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The PCM uses crankshaft position, camshaft position, and engine RPM to calculate fuel delivery and ignition timing. Variations in camshaft and crankshaft position, as well as engine RPM help the PCM to detect an engine misfire. When an engine misfire is detected that is severe enough to damage the catalytic converter/s, a code will be stored in the PCM and a service engine soon lamp will be illuminated. If the misfire is not considered serious enough to damage the catalytic converter/s, the service engine soon lamp may flash for a period of time (usually under acceleration) and then go off.
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Body Dynamics, 2660 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, foundationtraining.com
Instructor: Gili Wolf, of Louisville, was a trained ballet dancer for 15 years. She was certified in Foundation Training in December, among the first group of trainees.
Her chiropractor turned her on to Foundation Training years ago as a way to improve her chronic lower back problems.
"The method itself is aimed at changing movement patterns," Wolf says. "It's turning those muscles back on and integrating those muscle chains so they work together."
Wolf is also a graphic designer.
What is the workout? Foundation Training is a series of movements that aim to integrate the body's muscular chains, starting with the posterior chain to stabilize your spine and core. These muscles are often weak and imbalanced from the habits of modern life, such as hunching over in chairs for extended period of times.
Foundation Training is part isometric strength-training, part physical therapy, using your own muscles and body. No equipment.
It claims it can improve chronic pain, especially lower back pain, and teach you new ways of moving. Other clients have experienced improved control of their body and improved athletic performance.
Classes begin with decompression, to open everything up, and end with something called "tensioning." We did exercises standing and on the floor.
What's different: It was developed with modern-day lifestyles in mind. Principles are commonly used in conjunction with Pilates and yoga.
Some of the moves we did felt similar to yoga. For example, we did a "child's pose," but with feet flexed. Flexing your feet engages the bottom of your feet and connects the entire chain of posterior muscles, Wolf says.
We also did something called an eight-point plank instead of regular plank. This kind of plank uses more muscles, while forcing them to work together, and is much harder.
Yoga offers more lengthening and stretching of muscles, whereas Foundation Training stretches and strengthens muscles at the same time, Wolf says. Imagine bending over in a way that stretches your hamstrings and lower back, while doing strength training in that lengthened position.
I've never done moves quite like this before.
Foundation Training describes the core as the pelvis and everything that attaches to it, not just your abdominal muscles. It spans your adductors, glutes, hamstrings and lower back.
What does it cost? A one-time drop-in is $15. Get a 10-class punch card for $100.
When: 10:30 a.m. Monday for an hour. Wolf also teaches a free community class with another instructor in Central Park at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Level: All ages and fitness levels. The class attracts everyone from people with back issues, to people who sit a lot on their jobs, to professional athletes who want to access more power. If you're new to exercise, try a private session first.
Classes attract from three to 10 participants.
While I was taking the class, I thought it was a four on a 10-point intensity scale. I thought it was interesting but pretty easy, other than a few specific moves.
But as the day went on and I began to realize what exactly we did to my muscles (I actually pulled out the Icy Hot because my muscles were on still on fire at midnight), my rating rose to a nine.
This was the most sneakily challenging class I've ever taken. I had no idea how hard I was working.
What to prepare: Comfortable exercise clothes, no shoes or socks, bring a yoga mat if you want your own. Water provided in studio.
Muscles worked: Posterior chain muscles: glutes, adductors, lower back, hamstrings.
What I loved: I know my lower back is weaker than the rest of my body, and it was refreshing to be in a class that put the main emphasis on strengthening that. I feel as if lower back is too often a side note in other classes, because it's not as sexy as doing ab work. But if your lower back is injured and you can't walk, it doesn't matter how great your six-pack is. We need to be balanced, and this class offered a surprisingly unique take on strength training.
What I didn't like: If you are looking for a rockin' cardio class with loud music, this is not your class. We had no music and Wolf is a soft-spoken, calm teacher. While I was taking class, I found myself getting a little distracted because it wasn't hyper-stimulating and overly energetic.
How I felt after the class: As my muscle exhaustion grew to the point that I spent my family dinner lying on the floor, I realized that Wolf did not need to rely on music and shouting to give an insane workout. I probably pushed myself too hard, thinking it was easy because it was so slow. Learn from me and ease your way in.
I woke up the next morning feeling better, but notably sore in my entire core, as Foundation Training defines it.
I am thoroughly impressed and convinced that Foundation Training not only is effective, but that my body desperately needs more of it.
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The exhibition provides a view of the seventeenth-century Dutch, Swedish and English competition to start colonies within what is today New Jersey and to develop a successful fur trade with the Indians who were living here.
The visitor is given the opportunity to view this exciting period of history through Native American and European objects produced during this fierce competition. The impact of the Europeans' arrival and eventual settlement on the lifestyle of the Indian inhabitants is also presented through early documents and historic maps and drawings. Artifacts on display include a rare dugout canoe along with examples of seventeenth-century Indian fishing equipment and domestic and personal items drawn from the Museum's extensive Native American archaeological collections. English- and Dutch-made seventeenth-century trade goods recovered from excavations at Indian sites include metal axes and hoes, glass beads, a rare brass kettle, gun parts, and white clay smoking pipes.
A selection of tools and ornaments the Indians made from broken brass kettles is also in the exhibition, along with a reconstruction of how wampum (small shell beads) was made by the Indians. Historic wampum beads are displayed and the importance of the beads in the fur trade is presented through historic accounts. The exhibition includes the earliest images of the Indians of the area drawn by European colonists and the earliest maps showing sites of Indian settlements in the seventeenth-century.
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Experts detect military-style cyber raids on two of America's biggest newspapers by Chinese hackers.
There are growing fears about Chinese cyber attacks on Western media outlets after two of America's largest newspapers said Chinese hackers had infiltrated their computer systems.
Hours after the New York Times said Chinese hackers had targeted its computer network over the past four months, the Wall Street Journal, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, said it too had been the subject of similar attacks.
A statement from Dow Jones & Co, also owned by News Corporation, said: "Evidence shows that infiltration efforts target the monitoring of the Journal's coverage of China." It added that hacking attacks "related to China [coverage] is an ongoing issue".
Earlier, the New York Times said it had faced repeated hacking attacks as it prepared a story tracing the hidden riches of the family of Wen Jiabao, the country's Premier.
The revelations came just weeks after Chinese authorities forced a New York Times reporter to leave the country. Two months after the paper's Shanghai bureau chief, David Barboza, authored the account of the billions amassed by Wen's relatives, Beijing refused to renew a visa for his colleague Chris Buckley. In a story on its website, the paper said that as Barboza was working on the piece, hackers had broken into its systems and cracked passwords for every employee. They broke into the email accounts of Barboza and the paper's India-based South Asia bureau chief, Jim Yardley, who has previously reported from Beijing.
"Security experts hired by the [New York] Times to detect and block the computer attacks gathered digital evidence that Chinese hackers, using methods that some consultants have associated with the Chinese military in the past, breached the Times' network," the paper said.
Last year, hackers who according to past diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks were linked to the Chinese military, infiltrated European Union computers, accessing the emails of Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European Council, according to the Bloomberg news agency.
The attacks on the New York Times first came to light when the story on the Wen family's finances, which used public records to estimate that the Premier's relatives "have controlled assets worth at least US$2.7 billion [$3.2 billion]", was published on October 25. Warned of "consequences" for its investigation, the paper asked AT&T, the telecoms firm which monitors its computer network, to keep an eye out for unusual activity. AT&T detected hacking activity the day the article went up on the New York Times website.
According to the paper, the hackers sought to hide their tracks by launching their attacks from computers based at US universities which they infiltrated at the outset. Mandiant, a security firm hired by the paper, has noted a similar modus operandi in other attacks traced back to China. It remains unclear how the hackers broke into the network, although they are suspected of sending emails to staff that contained malicious links which, when clicked, install software that can be used to siphon off internal information.
China has denied any role in the hacking.
Major breaches
Hackers in China have also been accused of:
* Major cyber attacks between 2006 and 2011 targeting 72 organisations including the International Olympic Committee, the United Nations and security firms
strong>* Compromising personal email accounts of hundreds of top US officials, military personnel and journalists
strong>* Stealing the personal data of 35 million South Koreans in 2011
strong>* Seizing "full functional control" of computers at Nasa in 2011
strong>* A "significant" cyber attack on defence firm Lockheed Martin in 2011
strong>* Breaching Coca-Cola's systems in 2009 while it was trying to buy China's Huiyuan Juice Group
strong>* Hacking Pentagon computers in 2007.
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A number of years ago some discussion took place about going back to a nationwide 55-mph speed limit on American highways. The idea, of course, was to increase the number of miles travelled per gallon of gasoline while decreasing the amount of emissions from the country's fleet of motorcars.
Obviously nothing ever came of that.
In contrast, speed limits keep increasing. I remember the days in Montana when no speed limit existed at all, other than a "safe and prudent" law that was open to interpretation. While we're far from anything like that coming back, there's news from Texas that new 85-mph speed limit signs are going up.
An interesting prelude, perhaps, to an eventual return to the era of no speed limits at all?


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Apprentice Swimming Teacher (L2)
Employer: Horfield Leisure Centre
Apprenticeship level: Intermediate
Apprenticeship duration: 12 months
Possible start date: 1st August 2018
Working week: Minimum 30 hours per week, shifts TBC
Everyone Active are looking to recruit one Swimming Teacher Apprentice to be based at Horfield Leisure Centre. If you love Swimming or have an interest in Sport or Teaching, this apprenticeship could help you build a career out of your passion.
The 12 month Coaching Learn to Swim Apprenticeship Framework will give you the skills and knowledge to not only work as a fully qualified Swim Teacher with Everyone Active, but also an all-round understanding of their Swim School Programme and other aspects of leisure which may include lifeguarding and operations.
The programme is designed for those individuals wishing to pursue a career in the leisure industry through a teaching route. The swimming programme gives you a wide range of knowledge and experience, and most importantly the qualifications to help you develop a career within the leisure industry. At the end of this apprenticeship you will be a fully qualified swimming teacher, with the ability to teach lessons to groups of swimmers from beginners to experienced, children to adults.
Swimming teachers help people of all ages and abilities to develop swimming skills and techniques, or exercise in water. If you are a good swimmer, and you could motivate and inspire others to develop their skills, this Apprenticeship could suit you well. You would need to be able to encourage people and put them at their ease. You would also need to have perseverance and patience with slower learners.
- Teach or coach one-to-one or in groups
- Plan and deliver sessions appropriate to the level of swimmer
- Provide explanations and demonstrate swimming techniques
- Correct faults in swimming techniques and identify ways to improve performance
- Make sure safety standards are followed
- Organise and supervise assistants and helpers
Desired skills:
- Basic coaching experience is desirable but not essential, we do not expect you to be an expert but some experience will stand you in good stead, particularly experience working with children and young adults
- Have good communication skills - the will help you to deal with customers and colleagues alike
- Candidates must have the ability to meet the National Pool Lifeguard course pre requisites: Jump / dive into deep water, Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds, Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water, Tread water for 30 seconds, Surface dive to the floor of the pool and Climb out unaided without ladder / steps and where the pool design permits
Personal qualities:
- Enthusiastic and passionate - you will love sport and be interested in the business of sport and swimming
- Friendly - you will be helping lots of customers from all backgrounds, ages and abilities
- The ability to encourage people and put them at ease
Desired qualifications:
- No formal qualifications required as full training will be given.
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Apprentices receive on the job training, working alongside professionals to gain relevant experience within the leisure industry. You will also have the opportunity to achieve nationally recognised qualifications and earn a weekly wage.
You will be assigned a tutor who will visit you whilst at work, and who will guide and support you through your apprenticeship. They will work closely with you and your manager to ensure you have all the necessary aids you require to complete your apprenticeship.
Qualifications gained during this apprenticeship include:
- ASA Level 2 Diploma in Coaching Learn to Swim
- Level 2 Award in Employment Awareness in Active Leisure and Learning
- ASA Level 1 Swimming Assistant (Teaching)
- ASA Level 2 Swimming Teacher
- Functional Skills in English and maths (If required)
Apprenticeship framework: Coaching
- Recruiter
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- Location
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- Salary
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Rocket fire kills at least 3 in Lebanon in worrisome sign of Syria conflict's spread
Rockets rained down Friday on villages throughout Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, with both Sunni and Shiite villages targeted in one of the worst outbreaks of sectarian violence in months as the division between the two communities over the civil war in Syria deepens.
Residents of Arsal, a predominately Sunni border town that staunchly supports the Syrian rebellion, reported that rockets fired from a nearby Shiite Muslim enclave controlled by Hezbollah had struck the center of the city, killing at least eight people and wounding 20. The Lebanese National News Agency quoted anonymous officials saying that the rockets had been fired from neighboring Syria, but residents of Arsal were adamant that the munitions had originated with Hezbollah, which also operates inside Syria in defense of its ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The rocket fire came one day after the Nusra Front, a Syrian rebel group with ties to al Qaida, claimed a suicide car bombing that killed three people in Hermel, a Shiite-controlled town. Friday, rockets struck several nearby Shiite villages causing material damage but no casualties.
Hezbollah has justified its military support for Assad by citing the frequent shelling of Shiite villages on both sides of the border, saying it needs to protect Shiites from Sunni rebels tied to al Qaida.
"Well, now we have a civil war," remarked Abu Rami, a former Christian militiaman in Beirut as he heard the news on the radio. "This reminds me of 1975."
The 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war saw Lebanon's religious communities establish militias and operate heavy weapons outside the control of the feeble central government. The current crisis, which has pitted Hezbollah and its mostly Shiite supporters against Lebanon's increasingly alienated Sunni community, has long been expected to deteriorate as armed Sunni groups from Syria increase their operations inside Lebanon.
"It's not quite a civil war because the Sunnis haven't properly organized yet, but that's changing with influence from Syria," said a Western military attache in Beirut, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to speak with reporters. "Call it a steady decline in government authority and an increasingly violent series of civil disturbances."
According to a rebel activist, Abu Omar al Hujieri, one of the rockets appeared to target the home of Ahmad al Hujieri, a well known rebel activist and a cousin of Abu Omar. The Hujieri family is one of the largest and most powerful Sunni families in Arsal and openly supports the rebels in Syria.
Abu Omar said Ahmad al Hujieri's family was home. "At least three of his daughters were killed," he said.


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When Facebook launched they never created a reliable advertising tool for businesses. From the get go, with a drive to gain popularity, Facebook became a place where you checked up on old friends and occasionally posted a video of someone falling from a trampoline. But today, with over 850 million users, businesses and web entrepreneurs are flocking to the site trying to make their voice heard and acquire a social following of their own.
However, until this week, the problem remained that Facebook did not have a good self service tool for managing advertising on their site.
In light of this, over the past few months, I have been looking for a tool that could streamline my advertising on Facebook. I recently found a freemium tool from Qwaya.com and put it to work to see whether or not it could make my life easier.
Anyone who has tried to put up a series of ads with different images and copy, targeting various demographics, compared bidding prices and tried to analyze the performance of each individual ad to see which elements to improve, has realized that Facebook cannot fulfill your needs.
When posting a small number of ads per day the Facebook advertising tool works well enough, but as soon as there's a serious volume of ads, promoting different sites and Facebook pages or campaigns, it's complicated to get an accurate overview of everything in one place. It's easy to make simple mistakes and fail to get the most out of the advertising.
The best way to look at the tools is by focusing on what's different from traditional Facebook advertising.
1. Creating and Saving Creative Work
One major upside of using this tool instead of putting up ads directly through Facebook is the opportunity to make folders and templates and save all the creative work. It gives a much better overview of past work and ads in the pipeline.
I wouldn't say the actual ad creation is much better here compared to Facebook – it's still title, body text and image – but being able to go back to old templates to tweak and reuse the material is a big advantage. I also like the fact that it's possible to tie different Facebook ad accounts to the Qwaya tool. It gives a better view of where I spend money and how much.
2. Bulk Ad Creation
One feature that Qwaya is pushing hard is their "Bulk Creation," which means that you can put in various titles, body texts and images and the tool will combine these in different ways to create a number of unique ads.
"Two titles, two body texts, one URL and two images will result in eight different ads."
This works well for generic topics – when your title doesn't need to be explained in the body text and vice versa – but when you need a consistent message throughout the ad, this might not be the best option.
But on the other hand, bulk creation is an easy and fast way to test a number of ads and see which one has the highest click-through rate, but for many businesses it's the image (and possibly the headline) that matters most.
3. Analyzing Ad Statistics
Something that's missing on Facebook is a way of tracking and analyzing the results of ad campaigns, and what little information is available is not presented in a particularly good way. This is where Qwaya far outshines Facebook.
You can compare factors such as click-through rate, clicks, and impressions together with goal and e-commerce tracking from Google Analytics – everything presented so that you can graph and analyze a campaign or an individual ad.
When using the analytic tools it's a lot easier to get a picture of actual performance and where improvements could be made. Does the ad get too little attention? Does it get the wrong kind of clicks? Is there something wrong with the landing page the traffic is directed to? I like really like that Qwaya can give a full picture of the complete conversion funnel.
Another feature that brings a marketer good benefit is is the keyword tracking tool. With Qwaya it's possible to track the keywords used in the ads to see which ones receive the most attention and have the best conversion. If you're working with a brand, you'll soon find out which keywords trigger your customers and perhaps different keywords work best in different demographics.
All-in-all, the tracking and analyzing services allows a user to optimize the ads and improve their performance while working inside an interface that is far more intuitive than Facebook's ads manager.
Editor's Note: This a guest post written by Hayden James.
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FRANKLIN, Ind. – Visiting Bluffton's defense did a solid job of keeping Franklin College's usually high-scoring offensive attack in check today.
The Grizzlies' defense, which piled up a whopping 11 quarterback sacks, was even better in FC's 23-9 football decision at Faught Stadium this afternoon.
Ranked 21st in the D3football.com Top 25 poll and rated 24th in the American Football Coaches Association's Division III Coaches Poll this week, Franklin improved to 7-0 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and 7-2 overall with its 25th straight league victory.
The Beavers, who remained in contention to knock off FC until the last few minutes, fell to 4-3 in the HCAC and 5-4.
Coupled with Hanover's 35-34 loss at Manchester today, the Grizzlies' triumph over Bluffton clinched a share of the 2012 league championship.
Franklin can claim its third straight outright title with a victory over Hanover a week from today. However, the HCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs will be at stake.
The Grizzlies got on the scoreboard first when junior split end Kyle Linville made a spectacular grab of a high 6-yard pass from junior quarterback Jonny West in the back of the end zone with 6:41 to go in the opening quarter. FC's extra point was missed.
But those would be the only points FC would muster in the entire first half.
The Beavers tied the game before the intermission when junior quarterback Tyler Wright scrambled his way up the middle on a 8-yard touchdown run with 14 seconds left. The visitors then missed their conversion kick.
Franklin tallied 10 points in the third period with a 21-yard field goal by senior kicker Cole Richards at the 10;35 mark and a 1-yard TD run by sophomore running back Sam Otley with 4:33 left to move ahead 16-6.
But Bluffton threatened to pull within a few points when Derek Woods intercepted a West pass and returned the football to the FC 22-yard-line early in the fourth quarter.
The Grizzlies' defense held and the Beavers settled for a 36-yard field goal by junior kicker Austin Sweeney, trimming the host's lead to seven.
Franklin all but sealed its victory by driving 94 yards on 15 plays and scoring on another 1-yard run by Otley with 4:06 remaining.
Though Bluffton kept FC from producing any big quarters, their day was a case of so-close-but-yet-so-far.
The Beavers' offense was thwarted drive after drive by a Franklin defense that produced 11 quarterback sacks for 69 yards.
Junior Colin Gallagher, the starting right tackle on the Franklin offensive line, once again also played on the D-line and produced three of those sacks of Wright, totaling 17 yards. Junior end Dominique Boyd made two QB sacks for 17 yards.
Meanwhile, junior linebacker Alex Van Cleve made 7 solo tackles and 11 total tackles, including a sack, and freshman linebacker Keaton Lyons had 9 total tackles, including 6 solos.
The Grizzly defense held Bluffton to 194 total offensive yards.
West completed 24 of 31 passes for 255 yards with a TD and interception. Linville, this week's HCAC Player of the Week on offense, finished with 9 catches for 102 yards and his score for Franklin, which 390 total offensive yards.


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What happened to the Teens Drive Smart video contest?
Instead of hosting a video contest in 2015, Bridgestone Americas is refocusing its resources on our engaging driving experience events and other program initiatives. This is important to Bridgestone because we're dedicated to helping make the roads safer for the next generation of drivers. Click here to view the 2015 Driving Experience Tour schedule.


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A 2.8% increase?
Really? That's the dire end of "cheap PCs"? I think some perspective has been lost on the bottom end of things. The top end PCs hasn't really changed since ... well, in about 30 years. One gains in capacity and power until a new, complete system costs about US$2500, and then you're done. You can't reasonably buy more power that you can use by yourself. That gets you a nice display, enough processing power that you can't overtax it with off-the-shelf software, enough storage that you can't fill it without putting things into it that you don't really every use, etc. It's just that in 1979, that got you a color monitor, an Apple ][+ with 64k of RAM, and two floppy drives, and a new-fangled dot matrix printer. So does it matter THAT much if a bottom-end beige box goes from £189 to £200?


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Other areas on this site serve up the practical advice you need to get started right in motorcycling. It also helps to get in the proper frame of mind. Dirtbike riding isn't rocket science, but there are a few lessons that can make your journey into off-highway motorcycle riding more fun. Here are six truths about the sport that every new rider should know.
Truth I: Don't Ride Alone
It's not much fun to splash mud on your shadow or have only yourselfto persuade to try a tough hillclimb. While from time to time some experienced riders enjoy the solitude of riding by themselves, dirtbikes are always more fun when shared with a few of your favorite friends.
Plus, it's safer. Nobody plans on crashing or breaking down miles from where they parked their hauling rig. When it does happen, though, it's always better to have your rescue crew along for the ride.
Don't discount the social benefits, either. It will always be more fun to ride than talk about riding, but real life unfortunately dictates that we'll spend more time remembering our adventures than actually adventuring. If you can share those memories with a few close friends, you'll be more likely to come back for more.
Truth II: Your First Bike Should Be a Used Bike
Good first bikes
Just a few models, current and non-current, to consider for your first dirtbike:
Honda XR250 or 400
Honda CRF230
Kawasaki KDX200 or 220
Kawasaki KLX300
Suzuki DR250 or 350
Suzuki DRZ400
Yamaha TTR230 or 250
One of the cool things about dirtbikes is pound-for-pound, displacement-for-displacement, they are some of the most capable machines you can buy. Their small size and relatively powerful engines make sure of that. Plus, with the tight confines of trail systems, most of which rarely have sections that allow even split-second full-throttle applications, massive power isn't required anyway.
The good news is off-highway motorcycles have been comfortably at that performance edge for years. That means new riders can be perfectly confident going back several production cycles for their first machine.
While you can't deny the ease of maintenance, freshness and new-bike feeling you'll get with a motorcycle right off the showroom floor, performance-wise, the superior capabilities of a new model will be lost on a new rider. Throttle-position sensors, fuel injection, electronic two-stroke power valves, hydraulic clutches, modern ergonomics and high- and low-speed damping adjustment are not technological godsends, they are just a collective percentage point in the whole scheme of motorcycle improvement.
How old do you go? In general, the technological evolution of trailbikes and starter bikes leveled off roughly 15 or 20 years ago – yes, nearly two decades. Granted, the clock hasn't stopped ticking on wear and tear. Obviously, all other things being equal, older bikes will be more broken down and require more investment to freshen up the brakes, drivetrain and other wear items. So, while it's fine to consider older motorcycles for your first bike, look at them more closely and negotiate accordingly.
The bottom line is that if you spend $1,500 for your first dirtbike instead of $7,000, you'll be a lot less bummed when you tip over in a pile of rocks and smash the radiator.
Truth III: Gear Up
You see it all too often: new riders cruising local riding parks and public lands without proper boots, eye protection, long pants and even helmets. All motorcycle riding is unpredictable, but off-road riding takes the unknown to another level. With rocks, roots, ruts, logs and more, a trail can even change composition within a single day of riding. Even the best riders crash now and then, and you need to be ready for the inevitable.
At a minimum you want to wear a quality helmet, goggles, long pants, full arm protection, gloves and over-the-ankle boots. Knee pads and elbow pads are important as well, and you also should consider a chest protector that offers full back protection. A pair of purpose-built off-road riding boots should also be near the top of your shopping list.
Truth IV: Learn the Right Way
Dirtbiking is no different than any other sport or pastime that requires a serious amount of skill to do it safely and well. If you develop bad habits early, those bad habits can hold you back no matter how much experience you rack up. Your speed will not increase, you'll struggle to conquer more difficult trails, and you won't have as much fun.
While it's certainly possible to learn from an experienced friend, there's no guarantee that friend, regardless of how long he or she has been riding, will pass along the key fundamentals for a solid foundation of growth. Even great riders can make poor teachers, especially those whose speed comes from natural talent rather than learned technique.
A better way is to take a class based on a well-developed curriculum, such as the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's DirtBike School. Then, once you're comfortable with these basic skills, consider a performance-oriented class. (An example is former AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion Jason Raine's Riding University). Even if you never intend to race, these skills can make you a safer rider at slower speeds.
Truth V: Ride Legally – and Quietly
Off-highway riding is under attack like never before. Although the AMA and our partner organizations are hard at work defending your right to ride, anti-access groups are relentless in their efforts to end off-highway motorcycle riding forever. Improper federal Wilderness designations that ban all riding on affected land and unfair Travel Management Plans that ignore long-established routes are just two examples of these attacks.
While you can help by getting involved on a local level and by helping to fund our fight, one of the most important ways you can make a difference is simple: Ride by the rules.
Ride your off-highway motorcycle on properly designated public land or in private riding parks where you have permission to ride. The AMA Trails Atlas can help you find these areas. Or simply ask local riders for suggestions.
But wherever you ride, make sure you stay on the trail, respect the land and pick up after yourself. Be considerate of other trail users, and don't infringe on their rights to use the land as well. Also, equip your bike with a U.S. Forest Service approved spark arrestor and keep the silencer freshly packed so you meet sound regulations.
The battle for our off-highway rights is tough enough. Don't give anti-access groups more ammunition to use against us.
Truth VI: Get Involved in Local Events
One mistake that many beginning riders make is that of omission. They stay away from organized riding events. Maybe you're unsure of your skills or you're intimidated by the unknown. The answer to both concerns is the same: Don't be.
The best motorcycling organizers in the country run AMA-sanctioned events. They know the local trails and landowners that make these events possible. They also know their customers and design rides and races that appeal to a broad range of riders.
While some off-road events, such as hare scrambles and enduros, challenge even the best riders, others target a more utilitarian crowd. The biggest of these events are found on the AMA National Dual Sport Series and the AMA National Adventure Riding Series. There also are local dual-sport events. These rides do require street-legal motorcycles, however. More laid-back examples of sanctioned rides that don't are trail rides and off-road poker runs. Find them by searching the AMA online events database.
If your area doesn't offer a non-competitive off-highway event, don't shy away from competition. Off-road motorcycle racing is accessible and fun, with a class for almost every type of off-road bike or rider skill level.
The bottom line is just do it! You know you want this. So, get a bike, buy some gear, get trained, find some friends, and go ride. It will be one of the best decisions you'll ever make.
A few things you will need before heading out.
- OPRD ATV Safety Education Card.
- USFS Approved Spark Arrestor
- Valid OHV Permit


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Crossroads of the (Art) WorldBy John Reed
At what date on the calendar, at what precise location, did counterculture become pop culture? And who do we mark down in the history books as the hero, or the villain, who masterminded the switch? There is an answer: "The Times Square Show." In June of 1980, more than a hundred artists, under the auspice and directed by the vision of Colab (Collaborative Projects), took over a four-story building on Forty-first Street and Seventh Avenue and mounted a two-month exhibition. There were big names: Tom Otterness, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kiki Smith, Jenny Holzer, Kenny Scharf, Nan Goldin. But, already, this is a wrong turn; the notion of individual heroism, of the creative ego that strives for and achieves recognition—in other words, a modernist view of the artist—is an anachronistic way to view "The Times Square Show."
The idea behind "The Times Square Show" was different: a collaborative, self-curated, self-generated group show that transcended trappings of class and cultures. As John Ahearn, a Colab initiator who spotted the location on a Times Square jaunt with Tom Otterness, told the East Village Eye, "Times Square is a crossroads. A lot of different kinds of people come through here. There is a broad spectrum, and we are trying to communicate with society at large." Ahearn went on to tell the Eye, "There has always been a misdirected consciousness that art belongs to a certain class or intelligence. This show proves there are no classes in art, no differentiation."


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Years ago, my brother requested that I create lasagna cupcakes. This was before anyone had ever heard of lasagna cupcakes; a Google search for lasagna cupcakes today will reveal that lasagna cupcakes have been created many times by all manner of food bloggers and chefs. Sadly, I didn't jump on my brother's idea – I hadn't yet embraced the world of savory cupcakes. Now, I regularly make savory cupcakes (see my mac and cheese cupcakes for a recent example), but I still put off making lasagna cupcakes because I tend to avoid making something everyone else is doing – this is supposed to be an experimental cupcake blog.
This week, my mom came to visit from New York and wanted to prepare her family-famous lasagna. I decided that this was the time to try lasagna cupcakes. She was already buying all of the ingredients and doing all of the labor, so all I had to do was ask her to save a few scraps for me to cupcakify. It was an all-around win:
- For my mom – she is so excited to see her lasagna recipe have a moment of glory on the blog
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- For me – I instantly fell in love with these single-serving lasagna cupcakes
- For you – maybe you have seen and put off making lasagna cupcakes OR maybe this is the first time you are hearing of them – this is your chance to try them!
I made lasagna cupcakes two ways.
The first way to make lasagna cupcakes is to make more of a traditional layered lasagna but in a cupcake liner. In the second method, I lined the walls of the cupcake liners with lasagna noodles to make a lasagna cup and then filled the innards with lasagna filling. Lasagna purists will probably prefer method one because the noodle to meat sauce ratio is more even. However, using the second method, when you pop the lasagna cupcakes out of the liners, you can actually hold them.
Because either lasagna cupcake method will work with any lasagna recipe (and you may already have one you swear by), I'm going to first go over the two lasagna cupcake techniques and then at the end of this post, I'll share my mom's specific lasagna recipe.
Lasagna Cupcakes, Method One
Have all of your lasagna ingredients ready (at the point where you would layer them in your lasagna pan).
After cooking your lasagna noodles, use round cookie cutters to cut the noodles into circles. For each cupcake, I used three circles – a 1 1/2″ circle, a 1 7/8″ circle, and a 2 1/4″ circle. I highly recommend getting a round cookie cutter set – it will have all of the sizes you need.
Start with the smallest size noodle circle and place it in the bottom of your cupcake liner. I recommend using silicone liners for this since paper liners will get soggy. I got these clear ones from Crate and Barrel. Layer the cupcake just as you would the lasagna in a big pan. When it's time to add the next noodle, use the medium-sized circle. Continue to layer. End with the large circle topped with meat sauce and Parmesan cheese.
Put the filled liners into a baking dish (you can use the same type of dish you would use to bake lasagna). Cover with foil and bake at 375 F for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another five minutes until the tops are bubbly. Serve warm, refrigerate, or freeze and store for a time when you need a quick snack.
When they are all cooked, they look like this:
Or, if you take them out of their liners, they look like this:
Lasagna Cupcake, Method Two
Like method one, have all of your lasagna ingredients ready (at the point where you would layer them in your lasagna pan).
This time, instead of using cookie cutters and making perfect little noodle circles, you shove a lasagna noodle (or a part of one) into a cupcake liner, letting it run up the sides (as shown above). It's a big mess and that's fine.
Next, pour some meat sauce on top. Cover that with one layer of lasagna innards (typically ricotta and mozzarella).
Top with a square of noodle (again, it's totally imperfect), more meat sauce, and some Parmesan cheese.
Bake the same way as you would method one: Put the filled liners into a baking dish (you can use the same type of dish you would use to bake lasagna). Cover with foil and bake at 375 F for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another five minutes until the tops are bubbly. Serve warm, refrigerate, or freeze and store for a time when you need a quick snack.
When they're done, they look like this:
If you take them out of their liners, they look like this:
You can even pick them up and hold them.
My Mom's Lasagna Recipe
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My mom isn't Italian, and she doesn't make the fanciest lasagna. However, she's made her lasagna recipe for almost every major occasion that I can recall, and each time everyone looks forward to it. We don't get bored. I took copious notes when she made the lasagna during her visit, and I'm happy to share the secret family recipe with you. More importantly, though, I'm thrilled to have the recipe recorded so I can make it and share it with my loved ones.
Lasagna Cupcakes Two Ways
- 1 pound lasagna noodles typically this is one box
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds ground round Mom insists that ground round has just the right amount of fat for lasagna - not too much and not too little
- ground peppercorns to taste (Mom likes the multi-colored ones)
- garlic powder to taste
- onion powder to taste
- dried basil to taste
- oregano to taste
- 2 pounds Ragu Robusto 7-herb tomato sauce Mom will hear nothing of any other brand
- 8 ounces part-skim ricotta
- 1 pound shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- Cook lasagna noodles according to the package instructions. Mom cooks them just past al dente.
- Pour olive oil into saute pan over medium heat. Swirl the pan to coat with oil.
- Add meat and spices. Mom likes to use equal parts of each spice and she is fairly heavy-handed with them.
- Cook meat until there is no more pink.
- Hold a lid over the pot and tip it over the sink to drain out any excess liquid. "I don't like any extra fat," says Mom.
- Add sauce to the meat and simmer for about fifteen minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Put a thin layer of the meat sauce into a lasagna pan.
- Top with a layer of the noodles (slightly overlap them).
- Top the noodles with a thin layer of ricotta, making sure to cover the entire surface.
- Top the ricotta with a thin layer of mozzarella cheese, making sure to cover the entire surface.
- Repeat steps 8-11 until you get almost to the top of your pan.
- For the last layer, add the meat sauce and top with Parmesan, making sure to cover the entire surface.
- Bake covered for 30 minutes and then uncovered for another 7 or until sizzling.
- Let sit for a couple of minutes and then serve warm.


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Remember that robin I told you about the other day who enjoys himself in our little birdbath? I was able to get a photo of him! At one point Mr. Finch there jumped into the water with Mr. Robin but that photo unfortunately did not come out clearly. I think I was too excited watching them : )
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When the Big Fat Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along
Remember that robin I told you about the other day who enjoys himself in our little birdbath? I was able to get a photo of him! At one point Mr. Finch there jumped into the water with Mr. Robin but that photo unfortunately did not come out clearly. I think I was too excited watching them : )
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
My Next Knitting Project
Although I have only just begun knitting my shawl I already have my next knitting project picked out!
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
An RAK, A Recent Purchase, & The Shawl Has Begun
Good morning everyone! I hope that all you who will be enjoying temperatures of 70 degrees or less today will pause for a moment to savor your good fortune. I, on the other hand, will be preparing to hermit myself away inside my house as much as possible for the next many days. Not only will today's temp reach 90 but tomorrow & the day after we will be cursed with temps in the 100s! No sign of temps getting below 90 for the next 10 days. No real sign of rain either : (
On a happier note I have some, well, happiness to share with you : ) First is this RAK I received from Kaye at Kitten Stitching. She posted a stitching project not long ago that she had stitched using some variegated thread I had not heard of before. They are Cottage Garden Threads. The effect was lovely & I told her how pretty I thought the thread was. Well, Kaye decided to send me some! Aren't the colors absolutely gorgeous? I can't wait to stitch with them! Thank you again Kaye : )
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Tweet! Tweetly Tweet!
Yesterday it was butterflies ... today it's birds : ) Not rockin' robins though. I think these little visitors in my photos are a pair of finches. We have this very small birdbath in what has become our daylily garden. It is right off the back porch outside our back door & we enjoy watching the birds come for a drink or a bath. Mr. Finch in pictures 2 & 3 looks a little perturbed at my intrusion into his bathing time, doesn't he ... lol!
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Butterflies have got to be one of God's most delightful creations! We have sadly been seeing less of them this year than in other years. I think it might have something to do with the hard frost we had about 2 months ago. The warm spring weather came so early this year & everything was blooming & growing before it should have been & then wham! I can only assume the frost is to blame. I'm not even seeing very many of these lovelies flying around my butterfly garden! When I do see one it's a special treat & I had just such a treat yesterday morning ... not in my butterfly garden but on one of our butterfly bushes : )
My thanks to everyone who offered their help regarding stitching with variegated thread. I will tell you that I stitched one small each day for a total of 3 days. The same small. Needless to say the design is a quick stitch : ) I first stitched using the loop start method which did not provide a good result & thus the reason for my asking for help. My next attempt was completing one stitch at a time using 2 strands of floss & making sure the colors matched up along the strands. The provided a more variegated effect but it still didn't look quite right. This design is 90% lettering ... small letters at that ... with a little something in between 2 of them. Most of the letters were wide enough apart that I had to end the stitching on one letter & then start anew on the next letter. This made me end with, for example, a very light pink on one letter & then suddenly a very dark pink on the next. It just didn't look right. For my third attempt I thought I would be more attentive to the blending. When I ran out of floss I then got 2 more strands but I turned them around so that instead of ending with light blue & starting with dark blue I'd just segue from light blue to light blue. The idea was that you wouldn't be able to tell I had started a new thread at all! Unfortunately this ended up giving a bookends look to my stitched piece with dark blue at the ends & light blue in the center. I decided I should have stuck with my original thought & used plain ol' DMC. That is what I'll do when I attempt to stitch this design for the fourth time (argh!) but that's not going to be anytime soon. I don't want to look at it again for a while ... lol! I also didn't have the "oomph" to get started on another stitched piece last night so instead I decided to knit. Being a bit apprehensive about jumping right in & knitting something "good" I decided to re-familiarize myself with the basics by knitting a dishcloth.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Stitching Delights
I recently participated in one of the Stitched With Love Exchanges. The theme of this exchange was My Favorite Things. The mailing date was June 8th. I received my theme package a few days before that & couldn't have been more pleased! We had to keep ourselves secret until everyone had received their packages so I had no idea who sent to me but today was the unveiling & now I know ... it was Greta in Indiana!
Greta really outdid herself! As stated, the theme was My Favorite Things & we all know what my favorite things are, right? Winter/snow related stuff : ) Greta sent me 2 pattern charts ... a Cherry Wood Design Studios chart called Snowman Kisses & a LHN chart called Sleigh Bells Ring. Hard to imagine but I had neither of these! Not only did she send me these charts but for Snowman Kisses she sent me the suggested Babbling Brook linen & most of the Crescent Colours the designer calls for! The stitched item she sent truly took my breath away! It is beautifully stitched & finished. Look how she made it into a little stand-up! It is absolutely gorgeous! And as if all this wasn't enough, in the next day or two I received another package which had a Q-Snap cover of Greta's own making with a frog print fabric. It's supposed to help keep away the frogs : ) There was also the cutest pair of butterfly scissors as well as a thread pull-in thingie! Note how I use the correct terminology for all the tools of the trade here ... lol! Honestly, I just can't remember the name of this thing but I've been wanting one for a long time now but I never took the time to search for one myself ... probably because typing "thread pull-in thingie" in Google would've gotten me some strange results : ) Anyway, I am forever finding myself with barely enough thread left on my needle to hide a tail so this little thingie is going to be a real godsend for me : ) Thank you again Greta!
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Daylilies & Stitching ... What Else?
Yesterday 2 more daylilies bloomed. Before my trip to Willie's I was a real dope when I planted these things. I removed their tags & threw them in a pot so now I have to try to match the photos on the tags with the blooms. I know a couple plants didn't have tags at all so they will forever remain a mystery. I guess I will just name them myself ... kinda like an adoption : ) This first photo shows one of the first daylilies I ever bought. I bought it & it's friend & planted them last year. They survived their neglect & this year began a lush growing pattern with many, many bloom stalks being sent up. I would say that this is one of my very favorite daylilies. It is a lovely light shade of yellow highlighted by a soft rose pink on the petals.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
IHSW Report & Other Stuff
Happy Monday morning one & all : ) I will start this post with a photo of one of my most prized daylilies which I found at Willie's last week. It's called Snow White Dove. Apparently it is very difficult to find. Willie has always kept it as a display plant (not for sale) but we had it on our list & she said she would let us buy one. I'm guessing this was extreme kindness on her part since we had bought so many others & she saw how excited we were about them all. Isn't it gorgeous? You know me ... I'm a sucker for anything that even remotely references snow : )
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
It's IHSW Again
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Daylilies Update & More
I looked outside & saw several of the daylilies blooming so thought I'd take a few pictures of them for you : )
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According to current IHRSA data, one of our industry's top five successful profit centers is personal training. In fact, personal training is ranked as No. 1. As such, the questions that have to be looked at are: (1) how do we continue to make this happen? (2) How do we expand/grow our success stories? And more importantly, (3) How do we continue to increase our net income from personal training to the point that it is a viable contributor to EBITDA? The one answer is the "M-word" — the manager of personal training.
How many senior club managers, owners, and investors have woken up in the morning and said, "Let's make money in personal training." Then they go to their best and most productive personal trainer and promote him or her to be the manager of this profit center. Unfortunately, reality has shown that there is no direct correlation between being a great personal trainer and being an effective manager of a profit center. Now that's not to say that this can't happen. Of course, there are a few instances where someone had been trained in another business sector, comes into our industry and does a fantastic job! This, however, has been the exception as opposed to being the rule.
After 14 years in the fitness industry, my experience has seen a continual turnover of fitness professionals who were promoted as profit center managers with no "real" professional training to speak of. And the very few who did succeed, did so on their own "street-survival skill sets" as opposed to being formally trained by either their club or our industry.
There are certain management competencies that should be looked for, as a minimum, in a perspective manager before selecting and sending another sacrificial lamb to the "slaughter." Some of the key competencies to look for are the ability to manage time, resources and projects; problem solving and decision making skills; interpersonal skills; the ability to handle change; and more. [see sidebar for complete list.] By making the wrong management choice, your organization could potentially suffer from the following: high personal trainer turnover; high personal training client turnover; and an unacceptable rate of membership attrition, to name a few.
Meanwhile, the progressive club operator who has developed a highly successful personal training strategic business unit (SBU) by investment spending in its management team, has been able to consistently realize converse benefits from their investments such as membership growth, reduced attrition, and increased revenues and EBITDA.
Bob Esquerre is a program design specialist, a business planner, master trainer and program developer for Reebok University. He is also the owner of the Esquerre Fitness Group International, and a personal trainer.
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- Ability to focus on customers
- Ability to manage time, resources & projects
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KISS will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this spring, but much to the dismay of many fans, the group has decided not to perform at the event. In a recent statement, the band revealed that rather than worry which lineups and members are represented during a performance, they've instead decided to focus on the induction. While the move may not make all of KISS' fanbase happy, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, a longtime fan of the group, says he understands the reasoning for it.
During a recent chat on Cleveland's WMMS-FM, the guitarist explained, "I'm a fan, just like everyone else, and would I wanna see, if I was going … the four original dudes back in makeup one more time? Of course I would, as a fan. But bands don't do things dictated by what the audience wants. A band would last about a year if that's how you worked. You have to do things the way you wanna do them."
Ian continued, "KISS has been around for 40 years and are bigger now than they were in 1977 because Gene and Paul make smart decisions — that's why. So, as a fan, and if you love them, you have to abide by the decisions that Gene and Paul are making for their brand and their band. So, why people get so upset over these things, I really don't understand."
As for the decision to not take the stage with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, Ian concludes, "I think they made the right decision by saying, 'We're just not gonna play. You can't please everybody. We're just gonna shut it down and just not do it.' I get it. I understand."
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. KISS will be inducted alongside Nirvana, Hall and Oates and Peter Gabriel among others.


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Small retailers, big profits?
While the big end of the retail sector receives regular coverage, the smaller retailers aren't so well known. Here's an overview of the sector and our position on 12 companies within it.
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In the last issue we reviewed Coles Myer, Woolworths and Harvey Norman, three of our better-known retailers. All have great long-term prospects and have rewarded shareholders handsomely over the last year. But the retail sector doesn't end there - with a myriad of smaller, niche operators there's plenty more from which to choose.
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'Beware of Mr. Baker' review: Drummer's life
Beware of Mr. Baker
Documentary. Directed by Jay Bulger. With Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Carlos Santana. (Not rated. 92 minutes.)
The opening scene in "Beware of Mr. Baker" pretty much says it all: The title character - world-renowned rock drummer Ginger Baker - assaults the director with his cane and bloodies his nose.
You would have to search the world far and wide to find a more antisocial documentary subject. The chain-smoking, profanity-spewing Baker comes off as mean-spirited, entitled, grouchy, vile and self-destructive - and those are his good points. The camera doesn't lie: He's a narcissistic, colossal bore.
But this unusual, well-made film is certainly not boring, nor is Baker's life story. Director Jay Bulger has wisely (and bravely) decided that if you can't beat 'em, you join 'em, so he celebrates not only Baker's considerable musical talents but also his unapologetic, misanthropic outbursts. This is warts and all, with the emphasis on the warts.
For those not in the know, the musician rose to fame during the 1960s as a virtuoso drummer in the seminal rock bands Cream and Blind Faith, both of which dissolved in short order. During tours, Baker would demand that he get two whores and a limo - or he wouldn't play.
The film also documents Baker's subsequent stay in Nigeria, where he came under the powerful influence of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Along the way, we also see the broken marriages; the disillusioned, ill-treated son; and Baker's residence in South Africa, where he lives with his current wife, who's 40-plus years his junior.
Remarkably, Ginger Baker can still play the drums - it's a wonder he's even still alive - but at 73, he appears not to have a learned a single thing about life. It's kind of funny, but sad, too. Indeed, watching the film sometimes feels like being trapped with a dinner party guest from hell. But it's hard to take your eyes off the train wreck.
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Three More Xbox One Backwards-Compatible Games Arrive Today
Lost Odyssey and more can now be played on Xbox One.
Lost Odyssey and more can now be played on Xbox One.
Microsoft's family focus sees fan-favorite Pixar characters star in minigame collection; Double Fine developing new kid-friendly experience.
Crimson Red and Cosmic Blue colors on sale this Thursday; Toy Story 3 bundle out in August.
This week, check out Yar's Revenge, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, and trailers for new Section 8, Dead Rising, and Asura's Wrath titles.
Microsoft's online platform updated with new content for People Can Fly's shooter; Games on Demand adds Toy Story 3, Raven Squad, and Sonic and Sega All Stars with Banjo Kazooie.
Heavy Rain proves a critical favourite, picking up three British Academy awards; Mass Effect 2 wins the Best Game prize; Peter Molyneux awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement.
Sony announces new milestone for home console since debuting in Japan in March 2000; 10,828 titles available, 1.52 billion software units sold since launch.
Company's Interactive arm grows revenue 58 percent to $349 million, citing success of Junction Point's Wii title, Toy Story 3.
Anniversary of October 26, 2000, US and Canadian launch sees aging console's sales top 146 million.
New $100 PlayStation 2 bundle includes copy of video game adaptation of this past summer's blockbuster.
EA's flagship football franchise flattens foes on its way to third-biggest UK launch ever, accounts for nearly two in three Xbox 360 and PS3 game sales.
NCAA Football 10 leads NPD's mostly surprise-free top 20 sales chart; Just Dance, New Super Mario Bros. DS continue sales run.
74% revenue bump from Split/Second and Toy Story 3 sales can't keep interactive media sector out of red; profits rise 40% company-wide.
UK Sales of the new Xbox 360 surpass launch sales of PS2 and PS3 Slim; match those of original Xbox 360.
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Neil van Schalkwyk says he has the answer to the droning noise that many fans and players say is ruining the World Cup: A quieter vuvuzela.
The Cape Town businessman has produced vuvuzelas, in the colors of every World Cup team, with a redesigned mouthpiece that reduces the tuneless horn's sound output from a deafening 134 decibels to a more manageable 121 decibels, and says he was delighted by a decision today not to ban the popular plastic horns.
Mr. Van Schalkwyk says pressure to ban them was an affront to South African football culture and sent the wrong message to domestic fans.
IN PICTURES: 10 World Cup players to watch and Vuvuzela overload
His company Masincedane Sport is making 2.5 million vuvuzelas this year. He worked on the new design with a German company after criticism from foreign teams and coaches at last year's Confederations Cup.
"We think this quieter version will be a hit among fans," says van Schalkwyk.
Controversy grows
But the vuvuzela controversy only seems to be growing louder. Even 121 decibels is still louder than the average loud rock concert, and sustained exposure may result in hearing loss. At a World Cup match, with thousands of vuvuzelas blowing extra hard, the sound may rise above 140 decibels, which is on par with a gun blast and enough to cause damage even from short exposure, according to a study by the South African Association for Audiologists.
Television audiences around the world have complained about the din from the horn, which critics liken to a herd of trampling elephants or swarms of bees. The BBC is thinking of offering 'clean' coverage of the games by stripping out the background noise in stadiums.
Spain's Xabi Alonso, Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk, and the Japanese football team have all previously complained that the sound makes communication on the pitch impossible – a complaint echoed by Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi during this World Cup.
"I know Ronaldo has said it makes it difficult on the pitch but it didn't seem to hurt the Germans who looked inspired against Australia. I think foreign people will grow to love the vuvuzela as much as we do," says van Schalkwyk.
Employs locals, breaks on impact
As well as being quieter, van Schalkwyk's vuvuzela is easy to pack and breaks on impact, because it is made of three parts that snap together. This has pleased local police, as vuvuzela's are sometimes used as weapons.
Plus, van Schalkwyk's factory employs locals. Unlike many others on sale which are imported mainly from China, his vuvuzela is made at a factory in Cape Town.
On Sunday, the tournament's South African organizing committee chairman, Danny Jordaan, said officials might ban vuvuzelas if they were used to drown out national anthems or thrown on the pitch. FIFA later said vuvuzelas are here to stay. "Vuvuzelas will not be banned from the stadia," spokesman Stan Schaffner told reporters.
He was supported by local organizing committee chairman Rich Mkhondo. "They characterize the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and they will remain so, just as much as other World Cups like the one in Mexico had their own way of celebrating the beautiful game. The vuvuzelas are here to stay and they will never be banned."
Their exact origins and ownership are disputed but most South Africans accept that it was probably developed from the horn of a Kudu (kind of antelope), which was used to call African tribesmen to gatherings. It was adopted at matches in the 1970s but did not become mainstream until the mid 1990s when they appeared in the colors of local teams such as Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
Mr. van Schalkwyk, a Manchester United fan, said the team-colored horns sell for between R40 ($5) and R60 ($8). "One day I'd like to see my vuvuzelas blown at Premiership games and, who knows, at the Stretford End at Old Trafford," he says.
IN PICTURES: 10 World Cup players to watch and Vuvuzela overload
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