it to the NJIT Student Senate Vice President of Administration along with an email containing a list of members (with name, position, year, UCID) and the organization's updated constitution to the Vice President of Administration.
- The Constitution Committee will review all documents submitted to see that the organization meet all the listed criteria (explained in this packet). If the committee (or the full Senate) does not approve, the chairman of the committee (the Senate Vice President of Administration) will contact the organization to discuss it.
- Once the constitution is approved by majority vote of the NJIT Student Senate, the organization is officially recognized, the Vice President of Administration will officially notify the organization via e-mail. New student organizations will be placed on a four-month probationary period before they receive NJIT Student Senate privileges if they are eligible to receive mentioned privileges.
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Step out in style with the SAMIA by SOIA & KYO – a straight-fit, knee-length belted coat made from our luxurious handcrafted double-face wool fabric. The dramatic face-framing hood and cascading collar make this style ultra-versatile. Whether thrown on over jeans and a tee or paired with a sleek midi dress, this wrap coat can be worn closed with its unlined belt or open for a laid-back look.
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CBS may be network of the sitcom "2 Broke Girls," but it isn't cheap.
At least it's not for advertisers, according to a tranche of TV advertising data released this week by TV advertising startup Simulmedia. While CBS gives advertisers the greatest reach of any single network, it also frequently charges the most to reach 1,000 unduplicated viewers, according to the data, which is based in part on information from Kantar Media and network sales systems.
The company released data from 100 top TV advertisers today, and plans to expand that to two years of data from 300 TV advertisers, according to founder and web advertising pioneer Dave Morgan. Once available only to clients, Mr. Morgan made it free during the Association of National Advertisers financial conference in Arizona, and more auspiciously, ahead of the TV network upfronts next week.
Why do it? Partly to shake up the clubby TV business, where deals are still made on a handshake and real comparative data is expensive. "Those tools and systems are limited in very few hands," Mr. Morgan said. "No one has ever put this stuff out in one place."
Further, he'd like TV to become more data-driven and, of course, planners to avail themselves of Simulmedia's services. "Audience fragmentation across channels, timeslots and devices has made TV advertising much less efficient than it used to be," he said. "Two-thirds of TV spots today in the U.S. are wasted and don't need to be. Our mission is to show exactly which ones they are and how brands and agencies can avoid that kind of waste."
The point is, TV is very good at reaching a wide swath of heavy viewers. Where it gets expensive is the frequency required to reach light viewers. Advertisers end up hitting the same heavy viewers over and over as they try to reach those infrequent viewers, a growing problem as audiences disperse to niche networks. This is a going to be a familiar pitch to TV advertisers over the coming months. YouTube is sending out its salesforce with software meant to demonstrate that light TV viewers can be reached more efficiently through web video.
Unlike the web guys trying to smash-and-grab for TV dollars, Mr. Morgan thinks TV is actually undervalued and that data will help the medium capture value as viewers watch more TV in different places. "We think that the closed nature of information is one of the real impediments to TV advertising getting better and growing," he said.
Simulmedia gets its data from partnerships with cable and satellite providers representing 50 million U.S. homes, as well as Nielsen's measurement panel and anonymous purchase data from MRI.
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More than two billion people celebrate Christmas globally. However, the way that we all mark the occasion varies. As we celebrate the holidays with our family, friends and clients from around the globe, here are some of the traditions you may encounter.
Tradition: Santa's spooky helper
As a part of celebrations in Germany as well as Austria and some parts of Switzerland, St Nikolaus is accompanied by a scary devil-like character as a warning to children no to be bad. In France there's a similar figure called La Pere Fouettard.
Tradition: Presents on a broomstick
A good witch called La Befana delivers children's presents on January 6th using a broomstick rather than a sleigh. But if you've been bad – expect lumps of coal.
Tradition: The smallest camel
Christmas in Syria is celebrated on December 6th and the churches of Syria hold special masses in honor of Saint Nicholas Thaumaturgus whose legend is similar to those of St. Nicholas and Santa Claus. The tradition of exchanging gifts also exists. Here, of course, in line with the local traditions and the importance that camels hold in them, it is the Smallest Camel of the Wise Men who brings gifts for the kids on the Eve of Christmas.
Tradition: Sinterklaas and Black Peter
In Holland Santa Claus is called Sinterklaas. He doesn't live at the North Pole, but in sunny Spain and arrives by steamboat with a helper called Black Peter rather than an elf.
Tradition: Decorating mango trees
For Christians on the sub-continent fir trees aren't common. Instead mango trees are often decorated instead and mango leaves used to brighten up homes.
Tradition: Basil and burning shoes
Basil is wrapped around a cross and used to sprinkle holy water around the house to ward off mischief making goblins called killantzaroi. It's also traditional to burn old shoes for good luck in the following year.
These are just a few of the traditions from around the globe. Looking up different Christmas traditions is also a fun activity to do with your children during the holiday season!
Merry Christmas!
French: Joyeux Noël
German: Frohe Weihnachten
Italian: Buon Natale
Greek: Kala Christouyenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Hindi: Śubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस)


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Academic Survival–The First College Semester
Always looking for a teacher. Sometimes asking for a boss.
Another Lousy Presentation at Work
Baby Sitters and an Emergency–Guiding the Response
Balancing Management and Technical Priorities-Recognize Problems before Projects Fail
Coaching for Improving Employee Performance–Imitation, Overcoming Failure, Intuition (Working)
Chasing the Ball into the Street
Child Sleeping Problems–3 Parent Activities to Reduce Frustration
Cleaning House–Saving Memories, Losing Junk
Coaching for Improved Employee Performance–Imitation, Overcoming Failure, Intuition
Cold Remedies, Miso Soup, and the Influence of Advertising (Health)
Common Sense, Carpal Tunnel Information, Treatment Options and Acupuncture
Creative Procrastination–Less Worry, Less Work (Working)
Dealing With a Bad Performance Appraisal (Working)
Dealing with Contractors–"Working Theories"
Deciding to Let a Child Travel Alone
Digging Deeper for Ideas–Stealing from Hegel
Digging Deeper for Ideas (2)–Playing with Syncretism
Disrupting the Cycle of Inefficient Meetings
Effective Quantitative Problem Solving Methods (Teaching Problem Solving)
Elephants, Blind Men, and the Vision of a Manager (Story)
Eliminating Mental Bias Decision Errors
Employee Performance Appraisal Ranking Methods–Lessons about Flaws from "Arrows Paradox"
Feynman Asks a Question (Zen and Science, Stories)
Finding and Hiring a Tutor–Interviewing for Value
Finding Things–Lost Your Flash Drive
Foam Blocks for Bathtime–Good Clean Fun
The Frog that Lived in the Well (Story)
Get a Better Deal–Quantitative Decisionmaking
Getting and Giving Directions–Listening for Consequences
Getting Ideas into the Discussion
Getting Off Academic Probation–Looking Further for Success
Great Ideas Going Nowhere–Getting Projects Launched
Independent Yet Connected–Story
Intuitive Decisions–Allowing a child more responsibility
Limited by Experience–The Cicada and the Wren (Story)
Manager's Performance Appraisal–Assessing Contributions to Subordinates' Growth (Working)
Managing Multiple Projects–A Juggler's View
Managing Priority Conflicts for Productive Results (Working)
Mediation, Science, and the Western Perspective
Minimizing the Frustration of Working for an Indecisive Manager (Working)
The Monk Challenges His Teacher
The Monk Hakuin and the Baby–Just the way it is
The Moon Illusion (Zen and Science, Stories)
Natural History, Natural Mind (Zen and Science)
Offering Zen to Students–Letting the Practice Speak for Itself (Teaching Schedule)
The Prince Who Became a Cuckoo (Story)
Presenting Quantitative Information Well–Lessons from Playwrights
Preventing Common Household Accidents-Swiss Cheese Model
Project Reality Checks–Keeping Perspective or Heading in the Wrong Direction
Put Aside the First Idea–Increase Perception by Learning from the Oulipians
Slacking Off Without Consequences–Practical Risk Management
Stuck with a Bad Performance Review–Making it Worse (Working)
Recognizing Incompetence Early–Pretending to be a Manager (Working)
Riding an Ox, Looking for an Ox–Story
Setting Priorities to Improve Productivity–Busy May be Necessary, Complications are Optional
Stacking Cups for Imagination–A Great Baby Toy Not Found at (Many) Stores
Struggling to Give a Good Employee Appraisal–Maintaining Credibility
Stuck with a Bad Performance Review–Making It Worse
Teaching Problem Solving to Students–Tools and Resources
Teaching Problem Solving to Students–Goals and Strategy
Teaching Problem Solving to Students–Cycle of Confusion/Resourcefulness/Confidence
Tewa Initiation and Clifford Geertz-Story
The Monk's Test (Story)
Using Ignorance Wisely-From Spiritual Teachers to Parents and Managers (Parenting, Working)
Using Micromanagers to Sharpen Skills–Prepare to Implement Solutions@Lowest Valued Added Cost
Working Smart–Strategies for Difficult Exams (Education, Teaching Problem Solving to Students)
What was I Thinking? I Knew That! Reduce Mental Errors
When Things Go Wrong–Initial Responses
Working Beyond Everyday Expectations–Learning from Rain (Working)
Zen Lightning (Stories)
Zen Teaching Schedule (Teaaching Schedule)


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During the last ten years more and more decisions about real estate development have moved from City Hall to outside development agencies run by independent boards.
City Council still votes on property tax abatement and the other government hand-outs that have come to be taken for granted by today's corporate developers, but members of Council get their advice about what needs to be built from 3CDC, the Port Authority and in the not too distant future, REDI.. These agencies are not compelled to meet the same standards for transparency as full-fledged government entities, there's a lot of room for interpretation and my experiences trying to get information have been far from uniformly positive. If voters don't agree with direction, there's no chance to vote the bums out every four years like we can with stinky elected officials. Boards are political appointments, made the way political appointments are, too often based on campaign contributions and personal relationships.
So get out your magnifying glass and study these names. They are very important. Especially Tom Williams, CEO of North American Properties, who quite literally seems to be at the center of EVERYTHING: not only is he head honcho of the Cincinnati Business Committee, the man clearly is a glutton for meetings and serves on all three real estate development boards. A member of the Williams family that founded Western & Southern, his company develops real estate all over the country, including the big, luxury condo project in Mariemont he built with fellow Port Authority board member, Rick Greiwe. North American was also recently awarded the apartment project above the planned city-owned garage at the corner of Eighth and Sycamore, a cause for some grumbling in the real estate community about what appeared to be a departure from the normally required competitive bidding process. Lucky for us, Cincinnati, everybody I ask consistently says Tom Williams is a very nice guy.
As you study the Venn diagram below, please note how small the Port Authority board is relative to 3CDC and REDI. These organizations are making themselves up as they go along and a recent presentation to Chris Smitherman's very important Economic Development & Infrastructure Committee – (also very small, now that I think of it: Smitherman, Murray and Winburn) – indicates ambitious plans. The city has granted the Port Authority the right to issue bonds and own land. Earlier this year, their executive director ruffled a few feathers on both sides of the river when she started to make noises about the Port taking over the Brent Spence Bridge project – which was the same month the Business Courier reported their new vision for redeveloping all of Queensgate. This group might be relatively small, but it certainly doesn't think that way. Our city appears to be going in the direction of more and more speculative real estate investments – which is great – unless – uh,oh – something unexpected goes wrong. (But how often does that happen? wink, wink)
The other two boards are bigger – which translates into broader perspectives, more checks and balances. But there sure is a lot of cross-over between REDI and 3CDC, with John Barrett, Kay Geiger, and Andy Hodgett serving on both. Shane Wright, Ed Jackson, and Scott Robertson double-up on Port Authority and 3CDC board-duty.
These are groups that clearly feel very comfortable with each other and are dominated by powerful members with for-profit interests in the real estate industry. It behooves us to pay very close attention to what the heck they're doing. These are decisions that last lifetimes where mistakes are always very expensive.


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We're sitting down with our favorite writers and cooks to talk about their upcoming cookbooks, their best food memories, and just about anything else.
Today, Mark Bittman, author of VB6, creator of the Cooking Basics app, and this week's Food52 Guest Editor, describes how home cooks can help solve the American food system's biggest problem. And, to make cooking even easier, he's giving away 5 downloads of his app!
As New York Times columnist and best-selling author of How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, Mark Bittman has made cooking accessible to millions of readers and has proven it's possible to cook flavorful foods with simple, healthy ingredients.
In his latest book, VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health...For Good, Bittman provides even more tips for making everyday cooking feasible -- and enjoyable. In it, he outlines the "Flexitarian" diet, a semi-vegetarian meal plan that benefits the body as well as the planet. Read on to learn more about Mark Bittman's food philosophy, in his own words.
You've recently become more involved in food politics. What do you think is the biggest issue that needs to be solved to improve America's food system?I think radically altering the Standard American Diet (yes, it's SAD) is the most important place to start. Changing the way Americans eat will affect industrialized food production, the healthcare system, even climate change. By eating large quantities of sugar and meat -- on average, Americans each eat more than 150 pounds of meat and poultry a year, something like three times the global average -- and by not consuming enough fruits and vegetables, we're hurting our hearts, our planet, and our fellow beings.
In your opinion, what's the biggest myth that keeps people from cooking?That cooking is hard, which we know it's not. In fact, I think most people who take the time to become used to cooking find it a welcome respite from the chaos of their lives. (Am I crazy?) People become intimidated by words like ratatouille or tagine, but they're both basically one-pot dishes that I guarantee anyone can make. When people buy frozen meals and packaged goods because they think cooking will either be too time consuming or cost too much, they're throwing their money away. In reality, you'll end up eating tastier, healthier and cheaper meals if you're cooking from scratch at home. Obviously not everyone can cook all the time, and it's easiest if you have a cooperative spouse, or roommate, or kids, or whatever…but it can be done.
It's lunchtime, you've only got 10 minutes to prep a meal, and it's got to be vegan. What do you make?The fast answer is: salad.
But I generally have some kind of extra cooked grain lying around -- like bulgur, quinoa or rice. I often have beans, too. To that I add whatever veggies I have -- frozen edamame, carrots, broccoli, what have you -- and maybe some tofu. Toss that all in a pan with a bit of oil, some soy sauce, maybe some chile flakes, and you have a satisfying meal in under 10 minutes.
More: Looking for satisfying, flavorful recipes that also happen to be vegan? Gena has you covered.
Your cookbooks literally teach us how to cook everything -- but what types of cookbooks do you tend to buy for yourself? What types of recipes attract you? Those days are gone for me. I don't want to get into complicated food, and I don't really want to hunt around for ingredients. I'm pretty happy with the repertoire I have, actually.
When guests arrive unannounced, what do you make for them?They don't.
This week, Mark Bittman, is serving as a Guest Editor at Food52. He'll be choosing a Wildcard winner, answering your questions in a Twitter chat on Wednesday, and sharing a recipe each day.
We're giving away 5 downloads of Mark Bittman's Cooking Basics app. To enter, tell us about the best healthy one-pot dish that anyone can make -- we'll pick five winners at random by Friday, June, 28 at 3 PM EST.
The Food52 Vegan Cookbook is here! With this book from Gena Hamshaw, anyone can learn how to eat more plants (and along the way, how to cook with and love cashew cheese, tofu, and nutritional yeast).
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She fought evil by moonlight, won love by daylight and never ran from a real fight. She is the one named Sailor Moon.
Although initially limited to television sets in Japan, the Sailor Moon anime series quickly caught the imagination of fans all over the world after it made its first U.S. appearance on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in 1998. In 2017, though, Usagi and friends are still popular with anime fans.
But as with any anime, the series offered some plot points that never got resolved. And this left a lot of fans asking questions about the Moon Kingdom and its denizens. Although the recent reboot of the series, Sailor Moon Crystal, promises to answer some of those questions and clear up the more vague ideas of the original anime, it's likely that there are some things fans will never know.
Who exactly is Tuxedo Mask? What kind of time travel conundrums did Chibiusa cause by flitting back and forth through time? These questions remain unanswered, but fans have their own theories to fill in the holes.
Here are 15 of the craziest fan theories about Sailor Moon.
15 The Dark Kingdom is why Pluto is no longer a planet
A long time ago, there was a civilization on the moon called the Moon Kingdom. At the time, Pluto was still considered a planet. But then scientists discovered a series of other celestial bodies similar to Pluto that made them question the definition of a planet. And once they had that, they decided that Pluto really didn't fit the mold. So Pluto got demoted. One fan theory, courtesy of TV Tropes, is that this is really all the fault of the Dark Kingdom. It makes sense, if someone needs to take the fall for insulting one of the Sailor Scouts, it's the Dark Kingdom.
However, there is a problem with this explanation: the Dark Kingdom was long gone by the time Pluto got kicked off the planet list. So there's another similar theory that blames the demotion on Chaos, the final villain Sailor Moon ever fought in the manga.
It doesn't really seem to bother Sailor Pluto that she's now a dwarf planet. She has more important things to do, like guard the gate of time and keep out those who would meddle with the time stream.
14 When the girls transform, their Sailor Scout identities are older versions of themselves
Sailor Moon suffers from something often referred to as the "Clark Kent syndrome." Basically, this means that when the girls are in their superhero forms, no one recognizes them for who they really are, although they actually look the same. When the Sailor Scouts transform, they might gain a few touches of lipstick, nail polish and some cool skirted outfits, but anyone watching the series sees the exact same character.
A popular fan theory is that the sailor scouts are actually older, more mature versions of themselves after transformation. This is similar to the superhero Captain Marvel, who is just a kid that transforms into a man when he becomes a superhero. So is it the same for Sailor Moon?
Fans who watch the show can't argue that the girls definitely look more mature in their "superhero" roles, but they might also argue that a little make-up and high heels go a long way in making a girl look older than she really is. It's still a theory that makes sense, because otherwise, why don't Mamoru and Usagi recognize each other early on when they're Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon?
13 When the Silver Millennium fell, Sailor Venus devastated Earth
One can't imagine that Sailor Venus would ever do anything as horrible as destroying Earth, but one fan theory surmises that this is exactly what happened after the Silver Millennium failed. First, Venus is named after the goddess of love and beauty, a character in Roman mythology, known for her connections to devastating events. But other mythologies with similar counterparts to Venus also mention her involvement with horrible things.
For example, Astarte, the precursor of the goddess Venus, was not just a goddess representing love and sexuality, but also war. Ishtar was another similar goddess who was responsible for the deaths of her many lovers. In Egyptian mythology, there was Hathor, the goddess of love, who Ra sent to Earth to teach man respect. She killed most of mankind before the other gods got her drunk and stopped her.
So the theory states that Sailor Venus is much like these goddesses, especially when considering how the original Sailor Moon manga often featured the character discussing how the men she loves dies. There are many other mythological aspects to the Sailor Moon story, so this is possible.
12 The Sailor Quartet are the daughters of the Inner Senshi
In the Sailor Moon anime series, there is a lot of missing background information on many of the villains. Sometimes, those villains have more story in the manga, but sometimes there are villains in the manga that never made it onto the screen. Such is the case with the Sailor Quartet, who only appear in the manga and in the Sailor Moon musicals. But it is likely that these four sailor scouts could eventually put in an appearance in Sailor Moon Crystal.
But who are they? Originally, the Sailor Quartet were supposed to awaken to become Chibiusa's bodyguards. After the evil Queen Nehelenia released them early and corrupted them, though, they became villains for the Dead Moon Circus. Eventually, they did get their memories back and learned of their true calling.
But there is a fan theory that makes these four Sailor Scouts into even more than that. Because of their costumes and the jewels in their tiaras, fans believe that Chibiusa's bodyguards were actually the daughters of Sailors Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Mars. Considering that Chibiusa is the future daughter of Sailor Moon, this is likely.
11 Mamoru is the sun's protector
In Sailor Moon, the guardians protect and are protected by celestial bodies within the galaxy. For example, Sailor Mercury protects and gets protection from the planet Mercury. Sailor Venus protects and gets protection from the planet Venus. Such is the case with all the Sailor Scouts. But it's not just planets that get assigned a guardian: Sailor Moon protects and gets protection from the moon.
But what about the sun, which is probably the most important celestial body in the galaxy? Does it have a guardian assigned to it that it protects? Or because it's considered a star, does that mean that it does not need a guardian?
One fan suggests that the sun actually does have a guardian associated with it: Mamoru, aka Tuxedo Mask, aka Prince Endymion. He is the prince of the Earth, but the sun protects the Earth, so would it not protect him? It's a stretch to make this theory work, but that's what fans do when trying to make sense of unanswered plot points. The Sailor Moon manga drops some hints about Mamoru's connection to the sun, so maybe it isn't really a crazy concept at all.
10 Did Chibiusa change the timeline and her relationship with her mother?
Something that always confuses fans of shows is when writers throw in time travel plots. Sailor Moon brought in the concept of time travel with the introduction of Chibiusa, who we later learn is the future daughter of Usagi and Mamoru.
By traveling into the past to train with the sailor Scouts, did Chibiusa alter her own timeline? Throughout the course of Chibiusa's early appearances, we learn that she didn't have a really close relationship with her mother, Usagi, because her mother was busy being Queen Serenity.
But with Chibusa going into the past and meeting her mother as a teenager, that could change their relationship in the future. Usagi eventually comes to love Chibiusa. So wouldn't it make sense that Usagi would want a closer relationship with her daughter in the future? But if that's true, could that have some sort of ripple effect that changes other things in the future, too? What if that close relationship keeps Chibiusa from ever traveling into the past?
Obviously, this theory leads to a major paradox, but such is the problem with time travel.
9 Chibi Chibi was never a real person
In one of their last adventures, the Sailor Scouts encounter a mysterious young girl. This girl, though, is odd. She can only say the words "Chibi Chibi," which became what the Sailor Scouts called her.
Eventually, the Sailor Scouts learned that Chibi Chibi was also a powerful sailor guardian. But she was even more than that: she was the physical form of the star seed of Sailor Galaxia. She was also the Light of Hope that the outer scouts needed to defeat Galaxia. Obviously, this already establishes that Chibi Chibi is not human, but something else. But one fan poses a challenging theory: what if Chibi Chibi was never even real?
The anime is very murky about what happens to Chibi Chibi at the end of her story arc, so this theory makes sense, particularly after the scene where she becomes a sword to help the guardians battle Galaxia. Sailor Moon refuses to fight, though, hoping to save Galaxia, and Chibi Chibi transforms back into her human body, lifeless, and then disappears. The theory argues that instead of being "real," Chibi Chibi is actually more of a spirit.
8 Sailor Cosmos is a descendant of Usagi's
The last arc of the Sailor Moon series left a lot of fans scratching their heads. The future (or past) identity of Chibi Chibi is still left up in the air, although the manga makes it clear that Sailor Cosmos is the true form of Chibi Chibi. But that still doesn't explain exactly who the character is or why she turns up at the end of the Sailor Scouts' last adventure.
One thing is for certain, though: Sailor Cosmos looks a lot like Sailor Moon, similar to how Usagi's mother on the Moon Kingdom also looked just like her. Chibiusa also bears an uncanny resemblance to Usagi. This similarity in appearance fuels the fan theory that Cosmos is of the same family, a descendant of Usagi's.
This theory suggests that Sailor Cosmos, as a descendant of Usagi, is the person bearing the title of Sailor Moon in her timeline, far into the future. It's already known that Usagi and Mamoru have a child, Chibiusa. It's likely that Chibiusa had children and grandchildren and on down the line until Sailor Cosmos was born.
7 Sailor Moon was inspired by She-Ra: Princess of Power
One of the craziest fan theories about Sailor Moon concerns the anime series' inspiration. Many believe that the anime actually found inspiration in the 1980s cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power. Although it seems ridiculous that something so American could inspire a Japanese series, there are some similarities.
First, both shows are about a blonde princess who transforms into a superhero to fight evil. Then there are the costumes: Sailor Moon's costume is nearly identical in color to that of She-Ra and the tiaras that they both wear are also similar. It's easy to see how such a comparison works.
There's just one big problem with this theory, though, even when it starts to make sense. She-Ra never appeared in Japan. This means that Sailor Moon's creator, Naoko Takeuchi, likely never saw the American cartoon, meaning that it's probably not likely that She-Ra served as an inspiration for the anime series. It's a nice thought that something made in America could play an important part in Sailor Moon history, though, so the theory continues to pop up every once in a while on the Internet.
6 Queen Serenity was not originally from the moon
One cannot think of the Moon Kingdom without thinking of the beautiful and strong Queen Serenity, who ruled that kingdom for thousands of years. She's the mother of Sailor Moon and was the protector of that celestial body before the fall of their kingdom. But one fan theory suggests that Queen Serenity isn't originally from the moon and that she was born somewhere else.
One hint about Queen Serenity coming from another world comes from the Sailor Moon manga. In that source, Queen Nehelenia tells Queen Serenity: "You, too, have come from another galaxy. We share the same origin." There is no reveal of what that origin is or where the two women come from, but those words potentially betray Queen Serenity's true heritage.
Another hint that Queen Serenity is not of the moon lies with the symbol that she wears on her tiara. The rest of the royal family of the Silver Millennium all have crescent moon marks embedded into their heads. Queen Serenity does not have this mark, but only wears it as part of her tiara.
5 Mamoru and the Inner Senshi never had parents
One of the unexplained plot points of the Sailor Moon series revolves around Mamoru's parents. In the beginning, he does not remember much about his parents, except that they died in a car accident. But when he regains his memories that include his life as Prince Endymion, he still doesn't recall them.
The same goes for the inner senshi: the parents of the girls rarely get a mention in the manga or anime, except in passing. It also seems that when they do get a mention, there is always a hint of a dysfunctional family relationship present. It's rather odd, considering that Usagi actually does have at least a mother, Queen Serenity.
So what gives? One fan theory is that the inner senshi are actually physical representations of planets, born from sailor crystals. This would mean they possibly never had parents. It would also explain why their family relationships in their reincarnated selves are so strained: they were never meant to have parents in the first place. In Mamoru's case, he never regains memories of ever having a family, so perhaps his birth, and reincarnated life, was the same.
4 Naru is a reincarnated soul from the Silver Millennium
There was always something weird about Usagi's friend, Naru. In the anime series, Naru was often a target of the Dark Kingdom, as well as other villainous groups, but why? Eventually, Naru caught the eye of Nephrite, who fell in love with her. But why would a soldier of the Dark Kingdom fall in love with a simple Earth girl?
Then there's the red glowing energy that Naru displayed when she tried to save her beloved. This caused Nephrite's crystal to react. Of course, they thought it was because of her love for him, but eventually Nephrite starts to believe that Naru actually has the silver crystal inside of her. But why would he think that?
There is a really good theory that suggests that Naru was never a mere Earth girl, but was a reincarnated version of someone from the Silver Millennium. It would explain why villains were often drawn to her and often attacked her. There was something about her that they always noticed and wanted for themselves. Why was Naru so special?
3 Usagi was never meant to become Sailor Moon
When fans think of Sailor Moon, they also think of Usagi. The two identities go together. But there are some hints on the show that perhaps Usagi wasn't actually ever supposed to become Sailor Moon.
The theory goes like this: when Luna first meets Usagi, she knows that the girl is special and that she has powers. But Luna mistakes the meaning of those powers by believing that Usagi is a sailor senshi, although Usagi's powers actually come from the girl being Princess Serenity. What if this was just a serious mistake made by Luna? What if the cat was wrong? Throughout the anime series, it does seem that Usagi wasn't ever meant to save the world as Sailor Moon, but as the Princess of the Moon Kingdom.
There is also a hint in the manga about this. In one of the story arcs, King Endymion said, "Neo Queen Serenity lost most of her senshi powers and that's why she can't transform anymore." The theory poses the idea that this happened because the senshi powers were never part of who Usagi was from the beginning. Luna gave her the power to become Sailor Moon as a mistake.
2 Hotaru is Setsuna's ancestor
Neither the anime or the manga was ever very clear about the history of the outer senshi. That means that there are a lot of holes in their stories for fans to fill with theories. One of those theories is about Hotaru's origin.
This theory suggests that the answer lies in mythology. Chronos is a Keeper of Time and a god affiliated with the planet Saturn. Then there's Hades, the god of the underworld, affiliated with the planet Pluto. There is a mention in Sailor Moon that Sailor Pluto has the blood of Chronos running through her veins, which makes sense as she is the guardian of time. In mythology, Hades is the son of Chronos, so does that mean that Sailor Saturn, aka Hotaru, is somehow a descendant of Sailor Pluto, aka Setsuna?
In Sailor Moon, the two characters have a close connection, but there is never a mention of why that is. The two sharing blood, as family of some sort, could explain that link. The Sailor Moon story does take a lot of inspiration from mythology, so this theory isn't as crazy as it sounds.
1 The Pink Moon Crystal was grown from the Silver Crystal
Sailor Chibimoon has her own sailor crystal, that allows her to transform and user her powers, the pink moon crystal. But there are some conflicting ideas of where that crystal actually came from. The story arcs of the anime and manga tend to take different paths with the crystal, leading fans to make up theories of their own.
It would make sense that Chibiusa obtained the silver crystal from her mother, Neo Queen Serenity. But the queen still has use for the silver crystal when she sends her daughter back in time to train as a sailor scout. So instead, it makes sense that the queen would provide a different crystal for her daughter, one with similar powers. So the theory is that the pink moon crystal was grown from the original silver crystal.
This also explains why Chibiusa's powers didn't always work like they should. As an offshoot of the silver crystal, as well as an experimental crystal, probably the first of its kind, the pink moon crystal would not have as much power, and sometimes wouldn't work as well as the original.
Which Sailor Moon fan theory is your favorite? Did we miss any that you love? Let us know in the comments.


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The recent controversial China-ASEAN Summit in Kunming has cast a shadow on the unity, centrality, and relevance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This is not the first time that the cohort of ten has been tested on its interaction with China, from the "signature" failure of the 2012 Cambodian chairmanship of ASEAN to the more recent four-point consensus. In all of those events, the South China Sea dispute was the key point of pressure, whether it was explicitly mentioned or not.
While there is a growing tendency to criticize or even discredit ASEAN, I argue that there is a need to have a more granular look at certain issues as well as countries in understanding the association's current state of being. The South China Sea dispute — being a thorn in regional unity and also stability — invokes different interests from different actors. The need to keep ASEAN relevant, it seems, is better understood among some members rather than others. For this reason, I suggest taking a closer look at Vietnam — an ASEAN member and one of the most active claimants in the South China Sea. Among the Southeast Asian states, Vietnam's growing relations with the great powers are arguably the most dynamic.
Ascending the Regional Affiliation "Tiers"
A late-comer to ASEAN, Vietnam has not only socialized fast into the Southeast Asian community, but also proved itself to be capable of taking a more central role in the association. The 2010 presidency was a confirmation of Vietnam's maturing membership in ASEAN as well as in its internationalization process. In ASEAN, since the enlargement of the second half of the 1990s, the new-comers — Vietnam (1995), Laos, Cambodia (1997) and Myanmar (1999) — were grouped together as ASEAN's second tier. Due to their economic limitations, the new member states, also known as the CLMV countries, have enjoyed "special treatment," including extra time to catch up with the rest of the group, in the early harvest programs. With its rapid economic development, Vietnam is catching up with the economies of the Tier 1 ASEAN members and is ambitious to join the ASEAN 6 than remain with its "Tier 2" neighbours. The CLMV is now increasingly referred to as the "CLM."
Trust-Building While Resolving Disputes
The recent geo-political trends beg for a fresh look at Hanoi's positions and roles in the region and regional architecture. Its great power diplomacy has been among the most active in the region (Le Thu, 2016). Particularly since the oil rig HYSY-981 crisis in mid-2014, its relationship with the US has taken off significantly. Other powers with vested interests in the regional power balance, like Japan and India, are also keen in deepening ties with Vietnam.
Being diplomatically and militarily active, Hanoi strikes others as a player whose significance in the region is growing. Vietnam has emerged as "the most capable and determined Southeast Asian state to challenge China's claims in the South China Sea," even though it was the Philippines that had pursued legal measures. As regional geopolitics shifts, the Vietnamese role in determining the security play-out in the South China Sea is increasing.
Hanoi has neither the intention nor the capacity to turn the regional institution into a "proxy" vis-à-vis China. But it is actively advocating for ASEAN's unity in this challenging time.
In the context of great power rivalry and its undermining effect on ASEAN unity and centrality, Vietnam's position has gained additional importance. Hanoi recognizes the long-term dangers of China's undermining of regional institutions and multilateralism. More importantly, Hanoi, pressed by security concerns vis-à-vis China, also realizes the potential of the regional grouping and the ASEAN-Plus partnership networks. After all, it was under Vietnam's chairmanship that the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus) was inaugurated in 2010. For a long time, ASEAN provided Vietnam with a perfect venue to socialize into the international system and re-emerge from the isolation it had fallen into in the late 1970s. Twenty years after joining ASEAN, Vietnam has arguably become the most active player in the region in terms of foreign policy. Its partnership network and reputation as a responsible actor in the international system has well exceeded the Southeast Asian region. Yet, ASEAN has remained as one of the main pillars of Vietnam's foreign policy. Vietnamese leaders have throughout the years consistently emphasized the association's role in regional dispute management and multilateral- and rules-based approaches, and hence have supported the association's centrality.
Having a Vietnamese diplomat taking up the role of the incumbent ASEAN Secretary General helps Hanoi learn more about ASEAN institutions, regional diplomatic practices, and embrace a more mature phase of membership. Yet, leveraging the know-how of the first Vietnamese to take such a position is a sensitive matter, given the neutrality of the position and the extra-rigid scrutiny that China has placed on him because of his nationality. The resistance towards turning regional disputes into ASEAN disputes is well understood in Hanoi, which has neither the intention nor the capacity to turn the regional institution into a "proxy" vis-à-vis China.
Stay Consistent, Stay Relevant
The current regional political constellation — in particular the trend of concentrating on domestic politics at the expense of regional matters — partially explains the weakening commitment to ASEAN across Southeast Asia. This contributes to an expectation for countries with strong regional agendas, like Vietnam, to step up. This is especially since Vietnam has continued to advocate for a stronger and more unified commitment to a common security environment in which the smaller states of Southeast Asian can maximize their negotiating power. Vietnam is in a good position to seize this window of opportunity, as it is currently the only country that fits all the categorizations that divide the region to sub-groups. Vietnam is considered both continental but with pronounced maritime interests; and it was originally Tier 2 but is actively striving to be included in Tier 1. With its hybrid and transformational position, Vietnam is well positioned to be empathic to all the potential sub-groups. But the demanding challenge it faces is how to revive the enthusiasm about ASEAN among its Southeast Asian compatriots.
Le Thu, H. (2016). Vietnam's great power diplomacy in the wake of growing tensions in the South China Sea. Asia-Pacific Strategic Dossier.
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GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower to enter ISSP Hall of Fame
GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower to enter ISSP Hall of Fame
GreenBiz Chairman and Executive Editor Joel Makower was named to the ISSP's Sustainability Hall of Fame on Monday.
The International Society of Sustainability Professionals recognizes honorees based on their "experience, education, innovation, reach, publication and service to the industry." ISSP is a membership association "committed to moving the profession of sustainability forward through building strong networks and communities of practice."
Three other sustainability leaders are being inducted this year: Susan Burns, CEO of the Global Footprint Network; Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation; and Mathis Wackernagel, president of the Global Footprint Network.
"All of the finalists are certainly giants in the field of sustainability, whose shoulders we all stand on as a profession," said Marsha Willard, ISSP board member and founder. "It honors those that have given their time, their knowledge, their creativity and their hard work to blazing the trail for other professionals to follow."
The ISSP invites all of its 600 members to name nominees each year before making a final vote.
"ISSP has played an important role in creating a community of practice among sustainability consultants and other professionals," said Makower. "I am honored and humbled to join the impressive list of previous winners, many of whom are my mentors, heroes and friends."
Makower launched GreenBiz.com in 2000 and co-founded (with Pete May) GreenBiz Group in 2006. Previously, Makower was editor of The Green Business Letter, an award-winning monthly newsletter on corporate environmental practices, which he launched in 1991.
ISSP launched its Hall of Fame in 2011 with inaugural honorees Ray Anderson, the late founder of Interface; Gil Friend, president and CEO of Natural Logic; Karl Henrik Robert, Swedish cancer researcher; and Bob Willard, author.
Other current members of the Sustainability Hall of Fame include Alan AtKisson, president and CEO of the AtKisson Group; John Elkington, executive chairman of Volans; Hazel Henderson, founder of Ethical Markets Media; Amory Lovins, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute; and L. Hunter Lovins, president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions.
Makower and the other 2014 honorees will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during a ceremony at ISSP's conference Nov. 12-14 in Denver, Colo.
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Story by Mike Lopresti
RICHMOND, Indiana – And now, fate has to make up its mind in the HCAC baseball tournament. Which Cinderella story does it like best?
It's down to No. 1 seed Earlham Quakers, who have never won this tournament since joining the conference in 2011. For that matter, have never won any conference tournament. Ever.
It's also down to Mount St. Joseph, who hadn't even qualified for this tournament in nine years.
The numbers on paper will scream for Earlham (28-12) when they meet Saturday. The Quakers moved through in the winner's bracket with an 8-2 victory Friday over Manchester. The last 11 teams in a row to carry a 2-0 record into the final day ended up HCAC champions.
They have won nine games in a row, and have allowed three earned runs in 19 innings in this tournament. They own 10 consecutive victories over Mount St. Joseph, including a three-game sweep this season by a combined score of 23-9. They more a more rested pitching staff.
And a Lions team that has an awful time trying to beat them once will have to do it twice.
"It's right there in front of us," coach Steve Sakosits said. "But we just told our team that obviously we wanted to get to championship Saturday in the winner's bracket, but that goal is over and done with now. Now we have to go out there and try to win that first game so we can go celebrate a conference championship.
"Our kids are mentally locked in."
But Mount St. Joseph is a dangerous last obstacle, after a pair of late-inning escapes Friday, first knocking out defending champion Rose-Hulman 3-1, then Manchester 4-2.
The Lions (24-19) have won 10 of their last 13. And 10 of their last 14 victories have come by one or two runs. The word "plucky" comes to mind. Teams like that don't pay much attention to what's on paper.
"I think with these guys you never know," coach Jeff Newman said. "We've got some guys who have some grit and they're going to fight. Winning two against the league champs is going to be tough. When you get to games like this it kind of comes down to guts rather than talent."
Where to begin with Earlham Friday?
Pitching? Freshman Kyle Gorman retired the first 12 Manchester batters he faced, and threw a five-hitter over eight innings, with seven strikeouts. "I had all my pitches from the start, which really helped," Gorman said. Especially his curve, which vexed the Spartans all morning. More about that curve in a minute.
"Our freshman," Sakosits said, "Didn't pitch like a freshman."
Offense? The Quakers banged out 12 hits and made their intentions known quickly in the first inning: A Nate Lynch single to lead off, followed by a sacrifice bunt, then Eric Elkus' RBI double into the right field corner. Four batters in, Earlham had a 1-0 lead it would never lose.
Cody Krumlauf's RBI double highlighted a three-run fourth that made it 4-0. Gorman's only spell of untidiness came in the fifth, when Manchester cut the gap to 4-2 with three hits and two runs to open inning. A hit batter loaded the bases with one out, top of the Manchester batting order coming up; something of a crisis for Gorman.
But not for long. This might have been the exact moment Earlham took the 2017 HCAC Tournament by the throat.
First, Gorman struck out Braxton Riley. "I knew if I could get the second out, that would be big," he said. "It was a changeup and he just swung over top of it."
Then, he retired Tailur Szarenski, who lofted a full-count curve to right. A 3-2 breaking ball with no place to put the hitter? Really? The needle was obviously ticking up on Gorman's confidence-o-meter. "It was one of my best pitches today. They were chasing a lot. I thought, it's been working, might as well keep with it," Gorman said.
"A 3-2 breaking ball with a freshman . . . pretty good" Sakosits said. "I felt like the momentum that was going their way stopped at that point."
When five consecutive Earlham batters reached base to score four runs in the sixth – all after two out – the lead was 8-2 and the game secure. Manchester added to its own troubles with three errors in the sixth, and five for the game.
But where also to begin with Mount St. Joseph, who made it through Find-A-Way Friday? Both games were won with late runs, both had to be saved in the end by closer Matt Hofmann.
"Survive and advance," Newman said. "I think it's the senior leadership. The last part of the season, they really stepped up. They never give up. We won a lot of close games at the end of the season, and they keep fighting."
First, the Lions got by Rose-Hulman (18-24), with five hits scattered over seven innings by Austin Richey, who might have come into the game with only one win all season and a 7.01 earned run average, but didn't pitch that way.
Nathan Hunter's homer – it took 34 innings for anyone in this tournament to hit one -- broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth, and Simon Schaefer's RBI single in the eighth padded the Mount St. Joseph margin. Hofmann got the last five outs.
Then, the Lions finished off Manchester (22-21) with two runs in the top of the ninth. Roman Rothwell's RBI single broke a 2-2 tie, and a second run came home on an error – one of Manchester's six.
The Spartans had 11 errors for the day's two games, or only two fewer than they had hits. Hard to overcome that.
In the first game, Rose-Hulman was 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position -- making the Engineers 2-for-17 for the tournament, which explains the quick exit. In the second game, Manchester stranded 11 runners, including leaving the bases loaded in the seventh, and the tying runs on the ninth when Hofmann got two groundouts.
The Lions spent all day looking over the edge of the abyss, but never fell in. And against Manchester, they got away with stranding 11 runners themselves, including eight the last four innings.
That gave Hofmann nine saves and a 0.42 earned run average. In other words, Earlham does not want to get behind in the late innings Saturday.
"He's nice to have," Newman said. "He basically got us here. You get a lead at the end of a game and it's lights out. He's going to shut the door on some teams."
But Earlham is not just some team. The Quakers sense going where no one from their school has gone before.
"I think avoiding the distractions is the biggest part. Just play like we have been," Gorman said. "Now that we're definitely rolling, we feel like we can't be beat at this point, because we're playing our best ball."
One stubborn opponent is left, with its own fairy tale in mind. High noon Saturday.


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Las Vegas
Las Vegas in Nevada seems to be very unlikely place to be the gambling capital of the world. You could say that Las Vegas was founded in the early 19th century when it was ideal place to why contains to stop and rest as they made their way along the old Spanish Trail between Santa Fe and Los Angeles. At that time he did not seem to have good prospects. In 1905 Las Vegas is fortunes changed with the arrival of the Union Pacific railway but it was only after the 1920s and 1930s that the boom in Las Vegas really began. Really it was the building of the Hoover Dam with its 3 1/2 thousand workforce which provided much of the cash which would be eventually pouring into the games of poker which flourished all around.
In 1931, gaming was legalised in Las Vegas and it soon became known as the home of all-night gambling. Many individuals came to Las Vegas from other cities with their knowledge of the casino industry to start a gambling clubs and of course eventually gangsters such as Bugsy Siegel were also attracted to this booming city. Although the post war depression of the late 40s forced casinos into a damaging price war, this was finally resolved with an agreement to standardise odds and an agreement to fix limits and after this Las Vegas never really looked back.
New Orleans
One could say the poker was born in New Orleans during the early 19th century and that it grew more rapidly here particularly in the area known as the swamp (the New Orleans waterfront) than in any other city or town in North America. At that time commercial gambling was permitted and there was said to be more gambling venues in New Orleans than in any other American city.
This was the time of the professional card sharps who frequented the New Orleans and Mississippi river boats and in particular the swamp the gambling was rife. Most of these card 'dens' were not on the level and many scams were practised by unscrupulous conmen. In fact many of the card sharps victims were the boatmen who travelled the Mississippi River on cargo rafts headed for New Orleans.


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