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Release Date: September 24, 2012
Publisher: Self Published
Genre: Paranormal
Book One: Blood Warrior
Book Two: Half Black Soul
Book Three: The Rise
Book Four: Redemption (December 2012)
Order on Amazon: Kindle
Order on Barnes and Noble: Nook
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So I was just scanning through my recommendations on Amazon, minding my own business, when BAM! I see the link for the third book in the Alexa Montgomery series! This was my reaction......
So as you can obviously see, I have been waiting for this book to be released for a long long long time! The Rise starts off right where Half Black Soul ends, and it doesn't disappoint. Like the last novel, The Rise is mainly switched between two different POVs, Alexa and her little sister Nelly. Although, it's mainly between these two characters there are also less common POVs, from the evil and diabolical King, Alexa's boyfriend, Kayden, and last but not least Jackson, Alexa's werewolf friend.
Alexa is badass, maybe even more so, than she was in the last two books. Sometimes she can be a little rude and has some certain anger management problems, but that's understandable because if you really think about it, she's still just a teenager, thrown into a world she still dosen't understand. Into a world where everyone thinks of her as their savior, a person who was going to defeat evil once and for all. I don't know about you, but if I was in her position, I would be feeling a little pressured as well. Another great thing I loved about Alexa's character, was that she had alot of conversations in her head. When she feels her monster rising within her, demanding that she solve things with violence, she beats her "monster" side into submission by acting as if it was another person. And the only way to pretend that it was a different person was to give that person a separate voice. That made for some very....interesting conversations, because she was essentially arguing with herself. Even though Alexa tends to be violent and harsh, she also has a softer side to her. Sun Warriors tend to be motivated and driven by either anger or love. After protecting her sister for years and years, a bond sprang between them. There was nothing in the world that Alexa would not give up for her sister. Even her life.
Although Nelly is not strong in the physical sense, she is undefeatable in the mental sense. If you have read the past two books you would know by now that she is Half Searcher and Half Lamia. Her Lamia side makes her Searcher side even stronger. It was amazing to see how much Nelly grows throughout the first two books. In the start, Nelly resorted to sucking her thumb when she was scared, which annoyed me because it was so childish! But now, after all the things that she's seen, all the problems that she's faced and overcome, she grew into a character that I both respected and admired. However in the third book......let's just say that she's not completely herself.
I loved the style of writing in this book. Although there were a few spelling errors and grammatical errors, it was easy to overlook because i was just so immersed into the story! This was a very fast paced novel and I enjoyed every second of it. When I started reading The Rise, I thought that it was the last and final book in the series, but I was wrong. The conclusion of this series is called Redemption and is expected to be released sometime in December 2012! Can't wait! :D
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Romance- 5/5
Action- 5/5
Comedy- 5/5
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The move capitalizes on a growing interest in healthy snacks packaged individually and sold at c-stores, the company said.
CocoaVia snacks are formulated with ingredients that help lower bad cholesterol and promote healthy circulation while delivering chocolate flavor, it added.
Products include:[image-nocss]CocoaVia Original Dark Chocolate Bars. These snacks, made with real chocolate, are a source of calcium, folic acid, vitamins B6, B12 and antioxidant vitamins C and E and are 90 to 100 calories per serving. CocoaVia Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds. Roasted almonds in CocoaVia dark chocolate. CocoaVia Rich Chocolate Indulgence Drink. Sold in the refrigerated section, this drink tastes like a milkshake, but offers the same health benefits as other CocoaVia products.
CocoaVia Heart Healthy Snacks are currently sold in multi-packs at mass merchandisers, grocery stores, c-stores and other retail outlets around the country. The new singles items available at c-stores are a response to consumers' requests to buy the product in individual servings, the company said.
CocoaVia has sold well in multi-packs, but this is a great opportunity for us to reach consumers who are looking for healthier options on the go, said Jamie Mattikow, president of the Mars Nutrition for Health & Well-Being division. In CocoaVia, we've translated our company's vast scientific knowledge in the area of cocoa research into chocolate products that are formulated to promote heart health.
Meanwhile, Masterfoods' Mars Inc., in a move that demonstrates its commitment to health and nutrition, has announced its partnership with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to offer healthier snack choices for sale in U.S. schools. Created by The Clinton Foundation, the American Heart Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and led by former President Bill Clinton and Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.), the alliance and food industry leaders have agreed to support specific guidelines for competitive foods offered in schools.
The U.S. business of Mars is one of only five food companies that are part of this initiative, the company said.
In order to help schools adopt these guidelines while still providing delicious treats for children, McLean, Va.-based Mars said that it will launch a new line of snacks to specifically meet the alliance's strict guidelines for calories, sugar, fat, saturated fat and nutrients for children in elementary and secondary schools.
In 2005, Mars officially created its Nutrition for Health & Well-Being business unit to establish an all-new portfolio of health-focused brands to serve emerging needs among consumers. While some of the most recent products developed through years of collaborative research efforts have focused on adults, these new products will be specifically designed as healthier snacks for children.
Snacks sold in schools will have less fat, sugar and salt under the latest crackdown on junk food won by former President Clinton. Just five months after a similar agreement targeting the sale of sodas in schools, Clinton and the American Heart Association announced a deal Friday with several major food companies to make school snacks healthierthe latest assault on the nation's childhood obesity epidemic.
The agreement with Kraft Foods Inc., Mars Inc., Campbell Soup Co., Groupe Danone SA and PepsiCo Inc. sets guidelines for fat, sugar, sodium and calories for snack foods sold in school vending machines, stores and snack bars. Those companies make everything from M&M's, yogurt and granola bars to Frito-Lay potato chips, Snickers bars and canned soups.
Under the guidelines, most foods won't be permitted to derive more than 35% of their calories from fat and more than 10% from saturated fat. There will be a limit of 35% for sugar content by weight. An example of a snack that would be banned is a Snickers bar, which has 280 calories, 130 from fat. The candy bar has 30 grams of sugar out of 58.7 total grams.
Charles Nicolas, a spokesman for PepsiCo, which owns Frito-Lay and Quaker, said Frito-Lay already has products that meet the guidelines, such as baked potato chips and reduced-sugar chewy bars. We're going to change a few recipes so that more snacks meet those guidelines as well, he said.
Kraft said in a statement that it would add the sodium and calorie caps to its nutrition guidelines and extend these guidelines to include all of our competitive foods sold in schools.
The William J. Clinton Foundation teamed up with the heart association to form the Alliance for a Healthier Generation in 2005. The alliance was formed to combat childhood obesity, which has been blamed for an increase in early-onset diabetes and other ills. In May, the alliance announced an agreement with beverage industry leaders to sell only water, unsweetened juice and low-fat and nonfat milk in elementary and middle schools. Diet sodas and sports drinks are still being sold in high schools.
Officials said that agreement covered 87% of the soft drink market in public and private schools.
Bob Harrison, executive director of the alliance, said the snack-food industry is not as concentrated as the beverage industry, so the reach of this agreement will not be as wide as the earlier one. But he said the five companies participating in the new agreement are market leaders and their influence will be felt.
In other company news, Masterfoods USA is showcasing its newest products at the NACS Show this week, including:Twix Triple Chocolate: A combination of chocolate cookie and chocolate flavored caramel, covered in milk chocolate, which will be available in c-stores in January 2007 for a limited time. Skittles Carnival: Bite-size candies, available for a limited time only in 2007, in new carnival flavors including Cotton Candy, Bubble Gum, Candy Apple, Red Licorice and Green Slushy. Starburst Retro: Starburst Fruit Chews with a groovy pop-culture twist. Available for a limited time only in 2007, infruit flavors with old-school appeal like Disco Berry and Hey Mango-rena. Snickers Nut Mix: A limited product offering two varieties of nuts. Peanut Butter Nut Mix has roasted salted peanuts, chocolate covered peanuts and peanut butter chips; Caramel Nut Mix has roasted salted peanuts, chocolate covered peanuts and caramel chews. Combos Zesty Tortilla Salsa. Tapping into the popularity of salsa, these new Combos combine the tastes of chips and salsa in one snack.

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Shades Below
Book One
L.J.K Oliva
Genre: Urban fantasy
Book Description:
"There are things that go bump in the night, Mr. MacMillian. It's my job to bump back."
Private investigator Jesper MacMillian was sure he'd seen it all. After all, in a city like San Francisco, strange is what's for breakfast. Following a long recovery after a horrific accident, his life is finally the way he wants it- or at least, close enough. The only monsters on his radar are the ones that keep him awake at night.
All that changes the day he meets Lena Alan.
Before MacMillian has a chance to brace for impact, Lena drags him into a world where monsters aren't just real, they're hiding in plain sight. Suddenly, everything he knows is suspect, starting with his current case. For Lena, a medium since childhood, it's just another day at the office.
For MacMillian, it's the beginning of the end of everything he thinks he knows.
"I should hex the IRS."
Lena set down the receipt she was scrutinizing, and stared at the woman across the table from her. "You're not serious."
The woman blew a wisp of dark brown hair out of her face, tugged off her plastic-frame reading glasses, and stretched. The movement made her deep violet lowlights shimmer. "Why not? It might distract them for a while, and we could take a break from sifting through all this bullshit."
Lena snorted. "Hey, I said you didn't have to help me. My business, my-"
"Responsibility. Whatever." The woman rolled her eyes. "We both know you're shit with numbers. Hand me that calculator."
Lena bit back a grin, and obediently passed it over. "Have I ever told you you're like some kind of occult superhero? Georgia Clare: bookkeeper by day, badass biker witch by night. Seriously, you should put that on your business cards."
Georgia scowled, but her sharp green eyes twinkled. "Well, as your bookkeeper, I'm hereby suggesting you set up a network for this place. Are you kidding me with all this paper? If I didn't know your family, I'd swear you were Amish."
Lena shrugged. "I'll get to it."
The bell above the door jingled, and a small posse of women trekked inside. Lena flashed them a smile. "Welcome! Take a seat anywhere. I'll have someone right with you." She set down the receipt she was holding and stood. "I need to go find Connie. Thanks again, Georgia."
Georgia was already tapping away at the calculator. She waved without looking up.
Lena left their table in the corner, wove around the other tables and scooted behind the counter. The women were ogling the scones and tiny cakes in the pastry case. Lena nodded to them, pride warm in her chest. She pushed open the swinging doors and stuck her head into the kitchen. "Hey, Tiburcio! You seen Connie back here?"
Her head chef popped up from behind one of the stainless steel counters. "No, señora, not yet. Do you know when Jimmy is coming in? He was supposed to take a look at the stand mixer."
Lena's good mood immediately deflated. "I'm afraid we won't be seeing Jimmy around anymore."
Tiburcio's eyebrows went up, and she prayed he wouldn't press her for answers. Mercifully, he merely gave a single, short nod. "Qué pena. Nice guy."
She swallowed hard. "Yeah. Yeah, he was."
With Connie nowhere in sight, Lena backed out of the kitchen again, and turned to the group at the counter. This time, her smile felt tight. "Sorry about the wait, guys. Just pastries today?"
She forced herself through the motions, and heaved a sigh of relief when they finally headed out the door, already picking bits of scone from their crisp white paper bags. Lena allowed her gaze to wander to the park across the street. Maybe she'd head over there for lunch. For some reason, the shop felt smaller than usual. Some fresh air would be nice.
Maybe it would help dislodge the painful knot from her throat.
She was still staring into the park when a dark green, classic-looking car rolled up to the curb. The throaty engine rattled the shop's windows, then shut off. A tall, dark-haired man climbed out. He paused, turned, and looked directly at her. The bottom plummeted out of her stomach. Lena shook herself. Of course he wasn't looking at her.
He was looking at the shop.
Sure enough, he squinted at the sign, slammed the car door and started across the street. He walked with a barely noticeable swagger, his well-built body encased in a dark gray suit. She looked closer. No, not quite a suit: instead of a blazer, he wore some sort of belted military jacket.
She braced herself. The bell above the door chafed her already strained nerves. The man filled the narrow doorway. Lena swallowed hard.
She knew a wolf when she saw one, and this man was definitely a wolf. He stayed in the doorway for a moment, then started towards the counter. His gait swayed, and she realized what she'd thought was a swagger was actually an injury. An old injury, judging by the practiced grace with which he wielded his curved black cane.
Lena relaxed slightly. A wolf was bad news, but a wounded wolf? That, maybe, she could deal with.
He reached the counter, and leaned against the glass. Lena frowned. "Can I help you?"
His eyes took a quick tour of her body, then he straightened. "Maybe. I'm looking for the owner of this place."
"You found her. I'm Powonia Alan." Lena crossed her arms. "If you're looking for a job, I'm afraid we're not hiring at the moment."
The man blinked. "I'm not here for a job. I'm looking for a friend of mine. His parents told me he'd been working here."
Something started to ache in the pit of her stomach. "Is that so?"
The man arched an eyebrow. "Jimmy Vaspurkan. You know him?"
She didn't know what made her open her mouth. Maybe it was the man's eyes, too heavy on her face. Maybe it was the way his voice reached deep into her gut and made her insides quake. Maybe she just needed to talk to someone.
Whatever the reason, she was answering before she could stop herself. "You're a little late. He's dead."
Did you always wanted to be a writer? If not what did you want to be?
Actually, I really wanted to be Indiana Jones. Needless to say, that proved a less-than-viable career choice, so writing won out in the end. My writing partner is a former archaeologist, though, so I figure that's close enough.
When did you first consider yourself a "writer"?
I was in second grade, and a short story of mine was selected for a county-wide award. I don't even recall the circumstances; I just remember standing in a room with a bunch of giddy kids, getting a medal pinned on my hand-illustrated manuscript. It was magical. That was the first time I felt like a writer.
How long did it take to get your first book published?
It ended up being about a year. I self-publish, so I bypassed the whole querying and pre-pub cycles, but that doesn't mean I just finished the book, uploaded my Word doc., and hit "publish". I believe whichever publishing route you choose to take, the most important thing is doing it right. So yeah, that first book took a while.
Do you do another job except for writing and can you tell us more about it?
In addition to writing, I am also a stay-at-home mom to a toddler. It is glorious, maddening, surprising, delightful... and anyone who doesn't see it as a job is welcome to take over for a day.
What is the name of your latest book, and if you had to summarize it in less than 20 words what would you say?
My latest book is called A World Apart, and it is Book One of my new series, Shades Below. In 20 words or less: A private detective and a paranormal investigator wind up on the same case, and work together to solve a murder.
20 on the nose! Boo-yah!
Who is your publisher? Or do you self-publish?
Like I said, I self-publish. I've seen how long it takes to go the traditional-publishing route, and while it works out great for some, it's just not my ball. Don't get me wrong, being an indie is a stupid amount of work, but it's work I feel good about at the end of the day. Perhaps more importantly, it's work I really enjoy.
How long does it usually take you to write a book, from the original idea to finishing writing it?
That's a tough question, because it really depends on the book. I've whittled my standard turnover rate to about 5 months, and I'm still trying to improve. When you're an indie, quantity and quality go hand-in-hand, and the more books you have on your backlist, the more likely you are to start seeing real money coming in.
What can we expect from you in the future? ie More books of the same genre? Books of a different genre?
I'm so glad you asked! I mentioned A World Apart was the first book in a new series, and man, I am really excited about that series! Shades Below has really become a universe unto itself, and I can't wait for people to start exploring it with me!
Next up is a standalone companion novel built around two of the minor characters you'll meet in A World Apart. Think reluctant mediums and badass-biker-witches. It's called Season Of The Witch. Keep a weather eye out this summer!
What genre would you place your books into?
Shades Below is urban fantasy with a dash of paranormal romance.
What made you decide to write that genre of book?
I cut my literary teeth (so to speak) on romantic suspense and noir romance (you can find my previous incarnation as Laura Oliva here). That said, I've always been a huge fan of speculative fiction, so I feel like with urban fantasy, I've found my true home.
I still love a love story, though. Hence the "dash of paranormal romance".
Do you have a favorite character from your books? And why are they your favorite?
God, that's like asking a parent who's their favorite child!
If pressed, I think Jesper MacMillian is probably my favorite. He's Rom, the newly-appointed leader of his community...and he doesn't want anything to do with it. He's still emotionally recovering from an accident in which he lost his leg, and is figuring out how to navigate a world that insists on treating him like a cripple.
Yup. I like MacMillian.
How long have you been writing?, and who or what inspired you to write?
I think I've been writing since before I could write. Even before I knew what letters were, I was making up stories with my dolls, and let me tell you, they got pretty epic. I was fortunate to have adults in my life early on (my parents being two of them) who encouraged me to strive and improve. I haven't seen many of those people in years, but they still inspire me today.
Do you have a certain routine you have for writing? ie You listen to music, sit in a certain chair?
It's hard to have much of a routine with a small child around, but I do what I can. I have Spotify playlists that get me in the write frame of mind (see what I did there?). When it's time to get to work, I sit at the kitchen table, pop in my earbuds, and go.
Do you read all the reviews of your book/books?
Um, yes. People say you shouldn't, but I totally do. I think deep down, I still can't quite believe I'm doing this whole "writing thing", and reading reviews is my way of pinching myself. I never respond to them, though; not the good, ones, and ESPECIALLY not the bad ones. I've heard too many tales of good-writers-gone-batshit, and have no desire to become one of them.
Do you choose a title first, or write the book then choose the title?
Again, it really depends on the book. At the risk of sounding like a putz, stories are like trees: they start from a single seed. Sometimes that seed is a title, sometimes a character, sometimes a single event that shines so brightly you simply can't ignore it. Whatever the seed, my job is to nurture it the best I can and pray I don't kill it.
How do you come up with characters names and place names in your books?
I'm such a nerd. I keep lists of names (men's names, women's names, and surnames) on my computer. Every time I stumble across a name I think has presence, I add it to the appropriate list. When I'm naming a character, I basically go through my lists and play tetris.
Are character names and place names decided after their creation? Or do you pick a character/place name and then invent them?
It depends on the character (are you sensing a theme here?). Really. Sometimes I have a name that just feels like something, so I weave a character around it. Other times, I'll have a nameless character relatively fleshed out in my mind. In those instances, I just play around with names until I find something that fits.
Do you decide on character traits (ie shy, quiet, tomboy girl) before writing the whole book or as you go along?
Characters are funny things. As a writer, you really don't have a lot of control over them.
I once mentioned this to my husband (who is brilliant and wonderful, but not a writer), and he looked at me like I'd sprouted a second head. It's true though. After the initial birthing period, if you've done it right, your character starts to breathe. Once that happens, they become whoever it was they were going to be, and you just sit back and watch.
Are there any hidden messages or morals contained in your books? (Morals as in like Aesops Fables type of "The moral of this story is...")
I once read that the instant you start writing with a "message" in mind, the fire behind that message dies. What I took away from that was this: don't sacrifice your story on the altar of some moral agenda. At best, it will sound contrived. At worst, you'll look like you have ulterior motives.
Do I hope people take away things—profound things, even—from my books? Absolutely. But I try not to think about it too hard when I'm writing.
Which format of book do you prefer, eBook, hardback, or paperback?
For my own publishing needs, eBooks are my bread-and-butter. Overhead is low, and I sell more of them. However, hardbacks will always have a place of honor in my own personal library.
What is your favorite book and Why? Have you read it more than once?
Redwall, by Brian Jacques. I have been reading that book (and that series) since I was in short pants. I crack it open again every once in a while. It's like re-living the first time I fell in love.
Do you think books transfer to movies well? Which is you favorite/worst book to movie transfer?
My husband and I have this debate every once in a while (him being a movie person and me being a book person). My theory is this: books and movies both tell stories, but they tell them in fundamentally different ways. Each have their strengths and their drawbacks. Movies are fantastic at making you feel like you're part of the story, but they can't get inside the characters' heads the way books can.
By far my favorite book-to-movie transfer was the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. The storyline stayed pretty true to the book (although they cut out a lot in the interest of time and a more linear plot), the acting was fantastic, the settings were breathtaking. It's a good example of the type of magic that can happen when you do it right.
Your favorite food is?
Mmm...sushi. Love me my raw fish.
Your favorite singer/group is?
Tough call, because it largely depends on my mood (aka what I'm writing). Right now, though: Simon Curtis.
Your favorite color is?
Would it be cliché if I said black? Probably, but I really like black.
Your favorite Author is?
Karen Marie Moning, of Fever Series fame. She's my spirit animal.
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distinctive structures frequently formed in the nucleus or cytoplasm (occasionally in both locations) in cells infected with certain filtrable viruses; may be demonstrated by means of various stains, especially Mann eosin methylene blue or Giemsa techniques and visible by light microscopy. Nuclear inclusion bodies are usually acidophilic and are of two morphologic types: 1) granular, hyaline, or amorphous bodies of various sizes, that is, Cowdry type A inclusion bodies, occurring in such diseases as herpes simplex infection or yellow fever; 2) more circumscribed bodies, frequently with several in the same nucleus (and no reaction in adjacent tissue), that is, the type B bodies, occurring in such diseases as Rift Valley fever and poliomyelitis. Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies may be: 1) acidophilic, relatively large, spheric or ovoid, and somewhat granular, as in variola or vaccinia, rabies, and molluscum contagiosum; 2) basophilic, relatively large, complex combinations of viral and cellular material, as in trachoma, psittacosis, and lymphogranuloma venereum. In some instances, inclusion bodies are known to be infective and probably represent aggregates of virus particles in combination with cellular material, whereas others are apparently not infective and may represent only abnormal products formed by the cell in response to injury.
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Why always help the poor ? There's a millions things to rather uplift this country, which will then assist the poor.I give up. There are a million things that can be done to help the poor but no, renaming everything is more of a priority.
I think its more a case of everyone wants their name attached to something, regardless of if they have ANYTHING to do with it.Is Ken Gampu even buried at that cemetery?
Possible.... He died in VosloorusIs Ken Gampu even buried at that cemetery?
And the Solomon Mahlangu for Atlas road. How retarded can we be calling all the major roads in every town the same name. Stupid is a s stupid does I guess.Calling snake road OR tambo would be confusing and stupid.
yes buying BMW's and eating KFC and listening to Julius rantings.Don't these people have actual work to do? Our priorities are so ****ed in SA.
The Jacob Zuma Etoll Gantry?Wouldn't it be lovely if our amazing Government could actually name something that they ACTUALLY designed, paid and built from scratch instead?
That's only because you where alive when Jan Smuts was prime Minister more to do with being old as **** than trying to be defiantLet them. I still call the airport Jan Smuts.
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- Creating Order From Chaos: Roles for Philanthropy in Disaster Planning and Response
A guidebook from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund that reflects on how public and private systems work, about where, when and how they intersect and about organized philanthropy's proper role.
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Council on Foundations' free publication suggests eight principles, plus practical tips for grantmakers to consider when responding to emergency situations.
- Disaster Preparedness: A Guide to Planning for California Community Foundations
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- In Practice: Philanthropic Grantmaking for Disasters
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Council on Foundations article on corporate grantmakers flexibility in response to qualified disasters.
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Weathering the Storm: The Role of Local Nonprofits in the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort, is a study that looks at what foundations did in response to Katrina.
- Short Checklist for Effective Disaster Response
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very much whether the first Knockers team members would have expected the
side to be in existence, never mind thriving, nearly 50 years later.
The first matches in the early 1950s were organised by
the partners of Messrs Knocker & Foskett, the eminent Sevenoaks firm
of solicitors with their offices in the elegant Queen Anne building at
the top of the High Street, the Red House. Employees, some more willing
than others, were required to turn out to play other works teams in
the town, such as the estate agents Ibbett Moseley Card & Co., Lloyds
Bank, the Magistrates Court and Artesians (the waterworks team). The
inspiration behind all this was the senior partner, John Watson-Simpson.
One founder member, Norman Oldale, recalls that John employed him as a
legal clerk at Knockers on condition that he played cricket for the firm.
The first time he batted with John, he ran him out; but still kept his
After a summer or two of occasional games such as these, John began
organising regular weekend fixtures, mainly on Saturdays, for the club
which was christened Knockers at the 1953 AGM. The home matches
would more often than not have been on the Council grounds at Knole
Paddock, Greatness and Hollybush Lane. The first opponents were local
sides like Otford, Weald, Seal and Shoreham. Needing to turn out stronger
sides to play such teams, John looked outside the firm. The leading
batsman was insurance broker Bill Andrews, while Geoff Enderby, one of
the fastest bowlers in the district, and Mike Burden both worked at
Ibbett, Moseley, Card & Co. Middle order bat Bill Cosker was the
Court clerk, medium pacer Jack Lock (who organised the teas) worked for
Marley Tiles, slow bowler Doug Chase was the firms handyman/builder
and Harold Dinnis was a farmer client of the firm.
Later in the 1950s, recruits were found at the Vine (Mike Woodman,
Dick Bates, John Cutting and Ian Miller) and Holmesdale (the legendary Dr
Ned Hutton). Although John Watson-Simpson remained captain until 1962 and
wicket-keeper Norman Oldale (who later became influential in the AKCC
and, with his wife, responsible for the indoor nets at Knole Paddock)
played on into the 1960s, the homegrown contingent was by now small. The
last Knocker & Foskett lawyer to play for the club regularly (Richard
Don was an occasional player in the 70s) was David Green, now the senior
So successful was the recruitment policy that the club started to play
more fixtures on Sundays. The opponents were now a little further afield
- Dartford Heath, Beddington in Surrey and Phoenix at Barnehurst - while
two visiting teams used to travel over from Essex by coach (a longish
trip before the Dartford Tunnel was built); these were Barking and
Downshall, the latter being the former club of the Knockers chairman and
main umpire, Mr W.N. Baird.
At the end of the 1950s it was found that it was getting more
difficult to play on both days at the weekend, so Saturdays were dropped.
The players who were members of the Vine were always available on Sundays
and the team thrived. The fixtures, organised by Ned Hutton, became
stronger. There were Mayfield (their opener Gerry Kelly is still the
scorer of the highest score against Knockers), Crowborough and Battle in
Sussex and Tonbridge and Marden in Kent (one of Tonbridges team, David
Hamilton, still plays against us at the age of 75); also local rivals
Holmesdale and Chelsfield Park. There were good wandering sides such as
the Chessmen and Incompatibles.
Home games were now mostly played at Hollybush Lane, with the
occasional match at Knole Paddock. Hollybush was maintained by the same
curator as the bowling green and typically had a lush growth of grass
which was rarely raked, so it not only blunted the pace of bowlers, but
also inhibited front-foot strokeplay. However, when given the chance to
opt for a single home pitch, we chose 'The Bush'.
There were times in the 1960s and 1970s when you would be excused for
thinking we travelled to away matches by train: Folkestone, Deal; Frant,
Wadhurst, Battle; Wye, Canterbury; and of course Tonbridge, Paddock Wood,
Marden and Staplehurst! Once in the 80s we played a side called Chancery
Lane, nowhere near the Central Line, but actually based in Beckenham.
The cricket played on Sundays was more relaxed than Saturday games and
this became more marked when league cricket arrived in Kent at the start
of the 70s. Knockers played on village greens, but always to a good
standard. As the Vine rarely ran a Sunday team, Knockers benefited by
recruiting Vine 1st XI players like Bob Golds, Tony Martin,
Peter Edwards and John Hornsby - and of course we had already the talent
of Andrew Sims, who learned much of the opening batsmans skill at the
other end to Ned Hutton. The quality of the batting and fielding was
awesome at times.
The away fixtures were often quite far distant, Tenterden and Battle
being favourite oppositions, and we would meet at the Peacock at
Goudhurst or come back from games via the Elephants Head at Hook Green
or the Rose & Crown at Wrotham. However, as the drink-driving laws
became stricter, the thirst for far-away games became weaker. It was no
longer too clever to drive back home after a few pints, so by the late
80s the consensus was that we should play nearer home. That is why we
started again to play old favourites like Weald, Ightham, Otford,
Westerham and Shoreham.
There came a time in the late 1970s when one generation of members had
retired (or got married) and it became a struggle to turn out sides. A
crisis meeting was held at the Kentish Yeoman on 29th November 1979 when
the question was Should the club disband? The decision was held
over to the AGM and members made efforts to recruit new blood. Happily,
sufficient new players were enlisted for the club to carry on. At that
and the following AGM eight new members (including future officers
Richard Botting, Iain Pearson, Graham Sagar and Stephen Trounce) were
elected and we were discussing the basis of selection when too many
players were available.
The club then celebrated its 21st year with a dinner at the Chequers
at Heverham in 1973, with several of the early players present.
Five [?] Knockers tours to Worcestershire took place between 1978 and
198[ ]. Why Worcestershire? Your fixture secretary had reconnoitred the
county during 1977 and admired the attractive villages in that corner of
England. The teams who followed marvelled at the attractive pubs, e.g.
the Queen Victoria at Elmley Castle, the Fleece at Bretforton, the [ ] at
Hanley Castle and the Talbot at Chaddesley Corbett.
The grounds also were notable: Bewdley, the jewel on the Severn (where
the zoo park on the hill opposite was disconcertingly full of giraffes
and other fauna after a liquid lunch at Ye Olde Talbots Head); Eastnor,
next to the castle; Elmley Castle again, the perfect village green;
Romsley & Hunnington (opposite the toffee factory, leading to fears
of a sticky wicket).
Tour hotels were mixed (in more than one sense). The best was either
the Foley Arms at Malvern or the Abbey at Tewkesbury; the worst the
Watersmeet, on the flats by the Severn, which was frequented by anglers
and occupied one of the lowest locations in Gloucestershire, depressing,
to say the least - but, as the anglers were up and out at trouts fart,
the hotel bar was operative from the early hours. One low point of that
tour was when a Forest of Dean team cancelled, claiming their pitch had
subsided; but we later discovered (because we were there too) that they
were all supporting Gloucestershire against Worcestershire in the NatWest
Trophy match at Worcester that day.
A tour to Bournemouth in 199[ ] was doomed. It was arranged as a
round-robin festival with the home side, Knockers and a West Country
team, but it rained the whole week and we only managed a token game at
the end against the other touring team. We have not toured since that
experience .
The good and bad of Knockers history came together during the
1980s, when the team came to be based at the Royal Oak Tap (the Tap).
This public house had never been noted for its sophistication, more for
its quality beers. In the late 1970s it was taken over by Graham Styles,
who played for the club, and then there arrived one Peter Lusted, mine
host extraordinaire, who welcomed the team to his pub, seduced them with
refreshments and played cricket when asked, ultimately becoming team
captain for the 1991 and 1992 seasons.
Knockers had always had a regular pub - the Rifleman, Black Boy and
Compasses in their early days - but, when Hollybush became the regular
venue, the Vine Tavern was the Knockers watering hole. Next the Tap
became the after-match rendezvous and, with the arrival of Peter Lusted,
soon acquired the status of the pavilion which the predominantly
wandering team lacked. In 1988 Hollybush Lane was taken for the
all-weather sports pitch and we were forced to play the majority of our
matches away from home.
The 1980s captains: Ian Dunlop, Martin Crowhurst, Richard Botting and
Joe Wood, could not deny that the Tap fostered a spirit (two loaded words
there) of bonhomie, leading to happy relations on and off the field.
Unfortunately, there were days when the bonhomie outdistanced the
sporting performance of the team. Nonetheless, this period helped to
define, if definition was necessary, the essence of Knockers - a sociable
club, strong enough to play good Sunday cricket, but always ready to
The Tap remains the Knockers base and centre of
operations, thanks to the current licensees, Julian and Denise, a home
from home where you will generally find some team member to drink a pint
or two with. It has also frequently been the last resort for the team
secretary (Pete the Feet in particular), searching for that elusive
eleventh player at five to two on a Sunday afternoon.
John Watson-Simpson
The founder of Knockers, John was senior partner of Knocker and;
Foskett in the early 1950s. His enthusiasm, it is not unfair to say,
considerably exceeded his cricketing ability. Like an England skipper of
that era, Freddie Brown, John was a middle-to-lower order player not
especially noted for his bowling or his batting, but without his
pioneering spirit the team would have sunk without trace. On the
contrary, he saw the club through to a period when it was playing a high
standard of Sunday cricket.
John suffered from asthma and, in his favourite captains position
of mid-off (from where he offered mild encouragement to the bowlers), he
would often be seen puffing at his inhaler at inappropriate moments.
Having looked after his aged mother for many years, John married late
in life, in fact after retiring from Knockers. He continued, like Norman
Oldale, to support Kent club cricket, being an AKCC committee member -
and ultimately county chairman - for many years. This involvement helped
the profile of the club and respect for it in the district. Strange to
relate, one of the most modest of the clubs players in cricketing
terms was actually a leading light in developing cricket in the Sevenoaks
Ned Hutton
Edwin A. Hutton, Ph.D, was an explosives expert who worked at Fort
Halstead, but who played cricket 4 days a week (Sevenoaks Wednesday,
Blackheath Thursday, Holmesdale Saturday, Knockers Sunday), keeping his
cricket bag handy in his lab in case he was called up for a game.
Ned had played league and county seconds cricket in Yorkshire and
minor county cricket in Staffordshire before being posted south. He was
probably the most adhesive opening bat this district has ever seen. He
never lightly gave away his wicket. In fact he would occupy the crease
well into a Sunday afternoon, often calling Come one! off the last
ball of an over to keep the strike. Ned kept his own score in his head;
once when his son Billy was in the scorebox and Ned was dismissed with
the total on 206 for 1, his score was posted as 98 - Billy got no tea
that day because Ned knew hed scored 102!
Ned was an unlikely-looking sportsman. He would appear at matches with
his little scruffy dog Curly and a big scruffy cricket bag, recounting
stories of his Friday night at Raymonds Revuebar in Soho, where he was
the holder of a gold-plated front-row seat. Later in his career he fought
the cold September weather by strapping hot-water bottles round his waist
- not conducive to swift movement in the field. But appearances were
deceptive; Ned compiled huge totals and no Knocker before or since has
come near his scoring records. For example, in the 1959 season he scored
911 runs, surely impossible to better. He broke the hearts of opening
bowlers by his crashing square cuts, tending to progress by boundaries
rather than quick singles. Ned was a complete one-off, the like of
whom we shall never see again. He dominated Knockers cricket for a decade
and a half and it was a very sad day when he died in 1975, soon after
having retired from work - and the sport he loved.
Mike Woodman
Mike joined Knockers with his schooldays mucker, Dick Bates, and
both helped to transform the club into a strong Sunday side. Mike, who
played for Knockers from the 1950s until his untimely death in 1991, was
principally an opening batsman. With his flamboyant hooks and lofted
drives, always impatient to dominate the opposition bowling, he was the
perfect foil for Ned Huttons steady progress. As an opening pair they
invariably got Knockers off to a good start
Mike was also a wily left-arm bowler, sometimes speeding up if
required to open the bowling. His star turn, though, was as a gully
fielder with lightning reactions, improbably pouching any hard slash
which came near him.
Long before sledging was heard of, Mike indulged in abrasive repartee
with batsmen he didnt appreciate for one reason or another. This
occasionally generated a bit of heat on the field, but everything was
sorted out in the bar afterwards and he was a great favourite with our
village oppositions.
When he retired from active cricket, Mike regularly stood as umpire
until ill health prevented him. Off the field, as Chairman from 1976 and
both President and Chairman from 1982 to 1990, Mike was a strong and
likeable personality and gave great encouragement to new recruits to the
Mike Martin
Guru, as Mike was known from the Beatles Maharishi period,
played for the club for almost 40 years. What made this more remarkable
was that he lived for most of that time in Putney, S.W.15 and at one
period often travelled down to matches from Oxfordshire. The eternal
student, he could often be found in a corner deep in conversation about
politics or economics while other team members were shifting several
pints of beer.
Guru was the original English pie-thrower and, as is so often
the case with slow medium bowlers, he picked up loads of wickets through
his deceptive pace or lack of it. On pitches where the faster bowlers
struggled to make an impression, Mike would clean up.
Yet it was as an adhesive tail-end batsman that he will be mostly
remembered. Early in his Knockers days he scored a hundred against
Chelsfield Park; and followed it the next season with another against
Folkestone. His journey from Putney meant that he often arrived late, so
he gradually dropped down the order. His scoring speed is illustrated by
the unbroken stand of 110 with Roy Taylor at Weald in which Roy scored 99
not out. Guru became involved in some extraordinary last-wicket vigils in
which runs were less important than survival, lasting out 15 or 20 overs
to save the game. At Frant in 1996 however, his stand of 49 with Alistair
Donaldson won the match.
and many others
Over the half-century there have been so many cricketing characters
who have played for Knockers. For example, in the early years:-
Geoff Enderby, a burly Northerner, who put the fear of God into
local village players and who still holds two bowling records for the
club. Geoff took 123 wickets in the 1958 season.
Bill Andrews, a dominating opening batsman who in the 1950s
before the Vine players arrived, was Knockers leading scorer.
Norman Oldale, wicket-keeper and batsman, who went on to figure
- and still does - in the AKCC and was largely responsible for the
introduction of the indoor nets at Knole Paddock, quite an innovation in
the 1960s.
David Daniel, the clubs only fast bowler in the early 1960s,
bowled usually from the end at which his father umpired, but that was not
the reason for his success. A very kind soul, David would always applaud
a batsman who scored a 4 off him. He was tragically killed in a road
accident in his 20s.
Dick Bates, a high-scoring batsman when in form, Dick had a
natural eye for a cricket ball and defence was alien to him. His straight
driving could be awesome, notably when collaring the Holmesdale attack of
Cotton and Cruttenden or the Sussex spin bowler Giles Cheatle at
Limpsfield - and when he hit Phil Edmonds into the tea-hut at Tenterden!
Ian Miller, originally an off-break bowler (he and Chris
Corbett were a very effective dual off-spin attack) , Ian had ambitions
as an opening batsman and became quite successful, using the theory that
fast bowlers are often wayward in their first overs. His bowling was
pragmatic, switching to a quick off-cutter if the pitch was not suited to
spin - in fact, anything so as not to be taken off!
Tony Martin, Mikes brother and usually known as Esra,
was probably the most consistent batsman Knockers have ever had. He could
always be relied upon to score a 40 or 50 and to fight through any
crisis. He was also a top fielder and, bowling at a sharp medium pace, he
could often break partnerships.
1980s and 1990s
In the 1980s and 1990s, some of the prominent Knockers were Graham Sagar,
Ian Dunlop, Martin Crowhurst, Richard Botting, Peter Smith, Stephen
Trounce, Ian Hitchcock. We are awaiting someone to put the words together to chronicle this period of the club.
2004 - 2014
by Scott Landers
A slighted potted section of history here as I came to the club as an outsider and had to pick-up things by simply turning up once a week. I suppose that I joined a club that had until recently enjoyed reasonable success on the field of play. Quite a few of the team had come over from the Vine and we still had a determinedly contested fixture with the Vine Jazzers each season. Some of those players had now moved on for whatever reason and then at the start of the 2004 season I turn up. I never quite did see eye-to-eye with club stalwart, Andy Darry, and with hindsight I can see why losing players of the calibre of Corin Spencer-Allen or the Irwins and having Dosser or myself quickly retread our paths back to the pavilion each week must have been disappointing for not only him.
All was not lost - the brothers Seldon, Stuart and Paul were formidable players, if not wholly confident of their talent just yet. Stuart being a graceful and unruffled batsman while Paul was expansive and in earlier days a few runs shorter of a total than he could have been. Paul's swing bowling was a reliable brake on the opposition's scoring with more than a few games of wickets to compliment his technique. Both are still a pleasure to watch play. For men of few words, the tours to Nottingham were a bit of an eye-opener - Paul in the middle of a conversation with the legendary Steve Gould was pulled aside for a tonsil inspection by some Midlands lass and and a few drinks added to Stuart bought out the charmer in him. Stuart has become vital to the club's survival with his work at Tonbridge being a great source of the next generation of players. More on the PSBs later.
Lynden Spencer-Allen was one of a pair of strike bowlers along with the tall left-handed quick, Dan Turner. Lynden, website manager, club statistician and resolute player - he commutes to matches from Cambridge, was an aggressive seam bowler who set himself high standards. In my ten years as part of the club I recognise LSA, along with Stuart, as essential to its survival. Capable of a few runs, Lynden has latterly converted himself to a batsman and with success too. Dan Turner must have had more maidens than Casanova, often being too good to take the wickets his bowling deserved. It was certainly too good for some of our slips, but fortunately Dan's anger quickly turned back into a smile and just maybe he'd take it out on the ball with his big-bat if we were fielding second. Dan has never been shy of bringing a certain hip-hop swagger into the game.
Andy Darry was the skipper in the first few years of this part of the club's story and he brought his son, Edward along with him. Andy's nagging spin-bowling and quick-to-comment control of the match was often the undoing of a batsman and despite playing with one-arm, he had a better batting average than a number of players - myself at one point included! Ted also took to spin and I've watched him grow from a keen kid to a measured bowler and increasingly able batsman. Guthrie Miller, son of club president, Keith Miller took over the captaincy from Andy and the move gradually broadened his shoulders into a much needed all-rounder. Gups was reliable for making up for any failure with the bat via the ball or vice-versa. On the subject of rounds, he was particularly capable of keeping the average beer consumption levels up on tour with a healthy appetite to match. A tour to Brighton seeing him pogo-dive to catch chips in his mouth being a memorable example of the latter.
In the middle of all this we lost Steve Trounce. Steve was a willing scorer, umpire, bowler and club treasurer who is much missed by all the clubs he gave so much time too, not only the Knockers. Since his death in 2006 we have played a memorial game against the Vine Old Oaks which is a highlight of the fixture list. Keith Miller's speech says it much better than I possibly could and is available to read via the 2006 season section of this website. I'll always remember a tour match against Cutthorpe in Derbyshire where Steve set off at mid-on after a skied-shot that went well over him. At first we wondered if he'd catch up with it, then we were all screaming to "get the **** out of the way!" of it as he clearly had no idea that he was simply turning himself into a target for the ball. The smiles on our faces as Steve sent down his agonisingly slow bowling to the opposition must have added to a batsman's doubt which proved so often to be their downfall.
The much opinionated Guy Howe enjoys a place among all this. The political and ideological opposite to our one-time captain, Andy Darry, there was often a tea-break "discussion" tripping over to join the action on the field. There exists some confusion about Guido's university education - mostly on his part - but there was no doubt that he was a "blue" when it came to political matters. Guy's love-life is often the source of much debate - one does wonder if the modelling sorority might not have by now got around to warning each other about a certain Kentish rogue. Ollie Boreham, a man as casual on the field of play as pig in the proverbial, joins Guy as one of the bigger personalities in the side. I can't recall him ever running for anything, not even a close single, so him taking the gloves must have been a natural choice. He was capable of a great-knock too, but even the shortest term in the middle rarely seemed to bother him.
A couple of other faces have disappeared throughout this time. Paul Styles, a resolute and reliable batsman and a Knockers favourite packed up his spikes after placing himself in a healthy position on our all-time run-getters board. Ken Cowan was, in some ways, a compliment to Paul with the ball. His "Durham Darts" often made up a majority of the Knockers' overs on match day and if they didn't take wickets they were very difficult to score off. An LBW appeal from Ken was mixture of Captain Caveman and a man stubbing his little toe. We have hoped Ken might show his face again one day but his roar may well be consigned to history. Both invoke some good memories on the field.
The Tonbridge PSBs - Public School Boys - began to come to the fore in 2008 along with Stuart Seldon's work at the school. It also coincided with Paul Cook and Ben and Tom Cobb's most regular years. Ben took over the captaincy from Gups, who was busy increasing the population. "Banger" was very handily an all-rounder if more prominently a bowler. His brother Tom's skills leaned in the opposite direction and they became integral to the side throughout a prolonged absence of Paul Seldon, Guthrie Miller and a few others. Cookie became a favourite of the side, not least for his touring expertise. From Tonbridge came Tom Watts, a confident and talented batsman and he was followed by Ollie Marsh, Ed Marsh, Tom's brother, Matt and importantly Freddie Young. All are fine players and in Freddie the club has been fortunate to find someone keen to push a little further and get into organising matters. As we head into the summer of 2014, it's these newer faces plus the returning older ones that look to keep the club in good health for a few years to come.
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Over the years there have been many abbreviations within the English language, "for example" to "eg"," post scriptum" to "PS" and of course you have the introduction of text talk abbreviations, don't feel like typing see you soon,"cya" should suffice. In the digital age we live in we are constantly looking for short cuts to our exsisting short cuts. We want everything at the tip of our fingertips, so the idea of little icons to express our emotions is very appealing .The first emoticon (which represented facial expressions using various keys on a keyboard) was said to have been used in 1982 but since then advancements have been made and Emojis (a small digital icon) were introduced. Emojis are universal and can be understood by all languages. Even Hermann Melville's classic, Moby Dick has been translated into an emoji version entitled Emoji Dick (Robb,2014).
I think I would be an occasional emoji/emoticon user, I do feel as if they have added another dimension to the written word. I mainly use them to express an emotion, happiness, excitement, anticipation, fear, everything is covered. Emojis are also integrated into the keyboards on iPhones, which is nearly suggesting all your texts or interactions should include these friendly digital icons. It is then made even easier for the user by having your recently used emojis pop up (some of mine include, the laughing crying face, the smug smirking face, the salsa dancer and the unamused face).So, my phone is telling me these are the top emotions that I have shared with people (or have sent to myself), although in person I was not nearly half as expressive. Take the crying laughing face for example, I use this around five times a day, and I am probably not "crying laughing", at most, I might have sniggered.
It got me thinking, if over-exaggerating our emotions could affect our interactions and how we express and interpret emotion in real life, how serious should a winking face be taken ;)? Why is there three variations of the tongue face, a winking one, a closed eye one and an open eye one, should I be offended if I receive the closed eye version? I am confused, this would be a perfect opportunity to use the 'speak-no-evil' monkey emoji, but maybe someone else would use the 'see-no-evil' monkey. Do we feel, perhaps a bit disappointed talking to someone in person who is much more flamboyant and exciting using emoticons/emojis (are we setting people's level of emotional engagement too high?). Having read an article in relation to emojis and our emotions, I found it interesting when they made a point about the gender divide in relation to emoji usage, based on the ideology that females are more emotional, they tend to use more emoticons(Robb,2014).
There is also the fear that we may not value physical emotion as much as we would have, could this hinder our ability to develop psychologically by not being able to express our emotions properly in real life. Since we are living in a constant virtual reality, it is not that absurd to think of these possibilities in relation to emoticons/emojis and their usage. Since we seem to be throwing happy, sad, angry, confused, crying, frightened icons around, there may come a time when we fail to recognise real emotion if it is not expressed digitally. Of course, these are all possibilities, I would be very interested in researching further into this idea.
Niamh x
Bartlett, Q. (N/A), Emoticons, a Return to "Hieroglyphics"?, url: http://revelfoundry.com/emoticons-a-return-to-hieroglyphics/ Accessed on the 26th of October 2015
Marsden, R. (2013), More than words: Are 'emoji' dumbing us down or enriching our communications?, url: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/more-than-words-are-emoji-dumbing-us-down-or-enriching-our-communications-8610767.html Accessed on the 26th of October 2015
Robb, A. (2014), How Using Emoji Makes Us Less Emotional, url: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118562/emoticons-effect-way-we-communicate-linguists-study-effects Accessed on the 26th of October 2015
Seiter, C. (2015), The psychology of emojis, url: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/06/23/the-psychology-of-emojis/ Accessed on the 26th of October 2015
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"What good is physical activity if you fuel up with junk food and sugary drinks? One leader in Arlington County, Va., realized that the absence of healthy drink and snack options at parks and public buildings was sending an unclear message to the community about the importance of proper nutrition for an active lifestyle. With overwhelming community support, he drove good-for-you options into vending machines in county-owned property and local schools, creating an environment that weaves both nutrition and physical activity into the fabric of neighborhood health." For full article visit: http://www.communitycommons.org/sa_success_story/creating-a-culture-of-fitness-with-healthy-vending/
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Making sure toddlers have safe places to play. Encouraging farmers markets to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Changing indecent exposure laws so moms can breastfeed in public. All of these improvements resulted in Northern Virginia because of coalition-building—when organizations come together to improve health.
These kinds of changes are happening here thanks to the work of community leaders like Margaret Goldberger who has been sustaining coalitions for over 10 years. The Northern Virginia Health Foundation—whose staff participates in many coalitions in the region—interviewed Margaret about her perspective on what it takes to build coalitions successfully. As September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, we asked Margaret to also speak about her experience with this issue in particular.
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Arlington Kids Visit White House, Meet First Lady• Arlington camps complement First Lady's goals for healthier kids• Kids celebrate anniversary of the Drink Up Campaign• Ongoing commitment to develop a Culture of Fitness in Arlington
ARLINGTON, Va. – Seventeen Arlington campers, ages 8 to 11, joined First Lady Michele Obama at the White House on Tuesday to celebrate the first anniversary of the Let's Move Drink Up campaign. The Drink Up initiative encourages Americans to drink more water, more often.
The kids were part of the Carver Community Center Summer Expedition Camp. Many of them also take part in Arlington County's Kids in Action after school program. Both of these programs, which are coordinated through the Department of Parks and Recreation, focus on fun, safe and enriching options for children that also include healthy snacks, active programming and opportunities to help children learn to make healthy diet and activity choices.
"Meeting the First Lady made the message of drinking water and living a healthy lifestyle resonate with our campers in a life altering way," said Jane Rudolph, Arlington's director of parks and recreation. "We work hard to be healthy role models to our campers and create an environment that makes the healthy choice the easy choice, but being at the White House took it to another level!"
The Arlington campers were joined by children from a Washington, DC YMCA on the White House's South Lawn in front of a 60-foot by 43-foot water droplet composed of 2,000 blue "Drink Up" water bottles and met Mrs. Obama. Obama used the opportunity to encourage people to drink more water from the tap, water fountain or bottle.
Arlington has a culture of fitness
In 2008, Arlington County Board Member J. Walter Tejada started the FitArlington initiative, to encourage a Culture of Fitness in our community. Since that time, Arlington has developed a number of innovative programs that support wellness, including incorporating fitness and nutrition goals in summer camps and after school programs. The County also provides only healthy vending options in parks, schools, community centers and libraries. It also asks community members to refrain from smoking in County parks and playgrounds. The County has offered a number of training programs and resources for professionals who work with children, so that they, too, can include opportunities for the kids in their programs to learn about healthy choices through nutrition programs and fun physical activities.
Arlington County's programs are part of the National Recreation and Park Association's (NRPA) Commit to Health Initiative. Working in collaboration with the Partnership for a Healthier America, NRPA is carrying out a large-scale, national campaign that improves healthy eating and physical activity standards for youth at park and recreation sites across the nation.
Susan KalishPublic Relations DirectorArlington County Department of Parks and Recreation2100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 414Arlington, VA 22201 Work 703-228-3330
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Earlier this year (2014), APS partnered with FitArlington to replace vending machines and provide healthier options for both students and staff. FitArlington is county-wide initiative to promote a culture of wellness managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Funded in part by a grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, 115 new FitArlington Health Vending Machines are now dispensing an array of nutritional snacks and beverages at all 40 APS buildings throughout the school division.
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On Saturday, June 14, 2014 from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm the George Washington Memorial Parkway invited the public to join park staff, volunteers and local organizations to celebrate "Healthy Parks, Healthy People" and National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day).
Location: Belle Haven Park
6401 George Washington Memorial Pkwy
Alexandria, Virginia 22307
Healthy Parks, Healthy People is a global movement that harnesses the power of parks and public lands in contributing to a healthy civil society. GO Day is an annual event to introduce and encourage healthy eating and lifestyles and active outdoor fun to parents and their kids to traditional outdoor experiences and activities. President Obama and all 50 governors issued official proclamations declaring June as Great Outdoors Month promoting outdoor recreation.
The event featured Solar Cooking Demonstrations, live Owl and Hawk from the Raptor Conservancy of Virginia, Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre puppet show and quizzes, a Naturalist, Leave No Trace and Art in the Park Program. There was Art n Crafts and an Obstacle Course.
With the renewed focus on health, the National Park Service's hope is to bring about lasting change in Americans' lifestyle choices and their relationship with nature and the outdoors. People will begin to understand the outdoors and parks as a holistic approach to promote the health and well-being of all species and the planet to share. George Washington Memorial Parkway has planned a number of new Healthy Parks, Healthy People programs for July and August.
George Washington Memorial Parkway is a "Road to Adventure" originally designed as a grand gateway and greenway to the Nation's Capital. Here, you can learn about the First President and the development of America. As an oasis amid urban development, the Parkway has a variety of park sites that provide opportunities for everything from quiet contemplation to nature exploration to active recreation. For more information, please visit www.nps.gov/gwmp or call (703) 289-2500.
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I was driving the other night while listening to Liquid Metal. LOG's Randy Blythe was on and playing some stuff he liked and was talking about his new book and LOG's new album.
Anyway, one of the songs he played was a track from Floor's new record Oblation. The track was calles Sign of Aeth and it was awesome! I got the album and have been checking it out over the last couple of days. Really good stuff. I hadn't heard of them before but they've been around for a while, off and on.
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Nobody Pie-Fights Like You Do, Dallas.
History was made last night as the circus officially arrived in Dallas.
Hundreds of area children and adults and adults that act like children teamed up with the clowns of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus outside of the American Airlines Center last night to attempt to break the previously standing record of 684 people participating in a shaving cream pie fight for a full minute.
It was a pretty glorious event.
As Victory Plaza began to fill with participants, Mesquite Christian rockers The Afters performed and a few clowns started showing off their tricks. There was also face painting, snow cones, a coloring book station and plenty of photo opps.
Then, at around 8 o'clock, the countdown began and the shaving cream began to fly.
Sixty seconds later, the Guinness world record for biggest shaving cream pie fight ever had been broken. Dallas had topped the previous record by 30, with 714 pie-fighters participating in the shenanigans.
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As a GURPS player, I both love and hate Danger Sense.
It's a great "get out of jail free" card to have in your pocket, in that you notionally get warning (or at least a die roll) to see bad things coming. It should make you hard to ambush, hard to sneak up on, and hard to get hit with random acts of God and man without at least having the chance to get out of the way.
So I love it, and there's enough realism there in terms of sensory fusion that the concept doesn't bug me.
But I hate it too. Mostly because it's a passive ability that is so very, very easy to to forget. "What about my danger sense!" is bad enough in its way. It means potentially haranguing the GM about it whenever it might come up.
It's also burden-shifting. Really, this sort of passive ability is in the GM's hands nearly all the time. So it's shifting workload to an already laden individual.
And after a long workday, with a few glasses of wine in me . . . Danger Sense just ain't on my mind. So it winds up being points wasted, because it's either used too much (and is annoying), or not used at all (because one forgets), or is a burden on the GM who has to play it for you, and then gets yelled at when yeah, the Perception roll fails and you really don't notice the lecherous werewolves with guns* coming for you.
And with all the mechanical improvements that have come about since 2004, I have to wonder if Danger Sense is really necessary anymore.
Active abilities – even raw, naked metagame abilities – are nice because they are completely above board. I spend a character point or bonus point or wildcard point or luck point or a re-roll based on a high tactics skill, and the bad thing that was about to happen . . . doesn't. Or does, but doesn't fall squarely on my shoulders as it would have.
There are a lot of things where you could use them much like buying successes. You step from behind the pile of crates, and the GM says "you are spotted by the guard." And that's because he's rolling Per+10 because it's close range in plain sight. You've got two choices: spend 1 metagame point to have him reroll that Perception roll (plain sight – you're still toast), or right the heck then, you spend 2 or 3 such points and you get a funny feeling and "rewind" to before you stepped out from behind the crates to begin with.
The sniper shot that would hit you? Spend a point and get a reroll, or two or three and you just duck.
There are so many good metagame currencies that exist now in GURPS that I have to wonder if the passive ability that is Danger Sense is really needed anymore. I know my current supers character in +Christopher R. Rice's game, Ian "The Commander" Owari, has Per-18 and Danger Sense and what we just realized should have been Tactics-22 or even Tactics-27 in a firefight. But we forget a lot of the passive abilities, and rarely use the active re-rolls from Tactics, because we get swept up in the moment for one, and metagame "oh no you didn't!" moments can be jarring for players and GMs alike.
But lacking this sort of foresight (or Foresight, from Pyr #3/53) is a big deal to the character concept. And having it be an actively managed pool of ability would be much easier for all of us than the passive, in the background Danger Sense.
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As they crossed America, the Kennys and Della met people from all walks of life. Here Bud is showing Ohio Governor Bob Taft and his family the cart in front of the Governor's mansion. Bud is explaining what the poles for the sound and stage lights are for.
This is Peter Jenkins with his daughter and nephew. Peter wrote A Walk Across America and The Walk West which were about his trek across the USA in the mid 1970's. They visited the Kenny's camp on a farm in Central Ohio.
The man holding the dog is Steve Hartman of CBS News. To his right was his fiance Andrea. Behind him is his camera man Bob and he is holding his dog Riley. We were featured on Steve's program "Assignment America" 12/01/06. This photo was taken in Lynn, MA