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Home » Visit the Railway » Accessibility Guide
Accessibility Guide
We are delighted to welcome all visitors to the Railway, including those who are less able and any accompanying carers or assistance dogs. Some of our volunteers have disabilities and with their experiences and advice, we hope that the information shown below will help those travelling with us:
Chinnor Station
Level access suitable for wheelchairs is available via the old Station Approach road, and utilising a side-gate to the platform. Whilst parking is not generally allowed on this road, you can drop passengers off at the side-gate and then park up in the main station car park and return again at the end of your visit. Access to the old Station Approach road is gained by turning right into the road on the Chinnor village side of the railway bridge and then along the front of the dental surgery. Please drive slowly, keeping a good lookout for children who often play in the area.
Passengers who are less able are encouraged to call General Enquiries on 07979 055366 (10.00 - 16.00) before travelling, or alternatively to contact the Duty Line Manager on arrival at Chinnor please. We can then ensure that our volunteer staff are informed and that, if required, the gate from the old Station Approach road is open and that we are ready to offer assistance where needed.
Toilet facilities for the disabled are available at Chinnor station. No toilets with disabled access are available on the train.
Princes Risborough Station
Station services are provided by Chiltern Railways - except that the heritage line provides a ticket office located on Platform 4, where you can book tickets to travel to Chinnor on the same day. There is level access to the station entrance and then lifts to the pedestrian bridge that takes you to Platform 4. There are 4 accessible parking spaces available. Parking is free for disabled customers parking in disabled spaces displaying a valid International Blue Badge. Please visit the station ticket office where a member of staff will record your vehicle registration number. See details of Chiltern Railways facilities at the station guide.
On the train
Most of our steam and diesel hauled trains are accessible for an individual with a disability. If you are in a wheelchair but you can can step aboard and move to a seat, then our carriages have a space opposite the entrance/exit door in which your folded wheelchair may be carried. You can move between the carriages on the level but the somewhat narrow connecting doors of our heritage vehicles will stop you from doing so in a wheelchair or scooter.
However, wheelchairs and all scooters can normally travel in the Guard's Van. Here you will find a table at a window and non-slip flooring, plus chairs for any accompanying carer or companion. Access is via a ramp (note that whilst the on-train crew are there to help you, it is your responsibility for boarding using the ramp please).
Again, access to the rest of the train is on the level but restricted by the narrow connecting doors into the coach saloons. We regret that wheelchair access is not available on our DMU (railcar) trains and is not available on our evening dining trains.
No disabled access toilets are available on the train.
Concessionary Travel
In recognition that some visitors with a registered disability may need an additional level of help which only your accompanying carer can provide, then we may offer you and your carer an opportunity to travel together for the cost of one full price Adult Rover ticket (£12) on our standard daytime services. Please note that this concession does not apply to Gala Days or any other special event days (where the demand is expected to be high), Santa Specials, or any Evening Dining Services. Tickets can only be obtained at the Booking Office on the day of your visit.
Finally, we always welcome any feedback and you can contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com

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Pho letter word: Moto Pho Co. opens it doors
39 comments
Although I have not tried this pho place yet--there is something in the article that bothers me. It states that Lemongrass only serves pho occasionally, but in fact it serves pho every single weekend. It isn't a once in while kind of thing.
Actually, Pho is available everyday of the week at Saigon cafe.
other names that were in contention for Moto Pho Co. -
Pho King Awesome, Pho Queue, Pho Real, Pho Sho!, Pho The Win, Pho: Get About It
I don't think the name sounding like one of the most vulgar terms known to mankind is something to be proud of.
Love the name! Can't wait to try it!
They should offer a serverless option for lunch. We have a general no servers at lunch rule around the office. A counter would make it faster and keep the price down with no tipping.
I have been waiting for a good pho restaurant ever since I moved here. It is available at Lemongrass, but not whenever I want it and at Siagon Cafe, but without the extra basil, choice of proteins and all the bells and whistles. I went last night and the food was awesome -- the price was the best, even my 7 year old LOVED the Pho. We ordered everything on the menu and still paid less than $40 for the three of us. This place promises to be our new favorite Charlottesville eatery for a long time coming!
I think the editor should focus more on blocking bigoted comments like yours.
Self Ordained Expert is a phrase that I find to be far more vulgar than any other on this page.
Now I see why comedians never perform in Charlottesville.
@Liberalace: Thank you! Please avoid this place. Pho is delicious,as I'm sure you don't know, and your presence there would certainly diminish the experience for everyone.
Get with it, the sensitivity in this place is disgusting, get a prescription for some thicker skin. It's a joke referring to David Chang's reason for naming his company Momofuku found in the introduction to his book. Nose pickers.
until the article informed me I thought Moto Pho Co. was inspired by taking over a car (motor) repair shop. guess I have a clever, but not dirty, mind.
So i just went there for lunch there and thought i would share my experience:
First of all, they are obviously new and it is a bit hectic and my food took > 30 minutes to come out. I expect they will get much faster, because most pho places are extremely fast.
I split garden rolls with my wife. The rolls and average to good, but a smaller and not as well wrapped as other places I have been (hopefully this will get worked out as they get some time under there belts). The peanut sauce was good, but thicker than normal which made it a bit harder to work with.
I got flank steak pho, which was very good. My only complaint was that a large pho here is smaller than small pho's at most other places I have been. A large bowl would not be enough by itself to fill me up.
The people are friendly and will definitely go back.
@liberalace: I think your last post was the same speech that Jack Nicholson gave in 'A Few Good Men' except with "You can't handle the truth" at the end.
I'm happy there's more pho in Charlottesville. Regardless of who YOU think has the best pho, more options are necessarily a good thing - right?
@Logan so what you're saying is that it was not Pho King Awesome?
charlottesville needs good pho. how about calling it pho king? then, under the logo, it says 'good soup'. then, the oo's in good could have eyes drawn in them with a mouth and tongue underneath? pho king good soup. i want some of that!
So you played both sides in 'Nam Liberalace? Consider yourself lucky your platoon mates didn't "ridicule" you with their bayonets for supping with the enemy.
Pho is the magical hangover cure. large bowl of pho, 20 minute nap, and you're good to go. this is overdue in Charlottesville
Was eagerly awaiting this. Food was very good, but I echo the comment above that the portion size is significantly smaller than I was expecting based on other pho-shops around the country.
Why does this guy think mimicking a truly obscene phrase is cute. What is wrong with this town where so many other 20 and 30somethings also think it's so cute?? A*** and immature children they all are. No one I know will go there to eat knowing the phrase is so offensive that not enen the Hook will let it pass.
I'm confused. I posted a response to an article about a new restaurant that wants to call itself Moto Fo Ko because that's just so clever and alluring, yet my post is deleted? There was nothing offensive about it except that it offered, quite ironically, as in "this would be offensive and unthinkable" an ethnic slur that would also be easily incorporated into a restaurant name or slogan. And that in order to illustrate how low this language usage stoops.
What's it going to be here? Celebrate the allusion to the lowest level Oedipal expletive and welcome the challenge to it or play pristine verbal landscape?
Shame on you for being so hypocritical Hook.
First off, I'd like to thank everyone for their support and patronage. It has made the opening week a larger success that I had expected. Thanks to the Hook for the exposure. Free press is always good. Except when it can potentially hurt.
I find it unfortunate that the article highlighted the negative aspect of the name. I am not trying to backtrack on anything I said to the interviewer or claim that I was taken out of context because it's true, I do find the coincidence amusing. That being said, the actual genesis of the name comes from, as @Rick said, that the place was formerly C&R Auto Garage. I was trying to highlight that aspect because it might not be as obvious as it is with my other restaurant, Zinc, across the street which visually still retains the former function. (My original name for Zinc, when we opened as a French bistro was Gare du Nord but that was shot down by my then business partner.) And actually, Moto more appropriately refers to motorcycles, and Motor would've alluded more to automobiles, but I dropped the 'r' specifically because it sounded too much like 'mother'. When I stated that I liked how the name rolls off the tongue, I was referring to the fact that the repetitious 'O' sound flows nicely. The fact that I find the similarity in sounds to the expletive amusing was a separate thought. And hardly an original one as @You Kidding? brought up. The article makes it sound like I started with a bad word and sat around thinking about the all the clever ways I can make something sound like that word. I hope people can understand that that wasn't the case.
If anyone is still offended and chooses not to patronize the restaurant, then there is nothing I can do about that, nor will I try to ask you to lighten up or attack your opinions. Everyone is entitled to theirs and that's what makes the world go 'round. I simply ask you not to take my words from a limited article and extrapolate some sort of generalization about me as an immature person.
Thanks to everyone who has defended me. I realize now that being under scrutiny of the public eye, that I need to be more conscientious of my words and actions. I have learned my lesson and will be sure have more perspective.
As for the business aspect of things, all feedback and constructive criticism is helpful so keep them coming. I will revisit portion sizes as that has been a common critique as @Logan echoed. Please be specific and not vague like saying "it's not authentic enough". I don't know what that means.
As for anyone who thinks that their ethnicity or association with Vietnam or a Vietnamese step-relative makes them an authority on Pho, then, the logic would dictate, that I, being Vietnamese, would be a well equipped authority on the matter. But I'm not. All I know is what I like, which will most likely be different what what you like which will be different what what someone else likes. Lemongrass does do pho EVERY weekend and it's different from Moto's. I do like it though and used to go frequently. There is no Platonic Pho, neither here, nor in Vietnam, whose origins it has been claimed came from a French dish, Pot au Feu anyway during the not so long ago Colonization. That's one theory at least. Like i said, I'm no authority. I'm just a restaurateur.
I hope @liberalace and @flouter might one day be able to give Moto a shot and so that we can meet and laugh about how silly this all once was.
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Thanks so much for your time.
Vu I thought your response above was nice. Good on you for a sincere and open-hearted appeal. I'd suggest a rethink on the name and still have same criticism of it, but will be in to try the soup, Pho 'nuff.
What happened to @liberalace?? Don,t see tose comments. Did Spencer delete them on puropse? Why? Because they were too relevant. He has done this before. The new "disappeared".
Well, now the guy knows how the CEO of Chick-Fil-A must feel like, but without the grace of God. So whats next, you guys want to have a bar of soup in mouth sit in at Moto Pho Co.?
Haha, *soap. GET IT?
VC at summer camp:"Kumbaya,Moto Pho Co!"Numbah ten,GI.
So I there today and here was my opinion. I wanted to love it; I need a daily pho option (don't judge me!) and this was going to be perfect!
We hit the range of the menu- one order of pho, one order of pork bau (bun), shrimp spring rolls, and edemame.
The good: the edemame were fantastic! Seasoned w black sesame n salt- just awesome. Small portion, but whatever.
The shrimp rolls- tasty, fresh. Peanut sauce was very good. Nothing special in terms of flavor but well done and exactly what's described.
The service was awesome; very fast, very nice.
Now the bad:
The pho was tasteless. The noodles were still stuck together and it lacked any flavor at all. The portion was small for 8 bucks. I took one spoonful and stopped. After I paid up, I went over to lemon grass to get their 7 dollar bowl of pho which was nearly twice the size and at least 50 times better.
The pork bao I actually sent back since it contained almost no pork and was exclusively pork fat on a bun. I cannot describe the willpower it took not to spit out a mouthful of animal fat; it was repulsive.
So pretty much, unless I caught them on an off morning, I've gotta say pass. I'd rather wait till weekends and hit lemongrass where the Pho is so good it'll make you cry.
Hopefully, they fix the issues and someone I trust has a better experience.
Pork fat on a bun sounds like heaven to me!
It wasn't.
I mean, if flavorless plates of gristle are your thing by all means, enjoy.
I'm not sure I trust someone who can't do something as simple as tell the difference between fat and gristle to review a restaurant. Has your memory changed or just the story?
Wowza, hostile much? You are correct; gristle isn't the appropriate word. My apologies for not keeping my terms straight when trying to reply w a child in the room. What I got was a half inch thick slice of fat which was two inches long.
I wasn't trying to mess w people, only give an honest review. Really don't know where the hostility is coming from, dude.
@sadphoYomama. Thanks for your feedback. We will certainly review our recipes and portion sizes. We are constantly tweaking things in our first week and reviews like your helps point out where we need the most work. Thank you for mentioning the things we're doin right also. I hope you'll give us a follow up try to see if we have improved. Cheers.
@sadphoyomama. I should've said this earlier too, that if you absolutely did like like something, please let us know right away and give us a chance to fix it for you immediately or barring that, we will take it off the bill. We'd never make you pay for something you did not like. Next time you're in, let us know and it'll be our treat. Thank you.
@SadPhoYoMama, yours is the only hostility I'm seeing here. Calm down, its only soup but it sure has you wound up. Seems like all you had to do was nicely say something while you were there rather than coming here and being angry.
I enjoyed my visit on opening night -- it was not the best Pho I've ever had but it was good and I look forward to going back to see how it improves/changes. Can't wait to go get a big bowl of hot Pho when it's cold outside.
The salted lemonade was great as was the Vietnamese coffee.
There needs to be Hoisin Sauce and Sriracha bottles on every table.
One of my favorite Pho places in Northern Virginia (Pho 2000 in Herndon) had a Pork & Shrimp Pho that was awesome -- keep that as a future menu idea. :-)
I'm glad to see Vu is more mature than these giggly teen commentators, sadly self-righteous and indignant about their lack of taste.


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Welcome to the latest from the Peruvian Amazon and what news I have for you all this time. The liberation of our third group of spider monkeys (Ateles chamek), our bird list surpassing 450 species, the sensor camera survey capturing on film a magnificent puma (Puma concolor), new arrivals to the animal release program and continued work on our two farm plots. This is just some of what has been going on over the last few weeks.
It appears that lately I have been concentrating on the work of our animal rescue program and that is simply because we have so many amazing things going on within the project. This month we were able to release our third group of black spider monkeys back into the wild. You could be excused for thinking that this third release should be more straightforward as experience counts for a lot! It turns out the rainforest thought otherwise!
Things were going well as we performed the final health checks, double-checked the frequencies on each individual radio collar, cut and trimmed carrying poles and finally placed each of the five monkeys into their own kennel for transport. It was hard work to get the five individuals the 3.5km to the pre-release enclosure but, as expected, volunteers rose to the occasion. Food was left in the hanging bins and each monkey was released into its new temporary home. This system had worked well with previous groups as it allows the monkeys to familiarise themselves with what would become their new territory. No-one saw what came next! Two days after leaving the monkeys in the spacious enclosure, on one of our daily food runs, we were astonished to find an unwelcome visitor sitting in the trees above the cage. A Harpy eagle (Harpia harpya)! The young adult continued to hang around the cage and being the world's most powerful bird of prey it was obviously waiting for us to open the door so it could hunt. Many of you may recall that we found remains of a spider monkey from our second group released 18 months ago. This individual had been killed by a harpy eagle, almost certainly this one's parents. Whilst that incident was sad it was part of the jungle's food chain and the harpy eagle itself is a rare and endangered species. That said, I did not want to give it free meals when we released the monkeys. Four years of hard work in forming the group cannot be relinquished so easily even if it is a spectacular predator benefitting.
Solution- we had to move to the monkeys again!
Harpy eagles have huge territories but they are very shy of human activity. Secondly this young adult will stay relatively close to its nest even thought it could be 3 years old. Therefore we had no choice but to bring the monkeys back closer to camp. So after weeks of preparation we had to change plans in a matter of days and recapture the monkeys and bring them closer to home. In the end we decided that near the canopy platform was as good a place as any to release them and so they experienced true freedom a little earlier than planned. The moment we opened the doors on the five kennels was exciting and one of the best feelings in our line of work. In this case, five black spider monkeys have re-incorporated themselves in an ecosystem that has been missing them for far too long!
With the release successfully achieved we now must monitor the progress of the group and every day we shall be tracking each unique radio signal and supplementing the monkey's diet as they adjust to the new foodstuffs that the jungle has to offer naturally. I will keep you posted next time on the group's progress.
Elsewhere around the reserve we have been rotating our new motion sensitive cameras. Whilst the long term objective is to monitor the entire reserve we have been targeting areas of interest thus far. Such areas include mammal colpas, places where herbivores come to eat clay to aid in digesting plant poisons, peccary mud baths and areas where many different tracks have been seen. Ironically these areas produced some good quality photos of animals such as tapirs, deer and peccaries but nothing to blow us away. These new cameras definitely produce a much higher quality image than the older models we have used in the past and there is much more activity around the reserve due to the increased confidence of the fauna that they are no longer in a high-risk hunting area. Nonetheless, I wanted something spectacular to get the project off to a flier. It came from a misunderstanding as to where to put the cameras. I had requested an area where I had seen ocelot tracks along with possible giant anteater footprints. However, when the group went out to secure the cameras they headed to a different area of the forest. Of course this confusion resulted in a fantastic photo of one of the jungle's most elusive residents, the puma (Puma concolor). This beautiful male was wandering along one of our trails just 500m from the lodge. This is our first feline captured on film and whilst we have had sightings over the years our last puma encounter was in 2005!
With our mist nets back up in place and groups out and about around the reserve there was always the possibility that we could add to our already extensive bird list. However I did not expect that we would reach the milestone of 450 species so quickly. This is a truly phenomenal number and further confirms Taricaya's status as one of the world's most diverse hotspots. New discoveries included the pygmy antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) and purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus). The number of birds, bats, reptiles, amphibians and non-flying mammals we have already discovered demonstrate the value of our private reserve and such detailed studies in the same place over more than a decade are producing some fantastic results.
As the turtle season approaches we have been busy at the pilot farm straining the sand in our artificial beaches to remove any undesirables such as ants, wasp larva and tree roots. This is an arduous task and once we had cleaned the sand from last year it was off in the boats to fetch more to top up the beaches. The turtle season is but days away, if previous years indicate a good time line, but the river levels refuse to drop and we have yet to see the beaches in front of the lodge. Even when water levels do recede it will take time for the sand to warm up to the ideal laying temperature and I can just hope that these bizarre weather conditions are not a sign of global climatic changes that have been manifesting themselves in so many different ways over recent years.
July will see us hit an all-time high for numbers at Taricaya with all 46 beds taken and I am sure that with so many willing hands there will be huge advances in our work and many more adventures to be had by all…
Stuart Timson
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9th July, 2013


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- Many people do change on their own; they are "self-changers"
- A series of learned skills distinguishes successful resolvers from unsuccessful ones
- Find someone else who makes the same resolution to support you
It's time to set goals for the coming year, and a psychologist has some hints for helping you to make those changes last.
John Norcross, a professor of psychology at the University of Scranton, is one of the world's leading experts on how people change addictive behaviors. Over the last 30 years, he and his colleagues have studied people who successfully quit smoking, cut back or quit heavy drinking, lost weight or started exercising regularly— including those whose lasting change began with a resolution to start on January first. He outlined some of his strategies in his new book, Changeology and discussed how to make resolutions work.
What are some of the most important things you can do to make your New Year's resolutions stick?
First is believing that it can be done. There's a lot of cynicism surround[ing] New Year's resolutions and it's unwarranted. Our research indicates that somewhere between 40% to 46% of New Year's resolvers will be successful at six months. That's probably a bit higher than the proportion who actually [succeed] because calling people every couple weeks [the way we did for the research] tends to help and thereby increase success. Still, the success rate is much higher than most people presume it would be for a single attempt to change behavior.
The second key [to success] is being realistic. Many people confuse fantasy with reality. Resolutions are supposed to be specific and realistic and measurable. In the book we talk about the acronym SMART, which comes from business. It stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time sensitive.
So, let's say someone wants to cut down on drinking. First of all, is that a realistic goal for heavy drinkers?
This year, about 2% of resolvers [who were surveyed] picked that one and about 90% of people who have curbed their problem drinking have done so on their own. We make the distinction between hardcore addictions on one hand and more problematic drinking on the other. For problematic drinking, 90% who have done so have done so on their own, so sure, that's realistic.
So why do we think that everyone needs professional help or at least need to attend a support group?
First, people who change on their own, we call them self-changers, are not usually getting any media attention. But 90% of people who stopped smoking did it on their own and the same thing is true with problem drinking, [through] either abstinence or moderation. We don't want to mislead people about hard core alcoholics but even some of them do self-change.
Tell me about the five steps towards lasting change that you lay out in the book.
Over last 30 years, we've been investigating how people change on their own, including several studies on New Year's resolvers. It occurs quite naturally over a series of steps. It begins with "psych," which is becoming motivated, specifying the goal, and understanding motivation. [We see it as] the two headed llama—being disgusted with our problem, but also drawn toward the new goal. So, rather than just harnessing the power of one, we tell people to do both.
In the psych stage, you [would] also start tracking behavior to see the frequency, when it occurs and what precipitates it.
What's the next one?
Prep is the second stage. That's planning, starting to practice the new behavior. You can't just root out the old. So if the goal were, say, to reduce drinking, what behavior will replace it? At this stage, you also begin to arrange for a support system and make a public declaration [of your goal]. Like any other lengthy journey, you have to do a fair amount of planning.
And the third step?
The third is 'perspire.' It's January 1st, you're actually changing your behavior. Our research has demonstrated that it's not [insufficient] willpower, it's rather a series of learned skills that distinguishes successful resolvers from unsuccessful ones.
What would be an example of one of those skills?
One is countering; that is, mastering healthy alternatives. A second is rewarding successes and the flip side of that, not rewarding failures. Some would even say withdrawing the rewards if you don't get it done.
Isn't that punishment, which is not very effective?
That's a huge area of controversy for psychologists. We prefer to withdraw rewards and make them contingent on behavior. 'Time out' is short for 'time out from reinforcement.' While kids may experience it as punishment, we're really taking away free time and activity so if they're not doing what they are supposed to do, we don't say go and enjoy. We would like those thing to be contingent on behavior and withdrawing rewards is an excellent strategy.
If someone isn't on track for whatever they're supposed to be doing, let's say losing weight, which is this year's number one resolution, that could be not watching your favorite TV show. Some say that's punishment, but it's technically withdrawal of reinforcement. So you reward yourself when the behavior is on track and withdraw that reinforcement when it is off. It can be anything: reading, playing with the dogs, getting a foot massage. It doesn't have to be expensive.
It's all about rearranging the environment. Putting things in to remind you [of the new behavior] and taking things out that trigger the problem. For example, ridding the house of alcohol, not keeping a few in the fridge because someone might come around and putting yellow stickies around the house to motivate yourself.
In 30 years of research, we've found [that these types of strategies are] the least frequently used catalysts for change and yet one of most successful. I think part of the myth is that change has to come from willpower. Our lesson of the last 50 years is that our environment can help or hinder our behavior.
If you give people huge drinks, they drink more; with a massive buffet and large plates, people eat more. When you package smaller snacks, people don't complain.
What's the fourth step?
Persevere. That's overcoming slips. There will be obstacles and slips. One of my favorite results from any of our studies is that a majority of successful resolvers said that their first slip actually strengthened their resolution. [We had thought] this is failure. But 71% of resolvers said that their first slip strengthened their desire to change. It's an erroneous belief that slips lead inevitably into falls.
So what should you do if you slip?
Most immediately, tell yourself that a slip does not need to become a fall. [Instead, think] "This can be my wakeup call and I can immediately get back on track." We have four to five different things people should be doing. One is analyzing what led up to it.
What about coping with cravings?
For big urges, we have [something] called urge surfing. We know that the most intense urges and cravings last anywhere from 2-4 minutes. Rather than standing up and letting them crush you like a wave, just surf it, go with it without going into it. It's like big wave: within 2-3 minutes, it's nothing.
And the final step?
Persist. We should mention here the importance of [supportive] relationships. These are wonderful at any time, of course. But while we want people to get their "change team" up and ready early on, in the early stages, most people can make it [without much help]. When people really need [support] is a couple of weeks into the New Year. That's when you really need support and that's when slips start coming on.
Who should you get to support you?
It can be someone else who makes the same resolution; it can be an online community, a family member, someone at work or school. There's lots of support out there and people say that it's quite flattering to be asked. That's the other side of making a public commitment. It ups the ante in terms of accountability.
How long does it typically take to make a change that sticks?
Typically, it takes several months to stabilize and solidify any new behavior. It's not a 100 yard dash; it's going to take some time. If anyone said you could succeed by taking one whack at calculus or playing the piano for a few weeks, [you wouldn't believe them]. When it comes to behavior change, people have been promised miraculous results. Our minds are not set realistically about what behavior change takes. On one hand, it's very encouraging that people can now harness the science of change. On the other hand, we need to be a tad more realistic.
So, do you have any resolutions for yourself?
Yes, it's to exercise 5 times a week even when I'm traveling. I travel 25 plus times a year and I'm usually overeating when I'm traveling so it's a double whammy. We suggest building on last year's resolutions if they were successful and then tweaking them a little.
This story was originally published on TIME.com.


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For something as simple as moving around with bare- or close-to-bare-feet (This being how we first learned to move about as toddlers!), there is a remarkable need for information and resources regarding "toe shoes," minimalist footwear, and "barefoot running shoes" — all are footwear intended to allow your feet to function as they would in their natural, naked state. The Vibram FiveFingers (toe) shoes, for example, require a six-step process just to nail down your size, and that can even be hit or miss as far as accuracy. The truth is that most of us have adapted to a cushy existence — one spent moving around in high-heeled (as with Nikes and other athletic footwear), heavily padded shoes with built-in arch support (Since when did arches need support?).
Because of these ingrained habits, when switching to barefoot or minimally shod walking and running, we have to reprogram our bodies and retrain and rehabilitate our muscles and bones. It takes both patient and guidance.
By the way, if you're new to the concept of toe shoes or minimalist footwear and the growing trends around barefoot-like movement, let me suggest you start with this primer/pre-history on toe shoes!
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Better health care will reduce Medicare costs
Sad, sad, sad that in talking about budget cuts, we use painful words like "extracting billions from Medicare" or "slashing the Medicare entitlement." Has it ever occurred to the gladiators that improving the quality of health care can also save money? If Medicare spends less on a patient because the hospital does a good job the first time, that's what we call a win-win situation. The patient gets better care. The taxpayers get billed only once. Yay.
Many ObamaCare critics simply can't say yes to the good news that the Affordable Care Act will actually reduce deficits — despite positive projections by the Congressional Budget Office. They won't concede that in a tremendously wasteful health care system such as ours, cuts in spending can be made without inconveniencing patients in the slightest.
As part of the reforms, Medicare last week announced bonus and penalty payments to hospitals based on the quality of care. The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program is starting to change Medicare's role as a dumb check-writing machine. What crazy incentives does it seek to end?
Example: An elderly woman goes to the emergency room with pneumonia but receives the wrong antibiotic. The hospital gets paid anyway. When she has to be readmitted, the hospital gets paid again.
Example: A heart attack patient isn't given medication to avert blood clots within 30 minutes of arriving at the hospital, as required by guidelines. If expensive complications develop as a result, the hospital and doctors get paid extra to address the added problems.
The new hospital quality program bases its score on patients' experience, in addition to how well hospitals follow clinical guidelines. Is the hospital clean and quiet? Do the caregivers manage pain? How well do doctors and nurses communicate?
This is but one way the health care reforms can push hospitals to spend the taxpayers' money more carefully — while improving the patient experience. This fall, Medicare started cutting payments to hospitals whose patients are readmitted too often.
Of course, one must ask to what extent the problems reflect the hospital and to what extent a tough patient population. Poor people, for example, often lack resources and strong social support networks.
"It depends on which quality measure we're looking at," Dr. Ashish Jha, a researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health, told me. "In the readmissions penalty program, it's clear that it's about the patient population." His group found that the poor were more likely to be readmitted.
Jha said he can't answer similar questions yet about the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program. His group is studying it, and results will be forthcoming in a few months.
But here is the important takeaway from this part of ObamaCare: The federal government is now addressing not only how much it spends on health care but what it is getting for the money. The stat that keeps jumping up is that the United States spends twice the rich-country average per person on health care while achieving no better (or worse) outcomes. When it comes to health care, yes, we can do better with less.


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Katherine Jenkins won the highest possible score on Monday night's episode of "Dancing With the Stars"—the final night of competition ahead of Tuesday's finale.
The opera star earned a perfect score of 60 for her two dances and finallly got the perfect 10 from judge Len Goodman. She and her partner, Mark Ballas, danced a paso doble that Goodman called, "fabulous" and a quickstep-jive hybrid during the freestyle round that earned the pair unanimous praise.
Fellow finalist Donald Driver finished just short of perfection. It was judge Goodman who shaved a point off for Driver and partner Peta Murgatroyd's Tango, which he described as "a tad careful."
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There was no sign of carefulness in the duo's freestyle country-inspired perfomance. The football star and his partner wore cowboy boots and eye-popping colors as they jumped around the stage in an energetic perfomance that Goodman called "fantastic."
William Levy and his partner Cheryl also scored 59 points, losing one from Goodman who called their salsa-tango freestyle "too predictable."
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The Chattahoochee Riverwalk in Columbus, skirts the banks of the Chattahoochee River, which follows the border between Georgia and Alabama. The meandering and hilly paved pathway links the quaint...
|15 mi
|Asphalt, Concrete
On Alabama's eastern border, nestled amid gentle hills that overlook the mighty Chattahoochee River, is a cluster of four small textile mill townsShawmut, Langdale, Fairfax, and Riverviewall on the...
|7 mi
The Columbus Fall Line Trace trail runs between the 14th Street pedestrian bridge in Uptown and Psalmond Road Recreation Center in Midland. It follows the former right-of-way of the Norfolk Southern...
|11 mi
|Asphalt, Concrete
The Man O' War Railroad Recreation Trail carries both the name of the famous racehorse and that of the diesel passenger train that once traveled through Pine Mountain between Columbia and...
|3 mi
we got on at the bridge and rode south. trail was newly paved a had a variety of scenery. small town living, forests, abandoned factories, a crazy mix. enjoyed the day. never went to northern section of the trail
Smooth ride and uncrowded. No traffic. At one point it seems to end but you have to cross the road to catch the rest of the trail
A group of 6 semi aged men from St Marys GA recently ventured west to bike this and others in the area. This is a beautiful trail , well maintained (with a short construction detour presently). Kudos to the city of Columbus for putting a significant investment in the downtown part of the trail in particular. Good workout and plenty of watering holes in Columbus to reward yourself. Nice variety of environment I.e. riverside, urban, country side.
If you start at the northernmost trailhead (Lake Oliver Marina) there is still lots of construction in progress & detours. Otherwise really fun trail
I spent 3 days in Columbus Aug 7-9, and finally got to ride this whole trail, plus roads through town to the Riverwalk. Very nice and enjoyable, cars stopped at several crossings for me (which I am not used to), and generally I was respected as another vehicle when I was on the road. I never felt threatened in any way, it is safer than many store parking lots. Thank you for this great amenity! When we come back, (Dr visit) I will be bringing my bike again!
I set out today looking for a new trail to ride. After reading the reviews I wasn't expecting much, but still decided to give it a try as it was only 30 minutes from where I live and the trail distance sounded good. I parked in the lot in Shawmut and was immediately concerned by the graffiti on all the signage. Still, I unloaded my bike and decided to take the risk. The trail still comes to an abrupt end about 1 1/2 miles into the ride. Fortunately I had read the reviews and was able to locate the next portion on the other side of U.S. 29. Other people have posted some nice pictures of the area. All I can say is the pictures are much nicer than the actual scenery now. Everything seems to be getting worse. The trail itself is in desperate need of maintenance. There are areas where it has been dug up and never repaved. It seems the City of Valley has lost interest, funding or both for keeping this trail in good condition. By the time I made it to Riverview, I had lost all desire to look for the river itself. The ride back was quick and uneventful. Overall, the area along the trail is very sketchy. As a police officer, I would not recommend anyone riding it alone. There are several areas where, if someone was so inclined, a person could be robbed very easily. Hopefully in time the City of Valley will make an attempt to clean up the trail and help it reach it's full potential. Until then, once was more than enough.
I've not only been over every inch of this trail as a recreational biker but I've also used it to commute to work at Fort Benning from my neighborhood deep in the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee. Riding to work I sweated street traffic until picking up the trail in downtown Columbus. After that it was very pleasant peddling along the safe Riverwalk at sunrise all the way into Fort Benning. On the ride home, it was a much slower trip because I would stop and look into every creek and slough along the way. Such "alligator habitat" side sights make this trail extra interesting. I no longer work at Benning but I still ride the trail which is great for tween and teen family members too.
I favor the Rotary Park access when taking children with me to the trail. From there one can go upriver to downtown, the rapids, and the mills. Or one can go downstream toward the wooded areas and Fort Benning.
An excellent recreational motive for peddling from Columbus south toward Benning are two attractions around the Benning end of the trail. One is the Oxbow Meadows Nature Center. The other is the Infantry Museum. The museum is outside of Benning's checkpoint gates so there is no hassle. But the Museum prohibits even "small pocket knives" so leave your bicycle maintenance multi-tool, your pepper spray, etc. at your bike before going in.
The pavement on this trail is generally smoother than downtown roads and much of the Riverwalk. However there are lots of rough spots that can trip a novice-class inline skater like myself. I've skated from Flat Rock Park to Psalmond Road and back a couple of times and I've completed a one-way from Flat Rock Park to the Train Station Burger King at the Peachtree Mall area. The later trip involves a 95 foot net elevation drop according to Google Earth and the same source shows the distance as 4.66 miles. From FRP to Psalmond Road is 1.3 miles and is 2.6 for the down and back. The asphalt to concrete junctions vary from well-meshed to quite rough, especially on the first bridge east of FRP. I skate with typical 80mm wheels and have had some trouble with rough spots so I may follow the trend to 110 or 125mm tri-skates for smoothing out the ride. I've fallen only twice and both times were on the rough pavement of the street crossings, once at Reese Road and once at nearby University Avenue. Fatigue probably played a part in the falls but the pavement is tricky. The trail uses yellow bump panels at the approaches to the crossings that are not inline skate friendly but the asphalt out in the road is more of a hazard.
Rode the Fall Line Trace for the first time with my 4-year old daughter and it was awesome! Rode between Hilton Ave. and Columbus State University. Shady, flat, perfect! Bravo!
I have used this trail many times. I do agree that there are too many busy intersections to cross. Some areas where the trail are located can be a bit sketchy. But overall the trail serves its purpose.
I've ridden over 1,000 miles on the River Walk and Fall Line Trace since May of 2016. I have never had one instance of feelin in danger. I'm 66 years old and have had nothing but great experiences. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Since May of 2016 I have ridden this trail at least 20 times.
There are several good entry points, but my favorite route is to park near Lake Oliver Marina and start at the very north end of the trail.
Your can ride several miles to the dam and then exit the Riverwalk briefly north of Bibb City. You will ride through a restored old neighborhood. Stay to the right at all turns, until you ride past the Event Center and storage warehouses. You will see the Riverwalk entry signs on your right. Turn right and follow the road down to the public park where rafters and kayakers put in the river. Follow the trail until it runs into 1st Ave. Turn right and ride about 200 hundred yards, then turn back onto the trail.
From there you can stay off public streets until south of downtown where you exit for a quarter mile onto Lumpkin Blvd. Turn right onto Lumpkin and then turn right into the Naval Museum and follow the trail back to the river. From there follow the trail past South Columbus Water Works to the Oxbow Creek golf course. Turn right just before the golf course.
Follow the bike path past the environmental center and cross S. Lumpkin Ave. The trail is clearly marked until you get to the construction site north of Upatoi Creek. Turn left just before the road construction and pay attention to the markings where the trail crosses the streets. The trail runs through forested areas until you get to the older section of Ft Benning. I enjoy riding out around the airfield and back to the trail starting point at Baltzell Ave.
If you ride around the airfield and back to Lake Oliver the total ride is around 42 miles. Very few climbs, lots of walkers, joggers, and riders on the weekends. There are lots of opportunities to hammer down, but stretches where you need to relax and sit up. Map your course on Google before you go. I love it. You will too.
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How to Prep the Skin -
The most thing I get asked it "Why doesn't my make-up turn out right?" It's all in the prep!
Its important to apply your make-up on fresh, clean skin. There is nothing worse then "adding" make-up the morning after the night before!
Start by cleansing the skin - Using a cleanser to remove any dirt or old make-up on the skin.
Use eye make-up remover - Its important to remove those "panda eyes" with a water base eye make-up
remover, Water bases is used as oil bases removes can leave a residue on the skin which will prevent the make-up being applied correctly.
Use toner on cotton wool - Toners remove any left over cleansers leaving the skin smooth and ready for make-up!
Apply Moisturizer - If you do nothing else, apply moisturizer to your skin. It's a must, so spend a little time on finding the right one for you.
Optional step - Primer - Applying primer is the final step in our prep. It's always the final step before foundation. A little tip on saving money with primers is to use a face primer on lid and lips. Primer really helps the make-up last so is it some thing worth investing in. For tips on different primers check out my reviews.
Full video here: Howto prep the Skin
Step 2.
Few thing to consider when picking the right foundation.
Shade - Which is the hardest to find, but what my video here to see my tips on getting the right shade.
Coverage - Whether you want full, medium or sheer coverage. Click here to see my foundation suggestions.
Finish - Matte finish (suited to oil skin) Dewy (suited to dryer skin) Satin (Suited to most skin types)
Try the shades out on your jawline/neck where possible, otherwise your wrist or hand can help give a general guide.
Remember to stand in a doorway or outside to see if the colour matches, it's also important to blend the foundation and let it set to see the TRUE shade.
A foundation with sunscreen is a safe bet, but you will still need to wear sunscreen under your foundation.
Foundation is totally optional, if you have blemishes or pimples, try strategically placed concealer instead. Or just wear the foundation on the parts that need it, around your nose, under the eyes and on the chin. Always make sure to blend properly.
Watch video here: Picking the Right Foundation
Step 3
Applying Foundation
So many different ways to apply foundation. Each foundation has a technique that works best with it. Also the technique you choice will give you a different effects. I have list of my foundation suggestions and the best way to apply them, Click here to view.
So lets go through the different tools you can use -
Sponges are my favorite to use for many reasons, they blend really well. They can give you full to sheer(light) coverage. Cheap and disposable or you can be super cheap and wash them. Click here to see how I do it.
There are a few foundation brushes, Stippling brushes can be used to apply liquid and mineral powder foundation. It can give you a great flawless look.
When applying liquid foundation using a dabbing and swirling motion works best and using a swirling motion works best with mineral foundation too.
This has been my chosen tool as of late, click here to see why.
Flat foundation brushes were the most popular choice when I started making videos, They are still popular but being replaced with other tools nowadays. It can give you full coverage. I like using it to apply my primers.
Newer round top foundation can also give you a beautiful application.
Watch video here: Applying Foundation
Step 4.
For so many of us concealer is over use or forgotten. (I have to admit I used to totally over use it) Concealer is a concentrated form of pigment used to hide some thing (hence the name conceal)
A lot of us focus too much on full coverage foundation and instead need to use concealer to hide our imperfections.
Even though concealer comes in so many forms - Liquid, cream, stick...However there basically two types of concealer that you need for your make-up bag.
One for under the eyes and One to be used on imperfections.
Under eyes
Under the eyes is slightly drier so the concealer that you use need to be slightly moisturising.
It can also be pink/salmon tone to neutralising the blue/dark hues under the skin.
Some concealer can also have highlighters, theses are used for under the eye area to brighten and lift the eyes. Some used these on blemishes but they are not designed for any real covering anything, they are designed to brighten the area.
The most famous out of all the highlighter is a Touche Eclat which is a highlighter, not a concealer despite what everyone believes.
When it comes to spots/pimples you need to use a concealer that is matte and full coverage. Its important that a concealer for blemish has no shine as shine can draw attention to the area you want to hide.
No matter that you concealer only use a small amount, apply it to the blemishes or discolouration only and blend blend blend!!
Watch video here: Picking the Right Concealers - Under Eyes/Blemishes Step 4
Step 5.
How to Make Foundation/Concealer Last All Day
So here is a step that I think really might help a lot of you, its some thing I never did as a teen, mostly because I didn't know about it but its is to set your foundation with a powder or a setting spray.
Setting sprays can be used after a full face of make-up as been applied, its great if you use liquid or cream make-up and don't want to set it with a powder. Hold the spray back from your face and lightly mist the face, then allow is to dry. After that you should be all set!
Setting powders can be used after all cream and liquids have been applied. Loose or pressed powders can be used.
Watch full video here: Setting Foundation


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Jon Landau, a longtime collaborator with James Cameron, recently spoke about the progress of Avatar 2 and Avatar 3, but now we have an idea of what the fourth film will be. From Cameron himself comes word that Avatar 4 will likely be a prequel that explores the colonization process of Pandora before the events of Avatar. While the creative team is still working on the scripts for the two sequels, Cameron admits he has not yet put pen to paper for the prequel, but seems to have the kernel of an idea in mind. Hit the jump to hear what he had to say.
In a recent interview with MTV, Cameron revealed that Avatar 4 would be a prequel, saying:
"Because when we drop in, even in the first film in 'Avatar 1,' as it will be known in the future, we're dropping into a process that's 35 years in to a whole colonization. That will complete an arc and if that leads into more, we'll start, not imitating 'Star Wars,' but it's a logical thing to do because we'll have completed the thematic arc by the end of three. The only thing left to do is go back to see what it was like on those first expeditions and create some new characters that then become legacy characters in later films. It's a plan."
You can hear what Cameron had to say in the video interview below or continue reading for more of the director's choice quotes:
Cameron further expanded on what exactly the prequel would center on:
"I have an idea for a fourth. I haven't really put pen to paper on it, but basically it goes back to the early expeditions of Pandora, and kind of what went wrong with the humans and the Na'vi and what that was like to be an explorer and living in that world."
All well and good, but before we can see a fourth film, Cameron will have to shoot two and three. He comments on the progress of the sequels as follows:
"We've spent two years refining the whole pipeline. It was a hideously complex process to make that film and a lot has been said about that, but we don't want it to be done in the same prototypical way as the first one, we want it to be a much smoother workflow just for creativity reasons."
And speaking of creativity, Cameron jokingly compares his writing process to that of Peter Jackson, saying:
"You know, Peter Jackson had it easy, he already had the books. He had the books. Now if I had a time machine I could go forward and watch the movies and then come back, but I don't!"


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