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The original CompactFlash Adapter (Type I) was developed in 1997 to fill a need for a rugged boot disk, that networkers (those people that put equipment in remote locations) could use to run NOS or some other network node software. Rugged power supplies and no moving parts were the two most mentioned criteria. How to store the software without a harddrive? Building an ISA bus card with a multitude of EPROM sockets was discussed. Later discussions considered flash memory and how to make a system think it was equivalent to a bootable disk drive. Advertisements and other references brought to our attention the fact that the CompactFlash™ cards for digital cameras were configured to look like a hard drive.
Reference material available at either the CompactFlash Association or San Disk web sites provided the information needed to make the card function in the IDE compatible mode.
A circuit board was laid out and manufactured and then populated and tested in a minimal 386 system. The Linux system was installed on an 8Mb card and was capable of supporting the TCP/IP stack with telnet, ftp and http server.
Why a Type II Adapter?Shortly after the first few original Adapters were sold we started getting emails with suggestions on how to improve the product or "why didn't you do it this way"? As valid as all the comments were, none were compelling enough to trigger a new version, until this question: "Will it work with the IBM Microdrive™?" Some of these questions were coming from within IBM. We brushed up on the changing CFA specification and obtained some information from IBM regarding the implementation of DMA support.
We did a layout of a new board incorporating the changes needed for Type II cards and hopefully including all the suggestions made earlier. The Type II adapter has been tested with an IBM Microdrive™ in an IBM facility.
Kit AvailabilityThe flash adapter board is supplied assembled. The adapter does not come with a Compact Flash Memory Card. See the Mini FAQ for additional information.
Size: 2.6" x 3.065" x 0.5" (66mm x 77.8mm x 12.7mm)
- Voltage: +5 VDC via 3.5" floppy style power connector or the 44 conductor "2.5 in." IDE cable.
- Current: None for the adapter, total depends on card inserted.
Mtg hole size and pattern: 0.14" (3.56mm) on a 2.3" x 2.7" (58.4mm x 68.6mm) grid
Power requirements.
CF socket: Type II socket with guides, no ejection button.
The price for the CompactFlash Card Adapter is:
$ 30 US for members of TAPR
$ 34 US for non-members+ shipping/handling if applicable.
To use the adapter, you need the following:
- A CompactFlash™ card (size depends the OS and applications to be loaded)
- A spare connector on your IDE ribbon cable
- An unused power connector compatible with the common 3.5" floppy drive
- A place to mount the card
CompactFlash™ card:
It is possible to operate with as little as 8Mb. Prices keep falling. Size requirements will depend on the OS (operating system). You can use any OS that will work with a standard HDD.
IDE ribbon cable connector:
If both the primary and slave connectors are already in use, you will need to add a secondary IDE controller. Typically your target system will not have any other HD, however your development host may already be full.
Power connection:
Fairly straightforward - be sure red wire is connected to pin 1. It IS possible to force the connector on backwards.
Master/Slave selection:
The board comes defaulted as a Master. If you want the Slave configuration, cut the trace on the board. If you want to be able to change back and forth frequently, you may solder in a two pin header.
It is suggested that the adapter may be attached to any flat surface within the enclosure or case with double sided tape. (The heavy duty type such as used for hanging pictures etc.) Alternatively one could take a flat piece of sheet metal or thin plastic sheet and make a mounting plate to fit into a 5.25" or 3.5" drive bay.
Download CFA II Manual
Questions concerning the unit will be handled on the TAPR Linux Special Interest Group list. To subscribe, click here to reach the TAPR listserv web page.
Software Installation
Once you have the hardware mounted, IDE and power cables attached, it is time to load the OS. We'll use DOS installation as an example. You can use one of two methods. One is to hook up the adapter as a slave drive (requires a trace cut on the latest board revision) on a operating computer. The other is to use your target system with floppy drive attached. You will need to set the master/slave jumper on the adapter to correspond to its position within the system. If you load the software on a host system and then move the adapter to a target system, don't forget to change the jumper setting (most likely install it) to correspond to the new configuration.
First you must set the CMOS to recognize the new 'HD'. Most modern BIOS'es will autodetect the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors per track (CHS)of your CompactFlashTM memory card. If your BIOS won't autodetect, you may have difficulty finding out what the CHS configuration of your card is. You may be able to get this information from your vendor, but the quickest way would probably be to temporarily install the adapter and card in a system that has a newer BIOS.
The following table are CompactFlash Drive CMOS Setup Parameters. These are some CHS parameters known to exist for various CompactFlash Cards. Your mileage many vary. Please advise if you run into any new values we can enter into the table.
Assuming a target system with a floppy, you would simply put the boot diskette in the A: drive and boot the system. If you use a later version of DOS (6 or later?) running setup will handle all of the following steps.
- Run FDISK to create a DOS partition and make it bootable
- Run FORMAT C: (or other drive letter if applicable)
- Run SYS C: (or other drive letter if applicable)
- Copy other DOS command files and utilities needed to the 'HD'
It has been reported that sometimes there are problems having two IDE devices on the same cable as the TAPR CF Adapter. We think this is isolated to certain versions of Linux. A look at ide.c source codes shows that there is an attempt to identify any CF cards in the system (to what purpose ?) and if found make the assumption that there will only be one device on that IDE cable. A common solution is to disconnect the other hardrives completely when wanting to try and boot off the FlashCard. If your target system needs two devices on the IDE cable, then you'll have to make changes in ide.c, rebuild the module and the kernel.
We have seen reports of Linux fdisk making CompactFlash™ unuseable when run on a CF card connected directly with an adapter such as the TAPR CFA. This information dates to pre 2.x.x versions of the kernel. We've seen no details concerning version of fdisk or brand/size of CF card involved. We can only report that we've not had a problem here or received such a report from any purchasers of the TAPR CFA.
Mini FAQ
- What is it? A small circuit board which has a socket to accept a Compact
Flash&trade memory card. It also has an IDE drive connector and power
- What does it do? It allows one to build a diskless PC system. The
Compact Flash card provides 100% hard drive emulation.
- How do I use it? You plug in power and IDE cables from your PC and plug in
a Compact Flash card. Initialize the Compact Flash card and install the
operating system just as you would a regular hard drive.
- What operating systems may I use? Both Linux and DOS 6.22 have been
tested. The only theoretical limitation is the Compact Flash card
capacity. E. g. Windows 95 wouldn't fit on a 8Mb Compact Flash card.
- Where do you get the Compact Flash card? At any store that carries
digital cameras or digital camera accessories.
- Where do you get the flash adapter? See the TAPR order page.
Other Links
Please advise us of changes.
The CompactFlash Association web has some good information as well as links to sites of manufacturers who make the cards and related products.
Linux has been used in the preliminary testing of the concept. It will probably remain the OS of primary interest for the this project. We were unaware of the work being done by the Linux Router Project at the time we started on ours. However, one may find their web site to be an interesting reference. Recently we have become aware of the FREESCO project, which may have potential. It is a floppy based system, but there is a utility to transfer the floppy system to a HD. It lacks AX.25 support in its present version.
CompactFlash Card
The TAPR Adapter uses CompactFlash Cards. There are several manufacturers of the memory. The one used in the prototype testing was a Hitachi HB2860008C2.
The photo (right) is of the San Disk CompactFlash card.
Prices continue to drop, so shop around.
- Project Designer and Manager: John Koster, W9DDD
CompactFlash is a trademark of the SanDisk Corporation.
Microdrive is a trademark of IBM.


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A mission for the Mission: Preserve Latino legacy for future
Residents, merchants try to designate corridor a cultural district
San Francisco's Mission District is the nucleus of the city's Latino culture, boasting a rich history that began in the 1800s with Mexican land grants and the Gold Rush and continued in the 20th century with the Chicano movement, mural projects and the low-rider culture.
It's also the center of the real estate boom that is sweeping through the city, an economic upswing that is driving up prices and has begun to drive out Latino residents and business owners.
Longtime neighbors want to put a halt to those dramatic changes and make sure the area's cultural, architectural and artistic history is maintained. Taking a page from Japantown, they are working with Supervisor David Campos to designate the area around the 24th Street commercial corridor the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District in hopes of preserving the area's flavor and history. Campos will introduce a resolution at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting to establish the district.
"Things always change, but not this dramatically, this fast," said Erick Arguello, who has lived in the area since his family emigrated from Nicaragua in 1963. "We've been fighting battles (to preserve this area) for a lot of years ... it's exhausting. By creating a Latino cultural district, the city would be recognizing its roots, acknowledging the contributions the Latino community has made and who is here."
Community meetings
In the coming months, Calle 24, the merchants and residents association headed by Arguello, will host a series of meetings to gauge what the community wants to see happen in the area, whether it be protecting its famous murals, encouraging more public art, ensuring Latino-owned businesses maintain a presence, or building more affordable housing.
The San Francisco Latino Historical Society and San Francisco Heritage are also working on two projects to document San Francisco's Latino history, including the creation of the first citywide Latino historic context statement. That statement, "Nuestra Historia: Documenting the Chicano, Latino, and Indígena Contribution to the Development of San Francisco," will not only document the city's physical and cultural Latino history but also offer recommendations on how to preserve it. It is being funded by the city's Historic Preservation Fund Committee.
Another project, Calle 24: Cuentos del Barrio, is a walking tour of the 24th Street area based on oral histories collected by high school and college students completed over the past year.
Reshaping city laws
Eventually, Campos said, ideas generated by the community as well as information from the historic context statement could help inform new city laws such as zoning restrictions and other protections to ensure the area's murals, businesses and community groups stay put.
"It's really about preserving something that is very fragile that could be lost," Campos said. "Calle 24 has become the focal point of Latino identity and culture in the Mission. ... This resolution puts it on the record, recognizing this as a cultural corridor, recognizing the cultural heritage and history with the understanding there has to be a much longer community process where (people) can talk about what that means, what we want to preserve, emphasize and protect."
Many people know about the Mission District's taco shops and murals, said Anne Cervantes, head of the San Francisco Latino Historical Society, but they are unaware of how long and storied San Francisco's Latino history is - starting in the 1830s with the Mexican government's land grants to prominent families, the establishment of Mission Dolores, and up through the 1960s and '70s, when the neighborhood's social justice movement spawned several community organizations that still exist today.
"Nobody knows about the history. ... No one talks about the Latino contributions to the history of the city," she said, adding that the Latino historical context statement "will be the first plan generated by the community."
Harmony between old, new
Arguello said there are already signs of change - condominium projects on 24th Street that displaced longtime tenants, for example - but also signs that the new and old 24th Street can coexist. He pointed toward the restaurant Pig & Pie, at 24th and Harrison streets, which opened in 2012 at the site of the famed, now-shuttered record store Discolandia.
After talking to neighbors, Arguello said, owner Miles Pickering opted to keep the Discolandia signage - an important nod to the area's past and a big tourist attraction.
"We worked with him to preserve it," he said. "A lot of people don't want this to be like Valencia Street or Noe Valley - we want to be who we are. We're not down on anybody else, but we want to keep the character here, keep it special."
Maintaining and encouraging that unique character will also allow the area's businesses to thrive, Arguello and Campos agreed. Calle 24, the neighborhood group, changed its name from Lower 24th Street Merchants and Neighbors Association to let visitors and the rest of the city know what sets them apart.
"I think part of what you see with Calle 24 is a focus on rebranding, highlighting the history," Campos said. "We want to make sure we preserve the murals, make sure some of landmarks that have been there a long time are protected - but it's also about promoting the area, too."
Online extra
Proposal: For details about the area and proposed cultural district, go to http://calle24sf.org/en.
Tour: To learn about the walking tour, go to http://bit.ly/1nkEpj7.
Statement: For details about the San Francisco Latino Historic Context Statement, go to http://bit.ly/RGgRsd.
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Look what arrived in my mailbox this morning! You know how much I love some good happy mail, right? I ordered four fat quarters of some Kaffe Fassett prints from etsy because (I'm ashamed to say) I didn't have any in my stash. I'm making a few blocks for Sarah Fielke's quilts for Amy and her daughter, so I needed to pick some up. I found a seller who offered a mix and match fat quarter bundle and the four I choose are Gothic in Brown, Sprays in Taupe, Stencil in Brown, and Embroidered Shaw in Turquoise.
My favorite is this print, Sprays in Taupe. I think those little flowers are so sweet! I bought my bundle from Fabric ala Carte on etsy, who has a large selection of Kaffe prints. My order arrived very quickly too, which is always a plus! Hopefully I'll get these blocks done this weekend since I know it will take a while for them to arrive to Sarah in Australia.


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Cramer says one of the hardest is restaurant same-store sales growth. He admits to getting burned almost every time he's tried. There are just too many factors at work, he says, too many different things going on that could crush you if you get it wrong.


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Don Waters convening and describing OAI protocol for metadata harvesting and pointing out the paupacity of Dublin Core for this use.
Tony Hey of Microsoft. Carl Lagose of Cornell. Herbert von de Sompel. Cliff Lynch.
Tony has slides. He says that Microsoft is commited to supporting scientists and engineers via open standards. He ran the equiv of NDIIPP in UK. e-Science (aka data centered science) is the future. Microsoft has to live in the world of open source. by e-Science he means not so much data centered as dataprocessing/IT driven. Contoso virtual science library looks like Amazon for scientists with some Microsoft icons on it. (slide of Bill Gates). e-Science Mash-ups? Interoperability of repositories. Ginsparg(arXiv)/Lipman(NLM)/Harnad (eprints) cited.
Herbert has slides too. He's at Los Alamos these days. digital objects and repositories and their value chains. Need richer cross-repository services such as discovery — must have digiobject representation and semantics. Scholarly communication workflow for say an overlay journal by recombining and adding value. Too many datamodels and service that do not interoperate.
Carl on the digital objects, data models and surrogates. unbaked says Carl but here goes. He's presenting findings from the Pathways Project which comes from Herbert and Carl and others. Pathways he says sits above dspace, fedora, eprints, etc.
repository-centric indentifier paradigm (see J Kunze and others).
Cliff now moderates ?s. But he has his own comments first. how far we've come with metadata harvesting protocol but it has limits as it doesn't really get you any objects, says CL. dealing with very messy complex objects to the point that metadata and object are confused and conflicted. basically trees with decorations on them — how to decorate the trees. pretty simplified way of looking at complex problems. How far should harvest be pushed toward search. http://msc.mellon.org/Meetings/Interop/ for notes from the April meeting. if i had it all to do again, i wouldn't use 'surrogate' but 'representations' says CL.
Many of the questioners recall the failed attempts of the 80s and 90s to do effective data harvesting etc. Still no working models is charged. I too complained to Kunze and to CL at OAI presentations that it was not ready for adoption outside the research community. In some ways it's like watching Wiley Coyote opening his latest Acme box with the product that will help him finally catch the Roadrunner. This time we'll be sure to catch him! Rich interoperability is done well within constricted domains but not so well across domains. like not at all.


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There was just enough wind to fly a kite Sunday, if your kite was light enough. Full sunshine along with that light wind made for a great day to venture outdoors. A buddy and I got out for an impromptu afternoon of fishing Sunday, an idea shared by other sun-loving anglers this past weekend. We fished a watershed north of I-90, which isn't any different than all the other streams and rivers in southeast Minnesota right now - the water was low, cold, and crystal clear.
We fished the same place we deer hunt, and we walked the same snow-covered (barely) trails the deer have been walking. There were no other boot prints streamside, which is a nice rarity in a mild winter.
I tagged my first few brown trout of 2012, all of which took a size 14 orange scud. Despite a decent hatch of midges in the mid-afternoon warmth, the trout weren't interested in mine.
There can be a lot more fishing than catching in the winter trout season, although there are exceptions to that rule. March can be amazing in the right conditions. It's rare you'll catch as many fish in January and February as you will from April through September simply due to colder stream temperatures and, in turn, lower metabolic rates of fish. But they still need to eat. Low, clear water works in favor of the fish too, and we're in the midst of one of the warmest winters on record in addition to a drought.
If you're new to winter trout fishing in southeast Minnesota, here are a few tips:
-Fishing is catch-and-release with barbless hooks.
-Not all streams are open for winter trout fishing. Check your maps first. Just because there is an easement doesn't mean you can fish there before April 1st. The DNR maps clearly label streams open for winter fishing. Here are maps for the Winona County area, Fillmore County, Goodhue County, and Houston County.
-Keep a low profile and keep your distance. If you stand right over the hole you're about to fish, odds are you'll not catch any. Make your casts count. Once you've thrown a handful of casts at one pool, you've likely put the fish down for a while. Move on to the next fishy looking spot.
-It happens, but it's not too often you'll be catching trout on dry flies in the early to mid winter season. Small nymphs and scuds fished deep with the help of a little weight tend to be more productive.
-Have fun, dress for comfort and keep your hands warm. Flies have an uncanny ability to find the smallest of tree branches and you'll need to occasionally re-tie or re-rig your leader.


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Earlier this morning Ashcraft attended a press event in Japan for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, where Kojima himself played through the game for about 40 minutes. Game Videos was kind (or evil) enough to commit the first 10 minutes of said gameplay to video, essentially capturing the experience of starting up MGS 4 for the first time.
Now, I know how some of you are about spoilers, so I am posting this after the jump. You do not have to look. You can move along right now and forget that this post even exists. Completely up to you. Me? I'm not looking, but I'd be remiss in my duties if I didn't at least draw your attention to it.
Enjoy the extremely difficult choice.
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After: Great smile, chewing function, and facial tissue support possible with an Upper Denture that is supported with Implants and Lower Implants and Crowns
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Before: 3 Unit bridge with chipped porcelain molar (supporting metal showing on molar tooth), poor enamel color match to patient's natural teeth, and poor fit around the patient's gumline.
After: Replaced Bridge with an All Porcelain Bridge. The new bridge now also matches the patient's natural tooth color and was designed to properly fit around the gumline. Proper fit aids in decreasing decay and the ease of the patient's ability to clean around a bridge.
A happy smile is a great communication tool. It conveys a positive message that I'm glad to meet you. For someone in the sales industry, as I am, a bright smile and a warm greeting are vital in establishing a working relationship with someone you want to do business with.
Over the past few years I have been reluctant to as doing so would expose my neglected teeth. They were badly misshaped from years of grinding and improper care. Finally I decided to seek help in correcting this problem. I consulted with a few dentists and decided to work with Dr. Competiello on this matter.
Today, thanks to Dr. Competiello and his excellent staff, I am happy to say I can smile again and I am greeting customers with a new found confidence that had been lacking for years. I only wish I had done this sooner.
I highly recommend Dr. Competiello to anyone in need for dental care.
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Dr. Competiello has been patient, taking the time with treating someone like me and has painstakingly worked on helping me keep my teeth. Something that is very important to me. Knowing that many people with this condition opt to remove them, I have fought to keep mine no matter the spikes of pain that may or may not result in having work done.
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Sco77 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 113 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
My team and I are unique individuals that have uncommon skill sets that need to be efficiently and quickly communicated to busy (short attention span) professionals in the High Tech Engineering industry. This is a company of individual consultants; working alone or in teams, for any Electro/Mechanical design team in the world that is using PLM or Product Lifecycle Management software. Projects range from 1 week to 2 years. We enter as a strike force to assess, design, configure, deploy, and train highly skilled and technical professional design engineers to use and manage their projects in "Enterprise PLM Solutions". These solutions manage, track, implement, enforce and display engineering projects from concept through deployment until devices are thrown out (end of life). Specifically, we assist in the integration, storage and use of Electrical Computer Aided Design (ECAD) data in these systems.
The iPhone 4G is about to be released. The 2G, and 3G products are comprised of mechanical (speaker, mic, phone jack, touch screen) and electrical (PCB for ICs, and connecting the electronics) CAD designed parts that would be "stored and managed" in a PLM system. This keeps the changes to the design synchronized across the company during work in process, manufacturing etc.
High Tech business professionals, primarily male; Chief Technical Officers, Chief Engineering Officers, Chief Information Officers, Engineering Managers, Engineering Product Managers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, IT Managers. All VERY technical folks with short attention spans. They have a capacity for precise attention when something they see sparks their interest; especially when they have a need or problem that needs resolution.
The logo - graphic should encompass the concept of transferring ECAD data into a storage system for purposes of Lifecycle Management. "Keeping Data Managed and Under Control"
Some electrical Schematic symbols with a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) flowing/morphing into a manages system/product would be interesting.
Initial usage will be business cards and web page logos/branding.
Look at some of the logo/graphics associated with these companies that create ECAD data:
Companies that create PLM systems:
Logo should incorporate the company name, though they can be separate.
claesDOTbiz - though this can be emphasized in different ways and fonts to be effective; CLAESdotBIZ, claes dot biz
A tag line under the graphic and logo should encapsulate the concept:
bringing ECAD to PLM
or merging ECAD into PLM
or integrating ECAD with PLM
From the logo-design store that are close but don't make it:
99designs.com/logo-design/store/421 - good graphic, bad font
See wiki pages on PLM and ECAD:
The "cycle" or wheel theme is typical in the industry for showing the product lifecycle concept.
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If you thought that whiskey drinkers don overalls, sit on the front porch and whittle or wear flannel driving caps and roam the moors, Kansas Clean Distilled Whiskey is attempting to dispel those images with the launch of their new "Spirit Whiskey."
With marketing materials designed for the trendy hipster and a bottle design that sports Aviano Sans Bold as their logotype, they are consciously branding themselves as the new young, modern alternative to old style labels, bottles and traditional Irish, American and Scottish whiskeys.
Fabulous American Beverages (yes, that's FAB), the company behind Kansas Clean Distilled Whiskey, was founded in 2009 by Paul Goldman - a TV commercial director who is an ex Deutsch Creative Director and TBWA copywriter. Goldman's mission was to create whiskey that would appeal equally to men and women who typically enjoy vodka--a new whiskey for the new whiskey drinker. The result is Kansas Clean Distilled Spirit Whiskey, a clean, crisp whiskey that breaks new ground in the whiskey category, both in the way it's created and in its startling approachability.
In the company's words "Kansas is a new whiskey for new whiskey drinkers. It's clean distilled to be light with a crisp finish, so it's incredibly easy to enjoy. It is the only whiskey in existence that appeals in style and taste to women who would otherwise order vodka. And to men who wish to order something far more interesting than vodka with all the attitude of whiskey."
Their Mission is stated as "Taking whiskey out of some cold, wet and damp peat bog and putting it into a hot, wet and damp dance club."
In his rebuttal comment to a negative review of the whiskey on DrinkSpirits, Paul Goldman writes:
"Indeed our marketing makes fun of the stodginess of the entire category of other whiskies (sic). It should. Apart from a recent surge in Irish whiskey, (the result of a considerable spend), Whiskey is flat in sales and has been for 40 years. This has nothing to do with the delicious varieties of available whiskies (sic) and everything to do with their marketing people tripping behind their brands. Its not the liquid's fault that we see whiskey associated with old things, old labels old style bottles –which keeps the audience for whiskey firmly planted in middle aged men. "
The press release:
Fabulous American Beverages, a new, independent beverage alcohol supplier, today announced the launch of its first brand, Kansas Spirit Whiskey.
Goldman, who has a background in marketing and advertising says: "I was in London at a bar with my wife. She ordered a vodka drink and I suggested she be more daring and order a whiskey. She replied that whiskey was for old men and it wasn't cool. That was my call to action."
Kansas Clean Distilled Spirit Whiskey begins with winter wheat which provides a softer alternative to the corn used in most American whiskey. And, unlike many whiskies (sic), Kansas is column distilled rather than pot distilled resulting in a spirit of flawlessly smooth character. The process is completed when this remarkably fresh spirit is married to premium aged whiskey.
Kansas Spirit Whiskey is new category of whiskey in taste as well--a bit of personality, yet enticingly clean and approachable. Goldman adds, "I wanted to get whiskey out of the middle-aged living room and onto the beach and into clubs, which is why Kansas is equally terrific on the rocks and in cocktails—and on any thumping dance floor."
Kansas Spirit Whiskey launched last September in Kansas and Missouri with Glazer's as the wholesaler in both markets. Savvy Drinks provides Fabulous American Beverages with brand management, marketing and public relations services. "We have a spectacularly experienced team in place and we're excited to be with one of the foremost distributors in the country in our very first markets," said Goldman. Kansas Spirit Whiskey will roll out in select markets over the next 12 months.
"I wanted to get whiskey out of the middle-aged living room and onto the beach and into clubs, which is why Kansas is equally terrific on the rocks and in cocktails—and on any thumping dance floor." - Paul Goldman
The ingredients:
The whiskey begins with amber winter wheat. Unlike most whiskeys made from heavy grains like corn, barley or rye, wheat provides a lightness that gives Kansas its crisp, soft palate.
The distillation process:
They employ a column still. It's the very same distillation process used in creating the world's finest vodkas. They then marry this pure, clean distillate to their select, artisanal whiskey.
So, how does it taste? Most well-known liquor blog reviews (Drinkhacker, DrinkSpirits and cocktails365) claim the beverage tastes like a vanilla flavored vodka with a whiskey finish. And I simply must mention Dan Dunn's hilarious post on the drink for Food Republic.
all images courtesy of Kansas Clean Distilled Whiskey, Savvy drinks and Fabulous American Beverages.
But as with all things I write about, I suggest you try it and decide for yourself.
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Islamorada Invitational 2003 - Day One
Take an island in the sunny, warm Florida Keys, add miles of shallow, calm water, throw in a cadre of stoked hard core shredders from all over sprinkle liberally with rum, fasten your seatbelt and just add wind ...
cause things are GOING TO GO OFF!!!
Rum Runners Bar all decked out for primetime shredding and good times!
The second annual kiteboarding competition in Islamorada, FL, USA was an outstanding event full of fast fun times both on and off the water with great riders from all over. More at: http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7272
Hamish does us proud
Who showed up to ride?
Pro Competitors Amateur Competitors
Flying anyone?
It would be good to thank the folks that made this event possible, first to the riders that signed up of course and t:
Sevensports http://www.islamoradainvitational.com/
Ultra Nectar http://ultranectar.com/
Globeriderkites http://www.globeriderkites.com/
Slingshot http://sskiteboarding.com/thanks.html
Dakine http://www.dakine.com/frontend/home.asp
Naish http://naishkites.com/top.aspx
Fone www.f-one-usa.com/
Eye Candy Butique www.eyecandyboutique.com/
Islamorada Elevator 2elevators.com/show.php3?Which=1069
Hot Buttered Eyewear http://idiomeyewear.com/
and a huge thanks to Brad and Malea Lange of Sevensports, 1(877) Yes-2-Fly, and to ALL the volunteers. Without your hard efforts it wouldn't be possible for the rest of us to have a blast at events like this. If I missed anyone please let me know. THANKS!!!
Brad Lange and his wife Malea at 2002 Kiteboard Masters
Francisco boosts one
More about the actual riding that happened on Sunday with all that wind in the next article. For starters lets go to Saturday, a day of "wind waiting." Wonder what a bunch of hard core shredders will get up to while waiting for some good blow stuff in outer Margaritaville???!
Well ... they could launch a new sport, Neil, Oliver, Kent and Co. are checking it out ...
Neil is even being interviewed about this new sport by Pietro who came all the way from Italy to do the announcing for the competition. Pietro travels all over announcing at PKRA kiteboarding competitions and decided to slide down to the Keys to join in the fun.
Pietro calls it the NEIL SPORT!
Yes, the Neil Sport and in its original form it was almost the Neil MEMORIAL Sport. Snap Shackling in and towing HIGH set this episode apart in many critical ways. More about Neil's incredible, near terminal ride at:
So what is it? You take a wave runner with a short ski tow rope, a kite boarder with a traction kite ...
You launch the kite ...
You start towing the rider up with the rider HANGING ON TO AND NOT CONNECTED TO THE SHORT SKI TOW ROPE ...
Amuse the spectators ...
Tow him up about 20 ft. or so ...
Get that kite up there ...
and ... he lets GO! The kite can really boost some lift at this point depending on how you handle it. What really counts ... at least at this event??? It's the "il fattore di scimmia" as Pietro would call it. Or for us English speakers the .... MONKEY FACTOR!!!
John Holzhall gives it a try with a slingshot foil. Zack take it easy on the gas as the slingshot slingshots John off the waverunner!
Can you get hurt doing this, YES, broken lines, getting wrapped and jerked, torn kites. Does it help to keep under 30 ft. above the water, sure does to try to reduce the impact when things go wrong. It helps to be FAR away from land, buoys, day marks, boats, etc. You have no idea how far you might glide. Not real safe is it when you think about it. Boys will be boys and wind waiting can be a desperate time for shred heads and wind junkies! As they say on Romper Room, "don't try this at home kids."
What else to do .... hmmmm?
You could make strange hand signals such as Toby here trying to communicate with some local Conchs ... Ah X-Shooter Boards, got it! www.x-shooter.com
You could hang your new GlobeRider Kite up for all to checkout. Greg Kuklinski, late of NEXT kites and an FKA AC is putting his hot new kite out for his new venture, Globeriderkites!
You could put out your latest hot line of riding ware as Lightwave Dave has done here. http://www.litewavedesigns.com/
or, you could go on the water ...
Wakeboarding over a canoe aka slider. Ryan Riccitelli of Kiteboarding Mag. styles WITH A HELMET!
Ryan slides again ...
Kent rigging up with John Holzall of Maui as spotter and Zack the riding wonder from the Florida Panhandle at the wheel. John is the author of one of the very few books on kiteboarding (3 different books out in English?) that was recently released titled "Kiteboarding's Simple Plan!", http://www.kiteboardcenter.com/
Kent Marinkovic has at it and glides over first try ever with a slider. Kent is the guy that brings Cabrinha and Bic gear to your door in North and South America through Adventure Sports, was one of the three guys to make it from Key West to Cuba with a kite and is also a former olympic windsurfer.
and Andre of Antigua, the winner of the competition, shows off fine sliding style ...
Zack and Ben, riders out of NW Florida, hang out wind waiting. You will see some nice shots of both of these good riders from Sunday's activities ...
So what else to do? You could go BAR cruising, that is sandbar cruising a time honored Islamorada tradition. That is by those that are able to remember having been there! It is a pair of bars that bracket the channel leading out from the south end of Holiday Isle into Hawks Channel. A little city pops up there full of stoked partiers most weekends as they stroll through the shallows from boat to boat.
The gang's all here ...
and then some ...
Got mine! You got yours? ...
People even fly in, got any OFF? These ultralights are getting close!
Sunset in Paradise.
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Tomorrow is another day and one with WIND!!! More to tell and a ton more action kiteboarding shots to come in future articles so stay tuned!!!
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|Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Trichotillomania
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By Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
Of all the disorders belonging to the OCD family, trichotillomania is probably one of the least understood by both sufferers and practitioners alike. It has also been, for many years, among the most frustrating and difficult to treat for all parties concerned.
The name trichotillomania (TTM) coined in 1889 by Francois Henri Hallopeau, is in itself an unfortunate and misleading one. It seems to pigeonhole the disorder with other unrelated problems such as kleptomania, pyromania, etc. In addition, it seems to imply an enjoyment and attraction on the part of sufferers to pursue their hair pulling activities. Those who have the disorder understand that this obviously is not true. The term 'mania' itself seems to suggest a serious mental illness.
Given what we now understand about TTM, it appears to be a disorder that has both biological and behavioral components. The fact that antidepressant medications such as Celexa, Prozac, Paxil, Luvox, and Zoloft can, in many cases, relieve much of the urge to pull, is strong evidence of an underlying neurochemical basis. To those who would go the route of medications alone, I would say that while medications can be helpful in treating TTM, I have rarely seen them eliminate 100% of the problem. I strongly believe in combining behavioral treatment with drug therapy. As in other obsessive-compulsive disorders, both appear to work better than either one alone. Medications may also be imperfect for some in terms of the side effects they produce. Sometimes these side effects prevent individuals from taking effectively high enough doses to lower their symptoms substantially. One other situation where medications cannot help is in the case of women who wish to become pregnant and need to be drug-free.
The gap between what the drugs can and cannot do can be bridged by behavioral therapy. Over the years, many assorted techniques for treating TTM have been tried, with little or no success. These would include psychoanalysis, biofeedback, relaxation training, aversion therapy, etc. I have heard a few isolated reports of the successful use of hypnosis, but only a few small studies are available on its effectiveness. Although more formal scientific studies of the use of behavioral therapy for TTM remain to be done, it appears that it is the most effective treatment that we possess.
TTM is an extremely complex disorder with many potential inputs. It is my own hypothesis, and that of others, that TTM is the result of a dysfunction of a mechanism that regulates levels of stimulation within the central nervous system. People seem to pull when they are either overstimulated (stressed, anxious, or excited) or when understimulated (bored or inactive). Obviously, there are many things that can influence a person's stimulation levels. This is why there does not appear to be one single technique, approach, or device that can relieve the problem. TTM appears to respond best to an approach made of a number of different components.
There are two main components at the heart of behavioral therapy for TTM, and these are Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and Stimulus Control (SC). I like to refer to this package as HRT Plus. HRT was pioneered in 1973 by Dr. Nathan Azrin in 1973 for the treatment of tics and nervous habits. Unfortunately, as TTM was not known to be widespread at the time (we now believe that there are possibly several million sufferers in the U.S. alone - one estimate claims eight million) and because there were practically no practitioners involved in its treatment, this technique remained relatively unknown
- except to a handful of specialists around the country. This obscurity is confirmed by a quick scan of the literature, which revealed that since 1973 it has been mentioned in only about eight studies involving the treatment of around 44 individuals with TTM. Studies of this technique show good results, though. One study, done in 1980 by Azrin, Nunn and Frantz showed decreases in hair pulling of over 90%.
Generally speaking, there are four steps to HRT. Each step is practiced separately and then all four are finally integrated into a unified program. The first step involves the development of an awareness of the habit itself. While many with TTM feel an urge or a tension prior to pulling, many also pull hair at times when their attention is focused on some other activity, such as watching TV, talking on the phone, reading, driving the car, etc... They seem to go into what can best be described as something like a trance. They do not realize what they have been doing until the bout of hair pulling has stopped. Those who do notice it, tend to quickly forget recent incidents as they are unpleasant to think about or remember. Getting those with TTM to pay attention to hair pulling is not always easy for this last reason. In any case, it is easier to control a habit when you are aware of the circumstances surrounding it.
We accomplish our first step by giving patients special self-monitoring sheets to fill out in between weekly sessions. They are instructed to keep track of when hair pulling episodes occur, how long they last, how many hairs were pulled, how strong the urge was, where the episode occurred, what they were doing at the time, and what their emotional state was. Interestingly enough, even those with TTM who seem to be aware of the circumstances surrounding their pulling, are often surprised at what they discover about their own patterns. This recording continues throughout the full treatment period. In addition, patients are also instructed in how to graph the number of pulling episodes they have had on a daily basis. This makes progress very visible, and also enables us to spot daily or weekly patterns that occur in the person's pulling.
Generally, we begin the second step about a week after the recording in the first step had begun. This involves learning progressive muscle relaxation. This is accomplished via taped instruction. This exercise is done once a day and takes about 15-20 minutes. The purpose of it is to focus oneself and to try to reduce some of the tension. After about 2 weeks most people become fairly proficient at relaxing their bodies and regulating their breathing. At this point, they are given as abbreviated relaxation tape in which they compress their relaxation skills into a roughly 60 second period. This is then practiced several times a day while learning the third step.
The third step is training in the use of diaphragmatic breathing. This is taught in the office, with practice a home to follow. It is very similar to the type of breathing used in the practice of yoga and meditation. It aids in achieving relaxation and in centering and focusing the individual, so that they may be more aware of their bodies and the sensations they are experiencing, as well as in reducing high levels of stimulation that can lead to pulling.
The fourth step is the acquiring of a muscle tensing activity which is somewhat opposite to, and incompatible with hair pulling. It is known as a 'competing response'. In this step, patents are taught to make a clenched fist with the hand that they use to pull hair, to bend the arm at the elbow 90 degrees and to press the arm and hand firmly against their side at about waist level. This position is then held for one minute. This is practiced in the office, and then at home over the following week. I usually recommend around three practice periods per day, of ten repetitions each.
Finally, steps two, three, and four are assembled into a complete habit reversal response. Patients are instructed that as a first priority, whenever and wherever they get the urge to pull, they are to (1) relax themselves, and simultaneously (2) Breathe from the diaphragm for 60 seconds, and when this is done, (3) clench their fist and press their arm to their side for 60 seconds. If they find themselves already in a hair pulling episode, they are as a second priority, to interrupt the episode while it is in progress with their habit reversal response. As a third and lowest level priority, they are to practice the response even if they have already stopped pulling and the episode had just ceased.
The HRT is fairly discreet and can be practiced in most situations without attracting attention. This does not turn out to be a serious problem as most with TTM seem to do the majority of their pulling when they are alone. The one main exception to the above instruction concerns handling urges to pull when driving a car. In such a case, patients are instructed to just do the diaphragmatic breathing and to clench their hands on the wheel instead. This can obviously be adapted to other situations where HRT is not possible or advisable. HRT appears to be adaptable to treating all types of hair pulling from different parts of the body.
It is vitally important from the beginning to explain the need for patience and persistence in working to develop HRT and SC skills! Some will practice them for a few days and pessimistically conclude that it won't work and that they will never recover. I like to point out that they have probably practiced hair pulling hundreds or thousands of times, versus the few dozen times they have used their behavioral skills. It is also important to remember that those with TTM can get easily discouraged at first. They have probably tried to stop many times in the past, without success, and have gotten into the habit of visualizing themselves as failures and people who cannot control themselves. They have often had to face the ridicule and criticism of others. Trichotillomania seems to them to be more powerful than they are.
The other major component that is used in treating TTM is Stimulus Control (SC). HRT is very useful as a habit blocker, but as mentioned earlier, it cannot account for all the different inputs that lead to pulling. In my opinion, it should not be relied upon as your only technique in treating TTM. SC is a behavioral treatment that seeks to help sufferers first identify, and then eliminate, avoid, or change the particular activities, environmental factors, routines, states, or circumstances that have become associated with and that trigger hair pulling. A good deal of hair pulling is habitual and occurs predictably in many locations and situations. Over time, just being in these places or situations can trigger pulling episodes. The goal is to become aware of and consciously control. these triggers that lead to pulling and create new learned connections between the urge to pull and new, non-destructive behaviors. SC includes the use of substitute (nondestructive) forms of stimulation, and the rearrangement of routines and environments.
There are two other techniques we often employ along with HRT Plus. One is the use of covert self statements in which patients are encouraged to practice telling themselves things which will help them resist or cope. Examples to help someone cope would include, "Pulling doesn't help; it only makes things worse", "I CAN control my pulling if I just keep trying", "Every hair counts," or "I don't have to give myself permission to pull". Self-instruction statements to help in carrying out treatment could be "You're getting close to a risky situation - keep your hands down", or "Get ready to use HRT; you have a choice". The other technique which is more of short term help is the use of physical aids such as white cotton waiter's gloves sold in restaurant supply stores, or acrylic nail tips. When self-awareness problems remain strong, these act as reminders to interrupt pulling, and also can prevent it. As self-management improves, they are usually outgrown.
One of the major misconceptions about behavior therapy is that is that it doesn't take feelings into account, but any behavior therapist who doesn't take the feelings that patients with TTM have into account will face many treatment failures. Coaching and encouragement are very important. The procedure is really not a difficult one to learn, but practicing it like a discipline takes stubborn persistence. I have seen the time it takes to master HRT Plus range from a few weeks to a few months. It varies with how strong the urges are and how persistent the person is in facing their symptoms.
One of the greatest stumbling blocks can be seen with the TTM sufferer who says "What is the point of my practicing so hard and letting my hair grow back, if in one slip-up I pull it all out again? I feel like such a failure when this happens." My answer to them goes something like, "Look, I know how difficult it must be in sticking with a treatment where hours of effort can seem to be undone in a few minutes. I'm sure you are feeling very disappointed with yourself at the moment. Remember though, it's more important to take the long term view, rather than just concentrating on where you are at this moment. Your hours of practice haven't been wasted. Eventually, if you keep picking yourself up each time you fall down, the accumulated force of all your practice will add up to behavioral change. Focus instead on crediting yourself for not pulling all those other times you usually would have. Don't measure your progress right now in terms of hairs you have or haven't pulled. Concentrate on learning the HRT and using SC and you'll reach your goal. It isn't possible to learn a new skill without some setbacks here and there, If you simply quit, then we can be sure you won't make any progress. As long as you keep trying, you're making progress.
I also believe in integrating cognitive therapy with the behavioral. This centers around teaching TTM sufferers that disturbed emotions are the result of illogical beliefs and distorted reasoning - that they cause their own upsets, but can also control them by learning to spot these errors and vigorously challenge them and change them. Beliefs such as "I must get the results I desire without discomfort or frustration", or Getting over TTM should be easy", or "I shouldn't have TTM, It's unfair and therefore I shouldn't have to work hard to recover from it." I like to use tapes and reading material to help my patients learn to challenge these ideas and to learn to think more sensibly in ways that will help them. One of the chief goals is to teach patients to quit rating themselves as human beings (which is impossible) and to stick to rating their behavior (which is something they CAN rate and change) - that doing badly, at times, does NOT mean that they themselves are bad or worthless.
Even when HRT and SC have been mastered and logical thinking is established, the work has not yet ended. I tell people that getting well is 50% of the job; staying well is the other 50%. TTM is best viewed as a chronic problem that you can recover from, but never be cured of. Long term maintenance is the key to keeping gains. We do this via a program called "relapse prevention". There are four steps to this. They are:
Does everyone maintain their recovery and stay free of TTM following therapy? The answer is of course no. Because people aren't perfect, because life can be stressful, and because we are talking about recovery versus cure, a certain number of people will run into trouble from time to time. We expect this. Using their relapse prevention steps, however, or even returning for a few booster sessions of therapy, most can get back on the track in a short term.
To conclude, there are many useful techniques for treating TTM - no one must suffer needlessly anymore. Be a wise consumer in seeking proper therapy from a trained and competent therapist. The rest is up to you.
If you would like to read more about what Dr. Penzel has to say about Trichotillomania, take a look at his self-help book, "The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania," (Oxford University Press, 2003). You can learn more about it at
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In the deep sea, the big fish has no sympathy for the helpless small fish. They intimidate the small ones and always try to eat them up. That was once the hostile situation in America years back, in every sector, including the educational sector, against African-Americans.
It's very embarrassing to see such images in America, a country that believes in democracy, above all they say: In God We Trust.
The more disturbing factor is, America provided a "safe haven" in the United States for Nazis criminals and their collaborators after World War II, yet subjected African-Americans to abuse, discrimination, lynching, experimentation, and slavery.
Abolition of slavery is a fact recorded in history, but the reality is, it still exists in many places around the globe, including America today because we live in a violent and corrupt society.
How many years now did America start fighting against an illegal drug entering its sovereignty? Because of corruption, the country is plagued by cocaine and other dangerous drugs, drastically taking its toll on many citizens.
There was a time, if you are an honest hard worker, with distinguished achievements in the society, you will be awarded, but now those who commit serious crimes against humanity are those that receive that awards, including the Nobel Prize. Among the ring of liars, if you want to remain different and live in truth, you will eventually become an enemy.
Do you feel this world is okay? Are you happy about the turmoil and the path of doom the world has taken? Why politicians fighting for power when they don't have any means to save this world? Nothing in this world seems to be going better or doing well. Everything has taken the wrong path.
Whether Africans were used as Guinea pigs in testing drugs, whether Aids, Ebola, Lassa and other deadly diseases, were bio-weapons against Africans to depopulate the continent, or whether African-Americans were used for experimentation, the Black man has survived today. That power wasn't strong enough to wipe out the black race.
Black history is a sad song and a rough road. Even though it's like an image hanging on the wall, the Black man should change that sad song to a happy song and straighten up that rough road ahead of him. We should let go hatred, jealousy, racism, racial discrimination and hypocrisy to embrace love in our community.
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No automaker looking at the electric car market right now is going to read "full speed ahead" from what's happened so far. The Chevy Volt is outselling half the car models on the market, but many others, from the Nissan Leaf (poor hot weather performance, has resulted in buy-backs) to the Fisker Karma (bad reviews), are having trouble on the launch pad.
"The question," as Joseph White asked in the Wall Street Journal, "is whether the latest group of electric vehicles will offer enough features and reliability and an attractive enough price to move electric cars beyond niche status." In many cases, it's all about range — 70 or 80 miles in the real world isn't a lot.
With that in mind, it's not surprising that Toyota is scaling back its electric car plans, which were never hugely ambitious in the first place. The centerpiece is the RAV4 electric developed with Tesla Motors and now on sale in California. That car, descended from the company's earlier RAV4 electric (Ed Begley Jr. and Tom Hanks have them), looks like a winner, with real-world range of more than 125 miles and lots of high-end performance. My colleague Brad Berman says Tesla's massage "turned a sedate Toyota utility wagon into a high-riding 4,032-pound electric beast." That's it at right.
But the RAV4 is only half of Toyota's battery electric story. At various auto shows around the world, I've seen tiny city battery electrics tucked into a corner at the Toyota booths. The plan was for a small-scale city car, and Toyota finally announced it would sit on the platform of the Scion iQ and be called the eQ. It was never easy to get details; the program was clearly in a holding pattern.
Last week, Toyota Vice Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada let the other shoe drop — he announced that the program's global reach would be scaled back, to maybe 100 eQ cars. "The current capabilities of electric vehicles do not meet society's needs, whether it may be the distance the cars can run, or the costs, or how it takes a long time to charge," Uchiyamada said bluntly. "The biggest problem is how automakers bring down costs and how much infrastructure will be in place."
Here's a look at the eQ on video, with Toyota saying that it sees electrics as best for city driving:
I understand the reason for this, but I was left wondering how Toyota will meet California's tough zero-emission production requirements with two limited battery electric programs, plus partial credit for the Prius Plug-In Hybrid. The electric RAV4 is limited to 2,600 vehicles through the end of 2014.
I got an answer from Toyota spokesman John Hanson, who said the company will be addressing the future of the iQ at a gathering in Denver next month. He confirmed the eQ program will be scaled back globally, but he said the U.S. eQ deployment was always going to be small. "We're still moving ahead with a small-volume eQ program here in California," he said. "It's going to be seen in car-sharing programs and on campuses," he said. "With California's ZEV mandates, you get more credits if you bring in a car for car sharing."
That's one reason Mercedes is fielding a large fleet of 300 Smart Electric Drive cars in its Car2Go car-sharing program in San Diego. The program signed up 6,000 people in its first 100 days, so it seems to be working. Those are the cars at left.
Says Hanson, "I can tell you that electric vehicles are still part of our overall strategy for building awareness and a market." That's kind of faint praise, though. Building awareness is what you do with a demonstration program, and we're supposed to be moving battery electrics to commercialization by now.
Dave Clegern, a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board (CARB), told me that some manufacturers have already gotten enough EVs on the road in the state so they have what they call "over-compliance credits." Toyota, with that older RAV4 electric, the new one, the plug-in Prius and a fairly robust fuel-cell car program, definitely has California credits.
California ZEV credits can be traded and sold, and for automakers such as Tesla Motors it's proven a lucrative revenue stream. If Toyota doesn't have enough credits, Clegern notes that it can buy more. "I want to be clear that I'm not saying Toyota is or is not buying or trading credits with anyone, but that is an option to manufacturers," he said.
California remains our most deeply committed EV state, and 40 percent of all electric cars are being sold there. On Friday, CARB celebrated the sale of 10,000 zero-emission cars. All the cars got a generous rebate of up to $2,500, on top of the existing $7,500 federal income tax rebate. I'd love to see a breakdown, but I'm assuming that half or more are plug-in hybrids such as the Chevy Volt and the plug-in version of the Prius. The Nissan Leaf is well established there, too, however.
Toyota's cutback may turn out to be a bump in the road. Most automakers are convinced that battery cars will take over, they're just adjusting the date back somewhat.
Hyundai is also remaining skeptical about battery electrics, preferring to develop another zero-emission technology, fuel cell cars. Hyundai's Tae-won Lim told Reuters, "Battery electric car makers entered the market too early without resolving problems such as range anxiety and costs. It was a hasty approach. The battery electric cars may have helped raise brand value for a couple of years, but ended up slowing down the take-off in the market."
Fuel-cell cars have huge hurdles, too, most notably a big need to build a national network of $1 million-plus refueling stations. Hydrogen cars are zero emission vehicles with drivetrains almost identical to battery electrics, so they complement each other. But they need totally different charging/fill-up networks, so that has split their constituencies.
So there are roadblocks and pitfalls ahead, but who said electrifying transportation would be easy? Did the automobile take over seamlessly from the horse?
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The majority of parents understand that children need physical activity. We inherently know this from real-world experience with kids. Teachers often cite specific reasons, such as:
? Improved behavior (less "excess energy," fewer fights)
? Improved learning (more attentive in class, better retention of material)
? Healthier kids
Countless medical studies in the U.S. and around the world corroborate these beliefs that physical activity can improve behavior and learning for kids.
Yet despite the overwhelming evidence of children's need for physical activity, activity levels have declined dramatically. Historically, schools were one primary source of daily activity for kids. Today, however, only 4% of elementary schools in the U.S. provide daily physical education; 20% of elementary schools have even abolished recess. At home, the decline is equally dramatic. Kids are increasingly watching TV, playing video games, surfing the Internet, or swiping mobile devices. In fact, recent studies show that kids average 7 ½ hours per day consuming digital media -- about the same amount of time they spend in school!
This situation clearly didn't just develop overnight. Economic woes have forced many schools to cut programs, reduce staff for items like physical education, eliminate funding for new equipment, and decrease funds to maintain gyms or playgrounds. In some places, financial concerns have reduced school days for kids, resulting in further pressure to reduce physical activity to meet teaching goals. Finally, focus on test results has increased the pressure to reduce physical activity and increase classroom time (again, despite widespread studies that show improved performance and results with daily physical activity!). On the home front, we all understand very well the growth of digital media (and our kids' love for it).
Putting the potential educational and behavioral issues aside, the decrease in physical activity has had a substantial effect on children's health. Childhood obesity has more than doubled over the past 30 years; currently, over ? of children are considered overweight or obese. The extra pounds have increased the risk of serious health problems, like heart disease, diabetes, asthma, and orthopedic issues. The emotional toll can include low self-esteem, negative body image, and depression. Declining physical activity isn't the only culprit -- significant changes in food and beverage choices are also issues -- but less physical activity is a major factor. Today's kids are the first generation in history that is expected to live shorter lives than their parents!
What can you or I do to increase children's physical activity? Here are some ideas:
? Support teachers and school administrators in their quest to reinstate regular physical activity and recess in schools. Don't fall victim to the myth that replacing these with additional classroom time will improve academic performance -- research continues to show just the opposite!
? Help your school (teachers, administrators, or PTA) raise funds to provide these activities, even if they have to occur before or after school.
? Let your politicians know that you also support these efforts. Lots of efforts are underway on the local, state, and national level to increase children's physical activity, particularly at school. One great example is Georgia's "Power Up for 30" program, which is a joint effort by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Education, to encourage elementary schools to include 30 minutes of daily physical activity, in addition to regular physical education classes.
? It all starts at home… make sure your kids are getting the proper levels of physical activity every day! Get them outside playing sports, running in the park, or sweating on the playground. Almost every medical source (from the U.S. Center for Disease Control to the World Health Organization) recommends that children receive a minimum of 60 minutes per day of physical activity.
? Similarly, lead by example! Kids model behavior so make sure that you provide a good example, perhaps even joining them in activities.
? Make sure that your kids have indoor options -- at school and at home -- for those days when the weather doesn't cooperate (too hot, too cold, or pouring down rain). The added bonus is that these can also work for quick breaks, birthday parties, family events with lots of kids, or simply those early Saturday mornings (on the "rare occasion" that your kids may want to get up and active before you)!
I hope you find these facts and suggestions helpful. Equally important, I'd love to hear your ideas and suggestions. Please post your thoughts on the Scholastic Parents Facebook page or find us on Twitter, @AdventureToFit!
Additionally, if you're looking for an indoor solution, I don't think you can beat Adventure to Fitness. It was developed to promote health and fitness for kids, while providing tons of educational content. As kids participate in the adventures, they move and learn… new vocabulary words, history, geography, science, etc. in each episode. The idea is to provide it in a cartoon-like fashion, comparable to the shows and activities kids already love, so that we're not battling them to participate. Parents and teachers often report that kids are learning and sweating without even realizing it! I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on our program too. Over 100,000 teachers -- not to mention a rapidly growing list of parents and medical professionals -- use it with their kids every week. They just might be onto something...


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But understanding the book is certainly not easy. Even identifying it's themes requires making significant and difficult procedural choices. With which interpretation of Isaiah should we work? Many - if not most - passages are complex and ambiguous enough to allow for multiple translations. More than that, the precise subjects of many of Isaiah's analogies and the targets of much of his criticism are disputed even among Judaism's traditional commentators (to which I restricted myself in this project).
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The Torah has a great many wise things to say about financial health. "Accountable" contains at least some of that wisdom, along with practical guidance and discussions of some key related Torah principles.
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What was the Temple meant to accomplish? What made it so central to Jewish culture that, thousands of years since it's loss, the Mikdash still looms large?
The insights into the Temple's structure and history you will find in "Mikdash" should help answer those questions, or at least get you started on your own course of study.
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