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Financial Aid at MSJC
You may be eligible to apply for a Chafee Grant. The California Chafee Grant Program gives money to Foster Youth and former Foster Youth to use for vocational training or college courses. The Chafee Grant program, also known as the Educational and Training Voucher (ETV), is a federally and state funded program and is subject to the availability of funds each year. The student must have been a Foster Youth between the ages of 16 to 18. The student must be under the age of 26** and have been eligible to receive services from the Department of Social Services Independent Living Program (ILP). Award amounts are based on need. Applications can be submitted on line at www.chafee.csac.ca.gov.
Chafee Grant Program
What is a Chafee Grant?
What is Chafee?
The Chafee Grant Program, also known as the Educational and Training Voucher (ETV), is a federally and state funded program and is subject to the availability of funds each year. You may qualify for up to $5,000 a year for career and technical training or college courses. You don't have to pay this money back. You may also be able to use your grant to help pay for child care, transportation and rent while you're in school.
Chafee Foster Your Eligibility Requirements:
To qualify, you must meet the following criteria:
Be a current or former foster youth who was a dependent or ward of the court, living in foster care, between the ages of 16 and 18.
If you are/were in Kin-GAP, a non-related legal guardianship or were adopted, are eligible only if you were a dependent or ward of the court, living in foster care, between the ages of 16 and 18.
Have reached your 26th birthday as of July 1st of the award year
Have not participated in program for more than 5 years (whether or not consecutive)
To be considered for a California Chafee Grant, you must complete the following:
Submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online; or
If you do not have a Social Security Number (SSN), submit the California Dream Act Application (CADAA) online. (Dream Act ID required to submit a Chafee Grant Application)
Submit the California Chafee Grant Application online
The Commission will review your FAFSA or CADAA and Chafee Grant Application.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) may verify your foster status. If CDSS is not able to verify your status, please complete the Foster Care Eligibility Certification Form and mail it.
Once all of the above is completed, the Commission will send you an email message if you are selected for an award.
The MSJC Chafee Grant Coordinator will verify payment eligibility and will request payment.
If you are eligible for a Chafee Grant check, it may take 4-6 weeks for the school to receive the check.
The school will contact you when the check is ready for pick-up.
If you applied for a Chafee Grant, go to WebGrants for Students to check the status of your application.
Receiving Chafee Funds
Be enrolled at least half time.
Enroll in a program at least one academic year long.
Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).
Demonstate Financial Need
Renewing My Chafee Grant
If you receive a Chafee Grant, it may be renewed through your 26th birthday as of July 1st of the award year.
You don't need to reapply for a Chafee Grant each year, however you must submit a FAFSA or CADAA.
Awarding Process
Once your application is received by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) it is sorted by application date, and awards are offered based on the following priority selection criteria below:
**Paid renewal students who have not reached their 26th birthday as of July 1st of the award year.
New and ***non-paid renewal students who will be 25 years old as of July 1st of the award year.
New and non-paid renewal students who have dependents.
New and non-paid renewal students who have an unmet need of $5,000 or more.
New and non-paid renewal students who hae an unmet need of less than $5,000.
**Students who have received a Chafee payment.
***Students who have not received a Chafee payment.
Upon selection for an award, students are sent payment notifications for each term.
The majority of Chafee Grant awards are initiated during the fall term and additional awards are offered year round based on available federal and state funding each year.
Your first step to success: A guide to the financial aid programs and services available at California Community Colleges, specifically for youth who have lived in foster care
Foster Care Eligibility Form
Chafee Grant Update/Change Form
WebGrants for Students
California Dream Act Application (CADAA)
Chafee Grant Fact Sheet
California College Pathways
The Community College Foundation
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
California Department of Social Services (CDSS)
CDSS Children and Family Services Division
CDSS Foster Care Help
California Youth Connection
Foster Club
MSJC Foster Youth District Liaison
Claudia Gutierrez: (951) 487-3255
MSJC Chafee Grant Program Coordinator
Windee Dixon: (951) 639-5241
California Student Aid Commission
Specialized Programs Operations Branch
California Chafee Grant Program
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-9027
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Equal Justice for All
The common denominator linking the horrendous affronts embodied in the amnesty for illegal immigration and the "hate crimes" proposals, attacking the very heart of the Constitution, is found in the overwhelmingly apparent violation of the prime mandate of the Framers demanding equal justice for all. Nothing more can, or should need to, be said, in order to relegate these atrocious attempts by the liberals seeking to obliterate the original intention of the Constitution to the trashheap of humanist agendas!
Illegal Immigration and the "Hate Crimes" Bill
The common denominator linking these two horrendous affronts attacking the very heart of the Constitution is found in the overwhelmingly apparent violation of the prime mandate of the Framers demanding equal justice for all. Nothing more can, or should need to, be said, in order to relegate these atrocious attempts by the liberals seeking to obliterate the original intention of the Constitution to the trashheap of humanist agendas!
Senate Urged to Rethink Immigration Bill After NJ Arrests
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
(CNSNews.com) – The arrest of six foreign-born Muslims accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix, N.J., should stop the Senate from producing an immigration bill that includes a "pathway to citizenship" or any other let-them-stay-here program, said a group that strongly opposes "amnesty" for illegal aliens.
Three of the Islamic radicals arrested in New Jersey were illegal aliens; two had green cards; and one was a U.S. citizen. Four of the suspects were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Jordan and one came from Turkey, authorities said. The suspects apparently had no connection to al Qaeda.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) called the arrests "strong proof that lax enforcement of our immigration laws does pose a severe threat to the security of the nation, and that the government's screening process for granting green cards and other immigration benefits is perilously flawed."
News of the arrests came as a bipartisan group of Senators is trying to write an immigration reform bill acceptable to both sides — a task that's proving difficult to accomplish.
Many conservatives insist that such a bill must concentrate on enforcement of current immigration law as well as border security. — keeping foreigners out of the country unless they go through proper immigration channels.
Others, including President Bush and Senate Democrats, want the bill to include a guest worker program and a "pathway to citizenship" for the millions of people who have sneaked into the country illegally — and can't easily be shipped out, they say.
"Given [Tuesday's] events, the American public has a right to demand, not ask, that Congress and the Bush administration drop all talk of amnesty and guest worker programs and get to work on the single most important priority: controlling our borders and fixing an immigration system that allows terrorists and just about anyone else to enter and hide out in this country," said FAIR President Dan Stein.
"Luck was on our side this time, but luck is not a substitute for due diligence and an immigration enforcement policy that protects the nation and its people," he said.
FAIR said the arrests in New Jersey prove that terrorists can and will take advantage of "unenforced immigration policies that have flooded this country with illegal immigrants."
The arrests also show that terrorists understand the nation's vulnerabilities, FAIR said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says the Senate will begin floor debate on an immigration bill on May 14, and if the new bill is not ready, he'll substitute the bill passed by the Senate last year. Reid insists his fellow senators have had plenty of time to produce a bill.
Slow down, Republicans say. Press reports on Wednesday quoted Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) as saying that the bipartisan working group is "close" to agreement.
"We've been close for several days," wire reports quoted him as saying. "There is not full bipartisan agreement on all of the major issues. Until we have that agreement we should not move forward.
Relative to the above article, we again point out the travesty of justice left unabated against two U.S. Border Patrol agents trying to protect our borders. Aren't loyal Americans about fed up with "politics as usual" from both parties? We have asked this same question again and again: "Where is a leader of the character and integrity of a Washington or a Lincoln?". As humans, we have all miserably failed, but we most certainly do not need to keep wallowing in the cesspool of our failures and sins. The Declaration of Independence says it very clearly:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. – That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, – That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. (emphasis added by the CftC)
Are we, the people, not entitled to protect our families ("safety and happiness") from the injustices, lies, deceits, perversions, sicknesses, injuries, crimes, and all forms of evils, whether visited on us by terrorists, homosexuals, liberal politicians, pornographers, activist judges, illegal aliens, liberal educators teaching revisionist history, or any criminal? More relevant, and more to the point, the Framers saw government as our responsibility and "duty". This is one Nation that under God is indivisible! "The light shines again in the old North Church."
the "Hate Crimes" Bill
Contrary to the liberal propaganda, there is absolutely no evidence to confirm that homosexuals or cross-dressers do not receive equal protection under the law. Looking only to the most famous Matthew Shepard "hate crime", the evidence conclusively showed that Shepard's murder was certainly not a "hate crime". This lie is widely propagated by the homosexual lobby, the liberal media, and liberal politicians, who fail to disclose the truth. In the Shepard case, the two criminals who committed the crime received life in prison for the murder which turned out to be the end result of a robbery for drug money gone bad.
Similarly, the murderer of Mary Stachowicz, a devout Catholic grandmother brutally killed by a homosexual man in Chicago for simply sharing the Bible, was also given a life sentence. The judicial system, fortunately absent the rampant, liberal judicial activism, worked in both cases, with both victims receiving equal justice under the law without any unconstitutional "hate crimes" legislation.
Based on readily confirmed statistics, there is not even any need for any such violation of the Constitution, as the left would put forth in their continual lies and deceit. Alleged "hate crimes" are not only negligible, but are on the decline. According to the latest FBI statistics, there were almost 1.4 million violent crimes in the U.S. in 2005. Of those, slightly over 1,000 were reported as "hate crimes", and well over half of those were reported to involve "intimidation," "hateful" words or pushing and shoving, with only 177 cases of aggravated assault against homosexuals nationwide. It is clearly apparent that these socially dysfunctional individuals are not targeted because of their private, constitutional expression of their perverted, sick behavior. Rather, that behavior openly shoved down the throats of a public seeking relief from their socially unacceptable public display and promotion of their sickness, react inappropriately. Perhaps, homosexual activists should be arrested for disturbing the peace. Finally, there were NO, ZERO, ZILCH "hate crimes" murders committed against homosexuals or cross-dressers in 2005.

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Even with this seamless integration of styles, members can still focus on what they want by attending Standing Fighting Days for an emphasis on Kickboxing, Clinching & Takedowns, or Ground Fighting for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Ground Fighting techniques. Of course, real fighting includes both standing and ground fighting, so both are essential for those who want a complete system of fighting without major weaknesses.
You know what, I was reading through this article and was like why this is pretty good for a blog but for you to be sexist towards women fighters, go to hell and be a real man. OH, why look at the big man talking shit about females on a blog. First of all of course a man is stronger than a woman that obvious but for you to personally tell a woman to get pepper spray makes you incompetent and ill make sure i dont visit this sexist ass site anymore.
Using their knowledge of ne-waza/ground grappling and tachi-waza/standing grappling, several judo practitioners have also competed in mixed martial arts matches.[102] Fighters who hold a black belt in judo include Fedor Emelianenko, Anderson Silva, Dong Hyun Kim, Cub Swanson, and Olympians Ronda Rousey,[103] Hector Lombard and Rick Hawn[104] and Hidehiko Yoshida. Former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho has credited judo for his success in an interview.[105]
wocyru01.. its pain that I get in the shins.. about 1 inch above and 1 inch in front of the ankle bone... i had it in the past which started at 6 months after running 5 miles everyday. Ive been ok the past 3 weeks, until last night... my shin started hurting and I had to stop running and instead use the bike. my reasearch indicates its either overtraining.. or bad form.. my guess is its the latter as it takes time to develope.. comments??
During the early 20th century, various mixed-style contests took place throughout Japan, Taiwan, and in the countries of the Four Asian Tigers. In Brazil, there was the sport of Vale Tudo, in which fighters from various styles fought with little to no rules. The Gracie family was known to promote Vale Tudo matches as a way to promote their own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu style.[4] An early high-profile mixed martial arts bout was Masahiko Kimura vs. Hélio Gracie in 1951, fought between judoka Masahiko Kimura and Brazilian jiu jitsu founder Hélio Gracie in Brazil. In the West, the concept of combining elements of multiple martial arts was popularized by Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do during the late 1960s to early 1970s. A precursor to modern MMA was the 1976 Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki bout, fought between boxer Muhammad Ali and wrestler Antonio Inoki in Japan, where it later inspired the foundation of Pancrase in 1993 and Pride Fighting Championships in 1997.
To wrap up the workout, set one final timer. Then, do 10 forward rolls, 10 backward rolls, 100 sit-ups, 10 ground n' pounds (place a heavy bag on the floor, mount, and strike it; this is what's pictured), and 15 pushups. For the remainder of your timer—yeah, we know, you get it by now—jump rope. Slate this workout into your routine and you'll be fighting fit in no time.
Base your caloric consumption on your daily workout. On workout days, you'll need more calories from carbs and protein to keep your body going. Plan fuller, more protein-packed meals on workout days and lighter meals on your rest days. Matching your diet to your caloric needs will help keep your body fueled and able to power through tough workouts.
Simply learning how to use a fighting stance is not enough to win a fight. You will need to remember to stick to the fundamental techniques of self defense. For example, always keep both of your hands up when fighting with your opponent. Avoid the natural tendency to lower your hands when fighting. This will leave you wide open to a possible counter attack in a hand to hand combat situation. Remember, when executing a punch or strike to always keep your other hand up to either defend against a counter strike or follow up with another strike. One of the best ways to train yourself to keep your hands up when fighting is through simulated street fighting, full contact sparring sessions and punching bag workouts.
Today's session is still a part of the strength cycle, but the load is not sufficient for strength development. For us, strength phase is all about getting the athlete stronger through improvement of various qualities. Today, as it is our third strength and conditioning session this week, we have decreased the intensity and will now focus on improving mobility and structural awareness, which will help you tolerate a heavier load.
Demetrious 'Mighty' Johnson, makes his ONE debut on 3/31 in Toyko vs. Yuya 'Little Piranha' Wakamatsu in the quarter-finals of the ONE Flyweight World GP, and explains why he fights: "Martial arts taught me hard work pays off. I've been training since I was 18 years old in martial arts and it has been able to give me a life that I could have never imagined. I was able to travel to Asia, I was able to give my wife and kids a life that I did not have, and to put my kids [through] college. That means the most to me. I met my wife, Destiny Johnson, at Red Lobster. She was a server while I worked as a cook, and after giving her my number, our story took off from there. Through our love, we now have three beautiful children, and I love them to death. They are my whole world. The only reason why I keep going is my family and, obviously, the competition to prove that I'm the best in the world. But it's just a fight, just to prove who is better." h/t Yahoo.sg
In addition to unarmed training, self defense must include training in the use of and defense against weapons. See our weapons page for more detailed information. These days it's likely a real predator will have a weapon. Training to defend against blunt, sharp, and projectile weapons is essential. And because the use of weapons can give you a major advantage, learning to use weapons (including objects found in your environment) should not be neglected.
Get started with this beginners MMA training video which demonstrates the correct stance and two basic but most effective strikes - the jab and cross. He shows you how to get started with Mixed Martial Arts, explains the most common mistakes to avoid and how to develop maximum speed and power to knock your opponent out. This is a great full body MMA workout incorporating basic, vital techniques for beginner Mixed Martial Arts enthusiasts.
My experience at Warrior's Cove has been profound. After three and one half years of training, the effects on my life are obvious. My fitness level has increased dramatically. I am much more flexible, have better endurance and health of the cardiovascular system. I also have better posture and have seen great improvements in balance. The most powerful change has been in my mind. The focus that I have acquired through the repetition of movements and the will to improve has been a potent ingredient in my growth. I am able to concentrate and relax under difficult circumstances. This is a great tool for dealing with stress and anxiety. I am more confident but also have better control of my ego. All of these factors have contributed to me making better life choices for health and family."
It's not a traditional bodybuilding workout, but MMA fighting works all of the muscle groups in the body. For instance, hitting the heavy bag is equivalent to lifting weights. When your back is against the cage and you're working to get your opponent off you, that's equivalent to doing weighted squats and bench presses. You do training camps to prepare for fights, and that means sticking to your diet religiously and working out hard. It's not an easy lifestyle, but it keeps you fit.
While mixed martial arts is primarily a male dominated sport, it does have female athletes. Female competition in Japan includes promotions such as the all-female Valkyrie, and JEWELS (formerly known as Smackgirl).[145] However historically there has been only a select few major professional mixed martial arts organizations in the United States that invite women to compete. Among those are Strikeforce, Bellator Fighting Championships, the all female Invicta Fighting Championships, and the now defunct EliteXC.[citation needed]
Tip– An important component of deliberate practice is to continually receive performance feedback. So watch yourself in the mirror for immediate feedback, and film yourself shadow-boxing and working the bag. Spend some time with your coach reviewing video will allow you to make any necessary corrections based on the feedback from the coach. Accept the feedback and integrate it into the practice, then get back to shadow-boxing.
Just as different forms and aspects of striking – those from Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, traditional martial arts, etc. – each have unique advantages and disadvantages and need to be utilized appropriately in an MMA fight, there are also many different forms and effective applications of interval training. In this article, I'll present you with four different methods of interval training that I've successfully used over the last seven years with more than thirty top pro fighters. Each interval method has a different purpose and application and I guarantee each can help improve the effectiveness of your training program.
Directions: Stand with your feet half-a-foot apart. Quickly bend at your knees and drop your hands down to the floor. At the same time, kick your legs out behind you. Your body should be aligned, head to toe. Do a pushup. Jump your feet back to standing. Lower down into a slight squat and swing your arms behind you. Jump forward as far as you can, propelling your arms to help drive your body forward. Land on both feet and assume the initial stance.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu emphasizes taking an opponent to the ground and utilizing ground fighting techniques and submission holds involving joint-locks and choke holds also found in numerous other arts with or without ground fighting emphasis. The premise is that most of the advantage of a larger, stronger opponent comes from superior reach and more powerful strikes, both of which are somewhat negated when grappling on the ground.
Muay Thai or Thai boxing and kickboxing, along with boxing, are recognised as a foundation for striking in mixed martial arts, and are both widely practiced and taught. Although both may seem identical, each has different techniques. Muay Thai originated in Thailand, and is known as the "art of eight limbs", which refers to the use of the legs, knees, elbows and fists.[100] One of the primary benefits of training in Muay Thai for MMA is its versatility. Techniques cover the long, middle and short range with everything from kicks to clinch holds and throws.[101] Meanwhile, kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat martial arts based on kicking and punching. The modern style originated in Japan and is developed from Karate and Muay Thai. Different governing bodies apply different rules, such as allowing the use of elbows, knees, clinching or throws, etc. Notable fighters who use Muay Thai include former UFC women's strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, UFC Welterweight Darren Till and former UFC champions Anderson Silva and José Aldo.
We do this through the MMA Base, which consists of boxing, Thai boxing, stand-up wrestling, and Brazilian jiu jitsu. You don't have to become a high level MMA fighter, but you do need to train against completely uncooperative opponents attempting to kick, punch, and wrestle with you. Otherwise, you will not be prepared for it if it happens on the street.
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Loughnane agrees that this is vital: "Yoga should be a massive part of training. With how hard we train and how beaten up our bodies get over the years, in later life especially you need to work on flexibility," he says. "Your muscles get really tight from wrestling and boxing, and it can get quite hard sometimes just getting out of bed in the mornings."
Whilst training and assessing I look at the load, technique, the number of repetitions, and the speed at which the weight is moved, which is very important. All of the above are always logged for the future information. For example, let's say that Richie deadlifts 80% of his 1RM x 5, but the bar moves slowly. He struggles with the last 2 reps but manages to complete them with correct technique. I have made a note in his training log, "1x 5 @ 80% 1RM DL." A couple of sessions later, he repeats exactly the same drill, but this time the bar moves quickly. He doesn't struggle and there is no decrease in the speed at which he moves the bar. Does it mean he got stronger? Yes, but if I only make a note "[email protected]% 1RM DL" it doesn't tell me that there has been an improvement. I must also note the speed of the bar.
In general, the injury pattern in MMA is very similar to that in professional boxing but unlike that found in other combat sports such as judo and taekwondo.[170] The most commonly injured body region is the head (66.8% to 78.0% of reported injuries) followed by the wrist/hand (6.0% to 12.0% of reported injuries), while the most frequent types of injury were laceration (36.7% to 59.4% of reported injuries), fracture (7.4% to 43.3% of reported injuries), and concussion (3.8% to 20.4% of reported injuries).[170] The frequency of impact to the ear and low utilization of ear protection leads to a high frequency of perichondral hematoma that can lead to cauliflower ear.[178]
Bang away at this big bastard and take out all of your frustrations. Imagine that the bag is your boss or wife and mix in jabs, combinations and even haymakers on it. Even punching at a moderate pace will make you keep thinking to yourself, "When is that fuckin' bell going to ring?" This is a workout in itself and will help with punching power and bracing your body when your fist makes contact with a solid object.
The announcement, made by HBO Sports executive vice president Peter Nelson, 37, who met with his staff on Thursday morning, does not come as a total shock. The network's commitment to the sport has clearly waned in recent years and its quality of fights has dropped at a time when there has been more competition from longtime rival Showtime as well as outlets such as ESPN, because of its year-old alliance with promoter Top Rank, and newly created streaming outlet DAZN to acquire the best fights.
As a general rule, and for all the following programs, don't do the workouts prior to a fight training session. Do them later in the day after ring work, or well before, or on a separate day if possible. Nothing you do should limit your ability to practice the actual technical fighting skills in your sport, in the environment in which you would normally compete.
From The Ground Up™ uses the best of wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, with an emphasis on the "goals" for groundfighting, as opposed to the goals for protracted grappling. Essentially, From The Ground Up™ is the absent modality for self-defense practitioners that do not want a sport based grappling program, while recognizing "the need to get wet, in order to not drown."
Hi there! I have a tiny problem(s). See I want to be a professional not just amateur fighter and want to be the fittest and best fighter I can be. I dont have a coach so I'm kind of doing this myself so yeah I need a lot of help. I do my workouts at home, and its all bodyweight, should I incorporate weight? And how often should I workout etc etc. Ive been working out 6 days a week between 45 min to 2 hours, lower body, upper, abs, cardio, etc. I havent been seeing the results I want and I think I need help. I also want to be a HARD hitter and improve my leg flexibility so I can head kick, kind of funny Im only flexible in my upper body… I want to be fast and have high endurance too of course to fight professionally at least eventually. And how long would it take to get me in that shape? I have a high metabolism too so it makes it a little harder to gain weight or well a lot. Any help would be appreciated thanks!
I attended the Alan Belcher MMA club in Dlbverville while I was in tech training at Keesler AFB this year. I wanted to find something that kept me engaged and active through all that studying. Never boxed before, these lady and gentleman were patient with me and I grew a love for boxing. I saw results regardless of if I was eating right (If I ate right would have been a lot more) the owner taught many of the classes! Now that I've graduated and went back home I just wanted to give a review to say If you're thinking about trying it you should!
MMA, or mixed martial arts, is a relatively new combat sport that was brought to public attention with the advent of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993. It brought the Brazilian concept of Vale Tudo fighting, or anything goes, no-holds barred fighting, to worldwide attention, throwing fighters from different styles against each other. While Brazilian submission specialist Royce Gracie won the first tournament with ease, today's fighters are much more well-rounded.
"If you are a small man or are a woman and want the skills to fight off an attacker, my testimonial is a must read. I'm 5'7″ and weigh 140 pounds. I'm a small guy. In fact, my frame is very similar in size or smaller than many women. The beauty of MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is that size doesn't matter. I can defend myself in stand up punching and kicking situations, and take the fight to my opponent if needed. I now know that Judo throws and takedowns are easier for a shorter person because your center of gravity is lower and you can get under your opponent easier. If things go to the ground, I can submit or choke out an opponent who has 100+ pound weight advantage. Once on the ground everything equals out, and with training, you have a huge advantage. Your opponent will be a fish out of water. How can this be? MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) aren't dependent on athleticism, strength or fitness. You use your brain, not brawn, and the laws of physics (leverage) to defeat your opponent."
One of the most important training methods for self defense involves conditioning effective default responses to surprise attacks. Take a look at our self defense techniques section to see several examples of default responses and combinations. Your default response techniques need to work against a wide range of attacks, such that a counter ingrained subconsciously will work when you're not sure which particular attack is coming. This training is primarily done at the isolation stage, but the default responses can and should also be integrated into sparring.
Whether you intend to become a newspaper journalist, publishing in print and on the web, or a television reporter, or even an investigative documentarian, a degree in journalism can give you the mix of practical skills and critical knowledge necessary for spreading awareness of racial issues. A strong journalist is not satisfied with merely reporting surface issues, but wants deeper answers, and will do the necessary digging to get them.
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If you have time, complete two to three sets of push-ups, doing as many as you can for each set while maintaining good form, then finish your workout with a series of ab exercises, including planks, sit-ups, medicine ball oblique twists, and leg lifts. This is a great opportunity to really target the chest and abs. Adding just 5- to 10-minutes is a great way to finish things out.
Drink enough water so your urine is clear. I don't personally subscribe to the specific daily quantities of water. In fact some trainers I feel have gone absolutely out of control with their 1- 2 gallons of water a day. Listen to your body, and watch your urine. If you are feeling thirsty, or your skin is very dry, or your urine is very dark and yellow, it is probably time to increase your water intake. However if you are going to the bathroom every hour and urinating a court, you are probably overdoing it a little. Rule of thumb drink with every meal, drink after a workout, and definitely drink water when ever you are thirsty.
If you've been working out for any length of time, it's a safe bet that you've used interval training as a part of your conditioning and/or overall fitness regimen. Countless articles have been written over the last several years touting the benefits that can be seen with their use – many citing supporting various pieces of research to back up their claims.


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Obama's Support of Gay Marriage Probably a Wash
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A couple of days ago Gallup surveyed the U.S. citizenry about President Obama's decision to come out in favor of same-sex marriage. In their poll, a larger number said it would make them less likely to vote for Obama than more likely.
Robert Wright is skeptical, largely because he doesn't believe that 52% of Republicans are truly less likely to vote for Obama now. "Do you really think that 52 percent of Republicans had a
greater than zero percent chance of voting for Obama in the first place? Me either. And if the chances of your voting for Obama are zero, how can his position on gay marriage reduce them?"
Fair point! But I'm skeptical — or maybe puzzled is a better word — for a different reason. Take a look at the two Gallup polls on the right and zero in solely on independents. Independents, by a pretty wide margin, think same-sex marriage should be legal. And yet, independents, again by a fairly wide margin, say they're less likely to vote for Obama because he now thinks same-sex marriage should be legal.
This isn't an impossible result. If the anti-marriage forces feel much more strongly than the pro-marriage forces, you could get this result. But their intensity would have to be a lot higher. If you take these numbers seriously, 57% of the antis are unhappy enough to be less likely to vote for Obama while only 19% of the pros are happy enough to be more likely to vote for him.
Again, not impossible. Maybe there really is an intensity gap that big. Or maybe most of the pros never believed in Obama's "evolution" in the first place while lots of the antis did. Who knows? But it's an odd result.


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Town seeks control after clearing of trees at McKee development
Workers using heavy machinery were still busy clearing acreage at the future Hidden Meadows housing development near the Diamond Hill Reservoir last Friday. (Breeze photo by Ethan Shorey)
Attorney Kelly says everything within rules
By ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Managing Editor
CUMBERLAND – Town officials say developer Jim McKee's recent clearing of 15 acres of land violates both town rules and restrictions laid out during the approval process for his Hidden Meadows housing development. They contend McKee is acting without proper authorization as he prepares to build 20 new homes near the Diamond Hill Reservoir.
Michael Kelly, attorney for McKee and his Terrapin Development, counters that cutting these trees as part of phase two of the development in this outlying area of town, off Torrey Road and Hidden Meadows Drive, is in compliance with state and local permits obtained by McKee.
The Breeze has learned the town is planning a special Planning Board meeting on this matter and other issues related to McKee developments on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall.
Rhode Island statutes give the Planning Board authority on interpretation and enforcement of local land development regulations, says Jonathan Stevens, planning and community development director. At the Dec. 13 meeting, Stevens will seek the board's confirmation of that interpretation, and recommend the board take back the authority it previously delegated to him.
Stevens is also seeking authority to hire a "peer review" surveyor and landscape architect, at McKee's expense, to double-check the limits of disturbance and tree line specified in the approved preliminary plan, as well as consider bond reductions for work accomplished and approved by the town for McKee developments at High Ridge Estates and Jenna Way/Fairhaven Road. Stevens said he will also seek confirmation that unfinished detention basins at the first phase of Hidden Meadows (three houses) be required as part of final plan approval for the second phase of the project (20 houses).
McKee is the brother of former Cumberland Mayor Dan McKee.
Attorney: Town is clueless
Kelly says Stevens and town officials have "no clue" what they're talking about in trying to place such limits on McKee and Terrapin, saying Stevens lacks understanding of his own regulations.
"He (McKee) didn't do anything wrong," he said. "He followed the rules."
Nicole Martucci, associate attorney at Kelly, Souza, Rocha & Parmenter, PC, provided a memo from land surveyor Michael Darveau, "which confirms that all of the cutting of trees and/or grubbing performed at Hidden Meadows has been done specifically pursuant to a permit issued by" the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, "a copy of which has been submitted to the town on several occasions.
"All tree cutting and/or grubbing has been done, and will continue to be done, in accordance with the DEM-approved plan within limits of disturbance," she wrote.
"Additionally, tree cutting, grubbing and clearing is being done pursuant to a soil and sedimentation control permit which was issued to Terrapin Development for the Hidden Meadows project, and it clearly indicated the disturbance of 15 acres. In fact, it indicates "cut trees and grub new road and lots."
The limit of disturbance is set forth in the DEM-approved plan and the identical soil and sedimentation control plan, said Martucci, so there is "no violation of any provision of the ordinances of the town of Cumberland by cutting trees at Hidden Meadows, all of which has been done in accordance with the permits issued for the project."
Under soil and sedimentation control rules, cutting of trees is not prohibited, said Kelly. Once the trees were down, his client received all necessary state and local permits to clear debris and stumps. He produced a receipt for a land disturbance permit from the town, approved by Building Inspector Kevin Joyce.
Kelly said Terrapin requested an on-site meeting. The next thing they knew they were being told they could only cut one acre of trees. He said they asked what permit they needed and received no response, so they assumed it was the soil erosion and sedimentation permit.
Asked about Kelly's noting that the ordinance makes no specific mention of trees, and the referenced "vegetative ground cover" only relates to brush close to the ground, Stevens said he supposes the attorney could technically be correct. Kelly seems to be citing RIDEM's staff policy allowing clearing of trees prior to installing silt fencing and other items. "However, that is land 'clearance,'" said Stevens. "Land 'disturbance' is grubbing, such as removing tree stumps."
Stevens: Obligation to save trees, follow rules
Cumberland's development regulations section states that trees shall be retained wherever feasible, Stevens said. Kelly, in a recording of Planning Board testimony provided to The Breeze from the town, said the developer would stick with preliminary staked areas to be cleared, adding that he didn't anticipate "clear-cutting on the lots."
Kelly said Stevens should be reminded that the development is by nature saving trees. As a conservation project, 56 percent of the entire parcel is left untouched as open space, he said.
Stevens said approval of a preliminary plan was conditional on a pre-construction meeting on site with town staff prior to clearing.
"The Terrapin attorney requested a time and date, and I responded within an hour saying we would be available on 48 hours notice," he said. "That meeting never took place, and Terrapin proceeded to clear-cut the property."
Not the only project
A Nov. 21 report from Stevens to the Planning Board on the agenda for Dec. 13 states that four Terrapin Development projects "have been the subject of delays, regulatory violations and exceeding specifications authorized in approved preliminary and final plans." The following are the four projects, according to the 15-page report from Stevens:
• Fairhaven Drive and Jenna Way are substantially completed, "but extensive correspondence shows Terrapin unable to meet mutually agreed upon completion deadlines," said Stevens. The department requests the board authorize bond reductions and call in the remaining performance bond balance so the town can complete the projects.
• High Ridge is substantially completed. It is recommended the board reduce the bond and establish a deadline of April 30, 2019, to complete the project.
• Hidden Meadows I is also substantially complete, except drainage basin infrastructure remains uninstalled and the roadway needs a final topcoat. The department recommends the developer be required to complete the installations as a condition of final plan approval of Hidden Meadows II.
• The second phase of Hidden Meadows "is of particular concern," said Stevens, "especially after the extensive record of site violations experienced with High Ridge in 2016." In that case, the developer "clear-cut trees and completely eradicated well beyond the limits of disturbance approved by the Planning Board," he wrote. Vegetative buffers specified in the final plan were effectively lost, and numerous state and local violations were issued.
"Extensive correspondence included in this memo reveals the inordinate amount of time and energy town staff have expended to get the developer to conform (to) the final plan specifications approved by the Planning Board," he writes to the board.
Hidden Meadows II "is starting out to be a repeat of High Ridge," Stevens adds.
Mayor Bill Murray said the issues with McKee "will come to a head" on Dec. 13. McKee's history in Cumberland, said Murray, is to act first "and then challenge it."
A summary of the claims
For the second phase of the Hidden Meadows project, Stevens is making the following claims:
• That no surety was posted for land clearing/disturbance;
• That no pre-construction on-site conference was held;
• That the property was cleared beyond the tree line specified in approved preliminary plan;
• That McKee did not conserve any mature vegetation (trees) on lots;
• That Kelly stated in a preliminary plan hearing that there was to be staking of areas to be cleared on each lot, and the developer would abide by those, adding that they didn't anticipate clear-cutting of entire lot areas;
• And that the department's position is that "approval" required in town ordinances before beginning construction is final plan approval and not preliminary, and that "begins construction" includes grubbing (stump pulling).
Kelly responded to each of the claims, stating that:
• The developer doesn't need to post a bond for land clearing and no one asked for one;
• No condition was put on the decision requiring a meeting prior to what he termed "tree construction;"
• Preliminary approval is not the binding plan, but final plan is binding;
• A meeting was requested but then the town refused "because it took the wrongful position that only one acre could be cut because they can't read their own ordinance." The word "trees" simply isn't in the town's soil and sedimentation control rules, he said.
• Terrapin representatives requested a pre-construction meeting with the town engineer, and met with him, said Kelly. Stevens, "who has a personal problem with Mr. McKee, interrupted it and later said it didn't count as a pre-construction meeting because it wasn't on site."
Town taking firmer stance on McKee
In June, spurred in large part by issues with McKee developments, the Planning Board passed tougher new restrictions on development, including requiring developers who clear beyond town-approved "limits of disturbance" to stop work and go back to the board, and specifying that before any work is done, a pre-construction conference with the town engineer take place on site and the construction limits be clearly delineated by ground markers.
According to ordinances noted by Stevens, anyone who begins construction without receiving permission from the board or administrative officer is in violation of the regulations. The department's position, he said, is that required "approval" means final plan approval, which has not been granted.
Mike Healey, of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, said the department limited clearing and disturbance in wetland areas of the property.
"The vast majority of the proposed alterations, however, are in non-wetland areas outside DEM's jurisdiction. The wetlands permit for Hidden Meadows II included a stream crossing, which was the only wetland alteration for the entire subdivision," he said. "The crossing enabled the developer to access non-wetland acres, which he plans to develop. The town received RIDEM's public notice in July. It clearly showed the clearing that was proposed and subsequently permitted. The town did not comment during the 45-day public notice period."
Stevens said Healey's comment may relate to a state wetlands permit or stormwater permit. As a rule, the town engineer or planners don't usually comment on such permit applications, he said. The Planning Board's approval of the preliminary plan required that the developer get state approval prior to final plan approval. Either way, he said, "all developers must abide by the town's land development regulations."
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Permalink Submitted by pole22 on Thu, 2018-12-06 15:22
Did anyone in their wildest dreams expect McKee to "play nice."
Never should he have been given the go ahead on new projects until current ones were thoroughly completed/satisfactory. He will do as he pleases and fight it out later. Knowing his history in Cumberland, perhaps the Planning Board should have been on site to see what he was up to every few days. Yes, that would be time consuming; but effective.
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Progressive Populism Has Transformed Australia Before — It Could Do It Again
Liam McLoughlin
In Australian politics today, the neoliberal consensus seems unshakable. But the experience of the Curtin and Whitlam Labor governments shows the potential of progressive populism to deliver social change — a potential we can also glimpse in the recent growth of the Greens.
Greens leader Adam Bandt speaks at Parliament House on December 9, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. (Sam Mooy / Getty Images)
In 2012, twenty-one past winners of the Blue Planet Prize — awarded for research that improves the global environment — released a landmark report. It stated that "in the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of civilization."
A year later, the deputy director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Kevin Anderson, went one step further, arguing that "revolutionary change to the political and economic hegemony" would be needed to prevent the planet warming by more than 2°C.
More recently, in 2019, scientists from fifty nations demanded "bold and drastic" changes to the economy, including a shift away from GDP growth toward "sustaining ecosystems and improving human well-being." This year, a paper coauthored by seventeen scientists called for "fundamental changes to global capitalism, education, and equality, which include inter alia the abolition of perpetual economic growth."
The need for radical change couldn't be clearer. But devising a strategy to achieve such change isn't so straightforward.
The need for radical change couldn't be clearer. But devising a strategy to achieve such change isn't so straightforward. To shed light on the question, it's worth revisiting two examples of progressive populism from Australia's history — the 1940 and 1972 electoral campaigns led by Labor's John Curtin and Gough Whitlam, respectively.
Defining Progressive Populism
In her 2019 essay "The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born," Nancy Fraser outlines a useful definition of progressive populism. For Fraser, the key is combining an "inclusive politics of recognition," guaranteeing respect and esteem for marginalized social groups, with a "pro-working family politics of distribution" that pushes toward economic redistribution and emphasizes social class.
To provide a more concrete illustration of what this means, Fraser points to the two Democratic primary campaigns of Bernie Sanders. In her view, he achieved this mix between recognition and redistribution by fighting for "criminal justice reform plus Medicare for all, reproductive justice plus free college tuition; LGBTQ+ rights plus breaking up the big banks."
For Fraser, progressive populism requires a significant role for "revived and reimagined labor unions — as well as for political parties and social movements." Ideally, it's a strategy that can constitute the working class as a political force, allowing it to become "the leading force in an alliance that also includes substantial segments of youth, the middle class, and the professional-managerial stratum." As Fraser argues:
Only by joining a robustly egalitarian politics of distribution to a substantively inclusive, class-sensitive politics of recognition can we build a counterhegemonic bloc capable of leading us beyond the current crisis to a better world.
Progressive Populism in Australia
There are two strong precedents for such left populism in Australia's history. Two of the nation's most transformative Labor prime ministers, John Curtin and Gough Whitlam, succeeded by building a political program combining recognition and redistribution.
Two of Australia's most transformative Labor prime ministers, John Curtin and Gough Whitlam, succeeded by building a political program combining recognition and redistribution.
Writing in Thesis Eleven back in 1983, Professor Rob Watts argued that John Curtin's wartime leadership, first in opposition and then as prime minister from October 1941 to his death in July 1945, was characterized by a "democratic populism which underpinned nearly six years of equality and sacrifice rhetoric." While criticizing simplistic narratives that overstate Curtin's reform agenda, Watts acknowledges the effectiveness of his democratic populist strategy: "It was well-intentioned, it was persuasive, and it activated great policies and brought Curtin unimagined fame as a wartime leader."
For example, in an election policy speech in August 1940, Curtin insisted that "economic freedom must be made real by giving security and a rising standard of living to all." Curtin remained committed to economic security once in office, making full employment and the establishment of the welfare state two of the major priorities of his government.
Curtin and his party blended these redistributive elements with a politics of recognition manifested in initiatives such as the Women's Employment Board, which increased wages for some women during the war. Other reforms extended maternity allowances, increased welfare benefits for Aboriginal Australians, and extended pension eligibility for some populations of migrant workers.
By appealing to all Australians through a material politics of redistribution as well as an extension of recognition to previously excluded social groups, Curtin led Labor to its greatest ever victory at the 1943 election. The ALP won 58.2 percent of the two-party preferred vote and two-thirds of seats in the House of Representatives, with a 17-seat swing.
Gough Whitlam's 1972 "It's Time" electoral campaign also had a progressive populist focus on fairer economic distribution and recognition that, backed by social movements, swept away twenty-three years of conservative rule. In his election speech, Whitlam set out three programmatic aims: "to promote equality, to involve the Australian people in the decision-making processes of our land, and to liberate the talents and uplift the horizons of the Australian people."
Whitlam opposed the "we" of the people to the corruption of the establishment, saying "we ought to be angry at the way our so-called leaders have kept us in the dark — parliament itself as much as the people, to hide their own incapacity and ignorance." Whitlam concluded with an optimistic populist appeal:
I need the help of the Australian people; and, given that, I do not for a moment believe that we should set limits on what we can achieve, together, for our country, our people, our future.
It wasn't hollow rhetoric, either. There was a genuinely egalitarian politics of distribution to Whitlam's program centered around "cities, schools and hospitals." He followed through with a blizzard of reforms that led to real, material gains for workers. The 1973 budget doubled spending on housing, tripled investments in urban development, and quadrupled spending on education.
Whitlam's 1973 budget doubled spending on housing, tripled investments in urban development, and quadrupled spending on education.
The Whitlam government passed a stunning 508 bills in just over a thousand days in office. These included acts providing for universal health care, free tertiary education, national standards of equal pay, and four weeks' annual leave. He significantly increased spending on social security benefits and pensions, as well as on regional employment and services.
Just as with Curtin, recognition also formed part of Whitlam's reform agenda. His government passed the Racial Discrimination Act, took steps toward granting Aboriginal people land rights, and introduced a single mothers' benefit and no-fault divorce while championing the decriminalization of homosexuality.
Though Whitlam was not much of a protester himself, it's unsurprising that his rise to office came off the back of burgeoning movements: women's and gay liberation, Aboriginal land rights, environmental and antiwar, as well as surging trade unions. Union density and strike rates experienced historic highs in the 1960s and early '70s, with the strike rate peaking in 1974. These movements were crucial to Whitlam's success and to ensuring that he delivered change once in office.
A Progressive Populist Revival?
There are also important signs of a revival in progressive populism in Australia — only today, it is playing out within the Greens, particularly in Queensland (QLD). In recent years, the QLD Greens have successfully combined populist positioning, a platform offering material gains for ordinary people, and movement building. At the 2019 election, local campaigns in the seats of Griffith, Brisbane, and Ryan achieved significant swings even though the Greens vote was stagnating at a national level.
The Queensland Greens have successfully combined populist positioning, a platform offering material gains for ordinary people, and movement building.
This success rested on a platform that emphasized free childcare, more public housing, publicly owned renewable energy, and free dental care (CHED for short). At the March 2020 Brisbane City Council election, Greens councilor Jonathan Sri's core campaign messages emphasized "standing up against political corruption" and "giving residents more control over council decision-making." He was reelected with a 12.4 percent primary vote swing.
State strategist for the QLD Greens Max Chandler-Mather and South Brisbane campaign manager Liam Flenady explained that a strong ground campaign was crucial to their 2019 success. At the October 2020 state election, it paid off again, with the QLD Greens recording substantial swings in Cooper, Greenslopes, and McConnel. The campaign returned Greens MP Michael Berkman with a 14 percent swing in Maiwar, while Amy MacMahon won the seat of South Brisbane away from Labor's Jackie Trad.
Chandler-Mather, recently preselected as the Greens' federal candidate for Griffith, has said the party will continue using this strategy: "Politics is about reaching out to people about the issues that affect their daily lives and what they care about and making policies that address those issues."
When Victorian left-winger Adam Bandt took over the federal leadership of the Greens in February 2020, the whole party began to shift toward a left populist strategy. In October 2020, Bandt reflected on Greens successes in New Zealand and the ACT:
The Greens are on the rise because we put people ahead of big corporations. We're pushing back against the establishment parties' failed trickle-down economic policies and tax cuts for millionaires. We are fighting for direct investment in public schools, hospitals, public housing and public services to create jobs and a better life for everyone.
This year, Bandt's February speech to the Greens national conference focused on inequality, stressing that ordinary people had suffered while "billionaires and big corporations are making out like bandits." While the Greens have always been strong on the politics of recognition, their recent left populist turn suggests a greater emphasis on redistribution and movement building.
While the Greens have always been strong on the politics of recognition, their recent left populist turn suggests a greater emphasis on redistribution and movement building.
A People's Green New Deal
The Greens recently announced their support for a 6 percent billionaire tax — a further encouraging step toward an economically redistributive approach. The obvious problem is, however, that the Greens have set a ten-to-fifteen-year timeline to transform into the kind of mass party that could take power. That may be realistic, but what about the IPCC's 2030 deadline for "far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society"?
This raises the question of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and its future orientation. Even if the Greens continue to grow, without Labor, it's hard to see how a progressive populist government could be formed in Australia.
Some may retort that the ALP is a lost cause. Labor opposes the call from the Greens for a federal Independent Commission Against Corruption and political donations reform. The ALP received more money than the Liberals in 2019–20 from oil and gas giant Woodside Energy, the nation's most generous fossil fuel donor. And it's still firmly wedded to the Bob Hawke–Paul Keating legacy of neoliberal policymaking.
However, it would be a mistake to leave the discussion there. After all, it was Gough Whitlam, a politician who came from the ALP's right wing, who enacted the most significant progressive political shift in Australia since Curtin, under pressure from unions and strong social movements. And those who view the ALP as a hopelessly corrupt force have not outlined a realistic alternative path for a movement that can win office before the climate crisis spins out of control.
In a recent interview, national ALP president Wayne Swan addressed the question of working with the Greens. Swan suggested that the two parties should be united on two points: "doing something fundamental about the increasing inequality in our society and dealing with fundamental climate change." The Greens and others on the Australian left should be looking for ways to test the rhetoric of ALP politicians against concrete proposals for action.
The Greens and others on the Australian left should be looking for ways to test the rhetoric of ALP politicians against concrete proposals for action.
This is where the Green New Deal (GND) comes in. The Greens have framed their antipodean GND as a plan to tackle Australia's climate, jobs, and inequality crises simultaneously. It is a "government-led plan of investment and action to help create new industries and grow a clean economy and a caring society," which, by making corporations pay their fair share of tax, would fund the provision of universal services.
By combining populist rhetoric with a compelling narrative about social benefits for the vast majority of Australians, the GND proposal might just be able to unite Australian progressives and defeat Scott Morrison's corrupt, oligarchic government. If backed by a resurgent union movement and social movements, an Australian GND could inaugurate a new era in politics — one that, echoing Whitlam's 1972 speech, will break through the "limits on what we can achieve, together, for our country, our people, our future."
Liam McLoughlin is a teacher and writer who publishes satire and analysis at Situation Theatre.
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Xerox Corporation and Fuji Xerox have a long and fruitful collaboration around a range of products, most notably color and monochrome electrophotographic printers and multi-function peripherals. The companies, however, have diverged on their inkjet strategies, with Fuji Xerox currently selling the 1400 and 2800 while Xerox has its CiPress and Impika offerings.
Late in November Xerox Corporation announced that it would be selling its Impika inkjet systems through four distributors in Asia Pacific. Impika already had a minor presence in Asia Pacific prior to its acquisition by Xerox, but the bulk of its selling activity has been in Europe. So this is the first time, to our knowledge, that Xerox Corporation will actively compete against Fuji Xerox in any product category. The geographic lines have always been clear. Fuji Xerox handles Asia Pacific (except for India) and Xerox Corporation handles the rest of the world (including India). The latest Xerox Corporation announcement puts the two companies in competition in the high-speed inkjet space in Asia Pacific.
It's true. The growth of the high-speed production color inkjet market is staggering and there is a big global opportunity. That being said, Fuji Xerox was the 2013 market share leader in Asia Pacific and now it will have a new competitor in addition to companies like Canon-Océ, Ricoh InfoPrint, and HP.
The odd twist to this announcement is that it's not necessarily a sign of discord between Xerox Corporation and Fuji Xerox. The companies' inkjet strategies have not been synched up for a long time. The news that Xerox Corporation intends to compete against Fuji Xerox in this category is simply another example of this lack of alignment. It is entirely possible that the companies could fight it out for a while as competitors and then decide to kiss and make up (and align their inkjet strategies as they should have done long ago). There is a catalyst that could drive them to reconciliation: cut-sheet inkjet. Xerox Corporation has stated publicly that it is working on a cut-sheet inkjet design. It hasn't set any timetable on such a development, but when it does come to fruition, it seems likely that Fuji Xerox would want to distribute such a product. And if that were to happen, then it might open the door for a more cooperative inkjet strategy in the not too distant future.


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Typhoon Tip [16°44'N, 137°46'E]
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A Teachable Moment in the Sky: The Transit of Mercury
It only happens about 13 times a century and won't happen again until 2032, so don't miss the transit of Mercury on Monday, Nov. 11! A transit happens when a planet crosses in front of a star. From our perspective on Earth, we only ever see two planets transit the Sun: Mercury and Venus. This is because these are the only planets between us and the Sun. (Transits of Venus are especially rare. The next one won't happen until 2117.) During the upcoming transit of Mercury, viewers around Earth (using the proper safety equipment) will be able to see a tiny dark spot moving slowly across the disk of the Sun.
Read on to learn how transits contributed to past scientific discoveries and for a look at how scientists use them today. Plus, find resources for engaging students in this rare celestial event!
In the early 1600s, Johannes Kepler discovered that both Mercury and Venus would transit the Sun in 1631. It was fortunate timing: The telescope had been invented just 23 years earlier, and the transits of both planets wouldn't happen in the same year again until 13425. Kepler didn't survive to see the transits, but French astronomer Pierre Gassendi became the first person to see the transit of Mercury. Poor weather kept other astronomers in Europe from seeing it. (Gassendi attempted to view the transit of Venus the following month, but inaccurate astronomical data led him to mistakenly believe it would be visible from his location.) It was soon understood that transits could be used as an opportunity to measure apparent diameter – how large a planet appears from Earth – with great accuracy.
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After observing the transit of Mercury in 1677, Edmond Halley predicted that transits could be used to accurately measure the distance between the Sun and Earth, which wasn't known at the time. This could be done by having observers at distant points on Earth look at the variation in a planet's apparent position against the disk of the Sun – a phenomenon known as parallax shift. This phenomenon is what makes nearby objects appear to shift more than distant objects when you look out the window of a car, for example.
Today, radar is used to measure the distance between Earth and the Sun with greater precision than transit observations. But the transits of Mercury and Venus still provide scientists with opportunities for scientific investigation in two important areas: exospheres and exoplanets.
Exosphere Science
Some objects, like the Moon and Mercury, were originally thought to have no atmosphere. But scientists have discovered that these bodies are actually surrounded by an ultrathin atmosphere of gases called an exosphere. Scientists want to better understand the composition and density of the gases in Mercury's exosphere, and transits make that possible.
"When Mercury is in front of the Sun, we can study the exosphere close to the planet," said NASA scientist Rosemary Killen. "Sodium in the exosphere absorbs and re-emits a yellow-orange color from sunlight, and by measuring that absorption, we can learn about the density of gas there."
Exoplanet Discoveries
When Mercury transits the Sun, it causes a slight dip in the Sun's brightness as it blocks a tiny portion of the Sun's light. Scientists discovered they could use that phenomenon to search for planets orbiting distant stars. These planets, called exoplanets, are otherwise obscured from view by the light of their star. When measuring the brightness of far-off stars, a slight recurring dip in the light curve (a graph of light intensity) could indicate an exoplanet orbiting and transiting its star. NASA's Kepler space telescope found more than 2,700 exoplanets by looking for this telltale drop in brightness. NASA's TESS mission is surveying 200,000 of the brightest stars near our solar system and is expected to potentially discover more than 10,000 transiting exoplanets.
This animation shows one method scientists use to hunt for planets outside our solar system. When exoplanets transit their parent star, we can detect the dip in the star's brightness using space telescopes. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | + Expand image
Additionally, scientists have been exploring the atmospheres of exoplanets. Similarly to how we study Mercury's exosphere, scientists can observe the spectra – a measure of light intensity and wavelength – that passes through an exoplanet's atmosphere. As a result, they're beginning to understand the evolution and composition of exoplanet atmospheres, as well as the influence of stellar wind and magnetic fields.
Using the transit method and other techniques, scientists are learning more and more about planets beyond our solar system. These discoveries have even inspired a series of posters created by artists at NASA, who imagine what future explorers might encounter on these faraway worlds. Credit: NASA | › Download posters
During the transit of Mercury, the planet will appear as a tiny dot on the Sun's surface. To see it, you'll need a telescope or binoculars outfitted with a special solar filter.
WARNING! Looking at the Sun directly or through a telescope without proper protection can lead to serious and permanent vision damage. Do not look directly at the Sun without a certified solar filter.
The transit of Mercury will be partly or fully visible across much of the globe. However, it won't be visible from Australia or most of Asia and Alaska.
The transit of Mercury on Nov. 11, 2019, begins at 4:35 a.m. PST (7:35 a.m. EST), but it won't be visible to West Coast viewers until after sunrise. Luckily, viewers will have several more hours to take in the stellar show, which lasts until 10:04 a.m. PST (1:04 p.m. EST). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | + Expand image
Mercury's trek across the Sun begins at 4:35 a.m. PST (7:35 a.m. EST), meaning viewers on the East Coast of the U.S. can experience the entire event, as the Sun will have already risen before the transit begins. By the time the Sun rises on the West Coast, Mercury will have been transiting the Sun for nearly two hours. Fortunately, the planet will take almost 5.5 hours to completely cross the face of the Sun, so there will be plenty of time for West Coast viewers to witness this event. See the transit map below to learn when and where the transit will be visible.
This map shows where and when the transit will be visible on November 11. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | + Expand image
Don't have access to a telescope or binoculars with a solar filter? Visit the Night Sky Network website to find events near you where amateur astronomers will have viewing opportunities available.
During the transit, NASA will share near-real-time images of the Sun directly from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Beginning at 4:41 a.m. PST (7:41 a.m. EST) you can see images of Mercury passing in front of the Sun at NASA's 2019 Mercury Transit page, with updates through the end of the transit at 10:04 a.m. PST (1:04 p.m. EST).
If you're in the U.S., don't miss the show, as this is the last time a transit will be visible from the continental United States until 2049!
Watch this month's installment of "What's Up" to learn more about how to watch the Nov. 11 transit of Mercury. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | Watch on YouTube
Use these lessons and activities to engage students in the transit of Mercury and the hunt for planets beyond our solar system:
Exploring Exoplanets with Kepler
Students use math concepts related to transits to discover real-world data about Mercury, Venus and planets outside our solar system.
Sun Screen: A 'Pi in the Sky' Math Challenge
When Mercury passes in front of the Sun, how much sunlight is lost on Earth? Students use the mathematical constant pi to find the solution in this illustrated math challenge.
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Solar Sleuth: A 'Pi in the Sky' Math Challenge
In this illustrated math problem, students use pi and data from the Kepler space telescope to find the size of a planet outside our solar system.
Can You Spot Mercury?
Play science sleuth and see if you can spot Mercury passing in front of – or transiting – the sun in these images from NASA.
Oh, the Places We Go: 18 Ways NASA Uses Pi
Whether it's sending spacecraft to other planets, driving rovers on Mars, finding out what planets are made of or how deep alien oceans are, pi takes us far at NASA. Find out how pi helps us explore space.
Transit Resources:
NASA near-real-time transit images
Video: What's Up – November 2019
2019 Mercury Transit Map
Night Sky Network Events
NASA Museum Alliance Resources
Exoplanet Resources:
Exoplanet Exploration Website
Interactive: 5 Ways to Find a Planet
Interactive: Eyes on Exoplanets
Posters: Exoplanet Travel Bureau
Video: What's in an Exoplanet Name?
Video: The Search for Another Earth
Kepler Mission Website
Kepler Education Activities
Check out these related resources for kids from NASA's Space Place:
All About Mercury
Article: What is a transit?
Article: What is an exoplanet?
TAGS: K-12 Education, Teachers, Students, Educators, Mercury, Transit, Transit of Mercury, What's Up, Astronomy, Resources for Educators, Exoplanets, Kepler, TESS


Experienced New and Used car sales executives required for a German Brand.
My Client is privately owned motor group who represent their brand at a number of locations across the Northamptonshire and Leicestershire areas. Due to expansion within the businesses an opportunity has arisen to join their prestigious New and Used car sales departments in Kettering and Northampton.
Previous motor trade experience is essential, along with experience in dealing with the public in retail sales environments, you must also be able to display highly developed communication skills, a positive can do attitude, an ability to gather information and follow a structured sales and customer follow-up process along with a willingness to learn new skills.
Being part of the sales team you would need to available to work weekends (on a rota basis). Due to the requirements of the role you will also need to currently hold a Full UK driving Licence.
In return, my client offers a basic salary and an uncapped bonus scheme (top performers can expect to earn over £50K PA), the use of a quality company demonstration vehicle and 21 days holiday per year. Full manufacture and on the job training will be provided along with the other associated benefits when working for such a top class progressive organisation.
Don't forget to include your daytime number with your submission so we can contact you quickly.


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Q: What is the best way to maintain a record's edit history with Rails and ActiveRecord What is the best/cleanest/easiest way to maintain the edit history of records in Rails?
I'm looking for logging - who made the edits and when and the ability to rollback to earlier versions of records.
My guess is that you would use ActiveRecord callbacks on updates or deletes and instead of updating/deleting records you would create a new one and have some sort of identifier to keep the same "record" associated, maybe a field to distinguish which record is current, and a version field.
I vaguely recall seeing some plugins but I can't seem to find them at the moment.r
(Is there a term for this that I don't know?)

A: The answers here are good, but need some updates.
acts_as_audited has been renamed to audited, see https://github.com/collectiveidea/audited. I've used it with great success.
paper_trail may also be of interest. http://railscasts.com/episodes/255-undo-with-paper-trail restoring versions is a little awkward and undocumented in audited/acts_as_audited. paper_trail has clearer examples for this aspect.

A: acts_as_versioned should do what you're looking for - http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/ActsAsVersioned

A: acts_as_audited wins hands down. You can even use acts_as_versioned with it. The plugin-page explains everything. Go through the discussion comments below the post on the page. Developers have posted issues and have obtained positive responses from the author and others.
I have used this plugin in many apps and I find it very very useful. Highly recommended.
Here is a preview from the plug-in page:

acts_as_audited is an Active Record
  plugin that logs all modifications to
  your models in an audits table. It
  uses a polymorphic association to
  store an audit record for any of the
  model objects that you wish to have
  audited. The audit log stores the
  model that the change was on, the
  "action" (create, update, destroy), a
  serialzied hash of the changes, and
  optionally the user that performed the
  action.

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Why Anthony Anderson's Mom Is His Funniest Costar Ever
By Ingrid Meilan
Anthony Anderson and his mom, Doris Hancox ABC
Mama knows best! Black-ish star Anthony Anderson has had his share of funny costars. But one in particular could be his funniest (and maybe most challenging) yet — his mom, Doris Hancox, who returns as the scorekeeper in season two of classic game show reboot To Tell the Truth. Anderson, who hosts the ABC series, tells Us Weekly exclusively that having his mom on set poses a whole new set of challenges.
"I have a laundry list [of complaints]!" he says. "First of all, my mother thinks the show is all about her!" Anderson laughs of his mom's scene-stealing antics.
Biggest Celebrity Family Feuds of All Time
For Hancox, the gig is a breeze. "It's fun!" she exclaims. "I don't have any complaints. None!" Anderson tells Us that he was surprised when "Mama Doris" was asked to come on board, and insists that it was absolutely not his idea. "I did not want her on the show." he says. "We were actually on Celebrity Family Feud and the question to us was, 'If there was a naked magician on stage, where would he pull a rabbit out of?' And my mother screamed, 'His nuts!' And it brought the house down, and probably cost us the game — we lost to the Braxton family."
The comedian says he was ready to do post-show damage control. "The producers came to us after, and said, 'Hey Anthony, we want to talk to you about your mother.' I said, 'I'm sorry, I told you she was a live wire! I'm so sorry, I'll talk to her about this.' And they said, 'No, we love her and want to talk to you about bringing her on To Tell the Truth to work with you!' And that's how she was brought onto our show."
PHOTOS: Famous Celebrity Families
Hancox says she was born to be famous. Unimpressed with her Golden Globe-nominated son, she quips, "I inspired his whole career — he doesn't give me enough credit. People say I'm funnier than he is!" (Laughs Anderson, "Nobody's ever said that.") Boasting that she was "a star of the stage in high school," Anderson jokes, "There was Hattie McDaniel, Diahann Carroll, Eartha Kitt, and then there was Mama! All the greats!"
PHOTOS: Stars and Their Moms
Another added bonus from being on TV? Mama Doris is hoping the show lands her a date! Anderson's mom says she's "single and looking" and is taking applications! Mama says her demands are reasonable. "He's got to be tall … and not a couch potato. And he's got to have a job and put gas in my car!"
To Tell the Truth season 2 premieres Sunday, January 1 on ABC at 9 p.m. ET.


Super Cute Origami is a brand new origami kit that will appeal to all ages! This super cute collection of easy origami crafts can be customized in endless ways. It comes with 10 delightfully adorable designs which you can very easily personalise them in thousands of ways. The possibilities are limitless!
This origami games for kids kit is very different from most other origami books. It not only explains how to make origami, but it also provides a lot of ideas for games you can play with them! There are 15 interactive games your child/children could enjoy with their finished origami crafts. It is time to get them off their gadgets and start enjoying some creative, made-up games!
Last week, it was our last Lichfield Mandarin Club lesson of the year and it was my turn again to take the class on crafts. Besides doing crafts, I also incorporated learning to read and write Chinese characters in the lesson. Last year, we had to cancel the lesson due to heavy snow and I decided to re-use the lesson plan that I had in mind.
Can you believe the summer holidays will be here in just a couple more weeks! Have you been planning what to do with your children? Why not stock up on summer crafts, to spend time during the break with your children? We often have craft kits at home which are great to do together during rainy days and in a kit form, it's nice that all the relevant materials are included.
As part of Baker Ross bloggers, we often receive great craft kits from them and this month, we have received a range of summer themed craft kits. We were provided sea life spiral notebook kit, paracord bracelet kits, glitter sand bags, seaside sand art pictures, dinosaur wooden photo frames, farm stampers and rainbow unicorn charm bracelet kits.


"Fiennes and his companions will travel on skis, but will be followed by two modified tractors, towing two sledge-mounted living quarters, supplies, equipment, and 155,000 litres of special fuel adapted against freezing."
To me this is pure indulgance. Why he need do this, is puzzling.
Seems a waste, a crazy crazy thing to do that just warms the planet.
Why cant he settle for a freezer and treadmill setup.


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August 10, 2006 Arts & Culture » Arts Stories & Interviews
;Thursday•10
;Taken for Looks As we swarm to the ocean this weekend, we'll try to make room for a visit to the Southeast Museum of Photography's visual feast in addition to the typical fast-food fare that goes so well with saltwater. (It's a good way to cop some free air-conditioning, too.) Vittles may be the subject at question in the Taken for Looks: Imaging Food in Contemporary Photography exhibition, but as curated by Sarah Tanguy of Washington, D.C., what you see doesn't make you want to bring a fork to your mouth. In the catalog, Tanguy writes: "A quick scan of the photographic landscape reveals a telling nexus of food, fashion and fiction as well as a fusion of desires. … Once their seductive tendrils unfurl, visions of plenty yield only empty calories. Life turns to decay and death with no promise of renewal. Caught off guard, we realize that we've become the real subject of these images, not the food we can't touch." Tanguy comes to talk about her atypical selections Aug. 30, with a meet-and-greet at 6 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. lecture, "Ghost of Desire." (through Sept. 1 at Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach; free; 386-506-4475)
;Friday•11
;KOW And thus does the beginning of the end begin. In this, the last month of Will's Pub's current incarnation on Mills, we find a steady stream of the bands that made the joint's reputation as, well, the best bar in town for rock & roll. KOW, of course, is legendary for stretching the definitions of both "rock & roll" and "funk," as the loose-limbed grooves they spin out are informed by the diversity and and ability of the band members. Oh yeah, that lineup: Anthony Cole, Dan Fadel, Mike Fadel, Bobby Koelble, Matt Lapham, Pat McCurdy, Mike Ryan, Roland Simmons, Eugene Snowden — you know, just some of the best musicians in this city. (Snowden, by the way, might as well set up camp at Will's during August, he'll be playing there so often.) We were overjoyed by every single one of the KOW "reunions" over the last few years; though we're just as excited about this one, we're feeling a touch bittersweet about it all. After all, with Will's closed, where will these lovely miscreants want to play? (10 p.m. at Will's Pub; $10; 407-898-5070);
;;JD Natasha If you crafted some glib description of JD Natasha that included the words "Latin," "young" and "Avril Lavigne" you wouldn't be wrong. However, you'd probably also deserve to be socked in the jaw, because this singer-songwriter from Miami is actually possessed of the emotion and personality that people assume Avril's eyeliner indicates. As a teenager firmly rooted in American rock and alternative music, Natasha's decision to sing her songs in Spanish (she's fluent — her mom is Cuban-American, her dad is from Argentina) on her debut album has made her a novel presence in both the Latin rock community and in the mainstream of American music. That very novelty has meant an abrupt and interesting career path — when was the last time a three-time Latin Grammy nominee played the Social? — and with her sophomore disc scheduled for release later this year, it will be interesting to see which audience claims her as its own. (with Milka, Kool Us; 9 p.m. at the Social; $15; 407-246-1419)
;;OSC Rocks! You heard it here first, ladies and gentlemen: The Orlando Science Center "rocks" … or at least that's what they want you to think. Heck, who are we to disagree? Last week, they put up a trio of local bands that we'd never heard of and followed it up with a freakin' Pink Floyd laser light show. This week, they're doing the same, except we've actually heard of one of the bands (local emo rockers Early Next Year). Even though you'll be missing the Led Zeppelin laser light show to watch the bands, don't worry your baked little brain over it; the psychedelic transcendence of both the Zeppelin and Floyd laser shows continues on Fridays and Saturdays throughout August. For the record, yes, we know that laser light shows are perhaps the cheesiest, most hackneyed small-town version of "cool" ever. And, yes, we know that only annoying ironists, bored teenagers and shiftless heshers will be in attendance. And yes, we still love 'em anyway. (7 p.m. at Orlando Science Center; $5 for bands and Pink Floyd show, $9.95 for one laser show, $12.95 for two; all ages; 407-514-2000)
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;Pieces for a PURE Planet ;GO PURE, or for the clueless (like us), the Greater Orlando Public Urban Ritual Experiment, is hosting a night of performances from around the world in support of Greenpeace International and Defenders of Wildlife. The night promises a variety of drummers and dance styles, such as Middle Eastern, samba, bellydance and modern dance. The Shredd Theatre Troupe and Voci Dance Company, among other local performers, are scheduled to host a variety of vignettes. Darshan, the co-founder of GO PURE's parent organization, will be headlining the event. (7 p.m. at Studio Theatre; $10; 407-872-2382)
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;The Pull of Paradise: Images from Florida Springs It can't be said enough: The F state's freshwater springs and the ancient geological conditions that created them are unique. Such a system doesn't exist anywhere else in the world. At this sweltering time of year, if you can't submerge your inner-tubed self into one of the natural chill holes, you can at least psych yourself into a cool state by remembering that we all walk on water in Central Florida, however many inches of sand and limestone pad the connection. Inspired by our fountains of youth, UCF art professor Rebecca Schrock and a group of her students collaborated on a photographic and multimedia exhibition titled The Pull of Paradise: Images From Florida Springs. Schrock says, "This new work examines the occupied terrain at the mouth of Florida's rivers. These crystal-clear natural springs, connected through the vast network of the Florida aquifer, draw thousands of visitors each day. These images look at these visitors in the landscape — from tourists to locals, caretakers to afternoon swimmers." The artist will say more at an informal talk 10 a.m. Aug. 24, and there's a closing reception 10 a.m. Aug. 29 — both are early in the morning, before the sun grows merciless. (through Aug. 30 at UCF Art Gallery; parking $5; 407-823-3161)
;; Contributors: Jason Ferguson, Amber Foster, Lindy T. Shepherd
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