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After two sales of the company in the past 10 years, Gold's Gym International (GGI), Dallas, has become like a parent of children from three marriages. Some of the children, in this case the franchisees, are from a first marriage created when a group of investors owned the company from 1979 to 1999. Some of the children are franchisees who were born when Brockway Moran & Partners owned Gold's Gym from 1999 to 2004. Yet even more children came after the current owner, TRT Holdings, took over in 2004.
Both Brockway Moran and TRT Holdings are private equity firms, and their ownership has produced a lot of unrest among their "children" over the past 10 years. The older franchisees have vocalized their displeasure with the company, its direction, its changes to franchisee agreements and its attention to new franchisees and corporate-owned clubs.
Their concern that their complaints were falling on deaf ears was one reason the franchisees formed the Gold's Gym Franchisee Association (GGFA) in 2001. That group was to offer one loud voice to let corporate know that the franchisees who had been with the company before private equity firms entered the family picture want to run their clubs much the same way they've always run their clubs. They don't want to pay increased franchisee fees, and they say they're not getting a good return on their investment.
All the grumblings and disenchantment led GGFA President Blair McHaney to write a letter to his members. In the letter dated July 7, McHaney asserts that GGI does not see the value that franchisees bring to the Gold's Gym system.
"GGI's philosophy is that the franchisor should have the answers and will hand them downstream for franchisees to employ," McHaney writes in the letter. "I suppose they see themselves as having diminished value if the answers are coming from franchisees. I have news — most every great innovation in other franchise organizations came from franchisees, and great franchisors recognize that."
Rather than calling the letter a cry for help, McHaney says his intentions were to formally let GGI know of the GGFA's concerns, minus any name-calling. McHaney and the GGFA requested that GGI outline its strategy for franchising, marketing and corporate operations at the annual Gold's Gym convention, which was held the week of July 21 in Las Vegas.
Gold's Gym CEO David Schnabel did unveil a few initiatives during the convention that the company plans to roll out in the near future. But was that enough to satisfy the disenfranchised franchisees?
That Family Feeling
Gold's Gym started as a single club opened by Joe Gold in 1965 in Venice, CA. That club still brings warm fuzzies to those who remember the popularity of Gold's Gym in the 1970s, highlighted by appearances by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, and the club's appearance in the cult classic documentary film "Pumping Iron."
Gold sold the club to a pair of owners in 1970. The company was later sold to bodybuilder and fitness expert Ken Sprague in 1977. Two years later, Pete Grymkowski, Tim Kimber and Ed Connors bought Gold's Gym, and in 1980 began licensing clubs all over the country. By the time the Grymkowski group sold Gold's Gym to Brockway Moran for more than $50 million in 1999, there were 538 Gold's Gyms around the world.
Paul Grymkowski, Pete's brother, joined the group in 1980 and was the international director and president of Gold's Gym Franchising Inc., a division of Gold's Gym Enterprises. He remembers how licensees would call his office in Southern California to discuss their problems. They would sometimes travel to see Grymkowski in person, and if needed, he would put them up in his house.
"We spoiled them," Grymkowski says. "Whenever we had a dispute with the gym operator, we'd talk it out. It's more of an East Coast way of doing business."
Rich Minzer, who worked under Paul Grymkowski as the assistant franchising director, adds, "The key was the visibility of who we were. Anybody could call us 24 hours a day. There was no hiding. If you had a disagreement, you'd work that out. There was always a way to work it out. We were in the customer service business, and that's forgotten."
Paul Grymkowski says one of the mistakes Brockway Moran made after buying Gold's Gym was not continuing to build the brand and involving franchisees more with the company, which Grymkowski says could have been worth $1 billion today had Brockway Moran continued growing the company like it had been growing before the purchase. Instead, Brockway Moran was more concerned about making a return on its investment.
"They were looking at the small picture," Grymkowski says.
Back in the early days, when the Grymkowski group owned the company, the first Gold's Gym convention attracted about 12 franchisees. As the company grew, so did the conventions, which provided a chance for licensees and company staff to meet and greet. Gold's Gym paid for up to a three-night stay for attendees. If the Grymkowskis walked by a restaurant and saw a bunch of Gold's Gym club owners, "We'd pick up the tab," Grymkowski says.
Some Gold's Gym franchisees who remember those convention days have not felt the same parent-child vibes when franchisees and corporate staff have met at recent conventions. Jerry McCall says he almost didn't go to this year's convention. McCall, the former president of the GGFA, is the longest continuous owner of a Gold's Gym in the United States, dating back to 1982. He has five clubs in the Silicon Valley, CA, area.
McCall, who ended up attending this year's convention, says communication is a problem between franchisees and the corporate office.
"We feel like foster children," McCall says. "We're waiting to run away from home. I'm still one of the children, but I'm not one of the resilient ones. I still like being at Gold's Gym."
Some franchisees have run away from home. John Grossi was a Gold's Gym franchisee until two years ago when he branched out with a new brand, Latitude Sports Clubs. Grossi runs four clubs and is building a fifth club, all in the state of Massachusetts.
Grossi says that the Gold's Gym brand was not moving fast enough to keep up with his clubs. Grossi's clubs had more amenities, employees and overhead than most Gold's Gyms, he says. Grossi charges about $50 a month, similar to what he charged when he was with Gold's Gym. He did not feel comfortable with the fact that a Gold's Gym just a few miles away, paying one-fifth of the overhead that Grossi did, might charge $19 a month, with the possibility that members of that club might use his club from time to time while still paying the lower rates.
After TRT Holdings took over the company, Grossi was originally offered a royalty agreement in which he would have to pay fees from 5 percent of his revenue,3 percent for franchising and 2 percent for advertising. Prior to TRT's ownership, Grossi paid a flat annual fee of $6,000 for each of his clubs.
Grossi's clubs last year generated more than $10 million. Had Grossi still been with Gold's Gym and paid the 5 percent fees, he would have paid around $500,000 to Gold's Gym, compared to about $24,000 under the original arrangement.
Despite his success as a club owner, parting ways with Gold's Gym has been tough for Grossi, who says the Gold's Gym name felt like his last name and his identity.
"It was like a divorce for me," he says.
Royce Pulliam, once the largest Gold's Gym franchisee, also broke from Gold's, turning his 25 clubs in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee into Urban Active Fitness last year. Through a spokesperson, Pulliam declined to be interviewed for this story.
"Royce Pulliam outgrew the brand name," says Grossi, who predicts that more franchisees will leave the Gold's Gym system.
While there are frustrated franchisees who have differences of opinion with the corporate office — much like children and their parents — mending and then growing those relationships are important to the Gold's Gym system, McHaney says.
"Gold's Gym is really, in its heart, about family," he says. "My business feeds my family and puts my kids in college. My family knows other franchisees' families. You've seen their kids grow up. Then the family spreads upward from there. This is what this brand was built on."
In a conversation before the convention, McHaney says Schnabel told him that he cares about every family in the Gold's Gym system. McHaney says he believes Schnabel, but he relayed one message back to him: "Can you get your organization to demonstrate that same caring?"
Coming Together
McHaney estimates that about 25 percent of Gold's Gym franchisees need some sort of assistance in areas such as marketing and working to get a better price point. That assistance can come from the corporate office and other franchisees.
"Guys are saying, 'Send help. I don't know what to do,'" McHaney says.
Help may be on the way. On the first day of the convention in Las Vegas, Schnabel outlined a marketing campaign called Mission Dialogue in which members of GGI's marketing department will talk to franchisees face-to-face and share some ideas. Keith Albright, senior vice president of franchising for Gold's Gym, calls the campaign an extensive "road show."
Albright says that the assertions made in McHaney's letter point out the need for the company to sharpen its skills with the franchisees and for them to gain a better understanding of the programs in place at Gold's Gym.
"It's hard to read that [in the letter], given all the stuff that has been going on in the 2 ½ years that I've been here, where we've worked mostly with the franchise community on lots and lots of issues and produced a lot of good results," Albright says. "We've got something that nobody else has. We've got an engaged franchise community. These guys care about the brand, they care about their businesses. There's not a lot of franchise organizations that have that. We believe very strongly in the power of collaborating and working together with the franchisees. We want to make every Gold's Gym the most successful operation in its market around the world."
Some of the programs that Gold's Gym is working on include relationships with national partners such as the AARP and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Gold's Gym also has initiatives such as a customer retention management program and an online lead generation program to help franchisees gain more leads.
"What we showed at the convention is the sum of all these [programs] already is covering the cost of [franchisee] fees," says Dave Reiseman, director of communications for Gold's Gym International. "With the programs that we have coming down the pipeline, we're confident that not only is it going to cover, it's going to more than cover it for all of our franchisees. It's one of those things that you can only get by being part of the Gold's Gym family."
That family, as of late July, consists of 475 domestic locations, 65 corporate locations and 140 locations in 27 other countries, according to Albright.
If there was one thing that Gold's Gym franchisees came to agreement on after the convention, it was how much they liked the new advertising agency, McKinney, that Gold's Gym hired. Based in Raleigh, NC, McKinney focused the theme of its advertising campaign on the commitment of Gold's Gym, from its franchisees to their staff to their members, McHaney says.
"The process by which we chose McKinney was an absolute full-on team effort by GGI and the franchisees," McHaney says. "It was an intelligent process that we went through. I need to give kudos where they are due."
What McHaney hopes will happen after the success of the combined efforts on the advertising campaign is for both Gold's Gym franchisees and the corporate staff to understand the difference between authority and influence.
"In this Gold's Gym system, authority doesn't mean much to franchisees," McHaney says. "You need influence. If you want to bring everybody together, you have to have influence. And if you're going to have influence, you need to create buy-in and trust. This process of choosing the ad agency was a process of building buy-in and trust."
McHaney also hopes this type of cooperation will continue in the future, and the two groups will make a genuine attempt to communicate.
"Communication is two things: You convey meaning and you gain understanding, and oftentimes, people mistake communication with just conveying meaning," McHaney says. "My hope is that we all take a deep breath here, that we listen to what each other has to say. This isn't a negotiation. This is time to find our strengths, build it out together and make this brand as strong as it can be."
Gold's Gym Timeline
1965: Joe Gold opens the first Gold's Gym in Venice, CA.
1970: Gold sells Gold's Gym to Bud Danitz and Dave Sachs.
1977: After Sachs sells his share to Danitz, Danitz sells Gold's Gym to Ken Sprague.
1979: Sprague sells Gold's Gym to group led by Pete Grymkowski. The group includes Tim Kimber and Ed Connors.
1980: Connors becomes the company's first licensee when he opens a Gold's Gym in San Francisco.
1999: The Grymkowski group sells Gold's Gym to Brockway Moran & Partners Inc., a private equity firm, for more than $50 million. There are 538 Gold's Gyms in operation. Licensees become franchisees.
2001: Gold's Gym Franchisee Association forms.
2004: Brockway Moran sells Gold's Gym to TRT Holdings Inc., a private equity firm, for more than $158 million.
2005: Gold's Gym headquarters moves from Venice, CA, to Dallas, where TRT is headquartered.
2006: Gold's Gym International CEO Gene LaMott resigns; David Schnabel is appointed the new CEO.
2008: Gold's Gym International has 475 domestic locations, 65 corporate locations and 140 locations in 27 other countries.


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Massapequa Park Mayor James Altadonna is expected to fill the vacant position of Oyster Bay town clerk, according to Nassau County Republican sources.
But who will fill an empty town board seat is still up in the air.
Altadonna is considered a lock to replace Steven Labriola, who resigned in February to become chief of staff for county Comptroller George Maragos, the sources said Wednesday.
Several people are being considered to replace Councilwoman Elizabeth Faughnan, who resigned last month to become deputy executive director of NuHealth System, which runs Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow.
There is no word when the town board will put a resolution on a meeting agenda to make an appointment for either position. But it's clear appointees will fill the positions. The customary practice is to appoint a replacement who can run as an incumbent in the next regular election.
Altadonna, 53, mayor since 2001, said, "I have no comment."
The sources said the names most discussed to replace Faughnan are Sea Cliff Mayor Bruce Kennedy; Oyster Bay resident Donald MacKenzie, who ran unsuccessfully in a 2011 primary to gain nomination for a county legislature seat; and Lou Imbroto of Plainview, an attorney who ran against Assemb. Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove) in November.
But one party source said the seat could go to someone not on the list.
The sources said geography will factor heavily in filling the board seat. Faughnan is from Locust Valley. While all six board members run at-large, the GOP has always controlled the town board and always fills one seat with someone from the North Shore.
Kennedy and MacKenzie live north of Route 25A, while Imbroto lives south of it, which could put him at a disadvantage.
Kennedy, 48, mayor of Sea Cliff since 2009, ran as GOP nominee for the county legislature in 2011 under district lines voided by the Court of Appeals. Kennedy said, "I am honored to be considered by the party and Supervisor [John] Venditto for a seat on the Town Council."
Imbroto and MacKenzie could not be reached for comment.

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- Thirty-four-year-old Enrique Iglesias says he's not yet "mature" enough to father Anna Kournikova's children. [TMZ]
- A new play about Kurt Cobain is running in London, but will it be as good as Christopher Walken's play about Elvis? [Independent]
- Bret Michaels broke his nose and split his lip when he was hit by a falling sign at the Tony Awards, but he was apparently really nice about it. [People]
- Emeril Lagasse helped Jon and Kate Gosselin prepare a meal for their 100th episode. The menu included green bean casserole, chili macaroni, and, oddly, granola. [People]
- A Toni Braxton impersonator accused of telling a Suriname audience she was the real Toni Braxton has been acquitted. WTF. [AP, via Yahoo News]
- Mike Tyson has married his girlfriend after the death of their daughter Exodus. [Radar Online]
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- But Watson's publicist says the statement is made up! [Perez Hilton]
- Some sources say Leonardo Dicaprio and Bar Rafaeli have broken up. [People]
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- Paris Hilton loves Doug Reinhardt, but not Kim Kardashian — according to Doug Reinhardt. [E! Online]
- Anika Noni Rose says Jennifer Hudson will be a great mom. "It's been a harrowing year for her and I hope that she finds comfort, joy and support and that she can move forward with her new baby," Rose adds. [People]
- Prince reportedly needs two hip replacements, but refuses because, as a Jehovah's Witness, he can't get a blood transfusion. [Showbiz411.com]
- A tabloid reporter slyly questions whether Brooke Shields's mom really has dementia, then says he and Teri Shields were great friends and that "most of our wonderful afternoons together never resulted in a story." What a saint. [National Enquirer]
- Terrence Howard says the Obamas should go to Prague on one of their date nights, because it is "an untapped resource of love and romance," while Paris is "overused." Russell Simmons thinks they should go to a yoga studio. [Politico]
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- "I think I'm either naive or insane to play her - maybe a little bit of both!" — Anne Hathaway, on playing Judy Garland in an upcoming biopic [Daily Express]
- "I have a body that girls can look at and go, Oh she's not anorexically skinny. She looks healthy and she's got cellulite, yeah!" — Hayden Panettiere [E! Online]
- "(These shows) are a reflection of our society. You hear kids saying that they want to be famous, and when you ask them what for, they don't know - they just want to be famous. It's like there is this lack of passion in the doing of something that that might bring you riches. When I was little, I never said I wanted to be famous, I said I wanted to be a musician." — Lenny Kravitz, on reality shows [Daily Express]
- "He violated me. I never told anybody. I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arms length. I never really let a person get too close to me. I could have been married years ago, but I had a commitment issue." — Queen Latifah, speaking out for the first time about her childhood sexual abuse [The Sun]
- "Just know that this too shall pass.… Next week, it will be someone else on the cover [of magazines] and you can go about your life." — the sage Tori Spelling, advising Jon and Kate Gosselin on their notoriety [LA Times]
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It's been a bit of a disappointing season for Conrad Stoltz so far. "It's been a bit of a roller coaster with unfortunate injuries, sickness and mechanicals," he tells us.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Katzper's Haunt: 2011 Video
Posted by Rot at 6:34 AM
Labels: haunted basement, katzper's haunt, old school, video, yard haunt, yard haunts
7 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
Excellent. I love the 8mm feel and the camera jumping around....
Sometime I will figure out how to add video footage to my slideshow.
- February 28, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- crudedoodle.com said...
Great vid!
- February 28, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- Rot said...
yeah, I really dug this year's video. The music was perfect.
Great editing too.
- February 28, 2012 at 11:52 AM
- The October boy said...
That haunt is always such a treat to watch, always one of my favorites.- although I was bothered that I did not see it on the new Home Haunters DVD this year!
- February 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM
- NoahFentz said...
Thanks Guys!!
I have to thank my daughter for introducing me to this Iphone contraption. When I saw the App I knew it needed to be used for haunts...
Thank You Mr.Rot for the link!!
- February 29, 2012 at 8:42 AM
- Jon said...
Amazing job, Noah! Great music, too...
- February 29, 2012 at 9:26 AM
- Pam Morris said...
wow...truly fabulous--that 8mm technique really put this one over the top. the sound and the film just meshed together perfectly. really creepy!
- February 29, 2012 at 5:15 PM
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See also Berlow's "definitive revision, a single new series," ITC Franklin (2008).


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As I've grown older, I've found that ketchup simply doesn't cut the mustard. I don't want a light garnish to add a comfortable little flavor assist to my fries. I want my eggs to pop. I want to taste my steak long after it's been swallowed. I want to not simply eat my food, but to experience my food. It is this longing that has prompted me to reach for sauces of a spicier variety. Frank's, Sriracha, Tabasco; these hallmarks of the hot sauce hall of fame have all graced my plate. But as any eater who truly appreciates heat knows, there's more out there than just these seasoning stalwarts.
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It was these savy spice-lovers who found themselves at the 1st Annual Hot Sauce Expo this past weekend at the Williamsburg Waterfront. With a commitment to curating one-of-a-kind eating events for discerning palates all over the city, Food Karma Projects, Jimmys No. 43, & Underground Eats put together an expo celebrating the finest in chili, pepper, and spice sauces from all over the country.
The two-day event included everything from a Chicken Wing Cook-Off to a Spicy Cookie challenge that left its participants sweating and red faced (in the best kind of way).
But this event wasn't simply an exercise in culinary masochism. The most amazing thing on display (besides the sheer number of hot sauce fans in attendance) was the dynamic range of the different vendors and sauces. Rather than just different riffs on the same similar formula, attendees of the expo could sample sauces where the vendors could literally time, to the second, when the taster would experience the different flavors contained in their products. While some vendors appeared to have their focus on image and flash, the real standouts of the expo let the sauces speak for themselves.
After sampling around, I found myself returning to two vendors; Puckerbutt and Baron's International Kitchen. Baron's, based out of Hudson Valley, won me over with a Caribbean Hot Sauce made with habañero peppers, chili powder, and cucumber for a smooth finish. It was light, bright, and distinct. Puckerbutt offered a variety of sauces, but the one that stood out was the Yellow Fever, which combined seven different kinds of yellow peppers from Africa & South America to create an incredibly unique sauce that tasted unlike anything else at the festival (and which I assume would taste fantastic on seafood). I ended up buying a bottle from both vendors.
If a guest opted for being labeled as a Very Important Person, they were treated to exclusive vendors, liquor samplings, and a good deal of delicious biscuits.
While there was a good deal of tasty tacos, bahn mis, and burgers available at the expo, the best bites were available in the VIP section at the Empire Biscuit booth. Flakey, buttery, and baked to perfection, the samples at this table were the ones that I found myself reaching for throughout the entire day. With a location popping up in an Alphabet City near you, this twenty-four hour Southern biscuit shop is one to watch.
All in all, the 1st Annual Hot Sauce Expo was a spicy success. Although my mouth is still burning, I don't regret sampling any of the sauces on display. The event organizers put on a fantastic showing, with things like eating competitions, live music, and a fantastic setting that gave me my first sunburn of the season. Keep your appetite underground, and keep your meals hot!
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PLYMOUTH, N.H. - Six Plymouth State College student-athletes received special awards and 20 were recognized as Panther Award winners Tuesday night at the Athletic Department Awards Ceremony.
Senior men's skier Fred DeBaets (St. Sauveur, Quebec) and junior field hockey and women's lacrosse player Robin Hartman (Santa Maria, Cal.) were recipients of the Van A. Hartman/Vernon Kelly Awards. Named after former PSC athletic administrators, the awards are presented annually to the male and female students who has participated in at least two years of varsity athletics and is selected on the basis of scholarship, citizenship and dedication to the sport.
Senior ice hockey captain Erik Nadeau (Waterville, Maine) and senior field hockey and women's lacrosse player Courtney O'Sullivan (East Kingston, N.H.) were recipients of the John C. Foley Leadership Award. Named after the former PSC coach and administrator, the awards are presented annually to the senior male and female student-athletes who have exhibited outstanding leadership qualities during their athletic careers.
Senior women's skier Anda Curuta (Sibiu, Romania) received the Panther Athletic Club Award as PSC's Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year, both as a student-athlete and college citizen. Junior men's soccer player Magnus Eriksson (Arjang, Sweden) was the recipient of the Paul E. Arold Varsity Club Award, named in honor of the former PSC coach and presented to PSC's Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year, both as a student-athlete and college citizen.
The Panther coaching staff also recognized the winners of the "Panther Award" for their sport. PSC presents a Panther Award to the individual(s) in each sport who best represent Plymouth State on and off the field, with each of PSC's 18 teams setting its own specific criteria for the award.
The following are the 2000-01 Panther Award recipients:
Sport Name Class Hometown Field Hockey Sarah Lynch Jr. Belgrade Lakes, Maine Football Jason Marcell Sr. Stoughton, Mass. Men's Soccer Scott Laine Jr. Spencer, Mass. Women's Soccer Becky Kennedy Jr. West Springfield, Mass. Women's Tennis Jamie Hupper Sr. Merrimack, N.H. Women's Volleyball Stephanie Spiridakis Sr. Belmont, N.H. Men's Basketball Tony Martinez Sr. Barnstead, N.H. Women's Basketball Kate Fillion Sr. Littleton, N.H. Ice Hockey Erik Nadeau Sr. Waterville, Maine Men's Skiing Fred DeBaets Sr. St. Sauveur, Quebec Ryan Hulslander Sr. Merrimack, N.H. Women's Skiing Anda Curuta Sr. Sibiu, Romania Women's Swimming & Diving Allison Bregy Jr. Camden, Maine Wrestling Nate Kittredge Fr. Vergennes, VT Baseball Dakota Smith Sr. Rochester, N.H. Men's Lacrosse Sean Clancy Sr. Penfield, N.Y. Women's Lacrosse Courtney O'Sullivan Sr. East Kingston, N.H. Softball Kelly Anderson Sr. Exeter, N.H. Steph Ruel Sr. Biddeford, Maine Men's Tennis Eric Calderwood Fr. Merrimac, Mass.


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(CNN) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney sparred in their weekly addresses Saturday over whose vision and policies are best for the country.
"Under President Obama, we will have a stagnant economy that fosters government dependency and chronically high unemployment," Romney said, asking for voters' support. "But if you elect me as president, we'll have pro-growth policies that foster upward mobility, strengthen the middle class and lift people out of poverty."
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Obama argued that the country was recovering from the recession and "we're seeing signs that, as a nation, we're moving forward again."
"After losing about 800,000 jobs a month when I took office, our businesses have now added 5.2 million new jobs over the past two and a half years," he said. "And on Friday, we learned that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since I took office. More Americans are entering the work force. More Americans are getting jobs."
Obama was citing job numbers released a day earlier showing the unemployment rate dropped from 8.1% to 7.8% in September.
That number was based on the government's household employment survey, which found 873,000 more Americans were employed in September than August. The Labor Department's survey of employers found 114,000 jobs had been created in the month and revised upward the July and August numbers.
The unemployment rate has not been that low since the month Obama was inaugurated, in January 2009.
Romney said his economic plan would lead to significantly more economic growth.
"On the economy, President Obama's plans for a second term all come down to more taxes, more borrowing and more spending," he said. "My Plan for a Stronger Middle Class will lead to rising incomes for everyone and create 12 million new jobs in my first term alone."
He also criticized Obama over his health reform law and handling of the national debt.
Obama did not name Romney in his address, but called for Congressional Republicans to work with him, accusing them of working instead to undo his policies.
"For some reason, some Republicans in Congress are still waging an all-out battle to delay, defund and dismantle these commonsense new rules," he said, citing banking regulations and other measures. "Do they think undoing rules that protect families from the worst practices of credit card companies and mortgage lenders will make the middle class stronger? Do they think getting rid of rules to prevent another crisis on Wall Street will make Main Street any safer?"
In the separate Republican Party weekly address, party chairman Reince Priebus argues that Obama has not done his job as president, and that Romney is better suited for the job.
"Midway through the debate, I think the president realized that he's been president for the past four years, and it was his policies and his agenda that have failed to produce any of the results that he promised us as a candidate," Priebus said.
Obama has placed campaigning ahead of holding the office, Priebus said.
"As a party chairman, I understand that the president must campaign," he said. "But he also has a job to do. While Barack Obama enjoys being president, he doesn't seem to enjoy the work required of being a great president."
Priebus went on to make the case for electing Romney, who he said is better than Obama on the economy and foreign policy.
Romney makes the case for himself Saturday when he hosts an early evening event in the battleground state of Florida.
Obama is off the campaign trail Saturday.
If President Obama had been as rude and bullying as Romney, you republicans would have said:
"Who is that uppity black man to talk to a wealthy white man like that."
Admit it.
President Obama didn't fall for his little trick - with the first blatant lie, Obama knew what Portman had taught Romney.
Explain to me again how 47th in job creation, run away to France to evade the draft Romney is better than Obama on the economy and foreign policy? Face it, the economy is improving even though the republicans have done their best to prevent it.
Republicans have not upheld their oath to the American people. Even birthers should be ashamed of the party they cling to. Republicans are as obvious in supporting the destruction of our country as al Qaeda and the Taliban has been.
Has there been any research into how Romney made out in the meltdown. Is it possible that the tax returns from that year would reveal a well crafted strategy to profit from the chaos? I feel as though Romny just needs to get rid of the voters so the Capital Markets can continue to have things their way.
According to Mittens there is a "jobs crisis", while unemployment numbers consistently continue to drop with every new jobs report. The only "jobs crisis" there is, is in Mitt's mind, like alot of other things are in his mind that just don't add up. Mitt Romney, liar in our minds, legend in his own mind!
Economic success to a republican involves the loss of 8 million jobs in three years, $6 trillion added to the national debt with unfunded wars, unfunded drug programs, unfunded bank bailouts, and unfunded tax cuts for those who least need it, at the expense of the middle class and the poor.
Well here come all the excuses! If the president was a truely confident man he wouldn't need excuses for his policies or his debate performance. Who you saw on Wednesday was the real Obama. A confident man would say he made a decision, it didn't work, so we must do something else. Instead it's Bush's fault, and everyone's else fault and there was a full moon. You make excuses you totally lack confidence and leadership. Any person who is really honest cannot say Obama's policies have wroked. The unemployment rate will be readjusted up at the end of the month but you can bet no one in the media will say a thing. Also the number is skewded because it doesn't include those who have quit looking for work. I just don't understand how in August more jobs were created and the number fell only 1/10% and Sept less jobs were created and it dropped 3/10%?
Well, according to the media, Mitt Romney now has the presidency all wrapped up. Not sure I'm buying it, but then again I CAN imagine my fellow Americans going all out to vote in a pathological liar as president. What they will expect of him and what he'll deliver is another thing altogether. But, hey. Romney's showing us his kinder, gentler self now. And he promises - no matter what - he'll THINK of us ... all 100% of us. And he won't cut taxes on the rich after all. And he won't cut funding for ANYTHING. And he'll add 12 million jobs. And he'll increase military spending. And he'll balance the budget and reduce the deficit also too.
Romney is simply talking about trickle-down economics. He's flip-flopped so many times but it seems to want little or no tax on investment income or capital gains – the primary form of income for the wealthy. He wants to weaken Medicare until it dies – leaving seniors at the mercy of insurance companies. He plans to take away deduction on interest on mortgages. His proposed 5 trillion reduction in debt is completely impossible without tax increases – a fact supported by the entire economic community. His idea to increase defense spending to levels above that requested by the Pentagon is just a gift to defense contractors. Romneycare is Obamacare – but without any plan to provide funding. It's the Bush Administration again.


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Some time ago, I wrote about the awesome things the Greeks did in astronomy. Basically they calculated the size of the Earth, distance and size of the moon and distance and size of the sun. The value obtained for the distance to the sun was a bit off, but still a bang up job if you ask me. (where bang-up is meant as a good thing) If the greeks were in my introductory physics lab, they would need to include uncertainties with their measurements. What would the uncertainty in the final value look like?
In my introductory physics lab course, I have students measure things and estimate the uncertainty in these measurements. I also have them calculate stuff with these measured quantities and estimate the uncertainty in that. It appears that I have failed to previously post about measurements and uncertainty, so let me give a VERY brief example. Suppose I want to determine the surface area of a rectangular table. To do this, I measure the length and the width. Pretend I get the following values:
If that looks weird, let me tell you what it means. If I try to measure the length of the desk, there are two problems. First, how would you define the actual length of the desk? It is surely not a perfect desk such that the length at different points is different. Also, the edge may be rounded and not well defined. Finally, the instrument that I use to measure the desk has limitations. All this combined gives me what is called the uncertainty in the length. It is typically designated with a +/- following the best estimate of the value. This gives a range in which the actual value resides. For the length above, this means that the length is almost certainly between 133.0 cm and 133.4 cm. The uncertainty in L is typically denoted as ?L. How do you get the uncertainty? For now, just assume it is an estimate.
Ok, now how about the surface area? To calculate the surface area of the table, you would simply multiply length times width, right? Yes, but what about the uncertainty in the area? If you are not sure about the length and not sure about the width, the area is not certain either. Here is a diagram that shows the uncertainties for the area:
Great, but how do you calculate the uncertainty in the area? The answer depends on how formal you want to do it. The easiest method calculates Amin = LminWmin and Amax = LmaxWmax. Do not think that Amax is the same distance above A as Amin is below (but it could be). For this method, I could find the uncertainty as:
If you are going to use this method, be careful. For some calculations, to find the minimum value you may need to put in the maximum for a variable. For instance, suppose you are calculating the density from measurements of the mass and the volume. To calculate the min density, you would do the following:
Since the mass is divided by the volume, a larger volume will make a smaller density. Ok, moving on. Let me just write down a more sophisticated way of finding the uncertainty of a calculated quantity (often called propagation of error). Suppose I want to calculate something, say f. Where f is a function of the measured values x and y. If I know the relationship between f and x and y, and I know the uncertainties in x and y, then the uncertainty in f would be:
If that looks complicated, no big deal - it is essentially the same idea as the area example. If you don't know what a partial derivative is, again no big deal. It is essentially saying "how does f change with x?" Ok, I think that is enough about uncertainty to do some good. Back to the Greeks and astronomy.
Measuring the size of the Earth.
The story says that Eratosthenes used the angle difference between two shadows a given distance apart. Here is a diagram:
I will assume that the sun was directly overhead in Syene (so no measurement) and he just needed to measure the angle at Alexandria and the distance between these two. I am not going to work with numbers right now, but the following would be the radius of the Earth:
Where this angle is measured in radians. I guess the Greeks might have measured angles in degrees, so that would make it:
I am not really sure how the Greeks measured angles (or distances between cities) but I will proceed anyway.
Distance (and size) of the moon
As I posted previously, I am not exactly sure this is how the Greeks found the distance to the moon, but this should work. Since the moon rotates around the center of the Earth and not a point on the surface, you should see it in a slightly different location. (of course the moon's orbit is not completely circular - but as long as you can say where it "should" be and where it is that is fine)
From this diagram, if I know the radius of the Earth and the angle between where the moon should be and where it is (I will call this angle alpha) then the distance to the moon (from the center of the Earth) would be:
You can see that the distance to the moon depends on the angle measurement AND the radius of the Earth. Combining these two formulas:
Distance to the Sun
For this calculation, the Greeks used the distance to the moon and the angle between the Sun and Moon during a quarter phase moon. Here is a diagram:
From this right triangle, I can calculate the distance to the Sun. I will denote the angle between the Sun and moon as beta. This will give:
And, again putting in an expression for the distance to the moon:
So to calculate the distance to the sun, I would measure:
- The distance between two cities (s) in whatever distance units you like. The units for this will be the same units as the distance to the sun.
- The angle between the two shadows at the two cities at the same time (?) measured in degrees.
- The angle between the predicted location of the moon (assuming you are at the center of the Earth) and the actual location of the moon (?). Technically, you could use any units here, but it turns out to be simpler if I use radians because of the trig function.
- The angle between a quarter moon and the sun (never look at the sun. Although Bad Astronomy says you won't go blind, still don't do it just to be safe and so you won't sue me for saying you can.) This angle will be ?, again measured in radians.
Ok, now what about the uncertainty?
Of course you notice that I have not given any values for anything yet. Well, I will. But first, let me find the uncertainty in the distance to the sun.
So, all I need to do is to calculate the partial derivatives and estimate the values and their uncertainties. If you do not like calculus, avert your eyes (even though I am not going to show you how I did it).
If I made an error, I am sure someone will point it out. Now, before I put this all together, let me guess at some values with uncertainties.
- s = 800,000 +/- 5,000 m
- ? = 7.5 +/- 0.2 degrees
- ? = 0.02 +/- 0.005 radians (completely guessing on this one - I will fix it later)
- ? = 1.57 +/- 0.005 radians (close to being perpendicular)
Now, what to do? I am going to do all my calculations in a spreadsheet so that you can change the values if you want. Remember the point is not to get the correct value of the distance to the sun, but rather to see how the error in the measurements impacts the value.
Here you can change all the values you want and it will give you the calculated values with uncertainty. Because I wanted to give both the Radius of the Earth with the distance to the moon, I calculated their uncertainties as well. When I calculated the uncertainty for the distance to the sun, I used the uncertainty of the angle measurement and the uncertainty in the distance to the moon.
I cheated. I knew the accepted values of the distances, so I adjusted my angles to give me approximately that value. Also, I completely guessed at the uncertainties. With these values, it still shows my point. Look at the distance to the sun:
Yes. I know I am breaking my own rules here. The rule is that there really should only be one significant figure in the uncertainty. How could you say the time was 5.1234 seconds +/- 0.2324 seconds? If you know the uncertainty to that many significant figures, wouldn't the uncertainty be smaller? Also, the decimal place of the value should match that of the uncertainty. It wouldn't make since to say "I will meet you in 30 seconds +/- 0.000001 seconds". So, this is how I should have written it:
That looks bad, doesn't it. It basically says the distance to the sun is .....something? Why is the error in the distance to the sun so large? It has to do with the formula with is inversely proportional to the cosine of the angle. Here is a plot of 1/cos(beta) for angles close to pi/2:
Forgive me for using Excel (it makes very ugly graphs), but it was open at the time. Here you can see that when the angle gets near pi/2, the function explodes. With such a steep slope, a small change in angle makes a huge difference. That is why this is a difficult measurement and why the uncertainty is so large.


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If you think that online ads are just an annoyance, think again. One of the ways criminals harvest malware onto your computer is through the use of malicious online advertisements (malvertisements). Cybercriminals can serve them up by hacking into a trusted website and injecting their malware into third-party banners and online ads or first posing as a legitimate advertiser and then inserting malware into the code behind their ads after they have gained some traction. Both allow attackers to infect as many computers as possible in a short amount of time.
What makes malvertising attacks so powerful is that they can infect thousands of sites at once by infiltrating popular syndicated online ad services. Websites that run third-party ads can't do much to protect their visitors from these malvertisements because syndicated ads are not under their direct control. After the damage is done, attackers can easily remove or discontinue their ad without a trace from an ad network infrastructure.
With some malvertisements, you do not even have to physically click on the malicious ad itself. Just having the malvertisement pop up on your screen is enough to unleash the malware onto your computer.
So, what can you do? Here are some tips that can help you protect your system.
• Make sure your operating system, browser, and browser plug-ins are up-to-date. This is one way to defend your system against attackers who look for opportunities to exploit vulnerabilities, like outdated software on your computer – this is a key tactic for today's cybercriminals.
• Install antivirus and two-way firewall and make you're your security software is up-to-date to keep your system protected from the latest malware attacks.
• Don't click on any pop-ups that state you've won a prize. And beware of scareware pop-ups that claim your computer has been infected with a virus. These rogue security solutions are popular among cybercriminals who can use these applications to infect your system.
• Use your pop-up blocker or install an ad block add-on through your browser of choice (such as Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome). A pop-up ad can deliver a malicious payload as soon as the ad appears on the viewer's screen. And in some cases, the malware will execute when the viewer clicks the "X" to close the pop-up window.
• Be especially careful of your browsing activity on the weekend. Cybercriminals tend to launch malvertising campaigns during off-peak times when IT resources are low and attacks are likely to go unnoticed.
Keep in mind that as companies continue to target people with online ads, malvertising will only become more prevalent. These are just a few ways to make sure any applications running on your system are legitimate and that you are never caught off-guard or tempted to click on what could quite possibly be not just an annoying but dangerous ad.


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At long last, Andrew Garfield has been introduced as the star of the upcoming "Spider-Man" reboot. Now we can all get on with our lives.
"From the first time we saw him in the upcoming film 'The Social Network,' to his glorious screen test, which floored all of us, we knew that we had found our new Peter Parker," Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures, said in a statement released late yesterday.
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It was a thick field of candidates vying for the role. Beyond Garfield there was Logan Lerman ("Percy Jackson & The Olympians"), Aaron Johnson ("Kick-Ass"), Anton Yelchin ("Star Trek"), Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliott"), Frank Dillane ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince "), Michael Angarano ("Gentleman Broncos "), Alden Ehrenrich ("Tetro") and Josh Hutcherson ("The Kids Are All Right"). Every actor between 15 and 30 probably asked for an audition.
It looks like Sony made the right choice in coronating Garfield, who is probably the most talented and accomplished actor of the group. He was arguably the best thing about "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," which starred Heath Ledger (in his final role), Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell. He's also won a BAFTA (the British Oscars) for his work in "Boy A," and was widely praised for his work in "The Red Riding Trilogy."
In addition to "The Social Network," he also has "Never Let Me Go" coming out this fall. Based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of the same name, the film co-stars Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley as kids at a British boarding school who slowly realize the horrifying truth about what they're being prepared for. If you haven't seen it, watch the trailer -- it's hella creepy.
Marc Webb ("(500) Days of Summer") will be taking over directing duties from Sam Raimi for the fourth film, which places our friendly neighborhood wall-crawler back to his origins as "a teenager grappling with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises." It will of course be shot in 3D and is due to hit theaters July 3, 2012.
As happy as we are about Garfield, we still think Donald Glover got jobbed.
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May 04, 2006
Manga Zoomlines for Illustrator
Plug-in maker GraphicXtras has released Zoomlines, an Illustrator utility for making the focus/zoom lines often seen in manga and other comics. The interface is a bit inscrutable, but for $12 a lot can be forgiven. Just don't stare too long a the vibrating centers of your creations, lest they induce a seizure. [Via]
I dig this kind of little single-purpose tool: quick, affordable, and built to solve a particular problem. We do need to make it easier to modify Adobe authoring tools to encourage this kind of development, and we're working on that.
The images created by Zoomlines reminds me of some fun I've been having in Illustrator lately, trying out ideas for this blog. I was kind of taken with the album art for Volante, so I experimented with techniques to make something similar. In case it's useful, I've illustrated the steps taken to create the basic artwork that became the background for this page. I think it's got kind of a Soundgarden/Rollins Band thing going on.
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This street is really just a throughfare and there isn't much to offer in the way of food or things to do. Perhaps you'd just enjoy the quiet simplicity, though I think this is a little too far for commuting to work each day.
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Sticky chocolate pudding with marshmallows
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal583
- fat18g
- saturates10g
- carbs104g
- sugars71g
- fibre2g
- protein7g
- salt0.95g
- 140g butter, melted, plus extra for the dish
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 375g self-raising flour
- 175g caster sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
- 350ml milk
One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a 'complete' food…
- 3 eggs, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- single cream or vanilla ice cream, to serve
The sun-dried seed pod of a type of climbing orchid, vanilla has an inimitable soft, sweet…
For the topping
- 450g light muscovado sugar
- 7 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 large handfuls marshmallows
Butter a large baking dish (about 2-3 litres in size). Sift the flour, ½ tsp salt, caster sugar, baking powder and 6 tbsp cocoa powder into a bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the milk, melted butter, eggs and vanilla. Mix the dry and wet ingredients together, then pour into the baking dish. This can be covered with cling film and chilled for up to 24 hrs.
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and boil the kettle. Take the pudding out of the fridge and uncover, if necessary. Sprinkle the muscovado sugar and cocoa evenly over the pudding, then pour 700ml boiling water over the top.
Bake for 35-45 mins until the pudding is puffy and firm in the centre. Scatter over the marshmallows and return to the oven for 30-second intervals until they are just melting. Serve straight away – it will be hot – with cream or ice cream


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High Rise Bridgette Slim Jean
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Inspired by authentic vintage styles, the High-Rise Bridgette Slim jean makes for the ideal silhouette. A slim fit through the hip and thigh elongates the leg, and a straight leg gives this style a modern, fashion-forward feel.
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These are not slim (or as skinny as pictured). They are not full length. They are cropped and they have a 4inch slit up the side of the ankles. So they flair out. They're ugly. Will be returning.
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- fibre1g
- protein43g
- salt0.66g
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- ½ a finger-length piece fresh root ginger, roughly chopped
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- small bunch coriander, stalks roughly chopped
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Finely slice a quarter of the chilli, then put the rest in a food processor with the ginger, garlic, coriander stalks and one-third of the leaves. Whizz to a rough paste with a splash of water if needed.
Heat the oil in a frying pan, then quickly brown the chicken chunks for 1 min. Stir in the paste for another min, then add the peanut butter, stock and yogurt. When the sauce is gently bubbling, cook for 10 mins until the chicken is just cooked through and sauce thickened. Stir in most of the remaining coriander, then scatter the rest on top with the chilli, if using. Eat with rice or mashed sweet potato.
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Use up peanut butter - Prawn & noodle saladWhisk together 2 tsp peanut butter, 2 tsp sweet chilli sauce and 2 tsp lime juice, then heat through in a frying pan with 150g straight-to-wok rice noodles, a handful cooked prawns, a handful beansprouts and a handful coriander leaves. Serves 1.
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Use up peanut butter - Satay pork skewersThread 500g pork strips onto 8 skewers, then brush with a little oil. Mix 3 tbsp peanut butter with 150ml tub natural yogurt, a squeeze of lime juice and a finely diced red chilli. Grill or griddle the skewers for 2-3 mins, turning, until cooked through. Serve with the satay dipping sauce, rice and a salad. Serves 4.
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The fab four fashionistas are back in the first trailer for "Sex and The City 2."
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Christopher French, a former McCall Middle School teacher's aide charged in June with one count of child enticement, now faces additional charges, including child rape and possession of child pornography.
Christopher French, a former McCall Middle School teacher's aide charged in June with one count of child enticement, now faces additional charges, including child rape and possession of child pornography.
Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said Thursday that French was indicted by a Middlesex Superior Court Grand Jury for charges of child rape, child enticement (two counts), posing a child in a state of nudity (four counts), disseminating visual material of a child in a state of nudity (four counts), possession of child pornography (four counts) and dissemination of matter harmful to minors (three counts).
The new charges stem from alleged crimes against six underage female victims.
French, 28, of Winchester, is the son of McCall Middle School principal Evander French Jr.
He was employed full time at the middle school from 2006 through the summer of 2008, when the initial charges came to light. He was also a junior varsity boys' soccer coach at the high school, prior to his first arrest.
"What we're alleging is that Christopher French engaged in grooming young girls aged 13 to 16, girls who had attended McCall Middle School and their friends," Leone said in a news conference at his Woburn office. "What Mr. French did was use Internet sites … to groom young girls for sexual activity. He lured them, he enticed them to engage in sexual activity, to exchange photographs of himself and them in various states of nudity."
According to Leone, in one incident in 2005-06, French contacted a 14-year-old female student on her MySpace page and invited her to join him in his hot tub. The girl refused, but invited French to her house, where he allegedly raped her in the basement of the home.French was 25 years old at the time of that alleged incident.
In a similar incident, which ultimately led to French's initial arrest, he is accused of contacting a 13-year-old female former McCall student, and again tried to entice the girl to use his hot tub, Leone said.
According to court records, conversations took place online, and quickly became sexual in nature.
The attempted meeting never took place, police said, but when evidence was brought forward of the alleged inappropriate sexual contact, police arrested French for child enticement and seized computer equipment from his residence.
A forensic analysis of French's computer revealed that through the years of his employment at the middle school, he communicated with many underage females, including former McCall school students and others he met online. Much of the communication was sexual in nature, according to a news release from Leone's office.
French was first arraigned for child enticement in Woburn District Court on June 30. A date has not been set for the Middlesex Superior Court arraignment.
French is free on $5,000 bail. Conditions of his release established by Woburn District Court Judge Geoffrey Packard stated that he was to have no contact with children under the age of 16.
However, shortly after his release, he was seen working on the high school's soccer fields.
Leone was asked why bail wasn't revoked when it was discovered French was still working on school property.
"The fact that he was in proximity to kids of the ages that we're alleging that he abused was brought before the court's attention," he said. "To the extent that the court has not acted on those allegations yet, we will bring that to the attention of the [superior court during his arraignment]."
Leone urged individuals having any additional information about the case to call the Winchester police department at 781-729-1340.
"These are troubling allegations against a man who abused his position as a trusted mentor to many of these young victims," said Leone.
Detective Jim Pierce of the Winchester Police Department is leading the ongoing investigation.
Superintendent of Schools Bill McAlduff was informed on the new charges this week and has met with his incident management team to discuss the implementation of support services for students who may be distressed by the news.
"French's earlier arrest and subsequent charge of child enticement has caused tremendous concern, shock, and uncertainty throughout the school district and the Winchester community," said McAlduff, in a prepared statement. "This indictment is devastating to all involved: the alleged victims; students; school staff; parents; and the entire town."
McAlduff deferred all other questions concerning the case to Leone's office.
"We will continue to work closely with the Winchester Police Department and the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office to the extent permitted by applicable court orders," McAlduff said in the statement. "Our number one concern has always been to maintain the integrity and purpose of our main mission which is to provide all students with an outstanding education in a safe nurturing environment that fosters academic achievement, healthy social and emotional development, enthusiasm for education and a life-long love of learning."
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Fundamentals of Raw Living Foods
Introducing a new Culinary Training Program
From the world's leading gourmet raw vegan school, Living Light Culinary Institute, Mendocino Coast, CA, FUNdamentals of Raw Living Foods™
Experience the exciting world of gourmet raw foods and health transformation.
This flagship course, FUNdamentals of Raw Living Foods™, provides the most comprehensive introductory course in raw food preparation in the industry—no other class in raw food preparation can compare. Living Light is widely recognized as providing the top raw vegan training program in the world for novices and professional chefs alike. Thousands of people from over 50 countries have taken FUNdamentals since it was developed in 1998.
- Dozens of superb culinary presentations will show you everything you need to know to create a wide variety of delicious, easy-to-prepare raw recipes.
- You will sample freshly made raw taste sensations, including appetizers, fruit smoothies, soups, sauces, salads and salad dressings, simple entrées, pâtés, wraps and rolls, nut milks, nondairy cheeses, crunchy crackers, dehydrated goodies and amazing desserts.
- You will learn sprouting techniques and how to use the equipment and supplies for a raw kitchen.
What You Will Learn:
- Soaking, sprouting and basic kitchen gardening
- Making veggie krauts and other fermented foods
- Making nut milks, creams, and luscious raw non-dairy cheeses
- Introduction to the basic equipment and supplies used in a raw food kitchen, including food processors, juicers, dehydrators and the use of other important culinary equipment
- Introduction to basic knife skills
- Basic fruit smoothies and soups, sauces, salad dressings, salads, simple entrees, wraps and rolls, pâtés and easy desserts
Brenda HintonA certified Living Light Associate Chef and Instructor and founder of Rawsome Creations in St. Helena, California, Brenda's passion is teaching others how to prepare fresh, vital, delicious food for optimum wellness. With a warm and enthusiastic teaching style, Brenda is much appreciated for her knowledgeable, yet relaxed and lively approach.
"What began as a simple journey has grown into a career path filled with encouragement, growth, creativity, and excitement every step of the way. As a Living Light Associate Chef and Instructor I am teaching FUNdamentals of Raw Living Foods™ in the U.S. and abroad, and assisting international organizations to add raw cuisine to their curriculum. The foundation of knowledge and skill I received from Cherie Soria and Living Light Culinary Institute has helped me launch more projects than I would ever have believed possible."
Brenda has been on the Board of Directors for the Japan Living Beauty Association in Tokyo since 2009, and serves as an instructor for their Raw Food Meister Certification Program. Each year she teaches Japanese students both in the U.S. and Japan, delighting in sharing her love of gourmet raw foods cuisine. She assisted in launching the Ceres Community Project in Napa Valley, and enjoyed helping to develop the educational part of the project which involved farmers, local food producers, youth, and people with health challenges, weaving all the parts together in a cohesive community effort.
Her line of fair trade nut milk bags (constructed in Bali) helps support two charities: Bumi Sehat Birthing Center and the Yayasan Widya Guna Children's Orphanage near Ubud, Indonesia. "More Than a Nut Milk Bags" are now sold in natural food stores, co-ops, on websites and to individuals in USA and in five foreign countries. Brenda's book The More Than a Nut Milk Bag Recipe Collection was released August 10.
Brenda also has a plant based nutrition certification through Cornell University's eCornell program and the T. Colin Campbell Foundation, and is certified as a World Peace Diet Facilitator from Dr. Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet.
Brenda enjoys doing yoga, spending time in nature, and with her family and animal friends. A cancer survivor, she thrives today as a recreational runner, currently training for her sixth half marathon. She lives with her husband of 32 years in a solar home in Napa Valley, California.
Executive Chef, Made Runatha
After joining Fivelements as the healing and wellness destination's Executive Chef, Made Runatha began studying the art and science of vegan cuisine. With a vast knowledge in both European and Asian cuisine, combined with his years of experience in hotel restaurants in Bali and overseas, Made found himself facing a brand new challenge: How to make healthy food taste great?
Made began researching everything he could from macrobiotics to ayurveda and by the support of Fivelements' founders, he went on to study at Living Light Culinary Arts Institute, USA, under the tutelage of Master Chef & Founder, Cherie Soria, known as the Mother of Gourmet Raw Food Cuisine, where he later became the world's first Indonesian certified Gourmet Living Foods Chef.
Combining his passion for learning with enormous creative talent, Made has become one of the world's top chefs dedicated to mastering the endless flavours, textures and techniques of plant-based, raw vegan, "living foods" cuisine.
Renowned for its 3, 5 & 7-Course Chef's Tasting Menus, Fivelements Sakti Dining RoomTM offers an inspiring gastronomical experience that will take you on a wondrous adventure into the world of epicurean living foods. The primarily raw vegan dishes are exceptionally creative, bursting with surprising flavors and eye-opening presentations.
19 October 2012
After 14:00 Arrivals & Check-in & Orientation am-pm Optional Healing & Beauty Ritual(extra cost) 18:00-22:00 Talk: FUNdamentals of Raw Living Foods. Gourmet Raw Food Dinner prepared by Brenda Hinton and Fivelements' Chef Made Runatha.
20 October 2012
9:00-9:30pm Registration at Fivelements Main Reception 9:30-9:45pm Introduction/Overview & Introduction of Raw Living Food 9:45-10:00pm Demo: Sprouting For Life! Learn various methods of sprouting, how to harvest, effects of light and temperature, approximate growth cycles, which ones to green, proper storage, etc. Learn about different stages of growth. 10:00-10:15pm Demo: Planting and Growing Wheatgrass and Young Greens Learn the benefits and various stages of growth. 10:15-10:30pm Demo: Juicing For Health Learn about various juicers to create delicious, health promoting beverages. 10:30-10:45pm Break: Taste samples of Juice 10:45-11:05pm Demo: Black Forrest Cherry Brownies Watch how they're made and how to create new sweet recipes of your own 11:05-11:25pm Demo: Pizza Flax Crackers Learn to make crispy dehydrated crackers, using flax seed and how to use a food processor and dehydrator 11:25-11:40pm Demo: Cheese Making: Cashew and Herbed Almond Cheese Learn to make two different nut cheeses and how to use the Vitamix. 11:40-11:55pm Break: Taste samples of Cheese and Crackers 11:55-12:10pm Demo: Pecan Pâté Learn how to make savory nut or seed pates using a food processor. 12:10-12:30pmDemo: Introduction to Basic Knife Skills Learn about various knives used to create a variety of shapes for different applications. 12:30-12:45pm Demo: Wraps and Rolls Learn to create sandwich substitutes (including ideas for romaine burritos, stuffed tomatoes, cabbage rolls, etc). 12:45-1:00pm Talk: Secret of great dressings, marinades, and sauces 1:00-1:30pm Q & A / Review: Taste samples Black Forrest Cherry Brownies 1:30-2:30pm Gastronomy/Lunch: Garden Salad with Dijon Dressing, "Make Your Own" hand rolls with romaine leaves, Pecan Pâté, julienned vegetables, tomatoes, sprouts, avocados, sauerkraut. Afternoon Relaxation by the Pool and/or Fivelements Healing & Beauty Rituals available (20% discount) Sunday,
21 October 2012
9:00-9:15am Demo: Fruit Smoothies - Taste Samples of Smoothie; Learn to make a delicious, satisfying drink in a blender. (More about the Vitamix) 9:15-9:35am Demo: Almond Milk and other nut and seed milk options. 9:35-9:50am Demo: Buckwheat Granola: Watch how it's made using a dehydrator. 9:50–10:05 am Demo: Cabbage Kraut Learn the basics of making this health promoting and fermented condiment, and more info about the food processor. 10:05–10:20 am Demo: Garden Blend Soup Learn to make a delicious, satisfying meal in a blender. (More about the Vitamix) 10:20–10:35 am Break: Taste samples of Buckwheat Granola Bars and Almond Milk. 10:35–11:05 am Demo: Carrot Kuchen with Cashew Cream Cheese Frosting Learn to make easy delicious cakes everyone will enjoy. Taste samples. 11:05–11:25 pm Talk: Quick and Easy Meal Prepcreating simple menus using Fundamentals equipment and ingredients 11:25–12:00pm Review/Q & A. Course Evaluations. 12:00-1:00pm Gastronomy/Lunch: Garden Salad with Italian Dressing, sprouts, Nori Rolls with Pate and cut vegetables, Avocado, Sauerkraut and Carrot Kuchen for dessert. Afternoon Relaxation by the Pool and/or Fivelements Healing & Beauty Rituals available (20% discount)
Deposit and cancellations:
Your booking is guaranteed by a 50% deposit via bank transfer and is non-refundable. Balance of the remaining 50% is due 30 days prior to arrival and is non-refundable.
Check-In/ Check-Out:
Check-in is from 2pm. Check-out is by 12pm.
Special Conditions:
As a healing destination retreat, Fivelements, Puri Ahimsa maintains a peaceful atmosphere integrated with nature. To this regard, we support a smoke-free & alcohol-free environment. We kindly request that usage of all electronic devices be limited to guest rooms only.
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It's getting to be that time of the year.
The college football season is rapidly coming to an end, so it's time to hand out some hardware to the best individual players in 2012. ESPN announced today that twenty-four players were selected as finalists for nine major NCFAA awards given out annually during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show, which will air on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
This year's group features two award winners from 2011: Louisiana Tech punter Ryan Allen and Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones.
Without any further delay, here are the finalists for the nine awards. Also, be sure to include any blatant omissions in the comments section below.
Chuck Bednarik Award (College Defensive Player of the Year)
Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina)
Jarvis Jones (Georgia)
Manti Te'o (Notre Dame)
Biletnikoff Award (Nation's Outstanding Receiver)
Stedman Bailey (West Virginia)
Marqise Lee (USC)
Terrance Williams (Baylor)
Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award (Nation's Outstanding Placekicker)
Dustin Hopkins (FSU)
Cairo Santos (Tulane)
Caleb Sturgis (Florida)
Ray Guy Award (Nation's Outstanding Punter)
Ryan Allen (La Tech)*
Kyle Christy (Florida)
Scott Kovanda (Ball State)
Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year)
Collin Klein (Kansas State)
Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M)
Manti Te'o (Notre Dame)
Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award (Nation's Best Quarterback)
Collin Klein (Kansas State)
Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M)
Braxton Miller (Ohio State)
Outland Trophy (Nation's Outstanding Interior Lineman)
Jonathan Cooper (UNC)
Luke Joeckel (Texas A&M)
Barrett Jones (Alabama)*
Jim Thorpe Award (Nation's Outstanding Defensive Back)
Johnthan Banks (Mississippi State)
Dee Milliner (Alabama)
Phillip Thomas (Fresno State)
Doak Walker Award (Nation's Outstanding Running Back)
Montee Ball (Wisconsin)
Kenjon Barner (Oregon)
Johnathan Franklin (UCLA)
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