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Welcome to The Total LIFE Diet and The Total LIFE Diet Centre.
My name is Shamala Ratnesar and I'm a dietitian, author and speaker based in Sydney, Australia. I love good food and I love life.
The great ancient Greek physician Hippocrates said 'Our food should be our medicine; our medicine should be our food'– and as dietitians that's what we do – we use food as medicine.
I'm also a food lover and believe that food is one of life's great pleasures – so I'm now on a mission to show everyone that healthy food can be delicious – and that you can enjoy great food and great health at the same time!
In this tumultuous world that we live in, I believe that there is hope for a healthier, happier life for everyone. No matter what your situation – it does not matter. Today is a new day and there is hope.
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So, what is a healthy, tasty and balanced diet? A healthy, balanced diet is not low-carbohydrate or high-carbohydrate, low-protein or excessively high in protein. It's moderate in carbohydrate, has substantial quantities of protein, is low in saturated fat and is rich in omega-3 fatty acids. It includes vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals, fibre and resistant starch and includes a wide variety of foods each day.
You can make healthy food taste delicious by using small amounts of good oil and lots of herbs, spices and low-fat flavourings.
Omega-3s are super-nutrients that are required by every one of us – from unborn babies through to seniors. Omega-3s work in multiple ways – at many different levels – to protect us, heal us, help with weight loss, improve our quality of life and can actually help to make us happier!
We all want to feel happy, and positive thinking is an important part of feeling good. If we think positive – believe we can do it – and take action – we can do just about anything – and that includes losing weight and keeping it off, lowering your blood cholesterol levels or beating diabetes.
Exercise or regular physical activity is a misunderstood word. You don't have to join a gym. If you enjoy gyms – sure – they can work for you. However, exercise can be as simple as walking, dancing, playing tennis, soccer or cricket. A regular brisk walk is one of the best fat burners – or you can enrol in a dancing class or even dance to your favourite music in your bedroom!

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Kanye West to release weekly songs until Dec.
Rapper tweets that tracks could be his or from collaboratorsNEW YORK -- Although his fifth album is slated to drop Nov. 16, Kanye West is tirelessly working to give his fans some weekly fun through the holidays. The rapper announced on Twitter Aug. 22 that he plans to release a new song "every weekend until Xmas."
"I'm calling it good Fridays. Yall know every Friday yall gone have a new joint from our family. We look at the game completely different now," West tweeted.
The rapper said that the new songs could be one of his own tracks or "it may be a new Jay song, etc." West is currently working on new tunes for several other artists, including Raekwon, Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell and Clipse's Pusha T.
"Swizz looked at me the other night and said man are you getting sleep and I told him I can't sleep... My people need this new music," West tweeted.
The rapper recently finished work on a remix of Justin Bieber's "Runaway Love" with Raekwon. West also released the remix of "Power," featuring Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, on Aug. 20, and premiered "See Me Now," a new track with Beyonce and Charlie Wilson, earlier this month.
"It's about the fans. No more holding back," said West. "That's why I dropped 'See Me Now'... It wasn't about me it was about the Summer the BBQs etc."
West is set to perform at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 after infamously interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at last year's ceremony. He also tweeted a vague update this morning (Aug. 23) that he is "working on the Movie... Unicorns and Rza beats yo."


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When I met Joohi and Mark I left smiling from ear to ear. Why? Because they are infectious. Joohi has this awesome love of life and Mark is so head over heels he just looks at her in amazement. I knew I would love this wedding and love it I did.
It was such a beautiful day and for that I was grateful, Joohi's parents came all the way from India for the first trip to Ireland so it was great for them to experience the day without our usual rain.
Although Mark and Joohi are together just 2 years, they both knew very quickly that they were made for each other. After only a couple of visits to Mayo meeting Mark's family, his mother told him he needed to marry this girl. On the other side, at a very young age Joohi sat at home drawing a picture, when her dad asked his young daughter what she was drawing she said it was her husband. To his amusement however, the husband she drew had blonde hair and blue eyes, few and far between in India he knew and he quizzed where she had seen this. On the tv Joohi said. Years later, here in the Emerald Isle she found her blue eyed boy, and I was blessed with the honour of documenting their wedding.
The Spa Hotel in Lucan is a gem, of course I love that it is so close to home but it gives so much more than expected. The reception room is possibly one of the most glamorous in Dublin, the food is exceptional and the wooded gardens out front give the most amazing options for photos. The day was planned to perfection, so much so that Joohi and Mark were ready for the meal to be called early, which almost never happens.
Joohi topped off a perfect day by changing into another beautiful dress once she and Mark enjoyed their first dance. As she took to the floor the dj decided to play some Indian inspired music and along with her mother and father Joohi danced like her life depended on it. The guests gathered and cheered, amazed by the talent.
I walked out the door leaving a dancefloor full behind me, knowing that this day would be one that will stay with me for a very long time. Joohi and Mark, I wish you both every happiness, I hope Joohi continues to be so infectious people have no choice but to smile and I hope Mark always has that schoolboy who got the girl charm, worshipping every step Joohi takes.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- State police are asking for assistance in their investigation into an incident last week where a Bridgeport police officer fatally shot a 15-year-old.
Connecticut State Police have assumed the investigation of the death of Jayson Negon, 15, who was shot and killed on Tuesday, May 9 by Officer James Boulay, according to police. Negron was shot after police said he was cornered while driving a stolen car, and that he accelerated quickly and hit at least one officer.
Police are requesting anyone who may have video recordings, still photos or witness testimony of the incident or scene to contact them. They can be contacted at (203) 696-2569. You can also text TIP711 and any information to 274637.
Late last week video surface on social media that appeared to show Negron lying handcuffed on the street after being shot.
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Members of the ACLU of Connecticut joined lawmakers in a press conference Tuesday to demand answers in the case and call for police reform legislation.
"The Bridgeport Police Department's many self-contradictions in the aftermath of Jayson Negron's death raise serious questions about the department's policies, transparency, training, and accountability," said David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut. "We are calling for the Bridgeport Police Department to, at minimum, immediately release department policies and Officer Boulay's training history to the public."
McGuire said that Negron's death was preventable, and that the state legislature has not done enough to enact police reform.
""Bridgeport must fix the problems in its own police department, and Connecticut must adopt statewide police reform. We will not be able to solve these difficult problems overnight, but we refuse to accept the idea that Connecticut is destined to repeat this cycle of fatal encounters with police and racial disparities in policing, which leave some of our communities over policed and under protected."
On Wednesday morning, the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association pushed back against statements made by the ACLU.
"The Connecticut Police Chiefs Association is astonished that the ACLU, an organization which proposes to fight for justice and civil liberties, denies a police officer the same rights while rushing to judge a tragic shooting death in Bridgeport by calling the event police misconduct before the facts are compiled and the independent investigation completed and reviewed by a state's attorney,". said John L. Salvatore, chief of the Monroe Police Department and president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association.
"The ACLU struggles to identify misconduct in Connecticut Policing with references to a flawed and biased survey conducted by their questionably trained interns, exaggerated representations of police community interactions, most of which occur out of state, anecdotal references to police behavior, which are supported by little if any facts, with repeated calls to the legislature of police reform."
"Reform of what? We have a statewide civilian complaint process that appears to work. There has been no sustainable incident of anyone wishing to file a complaint against police who has been denied such right. Connecticut Police are well trained and are regularly reviewed and recertified as officers. Of course, there is always a need and desire by most police chiefs and departments to continuously improve services to their respective communities and, there are times when mistakes are made or inappropriate behavior by a minority of offices occur, but they are addressed and not swept under the rug as inferred by the ACLU."
The passenger in the car at the time Negron was shot, identified as 21-year-old Julian Fyffe, has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the city of Bridgeport, Boulay, and Bridgeport Police Chief AJ Perez, according to Fox 61.
Related story: Passenger files lawsuit against Bridgeport in officer-involved shooting
Fyffe was also shot in the incident, and was treated at Bridgeport Hospital for his injuries. In an interview with Fox 61, he said that the car was not stolen and that Negron was trying to cooperate with officers when he accidentally drove in the wrong direction.
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"For mosquitoes, body odour is obviously the smell of choice."
It has come to this. I know hardly anybody is thinking about mosquitoes right now. But they feature in a nifty bit of entertainment tonight that is an exercise in pop science. Do mosquitoes prefer the body odour of ladies or gents? That sort of thing.
Such material is neither easily done nor an easy sell to viewers at a time when it seems a lot of television and about 70 per cent of what's on the Internet is telling you pop-science factoids to make you feel knowledgeable and smart. Hence the plethora of people at social gatherings who claim to know that green tea will cure every ailment known to the human race. Or maybe it's a diet of rice pudding and Gatorade. Or something similar. But I digress.
There's so much pop-science info around that, really, only a certain kind of host can make it all seem interesting and plausible. Such a person hosts tonight's pop-science thing. Pay attention to her. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the next TV science-nerd star, one Jennifer Gardy.
The Nature of Things: Myth or Science (CBC, 8 p.m.) is hosted by the phenomenally perky Gardy, a B.C. molecular biologist who gives her absolute all to explore whether some popular myths are science fact or science fiction, such as: drinking alcohol on a cold day warms you up; eating grilled meat can increase your risk of cancer; mosquitoes prefer ladies. Things that your mother told you, or that were asserted breezily in 400 words on a news site on your computer, and you read before checking your e-mail.
So then – it's true that a rosemary marinade is a good idea if you're grilling meat. Red wine is definitely good for you. Fine and dandy. But, do you actually lose most of your body heat through your head? And is it true that if you eat slowly it will help you lose weight? For answers to those questions, you'll have to watch.
And while you watch, you will note that at one point Gardy partially disrobes, gets drunk and giggles. At another point she is in a bikini and immersed in freezing water. Then she's standing around in her bikini shivering. To note this is not to be sexist at all. Everything I've described is done in the name of science. Science, I tell you.
"Hey, science chick" is how Gardy is addressed at one point on her journey to bust some myths about science and medicine. The speaker is competitive food eater Dave (Coondog) O'Karma, and while it might seem disrespectful, it's apt. And Gardy responds with a laugh.
Gardy, who leads the Genome Research Laboratory at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver, has done some TV before. She is one of those figures who fit the perceived television model for science host – chipper, pithy and comely. (There's a touch of Zooey Deschanel of New Girl about Gardy, to be honest.) She is one very media-friendly scientist.
A few weeks ago, her workout routine was featured in this newspaper. And a couple of years ago, she wrote the Nerd Girl blog for the Globe's globecampus.com. In the blog, she once wrote, memorably, "I have finally reached the pinnacle of Canadian science communication – I have summited Mount Suzuki and have a one-off gig hosting The Nature of Things."
She is back, obviously. The upshot is, I'm pretty sure we're going to be seeing a lot more of this molecular biologist on TV. The new Suzuki, perhaps. Mind you, I have no idea where she stands on renewable energy. And yet, on the other hand, we've never seen David Suzuki get all giggly-tipsy in the name of science, have we? Or did I miss that?
Never mind. Watch this Nature of Things and you'll understand everything. The tastes of mosquitoes. The assertion that we'll be seeing more of the host. Everything.
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Department of updates and clarifications In answer to your questions, I can report that Sun News Network pundit Ezra Levant's glasses were indeed returned to him by the scamp who took them at the Occupy Toronto site at 4 a.m. The glasses were missing for only a very short time. I should have made that clear. Also, in Tuesday's column, I gave the impression that this season of This Hour Has 22 Minutes was shortened. It isn't. It has 22 episodes. I was thinking of last year when only 13 episodes ran.
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Our own Signature Events include the Heroes Ball, the St. Joseph's Annual Golf Classic at Old Memorial, the Annual Georgette's Celebrity Holiday Fashion Show, and Christmas in July. Each year we also are fortunate to partner with community organizations who conduct events to benefit St. Joseph's Hospitals. Event sponsors and partners receive recognition benefits in appreciation of their generous participation.
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Garmin GTN 750 Training
The Garmin GTN 750 is a touchscreen GPS/NAV/Com that features both touchscreen and traditional concentric knobs. Backed by decades of proven technology, the Garmin GTN 750 features WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) as well as traffic, weather, terrain, and more.
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The GTN 750 features GPS, NAV, and COM all in one package. It can also function as a multifunction display (MFD), which can display terrain, flight plan, weather, and traffic data.
The touchscreen interface allows quick access to all the useful features provided by the GTN 750. Unlike the traditional knob-oriented devices, the touchscreen provides an intuitive approach to controlling your avionics. No more large knob/small knob/right turn/left turn sequences to remember! If you see something, simply touch it to select it. Data entry, flight planning, and comm tuning has become so easy and intuitive with this unit.
The GTN 750 has built-in gripping points on the bezel and lower edge of the display to help you stabilize your fingers even in turbulent conditions.
Navigation on the GTN 750
Flight plan navigation has become a much simpler task thanks to the new interface of the flight plan page. You can easily load routes, victor and jet airways, and user waypoints. For deviations, you can use the simple "rubber band" feature to amend your flight plan. Direct-To and activating legs is as easy as touching the flight plan waypoint you want and then touching the desired function.
This WAAS-certified, 15 channel GPS receiver generates 5 position updates per second. This allows you to fly GPS-guided LPV approaches down to as low as 200 feet.
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The GTN 750 has the latest technology, but it also features traditional VHF navigation capabilities, including a 200-channel VOR/ILS with localizer and glideslope. The GTN preloads NAV frequencies and auto selects the NAV source for ILS approaches when you load procedures. Roll-steering outputs allow the GPS to be coupled to autopilots so the instrument procedures can be flown automatically. These roll-steering commands allow for the use of all ARINC 424 legs types, except RF legs. This also allows for fully coupled missed approaches as well as heading legs.
The GTN 750 has a 2,280-channel VHF communications transceiver with 10 watts (or optional 16 watts) of power output. Users can select from 25 kHz and 8.33 kHz channel spacing. To set the standby frequency, simply touch the number on the onscreen number pad. Another touch allows you to transfer the active and standby frequencies. The GTN 750 also provides quick access to recent and favorite frequencies. Holding down the volume knob will automatically dial in the emergency frequency.
The GTN as a Multi-Function Display
This high-tech receiver functions as an MFD bringing enhanced situational awareness. The moving map displays topography features including cities, airports, terminal areas, and special use airspace.
TAWS (Terrain Awareness and Warning System) is an optional feature that provides warnings for terrain hazards. Smart Airspace automatically highlights airspace close to your current altitude.
Garmin SafeTaxi functions as a live airport diagram showing you geo-referenced runways, taxiways, FBOs, and hangars.
Garmin offers a dual-link GDL 88 (Garmin Data Link) which provides the GTN with the capability to display up to 60 ADS-B traffic targets. TargetTrend relative motion technology provides a more intuitive way to view traffic relative to your position. SURF technology displays ADS-B equipped surface targets on the SafeTaxi airport diagrams – including taxiing aircraft and ground vehicles.
The GDL 88 also provides access to the FAA's subscription-free FIS-B weather broadcasts. This free service includes access to graphical NEXRAD radar information, as well as NOTAM's, METARs, and TAFs.
The optional GDL 69/69A datalink receiver provides access to subscription-based XM satellite weather and SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
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- Display Resolution: 600 x 708 pixels
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- Weight: 9.3 lb (4.24 kg)
- Voltage Range: 11-33
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There are amazing people in the world.
Brave people, like Victoria Soto, the 27 year-old first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., who ushered her students into a closet, and put her body between them and the shooter. "She was found huddled over her children, her students, doing instinctively what she knew was the right thing," said her cousin Jim Wiltsie.
People who are wise in the way of compassion, like Robbie Parker, the 30 year-old father of Emilie, age six, one of the victims at Sandy Hook. Saturday afternoon, he faced a crowd of reporters and resisted the temptation to speak of hate and revenge; instead, he projected empathy with these words: "It's a horrific tragedy, and we wanted everyone to know that our hearts and prayers go out to all of them. This includes the family of the shooter. I can't imagine how hard this experience must be for you and want you to know that our family and our love and support go out to you as well."
Compassion is not the providence of only the mature, evidenced as Parker described his daughter: "My daughter Emilie would be one of the first ones to be standing and giving her love and support to all those victims, because that's the type of person she is . . . I can't count the number of times that Emilie noticed someone feeling sad or frustrated and would rush to find a piece of paper to draw them a picture or to write them an encouraging note."
Another mass shooting and what can be said? That we are saddened beyond measure and question the senselessness of it? Definitely. That we need to do more about mental illness. Certainly. That we must do something to curb the easy access to guns. Absolutely. But we've said all that before.
Friday afternoon, President Obama delivered a statement on the tragedy, and said, "We have endured too many of these tragedies." I thought of the line in the song Bob Dylan wrote 50 years ago, "How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?" I have a small sense that the shooting in Newtown is the tipping point, and that maybe, finally, too many people have died.
This weekend, we are a nation in mourning. But perhaps we have mourned enough over these many senseless deaths, perhaps we have spoken enough of the words we always speak in the aftermath . . .
Dylan Thomas, the great Welsh poet, once wrote a poem in memory of a child killed by fire, presumably from the German bombing of London during World War II. He refused to mourn, he wrote, and yet he did. In expressing his stubbornness about the act of mourning, though, he is telling us that to feel sadness, regret, at death is only grief, and that loss of even a single life demands something more than merely that. He does not tell us what exactly, however, I suspect that this Dylan, too, would say the answer is blowing in the wind . . .
A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London
by Dylan Thomas
Never until the mankind making
Bird beast and flower
Fathering and all humbling darkness
Tells with silence the last light breaking
And the still hour
Is come of the sea tumbling in harness
And I must enter again the round
Zion of the water bead
And the synagogue of the ear of corn
Shall I let pray the shadow of a sound
Or sow my salt seed
In the least valley of sackcloth to mourn
The majesty and burning of the child's death.
I shall not murder
The mankind of her going with a grave truth
Nor blaspheme down the stations of the breath
With any further
Elegy of innocence and youth.
Deep with the first dead lies London's daughter,
Robed in the long friends,
The grains beyond age, the dark veins of her mother,
Secret by the unmourning water
Of the riding Thames.
After the first death, there is no other.
You can do something in the wake of this terrible incident. You can go to the White House website and sign the petition (in the site's own words) "to force the Obama Administration to produce legislation that limits access to guns." It's a beginning . . .


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Lottery sales continue their precipitous decline.
As Stephens Media noted, sales in September were down $9 million. The story didn't note that sales were $39 million in September 2011, meaning a whopping 23 percent drop. Cost-cutting helped keep net for scholarships closer to target, but all the talk of new $20 scratchoff games and rebound of this gimmick or that gimmick doesn't cover the inexorable drop in year-to-year monthly results. The lottery, only three years old, "matured" even faster than anyone dreamed. Plus, there's talk of new competition from Mississippi. Plus, the only way to increase revenue is more games, more marketing and more access to gambling. These come with expenses in every case, including societal.
Inevitably, the amount awarded for individual lottery scholarships will decline further. Or the legislature will change the rules so that fewer qualify. The latter solution, if adopted, would favor higher income students, because any test- or grade-based criteria inevitably will track economic condition of the students.
Bill Halter, who championed the lottery's creation, is still right. If the lottery is to be of benefit to Arkansas — and that's an evolving debate — it must help more, not fewer, students and it must be aimed at attracting and keeping people in college who were less likely to attend or graduate. A subsidy for those most likely to succeed will undoubtedly be popular with the lucky ducks and their families, but do markedly less for the state's low attainment in higher education.
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I've ready every page of pinned thread, I promise, but I'm not quite clear on something. If someone lives in Taiwan for 3 years, and gets married at that point, can they apply for citizenship? Or, do you actually need to be married for 3 years, living in Taiwan while married before you can do that? Someone seemed to raise this point earlier, but I never saw a resolution. In reading the law (English), it reads as if living in Taiwan 3 years and being married (regardless of time spent married) makes you eligible to apply.
The other questions revolve around the process of renouncing US citizenship and taxes/tax liability, but I don't want to clutter up this thread with those so if anyone has any experience with this please PM me.


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Brian Wood, of Davistown, Jimmy Truong of St John's Park, and Con Koutsoukos of Wiley Park, all pleaded guilty to various offences related to operating the scheme called the Integrity Plus Fund, including making false statements to investors.
Between December 2004 and December 2007 the Integrity Plus scheme raised more than $30 million from about 270 investors. ASIC obtained injunctions from the Supreme Court of NSW against Wood in December 2007, and Truong and Koutsoukos and others in February 2008, preventing the operation of Integrity Plus and securing funds for investors.
Appearing in the Sydney District Court on Monday, Mr Wood was sentenced to 3 years 11 months imprisonment, to serve a minimum term of 2 years 6 months. Mr Truong and Mr Koutsoukos were both sentenced to 2 years 8 months imprisonment, to serve minimum terms of 2 years.
'The motive for the actions of each offender is clearly greed … the offences occurred over an extended period. Significant planning was involved to present the business as a legitimate and profitable one and to entice investors into the scheme via seminars,' Judge Syme said.
Prior to their jailing all three men entered into separate enforceable undertakings with ASIC not to provide financial services and to manage companies, for a combined total of 45 years.
ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said, 'This outcome sends a very clear message that those who misuse funds entrusted to them by others face serious consequences.'
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Howard Frank Mosher
From North Country
(Houghton Mifflin, 1997)
I'd met Ti René late the night before in a Quebec roadhouse with a wide open topless bar attached, where I'd stopped for a beer. The bartender had recommended him to me as an "outlaw" Quebecois bush pilot, a notorious smuggler, who might take me up for a bird's-eye view of the border the next morning.
"No problem," Ti René said between joking conversations in French with strippers young enough to be his daughters. "Just don't write where you found me, to Ti René's late name."
René gave a great booming laugh. At six foot six and somewhat over three hundred pounds, he seemed to derive great pleasure from the irony of his nickname, Ti, which is French Canadian for "Junior" or "little" -- Little René!
Now, as we continued to climb higher, I pointed down at a narrow cut through the trees far below. "Is that the border?" I called out over the engine noise.
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"The border."
"Oh, that -- " with a contemptuous wave of one huge hand. "Yes. But the air is free, there is no border up here. Still, I will give you a good look at the line on the ground, eh?"
With a wicked grin, René abruptly rolled the de Havilland over onto its side, pointed his left wing tip at the boundary and plummeted down toward it. The landscape tilted sickeningly as it rose to meet us. But René laughed and whacked my knee with his ham of a hand and shouted, "Look off at the horizon and the dizziness will pass! Ti likes to play with the plane, eh?"
On the way back up, after tracking the border a hundred or so feet above the trees for a few miles, then losing sight of it altogether in a morass of spruce swamps and beaver ponds, René said dismissively, "Canada, the U.S., the U.S., Canada -- it is all about the same, right? You know what the line here is called: the friendliest border in the world. I think so myself."
The border, as it turned out, has run through René's family like a genealogical line for the past three generations. Like many another turn-of-the-century Quebecois farmer, his grandfather emigrated to northern New England and bought a small, rundown dairy operation. He milked a dozen cows, did a little carpentry and lumbering for his neighbors, played his fiddle at local barn dances, and, during Prohibition, augmented his income by running Canadian whiskey across the line in a Model A with a homemade truck bed attached. Then grandpere had an inspiration. He traded one of his woodlots for a broken-down biplane, coaxed it into running order, removed the wheels and added a pair of pontoons, and began smuggling whiskey over the border in considerable quantities.
Was coming to the States a good move for his grandfather? Oh, sure, René said. Back then a hard-working French Canadian immigrant family could, with a bit of ingenuity, flourish in the U.S. And grandpere had had more than a tad of ingenuity. Both René and his father were educated with money his grandfather saved from those whiskey runs in the biplane. Now, though, he told me, Quebecois farmers were staying put. With their handsome government subsidies, dairymen in Canada were doing much better, for the most part, than their beleaguered counterparts in New England.
René's grandpere began taking him up in the plane when René was five years old. Since then he has flown thousands of wilderness sorties on both sides of the border that he pretends to ignore. He's ferried into the bush game wardens, fire wardens, timber cruisers, guides, newspaper reporters, fly fishermen, backpackers, emergency medical teams, firefighters, paper company executives preparing publicity brochures, and "Earth First!" activists eager to photograph the devastation wreaked by the paper companies' clearcutting. He's flown fish-stocking planes and big cumbersome "water bombs," -- bright orange firefighting planes that lug thousands of gallons of water in gigantic bulbous compartments attached to their fuselages. He's put in several stints as a crop duster over Aroostook County potato fields, has flown nonstop, except to gas up, from dawn to dusk, day after day, searching for lost hikers, and has hired out his services to U.S. Border Patrol agents to comb the border terrain for illegal aliens and to Mounties in search of escaped murderers.
In the winter, Ti René swaps his pontoons for a pair of wide skis and lands and takes off from frozen lakes and ponds, supplying outback trappers, timber cruisers, and lumberers with necessities. And though some customs authorities raise an eyebrow when you mention René, who has been known to carry a few undeclared cases of Molson's Export or Seagram's over the line, he has an unimpeachable reputation as a skillful and safe seat-of-the-pants bush pilot, who can fly anywhere without instrumentation, navigating entirely by maintaining sight with ground features and landing wherever a bush plane can land, as well as a few places where, according to the laws of physics, one shouldn't be able to. During his forty-five-year flying career, René told me, he's landed on some ponds so small that, in order to get the necessary taxiing distance to take off again, he's had to hitch his plane to a shoreline spruce tree by a stout hawser, rev up the engine until the hawser hums with the tension, then pull the slipknot and use the plane's lurching leap forward as momentum to take off from water "too small to take off from" -- a strategy he learned from his grandfather.
This morning I accompanied René to Portland, where he picked up a rebuilt log-skidder transmission (and six cases of American beer) to deliver to a lumber camp in Quebec.
"Does anyone ever bother you about bringing booze over the border?" I shouted once we were aloft again.
René laughed. "No problem. Look, Ti René is no criminal. A judge would laugh such a case out of court, you know, arresting René over a few bottles of beer, a small present for his friends across the friendliest border in the world."
As we traced the border back toward René's base, I asked him if he thought Quebec would sooner or later secede from Canada. He shrugged. "Who knows? Very possibly. But only consider, my friend. In many ways Quebec has already, for all practical purposes, seceded. French is now the official language of all our public schools and the language spoken in the Parliament buildings in Quebec. Furthermore, as you drive through most of the province, you will note that the flag you see flown, including over government buildings, is the fleur-de-lis, the Quebec flag. So, now that we have such great cultural and linguistic and yes, political, autonomy, it may not be wise to cut our last economic ties with the rest of Canada. True, the federal taxes are steep. But we have wonderful medical care, care for the elderly, educational benefits -- both my brother, a doctor, and I attended the University of Quebec for next to nothing, and our grandfather paid our living expenses while we were at college. Our farms are alive and healthy, our social programs among the best in the world. Driving through Quebec you will not see the sad poverty that characterizes the little mill towns just across the border in northern New England. In Quebec, the yards have colorful flowers in them. In Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont, many have junk cars on wood blocks and old refrigerators! All this is something we want to jeopardize for national pride, to call ourselves a nation? René hopes not! Will we, though? He fears that sooner or later we may. If so, it will be a mistake."
Shortly before we landed, I asked René what he liked best about flying a bush plane for a living. "Why do I do this?" he said with a chuckle. "Because here, you see, I am free. Look. The law says you cannot fly a bottle of beer over a line that scarcely exists except on a map. Now what does such a law mean to me? Up here in the air" -- René snapped his fingers -- "not that much. Man's law! Petty regulations. Now God's law. That René makes every effort to obey to the letter. He is not always successful. But that is what he strives for."
I asked René for an example of God's law. He laughed and said he knew of just one: "Treat other people the way you'd like to be treated."
On that note, without warning, René lifted the big metal steering rudder up in its housing and flipped it smack into my lap. Before I knew it, I was at the controls, feeling all the throbbing power of that ancient de Havilland Beaver in my hands.
"Almost as good as sex!" René hollered. "But not quite."
After a few minutes he took the controls back. "So," he laughed, "you have flown a bush plane, and gone on a smuggling run with Ti René, and lived to tell about it. To write about it even. Well, write this: This wilderness we have flown over? This border country? Write that it is a hard place to make a living, but a good place to live! And write that it is beautiful, eh? Very beautiful, but ever so fragile as well. Write that once gone, it does not come back again."
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Tim Tebow's Situation Confirmed with Release from Jets and League ResponseApril 29, 2013
Tim Tebow, the New York Jets' backup quarterback and media lightning rod has finally been released, as reported by Brian Costello of NYPost.com and supported by Cindy Boren of The Washington Post.
Coming the Monday morning following the 2013 NFL draft, the release happened at the time it had been generally speculated to occur. The timing of the release corroborates the widely held attitude that the Jets' front office had been using the draft as their deadline for trading Tebow and salvaging salary cap space.
It appears that with Mark Sanchez, David Garrard, Greg McElroy, Matt Simms and the newly drafted Geno Smith on the roster, there is no place for Tebow in the upcoming quarterback competition this summer.
The next question that will naturally arise pertains to Tebow's next destination. Since the Jets did not trade Tebow prior to the draft and instead have now released him for nothing, it seems apparent that there do not exist any NFL teams that are interested in Tebow as a quarterback. Adam Schefter of ESPN confirmed the situation this morning.
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Jets had granted Tim Tebow permission this off-season to seek a trade. More than one team asked if were willing to play TE, but he was not.
The most important point in Schefter's report is that inquiries related only to tight end, not to the quarterback position. While the interests of countless fans may still revolve around the culturally relevant player, this morning's news and the ever-growing pile of evidence all point toward Tebow not being a quarterback anywhere in the NFL this year. Bomani Jones of TheEveningJones summed up the situation.
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the most compelling thing tebow isn't how bad or...bad he is. it's the undying desire millions have to see him do well.
For at least a year now, there has been speculation about Tebow's position. With his inability to achieve NFL-level statistics as a quarterback and his apparent inability to improve his throwing mechanics, a variety of people have raised the options of fullback, tight end, running back and special teams player. As Boren put it in the aforementioned piece:
What happens now for Tebow? The Jets have tried with no luck since the season ended to find a trade partner for him, and although Tebow repeatedly has stated that he is a quarterback, he may have to switch positions if he is to stay in the league.
The toughest question to answer is whether one of the current NFL teams would welcome the Tebow "circus" to town if the only benefit is a backup tight end or something of similar value.
Will Tebow move to the Canadian Football League (CFL) or Arena Football League (AFL)? Will he retire? Will he find a spot somewhere on an existing NFL team?
These questions should all be answered in the coming weeks.
Adam Waksman is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report who writes primarily about the New York Jets and the NFL. Be sure to follow Adam on Twitter to receive updates right away.


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Featuring three of Ottawa's finest jazz pianists!
Steve Boudreau on piano and bass
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Clayton Connell on piano
For this second concert in our grand piano fundraiser series Ottawa Jazz pianist Steve Boudreau has invited several jazz pianist friends presenting a mix of jazz standards and original music. Net proceeds from this concert and the evenings bar sales will go towards out new grand piano fundraising campaign. click for more 88 Keys info
Ottawa pianist Steve Boudreau has recently moved back to Ottawa after studies in Boston and touring North America with various musical productions. During that time away he deepened his appreciation for jazz old and new, and made a goal to explore new sounds with a traditional Jazz Messengers-type band format. This new 5-piece band will debut compositions and arrangements of original music as well as some lesser heard pieces by jazz composers. The line up of musicians will be announced in September.
Mark Ferguson has over twenty years of experience in the music industry, working as a pianist, trombonist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator. He has performed with many of the world's great artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Gil Evans, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdink, Rosemary Clooney, Carol Channing, Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass, Holly Cole, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Funk Brothers of "Standing in the Shadow of Motown" fame, and the nine member world beat band Manteca. Mark's most recent recording project is a collaboration with Mike Tremblay. Mike plays saxophone, Mark is on piano for their debut CD entitled "Home". The album is available at CDBaby.
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By Sam Youngman
KETCHUM, Idaho (Reuters) - Mitt Romney must be feeling lucky, punk.
The Republican presidential candidate got a surprise boost Friday night when the star of "Dirty Harry," Academy Award winning actor and director Clint Eastwood appeared at Romney's fundraiser here, telling reporters he endorsed Romney because "the country needs a boost somewhere."
"He just made my day," Romney said.
Romney aides said Friday that the event in Idaho's Sun Valley raised more than $2 million, a record for a fundraising event in the state of Idaho.
Eastwood was reluctantly drawn into the 2012 campaign earlier this year when an ad by Chrysler, entitled "Halftime in America," ran during halftime of the Super Bowl, narrated by Eastwood and seemingly an endorsement of President Barack Obama.
At the time, Eastwood said flatly that he was not endorsing either candidate, telling Fox News Channel he is "certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama."
"It was meant to be a message about just about job growth and the spirit of America," Eastwood said at the time. "I think all politicians will agree with it. I thought the spirit was OK. I am not supporting any candidate at this time."
That changed Friday as Eastwood lumbered unaccompanied across the bridge to the resort where about 325 people turned out to contribute to Romney's campaign.
Eastwood took the stage after an impromptu introduction from Romney, telling the crowd that he first saw Romney when the candidate was running for governor of Massachusetts and Eastwood was directing the movie "Mystic River" in Boston.
Eastwood said he kept seeing Romney's ads and thinking, "God, this guy, he's too handsome to be governor. But it does look like he could be president."
Tax fairness was the primary reason Eastwood cited in his remarks for endorsing Romney, saying Romney will "restore a decent tax system... so there's a fairness and people are not pitted against each other."
Eastwood joked with reporters before the event. When asked why he was endorsing Romney, Eastwood, behind Ray-Ban sunglasses, said flatly: "I haven't endorsed the Governor."
As the press stood confused, Eastwood let everyone in on the joke, that he was in fact there to endorse Romney.
When asked if this was his second act of "Halftime in America," Eastwood laughed off the suggestion, saying "that's pretty good."
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When she discovered the wonderful world of quilting and purchased her own Gammill Optimum Plus along with Gammills Design Center in November 2004, she became fascinated by the new possibilities it presented.
She was brimming with ideas for quilt designs to be used on quilts created for competitions and exhibits nationwide.Since she purchased her quilting machine, she has participated in numerous national and international quilt contests and exhibits. Her quilts have won multiple awards. In March of 2006, she began teaching classes and workshops nationwide. She likes to challenge herself by experimenting with different techniques, materials and mediums as she passionately seeks innovative and unconventional ways of producing high quality show quilts.Irena loves to inspire and share her knowledge with others. She has plenty in store to share.
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DOWNEY – The Downey High School baseball team currently has an overall record of 12-14 and are 4-3 in S.G.V.L. play. Downey defeated Paramount at Paramount 8-3 on Tuesday to pull within a game of first place. As of Tuesday, Gahr, Paramount and Warren are all tied for first place at 5-2. Downey is in fourth place at 4-3, Lynwood is in fifth place at 2-5 and Dominguez is in sixth place at 0-7.
In the Downey/Paramount game, Downey jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Paramount did not score in the bottom of the first inning and the score after an inning of play was 2-0 Downey.
Downey did not score in the top of the second inning but Paramount scored one run in the bottom of the second. Downey led 2-1 after two innings of play.
Downey scored two runs in the top of the third inning and held Paramount scoreless in the bottom of the third. Downey led 4-1 after three innings of play. Neither Downey or Paramount scored in the fourth inning so the score remained 4-1 Downey. The Vikings pushed across another run in the top of the fifth inning and took a 5-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth. Paramount scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth and pulled to within 5-3.
Downey added three more runs in the top of the sixth inning to pull ahead 8-3.The Vikings held the Pirated scoreless in the bottom of the sixth inning. There were no runs scored in the seventh inning and Downey won 8-3. The two teams will meet again on Friday at Downey to conclude their two game series.
The Vikings will host Dominguez next Tuesday and will travel to Dominguez next Thursday to complete league play. It appears that Gahr has the inside track for the S.G.V.L. title with one game against Dominguez and two games against Lynwood remaining.
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The Downey High School softball team currently has an overall record of 12-12 and are 4-3 in S.G.V.L. play.
The Lady Vikings were defeated by cross-town rival Warren at Warren 8-1 on Tuesday in the rematch of their game from 4/16. Warren won the first game 4-2 and completed the season sweep with Tuesday's win.
Downey played Gahr yesterday (score unavailable at press time) and will conclude their regular season schedule after they host Paramount on Tuesday and travel to Dominguez on Thursday.
It appears that Downey will receive the number three entry from the San Gabriel Valley League in the upcoming C.I.F. Division 3 playoffs. Gahr and Warren will earn the number one and two entries, respectively, after they split their season series against each other and swept Downey.
The Lady Vikings have a team batting average of .335, an on base percentage of .418, have hit eight home runs, have stolen 48 bases, have a team ERA of 2.22 and have a team fielding percentage of .932.
Head coach Micah Karzen has a young team this year. Karzen has four freshmen, five sophomores and three juniors returning next year with more experience and skill under their belts. The Lady Vikings are currently ranked 132nd in the Southern Section and 27th in Division 3.
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The Warren High School baseball team currently has an overall record of 20-8 and are 5-2 in S.G.V.L. play.
The Bears defeated Dominguez at Warren 13-1 on 4/28 and defeated the Dons again 11-0 at Dominguez on 4/30 to complete the home and away season sweep.
Warren defeated Lynwood (2-5) at Lynwood 4-0 on Tuesday and will conclude their away and home series later today at Warren. The Bears will finish their regular season next week with two games against Paramount.
The Bears (5-2) can still earn a piece of the San Gabriel Valley League title if they can win their remaining three games. Paramount (5-2) stands in the way of the Bears' league title hopes. If Warren can defeat Lynwood at Warren later today and win both games against Paramount next week, Warren and Gahr will tie for the league title.
If Paramount can defeat Downey at Downey later today and win both games against Warren next week, Paramount and Gahr will tie for the league title. If Warren and Paramount split their games, Gahr is the league champion outright.
It appears Gahr (5-2) has the inside track to the league title with one game against Dominguez (0-7) at Dominguez later today (score unavailable at press time) and two games against Lynwood next week. Things are certainly heating up in San Gabriel Valley League play. The C.I.F. Division 2 playoffs are just around the corner.
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The Warren High School softball team currently has an overall record of 20-4 and are 6-1 in S.G.V.L. play.
The Bears defeated cross-town rival Downey at Warren 8-1 on Tuesday to complete the season sweep. Warren won the first game at Downey 4-2 on 4/16.
The Bears were defeated by Gahr at Gahr 3-2 last Thursday in the second of their two league games. Gahr also holds a 6-1 league record with their only loss coming to the Bears at Warren 5-3 on 4/14.
It appears as though Warren and Gahr will once again share the San Gabriel Valley League title. Both teams finished league play last season with 9-1 records and advanced to the C.I.F. Division 3 playoffs. The one difference this year, however, is that Gahr defeated Warren in the second round of league play and will most likely earn the league's number one entry.
Last season, Warren won the second round league game and earned the number one league entry.
Warren played Dominguez at Dominguez on Thursday (score unavailable at press time). The Bears will conclude league play after they host Lynwood on Tuesday and Paramount on Thursday.
Gahr played Downey at Gahr on Thursday (score unavailable at press time). The Gladiators will conclude league play after they travel to Dominguez on Tuesday and Lynwood on Thursday. Warren can still win an outright championship if Downey defeated Gahr on Thursday.
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9-month-old puppy lucky to be alive after being shot with bow and arrow
REGINA – She's being called the luckiest dog in the world.
The stray pup was found by a woman who said the injured dog just appeared on her property about 45 minutes outside of Regina.
She immediately alerted CC RezQs, a non-profit animal rescue group.
"She was shaky, it was a little bit cold last night, around -6 C when we got there, so she wasn't in a shelter, but she was in a lot of pain."
"You can see a lot of blood in the area, and around and obviously her wound was very fresh," Stephanie Senger of CC RezQs said.
The arrow narrowly missed all of her vital organs and nearly severed her spine.
Veterinarians at TM'z Vet Clinic say the injured puppy is very lucky to be alive.
"Especially for how close it came to actually hitting the dog's spine, we couldn't have asked for a better wound," Dr. Gerad Cantin explained.
"When you look at it in terms of how lethal an arrow shot could be, it missed the rib cage."
The shepherd-husky cross was brought in for X-rays and emergency procedures. She was kept overnight.
"The odd time we'll see some pretty big wounds, but this is the first time I've ever seen an intended lethal shot with a bow and arrow, " Dr. Cantin said.
"Arrow", as she's been dubbed, is currently healing, and despite her severe wounds, doctors expect it will be a happy tale, and she'll be back on her feet in no time.
"I anticipate she'll make a full recovery. I don't think this is going to keep her down too long. A couple of weeks of rest, pain meds, antibiotics. I'm very confident of that," Dr. Cantin explained.
RCMP are investigating but say they have very little to go on.
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A Phenomenal Change
PHENOMENON! I witnessed one at the Disney World Marathon on Sunday 1/13/13. My husband and I ran the 20th Anniversary Celebration - our very first marathon was the inaugural one in 1994.
In 1994, 8200 runners participated in the marathon, 62% were men, 38% were women. Back then, you might have trained with a partner, as part of a club, or in a group, but on race morning, you crossed the start line on your own, and you ran YOUR race. The goal: to do the best your trained body could do, and cross the finish line to collect your medal. Yes, in the hours out on the course, you interacted with other runners, but the race was yours and yours alone.
This year, I witnessed an entirely different groove. An astonishing movement of support from women. 21,000 runners participated this year, and for the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, the women out-numbered the men. Woohoo!!! 52% were women, 48% were men.
Women are nurturers, we support one another, and that too was evident in this race. I came upon 2 women, running side-by-side, encouraging each other as they went. Soon, groups of 3 or 5 or 7 came into view, slowing when one needed to catch her breath. If one needed to stretch, they all moved to the side, many times one massaging her friend's cramped calf, before the group resumed their pace. They were in this together, no one would get left behind. They would all make it to the finish line, they would all accomplish their goal, and they would all head home with their finishing medal.
Looking at the history of Boston, Chicago, and NY, illustrates how things have changed. Boston began in 1897 - and in 1967, the first woman, Katherine Switzer (registered as KV Switzer) ran the race. Officials tried to rip off her bib number and disqualify her, because women were NOT ALLOWED to run the Boston marathon. Katherine finished - as any strong-willed woman would have - and she went on to run 35 marathons, and to win the 1974 NY marathon.
Women were finally allowed to register for Boston in 1972! Today's average population is 20,000; 60% men/40% women.
Chicago began in 1905 with 15 runners, of which only 7 finished, all of them were men. Though Chicago never banded women, the ratio was always small. Today, the average participation = 35,000 runners; 57% men/43% women.
In endurance sports, men make up 63% of the field; women 37%. Over the years, the number of women participating in these sports - marathons, triathlons, and more - has steadily increased, but SIGNIFICANT CHANGE was realized this year. 116 years after the Boston marathon started!
Women are coming together, rallying to prove we are just as capable, mentally and physically, as men, and maybe, just maybe, we have more fun participating in these races because we do it together. We support, team up, encourage, and help push each other to finish. It's a sisterhood of sports, a bonding experience few men will ever have. It's EMPOWERING!!
I'll end with an example of sisterhood, two strangers sharing a common goal:
For me, this marathon was not about a personal record, it was a jump-start to racing again after taking two years off. I was not 100% trained and knew I would run/walk to comfortably finish, without injury, to collect my 20th anniversary Mickey Mouse medal. I had a good first half - the 13.1 miles clicked off nicely, then I started to slow, so I walked, then ran, then walked again. Just after the 14 mile mark, a younger woman asked if I'd mind if she walked with me? "Not at all," I replied, knowing with company, the next 12 miles would come and go more quickly.
As we walked, we talked, and I learned she trained to do the marathon with a friend, but that friend talked her into doing the Goofy Challenge - run the half-marathon on Saturday to collect a Donald Duck medal, then run the full marathon on Sunday to collect the Mickey medal - earning you a Goffy medal!
When she got to the half-way point, she felt bad that she held her friend back, so she told her to go, then she questioned whether she could finish or not. When I heard her doubt, I realized I didn't care how long it took us, but we were not going to quit. We walked/ran/walked, counting off the remaining miles and we FINISHED TOGETHER! I got my 20th anniversary Mickey medal and she went home with the three medals she so richly deserved after completing both races. (My 1st Disney medal and this year's 20th Ann. medal)
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Published: 2003/11/28
by Jim Murray
Fresh Perspectives
What a horrible time of year this has suddenly become; the perennial demise of that Boston baseball team has once again left us out to dry as the tundra begins to spread itself out over the belly of our New England. The winter season looms increasingly closer, carrying forth the all too familiar senses of Dickensian drear and despair, a time of stagnancy and shivers in the face of shorter days and bitter chill.
But I digress. Eternal optimist that I am (why else would I root so blindly for the Red Sox?), perhaps its of no use complaining, and certainly a bit vain to equate the quality of one's life with seasonal change. Nevertheless, I beg your pardon. In these drab winter months, it's very helpful to have something to feed off of.
Which is why, after two months off from the live circuit, I am incredibly excited to be seeing Medeski, Martin, and Wood and moe. on consecutive nights this week.
With all the anticipation of these past few days, it was impossible not to be thinking about music— what it all means, its relevance, and the wingspan of its influence over its listener (namely, this writer.) It was satisfying, but exhausting, as it became quickly apparent that there was no lack of subjects with which to delve into.
It only seemed fitting to start from the top.
The process of deciphering this label of "jamband" is one that is concurrently engaging and wearisome, for fan or critic and musician alike. It is a lazy nametag, and there are of course great dangers in pigeonholing. But for those of us in the know, the "jamband" clichffers great advantages. That somehow, even after Bonnaroo and other festivals of its ilk, it is still our little secret. That the word itself provides shelter from the malice of popular culture, that it holds a cache of values we privately relish and want to keep as ours. That there is a movement happening here and there but not everywhere, and perhaps it is best that way.
To rightly translate what this all means, though, it is interesting to consider the view from the outside looking in. It all started last weekend. I was sharing some musical thoughts with a good friend who has little knowledge of, and no allegiance to the jam scene. I was trying to explain to him the formula of finding my own adrenaline, and the great rewards in finding that release deep within a song. Like, for instance, at the thirteenth minute of a given Tweezer. There is more satisfaction, I argued, with digging in deep and earning the release.
As a hard rock enthusiast, he respectfully disagreed, suggesting that he had neither the time nor the patience for that sort. His buzz, he explained, was founded upon the relentlessness and speed of the attack. No matter how passionately I argued, he would not change his stance. It got me so frustrated that I set off with him in order to establish some sort of compromise between us. As passionate lovers of music, I figured we owed ourselves as much.
Soon enough we came to terms on an "adrenaline" factor, and decided that as long as there is a genuine emotional response to music it is fruitless to debate about which approach is better or worse. There is a relationship between taste and personality that perhaps cannot be changed; emotionally we are all married to our music and we should celebrate that commonality. And so ended a debate that could have gone long into the night. To cap it off, we made an agreement that sometime soon I would see Sevendust, and he Phish.
What irked me was that all too often as lovers of jam music, we can be as narrow-minded as those we suspiciously view as "mainstream." Naturally, I began thinking more and more about all the great music I listen to outside of our quietly elite scene. Only two months ago, for instance, I had the privilege of seeing Paul van Dyk spin in Boston. It was fascinating to see the emotive and spontaneous manner in which he performed, and it reminded me quite frankly of the onstage philosophies of many of our own bands. My own collection of CD's spans from Elliot Smith to Wilco to Nine Inch Nails and the Rolling Stones, with most everything past and present in between. Driving down the highway I'm just as inclined to pump my first to an Irish traditional session as I am to bounce to Latin rhythms, or pause for a minute to explore the fascinating sounds of Middle Eastern techno.
What defines a jamband? Spontaneity? Adventure? Integrity? Risk? Extended improvisation? It bothered me to think about all of the music I've enjoyed that shares many of these fine qualities but cannot be considered a jamband in the whole sense of the word. It became a personal priority to bridge that gap.
The fact of the matter is that there is an abundance of music outside this jamband thing that can hold its own against the ugliness of mainstream. While it may not fit our particular tag there is much to learn outside the box, as I am certain there is much for the outside to learn from our jamband world. Just ask Claypool.
It is nice to have an identity, and for better or worse, jamband is the fix. But it is easy to be paranoid about the outside as a whole, when many of its components could be absorbed usefully into the mass of jam nation. So perhaps there is more health and wealth in embracing our scene proudly but not pretentiously.
Call me devil's advocate, but remember I do consider myself privileged to be in on the secret. After all, Phish tickets are in the mail, and MMW will be tearing up the stage in only a couple of hours. Spring ahead.


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GM Invests $69 Million In Ohio Diesel Engine Plant
New Diesel Engine Will Meet 2010 U.S. Emissions Regulations
DAYTON, Ohio - General Motors Corp. (GM) announced today an investment of $69 million in its DMAX plant in Moraine to manufacture a new Duramax 6.6-liter V-8 turbo diesel engine that will meet stringent emissions standards in 2010. DMAX Limited is a joint venture between GM and Isuzu Motors Limited and was established as a diesel engine company in 1998.
The investment includes renovations to the plant, new machinery and tooling to support manufacturing of the new diesel engine. Renovations are expected to begin immediately. As a result of the investment, the DMAX plant will retain over 1,000 jobs.
GM is committed to continuing to reduce fuel consumption and emissions across its portfolio and around the world. The 2010 Duramax diesel is an integral part of that transformation, as well as a component of GMs strategy to diversify vehicle energy sources, said John Buttermore, GM Powertrain vice president of global manufacturing. This new investment demonstrates GMs commitment to continue to invest in technologies that reduce the impact of our vehicles on the environment, while maintaining performance attributes required by customers in the areas of towing and hauling loads.
Todays announcement brings GMs total investment in the State of Ohio to more than $1 billion over the last two years.
Our investment in the DMAX joint venture is a significant vote of confidence in our employees and IUE-CWA Local 797, who have demonstrated their commitment and dedication to benchmark performance in safety, quality and efficiency required in todays competitive business climate, continued Buttermore. This joint venture is a great example of what can be achieved with a successful global partnership and I extend my appreciation to the leadership of Isuzu for their commitment to the success of this operation.
Buttermore also thanked Ohios leaders on the federal, state, county and local levels, including Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Lt. Governor Lee Fisher and the Ohio Department of Development, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners and Moraine Mayor Leonard Johnson, for providing the business case to support GMs investments in Ohio.
General Motors continuing investment in its Ohio manufacturing base demonstrates the strength of our partnership and Ohios competitive business climate, said Ohio Governor Ted Strickland. I commend GM for investing in our state and the technologies that put Ohio at the forefront of clean vehicle manufacturing.
The 2010 model year 6.6-liter V-8 Duramax diesel will use a selective catalytic reduction NOx after-treatment system with a diesel particulate filter to help achieve the 2010 Tier 2 Bin 5 and LEV 2 emissions standards, and it will be compliant in all 50 states.
GM first introduced the Duramax diesel in the U.S. in the 2001 model year, and since then customer enthusiasm for this heavy-duty diesel has been outstanding. In fact, GMs heavy-duty pickup truck market share has jumped nearly tenfold in the seven years that Duramax engines have been offered.
The award-winning Duramax 6.6-liter V-8 is a four-valve high pressure common rail direct injection diesel currently equipped with a diesel particulate filter to meet the stringent 2007 emissions requirements. Available in GMs Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty pickups, the engine delivers a segment-leading 365 horsepower (272 kW) and 660 lb.-ft. of torque (895 Nm). It is also offered with increased power and torque for the Chevy Kodiak and GMC TopKick medium-duty applications. Versions are available with 300 horsepower and 520 lb.-ft of torque, as well as a new 330-horsepower option with 620 lb.-ft. of torque. The Duramax is also available in GMs full-size vans, Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana.
In the DMAX joint venture with Isuzu Motors Ltd., GM owns 60 percent and Isuzu 40 percent. The 584,000-square foot DMAX plant employs 1,195 hourly and salaried employees with annual production near 200,000 engines. Hourly employees are represented by the IUE-CWA Local 797. In April 2007, DMAX produced its one millionth Duramax diesel engine.
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Joan Allen best known for playing heroines in The Contender, The Crucible and Face/Off jumped at the chance to go bad in the TNT miniseries The Mists of Avalon (which concludes tonight at 8 pm/ET).
"It really appealed to me when I found out they offered me the role [of Morgause]," the 44-year-old three-time Oscar nominee tells TV Guide Online. "My agent said, 'It's a villain,' and I said, 'Send me the script! Send me the script!'"
In the two-part epic, which is based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's retelling of the Arthurian legend, Morgause lies and schemes her way to power. Co-star Anjelica Huston Morgause's rival and sister, Viviane was taken aback by Allen's dark turn. "Let me tell you, when she's flying down the stairs at you with a dagger in her hand, it's daunting," she recalls of Mists's climactic scene. "I think she was really superb in this and gleeful. You could tell how much fun she was having with it."Despite the accolades of her peers, the Rochelle, Ill. native still thinks of herself as "a Midwest girl who comes from a little town of 8000 people." In fact, although Allen may now call New York City home, she doesn't indulge in any star treatment. "I still take the subway all the time and ride buses all the time," she reveals, adding that only on occasion does she get recognized. "You know, maybe a couple of times a day, someone on the bus will say something, but it's very fleeting. It's complimentary and it's nice."


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- Lopez, Ramon E. & Yoon, Sang Won, 2013. "Sustainable Economic Growth: Structural Transformation with Consumption Flexibility," Working Papers 142561, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
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Most people think of oranges and lemons when you mention vitamin C, but the best source of vitamin C actually comes in many different colors, mostly shades of green!
Everyone knows that vitamin C is an important antioxidant that's good for preventing colds, the flu and other illnesses.
What you may not know is that unlike many animal and plant species, the human body is unable to make it's own vitamin C, and unable to store much of it. So it's extremely important to eat a diet that provides a continuous source of fresh vitamin C.
There are many reasons to include vitamin C in your diet.
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In addition to all of the above, it's extremely important for mothers who are breastfeeding to make sure they're getting enough natural sources of vitamin C in their diets.
This is because maternal intake of vitamin C in the diet was shown to increase the concentration of vitamin C in breast milk. In turn, infants of these mothers were shown to have a reduced risk of atopy.
Atopy is the genetic predisposition to the development of hypersenstivity to environmental or dietary allergens, and it can manifest as atopic dermatitis, hay fever, food allergies, or asthma.
What's most important is that this effect was seen only when mothers' vitamin C intake was in their diet, not via supplements [ii].
Since the incidence of allergies and atopic dermatitis[iii] appears to be increasing, early intervention is key, and the results of this study, particularly the importance of natural sources of vitamin C, can not be ignored.
You already know that we should always look for a healthy, natural diet and whole foods so the results of the above study are not a surprise. This is exactly what we offer you in the Body Ecology Diet. When you eat as we suggest you are obtaining all the nutrients your body needs to thrive.
Citrus fruits, like lemons and limes, are great and probably the most popularly known source of vitamin C, but they're not the only source.
You may not know that long before vitamin C was identified, Dutch seamen and the famous Captain Cook carried cultured vegetables on long trips in order to prevent scurvy, which is caused by a vitamin C deficiency.
Fermented foods, like cultured vegetables, especially those made with cabbage, kale and collards, are incredible sources of vitamin C. In fact, cultured vegetables help you get the most out of the vitamin C you consume.
This is because fermenting significantly increases nutrients and nutrient availability in vegetables, while providing your body with the good bacteria (microflora) necessary to digest your food.
So in effect, fermented vegetables give you a one-shot double whammy: vitamin C, and microflora which help you better absorb not just vitamin C, but all the nutrients your body needs!
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After 410 performances in over 19 countries, and in front of more than 200,000 viewers, Socrates Now, a theatrical play based on Plato's timeless classic The Apology of Socrates, comes to The American College of Greece, at the Pierce Theater. Wednesday, March 9 at 20:00, at the Pierce Theater All ticket proceeds will be donated to Lifeline Hellas for the support of the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of the Greek public hospitals. www.lifelinegr.org
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Why are the Lucille Lortel Awards more fun than the Tonys? Because they do things there that they just don't on Broadway.
Early in Monday night's fete honoring Off Broadway theater, Brooke Shields brought out what appeared to be two condoms. Co-host Alan Cumming wondered aloud, "What are those?!"
"These are nipple protection," Shields replied from the stage. The items came courtesy of Chris Henchy, the actress's new husband, who worried about the effect of the Lortel Theater's air conditioning on Brooke's bod in her see-through gown.
Moments later, presenter Hal Linden kissed Shields, who immediately revealed, "He said he liked my boobs."
"Doesn't everyone?" Linden asked rhetorically just before handing the best-actress award to Mary-Louise Parker ("Proof"), who displayed a real talent for "picking scripts," the actor acknowledged, adding "It is a talent that has escaped me, this year being no exception." Linden is starring in "The Gathering" — for just a few more days.
Other notable revelations:
- According to best-director winner Dan Sullivan ("Proof"), Parker did David Auburn's play because it presented the best "possibility for winning awards." Sullivan added, "I didn't realize at the time she was talking about winning me one."
- Polly Draper, in a form-fitting white sweater, presented the featured-actor award to Justin Kirk ("Ten Unknowns"), saying he had appeared in, among many other plays, "A Fair Country." The actor corrected Draper: "I wasn't in 'A Fair Country' — I did the workshop — but I should have been."
- Receiving her lifetime achievement award, Kitty Carlisle Hart enthused, "This makes all those trips to Albany worthwhile, fighting for arts legislation and defending Mapplethorpe and Serrano." At 90, she urged everyone to stay young and never stop working.
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The NRL will revolutionise rugby league forever on Friday with under-pressure video referees to publicly explain their decisions to millions of Channel Nine viewers.
The Daily Telegraph can exclusively reveal that video refs will be called upon to explain each contentious decision to television fans for the next two NRL rounds and then throughout the finals series.
After a decision is reached, Nine viewers will then hear audio from the video refs revealing why the decision was made and which rules were employed.
Play will not be stopped, the video ref's explanation running for between five to ten seconds.
If the system is successful over the final two rounds, the NRL will look to play the video ref's audio through the public address system at every NRL ground for fans attending games.
Channel Nine and Fox Sports, the game's two broadcasters, have approved the plan.
Nine and Fox Sports commentators will discuss the controversial try, as usual, before then handing over to the video referee.
The senior of the two video referees will make the announcement.
"We are looking at ways of expanding the communication process around video referee decisions," said NRL head of football Todd Greenberg.
"We hope to achieve a greater level of transparency for the fans in relation to decisions made by the video referee.
"It's important to point out that it won't mean that everyone will agree with decisions that are made, but they may at least understand the basis for the decision that was made.
"This will be in place for all matches in round 25 and if it's well received, we will consider other opportunities to also feed audio into our stadiums for the members and fans during the finals series.
"It's important rugby league continues to be innovative and progressive and this continues with our overarching vision to be regarded as a sport that is both entertaining and engaging at all levels."
Video referees have been under fire over the past two years.
They were involved in a number of blunders last season, culminating in the sacking of NRL referee co-coaches Bill Harrigan and Stuart Raper.
Their decisions may not improve but at least the public will be aware of the reasons behind each verdict.
Friday's game at Allianz Stadium between Wests Tigers and South Sydney will be the first time viewers hear from the video referee.
"It sounds like a great innovation," said NSW State of Origin coach Laurie Daley.
"The fans have always wanted to know why decisions are made from the video referee's box and now they will.
"It is all about the game being transparent.
"It will be great the viewers – they will be involved in the game and the video ref's will probably be more understood too."
An on-line Daily Telegraph poll, which attracted more than 10,000 respondents,- actually gave the NRL video referees some support.
Asked what was worse - the NRL video referee or cricket's DRS – only 20 percent voted for the rugby league version.
Cricket's DRS attracted nearly 36 percent of the vote.
Fans have not exactly given new Referee's Coach Daniel Anderson a strong endorsement.
Nearly 38 percent admitted the standard of refereeing had gone down since Anderson took over this year.