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Vet community is asked for support
On Thursday, June 17, Shawna Abrams, a 4th year veterinary student, lost her home and everything in it to a fire. Fortunately, she, her husband, and their 6-month-old baby, David, are safe. However, they have no clothes, baby clothes, crib, etc. Dr. Jennifer Brandt, assistant director in the office of student affairs, is talking with Shawna to develop a list of additional needed items, and for now the most urgent need is for the following:
- Size 3 diapers
- Size 9-12 month baby clothes (boy)
- Crib
- Baby Bouncer
- Baby toys
- Scrubs (or T-shirts/sweats) for Shawna (size small or medium)
- Scrubs (or T-shirts/sweats) for Shawna's husband (size XL)
All items (including monetary donations) can be dropped off at the Student Affairs office, 125 Veterinay Medicine Academic Building, 1900 Coffey Rd. (Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.) Arrangements will be made to deliver the items/donations to Shawna. Donations of large furniture items such as couches and beds will need to wait until the couple finds out more about their living arrangements while their home is being rebuilt.
If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Brandt at firstname.lastname@example.com or (614) 292-6963 or anyone in the student affairs team.
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About the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State
Founded in 1885, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine is ranked fifth in the nation and includes more than 1,000 faculty, staff and students in the Departments of Veterinary Biosciences, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, and Veterinary Preventive Medicine. The Veterinary Medical Center is one of the largest specialty referral centers in the world, with more than 35,000 farm, equine, and companion animal patients each year. A nationally-recognized ambulatory practice and teaching unit in Marysville, Ohio provides farm animal experience to every veterinary student, and the Food Animal Health Research Program in Wooster, OH focuses on detection, control, and prevention of disease. Located on the only campus in the country with a comprehensive medical center offering seven health sciences colleges, we admit up to 162 veterinary students per class, and offer a new comprehensive graduate program in Veterinary and Comparative Medicine as well as a unique Master's degree in Veterinary Public Health, in partnership with the College of Public Health. http://vet.osu.edu.


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For all sad words on tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'it might have been.' – John Greenleaf Whittier
The air in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's envy-inducing book, Americanah, is suffused through with saudade.
Saudade is a Portuguese word without a direct English translation, but you probably know it: a sense of wistful nostalgia for something that probably never existed; the what-ifs and maybes that accompany a breakup.
This sense of longing – for a past since relegated to hazy, rose-tinted prologue; for a future perpetually just out of reach – crowds the oxygen from every open space in the book. Many of the characters are caught up in a near-constant fog of saudade, like the minor character Kimberly:
Ifemelu sometimes sensed, underneath the well-oiled sequences of Kimberly's life, a flash of regret not only for things she longed for in the present but for things she had longed for in the past.
Ifemelu, one of the two main characters, begins her life in Nigeria and emigrates to America in search of a better education and a better life. She finds both, but is drawn back to Nigeria, saudade in tow:
She thanked him, and in the gray of the evening darkness, the air burdened with smells, she ached with an almost unbearable emotion that she could not name. It was nostalgic and melancholy, a beautiful sadness for the things she had missed and the things she would never know.
Ifemelu's first love, Obinze, could not follow her to America, and ends up in London, where he also sees saudade in others:
It puzzled him that she did not mourn all the things she could have been. Was it a quality inherent in women, or did they just learn to shield their personal regrets, to suspend their lives, subsume themselves in child care?
Adichie is an enviable writer with a powerful and distinct voice; my Kindle is heavy with paragraphs highlighted both for their virtuosity and my edification. She masterfully weaves together the stories of emigrants and those who are left behind, bringing to life the bustle of Lagos and the dark gray winters of the American east coast. This is a book well worth your time.

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Xth Sense
The Xth Sense (2011, present) is a free and open biophysical technology. The Xth Sense captures sounds from heart, blood and muscles and uses them to integrate the human body with a digital interactive system for sound and video production.
I originally created the Xth Sense in 2011 to investigate exploratory applications of biological sounds, namely muscle sounds, for musical performance and responsive milieux. One year after, in 2012, it was named the "world's most innovative new musical instrument" and awarded the first prize in the Margaret Guthman New Musical Instrument Competition by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (US).
Today, the Xth Sense is used by a steadily growing community of creatives, ranging from performing artists and musicians, to researchers in physiotherapy and prosthetics, and universities and students in diverse fields.
The XS software and the hardware documentation are freely downloadable on-line. Tutorials on how to build an Xth Sense instrument, and a blog documenting the research can be viewed on-line at http://res.marcodonnarumma.com.
Visit the Users Forum to ask questions, show personal projects using the Xth Sense, and learn what is being done with the instrument. Our community forum is kindly hosted by Create Digital Music.
PLEASE NOTE: While new kits are being designed to be purchased worldwide from common resellers, the current version of the kit is not available for the time being. Please write here if you wish to be added to the waiting list for the new Xth Sense version. Be aware that unfortunately, due to the amount of request, reply to your email could take some time.
Below you can view a live recording of Ominous, one of the latest music performance for the Xth Sense, recorded live at ICT & Art Connect at Watermans Art Centre, London, 2014.
"Everything we do is music."
John Cage
The central principle underpinning the Xth Sense (XS) is not to "interface" the human body to an interactive system, but rather to approach the human body as an actual and complete instrument in itself. Augmented musical instruments and physical computing techniques are generally based on the relation user>controller>system: the performer can interact with a control interface (a physical controller or sensor systems) and modify results and/or rules of a computing system.
Sometimes this approach can confine and perhaps drive the kinetic expression of a performer, leaving less room for his/her physical energy and non-verbal communication. Besides, being that often the sonic outcome of such performances is digitally synthesised, the overall performance can lack of "liveness".
The XS transcends the paradigm of the user interface by capturing sonic matter and control data directly from the performer's body. There is no apparent mediation between body movements and music because the raw sonic material originates within the fibres of the body, and the sound manipulations are driven by the vibrations of the performer's muscle tissue.
Technical description
The XS fosters a new and authentic interaction between man and machines. By enabling a computer to sense and interact with the sounds produced by the muscle tissues, the XS approaches the biological body as a means for computational artistry. During a performance muscle movements and blood flow produce subcutaneous mechanical oscillations, which are nothing but low frequency sound waves (mechanomyographic signals or MMG).
Two microphone sensors capture the sonic matter created by the performer's limbs and send it to a computer. This develops an understanding of the performer's kinetic behaviour by *listening* to the friction of her flesh. Specific gesture, force levels and patterns are identified in real time by the computer; then, according to this information, it manipulates algorithmically the sound of the flesh and diffuses it through a variety of multi-channel sound systems.
The neural and biological signals that drive the performer's actions become analogous expressive matter, for they emerge as a tangible sound experience.
The XS can be played as a traditional musical instrument, i.e. analog sounds can be produced and modified by adequately exciting the "chords" i.e. by contracting the muscles, but it can also be used as a gestural controller to drive audio synthesis or sample processing. The XS can be used in both modes simultaneously.
The most interesting performance feature of such system consists of the possibility to expressively control a multi-layered processing of the MMG audio signal by simply exerting diverse amounts of kinetic energy. For instance, stronger and wider gestures could be analysed and mapped so to generate sharp, higher resonating frequencies coupled with a very short reverb time, whereas weaker and more confined gestures could be deployed to produce gentle, lower resonances with longer reverb time.
The form and color of the sonic outcome is continuously shaped in real time with a very low latency (measured at 2.5ms), thus the interaction among the perceived sonic force and spatiality of the gesture is neat, transparent and fully expressive.
From the exclusive real time processing of the muscle sounds, through resampling of pre-recorded sounds, to the audio manipulations of traditional musical instruments, the XS is the first musical instrument of its kind to offer such a flexibility at a very low cost and with a free and open technology.
Support and awards
The work was developed at the SLE, Sound Lab Edinburgh – the audio research group at The University of Edinburgh, and was kindly supported by the Edinburgh Hacklab and Dorkbot ALBA.
The project was finalized during an Artistic Development Residency at Inspace, Edinburgh. Inspace kindly sponsored the work by providing technical and logistical support, and organizing a public vernissage for the official launch of the project within the artistic research program "Non-Bio Boom".
The XS technology was awarded the first prize at the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition (Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, US, 2012) as the "world's most innovative new musical instrument".
The Scottish Arts Council, Creative Scotland, has awarded a grant in support of my participation to the Korean Electro Acoustic Community 2011 conference in Seoul, South Korea. The research was endowed twice with a PRE travel grant by the University of Edinburgh.
Additional Information
The use of open source technologies is an integral aspect of the research. The biosensing wearable device was designed and implemented by Marco Donnarumma, with the support of Andrea Donnarumma and Marianna Cozzolino. The Pure Data-based framework for real time analysis and processing of biological sounds was designed and coded by the author on a Linux machine, with inspiring advice by Martin Parker, Sean Williams, Owen Green Jaime Oliver, and Andy Farnell.
Pictures courtesy of Chris Scott.


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Kansas City, Mo. Mike Sweeney, frustrated that the Kansas City Royals didn't go after more free agents during the off-season, says he would consider a trade if he could play for a contending team.
The Royals first baseman and team captain has a limited no-trade clause in the five-year, $55 million contract extension he signed in March 2002. He said he signed that contract after Royals owner David Glass told him of plans to increase the payroll and add players that would help the struggling team become a contender.
"It's frustrating when you're told they're going to build the team around you," Sweeney said. "I was willing to do that. I said, 'Just show me that it'll be worth it for me.' Not financially, but just show me you're going to build a team, a winning team, around me.
"I don't feel like Mr. Glass lied to me. He's a fine man. I just feel like I've been misled a little bit."
Glass said he didn't recall telling Sweeney about a substantial payroll increase, and that paying more for players didn't guarantee a winning team.
"I think Mike's just misled or doesn't understand," Glass said. "I don't think the size of the payroll determines how good your team is. There were a lot of teams with a smaller payroll that won a lot more games than we did. The quality of the players matters most."
After the Royals surprised everyone in 2003 by staying in pennant contention until late in the season, expectations were high for last season. But the team collapsed, losing 104 games.
"No one played better last year, including Michael," Glass said. "He had a lousy year."
Sweeney has been troubled with back problems that caused him to miss 146 games over the last three seasons.
Last year, when he sat out the last 42 games because of a herniated disk, he hit .287 with 22 home runs and 79 runs batted in. In 2000, his last full season before the back problems started, he had a .333 average, 29 homers and 144 RBIs.
Glass said the Royals were putting together a team "with a lot of young talent" and that he hoped Sweeney wanted to be a part of it.
This season's lineup will include young players like John Buck, David DeJesus, Angel Berroa and, eventually, promising rookie Mark Teahen.
The team acquired veteran outfielders Terrence Long and Eli Marrero in trades, and the major free agent signing was pitcher Jose Lima, who returns to the Royals after spending last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"I would have liked to see them be a little more aggressive," said Sweeney, who had expected the annual payroll to increase from $44 million last season to around $55 million or $60 million. However, the payroll will drop a bit this season.
"I'm definitely not throwing up the white flag and saying get me out of here," Sweeney said. "But I am saying I'm frustrated."
He said that if general manager Allard Baird told him that a team with a consistent winning record was interested, "I'd have to pray about it, speak to my wife, speak to my family and then make a decision."
"Would I slam the door on it? No way. I'm not 25. I'm 31 years old. Only God knows how many years I have left to play. I want a chance to play in October."
Declining to talk about the possibility of trading Sweeney, Baird said the Royals were a completely different team when he was in the lineup but that "overall success is going to come from young kids stepping up to the next level."
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With an estimated 87 million free-roaming, homeless cats in the United States, a new study reveals that it could cost government agencies about $16 billion to trap and kill these cats. The humane alternative – TNR (trap/neuter/release) would cost about $9 billion — and is largely supported by rescue organizations and individual volunteers.
According to an economic study commissioned by Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society and funded by PetSmart Charities, communities trying to solve the problem of homeless cats by trapping and killing them are using archaic, inhumane methods that are costly to taxpayers. This information has lead to a new online "Feral Fiscal Impact Calculator" that can help county and local governmental entities determine the true cost of removing homeless cats by destroying them. When I typed in Texas and Bexar County, the calculator estimated that we had 170,310 feral cats in our city and that through TNR, we could save taxpayers $3 million — with the discounted sterilizations and TNR — the savings could be more then $15 million. I am not clear on how long a period of time this covers.
Take a look at it and let me know what your analysis is of the calculator.You can do it yourself or open the file I saved below.


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Do I Need to Rent a Car at Disney World?
There are few things that make Walt Disney World visitors as passionate as the question of whether or not to rent a car during their vacation. Some folks claim that you absolutely MUST rent a car. Others are horrified by the thought of spending money on a rental when there is perfectly good FREE transportation at Walt Disney World. The reality is that, as with most Disney questions, the answer to "Do I Need to Rent a Car?" is a resounding "It depends."
I was 100% in the no-rental camp for many years. During my first 20 or so family WDW vacations, we only rented a car twice, and those rentals were just because my husband was attending conferences on site and his company paid for it. I secretly laughed at folks who said that a car was necessary at Disney World. And then I stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge for the first time, where I learned that having a car would have saved me hours of frustration and waiting.
Staying at a different resort, one a bit further afield, made me realize that the car rental question really has many answers depending on a number of factors. Here are some things to think about to help you decide whether renting a car at Disney World makes sense for your family's vacation.
What is my budget?
If you're staying on Walt Disney World property, free transportation via Magical Express is included with your stay. This will get you back and forth from the airport to Disney World. Once you're on property, there is free transportation to the theme parks, resorts, Downtown Disney, and the water parks via an extensive system of monorails, boats, and buses.
This means that if you're on a super strict budget and don't want to allot any money toward in-vacation transportation, then you can certainly get around Walt Disney World without renting a car. No additional expense is required.
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Deciding Where To Stay At Walt Disney World, Number Crunching Part 2: Spending The Least Amount of Time In Transit
Last week I spewed a lot of crazy talk about resort choice decision making. To briefly recap, in order to decide where to stay, you must first choose which resort characteristic you value the most. There is no right answer. Depending on your needs, you might decide to prioritize low price, good view, variety of dining options, or any of a number of other possibilities.
Here I'll be discussing how to decide which resort is right for you if your number one priority (or value criterion) is reducing time spent in transit. In other words, where should you stay if you want to spend the least amount of time in a bus/boat/monorail/car during your precious vacation?
Defining Terms
Lucky for me, wacky Uncle Len Testa has already provided a handy-dandy analysis of Walt Disney World travel times on pages 388-389 of the 2012 Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. Thanks Len!
In performing my analysis, I'll be running the numbers twice: the UG's AVERAGE travel time using Disney's free transportation, and the UG's AVERAGE travel time driving yourself in a car. Yes, those are just averages; your actual experience may be slightly better or worse, but we've got to start somewhere.
To evaluate which resort necessitates the least amount of travel time, you must determine to where you'll be traveling. Thus, your first step will be to create a trip itinerary. Let's take my hypothetical Smith family. These imaginary guests will be at Walt Disney World for a seven day visit with Park Hopper tickets. Because they're sensible souls, they often heed the common-sense rule to take a mid-day nap/swim break. Their imaginary travels will take them to each of the four theme parks at least once, Downtown Disney, a water park, and two evening meals at resorts. In other words, a typically busy Disney visit.
Here's their sample itinerary:
- Day 1: Arrive at WDW mid-day. To Magic Kingdom. To Chef Mickey's for dinner. Back to resort.
- 3 transportation moves: Resort to MK, MK to Contemporary, Contemporary to Resort.
- Day 2: Resort to Epcot. Back to Resort for nap. To Magic Kingdom for fireworks. Back to Resort.
- 4 transportation moves: Resort to Epcot, Epcot to Resort, Resort to MK, MK to Resort.
- Day 3: Resort to Disney's Hollywood Studios. DHS to Resort for nap. Back to DHS for Fantasmic. Back to Resort.
- 4 transportation moves: Resort to DHS, DHS to Resort, Resort to DHS, DHS to Resort.
- Day 4: To Blizzard Beach. Back to Resort for nap. To Downtown Disney for dinner/shopping. Back to Resort.
- 4 transportation moves: Resort to BB, BB to Resort, Resort to DD, DD to Resort.
- Day 5: To Animal Kingdom. Back to Resort for nap. To Epcot for Illuminations and dinner. Back to Resort.
- 4 transportation moves: Resort to AK, AK to Resort, Resort to Epcot, Epcot to Resort.
- Day 6: To Downtown Disney (forgot to buy a gift for grandma). To Magic Kingdom. To Hoop Dee Doo Revue for Dinner. Back to Resort.
- Variable transportation moves: Resort to DD, DD to MK, MK to FW, FW to Resort.
This is the trickiest day. There is no direct free Disney transportation from DD the theme parks. Therefore, in order for the Smiths to get from DD to the MK using Disney transport, they'll need to make a transfer. For the sake of argument, let's assume that the first logical bus that arrives at DD is heading to the Grand Floridian. The Smiths will take the bus from DD to the GF and then transfer to the monorail to get to the MK. At the end of the day, the trip back to the resort may have more than one leg depending on the hotel we're considering. This is noted on the spreadsheet footnotes.
- Day 7: To Disney's Hollywood Studios for another spin on Toy Story. Back to Resort. Depart.
- 2 transportation moves: Resort to DHS. DHS to Resort.
Obviously this is exactly not what your family's itinerary will look like, but my guess is that will be similarly messy, with pockets of sanity (scheduling the Hoop Dee Doo on a Magic Kingdom day) and pockets of insanity (was that extra trip to Downtown Disney really necessary?).
And just so we get this out of the way, I'm also assuming that the Smiths are relatively new to Disney travel and are in "see it all" mode. A frequent Disney visitor might be able to optimize the travel time factor by concentrating their touring based on attraction proximity to resort. For example, personally, when I'm staying at the Contemporary, I spend most of my time at the nearby Magic Kingdom, and when I stay at the Beach Club, I spend the bulk of my time at nearby Epcot. The Smiths are more conventional guests.
Crunching the Numbers
With all their transportation moves in place, I've created spreadsheets of the Smiths' time spent in transit during their vacation depending on where they stay. The first analysis looks at vacation travel time assuming that the Smiths decided not to rent a car and are using only Disney's free transportation.
Vacation Time Spent in Transit During Sample Vacation, Using Free Disney Transportation
When I looked at the results, I was shocked. Like many Disney veterans, I've had firmly rooted opinions about the transportation situation. There were some hotels that I was 100% were the "good" hotels with the best transportation, and others that I've avoided because of perceived transportation insufficiencies. My preconceived notions were wrong.
Looking at the "Using Disney Transportation Only" chart, you'll see that the time spent on internal Disney transportation, given this sample itinerary, ranges from a high of 14.8 hours to a low of 7.6 hours. That's a difference of 7.2 hours – nearly an entire day's worth of park time you'll forfeit in travel depending on where you stay.
The "loser" was Fort Wilderness where, given this sample itinerary, the hypothetical Smiths will spend 14.8 hours on transportation getting from place to place. Not far behind was the Wilderness Lodge, with an average of 14.4 hours spent in transit.
The Wilderness Lodge is my DVC home resort. I've stayed there many times. Never in a million years would have said it was one of the worst for transportation. It's in the Magic Kingdom area; it's got to be good. Right?
Um, sorry, not right at all. Clearly, when you're measuring time spent in transit, there is a significant difference between boat and monorail access to the Magic Kingdom. For example, the Contemporary clocked in with about 4 hours less time spent in transit than the Wilderness Lodge. When following a good touring plan, that could mean you'll have time to see as many as a dozen fewer attractions if you stay at the Wilderness Lodge instead of the Contemporary.
And who was the big transportation time winner? That's a resort that I would never have guessed – Saratoga Springs. On the sample itinerary, the Smiths would spend only 7.6 hours of their vacation time getting from place to place. I, for one, am going to take a much closer look at Saratoga Springs when I make my next Disney travel plans.
On average, the majority of the other resorts clocked in somewhere between 9.5 and 11.5 hours of travel time per vacation. Depending on what your issues are, that may or may not be enough time to influence your choice of resort. Is a sacrifice or gain of two hours worth compromising on based on other resort advantages or disadvantages?
Let's See if the Transportation Picture Changes if You're Renting a Car
Vacation Time Spent in Transit During Sample Vacation, Using A Car
With access to a vehicle, the three monorail resorts come out as clear winners. Guests at the Contemporary, Polynesian and Grand Floridian can take advantage of the quick monorail access to the Magic Kingdom and can also use their cars for efficient access to the other parks. Of monorail hotels, the Polynesian comes out the winner by a nose, with the guests on our sample itinerary spending just 6.6 hours in transit during their vacation.
On the high end, guests with a car would spend the most time in transit at the Pop Century and the similarly-located, soon-to-be-opened Art of Animation resorts. My big takeaway from the with-car analysis is that having a vehicle is the great equalizer in terms of time spent in transit. While there was more than a seven hour difference between the high and low resorts for guests using only Disney transportation, there was just over a three hour difference for guests with a car. If you have a car, transportation time is more of a non-factor.
Making Your Decision If Reducing Travel Time is Your #1 Priority
Based on the sample itinerary and analysis, I've come to the conclusion that my previous assumptions about travel time were not valid. If you had asked me a week ago, I would have said that the Polynesian has a much better transportation situation than the Pop Century. The numbers show that if you're only using Disney transport, you may be better off at the Pop, from a transportation time standpoint. It would take some real creative thinking to justify the significantly higher cost of the Poly over the Pop based on a Disney transportation argument. (Remember that the Poly has other advantages – view, dining, room size, etc. We're only talking transportation here.)
These numbers have also made me revisit the ever-popular no-car/car topic. With this itinerary, guests will save, on average, about two hours of travel time if they rent a car versus if they don't, no matter where they stay. You can change the argument if you dine off site or visit other area attractions, but if you're not going off-campus, you'll have to do some real thinking about whether a possible savings of two hours is worth however many hundreds of dollars the rental car will cost. The answer will vary from guest to guest.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the Saratoga Springs anomaly again. This was the only resort where, using this itinerary, the guest was better off using only Disney transportation rather than making use of a car. I'll leave it to a braver soul than I to run more sample vacation schedules to see if this holds true with other itineraries. Let me know how it goes if you choose to run your own numbers.
Disney World Car Rental Advice For The Rest Of 2009
If you take a look at the taxes and other fees you're billed when you rent a car at an airport, you might wonder whether a better deal might be available offsite, where many of the extra charges do not apply. In cities such as Las Vegas, for example, rentals are often less expensive at some of the larger hotels, which generally have at least one full-service office of a national brand on-site. Our research team set out to determine whether similar deals could be found in the Orlando market off airport property.
As in past years, we began by obtaining quotes from the Web sites of all the car rental companies in the Orlando airport-for economy cars, midsize vehicles, and minivans-for Saturday-to-Saturday one-week rentals during every month from June through December, including Thanksgiving and Christmas. We also got quotes for companies located near the airport, at major hotels around International Drive, and on Disney property-more than 300 quotes in all. To get the very best prices, we also used car-rental discount codes available at MouseSavers.com.
Although there are more than two dozen combinations of car rental companies and locations around Walt Disney World, our research indicates you'll only need to look at three to find the best car deals:
1) Start with Dollar.com at the Orlando airport (MCO) using discount code KISS2. Dollar's airport location has the cheapest prices about 2/3rds of the time.
2) Next, check Enterprise.com prices at their airport location (no discount code needed). You'll have to take an airport shuttle to get to Enterprise but it may be worth as much as $150 in savings to do so. Enterprise has had the cheapest rates for Thanksgiving and Christmas over the past couple of years.
3) If getting the absolute rock-bottom price is critical, check NationalCarRental.com's Walt Disney World Dolphin location with discount code 5000304. During the July 4 and Columbus Day holidays their economy car and minivan prices can be $180 less than the best airport prices. Even factoring in $100 for a round-trip cab ride it's still the best deal around.
Except for certain holidays (see above), renting a car at the Orlando airport is always cheaper for than offsite locations. Most likely, competition among on-site agencies keeps prices at the airport low-it's difficult to charge significantly more than a competitor when that competitor is 20 feet away and smiling at your customers! Off-site car rental locations, on the other hand, typically have little nearby competition, so they can charge higher rates.
For families, whatever markdowns may be available off-site may not be worth the cab fare and hassle of shuttling kids and luggage back and forth. But if you're staying at a hotel with a car-rental office, it doesn't hurt to call and ask about specials for guests.
Should I rent a car?
Whether or not to rent a car seems to be the eternal question for Disney World visitors. For a long time I was too cheap to spring for a car. I lived by the mantra: Disney transportation is free and free is good. Plus, I could live without venturing off property and I didn't think a car would really save me all that much time. Then last year I took a trip during which I stayed at all three All Star Resorts (the things we do for our readers). My friend and I thought it would be easier to resort hop so we sprung for a rental car. We were amazed to see how much time the car saved us! Between not having to wait in line for the Magical Express, to being able to hop in the car and be walking toward the turnstiles of a park within 10 minutes was pretty awesome. And remember time is money at Disney World.
For the upcoming trip we opted to get a car for several reasons. We're going to be at the parks early several mornings. With the DHS anniversary festivities and forecasted high crowd levels, it's in our best interest to arrive well before opening. Having a car will shave some time off of how early we'll have to get up. Also we're resort hopping and it will be much simpler to have your own vehicle to do this. We'll also be able to make a stop at a grocery store to get some supplies. Since we are staying for 10 days paying for food, bottles of water, etc. on property for the entire trip would be a very expensive venture. Additionally, having a car will give us the flexibility to wander off site from time to time if we have a bit of pixie dust over load during such a long trip.
As you can see I highly recommend renting a car. But before I wrap it up let me offer a few more tips. Always check mousesavers.com for discount codes; you'll be surprised how much money you can save. You can also sign up for free customer loyalty programs for most rental companies operating out of Orlando International. These allow you to skip to the head of the line and make your way to WDW faster. In the name of saving time, you might actually take the bus to Magic Kingdom since you'll be able to bypass the TTC.
There's always a ton to think about when planning your Disney trip. Hopefully this entry has helped give you some insight on transportation front.
Next week I'll discuss packing and prepping before the big trip!


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It wasn`t my idea to try out for `Life of Pi`, says Suraj Sharma
Melbourne: Suraj Sharma has revealed that it wasn`t his idea to try out for Life of Pi as he could not swim and didn`t know how to act.
Talking about how he gave the audition for the film, he revealed that he went along to be with his brother and they asked him to read for the part and he did that as he thought he might as well, News.com.au reported.
Sharma further revealed that the most difficult part was the opening scene when the Tsimtsum is sinking and he looks down to watch it.
The 20-year-old actor said that it was the first time when he thought if he could do that.
Asked if the experience of being in the movie had changed his life, Sharma humbly replied that he is still studying now and so the movie has not changed his life too much.
But he confessed that people sometimes recognize him.
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Today, I am bringing you tidings of comfort (food) and joy in honor of National Comfort Food Day (December 5th). I believe it's no coincidence that this feel-good food holiday is falling on a Monday. And, not just any Monday, but the day after I struggled through a cold, windy and rainy marathon.
Honestly, I'm still feeling a little chilled to the bone, depleted, and licking battle wounds, and embracing the opportunity to take a MAJOR rest day, hang out in my PJs and fuzzy slippers, and make comfort food my new best friend.
Y'all know I typically eat reasonably, mostly clean . . . but I'm never going to deny myself food I'm craving for comfort every now and then. Sometimes your body is telling you to eat these things for a reason, other times it's strictly soul satisfying. Regardless, when you let go of the guilt and give your food worries a rest day, it tastes even better!
Brazilian Grilled Cheese Steak Sandwich – This is what happens when a Philly Cheese Steak meets an American Grilled Cheese meets a Brazilian Bauru sandwich? You can thank me later. Recipe originally developed for my friends at BeefLovingTexans.com, and shared for you at bottom of post!
Bacon & Blue Cheese Mac – Ahh, most any pasta dish is comforting, but mac and cheese is a like coming home after being away from loved ones for too long. The addition of blue cheese and bacon makes the reunion even better!
Comforting Chicken & Rice Soup – When it's drafty and cold, and your feeling run down and even under-the-weather, this easy chicken and rice soup comes to the rescue in a snap. And, while slurping up a big bowl is comforting to the core, it's also a healthy choice!
Simply the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies – They are not sugar-free, calorie-free nor carb-free, but these buttery, chewy chippers are a treat worth treating yourself to!
Root Beer Float Fudge – Imagine if you could have the yummy flavor of root beer and vanilla ice cream in fudge format? Well, you can thanks to this recipe I develop a few years back for the magazine Simple & Delicious. While, I wouldn't eat the whole pan at once, I certainly say CHEERS to a piece for a sweet treat.
So, what is your go-to comfort food? Do you prefer sweet or savory? What are you making for dinner tonight?! Please share in the comments, XOXO- Jennifer
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Brazilian Bauru meets Pilly Cheesesteak meets an American diner grilled cheese -- this easy pannini style sandwich makes a delicious lunch or dinner.
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teapsoon ground pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup Parsley leaves (some tender stems okay)
- 1 cup Cilantro leaves (some tender stems okay)
- 1/2 large jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 1/4 pound top sirloin steak, sliced very thinly
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
- 1 medium yellow onion, sliced thinly
- 4 ounces sun dried tomatoes cut into thin strips
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated or sliced
- 8 slices bakery sourdough bread
- 3 tablespoons light cream cheese, softened
- Pre-make chimichurri by adding all ingredients to small blender or food processor. Pulse on and off in 10 second increments to break up ingredients into coarse sauce. Set aside.
- Heat large skilled to medium-high. Add sliced sirloin and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes. Beef will be ready to remove from pan once lightly browned on edges and pink has been just taken off center. Remove from skillet and drain on paper towels.
- n same skillet (reserved with a tiny bit of beef fat and bits) add onion slices and cook over medium high, stirring as need, for about 6 to 8 minutes or until softened and beginning to caramelize. Add beef back into skillet with onions along with tomatoes, salt and red pepper flakes; stir to combine.
- Meanwhile, heat Panini press or clean skillet to medium-high heat.
- Butter outer sides of two slices of bread and layer each side with mozzarella. Place slice of bread, butter side down, on pan and top with ¼ of beef mixture. Add top piece of cheese and bread.
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Treasury: Tuesday's deadline is real
The Treasury Department is disputing a claim that the U.S. government has taken in higher-than-anticipated tax receipts and says it can't guarantee all the bills will be paid after August 2.
"Tax receipts were as expected for June and July," Treasury spokeswoman Colleen Murray said in a statement to POLITICO on Wednesday afternoon. "The fact remains the U.S. will exhaust borrowing authority on Aug. 2 and after that date, there is no way to guarantee we will be able to meet all of the nation's obligations."
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The statement comes after Barclays Capital said that the real deadline to avert the U.S. government's default is Aug. 10 because the government has been taking in more in tax money than anticipated, something that Treasury says is not true but was being reported as fact.
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Lecavalier earned the honor for the second straight week by notching four goals and eight points in two games as the Bolts smashed Southeast Division foes Carolina 6-1 and Washington 5-2.
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Jack Le Moine did an excellent job in launching the first, as far as I know, chess blog carnival. It is a collection of best posts with a very broad scope - about annotated games, book reviews, chess culture and politics, chess events and games, endgame play, humor, improvement programs, opening theory, position analysis, strategic concepts, and wrapped up with a list of valuable non-blog chess sites.
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Daniel: This is really embarassing for two reasons: 1. That test is not actually performed by the validator. In other words it's documented but not implemented. 2. The explanation is unclear as you indicate. The purpose of the test is to find out of your XML parser is properly encoding and decoding potentially troublesome characters. The wording is not accurate. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Barclay" <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Cc: <firstname.lastname@example.com>; <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: SOAP 1.1 Validator - predefined-entity counter questions > Dave, > > I'm a little confused about one of the tests performed by your > SOAP validator at http://soap.weblogs.com/validator1. > > The description of the first test (countTheEntities) > (at http://soap.weblogs.com/validator1#countTheEntities) says: > > validator1.countTheEntities (string) returns struct > > This handler takes a single parameter, a string, that contains any number of > predefined entities, namely <, >, &, ' and ". > > Your handler must return a struct that contains five fields, all numbers: > ctLeftAngleBrackets, ctRightAngleBrackets, ctAmpersands, ctApostrophes, > ctQuotes. > > To validate, the numbers must be correct. > > > 1. When you say that the string contains some "predefined entities, namely <, >, &, > ... ", what exactly do you mean? (The character "<" is not a predefined entity, > nor even a reference to a predefined entity.) > > Do you mean that the XML source string contains predefined entity _references_ > that specify those characters (e.g, "<", ">", etc.)? > > Or do you mean that the XML source string contains some representation of the > characters "<", ">", etc. (the characters for which there are predefined > entities), regardless of which representation is used (predefined entity > references, any other entity references, character references, or CDATA > sections)? > > > 2. If you do mean entity references to predefined entities, it that actually > information that a SOAP application can count on getting from XML processors? > > Entity references are not part of the XML Information Set, right? > > The XML Information Set draft (at http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset/) says, > in section 1 [emphasis mine]: > > "An information set describes its XML document *with entity references > already expanded*, that is, represented by the information items > corresponding to their replacement text." > > Additionally, Section 2.5 says that any validating parser will not report > references to entities [emphasis mine]): > > 2.5. Unexpanded Entity Reference Information Items > > XML Definition: Section 4.4.3, Included If Validating > > A unexpanded entity reference information item serves as a > place-holder by which an XML processor can indicate that it has > not expanded an external parsed entity. ... *A validating XML > processor, or a non-validating processor that reads all external > general entities, *will never generate* unexpanded entity reference > information items for a valid document.* > > So, if you did mean to count entity references, this all seems to indicate > that a SOAP processor using a validating XML parsers can *never* pass your > first test. > > Am I missing anything? > > Daniel > -- > Daniel Barclay > Digital Focus > email@example.com on Friday, 9 February 2001 16:36:02 UTC
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital will remodel its emergency room and hire new ER workers to better treat patients with mental illness.
The decision, agreed to Wednesday by hospital trustees, was applauded by some who have criticized LMH for having inadequate services for the mentally ill. But one trustee said the plan to spend $150,000 remodeling the emergency room was a hasty reaction to public pressure.
"One of my concerns is that there is this intense pressure for us to do something," board member Lindy Eakin said. "I would rather that we slow down. I'm concerned we're in a mindset that we need to do more now, so let's do something."
Eakin voted against the expansion, which will add two rooms reserved for patients who need immediate treatment for mental health issues.
He also said he was concerned the new rooms would have to be rebuilt in the next three years as the emergency department is relocated as part of a planned $35 million hospital expansion.
The ER improvements are expected to be completed within three months. The plan also calls for the equivalent of four new full-time staff positions -- mainly nurses and managers -- to staff the service.
The hospital treats mental health patients in the emergency room who are in a crisis or are a danger to themselves or others. But the facility does not now have a special area devoted to the treatment.
The hospital was questioned after a Lawrence resident committed suicide in January after hospital officials said it would be all right for her to leave the emergency department. Brianna Mitchell left for her mother's home to await a transport service to a mental-health hospital outside the city.
Hospital officials said the suicide played a role in the plans for the new service.
"I think we can say what we're currently doing is exactly what we should be doing as a community hospital," said Gene Meyer, president and chief executive of LMH.
Kathy Mitchell, Brianna's mother, said Wednesday that the proposed system would have provided her daughter the safe space she needed to await the transport, which was delayed because of icy weather.
"It is a good first step, but it is not the final step," Mitchell said. "It can't be the final step."
Brianna Mitchell's case sparked a call from some community members for the hospital to reopen its inpatient mental health unit, which closed May 1 amid shortages of psychiatrists and concerns that the unit wasn't attracting an adequate number of patients.
David Johnson, chief executive of the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, said he thought the emergency room changes would result in a significant improvement in the community's mental health services.
"It will fill a gap in the system," Johnson said. "There is no doubt in my mind about that."
Johnson has been calling for the hospital to reopen its inpatient mental health unit. On Wednesday, he said the broad issue of inpatient mental health services still needed to be addressed, but he was uncertain whether the community should continue to pressure LMH to reopen its unit.
"I don't know the answer to that right now," Johnson said. "But it is fair to say that that this does not solve all the problems we face."
The new program -- technically called a crisis stabilization service -- will feature two rooms secluded from other emergency-room functions.
"Most of the (mental health) patients need a calming environment, and most of the time our emergency department is not a calming place," said Dana Hale, LMH interim vice president of nursing.
The rooms will be designed to accommodate patients for as long as 24 hours, although LMH officials expect the average stay to be less than half that time.
The service is expected to be a money-loser for the hospital. It is expected to serve about 400 patients with first-year losses totaling $400,000. LMH estimates it will lose about $1.5 million during its first five years.
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Relax. Recharge. Recuperate.
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I went in stressed and came out relaxed. In between, I lay, fully clothed, on a warm table. Soft music played. Sue Coughtry's light touch lingered for minutes at a series of "meridians" between my head and toes. I sensed the tactile equivalent of white noise near her fingertips.
I couldn't be sure she was really sending the universal life force through me, but I will say this: I felt better. Maybe that's why folks — some health-conscious, some gravely ill — willingly fork out between $65 and $100 for 45 minutes to one and a half hours of reiki, which isn't covered by insurance.
Unlike the healing art of massage, reiki practitioners don't always touch you. Instead, their hands may hover over you. Reiki enthusiasts believe this laying on (or off) of hands infuses them with a ubiquitous, unseen vital power. In Japanese, "rei" (pronounced "ray") means "universal" while "Ki" (pronounced "key") means "life energy."
"It eases pain because you're able to relax," says Coughtry, who practices reiki at the Center for Integrative Healing in Bethlehem and the Acupuncture Office in Latham. "It's wonderful for people undergoing chemotherapy. If nothing else, it's wonderful for stress relief."
Muriel Frasher of Rensselaerville is a reiki fan who says she's had relief from the practice. After shoulder surgery, she requested a house call from Potter Hollow reiki master Jane Hershey. Frasher says she literally felt the pain move down her arm and out her fingertips. During another session, she says, "It felt like my whole abdomen opened wide, like a flower. All of my tension went."
And reiki does not just have to be done with the recipient in the room in front of the practitioner. Coughtry once "sent" energy across a distance to a friend with severe back pain 50 miles away. When they compared notes afterward, he felt heat where she focused, except with a five-minute delay, she claims.
These believers are in good company, according to the statistics. The 2007 National Health Interview Survey found that more than 1.2 million adults and 161,000 children had used an energy healing therapy, such as reiki, in the previous year.
Traditional medicine practitioners remain skeptical of its worth, however. The American Medical Association's website, for instance, states that there is "little evidence to confirm the safety or efficacy of most alternative therapies." The AMA encourages "rigorous scientific investigation" into "nonconventional" therapies.
Reiki "appears to be generally safe, and no serious side effects have been reported," states the website of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, one of the National Institutes of Health (www.nccam.nih.gov/health/reiki/introduction.htm). NCCAM funds research into how reiki may work, and whether it could treat AIDS, prostate cancer, fibromyalgia and diabetes. Some studies conclude that reiki has measurable calming effects, while others find no difference between reiki recipients and control groups. According to NCCAM, reiki "increasingly" is "provided by health care professionals in a variety of clinical settings."
Alicia Recore, project director for the Complementary and Holistic Therapy Program at St. Peter's Hospital, says she's given free elective reiki treatments to more than 1,000 patients over the last decade. Reiki and conventional medicine both aim to speed recovery and minimize pain and anxiety; the difference lies in the approach, Recore says. Conventional medicine usually focuses more on addressing the physical complaint through pharmaceutical interventions and symptom management — for instance, taking a pill for a headache, she explains. This isn't always successful with chronic conditions, she says.
"With reiki, our intent is to help people heal themselves at a deeper level," she says. "Maybe the headache is from stress. Maybe the constant cold is really from a depleted immune system; maybe the respiratory condition is from unexpressed grief. If it's the headache, maybe reiki will help ease the stress. If it's the cold, maybe reiki will help boost the immune system. If it's grief, maybe reiki will help heal the heartache."
Reiki goes to the parts of the body where it's needed the most, says registered nurse and reiki master teacher Joyce Willson, owner of The Art of Reiki in Troy. It produces varying sensations, she says.
"Sometimes there's warmth, coolness, tingling or different vibrations," Willson says. "The experience can be meditative, peaceful and very relaxing. People sometimes fall asleep during a session."
Willson works with all ages, from teenagers to the elderly. She has taught mothers so they can use reiki on their children with autism, attention deficit disorder and asthma. "The client doesn't have to understand reiki to receive its benefits," she says. "I gave reiki to my dog, who had a heart condition. He absolutely loved reiki. My dog would come right to me and position himself so I would place my hands on that part of his body. He would then reposition himself so my hands would move to the next area. After about 10 -15 minutes he would be totally relaxed and fall asleep."
Reiki may be a New Age therapy, but its origins are more than 3,000 years old. Dr. Mikao Usui of Japan claimed he found in ancient sacred Tibetan healing sutras a way of tapping into a higher power's energy. In 1922, he founded a healing society in Tokyo and began teaching reiki.
Typically, training has three levels, each lasting for 8 to 12 hours over a one- or two-day period. Newcomers are initiated or "attuned" to the hands-on technique. Level II is more advanced. Those who complete Level III become reiki masters, qualified to teach.
Since the U.S. government doesn't regulate reiki training, here are some tips to tell the shams from the true experts.
- Find out how long they've practiced and request references and documentation of their training, suggests Alicia Recore, project director for the Complementary and Holistic Therapy Program at St. Peter's Hospital.
- Anyone "diagnosing or treating any human pain, disease, disorder or physical condition" must be licensed in a profession "authorized to diagnose or provide treatment," according to the New York State Office of the Professions. Only physicians may diagnose, notes Sue Coughtry, who practices reiki in Bethlehem and Latham.
- Interview the practitioner and trust your gut, Coughtry says. Ask if the practitioner is affiliated with a center and if she has other training or licenses. If the practitioner says she learned all three levels in one weekend, watch out, says Coughtry. That's "much too fast."


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Composed of Sanskrit verses from ancient Indian scriptures, the sacred text Shri Guru Gita describes the Guru-disciple relationship and its supreme role in the attainment of Self-realization. Shri Guru Gita or "Song of the Guru" is recited in the morning in Siddha Yoga ashrams and meditation centers, and in the homes of Siddha Yoga devotees all over the world.
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Welcome to October, NWCF Nation!
First things first, I ask for your vote for KING5 Best of Western Washington CrossFit. Please cast your vote here if you have not done so already. We certainly are grateful for your support. If you have multiple email addresses (and who doesn't?), you can vote once with each.
Thank you to everyone that attended our first ever NW CrossFit Super Duper Family Fun Day! The kiddos bounced around in that castle like a bunch of crazy people. And that Kids WOD just might have been the most adorable thing ever to have happened on this Earth. We had a bunch of great vendors on hand, there was a very beneficial rowing clinic, and Outside the Box Paleo food truck was dishing up some amazing grub. Thanks to NWCF-Greenlake member Claudia Pettis and Coach Jill for organizing this fantastic event. If you missed out on Super Duper Family Fun Day, don't worry; we have 3 events coming up in the month of October for your enjoyment. Here's what you can look forward to…
Sunday, Oct. 6th, Paleo Challenge Kickoff – 2pm @ NWCF-Greenlake: It has been a little while since we've had a Paleo Challenge, so Coach Jill, Coach Carly, and the newest member of the NWCF team, Coach Erin have been working hard to host another one. The challenge will start with a kick-off on Sunday, October 6th where members will be given information on what the Paleo diet is and why it is beneficial. We are working on making body fat testing available at the beginning and end of the challenge to help members gauge their progress and the challenge will end with a Paleo Potluck. More information can be found on our Facebook page and look for flyers at the gyms. The challenge is free for members. And, from our experience, the more folks that are involved, the better the success had by all.
Saturday, Oct 19th, MU Clinic w/ Coach Tyler, 1:30pm @ NWCF-Bellevue: Coach T promised to bring his successful MU clinic to the Eastside, and the time has finally come. Everyone interested in getting that first muscle-up or improving upon the movement should email Coach Tyler to reserve your space ([email protected]).
Sunday, Oct. 27th, Hostile Takeover @ NWCF-Bellevue: Last year's Hostile Takeover 2012 was an incredible event! Grab a teammate of the opposite sex and get ready to throw down. We will have a division for all levels (Firebreather, Rx & modified). If you aren't into competing, come show your support as a spectator. It is certain to be a great time. Registration is slated to begin next week. More info to follow via Facebook and class announcements, so keep your eyes peeled.
Beginning CrossFit at all 3 NWCF locations: Tell your friends and family it is time to get started! With only 90 days left in 2013 and the holidays right around the corner, we want to help your loved ones achieve the level of fitness that they might not realize possible. If anyone out there can refer 5 people into our BCF series between now and December 1, I've got an NWCF t-shirt with your name on it.
Northwest CrossFit Kids Logo Contest! The NWCF team really wants to help the entire family learn to be fit for life. That is why we are working so hard to enhance our Family CrossFit classes. Now is the time to get the kiddos involved in the process. We want your 7-13 year old to submit a logo for the program that we will then use for t-shirts and other gear that they will be able to wear loudly and proudly! Here are the contest rules:
- · Ages 7-13 only.
- · They need not be a NWCF member to participate (but they should beJ).
- · Logo must include the words "NWCF Kids CrossFit".
- · Submit entries in person or to Coach Brian ([email protected]) no later than Friday, November 1.
- · Make it fun!!!
- · Winning logo will be selected by the NWCF coaches and the winner will receive a t-shirt with their logo on it.
Family CrossFit Class with Coach Tyler and Coach Carlos. Now, your kids can join us for a fun workout 5 days a week! Coach Carlos at NWCF-Ballard and Coach Tyler at NWCF-Greenlake are excited to share their knowledge and great attitudes with your little ones (ages 7-13) and leading them toward a lifetime of fitness. The Family CrossFit Classes are scheduled as follows:
- – NWCF – Ballard: 3:45-4:30pm, Tuesdays & Thursdays.
- – NWCF – Greenlake: 3:45pm-4:30pm, Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
- – NWCF – Bellevue: Coming Soon!!!
The price is $79/month/child or $15/visit/child. Parents are encouraged, but not required to participate in classes. We realize that, now that school is back in session, kids get out of class at varying times. We can roll with that! We will have some open gym time from 3:30-3:45pm and then start the class so you and your kids have time to get from the class room to NWCF. We will continue to work kids in as they arrive. Have a read of this Journal of American Pediatrics article revising their stance on strength training and conditioning for the youngsters. Wouldn't you know it, kids can benefit from smart coaching and training! Schools continue to cut fitness programs, but NWCF is here to save the day. And, if your little guy or gal wants his or her friends to get in on the action, we welcome all, even if Mom and Dad aren't NWCF members. Inquiries can be directed to Coach Brian at [email protected].
For your viewing pleasure, here are your video updates for August from each of your NWCF locations:
- NWCF – Ballard featuring Coach Joe
- NWCF – Greenlake featuring Coach Tyler
- NWCF – Bellevue featuring Coach Kristina
As always, please like us on our Facebook page and Tweet with us. And for goodness sakes, please tell your families and friends to pay us a visit! We always appreciate your supportive reviews on Yelp and we encourage you to contact us at [email protected] to tell us how we are doing.
Finally, as we welcome new faces into the NWCF community, we are so grateful for the support that you all show to these folks. Those first couple of months can be intimidating for some, but our wonderful established members are soooooo terrific about putting our newest members at ease. Thank you! Have a great month of October and we will continue cooking up more exciting things to come!
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You would be hard pressed to find someone out there that DIDN'T like Edge of Tomorrow. Of course, that is a gigantic assumption on my part; I am merely speaking from experience. I missed the Doug Liman directed, Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt starring sci-fi movie in its initial run in theatres. A big mistake. Because after finally catching it on Blu-Ray on its home video release, I kicked myself. Knowing I missed an epic sci-fi movie in the theatre, where it was meant to be viewed, made this geek feel ashamed. Ashamed and sad that it was a missed experience.
Now, with this Variety exclusive announcing Tom Cruise and Doug Liman re-teaming for another sci-fi movie known as Luna Park, I will NOT be making the same mistake. No, not ever.
My excitement is a little premature as they are merely developing the idea into a starring vehicle for Cruise to start. But if their work together on Edge is any indication, we're sure to get this movie in the pipeline soon.
From Variety's report:
It's still early in the process and could go one way or the other depending on how the latest draft of the script comes out, but sources say this is a good sign for the project that had been in development limbo.
Since their previous work in Edge of Tomorrow gives me a lot of hope – it's the studio that should have enough confidence in moving forward, seeing as this is a passion project for Liman; one that has experienced a long development process:
This has been a passion project of Liman's for some time; it was prepared to move forward in 2011 with thesps like Chris Evans and Andrew Garfield circling leading roles. A greenlight had been given by Paramount, but the studio halted production after co-financier Skydance Pictures bailed on it because of a budget that was surpassing $100 million.
No detailed storyline as of yet but Variety does list a small logline:
The plot revolves around a group of renegade employees who venture to the moon to steal an energy source.
For the fans of Cruise and Liman (director of Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) we just have to wait for Cruise's schedule to open up; the actor has Jack Reacher 2 and Mission Impossible 6 in his cue before Luna Park. Conceivably, this could be the only obstacle in their way.
What's interesting as well is that Cruise and Liman have Mena coming out in January, their second collaboration. Cruise doesn't just work for anyone so, in the end, I am confident that he is the last piece of the puzzle. Here's hoping.
No release date is set for Luna Park.
As always, make sure you keep checking back for more updates — right here on GeekNation.
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