Vibrating exercise machines claim to provide massage, strength toning, improved circulation and weightless. The vibrating plate creates an unstable environment that causes your brain and muscles to work together to stabilize yourself on the moving surface.
Step onto the vibration machine with both feet hip-width apart. Grab the support hand rails.
Select the program you wish to use, depending on the level of vibration you want. Low-level vibration will provide massage. Choosing a medium speed will burn fat and get a light strength workout. Select a higher level for a more muscle-toning vibration exercise.
Stay on the vibration machine for 10-20 minutes for core work and muscle toning. Use the machine for 30 to 60 minutes to burn calories.
Remove your hands from the rails if you can do so without falling off the vibration plate. This will increase the effectiveness of your workout. Use the machine every day, or incorporate it into your strength training and cardio routine.
Lie down on the floor so that you're facing the ceiling with a gym towel in the centre of the Vibration Plate. Rest your calves comfortably on the plate with your feet pointing towards the ceiling and place your hands behind your head for extra support. This will focus the vibrating action through your calf area which will result in a pleasant massage. If you want to increase the intensity of this massage try placing one foot on top of the other.
Lie down on the floor, face down and rest your quadriceps on the gym towel. Place your arms on the floor for stability and totally relax your lower legs. The massage will focus vibrations through the quadriceps.
And only a short massage is needed to get great results after 3 minutes of massage on a vibration plate, there's an increase in skin blood blow which will last until at least ten minutes after treatment.
It's a fact,Vibration plates have been proven to help with sustained weight loss and loss of abdominal fat when they are used correctly. Recent studies have shown that combining dieting with weight loss training could potentially be an alternative to using weights because your muscles are contracting while you exercise.
Continue to carry on with normal exercises, but do them on the vibration plate. The vibration plate is designed to improve circulation while you're exercising. This will more than likely to lead to better calorie and fat burning. So carry on doing your normal exercises such as lunges, push ups and stretches on the machine, You won't be successful with your fitness and weight loss goals just standing on the vibration plate.
Continue to maintain a healthy and balanced diet. Calorie restrictions with use of vibration exercise provide the best results.
Perform a variety of exercises on the vibration plate. Leg exercises can be performed the same as you would on the floor, Stand with your knees slightly apart, holding onto the handles. Straighten your back and stand on the balls of your feet. You can start to straighten your legs, then flex. This is a type of mini squat. Try to gradually do lower squats which will provide more of an intense workout. Perform squats with your knees wider apart to ensure every muscle is being targeted. Try lunges, with one foot on the floor and one foot on the machine. Stand on the plate and alternate your weight from the balls of your feet onto the heels of your calves, this exercise contracts the calve muscles.
Exercise your buttocks by lying on a block, put your legs on the machine. Raise your pelvis up and down, hold the position. This is known as the bridge pose.
Make sure you're targeting your upper body too, place your arms on the vibration plate machine and do push-ups. You can place a push up bar on the machine. You should then face away from the vibration plate and then place your hands on the push up bar. You should then push up and down straightening your arms to work your shoulders and triceps. Hold the posture while the machine vibrates and contracts your muscles, if you don't have a push-up bar you can place your hands on the machine, face away and perform up and down movements with your feet on the floor.
The 2012 Olympics have committed themselves to promote good health and well being of the UK's population. One area that they have studies is Vibration Plate Training, According to the British Journal of Science and Medicine 12 recreationally healthy volunteers were chosen to participate in an experiment. They were monitored over a 4 week period, some using Vibration Plates and some not. The concluding result was that Vibration training was effective in improving balance, and those who used vibration plates scored higher on different balance tests than those who didn't use Vibration Plates.
Also Britain's number one female ski racer Chemmy Alcott is a lot faster on the slopes than most skiers because she is now using Vibration Plate Training to help her get in prime condition for the slopes. Chemmy, 26, represented Britain in the World Cup Ladies' Alpine Ski competition and was ranked 16th in the world during the 2007-2008 competition season. She can reach speeds of up to 90mph on the slopes but her racing was bought to a halt when she broke her ankle while training in Canada in November 2008. Team head coach Mark Tilston incorporated training on the Vibration Plates into Chemmy's fitness regime and it has become an important part of her return to form.
"It has been very helpful in recovery and rehab and we use it a great amount for recovery sessions and massage," says Chemmy. Mark says the Vibration Plate Trainers were chosen because its excellent range of vibration frequency helps Chemmy achieve maximum strength development.
Let us guess… losing weight made it onto your list of New Year Resolutions. But has your resolve already faded? If you want to shape up in time for summer (and let's face it, you can't hide behind those thick winter sweaters forever) then you need to take a long hard look at your diet and your exercise routine.
If you know you need to exercise but seem to never be able to find the time then we may just have the solution for you… Vibration Plates. Vibration plates have taken the world of health, fitness and exercise by storm in recent years but their price tag meant that unless you were a gym member you were unlikely to have ever stepped foot on one.
Advances in technology have led to the development of a range of vibration plates aimed at the home fitness market, so you can now buy a quality product for your sole use at home without breaking the bank. You can even opt for a compact vibration plate if you find you are short on space or your finances are tight.
So, how can a Vibration Plate help you?
Simple… When you exercise on the vibrating platform the effects of the workout are accelerated. Consider your muscles… when you are exercising on a solid floor your muscles flex in line with the movement of the exercise. Yet when you do the same exercise on a vibrating platform your muscles are FORCED to contract and expand at a rapid pace; in fact they do this on a vibration plate even when you are standing still.
One of the huge benefits of a vibration plate is that you can literally cut your workout time in more than half. A 50 minute aerobic workout on the hard floor can be reduced to around 15 minutes on a vibration plate thanks to the rate at which your muscles will be flexing.
Don't be fooled into thinking a vibration plate offers you an easy escape route from real exercise, it does not. After a serious 10-15 minute session on the plate you will be feeling the burn. Persevere and by summer your body will be more toned and defined for sure. And if you incorporate a healthy eating plan into your routine then your body will be slimmer and sleeker in time for those summer shorts and vest tops. What are you waiting for?
A vibration plate is highly effective at toning and shaping the body but if your ultimate goal is weight loss then you need to do more than just exercise. To get the most from your vibration plate workout you need to combine regular exercise with a healthy diet; basically you should eat less and exercise more.
Consider your daily calorie intake and decide if weight loss can be achieved by eating a little less each day. Reducing your calorie intake AND exercising daily will help you to not only shed the pounds but will also shape your body, reducing areas of flab.
Aim to use your vibration plate at least every other day. A vibration workout requires much less time when compared with other pieces of fitness equipment so there is no excuse for not being able to find the time. Even the busiest of people should be able to find a spare 10-15 minutes 4 times per week!
Vibration plates are great for those who don't really like exercising, but don't be fooled into thinking you can simply stand there whilst the weight falls away. You need to exercise whilst using the plate and these exercises can be as simple as squats, lunges and even press-ups. The more challenging you make your routine the more calories you will burn and the quicker the weight loss will be achieved. You will also notice that your body becomes much firmer, with more pronounced muscle definition and far less wobble.
If you are looking for inspiration to help you get the most from your vibration plate then there are workout charts and DVDs available (and if you have not yet bought your plate make sure you buy one with these guides included free of charge). Varying your routine will undoubtedly help to prevent boredom meaning you stay motivated. By adding variety to your workout you will also be sure that your body does not become resistant to the exercises, slowing your progress down.
There is no miracle cure where weight loss is concerned, but through combining a healthy eating plan with a vibration plate workout you will start to see good results within weeks.
Most people are under the impression that a massage is an indulgence. Some people think their only purpose is to provide an avenue to engage in a little flirtation. It's true that there are some people who live for getting a regular massage but, largely, people are still figuring out how beneficial massages can be. Have you been trying to decide if you should fork out the bucks for a massage on a weekly basis? The following are a few benefits of massage. And did you know that a Vibration Plate can provide you with many of these massage benefits…?
Be aware that massage makes your brain's chemical makeup change. These changes help to reduce both pain and stress levels in your body. This is good as it means that you don't really have to massage the specific area on your body that is in pain. For instance, if you are nervous about the idea of letting someone touch your lower back, ask them to focus on your arms and shoulders instead. The pressure in those areas sends a signal to your brain so that the chemical responses can change. After a while, your lower back muscles will relax also.
It's possible, according to a few experts, that regular massage helps increase the health of your body. Studies have been done that indicate massage offers a boost to your immune system and that makes it more effortless to ward off diseases. This happens because the massage promotes the increase of the de-stressors. For example, studies have shown that massage can decrease your body's cortisol levels. Cortisol is triggered by stress and it attacks your body's immune system so decreasing your stress levels can only help you stay healthy.
Have you heard that a massage can bring down your blood pressure level? High blood pressure is lowered too. This comes about because massage sets off the vagus nerve which is responsible for helping the brain regulate the levels of your blood pressure and other vital bodily functions. A study conducted in 2005 showed that people who have hypertension showed a noticeable improvement in their condition after getting ten ten-minute massages over the course of a few weeks.
It's possible to massage yourself also. There are quite a few individuals who think that massage must be done by someone else but that isn't actually the case. You don't have to be able to massage a certain ache point as long as you can massage close to it. For instance, people who suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome can feel a pronounced improvement by massaging their arms for fifteen minutes a few times a week.
There are numerous positives to getting regular massages. Most individuals realize that getting a massage can be a relaxing experience but they don't know that it can treat a bunch of different medical conditions also. Be aware that there is no one form of massage that is better than the other. As long as you put adequate pressure out to make indentations on the skin as you rub, you are providing (or getting) a terrific massage. So why not try it out for yourself and experience some of the benefits?
The Vibration Plate is one of the most revolutionary pieces of fitness equipment to hit the home gym market in recent years. Whole Body Vibration Training (WBVT) is now a recognised way of burning through fat, banishing cellulite and adding tone and definition to your body. This is achieved because the vibrating platform transfers vibrations through your body, causing your muscles to involuntarily flex and contract at a rapid rate. Because these vibrations are so rapid the results are achieved much faster compared with traditional cardio exercise.
Vibration plates are not some miracle cure; don't be fooled into thinking you can just stand on one and watch the flab fall away before your eyes. You need to exercise when using the plate, but these exercises can be as simple as press-ups, squats and lunges. Be warned, these exercises will feel harder when standing on the vibrating platform because your muscles are being worked so much harder. But for this reason you can compact a typical 50 minute workout into around 15 minutes and achieve better results when using the vibration plate.
Forget the Bikini Diet! Try a Vibration Plate Workout Instead!
The summer holiday season is quickly approaching for many women this means one thing; getting in bikini trim, beach body shape. But we need to be realistic and avoid employing weight loss tactics that can actually cause damage to our health and this is where the Vibration Plate comes into its own.
Forget crash dieting, forget running for hours and hours each night and don't even consider slimming pills or laxatives. You can transform your body with a balanced diet and a regular vibration plate workout and this transformation can be noticeable within weeks.
Vibration plates deliver an advanced workout, yet the moves you perform are typically the same as normal exercise routines. Squats, lunges, sit ups, press ups etc are all intensified when you perform them on a vibration plate. For example, 10 minutes of squats on the plate would equate to around 50 minutes worth if you were stood on the floor!
When the plate vibrates the pulses are passed through your body. The vibrations cause your muscles to flex and twitch on an involuntary basis (you can't stop these flexes happening). The movement of your muscles is similar to the movement you would achieve when carrying out intensive exercises, so you can imagine the amplified results when you start exercising upon this vibrating platform! Say goodbye to any cellulite you may have!
So if you are serious about getting in shape for the summer try a vibration plate today. They are affordable and are the only piece of gym equipment you will need for your home. Use it regularly (3-4 times per week), eat a calorie controlled diet and you will see the transformation within months.


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GREENE v. COLBURN
Rexford GREENE and Helen Greene, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. August M. COLBURN and Ruth V. Colburn, Defendants and Appellants.
Decided: May 12, 1958
Gray, Glass, Allen & Ransom, Gardena, for appellants. Floyd H. King, Long Beach, for respondents.
Appeal by defendants from a judgment decreeing plaintiffs are the owners in fee simple of certain realty subject to a mortgage for $1,800 in favor of defendants and that defendants reconvey the realty to plaintiffs free of the mortgage on receipt of $1,800 within five days after entry of judgment.
Charles Quandt was the owner of the realty. In the first part of May 1947 plaintiff Rexford Greene told defendant August Colburn he was interested in buying the realty. On May 23, 1947 Greene agreed to buy from Quandt for $3,500 with a down payment of $1,500, the balance at $35 a month including interest. Colburn loaned Greene $1,500 to make the down payment and Greene agreed to pay Colburn $7.50 a month as interest on the $1,500 loan. It was agreed between Greene and Colburn that when the balance of $2,000 was paid Colburn would execute a deed to the property to Greene and the latter would execute a deed of trust in favor of Colburn to secure the $1,500 and pay the same at the rate of $35 a month including interest.
Quandt showed Greene a deed to the property and Greene signed what he thought was a deed of trust in favor of Quandt for the $2,000. Greene thought the deed Quandt showed him was delivered to Colburn as additional security. However, Quandt conveyed the property to Colburn and Colburn executed a deed of trust for the $2,000. Greene did not know the property was conveyed to Colburn. He first learned this in March 1955 during an unlawful detainer proceeding brought by Colburn against Greene. Colburn testified he took the Quandt deed so as to be secure in his investment and not to have to foreclose in the event of default. Mrs. Colburn testified they took the deed from Quandt as security.
Greene took possession of the property from Quandt about May 23, 1947 and remained in possession continuously until the trial of this action. During that time he improved the property. He paid the taxes until 1950. After that time he was financially unable to and Colburn paid the taxes. In March 1951 Colburn and Greene agreed that Colburn would pay the taxes and Greene 'could pay him at the tail end of the agreement' with interest. They also agreed that when the $2,000 was paid by Colburn, Greene would make the monthly payments of $42.50 to Colburn so as to set up a reserve for taxes. The $2,000 was fully paid by about February 1953. Greene was unable to make the February 1955 payment.
In March 1955 Colburn told Greene he (Colburn) was the owner of the property. In April 1955 Colburn brought a proceeding in unlawful detainer against Greene. Greene prevailed. About November 1955 Greene offered to pay Colburn in full. Colburn demanded $2,000, which was more than he was entitled to. This action followed.
It was stipulated at the trial that the amount unpaid by Greene with interest was $1,800.
The court found: about May 23, 1947 the Greenes, as mortgagors, and the Colburns, as mortgagees, entered into an agreement whereby defendants agreed to loan the Greenes the purchase price of the realty and in consideration therefor they agreed to repay the purchase price of $3,500 in monthly installments of $42.50 inclusive of interest; it was agreed that the $3,500 would consist of two separate loans: one for $2,000 repayable at $35 a month or more inclusive of interest commencing July 1, 1947, the other for $1,500 repayable at $35 a month or more inclusive of interest commencing after the loan of $2,000 was paid in full; pursuant to the agreement defendants loaned plaintiffs the $3,500; Quandt executed the deed to Colburn to hold on behalf of the Greenes to secure the repayment of the $3,500; it was agreed between the Greenes and the Colburns that the latter would execute their grant deed to the property to the Greenes when they tendered or paid the $3,500. Judgment for plaintiffs followed, from which defendants appeal.
It is urged the evidence is insufficient to justify the finding that there was an equitable mortgage. The point is untenable. Every transfer of an interest in property, other than in trust, made only as a security for the performance of another act, is to be deemed a mortgage. Civ.Code, § 2924. A deed which is absolute on its face may be shown by parol evidence to have been intended as a mortgage to secure payment of a debt or for the performance of an obligation. Gronenschild v. Ritzenthaler, 81 Cal.App.2d 138, 144, 183 P.2d 720; Jensen v. Friedman, 79 Cal.App.2d 494, 498, 179 P.2d 855.
The test of a mortgage is whether the relation of debtor and creditor continues so that there is a subsisting debt after the conveyance; and where a deed, absolute on its face, is given to secure a debt, it will be held to be a mortgage. The intention of the parties must govern, and it matters not what particular form the transaction may take. Chapman v. Hicks, 41 Cal.App. 158, 162, 182 P. 336. Whether a deed, absolute in form, is to be considered as a mortgage is a question of intention to be inferred from all the facts and circumstances of the transaction in which the deed was executed, taken in connection with the conduct of the parties after its execution. Morris v. Rickmeyer, 28 Cal.App.2d 253, 257, 82 P.2d 472. Although, as here, the transaction involves three parties rather than two, wherein the one who takes title to the property holds it as trustee for the party to whom he loaned the purchase money, and also holds a lien as mortgagee for repayment of the loan, the usual rules applying to a deed absolute-mortgage case apply. Wilcox v. Salomone, 118 Cal.App.2d 704, 710, 258 P.2d 845. Whether the evidence offered to change the ostensible character of the instrument is clear and convincing and whether it was intended to secure the payment of a subsisting debt are matters for the trial court. Beeler v. American Trust Co., 24 Cal.2d 1, 7, 147 P.2d 583; Couts v. Winston, 153 Cal. 686, 688–689, 96 P 357. The determination of the trial court on conflicting evidence is not open to review. Sherman Sandell, 106 Cal. 373, 375, 39 P. 797; Wadleigh v. Phelps, 149 Cal. 627, 637, 87 P. 93; Wilcox v. Salomone, 118 Cal.App.2d 704, 710, 258 P.2d 845.
The evidence supports the findings. Colburn testified he took the Quandt deed as security for his investment. Mrs. Colburn testified the deed was taken as security. It is a fair inference from the evidence that the money paid by Colburn to Quandt was a loan to the Greenes. That the parties intended the deed from Quandt to the Colburns to be a mortgage to secure payment of the money loaned the Greenes by the Colburns fairly appears from the evidence. The relationship of debtor and creditor continued so that there was a subsisting debt after the conveyance. There was ample evidence to support the conclusions of the trial court.
Affirmed.
VALLEÉ, Justice.
SHINN, P. J., and PARKER WOOD, J., concur.

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Borussia Dortmund were delayed in flying to London on Tuesday for their Champions League clash with Tottenham after Jadon Sancho forgot to take his passport to the airport.
Take off was delayed while the passport was retrieved.
The 18-year-old has been in better form on the pitch this season, scoring eight goals in 29 appearances.
Sancho says he wants to prove a point after moving to Germany from City aged 17.
Dortmund are without captain Marco Reus for the trip to Wembley with a thigh injury.


I realized as I crawled into bed last night that I hadn't posted the winner of the the Simon Says Stamp November 2016 Card Kit. My apologies for being a day late.
Beautiful! Love the big red heart & the stamped background!
Congrats Pat! Please contact me via the link on my side bar with your mailing info so I can pass it on to Simon Says Stamp.
Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit: With All My Heart (& GIVEAWAY)!
I'm stopping by to share a final card made using the fabulous Simon Says Stamp November 2016 Card Kit.
I made my card base with a piece of Simon's Surf Blue Cardstock and stamped a couple of the sentiments repeatedly using Hero Arts Soft Pool Shadow Ink. I then adhered some strips of patterned paper from Echo Park's I Love Family 6x6 Paper Pad. I die cut one of the hearts from Simon's Nested Hearts Dies using Simon's Schoolhouse Red Cardstock and white heat embossed the my sentiment on it. Finally, I added some Tidings Stickles.
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I'm stopping by today as part of the Hero Hostess Blog Hop. You should be arriving from the fabulous Sue McRae's blog. Hero Arts will be awarding 4 prizes ($25 shopping sprees to Hero Arts online shop) from randomly drawn comments. For a chance to win, simply comment on ANY of the stops along the hop on Oct. 24th and 25th, including each day's ending post at the Hero Club Blog by 11:59pm PT Sunday Oct 30 for a chance to win. The more comments you leave, the better your chance of winning! If you find a broken link, you'll find a master list of the hop links at the Hero Arts Blog.
I white heat embossed Hero Arts Rings Bold Prints Stamp on Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I then painted the circles in with Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors. The sentiment was created with the Hero Arts Congrats Stamp And Cuts.
For this card I used the same Hero Arts Rings Bold Prints Stamp for a tone on tone background. For the focal point I used Hero Arts Color Layering Cardinal Stamps. This might just be my first time using Color Layering Stamps and I was blown away by how realistic they make the image look. Just beautiful! Once I finished stamping my image I used an Ink Blending Tool and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create the sky and added some sequins and pearls to make my flowers. The sentiment was white heat embossed on black cardstock.
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The other day I saw the second season of the original Star Trek series on sale. I had watched Star Trek as a teenager and remembered it as being my all-time favorite TV series. I always found the series overpriced in the stores, but promised myself if I ever saw it on sale I would buy it so I scooped up the bargain. When Amazon.fr delivered my order, I eagerly inserted a DVD and found it--well, cheesy. Corny even. Alien soldiers who seemed to walk straight out of high-school plays escorted our heroes to prison. Kirk made these corny speeches all the time and some of the acting probably embarrasses the original cast when they see it now.
I suppose it had been 40 years since I saw much of the original Star Trek as their reruns don't seem to hold much fascination for the people in Luxembourg or France where we've mostly worked since 1981. I noticed things that I hadn't paid much attention to when I was a teenager. The show preached a humanistic, God-excluding worldview that made me uneasy. I finally got used to the characters again but was this really the original Star Trek series? Something was different.
But watching those old films today, something is different. I think it's me. An almost 60-year old sees things through different eyes than a boy of 10 or a teenager. Technology has advanced and even acting methods have changed. Compare the fight scene between Obi Wan and Darth Vader in the first of the original Star Wars series and the fight between the same two in the prequel where they are doing flips on blobs in a lava flow, etc. It's a different world. (Hollywood has taken a huge step backwards in morals, though. I recently read an article in the New York Times dealing with the explosion of vulgarity on television. If the New York Times thinks you're getting too vulgar, it was probably time to ask yourself some questions a long time ago). Change. I counseled with a young wife once who wailed through her tears, 'He's not the man I married!" She was right. She wasn't the woman he married either. I suppose the 'essence" of what we are remains but our lives evolve constantly. The question is: Are we getting more like the Lord or less like Him? How do you know, you may ask? I think there are at least four tests that can be applied.
We all 'run off at the mouth." Your mouth is a gauge. What it says when you're not paying attention measures what is in your heart. Do this. Listen to yourself two whole days. Does that mouth reveal a heart like the Lord's? Are you changing in the right direction.
'Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses." (Prov. 27:5, 6 NIV).
You want to know your heart? Ask an honest friend who cares about you. Or your spouse. Maybe even your kids or your pastor. Ask if you're growing.
That's peace in your soul and peace around you and it's closely related in some aspects to the last test.


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Seven reasons to say 'No' to Spy Racers
The Fast & Furious franchise has made the jump to children's television.
By Mark Hadley
The gold-spinning Fast & Furious franchise has made the jump to children's television, bringing with it all the cautions associated with its films. Fast & Furious Spy Racers is being pitched at viewers who still have driving in their distant future. However, here are seven reasons why adults should be careful about putting this exhilarating cartoon in front of children.
"Torettos always win!"
The series begins by introducing Tony Toretto, the nephew of original Fast & Furious hero, Dom (voiced by Vin Diesel). Arriving with him is an attitude that victory always goes to the bold. If you're prepared to try hard enough, you can expect to win. A familiar American mindset, but one unlikely to deliver anything but false expectations to kids.
"It's not about the car, it's about the driver."
Tony's team of terrific drivers includes Echo, a surly female speedster, Frostee, a clichéd ethnic tech genius, and Cisco, a monster of a boy in a monster truck. When he comes up against their teen nemesis, Mitch, his friends realise Tony's car is dramatically underpowered. But Tony assures them the guy behind the wheel matters more than the four beneath him. Now every kid in a Hyundai is a backstreet hero.
Street racing? No problem!
One of series' biggest problems pulls up before the first episode is halfway through. Tony and his friends are not just supreme racers, they're street racers. This means their racetrack is any ordinary alley. In this case, in the middle of the day in a densely built up area. Conveniently, no one is about to be injured by their prowess, underlining the myth that urban racing is not just normal, it's perfectly safe.
Barely legal drivers
It's worth noting at this point that Tony and his crew are so young, Frostee's voice is still breaking. Tony himself has all the gangliness of a barely pubescent boy. The message is pretty clear. If you can see over the dashboard, you're ready to drive. And our heroes affirm this pastime with the teenage grin that follows every win.
No-consequence crashes
In Tony's first race, his opposite number Mitch crashes spectacularly. We don't see the impact or the wreckage, but it's clear no injuries are sustained. Mitch enters minutes later munching on a taco. During a high-speed chase after suspected villains, Tony and his friends cut off numerous vehicles, cross to the wrong side of the road and send pedestrians scuttling. They also engineer the crashes of multiple motorcycle riders, sending them tumbling to the bitumen and into metal objects. Again, everyone walks away scratch-free.
A paradoxical prudery
Despite pitting our heroes against international spy rings, there is no sign of a gun anywhere. Most likely, the producers are avoiding firearms, even knives, because of the numerous school shootings in the United States. It's just a pity they couldn't stop short of weaponising the vehicles. Apparently, it's only guns that kids should steer clear of.
It's me before it's us
"Remember," Dom tells his adoring nephew, "don't follow orders, follow your gut." The Spy Racers live in a world where you have to trust your own judgement over everyone else. On the surface, this leads to a pretty casual approach to the law, which might seem reason enough to call the show into question. But deeper down, there's a bigger problem. This sort of thinking puts not just the wisdom but the feelings of the individual over the community. When there's no authority higher than me and no source of guidance wiser than my heart, it not only makes for a more selfish community, it leads to an awful life.
The target audience for this cartoonish drama may be still too young to drive, but that's no reason for parents and grandparents to lower their guards. As Aristotle put it, "Give me a child until he is seven, and I will show you the man". What we learn well when we're youngest sticks with us for a lifetime. It's the same reason the book of Proverbs in the Bible says,
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs chapter 22, verse 6).
So, we could look at the characters involved and dismiss them as any good moralist would and feel justified in doing so. However, that would only put us on the same standing as the Pharisee who thanks God he's not like that tax collector. Instead, we need to replace in their lives and ours a foundation built on Jesus' words, beginning with we need what he has to give more than we need our own decency.
There are a lot of good things for kids to watch on Netflix, and doubtless, they all have their shortcomings. Yet there are few I have come across that are so comprehensively disappointing. Rather than switch the channel, though, Spy Racers might provide the golden opportunity to tell our youngest more about what they need than what they want.
Mark Hadley is Culture Writer for Others
This article first appeared in Salvos Magazine
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Lee, D., Chok, S., Northcote, J. and Wegner, A. (2008) Evaluation of the community placement of the Tapestry Tourism Futures model. CRC for Sustainable Tourism, Gold Coast, Queensland.
This technical report was based on sustainable tourism principles; more specifically, the need for an 'evaluation' phase in tourism policy and planning, and an understanding of the multifaceted nature of the tourism industry. This report focuses on an evaluation of the three-year Tapestry Tourism Futures Project (TTFP), which addressed the issue of tourism resource management in the South-West Tapestry Region of Western Australia.
The research phase of the TTFP was carried out between 2000 and 2003, and in April 2003 the project was handed over to the Tapestry community for application to tourism issues within the region. The project included the design of the Tapestry Tourism Futures Simulator, a scenario modelling software program which took regional data and produced possible future outcomes for tourism in the region, based on assumptions from past trends.
3. Make available a locally specific computer simulation model that could provide trend information for planners and policy makers in response to 'what-if' scenarios.
This report is an evaluation of the implementation phase of the TTFP. During this phase, the TTFP was handed over to stakeholders within the tourism community for practical use within their specific context. The aim of this report is to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the implementation of the project and suggest recommendations for the future success of the project.


This is an all-ages, family-friendly, literacy/arts program. Participants are provided with an Eco-friendly blank mini-book and are encouraged to decorate, design and write their own short story of a theme on to the structure. The writing is accompanied by drawings and arts & crafts supplied at the program. This is a make and take program.


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Binge Drinking 'Cause for Alarm' Among Seniors
April 16, 2014 April 16, 2014 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Alcoholism
Binge drinking is largely associated with high school and college-aged people—teenagers and young adults who are just beginning to experiment with alcohol and don't yet know any better. It is much less associated with older adults, and certainly not with seniors. Seniors, we tend to think, have a wealth of wisdom and experience that discourages them from such risky behavior. Seniors know better. But despite the stereotype that binge drinking is a folly of youth, this behavior has become a quietly significant problem among the elderly. A new study from Larkin Community Hospital in Miami, Fla., found that 10 percent of a group of 4,800 seniors in Florida reported binge drinking in the last 30 days. This is less than the estimated 25 percent of teenagers and young adults who engage in binge drinking. Even so, it is a significant percentage and higher than reported figures. This suggests that binge drinking among the senior population is often underreported and therefore unaddressed in many individuals. "The increasing trend in elderly binge drinking in the U.S. is cause for alarm," the study authors wrote. "Alcohol consumption in seniors can be associated with cognitive decline and worsening of comorbidities, including hypertension, stroke and osteoporosis." The definition of binge drinking may also contribute to the under-recognition of senior binge drinking. The standard of five drinks in one sitting for a man and four in one sitting for a woman was developed for teenagers and young adults. However, seniors may experience similar levels of intoxication and impairment, and face similar health risks, with smaller quantities of alcohol.
Many Health Concerns for Binge-Drinking Seniors
Binge drinking is always a health risk, but it can have a unique and uniquely severe effect on members of the elderly population. For teenagers and young adults, one of the biggest risks of binge drinking is that of doing long-term damage to the still-developing brain. This is not really a concern for seniors, whose brains reached maturity long ago. However, the flip side of this maturity is that senior brains have stopped developing and are no longer adding neurons and connections. In other words, seniors are largely stuck with the brainpower they have, and activities like binge drinking can rapidly increase mental decay. There are short-term health risks with binge drinking in young adults, including alcohol dependence and alcohol poisoning, but there are many more short-term risks for seniors. The physical health of elderly people tends to be much more fragile, and binge drinking can worsen conditions like osteoporosis, hypertension and stroke. Because seniors are often dealing with various health problems, they are often taking one or more prescription medications on a regular basis. The presence of prescription drugs can add to the risks involved in excessive alcohol consumption. Alcohol can decrease the effectiveness of some drugs, while other drugs can have harmful interactions with alcohol that result in nausea, vomiting, fainting, heart problems, internal bleeding or breathing problems. Medications that should not be combined with alcohol come with warnings, but these warnings can be overlooked for a variety of reasons. They are often in small print on drug labels, and can escape the notice of people with impaired vision. Pharmacists and doctors may neglect to warn patients about the dangers of combining certain drugs with alcohol, particularly if a patient has been on the same medication for some time. The impression that binge drinking is not a major problem among seniors may contribute to this occasional neglect.
Different Populations of Seniors More Likely to Binge Drink
The Larkin Community Hospital study—presented at the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry in 2014—found various trends among the population of seniors who reported binge drinking. The average age of the seniors who reported binge drinking was younger than the average age of those who did not: 71 years of age compared to 74. Sixty-four percent of the self-reported binge drinkers were male. Twenty-nine percent of the study participants were veterans of the Armed Forces, but 35 percent of the self-reported binge drinkers were veterans. Those who reported binge drinking were also more likely to be Hispanic, less likely to have a college education, and more likely to have an income of less than $25,000 per year. Elderly binge drinkers were also much more likely to smoke but, surprisingly, the study found lower rates of coronary heart disease among the binge drinking population. The authors of this study suggest that physicians should increase their overall awareness of drinking among seniors, and be more mindful of screening for alcohol consumption when prescribing medication.


Cozy cooking indeed! Those pears are just gorgeous.
These look so good Teresa! I would love them as a side with roasted pork. Happy Holiday season to you!
For some reason my comments haven't been going through. Love the roasted fruits! I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Day.


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at least 346 B.C. - "Aristotelian spontaneous generation".
arguments that the vital force was being destroyed by the experiments.
access of microbes was sufficient to stop the "vital force".
fine.  Show it, or forget it.
maintains methane, lightning, UV and water generated the first biochemicals.
inorganic matter, which all comes from hydrogen.  This is abiogenesis!
Now we have reductionistic biophysics supporting abiogenesis.
is EXACTLY the kind of thing Pasteur and Tyndell were trying to study.
VI.  However, panspermia begs the question: where did THAT life come from?
permeates the universe, or what?


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I heard a quote today about a boat. Ok, so it was about a ship but I like boats better. I can relate to a boat. I have only been on a ship once in my life and it did not turn out well, but that's another story.
We have great talents and goals. Most of us stay in the harbor with our talents and dreams, in the harbor where it is safe and away from the waves. We don't like waves, we don't like changes. Yet most of us have great boats, some of us have awesome ships! We are content watching other boats leave the harbor for exotic places and great adventures. We watch them day in and day out. Leave the familiar port and venture out. Some sail off slowly and others jet out at record speed. Leaving us in their wake, crashing and bobbing next to the pier.
Where is your boat? Are you staying behind because you are afraid of the unknown? Are you afraid of failing or of being measured? You have skills, you have a purpose, "you were made for such a time as this". This is your only lifetime. Your time is now. Do not sit in the harbor, tied down and anchored.
Take the chance and launch your tour. Write that book you've been wanting to write, go back to school and get that degree, go for that other position in your company, learn a new language or buy a boat and sail around the world!
Realize your hopes and dreams. .


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Covid: Dutch PM Mark Rutte Condemns Curfew Riots as 'Criminal Violence'
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has condemned weekend riots against newly imposed coronavirus restrictions as "criminal violence".
Rioters attacked police and set cars and bikes on fire to protest against a curfew introduced on Saturday.
In the southern city of Eindhoven, protesters threw fireworks, looted supermarkets and smashed shop windows. There were smaller protests in Amsterdam, and in some cities and towns around the country. More than 200 people have been detained, police said.
"This has nothing to do with protest, this is criminal violence and we will treat it as such," Rutte told reporters on Monday.
In Eindhoven, golf balls and fireworks were hurled at police in full riot gear, who eventually used tear gas to clear the crowds. Burning bikes were built into barricades. In the eastern city of Enschede, rioters threw rocks at the windows of a hospital.
A Covid-19 testing centre was also set alight on Saturday evening in the northern village of Urk, local authorities said.
"The fire in a screening centre in Urk goes beyond all limits," Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said.
Regional security councillors are meeting on Monday to discuss a response.
The Dutch government has just introduced its toughest measures since the start of the pandemic – including a night-time curfew which runs from 21:00 (20:00 GMT) to 04:30. It is the first in the Netherlands since World War Two.
Anyone caught violating it faces a €95 (£84) fine.
There is a sense of disbelief among people waking up to these images of chaos and destruction, in this usually peaceful and broadly law-abiding nation.
The mayor of Eindhoven has warned the country is heading for civil war; while some feel that may be an exaggeration, the Netherlands is becoming increasingly polarised over this issue.
National Security Council Chairman Hubert Bruls said that, while he understood the protesters' frustrations, the more the Dutch persevered now, the sooner they could get their freedoms back.
Actually many see vaccines as the key, and the Netherlands is lagging behind there – last in the EU to roll out its vaccine programme. To date, 135,000 people have been given their first dose.
The Dutch government's inconsistent messaging hasn't helped to instil confidence. At the start of the outbreak, it resisted measures like masks and curfews, telling the Dutch they were sensible, rule-abiding and didn't need to be treated like children.
That sense of exceptionalism, or "nuchterheid" – sobriety or level-headedness – has come back to haunt them. Here we are almost a year on. Countries that went hard are enjoying greater freedoms. People look across the border to Belgium where schools have reopened, while here they're closed till at least 9 February.
Some people are finding it difficult to do the mental pivot required to accept that the Netherlands has been forced to introduce the draconian measures it initially dismissed.
The country's bars and restaurants have been shut since October, while schools and non-essential shops closed last month.
A ban on flights from the UK, South Africa and South America has been put in place due to fears over new variants of the virus.
There have been more than 962,000 cases and 13,646 confirmed deaths from Covid-19 in the Netherlands, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University.
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April, 2013:
Ray Ferrer and Lagond Music School Partner for Fundraiser
by hadar.
I haven't blogged in 10 months. Lois asked me to write about our experience last night, so my self-imposed silence is now broken.
Last night we attended a fundraiser at the Lagond Music School. I've written about the school a number of times. Every time we have an interaction with anyone associated with the school, we leave more impressed than the time before. That's saying a lot.
Rosanne Lana (Executive Director) and Charlie Lagond (Musical Director) run the school. Last night, Rosanne related the following story to the crowd (I'm paraphrasing):
I saw this painting by Ray Ferrer (she points to a specific work) and fell in love with it. I took his card, which had a photo of that work on it and every time I stared at the card, I fell more in love with the painting.
I finally called Ray and asked if he would consider doing a single piece for the Lagond Music School. He and his wife came by and spent an afternoon learning about what we do here. Afterward, Ray offered to cover an entire wall with paintings, an installation just for the Lagond Music School.
You are all looking at the wall now. After it was up for a while, Ray made an extraordinary offer. He said that if we held a fundraiser to sell the art, we could keep 100% of the proceeds for the school programs.
That would be extraordinary enough, but not enough for Ray! Ray said that for every painting that was sold, he would replace it with another one, so the wall at the school would remain permanently populated.
(You can click on any photo to see a larger version of it in a new tab/window.)
That's extremely generous. Having met Ray last night, I am not surprised. We rarely buy art, but we were moved to buy some pieces last night both to help Lagond and to be able to appreciate and share Ray's work.
Ray Ferrer (links to his Blog) works with an exacto knife and spray paint. Here's a YouTube video of his process.
One of the works that we discussed took him over 20 hours of cutting and spraying!
You can find him on your favorite social network:
Ray Ferrer on Facebook
Ray Ferrer on Twitter
Ray Ferrer on See Me
Ray Ferrer on Google Plus
Here are three photos that cover the majority of the installation at Lagond:
The evening began with a reception, giving people a chance to look over the art and decide which piece(s) they were interested in. During that time, one of the many Lagond student bands played an incredible Jazz set in the background.
I believe that this particular band is called The All Stars (a name, well deserved):
Later we all moved into the performance space and were treated to a set by The Speakers. This is a band made up of Special Needs kids. To see them put on a professional set and wow the crowd is an experience no one should miss.
To be 100% accurate, there is typically one extra person in The Speakers who is not special needs, to help coordinate. The first time we saw them, it was Greg Mayo. Greg is their primary teacher at Lagond (and one of the two people responsible for us discovering Lagond to begin with, the other being Chris Anderson).
Last night, it was someone from The All Stars (the piano player), who played both keyboards and saxophone with The Speakers (he's in the middle in the last photo above). One of their teachers, Rusty Cloud, also sat in with them on one song, playing the keyboards. Unfortunately, the one photo we have of him came out too dark.
The lead singer and guitarist was also the Ambassador of last night's festivities. He gave an amazing speech before The Speakers set, explaining how the Lagond Music School essentially gave him the opportunity to live a happy, fulfilled life. He introduced himself as "an Autistic".
The evening also featured a new partnership with YAI Network. YAI sends some of their students to Lagond and the director noted that they all come back beaming about their experience there. YAI is moving into new facilities toward the end of May, and the students will be featured in another Lagond show at that time.
A personal icing on the cake. One of the teachers at Lagond, Steven Salcedo was there last night, running sound for the main show. We met Steven a while ago when he was playing saxophone with the Greg Mayo Band. In addition to being an exceptional saxophone player, Steven is one of the nicest people we know. Both Lois and I look forward to seeing him whenever we can.
If I had to break my self-imposed silence, I'm glad it was for something as joyous and heartwarming as the music and spirit of the Lagond Music School, coupled with the incredible art of Ray Ferrer.
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Went there last night with 2 other couples. Service was excellent. I had the French onion soup to start and then the ribeye. One of the best steaks I've ever had. Great selection of beers. Just a great night out with friends!
We have been coming to Waynesville for many years to a bible conference and each year we go to our favorite places in the Waynesville/Maggie Valley area and this year somebody suggested the Bourbon Barrel and we tried it and it was awesome! I like to try new things and I saw the Egg Plant on the menu so I tried it and it was amazing. My wife had the ribeye which she raved about! We met the owner and we clicked right away. She is awesome understands hospitality and how to do amazing food. The only drawback is that we will not be back for a year but if you live close put the Bourbon Barrel on your list of must visit restaurants!
Started the evening with two cosmopolitans .Nice smooth house vodka absolutely fabulous ! went on to order two appetizers. 1. crab cakes ( diner portion) served two per order soo fresh loaded with crab melted in your mouth perfectly prepared. 2. corn pudding fried frita ,so unique in a southern way. A must try, we loved it . House salad a perfect start. .Main course 1. meatloaf wrapped in bacon bursting with flavor served with mashed potato .2. Ribeye cooked to perfection cut it with a fork so tender ! severed along with roasted potato and spinach. BETTER THEN EXCELLENT !!!!
7 of us visited this past weekend and no one was disappointed! Fresh, flavorful ingredients; a great craft/local beer list; and great service. We were fortunate to have reservations as this is not a large space and our booth only comfortably sat 6 but they accommodated us by allowing us to put a chair at the end of the table. A few of the yummy foods we had: fried pickles app, shrimp and creole grits--outstanding!, the HUGE pork chop, homemade soups, delicious bread, the hamburger, and a chicken salad. Again, generous portions of really good eats.
Visited this restaurant last year while visiting Waynesville, NC and it's a can't miss dinner location. We had Wedge Salad; Crab Cake; Double Pork Chop with Fries and house salad. The Champagne dressing is out of this world and the pork chop was superb. Wife said it was the best Crab Cake she's ever had. Restaurant is smallish, staff is friendly and if you're in this area, it's a must visit for either lunch or dinner!
Staying at a nice B&B with my fiancé and heard about Bourbon Barrel Beef & Ale. We decided to have dinner there that night. As we were going to a place for lunch, we figured that it made sense to just make sure we could find the restaurant for dinner. When we drove by, it looked great and we decided to just go ahead and have lunch there and we'd do something else for dinner. Well, we enjoyed it for lunch so much that we came back and ate there AGAIN for dinner that night. We thoroughly enjoyed it and plan to go back that way in the fall and will definitely eat at Bourbon Barrel Beef & Ale again!
5 star!!!!! From appetizers to desserts...Executive Chef, Matt Kuver makes a Shepherds Pie that delights the palate & makes your taste buds dance. If you're ever in the area PLEASE DO NOT PASS this one up. It's a little piece of heaven w/ excellent service (thanks Meika for the recommendations).


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Kleine Isar is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It is a branch of the Isar in Munich.

See also
List of rivers of Bavaria

References

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Q: My "Shift +." combination isn't working Hello I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS and for some reasons I can't type the ">" character.
The shift key is working because I can type other things such as < or?
The. Key is working as well because I can type it, but in combination they don't work.
Can anyone tell me what should I do, I don't see any binding related to it in my keyboard Shortcuts as well
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for command grep -v ^# /etc/default/keyboard  | sort -u
the output is
BACKSPACE="guess"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBOPTIONS=""
XKBVARIANT=""

for command echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
output is
ubuntu:GNOME

for command gsettings list-recursively | grep xkb
the output is
org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options @as []
org.gnome.desktop.input-sources mru-sources [('xkb', 'us'), ('ibus', 'mozc-jp')]
org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources [('xkb', 'us'), ('ibus', 'mozc-jp')]
org.freedesktop.ibus.panel xkb-icon-rgba '#415099'
org.freedesktop.ibus.general xkb-latin-layouts ['ara', 'bg', 'cz', 'dev', 'gr', 'gur', 'in', 'jp(kana)', 'mal', 'mkd', 'ru', 'ua']

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How Saints turned around a historically bad defense and what Lions can learn from it
January 7, 2022 January 10, 2022 by admin 0 Comments
Allen Park — It's difficult to make apples-to-apples comparisons in the NFL, but Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn has experienced an impressive turnaround in his recent past and it's worth exploring what carryover, if any, applies from his five seasons in New Orleans to his current challenge.
When Glenn joined the Saints in 2016, the team was coming off a historically bad season, allowing the most passing touchdowns in one year, while ranking last in points and 31st in yards surrendered.
In Glenn's first season as the team's defensive backs coach, the Saints made modest improvements, but the defense still ranked near the bottom of the NFL in many key categories, including points (31st), yards (27th), passer rating against (29th) and third-down conversion percentage (28th).
But slowly, through key free-agent and draft additions, the Saints managed to flip their script. The defense would finish in the top-half of the league in scoring each of the next four seasons, peaking at fifth in 2020, Glenn's final year with the franchise.
Scanning the top-15 defensive snap counts from 2016 to 2020 paints a clearer picture of how the improvements were made. The two lists have minimal overlap, sharing just three names, but that group includes a franchise-caliber talent, defensive end Cameron Jordan.
More: Aaron Glenn sets lofty goal as Lions defensive coordinator
A first-round pick in 2011, Jordan was a top performer even when the rest of New Orleans' defense was shaky, earning Pro Bowl selections in 2013 and 2015, while recording double-digit sacks both years.
In Detroit, Glenn didn't inherit a player of Jordan's caliber — a true tone-setting leader and producer in the early stages of his prime. The closest thing might be safety Tracy Walker, who is no doubt a quality player, but not even on the fringes of Pro Bowl conversations through his first four seasons.
More: Ranking the Lions' impending unrestricted free agents
Also on both lists were two additional defensive linemen, Sheldon Rankins and David Onyemata, who were both rookies in 2016. If you're looking for potentially easy comps in Detroit, you have first-year linemen Alim McNeill and Levi Onwuzurike. The pair of Day 2 draft picks are viewed as foundational pieces who should ideally develop into key cogs over the next few seasons.
The remaining top contributors to the 2020 Saints defensive roster were added along the way. Safety Malcolm Jenkins and linebacker Demario Davis, the only two players to see more than 1,000 snaps that season, were both free-agent additions.
Jenkins, a three-time Pro Bowler who started his career in New Orleans, brought star power and leadership to Glenn's group in the back end.
Davis, meanwhile, was just putting his career together. At 29, he was off to his best season, recording 135 tackles and five sacks in a second stint with the New York Jets, the team that drafted him in the third round five years earlier. Signed to a reasonable three-year, $24 million deal, he proved worth every penny, racking up more than 100 tackles, and 10 for a loss, each year of that contract.
The next three biggest workloads in 2020 belonged to a trio of draft picks in the defensive backfield that Glenn worked with and directly developed — Marcus Williams, Marshon Lattimore and Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. Paired with Jenkins, they helped turn the Saints' secondary from porous to solid.
That back end was rounded out by cornerback Janoris Jenkins, a low-risk, high-reward, late-season waiver claim in 2019, who ended up re-signing after the season, as well as P.J. Williams, a do-everything defensive back the team drafted in 2015.
Joining Davis in the linebacker corps was Alex Anzalone, a third-round pick in 2017 and Kwon Alexander, a former Pro Bowler who came over in a midseason trade in 2020.
And up front, joining the aforementioned 2016 holdovers, you had more draft investments with 2017 third-rounder Trey Hendrickson and 2018 first-rounder Marcus Davenport.
So what can we learn from New Orleans' turnaround?
First and foremost, it's reasonable to expect a significant investment in talent and a consistently successful development of draft picks. The Lions have started that process in Glenn's first year, using five of their seven draft picks on defensive players.
It's also worth noting that most of those 2020 producers in New Orleans weren't particularly effective as rookies, including Onyemata, Hendrickson and Davenport. That should provide perspective when looking at the early contributions of Onwuzurike and linebacker Derrick Barnes in Detroit this season. We're likely to have a much clearer picture of their abilities by the middle of their third seasons.
It also means the Lions need to continue to build up Glenn's assets through future drafts, including this one, where they have an opportunity to add a premium piece or two in the first 35 picks.
And eventually, potentially even starting this offseason, the Lions will need to target some long-term pieces in free agency. In general manager Brad Holmes' first offseason, the team's additions through this avenue were primarily one-year stopgaps, including Anzalone. That's fine the first year of a rebuild and salary cap reset, but doesn't equate to the Saints' additions of Malcolm Jenkins and Davis.
It's why it's worth keeping an eye on Williams, a pending free agent, this offseason. The Lions could certainly use help at safety, even if they re-sign Walker. Williams' playmaking in the back end (15 interceptions in five seasons) was a key factor in New Orleans' improvements and he could be a similar catalyst for Glenn a second time in Detroit.
It's worth acknowledging, despite a comparatively barer cupboard, and injuries robbing him of some of his best talent in Romeo Okwara, Jeff Okudah and even Trey Flowers, Glenn already has the Lions on the right track. It just might not feel like it following last week's 51-29 drubbing at the hands of the Seahawks.
Much like when he arrived in New Orleans, the Lions were coming off a historically bad season, allowing more yards and points than any time in franchise history. This year, the team is allowed 39.9 fewer yards and and 5.1 fewer points.
That's not insignificant. Now, it's up to Glenn, the team's other defensive assistants and Holmes to try and replicate the successes the coordinator experienced at his last stop, even if the path and names along it will be different.
"The thing that I think that was most important is the players didn't waver and the coaching staff didn't waver," Glenn said. "There is a belief system that we have and we continue to believe that. And once you start to get that, the players really start to understand the culture of the team. You start seeing teams start winning consistently after that. To me, I see it the same way, us being here. We're not going to waver at all. We understand the outside noise is going to happen, but we understand what we believe in."
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Home/Life and Style/VIDEO: Former Policeman who confessed to raping and killing 83 women expresses 'regret', wishes he had been executed
Former policeman Mikhail Popkov, 56, (pictured) is currently serving a life sentence at a penal colony in Mordovia after being convicted of killing 81 women - many of whom he also raped
VIDEO: Former Policeman who confessed to raping and killing 83 women expresses 'regret', wishes he had been executed
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Russia's worst-ever serial killer, who has confessed to killing 83 women and has been branded The Werewolf, has said he wishes he had been executed.
Former policeman Mikhail Popkov, 56, is currently serving a life sentence at a penal colony in Mordovia after being convicted of killing 81 women – many of whom he also raped.
The serial killer, who only recently admitted to another two murders in the 1990s, has now expressed 'regret' for the first time over his reign of terror.
But police believe his final toll will be higher still with a senior investigator working on the case predicting more than 100 and possibly 'closer to 200'.
Speaking about his life in the Russian penal system, the father-of-one said: 'There were moments when I thought the death penalty was better.'
'I have a lot to regret. For example, that none of this had happened, that I had not done -these things],' he told local news site Vesti Irkutsk.
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'It is a natural desire of any person – to regret. I have had a lot of time to think.'
Popkov remains evasive about the number of women he killed.
'I did not count the number of my victims,' he said
Popkov routinely used his police car to offer lifts to lone women as they walked home after a night out in his home city Angarsk.
'I cannot tell you the details of the episodes but everything was the same – in the city, late in the evening, at night, being drunk.
'I stopped then I felt fear that I would be caught.'
A law enforcement video shows Popkov at a murder scene as he explained how he killed one of the two victims he recently admitted.
He confessed to forcing her to have sex and told a detective: 'We quarrelled and I murdered her.
'I hit her on the top of her head… She fell down and did not show any signs of life.'
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Lt-Col Evgeny Karchevsky, lead investigator on the mass murder case, previously said: 'I am more than sure that Popkov committed 100-plus crimes, if not closer to 200,.
'It was impossible for him to stop halfway.'
There is concern that Popkov is rationing his confessions in order to be regularly moved back to the Siberian crime scenes from his hard labour penal colony called Torbeyevsky Tsentral in Mordovia.
He said: 'I had been working in Torbeyevsky Tsentral for 10 months and just wanted a vacation, so I wrote a confession.
'I knew that I would be brought to Irkutsk.'
Popkov is currently being put to work sewing uniforms and making face masks amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8595641/Russias-worst-serial-killer-wishes-executed.html
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Los Angeles-class submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) rests on the Arctic Ocean after breaking through three feet of ice during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2009. (Getty Images)
Great Powers, Greenland, and Geostrategic Competition in the Arctic
Main Takeaways:
Geostrategic and commercial Arctic dynamics bring renewed focus on whether the United States should ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Russia's approach to sovereignty and to shipping prices and security in the Arctic needs to be watched, but its concern about China's growing role creates opportunities for cooperation with Western Arctic states.
China is establishing a strategic foothold in the Arctic that can be used to upgrade its future presence across a wide range of commercial, strategic and scientific sectors.
Greenland is open for business but is aware of the security aspects which necessitates putting in place mechanisms such as investment screening and remaining a close partner of the United States and a NATO member.
Arctic research plays a key role in influencing the geopolitical dynamics of the region, facilitating cooperation between states that have serious conflicts.
Summaries of the Participants Remarks:
Patrick Cronin, who holds the Asia-Pacific Security Chair at Hudson Institute, pointed out that the United States so far has failed to understand the geostrategic importance of the Arctic as the polar ice melts, changing the commercial, energy, environmental, military and law enforcement dynamics between resident and external powers in the Arctic.
Kathryn Lavelle, Professor at Case Western Reserve University, points out that the melting polar ice challenges the idea that territory is fixed at a time when the Arctic states Denmark, Canada and Russia have competing claims to territory and maritime zones. In addition, changing weather patterns due to climate change alter the regional commercial and strategic dynamics. The idea of the Arctic as a zone of peace is challenged by new opportunities for pursuing opportunities in shipping as new sea routes open up, in natural resources as they become financially viable to exploit, and in scientific research which at times have dual-use qualities playing into regional geostrategic dynamics. The geostrategic and commercial developments bring renewed interest to the process of ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty. The Arctic Council was not established by a treaty and hence is not really an international organization with state membership as we ordinarily think of it and it is explicitly prohibited from engaging in military affairs. The Arctic Council is decentralized and works effectively on scientific research through working groups. Despite the sanctions against Russia, it has been able to continue to operate.
Stacy R. Closson, Wilson Center Global Fellow, argues that Russia has a lot riding in the Arctic in pursuit of great power. Russia's long-term strategic aim is to gain as much control geostrategically and over waterways and resources as possible. Russia has at least a fifth of the Arctic Circle landmass. Russia has two-thirds of the Arctic population and one-third of Russia's landmass is Arctic. The Northern Sea Fleet based in the Arctic is Russia's largest with critical access to the Atlantic Ocean. The Northern Sea Fleet's tactical nuclear weapons and strategic submarines provide strategic nuclear defense and deterrence and therefore most of its bases are in the Western part of the Arctic. Russia's military presence is also meant to protect its oil and gas interests and in minerals such as gold, diamonds, platinum and rare earths. Russia estimates that in future 22 percent of its GDP will come from the Arctic.
Russia is trying to change Arctic challenges into advantages. One challenge is that the other Arctic states are NATO members or EU member states or both (Denmark/Greenland/Faroe Islands, the United States, Canada, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden), but Russia is not, and it sees NATO as the No. 1 threat in the Arctic. However, Russia has cooperated with these countries on search & rescue, oil spill response, polar codes for navigation in its waters and fisheries. Russia experiences population flight from the Arctic but Russia's efforts to combine economic and military development of the Arctic is its strategy for bringing in people to the Arctic.
We need to be aware of Russian tactics in the Arctic. Russia is pursuing a disinformation campaign on the sovereignty of Svalbard and Spitsbergen which is Norwegian territory but allows states that signed the 1920 Svalbard Treaty to pursue scientific and economic interests. On the Northern Sea Route, only Russia thinks it is internal waters, no one else does. China pays approximately half a million US dollars per transit which may create a precedent for high costs to use the Northern Sea Route.
Opportunities for cooperation with Russia in the Arctic persist because Russia needs partners and it is not entirely convinced that China is the best partner. There is come talk of encouraging a St. Lawrence type of international seaway in the Arctic, and Russia might be interested because it is skeptical of a Chinese polar silk road. Offshore oil and gas production cooperation have been restricted by Western sanctions, but France, Japan and China are cooperating with Russia now on gas projects and perhaps other states should consider the same.
Liselotte Odgaard, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow, argues that China's current Arctic presence is limited. However, China is establishing a strategic foothold that can be used to upgrade its future presence across a wide range of commercial, strategic and scientific sectors. Chinese interest in investments in abandoned naval bases, rare earths, and energy resources are examples of this strategic approach.
At present, China's predominantly commercial and scientific interests are in the exploratory phase and these interests would be damaged if China were to attempt to play a major geostrategic role at a time where much criticism of China's Belt and Road Initiative is emerging and its relations with Russia is watched with concern. At present, China backs out when there is a risk that it becomes entangled in Russia's geopolitical agenda.
The fact that China is entering the Arctic at this sensitive time gives other actors good opportunities to influence the trajectory of China's future engagement. For example, China was not allowed the buy the abandoned naval base in Grønnedal in Greenland. China backed out quietly rather than retaliate or make public complaints because it has an interest in not being seen as a disruptive and threatening Arctic actor at present. China's tendency to sign on to agreements and then fail to comply with them in practice needs to be watched. For example, for now China has agreed to a fisheries moratorium in regional high seas to obtain the right to conduct scientific research in the Arctic, but it needs to be watched if China sticks to the agreement in future. China's tendency to revise institutions and norms from within to better suit Chinese interests has set a worrying precedent for its institutional engagement in the Arctic.
Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of Representation for Greenland at the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C., argues that there has been a shift in the United States from an environmental and climate focus to a much more security related focus in the Arctic. Greenland welcomes the greater US governmental cooperation we have at present, which entails expanding cooperation beyond the military sector to include trade, energy, minerals and the reopening of the US consulate in Greenland's capital Nuuk. Indeed, the United States and Greenland have signed agreements to promote rare earths and energy cooperation.
At present, Greenland is very dependent on fisheries for its export, and we are very interested in diversifying into other sectors, such as minerals, energy, tourism, hydropower and sand and we need better infrastructure to do this. In the minerals sector, progress has been made, two mines are open now and we would like to see more of this. We are committed to seek mutually beneficial development of relations, including alliance relations, with the United States. As an independent country, Greenland will become a NATO member. Three new airports are being built in Greenland, and we are looking at the possibility of dual military-civilian use in at least one of them together with the United States.
Greenland is open for business. Our main trade partners are in Europe and Asia, but we would like to expand trade relations with our Western neighbors. This is quite natural since geographically we are located in North America. There has been a lot of hype about China's engagement in Greenland, which goes back a decade. Our most important relationship with China is in our fisheries exports, which amounts to about 200 million US dollars annually. In the mining sector, Canada and Australia have the most licenses in Greenland. These companies are responsible for developing the business case, raising the money, finding buyers, developing the necessary infrastructure, so we have the rules and regulations, but the companies themselves find the capital.
We are open for business, but we are aware of the security risks when dealing with critical sectors, which is why an investment screening mechanism is being developed with Denmark and I believe with the EU setting as well. It is important for us that the Arctic remains a region of low tension and cooperation. The Arctic used to be isolated, but now it is part of the global trading system.
In 2018, the Arctic Five (the United States, Russia, Denmark/Greenland/Faroe Islands, Norway, Canada) reiterated their commitment to the 2008 Ilulissat Declaration which entails resolving issues through negotiation and in respect for international law. Multilateral cooperation on Arctic issues is quite important for all of us to facilitate sustainable development. For military affairs, we have the Arctic Coastguard Forum which includes also Russia, but I am not optimistic in terms of expanding the role of the Arctic Council to encompass geopolitical dynamics.
Greenland began the process of self-termination in 1979 and it was expanded with the self-rule act in 2009 that determines the relationship between Denmark and Greenland, including the secession process so it is a well-known issue that in the long term Greenland seeks independence or to come to a point where we can take a decision on that issue. Denmark respects that. We are not focused on the number of years it takes, but more on the process of gradually taking over more and more areas and this has been going on for more than 40 years. Most of Greenland's parliament is for independence, we know of only one party who is against it and it has only one member. An independent Greenland will remain a close US ally.
John Farrell, Executive Director of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, argues that science gives us information that informs geopolitical decisions. The Arctic Ocean is opening and military as well as commercial actors have recognized that it will give access to resources, fish stocks and new trade routes. So science is just one of the inputs to policy making. Science usually has the first word on everything and the last word on nothing so we give input but we don't make the final decisions.
There has been White House engagement on Arctic research at a very senior level in this and previous administrations. Two weeks ago there was a meeting in the White House chaired by the Director of the National Science Foundation and had very senior folks from 14 agencies including the head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Kelvin Droegemeier, this group puts together a five year plan on Arctic research with a budget of approximately 500 million US dollars annually from the different agencies, and they met two weeks ago to formulate the next five year plan for 2022-27.
I represent a very small agency called the US Arctic Research Commission, we are very much linked to the group of people just described. We were created in 1984 through the Arctic Research and Policy Act and our primary role is to provide advice to the President and Congress on what the nation should focus on with respect to Arctic research on a biannual basis and this information can be found on arctic.gov in a report called Goals and Objectives.
We develop Arctic research policy and foster domestic and international coordination and we review federal programs. We have five goals in this report: 1) how to build and design military and civilian Arctic infrastructure, DoD is funding projects on how we can build infrastructure that lasts 20-40 years in the Arctic, it is of great importance to place like Thule Airforce base and to other bases across the Arctic, 2) assess what the nation has in terms of Arctic resources, 3) environmental change, 4) Arctic human health research, 5) international scientific cooperation. So the process is that we release this report, it goes to the IARPC group of 14 agencies who makes recommendations on which money to spend on what by making a program plan, and that goes into the president's budget, and then we report to congress how well the program plan matches the president's budget so it is a powerful thing the commission has the opportunity to do.
Since the Obama administration in 2016, we have had Arctic Science Ministerials where ministerial level personnel, such as the head of the National Science Foundation in the US, show up from 26 countries to find out how they can work together to pursue Arctic research projects. Japan with Iceland will host the next meeting in 2020.
China's Arctic research is still relatively small and is not near to what the US spends but it is increasing very rapidly compared to other nations. China wants to increase capacity. China sees science as an acceptable normative way of participating in the Arctic as a non-Arctic nation. They have done a good job of cooperating with international partners on a variety of projects, such as the MOSAiC project of freezing a ship into the Arctic. China will participate in resupplying this ship. China is also party to the Central Arctic Ocean fisheries agreement. They have a research station in Svalbard, they have a research icebreaker and they just delivered another one in July 2019. There is discussion of China having a nuclear powered icebreaker in future. The claim that China is a near-Arctic state can be justified in at least one area, that of the changing jetstream which is becoming more wavy and this increases the smog level in China. Oher areas such as the Himalayas are also affected by the Arctic climate.
Stacy R. Closson
Global Fellow, Wilson Center
Patrick Cronin Moderator
Asia-Pacific Security Chair, Hudson Institute
Executive Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission
Kathryn Lavelle
Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, Case Western Reserve University
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Inuuteq Holm Olsen
Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of Representation for Greenland, Danish Embassy
27 Friday September 27, 2019 11:45am to 1:30pm
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Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is ordering the closure of all non-essential businesses starting Tuesday, and urging people to stay at home to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus that has killed four people in the state and infected at least nearly 400.
Evers tweeted Monday that he would be signing the order on Tuesday. It comes after Evers already ordered K-12 schools and a host of other businesses closed, including bars, restaurants and hair salons, and limited gatherings to no more than 10 people.
But the newer, tighter restriction mirrors what other states have done, including neighboring Illinois.