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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
New Year's Resolution Workout Challenge!
I enjoy celebrating holidays and the milestones of my life, such as birthdays and New Year's, with special workout challenges. I like arduous challenges, not only are they uplifting but I use them as bio-markers, to see where I'm at in this great biological adventure known as the aging process.
One of the most grueling and gut checking exercises I can think of is the 6-Count Burpee, known in the military as the 6-Count Body Builder. It's a tremendous, results-producing, fat-burning exercise which exploits every muscle from head to toe and drives the cardio system like few things else. Like other whole-body exercises of its kind, it instigates a considerable HGH surge, similar to sprint protocols. Something singular to the Burpee is the athleticism and coordination involved: there's a level change and a strong core component, mixed with upper body pushing then followed by an explosive leap from the low squat position. Regularly working Burpees into your routine develops athletic attributes, such as agility and coordination, not typically covered in fitness programs.
I've corresponded with prison inmates of various and sundry US penitentiaries and many prisons have removed virtually all exercise equipment, save perhaps pull-up and dip bars, and in some cases, the guys haven't even any access to these. Those among these men who have a keen interest in remaining fit while doing their time are ingenious at using their body weight to perform all sorts of movements and one of their staples, or so I've been told, is the 6-Count Burpee. It's not unusual for some guys to do up to 1500 reps during their outdoor yard time. The jailhouse physiques some of these men display are amazing and all this on the most crappy, institutionalized diet imaginable. It shows you how efficient--and results producing--body weight exercise can be.
The Hindu wrestlers (whom I frequently mention, I know!) had their own version of the 6-Count Burpee, wherein instead of the flat-foot squat and plank-style push-up, they combined a Hindu Squat, done on the toes, with a Hindu Push-Up. This makes a nice variation. Any way you do it, it's hard work!
The element missing from the otherwise complete 6-Count Burpee is an upper body pulling movement. I've found that by integrating Pull-Ups with the 6-Count Burpee, you have a complete, full-body exercise. I originated a sequence I refer to as The Maxercist, which is essentially a Squat Thrust, followed by a jump up to a high pull-up bar, followed by a Pull-Up. I have more than ten variations of this movement, several of which are shown in my body weight training certifications and workshops. The difficulty with this approach is you must have proximity to a high pull-up bar to make it happen. People residing in northern climates who prefer to work out in their home gyms may be forced to use a doorway pull-up system, which isn't conducive to the Squat-Thrust-Pull-Up combinations.
Then, there are our weaker and more rotund brethren, who may be pull-up challenged. For them, this sequence can be discouraging at best! So, I've come up with a plan of super-sets of ten 6-Count Burpees chased with 5 Pull-Ups. To make things a little more interesting (and to break out the proverbial lash--the better to whip the body into a fat-burning frenzy enough to equal or better the feeding frenzy you may have fallen prey to!) I've added a pronounced cardio element par excellence! (If you're picking up on the SM tendencies, you may recall my initials, which I always tell myself stand for Super Man but reminds others of the Marquis de Sade!)
One thing about your Old Coach, he doesn't expect his charges to undertake anything he hasn't himself done or is unwilling to do. Thus, on a cold and windswept night, beneath a crescent of silver moon overhanging Oyster Bay, your coach stood before a rusted pull-up bar, his trusted Lifeline Weighted Speed Rope in hand and his Nike Free trainers laced tight!
There, witnessed only by the heavenly bodies above, he field tested this tasty pain delight. Reminiscent of the wrestling workouts my own old coach put us through back in the sixties. I remember doing reps until us kids were puke-faced, lying spent in our own pooled body fluids... and here I am, at 56, now my own coach, still keeping on, keeping on, to the beat of that distant drummer. Knowing that if I can just survive one more set, I'll be a better man for it.
The workout goes like this:
A1) Rope Skip x 100 jumps
Lifeline Heavy Seed Rope (green)
*this is a SPRINT, so do your rope skipping as hard and fast as possible
*if you don't have a Lifeline rope, use a regular rope but do 200 jumps, which is about equal
*if you can't jump rope, or haven't got a jump rope, perform 50 Jumping Jacks aka Side-Straddle Hops
A2) 6-Count Burpee x 10
this is NOT one of those cheap, bend-over-at-the-waist-barely-bend-your-knee
Here are the directions for a properly conducted 6-count Burpee:
from the standing position:
1) Perform a full, ass-to-the-floor SQUAT w/ arms between the knees, palms and heels flat
2) JUMP back to an upper Push-Up positon, arms straight, abs and core engaged
3) LOWER down smoothly until the sternum grazes the floor between the hands
4) PUSH back up into the plank position, with arms locked, abs and core tight, elbows tucked into the ribs
5) JUMP back to a full Squat, butt to the floor, knees completely bent w/ knee caps tracked over toes, arms between knees and heels flat
6) from the low Squat, explode and LEAP high into the air, landing softly upon the feet
Immediately go into the next rep.
When performed like this, the 6-Count Burpee will increase mobility in the hips and work the abs and hip flexors extremely hard.
After completing the tenth rep, walk to your pull-up bar and perform...
A3) Pull-Up x 5
from a perfect dead hang, pull the throat over the bar
*if pull-ups are too hard for you, substitute Chin-Ups, which are about 20% easier
*if you haven't a pull-up bar at home and you'd still like to participate in this New Year's workout challenge, you can do door Pull-Ups:
a) open a door, and wedge some type of shim beneath the door so as not to strain the hinges. Use a door stop to prevent the door from swaying and closing on your fingers
b) place a towel across the top of the door
c) grab the top of the door and ull yourself up, dragging the belly and thighs along the surface of the door
You can also step up on a chair and get into the top position, then slowly lower yourself down to perform the negative protion of the exercise
*another option is to use Jungle Gym body weight Rows as the pulling element. in this case, double the reps to ten, since the Rows are a good deal easier than Pull-Ups or Chin-Ups.
Your goal is to get 12 rounds (one for every month of the year!) of this circuit in as long as it takes to perform all the exercises.
If you can get 12 rounds in 30 min or less, consider yourself in top physical condition, but DON'T sacrifice the form and start cheating for the sake of improving time--HELL no!
For those of you who like to wear heart rate monitors, you'll definitely hit your max heart rate, probably about the fourth or fifth round!
Happy New Year and let me know your results!
Yours in Strength & Health,
Coach Steve
36 comments:
- David Swanson said...
Man, Steve you are such an inspirational writer...this post had me thinking about my old Judo coach who would push us until my fingers were raw and where literally talking was painful.
I'm giving this one a go Thursday morning when I know many of my training partners and friends will be nursing headaches and cradling rubbish filled bellies.
David Swanson
- December 30, 2008 at 6:17 PM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Thanks for writing, David! Let us all know how it goes! - Steve
- December 30, 2008 at 6:27 PM
- Dom77mu said...
Thanks for the workouts steve. Its great to find new ideas for working out at your site. As always routine is the enemy!
- December 30, 2008 at 7:14 PM
- zevenesh said...
steve, this is a beastly workout bruddah! I actually visited east jersey state prison, aka rahway - same place they filmed 'lock up' w/stallone.
I spoke w/the former boxing team, the guys still did 5 x 50 push ups every morning and then did all their pull ups, dips and sit ups through the day.
Sly actually payed for a 400 meter track to be built in the back and they told me how some dudes did partner wheel barrow hand walks around the track as well.
These guys were solid! And you're right, the food available was shit!
happy New Year brother,
- December 30, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- Joe Pavel said...
Thank you for the inspirational writing. You've outdone yourself again!
This routine is the perfect combination for any wrestler/ grappler.
I can't wait to try it out myself.
Have a Great New Year!
- December 31, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- Super-Trainer said...
Excellent writing - And that last jump on the burpee will get ya!!
- December 31, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Gudjon said...
Just what I needed, a challenge for Jan 1! Did it this morning in sunny/rainy Barbados, took me over an hour, but I did 200 reps with the jump rope as it is a normal one, not a heavy one. Vala, having some sort of flue, could not resist the temptation when she saw me training, so she went through the whole thing as well with style! And my sister, who is on a visit from Australia, joined her and did well. Thanks for the inspiration and challenge, feels great, great, great to start the new year in this way - Gudjon
- January 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Zach! Thanks for stopping in and your ever-insightful comments. I always liked the idea that I can work out anytime/anyplace...even if it comes down to a prison cell! As with everything, imagination and creativity are the only limits. Happy New Year, Zach! Thanks for your boundless good vibes and generosity. Let's get together when I'm in Philly mid-April. - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 10:54 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Joe, you're so right. When you get done with this one, you'll feel like you've wrestled a grizzly bear--but in a good way! - let us know how it goes! - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Super, You're right about the last Burpee. the jumps really amp up the activity and the explosive element. - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Gudj, YOU ARE THE MAN! A viking in Barbados! And that WIFE of yours! Queen of the Valkyries! Knowing she has a sister is almost overwhelming!
Happy New Year Gudjon and Vala and lovely sister! Best to the boyz!
I had the same experience as yourself, the pull-ups were the easiest part. - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Thanks Steve... I think. :-)
- January 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- Wildcard said...
It seems like half a century since we met and exchanged ideas at the RKC in April 06. I am enjoying your blog and wishing nothing but success and happiness for you in all of your endeavors. You're a true warrior so I know you will come out on top!
The workout was a total smoker, much tougher than I anticipated. I'm recovering from a shoulder injury so the burpees were slower than I would have liked. Total workout as prescribed: Just shy of 22 minutes. No puking either!
Happy New Year Bro!
- January 1, 2009 at 2:26 PM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Tommy, I told my gf a real stud could get through it in under 30 min! Tommy, you are in incredible shape--great job! - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Kevin B, get out there and thank me (or curse me) later! - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Coach, As usual, you come up with the best. I completed it New Year's morning and for each month thought about the good things 2009 is going to bring my family and myself. Thanks for the workout and Happy New Year!
- January 1, 2009 at 3:10 PM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Great job, Norm! It's going to be a great year and you've started it with the right attitude, setting a fine precedent. - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Nice workout! I finished it in 24:50 using 50 jumping jacks (I need to get a jump rope) and 10bodyweight rows (I also need to work on my pullups). Your blog is awesome, keep writing!
- January 1, 2009 at 8:34 PM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Great job, Aaron! Way to get the new year going! - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- Steve Maxwell said...
You guys keep reading and I'll keep on writing! - Steve
- January 1, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Thanks for this and many other posts. I have recently started reading your blog and I have immense respect and admiration for your work. I want to subscribe to your posts by email (not G Reader, etc.) but couldn't find that widget. Care to insert that one?
- January 2, 2009 at 6:34 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Thanks, rambodoc! My resourceful aide isn't able find a widget to add on the blog page, but there is an email list option to which your email can be added. send your email to firstname.lastname@example.com and she'll add it. Thanks for reading. - Steve
- January 2, 2009 at 7:58 AM
- Richard said...
I would like to use this workout to get back into shape. How many days per week can/should you do it?
Also any chance of an article on diet advice for losing fat and keeping/gaining muscle?
Your the best!
- January 2, 2009 at 4:02 PM
That was a fun workout, just the way to bring in the new year! It took me about just shy of 40 minutes to get it done, so it bolster my new years resolve to keep hammering at the bit. :)
- January 2, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- David Swanson said...
Did this workout yesterday. New Year's Day was for rest due to some very heavy moving at my parent's place the night before.
It took me 36:10. Pretty damn grueling especially after about the 8th set or so.
Thanks again and I look forward to bettering my time.
David Swanson
PS The burpee technique you demonstrate is awesome and it felt great when I did it that way.
- January 3, 2009 at 9:10 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Well done, David and it's never too late to get in the workout! That WAS a good video, I'm glad you liked it. Good time and know that most people started gassing in the 6 & 7th rounds. - Steve
- January 3, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Sean Schniederjan RKC said...
I love this blog and have been sharing it with friends and family!
I've been using kettlebell/barbell mostly for the past couple of years but have been neglecting bodyweight exercises. I've been doing slow pushups and pistols in a doorway and I feel leaner and meaner from doing those than pushes and pulls with a KB/BB. I especially enjoy the unanchored situps you described. I feel a six pack coming on in the near future.
You'll see fat people lifting KBs and BBs, but not guys who can pump out high volume pushups, pullups, and pistols...its so obvious but I had never thought about that until hearing it from this blog...so many thanks for that!
I'll be getting back to the gym next semester and am anxious to see if this BW stuff will help me reach my goal of a 500lb DL. I have a feeling it will, especially the leg/glute strength from the pistols. Best,
- January 5, 2009 at 8:32 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Sean, Thanks for writing, I'm glad you like the blog. BW training is indeed an extremely effective way to increase all parameters of fitness. AFA Pistols increasing the DL: they are 2 separate skills and in order to be good at either, you must practice each. Rarely does one exercise better another/different exercise. The way to get good at DL is to DL. The skills of DL and Pistol are very different. Pistols are a very good alternative to heavy BB Squats for overall leg development and strength. - Steve
- January 5, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
If you want to learn the Pistol and some cool variations, sign up for my Body Weight Trainers certification!
- January 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM
- BamBam said...
Steve, Do you ever plan on coming to the Phoenix, Arizona area. I'd love to attnd 1 of your seminars
- January 6, 2009 at 6:54 AM
- Sean Schniederjan RKC said...
I definitely agree, but I was thinking that all things being equal, the guy with stronger legs is going to be better at pulling weight off the ground because of the additional explosiveness that comes from pushing the legs strongly in to the ground to get the weight moving. Also having strong glutes and knowing how to activate them will not hurt for pulling heavy weight. I can't think of a better way to get to know one's glutes than slow butt to the ground pistols.
I guess I'll find out next week when my gym access returns for a new DL cycle.
- January 6, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Bam Bam, I don't have anything coming up in PHX. Come to Sacramento 7 Feb. Airfare on Southwest is $110 each way. I keep telling you guys, Chip Conrad's gym, BodyTribe, is something very special. He's created something unique and it's going to be a great seminar. -Steve
- January 6, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Sean, In the field of motor learning, there are 2 types of individuals: discriminators and non-discriminators. About 80% of the population are discriminators, while ~20% are non. Non-discriminators seemingly derive carry-over benefit from dissimilar exercises. They also can do partial-range movements and get strength throughout the full-range of the movement. You MAY be a non-discriminator and get benefit from the Pistol which carries over to your DL. The discriminator OTOH, which makes up the majority of the population, only gets very specific results. Dissimilar exercises won't benefit them, so for them, the Pistol would be one set of skills, and the DL quite another. They would see very little improvement without training both exercises. Write back and let us know your results! - Steve
- January 6, 2009 at 8:18 AM
thanks steve i done 10 rounds in 30 mins and a bit the last session my form and mind went badly ( forgetting where i was up to with the 6 burpee counts) i wore my HRM and nearly all the time it was 150 to 161 !!!! thanks for work out coach
- March 3, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- westsailor28 said...
just wondered if you think,the lifeline JUNGLE GYM,is as effective as thbe TRX suspension system.Are they both the same tool just different marketing concepts?
- April 25, 2009 at 6:55 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
I've used both. The JG is less complex than the TRX and I prefer it for that reason. - Steve
- April 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM


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35395, Children's Songbook, The Gospel, The Lord Gave Me a Temple, 153
1. The Lord gave me a temple to live within on earth.
Once in Heaven I was spirit, but I left my home at birth.
I'll make my temple brighter; I'll keep my spirit free.
My body is the temple my Father gave to me.
2. If I keep my body clean and pure and habit-free,
I may in Father's temple claim blessings promised me.
On resurrection morning, I'll take my body bright
And in celestial glory forever live in light.
Words: Donnell Hunter, b. 1930. © 1969 IRI
Music: Darwin Wolford, b. 1936. © 1969 IRI
1 Corinthians 3:16-17

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Guest author Bryn Havord introduces the early work of English illustrator Brian Sanders, covering the first decade of his work, from the end of 1959 to 1970.
My first meeting with Brian was during the 1960s, when as art director of Woman's Mirror, I commissioned him to illustrate a ten-part serial for the magazine. During the past year we have renewed our acquaintanceship becoming friends, and realizing that we have much history in common.
(Above: This is the first opening spread from the first commission I gave to Brian; a ten-part serial for Woman's Mirror, 1964.)
Educated at St Olave's Grammar School, which then stood at the foot of London's Tower Bridge, Brian spent much of his final year life drawing and painting at the Sir John Cass College of Art, less than a mile away on the other side of the river. He was offered a place at the Slade School of Art, but because of family circumstances he went to work in an advertising agency.
(Above: A portrait of Brian's eldest son Mark, showing a keen interest in a worm. Always interested in and biology, now in his early 50s, he works in the radiology department of a New Zealand hospital.)
Quickly learning that most of its artwork was commissioned from two London artists' agents, he joined one of them as a 'gofer'. Artist Partners exposed him to sixty world-class artists and photographers and their work. He owes much to the help that many of them gave him.
(Above: He discovered that the main subject of a composition did not necessarily have to be in the foreground.)
His career was interrupted by National Service with the Royal Marines, mostly spent on active service with 45 Commando in areas of North Africa and the Mediterranean. During his final year he was recruited into the Intelligence Section because of his drawing skills. After National Service he worked with photographer Adrian Flowers, to whom he is very grateful for the assistance given in helping him towards his freelance career. Brian would draw most evenings after work, and a year later he selected his best twelve pieces for a portfolio, and went freelance. Adrian provided him with a studio within his own studio in Chelsea, as a quid pro quo for background painting and visualizing.
(Above: Through experience Brian has learned that some people who might object to being photographed don't mind being drawn.)
At first Brian represented himself, gaining work from Lilliput Magazine, which he jokingly asserts he helped to close. Miles Huddlestone at Heinemann came to his rescue supplying him with numerous book jacket commissions at seventeen guineas (£17.70) a time; so keeping the wolf from the door. Brian wishes he had kept a copy of his first jacket for the hardback edition of Ossian's Ride by Fred Hoyle, who later became Astronomer Royal.
In 1959 Artist Partners took him onto their books and put him on the road to success.
Continued tomorrow...


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AC OKs teacher retire incentive
With the retirement of Adams Central Superintendent Mike Pettibone looming, Pettibone continues to show his commitment to the school's future by proposing an incentive package for retiring certified staff.
Pettibone proposed a $15,000 retirement incentive for AC teachers and administrators to the Adams Central Board of Education on Tuesday, noting that the incentive would not include himself.
"You guys [AC] have been wonderful to me," said Pettibone. "I want to step outside of this and make this for the staff."
Under the proposal, teachers who qualify for retirement with the AC master agreement would receive $15,000. That money would be placed in a 403(b) account and made available to the retiree as of July 15, 2013. The regular severance package offered to retiring teachers would still be available immediately.
Further details in today's print edition.


text: The first Cow Parade took place in Switzerland in 1998. The father of the idea was Walter Knapp from Zürich and his son Pascal Knapp, a well-known Swiss artist. He designed the three original sculptures. The basic concept of the Cow Parade is to present the cow in a way which is accessible to everyone. People should see that art is fun, accessible and does not always belong in a museum. Cow Parade brings art onto the streets: a city park, large square or even a pedestrian precinct can act as an exhibition area. In the meantime, the life-size cows of the Cow Parade have been seen in Chicago, New York and also in Germany. The Cow Parade is financed by the host city and local companies help the event by sponsoring the cows. Besides professional artists, lay artists also have the possibility of creating a cow. Before any Cow Parade an appeal is made giving everyone the chance to provide a work and prove their merit as an artist. At the end of any Cow Parade, many of the cows are auctioned off and the proceeds go to local charity projects.


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In the end, she didn't care about decor, cake, or even new toys (the packaging was another story). She just wanted us.
|"Aw yeah, gonna get my party on......"
|See the blurry grape in the foreground?
Quinn is actually looking straight at the camera.
I'm looking at the grape.
|Quinn was quite skeptical w/ her smash cake. Is my baking that bad?!
I didn't know whether to laugh or be proud of her caution.
|Sidenote: this was the beginning of Mr. FC's MOVEMBER moustache.
|"....the day you became mine, I became yours."


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the Lincoln Cares program will help fund seven projects and programs across the community in 2011. Lincoln Cares is a community donation program, which allows Lincoln Electric System (LES) customers to voluntarily add one dollar to their bill payments each month for projects not included in the City budget.
The Mayor made the announcement at Nebraska's Centennial Mall, one of the 2011 projects.
Other new projects are Sherman Field support facilities, the Jayne Snyder Trails Center at Union Plaza, Street Trees, Pioneers Park Nature Center endowment for animal care, a spectator seating shade structure at Densmore Park and Parker's Pals Scholarships (A list of new and former Lincoln Cares projects follows this release.)
Mayor Beutler announced a new category for Lincoln Cares sponsorship. Project sponsors providing matching funds for the projects include the Lincoln Parks Foundation, Culver's, the Lincoln Community Foundation Ken Good Fund, the Great Plains Trails Network, Friends of Pioneers Park Nature Center, Lincoln Area Retired School Personnel, Olsson Associates Community Builders, Michael Sucha Memorial Fund/Annual Memorial Golf Tournament.
Mayor Beutler also thanked all five Lincoln media organizations which, for the second consecutive year, are providing $30,000 of in-kind advertising and promotion of Lincoln Cares. With last year's contribution, local media will provide a total of $300,000 in free promotion for this community donation program. Media sponsors are: KOLN/KGIN-TV, KLKN-TV, Three Eagles Communications, NRG Media/Broadcast House and the Lincoln Journal Star.
"Lincoln Cares has grown to become a significant community effort that gives every citizen in Lincoln the opportunity to support and enhance our great parks system," said Mayor Beutler. "This is a tremendous example of a public-private partnership which makes our great city even stronger."
From its inception in February 2003 through February 2011, Lincoln Cares has collected $559,097 from LES customers adding a dollar to their bill payments. An average of 5,765 LES customers donate to the program every month. Another $11,225.96 has been contributed through direct donations to the Lincoln Parks Foundation and through partnerships with Pepsi, Lincoln Benefit Life, Olsson Associates and Culver's Restaurants. The total for all collections since Lincoln Cares began is $1,047,882.
"We greatly appreciate everyone who continues to put the 'cares' in the Lincoln Cares program," said Lynn Johnson, Director of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department. "Our generous project sponsors, media sponsors and those people who add the extra dollar to their LES payment every month are making a visible and meaningful difference in our community."
To donate to Lincoln Cares, LES customers can add one dollar to their bill payments each month. Those who pay LES through automatic bank billing can add Lincoln Cares to their payments each month by calling LES at 402-475-4211. Donations also can be mailed directly to the Lincoln Parks Foundation, 2740 "A" Street, Box 201, Lincoln, NE 68502 or made online at LincolnCares.org. More information on Lincoln Cares is available by calling 402-441-8264 or visiting LincolnCares.org
The Lincoln Cares Advisory Board approved the following projects to be funded in 2011:
Projects funded in the first eight years of the Lincoln Cares program include:


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For Sunday's recap and photos, click here.
For Saturday's recap and photos, click here.
Friday's recap below…
12:00 p.m. @ The Playstation Stage: First Aid Kit I eased into Lollapalooza's chaos slowly, with an early set by First Aid Kit — two sisters, Klara and Johanna Soderberg, from Sweden, ages 18 and 20 — who play woodsy Americana-inspired ballads. They also brought a Swedish drummer along with them — a long-haired, bearded guy — who played a baby blue glock on some songs, and a heavy bass drum on others. "We are First Aid Kit, two Swedish sisters," said Klara, the younger of the two. "And a Swedish drummer. From Sweden. It's amazing to be back here, this amazing view, all of you, it's fantastic."
In folksy quilted dresses, the girls harmonized through songs from their most recent album, their second, The Lion's Roar, plucking along to songs informed by classic '60s American folk icons, lyrics that seem mature way beyond their years.
"This one was written by a Swedish friend of ours, The Knife, it's called 'When I Grow Up," Klara said, before their rendition, which turned the ambient dark-pop synth song into a finger-picked ballad with some deep keys and cyclical drums, bringing the lyrics to center-stage with clear-spoken vocals.
Next was "Emmylou," a single from the new album. "This song is a tribute to our favorite singers and songwriters: Johnny Cash, June Carter, Graham Parsons, Emmylou Harris," she explained. ("I'll be your Emmylou, and I'll be your June," the song goes, "If you'll be my Johnny and my Graham too.")
The set ended with an eruption of energy, Johanna (the older sister) playing her keyboard with her palms and her head, both girls swinging and flipping their long hair around. On the last jam, "The Lion's Roar," Johanna led a clap-along, put her palm to her chest, belting out the chorus: "And I'm a goddamn coward, but then again so are you/and the lion's roar, the lion's roar/has me evading and hollering for you." The bass drum kicked in for one last foot-stomper "King Of The World," where by the last line, they were both almost shrieking. Later in the day, I interviewed First Aid Kit, and tried to convince them that they should start a punk band.
Overhead in the crowd: "That bass drum kicks ass."
Most unexpected item on stage: Smoke machine
12:45 p.m. random notebook scribble: This festival would run more smoothly if they sold about 10,000 fewer tickets. This year's Lolla sold out 71 days in advance — the festival sells 100,000 tickets. From the first moments of this year's festival, it feels like too much, especially in comparison to the other festivals I've attended this year — Primavera, Pitchfork, Newport — all festivals where there's more space to breathe, and it doesn't take 20 minutes to navigate through over-packed crowds getting from one stage to another.
12:55 p.m. first "WTF" moment of the day: Walking from the First Aid Kit set, across Grant Park toward the opposite end for Yellow Ostrich at 1:30, I spot a group of around 30 people waving around boards with QR codes on them, in front of a 20-foot screen, using QR codes to play virtual guitars. WTF?
1 p.m. first "F Yeah Lollapalooza" moment of the day: One of my favorite pastimes is criticizing huge corporate-sponsored mega-music-fests for the minor intricacies that make them unbearable, and one of those elements is usually food choices and prices. Lollapalooza is hard to hate on, though. There's an entire farmer's market zone with booths set up by local farmers and artisan foodies. I buy a vegan wrap, wheatgrass shot, and an apple for 7 bucks (a bargain as far as festivals go) and all the while, the lady I buy it from explains to me how she makes her sprouted wraps and chickpea hummus. A+. Also noteworthy: This is the first festival I've been to where composting bins are widely available and dozens of employees are dedicated to standing around, making sure everyone recycles properly.
1:10 p.m. @ the scary EDM tent: Still making my way across the fest, I hear someone doing karaoke, a version of "Losing my Religion" by R.E.M. Didn't know Lollapalooza had a karaoke zone, but am not surprised. Then realize it's actually some band called "White Panda" starting their set on the EDM stage, a/k/a a sea of fist pumping hands. I vow to avoid this stage at all costs this weekend.
1:15 p.m. @ the Red Bull stage: the Growlers I catch the tail-end of The Growlers. "Is there a screen next to us up here? Are you watching me on a TV? Because I'm watching that asshole down there," says their punky teen singer, Brooks Neilsen. The band — six young white dudes — squeaks with twangy vox over an angry love song. "We're on a good American tour right now. We're not tired though, we're excited," he says, before playing a few more songs proving that — just like me — these guys grew up on the Strokes, too.
1:30 p.m. @ the Sony stage: Yellow Ostrich Yellow Ostrich played through a set mostly pulled from their 2012 record, Strange Land. "I am the elephant king but I am lonely," sings frontman Alex Schaaf on "Elephant King," backed by his 2-piece band. "I will talk to myself till I am alright." On a festival stage, Yellow Otrisch is stripped of the artful spaciousness that makes their album so pleasant; in fact, the set sounds sort of more like an emo band in this setting. But dude makes up for it with his spiritedness — like he's trying to compromise by shouting every line to reach the person 2,000 heads back. And every line seems to come from a genuine place.
After a crowd pleaser, "The Shakedown," singer tells Lolla that his friend has an "announcement" to make, and a guy comes out on stage with his girlfriend. "Steph, I met you three years ago at Lollapalooza," the guy says. "Don't say no because you'll embarrass me," he adds, getting on one knee, pulling out a ring, and proposing. With the emotional vibe of Yellow Ostrich's lyrics and delivery — these songs are fit for romantic indie-flick soundtracks — the whole scenario seems too good to be true. "Congrats," singer says after. "Thank God she said yes, because if she said no, that would be a downer. But it would probably be some kind of viral video and that would be good for us," he adds, before ending the set with "Stay at Home" and "Mary".
Number of horns on stage: 2
Most emo lyric: "To survive we must stay at home," from "Stay At Home"
Number of people I meet during this set who have never heard of Stereogum: Three. Do they live in a cultural bubble, or do I?
2:00 p.m. @ the Google Play Stage: The War On Drugs: The last time I saw Adam Granduciel, the raspy singer and guitarist for Philadelphia neo-psych four-piece The War On Drugs, perform, he was playing guitar with Kurt Vile's band. (Vile and Granduciel started the band together in 2005.) It was 2009, at the Woodsist/Captured Tracks festival in Brooklyn, at a tiny DIY parking lot space called "Brooklyn Backyard." The War On Drugs have a similar vibe to Vile's band — all noisy psychedelia and washes of feedback, over harmonica and twangy howls and high-energy Americana riffs. Granduciel's voice is often compared to Dylan's, and appropriately so, but with the added bonus of shoegazey noise floating around his folk rock vox. After an early afternoon of young pristine pop, something a bit more experimental felt refreshing; the dose of distortion felt grounding.
The band's keyboard player, Robbie Bennett, pulls out an acoustic for some extra guitar layers on "Comin Through." Toward the end of the set, they lock harmonica and drum and horn and keyboard noises, playing out washes of cyclical loops to riff over.
"This song's for Perry Farrell," frontman Adam Granduciel says before diving into "I Was There," from their second album for Secretly Canadian, Slave Ambient, out last year. He could be joking about the dedication, it's hard to tell. It's the sole mention of any Jane's Addiction I hear on a stage all day.
Best overheard War On Drugs crowd chatter ever: "It's all Nancy Reagan's fault!"
Number of people doing drugs: At least one, to my knowledge, probably many more.
3:15 p.m. @ the Playstation Stage: Sharon Van Etten: "My '90s dreams are coming true today," says Sharon van Etten, the Brooklyn songstress responsible for one of the year's most beautiful records, Tramp. Her set is mostly drawn from that record, starting with "All I Can," a slow-creeping strummy song that feels even smokier in the haze of the day's pounding heat. The first few numbers are similarly slow and dreamy: "Save Yourself," "Leonard," "Kevin's." The latter she says is a song written for Sinead O'Connor to sing one day.
For a singer who writes mostly introspectively about relationships and feelings, Van Etten's songs feel surprisingly perfect on a festival stage. "I wrote this song about moving to New York City and falling in love," she says, before "Give Out." "But it still sounds sad. Isn't that the funny part?" It sounds sad, yes, but it also sounds huge and explosive. Every time I see this song performed live, I'm more convinced it's one of the greatest tracks released this year.
She ends the set with a couple of songs on electric guitar, "Serpents" ("this is the first song I ever wrote on electric guitar") and "I'm Wrong." The whole set is backed by Doug Keith on drums, Heather Woods Broderick on keys, Zeke Hutchins on drums.
"It's really cool to play Lollapalooza," Van Etten says, before her last song. "When you're in high school, it's your dream. Then suddenly you're in your 30s and it's happening."
Strangest string of heckling I hear all day: "You sound so much better live," some dude, who clearly has not spent much time with Van Etten's discography, says. "Put out a live record!" To which she responds, "Do you want to be my manager?" And some other bro shouts, "Do you want to be my wife?" Weird vibes.
Random notebook scribble:: Today, Van Etten is dressed in all white, and with her jet-black hair, almost looks like a real-life version of her high-contrast black-and-white album cover, one that she once told me is a tribute to John Cale's 1975 album cover for Fear.
3:52 p.m. walking past the scary EDM stage: Dude runs out from the EDM area, hopping along through the street towards a strip of bars, where he will most probably buy an $8 16oz, when he inexplicably screams like there's no tomorrow: "YYYYYOOOOOOLLLOOOOOOOO."
5 p.m. @ the Google stage: SBTRKT I catch a glimpse of SBTRKT — a/k/a South London post-dubstep producer Aaron Jerome — playing to a sea of bobbing heads and hands in the air, using drums and samples, with his collaborator Sampha looping keys and vox. As per usual, both are wearing masks to hide their identities. Their sound is an electronic hybrid of two-step, UK funky, dubstep, but with a distinct ear for R&B and pop sensibilities. The crowd erupts when he plays his single "Wildfire," sampling Drake's verse that appears on the remix of the song. When the set ends, I quickly thank the Lollapalooza Gods that this band was not accidentally incorrectly billed on the EDM stage.
6:00 p.m. @ the Bud Light stage: Passion Pit I arrive 25 minutes early to the Bud Light stage, hoping to get a decent place in the crowd for Passion Pit's set — one of the few performances by the Brooklyn-via-Boston band, who after releasing their already-critically-acclaimed sophomore album a couple of weeks ago, Gossamer, subsequently canceled many of their late summer dates in order for frontman Michael Angelakos to take care of himself and his mental health issues. (Much of which were discussed in a lengthy Pitchfork feature last month, discussing the singer's problems with bipolar disorder, substance abuse, several attempted suicides.)
Even 25 minutes early, thousands and thousands of fans are already camped out at the stage; the biggest stage at Lollapalooza.
At five minutes after 6 p.m., minimal, metallic entry music starts to hum, and the band walks out. Passion Pit opens with "Take A Walk," Gossamer's first single, infectious synth-pop sang in falsetto about a family member's economic difficulties. Angelakos doesn't need to sing a word of the chorus; a sea of voices shout it back at him, pointing in the air, "Take a walk/take a walk/take a walk," as the singer himself paces the stage. Angelakos wears a button-down, a tie, and has grown a beard since the last time I saw the band, which was 2009 at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston — a 1,000 capacity venue in the town where I live, and Passion Pit formed.
Continuing to pace the stage and clenching the mic cord, he sings "Moth's Wings" next. His five piece backing band is a drummer, guitarist, bassist, synth dude, and one lady on keys and occasional backing vox.
Next is "The Reeling," a single from the band's 2009 album Manners. His backing band drops out on the first chorus: "Look at me, oh look at me, is this the way I'll always be/oh no, oh no … Every day I lie awake and pray to God today's the day/oh no, oh no." After learning the story of his health and his songs, its impossible for me to watch this band in the same light, at least not yet. It's unclear that most of this audience is in the same boat, though. Lollapalooza isn't a festival for music geeks so much as casual fans.
"You're gonna drive me crazy/you're gonna drive me mad," Angelakos sings on "Better Things," from their 2008 Chunk Of Change EP, crowd screaming and jumping along. The frontman is very much into it. He paces, hunches over himself, punches over the ground, pulls back the mic from his mouth on the high notes, leads the crowd in clap-alongs. Air drums, stomps. The set proceeds with a mix of old and new, "Let Your Love Grow Tall," "Sleepyhead," and "Little Secrets," from Manners, and from Gossamer, "Carried Away," "It's Not My Fault I'm Happy," "Constant Conversations."
"I'm sorry, sorry about that/sorry about the things that I've said," he sings on "Carried," crowd screaming along, swinging the mic at his side, dancing around. "Wake up in the morning, wake up in the evening/Wake up when you want to, cause no one's really watching/wish you had something to say about it/but we all have problems." He then picks up the mic, points it at the crowd. "We all have problems/we're all having problems/and we all got something to say," is shouted back at the singer by thousands and thousands.
The most epic sing-along of all though most definitely comes during the band's performance of "I'll Be Alright." "Let me hear it Chicago!" Angelakos shrieks at the crowd, jumps down to the barricade, lifting the microphone and pointing it at the crowd, largely comprised of young people. He stomps along frantically, as thousands and thousands scream it back at him: "I'll be alright/I'll be alright/I'll be alright." The entire performance is excellent and energetic.
7:30 p.m. @ the Sony Stage: M83 When I arrive at M83's set, the sun is setting, the lights on the stage are particularly bright, the band is playing through a crowd-pleasing set drawn from across their discography: "Teen Angst," "Reunion," "Sitting," to start. Throughout their heavy set, I'm continuously taken by how perfectly the physicality of their music plays out in a festival setting. M83 has an intense hold over Lollapalooza; they're a band whose melodies are so strong, they get festival crowds singing along to non-lyrics. Even on the more ambient, washed out tracks, the band pounds out their parts like a punk band, psyching out on the ground over their instruments.
"From here, it's just beautiful, the city, and all of you," says singer Anthony Gonzales, pointing out at the Chicago skyline. "This past year has been amazing for M83, and it's because of you guys," he adds, before their much-beloved single, "Midnight City." When the set ends, and the stage goes white, he makes a heart shape from his hands before walking off stage.
9:00 p.m. @ the Bud Light stage: Black Sabbath Black Sabbath's presence at Lollapalooza is one that could be felt all throughout the first day of the festival. You just know who the Sabbath fans are, man. Thousands of them traveled to Chicago for the band's only North American performance of the year. Even in the back of the field, showing up halfway through their set, I was surrounded by them.
Ozzy Osbourne put on quite the show, talking to the crowd between nearly every song (or at least during the second half of the set that I caught). "I love you all!" he said, repeatedly. "Let me see you go crazy! Everybody go for it!"
Random notebook scribble: I am purposely standing next to the old dude air guitar-ing for "journalistic gold" purposes.
[Photos by Wilson Lee]


text: Donald Dee Peeler, age 47, of Moberly, formerly of Fayette, passed away May 29, 2012. Graveside services for family and friends will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Fayette City Cemetery under the direction of Carr-Yager Funeral Home in Fayette. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Charity of Donor's Choice in care of Carr-Yager Funeral Home, P.O. Box 210, Fayette, MO 65248. DN


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September 30, 2009
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Globe and Mail As rosy as all of that sounds, the Canada Line experience is also showing that transit lines - even those that link downtown to an airport - do not automatically spur instant development around stations. Read On
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September 29, 2009
Boston Globe So how did this happen? How did your trusty map deceive you? Read On
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Arizona Republic "Being able to stop all these people coming is probably impossible, but is this plan really possible? Could this really happen? And if it could, should it?"... Read On
Gauging the evolution of TOD in Denver
September 28, 2009
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Denver has launched an effort to gauge the changing attitude toward transit as the region's transit system grows and matures.
Grading federal efforts to promote affordable housing near transit
September 25, 2009
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The Government Accountability Office has released a report to Congress examining the job the Federal Transit Administration and the Housing and Urban Development agency have done in promoting affordable housing in transit-oriented developments. The conclusion: "Key Practices Could Enhance Recent Collaboration Efforts between DOT-FTA and HUD."
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Torontoist "the station is designed to allow TOD [transit oriented development] to build up to a more urban nature in the future."... Read On
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Next American City Ironically, Torino long ago modeled its single-industry economy after Detroit and the success of Henry Ford; today it offers Detroit a lesson in post-industrial prosperity.... Read On
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September 23, 2009
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The Environment America Research and Policy Center released a report this month detailing the relationship between transportation and America's oil dependence. "Getting On Track: Record Transit Ridership Increases Energy Independence" was written by Rob McCulloch, Philip Faustmann and Jessica Darmawan of the Environment America Research and Policy Center and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.
Phoenix's example and the lessons of Tempe and Mesa
September 23, 2009
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Daily Freeman Life Editor Ivan Lajara talks about journalism, living in the Hudson Valley, language, the Web, cats and even politics. But he shouldn't.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Most read Daily Freeman stories of 2011
A comment below laments, "I am surprised our home town American Hero PFC.Douglas L. Cordo is not on the list." It was 28th.
11. School budgets pass in all local districts except Saugerties and Pine Plains
12. Crash on Thruway in Ulster kills veteran corrections officer
13. Unofficial election results
14. Two arrested after man shot in Uptown Kingston
15. Two Kingston girls charged in break-in, sexual misconduct
16. Pilot from Germantown presumed dead in Hudson River jet crash
17. SPECIAL REPORT: Embattled Kingston cop's pay and benefit
18. Saugerties used car dealer charged with forgery, fraud scheme
19. High-ranking Kingston cop charged with stealing
20. 3 men shot, woman beaten at New Year's party in Midtown Kingston
21. Shock, caution follow Kingston cop's arrest
22. Police say body found in Esopus Creek is missing Saugerties man Zachary Green
23. Arrests mount in connection with shootings at Kingston party
24. Authorities: None of six boaters in accident that killed four were wearing life jackets
25. Hyde Park homicide victim, 18, was FDR High grad, gymnast
26. Area couple to be featured on DIY network
27. 4 Ulster County residents die in boat crash on Hudson
28. Kingston honors fallen soldier
29. Driver in boat crash that killed 4 was drunk, deputies say
30. Father of teen slaying victim commits suicide
31. Germantown man presumed dead in Hudson River plane crash
32. Two charged who police say ran illegal Kingston nightclub where shootings occurred
33. Kingston cop's request for school pay raised red flag, former administrator says
34. Surveillance videos show missing man just before disappearance
35. Tenant charged with killing woman in Hurley home (video)
36. Management shakeup at Ulster Savings Bank
37. Police shoot Highland girl, 17, in stolen car
38. Kingston businessman accused of fondling job applicant
39. Boy escaped van, swam to safety before mom drowned self, 3 kids in Hudson River
40. WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE? Teen's disappearance still a mystery after nearly 25 years
41. Mayor raps cops for not knowing beforehand about party where shootings occurred
42. EDITORIAL: School superintendent, police chief missing in action
43. Death of Ulster County Sheriff's Office detective sergeant being investigated
44. Flooding continues in much of Ulster County
45. Carnright urges calm among Kingston residents riled by unruly youths
46. Rhinebeck man charged with stabbing patient at Northeast Center
47. Victim ID'd in Accord snowmobile crash
48. Disco singer Andrea True, 68, dies in Kingston; had hit with 'More, More, More' (with video of song)
49. Zach Green's family gets closure but still wants answers
50. Driver inattentiveness cited in crash that killed corrections officer
UPDATE 2: The comment on this post also made me rethink the ranking criteria, which is the headline, and not the URL where the story resides, meaning that if a story changes through the day, as stories are wont to do, different headlines will change the rankings. The headline ranking reflects how many people saw a story as it was written. A URL ranking reflects a story re-written multiple times, where the last version ends up being dramatically different from the original. Both rankings have value.
So I did another ranking based on URLs. Here are the 10 based on that. Remember, there were different headlines on the same story, I'm displaying the last headline used.
1. Man says son, 32, missing since Sunday
2. Germantown man presumed dead in Hudson River plane crash
3. Kingston man, 31, found dead, police say
4. Tenant charged with killing woman in Hurley home
5. Authorities: None of six boaters in accident that killed four were wearing life jackets (new video)
6. Police say body found in Esopus Creek is missing Saugerties man Zachary Green
7. Crash on Thruway in Ulster kills veteran corrections officer
8. Freeman editor pulls suicidal woman from bridge railing (video)
9. Kingston cop on leave amid payroll probe; safe removed from office
10. Boat survivor's feat amazes father; 2 people injured in crash that killed 4 could be hospitalized for weeks
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Martina McBride Wasn't Aware That She's Releasing a Greatest Hits Album
Surprise! We're releasing your greatest hits — thought you might like to know! That's what a startled Martina McBride found out on Monday. But here's the twist: Instead of learning about the forthcoming release from RCA Records, her former label home of nearly 20 years, McBride read about the upcoming collection online.
"Wow! Kinda sucks that I had 2 find out on twitter that RCA is releasing a cd of 40 of my songs. #hopeIatleastgetafreecopy," the 'Marry Me' singer tweeted earlier this week. A couple of minutes later, she clarified, "Having said that I'm not mad about it. Just would have been cool to get a phone call. #iwonderwhatthecoverlookslike?"
McBride began her recording career at RCA in 1992 and stayed with the label until 2010, when she departed for a new deal with Republic Nashville. During her run with RCA, she scored a string of hit singles including 'Independence Day,' 'Wild Angels,' 'This One's for the Girls' and 'Anyway.' Republic released her newest album, 'Eleven,' in October of 2011.
CMT reports that RCA will release 'The Essential Martina McBride' — the surprise greatest hits album — on Oct. 22, featuring a wide selection of her past hits as well as duets with Clint Black, Bob Seger, Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson.


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I prefer to focus on the positive aspects of bicycling, as in how it's fun, boosts ego, saves money, improves health. I also like to talk about how to overcome some of the challenges, like weather, or cargo capacity. Once in a while I suppose I have to address the only real negative, which is harassment from motorists. Even a minor nuisance like an angry honk or profanity can ruin a lovely ride.
Today I reluctantly turn my attention to a well-meaning motorist behavior that many cyclists find not so helpful: misguided favors.
I bring this topic up because more than one cyclist has remarked on it recently. It is one that bothers me as well. Of course I prefer it to harassment, but misguided favors actually put us at risk.
-As I approach a stop sign the motorist with the right-of-way waves me through out of turn.
-The motorist behind me won't pass, even though it is safe to do so.
-A motorist gives a friendly honk or "Hello!"
Why would a bicyclist object to these "courtesies"?
-Mixed signals: A motorist waving inside her car is not as visible as she thinks she is. Is she really waving me on, or just brushing a fly off her nose? Was that really a greeting or a warning, or was it impatience?
-Other traffic: If a second motorist is present at the stop sign, he may have different ideas about what is going on. Traffic behind the motorist who refuses to pass will be angry at me for holding everyone up.
-Unpredictable: Traffic flows smoothly when everyone is operating by the same rules. When a motorist tries to give me a special favor, I have to break the rules to accept it. This puts me at risk.
-Unexpected: The unexpected honk or yell, though kindly meant, is startling. It distracts me and, in extreme situations, can make me lose my balance.
I hate to complain when the intentions are so obviously good. But it's important to let people know that they are not actually doing us a kindness with these favors.
If you want to be a bicyclist's favorite driver, here are some suggestions.
-Pass when it is safe to do so, and leave a safe distance between your vehicle and the bicyclist.
-Watch for bicyclists.
-Don't honk or yell at a cyclist, even if you want to express approval.
-Leave your car at home, by riding a bicycle, walking, or carpooling. Less traffic makes everyone safer.


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Tigers Complete Day One of Big Blue Intercollegiate
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tigers completed Day 1 of the 2013 Big Blue Intercollegiate at the General's Retreat Course at Hermitage Golf Club. The course plays as a Par-72, 5,954 yards. Monday was played under partly sunny skies with a slight breeze, 72 degrees and close to normal course conditions.
Tennessee State sits in sixth with a team score of 381. Kelly Merkel shot a 14-over, 86 and is 10 shots off the lead. Amelia Dap and Sarah Needleman finished the first round with a 93, Chelsea Marlin entered the clubhouse at 109 and Denisha Mumford had to withdraw from the competition due to injury.
Merkel led the Tigers with seven pars by hitting 12 fairways and nine greens. The freshman hit a big drive for 270-yards that carried over the right side bunker to set up a par on the par-4, 9th. On the par-4, 18th, Merkel made a tricky right-to-left putt from eight feet out to save par on the par-4, 18th.
Dap found 11 fairways and five greens as she recorded four pars on the day. The red-shirt freshman fell short of the green on her second shot on the par-4, 4th. Dap chipped to allow her a makeable one-putt to save par. On the par-4, 15th, Dap hit her second shot to the back of the green and dropped a 30-foot putt to save par.
Needleman finished with two pars as she found more success with her drives as she found 13 fairways and one green. Needleman came up short of the green on the par-3, 3rd and used a chip to within two feet of the cup to save par. The freshman executed a great up and down to save par on the par-4, 12th.
Marlin ended the first round by finding six fairways and two greens as she carded one par. The freshman sank a 40-foot putt to save par on the par-4, 4th.
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The principles of Relationship Theory (where the greater the relationship, the greater the ability parents have to connect to their teenager) can help address some of the key issues facing teenagers today including: problems concentrating during prayers, difficulty in school, listening to secular music, smoking, rude behavior and alcohol and drug abuse.
It is important to note, however, that the suggested solutions do not offer black and white answers for these problems; rather, they provide an overall strategy for parenting that focuses on some of the inner issues that often hide below the surface and may be the underlying cause of a teenager's at-risk behavior.
Problems with Prayer
Scenario: Your teenager doesn't like to pray and won't go to synagogue.
Possible inner issues: Control, meaning, learning disabilities, individuality
Difficulty in prayer may be rooted in several underlying issues. One common cause is that praying in synagogue can become an issue of control, especially when teenagers feel forced to go pray with their parents and siblings. Prayer can be viewed by teenagers as another obligation or chore they have to perform to make their parents happy.
When teenagers find it difficult to pray, it may also point to an underlying attention disorder. Some teenagers simply have trouble concentrating for long periods and may say, "I hate shul." or "It's boring!" What they really mean is "I can't sit for a long time" or "I'm crawling out of my skin because I don't like being in group settings for a long time."
Some teenagers stop praying because they don't find prayer meaningful. And this may not be their fault. Unfortunately our schools often neglect to teach the "whys" of prayer. Many teenagers have grown up learning only about the obligations of communal prayer and have not developed an appreciation for the beauty, structure and meaning behind the words.
As alternatives to confronting teenagers on the issue of prayer, possible relationship-based strategies include:
· Having your teenager assessed for attention difficulties. · Studying with your teenager the meaning and symbolism behind prayer. · Empowering your teenager by offering him or her choices about where and when to pray. For instance, a different minyan may be more enjoyable. · Spending quality time alone with your teenager instead of relating to one another only during synagogue services and at family meals.
Difficulty In School
Scenario: A teenager is having trouble in school and is failing in one or more subjects.
Possible inner issues: Learning disabilities, control, individuality.
Few challenges are as frustrating and difficult to deal with as a teenager who is having trouble in school. Often parents become agitated when they receive a disheartening report card or a call from their teenager's principal to discuss the teen's behavior. The most important strategy parents can try to adopt in this situation is to resist the temptation to blame teachers, the school or their teenager but rather seek out the cause of their teenager's difficulties in learning.
One possible cause for failure in school is an undetected learning disability. Teenagers who struggle with learning are especially vulnerable to feelings of depression and despair. Many experience the embarrassment, confusion and humiliation that go hand in hand with falling behind their peers in school. Behavioral and adjustment difficulties – from isolation or withdrawal to clowning or acting out – can mask less visible signs of learning difficulties. The following signs may also be clues that an individual is experiencing difficulties with learning:
· Having difficulty paying attention · Hiding, losing or avoiding schoolwork or homework · Being especially sensitive to criticism, mistakes or poor grades · Giving up easily or appearing poorly motivated · Showing anger and frustration when engaged in schoolwork, homework or similar settings · Having attendance problems or developing school-induced sickness · Avoiding schoolwork through over involvement in other activities
Parents, however, can become catalysts for change when they begin to address the key issues that are affecting their teenager's performance. Relationship-based strategies include:
· Having your teenager evaluated for possible learning disabilities · Hiring tutors to supplement your teenager's learning · Highlighting your teenager's positive qualities · Working with your teenager's teachers to utilize his or her unique interests and abilities · Empowering your teenager with healthy levels of control
Listening To Secular Music
Scenario: Your teenager likes listening to popular music on an mp3 player.
Possible inner issues: Control, individuality, lack of satisfying relationships.
Music is one of the most inspirational forms of fine art. In its rhythm, melody and its variety of sounds, music transmits many exciting feelings and sensations. Its power is in its ability to penetrate straight into a person's soul and to manipulate a person's feelings. Depending on its content, music can evoke the most elevated and noble feelings or produce quite the opposite by arousing self-destructive or impulsive feelings.


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nckpark necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 185 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
stereowagon is working to put the music industry back in the hands of musicians. I want to save the world from the terror of MySpace and the tyranny of iTunes by making it easy for musicians to self-promote online and for fans to find new underground bands they'll love.
Check us out at http://www.stereowagon.com for a better look at what we do and our current style. Don't feel constrained to design within that palette, though. We'll re-work around the winning design.
Musicians and music fans.
I'm looking for a logo that captures the do it yourself attitude of independent music, but retains the character of the artist. I may even be interested in profiling the winning designer on the site. Ideally, the winning logo would work in both color and black&white. I'd also prefer the logo to work both with and without the word stereowagon.
My current vision for the logo is a 'radio-flyer' style child's wagon, stacked full of speakers. I'm not married to this idea, though, and would love to see other ideas. A play on station wagon perhaps?
As for style, I'm interested in something clean and bold, with limited colors and bold line work. Graffiti stencil art has some of these qualities. I'm open to other styles, but would love to see work in this vein.
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Jeremy Foley should be fired immediatelyPosted by rtmsf on May 29th, 2007
Ahhh… the long weekend is over, and in case you missed it, the College World Series brackets came out this weekend. This ingenious concept – an on-the-field tournament to crown a college champion – just might catch on after all! Although this blog is devoted to college hoops, we also recognize that each team is part of a larger athletic program in terms of all the normal considerations – fans, dollars, merchandising, and the derivative feedback loops – which merit occasional reflection beyond the hardwood.
As such, it's interesting to see which programs had the most successful 2006-07 in a different light than the
Stanford Sears Director's Cup rankings, which the Cardinal dominates every year (twelve in a row going into the 2006-07 academic year). Recognizing that football and basketball comprise the vast majority of athletic revenues and expenses at Division 1 schools, it still might be interesting and informative to see which programs are also successful at America's third major sport, baseball. To start the ball rolling, we took a look at the 2006-07 academic year in the three major college sports.
Stanford always wins the Sears Cup, but how does it perform in the big three major sports?
In our analysis, we only considered schools invited to the postseason. In college baseball and basketball, this is a fair indicator, as roughly 20% of schools are selected for the postseason (NCAA Tournament or CWS) in a given year. In college football, over half the teams are selected annually for postseason bowls, which skews the definition of "success" somewhat; but we couldn't figure a way to reliably eliminate some bowls while including others, so we kept them all in.
Still, even with those rather broad parameters, only six Division 1 schools were invited to the postseason in all three major sports -baseball, basketball and football. If you guessed large state institutions in (mostly) warm-weather areas, you had a decent chance of naming these six – Arkansas, Louisville, Ohio St., Texas, Texas A&M, UCLA. Interestingly, Florida won both the football and basketball titles, but was not invited to the College World Series – clearly they should fire an incompetent like Jeremy Foley immediately. Stanford, who will undoubtedly win the Sears Cup again this year, had a short-lived stay in the NCAA Tournament (for about one tv timeout, as we recall), but did not make the CWS or a bowl game, proving that their emphasis on smaller, non-revenue sports makes all the difference in those standings.


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billfnlloyd necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 321 diseños de 92 diseñadores freelance.
bill lloyd
I'm 34 and live in LA. I do voiceovers for radio and tv commercials as well as television promos and movie trailers. I am also the co-author of The Dudes' Guide to Pregnancy (the cover of which is horrible, btw). I also contribute to the blog howtonotbefat.com
Logo will be used as primary artwork for website, my main marketing tool. Also on business cards, etc. It would look right at home on a ballcap or bottle of beer. It will be permanently attached to my name or will become my name... like Prince. Or not.
My business is my name, bill lloyd (usually lower case for no good reason). The winning logo will represent me both personally and professionally. I would like to incorporate an icon, but am open to designs without. It will likely be an ironic Fortune 500 design of sorts.
IMPORTANT: The winning logo will have no trace of a microphone or a mouth in it. In fact, if you thought about putting a microphone in it, maybe you shouldn't enter. It's about the attitude not the job.
note: I also use billfnlloyd.com (as in "Bill Effing Lloyd"), but find people tend to say "Bill Floyd" when they see it. I am open to incorporating the "f'n" if it can be done successfully. The four "L"s in a row have also proven to be a challenge.
Some descriptive terms:
Personal- sarcastic, loud, witty, rock 'n roll, fun, creative, not lame, competitive, awesome, laid back, jeans, t-shirt, vans, athletic
Professional- slick, broad, on-time, professional, fun, premium, expensive, classy, elite, worth it
I realize the disparity between the two, but such is my work. I am a regular voice promoting heavy CBS dramas, but am also a regular doing silly skits on Jimmy Kimmel Live (http://www.youtube.com/user/JimmyKi…xkpucULJPo).
You can find my voice samples on voexpress.com.
Some logo ideas I never quite hashed out fully include a 70's era rock band type design (Boston?), and/or my logo on a t-shirt, which itself would be the logo. These are a couple ideas. Maybe they're stupid. I don't know.
Now please go kick ass and make me an awesome logo.
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Anything weird or strange happen to you or someone close to you on Friday the 13th? The number was popping up everywhere for me - In letters, on houses, etc. I experienced a lot of weird things that day. And the night was silent. Silent. That is unusual considering the area that I live in.
What has been happening to you on this dreadful day; Friday 13th?
Another dreadful thing: Someone told me it was Friday the 13nd, and not Friday the 13th. Spooky.
Bad things..................Very BAD things............................
The world revolves around me. Deal with it.
There were no stars in the sky when I usally see heaps.
Dreams don't come true, you gotta make them come true.
Very strange.
Also, is it conclusive that Friday 13th can be classified as an 'unlucky' date?
friday the 13th oh god u guys believe in that?
i dont
Raat Key Rani !
Yep, I do. Friday the 13th has always been an unlucky day for me, along with everyone I know.
I didn't even notice untill the next day, hehe
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Raat Key Rani !
I guess it's not that bad...........
The world revolves around me. Deal with it.
Friday, the 13th of October, 2006!
What a day!
I was returned a sum of Rs.5,000/- which I had lent and thought I should write-off.
It was a very lucky day for me.
(Rs.5,000/- is approximately $110)
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Hmmm... if you make a bet with someone, you can prove that Firday the 13th is not unlucky. Even if you lose, the other wins, so the overall result =
I always wanted math to be brought into this date.
I don't believe it, it's just superstious
Dreams don't come true, you gotta make them come true.
Sometimes I'm really lucky on Friday 13th
Dreams don't come true, you gotta make them come true.
Some more unlucky-ness:
This thread just had 13 replies, and it had 13 views after the first reply...
I had a math problem at school on Friday the 13 and I said 12 x 2 = 34! Really!
Last edited by coolcat23 (2006-10-17 07:54:40)
The world revolves around me. Deal with it.
That's odd.
Also, 34! or 34?
Anyway....................BAD THINGS HAPPEN ON FRIDAY THE 13th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The world revolves around me. Deal with it.
34! = 2.95232799 × 10[sup]38[/sup]
Any other strange happenings, anyone?
did you know that no planes have a row 13 because it is believed that many people would refuse to sit on them?
The Beginning Of All Things To End.
The End Of All Things To Come.
So, Row 14 is really Row 13? Argghh ... !
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
And a few hotels don't have a floor 13. Some either skip it or call it 12B.
You guys should start gathering garlic, silver bullets and stuff like that... Why? Because not only will September 13th in year 2019 be a Friday, there'll also be a fullmoon! Scary, huh?
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Jeepers, creepers; Where'd ya get those peepers? Jeepers, creepers; Where'd ya get those eyes?
Oh, sorry, there was just some music outside.
Yes, I am gathering garlic. I also have a harpoon.
I don't care it's just a coincidence
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lcapozzo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 120 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
Brand: "WeeklyNudge" Tagline: "Small changes...Big Results!"
Achieving personal goals such as weight loss is difficult for most people. We have all witnessed folks (and celebrities) who finish a diet and then gain the weight back soon thereafter. That's because no one can eat boxed foods or avoid carbs forever.
We teach people how to create a healthy lifestyle for themselves by making small incremental changes to their lifestyle...which over time will cause big results. Our customers get lessons, tips, and achievable goals on a weekly basis to incorporate into their daily lives. After some time they eat, act, and live like a healthy person...and therefore become a healthy person over time.
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Logo of "WeeklyNudge"
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01 August 2011
New Oracle Magazine Quiz Starts Today!
And starting with the Sept/Oct 2011 issue, we are including quiz questions within the article, which can also be answered at the PL/SQL Challenge site.
Of course, you don't need to read the article to take the quiz, but we hope you will do so.
One player has already submitted a question about this quiz, asking: "The Oracle Magazine quiz ends in 1613 days? Seriously?"
Yes, seriously. Each issue of Oracle Magazine has a "shelf life" of two-three months (before the next issue comes out), but the magazine is also available online. I know from experience that many Oracle technologists read these articles well into the future.
As a result, one way in which the Oracle Magazine PL/SQL quiz is different from others is that it will stay open for a really long time - until 31 December 2015.
But we will be selecting raffle winners randomly from all players, well before that, and likely more than once.
Steven Feuerstein
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- Anonymous01 August, 2011 18:57
Hello Steven,ReplyDelete
Cheers and long live to the new quiz !
I only hope that we all will be still alive in 2015, to see the "official" answer as well :) :)
even if we will be "older" by several good hundreds of quizzes at that time :) :)
Thanks & Best Regards,
Iudith Mentzel
Excellent point, Iudith. We will make the rankings available (do the first round of prizes) at the end of the 2 month period.ReplyDelete
Alternatively, I might make the results available immediately - this isn't really meant to be a competitive contest. They are all beginner questions....still getting it sorted out!
That was my thought when I posted the question...I can't remember what I did at work last week...I'll never remember to go check the quiz answers on Jan 1 2016!!! I really appreciate the hard work that goes into keeping this site fresh. I was surprised to see a quiz with such a long entry period...surprises like that make this site fun. Thanks for the hard work.ReplyDelete
Missed the fact that the quiz takes so long. Does remind me of a problem with I sometimes encounter, especially the weekly ones. Checking the answers on quizzes done. Is it possible to introduce a sorting in the library that says "Answers checked". In that way I can easy see if the answers are available and if I had read them. In that way I don't forget in Jan 2016 to read my answer on the quiz..... :-OReplyDelete
I have changed the end date for the quiz to October 2011. That way, I won't have players sending me feedback asking why we have that "crazy" end date in 2015. I will figure out how to keep the quiz "alive" after Oct 2011 for those who visit later.ReplyDelete
Wim - great idea about the library. We are working on a number of enhancements to that page to make the information more accessible.


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helloitabot wrote:From where I can see them they don't seem to be caught on the sides of the openings. It just seems like they aren't being pushed down far enough to complete the circuit. But I could be wrong...
helloitabot wrote:Mine has the carbon pellet silicon membrane. Looks exactly like in that video you posted. As I said I took off the membranes and cleaned the contacts just as in the video, put them back on and all the notes/keys played just fine when I reconnected the circuit board to the rest of the synth. It's just when I screw in the keyboard circuit board to the actual keyboard the notes don't fire properly, so It feels like the problem is mechanical.
schmidtc wrote:Old carbon and gold contacts will BOTH develop oxidization layers that break conductivity. You can't even see this oxide layer, but you just want to lightly and quickly rub these spots with a q-tip dipped in isopropyl alcohol 99% before you try something more harsh like chemtronics or add a new conductive layer. Using a fresh q-tip for every surface is best and the q-tip should slightly blacken when you rub the carbon black disc, too black and you're rubbing too hard.
I've heard some people have used a pink pencil eraser for rubbing off really oxidized surfaces, but I've never needed to even go that far. When you're putting the rubber strips back on, make sure that all the rubber pins are seated properly when you poke them back through.
Almost surely no need to mess with any type contact cleaner, and that might cause more problems then it solves.
rhino wrote: put stick-on 'dot' lables on the bottom of the keys and that extra 0.005 inch made it work. didn't like that junky fix, so ended up replacing the felt strip on the after-touch rail with new, thinner felt to let the keys go down a c**t-hair further. Someone will get rich someday reproducing the rubber key contacts for vintage gear.
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