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USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At Sea -- The Harlem Globetrotters visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Dec. 6-7, bringing basketball and entertainment to Stennis Sailors deployed in the Arabian Gulf.
The Globetrotters have entertained more than 123 million people in more than 100 countries.
On Dec. 7 the Globetrotters showed off their skills against the Globe Selects during a basketball game on the flight deck.
"I'm grateful for this opportunity to get a chance to entertain [Sailors] and thank them for everything that they do for our country," said Willie "Slick" Shaw, from Bronx, N.Y. "I'm happy to boost their morale, and I'm happy to be here as well."
Afterwards, members of the Globetrotters signed autographs and posed for photographs with Sailors on the flight deck.
"I have always wanted to see them play, and I am grateful for the experience," said Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Johnathan Smalls, from Houston, Texas. "My friends and I loved it."
The John C. Stennis Strike Group, consisting of Stennis, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, and guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) are forward deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to strengthen regional partnerships, sustain maritime security, and support combatant commander requirements for assets in the area.


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Financial Aid Eligibility and Drug Convictions
The Higher Education Act states that if a student is convicted of a crime involving the possession or sale of illegal drugs or a controlled substance while enrolled and receiving Title IV funding, then the student will become ineligible for federal student aid. Eligibility will cease upon the date of the conviction. The student will become eligible for Financial Aid again based on the following:
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A student can regain eligibility for Federal student aid funds the day after the period of ineligibility ends or upon successful completion of a qualified drug rehabilitation program. The program must meet Federal guidelines and include two unannounced drug tests. The student must pass both drug tests. It is the student's responsibility to report and provide proof of the successful completion of any rehabilitation programs.
The student can also regain eligibility if the convictions are reversed or removed from the student's record.
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Question 23 on the FAFSA form asks if the student has ever been convicted of a drug related offense. Failure to answer this question will automatically disqualify the student from receiving Federal aid. Falsely answering this question, if discovered, could result in fines up to $20,000, imprisonment, or both. A student who answers this question in the positive must fill out the worksheet found at the following link and follow the instructions provided: https://www.ifap.ed.gov/drugworksheets/attachments/StudentAidEligibilityWorksheetEng1415.pdf
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Morgan Hunt is and ex-con turned private eye who investigates the death of his diving buddy, former SEAL Phil Garvey. In the course of the story he has, among other things, a run in with the Coast Gaurd, trouble from a vengeful lawyer and and some romance with his steady, Jessie Beaudreux....


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Although I have never held a "sales" job, I have been selling my whole career. In fact, I wonder how many executives in the staffing industry are in the same boat: whatever their title, they sell each day.
It got me thinking: What do I do that has enabled me to sell successfully even though I don't have a quota, a territory or a product? It came down to two things: confidence and contacts.
In the early '90s, I worked for staffing industry giant Manpower in Phoenix. I started a technical branch without staff or customers but I had 10 years' experience recruiting all types of people. I had the confidence, if not the formal skills, to fill a requirement. That knowledge was a source of power. I would approach customers who needed key skills, and felt really assured that I could help them with their issues.
One day, a manager at a major manufacturing client asked if I could find hundreds of rocket scientists. This confidence that stemmed from my knowledge helped me. I asked for an on-site office and the use of their employment applications to find referrals and to network from. We quickly set up shop and in three weeks I was putting 10 or more people to work every week. Within a year I had 100 percent of that client's temporary staffing business in Phoenix and by the next year Manpower had become its largest MSP.
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That experience showed that knowledge gave me power, and confidence, and that got me business. I had to leverage it, though, take chances and be comfortable with risk, but it was always within my power to make or break that deal. I also learned about the power of using my contacts.
In my current role at MBO Enterprise Solutions, I deal with many consultants. Having done some consulting myself, I immediately identify with them. They have the unique challenge of finding new work while already on projects. I like to say that consultants are building their planes while they fly them. How do these independent consultants find work without the help of a staffing firm, a recruiter or even the job boards? They leverage their contacts.
By the time you have developed any level of expertise, you have contacts. These are people you went to school with, worked with or for and people you have just done business with. In fact, I would venture to say you can make every person you meet a member of your network. I have always believed that you never meet anyone by coincidence; they are all part of your network to help you succeed. You may not know how they will help you when you meet them but if you enroll them in your network, one day you will know.
So like the professional consultant that MBO serves, you can build business by having a series of conversations with people in your network and in those discussions you create opportunities; look for names of influential people in your business, contacts at prospects and introductions to new contacts to enroll in your network. The more targeted the discussion, the greater the chance you will run across a valuable opportunity, but even the most random conversation can lead to a new business opportunity.
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I leave you with a true story. Toward the end of 2011, I sent emails to some contacts in my network wishing them a prosperous 2012 and asking how their business was going. Each was personalized to some degree, but in general they were just opportunities to touch base. One of those contacts was a woman I hired and trained years ago who is now a senior talent acquisition manager for a large consulting firm. She got my email, looked up my company and called me. "Jay, you have to help me," she exclaimed. "We were just acquired and my new company cannot use 1099 consultants. Isn't that what your firm does?" Last week, we kicked off the implementation of a new account that promises to be a perfect client for us. The president of MBO asked me where I got the new customer. My reply? "It's the power of my network."


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November 15, 2007: Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 362, the object designated Nova Puppis 2007 (Pereira, IAU Circular 8895) has been assigned the variable star name "V597 Pup" according to N.N. Samus, Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences (Samus et al., IAU Circular 8896). Please use "V597 Pup" and/or the AAVSO designation "0812-33" when reporting observations to the AAVSO.
November 14, 2007
Event: Nova in Puppis
Discovered By: Alfredo Jose Serra Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal (IAU Circular No. 8895)
Discovery Date: 2007 November 14.23 UT (JD 2454418.73)
Discovery Magnitude: approximately 7.0 (visual estimate)
Position: R.A. = 8h 16.2m Decl. = -34o 15' (J2000) from Pereira.
RA = 08h 16m 18.01s Decl. = -34o 15' 24.1" (J2000) by J.E. McGaha, Tucson, Arizona, measured with CCD imaging on November 14.243 - 14.256 UT.


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AP Interview: Romania's president says it must end corruption or be an outsider in Europe
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania risks always being treated like an outsider in Europe unless it tackles issues such as government corruption, the Eastern European nation's president warned Thursday.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Traian Basescu said Romania has a serious image problem — one that he acknowledged has fueled Western European fears of a flood of welfare-seeking immigrants and petty criminals if the country is ever admitted into Europe's border-free zone, known as Schengen.
"Let's answer this positively and make it a national objective to join the Schengen zone," the 61-year-old Romanian leader said.
Passport-free travel in much of the continent under the so-called Schengen agreement is considered one of the European Union's signal achievements. The zone is made up of 26 countries, including some non-EU states.
But the Netherlands has led opposition to Romania and Bulgaria joining the Schengen zone, and Germany and Finland have also said they are reluctant to let the poor EU members in, citing organized crime, corruption and flaws in those nations' judicial systems.
Romania is one of the EU's most corrupt countries, according to Transparency International. Basescu said the tainted image of the ex-communist state is a main reason why it is unable to tap EU funds for development — people fear the money will simply vanish.
Referring to some well-publicized domestic corruption scandals involving several ministers, Basescu wondered if Romania was "willing to sacrifice two or three corrupt officials for obstructing the national interest or not?"
"This is a test for the political class," the Romanian president said, urging his fellow countrymen not to feel singled out and to simply get their house in order.
Embezzlement and fraud long went unpunished in Romania, particularly for those with high-level connections, but in recent years there have been many more prosecutions of senior officials.
Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is serving a two-year sentence for corruption-related charges, and last month two ministers were convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in prison.
Nonetheless, petty graft remains a problem, with allegations of corruption among police and customs officials. Those involved in the transportation industry have called for Romania to be admitted to Schengen, arguing it would eliminate bribery and corruption at border crossing points.
Basescu, a former ship captain, has been president since 2004 and survived two impeachments. His current — and last — term ends in 2014.
About 7 million Romanians voted to remove him from office in July on grounds that he had overstepped his constitutional authority by meddling in government affairs, but he survived because the turnout was too low.
The center-left government which initiated the impeachment was criticized by the EU and Washington for not respecting the rule of law in its bid to unseat the president.
Basescu has a reputation of being outspoken and sometimes confrontational, but in his interview with AP, he appeared relaxed, laughing and gesticulating at times. Asked about his weaknesses or failures, he responded frankly, "Please don't ask me to make myself vulnerable now."
Basescu told the AP that next week he planned to appeal to Parliament — the same Parliament that impeached him last year — to put the national interest above personal interests.
It was a sign that he appears to be focusing less on political rivalries and more on his country's place in the European architecture — as well as, perhaps, his personal legacy in crafting it.
Dealing with corrupt ministers, reforming laws or meeting other EU demands "are minor issues compared to the importance of becoming a country that is in Schengen," he said.


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Level-5 files US trademark for Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Level-5 have filed a trademark application with the USPTO for Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. This is the first indication we've heard of the game coming to the US, although there was never in any doubt it would head to the states eventually. Nintendo announced the game would be heading to Europe previously, and […]
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Nintendo World 2011 Day 1 conference report: Japanese 3DS launch line-up confirmed, battery life at 3-8 hours, more
The 3DS-centric Nintendo World 2011's wrapped up its first day in Tokyo, where some news heavy stuff has dropped.
Level 5 reveals fifth Professor Layton game in the works
Level-5 has announced that a new Professor Layton game is in the works and it's called The Mask of Miracles. It's due next fall in Japan, and is part two in the latest trilogy, following the events in The Specter's Flute which took place three years before The Curious Village. While this is great news […]


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Poll shows increased levels of awareness and support for charter schools in California
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. – The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) announced 109 charter schools opened across the state for the 2012-13 school year, surpassing last year's new charter school openings (100) and bringing the total number of charter schools in California to 1,065. In addition, enrollment grew by 70,000 students, or 17 percent, for a total of more than 484,000 students in charters. California maintained its position as the state in the nation with the highest number of charter schools and charter school students.
"In this year when we are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the charter school movement in California, we are seeing the movement experience another spike in momentum as parents and communities across the state turn to charter schools in ever greater numbers … it is inspiring to see the resourcefulness and partnership that parents, community leaders and charter school operators are showing to expand quality charter school options in spite of all the obstacles," said Jed Wallace, president and CEO of CCSA. "As this broader embrace of charter schools is occurring in communities across our state, we see that California voters have increasingly high levels of awareness and support for charter schools and consider charter schools a bright spot in public education."
This school year, Los Angeles County had the largest charter school growth with 40 new charters, followed by 12 new charters in Sonoma County, 10 in San Diego County, and six Alameda County.
Despite this unprecedented level of growth, it is estimated more than 70,000 students were on charter school waiting lists across the state for the 2011-12 school year, indicating more families would chose the charter public school option if there was sufficient space to serve them.
While parents are demanding public school choice, California voters indicated record levels of awareness and support in CCSA's statewide poll.* Key takeaways from the poll included:
• In 2012, 49.3 percent of respondents strongly or somewhat favor charter schools, up from 47.2 percent the year before, 42 percent two years ago and 35.9 percent three years ago.
• In 2012, 67.6 percent of respondents know quite a bit or something about charter schools, up from 67.3 percent last year, 50.8 percent two years ago and 48 percent three years ago.
• In 2012, 59.6 percent of respondents gave an A or B to charter schools and 59.1 percent to California teachers while 32.6 percent gave an A or B to non-charter schools (public schools) and 34.6 percent to teachers unions.
• When asked if they were a school board member would they vote for or against expanding the number of charter public schools or the number of students served by charter public schools in their community, respondents overwhelming indicated they would vote to expand charters (60.1 percent would vote to expand; 21.9 percent would vote against expansion; and 18.1 percent were undecided).
• When told that this year marks the 20th anniversary of charter public schools, by a ratio of 3:1 respondents said that charter schools were a "bright spot" rather than a "disappointment."
* CCSA's statewide public opinion poll was conducted by Val Smith Ph.D with SmithJohnson Research using the enhanced voter file in August 2012. The sample size was weighted to 800 statewide completed interviews. The sampling error was less than +/- 3.47 percent 800 sample (95 percent confidence level).
About the California Charter Schools Association
The California Charter Schools Association is the membership and professional organization serving 1,065 charter public schools and more than 484,000 students in the state of California. The vision of the California Charter Schools Association is to usher in a new era in public education so all students attend independent, innovative, accountable schools of choice. The mission of the California Charter Schools Association is to influence the legislative and policy environments, leverage collective advocacy, and provide resources to support our members in developing and operating high quality, charter schools reflective of California's student population. For more information, please visit http://www.calcharters.org.


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Google Digs Up Old Direct-Sales Nexus Strategy
May 16, 2012 2:22 PM PT
Two years after its initial attempt to sell Nexus smartphones directly to consumers flopped, Google is apparently trying to revive the strategy.
This time, though, it's added a few new touches. It's going to work with up to five device manufacturers at a time to create a portfolio of Nexus-line devices that include smartphones and tablets, and it will sell direct both through its website and possibly through some retailers, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The devices will run on the next version of Android, which is expected to be called "Jellybean." They will reportedly be ready for market by Thanksgiving.
The new Nexus smartphones will apparently be sold unlocked, meaning they won't come with a wireless contract and will be able to run on different wireless networks through the use of a SIM card. Unlocked smartphones typically cost more because they don't come with carrier subsidies.
"In a sense, Google is looking to separate the control operators have over device from their control over service design," Michael Morgan, a senior analyst at ABI Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Apple has done this to some extent, although it continues to recognize that the operators are still a very important key to handset distribution."
One Voice, One OS
Going direct could let Google keep Nexusn phones pure, reducing Android fragmentation. Phones with the Nexus brand carry pure implementations of the Android OS; in other Android phones, carriers and device manufacturers modify Android their own ways.
Android fragmentation is often exacerbated by the fact that Google's at the mercy of wireless operators when it comes to pushing OS updates to consumers. This was a point raised last month by Google engineer Jean-Baptiste Qeru on Google+. He blamed the carrier approval process.
Ultimately, Google "would like to have the device OEMs to have more control over the development of Android devices without having to worry about the slew of differentiated operator device requirements," ABI's Morgan stated.
"Having a set of devices on the market will serve to develop an ecosystem of devices with full functionality available, and it will put the onus on operators to compete on the number of functions they will support on their networks," he added.
"We test all hardware and software that goes on our network, and we test all products equally," Brenda Raney, a spokesperson for Verizon Wireless, told the E-Commerce Times. "It's that testing process that helps us provide customers with reliable service."
Direct sales might also ensure that consumers have access to all Android's features. For example, Verizon Wireless blocked an NFC (near-field communications) feature, which enables mobile payments, on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus when the device was launched on its network in December.
Getting Around the Carriers
"As iOS, BlackBerry and Android continue to offer services that were once the sole purview of the operators, such as free messaging, they are realizing that operators do not evolve their networks and service offerings at the same pace that consumers desire," ABI's Morgan pointed out. Google dusting off its direct-to-consumer plan "is the second phase of [it] looking to develop an alternative distribution channel from operators."
The first few Nexus devices in 2010 "were the trials to see if any could be sold," Morgan said. "This time around, [Google] will widen the effort to see if they can gain even more traction."
Meanwhile, "there's been a groundswell of support for getting your smartphone outside the mobile operator," Ramon Llamas, a senior research analyst at IDC, told the E-Commerce Times. "A friend who wanted a new smartphone had the choice of going to Best Buy or the carrier's store. He saved $30 by going to Best Buy. More and more people are saying they don't always have to go to the operator because the selection's there in other stores and there are deals to be had."
Google did not respond to our request to comment for this story.


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Balcom humbled to run in Jackie's footsteps
Former Cubs farmhand is stunt double in new movie '42'
Jasha Balcom knew most of the Jackie Robinson story because his father had told him.
He knew that Robinson had broken baseball's color barrier. He knew that Robinson had endured horrific racism and had helped pioneer the American civil rights movement. He was well aware that Robinson was a Rookie of the Year, a Most Valuable Player, a Hall of Famer and his No. 42 was retired across all of Major League Baseball in an unprecedented tribute under the direction of Commissioner Bud Selig in 1997.
And that was all before Balcom learned a lot more by becoming Jackie Robinson.
Well, sort of.
If you've seen the movie "42," you've watched actor Chadwick Boseman recreate the iconic presence of Robinson on film and you've seen Harrison Ford's elegance as Branch Rickey. You've also seen Jasha Balcom, whether you realized it or not.
Balcom was a stunt double for Boseman in many of the film's sports-action scenes. A friend of Balcom's knew someone affiliated with the film, photos and a bio were sent, and before he knew it, the former star outfielder from Dublin (Ga.) High School, the University of Georgia and the Chicago Cubs' Minor League system was suiting up in a vintage Brooklyn Dodgers No. 42 uniform and getting after it on the basepaths and in the field.
"I matched the body type and the athleticism that they were looking for," says Balcom, who had never appeared in any movies or TV shows and had never done any stunt work. "It went from maybe shooting a few scenes to taking off for two months."
The whirlwind led him from old Engel Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn., which doubled as Robinson's Brooklyn home park of Ebbets Field, to diamonds in Macon, Ga., Birmingham, Ala., and back to Atlanta, where Balcom lives.
It also almost landed him on the disabled list.
Two weeks into the shoot, Balcom ran into another stunt double and went down hard, cracking a rib. He finished the day's work, went back to his hotel sore, slept poorly, and realized the next day that he had to sit out a few scenes.
"I wanted to play hard, to really show the grit and the fight within [Jackie Robinson], to show the phenomenal athlete that he was and really put on a good performance," Balcom says. "And take after take, there was a lot of sliding, a lot of diving. It was all things I was used to doing. But it's unnatural to run and slide when you're not in a real game situation -- especially over and over again.
"It took a lot to channel that, and on top of it we'd be shooting until 3 or 4 or 5 o'clock into the morning. It took a lot to get yourself ready."
It's something he'll never forget.
"I'm very humbled," Balcom says. "I was just amazed to be able to run in his shoes, to follow that man's footsteps ... literally running in his footsteps.
"And it was awesome to get back out there on the baseball field. Being that I was out of baseball for several years, to get a uniform on and help tell a great story was more than I could have asked for. It was very surreal being back out there, seeing the uniforms, going back to that time period. Wearing the period gloves, they were hard to catch and use. The shoes were different. It was crazy, but a lot of fun."
The movie has created opportunities Balcom never thought he'd have, but he's already opened plenty of doors for himself.
He was selected by the Cubs in the 33rd round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft and made it as far as Class A Peoria in 2005. He quit the game for a bit, getting a job as a stockbroker, and then played independent ball in 2007, hitting .304 with 34 stolen bases for the South Georgia Peanuts of the South Coast League. Then, he retired from professional baseball for good and began a new pursuit: teaching the sport to kids.
He does it at Hitter's Box in Duluth, Ga., a 6,000-square-foot facility dedicated to baseball development that includes state-of-the-art equipment -- including the ProBatter simulator, which is a virtual reality-type "flight simulator" machine used by Major League teams to train. Balcom is the owner of the facility and a hands-on teacher, working with kids of all ages to get better at the game that keeps giving him so much.
"Working with students is my passion," Balcom says. "So this movie is perfect for that, too. It's a great history, and I'm really excited for my students who now have the opportunity to see this film and know that I'm in it, but to also know who Jackie is. I want them to learn who he is, how you can persevere.
"See the example. Learn from what he went through. Learn who he was and what he means to society."


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The above is Rogers Ferry crossing the Chattahoochee River. Then, to get from Roswell to Atlanta, and visa-versa, you had to use a Ferry such as Rogers Ferry. On this trip Anna's ancestor Buck Jones and his mule are the passengers. I wonder if the mule had to pay full price or is it cheaper if he sat in Buck's lap?
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Suburban "Madonna Bar Mitzvah Boy" now a motivational speaker
If anyone can speak with authority about being his authentic self, the dancing "Madonna Bar Mitzvah Boy" from Buffalo Grove can.
Shaun Sperling, now a 33-year-old Chicago attorney, became a YouTube sensation last fall after a video of his flamboyant dance to Madonna's "Vogue" during his 1992 bar mitzvah at the Hyatt Deerfield went viral. He ended up on major TV talk shows and even got to meet Madonna as a result. Sometimes he re-performs the dance at charity events.
Now, Sperling has begun a motivational speaking program, YOUniversity, that teaches students and corporations the power of being authentic.
His next presentation is at 3:45 p.m. Monday at his alma mater, Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, and he is scheduling an appearance in May at Maine East High School in Park Ridge. Both events are free and open to the public.
"This is a message that can benefit everyone," he said. "When you're completely yourself, that's when you're powerful."
Sperling says he was "mortified" by the video but retrieved it from his parents' crawl space last summer while working on a script for a one-man stage show called "Defending Madonna." He converted it from VHS to digital, and then posted it on YouTube for fun.
"I thought, it's time to share it," he said.
His friend sent the video to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, who posted it and, in turn, splashed the teenage Sperling and his custom-made Madonna shirt all over the media. The video currently has more than 1.1 million views.
The video spawned some nasty anti-Semitic and homophobic responses (Sperling's been openly gay since age 15, even though he says "everyone else knew 30 seconds into the dance"), but most viewers were impressed that he had a be-who-you-are attitude at such an early age.
He said it wouldn't have been possible without his parents, who didn't flinch at the idea of him having a Madonna-themed bar mitzvah and performing a self-choreographed dance.
"My parents are the real heroes of this story. They fostered my individuality. They said, 'This is what Shaun loves, and we're going to celebrate him and what he loves,'" he said.
Sperling said people, especially students, are constantly pressured to be, act or dress a certain way. He hopes that by encouraging high school students to take pride in who they are, harassment and bullying can be minimized. Such a message would have helped him during his early teen years, when he says he was bullied.
"It's not easy. I had the support and resources to say, 'I'm gay, and this is not going to change, and I'm going to have to learn to respect myself.' That's when it became easier. As soon as I did that, the name-calling stopped," he said. "Fortunately, there's more visibility and openness now than there was in 1992."


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Hey would you be interested in playing tomorrow afternoon? Say 4pm? Thanks.
sure 6 works, how about the courts on cordova and michigan...if per chance they were busy, there is pcc and cal tech very close by as backups, but should be empty...
sure Tuesday would work, 6 pm ? parking sucks at cal tech nowadays, nites might be ok on parking on California st, ,but they ticket the lot now, i can get on the courts though and they are great...... possibly the courts on cordova, as there is pcc and cal tech close by for back ups.
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thursday night works, cal tech? 6pm?
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Hey drnd,
maybe next week at night. I have a semi this saturday and booked practice wise thru the weekend...touch base next week...
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Exercise shows opposing effects on appetite
Exercise seems to simultaneously make people hungrier, yet more readily satisfied by a meal - and differences in these responses from person to person may help explain why some exercisers shed pounds more easily than others, researchers say.
In a study of 58 overweight and obese adults who started an exercise regimen, researchers found that exercise tended to boost participants' hunger before a meal, compared with their sedentary days.
On the other hand, they were also more easily satisfied by their morning meal than they had been before becoming active.
But while both effects were generally at work across the study group, there were subtler differences between participants who were more successful in their weight loss and those whose extra pounds stubbornly hung on.
In general, exercisers who did not meet their expected weight loss were both hungrier after fasting - that is, right before breakfast - and throughout the day, compared with their hunger ratings at the study's start.
In contrast, those who were more successful in shedding pounds generally saw their pre-breakfast appetites increase after becoming active. But they were not hungrier throughout the day.
"The reason that some people are more successful (at weight loss) could be due to a lesser increase in appetite and the prevention of an increase in food intake," lead researcher Dr. Neil King, an associate professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, told Reuters Health in an email.
But the bottom line for new exercisers, he said, is that they should not throw in the towel if they start feeling more hungry than normal - or fail to shed as many pounds as they'd been hoping.
Other research shows that exercise has health benefits - like improved cardiovascular fitness, and lower blood pressure and cholesterol - even if weight loss is modest.
For the current study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, King's team had 58 overweight men and women go through a 12-week supervised exercise regimen designed to burn 500 calories per session.
At the beginning and end of the study, participants were given a breakfast of cereal and toast, and were asked to rate their hunger before the meal, immediately after and throughout the rest of the day.
After 12 weeks, 32 participants had lost the expected amount of weight based on the calories they burned during exercise; 26 had not. On average, both groups showed a revved up appetite before breakfast on week 12, but daily hunger was greater in those who had not lost a substantial amount of weight.
Both groups of exercisers, though, seemed to be more readily satisfied by their breakfast than they had been before becoming active.
It's not clear why these two different appetite effects arise from exercise. But physical activity, while spurring hunger, may also boost the sensitivity of the body's fullness-signaling system, according to King's team.
"The key messages," King said, "are exercise is good for you, don't expect unrealistic weight loss and don't give up exercising just because of lower-than-expected weight loss."
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That's the only word that will do. The Yanks are playing like horsesh**. Jon Lester is a stud and he was in peak form on Saturday, true. Give him credit. But listen, the Yankees have lost four games in a row at home and are doing their best to make us squirm. Final score this afternoon: Red Sox 7, Yanks 3.
They've got Dustin Moseley pitching against Clay Buchholz tomorrow night. Anyone inspired with a sudden burst of confidence? Okay, so let's say they get swept. There will be six games left, Magic Number stuck on stupid at three. You've still got to love their chances to make it to October, which looks like it'll start in Minnie against that sombitch Pavano (the Rays already have a 4-0 first inning lead tonight).
But c'mon now, enough is enough already. The sky isn't falling yet, of course, but that doesn't mean we've got to be happy about this horsesh**, either.


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Check your food vocabulary by doing this exercise before you watch the video.
This video is part of our Word on the Street series. Word on the Street is an exciting new English Language teaching programme co-produced by the BBC and the British Council.
Carmen: The Chinese introduced oriental food to Britain. But before the Chinese, immigrants from all around the world came to live in London.
British people enjoy a huge range of food and flavours from other countries.
This is Borough Market, London's oldest food market. Today, you can find food here from all over the world.
This is Italian cheese. Each group of settlers brought their own food and styles of cooking and people here embraced the exciting new flavours… maybe because British food wasn't very good.
Restaurants from all around the world can be found on most British high streets. Indian, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Persian... the list goes on.
But just what are the UK's favourite dishes?
On the Street: My favourite meal is Thai green curry.
On the Street: One of my favourite meals is... cottage pie with peas.
On the Street: My favourite food is... Chinese ... Chinese.
On the Street: What's my favourite meal? Still full English breakfast.
Chef: This is a full English breakfast. Tomato, black pudding, sausage, bacon, egg, mushroom.
Carmen: A big fried breakfast might not be to everyone's taste. But in Britain, there is something for everyone.
Celia Brooks Brown is a food writer and knows all about food and the future of food in the UK, today.
Mmm! It looks good. What have we got here, Celia?
Celia: Well, this is a British tomato salad with a Yorkshire-made sheep's cheese. And here we have a Barnsley lamb chop with new potatoes and a mint hollandaise sauce.
Carmen: So is this a sign of developments in British cooking?
Celia: Yes, people want to know where their food comes from. Chefs in restaurants like these are reinventing classic British dishes. They're using ingredients that are locally sourced and locally grown.
Carmen: So what about world cuisine?
Celia: Well, anything goes. Chefs love to experiment with ingredients from different cultures. And we live in a globalised society, it's very exciting.
Carmen: OK, Celia, if you were cooking these dishes at home, what ingredients from different cultures would you use?
Celia: Well, I might use something like this. This is a Moroccan spice mix called Ras el Hanout. Have a sniff.
Carmen: Hmm. That's really strong.
Celia: Lovely, isn't it? Now, this might make a lovely spice rub for that lamb chop.
Carmen: I can't wait to taste this.
Carmen: The food in Britain reflects the many different cultures here. But some of the old favourites are here to stay. I'm off for my favourite, fish and chips. Want a chip?
What do you think about British food?
it is delicious
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English breakfast looks yummy, but I wonder what black pudding is made out of...
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wow... I really interesting in tasting the food, because I've never taste it until now. and someday, when I go to England, God willing I'll taste it. Indeed!
They look so delicious!
I'm looking forward to eating British food!!!
What a globalized country!
I can't wait to go there!!!
When I go there, I really want to try "fish n chips" and "Italian cheese" ;)
I felt the foods is very multicultual.The video helps me to understand about other country. I really feel like having fish and chips.
I think this video is showing clearly and easily about the British food.
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Seems people doesn't prefer British food much after all. I hope I could meet some delicious plates when I visit there.
This movie was interesting!!! I think it's good that we can eat foods from many countries in British. But I can't eat all of Full English Breakfast, because it's too much!!! lol
I think it is great that people can eat lots of foreigner food in one place:)
but i still love full British breakfast which is so nice:)
It looks very delicious and too big!
From now on,I'm worried about whether I miss Japanese food:|
I wanna try full English break fast:(
I wanna visit Borough Market!! It's great that you can eat food from all over the world at the market. I've heard British food is not good, but it looks tasty. I'd like to try it!
I have never eaten British food, so I'm interested in about it.
Is it really bad taste??
British tomato salad looks good!!
and Itarian cheese also looks delicious^^
because i love cheese♡
There were many delicious food in the video!!! I have never eaten black pudding. So, I'm looking forward to eating it:) I like fish and chips, too♡
I didn't know that.
I want to eat fish and chips in Britain.
When I visited London about 30 years ago, I coud hardly find any foods except a pile of potatoes at a supermarket. But now it seems the situation has been changed.
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Wow!!! I didn't know only fish and chips so I was glad to know other British food (: I want to try them!
I've never eaten British food,so I'd love to taste them. Especially, FISH-AND-CHIPS! xD
Black pudding!? Is it really tasty? I want so badly to try! Have you had it before?
This video was really interesting!!!
I think it is very good that people can try a lot of kinds of foods!!!
I would like Britain people to try Japanese food too!!!
I also want to try black pudding!!!
British meals seem to be more yummy than I've ever heard or expected!
It looks so delicious!
I want to eat Full English Breakfast and Lamb Chops.
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Every week, FOOD52's Senior Editor Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that are nothing short of genius.
Today: Tortilla soup escapes the 1990s.
- KristenI'm going to blame the 1990s for sullying tortilla soup. By the end of that colorful, fusion-obsessed decade, every fast-casual restaurant seemed to be peddling the same muddy version. You remember it: burnt sienna broth with a few shreds of chicken and tortilla dangling in it, along with maybe a handful of Niblets.
It was just fine -- and always more interesting than the split pea, so I bet you ordered it a lot. I sure did. Split pea should really try a little harder.
But there are all kinds of tortilla soups out there. It's not just a sad American commodity in a to-go cup, but a truly regional specialty that repurposes the daily bread of Mexico in different ways all over the country.
Some cooks actually blend the tortilla into the soup to thicken and fortify it, much like Tuscan ribollita. Some call for chunked carrots, or beans, or pork, giving it the heft of a stew. Others dot theirs with not just chips and cheese, but avocado and crema, getting as close in spirit to nachos as they can. Chicharrónes aren't unheard of.
But perhaps the most genius version comes from Rick Bayless, whose own rise to fame mirrored and probably fueled that of tortilla soup. As you likely already know -- from his many cookbooks and accolades, his Top Chef Mastery and PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time, and that moment when he was rumored to be following the Obamas to the White House: for a guy from Oklahoma who isn't Mexican at all, Bayless knows a lot about Mexican food. He was qualified, then, to introduce a simple, excellent version of tortilla soup in Authentic Mexican in 1987 -- and he's been including variations in most of his cookbooks since. "I wrote a classic but flexible recipe for it in Authentic Mexican, but I still have more to say," he wrote in the headnote to his genius-ified version in Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen almost 10 years later.
In it, he sharpens the flavors and textures, leaving a more vivid impression than before. He takes some of the toasted pasilla chile garnish he'd only scattered on top in earlier iterations -- and blends it into the soup base, unleashing it. He singes the tomatoes and garlic and blends them in too, but leaves the golden threads of onion intact: barely there wisps that put up weak, sweet resistance.
Then he cooks down and caramelizes the base before sending it billowing through the broth. Thirty minutes pass and he adds a final touch of genius, just a wee jag off of tradition, a tasteful dose of fusion: shredded red chard. Not only does it give the soup health, color, and feeling, but the earthy minerality of the greens fits in perfectly with warm, sultry broth.
Don't expect the soup to be spicy -- pasillas (also called chiles negros) do something more surprising: they're dark, smoky, and fruity. If a prune and a sun-dried tomato had a (way cooler) baby, it would be a chile pasilla.
This might sound like a lot of steps, but each one is quick and advances you toward soup with a checklist that's anything but tedious: Cutting chiles with scissors! Blistering tomatoes! Blending violently! Plus the instructions make up for lost time elsewhere.
Yes, you'll make your own fried tortilla strips, but only in a small amount of oil, which you reuse for the chile. No oversized spluttering pot, no thermometers to mind, no vat of spent oil to dispose of. And any waiting happens while you knock out other tasks: chiles plump while tomatoes broil; tomatoes cool while onions fry. (A disclaimer: at least in this hemisphere, it's not tomato season. Depending on your convictions, you can substitute canned tomatoes or just get local hothouse ones like we did. Our friends at the Canal House fell off the tomato wagon recently too, so we feel better about ourselves.)
The whole soup, complex and thrilling as it may be, can come together within an hour, give or take.
The broth is enchanting on its own, and the garnishes electrify it. Lime sparkles, sweet toasted chiles crackle and bend, cheese clings to your spoon, and crisp but vulnerable tortilla strips sink in, encouraging you to spoon faster.
Rick Bayless' Tortilla Soup with Shredded Chard
Adapted slightly from Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant Flavors of a World-Class Cuisine (Scribner, 1996)
Makes about 6 cups, serving 4 to 6 as a starter4 to 6 corn tortillas, preferably stale store-bought ones1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil4 to 5 medium (about 1 1/2 ounces total) dried pasilla chiles, stemmed and seeded2 garlic cloves, unpeeled1 medium-large round ripe tomato (or substitute canned tomatoes, drained)1 medium white onion, sliced 1/8 thick6 cups good broth, preferably chickenSalt, about 1/2 teaspoon, depending on saltiness of broth2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Mexican Chihuahua cheese, or other melting cheese such as brick or Monterey Jack1 large lime, cut into 6 wedges4 cups loosely packed, thinly sliced (preferably red) chard leaves (you'll need about 2/3 of a 12-ounce bunch)
See a slideshow and the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
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PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A boat accident yesterday left one person dead and another injured.
It happened on the Northeast Cape Fear River near the Swann Plantation neighborhood.
"Me and the wife were out on the front porch, and we heard something that sounded just like a car wreck, it was that loud," Jim Whitehurst said. "You know, when you're hearing boat motors running, and all of a sudden you hear a big bang, and it's quiet, you know that's what happened."
Whitehurst and his wife rushed over in their boat to see if they could help after the two boats collided on the river.
By the time they got there, they say it was too late.
"It looked like they were doing everything they could possibly do," Whitehurst said. "I mean there were seven or eight people over top of her, so they were trying CPR and whatever else they could do to keep her alive, but I think it didn't last long."
Witnesses say that one woman, a mother of two, died in the accident, and one man, who they think is her husband, was severely injured.
They tell us the boats that crashed were 14 to 16 foot john boats, and say that they were speeding.
"They were flying when they hit each other," Whitehurst added. "Because it ripped the other boat all to pieces."
Those who live along the river say speeding around this corner has been a problem for years.
They say they tried to make this a no-wake zone for this very reason, but have had no success.
"We actually had petitioned to have the county put a no-wake zone here you know, and the fact was, stating that someone's going to get killed if they don't patrol this area, slow the boats down a little bit. And this is a dangerous curve."
They are hoping that now something will be done about it.
"I will probably be asking the board to reconsider this as far as making a request to the state," George Brown, Pender County Board of Commissioners said.
We tried to contact investigators for more information, but have yet to hear back.


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Area homeless people only have a network of small agencies to turn to, and advocates argue it's time to try something new.
A year ago, an annual count of the homeless found about 2,400 people in Volusia and Flagler counties without a reliable roof over their heads.
That yearly census got started Tuesday, and when the results are tallied the total is expected to climb even higher, as it steadily has for the past several years.
With fewer than 800 beds available in local shelters and transitional housing, the urgency to do something isn't lost on big-hearted people paying attention to the yawning gap between need and resources.
For six years, Michael Arth of DeLand has been pitching the idea of creating a homeless village on a large swath of county-owned property on the western outskirts of Daytona Beach. There, people could get a free place to stay for a few years and an array of help to get their lives back on track.
Calvary Christian Center Pastor Jim Raley in Ormond Beach has had an even grander vision over the past decade: to create a complex for all kinds of people in need, from the homeless to abuse victims to single pregnant women teetering on the edge of financial disaster.
And a small grass-roots relief agency, the Daytona Outreach Center, has been developing an idea the past few years to use 20-40 acres of donated land to start a farm where the homeless could escape the circumstances that make it harder to fight addictions and get off the streets and gradually rebuild their lives.
All three efforts are led by people brimming with dreams and faith but, so far anyway, nearly bereft of land and the necessary cash.
But they're all still pushing to see what they can make happen. Area homeless people only have a network of small agencies to turn to, and Arth argues it's time to try something new.
"We keep attacking the problem in the same way and we're not getting any results," Arth said.
He doesn't see hope for local agencies pooling their resources to try something bigger.
"We're at a stalemate now because agencies just fear for their own survival," Arth said.
Lisa Hamilton, executive director of the Volusia Flagler County Coalition for the Homeless, said it's harder to get funding for large-scale facilities, and research shows people recover faster and better in smaller facilities. But she welcomes any new agencies that want to join in the battle against homelessness.
"It's very important to have new hands to help," she said. "Our collaborative is open to everyone. You can't do it without helping each other. I think we're in an economy that's going to force us to work more closely together."
If any of the agencies are able to raise enough money to start new help centers, they'll have to locate somewhere at least slightly removed from the areas where homeless people tend to cluster. Most of Volusia County's homeless are concentrated in the areas of Daytona Beach where the city has imposed a ban on opening any new social service agencies.
The effort at Calvary Christian Center, a large complex on Granada Boulevard just west of Interstate 95, is being led by two of the church's outreach pastors, Shirley Tellis and Jennifer Woods.
For the past few years, they've been looking for a local building large enough to house their vision of a faith-based place that would welcome people coming out of jail, addicts, families that have fallen on hard times, teenage runaways and a host of others with no place to go.
"When we evangelize in clubs, in prison, everywhere, we hear that so much, 'If we only had a place to go,' " Tellis said.
They already help people with food, clothing and showers from their church base and a small operation on U.S. 1, but they'd like a new building focused on rescuing those in need.
"It would be very comprehensive, a structured environment where God is the center and God is the answer," Woods said.
They had their hearts set on the old Atlantic Medical Center building at the corner of Clyde Morris Boulevard and Dunn Avenue, which is about to meet a wrecking ball.
"We were devastated when we heard they wanted to demolish it," Woods said.
So they'll keep looking for another building, and adding to the $35,000 they've raised so far.
"Without a doubt it'll happen," Tellis said. "If it's God's vision, he'll provide for it."
Arth has almost given up a couple of times on his idea for a secular homeless village for adults, but with a few new people on the Volusia County Council he has renewed hope he could get four votes in favor of donating the 80 acres of land near the county jail that he's had his eye on.
Too many people are wasting away in prisons and in the woods, and they need a place that "gives them hope and a purpose," he said.
He hopes one or two local agencies change their minds and join forces with him. The site on Red John Road he wants is already zoned for group homes; it's near a rehabilitation facility; and it's on a bus line, he points out.
"It's really the only place that's suitable," he said. "There is no better spot."
Ray Kelley, who fought back from addiction and started the Daytona Outreach Center on Ridgewood Avenue six years ago, has been circling around an idea similar to Arth's the past four years. Kelley also hopes to get some rural land donated where the homeless would come voluntarily to put their lives back together, but the twist on his idea is he'd like to have a farm residents would help run.
The pastor also envisions a faith-based place where people would have access to doctors and dentists and take classes to help with job hunting while they get clean and sober.
He realizes it will be difficult to make it happen. But he thinks about a former airline pilot he has seen homeless on the streets of Daytona.
"With some love you can get them back to what they were," he said.
The existing operations, meanwhile, will keep helping the homeless as best they can.
Hamilton said people found during this week's count of the homeless will be entered into a database and targeted for help with housing.
If any of the efforts to open large facilities work, Hamilton said, "we'd welcome them and help them as much as we can."
She'll watch to see how their dreams evolve.
"All agencies started with a group of people saying something needs to be done," she said. "That's how it starts."


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Armchair travel no doubt began before there were either armchairs or travel, as we think of them today. The practice may have started as soon as people could communicate well enough to describe what lay on the other side of a mountain or a sea. It grew whenever an account rendered firsthand was retold by someone who remembered it and perhaps embellished what had been said; that teller traveled back on the road of imagination and language to a place he or she had never been, and took another listener there.
It seems that ever since the first couple was pushed out of Eden, humans have longed not only to regain paradise but to explore whatever lies beyond the boundary at hand. Wanderlust may be an attribute scientists will one day declare as hard-wired into the species.
Why "travel in place" embraced by an armchair today, when the world has shrunk and transportation is pervasive? Common reasons include financial constraints, reluctance to travel alone, distaste for crowds or flying, or worries about personal safety (which could be related to flying, or maybe one's destination country is being bombed just now). Maybe one suffers a physical impediment, temporary or permanent, or maybe timing is the issue: one cannot physically go yet, but wishes to prepare for a future trip. Or one might want to delve into a place from home that one has visited only briefly. Or perhaps one went to a place years ago and wishes to become reacquainted, to see how it, and oneself, have changed. Maybe one loves a place and goes there often, but can never get enough of it. It might even be that one wishes to see one's own hometown or city with fresh eyes and without taking leave of it. Admittedly, armchair travel is not "the real thing" and cannot fully substitute for it. But it helps one prepare for travels and savor them, and it takes one to many places where an armchair is the only available vehicle.
If the mere titles of the following books start your mental juices flowing—A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca, London (the novel) or Paris: The Secret History—then you may have the makings of an armchair traveler. Colin Fletcher's classic, The Complete Walker, was an early influence in my case. (All these books are worth reading.)
Observation and Imagination
The distinction between direct observation of other places and populations that has been handed down or recorded and imagining them is a thin one. As every armchair traveler knows, the distinction is sometimes impossible to make. Consider two examples from history.
Great Princes, Emperors, and Kings…and People of all degrees who desire to get knowledge of the various races of mankind and of the diversities of the sundry regions of the World, take this Book.... For ye shall find therein all kinds of wonderful things...according to the description of Messer Marco Polo, a wise and noble citizen of Venice, as he saw them with his own eyes.… We shall set down things seen as seen, and things heard as heard only, so that no jot of falsehood may mar the truth of our Book, and that all who shall read it or hear it read may put full faith in the truth of all its contents.
The Description of the World (also known as The Travels of Marco Polo) by Marco Polo (1254-1324), a son in a family of traders, was dictated by the author while he served a yearlong prison sentence. He had come back to Italy and been captured in battle. Polo claimed to be telling what he had seen during years in China and the Mongol Empire, and his bo ok about life under the rule of Kublai Khan proved a sensation during the Middle Ages. But readers at the time considered it fiction. And Polo's veracity is still being debated today. Even so, the book introduced Europeans to a great Asian culture vastly different from their own. (You can read it and many other copyright-expired books online at Project Gutenberg, but note that the text does not begin until page 216, after copious notes.)
The second example is a diary written by Egeria (381-84), a Spanish nun on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. It describes what Christians did during the Holy Week she spent there: they re-enacted the events of Jesus' life and Passion, beginning with a palm-waving procession into the city. Her account contributed to the spread of these customs to Spain by the fifth century and to their eventual spread through Europe. Most recently, her account (our oldest record) contributed to the revised Holy Week liturgy. Like many ancient sources, Egeria's travelogue is fragmentary and the history surrounding it uncertain. A scholar discovered a diary segment at a residence of the Brotherhood of Arezzo in 1887; then scholars put it together with a very similar name mentioned in a seventh-century source about a fourth-century nun whose pilgrimage diary during Holy Week in Jerusalem had been known for centuries. It is thought to be the same writer. Apparently, Egeria was an educated, affluent convert to Christianity, a nun away from her cloister on pilgrimage for several years. She was also a keen communicator, whose travel writings reached not just her sisters in Spain but generations across millennia. (For an online sample of Egeria's travel diary, go to www.christusrex.net/www1/jhs/TSeger04. html).
Many people would do well to begin with an easy, accessible genre called "travel writing" by most bookstores. "Travelers' Tales" guides, for instance, is a series of books, each volume of which is focused on a particular country or city popular with tourists. The "tales" are actually "true stories" written by a diverse group of travelers who write well—they are not typical travel writers—and reflect on both customary and very offbeat places. The broad range of writers and the coverage of multiple regions within a country afford a satisfying overview. Such books can be read and reread, which also makes them a good investment, whether one stays home or ventures far.
What about the accounts of imaginary places described in great literature, which also beckon an armchair traveler? Whoever Homer may have been, The Odyssey, his epic poem, still astounds us as a trip worth taking, and no airplane or cruise ship can take us there. Or co nsider other classic destinations like Thomas More's Utopia, Swift's Lilliput, Carroll's Wonderland (or did that belong to Alice?) or Dante's trips to Purgatory and Hell. Who can challenge the accuracy of such travelogues? Of course the real question is, where do you want to go?
One need not travel far. Anyone can swing by Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County and get to know its residents at any time. That also holds true for time travel into the future (science fiction) as well as into the past.
Historical novels, like Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter, all three volumes of which I read while preparing for a trip to Norway, allow for an immersion in Norway's past. If you go this route, may I suggest the Tiina Nunnally translation for its beauty and modern English.
Novelists like E. M. Forster (1879-1970) have traveled widely. Forster used his experiences and his literary imagination to transport readers to Italy (A Room With a View), England (Howard's End) and India (A Passage to India). Ernest Hemingway, Robert Louis Stevenson and countless other writers have followed a similar course.
One person's home, however, is another's foreign fantasia. Writers who describe their own backyards or city streets, like Agatha Christie or Charles Dickens, can be read by travelers elsewhere who seek a romp through the English countryside or London's fog. For a trip to Trinidad, try V. S. Naipaul; Portugal, José Saramago; Japan, Shusaku Endo. For a traveler, the place is the primary draw.
Or take a personal approach. Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), an affluent, Oxford-educated British woman, became a lifelong traveler and prodigious writer on the Middle East; she was also a mountain climber, an archaeologist, a linguist, a spy and a policy advisor to the British government on Iraq and Jordan. Although her works are no longer widely read, a recent biography by Georgina Howell (Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations) has revived interest in Bell as a traveler extraordinaire. No tourist, Bell lived for years in the Middle East and was fluent in Arabic. Reading about her might be like holding up a mirror for the armchair traveler—the kind of mirror into which a kitten looks and sees a lion. Call it vicarious armchair traveling.
Writings by two other women who lived in out-of-the-way places in their day may also be of interest and can be reread. Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa and Beryl Markham's West With the Night, a memoir of growing up in Kenya, are modern classics, both made into films. Biographies and memoirs like these convey a vivid sense of place.
Finally, the world of armchair traveling cannot be confined to books; it includes photographs, films/video, art, dance and music (how could one travel to Vienna without listening to a waltz or to Turkey without seeing a whirling dervish?). Most of these are available on the Internet.
Leaving a Footprint
We have considered places where one surely can go, but where one cannot set down one's foot and leave a footprint. We must now say a word about travel today to destinations where one can.
People travel to glean information, to get the lay of the land, to meet the people, to learn a language, to understand another culture (arts, history, contemporary society and government), to enjoy spectacular scenery or some other significant site, often religious or historical (Machu Picchu in Peru, the beaches of Normandy, the Via Dolorosa, the Sacré Coeur). We also travel to learn new things about ourselves and our own culture. Or maybe you have a copy of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and have wisely whittled the number down to 10.
Truth is, travel has become commonplace, no longer reserved to the privileged. There are few discoveries of people or places still to be made. The Grand Tour of the wealthy and the prestigious Explorers Club gave way to the neighborhood travel clubs of the early 20th century, where ladies who lunched and traveled once or twice on the Queen Mary reported back, gave a talk and showed mementos. Expedition artists gave way to the photographer. All of this gave way to students studying abroad, retired tourists abroad, families vacationing abroad—most with cellphones, cameras, videos and blogs.
In response publishers offer a profusion of guides, which sell well despite what Eleanor Lavish, an adventure-seeking novelist, said to her timid friend, Miss Charlotte Bartlett, in E. M. Forster's A Room With a View: "And no, you are not, not, NOT to look at your Baedeker. Give it to me; I shan't let you carry it. We will simply drift."
Guides—still indispensable for most travelers—have changed since the 19th century, when Baedeker's and Murray's guides reigned. (Ruskin referred to Murray in his own detailed art guide, Mornings in Florence.) Take a simple thing like maps: online today one can find virtually every inch of the civilized world on Google Maps, and elsewhere photos of the earth and the moon taken from outer space.
It is possible today to prepare extensively for a trip: to book what one wants to see before one sets out; to read several guidebooks, gather maps, download a free audio file for your iPod, look at hundreds of photos and videos, rent a car, set up a walking, biking or Segway tour; to contact residents by e-mail; even to explore activities at a local church or museum. Beyond making air and hotel reservations online, one can book tickets for entertainment—all in advance.
If one wants to visit Florence, for example, one can enjoy a 360-degree look around Signoria Square, where Michelangelo's David stands, and take a virtual tour (www.italyguides.it). One can learn about schools—language, cooking, art and design, photography—at (www.goitaly.about.com/od/florenceitaly). Standard guides (Frommer's, Fodor's, Lonely Planet) typically suggest novels and films. Learn to take these seriously. I have already mentioned A Room With a View (also a film) and Ruskin's Mornings in Florence, but one could also read or see Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well" and "The Winter's Tale." Rizzoli publishes glossy guidebooks on art; National Geographic and DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are expensive and heavy if you carry them, but the layouts, cutaway graphics and emphasis on photos are especially good for armchair travelers. All one needs to begin is a destination!
Preparing to Go
In preparing for a trip, I try to decide my destination nearly a year in advance.
After seeing online what a place offers, I go to a bookstore to peruse the guidebooks until I decide on one or two. This is a personal choice; I love comparing and narrowing down. For an immediate trip, current material is important, but armchair travelers with no plane ticket can visit a used bookstore.
Sometimes, I buy a map and a phrasebook or language tape. Then over the next few months, I work with these and listen to music specific to the place, watch pertinent videos, read novels and nonfiction books on culture, politics or some other area of interest. For a trip to Poland, for example, I read James A. Michener's Poland, a page-turner historical novel about three different families.
Once I have a country in mind, I look online at the main regions, the big cities, small towns and villages. Since I typically travel for just two weeks, I tend to begin in one large city, because I am not yet in real "vacation" mode. As I settle into it, I move to a smaller place, where I can drop the maps and guidebooks and focus on my language skills (scant) and taking in the sights. For this second phase, I book myself into a small town or an old-town section of a small city. Finally, I go to a village or a small resort, where I can walk to everything or take a ferry. I am resting and relaxing at this point. Then I return to the big city for the last night or two, a form of both return and re-entry. I can easily catch my flight home from there, too.
Karen Sue Smith shares travel tales on our podcast. Plus, view videos of Americas editors touring New York City pilgrimage sites on our Youtube page.


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GCH CH D's Remember When
One of the nice things about moving in the middle of the country is that we get to see dogs from all over. This weekend in Joplin MO, the Tri-State Kennel Club drew several of our top ranked dogs. As we reported here, the nation's Number Two Dog All Breeds, the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Wynmoor Champagne Supernova, won Saturday's BIS.
GCH CH Skyscots Texas Hold'Em
(Photo by Tom Weigand, The Winning Image)
On Sunday, it was the country's Number 19 Dog All Breeds, the Doberman Pinscher from New England, GCH CH D's Remember When, who took home the big rosette. Sonny Ambrosio also like the Norwich Terrier, GCH CH Skyscots Texas Hold'Em, who got the Reserve award. Also asking for consideration were the Golden Retriever, CH Dogwoods Bright Morning Star, the Irish Wolfhound, Taryn Hickory Hollow, the King Charles & Ruby English Toy Spaniel, GCH CH LTO's Prosperity, the Chinese Shar-Pei, GCH CH Vaje's Jethrene Bodine, and the Australian Shepherd, GCH CH McMatts Autumn Breeze.
The Doberman, Jackson, and handler Gwen DeMilta head home with their 15th BIS of the year.


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map, conventionalized representation of spatial phenomena on a plane surface. Unlike photographs, maps are selective and may be prepared to show various quantitative and qualitative facts, including boundaries, physical features, patterns, and distribution. Each point on such a map corresponds to a geographical position in accordance with a definite scale and projection (see map projection). Maps may also represent such comparative data as industrial power, population density, and birth and death rates. The earliest European printed maps (2d half of the 15th cent.) were made from woodcuts; maps are now reproduced by several processes, including photoengraving, wax engraving, and lithography. See also chart.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Cartography in the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries
- During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- Bibliography
- Ancient Mapmaking
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Zadig & Voltaire Loves Lui
A very special evening for a collaboration to put in all hands. Zadig celebrates men (and women) with a collector tee-shirt in collaboration with LUI magazine. A desire, graphic and quirky object, celebrated in Paris at the same time that the new edition of the very chic man magazine.
In the loft-like shop, on the Vieux Colombier's street, men are in honor. A double celebration, this 3 December, with a party were they can both exclusively discover the collector Zadig & Voltaire Loves Lui tee-shirt and the brand new edition of the famous Lui Magazine, collector as well. Lara Stone, Anja Rubik, Carolyn Murphy, Malgosia Bela or Jourdan Dunn: 12 beautiful women for 12 very special editions. In between our cashmere and leather iconic pieces, this party stands as an ode to women. A family business to, as Frédéric Beigbeder - Lui's chief redactor - is also here. For him, this collaboration was clear water: "The link between Zadig & Voltaire and Lui started along ago! Says Frédéric. Zadig & Voltaire had already created a limited Tunisian tee-shirt edition "Au Secours Pardon" for the launching of my novel in 2006. I know and appreciate well this crazy band that give the brand all its freshness and creativity. The LUI tone is very close to the Zadig's rock'n'roll spirit. And Voltaire above all. Everybody asked us for this new tee-shirt. Now they know where to find it!" Behind its thick cotton, it's all the Zadig & Voltaire clan that is put under the spotlight. Cecilia Bönström Zadig & Voltaire's artistic director: "Jean-Yves Le Fur (president and publication's director), LUI's brain is a very good friend and a close collaborator. As Frédéric Beigbeder is concerned, he is, in my opinion, the incarnation of the left bank man. I love LUI: It's an historical, sexy and rebel magazine that I already liked when I arrived in Paris in 1989. He brings a sulphurous and chic touch that our time needs." Thick Cotton, velvet applications, perfect finishings: the Zadig & Voltaire Loves Lui answers to this precise and rebel aesthetic too. Originally wear by men and women during the evening under the brand's iconic jackets, this 'twisted' basic has been maturely thought: high collar, structured material "with a small tricolor flag inside the neck, says Cecilia, it is an important detail, even if I'm Swedish: it is not a matter of patriotism, but a matter of national cohesion to claim the fact of being French these days." Between know-how and modernity, in the heart of the left bank, Zadig affirms its 'home made' dimension and put men in the spotlight


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This is a big thank you to Trulla McClain and all of her helpers for making our park look so great this holiday season. You did an awesome job. I would also like to thank everyone who donated items to be put down at the park.
My children are enjoying the park every time we go by it.
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[singlepic id=276 w=320 h=240 float=right]I was a member of the (now defunct) 'Support Gili & Dorit' Facebook group for a while now, and thought it is only fair to convey my criticism for the lack of originality shown in the first dance routine in Dancing With The Stars, and so I posted a link to it on the group's wall. Apparently my (and Justice Brandeis') sunlight-is-the-best-disinfectant attitude was not appreciated, as the link I posted was soon deleted and I was banned (!) for life from ever posting or re-joining the group.
Now, mind you, I am not complaining here. On the contrary! This is almost a badge of honor. But I do want to make a couple of points:
1. Always save screen captures.
2. Aaron Sorkin said it best in The West Wing (jump to the 2:57 marker)


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A school bus packed with kids barreled into two vehicles, killing one person and injuring nearly 40.
Lake County Sheriffs say the bus may have run a red light, and are doing urine and blood tests on the female bus driver as part of standard operating procedure.
The crash happened at Route 173 and Kilbourne Road near Wadsworth at about 8 a.m. Friday. The bus was going westbound to the Newport Elementary School, and a Jeep Wrangler was heading southbound. A Jeep Cherokee was also hit.
The driver of the Wrangler was killed. Thirty-five children on the bus, and the two passengers in the Cherokee, were sent to hospitals.
Twenty-five total patients — 23 children — were taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. As of 2 p.m. Friday, only one patient remained at the hospital under observation. All other patients were discharged.
Another 12 kids and several other victims were transported to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan and St. Catherine's Hospital in Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
The fire department didn't have to remove any of the children from the bus.
"Some of the kids were upbeat, jovial as if they just got off a ride at Great America and other kids were asking for their mother or father and wanted to go home. But when engaged in conversation with these kids and asking them questions about hobbies and sports, they changed the page really quick, and very upbeat and smiling and engaging in conversation," said Brian Keller, chief of operations for the Lake County sheriff's office.
Hospital social workers and pastors were also on hand to help counsel the children and their families.