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Would you like to have a vegetable garden but don't think it's possible this year?
A lack of space, experience or resources such as tools or money to buy seeds and bedding plants doesn't need to stand in your way. Applications for Gardens Growing Families, a community garden program for county residents, are now being accepted at the Henrico Extension Office.
Individuals or families who participate in the program receive expert help, free classes, tools, and water for irrigation as well as space to grow a garden for a fee of $5 to $65 a year, based on household income, the number of gardeners per family, and garden plot size. Garden plots are either 15 feet by 20 feet or 15 feet by 10 feet, and gardeners can rent up to two plots.
"Gardens Growing Families is designed to get people gardening, harvesting, preparing and storing nutritious food," said Lisa Sanderson, Henrico Extension Agent.
"And, just as important as producing food, gardening together can help build families," added Sanderson. "Families who garden together. To me, that's the most important part."
Garden plots are available in the Alma Avenue Island Garden near Alma and Laburnum Avenues and in Highland Springs at the corner of West Jerald Street and South Holly Avenue. The 34 plots at the Lakeside Garden have already been taken.
"We started in 2008," said Sanderson, "And some of the original families are still with us!"
In a survey, almost all past participants said their family's diet improved, and three-quarters said they saved money at the grocery store. "One man, who had two plots and gardened year-round, said he had saved almost $700," said Sanderson.
The plots are available to participants from the first of April to the end of March. "You really can grow things to eat here all year long," said Sanderson. "You have to like cabbage, and you have to plan, but you can do it!"
Participants maintain their gardens using only organic methods, which means no pesticides or herbicides in the gardens.
A demonstration plot is maintained by Henrico Master Gardeners, who are often on hand at the gardens to answer questions. "It's the first experience for some," said Sanderson, "so we encourage people to ask questions."
A free seminar for participants will be held Saturday, April 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Henrico Demonstration Kitchen on Dixon Powers Drive. Topics include "Getting Started," "Growing More," and "Expanding Your Food Palette and Preparing Foods." Programs for kids ages 5-13 will also be held that day.
"Young people can learn how to garden, see where their food comes from, and learn how to do things with their parents," said Sanderson.
"And remember, food tastes better when you grow it yourself," she added.
To learn more, call the Extension office at 501-5160 or get an application online at http://www.co.henrico.va.us/extension
Gayton Baptist Church dedicates new outreach center
The John Rolfe YMCA and Gayton Baptist Church have partnered in an effort to bring greater health and wellness opportunities to the community.
Through this partnership, the John Rolfe Y will run Youth Winter Sports programs, including basketball and indoor soccer, in Gayton's newly renovated $5.5 million outreach center that features a new gymnasium, youth and teen space, social space with café, meeting space and full service commercial kitchen. > Read more.
Henricus Historical Park to host Publick Day Sept. 20
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Henricus Historical Park will commemorate its anniversary during Publick Day, a signature annual event that celebrates the establishment of the second successful English settlement in the New World. In September 1611, Sir Thomas Dale, along with soldiers, tradesmen and farmers, ventured from Jamestown to create the Citie of Henricus. Leaders of Henricus developed the first English hospital, chartered the first college in North America, established tobacco as the first cash crop in Virginia, and created a place where Pocahontas lived and met John Rolfe.
Publick Day will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free and parking is $5 per vehicle. > Read more.
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As part of its 30th anniversary year and partnership with the Children's Museum of Richmond, Commonwealth Parenting will present a six-part RVA Parents Forum Series to address some of the toughest issues confronting parents.
Parenting experts and family educators will tackle topics ranging from bullying to alcohol, sex to divorce, and technology and stress. Parents will learn how to identify potential problems.
"We're excited about bringing this much-needed forum series to parents in central Virginia. Through our valuable partnership with Commonwealth Parenting, we can have a deeper impact in the community through parent and caregiver education," said Karen Coltrane, president and CEO of the Children's Museum of Richmond. > Read more.
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It's a film about Bob Ladouceur, coach of the De La Salle High Spartans, a California high school football team with 12 consecutive undefeated seasons (a staggering 151 games won in a row).
Along the way, Ladouceur (played by Jim Caviezel) faced the kind of hardship most football coaches (thankfully) can only imagine – suffering a near-fatal heart attack, the death of a star player, and rebuilding the team after that 151-game streak came to a humiliating end. > Read more.
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Presenter Anthony Muhammad sheds new light on understanding the complicated and dynamic relationships among school professionals in order to create a cohesive and positive culture. In this course, Muhammad identifies four general archetypes: The Believers,The Tweeners, The Survivors and The Fundamentalists. If not working harmoniously these types taken as a group on your staff can be highly resistant to change and prone to interpersonal discord. This course will provide insight coupled with practical strategies for understanding and working with each type to dramatically improve school culture.
After completing this course, educators will know:
- Why transforming school culture is essential to educational reform.
- The characteristics of four groups of teachers and the impact of each group on school culture.
- The role of school leaders (educators invested in school transformation) in creating the conditions that motivate people to change.
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After completing this course, educators will apply the following skills:
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After years of controversy, heated debates, legal wrangling and court decisions, the state of Wyoming finally has management of wolves, as it should. But we know uncertainty still remains on the horizon.
It's likely that the management plan will end up in court again in coming months as environmental groups intend to sue over the delisting.
Park County residents showed their resounding support for wolf hunting: as of Friday afternoon, hunters here had purchased 562 licenses — more than any other Wyoming county.
Wyoming's management plan is unique. Depending on where they roam, wolves are treated differently.
Wolves remain protected in parts of the state, including Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and the Wind River Indian Reservation. In areas bordering the parks in the northwest corner of the state, wolves will be managed as trophy game under a limited quota.
Outside of those designated areas, however, wolves are now considered predators and can be shot on sight, just like coyotes.
However, only 14 percent of the state's wolves dwell in the predator zone, where they can be killed without a license, Gov. Matt Mead said in a Casper-Star Tribune article last month. That means 86 percent of the wolf population lives in areas where levels of protection remain.
It's important to note that statewide, Wyoming will maintain at least 150 wolves and 15 breeding pairs to ensure genetic diversity.
Now that wolf hunting is under way in trophy game areas, we encourage hunters to be responsible. Until the season ends Dec. 31, hunters must call the wolf hotline (800-264-1280) to make sure the quota in each area has not been reached.
Hunters have a limited quota of 52 wolves among the 12 hunting areas in northwest Wyoming. But each hunting area varies, and none of them has a high quota. For example, the season will close after one wolf is shot in Hunt Area 7 — the Targhee region near the Wyoming-Idaho state line. By comparison, the hunt areas encompassing the Clark's Fork and Sunlight each have a quota of eight wolves, the highest of any hunting areas.
"We are taking a conservative approach to wolf hunting seasons during this time of transition from federal to state management," said Brian Nesvik, wildlife chief for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in a press release. "We need time to assume the important responsibilities of wolf population monitoring, sport harvest management, and meeting Wyoming's commitments to wolf conservation in our state."
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Our youngest turned three and invited a couple of boys over to celebrate his birthday. Our kids love balloons and something simple like bouncing them around can entertain them beautifully. We decided to make balloons and the colours blue and green the theme for the party.
We blew up about 80 balloons and had them float to the ceiling. It was a simple gathering, but by coordinating colours it came out beautifully. Even the invites had blue and green polka dots scattered all over them.
The boys played before we had a slice of cake topped with paper balloons. Parents had drinks and nibbled on some healthy snacks. Gift bags were stamped with the recipients name and a balloon attached.
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I like the simplicity of this. And love the balloons attached to the gift bags, might have to steal that idea. We always do balloons as main decoration for each of our son's birthday parties. He loves them so much, we figure, why not? Inexpensive, not much fuss and makes anything festive. We'll be doing the same with the new baby's parties, probably.
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HARRISON COUNTY, Ind. -- The two suspects charged in the brutal murder of a Harrison County, Ind. Couple appeared in court Friday.
Austin Scott, 18, and Kevin Drew Schuler, 18, are charged in the murder of Gary Henderson and Asenath Arnold.
The accused killers stood briefly in front of a judge confirming their legal representation. Both suspects hired private attorneys. A jury trial is set for November 19.
Investigators believe Scott stabbed Henderson multiple times and Schuler beat Arnold to death before they stole pills, guns, and money.
The family of the victim's was in court today in support.
"We want to see justice served. We will let the courts handle it. It doesn't handle our feelings and emotions," said Sue-z Schmelz, Henderson's daughter.
A vigil will be held Friday night at 9 p.m at Hubers Farm in the couple's honor. Henderson worked giving pony rides for decades at Hubers Farm.
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National Planning Tool and National Report format for COP8
National planning tool for the implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands,
based on the approved format for National Reports to be submitted for Ramsar COP8 (Spain, 2002)
For each meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention, countries prepare and submit a National Report detailing their activities undertaken in implementation of the Convention during the triennium since the previous meeting.
Following the adoption of the Strategic Plan 1997-2002 of the Convention at COP6, the Standing Committee decided that for COP7 (Costa Rica, May 1999) the content of the National Report should be based upon the Strategic Plan. This decision signaled a desire on the part of the Convention to use the national reporting process in a more systematic way, in order to assess national, regional, and global progress in implementation of the Convention, and to use this assessment to identify the priorities for each successive triennium.
As a result, at COP7 the Convention was able, for the first time, to quantify the progress made in implementation against nearly 50 indicators. This was facilitated by the fact that all but three Contracting Parties submitted their National Reports on time. In adopting the Conventions Work Plan 2000-2002 (Resolution VII.27), COP7 used the assessment of progress based upon these National Reports to set new global targets.
Resolution VII.27 also included the following two paragraphs relating to the national reporting process leading up to COP8 in 2002: The Conference of the Contracting Parties
13. REQUESTS the Standing Committee, at its 24th meeting, to review the National Report format used for COP7 and to introduce appropriate changes with a view to making the Ramsar COP8 format available in early 2000, so that Contracting Parties wishing to apply this framework can establish and maintain at the earliest opportunity an ongoing record of implementation for national planning and reporting purposes;
14. URGES all Contracting Parties to undertake the preparation of their National Reports for Ramsar COP8 in consultation with their National Ramsar/Wetland Committees, where they exist, and also with all other relevant Government Ministries;
In response to this, the Standing Committee has adopted the attached format for the National Reports, which Contracting Parties are urged to begin using as soon as they receive it as a national planning tool for the implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, so as to "establish and maintain . . . an ongoing record of implementation for national planning and reporting purposes". This action by the Standing Committee indicates a significant shift in the purpose of the national reporting process from the previous one-off preparation every three years of a mere description of actions taken to the dual function of providing a dynamic and ongoing framework for strategic planning and action by national governments, which also meets the obligation to provide a National Report for each meeting of the COP.
National Planning Tool
All Contracting Parties are urged to adopt this comprehensive national planning tool as soon as possible and to use it to identify gaps and areas of highest priority for action against the Conventions Work Plan 2000-2002. This should include the setting of realistic national targets on the basis of the global targets established in the Conventions Work Plan.
The National Reports format is intended to provide a checklist of actions seen as desirable if Contracting Parties are to implement the Convention fully. If the time is taken to complete this form with care, and with broadly-based consultative processes, it will provide a ready-made national strategic plan for implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, with built-in national targets against which progress can be monitored.
Paragraph 14 of Resolution VII.27 also urged Contracting Parties to prepare "their National Reports for Ramsar COP8 in consultation with their National Ramsar/Wetland Committees, where they exist, and also with all other relevant Government Ministries". It is hoped that Contracting Parties will accept this advice with respect to this national planning tool as well, for this will ensure that at the national level a comprehensive understanding is gained of the current status of implementing the Convention, and allow for careful consideration of the future priorities.
National targets and priorities
In establishing national targets and priorities, Contracting Parties may wish to recall that COP7, in paragraph 6 of Resolution VI.27, stated that it was
CONCERNED that the application of the Strategic Plan 1997-2002 has been uneven in the Contracting Parties and that only slow progress has been made, globally, in relation to some of its General Objectives, in particular in relation to the application of economic valuation methods, private sector involvement, introduction of wetlands into formal education programmes, establishment of National Ramsar/ Wetland Committees, training, Ramsar site designations, national inventories, Ramsar site twinnings and designation of transboundary Ramsar sites, harmonised implementation of environment conventions at the national level, the ongoing level of support for the Small Grants Fund, and liaison between Ramsar focal points and their bilateral development assistance agencies.
Also, in paragraph 3 of the same Resolution, COP7 took note "of the recommendations made by the Secretary General in his report to this Conference to further improve the format of National Reports". These recommendations, contained in document Ramsar COP7 DOC. 5, were as follows:
88. The Bureaus conclusion after analysing the NRs is that the new format has allowed for a much more factual and statistical evaluation of the implementation of the Convention in each region and globally.
89. Nevertheless, the analysis also revealed that in many cases the way that the questions were asked led to responses that do not allow establishing a complete and clear picture of the situation, especially when no details have been volunteered to complete the response. This means that the statistics included with the regional overviews might present a picture that is more optimistic that the actual developments.
90. In many cases, the National Reports only reflect what the agency acting as the Administrative Authority of the Convention has done to implement the treaty, but they do not reflect the full spectrum of wetland-related action, positive and negative, that is occurring in the country. Thus, some National Reports could be considered more "agency reports" than "national reports". In some of these cases, while the Bureau is aware of significant developments in wetland-related issues in a particular country, this has not been reflected in the regional overviews, because the official National Report has made no reference to these issues.
91. COP7 may wish to urge Contracting Parties that starting with COP8 the National Reports be prepared with the active involvement of National Ramsar Committees, so as to ensure that they provide a nationwide picture of wetland issues.
Deadline for submission of National Reports for COP8
The dates for COP8 in 2002 in Spain have been set for 18-26 November 2002. In order to allow time for staff to prepare analyses of the National Reports for distribution with the COP documentation, the deadline for submission of reports has been set for 28 February 2002.
Preparation and submission of National Reports
The National Planning Tool is provided to the Administrative Authorities on a floppy disk as two files, in the appropriate working language of the Convention, in Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0/95 and Word 97 formats. These files can also be downloaded from the Ramsar Web site. The Administrative Authority should copy the two files onto a hard disk before setting to work upon them.
In these files, the texts of the questions and explanations are locked, and respondents can move from question to question by using the Tab key or the mouse pointer (the Shift and Tab keys together move backwards from question to questions).
Responses to questions should be entered in the "form fields" following each question, either by choosing a response from the dropdown menu provided or by typing directly into the field.
When the Administrative Authority is ready to submit the National Report to the secretariat, the two files should be sent to the Ramsar Bureau by e-mail attachment or on floppy disk(s), and a printed copy authorized by the head of the Administrative Authority or the relevant Minister should be sent by post.
The National Reports, when officially received by the Ramsar Bureau, will be made available to the public on the Ramsar Web site in both Word and Adobe PDF formats.
Should the Administrative Authority not have access to the necessary computer technology to use this format, please advise the Communications Officer at the Ramsar Bureau, Dr Dwight Peck (firstname.lastname@example.com), and the Bureau will endeavor to provide assistance to overcome these problems, where the resources can be found to do so.
Important Note The Bureau can no longer accept handwritten reports or reports prepared with a traditional typewriter. They must be submitted in electronic form with a hard copy version, verified as authentic and official by either the designated head of the Ramsar Administrative Authority or the relevant Minister.
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|How does the Use of Cellular Phone Commit Violence Against Women
|Roy Sajal, Tamanna Akter Himu
|Translators as Intercultural Mediators: Translating Religious Expressions in Naguib Mahfouz's Palace of Desire into English
|Fatima Muhaidat, Shadi Neimneh
|Crime, Gender and Society in India
|Preetinder Kaur
|A Comparative Study of Ostensible Invitations in English and Persian
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|Enquiring into the Efficacy of Senior-secondary School Teachers with respect to their Locale and Organisational Climate
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|A Contrastive Investigation of English and Persian Compounds: Implication for EFL Instruction
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The PGY-1 year is designed to give our Med-Peds residents a broad exposure to the basic inpatient and ambulatory experiences they will be building on during their residencies. Our academic year is broken into 13 four-week blocks. The PGY-1 curriculum contains 4 ambulatory months, which is a welcome change of pace from many Med-Peds programs with 10 or 11 inpatient ward months during the first year.
On the pediatric side, our rotations include the neonatal intensive care unit, newborn nursery, 2 months of pediatric wards, 1 month of pediatric oncology, 1 month of ambulatory pediatrics, and pediatric emergency medicine.
NICU: In the NICU, residents take q4 overnight call. Interns attend all of the high-risk deliveries while on call and accept new admissions. Interns generally carry 6-8 patients each and are supervised directly by the NICU attendings.
Newborn Nursery: Our newborn nursery gives good exposure to the normal newborn exam and management of common newborn problems such as jaundice and some less common problems such as unrecognized congenital heart disease. Interns are also responsible for any circumcisions that need to be done prior to infant discharge. Usually, there are 2-3 residents in the NBN each month caring for an average of 25 patients per day. There is no overnight call while in the nursery, but interns do take short call until 10 pm approximately 7 times during the rotation. On short call, they cover the nursery as well as triage phone calls from our ambulatory clinic.
Pediatric Wards: While on pediatric wards, interns generally care for up to 10 patients with an upper level resident. Each resident-intern team takes overnight call 7 times during the rotation and has 2 full weekends off. After 10pm, the intern is responsible for taking triage phone calls from our ambulatory clinic. While on wards, they care for a wide variety of pediatric illnesses, so that they have experience with both the most common pediatric cases as well as the more rare diseases and presentations.
Pediatric Oncology: Our residents work directly with our pediatric oncology attending physicians to care for our inpatient service, consults, and also will see patients in the pediatric oncology clinic.
Ambulatory Clinic: On our clinic rotation, interns work at the Center for Pediatric Medicine, where they see children for both well-child care and for acute illnesses. An intern will see 10-15 patients each day (our clinic sees approximately 30,000 visits each year). In addition, they will also take short call until 10 pm approximately 7 times during the rotation.
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On the internal medicine side, our rotations include pulmonary teaching service, 2 months of medicine teaching service, ambulatory medicine, emergency medicine, geriatrics, and outpatient cardiology.
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Medicine Teaching Service (MTS): Our 4 MTS teams each consist of 2 interns and 1 senior resident, with each team taking q4 overnight call. Each intern is generally responsible for 5-10 general medicine patients, including both floor patients and non-ventilated intensive care unit patients. The MTS teams care for not only our own medicine clinic patients, but also for other hospitalized patients who are interesting learning cases. The intern is also responsible for taking triage phone calls from our ambulatory clinic over night.
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ER: During our emergency medicine rotation, interns work primarily in the adult critical care emergency room, where they have the opportunity to be the first to evaluate and stabilize a wide variety of patients. They are also able to gain experience performing a wide variety of procedures, including intubations and the placement of central lines.
Geriatrics: While on our geriatric rotation, interns are able to participate in the care of a wide variety of geriatric patients. They spend part of their time at the geriatrics outpatient center where they participate in the comprehensive geriatric assessment of many new patients. They also spend one day per week at a local nursing home, caring for both short-term rehab and long-term care patients. In addition, they spend time doing geriatric consults on the inpatient setting. Unique to this rotation, they will also have the opportunity to participate in home visits of hospice patients.
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Down to the Bone
When a ride is hard enough to make you question who you are, you might not like the answer you get—which means it's probably the right one
Mike Magnuson
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Bike in Balance: Bone Ride
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TEN YEARS AND two weeks and two days after I quit smoking cigarettes and decided
would replace my former life with a new life, I parked my pickup truck on a quiet, tree-lined street in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and stepped out into a not-too-crisp morning and removed my
road bike
from the truck's bed and gazed at a large older home about a block away, a home whose yard and doorways and windows teemed with skinny
cyclists in spandex
the way an ant colony teems with ants. The cyclists moved with skittery, herky-jerky, walking-with-clipless-road-shoes strides and called out to each other in confident voices and fiddled with their bicycles or leaned them against trees or against the house or set them down on the grass, and no one appeared maudlin or to be groaning or griping about what might happen in the next eight hours.
I groaned. I spat. I took off my jeans right there in the street—in front of God and everybody and also in front of the guy who was parked in front of me.
Not to worry about me dropping my pants: I had bib shorts on underneath my jeans and was effecting the sort of quick change any experienced cyclist will when it's time to hop out of the vehicle and say Shazam and transform in an instant from a guy in jeans and a T-shirt into a spandex superhero who can ride amazing distances at brisk tempos while having a rollicking good time. And, anyway, I knew the guy parked in front of me, a friendly racer named Mark who lived in the same town where I lived, Appleton, Wisconsin, about two hours on the freeway north of here. Mark had been riding seriously for many years—even though he was only in his early 30s—and there was nothing he hadn't seen before a big ride.
He said, "You ready for this, Mike?" Mark was maybe 145 pounds, looked fit enough to ride up a telephone pole if somebody asked him to.
"Hell no," I said. "I'm never gonna be ready."
I was neither lying nor trying to be funny. In the last few weeks of riding with Mark, I had been able to ascertain that I would need to train at least 20 hours per week, for at least 20 consecutive weeks, in order to be 20 percent as fit as him. I wanted to ride my bicycle, sure. Riding had been part of my life all the way back to the time my memory started, and riding had done a hell of a lot for me, but I was thinking lately that maybe I would be much happier if riding could be a smaller part of my life. I wanted, for instance, to spend time with my girlfriend, the best girlfriend I ever could dream of having, a woman I wanted to be with for as long as I might live. She wasn't a cyclist, and I didn't want to turn her into a cyclist just so she could be more like me. I loved her for who she was—funny and smart and beautiful and all that wonderfully goofy stuff that goes along with love—and I loved her because we loved being together and doing things together. In our free time, on the weekends and in the evenings and at precisely the same times when a person riding 20 hours a week for 20 consecutive weeks should be riding, I went shopping or for walks or watched TV or whispered sweet nothings about nothing in particular, and so on. I was not superfit, but I was happy.
Mark said, "I'm stoked about today. By time it's over, you'll be, too." Then he hopped on his bike and rolled toward the house, and vanished somewhere in the anthill of cyclists.
I FINISHED DRESSING and rode over to the house. I sucked in my gut and did my best to look like I belonged and rolled up the driveway, next to which was a folding table with water bottles and energy bars and fresh fruit laid out on it, and I dismounted and looked for a spot near the house where I could lean my bike.
A lean, chiseled guy stood in spandex near the back door, and I smiled and asked him if we were to shit in the bushes or go inside? The guy didn't laugh. He looked me up and down and I could watch his eyes making a determination about me: out-of-shape recreational cyclist, not a racer. He said, "Inside." Then he turned his head.
The house was Tom Schuler's, a former U.S. national road racing champion (1987) and an original member of the famed 7-Eleven cycling team and the longtime directeur sportif of the Saturn Cycling team, and this impressive gathering of hard-core road racers was for the 23rd annual Bone Ride, a training ride that goes from here 80 miles out to Madison, where everybody eats lunch, then rolls the 80 miles back. Except for lunch, no stops, and if you were to need to make a pit stop along the way, you would have to ride like wildfire to catch back on to the group. With that in mind, I wanted to make as many pit stops as possible before we departed on our merry way. My bladder, like the rest of my body, was considerably askew from peak condition.
Inside, riders clumped around on the wooden floors with their cycling shoes and talked to each other in the way that old friends do, and I walked up a set of stairs and found the line to the bathroom. This, I could see, was going to take a while. As I stood there, I wondered about the man whose toilet I was waiting to use—a legendary racer in American cycling—and I felt badly that, until I got talked into doing the Bone Ride, I had never heard of him. I'd been riding my whole life and following bike racing for years and years but didn't recognize the name of one of our greats.
In a few minutes, people were shouting that it was time to take the group photo, and I was ready by then and along with everyone else assumed the position in Tom Schuler's front yard and tried to look appropriately self-satisfied for the camera, and after the picture, while we were assembled in a nifty group, Tom Schuler himself stood before us to make a few remarks.
He was 55 years old and graying and wearing bib shorts and looking as fit or more fit than all the other fit racers here, and he spoke in a quiet, friendly voice and with a humble and confident demeanor indicating that this was a man in possession of greatness, something not lost on the riders listening to him. He discussed the origins of the ride, how he used to ride this route in training with 7-Eleven and somebody back then told him it was a boneheaded way to train. Boneheaded became Bone in the way these things happen, and 23 years later, here we all were. Tom Schuler said that along the way to Madison we would pick up more riders, so that our group of more than a 100 would swell to more than 200. We were to ride in smaller groups of 30 riders or so, and we were to maintain a double paceline not to exceed 20 miles per hour, until we got back close to his home. "Then," he said, "you don't have to hold back."
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Matt Savidge
Wed, 2013-09-04 19:07
I agree. Every time Bicycling publishes an article by MM, half the article is about him...not about bikes, rides or other riders. The LeMond article hardly mentioned LeMond at all. Bicycling needs to re-think publishing his works until he stops focusing all his writing on himself and his problem. I ride and read about riding to escape my problems....not to read about this dude's issues.
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Wed, 2013-08-14 22:49
great story, mike! I appreciate the path you took to get there and where you were at that moment of your life. just keep riding, and writing about it.
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Mon, 2013-05-06 21:21
Mike Magnuson is a talented writer; he can be very, very good. But this story is part of the reason why I no longer am a Bicycling subscriber. I did the Bone Ride 2012 and with the ride again approaching in a week, wanted to read about Mike's experience at last year's event. When he writes about the biking itself, he's great! He knows how to craft a sentence & tells a good story. Unfortunately he spends 1/3 of the story, telling us about how his life got side-tracked for 10 years so that at the end of the story, he's clearly run out of space & cannot even tell us how the ride ended for him, which I would have been interested in reading. Now some background info is appreciated, no doubt. Instead I get to read about ALL his different jobs over the lost 10 year period and his one day job dressed up in a bunny outfit! Really? The same was true about his Greg Lamond article about 2 yrs. ago. Half the story was again about Mike's "lost years"....when what I and every other cyclist I knew wanted was to hear what Greg thought about the criminal investigation into Lance Armstrong & the breaking Tyler Hamilton book about to come out, etc. In fact, almost all of Mike's stories in Bicycling have dealt, in some way with his "lost period". Mike, you are a good writer. You could be a very, very good writer. Quit writing about so much "navel gazing" of your 10 year "lost" period. It happened, okay. Move on. Signed, a guy who thinks you could be a pretty damned good writer.
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Francie Van Wirkus
Mon, 2013-05-06 01:13
Hi Mike. Thank you for your story. How did you feel at the end of the ride? Did you finish the ride? For the record, the triathlete that crashed in Pewaukee was aided by two riders who indeed stopped. One pro triathlete and one elite triathlete stopped to help her.
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President Bush's Hypocrisy
A Statement by Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Roberta Sklar, Director of Communications
Today, President Bush sullied the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education by renewing his support for amending the U.S. Constitution to enshrine discrimination against a minority.
On a day in which we celebrate the role of the independent judiciary in American democracy, the President said, "The sacred institution of marriage should not be redefined by a few activist judges." I say, Mr. President, you would not be living in the White House but for a "few activist judges." Likewise, without an independent judiciary, segregation would still be the law of many states, abortion and interracial marriages would still be illegal, and indigent persons accused of crime would have no right to legal counsel.
Fortunately, the President's proposed amendment is dead on arrival in the U.S. Senate and he knows it. The only reason for this renewed call for Congress to act is to continue to use the lives of committed same-sex couples to divide America for partisan gain.************************
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Associated Press article, May 17, 2004
Bush Renews Call to Ban Gay Marriage
TOPEKA, Kan. - President Bush on Monday renewed his call for Congress to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages.
On the same day that Massachusetts began issuing licenses to gay couples, Bush said in a statement, "The sacred institution of marriage should not be redefined by a few activist judges."
In the statement, read aboard Air Force One by White House press secretary Scott McClellan while traveling to Topeka, Kan., Bush said that "all Americans have a right to be heard in this debate."
Noting that he had called on Congress some time ago to pass a constitutional amendment banning such marriages, Bush said "the need for that amendment is still urgent, and I renew that call today."
Although Bush has not actively put pressure on Congress to pass the measure, McClellan said the White House had been "in close contact with members of Congress" in an attempt to get the measure moving.
Remarks by the President at Grand Opening of the Brown VP Board of Education National Historic Site
Topeka, Kansas
1:06 P.M. CDT From the White House Web site:
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thanks a lot. Please be seated. Thank you all for coming out today. Cheryl, thank you very much for your kind introduction. I appreciate all the Brown family who are here. Justice Breyer. Governor Sebelius is with us today -- Governor, thank you for being here. Leader Frist; Senator Brownback and Senator Roberts from the great state of Kansas. (Applause.) Congressman Jim Ryun -- (applause) -- Congressmen Tiahrt, Moran, and Moore, as well, from Kansas. (Applause.) Congressman Elijah Cummings -- thank you for being here, Congressman. Proud you're here. (Applause.) Secretary Norton, and Secretary Paige, distinguished guests; and ladies and gentlemen:
I'm honored to join you at this historic place, to mark a day and a decision that changed America for the better, and forever. (Applause.) Fifty years ago today, nine judges announced that they had looked at the Constitution and saw no justification for the segregation and humiliation of an entire race. Here at the corner of 15th and Monroe, and at schools like it across America, that was a day of justice -- and it was a long time coming.
For millions of African descent, the experience of segregation began in chains and darkness beneath the deck of a ship. A terrible civil war ended their slavery, but did not end their oppression. Generations of African American citizens grew up, and grew old, under laws designed to demean them. Under the rule of Jim Crow, almost no detail of life escaped the supervision of cruel and petty men. The color of your skin determined where you could get your hair cut, which hospital ward you could be treated in, which park or library you could visit, or who you could go fishing with. And children were instructed early in the customs of racial division -- at schools where they never saw a face of another color.
This was codified cruelty, at the service of racism. Segregation dulled the conscience of people who knew better. It fed the violence of people with malice in their hearts. And however it was defended, segregation could never be squared with the ideals of America.
The legal challenges to school segregation began more than 100 years before the Supreme Court heard the case of Brown v. Board of Education. In 1849, African American parents brought suit against Boston's divided schools. Here in Kansas, segregation was challenged in several cases between 1881 and 1949. These early efforts did not bring victory; yet they inspired words and warnings that have spoken across the years. As Justice John Marshall Harlan wrote in his dissenting opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson: "In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant ruling class of citizens. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings, or of his color."
The fulfillment of that vision decades later fell to a small group of earnest and tenacious lawyers. Two of them would travel thousands of miles together in a 1929 Ford, driving from courthouse to courthouse, with Charles Hamilton Houston and young Thurgood Marshall typing briefs in the car. They documented the often poor conditions of black-only schools -- the holes in the roofs, and dirt floors that ran with mud when it rained. And they pursued a strategy to bring down the whole sorry structure of segregation, case by case.
Eventually, in December of 1953, Thurgood Marshall stood before the Supreme Court as counsel in a consolidated action involving four states and nearly 200 plaintiffs, including 13 families from Topeka, Kansas. Many legal arguments were advanced in the case. Yet the stakes were summarized in the brief Marshall presented to the Court. It stated, "Separate but equal is legal fiction. There never was, and never will be, any separate equality." The Court agreed. As the decision was announced, some were waiting to see which justices would be in dissent. The answer came when Chief Justice Warren declared that the opinion was unanimous. (Applause.)
The decision in Brown versus Board of Education did not end all segregation; did not even end school segregation for many years. The civil rights movement was still waiting on other heroes and cases and laws. Yet, all sides of the equation knew that on May 17th, 1954, a line had been crossed in American history. The system of racial oppression in our country had lost its claim to legitimacy, and the rising demand for justice would not be denied.
Putting the Brown decision into effect would take presidential orders, and the presence of federal troops and marshals, and the courage of children. One of the children who integrated Central High School in Little Rock was Melba Patillo. She recalls white students after gym class turning her shower to scalding. Others broke a bottle and tripped her on the glass, leaving scars that remain today.
Yet, Melba has other memories, as well. She says, "I went in not through the side doors, but up the front stairs, and there was a feeling of pride and hope that, yes, this is the United States; yes, there is a reason I salute the flag; and it's going to be okay." (Applause.)
In the years after Brown, many would know the fears and insults this young woman had faced. A court can make an order, but it was a child that had to walk the gauntlet of slurs and jeers into a school. And America is still grateful to every child who made that walk. (Applause.)
In many ways, the events of those years seemed long ago. We tend to think of them as the distant dramas of a different country. Yet, segregation is a living memory, and many still carry its scars. The habits of racism in America have not all been broken. The habits of respect must be taught to every generation. Laws against racial discrimination must be vigorously enforced in education and housing and hiring and public accommodations. Many African Americans with no inheritance but their character need access to capital and the chance to own and build for the future. And while our schools are no longer segregated by law, they are still not equal in opportunity and excellence. Justice requires more than a place in a school. Justice requires that every school teach every child in America. (Applause.)
America has yet to reach the high calling of its own ideals. Yet we're a nation that strives to do right. And we honor those who expose our failures, correct our course, and make us a better people. On this day, in this place, we remember with gratitude the good souls who saw a great wrong, and stood their ground, and won their case. And we celebrate a milestone in the history of our glorious nation.
Thank you for having me. May God bless America. (Applause.)
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Scotty is unhappy that the water's edge is a mess and directs Carmen, Salty, Splish and Splash to tidy up their respective areas. After bungling the job by rushing through it the first time, the group tries again, taking time, and does a first-rate job. All except Scotty, who rushes through and makes more of a mess than the others!
Meanwhile, Nat asks for Skitter's help when he can't decide what to invent out of some old boxes. Nat's indecisiveness pays off, however, after watching Skitter skillfully crack open a bunch of nuts while he's trying to make up his mind. They both decide that a nutcracker is what Nat needs the most!
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Giovan & Chloe's Urban Vintage Loft
House Tour
Name: Giovan and Chloe Polanco
Location: Fashion District — Los Angeles, California
Size:865 square feet
Years lived in: 1.5 years — rent
Giovan and Chloe have embraced their downtown converted loft for all its natural light and a spacious floor plan. Using a bit of creativity and elbow grease, these two have creatively added DIY charm to their home by building their own closet and coffee table. Their style is a mix of vintage and estate sale chic put to good use in an urban loft.
Chloe, a fashion designer and Giovan, a musician, both have a knack for finding random throwaways and refurbishing them into useful household products or decor. They were able to fit in a formal dining room table, using an old church pew for seating and they found an old card catalog filing cabinet and added a table top with legs to create the perfect coffee table. I love their personal touches like the DIY closet, designed to show off their clothing and accessories, all the family photos and the design detail of red paint everywhere. Together this newly married couple is embracing the idea of their dream loft and they are not afraid of color and texture in their design. Moses, their adorable puppy, has the run of the house and plenty of room to play. I believe they've found a wonderful space to call home.
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Our Style: Eclectic Urban Vintage
Inspiration: We wanted to live in a place where we could build on the existing history of the unit, and combine both of our personal styles to create a welcoming, comfortable, and inspiring home.
Favorite Element: We are both drawn to the natural light that's let in by the large windows and the openness created by the high ceilings and open floor space
Biggest Challenge: Our unit was originally an office space, which means no kitchen, no shower, and only a small coat closet. Since we loved the layout the owner added a kitchen and a shower for us, but we still had the question of where to hang our clothes...so we built our own closet.
What Friends Say: "Your place feels like home."
Biggest Embarrassment: Because of it's size and shape, our shower has been called a "rocket ship".
Proudest DIY: The closet!
Biggest Indulgence: The first furniture purchase we made together was from an estate sale for the Armoire and Vintage TV, they were our most expensive items, but they really set the tone for our whole loft.
Best Advice: If you have an idea, go for it!
Dream Sources: Thrift Stores, Estate Sales, Curbside Pickup, Downtown LA.
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• Behr- Chalkboard paint
- • Leather Couch: Alley behind a set design store
• Green Couch: St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store
• TV Set & Armoire: Estate Sale in Hancock Park
• Library Card made Coffee Table: Curbside + DIY
• Rug: DTLA
- • Dining Table: Salvation Army in South Pasadena
• Bar/Shelf: DIY
- • Closet: DIY
• Dressers: Curbside
• Gilded Mirror: DTLA
- • Vanity: Basement of old church
• Window frame: From Giovan's old bedroom window
• Hanging mirror cat rack thing: Thrift shop
- • Desks: Garage sale
Thanks, Giovan and Chloe!
Images: Bethany Nauert
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AT - can we PLEASE get floorplans? OK, so it's a loft, but floor plans help us to better visualize the space.
Which, in this case is fabulous. I especially love/am envious of/could never hope to accomplish so stylishly that open bedroom closet!
OH, and the blackboard paint on the storage jars is a great idea!
I love this post!!! This is about REAL style... not $$$$. I love the bed headboard ~ too cute. Love that the pictures hang askew. Love that the blackboard paint on the walls is rough around the edges. This couple has a true eye for design.
Love the open closest DIY project and the velvet looking sofa. The walls are really tall and it is probably a challenge to finish the trim on the red paint but that would make the space complete for me.
Funny I was going to post about wanting to see the floor plan too. I can't tell where the bedroom is in relation to everything else, and there seems to be a lot of furniture and stuff that I feel could breathe a little bit more as the space seems to allow for it. Other than that they have an amazing collection, and picture 13 is gorgeous not just because of the dog, but because the coffee table and TV are plain freaking awesome. Also, congrats on the DIY closet--looks worth at least a few thousands! The chalkboard headboard is pretty clever too. This place is oozing with creativity.
Cute place. Love all the pops of deep red. Was gonna comment about the AT house tour cliches in these photos (chalkboard, 4 foot high pile of books, bicycles in house, vintage typewriter on display....)--but then I looked around my own house & noticed the chalkboard, the piles of books, the bicycles in the kitchen & remembered that I've been looking for years for a vintage typewriter....
Well done! I love the use of color and light. The chalkboard headboard looks great, but I couldn't deal with the chalk dust in my bed!
It looks like a really fun place to live!
Creative style on a budget and beautifully done... Love it!
Such a charming place! One of my favorite house tours to date.
@Infinitylove: I was just gonna say that I love that the red paint isn't complete. It's fun, and I think it goes great with the the style of the apartment. I also love the use of those beautiful rugs to define the different spaces. This place is not necessarily my style (the mirror propped on the sink is driving me crazy, and in general there just seems to be a lot of "stuff" around), BUT I love it because it's clearly a reflection of who they are. They found some really great pieces and incorporated them in a cool way. I'd like to go to a party in that house!
So homey especially for a loft. Both couches have the right amount of wear and tear to make them looked lived in. Nothing is pretentious looking. I like the tile in both the kitchen and the bathroom. Doesn't look like you totally put everything away just because you were going to have a photo shoot of your place. The crooked pictures make me smile.
LOVE the closet. love the coziness. love the wabi-sabi wonderfulness of it all! superb job on turning what would be a cold and sterile space into a chic, adorable home. (and you guys are cute too!)
The headboard is so great:) I love this place...altho those crooked picture frames would make me crazy;)
kind of what i imagine would happen if holly golightly bought some furniture and gave the cat a name...
A rich eclectic choice of furniture and fabulous space. Even the dog looks very contented!
Nice, open space. When you're newly married, you can live without walls or privacy.
One thing I'd do is change "blinfold" to "blindfold" on the chalkboard. That really stands out to me.
Does that vintage television work?
I love the crooked picture frames! Did you choose to leave paint unfinished? The place is adorable. I could not get past that you live in LA. For some reason the place looked like Seattle or Portland - not sure why. You are a very cute couple and a wonderful place in your life! Enjoy every minute of it! Congratulations on being able to make simplicity into something that is beautiful.
Wish I had a time machine. I'd love to travel 20 years into your future to see what your style will be like.
Who's the guy in the kitchen with the hat? lol I am amazed at how definite they are in their personal style, and am shocked by how young they both appear to be. Although it is not my personal taste, I am thoroughly impressed with their space and what they have done with it. When I was their age, I'd have killed to live in that space.
Don't chalkboards come with spellcheck yet?
This place is adorable!
Not like so many posts that fill their home with junk w/o thought.
Money is not important but taste is! What great taste you have!
Love it! Your space is amazing and filled with great ideas for all of us to copy! I for one will be doing the blackboard paint on the jar thingy - smart! The Dr. Seuss column and the additional red accents throughout the space are wonderful! How did you two get so much taste and style - you're barely out of your teens... maybe you're still in them!
Love the ladder bookcase, pretty cool idea.
@Zazzu: thanks for pointing out the spelling error haha! We both are wondering how I wrote that on there weeks ago and never noticed it…now it's driving me crazy!
Unfortunately we gutted the TV to make moving easier so it's no longer functional. To watch TV we project am image on the wall above.
@robertspeg: Thank You! I know some people hate the crooked picture frames but I did that on purpose. We did leave the paint unfinished, at first we planned to complete it, but after a few days it really grew on me and I think our place wouldn't have the same feel if we had completely finished the paint.
I've never been to Seattle or Portland but I'll take it as a compliment!
@ach: I'm not sure who you're talking about...A guy in the kitchen with a hat?
@stevedave44: thanks! We appreciate your kindness ;)
@emm0607: maybe that's something we can invent!
@SJay: The Ladder bookcase was mostly out of need! Where does one store a ladder in a loft? lol
I absolutlely LOVE your space! Incredible style and beautifully arranged!
My favorite thing about this loft is the lack of perfection...well done.
I covet your card catalog (the cuter terrier ain't bad either). I'm stealing your chalkboard paint on glass jar storage idea. Your open closet is gorg.
I so rarely comment here. But I think that the lack of perfection seen here (paint, spelling, framing, etc), gives this home so much charm. I think I get a sense of the owners personality, which I find is sometimes lacking. It isn't all my style, but I love that it is perfectly imperfectly you.
I love your "headboard" and your DIY closet!
oh so good.
they really took on the repurposing approach to do it yourself with the closet. it was originally a book shelf and entertainment center I think. I can't remember exactly but i know Giovan said it was built from another storage unit of sorts.
This place is so great! I might have to steal the closet idea, as mine is woefully small ;)
I love lofts and you folks decorate like I do... recycle whatever you can find. I love to make something out of others throw out. You have put it together very well. I love your coffee table and was wondering if there is any way of getting more details of what you use and what you started with. I'm always looking for great storage for small places or dual purpose furniture. Thanks
I really love your bedding! And the personalization throughout the home.
So cozy!...
That looks like my old TV set. Seeing yours brings back good memories. :)
Very cozy place.
The closet is my favourite part.
in between the two "enter house tour" links is a strange picture of a guy in a hat in some other kitchen. I am guessing an error, but it is driving me crazy. and only one other person commented. am I missing something?
very cozy, creative space. when I can see what people like to have and do, it creates a sense of intimacy that is so appealing.
what strange guy in a hat??
am i missing this all together, you are the second person that has said so. can you send the image of the guy in the hat to me-- have no idea... email@example.com Thanks!
now the strange guy in the hat 'thing' is bugging me too! please post the answer bethany!
i adore your home. im so happy you showed the photos of the couple because it all makes so much more sense getting a feel for their style. i love the bedroom! the headboard, the comforter, rug, etc. and all the red. bravo! very fun!
This apartment is so natural and unpretentious seeming--that's the charm. I like the rug hung over the door. Unexpected and cute--Well done! (incidentally, I see the hat guy too)
LOL - I think the photo of the guy in the hat is from another tour and AT messed up. I was thinking that too. "Who is that?" LOL.
I'm not sure why, but really only a few computers can see the image. My guess is that it's a glitch that's happening on old browsers? Maybe clear the cookies on your internet? not sure....so weird though! i see no man with hat??
can someone take a snap shot of this mystery photo?? and email it to me? ctrl + print screen or on mac shift command 4. thank you!
This apartment is about as adorable as this couple. Loved this tour!
the place is cute but a bit sloppy, the chalk board had spelling issues and is no one going to say how much this guy looks like lady gaga when she did drag?
I love the closet! I love the library card catalog table. I wish I was that lucky to find one! I have that same head scratcher! Great place, lots of inspiration!
I want to get a coffee at Le Cafe.
Well done!
he's gone now!
Refreshing and original, love it.
Oh my goodness, Chloe! Job well done. The bones of your loft are so similar to mine ... I am so incredibly inspired by this house tour! THANK YOU.


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