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Ability to work would be defined by blood test; draft amendment posted for public comment
Some HIV carriers could be classified as nonlaborers and relieved from work, under a draft amendment to national labor standards.
The draft was released on Sunday by China's top human resources authority.
HIV carriers would be classified as having lost all labor capacity if their blood CD4 count is 200 or below after systematic treatment. Patients between 200 and 400 would be classed as having lost partial labor capacity, under to the draft, which was posted on the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security for public comment until Nov 15.
The concentration of CD4, a type of immune cell, is an indicator of HIV infection. Normally a CD4 cell count is higher than 500 per cubic millimeter of blood.
The draft also includes amendments to standards that assess the labor capacity of people with some other diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease.
The current standard, adopted in 2002, is outdated in light of China's social security and healthcare improvements, and local authorities have been calling for a revision, the ministry said.
"The revised draft better suits China's social and economic development and its medical care technologies, and can better ensure social security rights for those who have lost the ability to work because of disease," it said.
The number of people with HIV in China has exceeded 570,000, a low proportion of the total population, but new cases are increasing rapidly among young people, including college students, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Meng Lin, an HIV carrier in Beijing and also an open HIV rights advocate, said the draft may ensure social security for some AIDS patients who have lost the ability to work. For example, they can apply for earlier retirement and certain subsidies. But the proposed standard may also block some AIDS patients who want to work, he said.
"I'm not sure it's right to define AIDS patients with a CD4 count less than 200 as completely unable to work," Meng said. "I know a patient, who is a successful entrepreneur and still working whose CD4 has been less than 100 for more than 10 years."
"I think the authorities should try more to improve the social environment to help people with HIV find employment," he said.
Wu Hao, an expert in infectious diseases at Beijing Youan Hospital, said most AIDS patients can work normally and have a similar life expectancy to others so long as they take their medication.
"After treatment, more than 90 percent of them can maintain a CD4 count above 200," he said. "Even for the few whose CD4 count remains below 200, they can still work."


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Pedestrians are an afterthought in Manteca.
It is no different than in most California communities.
A lot of lip service is paid to making neighborhoods less friendly to fast vehicle movements and more conducive to pedestrians and bicyclists.
But as long as the city keeps approving residential streets that entice drivers to push 40 mph and has connector streets and thoroughfares that don't take pedestrians into account at key intersections near parks and such nothing will change.
It's true the city has adopted policies to implement such strategies, but guess what? They've been part of the city's general plan documents that serve as the blueprint for growth for nearly 15 years. Notice any deviation in street width or other improvements that would accomplish that goal? Of course not. The dirty little secret about planning policies is all of the innovative things that everyone makes such a fuss about are ignored. And when some developer is foolhardy enough to try and implement them, they are plummeted with roadblocks by those who are more comfortable with processing the same-old, same-old cookie cutter street patterns.
The City Council this week approved placing a crosswalk across Woodward Avenue at Buena Vista Drive that could cost upwards of $100,000 due to alterations needed for the street to accommodate a pedestrian island.
During the planning process didn't anyone notice they were going to place close to 400 housing units across from a 52-acre community park that requires pedestrians to forge a 62-foot wide, four-lane road to get there? That doesn't even take into account kids who have to walk to school that is also is on the opposite side of the wide street that Councilman John Harris aptly describes as "an Indianapolis Speedway." Harris is also right that most of those drivers who push the envelope and don't pay too much attention to pedestrians happen to live in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Good planning would have designed such key intersections with pedestrian islands and other such safety enhancements in place. Unfortunately good planning still means moving vehicles and not pedestrians. And everyone wonders why Californians are reluctant to get out of their cars. Most people don't have a death wish.
If you doubt that, try walking the streets of Manteca. Pay close attention to those who drive by or who don't even bother to execute California stops anymore at intersections or even on red lights.
That said, the crosswalk solution for Woodward Avenue is myopic at best.
It is because the City Council, staff and consultant did not look at every factor.
In the case of Woodward, it is enforcement and future plans.
First, Woodward Avenue is no longer envisioned as a four-lane road since the Atherton Drive corridor, less than a quarter of a mile away, has assumed that mantel. Woodward Avenue is being developed now as two lanes west of Main Street instead of four. Woodward Avenue east of Main Street is being reshaped as a collector street. As such, it does not need to be 62-feet wide.
The city could very easily take 20 feet of that along the park side, put in a wide concrete strip and create a separate one-way "street" with diagonal parking on one side. The previous parking solution the city looked at involved only shifting lanes and stripping as well as placing diagonal parking on both sides of Woodward Avenue
Such a solution would provide more parking and would narrow Woodward Avenue to two lanes east of Buena Vista Drive as the outside eastbound lane on Woodward could be forced to turn into Buena Vista Drive.
Such a solution would address speed issues and additional parking, as well as pedestrian crossing safety.
Then there is the 900-pound gorilla – enforcement levels. Prior to the Great Recession, Manteca had five dedicated traffic officers. Now there are only two. That means less targeted enforcement aimed at getting people to understand if you don't slow down in neighborhoods or pay attention to pedestrians, you are going to get a ticket.
Developing a reputation that Manteca is a city that doesn't tolerate distracted driving, speeding and such is much more effective than a crosswalk.
If people are conditioned to believe there is a high possibility they will get a ticket for bonehead driving, most of them are less apt to break the law.
We're not talking about creating a speed trap, but stepped up enforcement that only more officers can bring. There are cities that were definitely speed traps 50 years ago that still have that reputation today even though that is no longer the case. Yet a good number of drivers respond accordingly when they are driving through such cities.
A fear of a ticket does wonders to improving people's attentiveness to driving.
This column is the opinion of executive editor, Dennis Wyatt, and does not necessarily represent the opinion of The Bulletin or Morris Newspaper Corp. of CA. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com or 209-249-3519.
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Dissertation Talk: Ionocraft: Flying Microrobots With No Moving Parts
Seminar | December 4 | 10-11 a.m. | 490H Cory Hall
Daniel Drew, UC Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Autonomous mobile microrobots, not static sensor nodes, are the necessary platform for the ubiquitous sensor (and actuator) systems that will inform the connected world of tomorrow. Swarms of microrobots will deploy and reconfigure as needed to drive industrial and commercial solutions ranging from precision agriculture to infrastructure monitoring and maintenance. Future end-users will interact with the digital world in their daily lives using microrobot swarm interfaces as tangible, versatile, and expressive mediators of data. This talk will focus on my work developing novel electrohydrodynamic (EHD) actuators using MEMS microfabrication techniques. I will discuss investigations into miniaturization and scaling of EHD thrusters, as well as robotic platforms enabled by these thrusters that have interesting capabilities, including: silent flight, mechanical simplicity by virtue of having no moving parts, and extremely high thrust-to-weight ratios. I will end by discussing some of my future research goals, both for the ionocraft platform and for autonomous microrobots in general.


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Punjabi Samosa (2 pcs) £4.29
Deep fried crispy pastry cones, stuffed with mildly spiced potatoes and green peas, served with chutneys and salad.
Deep fried crispy pastry cones, stuffed with mildly spiced potatoes and green peas, served with chutneys and salad.
Great combination of flavoured vegetables' samosa with yoghurt, tamarind and mint chutney; a great dish with a subtle twist.
Chick peas with crisps, yogurt, mint and tamarind chutney.
Mashed potatoes stuffed with lentils, herbs and spices.
Okra Marinated in Spices, coated with flour and fried.
Grilled cottage-cheese in pickling spices..
Filets of tilapia battered in ginger, garlic and red chilli powder and deep fried.
Deep fried squid rings battered in gram flour and chillies.
An extensive popular South Indian chicken spiced with ginger, garlic and red chilli, served with yoghurt dip
Succulent breast of chicken cooked with ginger, garlic, yoghurt and chillies.
Chicken on the bone marinated in Tandoor spices and char-grilled.
Tender and juicy lamb chops marinated in yoghurt and ginger paste with traditional spices, and barbequed in tandoor.
Mixed seafood simmered in tomatoes and herbs
Traditional style of fish in tangy sauce
Fish cooked in red chillies, garlic, mustard paste and turmeric
A typical Kerela prawn curry, not to be missed
Tandoori chicken poached in classic buttery tomato gravy
Succulent pieces chicken reduced with mixed peppers, tomatoes, turmeric and coriander
Chef special homemade Chennai style spicy chicken curry
Tender chicken cooked in garlic, tomatoes and spices
Lamb stewed with onion, chillies, ginger, curry leaves and peppercorns finished with coconut milk
Lamb Chettinadu is the most flavoured and aromatic dish made out of eighteen spices
Slow braised (4 hour) lamb shank in browned onion with grounded spices
Slow-cooked black lentils; a speciality of the Punjabi region
Medley of yellow lentils with ginger, tomato and red chilli
Cottage cheese tossed in fenugreek, spinach and garlic
Indian cottage cheese cooked in tandoor and simmered with tomatoes and onions sauce
Okra tossed with ginger, cumin and onions
North Indian style cooked chickpeas
Seasonal mixed vegetable cooked in tomato, onion and coconut cream gravy
A delicacy of potatoes tossed with cumin and Kashmiri chilli
Eggplant cooked in a spicy tamarind sauce
Stir fried florets tossed in grated coconut and turmeric
Baby potatoes braised with fresh spinach and hint of garlic
Mildly spiced up and sizzling array of vegetables
Fermented crepe made from rice batter and black lentils, served with dal and chutneys.
Fermented rice and lentil crepe with grated cheese, served with dal and chutneys.
Rice and lentil crepe dizzled with gun powder, served with dal and chutneys
Dosa stuffed with tempered semi mash potatoes served with dal and chutneys.
Dosa stuffed with spicy chutneys and mash potatoes served with dal and chutneys.
Seasonal vegetables cooked with subcontinent's special basmati rice
Succulent chicken in chef special spices and cooked with basmati rice
Tender lamb reduced in grounded spices and cooked with basmati rice
Mixed seafood marinated in spicy masala and cooked with basmati rice
Seasonal fruit sorbet
Cottage cheese and evaporated milk dumplings in flavoured sugar syrup.
Paneer balls served in rich and creamy almond milk
Grated carrot reduced with condensed milk and honey.


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Summer Vegetable Tart
I'm about to share with you all one of simplest and yummiest recipes I know. Oh, and it's healthy too!
Just in time for summer is my summer vegetable tart. Whether I'm entertaining or having a night in I know this dish will be a people pleaser. The veggie tart is ideal as an appetizer or side if you're serving guests. You can pick and choose your veggie toppings, but I will give you my recommendations. Basically, the more variety the better!
Here are the ingredients for 2-4 people (including my veggie selections):
-puff pastry sheets (2, thawed)
-pesto (store bought or homemade)
– zucchini (1)
-squash (1)
-corn (just the kernels)
-cherry tomatos
-olive oil
-salt & pepp
-cornmeal (not totally necessary if you don't have)
-optional: fresh basil
1. Preheat oven to 450*. Chop veggies and tomatos and cut corn off cob. Put aside in bowl and mix with enough olive oil, salt and pepper so veggies are lightly coated. Place veggies in ungreased pan or small Pyrex and heat in stove for 25-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, roll out both thawed puff pastries on lightly floured surfaced. Spread pesto in center of puff pastries. Spoon veggie mixture into center of puff pastries and fold edges over the filling, leaving the center uncovered.
3. Transfer puff pastries to lighly floured cookie sheet. Bake for another 20 minutes until golden brown. Take out and sprinkle with basil if desired. Let cool, cut up, serve and enjoy!
To find out where I originally found this fabulous recipe, click here: Rustic Roasted Veg Tart


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Innovative Medicines Initiative
R&D in new medicinal products is a very costly process, and failure rates are high. Therefore, initiatives are needed to reduce negative results during the development phases that, if they are carried out successfully, will reduce research costs. The strategy of the European Technological Platform for Innovative Medicines (IMI) is designed to revitalise biomedical research in Europe to obtain safer, more effective medicines in shorter lengths of time.
Identifying the obstacles during the pre-competitive phase of the biomedical R&D process has already been developed and the specific recommendations for tackling these obstacles have been presented to the Strategic Research Agenda.
- Last version of the Strategic Research Agenda has been approved by the Goberning Board at its meeting on 3rd March 2008
The Council of the European Union adopts IMI, on 20th december 2007. IMI is a broad consortium, lead by the pharmaceutical industry through the European Federation (EFPIA), which groups all of the stake holders involved in the process of developing medicinal products; that is: industry, academia, clinical researchers, regulators, healthcare managers and patient associations.
With a total budget of euro 2 billion, IMI will fund pan-European public-private partnership in biomedical research. The objective of IMI is to speed up the discovery and development of better medicines for patients. In doing so, IMI will atract pharmaceutical investment in Europe.
The first IMI call was launched on April 30 2008, and finally there were 15 elected topics that have received financing for the following areas: security, efficiency and education and training. The Spanish participation has been very positive, in more than 7 consortiums, in SME's and pharmaceutical of the national capital companies (members of EFPIA) of public institutions, Almirall and Esteve. On the other hand, one of the winning consortiums, eTOx project, which objective is develop strategies and innovative methodologies and new computer programs to improve the profile of toxicology profiles prediction of molecules that could become new medicines , it is coordinated from Spain. In fact, last January 18 2010 the project launching meeting took place in Barcelona, in which 11 international pharmaceutical companies participated, 5 SME's and 8 academic groups. Other two pharmaceutical companies have requested its incorporation to the project. The SME's and academic groups have the habit of biocomputers and biocompute. The Spanish participation is very notable, because it includes a pharmaceutical company (Esteve), two SME's (Lead Molecular Design and Chemotargets) and two academic institutions (Oncology Research National Investigation Center and IMIM Foundation which is shared with Novartis), its total budget for 5 years is of 13 million euro. To consult relevant information of the given projects, you can consult in the following document:
A second information dissemination event was held on 27 November 2009. The aim of this new information dissemination event is to speed up the discovery and development of new medicines to cure illnesses tsuch as cancer and illnesses hat cause inflamation or infections. The period to apply will end on 8 February 2010.
All the documents about the participation rules, rights of industrial property, etc. are available here: http://www.imi.europa.eu.
- Origin and Objectives
- Coordination comittee
- Iniciativas Internacionales
- Pharmaceutical Research
- Pre-clinical Screening
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My Girlfriend is often on vacation in a country, where the normal worker gets around 35$. Not per hour, not per day, not per week. Per month. 120 bucks is a fortune for these people.
And you REALLY think that people pay for Xbox Live Gold, Premium account and Premium tanks ? This people isn't a 360 WoT player.


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Gold Coast Coolangatta (OOL) Airport is a domestic
and international airport serving the city of Gold Coast
and the capital of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia),
from which it is situated around 100 km (62 mi) away.
The airport is a hub for Jetstar Airways and SEAIR
Pacific. It is also the sixth most crowded Australian
airport, with a number of 5,479,255 passengers handled
in the last year.
The airport enjoys a good reputation, since it was rewarded two times, as it follows: on 26 October 2010, it received the Major Airport of the Year Award from the Australian Airport Association (AAA) and on 30 March 2011 it was named the Best Regional Airport in Pacific. On this occasion, the airport also obtained the Staff Service Excellence Australia/Pacific award in Copenhagen, Denmark.
In terms of infrastructure, the airport has two terminals, the second one hosting Tiger Airways Australia. This is a low-cost terminal that operates with basic facilities and is situated about 200m (600 ft) from the main terminal building (i.e. Terminal 1).
As the name suggests it, the airport is situated on the coast, more precisely on the Pacific Coast. It is a gate towards an authentic paradise that will introduce you to the beauty of wildlife. The attractions offered include, among others, Thunderbird Park and OzBall. The area is also characterized by dynamism, since it will provide tourists with plenty of activities, for instance safaris or surfing. If you are seeking a suitable accommodation, it will be guaranteed by Gold Coast Coolangatta (OOL) Airport Hotels, your thoughtful host.
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We're bringing the great Canadian outdoors to life in celebration of our favourite season. Pick up the latest issue of Cottage Life West magazine, which is filled with great advice for your next get-together. Pin your cabin on our map and get a taste of some of the new series premiering on our television channel.


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It looked fine imho. No metal towers. Just those earth filled square containers seemed slightly out of place...but no biggy.
Moderator: SYN Exec
SYN_Mugue wrote:@Vander, Spud and I finished the campaign last night. Whatever changes were made must have done the trick. We got to fight till the end and had to take every objective. Thanks.
Anybody got any interest in running a modern campaign next time?
Aside from the occasional client game crashes, I liked that USAF v RUAF mod we did before. Maybe do it on the Tanoa map? Though Altis isn't bad either...the bigger maps are a plus for these things IMHO.
WWII is great, but I miss the helicopters.
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Lets say you just extracted some part of Rails application to a smaller, more contained Sinatra app. Now, you mounted it on your rails router and you're ready to add a new feature. You write some specs with Rspec. But the errors you get aren't quite what you were expecting.
Lets say you have a spec file called
app_spec.rb that looks like this:
require 'spec_helper'
describe '/app' do
it 'returns a 200' do
get '/app'
expect(last_response.status).to eq 200
Your Sinatra app is a single file in your
lib called
sinatra_app.rb with this code:
class SinatraApp < Sinatra::Base
get '/app' do
raise 'bug'
status 200
And, don't forget, you mounted the app on your
routes.rb file.
require './lib/sinatra_app'
mount SinatraApp, at: '/'
There's clearly a bug on the Sinatra app. When you call the
/app endpoint, it's gonna raise an exception before it sets the status to 200.
When you run your specs, this is what you get:
1) /app returns a 200
Failure/Error: expect(last_response.status).to eq 200
expected: 200
got: 500
(compared using ==)
# ./spec/app_spec.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 0.38244 seconds (files took 2.54 seconds to load)
1 example, 1 failure
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/app_spec.rb:4 # /app returns a 200
Well, this isn't too bad. It tells you that you were expecting a 200 but you got a 500 instead. But it could be a lot better. Your code is raising an exception, and it would be much better if the test output gave you that information with a stack trace.
The reason why it's not showing you the exception, is because Sinatra is catching it and giving it a nice output before returning the control back to Rails. This is done by a piece of middleware called
Now, if we look at Sinatra's source code, it's easy to find that this middleware is only mounted by default in development mode. But we're in test mode. What went wrong?
Well, the answer is quite simple. Sinatra looks at an environment variable called
RACK_ENV to determine which environment you're on. Rails, uses
RAILS_ENV. When you run your specs, the framework is setting the later but not the former. So, all you have to you is go to your
spec_helper.rb and add the following line:
ENV['RACK_ENV'] ||= 'test'
Run your specs again and you get:
1) /app returns a 200
Failure/Error: get '/app'
# ./lib/sinatra_app.rb:3:in `block in <class:SinatraApp>'
# /Users/andre/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/sinatra-1.4.5/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1603:in `call'
# /Users/andre/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/rack-test-0.6.3/lib/rack/test.rb:58:in `get'
# ./spec/app_spec.rb:5:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 0.8245 seconds (files took 2.55 seconds to load)
1 example, 1 failure
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/app_spec.rb:4 # /app returns a 200
Slightly more verbose but gives you all the information you need to dive in your code and fix that bug.


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Accessible Nutritional Content Information Websites
Most will agree that eating is one of life's greatest pleasures. There are many foods and many ways to fix them. There are packaged foods, meats, fresh fruits, vegetables, and fast foods. Some are better for us than others. The trick is to know how to combine them in order to build a healthy diet and lifestyle.
But how do we go about learning which foods are better for us than others, and the kind of nutrients they offer? By law, packages are required to have labels specifying the nutritional content of the food they contain. For fast foods, fruits and vegetables there are a number of charts and tables available in books, health magazines and grocery store billboards. However, none of this information is readily accessible to blind individuals.
Although the Internet has become a great resource for blind people to acquire information, most of the sites that list nutritional content of foods are not accessible. Most of them use a variety of charts and tables to list the nutritional content of foods. While this is an effective way to visually convey information, charts and tables are very difficult or impossible to follow for people relying in screen access software.
Since nutritional information is as essential to blind individuals as it is to anyone who wants to have a healthy lifestyle, we did some research for you. In this record we have found some speech friendly Internet sites for nutritional contents.
Do You Really Want to Eat That?
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has an article by Janet Ingber titled Do You Really Want to Eat That? Accessibility of Nutritional Information on Restaurant Companies' Websites. Taken from the article:
"Did you ever wonder how many calories and how much fat are in a fast-food burger or latte? Some cities now have regulations that require restaurants to post the nutritional information for the food they serve. However, if you are blind or have low vision, you may not have access to this information. Before you drink that latte or eat that burger, you may want to check out the nutritional information for these and other items. This article reviews a variety of fast-food websites to determine whether nutrition information for their products is accessible... An accessible website can help consumers with visual impairments make informed decisions about what food they choose to eat. The restaurant websites that I reviewed are Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Subway, Papa John's, Domino's, Baskin-Robbins, and TCBY."
You can read the entire article at http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw090605.
Chow Baby
At Chow Baby you can check out the nutritional content of those delicious fast food tacos, burgers, cheese sticks and fried chicken. Although the site is not specifically designed for blind users, it is speech friendly and easy to use.
Looking for new "Restaurant Experiences"? If you're tired of frequenting the same old restaurants or can't find that specific "something" you are craving, Chowbaby.com is the place to visit. Their dining directory hosts restaurant websites from all over the nation and your next perfect dining experience is likely among them. Use the search tools to find the "type of restaurants" you like and then read among the results before clicking on the website links. The websites offer you virtual tours or photographs of the restaurants interior, a list of the services they provide, the hours of operation, all their menus including wine and cocktails, what it costs to dine there, what methods of payment are acceptable, if they have a dress code, what specialties they offer and how to map the drive from where you are to the restaurant. Did you say you're looking for a restaurant? Chowbaby.com is the go to Restaurant Guide!
Click this link to visit the Chow Baby homepage: http://www.chowbaby.com.
To retrieve information about a particular fast food place, you need to select one of the choices listed in their combo box, and do a search. For instance, you may want to check out "Burger King". Your search results will retrieve a list of those items in their menu, for example, the "whopper", "fries", etc. Each item will link you to its corresponding nutritional content analysis.
Click this link to visit Chow Baby's Fast Food Calories and Calorie Counter page.
Food and Nutrition Solutions
The University of Illinois' Food and Nutrition Solutions Series website offers tips and guides on food preparation, preservation, safety and storage, and tools for nutritional analysis. Particularly useful: Its "Is it safe"
guides for a number of questionable-appearing foods, its suggestions for
reducing cholesterol, fat and sugar. Start your search with these three topics:
- Food Preparation - Help with selecting and preparing a variety of foods
- Food Preservation - Guides to canning, drying and freezing foods
- Nutrition & Analysis - Tools for analyzing and improving your diet
Calorie Calculator and Diary at CalorieLookup.com
CalorieLookup.com aims to help users maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle through informed nutrition and exercise. It is a database of information about how many calories are in the foods you eat and how many calories are burned when you exercise. You can also create a personal calorie diary to track your caloric intake and your exercise, and even print weekly reports. Any visitor to the site can check the food or exercise calorie calculators, but only registered users can create a diary or participate in discussions in the ^D<"clubhouse,^D>" a general bulletin board for discussion. The clubhouse also features a page of YouTube videos about fitness and nutrition topics. At last count, CalorieLookup.com listed 8,932 foods in its database, with new foods being added regularly. One way the database is expanded is when users add a new food by entering information off the label or copying a recipe into the site. When users add a new food or recipe, it becomes accessible to the entire community.
We all know that if you burn more calories than you take in, you should lose weight - but that can be easier said than done. CalorieLookup.com could be
a really helpful resource for people who want to get serious about tracking their calorie intake and exercise to lose weight or stay healthy. Even users
who do not choose to keep a calorie diary on the site could find the calorie calculators for food and exercise quite helpful.
Click this link to visit http://www.CalorieLookup.com.
"Healthy Dining Menu Choices from Fast Food to Upscale Restaurants." Input your location, price range, and other options, and get recommendations from the restaurants participating in the Healthy Dining Program. Click on the restaurant names to get recommended menu selections from each, along with nutritional information about each entry.
Click this link to visit HealthyDiningFinder at http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/site.
Calories Per Hour
I really like the approach this Website takes for weight loss. They're not telling you to go run a marathon tomorrow, only drink water or give up all the foods you love. No, it's much easier than that!
- Diet and Weight Loss Tips: In this section, you'll find practical tips for diet and weight loss. Each tip discusses something different and gives you a link to a related article with more information on the subject.
- Tutorial: The purpose here is to give you a solid foundation that will help you put an end to the dieting
- Calories Burned Calculator: Here you'll find calculators for your BMI (Body Mass Index), BMR and RMR (Basal and Resting Metabolic Rates), an activity calculator and five advanced calculators tuned for specific activities. Each calculator has a tutorial article linked at the bottom of the section, so you'll learn exactly how everything works in conjunction with weight loss. This is one of those sections that we as blind people can really benefit from because this information is typically inaccessible.
- Food Calories & Nutrition Calculator: I suggest starting by clicking on the Help button for this calculator, because it will give you clear instructions as to what you need to do. Basically, what it does is allow you to input food items and calculate the calories for them. If you check out the food lists, you'll find fast food information and some stats on frozen foods and prepackaged foods as well, really cuts down on trying to scan the side of a box with the computer.
- Weight Loss Calculator: This section provides three calculators for you. One that lets you calculate the time to reach your weight loss goal, one that lets you calculate the daily calorie deficit to reach your weight loss goal and one that lets you calculate your weight loss over time.
- Weights & Measures Converter: Here's another great section for us, it helps to convert weight, height and food measurements to the metric version and back again.
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EMC reports Clariion surge, data archiving slump
EMC's revenues are up this quarter, attributed in part to a big boost in Clariion sales, but CEO Joe Tucci is critical of the company's execution in data archiving.
EMC Corp. announced its second-quarter earnings today, reporting growth in its storage systems, especially in the midrange, but CEO Joe Tucci expressed disappointment in the performance of the company's content management and archiving (CMA) business unit even as the data archiving market heats up.
"We have definitely not executed to our full potential in this market," Tucci said on the company's earnings call. Tucci said the company had an "abnormally tough" comparison between this quarter and the same quarter last year, when the CMA business reported 52% revenue growth. This quarter, revenues for this business unit were up just 5%, and most of that revenue came from maintenance and services rather than the sale of new software licenses.
Tucci and chief financial officer (CFO) David Goulden both referenced the consolidation in the archiving market of late in their remarks as part of the reason for the slowdown. Goulden said the recent spate of acquisitions, from Google Inc. and Postini Inc. to Autonomy Corp. and Zantaz Inc., may be responsible for "purchase pause" among customers.
Meanwhile, the storage systems business is booming, the company reported, especially in Clariion. The overall storage systems business is up 21% over the same quarter last year, to $3.12 billion. Within that, Goulden said, Clariion revenues are up 34%, both in the U.S. and Europe. Goulden attributed the growth to the increasing popularity of backup to disk, and sales of the EMC Disk Library virtual tape library (VTL) product, which is based on Clariion. (The company did not break out exact revenue numbers by product line within storage systems.)
Symmetrix, meanwhile, showed just 3% year-over-year growth despite the introduction of two new models in the last year. Bookings for the Symmetrix were flat compared to a year ago.
However, Tucci said the company is "clearly focused" on the midtier, citing the new Celerra NS-20 and NS-40 network attached storage (NAS) products. EMC also said that its market research indicates that IT spending in the U.S. has firmed up over the first quarter, after a spending slowdown that had been blamed by rival Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) for shortfalls in that quarter.
Tucci said EMC is seeing NetApp and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) most often in the midrange market and that the company was continuing to be aggressive with pricing in an attempt to take share. Tucci also said better multiprotocol support in the new NAS boxes would make them more competitive. EMC plans to introduce another, smaller model in this product line, the NS-10, similar to the CX-10.
Daniel Renouard, analyst for Robert W. Baird and Co., inquired about the risk of potential "cannibalization" of low-end Clariion models by the new Celerra systems, to which Tucci flatly responded, "I don't really care. It doesn't matter if we sell Clariion or [Celerra] to me."
Meanwhile, Tucci also indicated that startups in this space are appearing on EMC's radar screen. "Our new midtier NAS strategy will put heat on … a number of storage startups that have been attempting to make noise lately in the storage marketplace," he said. (See EMC, HDS kick off thin provisioning cage match, July 18.)
Wall Street analysts also indicated some trepidation over the release of a new Symmetrix product, the DMX-4, with general availability slated for August, given last year's inventory problems that stalled delivery of the DMX-3 and put a dent in revenues for the company.
"How does the availability of this product at the back end of an already back-end-loaded quarter not increase risk?" asked Laura Conigliaro of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
In response, Tucci said the transition between the DMX-3 and DMX-4 is not as major, and that the company had "learned from [the] missteps" when it comes to inventory for new products.


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Chapter 1. Migration North
He stepped off the hypersonic transport. The snow-white hair of the elderly man glinted in the Florida sunshine. Dark skinned, but of ambiguous heritage, he did not attract any attention from the transportation officers.
His ID chip said his name was Steve Aldin, his real name?
He had no family, while his brown eyes glinted with good humor, he had no emotion. Though the lines in his face were only a few hours old, they looked like each line and wrinkle earned by hard work and each crease was a story, a crooked nose attested to some long-ago punch or kick that he had suffered.
Although he was average looking, and the step he took was in good shape for someone his age, Steve Aldin was not what he appeared.
Ironically, despite appearances, he wasn't even human.
Stepping into the men's room, he locked himself into a stall and stood there for a moment. Then he sat quietly on the toilet and closed his eyes.
A mild shudder ran through his body, as if he had a chill. Rapidly the skin on his face and arms tightened, the wrinkles smoothed out.
When he stood, he was four inches taller, shoulders were much broader and his hair, instead of white and thinning, he had a head full of curly, raven-colored hair, the once crooked nose was gone. Now he sported an aquiline nose, undamaged and pristine. Deep-set piercing blue eyes stared out from under the bushy eyebrows.
A quick smile, the young man drew the eye of a few college girls coming back from holiday, on route to the University.
A young man who women would say "Easy on the eyes", he walked out and strolled to the taxi stand and paid for a ride to the underground Vactrain with his credit-chip.
The taxi never made it to the destination. The taxi company that owned the vehicle reported it and the driver missing six-hours after the scheduled shift was supposed to end.
Police found taxi 141 north of town, a flat tire that looked to have hit an object and cut the sidewall lay next to the driver. While he attempted to change with the spare, when the car fell from the jack stand and pinned the driver to the guard rail. The impact, crushing the father of four with thousand of pounds of steel and glass.
The victim, unseen by passing motorists, no one had called in the car with the flashing hazard lights.
She walked into the nearby bus station, a medium-sized female, wearing an oversized t-shirt and jeans opened a locker with a key found under a rock in a blind spot outside.
Taking out a black-cloth shopping bag, the woman turned and walked out to the blind area she found the key at and stood in the shadows. Unobserved, the body stretched to a tall man of Nordic descent. His grey eyes sparkled above sun-kissed cheeks. The winning smile of the American with a mid-west accent.
Moving ever north, he did not need to sleep, the foods he ate came from different organic sources. His energy needs were simple. Carbon based organic material converted into electricity and powered his circuitry.
"Hello." A voice behind him drew his attention while he picked a handful of high carbohydrate energy fruits, called dates, from a palm tree. His central processing core indicated that the material was easily processed to energy.
He turned and a small dark-haired girl of Cuban descent looked at him, wearing a pink Hello Kitty t-shirt and jeans. She was no threat.
"Hello, I was just getting a couple of these to snack on." He used a Danish accent, should there be a legal problem. "Are these yours?"
"No, but you are picking bad ones. You should go to the other side of the tree, the sweet ones are there." She pointed to a spot on the tree almost directly opposite from where he was.
A bite into the dates on the side she pointed to, compared to the opposite side was new knowledge, there was much more sugar in the side the little girl pointed out.
"Thank you." He smiled.
"You don't belong around here." She said. "You are going to have trouble if you don't get out of here."
"Thank you, where can I get a ride?" He said as he stepped backwards against the tree.
"I don't know." Her eyes were without guile, but it was obvious that she did not go anywhere or very far without her mother or father.
"Do you live around here?" He asked.
"Just there." She pointed to a house.
"Would your mom or dad give me a ride somewhere?" Already his heuristic programming conceiving of killing the adults if they were a threat and he would steal the car.
"Mom's at work, my brother is watching me. We have to stay home until mom comes back."
He nodded, an action he discovered humans did in this part of the world, he knelt and looked the girl in the eye. Studying her iris, she was not aware that the android imaged her retina and transmitted all the information on an encrypted carrier wave to his creator.
"What is your name?" He asked.
"Thank you Anna." He stood and walked away. Looking over his shoulder, Anna the little girl had gone back to her yard and was yelling in the door to someone inside about a white man walking down the street.
By the time he reached the corner, the blond Nordic stranger was a shorter, black-haired Cuban looking youth.
He caught a bus at the corner and headed out of the neighborhood.
In twelve-hours he crossed the Florida state line into Georgia as an Irishman with brown curly hair.
Steve Aldin, known by his creators as the Justice of The Religion, was a morphing android, walking north, blending in to the populace.
He was built and programmed to learn then transmit all he could. At his destination he would detonate. , Inside his chest, was an antimatter bomb the size of a grain of sand. He was programmed to blow up the top-secret James Madison Micro-Nuclear Power Plant on the Jefferson River, only a kilometer from the Capitol of the United States.
The size of a single-family house, the four-thousand kilowatt plant was a dedicated power source for the halls of government, even the neighboring businesses did not know that a plant was in their midst.
Once he arrived at the plant, his programming directed him to make entry with any means possible.
He would leave a crater a quarter-mile across. The equivalent of more than four-tons of TNT.
Those that lived through the initial blast, would succumb to the melt-down radiation leaks from the destroyed power plant.
He was the weapon of choice, he could learn about the weakness of the American society for other androids to follow. The American's would never guess that they were under attack.
Or by what.
Tykon rocked in a chair and cackled. Even if the American's knew there was a danger, they could never find the android. He gave no radiation signature, the antimatter in his chest was inert, only becoming a danger once it was released from it's magnetic containment and contacted the walls of the normal matter capsule.
And like humans, he could learn. And he would learn at a string of military bases. He would learn how to get in and blow up the war machines of the United States. Other androids would follow.
There was no stopping the crippling of America.
Tykon loved death to visit. And Death would visit America seven times. And seven times that, if he had anything to do with it.
Tykon and his team had built the ultimate smart bomb. The American's didn't know it, but they were going to be given a lesson on following the path of the righteous.


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Innishannon Tae Kwon Do Demonstration
Above you will see an Innishannon Tae Kwon Do Demonstration night held last December 2011 with guest instructor V Degree Blackbelt Mr Gerard Allen. Here you will see Patterns and Sparing preformed by students young and old, All students practicing their hand and foot techniques and honing their abilities aiming to achieve their Black Belt some day.
Tae kwon-Do is a relatively new martial
art. Developed in Korea by General Choi Hong-Hi (1918-2002) who unveiled it to
the world on the 11th April 1955. Tae kwon-Do is famous for its spectacular
high kicks and its code of ethics. Tae kwon-do is one of the most systematic
and scientific traditional martial arts, it teaches more than physical fighting
skills. It is a discipline that shows ways of enhancing our spirit and life through
training our body and mind. It
aims not only to develop the student physically, but mentally also, creating an
all round better person. To achieve such an effect General Choi Hong-Hi
included the 5 tenets which will be learned by each student who practices Tae
Kwon Do at Innishannon TKD:
· Courtesy,
· Integrity,
· Perseverance,
· Self-Control,
· Indomitable
By making these five elements a regular part of one's personality,
General Choi believed a person could become a better member of society.
Physical Benefits
· Improved
Reflexes and Coordination increases your performance in all Physical activities
· Increased
Strength and Stamina boost your energy so you feel great all day long
· Increased
Flexibility and Weight Control, for better overall fitness.
· Great
Cardiovascular Work Out keeps you in good shape physically.
Mental Benefits
· Improved
Concentration for better work and study habits.
· Stress
Reduction & Increased Levels of Relaxation for a longer, healthier Life
· The
Peace of Mind that comes from knowing that you are able to Protect Yourself
& Your Family
· Increased
Self Confidence & Self Discipline to develop a
positive attitude toward life!
Tae kwon-Do is known as an empty hand martial art. By this we mean weapons
are not used. Defence against weapons is often taught, but a student of Taekwondo, well versed in the art of self defence, should have no need of them.
By practicing Taekwondo you will not only improve your health, make new
friends and enjoy yourself, but you will also arm yourself with the means
needed to defend yourself, if necessary.
ITF Tae kwon-Do, as presented by General Choi Hong Hi, is in a constant
state of evolution. The General believed that any organisation that is
perceived to have reached its objectives is likely to lose momentum, stagnate
and die. The evolution that Tae kwon do is undergoing is the reason it differs
greatly from other martial arts. No other martial art is so advanced with
regard to the sophistication and effectiveness of its technique and the overall
physical fitness it imparts to its practitioners.
The Meaning of Tae kwon-Do Translated directly:
Tae (태)
means jumping or flying, to kick or smash with the foot;
Kwon (권)
means fist, to punch or destroy with the hand or fist;
Do (도)
Monday 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Wednesday 7.00pm to 8.00pm
Monday 7.30pm to 8.30pm
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Cross Train Express: Power CircuitCathe Friedrich
Year Released: 2000
Categories: Circuit Training (cardio and weights)
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People have already broken this one down, so I'm just going to post my impressions. Power Circuit is a great circuit workout, alternating cardio and leg work. The cardio portion consists of a bit of hi/lo to open the routine, three step circuits, and three kickbox circuits. Then its 10 minutes dedicated to back work and about another 10 (I think) for abs. This was so.much.fun! The circuits were tough but doable. I dont usually like circuit routines, but here it works! I think because I felt that my lower body was adequately worked, even while I was getting a tough cardio routine. It reminded me of STS Plyo Legs in that regard. The only quibble I have is that hi/lo portion is a bit of a space hog. The back work consisted of barbell rows, lat rows, and deadlifts. I only wish that during the back segment they had included lat pullovers and that during the leg portion they had substituted one set of lunges for deadlifts.
What I Liked
Cardio alternated with leg work, as it seems to do good things for my legs. Loved that Cathe included plank work in the ab section, as she is the queen of endless crunch variations
What I Didnt Like
To me, they went overboard on the rows. There was other back work she could have substituted. Hi/Lo portion was a space hog, and I felt I would trip over my step. This wont be a problem if you have the room or choose to modify but not dancing all about the step, as Cathe and crew do.
What You Want to Be Aware Of
Constant high impact. Also has plank work, so if you have wrist issues, be prepared to adjust.
Instructor Comments:
Cathe is professional, funny, and encouraging throughout the entire series. Her enthusiasm is contagious!
I hate, hate, hate this video for so many reasons, I don't even know where to begin. The cardio is just all over the place and forget about keeping your heart rate up - there's no consistency. It's structed like all of her other videos where she does step, kickbox, hi/lo, low impact..... but the routines are uncomfortable, slower paced (except the hi-lo) and the entire tape takes up so much room, it's impossible to do unless you're in a loft!!!!! Really - this is one that will go to a corner and never see the light of day. For an advanced exerciser like me, this is a waste of time.
Instructor Comments:
Cathe's her usual self on this one. Her demeanor really doesn't vary much from video to video.
The cardio is a lot of stepping alternating with lower body work using weights. I didn't break these down, but they are tough! Because of the intense lower body work, I wouldn't do this one within 48 hours of Leaner Legs! Give those legs a break...they'll thank you for it!
You work your back in this part of CTX: overhand rows, underhand rows, and 1-arm rows in a (I believe) down pyramid...Cathe starts with a 20# dumbell for 8 reps, then a 15# dumbell for 12 reps, then 10# dumbell for 16 reps. She follows all this with plank work for the lower back core and some exercises that remind me of what a physical therapist would recommend: lying on your belly, raising alternate arm and leg. Again, Cathe stresses good form and protecting your lower back.
Then it's on to the abs. While I didn't break these down in this series, they are all excellent and tough. The main thing I've noticed with Cathe's ab work in CTX, is that she keeps you going, with no rests in between exercises.
Instructor Comments:
Cathe seems to be having too much fun in this series, but her enthusiasm is contagious. And the cardio and weight segments are mercifully short, so I don't mind her. Cathe's cuing in the cardio is good, making them easy to catch onto. Also, she includes a lot of form pointers, still teaching maybe a lot like Pure Strength.
The Start The beginning of the tape takes you through lots of walking... to the right side of the step then across the rear then to the left up and back... the movements are strong, long, fast and focused. There are grapevines and double grapevines, even a turn during the grapevines... using complete arm motions throughout...
The Workout After some thorough stretches...and after more walking er grapevines she takes you into the stepping...
Basic, leg lifts at corners of step, power lifts, going across box, repeaters, straddles, side kicks and plenty of power jumps... (you don't have to do the power moves or the jumps) but she makes them fun...
The Circuit In between all the stepping she picks up a barbell and does squats...next round she does plies w/ barbell. Next round she does static dips with the barbell, etc. She tells you she is using a 35lb barbell, but you don't have to use that much.
Kickbox She also has about 3 min of kickbox after the hi-lo circuit... some very high kicks... at first it looked intimidating but after trying them and imitating her form I found I could do them...
The Weight Routine Deadlifts, bent rows with hands apart, bent rows with hands closer together, always doing 3 sets of all the back work.... she lowers the poundage to 25lbs here, and at times uses 8lb dumbells.
Beginners should imitate her form... but this is certainly a do-able workout for them.... Advanced exercisers will love it... It is intense, intense, intense, and not overly complicated.... Of course some of the footwork may take 10 times to learn... LOL...(well, for me it will!)
The Ab Workout is 11 min... another tough segment.
It has a good thorough stretch...
Summary Cathe is a formidable instructor, thinking of everything you might do wrong and cueing you...
Instructor Comments:
Cathe is a formidable instructor, thinking of everything you might do wrong and cueing you...
Okay, this will be brief since everyone else described the workout format. I am use to the Firm workout and purchased Cathe's tapes in the past but felt intimidated by the advanced intensity and complicated steps of her workouts, plus the gym style of her exercises did not appeal to me. I was use to The Firm workout program with the Stepford Wives personalities of the instructors. I still love The Firm but I am falling in love with Cathe due to the CTX series.
I just finished doing this Power Circuit workout for the first time and felt challanged like no other. I decided not to fear Cathe and her take no prisoners attitude. She has such a fresh and upbeat personality, that you don't feel you're taking cues from a robot. I actually enjoyed the complicated step moves and kickbox section was great. The music is awesome and Cathe, as always, is with you every step of the way, giving you great form tips and cueing.
The back segment is an absolute killer. The planks section is excellent but if you're new to this type of exercise start off slow. I was dripping with sweat galore from every part of my body. This worout is definitely a keeper, I know I will see the results soon from this awesome workout. Way to go Cathe! A+
P.S. I did say I was going to brief, didn't I? Oh well, like Cathe said slyly, "I lied."
Cathe includes a lively mix of cardio styles, along with some of of my all-time favorite step moves in this tough, but very entertaining workout. I know I'm working my butt off during Power Circuit, but I have never ever checked the clock while doing the cardio portion. I'm having too much fun. I also really enjoy the soundtrack during PC. This video runs a close second to Step & Intervals in terms of favorite choreography.
Important Note: The cardio portion includes strength work for the legs using a heavy barbell.
She opens with a hi/lo routine that is a little trickier than Cathe's usual stuff. The low impact section has some speedy footwork with turning triple shuffles, double grapevines and up-and-overs, up-and-backs and spin-arounds. You will travel all around your step, so be sure to leave space on all sides of the step -- or just leave your step out of the way until the hi/lo is finished. The high impact portion isn't too tough and is very short. The moves would be easy to modify down to low-impact, IMO.
Six "power circuits" follow. Each includes one minute of step choreography, followed by a "power blast," a brief recovery, then one minute of leg work (lunges or squats.) The format is similar to the leg circuit of Body Max, but more compressed. The first three circuits are classic Cathe stepping, the last three circuits are kickboxing on and off the step. Some of my all-time favorite Cathe choreography shows up during these circuits, including skip across the step from Step Works and squat/pendulum from Power Max. The power drills include knee-ups snaking around the step, power 7's and --oowee, the one that slays me -- jump onto the step with legs apart, then jump together, then step off. The step kickboxing includes front kicks, side kicks and knee smashes. Cathe uses a pretty substantial barbell for the leg circuits. She does squats, plie squats, static lunges on the floor, rear lunges off the step, front lunges on to the step and another set of static lunges on the floor.
The cardio/leg portion ends with a brief recovery, which you will need. Then on to strength work for the back. There are 3 sets of barbell rows, followed by 4 sets of triple rows and then pyramiding lat rows and deadlifts. You then go to the mat and do ENDLESS planks and some work for your spinal erectors. The ab work is straight-forward, probably the most basic ab work of the entire CTX series. And then you're done.
All in all, a great workout. Tough, fresh and thorough.
Of all the videos in the CrossTrain series, I think this one may be my favorite. You start with a short low-impact floor section (great for "easing yourself into it" at 4 am) and then follow up with an also-short high-impact floor section. Then you get to the highlight of the workout, which is 6 circuits 3 step, and 3 step-kickbox. Each of these is about 1 minute, immediately followed by another minute or so of power moves or intervals. Then you switch to leg work lunges, squats, etc. This style of circuit appeals to me so much more than doing compound moves for the strength circuit, which seems to be the norm. By compound moves, I mean working your upper and lower body at the same time. I dislike that a lot. In this workout, the strength work is legs only, so you can concentrate on the legs and not have to worry about keeping your arms going at the same time.
After all that, you do 10 minutes of back work, which seems really short even though you do 3 sets of everything. It may be short, but its very satisfying and I do know Ive worked my back muscles. Finally, there is a fairly long abs/core section which I didnt time, but I think its around 15 minutes. There is some killer plank work here! You hold the poses for infinity, or so it seems. I always have to rest during this section. It amazes me that the ladies in the video can actually do this without breaking. The planks are followed by traditional ab work, and a nice stretch at the end.
This one is a little longer than the other videos in the series, clocking in at a full hour. I really enjoy this workout, and it gets an A+ in my book.
I enjoy this video more than I thought I would at first -- a nice surprise. After the warm-up, Cathe moves into a low impact floor combo, then some hi/lo. I usually modify the hi/lo to all low impact, and still manage to stay aerobic. (I make sure to really lift my knees high, and that does the trick.) Then, Cathe moves on to 3 kickbox circuits (kickboxing using the step) using a barbell, and 3 step circuits using dumbbells. NOTE: This video also counts as a leg workout! All the strength portions of the circuits are leg exercises -- squats, static lunges, lunges onto and off of the step. The choreography is Cathe's typical complex stuff in the step section. The hi/lo choreography is pretty traditional stuff -- knee lifts, kicks, hops, jumping jacks, etc.
The back work is very thorough, using dead rows, triple rows, quarter deadlifts, one-arm rows (using drop sets) and "supermans." Plank work, which works both the back and abs, is also included. Traditional ab work and a stretch round out the workout.
Instructor Comments:
Good cuing, except during the kickbox segment. Great form pointers... except during the first set of squats, when Cathe is having a little trouble getting the words out. ("Make sure your knee doesn't go past your heel... Actually, your toes shouldn't go past your shoes.") She gets it right on the next set of plie squats, though. ;-) But it gives me a good laugh every time I hear it...
This is volume 5 of the CTX Series. You will alternate pure cardio segments with lower body weight work, then end with a thorough back segment and abdominal. I really liked this tape; it's not as intense as Circuit Max, but its still a winner. If you loved the second segment of Body Max, then this will right up your alley. I found that doing this tape time just seemed to fly by.
You begin with a short warm up and stretch. Then you move into a low impact section followed by a high impact section. The high impact sections are pretty Hi, but since the segments are relatively short it's not that bad, or you can easily modify to low, taking out some of the jumps. During the high impact section you do some moves that are very familiar from Max. Intensity Cardio. You do some impact knee crosses, leaps, and jogs. This section is probably my least favorite of all of the segments. It's intense and short, but not really as fun as it could be.
There are three short step segments. You do a very simple combo usually repeating the combo 4 to 6 times. The combos are easy to learn and short in duration. You will see some old favorites in the mix, combined in a whole new way. Everyone's favorite drop squats and pendulum moves are back, but this time the pendulum is done using the narrow end of the step instead of the long. You also do some really intense stepping drills, yowsa these are tough but fun at the same time. I think the best part of the step segment is these power drills.
Then there are three kickboxing segments. You will do classic kickboxing using the step and the floor. The first segment uses the step while doing front kicks and sidekicks. During the three segments you will do lots of kick combos, kicking drills and my favorite of all those plyo filled punching drills. This is a pretty darn fun segment.
But beware if you don't like power 15's, 7's and 3's be prepared to modify. As in most of the CTX series the step and kickboxing segments on the step really use a lot of those power 15's.
Alternating in between each of the named cardio segments is lower body weight work. You'll need a barbell and dumbbells, though dumbbells can be used during all the sections if you prefer. You will do squats, piles, static lunges, lunges on the step, lunges off the step. Lots of lower body variety. But if you get really tired from all the cardio or have tender knees, I'd go lighter on the weights since you knees are getting in a lot of work during the whole workout.
The upper body segment featured is back. You are going to need a barbell and a few dumbbells. If you don't like bent over rows then you're in for lots of trouble :=) You will do multiple sets of bent over rows, doing about 16 reps per set. You will even do a variation of a three-count row where you do three rows then stand upright and repeat. Shrugs are back again! This time you are going to do heavy shrugs I think Cathe uses 15's, but you do them while maintain a slight upper body bend, similar to the position while doing barbells rows but not at that much of an angle. Then comes a killer set of dumbbell lat rows. You are going to do three sets per side, going from heavy weight to light weight while increase the repetitions each time you decrease the weight. Cathe goes from 20's to 15's and down to 10's or 8's. I found that I could keep using 20's for all of the sets. If you keep with the heavy weights you're back will be feeling it in a good way. To finish out back you'll do some dead lifts and some spinal erector work. Then finish off with a great ab workout.
I really enjoyed this tape. It has good variety and great abs and spinal erector work. The only complaint that I have is all the power 15's and 7's. It seems that in this tape and the whole series you're doing a lot of them. I would have rather seen more step drills rather than the power 15's. If your finding your modifying those moves it can get pretty boring when she does a long set of the power 15's. But if your ready to work hard then you will love this tape.


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sneak peek: samantha hahn + david moldawer
Illustrator and pattern designer Samantha Hahn lives with her husband, David Moldawer, and two-year-old son, Henry, in this two-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's East Side. This is not just any apartment: It's the apartment that belonged to David's grandparents in the early '60s. When David and his sister were born, his parents moved into the building. When his grandparents passed away, Samantha and David moved in. Henry is named for his great-grandfather, so it's particularly special to be in the apartment where his namesake lived. Thanks, Samantha, David & Henry! — Amy Azzarito
Image above: I love our bedroom. It's so peaceful with Pumice gray walls; the paint is from Restoration Hardware. My desk and drawing table are in the bedroom as well, but when I'm not in work mode, we love cuddling up in that cozy bed to watch movies and read books by the light of those IKEA sconces. Every morning when our son Henry wakes up (it's still dark), we take him in there for a little snuggle to start the day off right. The picture above our bed is a piece by Christopher David Ryan. The bed is from Charles P. Rogers. My husband is 6′ 3″ and was forced to sleep in my antique brass bed with a footboard for 7 years. When we moved from Brooklyn, we decided to upgrade to this cherry platform bed with no foot board to cramp his feet. The duvet cover is from West Elm.
Image above: I love this little corner of the living room. There's an airy photo by photographer Nick Meek of a snowy mountain range with some sort of magenta mist at its base. Below that, there's a piece by Christopher David Ryan of a couple holding hands looking off into the distance. Perhaps they're looking at the mountain? The little yellow screenprinted cushion is from Lena Corwin, but when we moved and got this sofa, I decided to have it tailored down from a square to a rectangle. I got that little Haywood-Wakefield end table on eBay to stack our favorite art and photo books on top for easy perusal. The chair is Bertoia from the Brooklyn Flea. We have that faux sheep thing from IKEA to make it more comfy/cozy to sit on. The wall color is Atmosphere Blue from Restoration Hardware.
See more of Samantha's New York City apartment after the jump . . .
Image above: The dining area holds so many of our sentimental pieces. The dining table belonged to my parents and was the one we used growing up. It happens to be parquet like our floors. The chairs are mid-century from RePop. The big pine cabinet also belonged to my parents from well before I was born. The little dresser belonged to Dave's mom growing up, and the globe on top of it was his grandfather's. We looked it up to see if we could figure out when it was from and found some interesting facts online about how to tell the era of your globe. This one is from the '30s. The blue glass pendant light is from Niche Modern. There are some black and white photos in the hallway of my mom on her elopement day, my grandmother at age 16 on the beach and Dave's grandfather, whose name we took for our son and whose apartment we live in. The wall color is Silver Sage from Restoration Hardware.
Image above: This angle is the dining area leading in to our bedroom and the living room. The painting is one I did of my best friend. The hexagonal bowl is from Mohawk General Store.
Image above: The living room is one of my favorite places in our home. It's a place to just chill out, entertain friends and often chow down on take out. We had oak cut and planed for the coffee table, and then we removed the urethane on it and put the hairpin legs on from hairpinlegs.com. The bright yellow chair is Knoll from RePop. I used two antique crates as an end table. My parents used to use them to hold wood for the fireplace. Now they're stacked to make a little bookcase. The sofa is a Blu Dot sleeper from Century House. We love that my mom can spend the night and friends can sleep over if they're in from out of town. The striped rug is from Rugs USA. The Danish modern chair is from Brooklyn Flea, and I had it reupholstered with one of my designs, printed up by Spoonflower. The little white reading light is from Y Lighting.
Image above: My dad recently passed away, and I'm still reeling from the loss. Putting up one of his gold records from his music business days makes me think of him so proudly. The blue screenprinted cushions are from Proud Mary. (Editor's note: See Sneak Peek: Harper of Proud Mary and Molly of Proud Mary.) The gold bird screenprint is from Sanna Annukka. (Editor's note: See Sneak Peak: Sanna Annukka.) I found the mirror on the street in Brooklyn where we moved from and painted it crisp white. The little ship peeking out from the counter in the corner belonged to Dave's grandpa.
Image above: This is Dave's work area accompanied by an old Herman Miller lab chair I used to use at my drawing table until Dave convinced me to go more ergonomic. Still, I love that chair. It's good for extra seating when guests come over. The photo is one I took of Henry with a painted-on mustache his first summer. The piece above it is a print of a painting by my friend Kelly Lynn Jones. The blue striped silkscreen is by another friend, Dana McClure. The popsicle photo is by a dear pal, Kate Miss, and the piece below it is something I did for my solo show at Gallery Hanahou, "A Thousand Ships," earlier this fall.
Image above: This is my drawing table. I try to keep it neat, but I use concentrated inks and watercolors, so there are often splatters around. I sometimes tack up inspiring images, paintings by Henry or photos of people I love on the wall in front of where I sit.
Image above: This is baby Henry's room. The silkscreen prints were given to us at our baby shower from friends Anna and Sean of Sub-Studio. The big constellations silkscreen was done by an artist I love, Claire Nereim. Henry has lots of books, blocks and some nice toys. The little white piano is a Schoenhut. The striped bag we use for toys is from the Container Store. The wall color is Latte, also from Restoration Hardware. I'm really obsessed with their paints. The colors are really velvety with a dusty, soft quality.
Image above: I painted the whole apartment myself (not fun!) including the big stripes in Henry's room. I mixed semi gloss decorator's white paint with the matte latte wall color to create the lighter stripes. His crib is Oeuf Sparrow. The big print is by one of my favorite artists, Elisabeth Dunker. (Editor's note: Check out Elisabeth's sneak peek here.) The mobile is Frazier and Wing. (Editor's note: Don't miss Sneak Peek: Heather Frazier!) The changing table is an IKEA desk.


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1: did you know? - capital: Kabul - population: 29,121,286 - A landlocked mountainous nation(the highest mountain ranging from 24,550 feet - There are over 32 spoken languages - Their flag was adopted in 2004
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3: And This Is MY Mission story... | ...Of Finding Hope In Afghanistan
4: Everyday Living | Neighborhoods: Mud brick walls and wood frames create most Afghan homes. The walls provide security from enemies and animals. | Kabul Houses: Most do not have electricity or running water. There if little vegetation on the hillside.
5: Work | Work Ethic: This man is making a flower delivery on his bike. It is common for resources to be transported by bike: produce, children, schoolbooks, and more. Private cars are limited, so bicycles are a prime means of transportation. | Family Stand: A young boy sells produce for his family. Produce is very important to Afghan people, and most of it is grown in the country.
6: Below: A group of Burka Clad women walk together to a voter registration area. Women were first able to vote in the country on October 9, 2004. | Above: This woman walks with her family dressed in a traditional burqa. Burqua's cover a woman's clothing and face. There is a window from which her eyes can see. | Women
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Why do we read?
Anyway, one of the questions I asked is that of the title: "Why do we read?" Not surprisingly, many of the educators in the room seemed perplexed by the question. I mean, it's obvious, right? Sure, maybe, to educators. We read to learn, to be entertained, to expand our horizons, etc. All that good stuff. Yep, I agree.
But here are a couple of follow-up questions: Do our students understand why we are asking them to read? Do they really get why we are asking them to read what we are asking them to read?
I think the answer to both is "no." Too many kids think they are reading stuff in their textbooks because they have to so they can pass a test. And yes, that's true. But that's not learning. That's retaining some information long enough to regurgitate it in some format.
One of the strategies we talked about today is the word knowledge checklist. You can find a version here, though there are other variations. We talked about how students might use the word knowledge checklist along with annotation strategies, and we talked about how students might use the checklist framework for concepts rather than words. Why? Because then students have the opportunity to deep more deeply into the text, to investigate inferences, to think about how text structures and elements of text complexity contribute to or impeded their understanding of the text. And then I suggested how cool it might be if teachers asked kids to think about connections in other content areas with those words or those concepts.
Whether it's a textbook or a supplemental or some other text, students need to learn to appreciate the value of the role of that particular text. Students get certain kinds of information from a textbook that could be illuminated, amplified, supplemented, or maybe contradicted by other texts.
We ask them to read stuff not only so they can learn specific content, but so they can learn how to learn. So they can learn to be discerning. So they can learn how to analyze not only the content of a text, but its caliber. So they can learn how to synthesize a text and find the key ideas as well as see how an idea in one text might be supported, supplemented, enhanced, etc. in a text that has no apparent connection.
If they don't see the value of that kind of learning, the coolest strategies for our so-called struggling readers will not matter one whit.
Having said that, and quite possibly raised a few eyebrows, let me say this. Yes, we have some very real struggling readers. One of the things we talked about today is how we know which kids are struggling readers and how we determine in what ways they are struggling. Or are they really reluctant readers? And do they seem to struggle because they really don't want to read? If so, why are they reluctant? Is it because they don't see the point?
Laura Robb wrote about The Myth of Learn to Read/Read to Learn. The myth is that students learn to read in K-3 and when then reading to learn starts in fourth grade. Except, as Ms. Robb points out, that's a myth. Kids are still learning to read well beyond fourth grade. Do they know how to read graphs and charts? Do they know how to make connections between the reference to the table and the table itself? Can they discern possible reasons for a bar graph being vertical rather than horizontal? The format may mean the data is more readable or its presentation may lead the reader to certain preferred conclusions. Or it could just be a matter of space and paging in the text. Ms. Robb states: "In grades 4-8, expectations for learners dramatically change. Teachers expect students to apply sight-word and decoding skills, supposedly gained in the earlier grades, to new and challenging content-area information. However, many kids need more practice with these basic skills. They also need continued emphasis and instruction on interpreting and comprehending what they read."
To some teachers, that was gibberish because that's not what they tend to have to worry about. But one of the reasons we continue to explore and talk about strategies for struggling readers, or reluctant ones, is that the message(s) of why we implore kids to read will get lost because they don't have proficiency with the skills they need. Once they are more confident in their ability to read an unfamiliar text independently or with little help, they are more likely to hear why we ask them to read stuff. Which, in the long run, is mostly so they can not only survive, but thrive in their futures.
And, if none of that makes sense, read this: Why Read (When We Don't Like It).
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Thanks for your thoughts, Elaine. I also think we need to remember that even as proficient readers many of us vary in our ability to read some texts. I will stay with a highly complex cookbook--because I am interested in the topic. But give me an even less difficult text about the workings of the internal combustion engine and I will have a lot of trouble and most likely throw the book across the room in frustration. I read quite a bit a few years ago about how adults overcame reading difficulties and the pretty much universal consensus was that they found a topic about which they wanted to know more and that allowed them to read beyond their tested level and to improve their overall reading skills. My conclusion is that we need to know what interests our students---video game instructions, aerodynamics, anime, forensic psychology--even cooking (or internal combustion engines) and challenge them to read as much as they can about their subject.ReplyDelete


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This week marks two months since Tiger Woods last played on the PGA Tour, and after Woods wrote on his latest blog posted Monday that his recovery is going slowly, it figures to be at least that long before he returns. Just how much he's missed is a matter of perspective.
Golf fans clearly miss him. TV ratings are down across the board and the Masters number was the lowest ever on a non-Easter Sunday. With Woods unable to defend his title at this week's Players Championship, NBC will no doubt hope Phil Mickelson and/or one of its up-and-comers (Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar) can grab the spotlight Sunday with a frenetic finish at one of the game's most entertaining venues.
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem, meanwhile, typically looking at the glass as half-full, sees Woods' absence as a mixed blessing.
"It's not the first time we haven't had Tiger, with injuries or whatever," Finchem said Tuesday. "We're kind of used to it.
"(The) Masters is a good example. There was all this publicity about Masters ratings were off. Masters is a great tournament. They had a great rating. It's just that when Tiger plays, it's higher.
"We'd love to have him. He's not only the No. 1 player in the world, but he's defending. But one thing you can measure is the strength of interest from focusing on the young players. When Tiger is in a tournament, he dominates the media, and that's fine. But the negative is the young players coming up don't get the attention they need to develop and become (guys) the fans recognize. So that kind of holds back the development of our stars.
"When he goes away a little bit, it opens up more time to capture them. That's a real advantage. It may not feel like it at the moment, but over time it means a lot."
CBS analyst Sir Nick Faldo took a different tack, pointing out that there was clearly something missing when Woods missed the Masters for the first time in his career.
"You have to say, it wasn't the same buzz," Faldo said. "Tiger takes all the focus: what he's doing and how he's doing it and where he is on the golf course, everything. So not having Tiger, the No. 1 player, the one that attracts the most attention, that's the bottom line.
"But we don't know how long it's going to go on for, and the rest of the guys are playing some great golf, and it will still be a great event."
Brandel Chamblee of the Golf Channel recalled playing in the Western Open outside Chicago one year when he forgot Woods was in the field and needing an extra 30 minutes to drive to the course as a result.
"Halfway there I was berating myself, saying, 'You buffoon, Tiger is playing this week, you have to allow for that.' He affects the buzz of the tournament in every conceivable way.
"And it's more fun to play against the best player of your generation. I'm sure the players that are playing well today, wish he was playing. It's a bigger stage. The event feels bigger and the tournament is more special if you beat Tiger Woods or if you have a chance … you just won't replace him, at all, and you know, I read everything like everybody else here about when he's likely to return, it's still up in the air.
"But the Tour _ I'm not going to say they need him, but they want him, for sure, and I do as well."
NBC analyst Johnny Miller sounded skeptical that anyone has been able to fill the void left by Woods. And while four players have the chance to supplant him as No. 1 this week, he remains on top as the Tour plays its 10th event since he last competed at Doral.
"I see this year as really good golf but not great golf," Miller said. "Guys are not breaking tournament records. They are not breaking course records. It's really good play but not scintillating play.
"So I'm a little harder to maybe impress, but you know, I'm waiting for that run where a guy, a young player just maybe dominates or wins by four, five or six shots or some standout play. So far it's pretty _ real good play but not great play."
TPC having grass problems: While Finchem reported players have been understanding, some are no doubt concerned about the state of the greens at TPC-Sawgrass. The entire course was closed to those who showed up to play some practice rounds over the weekend, five greens remained closed Monday and three of those _ Nos. 4, 11 and 12 _ were still closed Tuesday. The Tour announced the entire course will be open for Wednesday's final practice round.
Finchem said it's been an annual struggle since this event was moved from March to May in 2007 to get the course ready, and that it's hoped a switch to TifEagle grass in the summer of 2015 will make that process easier.
He also said the problem with the three greens in question is that they're the smallest on the golf course, which makes them more difficult to maintain. Simply enlarging them would alter the character of the course, which insofar as it lacks length at 7,215 yards depends on its small greens for difficulty.
Playoff format changed: Tour officials decided several weeks ago to change the playoff format at The Players, switching from one hole of sudden death to a three-hole format with the lowest aggregate score emerging as the winner. If two or more players remain tied, sudden-death play would begin at No. 18.
"There will be a playoff on Sunday, I'm pleased to announce, and it will involve three players," Finchem said facetiously. "I'm not going to tell you who they are just yet.
"But we really like the idea, seriously, of being able to reach our television audience for the first time with a multi-hole, gross score playoff structure that we've seen at the Open Championship, we've seen at the PGA Championship, we think it's an exciting way to go, and we are hopeful that we have a chance to roll it out in this very first year."
Finchem said tee times will not be moved up to accommodate the possibility of several extra holes and that it has been determined a playoff of four or possibility five holes should be possible before darkness sets in.
"The great thing about this format is if you play three holes and you're tied and we run out of daylight, it's a really good story for the next day when we come back and finish," he said. "It's great highlights all night. Golf Channel will be having a good time with that."


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3DR Partners with Esri for Site Scan Esri Edition - 06/09/2018
3DR, makers of Site Scan, has announced a partnership with Esri, a global leader in location intelligence, to develop Site Scan Esri Edition, a custom version of its iOS app for drone flight planning and data capture that works seamlessly with Esri's ArcGIS Online and Drone2Map for ArcGIS.
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Knowledge alone is not enough. Knowledge alone will never change anyone permanently. But the experience of being loved will!Quote from 'Wisdom of the Western Isles - the Making of a Mystic'
Welcome to David's Website
David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author and Speaker, who specializes in Prayer, Christian Spirituality and Mystical Theology.
His personal spirituality is predominantly Franciscan, his Mystical Theology Carmelite. He has sold over 300,000 books in more than twelve different languages.
He was educated at the Franciscan Study Centre, England and the National Catholic Radio and Television Centre, Hatch End, London where he was later appointed to the post of Dean of Studies.
He was extra mural lecturer in Mystical Theology at the Dominican University in Rome (The Angelicum). In addition to giving Retreats and lecturing all over Europe, he undertook five prolonged lecture tours to Africa, mainly Equatorial Africa, speaking on Prayer and Spirituality to Religious, Monks, Diocesan Priests and lay people.
His latest book, Wisdom from the Christian Mystics was published in January 2018 and will be followed by his autobiography Injured Innocence.
When he is not writing, he spends time on his boat on the peaceful Beaulieu river in the New Forest, Hampshire. He is a member of The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London
David's Publications
David considers his latest book, Wisdom from the Christian Mystics to be his life's work. After many years of studying the early sources, he reintroduces us to the profound mystical spirituality which was the staple diet of Christians in the first centuries.
David's most successful book is Wisdom from the Western Isles, the popular Peter Calvay Trilogy (Hermit, Prophet, Mystic) re-edited in one volume, in which he teaches the reader how to pray, from the very beginning to what St Teresa of Avila calls the Mystical Marriage.
Wisdom from Franciscan Italy shows how the essence of Christian spirituality is restored by Francis and details the implications of the revelation of the Primacy of Love received by Francis moments before he received the Stigmata. The book explains how this is the starting point for St Bonaventure's spirituality and John Duns Scotus' Mystical Theology of love.
Other publications include: Inner Life: How to Pray: A New Beginning: Dear Susanna.
Both Wisdom from the Western Isles, and Wisdom from Franciscan Italy, have been published by John Hunt Publications and are available to buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
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Talk to the Discalced Carmelites, Boars Hill, Oxford, England. A historical perspective. Monasticism to Mendicants and back to Contemplation
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