Monday Fab? ? Absolutely Fabulisa

(Because I forgot on Friday.)

Fab dad! Fab? editor Lisa VanDyke Brown?s husband, DJ Brown, strikes a Cobra pose while baby S?amus takes it all in at Orange Yoga for Tiny Sprout, Blooming Sprout Yoga?s parent-and-child postnatal yoga class. (photo: Wes Naman)

Am I one of those new moms who signs up for parent and child yoga classes? Totally. I consumed my own placentas, for crying out loud?postnatal yoga is the next logical step. But it must be fabulous. Thus, Mr. Brown and I packed up our brood and headed to Blooming Sprout Yoga (505.433.1171, bloomingsproutyoga.com).

Founded by two native New Mexican yogis, Cassey Elliott (who holds a master?s degree in early childhood education) and Kelsey Lenzmeier (whose communication master?s degree studies focused on family and child communication), Blooming Sprout classes are held at various locations throughout Albuquerque. Currently, they offer classes at Blissful Spirits Hot Yoga, Orange Yoga (where we attended) and Ms. Kelli?s House Early Learning Center.

??As parents ourselves, we know the importance of physical activity in children?s daily lives,? said Lenzmeier. ?Our classes are designed to provide parents, kids and families with a fun and healthy way to bond, relax and re-energize, with the ultimate goal of improving overall quality of life.

We attended the Tiny Sprout Postnatal class. It was both cute and effective. First, the babies did some stretching, and then it was grown-up time. The babies cleared enjoyed hanging out on their padded mats and watching mom and dad stretch above them. Next, the babies were incorporated into the poses. It was the perfect level of stretching for my postnatal needs?not too much, but enough to make me work. Finally, Shavasana, the relaxing closure to the practice. We curled around the babies, and through the use of a lovely and deeply moving story reading (won?t tell you which one; you have to attend to find out) in hushed tones, Elliott and Lenzmeier helped us take parent/child bonding to a new level. I seriously cried. It was incredible.?

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PFT: Dez Bryant must 'step up and be a man'

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Yeah, that stuff Aaron Rodgers was saying the other day about his own play not being up to par?

Never mind.

Rodgers was back to MVP Rodgers, and he dragged the Packers back to looking like champions along with him.

He was laser-sharp while carving up the Texans 42-24 Sunday night, completing 24-of-37 passes for 338 yards and six touchdowns, the same amount the Texans had allowed in their 5-0 start.

And it wasn?t as if Rodgers stood back with clean pockets all day.

He stood in and took shots and delivered passes, he scrambled for first downs and more when plays broke down. He read through progressions, and found guys who weren?t the first choice.

In short, he was Rodgers again.

And as long as that?s the case, the 3-3 Packers are as good if not better than any team in the NFL.

Here?s another thing: They?re without their best wideout in Greg Jennings, although Jordy Nelson is quickly making that a debate. And a guy with bad hands (James Jones) has caught multiple touchdowns in three straight games.

Those things don?t happen in a vacuum, or with anything short of the best quarterback in the game throwing it to them.

Here are five more things we learned during Sunday Night Football:

1. The Texans didn?t look like the undefeated team that really hadn?t been pushed.

Or maybe they did.

The Texans were able to beat five teams by an average of 15.2 points per game coming into this one, and it might not be an accident that all five were AFC teams.?In fact, the toughest of the lot might have been the Jets game, and the Jets can play a physical style you see more often in the other conference.

But from Connor Barwin trying to play buck-buck like Fat Albert on a field goal, to Danieal Manning trying to punch out from the bottom of a pile, the Texans played without much composure, which doesn?t bode well for the games that matter in January, when somebody else might punch back.

2. It?s not exactly breaking news to say that J.J. Watt is having a phenomenal year.

But with two more sacks, pushing him to 9.5 in six games, it becomes more amazing with each passing week.

A 3-4 defensive end is simply not supposed to do be able to do this. The job description, as originally written, doesn?t come close to what Watt is capable of doing. Ends in the 3-4 are supposed to contain the run, be solid and clog lanes for outside linebackers to make the glory plays.

It?s not like a receiver leading the league in rushing, but it?s at least the equivalent of a tight end leading the league in receiving yards, and speaks to his singular talent.

3. The Packers can?t keep inside linebackers healthy, but that doesn?t cover up the fact that one of them is playing very well.

Desmond Bishop was lost for the year with a preseason hamstring, and his replacement D.J. Smith left the game with a knee injury after a suspect block by Texans left tackle Duane Brown.

But the other Packers inside linebacker, A.J. Hawk, has been more than just solid of late, playing very well against the run.?The Packers (who were also missing nose tackle B.J. Raji) held Texans running back Arian Foster to 22 yards on 13 carries in the first half, when the run game was a viable option.

Hawk has taken a lot of criticism, and it?s easy to make a case that he?s overpaid. But he?s played well when the Packers needed him most.

4. One other quick note on the Brown hit on Smith.

The Texans have now ceded the moral high ground, and can no longer complain about linebacker Brian Cushing?s season-ending injury from a block of similar intent by Jets guard Matt Slauson.

You can?t have it both ways, fellas.

A wise man told me once there?s a difference between innocent and righteous. Just because it wasn?t flagged doesn?t make it right.

5. The Texans spent a lot of money ($48.75 million for five years) on cornerback Johnathan Joseph, and they?re? not getting a return on their investment lately.

There was no injury reported during the game, but he came out for a few plays for backup Alan Ball.

The Texans struggled last week in the secondary against the Jets, and if they were playing a team with actual receivers (and more of a quarterback), it might have cost them then.

It caught up with them Sunday night.

Joseph is a good cover player, but his two-week lapse is noticeable, and something they can?t afford.

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Russian elections underscore problems faced by Putin foes

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian regional elections have tightened Vladimir Putin's grip on power and underlined opposition failure to build street protest into an effective challenge at the start of the president's six-year term.

Ten months ago, suspicions that fraud propelled Putin's ruling United Russia party to victory in a parliamentary election brought tens of thousands of people into the streets of Moscow for the biggest protests of his 12 years in power.

As United Russia celebrated victory on Monday in local and regional elections that its foes alleged were just as dirty as the December vote, one opposition leader tweeted that nationwide protests were imminent.

"The authorities leave the people no choice!" opposition lawmaker and protest leader Dmitry Gudkov wrote on Twitter. The tweet sounded more like a plea than a prediction.

There was no sign of such a spontaneous outburst.

"There is clearly no potential for any repetition of what happened in December, when people went into the streets saying they didn't believe the election results," said political analyst Pavel Salin. "This is out of the question now."

The opposition's limited reach was underlined by the elections on Sunday, which protest leaders had held out just a few months ago as a key step in eroding Putin's hold on power.

United Russia won all five governorships at stake in the first elections of regional leaders since Putin scrapped them in favor of appointees during his initial 2000-2008 presidency.

The restored gubernatorial elections, however, are not open to all comers. Candidates must gather signatures from lawmakers to get on the ballot and the Kremlin reappointed many governors in the months before the reform entered into force so that they would not have to face voters.

Electors would be aware, in any case, that a candidate with good ties to the Kremlin, most of all to Putin, would have the best chances of obtaining local favor in economic projects.

LITTLE PROGRESS

A bloc descended from parties that held national parliament seats before Putin chased liberal opponents to the margins a decade ago barely cleared the 5 percent barrier to win seats in the city council in Barnaul, in the remote Altai region.

The Republican Party-People's Freedom Party campaign in Barnaul was headed by Vladimir Ryzhkov, a leaders of the opposition protests that followed the December election.

Another protest leader, Yevgeniya Chirikova, came a distant second in the mayoral race in the Moscow suburb of Khimki with about 18 percent of the vote, electoral officials said, while the United Russia-backed candidate had nearly 48 percent.

Chirikova alleged electoral violations, but analyst Alexei Mukhin said she and other opponents of the acting mayor, Oleg Shakhov, "could not have succeeded in grabbing the attention of the voters who are mainly worried about utilities prices and other economic issues. As a result Shakhov won."

A survey released by Moscow-based polling agency VTsIOM on Monday indicated that more than half of Russians count housing and utilities costs and inflation as the country's most serious problems while only 11 percent named democracy - the main focus of the street protests - and human rights.

The destitution suffered by many in the early post-Soviet period, notably the 1990s, makes economic stability a cherished aim. Russia's current high earnings from oil exports helps furnish that stability.

The protests had brought diverse Putin opponents together, but they lack a clear leader.

"The opposition's main problem is that they are facing a pressing need to ... present a real alternative to those in power," Mukhin said.

Putin said on Monday that the results were "not unexpected".

"I see this as another step confirming the voters' intention to support the existing institutes of power and the development of Russian statehood," Russian media quoted him as saying in a meeting with Central Election Commission chief Vladimir Churov.

PLAYING WITH MARKED CARDS

But United Russia's victories were clouded by accusations of fraud and by lower turnout in many of the races.

Low turnout showed that "citizens not only doubt those in power but do not trust the whole political and electoral system," Salin said.

Lyubov, a 49-year-old in the western city of Bryansk, said on Sunday that she had voted for the Communist challenging the United Russia incumbent for the governor's post, but had little hope he would win.

"Everything turns out the way somebody at the top wants," she said.

Ilya Yashin, one of the protest leaders, said that opposition candidates had undermined United Russia and helped expose alleged violations.

"There's no point in talking about winning or losing when you play with cards marked against you. But you still sit at the table and play simply to show that your opponent is a cardsharp," Yashin said.

(Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Alissa de Carbonnel and Ralph Boulton)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/russian-elections-underscore-problems-faced-putin-foes-141902716.html

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Advocates clash over mountain biking in the Milwaukee River ...

Mountain bikers and those fighting to keep them from riding the trails in the Milwaukee River Greenway Corridor will share a forum on Monday night.

The session hosted by the Riverwest Neighborhood Association, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Gordon Park Pavilion, will allow trail users to make their case for the types of recreation that should be allowed on the paths between North Avenue and Silver Spring Dr.

The Coalition has created a master plan for improving the trails, and includes biking, hiking, dog-walking and snowshoeing among the permitted uses in that blueprint. The Milwaukee River Advocates, a group that formed in September 2012, has staked out its position against mountain biking along the river.

It?s a potential conflict that has simmered for decades on the wild paths on the east and west banks of the river.

Mountain bikers have rolled along the greenway improved the trails in some areas, but in doing so they have crossed both public and private land, often without permission.

Andrew Mishlove explores the river trails. Photo by Jason McDowell.

But as with other not-quite-legal activities, such as walking dogs off leash, or overnight camping, mountain biking has continued under an informal ?so long as nobody gets hurt? justification. Not wanting to spend too much time on the wrong side of the law, however, members of the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin and the Metro Mountain Bikers have been working to hammer out a shared use concept that includes room for mountain biking.

?We did not feel comfortable kicking out existing users? said Ann Brummitt, director of the MRGC. ?The trails as they are have worked okay, but we understand they can be improved,?

The MRGC started as a grassroots group in 2007, and has worked to establish a master plan ? what makes sense for the area. Members of the group include The Urban Ecology Center, The Milwaukee RiverKeeper, the River Revitalization Foundation, and neighborhood associations such as the Village of Shorewood, Cambridge Woods Neighborhood Association, and Friends of Estabrook Park.

?It?s been a very involved public process when coming to these conclusions,? Brummitt said.

In 2007 there were three public meetings on how the trails should be used. In 2008 they solidified the shared use philosophy. In 2009 they began to look at connections and trails and in 2010 400 trail users responded to a survey. ?These ideas haven?t come out of isolation.?

In that survey, 57% of the respondents said they biked in the corridor.

Sura Faraj, a founder of the Milwaukee River Advocates, argues that mountain biking along the river banks accelerates erosion, damages animal habitat and threatens the wetlands.

The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission identified over 18,000 acres of high-quality natural communities and critical species habitats within the basin, according to Faraj.

There are 16 endangered, 26 threatened and 65 special concern plant and animal species, and 30 rare aquatic and terrestrial communities documented within the basin. Some of the trail ?repairs? have done damage to sole communities of native plants, he said.

The controversial repairs to which Faraj refers were re-routes that were meant to address eroding and seeping issues.

Adding to the problem is narrowness of the corridor, which could lead to conflicts between hikers and bikers meeting, or colliding, on the trail.

On the Milwaukee River Advocates Facebook page, Faraj asks, ?Remember when you could walk the trails and it was like an undiscovered gem? Remember meeting other walkers, maybe passing by silently because you were both in mild meditative or euphoric states? It was easier to see wildlife, because they weren?t as scared. It was so quiet, some people didn?t feel safe down there. But in actuality, it?s one of the safest places in the city to be.?

Sunlight beams through the trees along the Milwaukee River. Photo Jason McDowell.

Mountain bikers, though, want to keep what they have and the trails they have worked to improve. If cycling were completely removed in the greenway, the closest mountain bike trail would be more than 10 miles from the city?s east side .

?They are trails that the local community can use without having to drive to get to them.? says one rider, Carolyn Weber. ?However, to keep the balance between bikes and nature we must work to maintain those trails to not destroy the nature that is there.?

Another rider, Avery Ed, agrees, ?I love riding the trails too. I stay on the path, pick up trash when I find it, and try to be respectful and careful around hikers and animals. Of course we want to respect and protect nature. I feel like I?m a part of that effort when I ride the trails respectfully.?

Aytan Luck of Riverwest?s Truly Spoken Cycles agrees, ?I was unaware of an effort to remove mountain biking from the trails. That?s too bad. Those were the first trails I ever rode on. I know that trail usage can do damage, but there is trail etiquette that is not common sense. Could we try post some agreed upon etiquette at trail entrances to curb damaging behavior??
?Trail education, interpretive signs, and positive stewardship messages should be implemented to help trail users understand where they are,? Brummitt said.

?Just to be clear, Milwaukee River Advocates isn?t against mountain biking,? said Faraj. ?We have many mountain bikers who agree with us. They have signed our petition and they are opposed to designation. It?s just not appropriate in a primary environmental corridor or wetland.?

If you want to know more about the Milwaukee River Greenway Corridor, preservation efforts, or the general state of mountain biking in the city the public forum will take place on Monday, October 15 at the Gordon Park Pavilion in Riverwest, from 6:30-9:00pm.

Jason McDowell is an occasional blogger and full-time graphic designer for OnMilwaukee.com, and is responsible for many of the advertisements as well as website layouts. He is also a bike mechanic for Truly Spoken Cycles and keyholder for the non-profit Milwaukee Bicycle Collective.

Source: http://theactivepursuit.com/advocates-clash-over-mountain-biking-in-the-milwaukee-river-greenway-corridor/

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