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Monthly Archive for August, 2009
Parkour Visions is the NPO created and run by Tyson Cecka. Formerly known as the Pacific Northwest Parkour Association, Parkour Visions has been an incredibly useful tool in spreading parkour in a very mature and serious light.
Just the other day Tyson applied for the NAU grant that will surely give the NPO the boost it needs to expand and reach more in the community. Follow this link, register, and rate Tyson!
Here’s a short clip:
The other day I went out and bought a new lens for my Nikon D90. This one, a Nikkor 28mm f/2.8, I purchased specifically for video and so far I am extremely pleased with the results.
Here is a short test video:
Janine and Zac Battle the Federal Bulding Stairs! from Charles Moreland on Vimeo.
In the short few hours I’ve been in “fast paced society” (i.e. the airport), I’ve come to realize how secluded I have become from modern society apart from the internet. I live in cheap housing, frequent local independent coffee shops and buy fair trade coffee, buy all my food from farmer’s markets, and use a bike (or rollerblades now that my bike was stolen) whenever possible. The airport is definitely an alien place for me.
Luckily, while satisfying my hunger on some horribly overpriced corn and soybean based food products, I stumbled upon a copy of Mother Jone’s magazine. The article on page 16, Children of the Corn, by Melinda Wenner and the accompanying graph “Sweet & Low” by Nikki Gloudeman have enlightened me to point something out to all my readers: the big picture.
For years we’ve seen and read about the fight between HFCS and Sugar. Google HFCS and you are sure to come about as many articles supporting its innocence as there are those labeling it the anti-christ. Americans love any good drama, and it is not hard to see why any article on HFCS instantly generates curiosity.
In the short outline “Sweet & Low,” Nikki highlights significant dates regarding the battle between sugar and HFCS and their occurrence in our diets ranging from 1957 to present day. I want to focus on two key dates her outline points out:
1975 – Average American annual consumption : 70 lbs. Of sugar, 4 lbs. of HFCS
2009 – Average American annual consumption: 39lbs. Of sugar, 45 lbs. of HFCS
Debate about HFCS and its applicability to America’s health has raged on for well over a decade. But what really has happened? I hope every one of you who read this article, or read the article in Mother Jones, instantly makes the connection and sees the bigger picture. In 1975, American’s consumed 74 lbs of insulin pumping sugar or sugar-like substance annually. In 2009, American’s consumed 84 lbs annually. Thirty-four years! Thirty-four years of debacle and no one has learned anything!
HFCS is NOT the problem! In essence, it has done a marvelous job at keeping us from realizing that any annual consumption of any kind of sugar near these levels is horrible to your health.
It’s time to wake up and start ignoring the soap opera surrounding sugar and HFCS. It’s time to start paying attention to what really matters in the diet, and that sugar should never become the staple it has in our modern society. Read through the lines and become enlightened to the bigger picture.
Today I head off to see the wonder that is Seattle, Washington. I’ll be there for about two weeks and I’ll be hanging out with the Parkour Visions crew Tyson Cecka and Janine Cundy! Going along with me are my two roommates Artem Sivak and Zac Cohn as well as our NYPK friend Jesse Danger.
This is my first time being out west and I’ve been told that Seattle is definitely one of the most beautiful places in the United States, not to mention on of the greatest places to train parkour.
I purchased a new lens for my camera and plan on documenting my trip. I may update a couple times while I’m there.
Peace!