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The Buzz
Mike Huckabee hops aboard the impeach Obama bandwagon
Good morning.
"There's no doubt he's done plenty of things worthy of impeachment." — former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee telling conservative radio host Steve Deace that President Barack Obama deserves to be impeached.
Republicans can't quite pull themselves away from a story that will hurt them this fall in the mid-term election.
"In our opinion, there is reason to believe the budget is not structurally aligned." — bond rating agency Standard & Poor's explaining why it downgraded Kansas bonds.
S&P took the rating from AA+ to AA. The move marked the second recent downgrade and comes the day Gov. Sam Brownback launched his post-primary re-election drive.
"My name is Michelle Obama and I am an African American woman." — the first lady beginning her remarks at Wednesday's symposium in Washington for the spouses of African leaders.
Speaking with former first lady Laura Bush, Obama emphasized the importance that education played in her life.
"We will push the idea of one big team. The party is here to help every Republican candidate." — Clay Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party.
Party officials are desperately trying to pull together the various factions that make up the modern-day GOP. It's too soon to say how successful they'll be.


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Jack has been in full-day camp this summer—at the same camp he attended last summer—and every day for the past five weeks I have spoken to the teachers at the end of the day and they have told me, "Jack had a great day!" "Jack was super cooperative today!" "Jack did everything we asked him to!"
Sure, there have been a few scuffles here and there, but not even anything to stress out about. And, sure, it's camp and not school, but a lot of the things he has to do are definitely non-preferred activities. Jack has even stepped up and above in helping plan the end-of-camp performance he'll be a part of this Friday.
It's like he's a different kid.
But he's not.
What's different is the environment.
It's a small class taught by therapists who know how to teach kids with developmental disabilities in a completely positive environment and who truly believe and take nothing but joy in Jack.
It gives me hope that he will do well in his smaller, special education class at school next year.
But why am I posting about this today? Well. To answer that, I have to go back four weeks, when one of the teachers pulled me aside at the end of the day to talk about Jack's bike. See, they bike ride every day and I had sent in a bike with training wheels.
They thought Jack was ready to try riding a two-wheeler. Jack has always been hesitant on his bike. He has absolutely NOT been interested in taking those training wheels off. Too bad for him, he's not in charge of the screwdrivers in the house.
He's been working on this every day at camp. Last week, they had him ride his bike for me, which was so incredible. At that time, he still wasn't starting by himself and could only go about ten feet.
Today after camp, they went out in the heat to set up safety cones in the parking lot just for him. (See: Camp Awesome) He showed me that he is COMPLETELY, INDEPENDENTLY RIDING HIS BIKE. He was able to start by himself, turn his bike during his three laps, and stop all by himself.
Amazing, huh?
In case you're wondering, I've already pretty much signed Jack up for a new, great program that Camp Awesome will be holding next summer for kids like Jack. Feel free to email me if you're local and looking for something like this.

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Posted on 11 May 2010 16:36
By Eric Troy
Modern strength training has, in recent times, aligned itself with science more than ever in the past. Unfortunately the majority of the industry has no clear knowledge of the scientific process and in fact, doesn't really know what science is. Most strength trainers who use science tend to point to science as if it is a thing. However, although we use the word as if it means a concrete thing it is rather a practice or system of acquiring knowledge. When we ask "what's the science on this?" what we really should be asking is "what is the state of knowledge on this?".
See more on the pretense to science by the fitness industry.
Viewing science as a static entity gives rise to the greatest strength training enemy of all: Dogma.
Many of the unquestionable beliefs that are repeated as "absolute truth" borrow scientific-sounding terms and claim scientific foundations. We call these beliefs "dogma" or "dogmatic". Disparagingly.
One example of such a widespread dogmatic belief is that exercise enhances your immunity and protects you from colds and flu. People repeat this as if it is fact while simply assuming that there is scientific evidence behind it.
Another area of dogma is the subject of "neural fatigue". Many statements circulate about the effects of strength training on the CNS as if they are absolute scientific fact when in fact this is one of the least understood areas of strength. You may hear statements like "too much maximal strength training will burn out your CNS" and most will take this as gospel. Yet there is no standard definition for what actually constitutes "neural fatigue" (which is probably not even an accurate term) let alone just what it means to "burn out your CNS". There is nothing in this area that can be stated with absolute certainty and little that can be stated even with a degree of assurance.
Here is a common belief I'll bet you didn't know was dogma. The hook lift is stronger than the alternating "over-under" grip. Dogma. There is no scientific reason to suggest that the hook lift has any special efficacy as compared to the alternating grip. This belief probably comes from the use of the hook grip by Olympic lifters, who are unable to use an alternating grip and would be unwise to resort to lifting straps. However, besides "safety for safety's sake" there is not even a reason to think that the use of the hook grip results in "more kilos lifted" for the average O lifter of average grip strength.
The simple fact is that deadlifters have much more need of special grips than Olympic lifters for a variety of reasons but there is no reason for a deadlifter to think that the hook grip has an advantage over the alternated grip.1
It would be improper of me not to mention nutrition and fat loss dogma. After all proper nutrition is essential to your strength training success and nutrition is subject to as many, if not more, dogmatic beliefs as training. Anything you eat after 7 or 8 PM turns to fat. Dogma. You must eat multiple meals throughout the day and many small meals every few hours is better than three big ones. Dogma. Limit your salt intake because salt will give you high blood pressure (and if you're a bodybuilder "bloat" you). Dogma.
Here's a big one. Don't eat too many egg yolks because it will raise your cholesterol. This one is so big that Jamie Hale chose the subject to put in the title of his new book: "Should I Eat the Yolk? Separating Facts from Myths to Get You Lean, Fit, and Healthy"
How about bananas cure muscle cramps? That's right. Dogma. The only way to get big is to "bulk" and then "cut". Dogma. You shouldn't deadlift more 1x5 reps a week. Dogma!!!!
You might make the point that dogma isn't necessarily wrong. And you'd be right. Many of the established doctrines of any discipline, although they seem to be based on a stubborn belief system rather than any real science, may still have solid underpinnings and be valid as far as our understanding of the world at this time.
The dogma we are talking about, however, is part of a system of belief and attitude. Any stubborn clinging to "absolutes" is, at it's heart, unscientific. The concept of absolute truth itself, as a matter of fact, is unscientific. So remember that dogma is more a way of thinking than it is a certain position or belief.
Proof only exists in mathematics. So when you hear the phrase, "it's been proven that", your dogma radar should ping.
My mission in this blog, if I were to call it a mission, is not only to provide strength training ideas and instruction but to help you learn to recognize false science. And also to help you spot what I would call "tricks of the trade". These are methods of persuasion that are used to help lend a sense of authority not to the information, but to the person providing it.
Persuasion itself is not a bad thing. We all must persuade others to accept our ideas. I am trying to persuade you right now as you are reading this.
I think the problem may be in thinking that you must always persuade yourself to one side or another. There actually exists an attitude that says you cannot criticize a concept unless you have an alternative. That, to me, is like saying we must accept vinegar unless we can come up with a bottle of wine. There isn't always an acceptable answer and the argument that says we must either take a side or provide an alternative is a false one. It is better to say "I don't know" sometimes.
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LOS ANGELES, CA. – A handful of athletes from the Pomona-Pitzer Men's Track and Field team competed at the Occidental Invitational this past Saturday in hopes of improving their personal records and getting a spot in the NCAA National Championship.
Andy Reischling broke the school record in the 5,000-Meter Run with a time of 14:07.91, breaking a record held by John Fowler in 2016. He also broke the SCIAC record as well and now boasts the second-fastest time in the country.
"Andy continues to impress me every time he steps on the track," said Head Coach Jordan Carpenter. "All season the plan was to be to chase the school record at this meet and Andy went out an executed to perfection to run the fastest time ever in program history. He is in a great groove right now and I am excited to see what he can do in two weeks at the national championships."
Freshman Hugo Ward also performed well in the 5k, setting a personal record of 15:07.50.
The Sagehens will compete again on Wednesday, May 16 at the Redlands Last Chance Meet before heading to the National Championship.


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Washington state man tackled for eating stranger's cake
Gary Hooper runs the Perk n Beans Cafe in the lobby of the Cowlitz County Hall of Justice.
"For the most part it's pretty quiet in here," said Hooper. "You'll hear people grumbling when they come out of court but that's understandable."
What is not understandable is what happened Tuesday. A woman and her sister carried a pink box through the security checkpoint. Inside the box was a birthday cake.
"We had a little dog in the car and he would've ate it," said Tina Ghee. "We thought it would be safe to bring it in with us."
Moments after Ghee and her sister set the boxed up cake on a table a man with an apparent sweet tooth zeroed in on it.
"Next thing you know he turns around and grabs a hand full of it and he starts eating it and he walks away," said Ghee.
The guy was so bold he returned for seconds. Deputies were not amused. They tackled the man before he could grab thirds.
"I've never seen anything like this in my life," said Ghee.
Hooper watched the scuffle from his cafe. He quickly recognized the hungry man as one of his customers who had exhibited bizarre behavior in the past.
"Ordered a sandwich and started eating it and he says, 'I don't have money,'" said Hooper. "I said, 'you better go find your wife.'"


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