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By Corey Heller
Wondering why your children are not speaking your language? It is hard to say why one child will gladly speak a second (and third and fourth) language while another will resist it. Below are the top 10 most likely reasons why they are not. Do some of these resonate with your multilingual family's situation?
Let the countdown begin…
10. Patience: Give it some time! You and your child both have to get used to this. Even if you are a native speaker of your child's minority language, it can take a while to figure things out. And once you are completely on board, take the journey one step at a time. Don't rush your child, it will only make things worse. Remember, you are raising a multilingual child, not trying to win a race!
9. Comfort: Do you or your child feel uncomfortable speaking the language? Make sure you don't embarrass your child by asking her to speak the language out loud in front of others or to use the language in uncomfortable situations. Start in the comfort of your own home and go from there. Sometimes it is the parent who is uncomfortable using a minority language with his/her children, even if it is a native language. If this applies to you or your child, then talk about it as a family. Work out the areas which cause the most embarrassment or why it might feel uncomfortable.
8. Age: Our children go through phases in their lives. Their relationship with their minority language will be experienced along these same patterns. If your child is going through a phase where he wants desperately to fit in at school, then rejecting a minority language may be part of this process. Be gentle with your child and address language issues just as you would other changes in your child's behavior. Try your best to find out how your child is feeling overall. If appropriate, talk with your child about how speaking the minority language feels to your child. Work on finding a compromise so that both you and your child can feel good about speaking your language.
7. Resources: Does your child have a good source of language resources? I'm not talking about language-learning text books (unless your child gets a kick out of them)! I'm talking about making sure your child has interesting books in only the minority language. A good supply of DVDs, video and computer games, board games, etc. all in the minority language can come in very handy as well. Without resources to keep their language stimulated, our multilingual children can easily get bored with what is available and will be more inclined to turn toward community language resources (which are so very plentiful!). Find out what interests your child the most and see if family can send over some specific materials – or perhaps you can order some online?
6. Not setting an example: What kind of example are you for your child? Are you using your language as much as possible or are you speaking the community language most of the time with your children (and not even realizing it!)? I can't tell you the number of parents I talk with who insist that they speak their language with their children ALL the time. But when I visit these same parents, they spend the majority of the time speaking with their children in the community language without even realizing it! Believe me, it is very, very easy to fall into this pattern! You can solve this by (1) being very aware of when you are and are not speaking your language with your children and then (2) switching to your language each time you catch yourself speaking the community language. (3) Ask yourself why you tend to speak the community language with your children as much as you are. If you can find the sources for that question, then you are already one step further along the path toward solving it!
5. Teaching not Living: Raising a child in a minority language is about living the language, not teaching it as if it were another subject in school! You need to live the language and impart that love of the language to your children through your way of life, not via language-learning text books. This means speaking it as much as possible: while cooking, driving the car, picking up books at the library, going shopping. Make it part of every element of your every-day life. Make the language magical! Make it sparkle for your children by singing songs and doing dances from your culture, telling fairy tales you grew up with, and sharing stories about your childhood in your home country. Even if it isn't your native language, you can find unique cultural and linguistic elements to bring into your lives. When your children are older, then you can pull out the grammar books. For now, make the language a part of your everyday life.
4. Enjoyment: Is using a minority language fun for your children or difficult and boring? Are you and your children enjoying using the minority language or has it become drudgery? Make sure you are finding ways to make using the language a joy: play games in the language, chat about fascinating to pics, visit friends and places where the language is spoken. Don't let yourself get to the point of drilling the language into your children's heads. That is the best way to make your children hate the language. Many parents in my seminars have told me how their children started using their language after they received a game that was only in the minority language. Not only did the game help encourage language use, it also brought the family together!
3. Consistency (not rigidity): Does your child know who speaks which language and when? Are you going back and forth, speaking different languages randomly? It isn't the end of the world if you don't have a perfectly consistent language pattern (and switching languages back and forth isn't a crime) but a clear plan will make your language journey so much easier. Ultimately, your young child wants to please you and she can do this best if it is clear what is expected of her. If your child is confused or frustrated by not knowing what is expected, then it is very likely that she will simply stop speaking the language. But watch out! Don't let your consistency plan turn into a rigidity plan! You need to make sure that your plan is serving you, not trapping you! You are allowed to change your plan whenever needed but if you do, make sure to meet as a family to decide on what the new plan will be. Then give the new plan some time to be fully implemented and assessed.
2. Need: Why should your child use his minority language? If your child can get everything he needs via the community language, then there is really no NEED to use the minority language. A need can come in the form of many different things: to play a game, to speak with others who only speak the minority language (family, travel to another country), to understand a book or DVD in the minority language, to get something that he wants. Some parents go as far as to refuse to answer their child unless the question is in the minority language. I never did this with my kids but for some families it works well. This is where you will have to be creative based on what resources you have available (Can you hire a nanny who only speaks the language? Can you travel to a country where the language is spoken?). Need can come in the form of that which is most familiar: a child often will speak the minority language with parents simply out of habit (it would feel too strange if they didn't)! Remember that each child is different so a need for one child may be very different for another. Get creative!
1. Not Enough Exposure: Are your children exposed to their minority language regularly all week long? Would you say they are exposed to it around 30 percent of the time (on average)? 30 percent is not the magical number. It will not guarantee multilingualism in your child! There are too many factors that work together to count! However, we can use 30 percent as a general number to aim toward. 50 percent? 80 percent? Wonderful! The chances are so much better for bi/multilingualism with exposure like that!
NOTE: The idea of a minimum of 30 percent language exposure in the minority language came from a group of researchers who were doing studies on bilingual children. When deciding on what the minimum minority language exposure would be for the children in their study (in order to say that a child was living in a bilingual environment) the researchers decided on 30 percent. Does this mean that less than 30 percent is not enough? No way! But be aware that you might not see as much regular progress in you child's language mastery as you would hope to see.
When it comes to the amount of language exposure, use your common sense with this. If the spouse who speaks your child's minority language is working 40 hours a week, then it is going to be much more difficult for your children to receive enough exposure than if the native-speaking spouse is with the children all day. You may need to find additional ways that your child can receive language exposure to reach an average of 30 percent: a nanny, friends, family.
And remember, if your child receives less than 30 percent exposure, that is no reason to give up! Sometimes less exposure can have more of an impact than we know! Just allow yourself to adjust your expectations to match your family's language journey and see where you can add more language exposure along the way. The gift of language is priceless, no matter how much language exposure your child receives!
These are just a few of the main obstacles to your child wanting to speak the minority language. There are so many more! Please share your ideas and tips on getting your children to speak their minority language! You are a wealth of valuable information, I can't wait to hear!
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What's Next: Predicting where EliteXC's top fighters will go October 21, 2008 by Sam Caplan Leave a comment While EliteXC did not have a roster as deep in talent as its primary competitor, the UFC, the promotion was not without its share fair of good fighters. Some might say that EliteXC suffered from a lack of stars, but one could also counter that the company failed in being able to generate more interest in many of its talented fighters.
With the promotion set to formally file for bankruptcy later this week, it means that a great deal of fighters contracted to EliteXC are about to become unemployed. However, a lot of those fighters will not remain unemployed for long, as they will draw a great deal of interest from other fight promotions. With that in mind, I decided to formulate a list of the promotion's top fighters and break down who I think will end up where and why. Kimbo Slice - This is a real tricky one. First, you can completely rule out the UFC. Let's say UFC President Dana White was merely posturing with all of his recent anti-Kimbo statements, it still means he's boxed himself into a corner. If he were to sign Slice now, he would take a ton of flack for it. But I believe he was sincere in his remarks and that there is no way we'd see Slice in the UFC. Maybe White actually would consider extending an invite for Slice to compete on The Ultimate Fighter, but season nine will not involve heavyweights and Slice may not want to sit on the sidelines until season ten. Oh yeah, there's also the fact that there's ZERO CHANCE he will compete for free on a reality television show. He'd probably do a YouTube street fighting reunion tour before he'd fight for free. The options left for him really aren't all that appealing. Slice could be an even bigger star in Japan than he is in the U.S. DREAM wants to do something big for its "Dynamite!!" show with K-1 on New Year's Eve and Slice could be the next Bob Sapp. Sengoku is also apparently looking to make a splash for its live network show in Japan on Jan. 4 and they might have interest as well. But how viable of an MMA market is Japan right now? Before competing for EliteXC, Slice fought an exhibition fight against former boxing champion Ray Mercer in Atlantic City for the now-defunct Cage Fury Fighting Championships. It's not out of the realm of possibility that Slice takes a step backward so he can take a step forward. If an up and coming promotion wants to make a splash, they could do so with Slice — so long as they are willing to show the money. Also, don't rule out Shane McMahon going to father Vince and trying to convince him that a Slice crossover to pro wrestling could be huge. Even if Slice has no interest in doing pro wrestling long-term, he'd have to think twice about a $1.5 million-to-$2 million payday for being involved in a short-term, high-profile feud that would culminate at Wrestlemania. Affliction can't be ruled out but matching him up would be very tough in a heavyweight division that includes Fedor, Josh Barnett, Tim Sylvia, Ben Rothwell, Roy Nelson, Pedro Rizzo, and Pau Buentello. Slice vs. any of those fighters would do well at the box office, but he'd be nothing more than a short-term fix. I don't think his management will want to enter into a situation where Slice is viewed as disposable. One thing that I would throw out of left field is for M-1 and whatever channel picks up Fighting Fedor to pay Slice to be one of the cast members of the forthcoming reality show. Paying a fighter to appear on a reality show probably has never been done, but attaching Slice's name to the project might make it an easier sell to bigger television platforms. As of now, the star of the vehicle, Fedor, is largely unknown to the American mainstream. In Slice, they'd have a pretty recognizable co-star. They could hold Slice out until episode eight and match him with a total tomato can to ensure he remains on the show for an optimum amount of time. Gina Carano - I read an article where a writer said "Poor Gina Carano." Poor Gina? I don't think so. The reality is that Carano was grossly underpaid and by becoming an unrestricted free agent, she'll have much more leverage when negotiating a new contract. Affliction has said it has no immediate plans to promote a female fight. However, Affliction Entertainment Vice President Tom Atencio is a big fan of Carano's and Affliction has a female-clothing brand "Sinful" that it would like to grow. What better way than to do it with Carano? Before competing for EliteXC, Carano fought for Strikeforce, which still promotes female fights. I know that Strikeforce officials were none too happy with Carano when she left for EliteXC but the promotion needs more nationally-recognizable drawing cards. Carano's quarter-hour ratings during her two CBS appearances clearly demonstrate she's a national star. Strikeforce owner/promoter Scott Coker is a smart businessman and he's not going to cut off his nose to spite his face. I don't know for a fact, but I'd be willing to wager a lot of money that they'll look at signing Carano. And if CBS and SHOWTIME start their own promotion, Carano could be at the top of their list. Frank Shamrock - What if ProElite and EliteXC had taken Frank Shamrock up on his offer to fight Kimbo as a replacement for his brother Ken? Granted, Kimbo's camp ruled it out, but they also initially said they weren't going to fight anyone other than Ken Shamrock the night of Oct. 4 until it became a financial no-brainer. What if they had offered an additional $250,000-300,000 to make Slice vs. Frank Shamrock happen? Sure, that's a lot of additional money, but Shamrock beating Kimbo wouldn't have looked as bad as Seth Petruzelli beating Kimbo and you know Shamrock wouldn't have made the mistake of letting everyone it was in his financial best interest not to take the fight to the ground (which is not something we support, but loose lips sunk EliteXC's ship). If Frank Shamrock had fought Kimbo, EliteXC would still be in business. Shamrock owed two more fights to EliteXC and now is only contracted for one more fight with Strikeforce. You'll never see Shamrock in the UFC again but I don't think he's done competing. Shamrock is unique in that he doesn't need a promotion behind him in order to survive. He'll likely freelance and take fights next year vs. Ken Shamrock, Cung Le, and Tito Ortiz and make anywhere from $6-10 million doing so. Much like Carano, Shamrock will do just fine following EliteXC's collapse. Jake Shields - I'd be surprised if he wasn't signed by the UFC by week's end. I am dead serious. This is as about as big of a no-brainer as there is on this list. Shields will likely have to take a cut in pay, but his only other options are Strikeforce and Affliction. But long-term, it makes sense Shields to try and create leverage for himself towards a second UFC contract. His second deal will be far more lucrative than his first once he gets wins over some of the best in the world at 170 pounds. Now is the time to go after Georges St. Pierre, Jon Fitch, Josh Koscheck, and Thiago Alves while he's still in his athletic prime. The only other option is to keep feasting on b-level competition in second-tier promotions due to the UFC's monopoly at welterweight. Shields is a true athlete and I think he'll take the cut in pay just for the opportunity to compete in the Octagon. Robbie Lawler - Lawler is not the lock to go to the UFC that some people think he is. He is managed by Monte Cox and Cox is pretty creative when it comes to finding multiple opportunities for his fighters. He's not going to allow his client to be put in a situation where the only company he can negotiate with is the UFC. Let's remember, Lawler was not with EliteXC from day one and despite showing significant improvement competing for ICON Sport, the UFC still didn't make a strong attempt to bring him back. Anderson Silva vs. Lawler in an unofficial UFC middleweight champion vs. EliteXC middleweight champion bout is intriguing, but far from likely. It would not surprise me to see Lawler competing for Affliction. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante - Feijao is managed by Ed Soares, the same manager for Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida. Feijao not only trains under Silva, but also interim UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. He's completely destroyed his competition since moving to light heavyweight. The UFC is without question the odds-on favorite to be Feijao's new home. It's just a question of both sides agreeing on the money. If Feijao is unwilling to take a slight cut in pay, things could get tricky. But I see Feijao taking a step back for a three-fight deal so that he can improve his negotiation leverage following a couple of wins over name opponents. Antonio Silva - Normally he'd be a no-brainer to go to the UFC but normal circumstances no longer apply to Silva. UFC Vice President of Talent Relations Joe Silva has already been quoted in the past as having an interest in Silva. However, he remains under suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commision. He will get his day in front of the commission by month's end and in the unlikely event that the suspension is completely overturned, Silva will be able to advance directly to the UFC and collect much more than $200. If the suspension is upheld and he's out for the year, he might have to fight a few times outside of the UFC before he receives an offer. However, if it's reduced to six months, he'll still likely receive an offer as he'll only have three months left on the suspension to serve. Eddie Alvarez - If B.J. Penn defeats George St. Pierre on Jan. 31 for the UFC welterweight title, chances are you won't see him back in the UFC lightweight division. Without Penn at 155 pounds, the division will lack a big-time draw. While Alvarez is not yet a drawing card in the States, he has all the tools needed to be one of the cornerstones of the UFC's lightweight division. However, Alvarez is managed by Monte Cox so Zuffa will not be able to get him on the cheap. Even if DREAM folds, parent company FEG is still expected to promote MMA matches on its K-1 shows. Alvarez created a lot of momentum for himself during DREAM's lightweight Grand Prix and apparently loves competing in Japan. K-1 will reduce the number of MMA fighters it has under contract, but Alvarez is definitely worth keeping around. He also has a contract with Adrenaline MMA and Cox could certainly explore other opportunities for Alvarez in the States. As much as I would love to see him in the UFC, I believe that you'll see him compete 3-4 times a year in Japan and 1-2 times a year in the U.S. for a promotion such as Affliction or Strikeforce. Another option to consider is Philadelphia. With MMA having failed so many times as a national business-model, we're going to see a shift towards regional-based promotions. A lot of people talk about the Strikeforce model but they are successful because they have hometown heros in Cung Le and Frank Shamrock. Well, Alvarez could easily be the Le and Shamrock of Philadelphia. MMA is technically legal in PA but shows aren't taking place because the rules haven't been voted on by the House of the Senate yet. As of now, it's possible the first MMA show in Philly could take place in early-2009 and if that's the case, a local promotion could build a cottage industry around Alvarez. Nick Diaz - Personally, I'd love to see Diaz in the WEC so we could see Carlos Condit pushed, but I just don't see that happening. Diaz is good enough to compete for the UFC at welterweight. However, one Diaz brother might be enough for Zuffa. Considering they were so down on Nick Diaz that they let him walk after he won a UFC fight tells us all we need to know. Zuffa is likely out, and so is Japan, unless Sengoku makes a bid because Diaz has already competed for DREAM and is believed to be owed a significant amount of money. If I was a betting man, I say he ends up competing for Affliction. I think Diaz's persona will mesh well with a brand that is trying to market edgy clothing. Wilson Reis - There's a lot of negative things that can be said about EliteXC, but not everything they did was bad. They missed out on some talent but also brought a lot of new fighters to the forefront such as Feijao, Dave Herman, Brett Rogers, Fabricio Camoes, and of course, Wilson Reis. Reis has exploded from a highly-regarded prospect on the Philly and Jersey MMA scene to a highly-regarded featherweight competitor on the national scene in just little over a year. He's gained a lot of momentum in a short amount of time but the best is still yet come from the 23-year old jiu-jitsu black belt. Is he ready for Urijah Faber? Not yet, but give him 12-16 months and he will be. And while he's not ready for Faber, he's most definitely ready for the WEC's 145 lbs. division and I believe he'll end up there sooner rather than later. Joey Villasenor - I actually believe we will see Villasenor end up in the UFC some point within the next 6-to-8 months. He has the Greg Jackson association and the UFC went after a lot of secondary guys that were on the IFL roster because they were good fighters who could be acquired at an affordable price. I see the UFC finding itself in a situation in the next six months where they need a late-replacement for a PPV fight at 185 and for them to turn to Villasenor. Murilo "Ninja" Rua - Rua is coming off a loss and the UFC rarely signs fighters in those situations. He also will likely command more money than the UFC is willing to pay. I see Strikeforce as a great option because they aren't averse to spending money on International talent and he would be an interesting opponent for Cung Le. Scott Smith - Smith may not have the best record in the world but he's a great television fighter and has gained a lot of exposure thanks to a stint during the fourth season of TUF, his highlight-reel knockout over Pete Sell during the show's live finale, and his two CBS appearances against Lawler. The UFC likely will take a pass but Affliction and Strikeforce should both make a play for Smith. Strikeforce likes fighters with California ties because it promotes so many shows in its home base of San Jose, so it appears to be a great fit for Smith. Paul Daley - I think he's another lock for the UFC. The UFC wants more starpower in the UK and Daley has the potential to be every bit as big as Michael Bisping, thanks to his outspoken nature and exciting fighting style. With Bisping, Dan Hardy, and Daley all onboard, the UFC would have a nice trio of UK-based fighters to spearhead their European aspirations. K.J. Noons - The argument as to whether Noons is free to leave EliteXC with two fights left on his contract is a moot point. He can now go wherever he wants. The WEC's lightweight division is the best place for Noons but Zuffa won't be an option as long as he is represented by Mark Dion, who is believed to be involved in litigation against the company as a result of the whole Brandon Vera situation. Sengoku is a possibility but I think Noons would also be an ideal fit for either Affliction or Strikeforce. Dave Herman - Herman is quite the enigma but he's 11-0 as a fighter with a solid wrestling pedigree. When I saw him compete live for the first time against Mario Rinaldi on the Feb. 16 undercard for "Street Certified," I thought to myself "How did the UFC not get this guy?" He's competed twice for EliteXC since the Rinaldi fight and has been totally dominant. He is young and athletic with the potential to be a star and the UFC should sign him immediately. Brett Rogers - Rogers is another fighter I am surprised EliteXC beat the UFC to the punch on. As with Herman, the UFC should sign Rogers for its heavyweight division because you can never have too many undefeated heavyweight prospects on your roster. A future heavyweight division of Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez, Shane Carwin, Herman, and Rogers would look pretty nice. But whether or not Herman and Rogers sign with the UFC will come down to money. Being that they don't have any wins over top fighters, the UFC may feel like they are unproven and that they should signed to entry-level contracts. Meanwhile, their management might see them as undefeated fighters who have received national exposure via CBS and SHOWTIME. It behooves the UFC to lock them up but I could see them falling through the cracks and ending up with Affliction. Benji Radach - Radach has a crowd-pleasing style and is 6-1 since ending a three-year hiatus from the sport. The UFC told him he needed to win a fight outside of the organization to garner an offer, and he not only got a victory, but he got it on national television. The thing is, he made at least $40,000 for his last EliteXC fight and with a virtual monoply on the industry, I don't see the UFC coming close to offering him that. Affliction and Strikeforce are likely his best options. Cris Cyborg - Whevere Gina Carano goes, Cyborg, and all of EliteXC's division should follow. Then again, if I had millions of dollars to invest, I'd look at the possibility of going out and signing Carano, Cyborg, Tara LaRosa, Sarah Kaufman, Kaitlin Young, Julie Kedzie, Shayna Baszler, Tonya Evinger, Marloes Coenen, Amanda Buckner, Roxanne Modaferri, Rosi Sexton, Michelle Watterson, Elena Reid and do an all-female promotion with divisions at 115, 125, 135, and 145. Female-only promotions have been done before and failed but one has never been done with all of the top females competing under the same promotional banner. I think there's a business-opportunity there for someone to capitalize on. Yves Edwards - Edwards is already scheduled to compete for Strikeforce later this month against the promotion's current lightweight champion, Josh Thomson. Edwards has beat him once before so a win isn't out of the realm of possibilities. If Edwards holds the Strikeforce lightweight title, the promotion will probably be able to keep him very active. A loss could mean that he'll need to return to the regional circuit to fill out his dance card. These are just some of the more notable names. But much like with the IFL and BodogFIGHT, I didn't realize just how good of a roster of talent EliteXC had until it was gone. So much like the IFL and BodogFIGHT, EliteXC was guilty of not being able to properly market its fighters and bulld more stars. There's a whole list of talented fighters that we will see end up competing on the regional level with quite a few of them only needing a win or two before getting another shot with a major national promotion. The names are many and include Fabricio Camoes, Phil Baroni, Nick Thompson, Hector Lombard, Bao Quach, Cyrille Diabate, John Alessio, Jon Murphy, Conor Heun, Edson Berto, Giva Santana, Seth Petruzelli, Matt Makowski, Mamed Khalidov, Shane Del Rosario, Jared Hamman, Po'ai Suganuma, Aaron Rosa, Lyman Good, Paul Bradley, Torrance Taylor, Malaipet, David Douglas, Bryan Caraway, Abel Cullum, Zach Makovsky, Thomas Denny, and Jesse Brock.
PDG: Another big UFC fight in your division that is coming up is Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. 'The Axe Murderer' Wanderlei Silva version 3.0; what do you think of that match-up and possibly facing the winner of that fight sometime down the road? Evans: I think it's great and I would love to be in a position to fight the winner of that match. It would be an honor in itself to fight either one of those two guys since I've been a fan of both of them for a very long time. 'Rampage' nearly got killed though the last time that he fought Wanderlei, Wanderlei could have got arrested for what he did to him in their last fight [laughs]. But in all seriousness if 'Rampage' goes into the fight like a quarterback who had a really bad game the last time he faced that opponent and has a short memory. Then just like the quarterback who bounces back and has a great game, so can 'Rampage'. It is going to be tough though because of the blows that he was dealt in their last fight. Sometimes a fighter just has your number and if Wanderlei stays true to him self....
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Too often when we are planning, designing and building our cities, we fail to think about the massive demographic phenomena that is changing our lives. We need to connect the dots between the realities of a dominant aging population that is emerging in the next 30 years and the decisions we make today.
Japan is currently the only country in the world with more than 30 per cent of its population aged over 60. By 2050, there will be 64 countries. There will be two billion people over 60 worldwide - a 250-per-cent increase over today. There are an estimated five million Canadians 65 years of age or older today, a number that is expected to double in the next 25 years to 10.4 million seniors by 2036. Since 1970, worldwide life expectancy has risen by around 10 years for both men and women.
The Royal Institute of British Architects recently published a report exploring some of the economic and social changes that a dominant aging population will bring for towns and cities in the next 30 years.
In the report, the institute identifies an "active Third Age" - a new demographic cohort representing active, healthy members of society approaching or beyond retirement. Members of the active Third Age are 60 to 74 and much engaged in leisure and cultural pursuits.
Unless the retirement age increases significantly, people within this cohort can expect a significant period - maybe a decade or more - between the end of their formal working lives and old age, when they may require assistance or care. These people have time, relative good health and are still keenly participating in mainstream society.
How are the lifestyles of this group shaping our communities? With increased numbers of people in this exciting phase of life - with new freedoms and new interests - what future changes are we going to see in our neighbourhoods, town and cities?
The report by the British architects laid out a number of future scenarios that paint a picture of some big changes coming to our neighbourhood, towns and cities.
For example, picture an international network of residences that could replace home ownership, allowing the Third Agers to explore the world in style and comfort. These might be mansion houses in your neighbourhood with a number of small, stylish apartments within them. The lack of personal space would be compensated for with shared and social spaces supporting the private dwellings with dining, leisure and even learning spaces used to appeal to a group of people interested in travelling more, and travelling light. Over the course of their lives, Third Agers will have disposed of many material possessions, with music, movies, photographs, books, magazines and correspondence becoming digital, rather than physical assets; therefore, they will be able to be more transient and will require less habitable space.
Another scenario sees the traditional family home reinvented to become a multi-generational dwelling capable of meeting the needs of the whole family. In a world where health care and child care is costly, this option will be a necessity for some, but provide a way of living together while maintaining some privacy. Secondary suites in the traditional single-family home and dwellings in accessory buildings like Vancouver's laneway houses are two emerging examples of this reinvention of the family home.
Imagine "health hubs" throughout the city where public space is designed to promote physical exercise. Beyond dedicated cycling lanes, look for civic infrastructure to adapt to encourage active aging and encourage activities that help with well-being. For example, heart monitoring and weighing stations might be located in strategic public areas where active seniors can send their vital stats automatically to their doctors for monitoring.
The pop-up university could arrive by 2040, allowing those with a wealth of knowledge and skill - members of a generation that had access to lessexpensive higher education - to share that knowledge with others. The city could become a living university. As a lifelong learner, you might be able to drop into a restaurant or community centre for your one-on-one lecture from your tutor.
These are just a few scenarios of what the future might look like in our neighbourhoods, towns and cities with active Third Agers - active citizens over 60 - becoming more numerous, and having a powerful voice.
These scenarios also illustrate a pressing need to plan now on how we are going to respond to this clear demographic shift. It's time to start connecting the dots between these emerging realities and the decisions we make today.
To read the Royal Institute of British Architects' Building Futures report, Silver Linings: The Active Third Age and the City, visit www.buildingfutures.org.uk/projects/buildingfutures/silver-linings-the-active-third-age-andthe-city/download-the-report/ Bob Ransford is a public affairs consultant with Counterpoint Communications Inc. He is a former real estate developer who specializes in urban land-use issues. Email: email@example.com or Twitter: @BobRansford


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Hotel La Amistad is a renovated mansion situated between Barrios Amon and Otoya just north of San Jose. These barrios are away from the hustle and bustle of San Jose, but still only a short walk to all of the city's main attractions- The National Theatre, Museums, Shops, Restaurants, Casino's, Nightlife and various Parks.
D'Angelo and myself got an opportunity to spend a couple nights at La Amistad and we're GLAD we did.
ALL the rooms have pretty much anything you'd want- comfy beds, TV w/cable, HBO, fridge, air conditioning, nice showers etc, but the BIGGER rooms can also come equipped with a jacuzzi, sauna, kitchen, loft, living rooms, and if you so desire, a room with a fireplace. La Amistad also has it's own martini bar (which can see some NICE action *wink* ), restaurant, and sushi bar. And really, who provides FREE laundry service... trust me, this is rare in Costa Rica.
La Amistad is not for the kids, but it's GREAT for businessmen, couples and any traveler who wants a great location and a lot of amenities without paying TOP dollar.
Prostitution is legal in Costa Rica and ALL the hotels in the San Jose area deal with it in one way or the other. La Amistad's policy is basically one of- RESPECTING others and if there isn't a problem- there isn't a problem. That said, if you're offended by merely seeing a 'lady of the evening', then La Amistad is not for YOU.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch at home while you stay at home and let Michael Vick score another 59 points on you. LET'S GO!
GLORY DAZE – 10:00PM (TBS) The Conanified TBS unleashes this new sitcom, a campus comedy set in 1986. Why 1986? Because frats were SEXIER in 1986, I tell you. Tim Meadows is likely the only name you know in the cast. And I'm told someone gets a taser to the scrotum in the pilot. Sounds enjoyable. I've lived on this planet for over three decades now, and for most of my life people have been trying to recreate "Animal House," only to fail miserably. And you want to know the reason why "Animal House" succeeded? Because it was written by Harvard-educated geniuses as a political allegory against the Nixon Administration. As opposed to, say, "Fraternity Vacation," which was written by a pack of mules with crayons strapped to their hooves. Let's hope the makers of this show knew the difference. ANTICIPATION: CHUG CHUG CHUG!
GLEE – 8:00PM (FOX) After crashing the country music awards, Gwyneth Paltrow continues her publicity tour in support of Gwyneth Paltrow tonight on the hit musical. Paltrow plays substitute Spanish teacher Holly Holiday, who no doubt has annoyingly good pronunciation. She'll be highlighting a mashup of "Singin' In The Rain" and "Umbrella." Oh yes. They went there. ANTICIPATION: PALTROW!
CHOPPED – 10:00PM (Food Network) It's a special Thanksgiving edition of the Food Network cooking contest. Watch as the contestants are given 20 minutes to roast an entire turkey, then get chewed out when the turkey is undercooked. Also in the baskets tonight: bitter vegetables (yum!) and a Chinese condiment. C'mon, oyster sauce! ANTICIPATION: GROSS!
THE BIGGEST LOSER – 8:00PM (NBC) The chunkies are forced to take a balancing test in a pool. Uh, isn't it fairly easy to balance in a pool? Especially if you're as buoyant as these folks? Call me nutty. ANTICIPATION: SINK THAT BATTLESHIP!
NOVA: SECRETS OF STONEHENGE – 8:00PM (PBS) Did you know there's a monument called Bluestonehenge that's located one mile from regular Stonehenge? I had no clue. Is it blue? Do Smurfs live in it? I sure hope so. Anyway, tonight they dig up that sight to learn more about the mysterious mother monument. And oh, how they danced, the little people of Stone'enge. ANTICIPATION: WHERE THE DEMONS DWELL, WHERE THE BANSHEES LIVE AND THEY DO LIVE WELL!
Tuesday Watch List: Big Frat Premiere!
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch at home while you stay at home and let Michael Vick score another 59 points on you. LET'S GO!


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Keeping the Army Busy in Peace Time (Oct, 1924)
Keeping the Army Busy in Peace Time
Aircraft, Wireless, Poison Gas and Even Cavalry Horses Put to Work to Aid Industry and Agriculture
WHAT does the army do in peace time besides getting ready for another war? For one thing it has converted war's deadliest poison gas to such varied uses as repelling bank burglars, quelling riots and curing colds. It has kept the battle planes flying to locate forest fires and spray the boll weevil of the cotton fields with insecticides. The gas mask has been improved and is used by firemen, mine-rescue workers and employes of chemical plants. The best of the cavalry stallions have been placed at the disposal of farmers to breed a better type of work horse.
Strangely enough, the most horrible and devastating form of warfare—the use of poisonous gases—is the one that lends itself to the greatest service in times of peace. The chemical-warfare service has made numerous transformations of its agencies for serving peaceful pursuits and industries. These converted usages range from the equipping of 3,500 banks with devices for combating burglars to the treatment of common colds with chlorine. The mask which the American doughboy employed as a protective device against poisonous gas fumes, with certain modifications, is now serving fire-fighting departments, mines, foundries, and other agencies where lives may be imperiled by poisonous gases or fumes. This type of gas mask has lately been provided with a special canister, which makes it safe against all known gases, and a diaphragm has been added by means of which a person is enabled to talk while wearing this protective device. The widespread use of this gas mask is suggested by the fact that many of the larger cities have adopted it for use by their fire departments, thus contributing to the safety of firemen. I "Tear gases," the spraying of which in the face of a person causes tears without endangering life, are useful in capturing barricaded criminals and in quelling riots and outbreaks in prisons. A concern in Pittsburgh is producing a policeman's club with a small trigger arrangement for discharging tear gas in measured quantities. This gas-containing club enables a policeman to push a trigger which, in turn, releases a safety valve, thus squirting gas in the face of a person resisting arrest.
Another war-time poison gas is being substituted by the public health service for a gas formerly employed in fumigating ships. It is not only effective but is said to be safe from danger to persons administering it.
The air service, by means of a co-operative arrangement with the department of agriculture, also has devised the most effective wholesale method yet found for destroying the boll weevil. Aeroplanes carrying insecticide aloft are enabled to spray poisonous dust on boll-weevil-infested cotton by the acre. Similar treatment of insects on fruit trees has proved effective. Moreover, war-time aeroplanes have been employed in reforesting denuded areas that were not readily accessible to other seeding appliances. Recently, this branch of the United States army adapted bomb-carrying aeroplanes to the purpose of dropping explosives from the sky in shattering great formations of ice to prevent floods.
The radio research laboratories of both the war and navy departments, although primarily dedicated to devising useful war-time communication devices, are constantly introducing inventions of great service to peaceful arts of intelligence.
Men are being trained in more than sixty occupations in the citizens' military training camps, which had a total food, uniform and railroad fare to and from home to camp.
President Coolidge says, "These camps are an essential in the plan of national security. They promote obedience to law and respect for the institutions of a well-ordered society. Young men are helped to physical health, mental vigor and moral excellence. Social understanding and democratic feeling are developed; love and reverence for the flag are the natural outcome of the training. Courtesy in act, sympathy in feeling, tolerance in thought, are the ideals."
Sports are emphasized at these citizens military training camps. The young men engage in baseball, tennis, track and field games, boxing, riding, handball, volley ball and swimming. Each camp, for instance, maintains a baseball league. Boxing instruction is given by the most competent teachers. Moreover, rifle and pistol shooting is taught every person enlisted in a military training camp. If a person qualifies as a sharpshooter, he is entitled to go to Camp Perry, at government expense, where the greatest rifle experts in the country compete for national honors. The war department not only maintains a motion-picture service but has made certain improvements in the projection of pictures. For instance, a system of longdistance projection with tungsten-filament lamps has been developed, making them available for use in larger theaters, with throws from booth to screen of over 760 feet. The tungsten-filament lamps are said to be superior to arc lamps. The former are noiseless, emit no fumes, radiate less heat, require little attention while burning and consume less than one-half of the electric current required by arc lamps. This improvement is a patented invention of the army motion-picture service.
Of a similar educational nature, is the library system of the army, consisting of 203 post libraries and 150 traveling libraries. These libraries contain more than 900.000 volumes. The system of traveling libraries of late books is a recent valuable acquisition.
A special service is rendered farmers by the quartermaster corps of the war department in peace time. Three years ago the army horse-breeding project was introduced. By means of this plan there are available 285 stallions for improving horses on farms.
Colonization, strange as it may seem, is a peace-time activity of the war department. Churches, schools, roads and railroads have been built by the army in the Philippine islands as a means of ending strife in that colonial possession. Another striking example of colonization is that of administering the affairs of Alaska. Today, in the administration of the business of this great territory by army officers, $100,000,000 are annually transmitted over fifty-seven cable and telegraph offices and seventeen inland radio stations, operated by the signal corps. On a relatively less scale, business is transacted by the army in other colonies or territories that have been acquired by America. And, to again revert to the conversion of death-dealing agencies into instruments of value to peaceful pursuits, the war department has made a worthwhile contribution to the industries in the way of an active charcoal which is of use in manufacturing gasoline from natural gas and coal-tar products. Similar research has resulted in the laying of the foundation of our dye industry.
The corps of engineers is another branch of the army that has long adjusted its personnel and instrumentalities to the needs of peaceful industries. During the past two years the army engineers have studied proposed water-power developments in excess of 20.000,000 horsepower. This is more than twice the existing power development of the United States and more than the combined potential water-power resources of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Arctic and Baltic drainages of Russia. Moreover, it has been claimed that the corps of engineers has led in the prevention of floods and has assisted substantially in the protection of our forests.
The owners of 15,000.000 motor vehicles in the United States and the millions of persons who wear eyeglasses will be interested in a process developed by the war department whereby it is easier to see in misty and rainy weather. Of even greater value to owners of automobiles, is the development of a material as a protection against carbon monoxide when working in closed garages. Still another substance has been produced as a safeguard against ammonia fumes.
The peace-time activities of the war department may at times take queer angles of procedure. For instance, just now the army, in co-operation with the navy department, is experimenting with a non-fouling paint which may avoid the formation of barnacles on ship bottoms.
The diversion of war-time explosives to productive uses of agriculture, the development of airways for commercial flying traffic, the establishment of a board of sociology for modernizing the treatment of prisoners, and the exploring and surveying of new territory, are among other peace activities of the war department.


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The cliché is alluring: A rising tide lifts all boats. Former Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush promised it would be true as they cut taxes on the rich.
If the rich got richer, Reagan and Bush contended, some of their extra cash would trickle down and float everyone else's boat. The gist of this economic theory is that the mission of government is to serve big business and the wealthy, who then, occasionally, bequeath to the middle class and poor hand-me-down benefits.
The problem is that it doesn't work. The rich got richer, alright. But everyone else got nada. Then the wealthy gamblers on Wall Street crashed the economy, swamping everyone else's little skiff in a whirlpool of underwater mortgages, lost jobs and dashed hope. Now, a Democratic president has proposed a different economic path. Barack Obama said in a speech last week that America should invest in itself and build out from the middle class. In his economic model, government directly serves the vast majority of Americans in the middle while offering a hand to the poor so they can pull themselves up out of the drink.
His ideas so frighten Republicans that they're threatening to wreck the U.S. economy -- and possibly provoke another financial crisis worldwide -- by refusing, once again, to raise the debt ceiling so Congress can pay the bills it already has incurred. If President Obama doesn't agree to GOP demands to repeal Obamacare, which helps 50 million Americans who need health insurance, Republicans say they'll kill the U.S. economy.
While President Obama is promoting government investment in infrastructure, jobs, education, home ownership, and retirement and health care security, Republicans are writing legislation to slash and burn services to middle class Americans. They'd make good on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's promise to execute Big Bird. They'd cut education grants for poor students by 16 percent; funding for the Department of Labor by 13 percent; funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by 34 percent; funding for the Fish and Wildlife Service by 27 percent. They'd cut 18 percent from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is indicting hedge fund managers for insider trading and other illegal schemes.
The New York Times described the GOP chopping as "some of the most serious cuts to domestic spending since the Republicans in 1995 tried to shutter the departments of Energy, Education and Commerce -- and ended up shutting the government down for 28 days."
U.S. Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., said of President Obama: "His priorities are going nowhere" because the GOP intends to destroy Obamacare and thwart the President's proposals to invest in America.
Republicans lost the White House. They lost an opportunity to control the Senate. They lost seats in the House, though they remain the majority there. Yet it is their plan, from that minority position, to sustain their sink-middle-class-boats economic policies and scuttle all attempts to change course.
Obama acknowledged their intransigence during his speech Wednesday. But it won't deter him from pressing for what is right. He said, "We need a long-term American strategy based on steady, persistent effort to reverse the forces that have conspired against the middle class for decades."
Between 1979, just before Reagan took office, and 2007, when the economy collapsed under Bush, the income of the top 1 percent nearly quadrupled. But the income of the typical American family barely increased. Now the average American earns less than he or she did in 1999.
Middle class boats are sinking.
Instead of cut and kill, Obama proposes invest and build. His plan is to invest in infrastructure to create jobs, to invest in people through education, to invest in the middle to build it up and extend it out by enabling the poor to join its ranks.
The vast majority, the 99 percent, want a simple, straightforward relationship with their government. They're not seeking guarantees or handouts. But they do believe their government should facilitate opportunity.
Opportunity requires a good educational system, from pre-K for all children to affordable technical schooling or college for all who want to go. Opportunity requires access to affordable health care so that an illness or accident doesn't cause bankruptcy or death. Opportunity requires assurance that Social Security and Medicare will serve every generation so that old age isn't utterly feared. Opportunity requires good jobs with good benefits, and with the economy still sluggish, the best way to spur job creation is investment in renewable energy sources and in the nation's deteriorating roads and bridges and public transit.
This idea, the concept of investing in the future to promote growth, is gaining strength worldwide. The top financial officials of the world's largest economies -- the finance ministers and central bank governors for the G-20 countries -- issued a joint statement earlier this month endorsing government spending to strengthen the global economy.
It is working in Japan, a victim of stagnation for nearly two decades before the Great Recession. Analysts attribute the significant first-quarter growth in the world's third largest economy to the aggressive monetary easing and massive public spending by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who took office in December. His party won a huge victory in elections this month, giving him a mandate to continue what's called "Abenomics" -- investing in his country to spur recovery.
Similarly, China is launching additional initiatives, including railroad construction, to jump start its economy, though smaller than the massive spending - $586 billion -- by the government in 2008 that fairly successfully prevented the world's financial crisis from damaging the Asian giant's flourishing economy.
Republicans insist all that's required to bail those inundated middle class boats is more tax cuts for the rich and more service cuts for the middle class. It'll never work. What it takes to float a middle class boat is government investment in America, government growing the economy from the middle out and direct government attention to average Americans.


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Advanced Materials / Manufacturing Technologies
How do you make materials stronger, lighter, cheaper, and more energy efficient? You call the talented faculty at the UA. World-renowned in designing and constructing composites and applying nanotechnology techniques to reinforcing existing materials, the UA is well-positioned to produce the next generation of state-of-the-art materials useful in a variety of industries.
Core Competencies:
- Advanced Ceramics and Composites
- Nanotechnology and Carbon Fibers
- Glass Materials
- Hybrid Solar-electric Materials
- Magneto-optical Composites
UA scientists and engineers are well known for their research in advanced materials and manufacturing technologies. The Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering (MSE) is the primary unit focusing on composite materials, although researchers from such units as Chemistry and the College of Optical Sciences are also intimately involved. In MSE, the Arizona Materials Laboratory (AML) has multiple research facilities that are used by faculty and students to pursue research in glass materials, novel materials chemistry, and advanced ceramics and composites.
In the new Center for Interface Science: Hybrid Solar-Electric Materials, scientists are examining the important junctions between organic solar cells to look for ways to make them more efficient. Optical Sciences researchers have developed a method involving nanotechnology to create magneto-optical composite materials with a large magneto-optic response, for potential use in the fields of electronics, medical research, and optical communications. A civil engineering professor figured out how to develop and commercialize a novel high-tech carbon fiber that is used in the construction industry. Today, HJ3 Composite Technologies, a spin-off company founded by Professor Hamid Saadatmanesh, offers the most comprehensive line of strengthening products in the world for fortifying and protecting structures against earthquakes, blasts, and environmental damage. From creating polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles with applications in information storage and biomedical devices, to designing new methods to fabricate photovoltaic cells with nanostructured surfaces that dramatically increase efficiency, UA faculty and students continue to innovate and invent with prowess and creativity.


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Christine Janis wrote:Coronary vessels are acquired independently in teleost fish, mammals, and archosaurs.Frank wrote:I have refuted this superficial evolutionary story-telling earlier. So the magic evolutionary wand is waved three independent times and three times coronary vessels appear. No one has ever observed anything like this occurring, it only occurs in the minds of evolutionists, not in the real world.
If we look at the distribution of coronary vessels in vertebrates, we can see that it is a disjunct one. They are present in birds, crocodiles (including alligators), mammals, some (but not all) teleost fish...<snip>
You have failed to make the slightest attempt to explain how coronary blood vessels supposedly evolved. You mention 'distribution', but you fail to explain how coronary blood vessels originated. Your arguments are nothing more than a futile attempt to hide the fact that you simply have no evolutionary explanations. As always, you completely fail to take into account the overall complexity of the CV system and you seem completely oblivious to the adverse effects (pathophysiology) of structural and functional changes to the CV system.
Christine Janis wrote:What Frank needs to explain is, if the heart is "intelligently designed", why this system of coronary circulation is so imperfect that humans are so prone to heart attacks from blocked coronary arteries.
You have committed yet another logical fallacy. This time it is the either-or fallacy. Your problem is that attempting to discredit A does not prove B. The really pitiful thing about your argument is that, as I have been saying all along, a non functioning CV system will result in death and extinction, not evolution. Your argument here is powerful evidence against evolution because coronary blood vessels that cannot meet the metabolic needs of the myocardium will result in heart failure.
Christine Janis wrote:The evolutionary explanation is easy ---- the human heart is a jury-rigged system: a fish heart to which things have been added <snip>
Your one word evolutionary explanation for the origin of coronary blood vessels ('added') is completely devoid of any scientific or any intellectual content. To say that coronary vessels were merely 'added' is about as scientific as saying a frog transformed itself into a prince.


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Students ask me this question quite often. The answer depends on how high the stakes are, doesn't it? For me, the stakes are always high. Whether I'm developing a presentation for class, a workshop for fellow faculty, or a video for my volunteer organization, I spend a lot of time and effort preparing.
Let's break down the presentation I most recently presented in a high-stakes environment. I presented a Faculty Development workshop in November called "The Introduction the Presentation Revolution." I've spend about three years reading, studying, and learning the content of the presentation. If I haven't put in a thousand hours on my content (my message) yet, I'm getting close. It took me two months to develop the slideshow, the visual presentation. I worked a little bit every day from August to November. For the entire month of November, I rehearsed and practiced my delivery. This may seem extreme because I am a perfectionist. Nancy Duarte's more reasonable suggestion is putting in 36-90 hours of preparation time for a one-hour presentation (Source).
You don't have time to prepare? Well, your audience doesn't want you to waste their time. Time is valuable. Consider an audience of 25 people. Let's say those people spend one hour listening to you speak. Including you, that's 1560 minutes of life you and your audience will never, ever get back. Is it worth their while? Are you putting in 1560 minutes of preparation to ensure your audience's 1560 minutes are worthwhile?
Keep in mind that there is a difference between preparation and practice. Preparation is about content. Practice is about delivery. Ethos3's Scott Schwertly says we should practice at least 8 times (Source). I believe you must figure out the exact times for yourself, but these general figures from Nancy Duarte and Ethos3 go a long way to let you know how much time and effort the professionals put into their presentations.
Let's get real. No one wants to work hard. Everyone wants the easy way out. The only people who will be strong presenters are the ones who go the extra mile because they know that's what their audience needs, wants, and deserves.


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Just a short walk from Dale village, West Dale beach is an attractive sheltered bay with a D-shaped expanse of golden sand and rockpools at the southern end where children can explore. It is said to be a safe bathing beach with limited parking and looks due west into the shipping lanes with the bird sanctuary of Skokholm Island in full view some three miles distant.
The close proximity of the village means that all the necesary facilities are not far away, a couple of shops, the Dale Sailing Company boatyard, public toilets, The Griffin Inn and a recently renovated and updated village hall where all kinds of entertainment and exhibitions of local history and art are regularly arranged for locals and visitors alike.
The valley that runs from the coast at West Dale Bay to the other side of the Dale Peninsula facing Dale Roads is of great geological interest.
A break in the solid rock of the cliff marks the western end of the Rhaetic (or Ritec fault) system which runs east up the Milford Haven Waterway and through the Ritec Valley at Tenby before crossing under Carmarthen Bay to Gower where it almost separates that peninsula from the South Wales mainland.
In pre-glacial times the sea ran through the Dale Valley and the St Anne's peninsula was another offshore island, before the strait was plugged by material released by the melting ice. Now the plug is again being eroded by waves, wind and rain.
In the valley a short distance back from West Dale beach, is Dale Castle, an 18th century castellated house remodelled in the early 20th century having been built on the site of a medieval castle of which no trace remains.
The old castle's history is obscure but the deVale family lived there in the 12th to the 14th centuries, possibly giving the village its name, although some historians say it is the Viking name for a valley.
Across the road from the Castle is the church of St James the Great, the slim tower of which looks 15th century, but the outer walls with their crude, grey roughcast finish, spoil its entire appearance.
Overlooking the southern end of the beach on Great Castle Head is an Iron Age Fort or Rath, and about half a mile inland to the north-east is Windmill Farm, with the tower of one of the last windmills in the county prominent on the ridge above.
The cliffs south of the beach at Long Point were bought by the National Trust with Enterprise Neptune money in 1967 while on the cliffs at nearby Welshman's Bay fragments of worked flint have been found, suggesting that this was the site of a Mesolithic chipping floor about 10,000 years ago. Just to the north of the bay a large area of farmland was requisitioned at the beginning of World War Two to build Dale airfield, which was a busy Royal Naval Air Station, now restored to agriculture.


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REAR SHOCK 2 REG. HYPERPRO BMW R 1100 GS (ANT) 94- 00Hyperpro
Order it before 15:00 il Monday and it will be shipped Monday 31 August with UPS
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Adjustable Hydraulic rebound: 50 clicks
Micrometric spring preload adjustment
Available Spring Colors: Purple or Black
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This shock absorber is the best compromise between quality and price. The body and shock foot are made of ergal and high quality materials, guaranteeing the driver high sport performance.
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Stem 16mm
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NHL gives players new contract plan
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The NHL has submitted a new contract proposal to the NHL Players Association as the league's owners seek an agreement that would end their labor impasse.
The NHL said it delivered a proposed collective bargaining agreement to players' union representatives Thursday but didn't release details.
"We are hopeful that once the union's staff and negotiating committee have had an opportunity to thoroughly review and consider out new proposal, they will share it with the players," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said.
"We want to get back on the ice as soon as possible."
TSN.ca reported a player said the NHL's proposal included, among other issues, a six-year limit on contracts. The league had previously sought a five-year limit.
The NHL owners locked players out Sept. 15 and more than half of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule -- all games through Jan. 14 -- has been canceled.
The dispute centers on allocation of hockey-related revenues. The league is looking to reduce the players' share of those funds, which the most recent CBA set at 57 percent.
The owners also seek to do away with salary arbitration and want to alter free-agency rules.
Lewis gets Browns' quarterback start
BEREA, Ohio, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Thaddeus Lewis, a third-stringer most of the season, will start at quarterback for Cleveland Sunday against Pittsburgh, Browns Coach Pat Shurmur said Friday.
Cleveland quarterbacks Brandon Weeden and Colt McCoy both have injured right shoulders, leaving Shurmur to give Lewis his first NFL start.
In fact, Lewis, who was signed by the St. Louis Rams in 2010 as an undrafted free agent, has yet to play in an NFL game. He will be going against the No. 1 defense in the NFL in the Steelers.
The Browns this week signed Josh Johnson, who will serve as backup to Lewis.
Shurmur also said rookie running back Trent Richardson, who has gained 950 yards this season, will miss Sunday's game because of a sprained ankle. Montario Hardesty will start in Richardson's place.
The Browns wrap up their 2012 season Sunday at Pittsburgh. Cleveland is 5-10 on the year and in fourth place in the AFC North. The Steelers (7-8) are in third.
Drew-Jones put on injured reserve
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Jacksonville running back Maurice Drew-Jones, who led the NFL in rushing in 2011 but has appeared in just six games this year, was placed on injured reserve.
Jones-Drew, 27, has missed the last nine games because of a sprained left foot suffered Oct. 21. He gained 414 yards on 86 carries prior to the injury.
The Jaguars placed him on the injured reserve list Friday.
He led the NFL with 1,606 yards on 343 carries in 2011 and was coming off three consecutive seasons in which he had more than 1,300 yards and was selected to the Pro Bowl each year.
Jacksonville is 30th in the NFL in team rushing after finishing 12th in that category in 2011.
The Jaguars, tied at 2-13 with the Kansas City Chiefs for the worst record in the NFL, end their season Sunday at Tennessee.
Nadal to miss Australian Open
MADRID, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- World No. 4-ranked Rafael Nadal said Friday he will miss next month's Australian Open due to illness.
It will be the second consecutive Grand Slam event Nadal will have missed. He suffered a knee injury after he won the 2012 French Open and, after an early exit at Wimbledon, missed the U.S. Open.
Nadal hasn't played in an ATP tournament since late June when he was stunned in the second round at Wimbledon.
He has said the knee injury has healed but withdrew from this week's exhibition in Abu Dhabi because of a stomach illness. The same illness will keep him on the sidelines for the Australian Open.
"My knee is much better and the rehabilitation process has gone well as predicted by the doctors but this virus didn't allow me to practice this past week and therefore I am sorry to announce that I will not play in Doha and the Australian Open, as we had initially scheduled," Nadal said in a Facebook posting.
"As my team and doctors say, the safest thing to do is to do things well and this virus has delayed my plans of playing these weeks.
"I will have to wait until the Acapulco tournament to compete again although I could consider to play before at any other ATP event."
Nadal was the runner-up to Novak Djokovic in last year's Australian Open. He won the event in 2009.


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1962 Dodge Lancer - Poison Lance
For Rodney Hargis, Six In A Row Makes It Go!
When we think about drag racing, there is always that old idea that more is better. That's certainly true when talking about heads-up racing, but for foot-brake brackets there's more than one way to take the finish line. Moreover, for people like Rodney Hargis, the fun is getting respect by building something most people might overlook.
Rodney, 26, is one of a group of guys in the Knoxville, Tennessee, area who like to make good horsepower from one of Chrysler's best-known economy motors, the 225-inch Slant Six. In many ways almost indestructible, the Slant Six can be successfully used in drag racing competition when scienced out the right way.
To start with, the motor can be popped out quite a bit. The one currently under the bonnet of Hargis' '62 Lancer was overbored by .100 before it was filled with hot parts. By machining .150 off the top of the block and an additional .100 off of the head surface, the compression was boosted a considerable amount (the amount estimated is in the 11.5:1 range with a standard piston). With the whole assembly balanced by Wayne Smith of Black Jack Automotive, the bottom end spins up to 6200 rpm without problems.
Meanwhile, the twelve 1.84 intake and 1.50 exhaust valves are actuated by a .540/.555 lift custom-ground camshaft. Clifford Research provided the intake, which now supports a 650 Holley double pumper and the headers. An MSD ignition system rounds out the package.
Behind this is a beefed 904 Torqueflite that has a 4200 stall converter mounted to the flexplate. The major change to this is the reverse valve body, and Rodney decided to get a floor shifter to replace the dash-mounted buttons. A 4.56 ring gear keeps the engine in its rpm band before pushing the horsepower to the ground through a pair of M/T slicks. Shift points are 5200 rpm with the engine going to 6100 during the last few feet of a quarter mile.
Other interior changes included removing whatever wasn't needed for 11/48- and 11/44-mile sprints, a four-point cage, lightweight front seats, a Grant steering wheel, and a brace of AutoMeter gauges. Since the car often runs in the evening, a shift light is also mounted where it can be easily seen.
The Dodge Lancer platform proved perfect for the Six. In fact, it was advertised as a real runner at the time of its introduction, when it was equipped with the Hyper Pak 225 option. Rodney has had the car since 1981 (before he got his drivers license) and has slowly converted it to its present competition-only format. The only major changes to its outward appearance are the Cragar Drag Lite rims and the offset hood scoop, which was fabricated by his brother Pat, who also sprayed the turquoise-blue Dupont paint now on the car.
So how well does the package work? How about 13.03 in the quarter and 8.01 in the eighth? Rodney was the 1998 Slant Six Club drag champ, winning six events that season, and has also taken home quite a few show trophies with the unique machine. The next plan is to build an all-out motor around one of the scarce early '60s aluminum blocks Rodney has acquired, which could take the "lightweight heavyweight" into the high elevens.


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The Grade 1 CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park gives 2012 Kentucky Derby hopefuls an opportunity to earn a nice chunk of change at the end of their juvenile campaigns. Morning line favorite Majestic City has already garnered $245,570 and tries to add to his bankroll on Saturday.
Trainer Peter Miller captured the CashCall Futurity last year with Comma to the Top and he is back for more with the aforementioned Majestic City. The fleet son of City Zip is 3-for-3 at Hollywood Park and recently hot Aqueduct jock Ramon Dominguez flies in for the mount. Distance is the major hurdle as he has yet to win beyond six furlongs. He removes the hood and is firing local bullets for this.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert takes three cracks at the $750,000 pot and Sky Kingdom looks like an interesting contender. The $180k son of Empire Maker, out of a Kingmambo mare, figured to relish two turns and showed marked improvement on the stretch out in a sharp course/distance maiden breaker Nov 24. Garrett Gomez hops aboard and he fired a strong six furlong bullet at Santa Anita on Dec 11.
Liaison shoots for his third straight win for Baffert. He looked good in the Real Quiet Stakes here last time and tries to win one for his sire Indian Charlie, who succumbed to cancer earlier this week.
The third and final Baffert entrant is Drill, and the enigmatic sort exits back-to-back disappointing efforts in the G1 BC Juvenile and G3 Delta Jackpot. He is reportedly training well and both wins occurred on synthetic but he is hard to recommend in his current form.
John Shirreffs rarely strikes with a first time starter but he did just that with Blingo, who rallied strongly to capture his flat mile turf bow by 2-1/4 lengths. He has the Zenyatta connections in his corner and could easily be this good.
Handsome Mike drew the rail and figures to play catch me if you can under Corey Nakatani. The recent Reddam/O'Neill private purchase is on the upswing and showed high octane speed in his G3 Generous show finish at a flat mile on the turf last time.
Rousing Sermon, the CalCup Juvenile winner, always runs his race and exits a place finish behind Liaison in the Real Quiet. Joe Talamo got to know the Hollendorfer trainee last time and the hard knocking CA-bred is a proven router and can make an impact at 6-1.
Dale Romans has been a fixture on the Triple Crown scene in recent years and he hopes to enjoy another wild ride with Cozzetti. The juvenile son of Cozzene exits a romping maiden win in the Churchill slop and worked over Cushion Track on Dec 11.
Basmati returns to SoCal after landing the place in the G3 Delta Jackpot but the number from that $1 million showcase came back light. He handles synthetic ground and must work out a trip from a tough post under profitable rider Hector Berrios.
Brother Francis is still a maiden after two starts but did flash ability both times including a fine runner-up effort in the G3 Hollywood Prevue. The ambitiously placed non-winner tries two turns for the first time and is listed at 20-1 on the line.
Royal Delta's baby bro Empire Way was visually impressive in his local bow but did not earn much of a number. He came back in less than two weeks and beat one horse home in the aforementioned Hollywood Prevue. The longer the better for the stretch runner and he should continue to develop but he has not run fast enough to be competitive in this type of race.
Desormais is an overseas transplant now under the care of Paddy Gallagher. He can run on day based on his ten furlong synthetic score in France on Nov 15 but landed the unlucky thirteen hole and could not have found a tougher spot for his US bow.
Speaking of maidens, Groovin' Solo finished out of the top three in both Del Mar sprint starts. The 50-1 outsider removes the hood and needs an easier spot.
The $40 Play:
$20 to win Sky Kingdom
$10 Quinella Sky Kingdom/Liaison
$5 Quinella Sky Kingdom/Handsome Mike, Blingo