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Friday, November 30, 2012
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Mavericks to sign veteran Derek Fisher
Dallas Mavericks' Darren Collison, left, goes up for a shot as Philadelphia 76ers' Dorell Wright defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 100-98. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Dallas Mavericks' Darren Collison, left, goes up for a shot as Philadelphia 76ers' Dorell Wright defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 100-98. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
CHICAGO (AP) ? The short-handed Dallas Mavericks will sign 16-year veteran point guard Derek Fisher on Thursday, coach Rick Carlisle said after team's 101-78 loss to Chicago on Wednesday night.
The move is contingent on Fisher passing a physical.
Dallas played Wednesday without Darren Collison, who had started 14 of its first games at the point, because of a sprained right middle finger sustained Tuesday night in loss to Philadelphia.
"We need help at point guard," Carlisle said. "I found out on the way over here that Collison would be out, and we were fortunate to get (Jared) Cunningham active.
"We feel (Fisher) can help us. It's not a cure-all to all of our team challenges, but his expertise and experience will help."
Third-year guard Dominique Jones started for the second straight game at the position, getting 10 points and five assists in 24 minutes. Rodrigue Beaubois also saw time at the position.
The 38-year-old Fisher has won five titles, all with the Los Angeles Lakers, during his 16 NBA seasons. He played in all 20 of Oklahoma City's playoff games last season as the Thunder made the finals.
"We're just struggling a little bit right now," center Chris Kaman said. "Having Fisher come in tomorrow could help. Having a vet come in like that is great, who can help some of our young guys."
Fisher is a stout defender who has averaged 8.6 points over his career. He will rank fifth among all active players in games played when he takes the court for Dallas.
Fisher is the current president of the NBA Players Association and was a prominent figure in last season's lockout that limited the season to 66 games.
Dallas will have to release one of its current 15 players to make room for Fisher. The Mavericks (7-9) have played the entire season without star forward Dirk Nowitzki as the former NBA MVP recovers from right knee surgery.
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Don?t Be a Wife
Loren Cowley, left, and Michelle Ricketts seal their vows with a kiss during a mass "illegal wedding" in Sydney in 2009 Photograph by Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images.
As soon as New York approved marriage equality in June 2011, I started hearing the question. Straight friends posed it with an air of excitement and fellow gays with trepidation: ?Are you getting married??
Although the word NO springs immediately to mind, I?ve learned to pause and stretch out a ?Naaaah? that expresses hesitation and uncertainty. Faux hesitation and uncertainty. Because I am not getting married. Never. No way. Not happening. Not me.
I don?t want to offend anyone who has chosen to say ?I do,? and I certainly don?t want to dis the activists who worked so hard to get legislation and referenda passed. I celebrated the Election Day victories in Washington, Maine, Maryland, and Minnesota, but I wouldn?t have chosen marriage equality as a political priority, though I of course believe our relationships should be treated with the same legitimacy as heterosexual marriages when it comes to rights like immigration and Social Security inheritance. I?ve since come to realize the gay marriage battle?s strategic genius, however?marriage is such a conservative institution and such a basic civil right that selectively denying it to one group of citizens eventually seems (and is) undeniably hateful.
Still, it?s not for me. My resistance to marriage isn?t about avoiding commitment or responsibility. I?ve been in a blissfully happy monogamous relationship for going on 16 years. We own property and are raising a cat together. I just don?t want to be a wife?and I don?t want a wife of my own.
I came out back when gay and marriage went together like an octopus and carriage. I never dreamed of a fabulous wedding or hoped that the institution would one day be open to the likes of me. When people say you can?t go to a party, it?s natural to decide that you?d rather stay away.
I spent the ?80s and a good chunk of the ?90s on feminist collectives and working for feminist presses?and although we didn?t have marriage itself in the cross-hairs, on a certain level the institution represented the patriarchy and the tendency of some men to act as though they ?owned? their wives and could control their lives. (This doesn?t guarantee an aversion to matrimony, of course. My pal E.J. Graff worked on very similar projects at around the same time, and she wrote the book on marriage.)
Marriage works out fabulously for some people. It?s always been pretty great for men. (My straight female Spanish friends who?ve reached their mid-30s without making a trip down the aisle have told hair-raising tales of how unmarried men frantically start looking for a wife once they realize their mothers won?t always be around to take care of them.) Even in more egalitarian circles, marriage?not only to women?has a civilizing influence on men. Marriage also clarifies responsibilities when children are involved.
Indeed, clarity is one of marriage?s more obvious benefits. As Andrew Sullivan wrote in his landmark 1989 essay ?Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage?: ?You either are or you are not married. It?s not a complex question.? When the Washington Post Co. bought Slate and offered to move those of us based in Seattle to D.C. or New York City, a couple of colleagues asked if my girlfriend?who had been in the picture since before I joined the magazine?was going with me. Surely they realized we were more than roommates? I know they would never have asked a married heterosexual that question, and they wouldn?t have asked me if I?d referred to her as my wife instead of my partner or girlfriend.
Of course, nomenclature has always been a tricky part of gay and lesbian relationships. The terms girlfriend or boyfriend seem more suited to the early ?getting to know you? phase than what even I think of as ?old married coupledom.? Partner evokes a business relationship (though that might be a result of its relative rarity here?in Britain, where it?s widely used by both straight and gay couples, it somehow seems less cold), and that old ?80s favorite lover is too much information. Inventing new terms would be self-defeating. When a man calls another man his husband?or a woman refers to her wife?it is simultaneously political and intimate. As the New York Times? gay etiquette columnist recently wrote, ?The use of husband and wife for a same-sex spouse still gives many pause?if only because it?s just not that familiar.? So just by using them we?re raising some straight people?s consciousness while at the same time reassuring others that we?re just as square as they are.
It still freaks me out, though. Does my discomfort at being considered another woman?s wife stem from internalized self-loathing? Maybe, but mostly I think I?m responding to the essential conservatism of marriage mania.
In ?Here Comes the Groom? Sullivan took a swipe at the ?gay leadership,? one of his favorite adversaries, much of which, he said, ?clings to notions of gay life as essentially outsider, anti-bourgeois, radical.? He?s right, but I don?t think there?s anything wrong with that. Lesbians are already ridiculously good at monogamy. How much squarer do you want me to be?
I?ve noticed that my visceral anti-marriage animus is particularly strong when I hear twentysomething lesbians talking about their wives and fiancees. Are they really going to mate for life, like swans in sensible shoes? That seems attractive at 35, but at 25 it?s positively Amish. Worst of all, it threatens the continued evolution of a talent perfected over the millennia as our relationships have gone unrecognized by church and state: a gift for breaking up. Lesbians tend to bond intensely and often. Once a relationship has run its course, lovers become great friends. If you know a lesbian, chances are you know a lesbian who?s gone on vacation with her current girlfriend, an ex-girlfriend, and a dog she once shared with a different ex.
I don?t want to lose that. And I don?t want to be just like everyone else.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
The best fitness class and DVD lists for 2012 from ACE | Health ...
SAN DIEGO?(BUSINESS WIRE)?In anticipation of the holiday shopping season, American Council on Exercise (ACE) has released two ?best of? lists, featuring some of ACE?s top picks to help share the gift of fitness. ACE?s collection of the top new fitness DVDs will help consumers shop smart for the fitness lovers on their gift lists, while ACE?s picks for hot new fitness classes will help motivate exercise enthusiasts and those new to fitness to kick off a healthy 2013.
?STOTT Pilates Intense Body Blast: Pilates Interval Training Level 1?
?We know how difficult it can be to get everything on your holiday list done and still maintain a healthy, active daily routine. In keeping an eye on trends and reviewing newly released fitness DVD?s and classes we hope to help take some of the guesswork out of holiday shopping, and provide the inspiration individuals need to achieve their health and fitness goals,? said Jessica Matthews, ACE exercise physiologist. ?It?s our goal at ACE to give everyone the tools they need to live their most fit lives while encouraging them to have fun in the process.?
ACE?s top choices of new fitness DVDs provide holiday gift ideas for the fitness lover on anyone?s gift list. Those making the list include ?STOTT Pilates Intense Body Blast: Pilates Interval Training Level 1,? Amy Dixon?s ?Breathless Body Volume 2: The Edge,? and Jessica Smith?s ?10lbs Down Better Body Blast.? Tested by Matthews, the DVDs were evaluated based on a number of factors, including quality of instruction, the safety and effectiveness of the exercises and overall workout.
To help fitness seekers get a head start on meeting their New Year?s resolutions, ACE?s list of hot new group fitness classes to try in 2013 range from dance-focused classes like Aqua Zumba? to the latest fun and funky programs to hit the market such as Aerial Yoga. The list is designed to meet the needs and interests of exercise intenders and enthusiasts at any fitness level.
Beginning Dec. 12, ACE?s full suite of holiday resources will be available at www.acefitness.org/holiday. In addition to learning more about new fitness DVDs and classes visitors can access:
- ACE?s healthy cooking video and recipes, providing a health-conscious twist on your favorite holiday traditions.
- ?12 Days of Fitness Challenge?, where ACE will post on Facebook, tweet and pin fitness and wellness tips to help make this holiday a healthy one.
- Resolution Evolution Facebook app enabling everyone from exercise beginners to professionals to upload photos illustrating their New Year?s resolutions with captions to explain their goals via a social photo album. ACE will follow participants throughout the year, and invite the inaugural group of the Resolution Evolution project to post updated photos in December 2013 and share how they have achieved their goals.
- FitGift Coupon Book for sharing with family and friends.
About ACE
Since 1985, American Council on Exercise (ACE) has evolved from a small nonprofit dedicated to educating people about proper fitness to a 50,000-strong network of certified Personal Trainers, Group Fitness Instructors (GFI), Health Coaches and Advanced Health & Fitness Specialists (AHFS). As the largest NCCA-accredited nonprofit fitness certification organization in the world, ACE provides quality continuing education to professionals and conducts independent science-based research to protect all Americans from unsafe and ineffective products. Our goal is to inspire people to live their most fit lives through free fitness resources including workouts, nutrition information and expert advice. For more information, call (800) 825-3636 or visit ACEfitness.org. AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE, ACE and ACE logos are Registered Trademarks of the American Council on Exercise.
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Google Voice Search For iPhone Commercial: How Accurate Is It, Anyway?
Back in August, when Google announced improvements to its voice search capabilities on Android and iOS, it released a slick little commercial showing all of the answers iPhone users could now expect its Google search app to return to them with a simple touch of a button and a few vibrations of the old vocal chords:
"Watch out, Siri," the commercial seemed to subtextually say. "Here comes a voice assistant for the iPhone that will actually understand you and deliver the answers you expect it to!" (Those two functions, of course, being the two main criticisms of Siri, which many users felt overpromised and underdelivered when it was introduced with the iPhone 4S in 2011).
In the past, we at HuffPostTech have tested several Siri commercials for ourselves, recreating each scene of the advertisements here at our offices in order to test their claims in real life and cutting together a quick video to show you the results. Can Siri really call you a rock god? (No). Inform Zooey Deschanel whether or not it is raining outside? (Yes). Tell John Malkovich a joke that will make him laugh from the very bottom of his soul? (Sort of).
Having thoroughly put Siri through her paces (with mostly positive results), then, we decided to give Google's refreshed and improved voice search application, which landed in the App Store this past October, a little trial. Below, you can check out the outcome.
A few notes on filming:
- We're using an iPhone 4S, about 10 months old.
- The phone is connected to our trusty AOL office Wi-Fi.
- We only ask each question once and use the video of the first take -- when it comes to voice search, you don't want to have to repeat yourself, so we don't.
- I tried to speak with the same neutral accent as the family in the video, preparing for a vacation to Cape Cod (way to relate to the blue-collar family, Google!).
- I drank a cup of hot tea before filming, so that my voice -- which someone who works for the New York Times once called "Pavarotti-esque" -- would come in clear on the iPhone's microphone.
- Wardrobe by Kmart.
And now, without further ado: Google's Voice Search for iOS Commercial gets put to the test. Press play to find out how Google performed...
As you can see on the video, we were able to replicate all but one of the voice searches shown in Google's original ad; after filming, we tried the mechanic query several more times but were unable to bring up local listings on any of our attempts. Overall, however, Google's voice search impressed me with its speed, both in finding an answer and transcribing the words I was speaking. It's almost startling how quickly your words appear on the screen after they leave your mouth, in fact.
Now if only there were some way to access that voice search straight from the home screen, without having to open up an app. I wonder if some other phone, with some other operating system, offers that function?
You can try out Google's voice search for iPhone yourself by downloading the Google app in the App Store right here.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
johir.khan: orpitasingh: Horse Racing History | recreation and sports
The sport of horse racing goes back a long, long way. It goes back to circa 4,500 BC when nomadic Central Asian tribes domesticated horses for the first time. Ever after, horse-racing has reigned supreme as a sport fit for Kings.
From the beginning of recorded history, horse racing has been depicted as an organised and popular sport common to all of the world's major civilizations. The Olympic Games of ancient Greece featured events involving both mounted and chariot racing. The sport was then taken up by the Romans. Mounted and chariot horse racing became major areas of enterprise in Roman Empire days; these events were the product of breeding programs with imported bloodlines and extensive training programs. Horseracing had all elements of legalized betting like bookies, proper racing tracks, hit tips, scandals and, red hot entertainment and excitement. Horse racing saw a decline that coincided with the Roman Empire's decline. It began to pick up speed once more once mankind was well into a more modern era.
Horse racing took a professional turn as long ago as the twelfth century, when English Crusader knights came back in the company of Arab horses. This set off a trend that lasted for the forthcoming period of hundreds of years: more and more Arab stallions were imported for crossing with English mares. The ensuing offspring were a real mix of speed and endurance. These cross bred horses were the forefathers of today's horse racing breeds.
As quantum technological jumps in transport and other fields of human concern took place in the 19th century and later , thousands of people became hooked on watching horse races and gambling on racing horses. Horseracing started to get intensive coverage in distinguished newspapers, and gambling volumes consistently increased. The arrival of organised on-site bookmakers brought along a complete sea change. Random and sometimes illegal, sometimes unethical practices led to a moderately successful Jockey Club effort to establish really high standards of order, discipline and integrity that ensured the sport's continued well being.
All around the world, attendance at race courses has been shooting up right into the early part of this century. There had been a decline in attendance during the 1970s and 1980s. The technology wonder of online web wagering has influenced horse racing in ways never conceived of earlier. Online betting has drawn a completely new generation of spectators and betters to the Game of Kings; they prefer to conduct all of their activities in front of their computers and TV sets. The facility to bet and earn cash legally from the result of horse races has been a core part of this sport's appeal and a major factor behind its survival as a sport with a presence.
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Common drug increases deaths in atrial fibrillation patients
ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2012) ? Digoxin, a drug widely used to treat heart disease, increases the possibility of death when used by patients with a common heart rhythm problem ? atrial fibrillation (AF), according to new study findings by University of Kentucky researchers. The results have been published in the European Heart Journal, and raises serious concerns about the expansive use of this long-standing heart medication in patients with AF.
UK researchers led by Dr. Samy Claude Elayi, associate professor of medicine at UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute, analyzed data from 4,060 AF patients enrolled in the landmark Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) trial. This analysis was intended to determine the relationship between digoxin and deaths in this group of patients with atrial fibrillation, and whether digoxin was directly responsible for some deaths.
"These findings raise important concerns about the safety of digoxin, one of the oldest and most controversial heart drugs," said Dr. Steven E. Nissen, chair of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. "Although considered obsolete by some authorities, digoxin is still widely used. A thorough review by the FDA is warranted to determine whether regulatory action is needed, including stronger warnings about the use of digoxin in patients with atrial fibrillation. "
Digoxin is extracted from the foxglove plant and it helps the heart beat more strongly, and at a slower heart rate. It is commonly used in AF patients and in patients with heart failure. However, it can be problematic to use successfully as there is a narrow dose range at which it is effective, and beyond which it can be dangerous.
Though digoxin has been used by physicians treating AF for decades, until now, there has been limited evidence demonstrating the effect of digoxin in patients with this condition. "Digoxin in AF patients has hardly been studied," said Elayi. "The main prospective randomised controlled trials available with digoxin were performed in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm, and routinely excluded AF patients."
The results of the analysis found that digoxin was associated with a 41 percent increase in deaths from any cause after controlling for other medications and risk factors. An increase in deaths occurred regardless of gender or the presence or absence of underlying heart failure. Digoxin was also associated with a 35 percent increase in deaths from cardiovascular causes, and a 61 percent increase in deaths from arrhythmias or problems with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat.
"Within five years of use, one additional AF patient out of six taking digoxin ? compared to those not on digoxin in the AFFIRM trial? will die from any cause," Elayi said. "One additional patient out of eight will die from cardiovascular causes, and one additional patient out of 16 will die from arrhythmias.
"This study calls into question the widespread use of digoxin in patients with AF, particularly when used for controlling AF rate in a similar way as in the AFFIRM trial," Elayi said. "These findings suggest that physicians should try to control a patient's heart rate by using alternatives such as beta-blockers or calcium blockers ,as a first line treatment.
"If digoxin is used, prescribers should use a low dose with careful clinical follow up, evaluate potential drug interactions when starting new medications, and monitor digoxin levels."
In addition, patients should also be aware of potential toxicity and see their physicians immediately in specific clinical situations, he said. For instance, if they experience increasing nausea, vomiting, palpitations or syncope, as those may precede arrhythmic death, Elayi added.
The researchers say that the mechanism by which digoxin increases deaths among patients is unclear. Deaths from classic cardiovascular causes -- whether or not they are due to arrhythmia -- can partly but not entirely explain it. This suggests there must be some additional mechanism that remains to be identified, said Elayi.
"Our study underscores the importance of reassessing the role of digoxin in the contemporary management of AF in patients with or without HF," concluded the authors in their paper. "There is a need for further studies of the drug's use, particularly in systolic heart failure patients and AF -- patients that would, in theory, benefit the most from digoxin."
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ConAgra buying Ralcorp for about $4.95 billion
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? ConAgra Foods is buying private-label food producer Ralcorp for about $4.95 billion, which will make it the biggest private-label packaged food business in North America.
ConAgra says the acquisition will strengthen its overall position in the North American packaged food business. ConAgra brands include Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan and Reddi-wip.
ConAgra Foods Inc. said Tuesday that it will pay Ralcorp Holdings Inc. stockholders $90 per share, a 28 percent premium to its Monday closing price. Ralcorp's stock jumped 26.5 percent in premarket trading.
The combined company will have total sales of about $18 billion annually.
The companies value the transaction at about $6.8 billion when debt is included.
The deal is expected to close by March 31, 2013 and needs Ralcorp shareholder approval.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Beware of Diet Pills : Ideas For Women Health and Fitness Blog
There are a number of diet pills and diet supplements that promise the world, meaning they promise good moods while you shed the pounds. They promise that you don?t need to watch what you eat, you don?t need to exercise, and you don?t need to count calories. But do these diet pills really work?
This is what you need to know. First, research and look for the real answers, the real clinical studies, and the real opinion of your doctor before trying any magic diet pill. Second, read the label. What does the pill actually contain? Many diet pills may state they are natural or all natural but they may include caffeine or other ingredients that may make your heart race or give you a feeling of anxiety or the feeling of palpitations.
After researching, reading the labels and discussing this with your doctor, the final thing you need to do before taking any diet pill is this. Understand that weight doesn?t just melt off. It takes work. It takes sacrifice. And it may even take EXERCISE.? The more you eat or put into your body the more you have to move to burn those calories, regardless of what diet pill you decide to take.
In defense of diet pills, there are some that really do bind with fats and help your body to excrete it. There are some diet pills that suppress your appetite. And there are some that do contain natural vitamins and natural caffeine that may give you energy. But you need to understand what is in those pills so you know how other medications or foods will affect you.
The bottom line is to be healthy about weight loss. Do it with the guidance of a physician, health care provider or trainer. And eat healthy foods while you are dieting, don?t attempt to do it by taking a pill and then eating high calorie and high fatty foods and expect to loose weight. And move. Walk more, and sit less. It is a matter of health.
Source: http://blogs.ideasforwomen.com/blogs/health/2012/11/27/beware-of-diet-pills/
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Long Distance Relationships
Yeah, there's all the coding that needs to be done, designing for the most ergonomic machine for her (or him, depending) and much more. So yeah, it would probably be cheaper to fly out to wherever than buy one of these things when (and if) it is publicly available.
Well, all the pressure sensitivity wouldn't be too hard to accomplish, it's more so the designing that needs to be done. Still, an interesting thought.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Syrian rebels report capture of air base near Damascus
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had captured a helicopter base 15 km (10 miles) east of Damascus after an overnight battle, the second military facility on the outskirts of the capital to fall to President Bashar al-Assad's opponents this month.
An Internet video which activists said was filmed at the Marj al-Sultan base showed rebel fighters carrying AK-47 rifles touring the facility. An anti-aircraft gun could be seen positioned on top of an empty bunker and a rebel commander was shown next to a helicopter.
"With God's help, the Marj al-Sultan airbase in eastern Ghouta has been liberated," the commander said in the video. Eastern Ghouta, a mix of agricultural land and built-up urban areas, has been a rebel stronghold for months.
Activists said two helicopters were destroyed in the attack as well as a radar station, and that 15 personnel were taken prisoner.
With severe restrictions by Syrian authorities on non-state media, independent verification was not possible.
Footage from Saturday evening showed rebels firing rocket-propelled grenades at the base, and what appeared to be a helicopter engulfed in flames.
Last week rebels briefly captured an air defense base near the southern Damascus district of Hajar al-Aswad, seizing weapons and equipment before pulling out to avoid retaliation from Assad's air force.
(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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Creativity and Affect
The authors of this volume attempt to cohere the field of creativity and affect in a scholarly fashion by categorizing and characterizing some of its major features, including environmental influences; underlying processes; specific affective states; the role of atypical or pathological personalities; unconscious processes; physiological components; proactive and reactive stimuli; intrinsic motivation; eminence versus everyday creativity; and testing of assessing the affective component of creativity. The authors also examine and discuss the role that emotions, feelings and moods play in the creative process. This volume also provides a vehicle for students and psychotherapists, with which they can fully appreciate the feelings generated by the creative process and the various stages of it. How does a creator feel during its more mundane phases? Can he or she tolerate the frustration of failing and being unsuccessful most of the time? What is the real joy of achievement, success, and ultimate acceptance by ones peers in a given field? Do we have to exhibit major psychopathological features in order to achieve eminence in specific fields? What is the role of mind altering substances, mood disorders, and the like? This volume answers these questions and more. Author: Shaw, Melvin P./ Runco, Mark A./ Shaw, Melvin P. Series Title: Creativity Research Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 296 Publication Date: 1994/01/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 inches
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New trail in ex-Atlanta rail corridor draws crowds
ATLANTA (AP) ? Since a new urban trail opened last month in a former rail corridor in Atlanta, it has drawn crowds of joggers, dog-walkers and cyclists to take in spectacular views of the skyline and neighborhoods once seen only by train. Hundreds of trees have been planted along the paved 14-foot-wide path, while artists have added works such as windmills made of bicycle parts and colorful murals on concrete overpasses.
The path, known as the Eastside Trail, is part of a $2.8 billion plan to transform a 22-mile railroad corridor that encircles Atlanta into a network of trails, parks, affordable homes and ultimately streetcar lines. The Atlanta BeltLine is an example of rails-to-trails projects going on around the country, including in New York and Chicago, that aim to make better use of old rail corridors by creating better-connected and more livable urban areas, providing alternatives to car travel and spurring economic development.
"I think it's transformational," Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said. "The new section is already overused in terms of the people. ... Now folks are demanding more and more."
Advocates say the BeltLine has great promise for a city that was founded as a railroad crossroads before the Civil War and later became a poster child for suburban sprawl and highway gridlock.
"The perception of Atlanta as 100 percent dependent on the car has really started to change," said Ed McMahon, senior residence fellow at the Urban Land Institute in Washington. He cited recent efforts to create bike paths and the planned BeltLine, which he said would be the "first bicycle beltway."
Atlanta's focus on light rail alongside the planned trails is also unique, he added.
More than 1,600 abandoned or unused rail corridors nationwide have been converted to trails, which totaled more than 19,000 miles in 2012.
One of the best-known examples is the High Line project on Manhattan's West Side, where an elevated rail line was transformed into a two-mile-long elevated park. McMahon said it cost $150 million to build and has generated $2 billion in new construction. Chicago is undertaking The Bloomingdale Trail, a 3-mile-long elevated linear park and trail on a former rail line.
Such projects are "sparking real estate sales and energizing future development," McMahon said.
They're also changing the way people get around. In Minneapolis, he said, an abandoned rail yard was turned into a "bicycle freeway" with separate 10-foot-wide paths for travel to and from downtown.
It seems only fitting that Atlantans are reclaiming their rail corridors: The city was settled in 1837 as a railroad crossroads called Terminus.
Atlanta BeltLine Inc., a nonprofit that is an offshoot of the city's economic development authority, works with a myriad of groups and agencies. Its roughly $20-million-plus budget includes new tax revenue above 2005 levels from a BeltLine corridor tax district ? expected to generate $1.7 billion over 25 years ? and government funds and private donations.
In addition to the 2.25-mile-long Eastside Trail, the group has opened three other parks, a skate park and two trails; helped create 120 affordable homes; secured land for future streetcar lines; and invested more than $1.3 million in public art.
However, the grander vision of light rail seems farther off after area voters recently rejected a transportation referendum that included $600 million for transit projects such as the BeltLine.
The ABI has gotten some public-relations black eyes, too. The board overseeing the project voted in August to oust its president and CEO after the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that he charged taxpayers for a wedding gift, a dry cleaning bill, a parking ticket and other items. Critics also voiced concern about spending for elaborate staff retreats, stays at pricey hotels and meals at expensive restaurants for project employees.
ABI Chairman John Somerhalder said limited dollars were at issue, but that a higher principle was involved. He said the board has put in place policies "to make sure we're very good stewards going forward."
Somerhalder said there has been $775 million in private redevelopment completed or underway within a half-mile of the trail since 2005. And, he said, the positive response to projects like the Eastside Trail will help build on the $41 million in private fundraising, much of it from Atlanta's major philanthropic groups.
In recent weeks, the trail has been a beehive of activity.
"I like it. It definitely cleans it up," said John Timlin, 29, a worker at New York Butcher Shoppe, whose back door abuts an increasingly crowded trail. Sales have gone up 20 percent since the trail opened.
Camila Brioli, 21, a Brazil native who is studying piano performance at Georgia State University, went for a jog on the trail recently and wound up stopping at the various public art works, including a temporary piece by artist Misao Cates where passersby wrote messages on white ribbons and attached them to bamboo poles. She left one in Portuguese about Brazil's soccer team, one of more than 1,000 left by people.
"I love it because I am a pianist," she said, adding that she was talking to her mom on Skype moments earlier and used it to show her some of the works.
The new trail, which links century-old Piedmont Park to the well-known Inman Park and Old Fourth Ward neighborhoods, also evokes the past. From one bridge, a visitor can look down on a large retail plaza and lot that was once Ponce de Leon Park, home of the minor-league Atlanta Crackers until the Braves came to town. A magnolia field that was prominently just right of center field still stands.
The trail also passes a 2-million-square-foot red-brick building that was a Sears regional warehouse and store for years before it became city offices for a time.
The city last year sold the building to Jamestown Properties, owner of Chelsea Market in New York, for $27 million. Plans call for turning it into restaurants, apartments and offices.
Fred Yalouris, director of design for the project, said the Eastside Connector has turned out well, drawing on new apartments and condos as well as an influx of 20- and 30-somethings. But planners still must figure out how to better connect neighborhoods that were long separated by railroad tracks.
"There are communities in some parts of the BeltLine within 200 feet and hardly no (one knows) each other," he said.
Two Urban Licks, a popular Atlanta restaurant, used to have a 6-foot-tall privacy fence to shield its back patio, garden and bocce courts from the kudzu-covered railroads tracks. As the trail was built, the fence came down ? and now the eatery may set up a host stand out back. General manager Shireen Herrington called the BeltLine "a great use of something that's just there, been sitting there."
But Herrington said police need to adequately patrol the trail given past crime problems. She also favors adding lighting and call boxes.
Reed said police patrol the BeltLine, and officials say future plans include lighting.
Farther down the trail, a battered old wooden railroad bridge still stands alongside a new span over Ralph McGill Boulevard. There on a recent day, Sabine Markham helped her 6-year-old daughter Savannah learn how to roller blade.
"It's our first time trying it," the Germany native said of the trail. "It's pretty. It's nice they're doing something that lets people do something outdoors."
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