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A former FBI expert in the training of SWAT teams testified Monday that striking a suspect in the head with an impact weapon is considered deadly force and is not acceptable police procedure, according to the Los Angeles Times.

John Wilson, a 26-year FBI veteran, was asked to give his opinions on the officer’s actions.

After reviewing surveillance footage of the violent encounter between homeless man Kelly Thomas and six Fullerton police officers, Wilson said “if excessive force was used on Mr. Thomas illegally, he has the right to defend himself.”

Thomas died five days after the altercation at the Fullerton Transportation Center in 2011.

Former officer Manuel Ramos is charged with seconddegree murder, and former Cpl. Jay Cicinelli is charged with involuntary manslaughter.

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“Moonlight and Mistletoe” was brought to life with the interaction of Victorian actors, sharing traditions with guests such as the blush-inducing mistletoe.

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The Victorian Society sparked holiday spirit through its “Moonlight and Mistletoe” event at the Arboretum.

At the event, held Saturday and Sunday, members of the Victorian Society donned traditional Victorian costumes and performed song, dance, plays and Christmas stories to demonstrate how traditional Victorian Christmas was conducted.

“This year it was designed to show you how people celebrated Christmas in their homes and also how the community celebration took place,” said Jack Reynolds, the president of the Victorian Society.

Guests were greeted outside the Arboretum by Christmas carolers. Two groups formed in the crisp air, and were escorted

by Santa’s elves holding Victo-

rian candle lanterns—leading the way to the Pavillion and the Heritage House located inside the Arboretum.

A Victorian-era Father Christmas welcomed guests to the Pavilion which housed a reenactment of the 19th century Fullerton Grammar School.

It was set to mimic a 19th century classroom where guests sat and watched three short dramas and joined in singing “The 12 Days of Christmas.”

The room was filled with detailed Victorian props—old desks with warm color cloths, chalkboards scrawled with “I will not sass miss Brady,” and a Christmas tree with popcorn and paper chains made by the “students” of the grammar school.

The costumed Victorian participants revealed the seasons traditions of the Christmas holiday with short stories and Christmas tales played by the

Victorian Society.

“We dress up in full Victorian outfits and we teach people how it was during that lifetime,” said Richard Martinez, a member of the Victorian society.

Afterward, the first tours of the grammar school and the

house guests were gathered outside for Santa’s treats and beverages. Later in the evening, everyone participated in the traditional Grand March led by the Victorian Society.

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Cal State Fullerton’s College of Communications has partnered with the Values Institute to create a new center for Brand Values Communication and Research, the first of its kind in the nation.

This new center will examine the common values that correlate with trust and how they can contribute to the success of a business. The two entities will work interdependently to research the relationship between the quality of communication and diverse audiences.

“Cal State Fullerton will be

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Ringing renditions of Christmas songs hung in the air as carolers played bells at the Victorian Christmas celebration at the Arboretum.

Representations of joy, respect of a warrior, even seduction of a mate, are all actions that can be communicated through Tahitian dance.

Christian Cordova is one of the few individuals who actively appreciates the practice of this ancient art.

Cordova, 19, a geology major, has been developing himself as a professionally trained Polynesian dancer for eight years. He has practiced fire knifing for the last two.

“Once you get over the fear, it’s so much fun,” Cordova said.

His indisputable devotion and dedication for the Tahitian culture is evident. Cordova carries out his performances in respect of those who have taught him.

First introduced to the style of dance by his aunt and sister, Cordova joined Tupua Productions and began what was to become a very successful career in the art of dance.

The spirit of aloha is captured within the Tupua family.

The group takes pride in providing the finest Polynesian culture and family entertainment.

Depending on specifics of a performance or event, Cordova has the opportunity to make money doing an activity he is passionate about.

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Courtesy of Cal State Fullerton Celebrating the partnership that is helping launch a new Center in the College of Communications are, from left, Donnie Crevier, CSUF President Mildred García, Communications Dean William G. Briggs and Mike Weisman.

Wu, Ph.D., an associate professor of communications and codirector of the center, will be responsible for all research activities. Additionally, Patty Malone,

Irvine animal shelter seeks animals to have homes for the holidays

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CSUF student Christian Cordova practices Polynesian fire dancing

New center studies brand trust and values the source of information on this topic,” William Briggs, dean of the College of Communications, said.

The Values Institute spun off of DGWB Advertising and Communications. The nonprofit organization studies the effect of values held by an organization and how that relates to the success of the organization, Briggs said.

Mike Weisman, a College of Communications alumnus, is co-chair and founder of the Values Institute and will be working with CSUF faculty members to get the center for brand values running.

“Dean Briggs will oversee all aspects of the center,” Weisman said. “(He will) help spearhead community and business partnership development.”

In addition to Briggs, Mark

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With over 10,000 subscribers in just over a year, e-foodie is a web-based food subscription service that is quickly catching on.

Founder Brian Williams started the company last September with the goal to bring the best deals to locals in the Fullerton area.

“E-foodie is a free, hyperlocal members-only deal site and it works by providing our subscribers with the opportunity to explore new dining options in their intermediate area,” Williams said.

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Ph.D., will be responsible for creating the professional studies and undergraduate curriculum.

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“The idea came from numerous discussions with Dean Briggs regarding the current state of corporate America, academic instruction and the belief that through an academic/business partnership, we could affect positive change in the world of marketing, communications and business,” Weisman said.

There are two purposes to the center for Brand Values Communication and Research, Weisman said.

- It will create national and international research initiatives in order to uncover links between corporate values, trust and how it can result in consumer loyalty and advocacy.

- It will develop professional studies and undergraduate curriculum to instill how important it is to discuss values in business.

The purpose of the center is to understand that people care more about what a company stands for, rather than just what a company sells.

“People will react more favorably to organizations that they believe in and that they share values with rather than some place that is just trying to sell them some merchandise,” Briggs said.

The main outcome of this new center is to generate knowledge about the significance of values in brands.

“To create awareness in the public about the importance of values and trust and brand recognition in organizations and to train students the same thing,” Malone said.

In coordination with the Values Institute, the center for Brand Values Communication and Research wants to create a more values-based economy rather than the current transactional based economy, in order to “change a culture of corporate corruption and to train future business leaders to be socially responsible,” Weisman said.

Donors also assisted in opening the center. A $75,000 donation from the Crevier family helped the center get off the ground.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

TUESDAY

Overcoming fears and debunking HIV myths Ashley Jemison defeats lifelong fears of HIV and AIDS to advocate action CHU-LING YEE Daily Titan

As a child, Ashley Jemison was frightened to open her birthday gifts from her favorite uncle, Jamie. Instead of opening them, she threw them away.

She was worried that he would infect her with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) simply by coming into contact with his saliva on envelopes or from his kisses.

Jemison, now an HIV activist for Positively Speaking and AIDS Services, educated students Friday about HIV. “The Realities of HIV: Focus on the Family,” debunked the myths regarding how a person can contract the virus and discussed what it does to the body.

The WoMen’s Center hosted the event in honor of World AIDS Day. Jemison now regrets ignoring her favorite uncle and not learning more about HIV before shunning him out of her life.

Around 50,000 new cases of HIV infection are reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention each year. Of the 50,000, 26 percent of those newly infected are between the ages of 13 and 24, Jemison said.

HIV is a bloodborne virus that attaches itself to T-cells and uses them to replicate itself. T-cells are white-blood cells and as the virus progresses, the immune system becomes weaker as a result.

To infect a victim, the virus must somehow get into the bloodstream.

Akiya Williams, an 18-yearold kinesiology major, attended the event and was shocked to learn about the ways it can infect people.

There are five ways a person can get infected. Males and females can contract the virus through the transfer of blood, pre-ejaculatory fluid, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk.

A person can contract the disease if he or she gets infected blood into their bloodstream.

If there are no cuts and they touch infected blood, they will not contract the disease.

Women are ten times more likely to get infected, Jemison said. A woman can be infected through the blood vessels in her vagina.

Jemison laid out the percentages of risk for each way to contract HIV. When having sex with someone who is infected, 77 percent of anal sex participants become infected themselves, followed by 63 percent for vaginal sex and 15 percent for oral sex.

Fifty percent of those who share needles get the virus, and 33 percent of infected mothers spread it to their children

through breastfeeding. If a pregnant woman has HIV, she can pass the virus on to her baby if she does not take proper medication.

Once believing she could get the virus through her uncle’s saliva, Jemison later learned that the virus needed a dark, warm and moist environment to thrive. Saliva, tears and mucus cannot infect anyone.

Another misconception

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about the virus is that anyone with HIV will get AIDS. When a person has 200 T-cells or less, he or she has AIDS. HIV can be contracted, but AIDS cannot be passed onto another person.

Regardless of sexual preference, anyone can get the virus.

“It’s not a gay disease,” Jemison said.

In fact, one in six infected individuals are unaware that they are infected, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

HIV can show little to no symptoms and it is not until AIDS develops that a person displays any symptoms.

Many can take preventive measures by being careful

when it comes to their sexual indiscretions. Jemison recommends using condoms, being abstinent, or being monogamous. Having less sexual partners will decrease infection and the probability to infect other partners.

Interim Director Mary Becerra said they offer free condoms daily at the WoMen’s Center and the Health Center offers HIV testing.

Jemison also notes that if a person engages in sexual activities with a person with HIV, it is possible they can stop the virus from attaching to their Tcells.

There are currently over 25 medications a person can take for the virus. A person has 72 hours to take HIV meditation for it to potentially work.

“By educating people, you are letting them know what is out there,” Jemison said.

In the early 1980s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would not release the drugs to treat HIV patients without clinical trials and intensive testing. Smith protested with Act Up in Washington, D.C., for the drugs to be released, and the FDA eventually complied.

At this time, Jemison’s mother had forbidden her to see her uncle and was told misconceptions about the virus.

Her grandmother started AIDS Services Foundation, and her uncle Jamie started the AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS) to help educate others. Both foundations help those diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. Jamie Jemison died in 2008 due to a heart attack caused by complications of AIDS. Ashley Jemison hopes to teach others to learn from her mistakes.

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Afterward, the first tours of the grammar school and the house guests were gathered outside for Santa’s treats and beverages. Later in the evening, everyone participated in the traditional Grand March led by the Victorian Society.

Christmas lights lit the evening outside with round lighted moons around the area for a Victorian Christmas night ambience.

Victorian Society member JoAnne Spint, dressed in Victorian clothing, welcomed guests.

The front door was decorated with a Christmas wreath, which represents the circle of life for the Victorian house.

Guests were taken through the house, room by room, and observed short stories acted out by the Victorian Society depicting how they celebrate Christmas.

Guests were allowed to visit the kitchen where brandy cakes were baked, the dining room where a Christmas dinner feast was displayed, the family room where people learned about traditional Christmas decorations, and Dr. Clark’s office, where people learned about the first Christmas postcards and how they were made.

Angela Gutierrez brought her daughter with her to the holiday event and they both thought the evening was “amazing.” They plan to come back next year with the whole family.

“The dressing up and seeing their lifestyle and little things they talk about, it’s just amazing,” Gutierrez said.

“It gets you in the Christmas spirit. It’s educational too at the same time, I learned so much.”

The Victorian society supports the Heritage House, a Victorian house once owned by medical doctor George Clark’s family. It was originally located off Lemon Street and Amerige Avenue in Fullerton but was moved in the late 1970s when the house was supposed to be demolished and relocated to the grounds in the Arboretum.

All proceeds from the event go directly toward the Heritage House.

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Feds arrest 18 sheriff’s deputies PATTON TRAN

Pentagon reaches policy agreement KAILEY DEMARET The House of Representatives and Senate reached an agreement about a Pentagon policy bill Monday, according to the New York Times.

The first part of the bill strengthens protections for sexual assault victims in the military by expanding a special victims counseling program, and it makes retaliation against those who report assault into a crime.

The second part of the bill keeps Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, open.

The decision comes in a rush because Congress is wrapping up for the year.

Admin. aquitted for leaking info PATTON TRAN The City of Bell’s former assistant chief administrator, Angela Spaccia, was convicted on Monday for siphoning public funds, according to NBC Los Angeles. The trial began on Nov. 22 in downtown Los Angeles.

Spaccia was acquitted for leaking information about the employment contract of Bell Police Chief, Randy Adams.

Spaccia was charged with 13 counts of public corruption. The jury found her guilty on 11 of those 13 counts.

Judge Kathleen Kennedy called a mistrial based on one count of embezzlement of public funds amounting to $77,500, equal to a loan Spaccia received in 2003.

Spaccia could face up to 16 years in prison.

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NBC Los Angeles reported that federal authorities have arrested 18 current and former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies due to possible civil rights violations and corrupt practices.

The Los Angeles County jail system is apart of a two-year federal investigation in corruption and inmate abuse, said the United States Attorney’s Office press release.

The active deputies, below the rank of lieutenant, have surrendered and were taken in by agents Monday.

Deputies allegedly committed crimes of use of force under color of authority and obstruction of justice.

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The Irvine animal shelter brings dogs from higher kill rate shelters to the Irvine shelter through the third chance program.

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The Irvine animal shelter hosted its seventh annual Home for the Holidays event, seeking permanent homes for hundreds of dogs, cats, rabbits and other animals that are up for adoption.

The parking lot, usually filled with cars, was instead filled Sunday with a variety of booths from specific animal rights programs to give the public a better understanding of what these programs are doing to benefit animals.

The GreenDog Foundation booth promoted spaying and neutering dogs and cats to prevent the rapid growth of unwanted stray animals. Their booth explained a breakdown of the benefits of stopping this growth by doing things such as eliminating the stress and aggression of animals in heat, but mainly decreasing the number of animals on the streets without a home.

For the Love of Animals, a program that specializes in cat fostering and adoptions, takes a step further in reducing the number of unwanted cats by going out and finding stray cats to neuter or spay them.

“I do a lot of the trapping for the feral cats,” said Suzie Martinez, a member of the program for four years. “We trap and get them fixed, and release them … we don’t want them to reproduce (because) there are so many dying in the shelter.”

With the help of programs such as the GreenDog Foundation and For the Love of Animals, the importance of lowering the number of unneutered cats and dogs is gaining recognition.

At the end of the booth-lined parking lot, was a small door that opened to the inside of the shelter, which housed pets available for adoption.

Dogs barked from all directions as excited pet lovers picked out which pet they would take home.

The Purrfect Pets program caters to the needs of the cats that currently live at the shelter.

“We meet once a month … and basically strategize about different fundraising ideas as well as ways to enrich the lives of the cats here until they get adopted,” said Julie Hudson, an Irvine Animal Shelter volunteer for six years who also volunteers

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with Irvine Animal Care Center Purrfect Partners.

While Hudson is part of Purrfect Partners, she also has a passion for the shelter and devotes some of her time to helping the animals there.

“I really like what they stand for,” Hudson said. The welfare of the animals is one of the main goals for the shelter along with the programs they maintain on a regular basis.

“The program that I really love (and) is near and dear to my heart is the Third Chance (for Pets) Program,” Hudson said.

The Third Chance for Pets Program brings animals from shelters that have higher kill rates to the Irvine animal shelter where they stay until they are adopted.

“That’s another reason why I have stayed here for so long,” Hudson said.

Dogs that lived on the other side of the shelter were up for adoption as well.

Cecilia Kim, a volunteer at the shelter for just three months, keeps in close contact with these dogs, keeping them separate from the ones at the Home for the Holidays Event.

The subscription service has three cities or “zones” they currently send deals out to.

Some fast-food places and restaurants in Brea, Fullerton and Placentia offer very aggressive discounts through efoodie, with at least 50 percent off and sometimes free menu items.

“It’s really built around the idea of providing and promoting quality eateries that are very local to where, in this case, they go to school,” Williams said.

Restaurants are all within a two to three mile area of where the subscribers either work, live or go to school, Williams said.

Food establishments vary from Subway, Yogurtland, Sansai Sushi Grill, T.G.I Friday’s, Pepe’s and juice bars. E-foodie offers coupons and discounts for almost 50 client restaurants, which give subscribers many places to choose from.

“I always try and stress three things to our client restaurants: (to) make sure that they have a good quality product, that they’re local and that they are willing to do a really good offer,” Williams said.

Each week, the amount of deals vary from one to three.

Sometimes, the offers come with a “no strings attached” free deal.

The process of signing up is easy and simple. It does not involve passwords, codes or downloads. To get started, simply subscribe, then show the restaurant the deal on your phone.

Deals are sent to subscribers via email, and they are available to “share” with friends.

Williams said there are three things that distinguish e-food-

Courtesy of E-Foodie Shayla Duncan, (left), and Allie Cruz, (right), e-foodie representatives, spread the word across Cal State Fullerton on e-foodie, a way for locals to save money on meals.

ie from other deal sites.

“All of our deals are very local, we will never send out a deal that is not in the immediate area,” he said. “I don’t think we’ve done a deal that is more than three miles away from campus.”

Secondly, the deals that efoodie sends are aggressive discounts. “I like to make sure that the restaurant does something free to get people in the door,” Williams said.

The third is that Williams’ company does not make efoodie subscribers pay them for the service.

In 2014, e-foodie is hoping to add three more cities into their zones, expanding their restaurant options for their subscribers.

A current subscriber, Vicki Delaney, has been a long-time e-foodie supporter and said she was a little skeptical at first, but now is a believer.

“It’s still kind of amazing all the stuff you get for free or al-

most free, it’s really cool,” Delaney said.

Promotions e-foodie sends out are personally selected

by Williams, and the service wants to offer deals to new places that may be unfamiliar to subscribers.

David Isbell is the marketing manager of Sansai Sushi Grill in Fullerton, which is an e-foodie client. He said he believes they get a strong response from the deals that efoodie offers.

Sansai changes its offers to keep the menu fresh for guests coming in and give them something new to look forward to, Isbell said. The restaurant creates promotions with e-foodie about once a month and plans to continue its partnership.

E-foodie hopes to expand within the next year to offer more residents a variety of food options.

For more information or to sign up for e-foodie, visit efoodie.com.

“...They just look around and then you never know who might grab your heart.”

Cecilia Kim

Shelter Volunteer “(This event) encourages people to come out and see the dogs a little bit more,” Kim said.

“The people that usually come here are ones that are specifically looking for something, whereas at this type of event they just come out … they just look around and then you never know who might grab your heart.”

Kim said she is passionate about being at the Irvine shelter.

“The staff (is) very nice and knowledgeable,” Kim said.

“They train the volunteers very well. The facilities themselves are really great here. It’s a lot better compared to some of the other ones ... there is wide open field … (and) yards where they can play freely.”

With volunteers like Hudson and Kim and booths with information on animals in need, the Irvine animal shelter gained another year of success for the Home for the Holidays event.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

TUESDAY

Green Piece The Keystone XL pipeline requires stricter scrutiny ALEX GROVES

For the Daily Titan

Not more than a month ago, I was watching a CBS News report I thought was truly fascinating.

The report offered visual evidence that served as yet another indication that the full-speed ahead attitude that some groups of individuals have taken toward the Keystone XL pipeline, is ill-advised.

The report showed TransCanada, the company behind the large structure, had dug a large portion of the pipeline out of the ground to re-inspect it, heightening concerns that perhaps the company had not taken the necessary steps to ensure its safety when they were first building it.

The news on CBS came out around the same time as a report from Public Citizen that pointed out many red flags.

The report showed there were construction problems and also apparent code violations, effectively raising questions of whether or not the federal government has been keeping tabs on TransCanada and their work.

I’ve argued that the pipeline would actually create less jobs than the numbers presented by TransCanada and the U.S. State Department, and that there were still a lot of factors worth considering before approving the project in its entirety.

But the most important thing worth considering—and the one that I’d like to address in this column—is the question of just how safe this pipeline actually is if in the very beginning of its construction, there are already visible problems.

A similar structure, the Pegasus Pipeline, spilled approximately 5,000 barrels of crude

oil all over Mayflower, Ark. Months later, when the same pipeline burst in Missouri, people in Mayflower were still dealing with the damage and trying to clean things up.

Shouldn’t it stand to reason then that if the ExxonMobilowned pipeline has had so much difficulty and created so many problems for the people who lived around it, that we might want to be a little more careful when putting together this pipeline?

In a speech on building the private sector at the Developing Unconventionals energy conference, former President George W. Bush spoke of the importance of implementing the pipeline.

“So what should a concerned administration do?” he said. “If private sector growth is the goal and Keystone pipeline creates 20,000 new private sector jobs, build the damned thing.”

Never mind the fact that most of those 20,000 jobs are temporary.

What I find interesting is that Bush’s comments came no more than a week later than the CBS and Public Citizen reports.

Bear in mind that I’m not taking an anti-conservative stance and I’m not criticizing President Bush for his belief that Keystone XL will do the country good because in the end, I don’t know more than the next guy how these developments will shake out.

However, I do think that before our government proceeds with the completion of this project, there needs to be some serious analysis of the job TransCanada is doing, and the government needs to be prepared to take a more active supervision of the project if they need to.

Courtesy of MCT Protesters across Ukraine lined up to demonstrate against President Viktor Yanukovych for his refusal to join the European Union.

Unity needed in Ukraine Ukraine, dealing with financial instability, has to choose the EU over a Russian-led economic union MATTHEW HADDIX Daily Titan

Over the course of the last three weeks, Ukraine has been embroiled in an everworsening political situation over a critical choice: to be a part of the European Union (EU) or join a Russian-led customs union.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych called off talks to join the EU, and the country erupted in protest with more than a million gathering in Independence Square in the capital, Kiev, Sunday night.

Yet either choice comes with great consequences for the economically struggling Ukraine, consequences they may not be able to recover from.

Ukraine’s economy took a particularly hard hit when world markets collapsed in 2008, and took on a great deal of debt in an attempt to stave off catastrophe.

This year’s payments have not had a great effect on the economy, but their payment in 2014 will total $5.5 billion.

Out of this money to be paid, $3 billion will go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and $1 billion to Russian lender VTB. With two large banks already heavily invested in the Ukrainian economy, it becomes clear as to why both sides wish to secure Ukraine within their respective trade agreements.

Russia is a major purchaser of Ukrainian resources, and seeks to bring Ukraine into its own customs union.

When the Europeans announced their interest in bringing Ukraine into the EU, Russia threatened a trade embargo on Ukraine, perhaps forcing the hand of Yanukovych to side with the Russians.

Yanukovych is not a saint by any means.

His predecessor Yulia V. Tymoshenko sits in jail following abuse of authority convictions, an action criticized by Western powers as an attempt to politically sideline her.

The EU’s push to include Ukraine is one of the goals of Eastern Partnership program, a foreign policy initiative designed to beguile former Soviet republics into Western economic and political sentiments.

Ukraine existed as a Soviet state for a majority of the last century, always looking through the glass at Western Europe, excluded by association.

When the Soviet Union fell, Ukraine wallowed in low economic progress in the 1990s while the EU was born.

For the first time in Ukraine’s recent history, the Europeans are willing to create an official relationship between Ukraine and Western powers and policies.

Many Ukrainians believe the EU is the right choice for their country, but this comes with ramifications the Ukrainians may not expect.

In the wake of the 2008 world financial crisis, major financial powers in the EU like the IMF and the World Bank devised a solution to struggling European econo-

mies: austerity.

Countries such as Greece, Spain, and even parts of the United Kingdom found themselves looking down the inescapable barrel of spending cuts and tax hikes that follow austerity measures.

Greece has truly suffered under austerity measures, with 25 percent unemployment and a staggering 60 percent youth employment following drastic cuts to social spending and thus social employment.

The presence of the EU will likely bring some form of austerity measures to Ukraine, and the youth of Ukraine would be wise to consider this possibility.

The prospect for the inclusion in the Russian customs union is equally bleak; the Russian economy is still in a recession and is experiencing slow growth.

Perhaps the Russian Federation is seeking to blanket itself with former Soviet states to aid in easing the state out of its recession.

Realizing the scant opportunities offered by either party, Yanukovych sought to create deals with the Chinese.

However, nothing has come about from such talks.

This leaves few options for the Ukrainian people who are seeking to gain traction in the post-recession world.

However, if we have learned anything from Iceland, investing in Ukrainian people rather than rescuing financial institutions may lead to greater growth.

... Russia threatened a trade embargo on Ukraine, perhaps forcing the hand of Yanukovych to side with the Russians.

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The economy is often personified with terms like bull or bear markets, endowing lifelike qualities to a system of monetary transactions and value trades. The proverbial question remains, are we the masters of the beast we have nurtured, or does the beast drive us before it like cattle to the whip?

The economy may have started as an obedient creature, but it has gorged on copious human greed to become a monster of uncontrollable hunger.

Last Tuesday, Pope Francis spoke out on a wild, unregulated economy that has established itself as a sacrosanct deity entrenched in our society and around the globe. Its influence is so great that it extends the idea of a consumer good to not only things, but to people as well.

The source of this mass globalization of consumerism comes from the upper tiers of the economic hierarchy, who represent the pantheon of the consumer godhead.

These individuals have a desire to consume greater than all they coerce into their ideology. Their extravagant lifestyles appear like the image of Mount Olympus: beautiful, powerful, and utterly unattainable by all, except for those who are born within it.

As powerful as these individuals seem, they are not immortal, nor can they escape the collective will of the people should it turn against them.

The first and most important step Americans can make is to call for greater transparency across all levels of economic trade.

Transparency is the greatest barrier to corruption, and although it will not remove corruption outright, it can certainly prevent it from happening so freely.

Following transparency, we need to remove certain institutions from financial markets. Allowing commercial banks like JPMorgan Chase or Bank of America to use depositors’ money as fodder for financial speculation through which only they profit

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is utterly illogical.

Imagine if a friend asked to borrow $1,000 to help out on a car loan. This friend then gambles the money in Las Vegas and turns the $1,000 into $50,000. Few people would lend money to someone who intends to gamble it away, but this friend reveals the true purpose of borrowing the money, and the amount he earned. Rather than sharing it, he returns the $1,000 and keeps the rest.

This is exactly what these large banks are doing.

Opponents of economic regulation believe there can only be two extremes: the current system of free market capitalism and suffocating Marxist socialism. They claim the very fabric of our democracy is woven by the threads of free market capitalism, yet democratic nations have found ways to exist with market regulation.

The small country of Iceland was seen as one of the worst hit during the 2008 worldwide financial crisis. Rather than bailing out the banks out of fear of their collapse, Iceland bought the mortgage debt of its population and threw the bankers responsible for the crisis in jail.

Thanks to their actions, Iceland has experienced greater growth than the United States and European countries over the past few years.

It is time for Americans to stand up to these large financial institutions and demand for fair treatment in the economy that has become such an integral part of our society. This is why both rich and poor citizens must come together to curtail the corrupt practices of the ultra-elite through regulation and demands for transparency.

Whenever anyone attempts to change the status quo, they will be met with resistance and persecution, but they can take heart knowing they are not alone. Pope Francis is one of many who are leading the charge in an effort to take back our humanity from the economy.

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Time travel, star destroyers and quantum computers all seem to be prevalent in the world of science fiction.

These concepts and machinery entice people because of their magic-like capability and endless possibilities.

I myself am a fan of the DC Comics universe, in which superheroes such as Superman, Batman and Martian Manhunter are often found saving the planet from complete annihilation caused by such technology.

Whenever there is any actual discussion about such devices,

most people find it either too implausible or comical to be taken seriously. For a lot of people, it’s hard to take force fields or invisibility seriously because what comes to mind is overthe-top images of scenes from Star Trek or some other sci-fi program.

However, many cliché sci-fi technologies aren’t without actual scientific grounds.

These foundations may not be as glamorous as we would have hoped them to be, but they nonetheless turn the knob on the doors that future generations might someday push open.

For example, a British company, E2V, has recently created a prototype device capable of stopping vehicles with blasts of electromagnetic waves.

Although this might sound like some sort of spectacle to see, it’s simply another innovation science has put together, far from science fiction.

The company has called it the RF Safe-Stop. They say the device weighs approximately 350 kilograms.

This device sends out radio frequency pulses that mess with the vehicle’s electronic system, causing its engine to shut off.

E2V wants to put such a

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The main use of the device is thought to be as a non-lethal weapon for military or even police to be used to stop vehicles in areas where they are not intended to go.

The RF Safe-Stop is said to work on some cars, motorcycles, and even boats. There is much hope for it to be used on motorbikes because of the potential harm that can occur from halting a two-wheel vehicle in a speed chase.

Since the device functions by targeting the vehicles electronic system, the device will not work on all older vehicles.

There are various applications for such a device. Regardless of the device’s popularity, there are some who still feel

It goes without saying that the economy and how the economy are structured affects each and every person. Economics and economic philosophy is something all of us should understand, especially because we are paying good money for an education in the hopes of prospering after college. True capitalism and free markets are the best economic system ever devised, and they promise the most opportunities, prosperity, choices and wealth for nations and the people who experience it.

Recently, Pope Francis made headlines when he criticized capitalism and free markets. He was concerned about inequality and the fact that many remain poor and go without progress. His proposals included restructuring the world’s economies to represent those similar to Europe. These failed and failing economies are those that include socialism and the forced redistribution of wealth and resources in their design.

The pope makes some good points about helping the poor and helping bring people up; but he is wrong on the methods of how to cure these ills.

The supreme Catholic leader and authority figure is confused on how poverty is created and where it is at its highest around the world.

On this point, anything other than capitalism and free markets is the greatest producer of poverty around the world. Poverty-stricken nations suffer greatly from the fact that they have centralized, distributive and corrupt economies, but not because they employ capitalism. These nations have the least economic freedom, which harms their brand of capitalism and results in the poorest economies and people.

Meanwhile, countries with the most economic freedom have the greatest prosperity.

This correlation is no coincidence. Capitalism and free markets represent economic freedom and really freedom itself.

The first lesson in economics is scarcity, meaning that there are only a finite number of goods or resources and not everyone

that it is not yet time to celebrate.

Andy Holt, who is deputy chief constable of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), had a look at the technology himself. He said the RF Safe-Stop had “potential, but it’s very early days yet.”

There was a demonstration given for the BBC at Throckmorton Airfield in Worcestershire. At this vacant runway, there were many different used cars and motorbikes that would take part in the test.

In these demonstrations, a car drove up toward the device at about 15 mph, and as the vehicle entered the RF Safe-Stop’s range, the dashboard lights became erratic.

The engine then stopped and the car rolled into a gentle halt.

Any digital audio and video recording devices inside the vehicle were also affected by the device.

E2V’s product manager, Andy Wood, said the machine is “a small radar transmitter.”

He also said “the RF (radio frequency) is pulsed from the unit just as it would be in radar, it couples into the wiring in the car and that disrupts and confuses the electronics in the car causing the engine to stall.”

There were no other specifics given.

An article from The Engineer magazine said that the device is able to “disable the engines of motor vehicles and small boats at a distance of up to 50 meters in under three seconds.”

is able to obtain them. The best part of free markets is that the distribution of these goods are based on important and natural economic laws. Distribution of goods in the free market system occur through supply and demand curves, price signals, competition and voluntary transactions between free minded people.

As a result, resources appear where they are demanded by consumers, the goods and services people enjoy are of higher quality and choice gives people the freedom to buy or not buy from certain companies. The prosperity that is then created helps produce jobs and save income for people to allocate for other uses. This leads to the ability and freedom to accumulate wealth and become prosperous.

The greatest aspect to free markets is that it enables people to rise up the socioeconomic ladder. Inexpensive goods and rewarding hard work helps bring up the people the most in need. Also, the surplus in wealth created by capitalism is often allocated by successful individuals to charitable organizations that help the needy.

In capitalism, lines of bread wait for individuals. On the other hand, with socialism, the public waits in bread lines.

The fallacy in central and redistributive economic planning is that this method doesn’t take into account fundamental economic laws. The lack of price signals and price floors causes excessive or scarce production. Merit is less rewarded, resulting in lesser quality of goods and services. Lastly, people who suffer under these oppressive economic systems lack the freedom of choice. All of these factors lessen citizens’ income. Yes, there may be a smaller inequality gap, but only because everyone is equally poorer.

Overall, it only takes one look around Southern California and Orange County to see the benefits of capitalism. We all have the choice where to shop and buy from, and the prosperity capitalism creates makes people rich, not poor.

Still, some experts from the BBC are worried the device would not stop cars fast enough.

They even wondered about the repercussions (if any) that could be felt by the affected vehicle’s electronic brake and steering system.

Since the device functions by targeting the vehicles electronic system, the device will not work on all older vehicles. The company also believes this device does not pose any threat to people with pacemakers.

This belief has yet to be verified. Wood told the magazine that the “RF Safe-Stop can be fitted also into ground, fixed base installations, rib-type boats and that there were ‘blue-

print’ ideas to integrate it into a helicopter.”

I think it is a good idea to start coming up with innovative ways to apply what we know about electromagnetic waves into practical solutions to problems in which our current solutions are not as safe.

I would like to think that one day our world will be full of technologies that help prevent crimes and natural disasters, but at the same time, I would not want to see a world where people with the worst of intentions can acquire the same technologies and use them to create crimes and natural disasters. Our future is indeed both fascinating and frightful.

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Christian Cordova has won multiple awards for his fire dancing.

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Stephan Baxter, owner of the Egan Art Gallery in downtown Fullerton, has been an active voice in community issues from homelessness to animals.

Local activist and his art

Egan Art Gallery owner Stephan Baxter speaks out on community issues ROBERT REYES Daily Titan

The walls at the Egan Gallery in the Magoski Arts Colony in downtown Fullerton aren’t always perfect, and buying art isn’t always easy.

Its owner and curator, Stephan Baxter, 48, said he might have a clue how to run a gallery if he majored in art exhibition instead of political science.

Baxter paints the walls himself, hangs the pictures, and, when necessary, stands on the ladder’s top step, the step that is not supposed to be used, to fix the lights.

Through Egan Gallery and his political organization Art with an Agenda, Baxter has raised more than $30,000 for local charitable organizations since July 2012, according to his website.

Recently, OC Weekly named Art with an Agenda the “Best Protesting Organization You Wouldn’t Want to Meet If You’re in a Dark Alley” for its Best of 2013 feature.

However, raising money is not at the top of Baxter’s priorities.

“This is about changing hearts, changing minds,” Baxter said.

Jesse La Tour, a part-time English professor at both Cal State Fullerton and Fullerton

College, runs the Hibbleton Gallery in the Magoski Arts Colony. He said he first met Baxter through the Art Walk. The Hibbleton and the Egan are two of the four spaces that make up the art colony.

La Tour, who has attended Baxter’s events, said they get along because of how like-minded they are politically, even if Baxter is more “in your face” than La Tour.

With no staff, no office and no letterhead, Art with an Agenda is how Baxter organizes his political activities, whether it is camping out to protest charging homeless people with camping citations or holding an art show to help local animal shelters.

In their article on the organization, the OC Weekly wrote, “when (Baxter) calls for a protest, people actually show up.”

Named after Fullerton College professor Bob Egan, the Egan Gallery takes up a small part of the Magoski Arts Colony.

When it’s not being used for a group show or themed exhibit, it’s used to promote artists like Steve Metzger or more recently for M. Bryan for her debut show, “The Wrong One.” Baxter said he has been politically involved since he was in high school.

At El Dorado High School in Placentia, he founded the Agitator, a newspaper to compete with the school’s existing newspaper.

The Agitator’s logo featured the school’s mascot, a hawk,

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“It’s not that my focus is on the homeless, it’s just that in this city, they get kicked harder than almost anybody else.”

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lying dead with flies buzzing around it. After the newspaper released its first issue, the school administration told Baxter that he was no longer allowed to use the school printers.

Baxter, the founder of the school’s political awareness club, called the American Civil Liberties Union.

At Fullerton College, Baxter remembers Bob Egan as a pipesmoking veteran with a limp because of a prosthetic leg.

During the start of the semester, Baxter told Egan he was going to turn the Statue of Liberty into a “whore” for his art project.

Egan surprised Baxter by showing his support.

“He thought it was stupid, I’m sure,” Baxter said. “But he knew it would shut me down, I didn’t know how to react.”

It was in Egan’s class that Baxter said he met many of the artists he works with today.

“It seemed like a tribute to my father, to keep his name out there,” said John Egan, Bob Egan’s son.

Baxter called Bob Egan’s wife out of the blue looking for her blessing to name the gallery after her husband, who died five years ago. In November, the Egan Gallery had an exhibit featuring art from Bob Egan, his son John Egan, his daughter-inlaw Gina Lawson Egan and his granddaughter Grace Egan.

One of the issues Baxter has stressed when talking to the Fullerton City Council this year has been putting a moratorium on “camping” citations that are being given to homeless residents.

Baxter said the law criminalizes a group of people who have no choice but to break the law.

“We gave them no alternative to be (homeless) because we voted down that shelter,” Baxter said.

Baxter’s involvement as a curator at the Magoski Art Colony began after Fullerton Police De-

partment officers confronted and beat Kelly Thomas. Thomas, a homeless man with schizophrenia and someone whom Baxter said was a friend, died five days after that altercation in 2011.

Baxter said after a year of emails, protests and city council meetings after Thomas’ death, he felt that the story was fading.

Baxter worked with artist John Sollom, who he met in Egan’s class, to organize an art show regarding the Kelly Thomas beating titled “The Life and Death of Kelly Thomas” at the Magoski Art Colony. Featuring 46 artists, Baxter said he wanted people to be confronted with the beating as well as to be able to connect people with Kelly Thomas.

“If someone hears that a cheerleader is murdered, instantly they’re outraged,” Baxter said. “It takes a little bit of pushing and shoving to get people outraged when it’s a homeless man or when it’s anyone on the margins.”

For Baxter, the 11,000 people who came to the event showed city leaders that people were upset.

Since that show, Baxter has organized “LOVE. SEX. UNITY. RESPECT,” an art exhibit about marriage equality cocurated by artist Valerie Lewis, and the Egan Gallery has had a benefit show for local animal shelters co-curated by artist Cody Raiza, called “Rescue Me.” Baxter said the issues he cares about have to do with everyone getting treated with dignity in Fullerton.

“It’s not that my focus is on the homeless, it’s just that in this city, they get kicked harder than almost anybody else,” Baxter said.

Unfortunately for Baxter, he said other people who support him on certain issues don’t always feel the same way.

With the exception of Kelly Thomas’ mother, none of the leading voices calling for greater action on the Kelly Thomas issue came to support his marriage equality show, and only a couple of people from that show came to his protest against camping citations, Baxter said.

“We’re fighting the same people,” he said. “People that hate gays also hate the homeless.”

However, Baxter said sitting in the courtroom next to Kelly Thomas’ father hearing Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas make a case against the officers who beat Thomas gives him some hope.

It’s something he generally doesn’t have a lot of, he said.

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Fire knifing performances in his repertoire have been hosted by a variety of venues for an array of events. Cordova has performed at private parties, Disney hotels, even a nudist colony based out of Riverside.

The young dancer has been given the opportunity to study with some of the finest trained Polynesian dancers in the world. His main instructor, and a father figure, Coco Tirao, has been a consistently positive inf luence in Cordova’s growing career.

Tirao has toured to locations such as Japan, Hawaii and Mexico to teach the art of Tahitian dance.

Lessons with the Tirao can cost as much as $300 per session, but Cordova has the opportunity to have him as a mentor free of charge.

Cordova said he feels blessed with all of the opportunities he’s been given. A lot of it is just luck or being at the right place at the right time, Cordova said.

The dancer’s parents have also played a major role in supporting their son’s passion.

Cordova emphasizes the tremendous gratitude he has for them because they took the time to back up his dedication.

Cordova has been the recipient of a multitude of titles and awards, both as a solo competitor and in group competitions.

He has graced stages in Las

Vegas, San Diego, Anaheim, Tahiti and more. The artist placed first at the Heiva San Diego competition where he also won best soloist overall.

Cordova also took home the winning trophy from the at the Tahiti Fete San Jose 2011 competition.

One of his highest ranking appreciations came with his title as choreographer for the Mr. Heiva San Diego competition in 2012.

The list of his awarded recognitions goes on and the expectation is that Cordova will continue to be successful.

Cordova is not alone in his passion for this intricate style of dance.

Michael Tutop, 24, a kinesiology major, is a member of the South Pacific Islander Cultural Association (SPICA).

“My favorite part of these cultures is the deep meaning, purpose and important messages of the dances relating to one’s culture(s) and one’s ancestry,” Tutop said. “Whenever I performed these dances, I put my mana (spiritual energy) into each movement.”

Many supporters of Cordova and his talents would like him to open his own Polynesian dance studio. Cordova strays away from this idea, though, as he strives to keep a business aspect out of his practice of dance.

“With me it’s more of my getaway. It’s that place where I go when school is just taking me down, or when I have trouble in my life,” Cordova said.

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Water fasting is a strenuous but very beneficial cleanse The body is not wasting energy digesting calories, so some ailments can be relieved ADRIAN GARCIA Daily Titan

I woke up, miserable, to the smell of apple and cinnamon oatmeal cooking on the stove.

Usually it’s not a smell strong enough for me to crave, but I could feel my nostrils opening, my lips trembling, my taste buds craving a bite. But as I laid there, I looked across the barren wasteland that is my room and began my day with a glass of water.

At that time, I was on the third day of my sixday water fast.

A water fast is similar to a juice cleanse, yet different.

A juice cleanse is a process in which a person detoxifies their body by consuming only blended fruits and vegetables for an extended period of time to lose weight and essentially transition themselves to a cleaner and healthier lifestyle.

A water fast, however, is a much more strict and grueling process. It requires an individual to strictly consume water for an extended period of time to provide a much greater detox.

The benefits of a water fast are obvious.

Of course, a person will lose weight, especially water weight, at a faster rate than individuals on a juice cleanse.

Within the first two days of my fast, I had lost three pounds.

However, a water fast contains other healing factors that are attractive to individuals.

The idea that consuming only water will allow oxygen to replenish the body and any previous injuries is common among supporters.

Because the body is not wasting energy digesting calories, supporters believe the body can help conditions including arthritis, diabetes, obesity and other physical ailments, according to healthy living website Livestrong.com Personally, I have felt pain in my right knee since I played sports in high school, roughly three years ago. I was intrigued by the idea that this fast will save me from the dreaded pain pulsing in my knee from years past.

By the end of the six days, my knee felt great and I could walk up and down a f light of stairs without clenching my teeth with every step.

My knee felt better than it had in years and I felt capable of performing physical activities that I could not have prior to this.

However, all great things come with some consequences.

The first four days were horrible. I was angry, impatient and weak. My stomach angrily growled at me every chance it had. After

sitting or laying down for a long time, I had trouble standing up and obtaining my balance.

Raleen Tieratt, a nutritionist at Cornerstone Chiropractic in Fullerton, said the effects are due to the toxins in my body being released.

“Once it’s all cleansed out, you feel much better and more relieved because your body actually is more in tune with itself. Your hormones, everything is functioning properly the way it’s meant to function,” Tieratt said.

After the fourth day, I felt great. My stomach stopped begging me for food and I began every day full of energy and optimism. I felt new again, rejuvenated and could not remember a feeling as surreal as it.

Tieratt said the rea-

“Once it’s all cleansed out, you feel much better and more relieved because your body is actually more in tune with itself.”

Raleen Tieratt Nutritionist

son behind my socalled rejuvenation was not due to the beneficial effects of the water fast, but because I had successfully shrunk my stomach and therefore was requiring less nutrients to properly function.

Six days of a water fast is no easy task. It’s miserable. By the fourth day, I hated myself.

I stuck with it and saw both the benefits and consequences.

I lost a total of seven pounds and have only gained two of them back in the two weeks since I finished.

After a cleanse, especially one as strict as a water fast, the body can quickly regain the weight lost if a person’s diet is not carefully managed, Tieratt said.

Luckily, I was able to maintain a fairly balanced diet.

However, the pain in my knee returned. I still wear a knee brace daily to prevent swelling.

Would I do it again?

Maybe.

Water fasting, if done properly, can be a beneficial way to detoxify and cleanse. It can help provide you with the opportunity to begin fresh, with a chance to change your lifestyle.

Courtesy of MCT Office employees such as Joel Hadley are opting to stand while working to avoid heightening their risk of arthritis, diabetes and even death.

Taking a stand for health

Standing desks are becoming the new trend with people sitting for long hours VALERIE SCHREPFERMAN Daily Titan

Sitting excessively increases chances of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease and blood clots. This is pretty scary news for those who spend hours behind a desk and nameplate.

Sitting disease is a real thing. Electrical activity of the muscles in the body drop while sitting.

While the body’s calorie burning mechanism is slow and insulin efficiency drops, risk of diabetes is heightened. For employment requiring staff to sit in front of computers for hours on end, consequences can be drastic.

Experts in the field of ergonomics, a practice intended to maximize productivity in the workplace, are taking a stand, literally. Adjustable desks that enable users to sit or stand while doing work are starting to appear in the marketplace as more and more people complain of problems associated with long-term sitting periods.

The bare truth is that sitting can kill you. It seems drastic, but the fact is sitting 11 or more hours a day increases the risk of death by a stunning 40 percent.

The United States is well known for being a nation with high obesity among its residents.

Between 1980 and 2000, exercise rates have remained the same, sitting rates have increased by 8 percent, and obesity has doubled. While not all

individuals sitting at a desk can be deemed as overweight, people employed at a job where they sit have twice the rate of cardiovascular disease as those with standing jobs.

Some individuals have jobs that inevitably require working in a chair for multiple hours at a time. While it is obvious that complete refusal to take a seat is unlikely, the importance behind moving one’s body does not lose its relevance.

The situation gains an evident seriousness when individuals spend extra time on their behinds instead of on their feet.

Deisy Hernandez, an office assistant for the Associated Students Inc. Leader and Program Development department, works at her desk eight hours a day, five days a week. Although she finishes work tasks sitting down in front of a desk, she attributes her freedom of back pain to the various breaks away from her seat. Hernandez makes sure to alternate between tasks and listens for when her body has hit a breaking point. She also utilizes her break efficiently and said it helps to “not just go from one seat to another.”

Simply put, the recommended 30 minutes of activity per day just won’t cut it. Those making a living from a chair need to get in the conscious state of remembering to create movement throughout the day. Ergonomics experts advise a stroll around the office as much as possible.

Stretching, marching in place and jumping jacks are efficient, quick and easy ways people can take the opportunity to live a healthier lifestyle.

Efforts to take a stand are not only relevant

in the office. While relaxing is often associated with a break on the couch, those who sit three or more hours a day watching TV during down time are 64 percent more likely to die from heart disease. Each single hour added sitting equals an 11 percent increase in the risk of death. Hopefully this knocks you off your feet, but not into a chair.

The truth is, time spent sitting in a day adds up quickly. Whether it’s at a desk, in a car, in class or even on the toilet, a large part of our day is dedicated to sitting.

This is why it is all the more important to become fully aware of the ways to remain healthy and fit. The American Journal of Epidemiology stresses health messages “should include both being physically active and reducing time spent sitting.”

Political science major Victoria Gomez said she spends an average of eight hours a day in a seat. Apart from work in her office and in class, Gomez also works as a delivery service employee and spends a portion of her time behind the wheel.

“If I sit down for a long period of time without standing up at all, my back really hurts,” Gomez said.

In an effort to take a break from sitting, Gomez said she usually eats her meals standing up.

“I don’t sit down until I have to sit down,” Gomez said.

So whether it’s standing while working or eating, make a conscious effort to get on your feet to reduce risk of death.

CrossFit encourages competition A sense of community keeps CrossFit members motivated and coming back PATRICK BATES For the Daily Titan

A group of 25 walk into a room, knowing that in just a short while, they will be in pain. In just a few minutes, all of them will be suffering, regretting their decision to enter the room. The ironic fact is they are paying for their agony.

CrossFit, one of the most successful workout programs, began in 2000 and has been popular and successful ever since. Unlike many other programs and workout fads, CrossFit has been able to sustain its popularity by challenging their participants with a series of competitions and personal goals.

“For one, the program is effective, people see results,” Joel Thompson, owner of CrossFit Tustin, said. “It’s done in a com-

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munity, which adds to the enjoyment profoundly.”

The community, along with the instructors, are trained to motivate each other while staying positive during the workouts.

Motivation is driven by the constant competition that is so crucial to each workout. For many, this is the key difference between previous workout fads, or simply going to the gym by yourself.

“Definitely having the instructors there motivating you is a big difference,” said Sarah Ohlhaver, who started at CrossFit one month ago. “Having someone pushing you makes the difference where going by yourself is not motivating at all.”

Alex Bodine, who has been attending CrossFit classes for the past two years, has seen a major difference not only in his results, but also in the way he perceives working out.

“You are competing against other people in your gym and also against your personal goals,” Bodine said, adding that she

never enjoyed working out until discovering CrossFit. “It’s a competition in some shape or form, which keeps it fun.”

While each CrossFit studio is different, the message and goal remains the same: a lifestyle change which includes a strong workout schedule and healthy eating regimen.

“A lot of people that do CrossFit also do Paleo (dieting),” said Ohlhaver, who recently joined CrossFit and is already seeing results.

“It’s a plant and meat-based diet, which is super healthy.”

The popularity of CrossFit, which has been around since 2001, has taken off due to the “CrossFit Games,” a competition that is held yearly and can be seen on ESPN. While this is the largest CrossFit event, the workout program has smaller competitions in local communities.

“I participated in the ‘Barbells for Boobs’ event, which is a charitable event for breast cancer,” said Bodine, who performed well in the competition. “I’ve done it

the past two years.”

Events like these help the workout program stay relevant in a world of Insanity, P-90X, and 24 Hour Fitness locations on every corner. People consciously decide to pay to exercise at the CrossFit venues, and they choose to come back for the challenge.

“You aren’t just jumping around your living room and working out by yourself,” Thompson said.

“You change the way you eat, the way you look at food, and the way you exercise.”

Claimed by many to be one of the most strenuous workout regiments invented, there is a reason why results happen, and happen fast. With a combination of healthy eating, strenuous exercise and an improved metabolism, “CrossFitters” are some of the most dedicated athletes around, and wouldn’t give up the blood, sweat and tears that go into every workout.

“It’s really intense … and dangerous,” Ohlhaver said. “It’s kind of a lifestyle.”

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