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Weight-Loss Wars: Men vs. Women
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Are the sexes really different when it comes to losing weight?
Sometimes, it just doesn't seem fair. It seems like we women can just look at a decadent dessert and feel our hips widening, while all a man has to do is cut back his portions a little and watch the numbers on the scale drop.
Why do men lose weight faster than women? Or is that just a myth?
One big difference between the sexes lies in food preferences, "Men love their meat, and women are attached to carbohydrates,"
That doesn't mean one type of eating has the edge, however. "I individualize eating plans to allow both men and women to enjoy their preferences for carbs or protein, providing they select the healthy versions.
Another difference in her practice is that women tend to be fairly knowledgeable about food and calories, while the men don't think much about nutrition.
"As soon as the men start paying attention to healthier food choices, they tend to get quick results," Call it beginner's luck!
There are some weight loss tricks that work equally well for both sexes.
Both women and men who have been skipping breakfast usually get quick results when they add a healthy breakfast into their plan. "I also advise everyone to divide their eating plans equally so that one-third of their calories is eaten before lunch."
Let's Get Physical
The simple truth is that men are larger and have more muscle than women due to the hormone testosterone. They are genetically designed to have a higher percentage of muscle and less fat -- which works in favor of keeping them fit and allowing them to eat more calories.
But with a little work, women can even up the odds a bit. To build more muscle and get your engine revving, pick up some weights and start pumping. You'll increase your muscle mass and decrease your fat stores by doing strength training at least twice a week.
Not only will strength training build muscle mass and help you burn more calories, but it will also strengthens your bones, preventing osteoporosis -- a disease primarily of women. (And, of course, it gives you a more shapely physique.)
There is at least one area where women have the edge, weight-wise. When men deposit fat, it most often goes to their middles, while women's excess weight tends to settle below the belt and in the middle. And it turns out that the "pear-shaped" body has a health advantage over the "apple": Those who carry extra fat mostly around their middles are at higher risk of developing heart disease than those who are bottom-heavy.
Who's Minding the Kitchen?
Many women come home from work and head straight to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Even in this day and age, women are primarily responsible for family meals. Planning menus, grocery shopping, and preparing meals is a lot of work, not to mention the extra temptation to nibble, taste, and eat more calories.
Try to equalize the workload and minimize the temptations by getting your partner and/or the kids involved in preparing quick and healthy meals. They will all benefit, and so will you!
Attitude Is Everything
Keep It in Perspective
Some women beat themselves up over a few extra pounds, even though this does little more than destroy their self-worth. Berating yourself will not help motivate you to control your weight and improve your health. So the next time those negative thoughts creep into your head, recognize them for what they are and replace them with positive ones.
Both men and women sometimes get blue over disappointments, not only in weight control but other areas of their lives. Whenever you are feeling discouraged, visit our online community of members, moderators and professionals, and let us help support you through the rough spots. We are there for you, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Keep It in Perspective continued...
The road to permanent weight control is a very personal journey. Individualized plans, tailor-made for either sex, are fundamental.
But while we are all different, we all have the same goal -- successful weight management. Whether or not you believe that "men are from Mars and women are from Venus," we can learn from one another and have some fun along the way.
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Brasilia, Brazil: Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal is trying to motivate his players for the third-place match against Brazil by giving them the mission of becoming the only Dutch squad to finish a World Cup unbeaten in regular play.
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is just hoping Brazil can finish on a high note in front of the home fans following the devastating 7-1 loss to Germany. After being eliminated by Argentina on penalties, the Netherlands has the chance of ending the tournament without a loss in seven matches. The Dutch won its first four games, then drew Costa Rica 0-0 in the quarters and Argentina 0-0 in the semis.
Van Gaal had been saying the third-place game was pointless and that he would rather not play it, but on Friday he changed the tone a bit, saying that going out without a loss would be a good reason to stay motivated.
"We are realising that there is something else we need to defend and we have to go for it," Van Gaal said through a translator. "Never a Dutch team returned home unbeaten, and that has to be the next target."
Scolari said the third-place match will be important to give Brazilian fans some reason to celebrate in the team's final World Cup appearance at home.
"We already know that we can't reach our main goal anymore," the coach said. "But we still have the third-place game and we want to win so we can give at least some happiness to the Brazilian people."
Scolari said he is expecting to make two or three changes to the lineup that played against Germany, but didn't give any hints. In a training session earlier Friday, he used a lineup without striker Fred, who has struggled throughout the World Cup.
Brazil captain Thiago Silva, who didn't play against Germany because of a yellow card suspension, was in the team that lost to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
"I couldn't be more motivated," Silva said. "It's a different objective, but we will be playing for our honor and our dignity. When you wear the Brazilian jersey you have to respect it and you always have to play motivated. We have to move on."
It is the second time the Netherlands is playing in the third-match game at a World Cup. It fell to Croatia 2-1 in 1998 after being beaten by Brazil in the semifinals.
"Losing hurts a lot, the pain doesn't go away so fast, but it's part of sports," striker Dirk Kuyt said. "There's always the next match. We want to win here and return unbeaten. It will be easier to get on the plane with a good feeling. It would be wonderful to close this World Cup by winning. We are still not satisfied, but third place gives you a much better feeling than fourth place."
Van Gaal recalled that even the great teams of 1974 and 1978 were not able to finish the World Cup without losses. The 1978 squad had two losses in the tournament in Argentina.
"There's still something for us to do, we haven't lost a match and we are working to keep it that way," Van Gaal said. "I've been focusing on Brazil and I hope that I can prepare my players so we can play a good match and defeat Brazil for third place. That way we will be writing history, we will say that we played seven consecutive matches and never lost."
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Promotion rivals Birmingham and Southampton settled for a point apiece as they failed to find the crucial breakthrough amid atrocious conditions at St Andrew's.
Snow and wind hampered the eagerly-anticipated encounter, with the largely uninspiring stalemate leaving second-placed Saints four points adrift of npower Championship leaders West Ham and Blues, in fifth, five points off the automatic promotion places with a game in hand.
Guirane N'Daw's early header proved the closest chance of a first half in which Birmingham started strongly but the visitors went on to dominate.
Marlon King forced a super save at the start of the second period from Kelvin Davis, who produced another solid stop to keep out N'Daw soon after and deny a City side who went on to shade proceedings.
Saints failed to force a single stop from Boaz Myhill at the other end and survived the 83rd-minute dismissal of defender Danny Fox for a second bookable offence, but they will highly value the point despite now having won just two of their last 10 league games after a barnstorming start.
Blues, who remain unbeaten in the league at St Andrew's this term, saw their six-match winning sequence come to an end but are unbeaten in 11.
Nikola Zigic failed a fitness test on the knee injury sustained in the process of bagging his fourth goal in Tuesday's 4-1 triumph at Leeds, fit-again top scorer King coming in as a suitable replacement as one of three changes.
Birmingham started in the ascendancy and no-nonsense midfielder N'Daw, back in the fold after his African Nations Cup campaign was brought to a premature end with Senegal, headed narrowly wide after eight minutes.
The home side certainly started the brighter but Saints boss Nigel Adkins, who named an unchanged line-up, adapted his side's shape to add an extra man in midfield and the visitors gained a foothold on the encounter.
Five corners highlighted their new-found dominance but City stopper Myhill, likewise counterpart Davis, was still to make a save as the half-hour mark passed.
Southampton continued to boss matters over the closing stages of the first half but neither side had created much in the final third.
That changed within 38 seconds of the restart as David Murphy burst down the left and found King, whose strike was well palmed around a post by Davis.
Saints' recent signing Billy Sharp was introduced for his debut just minutes into the second half, but it was Davis who was soon at the centre of matters once again as he saved from N'Daw.
Myhill was still to make a stop as Saints failed to capitalise on a defensive mix-up by the hosts with 25 minutes remaining.
The closing stages were largely uneventful until Fox was shown a second yellow for a foul on Chris Burke with seven minutes remaining.
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Blind Items Revealed - Old Hollywood
This A-list triple threat (actress, singer, dancer) and Oscar winner who made her best films with another A-list triple threat repeatedly claimed in her memoirs that she never touched a drop of alcohol because of her religious views. Ask anyone who worked with her and they would tell you she could drink anybody under the table. Her drinking only got worse after her mother/manager died and she decided to go to the Mayo Clinic to detox.
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By Casey Seidenberg
Back-to-school means so many things to so many people. Kids feel a combination of excitement and nervousness. Parents look forward to regular schedules and knowing their kids will be learning after a summer of fun. But for some parents, it can also mean the dreaded snack duty, that unlikable task of providing a healthful snack for an entire class of children. The stress that this task causes some parents has been parodied in movies and television shows, and has been a topic between working and stay-at-home parents. Many find themselves confused when kids in the class have allergies and the school says that snacks have to be healthful. What exactly does that mean? What constitutes a healthful snack?
Besides boycotting, which isn't really an option because children, especially small ones, need a snack or two during the day to carry them from mealtime to mealtime, what else can a parent do?
Start by ensuring a snack has protein and healthful fat, otherwise, it won't do its job of providing lasting energy. Protein is a main source of energy for our bodies and helps to build our brains, making it an important ingredient in a child's school day. Healthful fats are also a concentrated source of energy for the body, are building blocks for the brain, and slow absorption of other parts of our meal, helping us remain full longer.
Then think about adding a fruit or vegetable to every snack. It can be challenging to get enough fruits and vegetables into our children's bodies through their three main meals, yet kids need the vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that these foods supply.
Here are some ideas for whole-food snacks that can be made in bulk and sent into school. They are grouped by protein source. Items with healthful fats are highlighted. Ideas of how to incorporate fruits and vegetables follow at the end. Visit www.nourishschools.com for recipes.
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Bite-sized egg salad sandwiches
- Frittata slices
- Homemade muffins and breads
- Cheese and whole grain crackers
- Cheese and fruit kabobs
- Dates or other dried fruit with cheese
- Pasta salad with tomatoes and mozzarella
Beans and legumes
- Dips such as hummus or black bean with whole-grain crackers and raw vegetables
- Crispy chickpeas
- Mini lentil or black bean cakes
Nuts and seeds
- Homemade trail mix
- Homemade granola or granola bars
- Make-your-own yogurt parfaits with nuts and dried fruit toppings
- Vegetable sushi or brown rice balls rolled in sesame seeds
Nut butter
- Mini sandwiches such as peanut butter and jelly or apple miso almond butter
- Celery and carrots with nut butter dip
- Oat, dried fruit and nut butter balls
- Almond or peanut butter cookies
- Steamed edamame in the shell, lightly salted
- Guacamole with whole-grain chips
- Mini meatloaf muffins
- Nutritional yeast and sea salt sprinkled on popcorn
Add a fruit or vegetable:
- Fruit or veggie salsa (try mango or peach)
- Sliced vegetables to dip in guacamole or hummus
- Dried fruit in granola, granola bars, muffins and breads
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- Sliced vegetable of choice on the side
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My internet access is limited right now, but I was REALLY happy ESPN decided to give the nation bonus coverage of the Padres/Cubs game. Got to watch the ninth inning live from outside the San Diego area.
Headley's 2B was awesome. Blanks' bomb? INDESCRIBABLE.
That's how you rebound from having your heart ripped out the night before - by removing it from your short-term memory with a stirring comeback win.
Well done, fellas!
Monday, August 17, 2009
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The Others is an uncommon first-person account of a young woman in Saudi Arabia exploring politics and sexuality for the first time in her life. At a girls' school, our nameless protagonist encounters few men, and her liaisons with a female classmate, Dai, take place behind closed doors, through clandestine text messages and secret rendezvous. Dai is powerful and attractive; at once infuriating and seductive in her attempts to control every situation.
Seba Al-Herz's prose reads more like a diary or inner monologue, rather than a traditional narrative. And within this cascade of events, in a society where religion, politics, and sexuality are intertwined, our main character struggles with her deviant acts, her confusion festering. Increasingly alienated from the people who surround her, soon everyone seems to be an 'other'. Ashamed and surprised by her ability to feel pleasure at Dai's hand, she feels that even her body is betraying in its desire. We soon learn that it's not only her engagement in a lesbian affair that makes her feel strange in her own skin and mind, but a medical condition that she denies to even herself.
Lameece Issaq narrates this unlikely coming-of-age story, lending a delicacy and cautiousness to al-Herz's already tentative voice. At once emotive and subdued, Issaq portrays a coldness that hints at our character's disconnect from herself and the events that unfold around her. This book is more description than story, with references to an absent father and brother springing up sparingly. Issaq does a great job of moving through the novel at a consistent pace, without letting the allusions to a bleaker situation creep in until al-Herz's character is ready to let them. Issaq's patience pays off as the story slowly unwinds, revealing a young woman exploring who she may or may not be. –Erin Ikeler
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Great book, terrible narrator
I was so impressed by this book, I am going to buy the paper book, and read it while I am listening to the audio book, so I can understand what she is saying.
However my friends, including my lesbian friends, wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. This is one subject they stay away from as far as possible. For them it is too serious, too intellectual, says too much about the ambiguities of love - and the human condition in general.
It seems to me we are all alike - whether we like it or not.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock-index futures held near unchanged Friday, tilting mildly higher as Wall Street looked to wrap up what's shaping into a mixed month at the mercy of budget negotiations.
President Barack Obama on Friday is scheduled to visit a Pennsylvania factory as he takes to the road in pressing his call for extending Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class. It marks the latest twist in the battle in Washington over how to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
Stock futures trimmed their already-tepid gains after the government said personal spending fell while income remained unchanged in October.
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The Chicago PMI report is due for release at 9:45 a.m. Eastern time. The data, which sometimes move markets, are forecast to rise to 50.5 in November from 49.9 in October, pointing to a return to growth territory.
The main show, debt negotiations, will continue to command the lion's share of investors' attention. Wall Street seesawed the prior day over comments by House Speaker John Boehner, who declared that "no substantive progress" had been made over efforts to avoid taking the U.S. over the so-called fiscal cliff. Read: U.S. stocks extend gains on 'cliff' hopes
Still, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.37% managed to close higher, up 36.71 points, or 0.3%, to 13,021.82. As the month of November closes out, the Dow industrials are set to finish down 0.6% and barely higher for the week.
For many investors, where to position remains a tough call.
"We are very cautious because nobody knows how the markets are going to go," said Jacques Porta, asset manager at OFI Gestion Privee in Paris. "It's strange because we don't know how to manage this lack of visibility. It's difficult, but we just have to wait and see. I think that's the only way." Read Howard Gold column: How I'm investing for the rest of 2012.
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giving the homeowner your findings
Posted 25 February 2005 - 05:09 AM
They are fully aware that orbs may mean dust, false positives, & all that. This is a fun, open minded, educated, great family. I actually did get a few great picts, as well as the usual orbs. (SO sorry I cant post ONLY becouse I dont have permission)
I was thinking of giving them a disc with all photos taken, and printing the ones that may be interesting, enlarge & cropped areas of interest, maybe put them in a nice scrap book or binder for them. On each page explaining why I think it is of interest, and any explainable factors that may be involved, like the dust/orb- theories of life etc.
Was wondering if this nice enough, or how everyone else goes about presenting thier findings.
Posted 25 February 2005 - 06:13 AM
Posted 25 February 2005 - 06:15 AM
Posted 25 February 2005 - 08:30 AM
First of all before I ever do an investigation, right along with the permission forms to come in and investigate, we also have them sign a form telling us what level of exposure the evidence may have. From not being able to share at all to being able to give their name and address.
If I get my pictures back and I have some interesting shots that I feel are paranormal, like some orbs that aren't dust or some mists, etc. I will have copy photographs made. Since I won't use digital for an investigation and only film, this is the only way that I can do it of course.
The book sounds like a nice idea but when you do a lot of investigations it can get a little time consuming and spendy. I just present the evidence to them verbally and give them a copy of the pictures if they are interested.
Posted 25 February 2005 - 07:52 PM
For this run all photos are digital. Didnt have a 35mm that night (do now, thanks much again Dodi!) The evps were a bust.
I will take your advise Dodi and write an explanation under each photo. Hoping I have time to get this all together and nice looking before tomorrow noon! My printer wont work which is posing a serious problem! Will pull an all nighter if I have to!
I am lucky that this family is looking at this from a fun and entertaining point of view. Good practice & experience for me, great fun and a nice photo book for them.
(How stupid I forgot a permission form!!!!)
Posted 25 February 2005 - 08:19 PM
When I have been invited into private homes, it's not to take pictures, but to see what I can "see". My referrals are almost always via word of mouth.
So, I have no pictures to present, but of course, the residents want to know if their concerns are valid or not. I carry a tape recorder and have it turned on from the minute I enter the home. Everything I say is recorded, and I make sure to document which part of the home I'm in when I'm speaking. And yes, I do speak directly to the spirits I see. I try to speak descriptively so they know exactly who their visitors are.
I always give them the tape, and they're always just thrilled. The feedback has been great...They play the tape for friends and family, take it to work, etc, etc....
If you're sensitive at all, it might be an idea to consider to go along with your lovely scrapbook idea.
I've been hit by mrsspookypants
Posted 26 February 2005 - 11:43 PM
Posted 27 February 2005 - 09:31 AM
Posted 28 February 2005 - 10:55 AM
Posted 28 February 2005 - 08:19 PM
All photos I took in the house on a disc for them.
Included print out of other research.
Gave these all loose so they could be passed around to all people there, a small group. Pictures of interest came out very good, no explanation was needed. No evps caught so no cd to play.
Seeing as I was to sick to go myself that day, I mean nasty head cold wicked sick, fever, chills and gore, my amazing wonderful mom (who thinks I am nuts but was blown away by photos) was kind enough to bring them for me. These are friends of hers so all was well. Everyone liked and had fun. I missed big tad-dah presenting photos and all the fun, boo-hoo me.
I will meet these nice people again in two weeks and have a nice booklet put together that they can keep with other family photos. They love the ghosts they live and I thought something the same size as a family album type thing would be fitting for this situation.
I was very lucky to have this opportunity.
Very nice people, nice ghosts, good photos.
Thanks for the advise everyone, will use ALL of it.
Posted 01 March 2005 - 01:05 AM
Posted 01 March 2005 - 09:07 PM
Posted 01 March 2005 - 11:27 PM
If your friends house is haunted (and the only way to tell is with an investigation), it doesn't matter if the house is very old or if it is brand new. Sometimes the ground is haunted that it is built on. Sometimes it is due to an object in the home or it surrounds a certain family member. There are many factors to consider. Also, make sure that you stay away from digitals for evidence collection. I know not everyone shares the opinion but hard evidence is by far the best. Also, it gives the homeowner something tangible that they can look at and share.
Posted 05 March 2005 - 08:01 AM
In the case of the scrapbook, it is for a family that really loves & lives well their ghosts. The photos were really cool so something warm and nice just seemed fitting.
IF it were a case of someone who had asked me to check out a ghost that was not so nice, I would give them photo/evp disc findings in something that could be closed, (organized) folder that could slide into manila envelope and kept put away.
I am more afraid of upsetting someone who has a serious mean haunt more than anything. Hoping I am prepared if that ever happends.
BUT I am also looking into learning about home inspection from a construction aspect. we all know things that go bump in the night can be caused by the house itself, not the ghosts. May take a home inspection class.
Yes, this all costs $$$. But I love the ghosties. Also know how scary it is to have & to live in a house that has scary things. Would have been great if someone could have explained to me maybe what my haunt was, why it was there, and tell me how I could help it pass or protect myself from it.
Posted 15 March 2005 - 01:06 PM
However, we haven't investigated a place that has any real documentation yet, so am still working out the minor logistics of if we got some hardcore pics and/or evps, how best to present them. But these plastic folders are clean and professional looking, won't damage easily, has space for all the important stuff, and is inexpensive ($1.35 I believe it was). And since there is a spine, you can either write or use stick on paper to write the date and location of the investigation for your own records (another words, make a duplicate folder for yourself).
I agree though - it's very professional to present your clients with your findings and gives them something for their records.
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March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and St. Luke Hospital laboratory manager Brenda Rhodes is observing that by promoting a new screening method that she says offers several advantages over the old method.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend people get a colonoscopy when they turn 50 and every 10 years after that, but the CDC also recommends an annual fecal occult blood test for people 50 or older.
Few people actually get that test every year, Rhodes said, because there are several factors that made it inconvenient. It required taking a stool sample for three consecutive days, during which patients were supposed to limit red meat in their diet, she said.
Recently St. Luke has switched to a new version of the test that only requires one stool sample and no dietary restrictions in advance. She hopes the increased convenience will lead to more people getting screened.
"It's a win-win in every way," Rhodes said.
She added that the new tests are more accurate, and the test can be completed in 10 minutes. Rhodes will be at the St. Luke booth at the county health fair Saturday morning at the sports and aquatic center in Marion if anyone has questions.
Colorectal cancer
Among cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. More than 50,000 people die from it each year, but it is treatable and curable, with more success when detected early.
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"Make It Pop!" a benefit for PDX Pop Now!
07:19PM on Monday April 06, 2009
PDX Pop Now! Announces "Make It Pop" Fundraiser
PDX Pop Now! — Portland's premier DIY music festival, compilation and music advocacy organization – has announced the "Make It Pop!" fundraiser. The all-ages event will be held in the Cleaners at the Ace Hotel in Portland (1022 SW Stark St.) on April 30th from 7:30-11pm. The event will feature performances by Brandon Summers of the Helio Sequence, Ryan Sollee of The Builders & The Butchers, Loch Lomond, and live video DJing by Dantronix.
"Make It Pop!" is brought to you in part by generous sponsorships from the Ace Hotel Portland, Artemis Catering, Bakery Bar, St. Cupcake, Captured by Porches Brewing, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Bladen County Records, and Rontoms. Tickets for the event can be purchased for $30 at Brown Paper Tickets.
Calling All High School Bands
04:04AM on Monday March 16, 2009
Do you make music? Are you or your bandmates students at a Portland-area high school? Would you enjoy the chance to perform at the Crystal Ballroom with nationally known acts as part of a fundraiser for music programs in Portland public schools? We thought so.
Music In The Schools is accepting applications for its Battle of the Bands only until March 20, so get your applications in now! This awesome, youth-run organization has put on amazing benefit concert for two years now that has featured acts such as The Thermals, Menomena, Blue Scholars, YACHT, The Shaky Hands, Sandpeople and more. For 2009's concert, you can expect an equally great bill – and you could be a part of it!
While neither PDX Pop Now! nor Music In The Schools believes that music is a competition or that bands should be "battling" one another, MITS can only pick one student band to open the concert at the Crystal (which, hey, is way better than none), and they have to choose somehow. And what's maybe more important is giving lots of high-school bands from the Portland area the chance to perform for and get to know one another and their fans at the Battle of the Bands auditions and concert.
Fill out the online application at the Music In The Schools website.
Now Taking Requests!
06:18PM on Tuesday March 10, 2009
What bands would you like to see on stage during the 2009 PDX Pop Now! festival? Modest Mouse and a reunited Sleater-Kinney? Blind Pilot and Explode Into Colors? Your neighbor's Bay City Rollers tribute act? No promises, but let us know, and we'll see what we can do. Visit our Requests page and ask for your favorites. As always, we're looking for artists from all the genres comprising the city's vibrant and varied music community – folk and rock, country and hip hop, jazz and electronic and so forth – and our booking committee does research and listen to every band requested, so every request counts.
PDX Pop Now! Seeking submissions for photo book
07:19PM on Monday February 16, 2009
Attention Portland photographers:
PDX Pop Now! is looking for a few good photographs. We are planning to publish a big beautiful photography book documenting the first 5 years of the PDX Pop Now! music festival, from 2004 through 2008. We already have a lot of great photos, but need more, and are asking for submissions from local photographers who have attended and photographed the festival any time in the past. We want to use photos of:
- artists playing the festival
- fans attending the festival
- volunteers working the festival
- "green room", setting up, backstage, misc. behind-the-scenes stuff
- other PDX Pop-related events, such as the City Hall concerts, school shows, CD compilation release shows, etc.
Why are we doing this? First of all, we believe a high quality book of dynamic photography would be a popular item for any fan of the festival or the Portland music scene in general, and would provide a lasting memento of the countless great performances festival-goers have seen over the past five years. Secondly, it's a fundraiser. It costs a lot of money to throw a 3-day free music festival every summer, and while we have many generous sponsors and donors, we're always in need of more funding to keep the festival going and improving for years to come. 100% of proceeds from the book will go directly towards PDX Pop Now's operating expenses.
Who's putting this thing together? The project is being organized by Jason Quigley (www.photojq.com/music), who has photographed the festival every year since it began, and became a brand-new PDX Pop Now! board member this year. We have assembled a small selection committee to comb through submissions and make the process as fair as possible. We are absolutely committed to compiling the best photos we can find of as many bands as possible, as opposed to favoring a select few photographers.
How do I submit?
- Please email your submissions on or before March 15, 2009 to pdxpop.book (at) gmail.com, in JPEG format, 72 dpi, no larger than 1000 pixels on the longest side.
- Name the files according to the following format: "bandname_year_yourname.jpg". For example, a photo of Blitzen Trapper taken by Jane Smith at the 2007 festival would be called "blitzentrapper_07_janesmith.jpg".
- If your photo does not have a band in it, e.g. it's a crowd shot or porta-potty or something, include a short description in place of the band name. Feel free to include any other relevant details in your email. If you do not know the band's name, send it in anyway and we'll try to figure it out.
- There is no limit to the number of photos you can submit, however please send only your best work. We will not have time to comb through 30 photos of the same band to pick the best one. That's up to you.
- If your work is selected, we will contact you to request a high-resolution image for publication. This process may take a while, so don't get discouraged if you don't get an immediate reply. The images may be narrowed down further from there, depending on the volume of photos and the layout of the book.
This will be a professional-quality photography book. That doesn't mean you have to be a professional photographer, but it does mean that your blurry cell phone shots probably won't make the cut. Please save us some time by limiting submissions accordingly.
If you are unable to provide your images in a digital format, please email the above address and explain, and we will work out a submission process that works for you. We love film, polaroids, etc., and don't want to exclude any great photos just because you don't have a scanner!
Will you get paid for your photos? Unfortunately no. As a photographer myself, I'm not usually one to advocate giving up your work for free. In this case however, musicians donate their music and time to the CD compilations and festival, and the festival is organized and run every year entirely by volunteers, and it's all done on a shoestring budget. We believe it makes sense that photographers donate their talents to this project as well. All photographs will of course be credited, and published photographers will receive a free copy of the book. If your work is selected you will be asked to sign a photo release form.
Photos will not be used for any purpose other than publication in this book, nor will they be used for any other promotional purpose unless we have written permission from the photographer.
Finally, please be patient. None of us has ever published a book before. Feel free to email us with any other questions at pdxpop.book (at) gmail.com
Submit Music for 2009 Compilation;
February 28 Deadline
05:05AM on Monday February 09, 2009
Hey Portland-area artists, you still have time left to send in your music for consideration for our 2009 compilation. We'll be accepting submissions until Saturday, February 28.
Our new online submission process makes it easier than ever to submit (just remember to print and mail us a submission form to complete your entry). For guidelines and to get started, please visit our submissions page.


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August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 7:00 pm on Friday, repeating until August 16, 2019
Doctor by day, musician by night. Dr. Tom was born and raised in Connecticut and began playing guitar at the age of ten. He played in many bands during his high school years which culminated with summer gigs at Browns Hotel in the famous Catskill resort area of New York. During and after his college years he played in a band called Sneakers which played many venues around New England. The band opened for James Cotton Blues Band and Taj Mahal to name a few. Sneakers also did two month long tours in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the early 80's.
Tom spent the next twenty years raising a family, playing Rugby on the U.S. Eagles rugby team, going to chiropractic school, starting and operating a chiropractic practice, and being blissfully married to his lovely wife, Claire.
In 2005, after not playing music for twenty years, Tom joined together with his good friends Bob McCabe and Steve Madzerous and formed the band Boomerangs which has been playing around the Tidewater area. Tom met Dr. Wes in 2006 and they played a couple of gigs together over the next few years. In 2009, they became more serious, started calling themselves Pairadocs and have been playing extensively throughout the Tidewater area and Northeast North Carolina.


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Health clubs and other fitness companies aren't the only ones offering programs to help people to lose weight. America Online is helping its members prepare for swimsuit season with its 12-week "AOL Takes It Off" fitness and weight loss program. Begun last month, members signed up for the program at AOL Keyword: AOL Takes It Off, where they can find the weekly "Healthy Matters" newsletter, print worksheets to keep track of their activities, find a support group in the Community area, and learn about the special speaker series featuring dietitians, experts and authors.
According to a poll by Harris Interactive, 80 percent of Americans are over their recommended weight. Many of them, however, have found the Internet to be a useful tool in finding helpful weight loss and nutrition information. According to a recent survey by the California HealthCare Foundation, nearly 100 million Americans have gone online to find health-related content, and many of them have specifically sought out diet information.
"AOL is excited to present members with this new program providing a realistic and hands-on online fitness and weight loss plan that allows them to keep track of their progress both online and offline," said Michelle Madhok, AOL Director of Key Audiences. "In addition, they are able to get the support and help they need from other AOL members who are also working to attain a more healthy lifestyle."


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'Mad Men,' A Conversation: MLK
Editor's note: Every Sunday after the newest episode of "Mad Men," lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Walter Dellinger will host an online dialogue about the show. The participants include Columbia University history professor Alan Brinkley, Stanford Law Professor Pam Karlan, Columbia theater and television professor Evangeline Morphos, and Georgetown Law professor Pam Harris. They will post thoughts after each episode ends at 11 p.m or sometime the next day. Readers are invited to join in with their thoughts in the comments section.


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Philosophy at De Anza
Our responses to questions about the nature of reality, the nature and limits of human knowledge, and the good life shape the course of our own lives as well as those of our communities. Studying philosophy allows us to take these questions seriously, and to appreciate the challenges they pose.
The value of a philosophical education does not end here, however. Philosophical study hones critical thinking skills as few other endeavors can, leaving us more capable in our pursuits as citizens, as professionals, and perhaps most importantly, as individuals in the world.
De Anza offers a wide array of philosophy courses, catering to a broad variety of interests. We invite you to consider joining one of our classes!
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This beautiful shabby chic style home is actually a former old mill. Seen on Delikatessen, stone and wood give this place an attractive traditional feel. The interior design also features some contemporary furniture pieces which are nicely combined with vintage details, creating very charming shabby chic decor. All public areas are decorated in soft tones of white and beige, creating warmth and an overall friendly feel. The living room is very cozy and it's hard not to notice the pillows on the floor as well as the soothing wooden chair shaped like a traditional bird cage.
We particularly like the strong character of the bedroom, due to the sober brick walls and color palette.


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Christ, Our Righteousness
N.T. Wright in his advocacy of a "new perspective" on Paul and his teaching makes a special plea that "justification" should relate to the question "who belongs to God's covenant with the world?" rather than "how can you be saved?" Wright's answer to the question is "Jews and Gentiles alike, who believe in Jesus the Messiah." This position is discussed widely in the present issue of Tabletalk. View Resource
A Future Justification Based on Works?
One of the remarkable features of N.T. Wright's reformulation of the Protestant doctrine of justification is his emphasis upon a "future justification" on the basis of works. According to Wright, the apostle Paul clearly teaches that believers will be subject to a final judgment "according to works" (Rom. 14:10–12; 2 Cor. 5:10). View Resource
Has the Church Misunderstood Justification?
For all their differences concerning the doctrine of justification, Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church have agreed on this: justification fundamentally concerns the salvation of the sinner. To draw this observation is not, of course, to minimize the importance of the differences between Rome and Protestantism concerning justification. View Resource
Justification and Ecumenism
One of the great connections that N.T. Wright emphasizes in his work is the one between soteriology (how we are saved) and ecclesiology (the church: who are the true people of God?). He properly (and repeatedly) reminds us that Paul saw these questions as inseparable. Interestingly, so did the Protestant Reformers, as historians have often obser ved. As on so many points, however, Wright distorts the Reformation positions and almost never footnotes his sweeping allegations. View Resource
Justification for Everyone
For years we have wrestled with the question as to whether we should produce an issue of Tabletalk devoted to the new perspectives on Paul on the doctrine of justification, and for years we concluded that many of our readers would be generally unaware of what has been, until recently, an academic discussion among studied churchmen the world over. View Resource
A New Luther?
The accusation that systematic theology (doctrinal formulations of the Reformation period in particular) overly governs (distorts) exegesis is not new, and Bishop N.T. Wright trots it out with renewed zeal in his latest book, Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision (SPCK, 2009). View Resource
The "Nonsense" of Justifying the Ungodly
There are at least three problems with N.T. Wright's claim that imputing God's righteousness to a defendant is a category mistake and "makes no sense." First, Wright's definition of the righteousness of God is too shallow. He fails to go to the heart of the matter and stays at the level of what divine righteousness does rather than what it is. View Resource
Rethinking the Gospel?
Bishop Wright believes the Christian church has fundamentally misunderstood the gospel. If he is right about this, we must hear him and accept his corrective. But, if he is wrong, he will lead us away from the gospel. The stakes simply could not be higher. View Resource
Salvation and the Life After Life
How do we estimate what a person is primarily interested in? Perhaps by seeing how often they return to the subject, or what they mention on important occasions. And perhaps, also, by the manner in which people write about things: is it detached, or is it impassioned — "urgent," as Wright says? View Resource
Tilting at Scarecrows
In the past few years, the British bishop and New Testament scholar N.T. Wright has emerged as an icon of biblical theology around the world. His excellent work on the resurrection of Christ has influenced many people including his own country's most famous philosopher and former atheist Antony Flew, who has converted to deism. Wright is also known, however, for being one of the chief architects of the so-called new perspective on Paul, in which he recasts the doctrine of justification in such a way as to transcend the historic dispute between Roman Catholicism and Reformation Protestantism. View Resource
Two Birds, One Stone
When error comes into the church we face a set of obligations. First, we must confront the error. The world has embraced a live-and-let-live relativism that will accept any foolishness, but will not accept the wisdom of calling foolishness by its name. Too often the church follows suit. We want to get along, and so pet the wolves in our midst rather than drive them away. View Resource
What Does Justification Have to do with the Gospel?
There is a striking plausibility about saying that "justification by faith is not what Paul means by 'the gospel.'" After all, as N.T. Wright elsewhere observes, we are not justified by believing in justification by faith but by believing in Jesus Christ. View Resource
"Works of the Law" in Paul
The definition of Paul's phrase "works of the law" is one of the more significant disagreements between N.T. Wright and the Reformation understanding of justification by faith alone. On what basis can Wright claim that Paul does not have worksrighteousness in view? View Resource
Wright Is Wrong on Imputation
Is the imputation of Christ's righteousness to the believer an artificial construct, an idea from systematic theology that does not truly come from the Bible? N.T. Wright argues that the traditional view of imputation veers away from the Pauline meaning. View Resource
Annotated Bibliography: N.T. Wright and the New Perspectives on Paul
Annotated bibliography of works on N.T. Wright and the New Perspectives on Paul. View Resource


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Should artists be separated from their work?
This has honestly been a question that I've pondered for a very long time, and one that I've never really come to a conclusion on. As an example, take Kanye West. He can be extraordinarily thick headed, idiotic, inconsiderate, and just downright rude (see: his social media posts and the 2009 MTV Music video Awards). However, his music is legitimately pretty good. Maybe you don't share the same belief as me, which is fine, but he's also the most awarded artist from the 21st century, which definitely says something. But the point is, should we as consumers of art, music, and whatever else disregard the artists personal details entirely and consume the art as it is, or should we take into account the life of the artist and his or her prior actions before consuming the art? Or should it be a mix of a both?
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Sammy Swindell claimed his third straight Front Row Challenge title in front of a full house at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa Monday night.
Swindell was strong all night qualifying second in time trials behind quick timer Brad Sweet, he came from sixth to win his heat, won the king of the hill beating Fred Rahmer, Cody Darrah and Brad Sweet to claim the pole, then refused the offer to start from the rear and led all 25 laps to claim the $10,000 prize. Brad Sweet who was set to start outside row one also refused the chance to go to the back and finished second. Last week's 360 Nationals champion Shane Stewart charged from 10th to finish third, Sam Hafertepe Jr was fourht and Donny Schatz came from 13th to finish fifth after blowing a motor in his heat and finishing third in the B Main. Dale Blaney finished sixth followed by Jonathan Allard, Mark Dobmeier, Kraig Kinser and Fred Rahmer completed the top ten. [simage=6004,200,y,right]
Brad Sweet set quick time at 15.084, heat winners were Dobmeier, Swindell, Lance Deweese and David Gravel, and Paul Mcmahan claimed the B Main.
Action resumes tonight in Oskaloosa as the wings come off for the USAC Non Wing Ultimate Challenge race. The infield party area gates open at 3pm with the grandstand gates opening at 5pm. Hot laps are scheduled to start around 6:45pm. Bud Kaeding is the defensding champion and will be in the field tonight.


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Gov. Tom Corbett argued in a court document filed late Monday that the NCAA has been trying to use his antitrust lawsuit against it over the Penn State penalties in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal to combat what he describes as a groundswell of public criticism.
Corbett said the judge should not grant the NCAA's request to dismiss the case, saying college sports' governing body made a factual error when it said the penalties were voted on by the university's trustees.
Corbett, who as governor is a trustee, said the NCAA's motion to dismiss the lawsuit he filed in early January "appears to have been written more to advance the NCAA's broader agenda, and to combat the recent groundswell of public criticism against the embattled organization, than to raise legal issues appropriate to a motion to dismiss."
NCAA spokeswoman Emily Potter offered no immediate comment on the latest filing.
The Republican governor's lawsuit asks the judge to throw out all the penalties, including a $60 million fine, a four-year bowl ban and the loss of football scholarships. He claims the consent agreement has harmed students, business owners and others.
"The NCAA wrongly claims that its arbitrary decimation of the PSU football program is no different than its enforcement of rules regulating player eligibility or uniforms — which do enhance collegiate competition — although PSU was not found to have violated a single NCAA rule and the NCAA's own president insisted that the consent decree was not an enforcement action," Corbett's lawyers wrote.
The NCAA has said the penalties are unrelated to regulation of economic activity so antitrust law doesn't apply.
Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator at the college football powerhouse, was convicted last summer of sexually abusing several boys, some on campus. He is serving a 30- to 60-year state prison sentence. He is appealing and maintains his innocence.
The consent agreement between the NCAA and Penn State was signed a few weeks after Sandusky was found guilty of 45 criminal counts. Penn State is not a party to Corbett's antitrust lawsuit or to the NCAA's lawsuit filed last week against Corbett and three state officials over a newly enacted state law that is designed to keep the $60 million within the state.


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Six alternative designs for I-375 in Detroit, ranging in cost estimates between $40 million and $80 million, have been unveiled in preparation for an open house this week at Eastern Market.
See the designs in the attached PDF documents.
The public is invited to review and provide feedback on the designs 2-8 p.m. Thursday in Shed 5 of Eastern Market.
The open house, hosted by the Detroit Downtown Development Authority, Michigan Department of Transportation and Detroit RiverFront Conservancy, will provide the second of three opportunities for the public to comment on potential alternative configurations to the 1-mile expressway from Gratiot Avenue to Atwater Street.
The feedback from the open house will be used to narrow designs to two alternatives, Will Tamminga, director of project management for the Detroit Economic Growth Corp., told Crain's last week.
The public meetings are part of the seven-month I-375 Alternatives Study, which was approved by the DDA in December. The $373,000 study is being paid for by MDOT and other sources.
At the first public meeting in February, members of the public were asked to identify what was important for them to see in the future design of I-375. Those results, with the findings of a questionnaire, were used in selecting the six alternatives to study, said Tamminga.
"The results from studies were instrumental in informing and fine-tuning the six design configurations, along with technical data that we have compiled," he said.
Detroit-based Parsons Brinckerhoff, I-375 Alternatives Study consultant, facilitated the questionnaires and analyzed I-375's economic impact, development intentions and traffic patterns.
At the open house, short presentations are planned for 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.


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The other Abel Tasman swingbridge and waterfall!
Wainui Falls, in Golden Bay, is a 1.5 hour return walk through native nikau forest that includes a swingbridge crossing and beautiful swimming spots
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Heading out of the township of Takaka you will drive alongside the torquoise blue coast towards Wainui, the north entrance of the Abel Tasman Coastal Track. Follow the signs through Pohara and 20kms along is the carpark off to the right.
From the Wainui Falls carpark there is awonderful short walk up to the base of Wainui Falls. You begin by passing through farmland and then continue on a well kept track with easy grade paths through the forest.
There is a small amout of simple rock hopping and tree roots to navigate. It's about an hour loop and the path weaves alongside the river, between Ferns, Rata's and Nikau Palms.
Along the way there is a swing bridge to cross that towers above the water below. With a mesh bottom and guide ropes to hold onto this is quite an adventurous crossing and a lot of fun if you're up for it!
And then you come upon the base of the falls. They fall at quite a heavy and impressive rate and the scene is usually misted in fine refreshing spray
There are some safe and lovely swimming holes beside the track to have dip and cool off on a hot day!
There are a few benches to sit and enjoy the views over the beginning of the Abel Tasman National Park.
Check out what other travellers have said about the Wainui Falls on Rankers


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Finally, the Barack Obama I voted for
George Curry | 7/26/2013, 2:16 p.m.
(NNPA) – For more than four years, I have said that I liked candidate Barack Obama better than I like President Obama. Candidate Obama addressed the question of race head-on when pressured to distance himself from Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago pastor who led him to Christianity. But President Obama has been a different story.
According to research conducted by Daniel Q. Gillion, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, in Obama's first two years in office, the nation's first Black president made fewer speeches and offered fewer executive policies on race than any Democratic president since 1961.
Frederick C. Harris, director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University, noted that Obama's 2011 State of the Union address was the first by any president since 1948 to not mention poverty or the poor.
In the words of scholar Michael Eric Dyson, "This president runs from race like a Black man runs from a cop."
Obama's first comment on Trayvon Martin was that if he had a son, he would look like Martin. But he didn't say what he would do to make sure Black male teenagers are not treated the way Martin was treated by George Zimmerman.
Obama's first words in the aftermath of Zimmerman's acquittal were predictably insipid.
In his written statement, Obama said: "The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son."
To quote another president, I thought, "Well, there he goes again."
But last Friday, candidate Obama and President Obama finally became one. He spoke with passion, without the aid of a teleprompter or notes, about what it's really like to be a Black man in America.
"There are very few African American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes me," he told reporters in the White House briefing room. "There are very few African American men who haven't had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. That happens to me – at least before I was a senator. There are very few African Americans who haven't had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to get off. That happens often."
He explained, "And I don't want to exaggerate this, but those sets of experiences inform how the African American community interprets what happened one night in Florida. And it's inescapable for people to bring those experiences to bear. The African American community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws – everything from the death penalty to enforcement of our drug laws. And that ends up having an impact in terms of how people interpret the case."


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Dutch/Flemish whole wheat bread: Recipe wanted.
When visiting Holland and Belgium, we were served an extraorinarily delicious whole wheat bread for breakfast, either sliced loaves or rolls. It was not sourdough. It seemed to be consistant from city to city and between the two countries, so I assume it is "traditional" in the region. I would love to be able to bake it at home, but I've not been able to find a recipe.
Does anyone know what this bread is called, and does anyone have a recipe for it?


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Handbook for Students of Persian
This online handbook is meant to serve as an introduction to strategies and resources that can assist a student in his or her study of the Persian language, and has been developed under the auspices of the National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC).
This handbook is intended primarily for the beginning student, but intermediate and advanced students may also profit from what is presented.
This information is of course not comprehensive or exhaustive. Above all, we hope that you find this information practical and even find the bits of theory applicable to your needs. This handbook helps fulfill the NMELRC's mission to be "a coordinated concentration of educational research and training resources for improving the capacity to teach and learn foreign languages."
Click here to download this manual in PDF format.


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I'd prefer the ones that dance around a lot (greater rate of change) in analog, and the ones with a lesser rate of change (minute fluctuations) in digital.
Please help me categorize them by their typical rate of change activity. These are the gauges I'd like to classify into analogue versus digital:
1. Turbo (Boost)
2. Tachometer
3. Vacuum
4. Fuel Pressure
5. Oil Pressure
6. Exhaust Temperature
7. Oil Temperature
8. Water (Coolant) Temperature
9. Air Fuel Mix
This is the third time I've asked this tech question after being subjected to bouts of sneering and lecturing instead of just straight-forward answering. Wonder if I should post this in another forum somewhere else. Any suggestions please


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