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In my case mycompanyname is a single word, which I invented. The only references to it online are links to my site. For the last couple years, when I search for mycompanyname, I was always #1, and then all the folks who link to me are refenced below.
Since Allegra, mycompanyname.com is not in the SERPs at all for a search on mycompanyname. I also don't appear in searches on directory.google.com, although you can SEE mycompanyname.com listed in the directory! What on earth!
Some facts:
- My PR recently went from 6 to 3 as of Allegra.
- for the last month I had a 301 redirect on / to route it to /cityname/
- if I search: mycompanyname site:mycompanyname.com I get a couple hundred hits, which is right
- if I search: allinurl:mycompanyname I see something really weird: first SERP is someone that links to me, 2nd SERP is blank (yes, blank - there's a 1 inch space!), then I get a couple more SERPs, then my /cityname page appears
Something is really weird here....
Comments anyone else?
The odd thing is a the search result includes the domain with "%20" and "%20-%20" at the end of the listing title, ex: "domain.com%20/"
Anyone else seeing this or know the cause?
I should say as I have been on G's case here somewhat about this issue that we are back now #1-2 our retail and wholesale sites respectively in the serps for our unique registered name now. I hope this sticks. Also the serps now contain much less results for the term cutting alot of the spammy redirect link junk from that one search.
joined:Feb 1, 2005
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You should also check your own internal links.
Search for strings of the form
href="stuff "
href="stuff /"
href=" /"
etc, all of which have an inadvertant space.
I'm in all the datacenters and the SERPS are fresh. One of my sites shows the title "More Coming Soon" which is the default splash page on my server for a site when it's propagating. I just swtiched IPs last night and my site showed this title for about 12 hours so these are brand new.
I hope this is a sign of what's coming.
joined:Dec 29, 2003
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Check you sites with inurl:www.domain.com and see if you've been hijacked.
Great job Google. How long has it been since we first pointed out the 302 issue?
I've written to Google about it, the update problems email address that GoogleGuy posted, but I'm just one small fish in a great big ocean.
That being said, I will forget about this problem (best I can), eventually they will fix it.
And for those that do not believe that there is a sandbox, there is one. Even I didn't beleive it for a long time. I've got a relatively unfamiliar term that I've dedicated a page to. That page is #1 in MSN and #2 in Yahoo. Does not show up in the top 1,000 of Google unless you use quotes, then it shows up at #50. The listings above it really have nothing to do with the subject.
I know that there are a lot of posts of a similar nature but I feel like my problem is slightly different. �I am not complaining about a drop in page rank or position, rather we seem to be totaly gone from the index now. �When I search for my domain the only things i can find are the original links off the parent site to the sister site and generic www.myurl.com/�link with no caption, description, anything to go along with it. �The few pages that were there seem to be gone now.
We still get traffic (yahoo recently gave us a directory listing) but nothing from google anymore, yet googebot has been visiting us every day since mid january and continues to do so. �I don't understand, we didn't break any rules, we didn't pull any tricks, yet we seem to have been deleted from the index even though we have been adding a lot of content and picking up in traffic from other places (blog links, etc).
Any idea what might be going on or how worried we should be?
joined:Dec 29, 2003
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I just did this test and in five DCs I see this:
Allinanchor:mydomain.com (no where to be found...>100)
Allinanchor:my-domain (no where to be found...>100)
Allinanchor:tough-keyword #2
Allinanchor:very-tough-keyword #5
22.214.171.124 5
220.127.116.11 5
126.96.36.199 5
188.8.131.52 5
188.8.131.52 5
126.96.36.199 5
18.104.22.168 5
18.104.22.168 5
18.104.22.168 5
and I'm no where in the serps. I know that "mydomain.com" anchor has least 10 times more links.
Even at that, I once was sitting behind a page that was under construction. My site is a financial site and the page under construction that beat me out was cloaking and the words just happened to appear in the random text. This particular website was also an affiliate site selling drugs.
My site now has around 600 pages in the Google index - each representing an article of around 500 - 1,100 words. This month I averaged around 1.5 referals each day from Google.
I get fresh tags daily and Googlebot was also the most active spider on the site this month, taking in around 2,400 pages.
To me, this seems like at least 12 feet worth of sand. (No one would bother digging that deep.)
Still, I remain a fan of Google - they will eventually figure it out. Until then, I will hold onto my day job.
then it dissapeared again :( Can't work out if this is a good sign or not! but it has given me hope.
joined:Dec 29, 2003
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This index on 188.8.131.52 shows 750 pages, pretty much the actual number of page on the website and this index shows all 750 pages, no message like click here to see omitted results.
My experience is that this index never sticks.
joined:Dec 29, 2003
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Also, on a side note I am seeing massive subdomain abuse on this search with a site domains such as:
They are all massive scraped link sites with links to 75 more spammy pages across the bottoms of all the pages and alot of my text scraped with our name in it. They have inserted <b> tags on everything they think is a keyword. The sad part is they rank not so far behind the real site with hundreds of listings just on our name search alone. Google must be 3/4 full of this trash.
joined:Feb 1, 2005
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But, to answer your question above, Walkman, we are still gone for all practical purposes (e.g. #99 where we used to be #4) on most searches.
It seems like Google used to use the title tag to find a page on a topic and would discern the true desire of your search - but they don't now post Feb 3. If you searched for Baby Boomer Real Estate Trends, for example, they'd treat it as if you entered "Baby Boomer Real Estate Trends" for example and find a page with that title that talked about that specific subject. Now, instead, you see pages on "real estate" "real estate trends" and "baby boomers" and then way down in the rankings you'll find information on Baby Boomer Real Estate Trends. It doesn't seem like they are giving the end users good search results any more. I don't get it.
But this only happens in a few themes as far as I can tell. I really don't get it and guess I never will. Must have been an experiment in wordsense disambiguation, latent semantic indexing, or something. Or just an ongoing anti-scumscraper, content-copying initiative that had many innocent civilian casualties. Just for the sake of intellectually curiosity, I'd love to know what happened.
By the way, what's the projection of you smart guys as to when Google might fix this problem?
a) never
b) one month (by April 1)
c) three months (by June 1)
d) six months (by September 1)
It has a" six months" feeling to me. I told the person who owns the site we work on to expect to be a no-show in Google (for search phrases that she used to do very well on) until September 1. Hope I'm wrong.
I had a similar experience with a couple of sites back in 2003. Once the sites reappeared in a few of the datacenters, it was a couple of months before the sites all of the DC's had the same results.
The best part was that the sites came back with first-page rankings, and they're still holding those rankings today.


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Rodney Gilfry is a leading American operatic baritone. After launching his career at Frankfurt Opera in 1987, Gilfry quickly established a reputation for stylish singing and acting. A renowned Mozart specialist, he has given acclaimed performances as Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva, Guglielmo, and Papageno, and is also known for his work in roles from the standard baritone repertoire (Pelléas, Valentin, Orestes, Belcore, Billy Budd).
Early years and training[edit]
Rod Gilfry was born in 1959 in Covina, California, and grew up in West Covina and Claremont. He received a bachelor's degree in music education from Cal State Fullerton and a master's degree in voice from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. He also studied privately for six years with renowned French baritone Martial Singher. In 1999 he sought further refinement of his technique and studied in Manhattan with Armen Boyajian, teacher of Samuel Ramey and Gerald Finley.
Opera career[edit]
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Gilfry made his opera debut as a comprimario in Otello at Los Angeles Opera in 1986. After seven years as a principal baritone at Frankfurt Opera and Zurich Opera, he returned to the U.S. and originated rôles at major houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, and Los Angeles Opera.
On November 25, 1996, Gilfry made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera as Demetrius in the company's premiere of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a role he sang eight times that season. He returned in the 2000-2001 season for six performances each as Marcello in Puccini's La bohème and as Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte.
In recent years Rod Gilfry has specialized in new music, introducing rôles in many new operas. The baritone is probably best known for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire at San Francisco Opera which premiered in 1998. He also created the role of Nathan in Sophie's Choice at Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 2002, a role he will reprise at Washington National Opera in September 2006. He originated the role of Tsar Nicholas in Drattell's Nicholas and Alexandra at Los Angeles Opera in 2003.[1] During the 2005–2006 season he played plantation owner, Edward Gaines, in the groundbreaking opera, Margaret Garner, at Opera Philadelphia, Cincinnati Opera, and Michigan Opera Theatre. During August 2006 he won raves for his portrayal of Prospero in Thomas Ades' The Tempest with the Santa Fe Opera, one of the few rôles in new opera that he did not originate. In November 2006 he created the role of Jack London in Libby Larsen's Every Man Jack for Sonoma City Opera. In 2008 he sang the principal role of Falke in a Japanese tour of Die Fledermaus and the title role in the Dutch/British production of Olivier Messiaen's opera Saint François d'Assise. At the Zürich Opera he performed the part of the composer in the "domestic comedy" Intermezzo of Richard Strauss, conducted by Peter Schneider and staged by Jens-Daniel Herzog, with Christiane Kohl as Christine.[2]
Gilfry's vocal excellence has been repeatedly praised by music critics. One reviewer said of him in the San Francisco Chronicle: "Even within the embarrassment of riches that is today's crop of baritones, Gilfry surely stands out as one of the few to treasure. Here is a lusciously shaded lyric voice with real dramatic possibilities, with phrasing full of rhythmic vitality and a stage presence many a non-musical actor might envy."[3]
He has sung on 25 recordings including his 1995 Don Giovanni CD which was nominated for a Grammy.
Crossover to musicals[edit]
Gilfry fell in love with musicals when he starred in his high school production of Li'l Abner. He has sung Curly in Oklahoma!, Billy Bigelow in Carousel, and Joe in The Most Happy Fella, all in Los Angeles. In New York he played Robert in the City Center Encores! production of The New Moon, a role he also recorded. He has told interviewers that he hopes to do a run on Broadway in a new musical or revival. In June 2009 he launched the Ravinia Festival season, starring as Lancelot opposite Sylvia McNair'sGuenevere in a concert version of Camelot. As of September 2009, Gilfry is starring as Emile de Becque in the national tour South Pacific. In the summer of 2011, he played Frank Butler[[ opposite the Annie Oakley of diva Deborah Voigt in Annie Get Your Gun at the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York (state), a production directed by Glimmerglass general director, Francesca Zambello.
In tandem with the late actor/director Charles Nelson Reilly, he developed a one-man cabaret show that he takes on the road when he is not performing opera or musicals. He also made a DVD and enhanced CD of his cabaret show.
On Sunday 22 August 2010, he appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, London alongside Kim Criswell in a BBC Prom celebrating the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein. The concert was broadcast on the BBC on Saturday 28 August 2010.
In June, 2012 Gilfry garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis festival production of "Sweeney Todd ," directed by Ron Daniels [[ and conducted by Stephen Lord.
Married with three children, Gilfry makes his home in suburban Los Angeles. Gilfry shortened his performing name from Rodney to Rod in 2005, and he celebrated his 20th year as a professional opera singer in 2006. His daughter Caryn is also an opera singer. Gilfry was also featured in a 2004 episode of the PBS children's television show Arthur, called "Lights, Camera... Opera! as himself.
- ^ Haithman, Diane (January 16, 2003). "L.A. Opera gets 'daring'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Horst Koegler (28 March 2008). "Intermezzo". journal The Opera News.
- ^ Octavio Roca (14 September 1998). "Sun Shines on Gilfry At Opera in the Park". San Francisco Chronicle.
External links[edit]
- Official site
- MetOpera database
- Rod Gilfry Zürich Opera
- Rod Gilfry interview by Bruce Duffie


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Professor Howard Gardner refers to Sportsometry® in his speech at the 2007 World Conference on Science and Technology Education, as well as his book entitled Multiple Intelligences New Horizons.
Gardner reviews the principal ideas in the theory of multiple intelligences, the major changes that have occurred over the past 25 years, and his expectations about future research and applications. Gardner states,
"My guess is that the best educational interventions will continue to come from ingenious educators, using simple materials and their wits… Educator Annick Winokur has coined the term Sportsometry, to describe how she teaches mathematical and spatial reasoning through studying the bounces of a basketball."
Gardner is the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. To read an excerpt from the book, click here.
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HONG KONG, April 26 - A report by the Hong Kong government suggesting that eating many kinds of dim sum regularly may be bad for your health is threatening to overshadow whatever else might be worrying the people of this city.
Practically every Chinese-language newspaper here has run a banner headline about it across its front page. Scrolling electronic displays in subway cars have flashed the news, and the report has become a topic of breakfast, lunch and dinner conversations at Chinese restaurants across the city.
Longtime dim sum lovers are indignant.
"The government is putting its thumb on every part of citizens' lives, and it shouldn't be telling anyone how dim sum should be served," said Wong Yuen, a retired mechanic and truck driver who says he has eaten dim sum every morning for the last two decades. "People can make their own decisions. If it's unhealthy, they can eat less. They don't need the government to tell them."
Dim sum, which means "touch of the heart," is usually eaten at breakfast or lunch and includes steamed or fried pastry dumplings stuffed with anything from pork and beef to shrimp and egg custard. Many other savories, like mango pudding and egg tarts, are also dim sum. The Cantonese restaurants of the local Maxim's chain serve 100 kinds of dim sum.
But based on laboratory analyses of 750 dim sum samples, Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department found high fat and salt and low calcium and fiber in everything from fried dumplings to marinated jellyfish. The report suggested that local residents eat these kinds of dim sum in moderation, and choose more dim sum like steamed buns and steamed rice rolls.
Regular dim sum diners should order plates of boiled vegetables to go with their meals, the report said, and should beware of some steamed dim sum for which the ingredients are fried, like bean curd sheets.
The report came as a shock here because dim sum is a part of the culture of Hong Kong in a way that few foods unite Americans.
Families gather every Sunday morning in dim sum shops across the city, grandparents showing grandchildren how to hold their chopsticks properly. Wealthy taitais, the fashionably dressed wives of powerful men, take breaks from their shopping marathons and spa visits to try costly varieties of tea and nibble the occasional har gau, a shrimp dumpling, or kwun tong gau, a shark's fin dumpling in a rich broth.
The mainstays of dim sum restaurants across Hong Kong are retired men like Mr. Wong who come every morning to socialize, sip tea and occasionally order a small freshly steamed bamboo basket with several delicacies inside. These are the avid dim sum consumers whom the government here is trying hardest to reach, and who are not enthusiastic about the government's warning.
The restaurants have large tables seating a half-dozen or more customers, and diners are routinely seated with strangers. Sitting on Tuesday morning in the Sun Chung Wah Restaurant, where the ham shui kok, or fried pork dumplings, leave little yellow lines of grease on a plate, Mr. Wong, who is 86, periodically gestured with his chopsticks as he explained how important these dim sum breakfasts were to him.
"I meet people here every day," he said. "We don't know each other at the beginning, but we talk."
Dr. Ho Yuk-yin, the community medicine specialist who oversaw the government report, said no one wanted to stop such meals, but older people in particular need to be aware of the risks of relying too much on dim sum.
Edmund T.S. Li, a nutritionist at Hong Kong University who was not involved in preparing the government report, said the findings were consistent with academic research on the nutritional content of dim sum and were especially important given recent studies on how people from this region absorb fat. Genetic tendencies toward long trunks and shorter legs mean that many people of southeast Asian descent may carry a higher proportion of fat relative to their height and weight than people of the same height and weight from northern China or Europe, he said.
There are some hints that even without the government warning a new health consciousness is starting to spread here. In the more expensive restaurants, working women and taitais alike can sometimes be seen dabbing their dim sum with tissues to soak up some of the grease and daintily pulling away the fried exteriors of some dumplings with their chopsticks before popping them into their mouths.
Some women -- few men -- even pour a little hot water, provided to dilute tea, into a small bowl and dip the dim sum in it to remove oil.
Perhaps proving the cynical adage that it is more expensive to eat healthy foods, the restaurants that are trying to reduce the fat and the salt in their dim sum are often not cheap. One of them is the Man Wah Restaurant at the top of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, with magnificent views of Hong Kong harbor and I.M. Pei's Bank of China tower.
The restaurant stopped using monosodium glutamate, or MSG, 15 years ago, and switched from lard to vegetable shortening five years ago. But Henry Ho, the restaurant's Chinese culinary adviser, said the renunciation of lard had cost the restaurant valuable points in the city's fiercely contested dim sum competitions.
"A high fat content adds to the flavor," said Kong Churk Tong, the chief dim sum chef.
A dim sum lunch at the Man Wah runs the equivalent of $25 a person with inexpensive tea and no wine. By contrast, Mr. Wong, the retired mechanic, paid just $2.82 for tea, a bowl of porridge with pork and preserved duck eggs and a plate of cheung fun, a steamed, folded sheet of wheat flour with pork inside.
He brushed aside the government warnings as he relished his food. "I'll just keep eating pork," he said, "the greasy kinds of pork even."


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Turning 40 wasn't a crisis for me, more of a checkpoint. I realized that my body had much more potential and I needed to be more active. I have always had a busy life, working as a restaurant manager, and raising my kids, but I had never consistently exercised. My daughter is 5 and my son is 8, and I wanted them to grow up knowing that exercise is part of our life and daily routine. I started running and after getting Achilles tendonitis, looked into Airrosti soft tissue therapy. Dr. Matt Arnold worked wonders on my tendonitis and suggested a coach for me, Bryan Diaz.
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The results I am seeing keep me determined to do my best at every workout. When I get tired and think I can't do any more, my mind goes back to that before picture. When I started, I looked and felt sluggish and tired. Now, I visualize myself succeeding in my workouts and races. I realize I can make it happen.
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Lisa, Maddie, and Becky are all members of the 7:15 pm class. They each decided to take the jump and compete in the 2012 CrossFit Open that recently finished. We caught up with them to see how they came to this point in their CrossFit experience:
1. When did you begin CrossFit? Why?
Becky: It was in late September 2011. Maddie and I were recovering from a night of indulgence and decided that we'd had enough. We'd seen the people running around in the heat of summer near El Rey and wondered what the hell they were up to.
Maddie: After 12 years of smoking one day I decided enough was enough. I saw a car drive by that had a CrossFit sticker on it, so I googled it and in September 2011 I found myself at Pin Up on a Saturday morning taking my intro class with Charlie.
Lisa: I checked out crossfit.com and knew it was something I would want to do and I began Crossfit in late February 2011.
2. When did you "Drink the Kool-Aid? (become addicted!)
Becky: The Kool-Aid was drunk the minute I finished a Tabbatta (sp?) of air squats with Charlie during our intro class.
Maddie: I think after all of my 5:30 AM basic classes were over and I got to sleep in and do CrossFit at 7:15 PM, I totally started binge drinking the Kool-Aid. The 7:15ers welcomed us like we had always been in their class.
Lisa: My boyfriend Bob says I was addicted before I even started. I think I was addicted early in the basic classes!
3. What is a personal goal you have achieved and are most proud of since you started? How did you get there?
Becky: the kipping pull-up. I told myself at the intro class that i was going to be able to do pull-ups very very soon. So, in less than two months after beginning CF i was doing kipping pull-ups without any assistance.
Maddie: I decided one day that I was going to try to run the whole loop without stopping and push through the pain. I tried it a couple of times, and I would mentally give up on myself. After the third attempt I ran all three miles without stopping and I have been doing it ever since. If someone would have told me a year ago I would be running a loop at Memorial I would have told them that they are INSANE!
Lisa: I am excited that I can do kipping and chest to bar pull-ups (started with the green band), though I can't do a lot of them in a row, yet! Recently I was able to do handstand push-ups by working at it after every WOD.
4. There are rumors that Maddie and Becky haven't missed a class since they began CrossFitting…is this true? How do you do it!?
Becky: Yes, I do believe that Maddie and I have not missed a class since we began CF. The reason why is because first of all, I spend a whole lot of beer money on this program so I am not willing to waste that by skipping or missing days. Secondly, we've made this a priority in our lives. We work around our CF schedule. It has become part of our daily routine….Eat, Sleep, Work, CrossFit.
Maddie: I see and feel improvements every time I come to class. If I missed one class I would totally be cheating myself!
5. What made you decide to compete in the 2012 CrossFit Open? Was it a good decision?
Becky: So when it came time this year to sign up for the OPEN i didn't even hesitate to consider doing it. I never once thought that i would be a contender necessarily given my short time with CF thus far but i did not care. I just wanted to do it. And yes, it was a great decision. It's helped me learn how to evaluate myself athletically as well as remind me that this sport is all about how much you really want it for yourself.
Maddie: Lisa and Becky wanted to do the open, and I was totally on the fence, but I totally wanted to be a part of it. At the meeting they both told me to do it, and Charlie said the same thing. I signed up and paid for it that night so that I couldn't back out, best decision ever.
Lisa: Competing in the games was a way for me to get a better handle on how I was doing. I am so happy that I did it as it has helped me understand what I am capable of, which is a lot more than I thought! I didn't always do prescribed weights in WODs because I didn't have the confidence that I could do it, but now I am testing my limits more in every WOD.
6. What advice would you give others about competing in the Open or even other local competitions?
Becky: Advice for others? Well, just like the advice Charlie gave us….if you're thinking about doing it, DO IT. You won't know how well you perform under pressure, excitement and the rush of adrenaline until you do. It's different than our regular WODs to because you push yourself to new heights.
Maddie: if you are scared to do any sort of competition because you don't think you can do it, don't be lame, JUST DO IT!!! You have no idea what you are capable of doing until you are in that type of atmosphere
Lisa: Go for it! You don't know what you can really do until you really try and competitions make me step it up a notch, especially the Open.
7. Who is your favorite super hero?
Becky: I'm going to have to go with the HULK, not HOGAN, but as in the Incredible Hulk. The dude who would bust out of his clothes when he was provoked and turn in to a muscly giant and save the day. I like that guy.
Maddie: I think Spider Man would totally be able to do kipping pull ups without chalking up or ripping his hands! Lucky bastard!!
Lisa: I don't really have a favorite super hero but Jayna, one of the Wonder Twins, comes to mind. Jayna can transform into any animal, whether real, mythological, indigenous to Earth or to some other planet and can do anything!
Fast forward to my fourth month into my new cross fit life style….I haven't lost a pound still tipping the scale at 190lbs. Ugh! I started thinking it was time to step up my workout and start thinking about the way I've been eating and how it's affected my body. So once again, with the help and encouragement from the coaches, I decided to add cross fit endurance to my workout plan. Now my mind was on overdrive and I started to think that I was crazy. I'm not a runner by any means and I've been battling asthma my entire life. I never let the asthma stop me from doing anything I wanted to do, although it did slow me down. I have to admit that I was a little apprehensive my first day of cross fit endurance, so I talked to my coaches, Bryan and Ashley. One very important nugget that you should know: your cross fit coaches have a very special skill in seeing your full potential and not your limitations. My initial talk with Bryan went some thing like this, "Hi Bryan, I want to sign up for the cross fit endurance class, but there are a few things you need to know. I'm a horrible runner and I've battled asthma all my life, but I want to run a 10k without stopping." Bryan, a guy with over flowing confidence and street toughness said, "Don't worry Greg, I'll have you running a 10k in 6 week and a half marathon in 12 weeks." I'm still not sure where that half marathon notion came from, but if he said I could do it, I was willing to take on the challenge!
To make the long story short, 6 weeks into my endurance class, I was able to run the Houston Turkey Trot 10k, my very first race! I never stopped and I finished the 10k in 73 minutes. By the end of the 12 weeks endurance class, I could run a 5k in 30 minutes, run approximately 10 miles in 1hour and 45 minutes and I lost 15lbs. I'm looking back over those 12 weeks and I still can't believe it. I'm not the fastest runner, but I've built up the endurance and confidence I needed to sign up for the Warrior Run in March. I'm on the move!
It's almost been a year since I began cross fit and so many things in my life have changed. I've lost 15 lbs. and have a new goal of losing 15lbs. more. I'm able to run longer and faster then I've ever been able to do before. I have so much more energy and I feel stronger and healthier then I have felt in the last 15 years.
My business as a sports massage therapist is helping people to achieve their body, health and fitness goals. I've become a better massage therapist to my cross fit clients because of my own experience with BCCF. I know the needs and goals my clients have as 'cross fitters' and I possess the knowledge and skills needed to help them stay healthy while they achieve their cross fit goals.
Bayou City Cross Fit has similar goals. The coaches are dedicated to helping you achieve your health and fitness goals, no matter how long it takes. They have helped me get this far….and it's just the beginning. My goals are to run a full marathon, dead left 400lbs, do a muscle up, and run a six minute mile. With the help and encouragement I receive from my coaches, family and friends, I can't fail. Remember, when you surround yourself with world class people you become a world class person and then there is no such thing as an unrealistic goal, just an unrealistic time frame. Thanks to all my friends at Bayou City Cross Fit.
As a kid, since I learned to walk I was always running around, athletic and involved in sports. Right around my 30th birthday for some reason just I stopped being active. At that time I weighed about 170, worked out with SWAT officers and was in the best shape of my life. Fast forward to December 2010. I was weighing in at 236, it was hard to tie my shoes, I sweated just from going upstairs to my bedroom, I friggin waddled. In short, physically I just felt and looked horrible. I was wondering who that guy in the mirror was, because it … was .. not … me. My friend Jason Schuren was doing xfit at Bayou City Crossfit around that time and he looked fitter than I had ever seen him, and we've been friends for almost 25 years. Through BCC he had lost about 20 lbs., so I asked him about xfit and he said to do it, for sure. People say this all the time, but it really was one of the best decisions I ever made. Ten months into the program I've lost 35 pounds and people just keep telling me how good I'm looking. I'm going to see the south side of 200 again for the first time in over five years. My wife laughs at me because she can pants me with my jeans buttoned. I look forward to xfit every single session. No lie. The Bayou City Crossfit culture makes that easy. My coach and classmates are awesome. I still remember how self-conscious I was walking up for the first time, this fat P.O.S. wondering if xfit could really help. I'm a pretty shy dude at first. A big part of staying with it was the non-judgmental welcoming and acceptance of the coach and the class, and the continuing encouragement. Never underestimate how much that helps someone, never. They may not even visibly respond to it, but it sinks in deep and keeps you going. Kristian Montoya has been my coach since day one. I am sure all the coaches rock, but Kristian is a very high caliber instructor, and I never say things like that lightly. He pays attention, pushes, listens, recommends, encourages, works you to your ability (plus some) and he doesn't give up on you. I think if I could give anyone any advice it would be to just get out there, get out of your envelope and try something new and meet some people. They're all great people. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. It's going to hurt, but you won't mind, not really. Also, always go, even if you're injured. It keeps you in the game and the instructors can work around any injury you have. The only times I don't go are when I'm bed ridden with some deathly illness, or if my family or friends really need me. If fear or "can't" gets in your brain, go online and check out Team Hoyt. Those guys demonstrate how you can move mountains through sheer will (the mental battles are as hard or harder than the physical challenges). My favorite part though is my 2-year old Mari who likes to get down on the floor and roll with me on my foam roller as I work out the knots. No lie, it's awesome. Thank you BCC, Vic, Kristian and my classmates, and always my wife for her support, thank you all so much. I can't wait to hit 170 again.
Tanner DeBettencourt, Old School to New School
Being an athlete my entire life and a gym rat in highschool, I thought I was "fit" already. I would run after every beach muscle session and eat the government's recommended 11 servings of breads and grains a day. That all changed when I began Crossfit.
I started Crossfit in September of 2009 because my baseball coach at the time, Charlie Johnson, wanted someone to go with him. He told me that it was insane and said if it was as crazy as it sounded it would be a great way to get into better shape and take the "puff" off of me before going off to play college baseball. When we first got to the box I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was nonstop. I was used to lifting, take a ten minute break, lift some more, and then another break. This was a whole new territory for me. I immediately began getting intimidated, especially after seeing this huge dude with tattoos all over his back and shoulders working out, Charlie and I looked at each other all wide-eyed like what did we get into? Then it was time for the workout.
That first workout was a "big jar of suck". After my first workout I realized this was better than any workout I had ever tried. I continued Crossfit for a couple more weeks until I fell victim to the temptations of the college-life. While at college I went back to the classic globo gym ways of "back and biceps" and "chest and triceps" but it just never satisfied me enough. After my freshman year, it was apparent that the freshman 15 was not a myth! Then during the summer of 2010 Charlie started a Crossfit Hardball class and as soon as I heard about it I had to do it. Within a week, I had way too much of the Crossfit kool-aid because I was hooked. I was so hooked that I even asked for a job cleaning up the box just to be around it more and this is where Crossfit changed my life the most.
Now that I was at the box so much I became friends with all of Bayou City Crossfit's awesome coaches. Within weeks of me starting the cleaning job they had all taken me under their wing. They went out of their way to teach me all they knew about the proper form for lifts, how to eat, and how to coach others in these ways. This opened my eyes to the possibility of becoming a Crossfit coach in the future.
Around the same time I accepted the whole nine challenge from Charlie Johnson. This challenge consists of eating no dairy, sugar, or starches for 30 days. Let's just say it was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life but because of the challenge my life has been changed forever! I went from "puffy" to looking "fit" very quickly, lost about 15 pounds, and I now can say that I live a paleo lifestyle. Well maybe not completely paleo, but about 95% of the time, I mean I am in college.
The summer of 2010 changed my life completely. The help and support that I got from Vic, Charlie J, Charlie G, Shelby (Scooter), Katie, Kristian, Andrew, Vic Sr., Doug and many other people helped me become one of the strongest and the most fit players on the baseball team as a sophomore. They also helped instill in me a healthy lifestyle that made me stay in shape throughout my second year of college and caused me to want to help others in their quest to become fit. I took my Crossfit level 1 certification course in November 2010 and I am now the coach for the Crossfit Hardball class. Bayou City Crossfit, You have changed my life. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
I am a professional hobbyist. I like to try new things, and go where the wind takes me. When my Lady suggested I try Crossfit, I decided to give it a go. I was already running half marathons and participating in endurance cycling events. I was just looking for extra cross-training. I wasn't too sure how Crossfit worked, but Shelby said I could try a bootcamp class to see what it was all about.
When I arrived at the gym for the first time, it was intimidating to watch the previous class finish up their workout. I saw people, in better shape than me, lifting huge weights and doing tons of pull-ups and pushups. I was thinking that maybe I was in the wrong place. I could run and cycle, but pushups and pull-ups I wasn't so sure about.
The first day of Shelby's bootcamp was definitely an intense workout. I remember it involved a few rounds of box jumps and pushups. It sounded easy enough, but I was wrong. I did my box jumps like a champion, but then came the pushups. I struggled through the first round of pushups and wasn't able to complete the final rounds. My arms had turned to rubber. I knew I had given it my best shot and instead of feeling defeated, I was determined to improve. I signed up to attend Shelby's class three days a week and it was a great decision.
At first, I had to scale back the workouts and use smaller weights. Within the first few weeks, I could already see improvements. Eventually, I noticed the workouts got easier and easier. Shelby also noticed and made me increase the weights and just pushed me harder.
Within the first three months, I was already seeing great results. I lost about 12 pounds, my clothes were fitting better, and I was starting to see new muscles. My food baby disappeared and my Lady started noticing and commenting on how I only had one remaining chin. My cycling and running were also both improving. Six months after starting Crossfit, I cut my half marathon time from 2h 04m to 1h 45m!
It is now nine months later and I am fitter, faster, and stronger. I have lost over 35 pounds and feel great. I look forward to going to bootcamp and really enjoy the classes. Everyone is very supportive and the coaches are fantastic. They will get to know you and will even check up on you if you miss a class or two. Anyone can do these exercises or a variation of them. Every coach takes the time to modify the workout to meet everyone's different needs. The vigorous cross training has been great for my overall fitness and fits well with my needs as a runner and an avid cyclist.
1. Lose Weight
2. Change My Diet
3. Exercise
4. Quit Smoking
5. Be Medication Free
The very next week, I decided to tackle goals number one, two, and three. I joined a gym and changed my eating habits. Nine months later, with diet and exercise I lost 50 pounds. After these goals were accomplished, I realized that goals one through three were almost pointless if I didn't quit smoking. That's right; I exercised and changed my diet, and STILL smoked. I knew there was no easy way to quit and medication was just not an option for me so, I made the decision to put them down. In moving forward with goal number four, I did just that, I put the cigarettes down. It's been over a year now since I quit smoking.
I went back to my doctor with my before and after picture and gave her an update on my progress. She was extremely impressed with my progress. She did a CBC (Complete Blood Count) and told me that some of my blood levels were still not where they should be. This was highly disappointing considering all of the hard work and determination I had dedicated to making changes in my life. She again suggested I take medication. I asked her if there was something else I could do instead of taking the medication. She said I could increase my exercise and make a few more changes to my diet. The suggestion about the increase in exercise was NOT something I wanted to hear and certainly not something I wanted to do. However, what it really meant was my current exercise program was just not quite cutting it. Although it was not something I was thrilled about, I was going to have to make a change to my current exercise program in order to accomplish my very last goal of being medication free.
Shelby Frakes had talked to me a few times about trying out her boot camp at Bayou City Crossfit so; I decided to take her up on the offer. My first "try out" session with Shelby took all of about eight minutes and completely kicked my butt. She said she had "taken it easy on me" because she wanted me to come back. That statement alone gave me a reason to be apprehensive about what was in store for me. Regardless of the painful aftermath of Shelby's "try out" session, I purposed that I would go through the boot camp for at least three months. Shelby tweaked my diet and kicked my butt in every single boot camp session three days a week. I continued with her program for a total of six months before I made a follow up appointment with my doctors. Collectively, I received REALLY great news. The news was that my heart was now beating like a finely tuned watch with no skipped beats at all, and my blood levels were well within the normal ranges.
I'd like to say thank you to Shelby for pushing me, encouraging me, and helping me to achieve my fifth and final goal of being medication free. I still can't believe I pay someone to inflict pain upon my body on a regular basis but it has certainly made an enormous impact on my health and is completely necessary for me to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Because of Shelby and Bayou City Crossfit, I have increased energy, endurance, strength, agility, flexibility, and a much better immune system.
This is my story about setting goals and achieving them. Everybody's goals are different but mine was to ultimately do the Ironman triathlon.
I got into triathlon a couple of years ago (about the same time as I got into Crossfit) and right after my first sprint race in August 2008 I got fascinated by the Ironman Distance: 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run. One after the other in under 17 hours. Madness.
This fascination really kicked up a notch after moving to Houston. My starting point – Feb 2009, the Houston Rodeo Run and my first 10km "race". It took me an hour which is not quick at all and I was a broken man afterwards!
I had already started at Bayou City Crossfit and it was there that I started to notice the difference that focus and dedication made to people's performance. The Spring Challenge in March 2009 was a real eye opener to see what can be achieved by ordinary people when you set your mind to it.
The next stage on my journey was the ¼ Ironman distance triathlon in Galveston, April 2009. My Crossfit training as well as my triathlon training was starting to really improve my fitness and I started to believe that I could be capable of the longer distances. So rather than think about it too much and risk changing my mind I went for it – and signed up for the New Zealand Ironman (March 2010).
Then I was looking for my next goal for 2009 – and found it. The Half Ironman triathlon. July, Buffalo Springs Lake, Lubbock, Texas. 70.3 miles. Despite the rain, the wind, the hills and having to run my first ever half marathon I did it. Goal achieved and one more step closer to the big one.
I did one more Half Ironman in Austin in October and then set about some long winter training hours. I kept up my Crossfit training as much as possible, using the WOD's as my strength workouts to supplement my endurance training. The high intensity, quick recovery WOD's really helped my endurance – as long as I could still walk the next day! The mental game you have to play against yourself at CF was also great preparation for the long hours of training I was doing outside on the road.
The next thing I know Christmas has been and gone. 2010 is here, it's race day and I'm up to my neck in New Zealand lake water at 7am with 1200 other people. To say I was nervous doesn't even come close. A million things go through your head, first "How did I end up here?" then "What am I thinking?" then "No seriously how did I get myself into this?"
The adrenaline is pumping but before I can think much else a cannon goes off and 1200 stationary swim caps turn into 4800 flailing arms and legs. I get kicked in the face, a stray elbow hits me in the ribs. It's every man and woman for themselves. I manage to find some clear water and get my rhythm. All the time in my head "Can I do this? Can I actually do this?"
I swallowed a lot of lake water on that swim but finished feeling good. Then I was onto the bike. A bit too much hype and adrenaline coming out of T1 (Transition 1 – swim to bike) meant that I overcooked it on the 1st loop of the 2 loop bike course. A nasty crosswind on the 2nd loop coupled with my fatigue made things pretty unpleasant for the last 10-15 miles. By the time I reached T2 (Transition 2 – bike to run) I was so sick of my bike I would have run back to Texas if they'd asked me to. My legs felt surprisingly good though and I set about finding a rhythm for the next few hours on the 2 loop run course.
This is where my support crew really did their thing. Having people up close and cheering you on is priceless. Never underestimate how much difference it makes every time you encourage someone, at the box or when you are spectating at a race. My support crew made all the difference for me on my Ironman run. More than any energy gel, cup of gatorade or tasty paleo snack !
Most of the run course is a blur for me when I think back – except for the last few miles – the point in the race when you know you're actually going to finish. You know you're going to achieve that long awaited goal. I remember thinking about every early morning at the pool before work, every lonely hour training on my bike in the cold, every lap of Memorial Park I ran (and believe me there were plenty of those), sore feet, ice baths, shin splints, Airrosti, bleeding toes, more ice baths, all those beers I'd said "No" to. It's all there at the end with you as you come round the last few corners… and then what a rush to finally come down the finish chute, to see the finish line, to hear your supporters and hear the man call out your name… "Andrew Oliver. YOU are an Ironman".
Ironman was my goal and I went from a 60 minute 10km to an 11:46:34 Ironman in 53 weeks. Anything really is possible. What's your goal?
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[Aztec Ape, Logo from Modern Merchandising on T-Shirts and so on]
DALE DRINNON: The Sisimite (Tzitzimitl)
The Sisimite is equally well known in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and in parts of southern Mexico's tropical forests.
The Sisimite or "guardian of the forest" is best described as a large, hairy gorilla or apelike creature; It has no verbal communication that is known and according to reports, is a rather malevolent or evil primate (unlike sasquatch but similar to the mythical African gorilla of old) who would kill humans of the same sex and abduct and rape those of the opposite sex, which is not unlike current behavior patterns of male orangutans (A male orangutan at Tanjung Putting Reserve in Indonesian Borneo once raped the female cook for Birute Galdikas on a banana tree stand during feeding time.)
The Sissimito or Sisimictli, according to folklore, is said to have four fingers and no thumbs, and sometimes his feet are said to point backwards, two anatomical oddities that are also attributed to the much smaller and very rare El Duende in some parts of Belize. Both creatures are believed to live in caves deep in the high bush country, which is the Belizean term for virgin montane tropical forest. (This is information printed in Rabinowitz, Alan 1986, Jaguar, Struggle and Triumph in the Jungles of Belize) As a matter of fact, Duende, the Spanish name, is used for the smaller "Sisemite" as referred to by the natives: the dwarf cowboy with a big hat is the Spanish and not the native conception.
The Sisimite is possibly related to the mystery primate reported in and around the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela and the Guiana Highlands, South America. Heuvelmans refers to statues of such unknown apes in Colombia in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.
In Buckskin Joe, Edward Jonathan Hoyt reported an encounter he had in 1898 in Honduras. A large, apelike creature, about 5 feet tall, crawled over the end of his bunk. Hoyt killed the animal, which resembled a hairy human (Green Sasquiatch 1978, p.133)
[Olmec Sculpture Reminiscent of a Gorilla. There are many parallel depictions in stone, some at a very large size]
Geologist Wendell Skousen said the people of Cubulco in Baja Verapaz reported: "There lives in the mountains very big, wild men, completely clothed in short, thick, brown, hairy fur, with no necks, small eyes, long arms and huge hands. They leave footprints twice the size of a man's" Several persons said that the sisimite had chased them down mountain sides. Skousen thought the creatures, which he indicated traveled on two legs and sometimes on all four, might have been bears. However, upon questioning the natives carefully, he wrote: "it looked like a bear, but it wasn't from the description that they gave - no conspicuous snout and no ears" (Sanderson Abominable Snowmen 1961, p. 159).
Anthropologist Michael Howard notes in Kekchi Religious Beliefs and Lore Regarding the Jungle (National Studies, 1974,Vol. 3[2]: 34 - 49) that the. Kekchi Maya of southern Belize's Toledo District recognize three main classes of forest denizens. First were the major deities, led by tzultacah, a sky/earth, water/forest god; and next, a class of lesser local spirits and personified beings. Finally there are "various animals which are often considered to be in a close relationship with tzultacah, such as the sissimito and other more average animals like the mountain cow [tapir] and tiger [jaguar]." Thus, the Sisimite is clearly viewed as a rare animal, not a super natural being.
Similar creatures are reported in Guatemala, where it has been said, they kidnap women and children (Sanderson 1961, pp. 161-162)
The bulk of this is From Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race, Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson (Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing, 1996). Here are some other snippets from the internet that I found on the subject:
Posted on Bigfoot Forums Jan 5 2010:
This one is similar to the legends I posted before, but this one belongs to the Paya indians of Honduras.
"It exist among the Payas, the belief on the sisimite or cicemite, which also have the "ladinos" [spanish speaking people] and other indians from the Mosquitia [region]. Nevertheless, the Payas had no name in their language for this fantastic people, and they have adopted the "spanish" name sisimite-há. which comes trom the mexican [nahuatl] tzitzimitl, "devil". It can be found just in the most inaccessible hills, it has a black color, and has the size and the shape of a short-size person, with very large feet and arms. It has the feet in an opposite direction, in relaton to the man feet, so when one looks his tracks, you think they belong to a person that is walking in the opposite direction. The indians also said, that when the Sisimite kills the persons he found from the same sex, but if he finds one person from the opposite sex, it takes it away into his cave".
The Paya Indians of Honduras, a enthographical, historical and linguistic study (in spanish, page 298)
I wonder, how does the tracks of orangutans look like? They bent their feet a lot when walking...
The feet are reversed, in relation with the human feet....(our feet is "right" and theirs is simply "wrong").
The description. Sanderson told that Sisimites were dark brown, but oversized[larger than human sized]. Here Sisimites are rather smaller...
K. Adam.
Posted Jan 19, 2010:
Hi Bigfoothunter6. I have posted a few tales that I have found about this legendary creature. Ivan T. Sanderson has a whole chapter on his book Abominable Snowman, the legend comes to life.
They are based in a rather obscure old folk tale, from the native indians of Central America, which was widespread among some maya and other native tribes in central america. Most of the tales speak of peasants and villagers, that travelling in the woods, have met some kind of creature, a hairy devil with backward feet...which was a very scary apparition. It was considered supernatural and evil. It seems the people borrowed an old aztec word, "tzitzimitl", which was applied to all kind of ghosts, devils and scary apparitions of supernatural origin.
In some stories, this Sisimite could kidnap people. Male sisimites captured women, and female, man. In the legends, the Sisimite tried to procreate with these captured humans. They were described also as nocturnal animals, hairy giants, apelike characteristics and used to throw rocks to people, specially if they went through some canyons at night.
The word "tzitzimitl" is very old, it existed long before the spaniards conquered these lands around 1520-1540. So it is possible that the Sisimite legend became widespread during colonial times and that was based in older maya tales.
Some other people say that it was possible brought by african slaves, as an ancestral memory from gorillas and chimps in Africa.
Anyway, first anthropologists and ethnographers which studied the native mayan, belicean and hondurean mythology (19th century, beginning of 20th century) wrote about the sisimite legend, but was considered just another ghost from the maya spiritual world, an impossible animal (due to the backward feet).
But in this legend was something strange. Was it a legend, after all? The tale included several advices, for example, never to follow Sisimite tracks, to stay away from these creatures, because they were dangerous.
In the tales, people who actually saw a Sisimite became scared to death and got sick with fever...
Anyway, there are tales from the 1890s and from the beginning of the 20th century, from people which reported to have met these fabulous creature, and that got really scared. They described it as a hairy humanoid, some kind of gorilla, with terrible screams, which lived very deeply on the forest of very high on the mountains. There was a few tales of hunters and ranchers about this creature.
Then, the Sisimites (if they ever existed), their number dwindled and they weren't seen anymore. It the legends, it was told about ravines, or water springs, or rivers, where the Sisimite appeared, specially at night.
Anyway, the apparition left his imprint on Central american geography. There is actually, towns, hamlets, ravines and hills called "El Sisimite", so maybe the legend was not a tall tale at all...
K. Adam.
El Sisimite es comparable al Bigfoot de los Estados Unidos o Yeti de los Himalayas. Claro, estando en un clima tropical es de esperarse que existan algunas diferencias.
El Sisimite también conocido con el nombre de Itacayo. Mando una recreación que se tiene de dicho ser:
Él se alimenta de frutas.
Se cuenta que uno de los departamentos de nuestro país llamado Danlí aparece al igual que el duende, sale en busca de jóvenes campesinas para robárselas.
El momento que aprovecha para efectuar la caza de las jóvenes es cuando se recoge el maíz de las milpas (cultivos de maíz). Valiéndose de que el maíz es muy alto se camufla y a gran velocidad y con gran destreza se lleva a su víctima a su cueva que no es de fácil acceso si es que se le encuentra.
Tiene gran fuerza y hace fuertes gruñidos como un mono aullador. Una vez que tiene a la joven se dice que la tiene para que le tenga sus hijos, embaraza a las jóvenes dando así a luz a una criatura mitad humano mitad bestia.
Se conoce todo esto pues que se sepa solamente una mujer logró escapar de las garras del Sisimite aunque esto le costó perder los engendros que había dado a luz con el grotesco ser.
Jóvenes, no salgan solas a los maizales pues puede que el Sisimite les esté observando y tramando cómo llevarlas a sus aposentos.
Folklore hondureño.
[This being registered itself years ago, was seen by several people, only who all were people of field, because it is the perfect site for this type of beings, very mysterious and slippery. Still now he knows himself the Sisimite.
The Sisimite is comparable to the Bigfoot of the United States or Yeti of the Himalayas. Clearly, being in a tropical climate it is to hope that some differences exist.
The Sisimite also known with the name Itacayo. Control a recreation that is had of this being: He feeds himself on fruits.
One tells that one of the departments of our called country Danlí appears like the genie, leaves in search of young people farmers to rob them.
The moment that is useful to carry out the hunting of the young people is when the maize takes shelter of milpas (maize cultures). Being worth of which the maize is very high it camouflages and at a high speed and with great skill one takes to his victim to his cave that is not readily accessible if it is him.
It has great force and it makes [calls] like a howler monkey. Once it has the young person says it has that it so that it has his children to him, half embarrasses to the young people thus giving to light to a human creature half beast].
[Ozomatli, Aztec Small Monkey-Man, Possibly relatable to the more recent reports of the 'Dwendi' and the creature in the DeLoys Photograph. There is a facial resemblance to the creature in the photo]
En las cuevas, selvas y montañas de Honduras, se encuentran las leyendas de innumerables criaturas fantasticas.
Personas que han recorrido este pais, acumulando historias folkloricas, tradiciones, que cuentan los aldeanos, nos han hecho conocer algunas de ellas.
Se cuenta que el Sisimite, es similar a Yeti, el Pie Grande de Estados Unidos y Canada, pues aparece y desaparece misteriosamente.
Dicen que habita en cavernas casi inaccesibles, y deambula por las montañas mas altas, y come frutas silvestres.
Dicen que este monstruo, solian secuestrar mujeres, y llevarlas a esas cuevas en lo alto de las montañas.
Y de allí, nacieron hombres-mono.
Y tan veridica parece esta historia, que una mujer escapó de la cueva donde la tenía secuestrada un sisimite, aseverando la tradicion.
Porque la historia esta asevera que cuando ella huía, el sisimite, le mostraba los tres hijos a ella para lograr que vuelva. Esto sucedia a la vera de un rio. Y como la mujer no volvio, el sisimite, los tiro al rio, donde murieron.
Se asocio a los SISIMITES con el Dios Chac, de la cultura Maya.
Y en las paredes de unas cuevas, se encuentran huellas de las manos que dejaron los Sisimites.
The Sisimite is told that, is similar to Yeti, the Big Foot of the United States and Canada, because it appears and it disappears mysteriously.
They say that it lives in almost inaccessible caverns, and it rambles by high mountains but, and eats wild fruits.
They say that this monster, they solian to kidnap women, and to take them to those caves at the top of mountains.
And from there, they were born man-monkey.
And so truthful it seems this history, that a woman escaped of the cave had where kidnapped it sisimite, asserting the tradition.
Because history this asserts that when it fled, sisimite, showed the three children to him her to obtain that it returns. This sucedia to the side of a river. And like the woman not volvio, sisimite, them shot to the river, where they died.
I am associated to the SISIMITES with the God Chac, of the Mayan culture.
And in the caves, are tracks of the hand[-like footprints?] that were left by the Sisimites].
A long report about one of these "Forest Devils" is included in Secret Cities of Old South America by Harold T. Wilkins on pp 316-319 and quoting Dr. Thomas Gann in 1927. The report is included in Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures, and related to the Mapinguari of Brazil (as Wilkins also connects it) "The King Kong of the Araguaya of the Mato Grosso has his exact counterpart in Honduras, part of the old Empire of the Mayas..." Wilkins begins. The story had it that a half-caste black carrier had been torn to pieces by the creature.
"Accompanied by [Frank] Blaucaneaux, Gann trailed the strange monster's footsteps to a cave deep in the forest. Close to the mouth of the cave both men were brought up all standing. Sunk deeply in the soft clay were footprints almost exactly like the thumb and first fingers of a gigantic human hand. Each digit was armed with a great claw. Persistent efforts have been made to capture the beast but with no success..."
On one occasion, Blaucaneaux and "His black friend" saw the branches waving at the top of a tall tree and the black man said it was the "Debbil-Debbil".The bearer reluctantly agreed to go for a closer look, armed with a light rifle loaded with duck shot [!!] after a dreadful commotion in the brush with much screaming they found the bearer, with fuur finger-gouges across his torso, from which his entrails protruded at his belly. He was still alive enough to say the "Debbil" had ripped him up and then beat it for the bush. Subsequent questioning of the local Natives brought out the information that the "Forest Devil" was well known, it would attack lone women when it could, rip their clothes off and hurl them to the ground [assuming that the actual rape part of the story was left out by retellers of the tale] It was covered with long, stiff. black hairs Later, scratches or rub marks on trees five or six feet up with some examples of these long, stiff, black hairs sticking in the bark.
The most important thingabout the report is the description of the footprints as handlike but in a most peculiar fashion: they were partial tracks only. The apelike creature was walking on the rims of its feet, not with the soles flat to the ground. This indicates an arboreal ape. Great apes such as gorillas are ideed capable of ripping open a human's belly using no more than its ordinary fingernails backed up by brute strength. This is not a groundsloth if it was climbing high in the trees, nor is a tail ever mentioned. Its footprints are probably what are reported as "looking like the bottom of a bottle" in Brazil and the creature does share many features with the Mapinguari. But it is actually a Sisimite because the story about its raping women is also included. And that same myth about the creatures mating with humand is prevalent all over South America (and this has been used to discredit the DeLoys photo by innuendo-but it cannot have that specific application if it is a widespread Native myth) And again it is supposed to have only "Four fingers" (And a very reduced thumb?)
So it seems there is a large arboreal ape in the tropical forests of the New World, most likely a sort of large and dark-colored orangutan. It has large throat pouches which makes its calls louder by resonance, and it is most frequently compared to a very large tailless howler monkey. Then again there is also a smaller "sisemite" which is more like a siamang and would have been what Sanderson's informants were calling a "Dwendi"
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Dale Drinnon said...
Wilkins also says the ape is definitely known in Costa Rica but he does not give any name for it there. There is some confusion with the "Darien Wild Man" which has humanoid feet WITHOUT the opposed big toe: that would be something different and probably the same as the comparable Didi also without the opposed toe (The name Didi also refers to a kind of an ape with an opposed toe, but it walks with the whole sole flat on the ground. Eberhart says the two types are called "male and female" Didi tracks)
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From SambuHause, Darien, Panama
Darien Bigfoot Account
"White Indians of Darien" Richard Oglesby Marsh, Putnam, 1934
In 1920 while I was in Panama an old and experienced American prospector, Shea by name, came to me with a
strange story. He had just returned from a trip to southeastern Darien. With another American he had ascended
the Sambu River which enters the sea on the southern shore of San Miguel Bay. The country here was, and still
is, wholly unknown. Even the mountain range back from the coast did not appear on the maps. Shea and his
companion worked their way with great difficulty to the headwaters of the Sambu and there they became
separated. The other American has not been heard from since.
When Shea lost his companion, he lost his canoe and most of his equipment. So instead of attempting to return
down the Sambu, he decided to force his way to the Pacific across the Andean Range to the west. He reached
the divide in a state of exhaustion and by a stroke of luck stumbled on an old Indian dugout abandoned on the
bank of a small river running into Pinas Bay. It was nearly dark, so he camped for the night at a considerable
altitude not far from the divide.
All that night he heard the footsteps of a large animal in the jungle above his camp. And when dawn came, he
heard a curious chattering sound. He looked up and saw standing on top of the bank an animal which appeared
to his unscientific mind to be a cross between a negro and a gigantic ape. It was six feet tall, walked erect,
weighed possibly three hundred pounds and was covered with long black hair. It was glaring down at him and
chattering its teeth in rage.
Shea whipped out his revolver and shot it through the head. It tumbled down the bank and lay still beside his
canoe. When Shea recovered from his fright he measured the animal crudely. It was heavily built like a gorilla, but
the big toes on the feet were parallel with the other toes, as in a human being, not opposed like thumbs, as in all
other monkeys and great apes.
Unfortunately Shea was too exhausted to bring any part of the animal back to civilization. He barely managed to
get down to Pinas Bay on the Pacific and attract the attention of a coaster which took him to Panama more dead
than alive.
I saw him many times after that in the hospital where he eventually died of chronic malaria. Almost his last words
were a solemn oath that the story of the 'man-beast' was true.
Of course, my first reaction to this story was extreme skepticism. But I found to my surprise that many trustworthy
men who had penetrated into the little-known parts of tropical America did not share my disbelief.
The 'man-beast' is reported to have been seen in many locations.
A Spanish gold-hunting expedition in the seventeenth century reported that it had shot fourteen of them not far
from this same Pinas Bay.
The Indians from Equador to Nicaragua assert that the creatures inhabit isolated jungle-covered mountains, as
do the gorillas in Africa. Nothing will persuade an Indian to spend the night on such a peak.
When I returned to Washington and mentioned the matter to Dr. Hough of the Smithsonian, I did not get the
pitying smile I was expecting.
On the contrary he said he had been getting reports of this sort for twenty years and was inclined to believe there
was something in them.
Dr. Anthony of the New York Museum of Natural History has a story to tell of encountering a large unknown
animal near the summit of Mt. Tacarcuna on the Columbian border.
A Frenchman claims to have shot one in Equador.


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Hanna Tsepesh: Hello Derrick! Welcome to the THE GATES OF METAL and thanks so much for accepting this interview! First of all, i would like to ask you some questions about you and your work for our Portuguese and international readers to know you little bit more. First question, what is your favorite band at the moment?
Derrick: At the moment it would be "Red Fang".
Hanna Tsepesh: What are your favorite themes to get inspired to write the lyrics for SEPULTURA?
Derrick: Well it depends on what we focus the album on has a lot to do with the writing. Many of elements that go into it are things that are happening in our world today. Our newest album was inspired by the novel "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess. You could say books.
Hanna Tsepesh: How is the experience of singing in SEPULTURA? What have you learn with that?
Derrick: As an artist I have been able to evolve and grow in my what I love to do which is music. It is very unique situation being in Sepultura. I changed my whole life and moved to another country where I didn't speak the language or know the people I was going to work with. They had a successful past and die hard fans from the past also who had no idea who I was. All eyes were watching me but it made me concentrate more on the music. Now I learned to speak Portuguese which is not perfect yet but it's getting there. We have been able to survive 10 years now with me in the band touring the world.
Hanna Tsepesh: What do you like to do in your free time?
Derrick: Photograph, read, watch movies, and cook!
Hanna Tsepesh: What was your favorite concert with SEPULTURA so far and why?
Derrick: One of my favorites was Rock N Rio. It was a big honor to be in evolved in a big part of Brazilian music history. It was also on my birthday and the day has become unforgettable for me.
Derrick: One of my favorites was Rock N Rio. It was a big honor to be in evolved in a big part of Brazilian music history. It was also on my birthday and the day has become unforgettable for me.
Hanna Tsepesh: Did you already have or had some singing lessons or another type of preparations to sing? I take this opportunity to say my congratulations for all of your work with SEPULTURA!
Derrick: Thank you! I had a chance to study singing classical music when I was younger. I started at the age 15 playing hardcore music. Once joining Sepultura I had a vocal coach who taught me vocal warm ups and warm downs. It helps tremendously on tour and in the studio.
Hanna Tsepesh: You are very welcome! Let's talk about the new album "A-Lex" to be released in January 2009, right? This album is about a book called: ' A Clockwork Orange'. Can you tell us a little bit about the album and also why to choose this book to inspire you?
There's any particular reason for that? What does the band want to accomplish with "A-Lex"?
Hanna Tsepesh: You are very welcome! Let's talk about the new album "A-Lex" to be released in January 2009, right? This album is about a book called: ' A Clockwork Orange'. Can you tell us a little bit about the album and also why to choose this book to inspire you?
There's any particular reason for that? What does the band want to accomplish with "A-Lex"?
Derrick: Yes the album will be released in the last week of Jan.2009. We were interested when we were searching for ideas before Dante XXI our last CD. None of us had read the book but we all were aware of the movie because of the impact it had on us all. After doing a little research we discovered that the book has a different ending then the movie. We then went very deep into the reading and researching the author Anthony Burgess. It was important to understand where he was coming from and it helped us get into the mindset of creating this album. The influence of the words and the descriptiveness helped us to know what the main character was thinking. Primarily the book is about young 15 year old Alex's fight for freewill. There are phases that we follow that are in the book. The are four chapters in the European version of the novel but not in the American version which is what the film director Stanly Cubric had read. We have 4 parts on the album the represent these chapters. There are intros that start each section named A-LEX I and A-LEX II , A_LEX III etc…The first 4 songs represent Alex's rebellious, angry, chaotic phase in his life. The songs are aggressive and straight forward in your face. The next 5 songs represent the incarceration phase of Alex. The songs take a change and become more robotic in way like prison conforms people to a type of routine. Part 3 is when Alex is released after being forced rehabilitated by the state. We want the music to represent the revenge that was coming back to Alex.
The songs become a little faster and fiercer. Beethoven was the one thing that Alex truly loved and we had to have this also be a part of this album but along with out style of music.The finally part has one song . This song was part of a contest we had where are fans had the opportunity to write part of the lyrics . They needed to write there own idea of what A Clockwork Orange meant to them. The last song is straight to the point and brutal because at this point Alex has his free will back again. He decides on his own to make a better life for himself.
Hanna Tsepesh: What is the meaning of A-Lex? Who was the person that had the idea to choose this name? Any special reason?
Derrick: A-LEX was Andreas idea. A-LEX sounded to us like a drug or treatment and very futuristic. The idea of the book was supposed to be set in the future and wanted that same feeling also with the title. Alex in Russian means lawlessness and this was the idea given when reading the story. This gang Alex was the leader of were doing what every they want with out any regard to the law. Alex can also be interpret as Alexander the great who was a strong leader like the character Alex over his gang.Hanna Tsepesh: For you, what are the differences between the last album and this one?
Derrick: We have Jean Dolabella playing drums with us and who participated in the writing of this album. We have different artwork and a different focus then the last album. This album has more of a futuristic vibe then the last album.
Hanna Tsepesh: About the working on studio Recording, did the band have all done? or with time the band remember new things to add for this album? You have one video(the first one) at SEPULTURA Myspace were you are recording the voice but in a different away…right? Can you also talk about that?
Derrick: We got to the studio and we had few extra songs or ideas that we didn't use. We had to be careful not to over load just because we had it. The recording process I tried on this album was holding a mic in my hand. In the past with most producers that I know or have worked with the microphone is in a mic stand. I wanted to have the feeling of being on stage and have the chance to put my body into it. I believe it made a big difference in getting a really different sound then ever before, it's extremely aggressive and that's what we were going after.
Hanna Tsepesh: It was the first time that Jean Dolabella record the drums at studio with the band. What is your opinion about Dolabella work?
Derrick: It's great to work with Jean because he is knowledgeable about other instruments even voice. His opinions and ideas were extremely valuable and made the recording process in the studio move so smoothly. He is extremely talented it was such a pleasure to work with him on this album. I couldn't imagine it with out him.
Hanna Tsepesh: Talking about concerts, last year the band played live in Portugal (25-3-07 at Cine-Teatro de Corroios). Did you remember that particularly concert? What is your opinion about all the night? Did you had fun in there? What do you think about the public?
Derrick: I don't remember well enough to comment but good sound is always important to me. I vaguely remember there being some problems on stage with sound but it would be the first time.
Hanna Tsepesh: There's any plan to come here next year? Do you wish to come back to play?
Derrick: On this first part of the European tour I don't think there is a Portugal show but I'm sure that we will play there in 2009 is just a question of when.
Hanna Tsepesh: Can you tell us, what are the future concerts that SEPULTURA will give and where?
Derrick: I don't have all the dates confirmed yet but you can check out or website http://sepultura.uol.com.br/v6/ or http://www.sepularmy.net/ or http://www.myspace.com/sepultura. They will be posting all the upcoming tour dates very soon. I do know our next show will take place in the Philippines the 29th of this month. It will be our first time performing there in the history of Sepultura.
Hanna Tsepesh: Last question, do you want to send one message for all SEPULTURA fans out there that supports the band since the beginning, and for the readers that maybe don't know SEPULTURA yet…
Derrick: It's great to have the support of the people who never gave up on us. This next year is going to be special for Sepulltura and for the fans. We intend on destroying the stage every place we go and we can't wait to see you all in the pit doing the same.
Hanna Tsepesh: Thank you so much for your answers and also the time to answer! THE GATES OF METAL wish all the best and a lots of success for this new album " A-Lex" and good luck for the future concerts! Hope to see SEPULTURA in Portugal very soon!
Derrick: Thank you and I hope to see you on tour!
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