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You want to get in shape, but you're not sure where to start. No worries. Here are the best workout moves for guys. Not only will these exercises target specific parts of your body, but they also have the benefit of boosting heart health.
Cardio exercise is vital, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity. "Strength and resistance training are also critical," says Kevin R. Campbell, MD, an assistant professor in the cardiology division at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"When we utilize resistance training, we increase cardiovascular demand and we improve heart rate response to stress," he says. "Ideally, exercise programs should blend both cardio and strength training in a way that keeps you interested, engaged, and always challenged." Use these expert-approved exercises for men to get started:
For an overall body-conditioning exercise for men, Brett Hoebel — celebrity trainer, nutrition expert on NBC's The Biggest Loser, and creator of the 20-Minute Body videos — recommends thrusters. Start off in a squat and thrust yourself into an overhead press. This can be done slowly for more strength development or faster for metabolic conditioning, Hoebel says. Add weight using kettlebells, dumbbells, or an Olympic bar with plates. Do as many reps as possible (or AMRAP) in 60 seconds. "To determine the amount of weight for any exercise, the last three reps of each set should be challenging," Hoebel says. If those reps are too easy, increase the amount of weight. If they're too hard, decrease the weight.
Interval sprints
Outside or on a treadmill, interval sprints are an excellent cardio workout, Hoebel says. He recommends doing a 30-second high-intensity sprint followed by a 60-second slow walk, repeated 10 times. Treadmills are beneficial for this exercise because you have to keep up with the pace and can't cheat. Yet doing sprints outside has added benefits for your hamstrings and glutes because you have to propel yourself off the ground instead of moving along with the treadmill. Dr. Campbell says that the high-intensity, high-heart-rate factor combined with periods of heart-rate recovery can help train the cardiovascular system to respond quickly and effectively to physical stress.
One of the most effective exercises for men is the basic pushup, says Seth Browning, a certified personal trainer, celebrity trainer, and senior boot camp instructor at The Phoenix Effect in West Hollywood, California. He works with his clients to perfect their form for maximum results
"A proper pushup should be slow and controlled on the way down, with a two-second pause, and explosive on the way up," he says. Start with one perfect pushup, he says, and, once you accomplish that, do three more and continue to add on to your sets. When your form is perfect, so are the results. It's better to do fewer the right way than to do more and risk injury or not achieve results, Browning adds.
Pullups are another fundamental exercise for men to achieve a toned physique, Browning says. Correct execution is again the goal. "A true pullup releases almost entirely to the base or starting point and ends almost above the hand position — every time," he says. He recommends working up to 10 pullups and then dropping into 10 pushups. Do two sets.
"Whenever you utilize large muscle groups, cardiac health is improved, as these large muscle groups demand more blood flow during periods of vigorous exercise," Campbell says. "Whenever we ask the heart to increase its efficiency during periods of vigorous exercise, we are able to improve our cardiovascular health."
Supinated cable chest flys
Another of Hoebel's recommended exercises for men is the supinated cable chest fly. "This is performed as a normal chest fly except with the hands turned palms up," he explains. By turning the hands up, you prevent too much rounding of the back, which inhibits the chest, and you get to focus more on the lower pecs. This is another exercise that should be done AMRAP in 60 seconds. Using a cable machine allows for smoother and easier-to-control resistance, but you still want to choose a weight that makes the last three reps challenging.
Dumbbell ab jackknife.
Time to work those abs? Hoebel's pick is the dumbbell ab jackknife. Start flat on your back with your legs straight and arms extended straight overhead, holding a dumbbell lightly resting on the floor. Lift one leg off the floor while crunching upward and raising the dumbbell toward your toes. To increase the intensity of this exercise for men, lift both legs off the floor into a V-up, Hoebel says. Reps should be AMRAP in a 60-second set.
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'The Longest Ride': Scott Eastwood On Being A Heartthrob & Taking Chances
He's the guy on everyone's mind. Scott Eastwood is the star of 'The Longest Ride,' and he dished to HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY all about his new movie and more!
Scott Eastwood — need we say more? The 29-year-old is the latest Hollywood hunk to tackle a Nicholas Sparks book-turned-movie in The Longest Ride. During a chat at the Empire State Building on April 9, Scott spilled to HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY all about his new dreamboat status, chemistry with co-star Britt Robertson and whether or not he looked to past Nicholas Sparks hotties for inspiration!
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It's safe to say that Scott is the new heartthrob in Hollywood. He's easily the subject of every romance-loving girl's fantasies. With this new status comes tons of attention from the ladies, so how is Scott handling his sexy new prestige?
"I'm pretty lucky, I grew up with five sisters, so there was a lot of estrogen in the family," Scott adorably said. To up his cute factor even more, he added, "I'm just happy to be working and honored to be in this film."
Which Nicholas Sparks Hottie Do You Belong With? — Quiz
Scott joins the ranks of Sparks sweethearts like Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Shane West and Zac Efron. However, don't think Scott drew inspiration from his predecessors. He wanted to make the role of Luke his own.
"I just read the book and tried to be as true to the character as I thought within the confines of the script," he continued. But he did add that The Notebook was his favorite Nicholas Sparks novel. Good choice, Scott!
Scott Eastwood On His Chemistry With Britt Robertson
Scott co-stars alongside Britt Robertson, star of Tomorrowland and the gone-too-soon The Secret Circle. Britt and Scott have to film some pretty racy sex scenes together, so forming a strong friendship was key for these two to play lovebirds onscreen.
"We got along, so that was a start because when you get along with someone it's easier," he said. "If you're like-minded people like we are, then you joke around, become comfortable with one another, and you can take chances and try things in the scene."
Scott couldn't help but gush about his co-star. "She's just a rock star," he said. "She's super cool, the salt of the earth. She's a great person and a really hard worker." Bless him. What a sweetheart!
The Longest Ride is now in theaters. HollywoodLifers, what did you think of The Longest Ride? Is Scott your favorite Nicholas Sparks leading man yet? Let me know!
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It isn't a long game. Plus the fear of those things and their noises probably kept me going. Looking forward to your next game, this one was amazing!


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• Select healthy small branches or hefty "twigs" for rooting.
• The cutting should include that "warty" looking lump that grows where the twig grows from the trunk or limb.
• Trim away all but a few leaves to allow the cutting to use its energy to produce roots, rather than keep up a lot of leaves.
• Root cuttings in water, and be sure to change out the water every two days. Soldani emphasizes this point in particular that the water should not allowed be to become "foul."
• Place cuttings in water in full sun. That's right. Soldani says because hibiscus loves full sun, it is important that the cuttings not be "stressed" by placing them in shade or partial sun for the rooting process.
• Because hibiscus craves lots of nutrients, it would be a good idea to provide a weakened water-soluble fertilizer solution to the water in which cuttings are placed.
• In a few weeks the twigs should start sending out roots, and then can be potted up. Because hibiscus prefers tight quarters in potted situations, use the smallest pots possible, and provide good drainage.
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Homeworking doesn't need to be a pain in the neck! By Lynne Midwinter MCSP, Chartered Physiotherapist With many employees being advised to work form home, this article is more timely than ever – read the advice below from Physio & Therapies and remember they are available for Skype, Facetime and telephone consultations as well as hands on Physio sessions from…
By Kerensa McKie, Chartered Physiotherapist at Physio & Therapies Ltd, Todmorden.
Yes, it is that time of year again… the sun is out, Wimbledon is on the TV and fine weather players are blowing the dust off their tennis rackets! So, it comes as no surprise that the tennis related injuries have started to appear at Physio & Therapies.
Like any physical activity you need to plan ahead and get fit for the season, this means starting with general fitness and then adding some specific tennis activities and exercises. Many issues with racket sports can be negated by making sure you get your body ready for the increased level of activity 6 weeks or more before the season starts. However, there are still things you can do if you are better at enthusiasm than planning!
With 15 million people visiting their GP each year complaining of back pain and 150 million working days lost each year in the UK due to back pain, getting prompt assessment and effective treatment for back problems is key to a fast recovery.
Back pain can be debilitating and very scary, but the good news is that most episodes of back pain resolve quickly. If however the pain hasn't settled within two weeks research suggests that assessment and treatment by a Physical therapist is recommended.
Did you know that 70% of the population won't be taking over the counter or prescription medicines correctly?
Every day I see clients who have been to see their GP with various pain issues. Usually they have been prescribed anti-inflammatories; such as Ibuprofen, paracetamol or codeine phosphate. Despite being informed on a set dosage and course they are, in the majority, not following this advice. The usual comment I hear is that they "don't like taking pills" or they "don't want to mask the pain in case they make things worse" or they "do not want to become reliant on pills". If people have collected the prescribed drugs they often only take some or one of the drugs issued. It is at this point I ask if the medicines are helping? Most say "No" and they only take a tablet when they feel their pain is bad enough.
And therein lies the problem. If you only take the medicines now and then or just one and not the other, you are usually wasting your time.
Hi, I am Kerensa McKie at Physio and Therapies ltd. Today I am going to talk about a problem that has been coming up a lot recently …… what to do when or if you sprain your ankle.
Amazingly 25,000 people in the UK sprain their ankle every day!
So, I will be giving you 3 top tips for what to do to aid your recovery from this common injury.
By Lynne Midwinter, Chartered Physiotherapist
With gardening listed as a hobby for over half the adult population of the UK there are a lot of people at risk of injury now that the weather is improving and the start of gardening season is here.
At Physio & Therapies the first warm weekends in the spring and early summer usually brings us a rash of injuries from back strain to stiff shoulders presenting at our clinic, so here is our advice on how to avoid unnecessary discomfort.
The most important piece of advice is to pace yourself. Rome wasn't built in a day and your garden won't be either! Break jobs down into manageable chunks and give yourself the reward of a break with a cup of tea when you've done each part. It's best to stop every hour for at least 10 minutes.
Come and join me for a one day immersion into the wonderful world of Homeopathy. Not sure what it is? How do you use it? How often do you take the remedies? Are they safe? All these themes will be explored during the day ensuring that you will go home a more confident prescriber, able to treat minor acute health problems.
Using it myself in a first-aid situation was how I discovered Homeopathy and experienced first hand its efficient and gentle capacity to restore health.
Lets go back to April 2012….I had landed a job cheffing on a yoga retreat in Greece for 3 weeks over Easter. Sounds great doesn't it? And it was, but it was REALLY hard work. Cooking for 40 people everyday and evening is a difficult task, coupled with the Mediterranean heat it meant I wasn't getting enough sleep and not enough sleep plus hard work takes its toll on the body.
In today's post I am going to give you a few tips on how to help yourself when you have achey, tender knots in your muscles.
Muscle knots appear in various muscles in the body and are known as trigger points. You can tell if you have one because if you press or squeeze them they can hurt! Often a lot! They can also radiate pain into another part of your body, so you might squeeze your leg muscle but feel a pain in your foot, for example. Here at Physio and Therapies they are one of the most common things we find when we assess clients who come for help with a wide range of problems.
About now every year at Physio & Therapies we start to see the 'new year resolution' injuries. So today I am going to have a little rant about over doing it …… then I will give you some top tips on how to stay safe while you're getting fitter!
So what is a New Year resolution injury? Well you know how it is, after the excesses of Christmas you decide to do something about your fitness, your weight, your waistline and then, after one too many drinks, you find you have signed yourself up to a fun run or a marathon for charity!
When arriving to do my 'Women's Health' elective placement in 2000, I thought I'd observe Pregnancy classes, talk to ladies about bladder care, teach exercises to do after a Hysterectomy, and teach Pelvic Floor exercises. To my horror, I met my clinical educator for the next 6 weeks… coming out of fracture clinic with a BROKEN right arm! So I became her right hand, LITERALLY! That afternoon, she guided me through a vaginal examination of a new mum with weak pelvic floor muscles and leakage after having her baby; rectal Biofeedback on a 25 year old gentlemen who had been in a diving accident which left his anal sphincter weak and we examined a lady with a vaginal prolapse and taught her how to manage it. From then on I was hooked and most of my training since has centred around Pelvic Floor/Continence.
'Women's Health' is now more often called 'Pelvic Health', in many hospitals/clinics not only because it is a more accurate description, but in sympathy with the poor men having to hide at the back of the waiting room of the 'Women's Health' clinic!


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1. I know lots of people dislike this film, but I have to say, it's one of my favourites.
2. So we start with a totally black screen and that creepy music again and there's a teeny tiny flashing light that keeps appearing and disappearing, finally illuminating the Warner Bros logo. Oh look, it's Harry Potter hiding under his bed covers playing with his wand. Er… you know what I mean.
3. He's trying to study by making his wand light up but he over does it and we get a big flash. Uncle Vernon keeps coming in to see what's going on.
4. Then it's the next morning, or another day and a large blonde woman has arrived at the Dursleys'. It's Aunt Marge and she's thoroughly unpleasant. Even Aunt Petunia doesn't seem to like her too much.
5. At dinner they're watching The Generation Game with Jim Davidson. I used to love watching that as a child. I always secretly wanted to go on it.
6. Marge is criticising Harry and his parents, something which doesn't go down too well. First Marge's glass explodes and then she starts to. The lights flicker and she starts swelling up. Vernon seems to guess what's happening but Dudley seems pretty oblivious until Marge's necklace pings across the table into his dinner. Then he gets knocked out by a low flying button.
7. Chaos ensues as Marge, now an oversized helium balloon goes floating out into the garden and up towards the stratosphere. Dudley resumes his TV watching in the conservatory and Harry decides to make a break for it.
8. I like that this film kicks straight into the action. It gets us into the magic world within ten minutes of the film starting which, let's face it, is what we were all wanting to see.
9. As Harry runs away we can see a glimpse of Marge drifting away in the distance. I'm not sure when it was that I first noticed her, but I think that's why I like this film so much, there's a lot more attention to detail in the background.
10. When Harry sits down on the kerb and the swings behind him start moving on their own, that's basically what I see in my head when the Harry Potter theme plays as the music on the alarm clock to wake us up. There's nothing creepier than a swing swinging on its own.
11. The first time I saw a photo of the Knight Bus in this film it took me ages to work out what was wrong with it. I knew something wasn't quite right, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Obviously, it's not a double-decker, it's a triple-decker.
12. I would love to travel by Knight Bus. Even if it does look like the sort of vehicle that would make me horribly travel sick. I think it's the fact that it has beds on it.
13. I quite like the way the bus is done in the film but it's not quite the way I picture it in my head. It zooms along very well, but in the book things jump out of the way as it passes, I prefer the image that conjures up for me rather than everything getting all skinny and weird.
14. Harry is delivered to the Leaky Cauldron, where they seem to have been expecting him. I love that there is a wizard in there reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking – expert in Muggle Studies perhaps?
15. Siegfried Farnon, I mean Cornelius Fudge is also waiting for Harry who reassures us that Marge has been returned to her usual, horrible, state. Presumably the fact that she has had her memory wiped means that she hasn't actually learned anything from this experience and will continue to pick on Harry if she sees him again.
17. One of Harry's school books wants to eat him. It's kind of cute in a toothy sort of way, though it's kind of sad the way that it seems to be destroying itself as every time it opens its covers shredded paper flies everywhere. Going to be a tough one to read!
18. I remember the housekeeping bit being in the trailers. Love it!
19. Scabbers rushes by chased by a big fluffy ginger cat. Hermione and Ron are arguing like an old married couple. Getting into the habit early.
20. Ron and family have been to Egypt and Ron's been flashing his newspaper clipping around all over the place. It's kind of sweet seeing the Weasley crew in their holiday gear. Also Scabbers has had a makeover for this film.
21. Mr Weasley takes Harry to one side to warn him about the danger he's in due to Sirius Black's escape. I love this moment with Mr Weasley being a kind of fatherly influence to Harry. I think he's an awesome Dad. He's concerned about Harry going looking for Black, Harry is suitably shocked at the thought he would go after someone who wants to kill him. Weasley's right to be concerned, Harry does attract trouble.
22. Scabbers's makeover has made him look a little more like a guinea pig than a rat. Could've saved a bit of trouble if Ron had left Scabbers behind but would've made the book and film shorter.
23. On the train the trio hop into a carriage with Professor Lupin. I love Professor Lupin but we'll get to that later, I'm sure.
24. The Hogwarts Express then starts to play around with being the site of a horror movie. It gets dark, the train shudders and everything gets icy cold. It always reminds me of The Sixth Sense.
25. The Dementors are so perfect. They look exactly the way they're supposed to and they are so, so creepy. They've even got the kind of death-rattle breathing right as far as I'm concerned.
26. I suppose they always go for Harry because of the whole Horcrux thing. Perhaps they're detecting that little seed of evil in him.
27. How clever is it that they have the train whistle merging with a voice calling Harry's name? It's so clever. I think everything about this film is just that little bit more cinematic and move involved with the world.
28. Chocolate is blatantly the solution to all of life's problems. Professor Lupin obviously knows what he is talking about.
And that seems like a good place to stop for the time being. Next week the school year gets properly underway, Sirius Black is dangerous (as is Care of Magical Creatures) and Harry isn't allowed to go to Hogsmede. Poor Harry.


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The newest issue of Seattle Met Bride & Groom is hot off the press! Find out what's inside our fresh, glossy pages and where to snag your copy.
The new year always ushers in a list of resolutions, a dose of optimism, and a sense of renewal. But for those of us here at Seattle Met Bride & Groom, the month of January also welcomes another exciting moment: The release of our Winter/Spring issue!
Photographed by Kevin Focht, the cover of our newest edition features a bold, colorful bouquet and coordinating floral hair clip by Florarama Modern Design. Our model wears a tulle skirt, satin crop top, and lace blouse by Alexandra Grecco from The Dress Theory, and jewelry from JJ Caprices. The image is part of the issue's Frida Kahlo-inspired flowers feature—see more from the feature inside the mag!
There's a lot to love in this new issue, starting with the cover and ending with our Last Look page, which features cute ideas for including your pets in your wedding (floral dog collars, anyone?). On the pages in between, there's our elegant greenhouse-themed fashion feature, inspiring real weddings, decadent cakes, a groom's fashion guide, and festive cocktails paired with fancy jewels. And that's just a handful of features—there's so much more to help you plan your celebration and provide local inspiration and resources.
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David Koch explains whether you should get a credit card.
David Koch explains whether you should get a credit card.
QUICK-fix solutions to get rid of high-interest debt by rolling it into home loan can come at a hefty price.
While Australians continue to rack up credit card debts and take out personal loans — both of which attract rates far higher than home loan interest rates — mortgage consumers are being warned to take care before rolling any of these accrued debts into their home loans.
ANZ hikes interest rates on fixed-rate loans
Consumer finance expert Lisa Montgomery said it's easy "to be seduced" into rolling debts into your mortgage which in some cases have rates less than four per cent however she warns it's not always the best solution.
"A lot of lenders make it attractive to borrowers by saying we will take your personal loan and credit card debts and wrap them up into your home loan and you will pay less every month,'' she said.
"But what people don't realise what the lender has done is they've taken high interest, short term debt and put it into a lower interest rate but taken it over a longer term and the consumer will end up paying more."
Many personal loans start with interest rates around 10 per cent while the average credit card interest rate is 17 per cent.
Ms Montgomery said the best approach to ensure debt consolidation works is to "change your behaviour", but if you continue to rack up more card debt and take out personal loans it will leave you in a continuous debt cycle.
Galaxy research compiled for InfoChoice quizzed 1000 Australians and found about three in four Australians with a home loan have not consolidated debts in their mortgage.
And about 17 per cent of people did not even know they could do this.
Analysis found for a consumer with a $300,000 30-year home loan paying an interest rate of 3.89 per cent, if they rolled the typical card debt of $3200 at 17 per cent into their loan it would end up costing more.
If the debt was added at the beginning of the home loan the customer would pay an additional $2227 in interest over the life of the loan.
InfoChoice spokeswoman Laura Crowden said if consumers are considering restricting their debts it's important to make sure you pay less, not more in interest charges.
"If you have a lengthy home loan it may be better to keep other debts separate,'' she said.
"Consolidating a short term debt like a credit card into a 30-year loan term will mean you'll end up paying more in the long run even if the interest rate is lower."


text: News Email your news to vtulli [at] alum.mit.edu. Chi Phi Reunion Reception, Sunday May 31, 2020 - Save the Date! May 31, 2020 Building on a new tradition started by George Sacerdote '67 and Tom Holtey '62, we will once again have a reception during MIT reunion weekend. Plan on attending if you will be in the area! Families and guests welcome. Last year, more than 30 brothers attended, and a great time was had by all. For a few more pictures of the event last year, see this link (and if you have pictures of your own from...Read more IB 2020 is Feb 22 -- RSVP now! Jan 04, 2020 As we all know, the IB is on the Saturday following Presidents' Day, making it on Feb 22 this year. All attendees must RSVP, because we need a count for dinner and a guest list. Please log into the site and use the IB RSVP tab. Use the traditional Tablet username ("brother") and password. 2020 is a leap year, which means it's time for a 1970s reunion effort! Looking forward to seeing many of you...Read more


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Student Activities
Participation in extracurricular activities can help students develop self-confidence, leadership and the social skills that will help them in their future lives. Being involved in campus life outside the classroom is a great way to meet new people and experience the diversity of community living. The Office of Student Activities sponsors opportunities for students to interact with other students and staff seven days a week during the semester. There are clubs and organizations in which students can become involved. Students also have a collective voice within the college governance system through an elected Student Government Association (SGA). The purpose of SGA is to promote cooperation both within the student body and among students, faculty and administration, and to act as a channel for the expression and resolution of student concerns.
Please click here to go to the Leadership Ceremony web page with participants and winners!
The Office of Student Activities plans a wide range of events, including bands, DJs and comedians, speakers, pool tournaments, open mike nights, games, inter-residence hall contests, movies and trips off-campus. Much of this programming is initiated by students' suggestions, and anyone with an idea for an activity is welcome to contact the Student Activities Office.
Student Government is the governing body of the Students. The board is comprised of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Senior Class President, Junior Class President, Sophomore Class President, and Freshman Class President.
Student Government Association Officers
2019-2020 Officers
Student Government Constitution and By-Laws
Student Government Constitution 2018
Contact Us »
Student Activities
Joan Weill Student Center Room 007
Hours: M- F, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
(518) 327-6401
Family Weekend Information
Letter to Parents
Dear Family Member,
Family Weekend is fast approaching and I would like to extend a personal invitation to attend on September 27-29, 2019. There are wonderful things happening at PSC, and we are excited for you to come and find out what a day in the life of your student is all about. For many of you, this will be your first Family Weekend. This is an opportunity to visit with your son or daughter and spend time with them in their new environment. Therefore, all events and activities are optional, and you can pick and choose what you want to do! 🙂 We have lots of events planned for this exciting weekend on campus and at the VIC, but you also can take advantage of the opportunities that are happening in the area.
****Please not that the schedule is TENTATIVE. There will be a final schedule available at registration.
Meals will be offered for both parents and students throughout the weekend at the Lakeside Dining Hall. Also, you may choose to have a meal at one of the restaurants in either Saranac Lake or Lake Placid (reservations are recommended).
We are also doing a cookie contest!!! You may compete in the cookie contest by bringing your own cookies and we will have it judged here by the students. Prizes will be awarded! Also, bring your recipe if you would like to share it with others! Just drop everything off at registration.
Also on the Student Activities webpage is a list of the local area accommodations, but hurry and make your reservations soon as there are a lot of events happening in the area that weekend.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (518) 327-6401. We are looking forward to meeting each and every one of you!
Jill Susice
Coordinator of Student Activities
List of Accommodations
Adirondack Comfort Inn
148 Lake Flower Ave., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-1970
Best Western Golden Arrow
150 Main Street Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-3353
Best Western Mountain Lake Inn
487 Lake Flower Ave. Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-1970
Branch Farm Bed & Breakfast
25 Branch Farm Rd Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-0869
Burke's Lake Flower Motel
15 Lake Flower Ave. Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-2310
Camp Colby
Three unique cabins on Lake Colby, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 440-331-2911
Cochran's Cabins and Bed & Breakfast
1150 Lake Kiwassa, 3 ½ miles south of Saranac Lake Village 518-891-5721
Comfort Inn on Lake Placid
2125 Saranac Lake Avenue, Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-9555
Econo Lodge
Cascade Rd, Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-2817
Edge of the Lake Motel
56 Saranac Ave. Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-9430
Fogarty's Bed & Breakfast
37 Riverside Dr, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-3755/ 800-525-3755
Gateway Motel
Finney Blvd. Malone, NY 12953
Gauthier's Saranac Lake Motor Inn
143 Lake Flower Ave., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-1950
Harbor Hill Cottages
One Harbor Hill Lane, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-2784
High Peaks Resort
I Mirror Lake Drive, Lake Placid, NY 518-523-4411
Hohmeyer's Lake Clear Lodge
6319 St Route 30, Lake Clear, NY 518-891-1489
Holiday Inn
I Olympic Dive, Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-2556
Hotel Marcy Suites
122 Main Street, Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-1818
Hotel Saranac
101 Main Street Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-2200/ 800-937-0211
Interlaken Inn
39 Interlaken Avenue
Lake Placid, NY 12946
Jean's Bed & Breakfast
86 Lake Flower Ave. Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-1431
Lake Placid Summit Hotel
Resorts and Suites, 800-790-8452
Lake Shore Motel
54 Saranac Ave. Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-2261
Lake Side Motel
27 Lake Flower Ave. Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-4333
Maple Leaf Motor Inn
55 Saranac Ave. Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-2471
The Mirror Lake Inn
5 Mirror Lake Drive, Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-9845
Moreno's Cottages
322 Ray Brook Road, Ray Brook
518-891- 8925(summer)
Mountain Shadows
145 Old Military Road, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-6925
Northbrook Lodge
White Pine Road, Paul Smiths, NY 12970 518-327-3379
The Park Motel
336 Park Street, Tupper Lake, NY 12986 518-359-3600/800-382-3603
Placid Bay Motor Inn
70 Saranac Ave. Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-2001
Patriot House Bed & Breakfast
254 Kiwassa Road Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-7314
Sara-Placid Motor Inn
120 Lake Flower Ave. Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-2729/800-794-2729
Sherwood Forest Motor Inn
Rt 86 Ray Brook, NY 12977
The Pines Hotel
Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-9240
Sunday Pond Bed & Breakfast
Box 150, Rt 30, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-1532
Super 8 Motel
42 Finney Blvd, Malone, NY 12953
Swiss Acres Motor Inn
189 Saranac Ave. Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-3040
Thunderbird Motor Inn
Main Street Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-2439
Village Motel
128 River Street, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 518-891-0922
Wildwood on the Lake
88 Saranac Ave. Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-2624
The Whiteface Lodge
7 Whiteface Inn Lane, Lake Placid, NY 12946 518-523-0559
2019 Schedule of Events- Final Schedule
Please note: There may be some events added/changed/adjusted. Please check with the registration table or at the Homesteading Festival for last minute changes.
Friday, September 27th
8am-5pm…The Pack Basket open (15% off Paul Smith's College merchandise)
@Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner– Paul Smith Booster Club t-shirt sales, JWSC Lobby
9am-5pm…Visitors Interpretive Center open, Trails open from Dawn to Dusk– Entrance is approx. 1 1/2 miles from PSC on Rt. 30
12pm-10pm…Corn maze tours, Tuckers' Farm (mention you are a PSC person for a discount! Tour the corn maze after dark– bring your own flashlight) Bonfire with S'mores after dark.
3pm-6pm…Registration, Student Center Lobby
4:30pm-6pm…Dinner, Lakeside Dining Hall (Tickets can be purchased at the door, PSC students with meal plan are free)
6pm-9pm…Casino Night & Parent's Welcome/Reception, Desserts provided by Baking Department. St. Regis, Great Prizes/free raffles!
Saturday, September 28th
8am-11am…Breakfast, Lakeside Dining Hall, (Tickets may be purchased at door-PSC students are free with their meal plan).
9am-11am…Registration, JWSC Lobby.
9am-2pm…Pontoon Boat Rides, Meet by the dock.
@Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner– Paul Smith Booster Club t-shirt sales, JWSC Lobby
10am-4pm…Homesteading Festival, VIC, PSC Students Free. All events listed as being at the VIC is part of this. Schedule is coming!!!
10am-4pm…Ongoing Homesteading Demos
Woodsmen's Expo– VIC Backyard
Does Your Life Fit in A Tiny House?– VIC Backyard
Cure Porch on Wheels– VIC Backyard
Soapmaking– VIC Backyard
Meat-Goats– VIC Backyard
Spinning Wool– VIC Backyard
Water Purification– VIC Backyard
Bat Boxes– VIC Backyard
Master Gardener– VIC Backyard
Fly Tying– VIC Backyard
Hex and Hoops– VIC Backyard
Jersey Cows– VIC Backyard
Pressure Canner Gauge Testing– VIC Backyard
Apple Pressing– VIC Backyard
Farrier– VIC Backyard
Wild Edible Display– VIC Classroom
Spinning Demonstrations-VIC inside
Hemp Products– VIC inside
Knitting-VIC inside
LogOX Demo-VIC backyard/inside
Survival Puck Demo–VIC Front Porch
Recycle Paper Demo–VIC Front Porch
Alpacas-VIC livestock area
Dairy Goats-VIC livestock area
Sheep-VIC livestock area
Draft Horses– Osgood Farm
Beekeeping-Osgood Farm
10am…Mushroom Walk, Meet at the Front Desk at VIC
10am…Home Food Preservation, VIC Kitchen
10am-2pm…Whiteface Mountain ski passes for sale (Student Center Lobby).
10am-3pm…The Pack Basket bookstore open (15% off Paul Smith's College merchandise).
10:30am…Cookie contest judging, Student Center Lobby, Prizes will be awarded!!!
11am…Forest Bathing…VIC Backyard
11am…Osgood Farm Tour…Osgood Farm
11am…Wild Edibles Walk, VIC-Meet at front door.
11am…Wine Making, VIC Backyard
11am…PSC Golf Classic, Home
11am-1:30pm…Brunch, Lakeside Dining Hall, (Tickets may be purchased at door, PSC students with meal plan are free!).
12pm-10pm…Corn Maze Tours, Tuckers' Farm (mention you are a PSC person for a discount! Tour the corn maze after dark– bring your own flashlight!) Bonfire with s'mores after dark.
12pm…Women's Soccer vs. NHTI, Soccer field.
12pm…Camp Fire at Osgood, Osgood Farm
12pm…Culturing Food, VIC, Inside
12pm…Home Food Preservation
12pm…Making Brine Pickles, VIC Kitchen
1pm…Osgood Farm Tour, Osgood Farm
1:30pm…Making Traditional Ointment, VIC Kitchen
2pm…Wild Edible Walk, VIC, Meet at Front Door
2pm…Cream to Butter, VIC Kitchen
2pm…Brian Smith Memorial Basketball Game, Saunders Gym
2pm…Men's Soccer vs. NHTI, Soccer field.
3pm…Women's Rugby vs. SLU, Rugby Field
4:30pm-6pm…Dinner (tickets may be purchased at Lakeside Dining Hall or go on-your-own to town).
6pm-8pm…Family Weekend Potluck, 24 hour room, Sponsored by PSC Pride
6pm…Shuttle starts back and forth to the VIC for the Comedy Improv Group (will do several trips until 7pm and bring everyone back afterwards).
7pm…Comedy Improv Group, VIC
Sunday, September 29th
9:00am-11am…Breakfast, Lakeside Dining Hall (tickets may be purchased at the door, PSC students with meal plan are free).
11am-1:30pm…Brunch, Lakeside Dining Hall (tickets may be purchased at door– students with meal plan are free).
11am…Men's Rugby vs. Clarkson, Rugby field (may be subject to change)
11am-3pm…The Pack Basket open (15% off Paul Smith's College merchandise).
12pm-Dusk…Corn Maze Tours, Tuckers' Farms.
Saturday- Saranac Lake Village Farmer's Market- 9am-2pm, Riverside Park, Saranac Lake
Saturday- Historic Walking Tours- White Pine Camp, 10am and 1:30pm
Saturday & Sunday– Whiteface Octoberfest
Lakeside Dining Meal Prices
Breakfast $6.52 plus tax
Lunch $9.53 plus tax
Dinner $10.46 plus tax
Most academic disciplines sponsor clubs for their students, which coordinate field trips to job sites and conferences and engage in other career-related activities. Such clubs as the Baking Club, DECA, and the Society of American Foresters are an excellent way for students to make job contacts and gain additional experience in their chosen fields. There are many interest related clubs and organizations for students to get involved in ranging from Gaming and Anime Club to Bobcat Steppers to Rugby! All students are welcome to join clubs at any time!
Every fall at the beginning of the semester, there is a club fair for students to find out about what clubs there are and how to join!
Adventure Sports Club
More Information to come!
Anime and Gaming Club
The Anime and Gaming club seeks to explore and enjoy the Gaming and Anime cultures. This club participates in video, table top, card, and board gaming, setting up numerous tournaments around campus and holding open events to all participants. They also have multiple Anime and Movie marathons that are open to the campus, and seeks to boost campus interest in such activities. Please sign up for our club's email and attend our club meetings where we will hold demonstrations of games and be screening anime for any who are interested, while sharing the upcoming events that will be held on campus! This club is all fun and games!
Bass Fishing club
This Club is for anyone who is interested in bass fishing. They also support the Bass Fishing Team
Beekeeping Club
The PSC Beekeeping Association is dedicated to educating the Paul Smith's community about honey bees and the practice of keeping bees. We aspire to have a apiary at the PSC VIC and pair with VIC employees to hold informal educational opportunities. Eventually we would like to sell honey in the PSC VIC store and the college bookstore.
Cheerleading Team
Cheerleading Constitution
Culinary Club
We're a student chapter of DECA, an international business and marketing association that has chapters in High Schools, Colleges and Universities throughout the U.S. There are more than 15,000 collegiate DECA members. DECA is a well-known organization that holds leadership conferences, knowledge competitions, an annual convention and learning opportunities. DECA includes students from many different majors that have an interest in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. We provide professional experience to Paul Smith's students through a variety of activities including guest speakers, seminars, business site visits, planning and running special events and fundraisers, volunteering for community service and participation in the NYC Hotel Show and PSC's biennial Boomerang alumni event.
Disc Golf
This Club wants to promote and organize disc golf on campus as well as maintain the Bark Eater Disc Golf Course!
Draft Horse Club
PSC's Draft Horse Club is dedicated to educating club members and the community about draft horses and their uses. The club holds both logging and agricultural events at the annual Homesteading Festival and for various classes offered by the college. Members go on trips to regional draft animal demonstrations to learn and collaborate with other teamsters. The club keeps an active presence in the community by giving wagon and sleigh rides for the public, as well as making a float for the Winter Carnival Parade. Weekly meetings at the barn provide a chance to interact with the horses and maintain the barn. No previous horse experience is necessary!
More information at paulsmiths.edu/esports »
FFA Club
The letters "FFA" used to stand for Future Farmers of America; these letters are a part of our history and our heritage that will never change. FFA is not just for students who want to be production farmers; FFA also welcomes members who aspire to careers as teachers, doctors, scientists, business owners and more. For this reason, the name of the organization was updated in 1988 after a vote of national convention delegates to reflect the growing diversity and new opportunities in the industry of agriculture: The National FFA Organization.
Fish and Game Club
The goal of the PSC's Fish and Game Club is to promote the importance of sportsmanlike conduct within a learning environment. Hunting safety and ethical fishing practices will be held with the highest regard. Likewise the club will strive to bring in members with little to no experience in the field in the effort to educate them to the sports. As that PSC is a center of the environmental education, the club will also augment environmental awareness and responsibility to the community. Members with all levels of experience in hunting or fishing are wlecome!
Forestry Club
This club attracts students from all academic disciplines. It sponsors a wide range of social activities, and is involved in many projects around campus and many are involved in the woodsmen's team.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
An inter-denominational Christian fellowship that offers weekly Bible studies, church outings and opportunities to serve not only the Paul Smith's College campus, but also the surrounding community.
Lady Bobcats Rugby Club
The club was started in the fall of 2015. It is a group of hard-working, dedicated women, who have spent months practicing and learning the sport. The team is made up of women from different backgrounds, majors, athletic abilities, and skill sets. Many of the ladies on the team had never played the sport before. They participate in spring tournaments and will be playing in the regular fall season games as well. They are constantly recruiting, so the best time to join is any. No one is ever turned away. The best way to find out if rugby is the right fit for you, is to come to a practice, meet the players and coaches, and mess around in a scrum.
Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)
The Medical Emergency Response Team is a club on campus made up of EMTs and other medically certified students. We respond, along with Campus Safety, to medical incidents and treat the patient before the ambulance gets there. Due to the isolation of the campus, MERT is able to provide a better sense of security for students. All students are welcome to join regardless of training.
Osgood Pond Club
Description Coming Soon!
PSC Pride
PSC Pride aims to create more advocates for diversity on campus and will represent the campus as social justice activists. Pride members will continue to strive for inclusivity, understanding, acceptance, and pride on Paul Smith's College campus.
PSC Snowcats
We are a new forming club gearing up for next winter, we were established to provide a meeting place for snowmobilers to get together and ride; we give new members a chance to try the sport of snowmobiling. Our goal is to help spread the joy that snowmobiling gives and help make the long winters in the ADK's more fun.
Rugby (Men's)
Teamwork, integrity and loyalty are the foundations of this club. Our students get together to play, have a good time and promote sportsmanship and athletics at Paul Smith's.
Society of American Foresters (SAF)
SAF is the national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States. Our club brings in guest speakers for the benefit of the entire campus. Members of the club may also attend state and national SAF conferences that offer valuable networking and connection building opportunities.
Student Activities Council
Want to be involved in the events on campus? Then join this club!! This group is responsible for the planning and implementation of events on campus such as bands, comedians, special events and movies. This organization works in conjunction with the Student Activities Office. All are welcome to join!
Veteran's Club
This club provides support to the Veteran's at PSC. They also do many community service projects for the local community as well as for our military oversees.
Wildlife Society
The Wildlife Society is a student branch of the National Wildlife Society. The Wildlife Society has planned several events and activities which include providing members with peer and professional networking opportunities.


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Want to be a citizen scientist, virtually adopting pixels of land? Get the GLOBE Observer app at https://go.nasa.gov/2swTzKV. Help us map as much land as possible between Sept. 22, Public Lands Day, and Oct. 1, NASA's 60th anniversary. More: https://go.nasa.gov/2NdWgwt
Music credit: "Feet on the Ground," from Killer Tracks
Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13053


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The PREP for this weekend is as follows;
- Catch up on everything.
- Add to google doc from last week
- Complete resource on your chosen variation of English
- Complete readings from last post and summaries.
- Bring your practice essay and scrapbook responses you have done this semester in to class on Monday.
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10 Aug Do Women Get Sleep Apnea Too?
Do Women Get Sleep Apnea Too?
There is a stereotypical image of people who have sleep apnea. Most people picture overweight, middle-aged men with loud snoring that keeps their entire household up. Although some people with sleep apnea may fit this bill, not everyone does. One of the biggest misconceptions about sleep apnea is that it is a man's disorder. While sleep apnea is more common in men, women can and do also get it. The stereotypical idea of a sleep apnea sufferer leads women to get diagnosed less often, which can put their health at risk.
Signs of Sleep Apnea in Women
Women do not always have the traditional symptoms of sleep apnea. Women are more likely to complain of fatigue, headaches, and restless legs at night than they are to say that their sleep partner is complaining about their snoring.
In reality, not everyone with sleep apnea snores, and of those who do, not everyone has a loud, distinctive snore. Not everyone with sleep apnea is overweight, either. Women who don't snore and are at a healthy weight may still have the other symptoms of sleep apnea.
Delayed Diagnoses
Part of the reason that women are often diagnosed with sleep apnea later than men, or misdiagnosed with another condition, is because they frequently don't have the traditional symptoms. Even when they do, assumptions about who gets sleep apnea leads doctors to look at other conditions before they consider sleep apnea as a diagnosis for female patients.
Treatment Options
CPAP therapy works for some women, but many find the masks and the air pressure uncomfortable. Oral appliance therapy, available from your dentist, uses a mouth guard to gently shift the jaw so that it is easier to breath when you sleep.
John Carson, DDS partners with your M.D. to offer sleep apnea treatments in Tucson using oral appliance therapy. He can also partner with your MD to help you use CPAP machine better if needed. Make an appointment by calling (520) 514-7203.


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Meet Woofy Beefcake Jorge from Madrid!
03 Jun
Hi Jorge!
How did your attraction to the Bear culture come about?
"When I started to feel sexual attraction for men, I thought I had some kind of problem, because the idea of TV and society made the concept of "gay" so different from the concept I had about myself. This made my new sexual orientation weirder also. When I realized I wasn't the only one, and what I liked had a name, I was so happy. The name was bears. I was excited searching on google for 'bears!"
What does the term "Bear" mean to you?
"For me it means everyone who identifies with "bear". I am getting tired of hearing stuff like, 'this guy thinks he is a bear, ha ha even if he's not hairy,' or 'people think because they grow a beard that they are bears.' Since the bear community is getting bigger and trendier, I see there is more discrimination between us. You see group of muscle bears who don't want contact with other kinds of people. That is wrong. They are missing lots of nice people and they are making others feel bad."
What's your idea of a perfect date?
"I think the perfect date is a date that makes me so nervous because I don't know if he likes me, and I am trying to find the way to kiss the guy. I am so romantic and I love the seduction, nervousness, and suspense. You know the date was perfect when you go home and realize you can't sleep the night because you are so excited and you have a permanent idiot smile on your face."
Location: Geneva and Madrid
Height: 6'5
Hair: Black
Eyes: Black
Sign: Capricorn
Fitness Routine: I workout five or six times a week.
-chest and calves
-back and abs
-legs and calves
-shoulders and calves
Around 5 exercises in 3 series of 9-12 reps. In 40′-45′ have finished.
The 80% is the diet. I eat between 6-8 times a day.
Occupation: Physiotherapist
Hobbies: "Cinema, novels, comics, sci-fi, gym, travel, videogames…"
Guilty Pleasure Snack: "I have a lot! But Nutella and Chocolate in general drive me crazy!!! Grrr!"
TV Faves: "I am a TV series lover. Probably 'Six Feet Under' and "Battlestar Galactica' are my favorites. HBO series in general."
Last good movie you saw: "The last good movie I watched was 'Donnie Darko.' It's one of my favorite movies ever. Travels across time themes are one of my weaknesses."
Currently Reading: "I am reading a trilogy about the life of Publio Cornelio Escipion the African. It is called 'African Vs' written by Santiago Posteguillo. I love historic novels."
Turn Ons: "Masculinity, good smile, cute ears, muscled and beefy, good attitude without artificial poses, good kissers and cuddles."
Turn Offs: "Bad breath, aggressive attitude, bad kissers, smoke smell, long hair, lies."
Personal Statement: "I am nobody to give advice, but be aware of prejudices. So many times it makes us blind. It makes us lose a connection to lots of nice people who would give such nice moments. Because at first sight they may not be good looking enough, or not masculine or fat. Or also we miss people because we think he is good looking and he may be superficial, or muscled so they just think about proteins and gym. All of cases are so wrong."


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A landlord has been fined more than £6,500 after police and council officials uncovered filthy and unsanitary rooms and 15 people crammed inside his unlicensed three-storey mid-terrace property.
The rental property in Balham, south London, was also found to be devoid of fire protection, with no mains wired alarm system, no fire doors and no firefighting equipment.
Hassan Akhtar Niazi was prosecuted by Wandsworth Council and charged under the Housing Act.
Council officers had obtained a warrant to enter his flat last August after they were contacted by the UK Border Agency.??It appeared that 15 people were occupying the flat at the time of the inspection while the communal stairway was obstructed by clothes, shoes, furniture, household articles and refuse.
Environmental health officers said the kitchen, bathroom and both toilets were filthy.
During the subsequent council investigation, the owner of the flat was found to be living in Pakistan but officers established that Niazi was the liable party, as he had been receiving rent payments.
Niazi told an environmental health officer he thought there were only two or three people living there.??However, at Richmond Magistrates' Court, Niazi pleaded guilty to four offences. He was fined £3,000 for failing to license a house in multiple occupation, £500 for each of the three breaches of the Management of HMO Regulations, a £15 victim surcharge and £2,108 costs.


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Industry News
SOCMA Welcomes Senate Legislation Extending Chemical Security Rules
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Fred Page Cup Final – Game 3
April 18, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 12:00 am
The Penticton Vees and Chilliwack Chiefs will battle for the Fred Page Cup starting Friday, April 14th & Saturday, April 15th at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack for Games 1 & 2.
The first HOME game at the South Okanagan Events Centre (SOEC) will be Game 3 on Tuesday, April 18th, at 7PM, presented by Cascades Casino Penticton & Match Eatery & Public House! Game 4 will follow at the SOEC the next night on Wednesday, April 19th, at 7PM.
Adult tickets are $16 each, Seniors are $14 each and Students/Children (18 and under) get in FREE courtesy of Peters Bros Construction!
Home game tickets are available for purchase at the Valley First Box Office at the SOEC or online at ValleyFirstTix.com*
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Though tickets are FREE for students and children, they must pick-up tickets at the Valley First Box Office (at the SOEC) only. Free Student/Children tickets do not include Premium Seating.
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Those of us who treasure universal health care and keeping CPP healthy should keep dollars on this side of 49th parallel
Buying locally buoys things we hold dear
So, here we go again with the same old mantra we see popping up every year at this time: Buy local. Shop, eat, buy local. Shop your community.
For us here in Sault Ste. Marie, it is particularly significant because we have easy access to American merchants, and their goods and services, and it is all just a mere $9 Cdn in bridge tolls, and some wait time on the bridge away from us.
Add to the shopping plethora of choices, and Amazon, eBay and all those many internet sites, mean you never have to leave the comfort of your couch, sipping your candy cane hot cocoa, to fill your entire Christmas list.
We live in a modified, free enterprise economy whereby competition means more choice, lower prices, better quality and better customer service. These are the tenets upon which the free market economic theory has been built upon, and the basic premise put forth by the father of capitalism himself, Mr. Adam Smith. His Wealth of Nations was the precursor to the modern ideologies that the freedom to compete, at whatever cost, would lead to greater prosperity.
And by and large, he was correct.
So, why should we "buy local" and "support our community" if buying international, and going electronic garners us better products at lower prices? The answer is somewhat simple, and not at all complex economic theory. If we want to grow our community, if we want to maintain the current levels of education, health care and social services, if we want to continue enjoying one of the highest quality of life indexes on the planet, then we have to invest our money back into our country, our community and our region.
Every time we spend our disposable income across the border, it is leaving Canada, and it will no longer be able to be used to buy restaurant services, hockey games, theatre tickets, recreational services, etc., on this side of the border. All of the tax revenue, associated with that cross-border sale, goes to strengthening their economy and, at the same time, weakening ours.
Likewise, every time we place an order on a multinational electronic internet shopping site, money leaves our community and is placed in the hands of just a few billion dollar companies and their executives. Gross amounts of wealth have been distributed to just a few individuals worldwide, and the gap between the richest and the poorest is widening at exponential rates.
People working in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., earn wages and pay taxes, which help our local economy grow and provide essential services. The companies they work for also pay taxes, which contribute to the pot of money used to ensure that my mother received much-needed cancer treatment when she required it, or that my grandkids get a first-rate education — JK to Grade 12 — or that a CPP pension cheque will be there for me when I am in my senior years.
We need to spend the money in our country and, more specifically, our community, if we want to prosper. President Donald Trump has figured that out and is doing all he can to re-locate companies back to the U.S. His Make America Great Again is based on the notion that they must "Buy American, stay American "do all things American." I can't believe I am going to say this but maybe we need to borrow a page from his playbook.
This is not to say that we must boycott or completely cut off our friends and neighbours to the south. No way.We need them and they need us. We are dependent on them travelling abroad and, likewise, they are dependent on us travelling there. Historically, our economies have been based on freer trade with one another, and although there are some strains on that relationship right now, we have to assume that common sense will ultimately prevail, and a return to some sense of normalcy is not too far off in the future.
On the travel front, I am planning a warm holiday later this winter on the south coast of Florida, and I can't wait for the warm sand and ocean surf that is available there to soothe my winter bones. As well, every now and then, when I have a hankering for real good Mexican food, I head over to the Palace Saloon in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., for some real good eats.
What I am saying is that if we want a local merchant presence here on the Canadian Sault, we have to darken their doorways with ourselves, and our wallets, more often. We have seen many merchants — some real big ones — leave our marketplace recently, and the trend is only going to continue unless we fundamentally change our mindset, our way of being so to speak.
I love that old Christmas tune that is played on all the radio stations this time of year. It goes something like this:
Christmas is coming,
The goose is getting fat,
Please put a penny in a local merchant's hat.
Or, at least, I think that is how it goes.
Happy Christmas shopping everyone. Be kind and remember to smile at your check-out clerk.


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Towards New Ways of Reading
Bonjour à tous! Chad Post has asked me to take some time off from designing my "Google Translate is People!" t-shirts (hint: the words are superimposed over a horrified and battered Charlton Heston) and cover for him this week. I am delighted and honored to be guest blogging at "the threep." I think this officially means I'm cool now.
This summer, The Southern Review will feature my translation of French fabulist Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud's "Another Story." At the recent AWP I had a fascinating chat about the piece with editor Jeanne Leiby that touched on readers' expectations for translated fiction.
"We deliberated a long time over this one," she confided. "We liked so much of it enough that if it'd been a piece by an American author we might have requested rewrites. Since it was a translation, that wasn't a possibility."
"Another Story," which closes the Châteaureynaud collection out in May from Small Beer Press, can be read as a meditation on storytelling: specifically, the wherefore of employing the fantastical elements that are Châteaureynaud's stock-in-trade. The question Todorov identified as central to the fantastical genre—is the impossible real or just in the character's head?—is nested in a metafictional layer, as the story is narrated by a French fantastical writer, the guest of a billionaire on an island that, as Brian Evenson remarks, "seems half-built from The Tempest and half from Alfredo Bioy-Casares's The Invention of Morel." What reservations had the editors had about the piece?
"Well, we thought it was predictable at first. But instead it taught us to change how we read." It was a reaction to the author's work I'd gotten in rejection slips before. Jeanne went on to say that having the same reaction to a collection of Herta Müller's stories had made her realize she was perhaps reading foreign stories against the expectations and fulfillments to which American stories had accustomed us.
"Part of the point of publishing translations," she concluded, "is to expose readers to new and alternative narrative forms."
This brings up all sorts of interesting issues. Storytelling shares features with other technologies: it has its pure mechanics, and can date in ways literature, generally said not to progress unidirectionally, doesn't. The manipulation of surprise is mostly a technical problem. (If conjecture were to masquerade as generalization, I might say it's one that delights every American's inner engineer and pragmatist, our homo faber hearts.) Surprise is surely one of narrative's virtues, but do Americans overlook, in its favor, other narrative rewards and satisfactions, other priorities and uses? Pop and pulp especially, by standardizing story forms and making, so to speak, formula racers—sleek, streamlined thrill machines capable of hugging hairpin plot reversals and sudden narrative curves—have made us canny consumers of plot.
We can ask of a piece, "Does this satisfy me in the ways I have come to expect to be satisfied?" or we can assume it has succeeded on its own terms, and then expand our ideas of the possible by trying to define those terms. This is a challenge reading translations sets before us, but I might extend the argument to any kind of fiction you're not used to. Readers schooled in contemporary American realism may have difficulty with their first forays into fabulist fiction, where the unreal is often left unresolved, a wound in our consensual reality that the story's end makes no attempt to close. In approaching any unfamiliar literature, there's a learning curve, a disorienting period during which the standards and practices of what you've come to take as quality are flouted or ignored.
The Southern Review, by the way, has a great issue out right now with, among other gems, Soren Gauger's translation of a Witold Gombrowicz excerpt on palant, a Polish ancestor of baseball, that all-American sport and the issue's theme. Jeanne Leiby has asked me to put out the word that she is looking for translations. Translators, send in your best!


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An Insight To The Sephardic Community With Ari Afilalo
Ari Afilalo is a famous name in the field of international trade law, business exchanges and contracts. His studious engagements include the treatment of licensed innovation in facilitated commerce territories, the European Union's arrangement of legal cures the law representing the end of non-tax boundaries to exchange, and the global tenets for the security of cross-border speculation.
Afilalo And The Ladino Script
Apart from this, he is an eminent individual from the Sephardic Jewish people group in New York shares that Ladino in composing utilizes Hebrew letters and regularly take the base from Rashi script. It is intriguing to take note that initially, Rashi was a Ladino script, which was utilized to separate his works and editorials from others after his passing. Over the twentieth century, Ladino has stayed the course with the Latin letter sets.
Who Are Sephardics?
In the wake of leaving Spain after ejection in 1492 the Jews that proceeded alluded as "Sephardics". The word Sephardim has its starting points from the Spanish word Hebrew, as Sepharad in the book of scriptures.
There is some verifiable proof that proposes that Jews lived in Spain amid the administer of King Solomon. In spite of the fact that there isn't much chronicled confirm until the start of the first century, there is some learning that builds up Council of Toledo passing a decree in 305 CE which denied Jews from connecting and gift both Jewish and non-Jewish yields moreover restricting the groups to eat together.
After numerous years the Sephardi Jews safeguarded their way of life and dialect holding it in unique renown. Here are a few realities you should know about their dialect:
- Ladino-a blend of Spanish and Hebrew is still in the presence and is in practice by some Sephardic Jewish people group.
- An oriental rendition of Ladino was utilized as a part of and around Turkey while a more western form won in Greece Bosnia, Romania, Serbia and Macedonia.
- Subsequent to leaving Portugal and Spain the group spoke Ladino till the fifteenth century keeping up a similar syntax. However, the ousted groups in Amsterdam, Italy, and London kept up a contact with Spain and moved the Castillian Spanish.
- The dialect built up various vernaculars when banished groups in the Ottoman Empire held the fifteenth-century Spanish dialect with a few words from Turkish, Hebrew, French, Arabic and Greek making a preoccupation from Castilian Spanish.
- A portion of the spots where it's talked incorporate France, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and a few sections of Latin America while the most Ladino-talking group is common in Israel.
Dialect displays the way of life of each group or community. Afilalo is knowledgeable with the historical backdrop of dialects, utilized as a part of antiquated ages. He made sincere efforts by lending a helping hand the general population of Sephardi Jews to safeguarded deliberately dialect as well as cultural values.


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A colleague recently shared her grapefruit bounty with us office-mates. I love broiled grapefruit in the morning, but I wanted to do something different with these tasty yellow globes this time. I stumbled on a package of 365 Everyday Value Organic Vanilla Mini Waffles at Whole Foods, and this recipe was born.
- 365 Everyday Value Organic Vanilla Mini Waffles
- 1 whole yellow grapefruit pieces and juice (approximately 1/2 cup of juice)
- 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch, depending on desired thickness of syrup
- Approximately 1/2 cup Splenda (depending on amount of juice)
- 2 slices crystallized ginger, cut into tiny pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 365 Everyday Value Real Dairy Nonfat Whipped Topping
- Preheat oven according to package directions for mini waffles.
- Mix cornstarch and Splenda in sauce pan.
- Whisk in grapefruit juice, grapefruit pieces, vanilla and crystallized ginger pieces.
- Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens as desired.
- Remove from heat.
- Bake mini waffles according to package instructions.
- Layer waffles and syrup as desired and top with a spritz of nonfat whipped topping.


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Time and time again, we've seen the immense strength of people facing life-threatening illnesses — and the beautiful measures they take to ensure their families know how much they're loved, even after they pass. We saw it in the wife who wrote an emotionally-charged essay for The New York Times Modern Love series titled "You May Want to Marry My Husband" in hopes that he'd find love after her death. We saw it in the mother who wrote heartfelt letters for her children to bring them comfort after her passing. And now, we see it in a father who made sure he was a part of his daughter's birthdays for years after cancer took him.
On Friday, Bailey Sellers, 21, received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the person she wanted to hear from most. Her father, Michael Sellers, passed away from pancreatic cancer when she was just 16. However, before his death, he arranged for flowers and a card to be sent to her on every birthday for the next five years. This year, she received the final bouquet.
"We were sitting on the couch — and it was about a month before he passed away — and he said he had already done it. That this was what his plans were," Kristy Sellers, his wife, told ABC News. "He said, 'I'm going to do it until her 21st birthday. And if she's married, ask her significant other to send her flowers in remembrance of me.'"
Bailey took a photo of the flowers and the last card her father had written her and shared them on Twitter along with a photo of the two of them together at the beach.
"My dad passed away when I was 16 from cancer and before he died he pre-payed flowers so i could receive them every year on my birthday. Well this is my 21st birthday flowers and the last. Miss you so much daddy," she wrote.
The card said,
This is my last love letter to you until we meet again. I do not want you to shed another tear for me my baby girl for I am in a better place. You are and will always be the most precious jewel I was given. It is your 21st birthday and I want you to always respect your momma and stay true to yourself. Be happy and live life to the fullest. I will still be with you through every milestone, just look around and there I will be. I love you Boo Boo and Happy Birthday!!!!
The beautiful gesture was a way to bring her joy and comfort during her birthday despite his absence. It's a reminder of how much he loved her and wanted the best for her.
Bailey's tweet about her father's gift has been shared more than 350,000 times and has nearly 1.5 million likes. Many people responded to say that hearing her story made them emotional and that her father was a wonderful person. Others shared their own stories with loss and cancer.
The outpour of kind messages helped to make Bailey's birthday even more special. However, she admitted receiving the final card was a little bittersweet.
"Every year I looked forward to my birthday because I felt like he was still here with me, but this is the last year I get them so it's so heartbreaking," Bailey wrote on Twitter. But we have a feeling she'll continue to feel connected to him even without any deliveries.