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Original post made by JRM, Vista Grande Elementary School, on Jun 2, 2012
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a resident of Danville
on Jun 2, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Thanks for the information. There are a lot of elderly people , and moms with young Kids who use this trail, and it is a health and safety threat to have drunks and drug addicts loitering. Years ago I use to see volunteers with trail security windbreakers walking the trail, but have not for years.
Maybe the town of Danville information rep, Mr. Gillette, can address this situation and update on what happened to the volunteer trail people who use to walk the trail.
a resident of Danville
on Jun 4, 2012 at 10:57 am
Geoff Gillette is a registered user.
Good morning,
Thank you for the questions regarding policing on the Iron Horse Trail. The trail itself is the jurisdiction of the East Bay Regional Park District and they do have police who handle calls on the trail. So, if you call 9-1-1 and tell the dispatcher there is a problem on the trail, your call will be routed to EBRPD Police.
If during the course of their patrol Danville Police Officers see a suspicious subject on the trail they can and will act.
The EBRPD does have volunteers who patrol the Iron Horse Trail. Information on the trail patrol program is available on their website, Web Link.
The rule of thumb is if you see something suspicious, whether it is in your neighborhood or on the trail, please report it.
Thanks again for the question, hope this helps. Have a good day!
Geoff Gillette
Public Information Coordinator
Town of Danville
(925) 314-3336
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a resident of Danville
on Jun 4, 2012 at 11:39 am
Mr. Gillette: Thank you very much for your information. You do a very good job of answering questions and providing information to us Danville residents, and appreciate it.
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Led by Cano, enthusiastic Dominicans on mission
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
MIAMI -- Robinson Cano has won a World Series with the Yankees. That's the top prize at the end of any grueling Major League season. But even beating the Phillies in 2009 by taking the sixth and final game on the turf at Yankee Stadium may not top what the Dominican Republic is attempting to do now in the World Baseball Classic.
Cano homered, doubled, singled and scored the deciding run on Tuesday as the D.R. came back from a four-run first-inning deficit to defeat a pesky team from Italy, 5-4, with three seventh-inning runs in the first game of a Pool 2 day-night doubleheader at Marlins Park.
He groused about taking a trio of hard slides from the Italians in the pivot at second base, but that's only more evidence of how tough these games are being played. And when Cano scored what turned out to be the winning run in the seventh inning on a Nelson Cruz single, his Dominican teammates danced on the field and celebrated as if the game had just ended with a walk-off homer.
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"The problem is that you're down by four in the first inning and in the seventh inning you score and go up by one," Cano said, trying to explain the rare in-game explosion of emotion. "I mean, you get so excited, especially in a situation like this. There's no tomorrow here, so you've got to play every day like it's your last game and you've got to win."
The Dominicans and their horn-honking, whistle-blowing, drum-beating fans are obviously facing the third edition of this tournament with uncommon enthusiasm after a rash of failure. In 2006, the D.R. lost a semifinal game to Cuba at San Diego's Petco Park. In '09, the Dominicans of Cano and Jose Reyes were upset twice by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Puerto Rico and didn't make it out of the first round.
At 4-0 thus far in the tournament, the Dominicans are playing like a team possessed and on a path to redemption. The goal is not only a trip to San Francisco next week for the semifinals and final game at AT&T Park, but winning it all for the first time.
"It is a unique group, and this group is here for a reason," said Dominican manager Tony Pena, who as coach with the Yankees experienced some of that World Series-winning tradition. "They know the reason, and everybody knows the reason. We haven't had great experiences in the past. We were a team with great talent and didn't make it past the first round.
"Today when we got close in the game, they knew we could win. They we're starting to feel that. They kept talking in the dugout: 'Let's hold it right there, we're going to come back and win the game. We're going to come back.' It showed when we scored the run. It's a very emotional team. This team has a lot of emotion."
The middle of the lineup is stocked from three to seven, starting with Cano, first baseman Edwin Encarnacion, third baseman Hanley Ramirez, right fielder Cruz and catcher Carlos Santana. Reyes is the shortstop and table setter in the leadoff spot.
That's a whole lot of offensive talent. Cano, at 30 and perhaps heading into his walk year toward free agency, is taking it to another level. Thus far in the tournament, he's 12-for-19 (.632) with two homers, four doubles, six RBIs, five runs scored and 22 total bases. And the D.R. doesn't play again until Thursday night, against the Americans at 7 p.m. ET on MLB Network and ESPN Deportes, giving him a day to cool down.
A word to the wise for the Yankees: Get that checkbook ready because the price is only going to keep going up if Cano continues on this torrid pace.
"Well, in Robby's case, I don't think we expected anything different," said Team USA manager Joe Torre, who was still the Yankees' skipper in 2005 when Cano came up for good. "The first time I saw him in Spring Training as an invitee, and he hit the ball in the air and it didn't come down, that was a pretty good indication he was going to be a special player. Now, Robby is a special young man, there's no question about it."
Cano grew up in San Pedro de Macoris, perhaps the baseball development capital of the Latin world. He is playing with a heightened level of intensity that no one can bottle. It's obviously infectious and his D.R. teammates have caught the buzz.
In New York, the Yankees are the antithesis, buttoned down in their hallowed pinstripes.
"Yeah, it's certainly a different style we play here than we play in New York," Cano said. "Here, you see how we get outside the dugout. That's something you never see in the big leagues. We're all excited to be here and we all have one mission: to win."
Torre's Team USA is much like the Yankees. After the U.S. came from behind with three runs in the eighth inning and four more in ninth on Sunday at Chase Field to defeat Canada and advance to the second round, there was more a feeling of relief than elation. When the game ended, there was no celebration on the field, just the usual handshakes and back pats that accompany a job well done. It seemed more like Game 67 of the regular season for the Americans, who always have a target on their back in any international tournament. It was business as usual.
"A lot of times, it's just different styles," said U.S. knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, who will make his club's next start. "Latin America is sometimes that way, and it's exciting. But don't mistake lack of running on the field for us as not being fully invested. It's just a different way to play sometimes, that's all."
Different, but apparently not as much fun, as the D.R. demonstrated with such wild abandon on Tuesday.
Asked what he liked better -- playing in the Classic or the World Series -- Cano was judicious.
"Well, I would say both," he said.
On many occasions, and this was one of them, actions speak much louder than words.
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow@boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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The Remainder: Social Collage and the Four Discourses in (some of) the Kootenay School of Writing: Part II
This essay is from a larger work on the poetics and poetry of the Kootenay School of Writing, the body of work primarily being that published in the 1980s, the approach being a Lacanian one. I divide the poetry into three camps or tendencies: the Red Tory neopastoralism of Lisa Robertson, Christine Stewart, Peter Culley, and Catriona Strang, the concerns of procedural constraints and Blanchotesque absence in Susan Clark, Kathryn MacLeod, Dan Farrell, and Melissa Wolsak, and, here, the social collage/disjunctive form to be found in the work of Colin Smith/Dorothy Lusk (discussed in the first half of this essay) and Deanna Ferguson/Jeff Derksen/Gerald Creede (discussed in this, the second half).
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I will never forget the day I faced this existential question for the first time...
As a Kiva fellow, I was questioning Florence, an energetic farmer in her fifties, about her family, business, during borrower verifications in the tea plantations of Nkubu in Kenya.
Although she initially thought about buying dairy goats with her Kiva loan, she eventually decided to increase her existing cow productivity and her kids' sanitation with it. She built a safer area around the cow with an aluminum roof and cement ground, to reduce the cow's movements when being milked thus the waste. As a mother of four children and two grandchildren living around, she used the remaining cement and money for her family pit latrine.
Smiling at the faces of the Kiva lenders she discovered for the first time on her Kiva profile, she suddenly asked me with emotion, starting to realize the mismatch with their expectations: "I built toilets for my kids and a roof for my cow instead of buying the goats I received the loan for, is this bad?".
How do you answer to that?
Well, on one side, it diverted the loan use, when on the other side for such a social impact, that any micro lender would surely empathize, while still expecting to be paid back.
Microfinance in such remote areas is often the only source of finance, and still for many their first loan. Recognizing the good intentions, we embarked on a discussion about the virtue of asset microfinance with the loan officer from Juhudi Kilimo, asking simple questions: "How does it impact reimbursement? Was it the best way to manage this money?" Looking at it closer, Florence realized that she did not invest in productive assets that would have brought her significant additional income, to reimburse the loan installments (instead of using profits from her side tea activities) and potentially to build toilets and roofs, i.e. the difference between investing and spending the loan… Florence is now looking at reimbursing this loan and saving to secure a future loan this time for a dairy cow with a higher return on investment than a cheaper and less productive dairy goat… A businesswoman was born!
It's difficult to describe the atmosphere that day in this tiny room. Something was suddenly making sense, starting with an honest question and a simple answer, giving a short time for this conversation to bloom, coming back to the basisc of what microfinance really is and can do, when properly handled.
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Todd Wellemeyer: Starting to contribute
Cardinals pitcher has become a member of starting rotation
Having the opportunity to start regularly and establish consistency has made a real difference for me this season.
The results have been gratifying so far. More importantly, I feel like I'm contributing to a winning ballclub -- that's what makes it fun. Hopefully, we can keep that up all season long.
I pitched in the Minors for three and a half seasons and never once came out of the bullpen. I started every game, but I sort of got labeled as a bullpen guy when I got to the Majors with the Cubs in 2003. The Cubs were stacked with starting pitching, not only that season, but in 2004 and 2005, too. I wasn't going to crack that starting rotation, especially as a rookie.
But I only pitched sporadically when I was with Chicago and, later on, with Kansas City. People talked about my lack of consistency back then, but it's real hard to be consistent when you might pitch once every 10 games.
I did, however, get a lot of experience during that time in my career, which has helped me now as a pitcher.
Last year was the first time I started in the Majors. I had 11 starts, which gave me confidence that I could be an effective starter this season. It was a good stepping stone for this year because starting in the Majors requires a different approach.
I came into Spring Training this year with a mindset of carrying over that experience as a starter and building on it. I made a decision not to change anything from a year ago. The results so far demonstrate to me that I made a good decision, but there's a lot of season left and I need to continue to be consistent.
Todd Wellemeyer, a strong right-hander who is originally from Louisville, has been a steady influence in the Cardinals' starting rotation this season. He's won five of his first six decisions through 11 starts while posting an impressive 3.36 ERA and holding opponents to just a .221 average, averaging more than six innings per outing.
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The Demons havent needed many points; theyve got defense.
The Durango High School boys basketball team forced Kirtland Central into more than 20 turnovers and less than 30-percent shooting from the field to win its fifth consecutive game, this one 37-27 on Tuesday night in Kirtland, N.M.
Another low-scoring game. I dont know what it is with us this year, DHS head coach Alan Batiste said. Were really just not shooting the basketball well on offense.
Overall Im still excited because were stepping up on defense, and defense is winning us games. Defense gets it done.
Nick Hamlin and Willy Frownfelter each scored 10 points to lead the Demons on offense.
On defense, Batiste said the effort came from all around.
It was just an overall team effort. Thats all Ive been asking for is helping each other, Batiste said.
Durango (5-0) will take the weekend off before hosting regional rival Bayfield in a nonconference game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.


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tshirts are nice, however, it is obvious that if a few extra dollars goes into the shirt, more people will wear it and be happy. I wear my BSF and WOX shirts at least once a week. I have refrained from wearing the GNO one cuz if someone sees a Deaf guy wearing a shirt that has misspelled words on it, you know what they gonna think. LOL. To think about it, the top 5 disc golf shirts I wear are all top quality tshirts or nice long sleeve shirts. I think stickers and towels are the worse thing to get in a players pack after the first year of playing tournaments because I just got my 5th towel of the year, bleah.... anyways back to work...
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Originally posted by DexterHawk View PostFree shirt is a misnomer... the money for everything in the player's pack comes out of your entry... I like get tournament stuff, discs that I will throw, towels, sitickers, patches, waterbottles... Stuff that I can use for golfing, but I don't think that I have worn any of my MANY tshirts more than once or twice...
That being said, I'd like to see more patches, tournament mini's, etc. I'll always want a tournament disc for the wall. And I do like the performance or long-sleeve shirts. Mike Storrs' WO packs are always nice - the umbrella, the seal skinz - I'd bet more players got more use out of those two items than anything else over the years. The umbrellas from 3? years ago are still out in force.
Originally posted by Caloch View PostI only need one more t-shirt for my wife to make me a 16 panel Disc Golf Tournament t-shirt quilt!"Operator! Give me the number for 911! " - Homer S.
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Shirts start to get pretty old after 98 PDGA events and counting...
I usually like most of the shirts I get at events but some go straight to goodwill if the design is boring. Most just get buried in a drawer somewhere and I never see them again.
As far as best items in a players pack, I have a bit of a leg up on most thanks to the travel I have done but how about an Innova rolling luggage disc golf bag, a huksit, a metal mini, huklab sweatshirt, shirts with my name and state on them, backpacks with event logos, first run discs, a cooler...the big events give out some really nice stuff. Especially USDGC and JapanInnova Champion Discs
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Originally posted by Caloch View PostI only need one more t-shirt for my wife to make me a 16 panel Disc Golf Tournament t-shirt quilt!
Guess you'll have to wait until April
On that note, I wonder when the OR series event calendar will come out? Never too early to starting planning (dreaming) the trips.
Oh yeah, fave players' pack stuff:
09 BSF pack - everything! nice work
07 Willamette Open - Umbrella
08 Willamette Open - Seal Skinz
07 RCO - Discraft Glide/Breeeze (how often do we get to try Discraft without buying it? It was nice to have the P.P. disc switched up)
Also on a related note, when we played the Aspen Sports Treebash Open in Flagstaff last summer, those who placed in Am received a pre-packaged bag o' goodies. I placed 2nd and received a disc, a pair of Smartwool socks, and a sweeeet pair of Arnette sunglasses. Not that I don't like to stand in line waiting to cash script ...not that I cash that often... er, whatever. meh
Originally posted by essjay View Post
Also on a related note, when we played the Aspen Sports Treebash Open in Flagstaff last summer, those who placed in Am received a pre-packaged bag o' goodies. I placed 2nd and received a disc, a pair of Smartwool socks, and a sweeeet pair of Arnette sunglasses. Not that I don't like to stand in line waiting to cash script ...not that I cash that often... er, whatever. mehFuture's so bright, I gotta wear shades.
Those types of prizes generally only work when the tourney has a number of high-paying or donating sponsors. The Treebash is A-tier so they had alot of money and sponsorship. I will say that the players's packs themselves weren't quite so hot, a dx disc, Belgium Brewery Chapstick (?), some stickers, and also a traveler coffee mug (which was kind of cool). Still, we have an excellent group of series staff here in Or. that is committed to giving us a great tourney season, but the A-tier level sponsorship gathering, donation pleading, and cool/appropriate/guy & girl prizes are a bit intense.
But it was pretty cool...
Edit: Also I should add that even though I shared the pre-bagged prizes thing and that the Treebash is an A-tier, the 08 BSF (also A-tier) players' pack, I think, was better overall, and a better value when you consider the amount of dough also put into scrip for those who cashed. :read, not me: heheLast edited by essjay; January 6th, 2009, 04:05 PM.
I've only played in one tournament, so I only got one player's pack so far. I think hand warmers are a great idea for players packs, and a towel is good. T-shirts are fine, I think I'd rather have a disc, but I don't have very many. Snacks would be good, and chocolate is always nice, as long as it's not a very hot day...
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Vitamin D is a vital nutrient that is unique, both in terms of its physiology and because humans rely on both endogenous skin production and exogenous sources to meet biological requirements. Vitamin D is commercially available as vitamin D2, (ergocalciferol) made from plant products, and vitamin D3, (cholecalciferol) made from animal products.
Cholecalciferol is also made naturally in the skin by the action of a specific wavelength of ultraviolet light (UVB) interacting with precholesterol. Cholecalciferol is then transported to the liver and turned into calcidiol [(25(OH)D]. In turn, the calcidiol is transported to the kidney and transformed into the steroid calcitriol, which is excreted into the blood to help regulate calcium in the body. This is the main endocrine function of vitamin D.
Meanwhile, many tissues other than the kidney turn calcidiol into calcitriol to help regulate gene expression locally; this is the newly discovered autocrine (inside the cell) and paracrine (surrounding the cell) functions of vitamin D. This autocrine and paracrine function is impaired in vitamin D deficient subjects. All studies show many Americans are vitamin D deficient, especially Blacks, where the problem is pandemic.
This use of calcitriol by other tissues as an autocrine and paracrine hormone is a relatively new discovery that explains its role in human development as well as the many health benefits of vitamin D in other illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, autoimmune illness, at least 13 different cancers and, perhaps, some mental illness.
The Extraordinary Rate of Natural Vitamin D Production
The single most important scientific fact about vitamin D is that young adult Whites make about 20,000 units of vitamin D in their skin within minutes of whole-body, summer-sun exposure. This is 100 times the Adequate Intake (AI) and five times the toxicity maximums (Lowest Observed Adverse Effects Level or LOAEL) recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for young adults. Therefore, many Americans greatly exceed the IOM's safety recommendations by simply spending a few minutes outside in their swimming suits!
This extraordinary rate of natural vitamin D production in the skin (20,000 IU) leading to the production of a potent endocrine, paracrine and autocrine steroid hormone leads one (as T.S. Eliot once said), "to an overwhelming question." Why did Nature design such a complex system reliant on rapid and bountiful production of cholecalciferol? Answer, "Probably for a very good reason."
Because low calcidiol [25(OH)D] levels (less than 35 ng/ml) are associated with so many chronic illnesses, calcidiol levels are an important part of any laboratory health evaluation and should be routinely checked by physicians. Unfortunately, few physicians are aware of this so perhaps as much as 70 percent of the U.S. population has calcidiol levels below 35 ng/ml. Even when asked to check vitamin D levels, physicians often order calcitriol levels, instead of calcidiol levels, an error that greatly misleads both the physician and the patient.
What are Optimum Blood Levels of Vitamin D?
For numerous reasons (optimal calcium absorption, maximal suppression of PTH, reduction in blood pressure, decreased incidence of various cancers, retarding the progression of osteoarthritis, reducing the incidence of autoimmune illness, reduction in CRP, etc), healthful blood levels of calcidiol [25(OH)D] are between 35 and 50 ng/ml although commercial labs usually report "normal" or Gaussian distributions of between 8-72 ng/ml depending on the latitude of the lab's population.
Therefore, commercial reference laboratories also mislead physicians and their patients by reporting "normal" (Gaussian distributions of a deficient population) instead of healthful calcidiol levels. Patients need to know these facts before asking their physician for the calcidiol [25(OH)D] blood test.
Until the medical profession becomes knowledgeable on this matter, patients need to become educated, educate their physicians, get the proper blood test and then take steps to raise their calcidiol level if it is less than 35 ng/ml. We know of no reason to exceed 50 ng/ml.
Populations around the equator (where man evolved) and groups spending time outdoors without many clothes (lifeguards), have levels of around 50 ng/ml. Such observations have important implications for the vitamin D conditions under which humans evolved.
In other words, it suggests humans have had 25(OH)D levels of around 50 ng/ml for 99.99 percent of the time they have been on earth. Only in the last several hundred years has urbanization, industrialization, glass (UVB does not penetrate glass), excessive clothes (UVB does not penetrate clothes) and sunblock lowered 25(OH)D levels to their current deficient levels.
Options if Your Vitamin D Levels are Low
Persons with low levels have three choices: the sun, a sun lamp or vitamin D supplements. At most latitudes in the United States, little or no vitamin D is made in the skin in the late fall and early winter. In our most northern states the vitamin D blackout lasts for about six months. In the spring and summer, Whites can make large amounts (20,000 IU) by sunbathing on both sides, without sunblock, for a few minutes (about one-third the time it takes for the skin to begin to slightly redden). Darker skinned persons need five to 10 times longer depending on the amount of melanin pigment in the skin.
Vitamin D production occurs within minutes and is maximized long before the skin turns red or begins to tan. One does not have to get repeated blood tests when using sun exposure to obtain vitamin D. Toxicity can not occur even with heavy and continuous sunbathing because ultraviolet light begins to degrade vitamin D after making about 20,000 IU, thus reaching a steady state. Overexposure, especially sunburns, is damaging to the skin, dangerous, and should be entirely avoided.
Some artificial sun lamps contain significant amounts of UVB and have been shown to raise calcidiol levels into the healthful range. Just like the sum, one does not have to worry about toxicity or obtain repeated blood levels when using them. However, just like the sum, care must be taken not to overexpose the skin. Suntans are not needed to obtain adequate vitamin D. Sunburns must be avoided. One manufacturer with some vitamin D data is Sperti. (http://www.sperti.com/products.htm)
Many people are beginning to rely on supplements to raise their calcidiol levels as they have been told (usually erroneously) to entirely avoid the sun. However, in the absence of UVB, one must consume 3,000 to 5,000 IU of cholecalciferol a day to maintain healthful calcidiol levels. Similar studies have not been done with ergocalciferol but current data indicates that almost twice as much ergocalciferol would be needed.
Vitamin D repletion is safest when done under a physician's care so calcidiol levels (and perhaps calcium levels) can be monitored. Persons diagnosed with sarcoidosis, other granulomatous disease, cancer (especially lymphoma) or hyperparathyroidism should not take vitamin D unless they are under the care of a knowledgeable physician (and would be well advised to find one). Patients with these conditions may develop a vitamin D hypersensitivity syndrome, which is different than vitamin D toxicity.
Vitamin D Toxicity
Persons who do not want to have blood tests would be best advised to rely on prudent sun exposure. If such persons choose to avoid the sun, they should never exceed 2,000 IU of cholecalciferol a day [which is the Institute of Medicine's NOAEL (No Observed Adverse Effects Level)].
Cholecalciferol can be obtained at health food stores and on the Internet. Cod liver oil contains about 1,200 IU of vitamin D per tablespoon but also contains about 14,000 IU of vitamin A. Therefore, persons with no sun exposure may exceed safe intakes of vitamin A in order to replete the vitamin D system. (We know omega-3 nutrition is very important but believe fish oil to be a safer alternative than cod liver oil).
Vitamin D can be toxic in overdose (probably more than 20,000 IU a day over a prolonged period of time). We are not aware of any reports in the literature of deaths from acute overdose, such as suicide attempts, leading to death. In fact, a 150-pound human would have to take more than 100,000 capsules of the 1,000 IU cholecalciferol capsules to approach the LD50 for the most sensitive mammal (the male rat at 40 mg/kg).
Such patients would be more likely to die from gastric bloating leading to asphyxiation than from vitamin D toxicity. In mammals, signs of toxicity short of death can first be seen at .5mg/kg (20,000 IU/kg or 1,400 capsules at one time for a 150 pound adult human).
We are unaware of any reports of vitamin D toxicity from supplements except when manufacturing errors occurred. Most of the reported toxicity is industrial (dairies putting in the wrong amount into milk or the concentrated oil being used for cooking). However death from chronic poisoning has been described and is possible. If you believe "a little is good then a whole lot is better," then you may prove the association between judgment and natural selection.
Winter is the time of year when you need to be most concerned about the amount of vitamin D you are receiving, so this article from The Vitamin D Council could not have come at a better time.
Although the majority of Americans are deficient in vitamin D during the winter, it is essential to understand that in order to know how much vitamin D you should be taking, you should get your blood level checked. Unfortunately, very few doctors do the blood test for vitamin D. Even as the word leaks out about vitamin D to the traditional medical community, testing for vitamin D will not skyrocket like cholesterol or other testing because there is no expensive drug to push, thus making the public more aware.
You can't rely on the media to expose the issue. If and when they do, it will be too late for most of you and you will have suffered decreased bone density and an increased risk of many cancers. But you don't have to wait for the media. You can read my article on vitamin D testing and get up to date on this important topic before it is too late. Unless you are getting significant sun exposure on large amounts of your skin, in fact, I would advise reading the article right now.
The Vitamin D Council, the non-profit group that contributed the excellent article above, is another great resource for vitamin D information. The Vitamin D Council is a group of citizens concerned about vitamin D deficiency and the diseases associated with that deficiency. I encourage you to check out their website and sign up for their informative newsletter. Their goal is an important one: to draw attention to the problem of vitamin D deficiency through the education of professionals, the media, government officials and average citizens.
If you follow my newsletter then you'll know that I recommend cod liver oil as the best source of vitamin D (other than the sun, of course). You may have noticed in the above article that the author doesn't recommend taking cod liver oil for vitamin D due to its high level of vitamin A, which he believes could exceed the safe amount of vitamin A if taken regularly.
This is one point that we disagree on, as there are several reasons why the vitamin A in cod liver oil is completely safe. First of all, the main toxicity that can result from vitamin A is due to SYNTHETIC vitamin A, NOT the natural form found in cod liver oil. Secondly, cod liver oil has vitamin D in it, and it is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to become toxic on vitamin A if you take it along with vitamin D. If you'd like to look into this further, I suggest you take a look at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which published a study that found Vitamin D is associated with reduced vitamin A toxicity, and the researchers observed that vitamin D appears to protect against retinal toxicity.
This study also found that the safe upper single dose of retinol IN OIL seems to be 12,000 to 18,000 units of vitamin A per kilogram of body weight. The cod liver oil that I recommend has 1,000 to 1,250 units in a one-teaspoon serving, which means that you will be way under this limit if you follow my recommended dose (one teaspoon for every 50 pounds of body weight per day).
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"We're still very confused as a family why she's not still alive," Amy Carey-Jones said late Friday, speaking of her 34-year-old sister, Miriam Carey. "I really feel like it's not justified, not justified."
Another sister, retired New York City police officer Valarie Carey, said there was "no need for a gun to be used when there was no gunfire coming from the vehicle."
The sisters spoke outside Valarie Carey's home in Brooklyn Friday night after traveling to Washington to identify Miriam Carey's body.
Carey-Jones said her sister had been on medication for postpartum depression but was being taken off the drugs under medical supervision.
"They told her she could get off medication," Carey-Jones said, adding, "There were no indications she was unstable."
Meanwhile the investigation continues into why the Stamford, Connecticut woman tried to breach a White House barrier, setting off a high-speed car chase and ended with her being killed by police.
Also Friday night the New York based Law Enforcement Alliance demanded answers about why Capitol Police felt there was no other way to stop her car.
"Twice this vehicle was stopped and twice surrounded, and they still fired at it," said Darrin Green, of the Law Enforcement Alliance.
And new details are emerging about 34-year-old Miriam Carey's debilitating mental state and increasingly erratic behavior.
The suspect's mother, Idella Carey, says her daughter was suffering from post-partum depression and had a history of mental illness. Miriam Carey's alleged actions put Capitol Hill on lockdown Thursday and left a city still rattled from the Navy Yard shooting on edge.
Carey lived in Stamford, where police waited hours to get the warrant needed to finally break into her apartment Thursday night.
About 50 of her neighbors were evacuated from their apartments and the street was closed off while bomb squad and hazardous materials units moved in.
"It's a joint operation," Stamford police chief John Fontneau said. "We're working the FBI, Secret Service, state police, Stamford Police Department bomb team and state of Connecticut."
The law enforcement activity at the scene ended Friday morning, with authorities saying the building was secured as of 7 a.m. The only apparent piece of evidence that police removed was a computer. Residents were then allowed to return.
Family members say Carey's history of mental illness and troubles with post-partum depression grew so severe that the young mother had to be hospitalized at one point.
Sources tell ABC News that the father of Carey's 1-year-old daughter, Erica Frances, told police months ago that she had begun to show signs of mental illness around September of 2012. Police were called to her home on several different occasions after that.
According to the sources, on morning of December 10, Stamford police responded to a suspected child abuse and neglect issue reported by the 54-year-old then-boyfriend. When police arrived, the boyfriend told them that Carey was emotionally disturbed.
He said he was afraid for his daughter's safety, and Carey was not speaking rationally. He said she was delusional and believed she was the prophet of Stamford who was in contact with President Obama. She also said that Obama had placed the city of Stamford under lockdown and had placed her residence under electronic surveillance, which was being fed live to all national news outlets.
Officers offered to assist Carey with the baby, but she said that they would have to tackle her on live television in order to take her to the Stamford Hospital. Officers then forcibly took the baby and handcuffed Carey, but she managed to slip out of one of the cuffs. After a brief struggle, she was re-cuffed and transported for a mental health evaluation.
As a result, Carey was prescribed Ambien because she complained of trouble sleeping.
Then, on December 21, the boyfriend reported to police that Carey had driven to Brooklyn with Erica the night before to attend a family party and had yet to return. Upon their return later that morning, the boyfriend reported Miriam was off of her medications and tried to fight him.
Police were again called to the residence, where Carey became combative, injuring an officer, before being transported to Stamford Hospital. Internal reports at the time said Carey was on medication for unknown mental illness and has a family history of schizophrenia.
During a follow up visit to hospital in late December, the boyfriend told a social worker that Carey suffered from post-partum depression, and he was concerned she was not eating well.
The social worker contacted the family on January 6, and the boyfriend said that Miriam was doing fantastic and was 100 percent back to normal. Days later, Carey told the social worker that prior to her initial hospitalization, she had felt restless, tired, delusional and had difficulty sleeping. She told the social worker that doctors at Stamford Hospital confirmed she had post-partum depression after her initial hospitalization; however, she did not want to disclose the medication she was prescribed. Miriam also told the social worker that she was receiving treatment at a mental health facility.
Carey, a dental hygienist, bought a condo in the Woodside Green Complex in 2009 for $242,000.
The complex filed suit against Carey last year, but the suit was withdrawn a couple of months later.
She worked for a dental practice in Hamden, but her name no longer appears on the practice's website directory.
Carey reportedly had started a home-based business called Experienced Dental Placements, which appeared to operate as a temporary employment firm.
Carey grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and police went to her childhood home to question her family in an effort to figure out exactly what happened.
Her relatives had been huddled inside the Marion Street home of sister Valarie Carey, a former NYPD sergeant who retired in 2006 after about 12 years on the force, trying to come to grips with the tragic occurrence in DC. They left the house early Friday morning without talking, but are expected to comment Friday evening.
No motive has been identified, and no one who knew her could explain the actions of a woman who seemed to be on the right track.
"They're like any other family, you know?" family attorney Eric Sanders said. "They're disturbed about these different things. But we have to mend the family first and then find out what happened down in DC."
Friends also expressed concern for Carey's 1-year-old daughter, Erica, who is now motherless.
"I grew up with her, and it doesn't seem like she would go through something like that," friend Donald Knowles said. "It's just shocking."
Idella Carey said her daughter had "no history of violence," and she didn't know why she was in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. She said she thought Carey was taking Erica to a doctor's appointment in Connecticut.
Carey's boss, Dr. Steven Oken, described Carey as a person who was "always happy."
"I would never in a million years believe that she would do something like this," he said. "It's the furthest thing from anything I would think she would do, especially with her child in the car. I am floored that it would be her."
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It is like the classic Ugly Duckling fairy tale with a twist; a beautiful mute swan is rearing a goose to the amazement of staff at an attraction in Gloucestershire.
At first glance the youngster, at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, looks similar to a cygnet.
But its telltale yellow-brown down already betrays the fact it is a greylag gosling and as it grows over the coming weeks it will look an even stranger sight as its swims along next to its long-necked 'parents'.
James Lees, Reserve Warden, said: "It can be one of two options: either the swan took over the nest of a goose and started to incubate the egg, or a greylag goose laid an egg in the swan's nest.
"I saw it on the nest incubating eggs over the last few weeks but this was the only youngster to emerge. What is clear, is that the goose has imprinted on the swan and clearly thinks it is mum and vice versa."
WWT Slimbridge is home to as many as 35,000 wild ducks, geese and swans at any one time, but this is the first time that staff have ever seen a swan rearing a goose, although geese have been known to very occasionally rear ducklings.
In the first few weeks goslings and cygnets rely on their parents for warmth and protection, but they are good at foraging for food and swimming from day one.
This gosling is sticking close to the swan, which in turn is chasing away any birds which come close to it. Her male swan partner is also helping to protect the gosling. Despite being a gosling it is behaving like a cygnet and even tried unsuccessfully to climb onto her back when it started to rain heavily.
Rearing of young is fairly similar between the two wetland species so experts at the Centre think the goose will be well cared for. The key difference is goslings tend to stay with parents for up to a year whereas adult swans chase off their young in the winter, so it may be forced to gain independence sooner than most young geese.
James added: "Visitors are finding it very intriguing but most are assuming it is a cygnet until we encourage them to take a closer look.
"The swan has invested so much time already in hatching the gosling that we think she will continue to care for it over the weeks to come so we are looking forward to seeing this real life fairytale unfold!"


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Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Starbreaker, Jan 8, 2012.
Im glad cos I always liked her character...and I love that show!
Kinda weird SVU cast photo
What the hell?
thats just odd...
SVU doesn't look good in white
The only thing I like about the cast pics is Mariska Hargitay's legs.
The writing has gotten a lot better this season. Mostly straight police procedural, without the nonsensical twists every three seconds.
Only with talent and natural tits and lips.
I second the "What the hell?" reaction.
Why does Ice-T have his pimp hand extended, as if to say, "Join us in the future, where everything is white (except me!)"?
I know what you mean. I was more of a Cold Case fan than an SVU fan - I loved that show, and I loved the character of Scotty Valens. And whenever I see Danny Pino, I subconsciously wait to see Kathryn Morris (who I also adored).
I am glad for him that he he got the gig, and no doubt he's probably happy to be playing a new character, even if it is another cop. But in my personal ideal world he'd have moved to a CSI show - then he could have stayed Scotty Valens.
Where are the Cold Case DVDs anyway? I heard it was something to do with the music rights.
I think SVU is a fine program, though as Law and Order shows are concerned, I like Criminal Intent the best.
Nice to see that Hargitay is staying on the show. She is good enough actress and easy on the eyes.
I love Modern Family...wait....
Yup. There's so much music on Cold Case that getting all the rights would be way too cost prohibitive for a DVD release.
Yeah...no way we are ever gonna see Cold Case DVD sets. Every single episode of that show has period-specific popular music on it, and no way could they get the rights to all that for a reasonable amount of money. It would be impossible. They even had a few episodes where they used the music of only one band - I remember they used Bruce Springsteen's music for one episode, for example.
This is the only show that I have pieces of that were acquired by alternate means. I purchase the DVD sets for all of my favorite shows, and would gladly purchase them for Cold Case...but no way we are ever gonna see them. It's a shame for the fans, but they couldn't ever get all the rights, and re-scoring every single episode of a show that ran for what? 7 years? That ain't gonna happen. Still, put out the DVD sets and I'll be the first in line. I loved that show - great characters!
^ Aren't the Cold Squad creators still bitter over their perception of Cold Case supposedly ripping them off? Perhaps that is also part of the DVD holdup.
I doubt it. Bitterness has nothing to do with DVD releases.
^ Litigation would. The Cold Squad people did attempt it. Perhaps they still are.
Although the music clearance issue is probably a bigger obstacle.
They thought about filing a lawsuit back in 2003 when the show first aired, but nothing ever came of it.
Its ratings may be down but it seems like they're pretty much down across the board on NBC nowadays. Things are a lot worse for NBC now than they were when Criminal Intent was moved to USA. (And even then, Criminal Intent would still pop back up on NBC every once in a while.) Plus, since it's a Universal show, that means that NBC/Universal makes extra money on DVDs & syndication.
Hey, it's not like any of them ever listen to Captain Cragen anyway.
That might kinda suck for Florek but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. It would be similar to Jack McCoy's promotion to DA during the 18th season of the original series. (One difference though: The previous DA, Arthur Branch, left the show voluntarily because Fred Dalton Thompson wanted to make a run at the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination.)
It's Law & Order. It's always going to be the same. The main question is whether or not you're in the mood for it.
David Simon? I believe he's one of the other creators of Homicide.
Why don't they use Munch more often?!
He also took the Sergeant's exam back when he was in Baltimore at the same time Kay Howard did, but he flunked it. (I think. Either he flunked it or he got kicked out of the exam room for sass-mouthing the teacher.)
Everyone is always down on them not using Munch that much, but I wonder if anyone has ever asked him if he simply doesn't want to work that much? I mean, Belzer is 67.
Simon wrote the non-fiction book the series was based upon, but the third person is probably Paul Attanasio, who wrote the pilot and has the sole "created by" credit on the series (Simon's "based on" credit is relegated to the end titles; he didn't join the series until the fourth season, although he did co-write an episode of season two).
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Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M pulled off the comeback against LSU on Sunday that they couldn't finish in October.
The presumed Heisman Trophy front-runner and the 10th-ranked Aggies snatched a Cotton Bowl bid away from the ninth-ranked Tigers, who beat A&M 24-19 on Oct. 20 in College Station, Texas.
A whirlwind 24 hours of match-making among bowls and highly ranked Southeastern Conference teams began with the conclusion of the regular season Saturday, and LSU (10-2 and 6-2 in the SEC) landed in the Chick-fil-A Bowl rather than the Cotton. The Tigers will play No. 14 Clemson (10-2 and 7-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) at 6:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve in the Georgia Dome.
The Aggies (10-2 and 6-2) will play Oklahoma in Cowboys Stadium on Jan. 4.
"We look forward to a great matchup and a competitive game in the Chick-fil-A Bowl against a very talented team from the ACC," coach Les Miles said in a statement released by LSU on Sunday night. "We enjoy playing in Atlanta. It's a great city that has been very good to LSU."
The Tigers learned their destination and opponent Sunday after they and three fellow SEC teams were finally distributed among four of the top non-BCS bowls.
Alabama's 32-28 victory over Georgia in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday put the Crimson Tide in the BCS Championship and sent Florida to the Sugar Bowl, leaving the rest of the SEC teams out of the BCS bowl picture. No conference can send more than two teams to the BCS unless the league claims the top two spots in the rankings but neither is its champion.
That left the Cotton, Chick-fil-A, Capital One and Outback bowls to choose among the Tigers, Aggies, Georgia and South Carolina.
Speculation had LSU at various times headed to the Cotton or Chick-fil-A or even to the Outback. South Carolina appeared headed to the Outback throughout, and that's where the Gamecocks wound up.
It had been assumed that the Capital One would eagerly grab the Aggies and Manziel, a dynamic quarterback who could become the first freshman to win the Heisman. That would have left the Cotton choosing LSU or Georgia.
On Saturday night, Cotton Bowl chairman Tommy Bain told the Austin American-Statesman that LSU was "the favorite in the clubhouse."
The dominoes began to fall late Sunday afternoon when Georgia accepted a bid to the Capital One in Orlando, Fla., to play Nebraska. South Carolina then accepted a trip to Tampa, Fla., to play Michigan. That left the Cotton and Chick-fil-A to split LSU and Texas A&M.
The Cotton had considered the possibility of matching Texas and Texas A&M, but those schools' long-time rivalry ended bitterly this season when the Aggies left the Big 12 Conference.
The Aggies overtook the Cotton's clubhouse leader Sunday after Northern Illinois, the champion of the Mid-America Conference, which does not have automatic qualification into the BCS, climbed to No. 15 in the BCS rankings.
BCS rules guarantee a spot for a non-AQ conference champion if it is ranked in the top 16 and ahead of the champion of an AQ conference in the final rankings. The Huskies, who defeated Kent State for the MAC title Friday, were ranked ahead of two AQ champions: the Big East's Louisville and Big Ten's Wisconsin.
That sent Northern Illinois to the Orange Bowl, bumping Louisville to the Sugar Bowl and Oklahoma to the Cotton. With Texas out of the Cotton and into the Alamo Bowl, A&M leaped to the Cotton forefront.
LSU officials seemed caught off-guard by the turn of events. They had said last week that they would hold a Sunday night news conference to discuss their bowl destination. But that changed Sunday, and the university issued its statement and said it would make Miles available on a conference call Monday.
The first confirmation of the Chick-fil-A destination came as several players, including punter Brad Wing, wide receiver Russell Shepard and running back Jeremy Hill tweeted the news. Defensive tackle Bennie Logan tweeted his reaction: "I'm too excited and pumped about this game."
LSU fans, who had pre-ordered more than 16,000 tickets to the Cotton Bowl and half of that to the Chick-fil-A, seemed less enthused. Many took to Twitter and message boards to complain that the Tigers should have been chosen ahead of the Aggies because of the head-to-head outcome.
LSU played A&M in the Cotton Bowl two years ago and will play TCU in Cowboys Stadium, site of the Cotton, in the 2013 opener in August.
Instead of another trip there, the Tigers will head back to the Georgia Dome, where they completed the most successful regular season in school history with a 42-10 victory against Georgia in the 2011 SEC Championship Game.
"We're about as excited as you can be to have a 10-win team ranked number seven in the nation (in the coaches poll) in the LSU Tigers," Chick-fil-A president and CEO Gary Stokan said in the statement. "Coach Miles has led this team to the pinnacle of elite programs in the country and they will, without doubt, give us one of the best bowl match-ups in the nation."
LSU has won all five of its previous trips to the Chick-fil-A Bowl, formerly known as the Peach Bowl. The Tigers beat Georgia Tech 38-3 in its last trip after the 2008 season.
Clemson and LSU have played twice, and LSU won both games, prevailing 7-0 in the Sugar Bowl to conclude its 1958 national championship season and 10-7 in the Peach Bowl after the 1996 season.
LSU will face one of the nation's most productive offenses: Clemson led the ACC with averages of 518 yards and 42 points per game.


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Novak Djokovic may be the runaway world number one right now, and favourite to take away Roger Federer's title here at the Dubai Open this week, but he has started this year a relieved man.
Djokovic, who should meet Federer in Saturday's final, has been less worried by the reputation of the sport's greatest legend than by his own.
The 25-year-old Serbian's sensational spell of success in becoming a triple Grand Slam titleholder within one season left him feeling, he says, that he might never live up to the new image of himself which suddenly emerged.
"I do feel relief more than when I started 2012," he admitted. "Following 2011 was an extreme challenge - mentally mostly.
"I found myself for the first time in the position of being number one in the world and defending a Grand slam title - three in a whole year, so that was very challenging.
"So I consider finishing number one in 2012 an even bigger success than in 2011, and I feel I learned a lesson. I understand the experience I went through and I am ready for new challenges."
It was also a brief relief that Djokovic was also able to focus a little on someone else's difficulties. They were those of his younger brother Marko, whom he partnered in the men's doubles.
It was though a slightly surreal experience. On an outside court, which enabled the spectators to watch the world's number one player without paying, the match took place amidst angry gusts of wind, swishing trees, and at the end, as dusk fell, swooping birds.
Marko Djokovic, aged 21, has risen more than 200 places in the rankings since playing singles here last year, and is at 662 and rising. But he and Novak lost 4-6, 6-3, 10-4 to Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and Dick Norman of Belgium, and the burden of brotherly comparisons remains immense.
"I have to say it is hard because people compare him to me," says Novak. "In the junior tournaments and all these years he has been playing tennis he's been compared to me when I was that age, and it's absolutely different.
"So he's trying to fight, I think, with his mind more than really with his game.
"I think as soon as he manages to control his thoughts and, you know, focus more on his own career, he is going to be good. He has potential obviously - it's in the blood."
There is even a feeling of familiarity when the world number one starts his singles campaign here Tuesday. His first round is against Viktor Troicki, a close friend with whom he grew up in Belgrade and who he has faced many times.
Part of Djokovic's mind strays to the increased possibility, in the current absence of a fully fit Rafael Nadal, of completing a career Grand Slam by winning the French Open in three months time. He does, though, try to resist it.
"You are always in a strong position when you win the first Grand Slam of the year," he says. "Any player who does that has the possibility of completing the Grand Slam - but it's a very long way.
"But it won't be necessary for me to think about Roland Garros, or any big event that is still far away.
"I like to keep my mindset as simple as possible, as it has been over the years. So, step by step."


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Activity note: Hotel check-in from 3:00 p.m.
Afternoon: Program Registration: After checking in at the hotel front desk, take your bags to your room. At 4:00 p.m. come to the designated hotel meeting room (location will be posted) to register with the Road Scholar program staff and get your welcome packet containing your name-tag, up-to-date schedule that reflects any last-minute changes, other important information, and to confirm when and where the Orientation session will take place. If you arrive late, please ask for your packet when you check in.
Dinner: 5:00 p.m.: In the Tick Tock Diner just off the hotel lobby, we'll have our first meal together and order from a select menu. This 24-hour diner features American cooking and "comfort food." Dinner in the diner is included even if you arrive late. You may eat later but please attend Orientation first. Or, get "take out" and bring your plate to the meeting room.
Evening: 6:15 p.m.: Orientation. The Group Leader will greet everyone and lead introductions. We will review the up-to-date program schedule, discuss roles and responsibilities, logistics, safety guidelines, emergency procedures, and answer questions. This active program involves extensive walking and use of public transportation including the New York subway system with many stairs up and down. This is a Road Scholar Intergenerational program. Grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren. If/when separate age group activities are conducted concurrently, program staff will supervise. Children are never to be left unsupervised. Periods in the daily schedule designated as "Free time" and "At leisure" offer opportunities to do what you like and make your experience even more meaningful and memorable according to your personal preferences. The Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions. Program activities, schedules, personnel, and indicated distances or times may change due to local circumstances/conditions. In the event of changes, we will alert you as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding. Following orientation, we will walk over to the Empire State Building for a bird's eye view of the city. The group leader will walk you three blocks to the Empire State Building and you can return when you choose. The observation deck is open until 2 a.m. but we don't advise you stay that late. The next day is a busy one.
Activity note: Use of New York City subway. Walking up to 5 miles throughout the day.
Breakfast: In the hotel meeting room, we'll have bagels, muffins, bananas, hard-boiled eggs, cold cereals, cream cheese, jelly, and butter, plus milk (regular and low-fat), orange juice, coffee/decaf, tea.
Morning: We'll take a field trip to the New Amsterdam Theatre for a private visit. We'll also see props from some of the most popular Disney shows. Depending on what's happening in the theatre that day, we may have some nice surprises. Next, we'll walk through the Theatre District with a local expert to learn about and become familiar with the area. We'll then return to the hotel.
Lunch: In the hotel meeting room, we'll have deli sandwiches and a beverage.
Afternoon: This afternoon is the first of our Intergenerational theatre workshops for both kids and adults. We'll be joined a local expert, an educator in movement, who will teach us singing and dance moves and routines.
Dinner: At a retro 1950s theme diner — featuring singing waiters who aspire to be future stars of stage and screen — we'll have plated meals and order from a select menu.
Evening: We'll take a walk through Rockefeller Center and Grand Central Terminal.
Activity note: Use of New York City subway. Walking up to 5 miles throughout the day.
Breakfast: In the meeting room.
Morning: We'll review what we learned in the workshop before and then we'll meet with an expert in stage movement who will take us through our moves.
Lunch: This meal has been excluded from the program cost and is on your own to enjoy what you like. The Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions.
Afternoon: As a special highlight of the program, we'll meet a young performer on their way up and learn how they got started. Grandkids will then rehearse their theater workshop moves and grandparents can watch if they like or take a break.
Dinner: At a neighborhood restaurant.
Evening: Performance. We'll attend an Off Broadway performance from current offerings. Our program was planned far in advance when details of performances were not confirmed. We expect to have information approximately six (6) weeks prior to the program. The information will be posted on the Road Scholar website under this program number and will also be included in preparatory materials sent following enrollment.
Activity note: Use of New York City subway. Walking up to 5 miles throughout the day.
Breakfast: In the meeting room.
Morning: Especially for kids: In the Theatre District around Times Square, we'll divide into two smaller groups and set out on a field trip to explore the heart of New York show business. We'll have maps and clues to discover some of the famous sights and take pictures to document our discoveries. We'll then return to the hotel.
Lunch: In the meeting room.
Afternoon: Free Time. Take this opportunity for personal independent exploration to see and do what interests you most. Please refer to the list of Free Time Opportunities. The Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions. If you want to attend an event such as a Broadway show or a performance at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, etc., you may want to order tickets in advance. There are always a lot of options available at the TKTS Discount Booth for same-day tickets at 20% to 50% off regular prices. The Group Leader will give advice on how to make it go as smoothly as possible. See www.tdf.org for details.
Dinner: On your own to enjoy what you like. If you have something special in mind, we recommend making reservations in advance.
Evening: At leisure. Experience more of what New York has to offer to see and do what interests you most.
Activity note: Walking up to 5 miles throughout the day.
Breakfast: In the hotel meeting room.
Morning: Another special highlight, we'll meet a theatre professional who works behind the scenes. It might be a stagehand, costumer, designer, or someone else who helps make the magic happen. We'll hear how things really work to support the performers on stage. Next, we'll be joined by a seasoned Broadway actor who will tell us about life of a performer and what it takes to be successful — meaning, employed!
Lunch: On your own to enjoy what you like.
Afternoon: For our third and last theatre workshop, kids and adults will join together again to learn more about movement in Broadway musicals. Our educator will take us through the moves we're perfecting.
Dinner: At a local restaurant, we'll order from a select with beverage choices of soda, coffee, tea, water. Share favorite experiences with new Road Scholar friends at our farewell dinner.
Evening: We will attend a performance of the new Disney hit, "Frozen"! Returning to the hotel, prepare for check-out and departure after our final session in the morning.
Activity note: Hotel check-out 12:00 Noon.
Breakfast: In the meeting room.
Morning: We'll have a lively wrap-up session and discuss the performances included in the program and any you may have attended on your own. This concludes our program. We hope you enjoy Road Scholar learning adventures and look forward to having you on rewarding programs in the future. Please join our Facebook page and share photos of your program. Visit us at www.facebook.com/rsadventures. Best wishes for all your journeys!


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July 8, 2013 - submitted by Pauline, United States of America
Q. Hi Oracle! I just few a simple question that I'm sure won't let me sleep at night until it's answered. I been very intrigued by Coldplay's older songs specifically from their album Parachutes and I was wondering if they still play the songs on that album or in upcoming concerts? Thanks! :)
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They've never not played Yellow on tour but apart from that they haven't played (m)any from their debut album for a long while. They have been known to perform songs from it on occasion (such as Shiver) but nothing has featured on the permanent set list.


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I never knew how much my phone meant to me until it almost died. It seems to have become a part of me. There are times when I can have it with me, in my pocket, and look around my room trying to find it. But my cell phone isn't the only electronic that has become an extra limb for me. My iPod is also always with me, so I can just pull it out if I am bored or have nothing else to do. Going onto my computer has become a daily ritual, checking Facebook and my emails. So I have quite an array of electronics to choose from at any one time.
I was recently in Mississippi, and I thought to myself, 'Wow…what a lovely day! The pool looks so pretty so why not sit on the edge of the pool and take a picture with my lovely cousin?' So, I set up the camera and then ran to the other side of the pool and sat down then scooted up to the edge. We had been trying to take the picture two or three times so the edge of the pool was slippery. Naturally being the fabulously graceful person that I am, I felt myself accidently slide right into the pool. My cousin and I started to laugh and then she gasped and said, "Corynn, your phone!" My eyes widened and my mouth fell open. I quickly pulled my brand new phone out of my back pocket and practically threw it at my cousin and said, "Open it!" We tried so hard to get the case off, but no matter how hard we tried it would not open. Then we decided the case wasn't worth saving so we snapped it off. The phone turned on and off while vibrating and I swore it was going to die. I needed to get the battery out. I had to use a knife to pop the back cover off and then I had my cousin go inside and blow-dry the battery and the rest of the phone, while I was drying myself off outside. When I finally got inside, I quickly changed my clothes and then started pacing around my phone, waiting for it to get out of 'rice surgery'. I had never been so nervous in my life. Here I was, in Mississippi, and all of my friends that I talk to are all the way in California. The only way I was able to communicate with them was by texting. When it came time (the next day) to see if my phone had survived or not, I put it all back together and waited. I pushed the power button and it turned 'on'. Boy, was I lucky! Sure the battery died in a matter of minutes, but at least I knew that I didn't need a whole new phone. So we went to Radio Shack and I got a new battery for my phone.
This seems more like a personal narrative than anything else, but I didn't mean for that to be the case. I think it's really interesting how much I truly depended on my phone and how much it would have affected me if I was not be able to talk to my friends for a few days or even a few weeks. Now, I feel like I don't need my phone as much because I was able to make it through a day and a half without it, just fine. I was able to truly be 'present' and connect with the people I was with, instead of trying so hard to stay in touch with people I was longing to see, again soon. I noticed that the less I looked at my phone, the more memorable moments I was able to make with the family and friends I was with, in the moment.
Cell phones and electronics help me capture and keep 'moments in time' through pictures, videos and silly messages. But, they also take away my energy and time that could be used to make even more memories with the people I'm actually visiting with.


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Last week, I took part in my first international ocean sailboat race. There were six of us in a narrow, 42-foot sailboat with teams working around the clock in shifts of four hours awake and four hours trying to nap, unless we had to do a sail change, in which case it was everybody up on deck.
I did this because I wanted an adventure, and I got it: whales, dolphins, sharks, flying fish (we tried – and failed – to catch a fish for dinner), and giant sea turtles. The race covered 850 miles from Newport Beach, California to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The days before we launched, I have to admit that I was afraid. The days after we finished….well, I was transformed. My most vivid memory is racing the last ten miles in the moonlight with a brisk wind: I was steering with tears running down my face because I was so moved by the whole experience.
Facing fears and enduring hardships changes you in a very good way. When you know you can get through extraordinary challenges, it makes everyday issues "mellow out."
I want to thank my crew: Kevin Miller (tactician), Eric Bohman (navigator), Kit Will (one of the stars of Morning Light), Sam Solhaug, and Paul Wolthausen for the ride of my life!
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We are pleased to invite your colleagues to share with us in the memorable occasion of the 9th International Photographic Contest under the theme of '' CHANGE " in which Silpakorn University, in cooperation with the Photography Association Of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of his Majesty the King and the Narisaranuvattivongse Foundation are pleased to organize this special photo contest as our united tribute to Prince Naris who has been recognized as 'The Father of Siamese Craftmen' with his versatility and benevolent contribution to the advancement of Thai and Contemporary Art.
This photographic contest will be held in 2013 with challenge and open widely for all photograph lovers around the world who can select and send their best photographs under the concept of 'CHANGE' with ones' own selective implications both concrete and abstract presentations in these entries. The photographic entries are not restricted to any particular photographic or artistic techniques. Photographs may be taken with a standard film camera or a digital camera. The entries may be in colour or in black and white. Each applicant can submit the photographs at least of two photographs, but not more than four photographs by each individual.


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Going clockwise someone starts by guessing what the card will be. If they are not correct the dealer tells them if it is higher or lower than the card they guessed on the first try. Then after there 2nd try the dealer lays that card out on the floor for everyone to see. Then it is the next person turn.
If the person guessing gets it correct on the 1st try the dealer has to drink 10 drinks, if they guess it on the second try the dealer has to drink 5. If the person doesn't guess it on either tries they have to drink the difference of the card on the second try.
After the dealer makes 3 people drink in a row they can pass the deck to another person of their choice.
Optional: If someone guesses one off from the card it is they can pass their drink to someone else.
This game is called fuck the dealer because towards the end of the game when there is few cards left whoever is the dealer is going to be fucked because everyone will be able to guess which card it is going to be and the dealer will have to drink 10 every time. Keep in mind that we all know what the bottom card is too!
Person One: says 10
Dealer: higher
Person One: queen
Dealer: it's an ace so he puts the card facing on the ground in the ace pile and person one drinks 2
Perons Two: says 7
Dealer: lower
Person Two: says 4
Dealer: correct, lays the card in the 4 pile and dealer has to drink 5, since it was the second try
Once you get it, it's pretty simply and you can get really fucked up!


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I don't eat a lot of snack food. If I get hungry, I usually dig in the fridge and make a plate of food. Lately though, maybe due to too many pumpkin cinnamon rolls, I'm not sure--I've been craving big organic carrots. Yesterday I bought a big handful of 'em, and I like to eat them scrubbed and unpeeled as far down to the top as I can go. When I get to the top, I nibble away at every last bite, till there's just a little round brown stumpy thing left. I had something like that waiting for dazee in the car yesterday. He took one look at it, and hurled it out the window--his complete lack of asesthetic really gets to me sometimes. Bubbye, Mr. Carrot Stump!
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I thought I was the only carrot-stump chewer! my cat sometimes gets to them if I don't toss them poste-haste tho. :pReplyDelete
how cute- I can totally picture you nibbling away. I appreciate your aesthetics, kittee! I'm like that- I eat the ENTIRE apple or pear, other than the stem. I'm ... crazy like that.ReplyDelete
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MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. - Unlike the alligators of urban legend that lurk in Manhattan's sewers, a real-life reptile took up residence in a drain pipe in an otherwise quiet neighborhood near the Ulamay Wildlife Sanctuary -- belching menacing, rumbling hisses at passers-by.
Since December, the alligator inhabited the grated end of a stormwater pipe off Lakewood Circle. And nearby humans feared for the animal's health and safety.
Neighborhood guesstimates of the gator's length ranged from 4 to 10 feet -- only the fearsome, scaly snout was typically visible, poking out of the pipe. Whatever its length, the toothy reptile apparently was not happy with its living situation.
"He actually raised his head and snapped at the grate," Dreama Justice said of a Tuesday morning encounter during her daily walk.
"I'd hate to see him die in the neighborhood. Can you imagine how stressed he's got to be by now?"
Hours later, the reptile was removed. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers used plastic piping to coax the 7-foot gator to backpedal -- "he wasn't at all happy about it," spokeswoman Joy Hill described -- and the beast was captured soon afterward.
The alligator was relocated to a St. Johns River marsh, Hill said.
Barb Venuto was relieved by the rescue operation.
She likened the alligator's growling sounds with "a large dragon roar" -- and she feared the creature might injure a curious child.
She said worried elementary-school girls conducted prayer services near the pipe -- but boys teased the creature and tried to feed it hot dogs.
Neighbors repeatedly had contacted the FWC and asked for someone to free the gator, to no avail. A group of neighbors and a reporter and photographer from Local 6 News partner Florida Today congregated by the pipe Tuesday afternoon, and FWC officers removed the animal shortly afterward.
Last week in Seminole, a FWC trapper, deputies and onlookers helped pull an 8-foot alligator from a roadside drain. Wildlife officials plan to transport the animal to a gator farm.
The FWC initially recommended that the Merritt Island neighbors contact a private wildlife rescue or rehabilitation facility -- but residents feared a trapper would promptly kill the gator and harvest its meat and hide.
Hill said alligators rarely feed this time of year, and it was not trapped in the pipe.
"If he crawled up there, he could crawl back out 99 out of 100 times," she said.
The FWC's Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program received 14,275 nuisance alligator complaints in 2011, and 6,995 gators were removed.
"We're so happy they were able to save him, and he's OK," Venuto said Tuesday night. "I've lived here 20 years and never saw that before."
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