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Thank you very much for great blog, Andrew! I've been living in Van Nuys for more than 4 years and I'm surprised how little I knew about Van Nuys. Looking at these articles and photos are like opening up a whole new door! Keep up the great work.
I worked at the Ontra Cafeteria as a busboy in the early 70s. (Note the spelling, O-N-T-R-A). They featured an accordion player every Monday night. Horrible job, awful people. but I made 1.25 an hour and got food. I was 15… I too have very vivid and fond memories of the Valley in those wonder years. I remember Steak Burger, Otto's Pink Pig, 4'n 20 pies, Coffee Dan's, Stanley Burke's/Corky's/Lamplighter, VNHS (Class of '71-we have a Facebook group) Wednesday night and Bob's (the vanilla shake machine was ALWAYS broken…chocolate only) and the newsstand on Van Nuys and Victory. The Fox Theater, The Helmsman (beeeeep beeeeep). And all those car lots on Van Nuys Blvd. I lived at the park, swam in the pool, and watched the fireworks every 4th. Goota go, I am getting al little…..
Thank you for your memories Dan.
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You know back in the day when Bob's Big Boy was the place to go, the place to cruise through, the smells, the boys, the fun. Across the street was a vacant field and I remember them having a circus there and watching them erect the tent and seeing the elephants work. And now it is part of a car dealership???? So sad. I remember getting my allowance on Saturday and practically running up to Woolworth's to get $.10 in candy from the candy counter. And then a silly toy, and still have money for a soda at Curries on Victory. I could ride my bike anywhere I wanted to and not a worry in the world. But now, here in N. California (Lodi) I am scared to have my grandson even ride his bike. It's like you are a moving target. Times have changed so much. I was lucky enough to grow up in a cool town, with cool parents that cared about me, I wish we could go back to such carefree childhoods.
I love reading your stories, it really takes me back. Your great. Thank you.
Great story, Sue! By the early '60's, the Ontre Cafeteria was directly across that street with the car wash next to it (it's still there, believe it or not). My grandma used to love that Cafeteria and would take me there. I guess places like that are all but dead to today's "fast food" audience. The old Red Car tracks were still on Chandler, winding their way to Van Nuys Blvd. in the mid-1960's. But soon enough, they were also removed and trees planted down the middle of Chandler for quite some way-almost to Coldwater. Just before that area there was an older home with chicken farm where you could still buy fresh eggs every day at very reasonable prices. Ultimately, the zoning commissioner drove those last places out of L.A. City-to which we are all imprisoned/still! If you ever got as far as Kester and Magnolia, you might remember the old Fox Market; it later became Food Fair and then Dales Market before the Feds. took it and built a giant Post Office. Across the street were all those old businesses stretching from Magnolia/Kester to Lemona…now an entire block of additional Condominium/apts. has replaced those old businesses. Originally there was a Winchell's Donut Shop, a Chicken Delight, a pet shop, cleaners, Blue Fly Wines and Spirits some medical offices and a pharmacy on that corner; behind it was one of the original Blue Chip Stamp warehouse/buildings…all gone now. It was appropriately written: "if you build it, they will come"…and so they have. Kester is now loaded with impassable traffic during morning and evening rush hour traffic…mean, frustrated drivers who would prefer to run you over, rather than allow you to access" their spaces"…Yup, all has changed. Well, at least we got underground drainage to the L.A. River; so those uncommon floods now force us to sandbag our homes. But then, the brunt of neighborhood homes are now 8-10,000 sq. ft. McMuffin Mansions high above the ordinary/the normal/the neighborly…along with rod iron gates, locked down sites and folks who rarely speak English, let alone look up at those of us who still take walks on a daily basis. After dark, you are advised not to walk at all…Van Nuys Blvd. went to cruising nights, to cruising for a new or used car-from Magnolia to Oxnard. It's a strange feeling as you drive and have to really dig deep to remember what used to be/vs what is there now. That #2 Bob's Big Boy truly was a gem/early hang out for the car lovers; but, again, it seems to have morphed into a different version of/for car lovers as yet another addition to one of two very successful dealers/dealerships expanded their spaces right over it! The entire Valley is about money/and every possible way to make more of it. Sadly, fewer and fewer residents are amongst those making larger enough sums of it to actually remain here and thrive…
Hey Andy, just wondering why you don't have a picture of yourself on YOUR WEBSITE? it certainly goes a long way in appreciating the photos you take of others! (aaaaah…..writers!) Of course, under my own e-mail I show a picture of Harley-one of dogs (lol)
Thanks….so many photos of me on the internet. Just Google+ or FB or Flickr me.
You're a good man, Andy…and it's nice to see someone recording pictures of the modern-day San Fernando Valley. i noticed you're branching beyond Van Nuys to Burbank, Tolucca Lake, etc. I felt saddened for having never taken a picture of the #2 bob's Big Boy on Van nuys Blvd.-now just another extension of a car dealership. In fact, right across the street, yet another recent expansion of a car dealership removed the original "Ontre Restaurant"-a cafeteria where you walked down a line and picked things along the walk for your meal. the building had remained until last year (2012) when it was removed and another 2-story car storage was added. but a bit further up the street-@ Killion-is one small token of landmark buildings. in 1928/'29, my real grandfather, james C. Lee had partnered with a movie actress (I think it was Norma Talmadge). Anyway, they bought that block and he developed it, building a number of Spanish-styled homes (probably your basic 1-bedroom/1-bath homes). Anyway, he finished them in August, 1929-so the story went. She got her money out and his profit was in, then, selling said homes. Along came Oct./nov. and he had $100,000 in cash in the stock market-controlling over a million in stocks. As his portfolio evaporated, and the margin call arrived, he lost it all. Within a year or two, he had lost the block on Killion St. He would later lose his business on the corner of Manchester and Western-a real estate office. He began a slow decline into the bottle. By the late 1930's, he had lost their house on Wiltern, then another and then my grandmother. His last hurrah was a visit to hear my dad-his only son-forced to sing the song: "Daddy" written by anther family friend (Bobby Troup) on Catalina Island in August, 1941 @ the Carousel. On the trip over, he snuck ale on the ferry boat for all the guys in Jerry Wald's band-for which dad played trumpet. After the show, they all crashed in a single bungalow behind the hotel. Grandpa's life pretty much faded away after that. he did remarry to a sweet lady who supported him until his liver finally gave out in 1951. He left behind two daughters, a son and .19 cents on the mantle piece. Dad related how he had to borrow the $8,000 it cost to bury him at the old Forest Lawn in Glendale…but what a spot he got back then…as the song went: "Memories Are Made of these"…
best wishes for the holiday season… Robert e Lee
Thank you for your great story. It seems people back then actually built things, including neighborhoods, but invariably something tragic happened and they went into decline.
Today, we only think big virtually, and seem to imagine we can float into eternity youthful and healthy.
But we have the truth of human struggle to refute our own illusions.
Thank you REL. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year and thank you for reading this blog.
Hey Andrew,
great blog!!
I sent an email to you … have a look when get a chance.
actually just stumbled across your blog and wanted to say great job!-
just moved to Van Nuys From Burbank and am trying to check out whats going on around here- Im a television and Film editor trying to get connected to like minded people here in Van Nuys- just moved into the historical district near Hamlin-
looking forward to learning and discovering more about my new city!
Hello, I'm wondering if you have any information on what is going to be built on the location that the American Red Cross (14717 Sherman Way) was at that is now a land lot?
I am sorry. I have not heard of anything.
Development of something residential doesn't seem like it would happen in this fragile economy.
Your photos and blog are just beautiful. As a wedding and portrait photographer in San Jose, I know that it's challenging photographing outstanding pictures. I'll definitely comeback to keep checking your site.
Thank you.
Hi Andrew – Do you know what's happening @ 14717 Sherman Way (site of the old Red Cross bldg)? They've finally demolished the old structure. Do you know who owns the land & what's going up there?
I will investigate it and see if I can come up with any answers.
The author is a genius. Keep posting
I thought you were a genius. Now I'm certain of it. Tried FBF, but couldn't find you on FB.
I was searching for info on the Van Nuys Choo Choo Restaurant and here I find someone else from Lincolnwood., Ill! I was born in Swedish Covenant Hospital and lived near a kiddieland park. Do you remember it or does anyone have any pics of it @ 1957-60? Such fun memories. Thank you!!
Yes, Kiddieland was near Devon and McCormick, running along the North Shore Sanitary Canal. It was torn down in the early 1970s and replaced with (what else?) stores.
Oh thank you so much for answering..sure wish someone had pics or old films…it would be great to jog my memory…I was very young.3 or 4.!
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Hello MM: I have some wonderful memories of the VN Choo Choo….
Van Nuys Choo Choo
Many baby boom kids celebrated birthdays at 6324 Van Nuys Boulevard, their burgers and milkshakes delivered on a miniature train. The restaurant closed in 1962, according to an auction notice in the L.A. Times.
I worked as a Short Order Cook at the Van Nuys ChooChoo for over a year. Started in the summer months of 1956, through my Senior year at VNHS, when I graduated with the Winter '57 class of "The Castillians". After graduation I worked for the Thomas Organ company, then moved to Oregon in August of 1959.
I have seen that you have choose one of my photos, the one which shows Lisbon. Thank you for your interest.
L.A. must be a wonderful and amazing place.
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Hi Andrew: When I was a little girl my parents took me to a small resturant for my birthday. I think it was on Van Nuys Blvd & I think it was called The Choo Choo. It was small, had a U shaped counter with a railroad/train around the counter. The burgers were put on the train & sent to where you sat at the counter. Do you know anything about this place? Would love to know.
My kindest regards, Jessica
Someone just posted a birthday picture from Van Nuys Choo Choo on the Facebook page Valley Relics.
Thank you David.
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Year until after graduating with "The Castillians" Winter class of '57. I moved to Oregon in the fall of '59, & understand the owner, Denny, had problems and in 1962, the business was sold at auction .
Andrew, I'm impressed about the quality of pictures of the website! I was trying to find some pictures of Van Nuys airport – it's so beautiful in the dask – but could not find any. Have you ever shot the airport? Look forward to see if it comes to your mind.
Hello Andy,
We met yesterday at the shooting location on Sylmar and Kittridge. Good going on your blog.
Same here. Nice work, keep it up. My family does have lots of pix from years gone by, and I'll try and find some to post that might be interesting to a wider audience. I was born at Van Nuys Receiving Hospital, just off VN Blvd. near Hatteras (no longer there, I believe) and grew up a few blocks away on Tobias Ave. I remember as a little kid in the mid-'50s walking with Mom down to Serber's Market on VN Blvd near the old train tracks (now a bus lane, I believe) and watching the Bethlehem Star Parade on the same boulevard. The House of Sight & Sound on Victory between Vesper and VN Blvd. was my favorite place in town — I picked up the KHJ Boss 30 song list every Friday afternoon on my walk home from grade school. Great times!
So many wonderful memories in all these posts. Lived in VN 1955 – 1962. I agree, you could bicycle anywhere you wanted without worry. I remember the Bethlehem Star Parade, the House of Sight and Sound, the Choo Choo, the Crystal Plunge – I could go on and on. We lived on Columbus in an old walnut groove. When we moved into the neighborhood there was a big lot on Vanowen filled with tumbleweed and we'd make forts in it. Eventually it became the Valley Presbyterian Hospital. I went to Valerio School and Fulton Jr. High and Van Nuys High. I miss those days. Thank you for this blog!
Tom Cluster
Tom, do you have any photos from back then? Especially Columbus?
I sent you a message, but it didn't go through I think. Congrats on the awesome site Mr. Editor! I lived in Lincoln Square about 5 minutes from Lincolnwood. I was also born in Van Nuys at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital!
Great to hear from you and keep up the awesome work!
Hi Andrew!
wow – very impressive. I just moved from Lincoln Square – about 3 minutes from Lincolnwood! This site looks like a full time project. What's funny is I was born in Van Nuys at the Valley Presbyterian hospital I think it is called. Keep 'em coming Mr. Editor!

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Russell (Ontario)
Russell is a town in Ontario in Canada. It has a population of about 5,000 or so. While Russell is not part of the officially designated National Capital Region, it is usually considered to be part of same because of it's proximity to the city. It is a part of Eastern Ontario.
Russell is located just to the west of Embrun, which is considered by some people to be Embrun's "sister town" since the two share a municipality and are quite close together (about 3km/1.5 miles) by Eastern Ontario standards, although there are significant differences: Embrun has 8,000 people compared to Russell at 5,000 and Embrun is mainly French and Russell is mainly English (although that distinction has been blurred in recent years as Embrun becomes more English and the francophone minority in Russell starts to expand).
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Like most towns and villages in Eastern Ontario, Russell is most accessible by car. There are private bus companies that service the area but only during the commute hours. The Village is a ten minute drive south of the 417 at the boundary Rd. exit. It is also easily reached from the west, south and east by major regional roads.
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Russell is a very square shaped village with equal growth on all sides. Most major facilities are a few minutes walk away from the centre business core.
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There a large number of tournament and festivals held every year. Naturally hockey and soccer lead the way in sports but there is also an annual fishing derby held in the spring(as a fund-raiser for cancer research),softball tournaments and even weekly bingo and card tournaments held throughout the village.
The Keith Boyd Museum will also entertain you with artifacts and display from days gone by.
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One of the old hotels is still running, although it is no longer a tavern type bar. The Royal Canadian Legion is also running a lounge.
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text: TROY -- Russell Sage College welcomed 750 students to campus Thursday, including 155 freshmen -- 120 percent over the institutional goal for the college. The new and returning students will participate in a number of events designed to introduce them to both the campus and the City of Troy this weekend. "We believe this growth is a reflection of Sage's program relevance and excellence," said Dan Lundquist, vice president of marketing and enrollment. "What we do at Sage is valued, important and popular, and our commitment to making a quality private college affordable underpins this success." Enrollment is up at both the Troy campus and at the Sage College of Albany, with undergraduate admissions up 34 percent from last year, according to Jamie Tario, media relations manager at Sage. In addition to the 750 students enrolled at Russell Sage, there are 600 students attending Sage College of Albany. Residence halls at both campuses are filled to capacity. Both campuses will be holding special events throughout the weekend, including an alcohol awareness program, a diversity seminar and a Saturday-night dance party called "Sage After Dark." "We try to make it both fun and informative," said Director of Students David Milford, adding that students would also be given time to participate in a special college-themed Troy Night Out event tonight. "We encourage students to go downtown, enjoy the shops and various events." Upper-class students will lead freshmen around downtown for the monthly event, featuring a variety of music, exhibits and other events. Students will be shuttled between the two campuses for events, as the college continues to create a "university-like feel," said Tario. The College has also expanded its shuttle service, adding a new vehicle to allow for more continuous transportation services throughout the day. For more information about Russell Sage and the Sage College of Albany, including a list of this weekend's events, visitwww.sage.edu


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There has been some outrage about the reduction in force of our military which has caused soldiers in combat to receive pink slips. While that is not really the way to do things, a friend of mine on facebook does a very good job of explaining the background of the situation. This is her post:
A retention board has cut 233 staff sergeants who have been at least twice passed over for promotion and who have served for at least 15 years. (Cpl. Sonia N. Rodriguez/Marine Corps)
Nearly three in 10 Marine staff sergeants considered by the service's first Staff Sergeant Retention Board held in June were denied further service.
In all, the board considered 798 Marines, said Lt. Col. Rory Quinn, Manpower and Reserve Affairs' End Strength Retention Optimization Group and Enlisted Assignments section head. Of those, 233 were cut. Another 565, or about 70 percent of those who went before the board, were retained. Those not retained will have their end of active service date changed to Jan. 31, 2015.
The board was limited to screening only E-6s who have been passed for promotion at least twice and have served 15 or more years, ensuring all those cut from the service will be eligible for the Temporary Early retirement Authority program. TERA offers Marines a retirement pension at a reduced rate, based on rank and years of service.
Until late 2013, Marines who made staff sergeant were permitted to remain in uniform through a 20-year retirement, barring any career-ending malfeasance, like a conviction for driving while intoxicated. Amos said those Marines would receive retirements regardless of manpower cuts.
As a result, some Marines considered the switch controversial. But Marine officials say it did not "break faith" with Marines or their families during the drawdown, which will cut the service from a wartime high of 202,000 to 174,000 by the end of 2017.The new policy remains true to Amos' original remarks, they say, because the boards only considered staff sergeants eligible for TERA, which is still retirement. A similar reversal of policy was made for majors who for years were also permitted to remain in uniform through 20 years, regardless of their competitiveness for promotion.
While TERA isn't a full 20-year retirement, Marines who opt for the program may still receive thousands of dollars per month for the duration of their retirement, based on rank and years of service.
The reduced pension is calculated by multiplying 2.5 percent of base pay by the number of years served, then subtracting 1 percent for each year under 20 served. So a staff sergeant with 15 years in would get $14,316 per year or about $1,193 per month.
Marines separated by the boards could also in theory opt for Voluntary Separation Pay, which can be offered to any Marine with more than six years of service. Marines who are TERA-eligible, however, are strongly advised to opt for the reduced pension over VSP's lump-sum payout. While VSP can offer a generous one-time payout which breaks six-figures, Marines will be forgoing tens of thousands of dollars or more over the course of their retirement.
The retention board convened for the first time this year because not enough staff sergeants participated in voluntary force shaping measures like TERA.
"Recent reductions in authorized end strength structure have resulted in excess inventory in many military occupational specialties at the grade of staff sergeant," according to Marine administrative message 242/14, which announced the board May 19.
As the drawdown got underway, staff sergeants proved one of the most stubbornly overpopulated ranks, in great part because of the practice that allowed them to remain in uniform even if they were not competitive for promotion. While that was great for Marines who made staff sergeant, it caused frustration among younger service members.
The introduction of annual Staff Sergeant Retention Boards may be a tough break for some staff noncommissioned officers, but it will be a breath of fresh air for junior Marines in bottle-necked MOSs. With a shrinking force, junior enlisted Marines in some MOSs became frustrated by extremely slow times to pick up rank. Some were in MOSs that remain closed to promotion over the long term, meaning even the best among them could find themselves hitting up or out limits and pushed out of the service. In recent years, occupations caught in that bureaucratic breach included several in the infantry, such as 0369, which in 2012 was entirely closed to promotion to gunnery sergeant. It has opened a bit since then.
Fewer staff sergeants should help those competing for gunny. Also, clearing the backlog of staff sergeants and creating vacancies for sergeant to move up will have a trickle-down effect that will have a positive influence on career and promotion prospects for corporals and lance corporals, despite a continuous drop in the overall number of Marines.
Whether boards will be held each year is dependent on an analysis of staff sergeant populations in that given year. However, more boards are likely.
"Future analysis will always determine the final answer, but at this point it is reasonable to say that as long as there is a drawdown ongoing, programs like TERA will continue to be offered on the voluntary side and boards like the [Staff Sergeant] Retention Board and Majors Continuation Board will be examined during each annual planning cycle," Quinn said.
It is definitely tacky to fire people in combat zones, but my friend Pamela, who is a former Marine, tells the other side of the story.


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www.empower-your-life.co.uk – Weight Loss Programme…
The healthiest way to lose weight is neither crash diets nor bursts of exercise. The body likes slow changes in terms of food and exercise.
For example, someone who has not exercised for years should not rush into running miles a day or pounding the treadmill. Not only will the struggle to do so leave you feeling disheartened and demotivated, you're also far more likely to injure yourself and set your fitness levels back further.
The same goes for people who suddenly start starving themselves. Diets that severely restrict calories or the types of food 'allowed' can lead you to be deficient in the nutrients and vitamins that your body needs.
So if you need to lose weight, what should you do?
Energy needs and weight loss
Your body uses food for energy. It stores any excess energy as fat. This means if you eat more food than your body needs for daily activities and cell maintenance, you will gain weight.
To lose weight, you need to get your body to use up these stores of fat. The most effective way to do this is to:
• reduce the amount of calories you eat
• increase your levels of activity.
This is why experts talk about weight loss in terms of diet and exercise.
Introduce changes gradually
Small changes can make a big difference. One extra biscuit a week can lead you to gain 5lb a year – cut that biscuit out of your diet and you'll lose the same amount.
You are also more likely to stick to, say, swapping full-fat milk for semi-skimmed or making time for breakfast each morning than a diet that sets rules for all foods.
You should think of weight loss in terms of permanently changing your eating habits. While weight-loss goals are usually set in term of weeks, the end game is to sustain these changes over months and years.
Increase your activity levels
Someone who increases the amount they exercise, but maintains the same diet and calorie intake, will almost certainly lose weight.
No matter if you hate gyms – even light exercise such as a short 20 minute walk will be beneficial if done most days of the week.
Every single time you exercise more than usual, you burn calories and fat.
There are lots of ways to increase the amount of activity you do. Team sports, racket sports, aerobics classes, running, walking, swimming and cycling will all improve your fitness levels.
Find something you enjoy that's easy for you to do in terms of location and cost. You are then more likely to build it into your routine and continue to exercise, despite inevitably missing the odd session through holidays, family commitments, etc.
• Get out and about at the weekend. Leave your car on the drive and walk to the shops. Try to incorporate longer walks into outings to the park, coast or countryside and take a picnic so you are in control of what you are going to eat that day.
• Every extra step you take helps. Always use the stairs instead of the lift, or get off the bus a stop before the usual one and walk the rest of the way.
• Use commercial breaks between TV-programmes to stand up and do exercise, or consider using an exercise bicycle in the living room while watching your favourite programme.
Reduce your calorie intake
If you are overweight, you can't continue with your current eating habits.
It's not possible to reduce body fat while eating lots of food, cakes and sweets. This doesn't mean you can never have any treats, but you need to learn how to limit these foods to small quantities – say, for special occasions.
In terms of weight-loss, you can get your body to use up existing stores of fat by eating less and making healthier choices.
This doesn't mean crash diet (anything less than 1500 calories), which usually ends up with you either getting weaker or giving up in desperation. Quick-fix diets can lead to a yo-yoing effect of drastic weight loss followed by weight gain, resulting in a vicious cycle.
There are no shortcuts to losing weight in a healthy and reasonable way.
Eating 300 to 500 calories less per day should lead to a loss of between one and two pounds per week. This is a realistic target. It may seem slow, but would add up to a weight loss of more than three stone in a year.
Fat contains the most amount of calories out of all the food types (protein, carbohydrates), so a good way to achieve this is to cut down on fatty foods and eat more wholegrain bread, fruit and vegetables.
Below are ways to reduce calorie intake without having to alter your diet significantly.
• Replace fizzy drinks and fruit cordials with water.
• Swap whole milk for semi-skimmed, or semi-skimmed for skimmed.
• Eat less lunch than usual. For example, make your own sandwich and limit the use of
margarine/butter and full-fat mayonnaise (store-bought sandwiches often contain both).
• Stop taking sugar in tea and coffee.
• Have smaller portions of the food you enjoy.
• Avoid having a second helping at dinner.
• Cut out unhealthy treats such as confectionary, sugary biscuits and crisps between meals.
• Cut down on beer and alcohol.
All these things will influence your health in a positive way.
Finally, don't be tempted to skip breakfast – or any meal to lose weight. While skipping a meal will reduce your calorie intake for that hour, it will leave you much hungrier later on.
Not only are you likely to overeat to compensate, but you'll often make bad choices to fill the gap: a cereal bar is not as healthy as a bowl of cereal or as filling, leading you to 'need' something extra for lunch.
Irregular eating habits also disrupt your body's metabolism, which makes it harder to lose weight in the first place.
Food diary
If you're not sure what's wrong with your diet, try keeping a daily diary of everything you eat and drink.
You can use a notebook or an online diary.
At the end of the week, review your entries for problem areas.
Look out for processed foods, alcohol, fast food, roasts, creamy sauces and fried foods.
If your diet seems largely healthy, look at portion sizes.
Once you've decided on what changes you're going to make, write them down. For example:
Week 1
• Exercise: one 20 minute walk every lunch hour.
• Alcohol: none in the week, two small glasses of wine on Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
• Food: no chocolate or biscuits in the week, choose healthy snacks such as fruit, trim all fat from meat, eat no fried or fast food.
Once you start your plan, weigh yourself once a week before breakfast. Keep a record of this weight and see if a pattern develops.
You could use a table like the one below to keep track of your goals, marking your progress for each day with a tick or a cross.
Be patient and persevere
It might take a week or two before you notice any changes, but they will steadily appear. After the first month you will be able to see the results and measure them in terms of looser fitting clothes.
Keeping your motivation up is one of the most difficult aspects of dieting. There will be days when healthy eating goes out the window and there will be weeks where you may not lose any weight – or put a little back on.
This is normal for everyone – dieters or not – so don't let it undo your plans for a slimmer you. You're not doing anything 'wrong', but you may need to look at your plan. Do you need to increase your activity levels? Make a few more changes to your diet? Put more effort into sticking to your current plan?
The other side of this is to make sure you celebrate your goals. While there is joy enough in stepping on the scales and seeing them dip lower, be sure to mark long-term progress with a reward such as new clothes or a night off from housework.
Celebrating is also a way to involve your nearest and dearest – it's up to you whether you want their encouragement in the form of gentle reminders not to eat certain foods, but support from other people can get you through the bumpy patches.
Health benefits of weight loss
Studies show that overweight women who lose between 10lb and 20lb halve their risk of developing diabetes. For men, the risk of heart problems reduces considerably.
Generally, we gain weight as we age. A few pounds over the years are not a problem, but people who gain more than 20lb compared to their weight as an 18-year-old will rapidly increase their risk of health problems due to that extra weight. In particular, women increase their risk of heart attack and double their risk of dying from cancer.
It may seem like these are problems to worry about in the future, but time flies by and tomorrow becomes today. By keeping your weight in the healthy range, you are less likely to be troubled by illnesses in your later years.
Based on a text by Prof Arne Astrup and Dr Carl Brandt
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Stars of Starr: New crew brews treats
Did you say Betelnut?
My ears pricked up as soon as Michael Keaveny, the new director of operations for Coran Caphshaw's restaurant group, named San Francisco's Betelnut as one of his favorite restaurants. Modeled after a Chinese peiji-wu, or beer house, this ever-popular eatery on San Francisco's trendy Union Street serves up glasses of cool draft beer and plates of fresh, generally spicy "street food" such as wok-tossed peanuts with chilis and garlic, Singapore black-pepper jumbo prawns, and scallion hotcakes. (Can you tell it's one of Dish's top picks, too?)
The beer-house genre happens to be very relevant to the Charlottesville restaurant/brewery scene and to Keaveny's place in it. This Culinary Institute of America grad with 20 years of coast-to-coast cooking experience moved to Charlottesville from Napa Valley to be closer to family.
He responded to an ad last fall but didn't realize who his potential boss would be until he noticed several Dave Matthews Band posters on the walls of Seven Oaks Farm, the site of his preliminary interview.
"My job is basically that of making good restaurants even better," he tells Dish. In addition to overseeing things at Mas, Blue Light Grill, and– as of last week– Mono Loco, Keaveny's first major assignment was polishing Starr Hill. The goal was to create a tavern-style menu that would complement and showcase brew master Mark Thompson's award-winning beers and also appeal to a diverse group of diners: concert-goers, vegetarians, students, professionals, couples, and even foodies like me.
After a few months of kitchen experiments with Starr Hill's young executive chef, Sean Walsh, Keaveny and Co. unveiled the new dinner menu just last week.
Not only does the menu pair each entree with a Starr Hill beer (new wines by the glass also tempt), but many of the dishes actually list beer as an inspirational ingredient: Amber Ale bread, Mojo "Peel & Eat" shrimp, lager-battered onion rings, stout-marinated skirt steak, salads drizzled with stout vinaigrette, and for dessert a surprising concoction called "beeramisu" (the brainchild of former chef Mike Ketola).
Breweries tend to favor meat-eaters, but the new Starr Hill treats vegetarians as first-class diners with hearty salads, tofu vegetable pot pie, white cheddar "mac & cheese" with roasted zucchini gratin, and a mock steak 'n cheese sandwich (made with grilled seitan).
As for the new shine on service, Keaveny credits new General Manager Brad Burke with the improvements. Non-smokers will be glad to know that the elegantly spare Gallery@Starr Hill space (adjacent to the main bar/dining room) is now open to Starr Hill diners and may also be rented for private parties.
When Starr Hill moves its brewing operation entirely to Crozet, the room up front that currently houses several shiny tanks could become another dining or private function room. As Keaveny says, "A restaurant is always a work in progress." If Starr Hill is any sign, we can expect lots of "progress" at Mono Loco in the months ahead.
Walk-ins welcomed at Crozet Pizza
Crozet Pizza had a mandatory reservations-only policy for so many years that even The Hook had trouble remembering that the new owners are making some big changes. As owner Mike Alexander reminded us, the beloved little pizzeria now welcomes the reservation-less with open arms.
"We try to keep at least three of our eight tables free for walk-ins," he says. "We're trying to change the image of Crozet Pizza as a place that turns you away or makes you wait two hours for a pie," he adds.
The maximum wait is now about an hour, Alexander says. As for the menu, they've introduced four new salads and are contemplating a kitchen expansion that will allow them to add a few entrees (and wine) to the menu. Crozet Pizza is open for take-out and eat-in from 3-10pm Mon-Fri, 11am-10pm Sat and 1-8pm Sunday.
Starr Hill's New Trio: (from left) Michael Keaveny, Sean Walsh, and Brad Burke


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Berry Creme Parfaits
Combine two "dairy" fine ingredients—icy cold milk and smooth sour cream—with fresh summer raspberries or blue berries to create Berry Creme Parfaits. Your family and friends will love this quick dessert that tastes—and looks—wonderful.
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- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1-3/4 cups milk
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries or raspberries, thawed
- In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and gelatin. Stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream and vanilla. Cover and chill for about 2 hours or until the mixture mounds when dropped from a spoon. Spoon into parfait glasses or glass bowls. Top each with 1/4 cup berries. Serve immediately.


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State of the RSBS Union
Superstition is not something I find myself drawn to ordinarily; however, certain recent circumstances have led me to question even my own staunch stance in reality. On Saturday, while witnessing Anibal Sanchez's no-hit bid against the lowly Indians, I thought to myself, surely my obstinate and beleaguered colleague, Mr. Krause, is enjoying this little bit of history-in-the-making.
To be sure, I sent him a simple (non-superstitious text) that read: You know what's happening right now, don't you?
Unfortunately, as the baseball gods shook their invisible heads in shame, Mr. Krause responded with a phone call, to ask me what I was talking about, and as soon as I answered the phone, Carlos Santana drove a deep drive over Austin Jackson's head and the drama was dead.
Good job, Mr. Krause. Seems to be quite the formula for the Tigers this season: flashes of brilliance followed by complete disappointment. How long will the White Sox stay ahead of the Tigers? Until the end of the season. That's how I see it.
As for me and my Cardinal fanatic family, sure we've been victimized by the same sort of blasé play lately; but never fear… our SAVIOR will be HERE… FRIDAY.
Hate me 'cuz it's Monday, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.


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Thanks to everyone for joining us in Buenos Aires for a truly magical MozCamp. As with all MozCamps, this was a team effort and I'd like to especially thank Katherine Naszradi, our track leads (Winston Bowden and Havi Hoffman) and the MozCamp planning committee (Guillermo Movia, Santiago Hollman, Nukeador, Reuben Morais, and Gloria Meneses). This list could go on and on – it truly embodied the spirit of ¡De Todos. Para Todos!
In order to wrap up the event, we'd like to get a few minutes of your help with the following:
- Survey: If you attended, please take a few minutes to let us know how we can make MozCamp even better with this survey.
- Photos: Make sure you tag your photos with #mozcamp. Check out Jusai Prieto's "Many Pictures. One Mozillian"
- Slides: Please post your slides on your talk proposal on the wiki.
What's next? We're working to review and finalize locations and dates for upcoming MozCamps. Current schedule is shaping up to be:
- September: MozCamp Europe
- November: MozCamp Asia
- December: MozCamp Africa + Middle East
Reminder: We're not hosting a Summit in July as in past years, but have opted to host more MozCamps in region where our volunteers are. MozCamps aim to reward core contributors, as well as mentor and train them to help us bring our products and initiatives to market and Grow Mozilla. This won't be a direct replacement for the Summit and unfortunately, not all paid staff will get to attend one. However, it provides paid and volunteer staff a unique look at active local community — their challenges, their motivations, and a bit of their culture. It also reinforces that Mozilla extends far beyond North America.
Stay tuned for specific dates and locations in the next few weeks, as well as how you can help shape these upcoming MozCamps. We've already gotten some great feedback on how to make them even more useful!


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Namaskaram! Welcome to this blog. Slokas and Mantras have been an integral part of my life. Some of my sloka books have become old and torn. Unable to find good replacements, I decided to blog some of the slokas, hoping they would help a few others too. I would be typing them myself, so kindly forgive me for any incorrect tamil and hindi/sanskrit transliterations and please keep visiting.
Wish you a great life ahead!


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Note: This article was written last January, but I just realized recently that I haven't posted it. This makes for a good Feng Shui reminder also before the ending of this blog, so I'm posting it now.
I have written about this before, but I guess it is only fitting that I write about it again given the past few months I have about 7 readers who committed this blunder.
In making major renovations it is necessary that we must make sure we all check the date when we will be making the renovation. This is because in Feng Shui (as well as in Taoism and Buddhism) there are so called good dates and bad dates. This means that there are dates wherein one cannot make renovations either in the office or at home. This is because there are dates that is 'chiong' or "against" (for the lack of the better term) certain animal signs. For example, as I write this today, January 18, the date is "chiong" the sign of the Rooster and Ox. This mean today (as I write this, which is definitely not the day of posting) is not a good day for people born under the sign of the Rooster and Ox to do anything big, especially to make any form of renovations.
One other reason is that there are days wherein it is bad to fix a house not because it is a day that is "chiong" any sign but that there days wherein it is simply bad because there days where in a certain hostile or negative "Mara" or spiritual landlord is stronger on that day. Doing any renovations on that day will seem to be an attack on the said Mara or spiritual landlord.
"Spiritual Landlord" are unseen entities that has been "living" in our lands or house or office even before us. This concept is both accepted concepts in Taoist Feng Shui and even Buddhist Feng Shui. These are entities that are neither good nor bad, but once "attacked" may make them wreak certain negative energies.
Furthermore, and the simplest reason is that there are certain days that are simply bad for doing any renovations because the energies of the day base on the configuration of the stars on that day.
As mentioned above, there are 7 readers of this blog that made that blunder the past few months. One of these reader is my friend BM. BM had some renovations done. She is mostly aware of the "rules", however, she thought that since she was doing only minor renovations, it should be fine even if she doesn't check the date.
In a way, she's right. Minor renovations can be done anytime. However, if you are fixing the roof, ceiling, or the floor, no matter how small it is or how physically minor it is, Feng Shui wise it is not minor. As long as you've touched the roof, the ceiling and the floor it is no longer considered as minor even if the area being done is less than an inch!
You might think that something so simple will not do any harm, but if you do it on a really bad day base on the configuration of the stars, and coupled with a day that is "chiong" your animal sign or of any member of your family, and then it is a day of a certain Mara or spiritual landlord then that creates a lot of problem.
In BM's case, it created some problem with her husband's business. It was fixed with a simple but quite "pricey" and long ritual. Another reader was lucky enough to be able to get away with it with a short offering and some chanting of mantras. Furthermore, another reader had to do a three-day ritual involving prostrating in front of an image of a Buddha for 49 times!!!!
The cures are actually different depending on the date, the Mara or spiritual landlord you "attacked" or on the severity of the effect.
The best way to handle this though is to be preventive about it, so it is better to check on a good date first. I have seen people literally die of accidents, get invalid, or lose all their money just because they made a seemingly minor renovation on a wrong date.
So, the next time you think of having some renovations better consult a Feng Shui expert or a Feng Shui consultant for this.
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skin cancer
skin cancer, malignant tumor of the skin. The most common types of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Rarer forms include mycosis fungoides (a type of lymphoma) and Kaposi's sarcoma. Overexposure to the sun is the primary cause of the common skin cancers, and the popularity of tanning since the 1930s lies behind the rise in skin cancer rates. The depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer also plays a role. The most effective way of preventing skin cancer is to avoid exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays by consistently applying effective sunscreens (see sunburn) and wearing protective clothing.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas
- Melanoma
- Bibliography
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Not that we had expected much less – AT&T won't be support tethering to your laptop when OS 3.0 debuts on the 17th of this month despite upgrades to their network. Still, better in many ways than the Canadian Rogers Corp., there was the slightest of hopes that the American Telecom giant would play nicer to its customers with OS 3.0 and the 3GS debut. As it turns out, even grandfathered GoPhone plans are subject to AT&T's arbitrary decisions.
Daniel Burkholder, a TUAW reader tipped the website about AT&T's divine new PR initiative.


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March 14, 2013
By: Nicole Williams
LAWT Contributing Writer
This weekend, on Saturday, March 16 Sabriya's Castle of Fun Foundation (SCF) will host a blood drive in partnership with Children's Hospital LA. It will be held at the Los Angeles Sentinel office from 10am-2pm. Not only does Sabriya's Castle of Fun encourage blood donation, it also encourages overall participation with its foundation, a non-profit organization that has been offering "Fun Therapy" and supportive services to children with leukemia, sickle cell disease and other chronic blood diseases since 1992.
Sabriya's Castle of Fun was named after the daughter of Danny J. Bakewell Sr, Sabriya Bakewell, who tragically passed away after being diagnosed with leukemia. In a way to live out her legacy, Sabriya's Castle of Fun Foundation was created and many people have volunteered to bring happiness and joy to children with cancer.
One of those volunteers was Rayva Harrell. She says that working with the foundation was a pleasure because she loved working with children. After getting on the Board of Advisors, she would later find out that an unfortunate event would make her purpose within the foundation clear.
"I had been on the board for one board meeting when I thought 'what is my place in Sabriya's Castle of Fun Foundation?' Two weeks after that initial meeting, got a life-changing phone call about Amber Thursday night," she said.
Amber N. Griffin Sawyers was Rayva's 13 year-old niece and also an SCF volunteer, who she primarily took care of along with her parents. After a 3-month period of Amber being sick with flu-like symptoms, the family finally sought further medical opinions. On March 28, 1995, she was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a children's cancer made of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles according to the American Cancer Society. Doctors gave her an estimated 60 days to live; they never imagined she would live much longer.
Amber would then live for four more years, defeating the odds. Rayva explained specific details of her experience with Amber.
"For four years I saw her happy, saw her sick, no hair, never wore a wig ever. She was a sick girl, but she was proud," Rayva said.
"She was so pretty, she looked like me," added Amber's father, Brian Sawyers with an enduring smile on his face.
Rayva says that witnessing her niece go in and out of the hospital over those few years was heartbreaking because there was nothing she could do.
"Amber needed blood all the time. And I think that's when I found out that I couldn't give blood because my blood was too low," Rayva said.
This is why Sabriya's Castle of Fun makes it a priority to get people to donate blood because of the need and more specifically the need for Black blood donors. Certain blood types carry specific antigens that are only found in people of African descent or non-African descent. Because of low Black blood donors, the need is specifically high for Black children struggling with certain blood-related disorders.
If you are a first-time donor, do not be afraid. After the initial pinch of the needle, nothing compares to the feeling of helping those in need and Children's Hospital LA takes good care to make your experience comfortable. Amber was one of those who needed blood frequently. She volunteered with Sabriya's Castle of Fun not only building toy castles for sick children, but also raising thousands of dollars for the foundation before even being diagnosed with cancer. Who would've thought that a Sabriya's Castle of Fun volunteer who served other sick children would develop a rare form of cancer? After passing away on January 22, 1999, six months before graduating from Crenshaw High School, her family completely transformed their lives to living in love and helping out the community.
You can do the same! If you are 17 or older, then you can donate!
Along with opportunities to donate blood, there will also be celebrity artists like R&B singer Leland and food provided by B.D. Burgers owned by Brian Sawyers, Amber's father. It is a community event that Sabriya's Castle of Fun Foundation hopes to make a huge difference in the lives of those in need.


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Milla Jovovich just got some end-of-the-world eye-candy competition. Wentworth Miller has joined the next Resident Evil film, but the Prison Break star is still stuck in jail in LA... which has been burning for three years.
In an interview with Black Film new cast member Bodjoe Kodjoe talked about his latest role in the next in the long line of Umbrella Corp films. Sadly there is no mention of the cloned Alice army, but he does reveal that the movie takes place in LA:
Boris Kodjoe: : I play the leader of the survivors in LA. Milla Jovovich's character, Alice, is roaming the world looking for survivors and she's wound up in LA, which has been burning for three years. She comes across an LA jail surrounded be these half-dead, uhh…[zombies]. Yeah, they're those monsters, what are they called? Anyway, she comes across the jail and there's a couple of survivors and she lands on top of the roof and partners up with me to fight the guys that are coming after them. We're trying to get all of the survivors out of the jail to safety. We're starting next week, actually.
He goes on to reveal that Ali Larter will also be returning and Miller's new role is someone who already was in prison when everything went down.


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The Voice a big hit with viewers
CHANNEL 9 is finally on to a ratings winner with The Voice.
After a disastrous 2011 where Nine lost all 44 ratings weeks to Channel Seven, the broadcaster has come out firing in the post-Easter ratings blitz with The Voice, The Block and tomorrow night's debut of Celebrity Apprentice.
The blind auditions of The Voice - where coaches Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem, Joel Madden and Seal must judge singers based purely on their voices - have captivated millions of Aussie viewers.
The show debuted to an average national audience of 3.046 million, peaking at 4.11 million, on Sunday and instantly made 19-year-old blues singer Karise Eden a household name.
Emotions ran high last night when vision-impaired 18-year-old Rachael Leahcar brought Goodrem to tears with her performance of Edith Piaf's La Vie En Rose.
Renovation reality series The Block, on the back of its Logies win, also did well on its opening night with a peak five-city metro audience of 1.942 million.
Both shows, which continue tonight, knocked Seven's popular Monday-night drama Revenge off its perch.
The second series of Celebrity Apprentice Australia debuts tomorrow night.


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OIF Summary, Dec. 16, 2009: Forces Target Terrorists in Baghdad
Dispatches from the Front:
BAGHDAD, Dec. 16, 2009 -- Iraqi security forces arrested two suspected terrorists today during a combined security operation targeting the Kataib Hezbollah terrorist network in northeastern Baghdad.
Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched for a suspected leader of a cell believed to conduct rocket attacks on security forces and military installations in and around Baghdad.
They searched two buildings for the warranted terrorist leader and questioned several people at the scene. Based on preliminary questioning, Iraqi forces arrested two people suspected of terrorist activity.
(From a Multinational Force Iraq news release.)
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Kenneth Goldsmith
- March 25, 2014 7:00 PM
March 25 – Kenneth Goldsmith is, among many distinctions, the 2013 inaugural Poet Laureate of The Museum of Modern Art in New York and founding editor of online archive UbuWeb. With eleven books of poetry to his name, Goldsmith's writing has been called "some of the most exhaustive and beautiful collage work yet produced in poetry" by Publishers Weekly. He was invited to read at President Obama's "A Celebration of American Poetry" at the White House, where he also held a poetry workshop with First Lady Michelle Obama. In addition to poetry, his book of essays, Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, won the 2012 Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present Book Prize. An enlightening documentary on Goldsmith's work, Sucking on Words, was first shown at the British Library in 2007. As a poet, writer, editor, professor, and music critic, Goldsmith acknowledges few boundaries in his practice. With a BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design, he has written about, continuously participates in, and is recognized by the visual art world, as demonstrated by his recent inclusion in the 2012 dOCUMENTA (13) with his Letter to Bettina Funcke as part of the event's 100 Notes – 100 Thoughts book series.
For this Tuesday Evenings, Goldsmith presents "My Career in Poetry or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institution."
The Modern is happy to collaborate with The Reading Room in Dallas on this occasion. Each venue offers specific insight into Kenneth Goldsmith's work as he shares the nature and experiences of his career at the Modern, and reads his own work at The Reading Room. More information can be found at http://thereadingroom-dallas.blogspot.com/.
Kenneth Goldsmith at Street Poets and Visionaries Mercer Union. Toronto, 2009
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Tuesday Evenings at the Modern
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public each Tuesday from February 4 through April 8. Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Museum's auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. Free admission tickets (limit two) are available at the Modern's information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The Museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesday evenings during the series.
Café Modern serves cocktails, salads, and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.
Podcasts of these lectures are available here, two weeks after presentation date.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. — It's just like old times for Cory Schneider, who gets to play Thursday night in Minnesota because Roberto Luongo never wins here.
Of course, nobody thought Schneider's "new" job with the Vancouver Canucks would be like his old one.
The goaltender, who was supposed to be the National Hockey League team's No. 1 netminder this season, will start for the first time in 11 days when Schneider takes back the crease against the Minnesota Wild.
"Every game is big this year and it hasn't been that different from the past few years where I might not have played in a little while and I had to jump in and be effective," Schneider said Wednesday after practice. "I've got to carry that attitude for tomorrow night's game. You can't really waste an opportunity. Every opportunity you get is a big one. I just want to get back in there and try to get in some kind of rhythm."
Schneider appeared to be getting into a rhythm when he was dropped in favour of Luongo after losing 4-1 to the San Jose Sharks on Jan. 27.
Schneider was awful in the NHL season-opener eight days earlier.
But after surrendering five goals in 14 shots in a 7-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, Schneider went 2-1 in his next three starts while posting a goals-against average of 1.95 and save rate of .931.
But that wasn't good enough to keep out Luongo, who is 3-0-2 this season and among league leaders with a 1.53 GAA and .940 save percentage.
Canuck coach Alain Vigneault's decision to go back to Schneider tonight is far less surprising than his choice the last four games of Luongo because the latter has been hooked from his last three starts in Minnesota while posting a 7.68 average.
"As far as I'm concerned, nothing changes for me," Luongo said. "Just keep working hard and be ready when it's my turn.
"(Cory) is the type of guy who gets ready to play, no matter what. It doesn't matter if it's been four games, two games or 10, he's the type of guy who works hard in practice and when you do that you tend to be ready when it's your turn to play."
Reminded of the gap between starts for Schneider, Vigneault said: "It's no different than what he's done in the past. It's the exact same scenario."
Exactly. No one expected this.
"I felt it was getting there," Schneider said of his form before losing the net to Luongo. "I try to carry that from the game into the practices. You just have to pretend it hasn't been a week-and-a-half, only a night or two."
ICE CHIPS: Recovering from wrist and shoulder surgeries, Ryan Kesler had his second full practice with the Canucks but still has no target for a return to playing ... The practice in suburban Mendota Heights was especially rigorous. It followed a travel day Tuesday and the Canucks' rookie dinner that night ... Chris Tanev, who scored the overtime winner Monday in Edmonton, got a big chunk of the dinner tab. "I came back to Earth in a hurry," he said. ... Canucks will be on Hockey Night in Canada Saturday when they host the Calgary Flames at 7 p.m.


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3 arrested in Crawford County meth investigation
2 suspects also face child endangerment charge
CRAWFORD COUNTY, Wis. (WKBT) — The Crawford County Sheriff's Office arrested three adults after an eight-month investigation into the manufacturing of methamphetamine.
Authorities executed a search warrant at the home of Vincent and Andrea Dahlberg at 13812 State Highway 27 in the unincorporated Town of Fairview, Utica Township on February 13.
Law enforcement members found numerous items associated with manufacturing, delivery, and sale of meth in and around the home. The Sheriff's Office said they also found remnants of several "one-pot" meth labs, which led them to believe manufacturing practices "have been taking place for some time."
Authorities arrested Vincent Dahlberg, 51, Andrea Dahlberg, 37, on charges of manufacturing meth, possession of meth and possession of schedule 2 narcotics. They could also face charges of child endangerment for exposing two young children, who live at the home to meth manufacturing. The Sheriff's Office said the children were removed from the residence by the Crawford County Human Services for their safety.
Kellene Cull, 41, was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Crawford County and may face charged associated with the investigation.
The Vernon County Sheriff's Department, Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation, Seneca Fire Department, Ocooch Mountain EMS, and the Crawford County Public Health and Human Services Departments assisted the Crawford County Sheriff's Office.


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Brownback, KU officials hope to draw on free-state history to fight modern-day slavery
Kansas, a state whose roots lie in abolitionism, ought to be a leader in fighting the slavery that still exists all over the globe today, Gov. Sam Brownback said Thursday.
That's the idea behind the first-ever Kansas Conference on Slavery and Human Trafficking, which kicked off Thursday night at Kansas University. A collaboration between Brownback and several different KU offices, the conference has brought in scholars from KU and elsewhere along with government officials to tackle the issue of modern-day slavery and provide inspiration for KU to become a leader on anti-slavery research.
It's only appropriate for a state and a city with a strong anti-slavery history, Brownback said in his conference-opening remarks Thursday night at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
"This is who we are," Brownback said.
Brownback introduced to a crowd of around 200 people anti-slavery activist Kevin Bales, the conference's keynote speaker. Bales co-founded the group Free the Slaves, which works around the world to end all forms of slavery.
Bales laid out for the crowd the state of slavery today and the aim of the conference: to spark research that could light the way to possible fixes.
In some ways, Bales said, slavery is more prevalent in today's world than ever. The estimated 27 million slaves across the globe today — a tough number to nail down — is twice the number that crossed from Africa to the Americas during more than 300 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
But seen from another angle, slavery could be nearing its end. Those 27 million people actually make up the smallest fraction of the global population ever to be trapped in slavery.
"In many ways, slavery is standing on the precipice of its own extinction, and it's just going to take one good hard kick to knock it over that edge," Bales said.
Global problem
Modern-day slaves often live in nations with corrupt governments, in areas stricken by civil wars, widespread poverty or other problems that leave many people vulnerable, he said. He displayed a map showing areas of Africa, India and southeast Asia among the countries with the highest rates of slavery.
But slavery is also "hiding under the rocks" in every U.S. state, Bales said.
Some people are born into hereditary slavery related to debt. Most people drawn into slavery encounter some variation of the same situation, he said: With hungry children or sick spouses on their minds, they're approached by someone sitting in the back of a truck asking a simple question: Want a job?
"If we were in the same fix, we would get in the back of that truck as well," Bales said.
But the truck leads them hundreds or thousands of miles away, where they're trapped performing dirty, dangerous work or being sexually exploited.
Today's slaves may be children in Nepal forced to carry slabs of rock on their backs up and down mountains, or West African women taken to Washington, D.C., to be domestic servants.
One way modern slavery differs from slavery in the past, Bales said, is that the average price of a human being. In 1850, a slave in America cost as much as a house or hundreds of acres of land. Today, the average slave costs less than $100.
Though slavery is slavery no matter the price, that means today's slaves are often tragically treated as disposable goods, he said.
"They're not like buying a tractor," Bales said. "They're like using styrofoam cups."
But the price of freeing slaves and, perhaps more importantly, setting them up for future success is also low: around $400 per freed slave, he said. That would put the total cost of freeing the world's slaves at around $10.8 billion.
Bales credited Brownback with helping to lead the charge to fight modern-day slavery and human trafficking in the United States, as a U.S. senator. In 2000, Brownback and the late Paul Wellstone, a Democratic senator from Minnesota, worked to enact the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. That was a time when few were paying attention to the problem, Bales said.
"Slaves came to freedom, and abolition is nearer today, because Sam Brownback spoke truth to power," Bales said.
KU ready to lead
Hannah Britton, a KU faculty member who helped organize the conference, said KU could also lead the way on the issue. With encouragement from Brownback and research strengths in international issues such as human rights and social justice, she said KU has the potential to do valuable research.
The conference, which continues Friday with research presentations at the Kansas Union, has been booked with experts coming from across the country, she said.
"I think that's a very good sign that KU can position itself as a leader on this issue," said Britton, who is an associate professor of political science and women, gender and sexuality studies as well as the director of the Center for International Political Analysis at KU's Institute for Policy and Social Research.
A state Senate committee this week began considering a bill that would create stricter laws to fight human trafficking, pushed for by Brownback.
Bales ended his talk Thursday with proof that slavery can be fought: video of mothers in Ghana reuniting with their children freed from slavery in the fishing industry there. They squeezed the boys against their chests, eyes closed and smiling wide.
"People ask me, 'How can you do this work? It's so sad,' " Bales said. "How can I not do this work when it's so happy?"


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Santa Fe council approves gay marriage resolution
When the Santa Fe City Council voted 5-1 in support of same-sex marriage Wednesday, the chamber erupted in cheers and hugs.
"You know we're at the edge of history here," Kirstin Barendsen said before giving her partner a big kiss. "I think gay marriage is the Civil Rights issue of our time."
On the other side of the aisle, those in opposition said the council's decision is ungodly.
"When they say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, they should say one nation under Satan; not one nation under God," Duncan Lanum said.
Councilor Christopher Rivera stated before the Council that he was proudly voting "no".
After the final vote, Rivera told Action 7 News the City Council's decision doesn't make gay marriage legal.
"It's a feel good for the LGBT community, and that's about it," Rivera said.
Some fear that what happened in Sandoval County in 2004 could happen in Santa Fe.
In that case, the County Clerk issued marriage licenses for gay couples for just one day, until the Attorney General at the time stopped it. That's a concern for Kim Muller, who is waiting to marry her partner of 20 years.
"We'll see what the [current] Attorney General has to say," Muller said.
In the meantime, those in support of gay marriage, including Santa Fe Mayor David Coss, said the council's vote is a step in the right direction.
"I'm feeling very proud of Santa Fe," Coss said, "Very happy for all these constituents of the city."