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David H. Perrin
In this essay, I reflect on my life and academic career, detailing my childhood, family background, education, and those who influenced me to study physical education and athletic training. My higher education started with a small college experience that had a transformative impact on my intellectual curiosity, leading to graduate degrees and, ultimately, a career in higher education. I chronicle my academic career trajectory as a non-tenure-track faculty member and clinician, tenured faculty member, department chair, dean, and provost. My personal and professional lives have been undergirded by a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, with examples provided in this essay.
Thomas L. McKenzie
This essay describes how environmental conditions affected my unexpected evolution from farm life in a rural Canadian community to becoming a physical education specialist and multisport coach and eventually a U.S. kinesiology scholar with a public health focus. I first recount my life on the farm and initial education and then identify the importance of full- and part-time jobs relative to how they helped prepare me for a life in academia. Later, I summarize two main areas of academic work that extended beyond university campuses—the design and implementation of evidence-based physical activity programs and the development of systematic observation tools to assess physical activity and its associated contexts in diverse settings, including schools, parks, and playgrounds. I conclude with a section on people and locations to illustrate the importance of collaborations—essential components for doing field-based work. Without those connections, I would not have had such an extensive and diverse career.
Maureen R. Weiss
I adopt an autobiographical approach to chronicle the contexts, experiences, and individuals that shaped my academic and career choices, which resulted in finding kinesiology and, specifically, sport and exercise psychology. Consistent with the developmental perspective I employ in my research and practical applications, I trace my life's work in youth development through sport using transitional career stages. My academic path has been strongly influenced by hardworking and caring mentors and a commitment to balancing theoretical knowledge, applied research, and professional practice. Based on my many years in higher education, I conclude with some reflections on the future of kinesiology given past and present trends in the field.
Jay Coakley
This article is organized around the idea that a person can be a part of kinesiology without being in kinesiology. Trained as a sociologist and never having a faculty appointment outside of a sociology department, I am an outsider in kinesiology. However, my participation in kinesiology and relationships with scholars in kinesiology departments have fostered my professional growth and my appreciation of interdisciplinary approaches to studying sports, physical activities, and the moving human body. The knowledge produced by scholars in kinesiology subdisciplines has provided a framework for situating and assessing my research, teaching, and professional service as a sociologist. The latter half of this article focuses on changes in higher education and how they are likely to negatively impact the social sciences and humanities subdisciplines in kinesiology. The survival of these subdisciplines will depend, in part, on how leaders in the field respond to the question, Kinesiology for whom?
Rainer Martens
Learn how sport influenced Rainer Martens's life and his epiphany to become a physical educator and coach, which led him to study sport psychology. The author briefly recounts his work in sport psychology and coaching education. Next, the author describes how he stumbled into publishing, founding Human Kinetics, and describes how this company helped define kinesiology and influence the broad field of physical activity. The author concludes by reporting on his continued involvement in sport and the development of two community centers that focus on sport and physical activity.
Packianathan Chelladurai
As the title of this article suggests, I describe in this essay how my career has been shaped by specific events, such as not knowing the rules of the game I loved and played extensively, and significant mentors, such as the venerable Dr. Earl Zeigler and Dr. Garth Paton. I also explain how I been involved in the birth and growth of the field of sport management. More importantly, I show how the field has shaped my career and has opened up opportunities for me to travel the world in propagating the field around the globe.
William J. Morgan
This essay addresses four main questions. The first is devoted to how I became interested in the philosophy of sport. The second question concerns how my academic career has evolved over time in line with various developments in the field that privileged certain lines of study over others and which largely marginalized philosophy in particular and the humanities in general. The third question centers on what I take to be my own main contributions to the philosophy of sport and what, if any, impact they may have had on the larger field of kinesiology. Finally, I offer my own brief prognosis of what I think the future has in store for the relationship between sport philosophy and kinesiology.
Hal A. Lawson
Twentieth-Century Physical Education gave rise to Kinesiology. Today's Kinesiology structures and influences Physical Education. Boundary crossing and bridge building facilitate analysis of their relations and have import for investigations of career pathways and outcomes. Decisions regarding boundaries and bridges will impact the futures of Kinesiology, Physical Education, and their relations in diverse, turbulent higher education environments.


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The prices of the jerseys signed by Tim Tebow range from $27.09 – $798.30, which have different sizes and colors. The prices differ in several sports shopping stores like: Authentic Signed Sports, ebay, Hampster Direct, Grandstand Sports, Super Sports Center, and Collector of Sports.
Many sports collectible merchandise like jerseys are widely available online. They bore the sign of the popular players like Tim Tewbow, which are authenticated by several certifying bodies. However, the prices differ according to size, color, and design. Here are the prices for Tim Tebow's jersey according to stores namely:
Authentic Signed Sports
You can guarantee that all sports memorabilia available here are authenticated by credible people from TriStar Productions, Athlon Sports, and The Highland Mint. You can find most of the signed collectible stuff of the famous baseball, basketball, and football players, which are all 100%/ genuine. The autographed jersey of Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators team is worth $799.99 that comes with a Certificate of Authenticity upon purchase.
An authentic Nike jersey signed by Tim Tebow is on auction at ebay, which come in different sizes and colors are as follows:
* White jersey with patches and numbers all sewn at $225
* A signed jersey item of Tim Tebow, which comes in large blue-sized shade, is at $399.99A in size 52.
* A signed jersey authenticated by the Global Authentication bearing the certificate of authenticity number GV477805 is for sale at $180.50 only
* With a Certificate of Authenticity from GAI is an XXL size signed jersey of famous Tim at $27.09
* For $299.99, this large-sized blue Nike jersey bears the genuine signature of Tebow
Hampster Direct
The number 15 jersey of Tebow is sold for $500 with only 10 signed pieces per player. These valuable shirts are made available in honor of the great players.
Grandstand Sports
For a discounted price of $798.30, an authentic jersey of the popular player Tim is sold with an original price of $887.
Super Sports Center
For a 100% shopping satisfaction of sports memorabilia, check on this site with their huge selection like NCAA, NBA, NASCAR, and football autographed stuff. Available in two colors, blue and white are genuine signed jersey from Nike, which costs $399 each.
Collector of Sports
With the great accomplishments of Tebow, his increasing popularity gave the sports' merchandise retailers an idea of selling legitimate stuff like jerseys. Their prices start from $27.09 to $180.50 depending on the design where the style of their uniform became popular.
If you have noticed, their prices differ from one store to the other. The price difference is caused by the year where the model jersey was popular. When buying one, make sure that you have reviewed and compared the prices since the cost in some shops are definitely higher than the other.

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These are the Talking Points for the Fedora 28 release. For information on how these talking points were chosen, see Talking Points SOP. They are intended to help Ambassadors quickly present an overview of highlighted features when talking about the release, and to help drive content for the release, etc.
The talking points are based in part on the Change Set for this release.
Overall Release Story
Releases may slip if Fedora 28 isn't ready for our users, but the schedule calls for a beta release at the end of March and a final release at the beginning of May.
Fedora-Wide Changes and Improvements
- Modular updates repository: new in Fedora 28, a set of repositories will provide software and updates with alternative versions from those shipped in the default release.
- VirtualBox integration: VirtualBox guest drivers and tools are now included.
Changes to talk about for regular users
Changes affecting security
- curl: now uses libssh for SCP and SFTP protocols, adding support for GSS-API authentication and removing outdated cryptographic algorithms.
- Strong cryptographic settings: default security configuration removes weaker cryptographic settings.
Changes to talk about for developers
- GCC: upgraded to version 8.
- GoLang: upgraded to version 1.10.
- PHP: upgraded to version 7.2.
- Ruby: upgraded to version 2.5.
Fedora Atomic Host
Automatic update checking is now supported
Users of Fedora Atomic Host 28 can now configure
rpm-ostree to automatically check for updates to the host. This functionality is disabled by default; users will have to opt in. For more information, check out the Project Atomic blog, as well as
rpm-ostreed.conf(5) and
Atomic system containers now use the SELinux policy from the host
With the release of Fedora Atomic Host 28, every file in a system container gets the same label it would have if installed on the host (e.g.
/usr/bin/foo in the container has the same SELinux label as
/usr/bin/foo on the host). This allows users to run containerized system services without losing the possibility of having different SELinux contexts. Additionally, we can finally fully de-duplicate files on Fedora Atomic Host with the rest of the system, as there is no mismatch in the
xattrs. For more information, consult the upstream atomic issue.
Unified ostree repo for all Fedora Atomic Host and Fedora Atomic Workstation ostree content
With the release of Fedora Atomic Host 28, we now have a single ostree repo that serves up all the Fedora 28 content for Atomic Host and Fedora Atomic Workstation. This includes all the multi-arch content for
aarch64 and
Fedora Atomic Host 28 is available for AArch64 and PPC64LE
Fedora Atomic Host continues to be available and supported on
aarch64, and
ppc64le architectures.
podman is now included by default in Fedora Atomic Host
The release of Fedora Atomic Host 28 introduces a new tool for building and managing containers on your host. The
podman tool allows you to build, pull, run, stop, start, and otherwise manage your containers on your host without the need for the
docker daemon. For more information, check out the the upstream repo for podman.
Kubernetes 1.9 containers available
Along with the release of Fedora Atomic Host 28, we are pleased to announce the availability of version 1.9 of Kubernetes via containers on the Fedora Container Registry. There is a ton of new features in this release of Kubernetes; for more information consult the Kubernetes 1.9 release notes.
Fedora Server
- Modularity: Fedora 28 Server Edition will deliver Fedora Modularity, adding support for alternative update streams for popular software such as Node.js and Golang.
- AArch64: AArch64 is now a primary architecture for Fedora Server releases.
Fedora Workstation
Third-Party Repositories
Fedora 28 now includes some popular third-party software repositories. When GNOME Software 3.28 is launched for the first time, an alert bar asks about enabling third-party repositories. Selecting Enable will enable the following repositories:
- Google Chrome, the web browser from Google (google-chrome.repo)
- PyCharm, Python IDE for Professional Developers by JetBrains (_copr_phracek-PyCharm.repo)
- NVIDIA's proprietary graphics drivers (rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver.repo)
- Steam client, digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation (rpmfusion-nonfree-steam.repo)
Improved battery life
Battery Life on laptops running Fedora Workstation is improved with various hardware power-saving features now enabled by default. These improvements include: a new default SATA Link Power Management policy on all Intel mobile chipsets. This policy sets the SATA link to a disk to into low-power mode when idle, saving approximately 1.0 - 1.5 watts of power on an idle laptop. Additionally, the Intel HDA codec power saving is enabled by default (with a 1 second timeout), saving approximately 0.4 watts of power on an idle laptop. Finally, USB autosuspend for USB Bluetooth receivers is enabled by default, saving approximately 0.4 watts of power on an idle laptop.
Fedora 28 Workstation features GNOME 3.28 as the default desktop environment. GNOME 3.28 includes a wide range of enhancements, including: updates to Files (nautilus), Contacts, Calendar, Clocks and the on-screen keyboard. Additionally, the new application Usage is added as a Technology Preview to "make it easy to diagnose and resolve performance and capacity issues"
GNOME 3.28 provides updated versions of many of the GNOME default applications. The ability to "star" items is added to both the Files and the Contacts applications. This allows the user to star an item — be it a file, folder, or a contact — for quick access later. Calendar now provides a neater month view, and weather updates displayed alongside your appointments.
For more information about all the new features and enhancements see GNOME 3.28's release announcement and release notes.
Thunderbolt support
The use of Thunderbolt 3 peripherals is now supported in Fedora 28. Thunderbolt™ is the brand name of a hardware interface developed by Intel® that allows the connection of external peripherals to a computer.
Fedora 28 ships with both boltd -- the system daemon for securely connecting Thunderbolt devices -- and changes to GNOME shell to connect these devices. Newly connected Thunderbolt devices are automatically enrolled by GNOME shell via the daemon if the current user is a system administrator and the session is unlocked. Subsequent connections of the same device will automatically authorize the device.
Improved emoji support
The Noto Color Emoji font is now the default for displaying Emoji on Fedora Workstation. This provides support for Unicode 10.0 emoji, including T-Rex (🦖), Hedgehog (🦔), Broccoli (🥦), and Curling Stone (🥌).
GNOME Photos
Fedora Workstation 28 introduces GNOME Photos as the default photo management application, replacing Shotwell. Photos is a simple application for viewing, browsing and organizing your photo library. In addition to photo organization, Photos also provides basic image editing capabilities, including the ability to add quick photographic filters over your images.
More information about the GNOME Photos application is available on the project's page on gnome.org
VirtualBox Guest Additions now default
VirtualBox Guest Additions and Guest Drivers are now shipped in the default Fedora Workstation installation. Consequently, any installation of Fedora Workstation as a guest on VirtualBox will have the Guest Additions features working out-of-the-box. Guest Additions add extra useful functionality to VirtualBox guests, including: automatic desktop resizing based on the window-size of the virtual machine, seamless mode (showing only windows from the guest),
folder sharing, and copy/paste between host and guest.
Atomic Workstation: graphical updates
The rpm-ostree support in GNOME Software has been improved, and will now offer to update and restart on Atomic Workstation, just as it does on rpm-based systems.
Fedora ARM (aarch64 and ARMv7)
Raspberry Pi 3+ support
The newly released Raspberry Pi 3+ is supported on both ARMv7 and aarch64 with a similar feature set to that of the original Raspberry Pi 3.
Expanded support for aarch64 Single Board Computers
The support for aarch64 Single Board Computers was introduced in Fedora 27, the supported devices has been expanded and a lot of small improvements and bug reports to make the experience smoother.
KDE Plasma Desktop
- start HIDIPI support
- Using Thunderbird as email client
Design Suite
- Blender 2.79b and its add-ons are missing in this beta release due to a bug related to compiler GCC 8.0. The fix are under way and expected for the final release.
- Both Gnome ToDo and Books, originally introduced in Fedora 27 Design Suite are updated to 3.28.
- Inheriting features from Workstation, Gnome Photo is the default image viewer replacing Shotwell
- New release for Hugin, a panoramic photo stitcher, 2018.0.0
Upgrading to the Latest Release
To learn how to upgrade to the latest release from a recent Fedora release using DNF, see here.
All Changes
Fedora 28 Accepted System Wide Changes Proposals
These changes have been accepted by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee for the Fedora 28 Release as System Wide Changes.
AArch64 Server Promotion
Promote Aarch64 server technologies to Primary Architecture status. This would include the Server installer, the DVD installer ISOs, the Cloud (qcow2 images) and Docker base images to the same status as other primary Server architectures. This would NOT currently include other components such as Workstation images/installs, any of the various spins, or Fedora Atomic components.
Anaconda modularization
Anaconda installer will be split into several modules that will communicate over DBus using stable API.
Annotated Binaries
This change causes extra information to be stored in binary files compiled by gcc. This information can be used by scripts to check on various features of the file, such as the hardening options used or potential ABI conflicts.
Make authselect default tool instead of authconfig
Replace authconfig with authselect and make authselect a default tool to configure PAM and nsswitch.conf. A compatibility tool will help with transition period from authconfig to authselect.
Binutils version 2.29.1
Rebase the binutils package from version 2.29 to version 2.29.1. This will bring in the bug-fixes from the 2.29.1 point release, but not add any new features.
Deprecate TCP wrappers
TCP wrappers is a simple tool to block incoming connection on application level. This was very useful 20 years ago, when there were no firewalls in Linux. This is not the case for today and connection filtering should be done in network level or completely in application scope if it makes sense. After recent discussions I believe it is time to go for this package, if not completely, than at least as a dependency of modern daemons in system by default.
Add-On Modularity
Beginning in Fedora 28, Fedora will provide a new set of repositories for software and updates with alternative versions from those shipped in the default release.
Fedora 28 Boost 1.66 upgrade
This change brings Boost 1.66.0 to Fedora 28. This will mean F28 ships with a recent upstream Boost release.
Switch GCC in Fedora 28 to 8.x.y, rebuild all packages with it, or optionally rebuild just some packages with it and rebuild all packages only in Fedora 29.
Update the Haskell GHC compiler from major version 8.0.2 to 8.2.2.
The GNU C Library version 2.27
Switch glibc in Fedora 28 to glibc version 2.27.
Glibc collation update and sync with cldr
Update collation data in glibc to an ISO file from 2015 (in sync with Unicode 8.0.0) and sync collation rules of the locales with CLDR.
Hardening Flags Updates for Fedora 28
This system-wide change covers changes to the hardening flags in Fedora 28.
IBus Unicode Typing
IBus core provides an Emoji dialog which users can type emoji annotations and output the emoji character using IBus (E.g. Typing "football" shows U+26BD). The proposal is the dialog also supports to type Unicode names (E.g. Typing "copyright sign" shows U+00A9).
Switch libidn-using applications to IDNA2008
The proposed change is about deprecating libidn, which supports IDNA2003, and switch all applications using libidn, to libidn2 2.0.0, which supports IDNA2008.
Improved Laptop Battery Life
Improve Fedora (Workstation) Battery Life by enabling various hardware power-saving features by default.
NIS switching to new libnsl to support IPv6
This system-wide change covers the switch of NIS components to the new client side implementation in order to support IPv6, while detaching libnsl and nss_nis packages, previously bundled together with glibc.
NSS Default File Format SQL
Change the NSS library default to use the sqlite based data storage, when applications don't specify their preferred storage file format.
In order to go forward with adoption of SharedSystemCertificates after this change OpenLDAP clients and server will default to use only the system-wide certificates store.
OpenLDAP without Non-threaded Libraries
OpenLDAP will not ship non-threaded versions of its libraries. Instead, it will link these to their threaded counterparts.
Reduce Initial Setup Redundancy
Currently there is a high level of redundancy between the Anaconda installer and gnome-initial-setup. This change aims to eliminate these redundancies and streamline the initial user experience in Fedora Workstation.
Rename "nobody" user
Use "nobody:nobody" as the names for the kernel overflow UID:GID pair, and retire the old "nfsnobody" name and the old "nobody:nobody" pair with 99:99 numbers.
Replace glibc's libcrypt with libxcrypt
There are plans to remove libcrypt from glibc, so we should have a replacement.
Ruby 2.5
Ruby 2.5 is the latest stable version of Ruby. Many new features and improvements are included for the increasingly diverse and expanding demands for Ruby. With this major update from Ruby 2.4 in Fedora 26 to Ruby 2.5 in Fedora 28, Fedora becomes the superior Ruby development platform.
Strong crypto settings
This change is about updating the current system-wide crypto policy to disable legacy and unused cryptographic protocols.
Removal of Sun RPC Interfaces From glibc
This system-wide change covers the removal of interfaces related to Sun RPC from glibc.
Golang 1.10
Rebase of Golang package to upcoming version 1.10 in Fedora 28, including rebuild of all dependent packages(pre-release version of Go will be used for rebuild, if released version will not be available at the time).
Kerberos in Python modernization
Replace usage of python-krbV and pykerberos with python-gssapi in all Fedora packages to enable their removal from Fedora. rharwood will author all necessary code changes; no new code from maintainers is required.
Switch libcurl to use libssh instead of libssh2
libcurl currently uses libssh2 to implement the SSH layer of SCP and SFTP protocols. After implementing this change, libcurl will use the libssh library instead.
Update the MPFR package to version 4.0.0.
A new time tool version 1.8 has changed output format.
Fedora 28 Accepted Self Contained Changes Proposals
These changes have been accepted by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee for the Fedora 28 Release as Self Contained Changes.
Enabling Python Generators
This change enables the ability to choose to use the Python module dependency generator for packages that provide Python Egg/Wheel metadata.
Update the giflib package to the latest giflib-5.x version (currently 5.1.4).
Avoid /usr/bin/python in RPM build
Deprecate, and later disable, running /usr/bin/python (as opposed to /usr/bin/python3 or /usr/bin/python2) during RPM build.
Django 2.0
This change is about upgrading python-django to version 2.0. The latest Django release drops support for Python 2, but a few Django apps packaged in Fedora do not yet support Python 3. A compatibility package will be provided for those.
Erlang 20
Update Erlang/OTP to version 20.
This is an update of the Facter package from 2.X to 3.X. It is a self contained changed which will impact puppet directly and potentially any other tools that make use of facter to gather information.
Fontconfig 2.13
Update fontconfig package to the latest version.
MinGW MiniDebugInfo
Analogously to the MiniDebugInfo change for native packages, install minimal debuginfos by default also for MinGW packages.
OpenLDAP: Drop TCP wrappers support
As per [1], TCP wrappers are being deprecated in Fedora. Also, as per [2], upstream discourages its usage in favour of other means of protection (e.g. firewall). After this change OpenLDAP will no longer be affected by TCP wrappers configuration.
Packaging Rust applications/libraries
Add required tools/instructions for packaging applications/libraries written in Rust. Rust is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety.
Stratis Storage
Add initial support for Stratis, a local storage management solution. This will allow initial testing and user feedback that will guide Stratis's development and stabilization.
Sugar 0.112
Update Sugar to the new upstream 0.112 stable feature release.
Thunderbolt Enablement
Support Thunderbolt 3 peripherals in a secure way hardware out of the box.
VirtualBox Guest Integration
VirtualBox is popular, easy to use virtual-machine software. The purpose of this change is to ship the VirtualBox guest-drivers and -tools by default in the Fedora workstation product.
A new version of librealsense has been released, which does not support older camera versions. Bump librealsense to the new release and add the old library as librealsense1.
Update the PHP stack in Fedora to latest version 7.2.x
The VA-API components will be updated to 2.x. This will make some VA-API enabled media players to rely on this new version of the API for improved video hardware acceleration.


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When it comes down to it, spam and phishing scams rely primarily on exploiting trust. If the attacker can find a way to make the message appear to be from a known source, the odds that a user will take the bait are much higher. This has led to malware infections that access your contacts and send out infected emails on your behalf to everyone you know, and those same basic techniques have been adapted for instant messaging, social networks, and even SMS text messaging. According to a new report from Kaspersky Lab, Mobile apps are the new frontier.
"Gadgets have become popular even among those who had little interaction with computers and are less familiar with computer security," Darya Gudkova, head of the content analysis and research department for Kasperky Lab, said in an email. "This opens up new vectors of attacks for spammers and phishers.
"To protect themselves, users should remember not to open emails from unknown senders, and especially not to click any links in these emails, which inevitably pose a risk to user security," Gudkova explained. "Clicking unsafe links threatens user security regardless of which device is used—they pose a danger to desktop computers and mobile gadgets alike."
In other words, the same rules apply. Just because the message is within WhatsApp or appears to come from some other mobile app you use doesn't mean it is legitimate. You have to exercise the same caution and common sense to recognize whether a message seems legitimate or not and have the self-discipline not to open unknown attachments or click on suspicious links no matter who or what they seem to have come from.
The Kaspersky 2014 Q1 Spam Report also notes that more than 70 percent of the spam messages weigh in at less than 2Kb in size, and more than 90 percent are 5Kb or less. I guess if you're sending out millions of spam messages, you want them to go fast, and you don't want to exceed the bandwidth allocation for your ISP. More importantly—since most spam is distributed from compromised PCs—you don't want to raise red flags with the victim's ISP.
Check out the full report from Kaspersky Lab, and think twice before opening attachments or clicking links even if they seem to come from inside mobile apps you consider "safe."


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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Photo: Jim Maragos/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task.
-Viktor E. Frankl, Holocaust survivor, author of Man's Search for Meaning
I believe that life exists to be enjoyed, and that the most important thing is to feel good about yourself.
Without the latter, little else gets done.
Each person will have his or her own vehicles for achieving both, and those vehicles will change over time. For some, the answer will be working with orphans, and for others, it will be composing music. I have a personal answer to both–to love, be loved, and never stop learning–but I don't expect that to be universal.
Some criticize a focus on self-love and enjoyment as selfish or hedonistic, but it's neither.
Enjoying life and helping others–or feeling good about yourself and increasing the greater good–are no more mutually exclusive than being agnostic and leading a moral life. One does not preclude the other. Let's assume we agree on this. It still leaves the question: what can I do with my time to enjoy life and feel good about myself?
I can't offer a single answer that will fit all people, but, based on the dozens of fulfilled people I've interviewed, and the thousands who've provided feedback on this blog, there are two components that are fundamental…
Continual learning and service.
What follows is how I think of both.
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages.
-Dave Barry, American writer and humorist
To learn is to live. I see no other option. Once the learning curve flattens out, I get bored.
Though you can upgrade your brain domestically, traveling and relocating provides unique conditions that make progress much faster. The different surroundings act as a counterpoint and mirror for your own prejudices, making addressing weaknesses that much easier. Learning is such an addiction and compulsion of mine that I rarely travel somewhere without deciding first how I'll obsess on a specific skill.
A few examples:
Connemara, Ireland: Gaelic Irish, Irish flute, and hurling, the fastest field sport in the world, and perhaps the most amazing sport I've ever played (imagine a mix of lacrosse and rugby played with axe handles)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Brazilian Portuguese and surfing
Berlin, Germany: German and locking (a form of upright breakdancing)
I tend to focus on language acquisition and one kinesthetic skill, sometimes finding the latter after landing overseas. The most successful serial vagabonds tend to blend the mental and the physical. Notice that I often port a skill I practice domestically-—martial arts-—to other countries where they are also practiced. Instant social life and camaraderie. It need not be a competitive sport-—it could be hiking, chess, or almost anything that keeps your nose out of a textbook and you out of your apartment. Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign language stage fright and developing lasting friendships, while still sounding like Tarzan.
Language learning deserves special mention here. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.
Quite aside from the fact that it is impossible to understand a foreign culture without understanding its language, acquiring a new language transforms the human experience and makes you aware your own language: your own thoughts.
The practical benefits of this are as underestimated as the difficulty of language learning is overestimated. I know from research and personal experience with more than a dozen languages that 1) adults can learn languages much faster than children when constant 9-5 work is removed and 2) it is possible to become conversationally-fluent in any language in six months or less. At four hours per day, six months can be whittled down to less than three months. It is beyond the scope of this post to explain applied linguistics and the 80/20 of language learning, but here are a few starting points.
Don't miss the chance to double your life experience. Gain a language and you gain a second lens through which to question and understand the world.
Cursing at people when you go home is fun, too.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike.
-Oscar Wilde
Service to me is simple: doing something that improves life besides your own.
This is not the same as philanthropy. Philanthropy is the altruistic concern for the well-being of mankind–human life. Human life and comfort have long been focused on to the exclusion of the environment and the rest of the food chain, hence our current race to imminent extinction. Serves us right. The world does not exist solely for the betterment and multiplication of mankind.
Before I start chaining myself to trees and saving the dart frogs, though, I should take my own advice: do not become a cause snob.
How can you help starving children in Africa when there are starving children in Los Angeles? How can you save the whales when homeless people are freezing to death? How does doing volunteer research on coral destruction help those people who need help now?
Children, please. Everything out there needs help, so don't get baited into "my cause can beat up your cause" arguments with no right answer. There are no qualitative or quantitative comparisons that make sense. The truth is this: those thousands of lives you save could contribute to a famine that kills millions, or that one bush in Bolivia that you protect could hold the cure for cancer. The downstream effects are unknown. Do your best and hope for the best. If you're improving the world–however you define that–consider your job well done.
Service isn't limited to saving lives or the environment. It can also improve life. If you are a musician and put a smile on the faces of thousands or millions, I view that as service. If you are a mentor and change the life of one child for the better, the world has been improved. Improving the quality of life in the world is in no fashion inferior to adding more lives.
Service is an attitude.
Find the cause or vehicle that interests you most and make no apologies.
Afterword: My Current Passion
I'm passionate about many things, but one of them is timely.
In one of the most ecologically diverse areas in the Bahamas, I am working with Summit Series and others to help create a Marine Protected Area (MAP). Think of it as a ocean-based national park. It would be patrolled and run by the Nature Conservancy. I am passionate about saving the oceans upon which we depend.
To get this protected area to the finish line for funding, it needs just one last nudge. I'm therefore offering a match:
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Bobby Labonte (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
What next for Bobby Labonte?
It's been a ragged season for the man who won the 2000 NASCAR championship, and who is now in his 23rd season on the stock car tour, with 21 Cup wins.
But the durable racer, and physical fitness buff, is suddenly at a crossroads, at age 49.
Last weekend his amazing ironman run of consecutive tour starts ended at 704, after team owners Brad Daugherty and Tad Geschickter decided to put AJ Allmendinger in the car, to see if a change at the wheel might give the team a different perspective on the car itself.
Labonte's rep is as a smart, conservative racer who doesn't tear up equipment.
Allmendinger, on the other hand, has a more daring rep. He has rebounded well from last summer's suspension, did a good job for Roger Penske in the Indy 500, and he's currently trying to land a full-time Sprint Cup ride.
Allmendinger finished 19th for Daugherty/Geschickter at Michigan and 22nd for Daugherty at Kentucky. For the year Labonte, discounting those three engine failures (Bristol, Texas and Sonoma), has averaged 23rd place finishes. Daugherty and Geschickter are still winless on the Cup tour in their 4-1/2 years together.
Labonte is back in the car here.
But what next, well, that's unclear.
He's not happy about how things have been going. But Labonte, in his characteristic style, keeps it all low-keyed:
"You just take it one day at a time. I don't want to say 'No big deal,' because it is a big deal. But you can't make a big deal of it either, because at the end of the day it's really not that big of a deal."
Labonte, who didn't watch the Kentucky 400, last won on the tour in 2003, with Joe Gibbs. After the 2005 season, his 11th with Gibbs, Labonte moved on, next driving for Richard Petty for three years, finally signing on with Daugherty in 2011.
In that first race for Daugherty Labonte finished fourth in the Daytona 500 and played a key role in Trevor Bayne's surprise victory. However that's been the best finish the two have had in their 2-1/2 years together.
Team owner Brad Daugherty towers over everyone (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Just what's going on inside the team isn't clear, but clearly changes appear to be part of the new equation. And when the team owner puts another man at the wheel, odds are something is going to happen.
For the moment, though, Labonte is trying to keep cool about it all.
"We're just trying to get our team better," Labonte says. "We'll definitely know more as we go."
The last few weeks, he concedes, have been "tough...because I didn't think that was going to take place until later in the year."
The Kentucky swap was something of a surprise, since Labonte did a two-day test there with the team. "The best test we've been on.
"But we never got to put it to play.
"But there's a reason for everything...
"You just take it as it is and try to handle it as good as possible.
"I hate it happened. But if it helps our team out I think it's going to be a good thing. We've just got to make sure that it does."
So is Labonte now looking around for a new ride?
"I'm supportive of our team right now," he says.
AJ Allmendinger: on the comeback trail. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Bobby Hutchens, the team's competition director, says it's just tough playing this game as a one-team operation.
"We don't have anybody here in the garage to talk with about data, talk about the cars, talk about the engines, talk about the aero, and vehicle dynamics," Hutchens says. "Bringing AJ in was an opportunity for us to talk with someone who's driven several other team's cars, and give us a compare-and-contrast about where we are with our program.
"Think it was beneficial. We've had two good races with AJ so far. Think we learned some things. Hope Bobby will see that when we get to Loudon next week."
Is there a game plan for 2014? Hutchens demurs: "I'm just the competition side with the cars.
"You'll have to talk with Tad about the people and where he's headed there.
"I hope Bobby's here again. He's been a good friend of mine for a long time. We're trying desperately to put a good car under him every week...and unfortunately we struggled a few weeks doing that."
Of course Labonte and Hutchens aren't the only ones struggling this season. These new 2013s are so different and so aerodynamically sensitive that it takes an army of engineers to try to sort out the variables. And so far only Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson have been able to do that on a regular basis.
Even the Tony Stewart-Ryan Newman- Danica Patrick operation, with full Hendrick engineering, is struggling nearly every week.
"It's a tough sport, a very humbling sport, and that's the bottom line," Hutchens said. "We try to take a 5,000-foot picture every week of where we are and where we're headed and what we need to be doing.
"But from an engineering perspective it's very hard, because you're going against teams who have 60, 70 or 80 engineers, who can work on gadgets every week.
"When you're a small team, you have to pick your battles, and set your priorities. I try to look at the 10 things that could affect our performance the most and work on them.
"It's hard to attract the best personnel when you're in the position we are in the garage. That's not an excuse, it's just a fact of life.
"I've been in here a long time, like you, and seen a little bit of everything. And it's hard right now, from an engineering perspective, to be creative and still meet all the rules, and transfer that to speed out on the track.
"We've got a tight box (in rules), and it get's tighter every week. That's good in one respect, but I think it's hurt the racing in another respect.
"We don't have racing like we need, and we've got to work on that. These cars are way too aero dependent.
"We spend a lot of time and money in the wind tunnel, and we'll spend half our time at the track working on aero stuff -- to gain the most downforce and grip. It's almost a Chinese Puzzle. You have to pick and chose what's right for your team and what's right for your driver.
"That's why having AJ over, and getting a different perspective, can open up some avenues for Bobby as we go forward.
"What happens a lot in this garage is that so many of us are trying to play catch-up with Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth that we get off-base and forget some basic principles."
Bobby Hutchens, now competition director for Bobby Labonte's team (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
The 51 team is for sale, why not the 47 team and the 51 join forces. Seams like a smart move to me. Twice the money for R&D, two heads are better than one.
Well, it's my opinion that instead of trying to keep up with what all the other competitors, as far as what they do to win races, why don't you start thinking outside the box and come up with ideas of your own that work. It's always been my opinion that you don't get anything accomplished in anything that you do, unless you are willing to go the extra mile.
And as far as looking at Allmendinger, who you want to drive and have his opinion on how the other owners think, why don't you look at Bobby and ask him, who by the way has raced for many different teams.
What upsets me, is that you are trying to push Bobby out considering you are giving him nothing but crap to drive and yet let's put allmendinger IN !!! Now that's a smart move....NOT !!!
I would love to see JTG purchase Phoenix Racing and the 51. You then keep Bobby and also have the up and comer in AJ. This team does not start and park. They are trying to compete. The problem Nascar now has is they are more about engineering and less about racing. The 48 has proven that engineering is how you dominate. I believe Jimmy can drive, but Chad Knaus is the reason they are dominant. Nascar is going the sport they have worked so hard to build
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The protagonists of Oscar Hijuelos's
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enjoy a similar
intersection with TV notoriety. Cesar and
Nestor Castillo, two Cuban musicians, get a few minutes of exposure
on the
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star Desi Arnaz. For a short while their band, The Mambo Kings,
enjoys more prominent gigs at classy hotels and ballrooms, and
can charge a few hundred dollars more for performances. They
release an album that sells 10,000 copies and go on a cross-
country tour.
But the sitcom fame soon fades, and tragedy takes its place.
The melancholy trumpeter Nestor dies in an automobile accident
while returning from a performance, and his older brother Cesar
is overcome with a sense of guilt, fearing that he may have been
responsible for his sibling's death. Cesar can't seem to get his life,
or music career, back on track after this loss of his closest family
member and colleague. He struggles to find his bearings, working
for a time as a merchant sailor and later as an apartment building
superintendent. His few moments of release come through booze,
women and, with less and less frequency, music.
But the brothers enjoy a kind of eternal youthfulness, if only in the
form of reruns in syndication. Again and again, the siblings knock
on the door of the Lucille and Ricky Ricardo residence, get invited
in, and a few minutes later show up with the Cuban TV star on the
bandstand to perform the song "Beautiful Maria of My Soul." As
the years pass by, the contrast between the youthful Mambo Kings
on screen and the quasi-grotesque reality, one brother dead and the
other succumbing to the most self-destructive impulses, grows
more marked and charged with pathos.
Other novelists have written about musicians and bands, but
Hijuelos is especially skilled at capturing the magical, trans-
formative power of song. This quality, bordering on the
irrational, somehow manages to turn a few people into stars,
others into mere stargazers. Nestor Castillo is ambivalent about
this power and, before his untimely death, still laments his lost
love and simpler life back in Cuba. Cesar, in contrast, draws his
self-esteem and pride from what music can give him—influential
friends, good times and, above all, accommodating female fans.
But which is the real Mambo King? Is it the flamboyant Cesar
on stage, with his flashy outfits and fancy dance steps? Or is it
the brooding Cesar who retires to his basement retreat with a
bottle of whiskey and a growing list of regrets? Give Hijuelos
credit for not trying to answer this question, and it's not clear
that even his protagonists understand where they are heading or
what they really want out of life. Much of the appeal of
Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
comes from this stark contrast
between the private melancholy off-stage and the adrenaline jolt
of on-stage glory.
I'm tempted to describe this as the tension between fantasy and
reality, yet part of the magic of music stems from its sporadic
and unpredictable ability to breach the border between the two.
A few superstars in our midst are empowered, by their songs, to
turn their fantasies into reality, and much of our fascination with
these celebrities draws on our voyeuristic desire to see how such
hubris is rewarded (or punished), whether fame empowers or
degrades. Hijuelos lets us watch this playing out at a micro level,
and learn what that tiny Warholian dose of notoriety does, both
to the brother who seizes it and the one who looks on with
Hijuelos published this novel back in 1989, before the rise of
the Internet, and in a strange way the kind of disjunction between
mass media image and private life he explored in such detail is now
an element of everybody's life, not just celebrities but anyone old
enough to click and tweet. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and a host
of other web interfaces now serve as platforms for this carefully
crafted virtual world of the individual as web protagonist—what
J.G. Ballard predicted in 1977 when he anticipated the day when
"each of us will be both star and supporting player. Every one of
our actions during the day, across the entire spectrum of domestic
life, will be instantly recorded…In the evening we will sit back
to scan the rushes, selected by a computer trained to pick out only
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expressions filmed through the kindest filters."
This is the modern breed of inauthenticity, a distinctly new kind
of existential dilemma requiring technology for its manifestation.
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Nestor Castillo a black-and-white TV set was all it took. As a
result the key takeaway of this novel, the heady mixture of
exhilaration and angst experienced by the Mambo King, set in
motion by a 1950s sitcom, hasn't aged or gone out-of-date—just
like those two brothers knocking on the door of the Ricardo
residence. In other words, Hijuelos may have been one of the
first to discover a new kind of sadness, a melancholy possible
only when we gaze longingly at our mass media alter ego, that
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House Republicans want to slash President Barack Obama's emergency spending request for the border, speed young migrants back home to Central America, and send in the National Guard.
The proposals Wednesday morning amounted to a rebuke of Obama's proposed solution to the crisis on the Southern Border. They put the House on a collision course with the Democratic-run Senate, and increased the likelihood that congressional efforts to address the crisis on the Southern Border, where unaccompanied kids and teens have been showing up by the tens of thousands, will end in stalemate.
Moreover it was not clear if the House would be able to approve the proposal rolled out Wednesday by a working group established by Speaker John Boehner.
Conservative lawmakers voiced objections, and Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana said Boehner told Republicans he was undecided about bringing the plan to the floor because he doesn't know if there are enough votes to pass it.
Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala, said he couldn't support it, complaining that Obama has turned the U.S. into the "world's sugar daddy."
Several GOP lawmakers said the House plan would cost about $1.5 billion, compared to Obama's original $3.7 billion request for more immigration judges, detention facilities and other resources to deal with unaccompanied kids.
A plan by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski would cost $2.7 billion.
But the biggest conflict between the House and Senate is not over costs, but policy instead.
Mikulski, D-Md., said she was omitting from her legislation any changes to a 2008 trafficking victims law that Republicans say has contributed to the crisis by allowing Central American youths to stay in this country indefinitely while awaiting far-off court dates.
Republicans are demanding changes in that law as the price for approving any money for the crisis.
"Modifications to the law can be done to expedite the process while ensuring proper protections are in place for the children who need them," said Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, who led Boehner's working group.
The result looks like a stalemate, with little time left to resolve it because Congress' annual August recess is just around the corner.
"Unfortunately, it looks like we're on a track to do absolutely nothing," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said.
It comes even as Homeland Security officials are pleading again for action, saying overstressed border and immigration agencies will run out of money in the next two months. "Doing nothing in Congress is not an option," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Tuesday.
More than 57,000 minors have arrived since October, mostly from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
The 2008 law guarantees them judicial hearings, which in practice allows them to stay in this country for years -- before any deportation can be carried out -- because of major backlogs in the immigration court system.
Republicans want the law changed so that unaccompanied Central American children can be treated like those from Mexico, who can be sent back by Border Patrol agents unless they can demonstrate a fear of return that necessitates further screening. Republicans say that's the only way to send a message to parents in the Central American nations that there's no point in sending their children on the arduous journey north.
White House officials have indicated support for such changes but have sent mixed signals, under pressure from immigration advocates who say they would amount to sending kids fleeing vicious gang violence back home to their deaths. Some Democrats initially were open to such changes but most are now strongly opposed.
"I'm very reluctant to change the law because I think these children face death, murder, vicious abuse, persecution, if they are returned," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said.
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If there was one British practice that we should have retained before ousting them from our shores centuries ago, it surely is afternoon tea. I can't think of a better way to spend the hazy hours between lunch and dinner than indulging in warm tea with clotted cream-slathered scones. As much as I adore the practice, I've only been to tea exactly two times in my life. On both occasions I was in a fancy hotel in Saigon [See: Caravelle and Park Hyatt] and on both occasions I missed out on crumpets. Sure, there were dainty finger sandwiches and adorable petit fours, but sadly, not a single crumpet graced my three-tiered towers.
I finally had the pleasure of tasting a coveted crumpet while in Seattle. Opened in 1976 by Gary Lasater and Nancy McFaul, The Crumpet Shop has become a city institution. While crumpets aren't traditionally eaten for breakfast, The Astronomer, Rosalind, and I thought they'd be perfectly pleasant in the morning. We snagged a table near the kitchen, granting us the opportunity to spy on the unknowing chap performing his crumpet making duties.
Crumpets are the result of a simple yeast batter meeting a hot griddle and circular molds. The spilled-over batter is scraped off to create a neat disc. The surface is spongy and porous, which allows butter and jam to seep into every little hole. The texture is similar to an English muffin, but a bit doughier and more substantial.
On our first visit to The Crumpet Shop, we shared two crumpets with butter and fresh preserves ($1.95). Each one was toasted to order and buttered up nicely. The marmalade was full of zesty bits and bitter enough to remind us that we were eating a whole orange with a bit of sugar rather than the opposite.
The gooseberry jam offered two firsts in one bite—my first crumpet and my first gooseberry! Taste-wise, the jam was better balanced than the marmalade.
The Astronomer and I returned to The Crumpet Shop a few days later for an afternoon snack. This time around, we sampled a savory one. The warm crumpet came topped with a thick spread of ricotta cheese, house-made pesto, and shredded ham ($4). The highlight was the subtle and creamy ricotta. I don't think I've ever been so taken by ricotta cheese.
I loved my crumpet experience so much that I purchased crumpet molds from Amazon as soon as I arrived home. I cannot wait to have afternoon tea in my apartment with fresh crumpets and jam served on the brand-new China from the wedding registry. Good times ahead.
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Firefighters saved a woman who fell between two buildings in Santa Ana Monday night, officials said.
Officials reported about 6:45 p.m. a woman fell 25 feet between two buildings at West Edinger Avenue and South Main Street in Santa Ana.
The woman tried to jump from the roof of an abandoned store to the roof of a strip mall, Orange County Fire Spokesperson Steve Concialdi told NBC4.
The 28-year-old woman was stuck in an 18-inch wedge, and 30 firefighters spent more than an hour between the walls before they were finally able to pull her out, officials said.
The woman could be seen speaking with firefighters and appeared to be alert. Firefighters put her on a stretcher as she was lowered to the ground from the roof.
It was not clear why she was on the roof or jumping between the buildings.
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The teams have brought their favorite foods with them to Brazil, but are also expected to follow a strict diet. Italy packed Parmesan, olive oil and prosciutto. The United States brought oatmeal, Cheerios, peanut butter and A1 Steak Sauce. The Mexican team, of course, required a little more spice. El Tri traveled with the ingredients for pozole, along with chile peppers, chipotle chiles and nopales -- or cactus.When it comes to World Cup food, teams aren't willing to leave anything to chance. They expect their players to have top nutrition, and also want them to enjoy some favorites so they are comfortable and at their best when it's time to play.For the Azzurri, attention to culinary detail is nothing new. The Italians are particular about their pasta. "Pasta is our preferred fuel, and before matches we play with the tricolore: pasta (white), tomato (red) and extra virgin olive oil (green)," explained Italy team nutritionist Elisabetta Orsi, referring to the country's flag colors.With everything else taking up suitcase space, the Italians left their bottled water back home this time because of the high cost to bring it, even though the federation has a water sponsor. For England, ketchup once again is allowed on the menu by coach Roy Hodgson after predecessor Fabio Capello banned the condiment.Italy and the United States have put a greater emphasis into nutrition under new coaches, each carefully planning meals with the guidance and direction of a dietitian or nutritionist and a chef. For Italy, even the medical staff might offer input to well-known team chef Claudio Silvestri, who has his own TV commercials.Everything is planned carefully based on the climate, availability of fresh fruit and vegetables, and other conditions. "Generally, the nutritionist establishes a dietary plan for the squad based on the type of training necessary match by match," Orsi said. "The physicians are responsible for pointing out problems with individual players so the nutritionist can formulate a specific diet."Long before the U.S. team traveled to Brazil this month, chef Bryson Billapando and sports performance dietitian Danielle LaFata visited the team's hotels in Sao Paulo, Natal, Manaus and Recife to scour the kitchens and dining spaces and scout food options. Avocados for this group are a must. The Americans go through an average of a case a day.Coach Jurgen Klinsmann loves a diet of fresh, organic vegetables -- pesticide-free and flavored with herbs and spices instead of fatty options such as butter and oil. Between 80 percent and 90 percent of the foods served are made from scratch. While the Americans had an on-site chef in South Africa four years ago, this is the first time one has been part of the lead up to the tournament.Klinsmann is particular in all aspects of his team's performance, and he and LaFata speak daily. "He's very involved," LaFata said. "I think he's more nutrition conscious than myself sometimes."Color rules. Each meal includes two cooked vegetables featuring two colors, then players are encouraged to add more variety from fruit and the salad bar. In the land of flowing Caipirinha cocktails, the 36-year-old LaFata even makes her version of "spa water" with herbs and fruit to cut down on the juice intake. The 5-foot LaFata pulls around a square cooler on wheels that's nearly as big as she is, filled with fresh fruit. "They're big juice drinkers," she said, noting the suggested coffee limit is three cups per day.There's an emphasis on hydration and the right number of calories at the right time. LaFata makes pre-workout energy shooter drinks, then personally blends smoothies for each player after games -- geared toward body weight and time played. Even those who don't get in exert themselves during warmups before and throughout matches.Billapando and LaFata can be responsible for feeding as many as 50 people each day when it comes to the 23-man roster, coaching staff, medical and training staffs, and support personnel. "The level we want to take this to, it's going to be as high as we can take it because we never know what that 1 percent might be that takes us to the championship," Billapando said.The teams' care with food is well-founded. Last month, a Brazilian consumer defense agency said it discovered food past its expiration date in the hotels where Italy and England are staying during the World Cup. The Americans are glad they brought their own food and chef, and the players appreciate the added emphasis on nutrition."It's just been top notch," midfielder Kyle Beckerman said. "I think Jurgen's really taken the U.S. national team in terms of all of those things to another level. You just really trust in what you're eating. You know that whatever you're eating, it's giving you the best thing to recover and to be at your top level come practice or game time."
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The Plastics Academy is now accepting nominations for posthumous induction into the Plastics Hall of Fame — the highest honor bestowed in the plastics industry. The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), the plastics industry trade association, is cooperating with The Plastics Academy in administering the nominating process.
Nominations must be submitted by October 25, 2013. After an initial screening of the nominations by officers of The Plastics Academy, a committee of current Plastics Hall of Fame members will select up to five nominees for induction. The induction ceremony will take place during the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC 2014, to be held April 27-May 1 in Las Vegas.
"We encourage the nomination of those deceased individuals who contributed to the stature and growth of the plastics industry through their consistent dedication and extraordinary accomplishments," said Jay Gardiner, president of The Plastics Academy.
Those wishing to submit a nomination can download a nominating form and submit the completed form to Jane Mott-Palmer, executive assistant to the president/CEO at SPI, at [email protected].
Questions about the Plastics Hall of Fame and posthumous induction should be directed to Jay Gardiner, president of the Plastics Academy and head of Gardiner Plastics, Port Jefferson Station, NY, at [email protected] or 631-928-9098.
The Plastics Hall of Fame was founded in 1972 and is administered by The Plastics Academy. New living inductees are elected every three years by a majority vote of the living members of the Hall of Fame and are honored at the triennial NPE show. Between NPEs, posthumous inductees are honored.
Founded in 1937, SPI promotes growth in the $380 billion U.S. plastics industry. Representing nearly 900,000 American workers in the third largest U.S. manufacturing industry, SPI delivers legislative advocacy, market research, industry promotion, and the fostering of business relationships and zero waste strategies. From resin suppliers and equipment makers to processors and brand owners, SPI is proud to represent all facets of the U.S. plastics industry. SPI also owns and produces the international NPE trade show. All profits from NPE are reinvested into SPI's industry services.
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It's hard for me to get excited about an indoor trainer. If I'm riding a trainer, it usually means I've either done a poor job of time management and have no other alternative, or I'm being too much of a wuss to put up with the weather du jour. Fact of the matter is, trainers fill a necessary role in most cyclists' lives, and in the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine, I've found one that makes me feel like I'm actually pedaling a bike. For cyclocross racers, a good pre-race warm-up on a trainer is often the best, most focused way to prepare for an event, stay warm and keep your race rig mud-free a little longer.
I have a very tough time generating power on par with my outdoor rides during trainer workouts. Not only does the typical trainer ride feel inherently different and less smooth than riding outdoors, but I also just can't put out and hold even close to the same number of watts. That changed when I first tried Kurt Kinetic's lineup of trainers. To ride on the Road Machine feels realistic because Kurt Kinetic made sure that their resistance unit mirrors real-world responsiveness. They used a power meter to calibrate the resistance unit such that increasing speed feels just like it does outdoors on the road. The faster you go, the more difficult an increase in speed will be–just like the exponential relationship between speed and power due to wind resistance in the real world.
The result? I can cue a video of a cyclocross World Cup, crank up a fan and spin out a respectable-for-me tempo pace, throwing in the occasional steady-state efforts to spice things up. Even with the distractions, I still find than an hour is just about my mental limit when riding indoors, but I'm able to get a better quality workout on the Road Machine than I'm accustomed to with other, lesser fluid or mag-resistance trainers.
The Road Machine is the company's most versatile trainer platform. Sturdy construction will keep you in place during your all-out, out-of-saddle efforts, but it folds right up so that you can bring it with you to warm-up for your 'cross races. It's heavier than most portable trainers, but this speaks to the unit's sturdy, overbuilt construction, industrial cooling fins, larger roller and sealed fluid resistance unit.
It comes in Kurt Kinetic's bright grasshopper green color. Since most of my trainer workouts are in the basement, either at night or on horrible weather days, I welcome the splash of bright colors–but it may be too vibrant for some. The larger 2 1/8″ roller results in a bigger contact area patch with your tire and less tire wear. I definitely did have the tell-tale shiny stripe down the center of my road tire after several trainer sessions, but the wear was less pronounced and the tread less boxed than I've experienced with other trainers. Also, although I don't recommend putting your fancy tubulars on any trainer, I did warm-up with knobby cyclocross clinchers before a race and found that the trainer handled the dirt tires well and caused no noticeable wear after a single pre-race session.
The fluid resistance unit is guaranteed leakproof and the trainer comes with an unconditional lifetime guarantee and a crash replacement policy (man, I'd hate to have to explain how I managed to crash my trainer…) The Kinetic's resistance fluid is unaffected by heat and is so consistent that you can accurately measure riders' power outputs through a simple formula just by knowing how fast they're going. Spinning at 20mph? Then you know you're churning out 258 watts. Pretty cool!
Kurt Kinetic makes two Power Computers designed to go with their trainers–a $79.99 wired model or a $184.99 wireless model that adds heart rate, altimeter and %grade–that display your watts based on this conversion formula. Of course, the meters aren't directly measuring torque and power: they're converting based on your speed. Therefore, they'll only work while you're using the Kinetic trainer and not out on the road. But, as I tested with my PowerTap, as long as you have your wheel-with-tire circumference accurately programmed into the Kinetic Power Computer, the readings are spot on, easily within 2%. It's worth spending the 30 seconds on a roll-out measurement of your wheels' circumference rather than estimating; the settings pre-loaded on the computer for a 700×23 tire weren't close enough for an accurate reading.
The computers double as full-feature cyclo-computers, minus the wattage readings, off of the trainer too. So far the Kinetic Power Computers don't provide a method to download and analyze your trainer power data, but the company plans to introduce a model with this capability in spring 2010.
While these aren't full-fledged power meters, if you don't already have a power meter rigged up to your bike–which is the case for many people's 'cross rig–this is a good way to nail a prescribed pre-event warm-up or hit specific targets in the basement. And if you're also in the market for a general cyclo-computer, this could be your answer. Mind you, it doesn't have the full functionality of a power meter, but it's also $80 vs. over $1,000. Because the Kinetic computers are not directly measuring power, there's a slight lag before an effort to accelerate will register. Therefore, the computers are better-suited for gauging longer efforts (i.e. one minute plus) than for sprints.
Although the Power Computers can make a nice add-on, they really speak to the quality of the trainers. I find the fact that the trainers perform so consistently that such an easy, accurate conversion from speed to watts is even possible says a lot. In fact, if you already have a cyclo-computer on board, you can get a rough approximation of power and save yourself some money by printing out Kurt Kinetic's own mph vs. Power graphs. If you're looking for a do-everything, last forever indoor trainer that well simulates the feel of an outdoor ride, you should definitely consider the Road Machine.
Kurt Kinetic Road Machine MSRP $369.99
Wired Power Computer (tested) MSRP $79.99
(power while on trainer, current/min/max temperature, cadence, calories, speed, distance, backlight, etc.)
Wireless Power Computer MSRP $184.99
(adds altimeter and heart rate)
More information at http://www.kurtkinetic.com
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Phil Anselmo Issues Video Update During Hurricane Isaac [NSFW-Video]
Down frontman and metal icon Philip Anselmo issued a video update while smack dab in the middle of Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana. Anselmo initially issued the clip a few days ago, but the audio quality was poor and indiscernible. It has since been republished with better audio quality. Of course, Anselmo's description of the storm was peppered with eff bombs, but he provided a first-person perspective, and one that is uniquely Anselmo, of what life is like during a hurricane.
"Philip H. Anselmo here dealing with this f—ing a—hole Hurricane Isaac" is how he introduced the clip. Would you expect anything other than a blunt intro such as that? He referenced 60 mph winds and powerlines being downed, joking that he reverted to the medieval times… of YouTube! While things were dangerous, modern technology still managed to prevail for the time being.
He pointed out the trees hanging over his "prehistoric" swimming pool and called the storm "fun" with a bit of sarcasm in his voice. But he worried that if trees buckled and fell, it could put him and his home out of commission for a bit.
The Pantera legend is wearing a dark rain slicker that obscured most of his face, but there is no mistaking that booming voice of his. It's distinctly Philip, just like his point of view.
His ending salvo is his most simple and most poignant. "We deal with it here at Housecore Records…so f— it," he said.
What else can you do, right? When you are in the middle of a hurricane and in the eye of a storm, you just have to deal.
Who needs sanitized news reports when you can get a first person account from someone who's living through it?


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Day 2 - April 6
The second day of the festival dawned gray and with a steady rain that would continue not only throughout the day, but right on through the evening. While this doesn't make …
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The second day of the festival dawned gray and with a steady rain that would continue not only throughout the day, but right on through the evening. While this doesn't make for great exploring the town between screenings and events, it's pretty perfect movie-watching weather. And since there are 48 films being shown over the weekend, that's just the kind of weather I need.
12:15 p.m. – CinebistroThere's no other way to say this – the Cinebistro Theater, right in the heart of downtown Vail, is the swankiest movie theater I've ever been in. Full stop. It's one of those theaters where you can get full on meals to eat while you watch, and everything about it feels top of the line. This is not any kind of sponsored statement, just an observation that holy cow, this place is nice.
Film No. 2 – "Tribal Justice" There's a phrase that comes up numerous times in Anne Makepeace's documentary about the efforts of two Native American judges in California striving to make an impact for their tribes and people, and that phrase is "restorative justice."
As opposed to state judicial decisions that are more punitive in nature, especially in relations to Native American people, Yurok Judge Abby Abinanti and Quechan Judge Claudette White strive to use their positions to improve the lives of their people, and give those who need it all the help possible.
The film acknowledges the brutal and dehumanizing effect of "the invasion" – a term that is especially sobering as the descendent of European immigrants to this country – and how "civilizing" efforts of Christian Europeans lead to the stripping of tribal land, identity and oftentimes, removal of children from tribal culture.
Makepeace's film is imbued with a deep respect and affection for these cultures, and with a deep admiration for the work both judges are doing. It's difficult to not be moved by the film and its protagonists, as flawed as all are.
Both Abinanti and White are working with the California judicial system to take a stronger roll in helping their people, and "Tribal Justice" smartly goes for a hopeful ending, rather than a happy one. As one of the young people judge White has tattooed on his arm, "Every sinner has a future."
4:30 p.m. – 10th Mountain WhiskeyNow this is more like it.
Whiskey fans know it's one of the best drinks for warming one up after a cold, damp day, and the rustic wood and stone décor of 10th Mountain Whiskey makes for the perfect atmosphere for a more personal filmmaker experience. It's not as crowded as the opening event, and you can actually get to know some fellow attendees.
MORE: Vail Film Festival kicks off with a celebration of women filmmakers.
I have the opportunity to speak to actors, writers, directors, and producers, and to a person, there's a tremendous amount of passion and dedication about their work. These are not people who are phoning it in, or are in it for the paycheck or a shot a celebrity. Everyone has a story to tell, and they want to tell it.
Here's an introduction to some of these filmmakers and a few thoughts on their work and the impact of the film community. -Carolyn Kras, first place winner in the film festival's comedy screenwriting competition. Kras won for "New Reality," a workplace comedy about insourcing, inspired by an article she read on the situation that Disney and other companies are facing. In her screenplay, a woman finds out she's being laid off due to insourcing, and has to train her replacement, who is from China. A romance blossoms, and the main character has to decide if she wants to sabotage her replacement or let their relationship develop.
John Diack with Denver-based Noggin Sauce Pictures has signed on as a producer of the script, and they are looking for financing and a director.
"It's been a great experience to meet so many other filmmakers. As a writer, I love creating new characters, and it's great, because the characters often suprrise me as I keep writing them."
-Marc Messenger, first place winner in the festival's science fiction screenwriting competition.Messenger won for "Pull," a story based on his own experiences with his autistic son. The script follows an electrician who, while working in the tunnels under a city, comes across a lonely creature on whom gravity works in reverse. The pair form a bond that neither expects.
The script calls for some visual effects, so Messenger is currently working on the budgetary side of bringing the story to life and has been entering it in other festivals to meet other filmmakers.
"It's very stimulating to meet other filmmakers, particularly other writers, because I've been able to exchange screenplays at get some feedback, which is so important. Plus, you get to see great movies that you otherwise wouldn't be able to."
-Rebecca Brillhart, co-director of short feature "Uncle Silas," which is making it's Colorado premiere.Brillhart has been working in the film industry for years and came across the germ of this story as a part of the Collective Theater Company in New York City, of which she is a member.
The film tells the story of Maureen, who recently had a baby, and has to deal with her brother who shows up and is addicted to opioids. Understandably, tensions ensue as Maureen tries to deal with her family, new and old.
"There was eight months of workshopping to transition from a more theatrical aspect to one for the film world. And sadly, this kind of subject has become more and more relevant. This is our last festival stop, and it's kind of bittersweet, but it never gets tiring see the audience's response in real time."
-Isra Elsalihie, lead actor for short feature "The Invaders," which is making its world premiere. A theatrical actor by trade, Elsalihie, is just getting started exploring the film world. In the film, she plays a Muslim world who is followed on her way home.
Elsalihie comes from Swedish and Iraqi roots, and said she was able to use her personal experience on the character, including speaking one of the three languages she is fluent in for the film.
"I try to bring my personal experiences into my characters, and for her, I wanted to focus on a positive thing to go after, instead of simply reacting to fear. It's really exciting being here for the world premiere, and to see the audiences' reaction to the film for the first time."
-Rashel Mereness, third place winner in the film festival's tv series screenwriting competition.Mereness' screenplay is called "Boomtown," and is set in a silver mining town in the 1860s. She said she was inspired to write the piece because she's a fan of historical fiction, and she used to watch westerns with her dad.
She's considering the future of the project, as is considering several options, including trying to get a studio to produce it and trying to get it made herself.
"It's great to see this shift in the industry and especially at this festival, which celebrates women filmmakers."
Film No. 3 – "Mary Goes Round" There are actors where you see their work, and wonder why they're not among the biggest names in the business, and Aya Cash has been one of those actors for me for years, and if you have never watched her on FX's "You're the Worst," you're missing one of the most deeply layered and nuanced comedic performances on television. I'll have more to say about her tomorrow, as she's the festival's Excellent in Acting Award, so stay tuned for that.
In writer/director Molly McGlynn's debut film, "Mary Goes Round," Cash plays the titular Mary, an addiction counsellor in Toronto who is struggling with her own alcoholism. When her estranged father calls her out of the blue to meet her half-sister, Mary returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls and quickly discovers secrets about her family that she never expected.
Shot with a poet's eye for detail, and confidently and empathetically directed by McGlynn, this is a dream for fans of character work. As Robyn, Sara Waisglass brings a warmth that radiates from the screen, with startling eyes that communicate her every emotion. And as Lou, Melanie Nicholls-King damn near walks away with the film, bringing a wit and humanity to her character's every expression.
But there's no doubt that Cash is the star of the show, and she shows Mary's flaws, sense of humor and underlying understanding without the slightest feeling of sentiment. She can break your heart with a look, and this is expert, lived-in acting, and paired with this assured filmmaking, it shows everything Cash can do.
Pay attention to McGlynn, Cash and this film. They all get under your skin.
10 p.m. – Blue Starlite CinemaDespite the seemingly unending rain, we're in for a treat after the film wraps up. McGlynn and Cash have arrived at the theater and tell us a little about the experience of making the film and sharing it with audiences.
McGlynn explains that the movie is loosely inspired by her own relationship with her father, and that it explores the notion that people aren't defined by their mistakes.
"In the movie, one character says 'Good people do shitty things, and then they fix it,'" and that's really the foundation of the film," she said. "This is a film about fathers and daughters, and that's something I don't think we see enough."
Festival program director Jacqueline Jorgeson moderated the discussion and asked about Cash's uncanny ability to dig into characters who have messy emotional situations to deal with.
"I'm not sure if I just read as an incredibly damaged person or what," Cash said to lots of laughter. "But flawed people are certainly more interesting."
Cash was the actor McGlynn had in mind to play the character but didn't expect to be able to get her interested. But, as it turns out, Cash was incredibly moved by the script, and wanted to be involved.
"Shooting indies can be really grueling, so you have to hope it's with people you like," she said. "I'm game to do anything if it's with good people."
The interplay between Cash and McGlynn is joking and warm, and it's becomes clear "Mary Goes Round" is so good because of how well they work together. And McGlynn is already working on her next piece, though as any writer could tell you, it's always an arduous process.
"You would think the second feature would be easier, but starting on something new, it's like I learned literally nothing the first time," McGlynn said to uproarious laughter. "Oh yeah, writing is terrible."
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