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Roseville, CA…….Andrew Murray of Temecula, Calif. led all but the first lap to win Saturday night's 20-lap USAC Junior Ford Focus race at the All American Speedway. Murray passed Brandon White on lap two and led the rest of the way to beat series point leader Kyle Edwards, White, Keegan Walmer and Dennis Simunovich. Murray was also the fastest qualifier and won the dash.
USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 19, 2009 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andrew Murray, 18, Murray-14.72; 2. Brandon White, 11, Sutton-15.21; 3, Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-15.56; 4. Keegan Walmer, 8, Sutton-NT; 3. Dennis Simunovich, 3, Sutton-NT; 4. Jessica Clark, 9, Sutton-NT.
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Murray, 2. Walmer, 3. White, 4. Edwards. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Andrew Murray, 2. Kyle Edwards, 3. Brandon White, 4. Keegan Walmer, 5. Dennis Simunovich, 6. Jessica Clark. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 White, Laps 2-20 Murray.
NEW USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Edwards-1,226; 2-Murray-1,128; 3-Simunovich-797; 4-Taylor Ferns-726; 5-Casey Martinez-551; 6-Alex Jacobsen-541; 7-Ethan Quinn-513; 8-Tanner Kershaw-411; 9-Jarid Blondel-403; 10-Mavrick Gaunt-327.
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How do you find the best coffees in the world? It's a huge task for any coffee roasting company and is something Kaldi's prides itself on being one of the best at.
Knowing how and why you taste when drinking coffee is large part of that equation. I took a moment to talk with Kaldi's green coffee buyer, Tyler Zimmer, about how he does that.
The world produces about 18 trillion pounds of coffee a year. Picking through the bad beans to find excellent coffees from around the world requires a highly developed palate. Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Co. roasted 550,000 pounds of coffee last year, all of which was specialty coffee, a designation given to only 3-7% of all coffee produced.
Kaldi's green coffee buyer Tyler Zimmer recently completed Q gradercertification to become St. Louis' only Q grader. Tyler's Q grader certification allows Kaldi's to further develop direct relationships with farmers focusing on the quality of the coffee they produce.
"The reason I wanted to get the certification is to improve my cupping skills," said Zimmer.
The Q Coffee System, developed by the non-profit Coffee Quality Institute, locates specialty coffees at origin and helps to improve those that have the potential to meet specialty standards
Every coffee that Kaldi's sources go through a very technical evaluation scoring process. Coffees are given a score across various categories by cupping, or tasting each coffee after roasting.
"Nobody else does this level of evaluating in St. Louis at all," said Zimmer. "We'll cup a coffee when we visit the producers at the country of origin, again when it's imported into the US, and then again at St. Louis when it arrives to make sure the quality was maintained at each level."
The Q grader certification process gives a unique opportunity for coffee buyers to cup coffees with other buyers and cuppers from around the world.
"When you really learn a lot is cupping with other experienced cuppers and getting to ask, 'What are you tasting in this? What do I taste in this and why?' said Zimmer
The real purpose of the Q system and Q grader certification is when buying and selecting coffee.
For a coffee to be considered "specialty coffee" it needs to score an 80 or higher on a 100 point scale.
"It's unusual for a coffee to be rated in the 90s," said Zimmer.
Kaldi's current World Tour rates as an 89 point coffee through our evaluation. Kaldi's single origin coffees require an 85 or higher point ranking.
"Say we don't like a coffee, we then give feedback to the producer based on how it scores following the Q system grading and list why this won't work for us. The coffee may not be worth what producers or the exporter say it might be because it doesn't grade at a certain level."
Kaldi's maintains direct relationships with coffee farmers that produce coffee for Kaldi's around the world. Coffees that are the products of these relationships are designated as Kaldi's Relationship Coffees.
Building on the success and wisdom of the Fair Trade Certified, Kaldi's Relationship Coffees provide even greater transparency into the otherwise complex coffee transaction chain – from coffee grower to coffee lover.
The Q system allows for a consistent scoring standard to use when grading coffee at transaction chain points.
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[MLS: Week 2] For the second week in a row, the Portland Timbers fell behind at home and needed a late goal from new Argentine forward Gaston Fernandez to earn a 1-1 tie. A share of the points at home against two teams that did not make the Eastern Conference playoffs in 2013 was not the way the Timbers expected to start the 2014 season.
Portland's 21 shots were just one shy of tying its MLS club record for shots in a single game, set in 2011, but it trailed for an hour after Argentine
defender Norberto Paparatto was whistled for committing a foul in the penalty box against Quincy Amarikwa, setting up
Jeff Larentowicz's spot kick in the 19th minute. Fernandez, "La Gata," found himself all alone in front to put away a deflected shot for the tying goal with 11
minutes to play.
After a 3-2 loss at Chivas USA, Fire coach Frank Yallop shook up his lineup, giving the first MLS starts to Benji Joya and Harry Shipp on Sunday. Brazilian Alex was the only in the front five
who kept his starting spot. Once again, Mike Magee did not play. Last week, he dressed but did not play. Yallop had said earlier in the week that Magee was
nursing a hamstring injury, though there continues to be widespread speculation about a contractual dispute between Magee and Yallop.
Welcome to MLS (U.S. Debuts)
John Berner (90 minutes),
COL (35th draft pick, SIU-Edwardsville)
Christian Dean (sub: 14 minutes), VAN (3rd draft pick, Univ. of
J.J. Koval (sub: 28 minutes), SJ (9th draft, Stanford Univ.)
Harry Shipp (90 minutes), CHI (HG,
Univ. of Notre Dame)
-- Chivas USA remained unbeaten, earning a 1-1 tie against Vancouver despite having to play the last 77 minutes with 10 men after the ejection of Agustin Pelletieri.
WEEK 2: Schedule
Sunday, March 16
Portland 1 Chicago 1.
CHI: Jeff Larentowicz pen. 19
POR: Gaston Fernandez
Red card: CHI -- Patrick Nyarko 86.
Att.: 20,814
Chivas USA 1 Vancouver 1.
CHV: Erick
Torres (Mauro Rosales) 45
VAN: Kekuta Manneh (Darren Mattocks) 81
Red card: CHV -- Agustin Pelletieri 13.
Att.: 6,684.
Saturday, March 15
San Jose 3 Real Salt Lake 3.
SJ: Chris Wondolowski (Victor Bernardez, Shea Salinas) 6
RSL: Kyle Beckerman (Joao Plata) 11
RSL: Joao Plata (Luis Gil) 32
RSL: Luke Mulholland 45+4
SJ: Victor Bernardez
(Shea Salinas) 75
SJ: Victor Bernardez 90+5
Att.: 10,525.
Sporting KC 1 FC Dallas 1.
Aurelien Collin (Benny Feilhaber) 81
DAL: Matt Hedges (Michel) 90
Att.: 19,431.
Houston 1 Montreal 0.
HOU: Will Bruin (Giles
Barnes) 40
Att.: 18,245.
Philadelphia 1 New England 0.
PHI: Sebastien Le Toux (Leonardo
Fernandes) 31
Att.: 18,651.
New York 1 Colorado 1.
NY: Thierry Henry (Lloyd Sam) 57
COL: Vicente Sanchez pen. 72
Seattle 1 Toronto FC 2.
TOR: Jermain Defoe (Jonathan Osorio) 17
TOR: Jermain Defoe
SEA: Clint Dempsey (Obafemi Martins) 67
Att.: 38,441.
6 Houston 2-0-0 5/0
4 Philadelphia
1-0-1 2/1
3 Columbus 1-0-0 3/0
3 Toronto FC 1-0-0 2/1
1 Sporting KC 0-1-1 1/2
1 Chicago 0-1-1 3/4
1 New York 0-1-1 2/5
Montreal 0-2-0 2/4
0 D.C. United 0-1-0 0/3
0 New England 0-2-0 0/5
4 FC Dallas 1-0-1 4/3
4 Real Salt Lake 1-0-1 4/3
4 Vancouver 1-0-1 5/2
4 Chivas USA 1-0-1 4/3
3 Seattle 1-1-0 2/2
2 Portland 0-0-2 2/2
1 San Jose 0-0-1 3/3
1 Colorado 0-0-1 1/1
0 LA Galaxy 0-1-0 0/1
MLS: Leading Scorers
3+1 Will Bruin, Houston
2+2 Victor Bermudez, San Jose
2+2 Jermain Defoe,
Toronto FC
2+1 Gaston Fernandez, Portland
2+1 Joao Plata, Real Salt Lake
2+1 Erick Torres, Chivas USA
2 Sebastian Fernandez, Vancouver
2 Federico Higuain, Columbus
MLS SCHEDULE, Week 3:
March 22,
2 pm ET
New England vs. Vancouver MLS LIVE
4 pm ET
Montreal vs. Seattle Univision Dep. MLS LIVE
Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy NBCSN
4:30 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. D.C. United MLS LIVE
6 pm ET
Columbus vs. Philadelphia MLS LIVE
Colorado vs. Portland MLS LIVE
8:30 pm ET
FC Dallas vs.
Chivas USA MLS LIVE
Sporting KC vs. San Jose MLS LIVE
Sunday, March 23
3 pm
Chicago vs. New York UniMas
MLS SCHEDULE, Week 4:
Saturday, March 29
4 pm ET
Philadelphia vs. Montreal MLS LIVE
D.C. United vs. Chicago NBCSN
6 pm ET
Colorado vs. Sporting
7 pm ET
Vancouver vs. Houston MLS LIVE
8:30 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. Portland MLS LIVE
9:30 pm ET
Real Salt Lake vs. Toronto FC MLS LIVE
10 pm ET
Seattle vs. Columbus MLS LIVE
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San Jose vs. New England MLS LIVE
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Hey brahs,
Here is a list of not so old gear I'm selling. Will ship to the lower 48 states for the listed prices:
Union Force bindings, used once (had to get a smaller boot so these ended up too big). Size L/XL. Green: $125 shipped
Salomon F22 boots (got them online and were too big). Size 10: $100 shipped
Lib Tech Jacket. Size L: $70 shipped
Quicksilver jacket. Size XL: $70 shipped
Burton Ronin pants. Size L: $35 shipped
Volcom Pants. Size L: $35 shipped
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In 2009 and 2010, through our first Farmer and Rancher Listening Tour, hundreds of family farmers and ranchers helped Friends of Family Farmers identify seven major issues that socially responsible farmers and ranchers face as they work to get their goods to Oregon families. At the Farmer and Rancher Delegation in early 2010, farmers and ranchers from around the state identified and ratified three priority actions to address each of the seven major issues. The resulting document is the Agricultural Reclamation Act (ARA) and it outlines a pathway forward so that Oregonians can work together to change barriers into opportunities and help reclaim our food and agricultural system.
Since that time, we have circled back every other year to hold dozens of additional farmer and rancher listening sessions across Oregon. This recurring opportunity for input has ensured that our policy objectives have stayed up to date and current. Periodically, we use this input to update the ARA. The most recent round of listening sessions occurred in 2014, and we republished the ARA in early 2015 to reflect past accomplishments and emerging issues.
Get involved!
Attend our farmer Rally Day at the State Capitol! Details to come, but save the date for April 4th, 2017!
Download the Agricultural Reclamation Act (ARA) or download the 2-page summary >>
Click here to endorse the ARA!
Tell us what you think by taking one of our biennial surveys (2015-16 surveys are currently closed. New surveys will be available in the fall of 2017)
Be part of the conversation by attending one of our Listening Sessions (2015-16 Listening Sessions have concluded. New sessions will be scheduled for Fall 2017-Spring 2018)
For questions about the surveys or listening sessions, please contact: info @ friendsoffamilyfarmers.org.
Click here to read the ARA Preamble
The following are the seven key issues identified in the ARA. Click below to read more about the current situation and priority action items with each of these issues.
Meat & Poultry
In Oregon, where there were once many slaughter and processing facilities, processors are now larger and fewer in number. This has consolidated market power and impedes farmers' and ranchers' ability to get their products to retail markets. As such, marketplace demands for responsibly raised meats and poultry are not being met. In addition, food safety regulations for meat and poultry are based on an industrial model that often fails to address the needs of family-scale farms and ranches. Find out more about this issue and the priority action items to address it >>
Milk & Dairy
Unfettered access to a wide spectrum of local dairy products in Oregon is severely limited despite the recent groundswell in demand. Current regulations inhibit the face-to-face relationships consumers are asking for while limiting producers' abilities to meet the dairy needs of their communities. Milk, because it is undervalued on the commodity market, creates economic instability for farmers and limits the potential for new producers to recoup the high costs of entrance into dairy production.
Rules, Regulations & Food Safety
In an effort to meet the food safety needs of the public, rules and regulations have largely been created based on a food system dominated by large-scale growers and processors. A one-size-fits-all system of rules and regulations for food safety policy threatens the viability of family-scale farms and ranches. Oregon agriculture needs a regulatory system that encourages entrepreneurial ingenuity and does not limit business start-up and expansion opportunities. While progress has been made with the passage of Oregon's Farm Direct Bill and the 1000-bird exemption in 2011, removing additional roadblocks that hinder direct farmer/rancher-to-consumer relationships will lead to broader economic prosperity for producers who are creating healthy and clean products.
Regional Food System Infrastructure & Markets
Growing public interest in, and demand for, locally and responsibly produced food has encouraged many family farms to diversify their businesses and serve local markets. However, regional food systems look and function differently than the industrial models now in place. The consolidation of processing and distribution has decimated infrastructure and markets that once served independent farmers, ranchers and their communities. Support is needed to regenerate these vital pieces of our regional food system.
Farm & Land Viability
With the consolidation and industrialization of agriculture, the undervaluing of farm work, high prices for land, and ever increasing operating costs, the future of family-scale agriculture in Oregon is jeopardized. Urban and suburban development continues to eliminate valuable land resources devoted to cultivation. Water resources are becoming more scarce in many corners of the state. Lax oversight over genetically engineered seeds and crops has increased economic risk for many farmers. These and other dangerous components threaten to monopolize and outsource control of our food and seed supply while harming rural economies and putting the viability of family farms at risk.
New & Young Farmers
As the average age of farmers rapidly approaches 60, 25–50% of Oregon's farmland is set to change hands in the next decade. Without appropriate steps taken, land currently in the hands of family farmers and ranchers could transfer to industrial agriculture or non-agricultural interests. This will severely affect how our food is produced, as well as the make-up of our rural communities and local economies. Immediate action is needed to ensure successful land transition and to assist new farmers and ranchers as they enter into agriculture.
Check out our Next Generation Campaign and the Oregon Farm Link (formerly iFarm Oregon) website to see what we are doing to address this situation.
State Support, Clarity & Cooperation
Historically, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) has focused the majority of their resources on commodity production and opening up export markets. To the extent they have focused on agriculture at all, state economic development agencies have followed suit. Until recently, farmers and ranchers have seen few resources put towards the development of local and regional food systems, even though agency officials acknowledge the value of small to mid-sized, diversified family farms/ranches and their contribution to the state's economy, environment and social structure. Many smaller and mid-sized farmers and ranchers are asking for increased attention to their issues. They are asking ODA and the Oregon Business Development Department (OBDD) to shift more resources to match the unique needs of small and mid-sized farms and ranches that make up the majority of Oregon's agricultural land ownership, and who are an integral part of Oregon's agricultural community.
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Clinic Proposes Reforms with Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago to Enhance Police Accountability
1. Civilian complainants be treated equally with the accused officer: We propose and recommend that civilian complainants be treated equally with the officer complained of in that each shall be questioned in the same detail about the alleged conduct, the officer's word shall not automatically be accepted over that of the civilian and reasons shall be given for sustaining or not sustaining all cases. Currently, complainants are questioned in detail while officers are frequently allowed vague "To-From" reports with general denials of wrongdoing.
2. Consideration of substance and patterns of civilian complaints of officer misconduct by OPS and IAD investigators and supervisors: We further propose and recommend that the substance and patterns of all civilian complaints of police misconduct against an officer be considered by police disciplinary investigators, supervisors, and internal auditors, and that disciplinary complaints of misconduct be included in the periodic evaluations of officers, considered in promotion decisions and that nothing in the contract with the Fraternal Order of Police shall be interpreted to interfere with this.
3. Elimination of lengthy and duplicative steps in the disciplinary process: We further propose and recommend that the disciplinary process be streamlined from its current interminably lengthy and duplicative seven stage process to the following four stages:
- Investigation, findings and disciplinary recommendation of OPS and IAD investigators. (Supervising sergeants should be informed of CR investigations but should not do the investigating particularly in instances where the conduct complained of was carried out while they were supervising the officer.
- Review and concurrence or nonconcurrence by OPS or IAD supervisors and administrative heads of the agencies.
- Review of findings and recommendations by the Superintendent
- Review of cases by the Police Board where discipline of more than five days is recommended.
Command Channel Review and the Complaint Review Panel allow review of OPS investigators and their supervisors' decisions by regular Chicago Police Officers, who are allowed to make advisory opinions. These processes, one involving a review of the file and the other requiring an oral hearing unnecessarily delay the outcome of the disciplinary process and seldom provide new information. The old FOP contract which was supposed to expire on June 30, 1999 but is still in effect allows both the Complaint Review Panel and an additional grievance procedure after the rulings of the Superintendent or Police Board. The grievance procedure which begins with non-binding arbitration, has a huge backlog and substantially elongates the disciplinary process sometimes for years and all too frequently results in a reduction or reversal of the discipline previously mandated because of the backlog. Officers still have the right to challenge any disciplinary action in court. The CPD does not make available statistics on how many punishments are reversed or reduced through the grievance procedure thereby making evaluation of the frequency and severity of punishment in the current disciplinary process impossible.
4. Immediate supervisors have responsibility for discussing all disciplinary complaints with their subordinates and recommending additional monitoring, counseling, and/or training when appropriate: Currently supervisors are excluded or exclude themselves from the disciplinary process and admit total lack of knowledge regarding civilians' allegations of their subordinates' wrongdoing.
5. Creation and implementation of "use of force" and "search and seizure" reports: We propose and recommend that the CPD develop and require all officers to complete written (a) "use of force" reports to be filled out by any CPD officer using type of force greater than escort and compliant cuffing and (b) "search and seizure" reports to be filled out when any CPD officer (1) performs a warrantless search (excluding searches incident to arrests, frisks, and pat-downs (2) performs a body cavity or strip search, or (3) conducts any warrantless seizure of property (excluding towing vehicles) and that these reports as well as all disciplinary complaints be routinely monitored by the CPD to determine abuses and patterns of abuses.
6. Implementation of field contact cards or reports for traffic stops and investigative stops based on suspicion of criminal activity containing race and gender of persons stopped: Currently Field contact cards are completed at the discretion of the officer, are only maintained for a limited period and are not monitored. The cards should be retained for 24 months and, in addition to the age, race and gender of the person stopped should include (a) the officer's name, race, and badge number; (b) approximate time and location; (c) whether the stop involved a frisk or pat-down search; (d)any weapons, evidence or contraband found during the search; whether the individual involved was arrested or cited, and if so, the charges.
7. Creation of an effective and automated early warning system: In order to produce an effective disciplinary system the Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago proposes and recommends that the CPD create an effective and automated Early Warning System. This must include a database that takes into account numbers and patterns of disciplinary complaints against each officer by citizens and police personnel, allegations of racial bias and domestic violence, civil actions against the CPD, use of force as documented in the "use of force" reports, illegal entries and searches as documented in the "search and seizure" reports as well as other reliable indicia of "at risk" officers and which recommends increased monitoring, supervision, and/or counseling of the officer when the threshold for triggering action by the Early Warning System is reached.
8. Police officers who provide information about other officers' wrongdoing be protected from reprisals: We further propose and recommend that police officers who provide information about other officers wrongdoing be given protection from reprisals and where necessary rewards for providing testimony concerning other officers wrongdoing by allowing transfers to other units and in some cases promotions. This is prohibited by the current F.O. P. contract and by City Ordinance which state "An officer under investigation shall not be threatened with transfer, dismissal, or disciplinary action (or promised a reward as an inducement to provide information relating to the incident under investigation or) for exercising any rights contained herein."
The anti-whistle blowing provision in the underlined portion above impedes investigation of police misconduct because officers who come forward with information against fellow officers in their unit cannot be protected from retaliation even with transfers. The underlined portion should be deleted. Investigators should be permitted to reward officers who risk personal harassment by disclosing other police officer's misconduct and the promise of rewards is a necessary and effective tool in discovering and eliminating misconduct within any close association of people.
9. OPS and IAD accept anonymous complaints: We further propose and recommend that anonymous complaints of police abuse of citizens be accepted and the current ordinance prohibiting anonymous complaints except where criminal conduct is alleged be amended and the current similar provision in the F.O.P. be omitted from the future contract.
Ordinance 2-84-330 concerning the Department of Police entitled "conduct of disciplinary investigations"D. "No anonymous complaint made against an officer shall be made the subject of a complaint register investigation unless the allegation is of a criminal nature."
Former FOP contract 6.1D "No anonymous complaint made against any officer shall be made the subject of a Complaint Register investigation unless the allegation is a violation of the Illinois Criminal Code"
These portions should be deleted because anonymous complaints are frequently what expose police corruption and wrongdoing and the determination of what is a complaint "of a criminal nature" is unclear and subject to abuse.
10. Records of disciplinary complaints against officers and their dispositions should be maintained during and for three years following an officer's employment: We further propose and recommend that records of disciplinary complaints by citizens and dispositions of these complaints be maintained during the employment history of the officer and for three years following in the event he/she may seek to resume employment. City Ordinance 2-84-430 entitled "Complaints against police-Investigations" reads as follows:
All complaints of citizens regarding officers and members of the department of police shall be investigated promptly and thoroughly. The substance of all oral complaints and copies of written complaints and copies of written complaints received at the police stations, and by the various bureaus, divisions and sections of the service, shall be forwarded promptly to the superintendent of police.
The following amendment should be added to the above language.
"All complaints shall be maintained for the period of the complained of officer's employment. All Findings of "sustained" shall remain in the officer's disciplinary file."
The first sentence is necessary to prevent the destruction of complaints from which patterns of police misconduct can be determined. The second is necessary for the same reason because currently under Section 8.4 of the FOP contract a Complaint Register with a finding of "Sustained-Violation noted, No disciplinary Action" is removed from the disciplinary file after one year. This allows an unlimited amount of unpunished misconduct and prevents the discovery of patterns of misconduct.
11. Disciplinary complaints alleging misconduct toward civilians should be permitted to be filed without a statute of limitations: The current F.O. P. contract reads 6.1D "No complaint or allegation of any misconduct concerning any incident or event that occurred five years prior to the date the complaint or allegation became known to the Department shall be made the subject of a Complaint Register investigation..." It prohibits investigations into prior police misconduct no matter how egregious and if this provision had been in effect it may have barred the investigations into torture at Area 2 which led to the firing of commander Burge.
12. The Chicago police department should produce printed annual reports and make monthly statistics available sufficient to allow public monitoring and reasonable analysis of the disciplinary system and should monitor the field contact cards to determine if and where racial profiling is taking place: We further propose and recommend that for purposes of public accountability the CPD produce printed annual reports sufficient to allow reasonable analysis and evaluation of the disciplinary process. These reports must include by unit, district and City-wide the (a) the number and type of Complaint Registers, (b)who investigated the complaints (OPS, IAD, or the officer's supervisor), The disposition by category of the complaints (i.e. sustained, not-sustained, unfounded, and exonerated) the punishment recommended at each phase of the process, and the actual punishment meted out at the end of the arbitration process. Current reports are particularly lacking in describing what punishments if any are actually meted out in what types of cases and in describing how frequently the OPS investigator's findings and recommendations for punishment are reversed or reduced in the disciplinary process.
These proposals if implemented with the right spirit and a well-trained, committed, and adequately staffed Office of Professional Standards and Internal Affairs Division would substantially increase the effectiveness of the current disciplinary and would meet minimum requirements for an effective disciplinary system and have been acknowledged as absolutely necessary for the adequate functioning of Chicago and other large urban police departments.(See the Webb commission reports for 1997 and 1999.)


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Fatboy Gets Seat of Honor Next to Michelle Obama
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#1 Feb 25, 2013
Quite the tool.
Of the Left.
Best Seat in the (White) house! Chris Christie Gets Chair of Honor next to First Lady Michelle During Annual Governors' Dinner
by Beth Stebner
Gov. Chris Christie got the seat of honor at tonights annual governors dinner, sitting next to first lady Michelle Obama.
The New Jersey governor, a Republican, joined governors from across the nation at the annual Governors Association Meeting, and at one point, clinked glasses with the presidents wife.
Mr Obama had praised Gov. Christie for his response to Hurricane Sandy and his effort to get funding to those who were most affected by last Octobers storm.
[photos...if you can handle them]
#2 Feb 25, 2013
That fat pig, parasite and traitor needs an apple in his mouth and to be put on a spit for a Hawaiian style hog roast.
No more liberals.
No more moderates.
#3 Feb 25, 2013
How we gonna tell them apart.
#4 Feb 25, 2013
One one side of things, you are correct. What you guys are not correct about is that the politics you guys follow are in any way Reaganesque. There are some Reagan elements today, but most of the politics you guys follow, from accountant thinking to your Christian Zionism, is straight from the songbook of the George Schultz/George Bush/James Baker/Bob Dole/Jerry Ford/Karl Rove version of the Republican party.
Even though Reagan wasn't called a libertarian, that was the essence of his popularity. He was probably a populist libertarian. That is best exemplified today by people like Jim DeMint and Rand Paul.
So, while Christie is pulling a Romney to win reelection, the stuff you guys stand for isn't exactly where the people these days are at, either.
#5 Feb 25, 2013
Just because a majority of the voters are merely fisting each other down the road to economic collapse doesn't meen I will bend over for them.
#6 Feb 25, 2013
But still, do you really think that anybody wants the Republican Party of Richard Nixon, Jerry Ford, George Bush, George Bush, Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove? The abortion generation is gone - nobody cares except relics like Maude/Reader.
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#7 Feb 25, 2013
The MSM occasionally brings up an Ike descendent that is a lib, so I doubt people want an Ike like party either. Prior to him Coolidge was the last successful president, and he makes Reagan look tame.
Nixon was actually the most popular GOP president ever, before Watergate.
His center-left economics, were politically successful.
Romney did better than Nixon last year in WV (vs 1972), that tells me that if you are white, the GOP is hugely popular.
The Third Worlders will never vote for a party that doesn't consent to ongoing invasion of the country, confiscatory taxation for redistribution, and "diversity" schemes.
That's why I predicted war.
#8 Feb 25, 2013
Not as they are currently. Though there are things that were done under GH Bush that history will portray well.
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#9 Feb 25, 2013
1989 import ban, failure to finish the job in Iraq, failure to topple the PRC at Tiananemen
#10 Feb 25, 2013
I agree that George Bush 43 did a lot of the right things being dealt a bad hand. We would still be paying for our economic implosion if a lesser person were at the controls not to mention keeping things humming along after 9/11.
Whatever good he did do, people will still remember the incompetence in Iraq for a very long time.
Like I said in another post, Iraq was the Republicans' Vietnam and they are going to be paying for it as long as the Democrats did after Johnson sent us into Vietnam.
Is the Middle East is a far better place without Saddam? I thought so at first. Not looking like it now.
#11 Feb 25, 2013
I misread Spooks earlier post ... I thought he was talking about 43. Given what 43 did, not toppling Saddam proved to be exactly the right thing to do. Otherwise that mess would have occured in 1991 and we would have had 10 years of mailaise in the 1990's.
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#12 Feb 25, 2013
The Democrats maintained Congress until losing the Senate in 1980, regaining it in 1986.
They kept the House until 1994.
Ford's move to continue support to the RVN is what finished the GOP and his presidency.
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#13 Feb 25, 2013
Iran was weaker in 1991 than it was in 2003. They had just been beaten up by the preceding war in the 80s.
We were at our height of power. The Arab leaders were scared that tossing Saddam would lead to their people tossing them.
But the Islamists were not as politically powerful yet, liberal capitalism had just wrecked the USSR, and the street was receptive for a short period.
Imagine no PRC, but a restored ROC in 1989.
That's his biggest failure.
#14 Feb 25, 2013
I didn't say I agreed with his domestic policy nor all of.his foreign ones. There are things that He set in motion that were the right thing to do at.the time.
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#16 Feb 25, 2013
Ford lost in the debates. The "no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" gaffe sank him the way, "No I would not (want the death penalty if my wife were raped and murdered) Bernie," torpedoed Dukakis.
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#17 Feb 25, 2013
I would have been willing to take that chance.
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#18 Feb 25, 2013
Where have you been, Roberto? I agree with you on the latter. I don't understand why 'getting' bin laden was a big deal. It has not weakened the terrorists, emboldened them if anything.
I'll tell you what, under Bush 1 or II, Benghazi would have had far faster reaction and farther reaching consequences. And Connie Rice would not have run off to Peru for a month after. I think they were both transparent as possible.
And if Clinton had reacted to the Cole and embassy bomings and deaths, 9-11-01 may not have happened.
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#19 Feb 25, 2013
Except you wouldn't have had a restored PRC, at least not then. You would have had a decade of Chinese civil war that might have gotten very ugly if a nervous Japan, Taiwan and ROK were affected.
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#20 Feb 25, 2013
"I was for it before I was against it"
"The fundamentals of the economy are strong"
You can count Candy Crowley's intrusion into the debate as another.
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Is this just a old wives tale??
Posted 06 July 2010 - 02:00 PM
Regards, Bill
Posted 06 July 2010 - 03:23 PM
Have a steady customer that buys 250-300 round bales a year for his horses, won't feed it till ten days after its been cut.
Kind of a pain actually, when I start cutting I move enough for a few weeks for him outa one barn and into another so I can start stacking.
Posted 06 July 2010 - 04:13 PM
Some time or other there may have been a coincidental happening and they thought that is a cause and effect.
I do not like to sell hay from the field because I want the hay sweat, if it is going to, in an open pole barn rather than a tight chicken coop.
Posted 06 July 2010 - 04:41 PM
Posted 06 July 2010 - 05:11 PM
Regards, Mike
Posted 06 July 2010 - 05:53 PM
I have heard that fresh baled hay can make a horse colic, whether this is so I don't know for sure.
And there yah go, that's what my customer said. Colic is the problem and after ten days it isn't...
Course he also told me once that hay hardly ever causes colic, it's a lack of water that causes it, so go figure.
Posted 06 July 2010 - 08:41 PM
Posted 07 July 2010 - 06:37 AM
There is a little bit of truth and a little bit of false information in these post. I will try to clearify some of this as I know it. For starters, hay that needs to barn cure, usually legume or legume mix type hays take a lot longer then 10 to 14 days to cure (sweat), acutally this would be a good topic for us to look up, I have seen these numbers in articles published before, seems like it is well over a month. Horse do not have sphincter (sp.) muscles and therefore cannot burp gas out of the G.I. tract like cattle. Horses also have a very long lower G.I. tract. These combinations make any forages-feed stuffs that are prone to gut fermentation in high doses a potential problem for horses as long as it has been baled within normal dry hay ranges. In most cases feeding hay directly from the field is not a problem at all. Horses with a compromised health, older age, carbohydrate intolerance, etc. are problem animals. I think in most cases gut issues and lameness are the demise of most horses naturally as in most cases they are too large and fast of a animal for any predator to be a controlling or limiting factor.
Your post is right on with everything I've heard.
From old-timers, I've heard alfalfa hay needs to cure about 30-45 days before being fed. I would guess this is because of the bacterial activity going on in the bale during the sweat.
Hay directly from the field, e.g., busted bales, isn't a problem.
Horses cannot burp like us. Their digestive tract is strictly one way. Colic is often caused by an imbalance in the bacterial activity in their intestines causing a build up of gases. I usually get an upset stomach/diarrhea about 24-48 hours after changing drinking water, like going to some other town. My stomach feels bloated, then gassy, then....
BTW: I heard a few weeks ago that researchers now believe our appendix is used to store "good" bacteria! I had mine removed when I was 13 and now I wonder if that is why I feel more susceptible to environmental changes.
Horses only live an average of 7 years in the wild. Just like people in 3rd world countries only live to be about 30.
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Posted 09 July 2010 - 07:13 AM
"Colic" is a term most people use for pretty much any problem that their horse may have in the digestive system. It can be caused from any number of reasons but I don't believe eating hay that had just been baled would be the cause. Kyle
I agree with Kyle! I usually have over 30 of the hayburners at my place and most of them are high-$$ warmbloods. I'm watching the weather right now because I've got a Tifton 85 field ready to cut. With my current hay inventory it won't sit long before it's fed.
I'm pretty picky about what I feed but that has to do with nutrition value, weed content, and type of grass. I like it to look nice because it makes my customers happy....the horses really don't care. When we bring in hay from the outside, I'm usually dealing with people I know. Coastal Bermuda and Bahia is less digestable than Tifton 85 and we shift to those bales gradually to let their digestive systems accomodate. I can count the number of "colics" we have in a year on one hand and it's usually the same horses. It's probably been three years since I called the Vet out for a colic on an adult horse. A change in the weather can cause some to colic. It's easly treatable and life goes on.
Aging bales is a good practice to keep from selling moldy hay to picky customers, but that's really the only value. I had some high moisture bales earlier this season. We salted them, spread them out, and they've all been eaten.....No colics.
Posted 09 July 2010 - 11:56 AM
Posted 09 July 2010 - 09:57 PM
Now that there are more of us, maybe we should start a forum on "horsey hay" and try to dispel some of the insane notions that some people have about what a horse will eat (damn near anything). For you guys that have to deal with the "horsey folks" at least we can probably give you some real-life examples and advice so you might be able to sell more hay. Any interest???????
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 02:52 AM
the "sweats" related to the old timers putting up hay in loose stacks where they would throw loose rock.course salt on the stacks to "cure" the hay. It would actually sweat as the moisture and the heating reacted with the salt actually forming a crude preservative.
The sweats today, I think relate to hay that has beem baled too wet. If it is too wet, it will go through a heating and maybe a carmelization(sp). There is a microbial and a chamical change going on at those heats and it usually takes about a week or two for it all to settle down. But now you possibably have moldy hay that will cause horses great problems!
I have sold hay to be fed the day of baling, a week later, a month later, a year later. My customers tell me that they can't tell a difference. So I go back to the hay actually being baled dry enough to avoid the "sweatting" problems.
I live with moisture tester!! We NEVER bale above a certain moisture level, PERIOD! The weather controlls all of us.
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Hair stylists are only as good as their tools, and a blow dryer is an essential tool for nearly any hairstyle. Today's hair dryers offer a bounty of options, all promising soft, shiny, healthy hair. In fact, it's hard to find a hair dryer that doesn't tout its ceramic, ionic or tourmaline technology. But what do these features actually do, and do you need them? Here's a quick crash course on the lingo:
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If you're looking for something a bit lighter in weight, we also saw solid reviews for the Elchim 2001 Professional Hair Dryer (Est. $145), which weighs just 1.1 pounds. This Italian-made hair dryer has seven heat and speed settings and a removable lint filter, and it comes with a lifetime warranty: If the dryer breaks down at any time, you can send it to Elchim's repair center in Florida and have it fixed for around $20 (plus the cost of shipping).
At 1,800 watts, the Elchim 2001 is a little less powerful than the Harry Josh and BaByLissPro dryers. However, most users say it can still dry hair in record time. We found over 650 reviews for it at sites such as Amazon.com, Folica.com, and TotalBeauty.com, with overall ratings ranging from 4 to 5 stars. Owners praise the Elchim's fast yet gentle drying, its lightweight design, and its very quiet performance. They also say it leaves their hair very smooth and manageable. However, some users complain that the controls are awkwardly placed, making it difficult to remember which switch is for speed and which is for temperature. We also saw more complaints about durability than you would expect for a dryer this costly. While some users are pleased that Elchim offers repairs, others protest that the cost of repairs and shipping adds up to more than half the cost of replacing the dryer outright.
The very lightest salon dryer we've seen – and the lightest on your wallet, as well – is the Rusk Engineering W8Less Professional 2000 Watt Dryer (Est. $80). It weighs less than 1 pound, yet its 2,000-watt motor produces powerful airflow and heat. There are three heat settings and three speed settings to choose from, which is a good thing since the top settings could be too strong for many users. A staffer at Refinery29.com found that she had to turn the dial down from "hot" to "warm" for comfort, and the drying speed was "almost too efficient" to give her enough time for styling her bangs.
This Rusk hair dryer has received more than 1,500 reviews at Amazon.com and Ulta.com, with ratings of around 4.4 stars out of 5 across the two sites. Users describe the dryer as incredibly powerful and lightweight, and they love its multiple settings. A few find the placement of the controls awkward, but others say it's standard for a salon dryer and easy to adjust to. We also saw a smattering of durability complaints. The Rusk dryer comes with a 2-year warranty, but like Elchim's, it requires the user to return the dryer to a service center and cover return shipping costs.
Although salon hair dryers get the best ratings overall, you can actually get a perfectly good hair dryer without shelling out $75 or more. Overall, the best-rated dryer in this price class is the Infiniti Pro by Conair (Est. $35).
This inexpensive hair dryer has all the basic features a hair dryer should have, including separate heat and speed settings, ceramic and ionic technology, and a cold shot button. InStyle magazine named it the best inexpensive blow dryer for 2015 and 2016, saying it "lasts three times longer" than others in its price class -- though they don't explain how they tested its durability -- and "makes quick work of even the thickest hair." The Infiniti Pro also gets good reviews in Allure magazine and at Refinery29.com, where a staffer says this dryer was "super easy to hold" and took only 7 minutes to dry her ultra-fine hair. However, testers at Good Housekeeping were less impressed, saying the Conair dryer was one of the slowest and noisiest in their 2012 tests. Its best features were its low price tag and 4-year limited warranty.
We found more than 1,000 total reviews for the Conair Infiniti at Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, and Ulta.com, with overall ratings ranging from 4.3 to 4.6 stars out of 5. Unlike the editors at Good Housekeeping, users are generally (though not universally) satisfied with its drying speed. Although there are some complaints that this hair dryer is unwieldy, and some say that it is perhaps a touch heavier than they would like, most find it to be manageable. The noise level is also a problem for some. Moreover, there are several complaints about reliability and safety, and an earlier version of this hair dryer was part of a 2013 recall over the possibility of a burn or fire hazard -- though current models should be fine.
Conair also makes the 1875 Watt Tourmaline Ceramic Styler (Est. $35), which is recommended at TheSweethome.com as a great choice for people on a budget. At 0.91 pounds, it's the lightest dryer in that site's test, as well as the least expensive, yet it dries hair just as fast as models that cost two or three times as much. However, it doesn't earn the top recommendation because it has a lot of little annoying quirks: a short 5-foot cord, a cheap-feeling plastic case, and sliding controls that the reviewer finds hard to manipulate.
In more than 1,680 reviews, users at Amazon.com award this Conair hair dryer 4.2 stars out of 5 overall. They say it's lightweight and quiet, comes with good attachments, and dries hair quickly, leaving it sleek and frizz-free. Most of the complaints we found center on durability, ranging from flaking finish to complete product failure. Although the dryer comes with a 2-year warranty, users must mail it back at their own expense to get repairs — and Conair will replace it only if it agrees that the dryer is defective.
We also saw good reviews for the Conair YOU Reel 1875 Watt Tourmaline (Est. $30), also sold as the Conair Cord Keeper, which is named as a Best Value pick in a comparison test in Real Simple magazine. This model's major selling point is the retractable cord from which the dryer takes its name. More than 930 reviewers at Amazon.com award the hair dryer an overall rating of 4.3 stars out of 5, and the retracting cord is far and away their favorite feature. They also like its quiet operation, sturdy build, and vivid pink or purple color.
However, many owners complain about the dryer's durability, saying it broke down in a variety of ways after one to two years. Unfortunately, the retracting cord that users like so much appears to be a particular weak spot. Many users say the cord doesn't retract fully or easily, and some say that a failure of the cord mechanism was the first sign of trouble before the whole unit failed.
We didn't find nearly as many recommendations for travel hair dryers as we did for salon hair dryers and cheap hair dryers that are full-sized, but there appear to be a few good choices.
Probably the best of the lot is the Conair Folding Handle 1875-Watt Dryer (Est. $15). Although it's small – about 9 inches long and 1.2 pounds – it has as much power as most full-sized hair dryers. It has only two heat and speed settings, but it does include a cool shot button, a feature many travel dryers lack. It also includes extra features that make it more convenient for travel. A folding handle makes it easy to stow in a suitcase, and a dual-voltage switch makes it compatible with overseas outlets. Conair backs the dryer with a limited 1-year warranty.
The Conair Folding Handle hasn't been covered in any professional tests, but it gets positive reviews from owners, including more than 375 reviews at Amazon.com where it earns a 4.4 star score. Owners say this hair dryer is compact yet powerful, and they like its travel-friendly features. Some durability issues are noted, though not enough to raise red flags. For those that plan to use the dryer for international travel, some report issues ranging from a voltage setting switch that is hard to move to units that failed completely when connected to international voltages. Still most are pleased; for example, 97 percent of the 60 owners that leave reviews at BestBuy.com grant it their recommendation.
We found somewhat more mixed reviews for the Conair 1875-Watt Cord-Keeper Styler (Est. $15) (Est. $15). It earns an overall rating of 4.4 stars out of 5 among BestBuy.com users, 7.9 out of 10 at TotalBeauty.com, and 3.9 stars out of 5 at Amazon.com. What owners at all sites love most about this dryer is the "cord keeper" feature, which keeps the cord snugly tucked up and out of the way when it's not in use. They also say the 1,875-watt dryer is a convenient size for travel and packs enough power to dry hair quickly, while its ionic technology fights frizz effectively.
However, like the full-sized Conair YOU Reel 1875 Watt Tourmaline Ceramic 2-in-1 Styler (Est. $30), the Cord-Keeper seems to have a lot of problems with its cord reel. Numerous users complain that after a few uses, the cord no longer retracts fully. Some users say they can get it to retract by holding down the button and feeding the cord in by hand, but others can't get it to work at all. Also, some users say the folding handle is too stiff, and others find it annoying that the dryer has only two heat and speed settings.
Another product that's worthy of a mention is the Conair 245HP Minipro Tourmaline Ceramic Styler (Est. $22). This amazingly lightweight hair dryer – just 0.6 pounds – was the top budget pick in Good Housekeeping's 2013 tests and also earned generally positive feedback at Amazon.com -- 4.1 stars based on more than 675 reviews. It would have been a consideration for Best Reviewed status in this category if not for one problem: it appears that Conair no longer makes it. As of this writing, it's still available at Amazon.com, but it's not clear how long that will last. Conair does have another model in this series, the Conair 263SR Minipro Tourmaline Ceramic Styler (Est. $20). It appears similar, with one notable exception -- it offers a folding handle instead of the fixed handle of the 245HP, and that's a plus for travel. However, it's not been professionally reviewed, and user reviews, while positive thus far, are also limited -- for example around a dozen at Amazon.com, but with a 4.9 star rating.
After doing extensive research and talking to experts, Shannon Palus puts seven well-regarded hair dryers through a series of tests. All seven prove comparable in speed, heat, and noise level, and take about the same time to dry a test swatch of hair on its top setting. However, some are more convenient to use than others. Palus tests her four favorites on her own hair for two weeks and finds all do a capable job.
Three different staffers at Refinery29.com—each with a different hair length and type—test out blow dryers to see which work the best on their unique tresses. Each staffer offers a detailed review of her favorite pick, but the article doesn't say how many other models they tried before choosing a keeper.
Among the hundreds of products in InStyle's list of Best Beauty Buys for 2016 (and earlier) are a handful of blow dryers. Their picks appear to be based on recommendations from professional stylists, including Chuck Amos, stylist to actress and musician Uzo Aduba. Each model receives a brief write-up covering such points as speed, price, and features.
Editors at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute test 20 full-sized hair dryers and 13 travel models on different hair swatches to see how fast they work. They also evaluate weight and noise level. Then they pass the dryers on to home users who rate them based on comfort, ease of use, and how smooth and shiny their hair looks when it's dry. However, fFour of the seven recommended models are now discontinued.
Allure names the top ten blow dryers "approved by hairstylists and Allure editors" based on personal use. Writer Stephanie Saltzman sums up each dryer's specs, price, and noted celebrity users, but there's no indication that the dryers have gone through any rigorous, head-to-head testing.
At PatternReview.com, experienced sewers can post reviews of their sewing machines, giving an overview of how they use them, any pros and cons, and if they would recommend them. This is a great source for reviews of sewing machines that you can't easily find online, including reviews of machines from higher-end brands such as Baby Lock and Pfaff. Note that reading reviews posted more than six months ago requires a free membership to the site.
Folica.com is a retail site specializing in all things hair-related. This "Top 10" page actually lists only eight blow dryers that earn strong overall reviews from the site's users. Moreover, it's not clear what algorithm the site used to find these top picks, since some of them have high ratings but not that many reviews. However, three of the eight earn at least 4 stars out of 5 from 50 reviewers or more.
Amazon.com sells thousands of hair dryers, but finding the top-rated picks is tricky. There's no way to sort the enormous list based on number of reviews, and it's not always easy to identify models based on their descriptions on the main review page. Thus, we have relied on Amazon only for additional feedback about hair dryers that are well rated elsewhere.
This beauty retailer offers about 90 hair dryers for sale, ranging from salon brands like Elchim and Farouk CHI to budget brands like Conair and Revlon. There's lots of user feedback here, with hundreds of reviews for some models. We found several hair dryers with 4.5-star ratings from 100 users or more. Reviews are short but informative, and the site provides a handy summary of pros and cons.
Drugstore.com sells fewer blow dryers than Amazon.com, and few receive more than a dozen reviews. However, a few models earn overall ratings of at least four stars from 50 users or more. Hair dryers sold here tend toward the low end of the price range, but a couple of pricier models have high ratings.
BestBuy.com is another good destination for user reviews of hair dryers. Most models only get a handful of reviews, but some get dozens and a couple have received a hundred or more. Individual comments tend to be brief, but you can sort them to find the ones that other users describe as most helpful.
Editors at Real Simple test more than 50 blow dryers and name their six top picks. Author Alexandra Gonzalez Repetto says these winners leave hair "the smoothest, shiniest, and most professionally polished," but she doesn't offer any details about testing methods. Also, most of the dryers recommended here aren't covered in other sources.
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Decades of yoga have transported Lake Oswego physical therapist Julie Gudmestad around the globe
A typical American body has tight legs, tight hips, a weak back and a weak rotator cuff.
If that description fits you, it would be a good idea to see Julie Gudmestad.
'I know where the vulnerabilities are in the American body,' she said. 'Their bodies are out of balance, and with yoga you can get a really nice balancing.
'I've been a physical therapist for 34 years, and my niche is integrating yoga and yoga therapeutics.'
The Lake Oswego therapist has been in the body-healing business for more than 30 years, and she has become so well-known in her field that she now travels around the globe to impart her knowledge - to England, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and all over the United States.
'This started because (of) people from other countries taking my class,' Gudmestad said. 'They'd go home then contact me to see if I wanted to come teach in their country. I now have wonderful friends from all over.'
Gudmestad is plenty busy right at her studio in Portland. She has 35 classes, 600 students and 10 instructors under her supervision.
'It's a happening place,' Gudmestad said.
Gudmestad's yoga saga began about 40 years ago, when she was growing up in the 1960s. There were not a lot of sports options for high school girls in those days, other than running around a track. Gudmestad was a dancer, but she found something even better - yoga.
'Right away I knew I loved it,' Gudmestad said. 'I started teaching little classes, and I've been doing yoga and teaching it ever since.'
Once she graduated from physical therapy school in 1977, Gudmestad was on her way as a guru for balanced bodies. She has lost track of the number of before-and-after stories she has been responsible for since she opened her studio 25 years ago.
'I've heard countless stories from students who tell me they couldn't run or ride a bike if they weren't doing yoga,' Gudmestad said.
'One woman had three operations on her lower back, and she could only walk with a walker. She started with very gentle things and worked her way up. Now she can hike and ski, and she no longer needs pain medications.'
Then there was a bike racer who fractured his hip in a serious crash, which severely limited his ability to pedal. Then he started taking yoga classes with Gudmestad.
'As he progressed, he began cycling a lot faster for the amount of work he was doing,' she said. 'Yoga reduced his internal resistance. Before, he could move but only with a lot of difficulty.'
Gudmestad is inspiring. But she can also be intimidating. When people get a load of her incredible flexibility from seeing her promo photos, they get cold feet about trying yoga. They get mental pictures of themselves coming apart at the seams.
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'Healing benefits are available at all levels of fitness and at all ages, from teens to the 80s,' Gudmestad said. 'We get all different sizes, shapes and ages.
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Gudmestad believes that what makes her system different is 'we give rules so they can take care of themselves with exercise and positive work.
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Too often, she said, human bodies are 'like cars with the emergency brake on.'
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Sunday morning's heavy downpour subsided just in time for James McIngvale's Wimbledon to work shortly after the renovation break with regular exercise rider Dana Barnes aboard. The big gray son of Wild Rush posted a bullet five furlongs in :59 2/5 over a sloppy main track at Churchill Downs. In company with stablemate Determined, clockers caught Wimbledon splits of :12 2/5, :24 1/5, :36 3/5, :48 1/5 with a six-furlong gallop out time of 1:12 3/5.
Trainer Bob Baffert clocked him galloping out a mile in 1:41 4/5.
"It was his last major work," Baffert said. "Now we'll just put him back on the battery charger.
"I'm happy with how he went," he said. " I was afraid of the way the track might be; today it was a more demanding track and he handled it well."
During the break in training hours Sunday, the track was floated by the track maintenance crew. Wimbledon's scheduled to return to the track on Tuesday and gallop up to Saturday's race.
Wimbledon, who won the Louisiana Derby (gr. II), finished fifth in the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) in his last start April 3. Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey will ride the colt in the Derby.Out of the Darn That Alarm mare Strawberry Clover, Wimbledon was a $425,000 Fasig-Tipton Calder sale 2-year-old last February.
Also entering the track just after the break was Borrego, who logged five furlongs in an easy 1:03 3/5 under exercise rider Andy Durnin. The chestnut son of El Prado reeled off splits of :13, :25 4/5, :37 4/5 and :51 1/5 before galloping out in 1:19 3/5.
"He doesn't need a lot of work," trainer Beau Greely said. "He's a pretty fit horse. I told Andy to go in 1:02 or 1:03, so it was just right. We got a fresh track, which was good, but this horse seems to handle anything. I think he's sitting on his best race coming up; he needs to be."
Kentucky-bred Borrego, who is bred and owned by the partnership of Ralls and Foster, Greeley, Brad Scott, and Jon Kelly, finished second in the April 10 Arkansas Derby (gr. II) and March 7 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) after finishing second in the Sham Stakes back in February. He hasn't won since taking a 1 1/16-mile allowance event at Santa Anita back in late December.
"The Louisiana (Derby) was a good race and in the Sham he ran against good horses," Greely said. "We would have loved to have won the Arkansas, but we just wanted to see him finish. My opinion is that we needed to have that (a strong finish in his final prep) to be here.
"He's a happy horse and is really starting to come into himself," he said. " This is the goal of a lifetime. Just getting here is fun, now we want to win it. As long as the horse is happy, it makes it easier on the trainer."
Borrego, who is out of the Strike the Gold mare Sweet as Honey, will walk on Monday before returning to the track Tuesday. He'll also gallop up to the Derby. Victor Espinoza has the call.
Wimbledon, Borrego Log Works After the Break
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