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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Performance Hybrid Training for Metabolic Conditioning and Fat Loss
I first learned of metabolic conditioning in the early 1970s. High-Intensity Training pioneer and Nautilus inventor, Arthur Jones, conducted extensive exercise studies at West Point. The cadets involved were varsity football players, i.e., young and in good shape. Jones found that in some of his brutal circuits, due to a type of systemic shutdown, the athletes were unable to continue working out while the same exercises, with the same weight and longer rests were no problem. It was when the rest periods were shortened between exercises (to little to none) that the athletes experienced nausea, lightheadedness and were otherwise unable to continue the circuits. Strength-wise, they could handle the resistance required, and all of them were in good cardiovascular shape (as tested on the Cooper 12-min Run Test) so what was it that was shutting these athletes down? Jones named this previously un-described conditioning Metabolic Conditioning. Once this discovery was made, people (myself included) began experimenting with metabolic-style conditioning workouts.
When heavy strength efforts were combined with short rests plus elevated cardio stress, the metabolism couldn't handle the increased demand: the cadets suffered systemic failure. Jones, and the people running the experiment, saw this form of conditioning as a boon to athletes seeking to develop high levels of simultaneous strength, endurance and cardio. The programmed workouts simulated real-world conditioning needs, especially those involved in intense sports such as boxing, judo, wrestling and jiujitsu. Of course, any athlete can benefit from this kind of android-like work capacity! Once the liver adapts to producing the enzymes needed to buffer the high levels of blood lactates, huge amounts of work can be accomplished in short time increments without undue fatigue. What an athletic advantage to have this kind of work capacity! You can literally work your opponents into the ground!
When coupled with a high-protein, low-carbohydrate, moderate fat diet, metabolic workouts catalyze body composition changes. The tremendous metabolic stimulation stokes the fat-burning mechanism for hours. At the end of a day, you'll burn far more calories completing a workout like this than a longer, low-intensity aerobic workout. Anaerobic work increases aerobic capacity while the reverse is not true. Not only does aerobic work not increase anaerobic capacity, it may have a detrimental effect! Most sports (outside of distance running, cycling and swimming) are anaerobic-based and you'll get the biggest bang for the buck by doing the Coach's performance-hybrid workouts. Unlike straight cardio routines (performed on bike or treadmill) metabolic conditioning can add muscle while simultaneously improving cardio conditioning.
Once I "got it" in the 1970's, I ran with it. I experimented with various high-intensity metabolic routines and consider them a major factor in my successes in wrestling and jiujitsu. I've successfully trained many world-class and amateur athletes using my hybrid performance conditioning.
Another huge benefit of this kind of training is it's effectively anti-aging. Recent research shows metabolic conditioning gives a considerable boost in HGH and T-levels. For you boomers wishing to remain ageless athletes, I highly recommend you give it a try.
As a further method of raising my own T-levels, I have my ever-helpful assistant don a bikini and oversee my training whilst looking pretty. It's a well known fact looking at scantily clad women raises T-levels in heterosexual males. She counts my reps, times my sets, and provides my peri-workout nutrition. Something every guy over 40 can definitely use!
The basic idea of putting together a metabolic conditioning workout is to choose primarily whole-body movements using a lot of muscle mass. The goal is to spread the fatigue evenly over the entire body, not just one muscle group. Of course certain muscles will fatigue earlier than others in some exercises, but local muscular failure is to be avoided. Recently, I've been reading the work of Christian Thibaudeau and it's been influencing some of my exercise selections and pairings. The workouts consist of metabolic pairings in twos or threes, with a brief rest between each mini-circuit. There are usually two or three of these pairing per workout. The first movement is usually fairly heavy, followed by a body weight/whole body movement, then chased with a core-specific movement. I like to include level changes in each group and make sure to balance hip/thigh level changes, e.g., squats or lunges, with hamstring/glute/low-back level changes, e.g., heavy swings, snatches, cleans or deadlifts.
People often ask me how I combine this or that when constructing workouts and today's workout, in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, is a perfect example of how the Coach puts it all together:
Warm-up with the Maxbells Kettlebell Mobility Series
(a joint mobility series I designed making use of the KB, which strengthens and mobilizes every muscle and joint in the body)
A1) Double KB Front Squat-to-Military-press
aka Thrusters
(the difference between my move and the Thruster is I do a full ass-to-the-floor squat)
12 reps
A2) Lifeline Jungle Gym Chin-Ups w/ Bent Leg knee Raise
*start from a dead hang (JG suspended from tree limb or swing set)
as you chin yourself, bring the knees to the chest and squeeze the abs
6-8 reps
A3) Alternating Elbow-to-Knee aka Bicycles
15 reps L/R (30 total)
*hands must be clasped tightly behind head, you must touch the elbow to knee and fully extend the leg each rep
perform A1-A3 with no rest, then take 70-sec rest. That's one round.
Perform 5 rounds.
B1) Double Kettlebell Snatch
10-12 reps
B2) Bench Jumps
Max in 30-sec
B3) Renegade Row w/ push-ups
8-10 reps
*If these are easy for you, do the advanced version with your feet elevated on a bench
B1-B3 are a circuit. perform 4 rounds. Rest 60-sec between rounds.
You'll be sucking wind bad when you hit the Renegade Rows! Keep your form tight and minimize any twisting (which is very difficult). Keep the abs engaged.
C1) Alternating Clubbell Shield Cast
20 reps per arm, 40 reps total
*I used 15# clubs but you can use dbs if you don't have clubs or see my earlier blog on making inexpensive clubs.
C2) Iranian Twisting Push-Ups on push-up board
10 reps
C3) Two-Hand Clubbell Shield Cast
* I used a 35# club
* This is a very similar movement to gadja training used by wrestlers in northern India and totally smokes the core as well as the grip
6-8 reps each side
Perform C1-C3 without rest. 60-sec rest after C3. 4 rounds.
This little routine will work you from top to bottom and your ticker as well. You'll feel an even fatigue throughout the entire body, with the exception of the last circuit which is mainly grip, wrist, forearm, elbow and shoulder. It's a tough routine, take your BCAAs and your recovery drink.
After I finished, I took a dive in the local art museum fountain to cool off, then feasted with my young assistant down at Famous Fourth Street Deli with a six-egg-and-cheese omelet and a side of lox.
The above is just one example of the types of workouts I create for myself and my clients and specifically meets my needs as a jiujitsu practitioner. I hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think, I always appreciate hearing from you.
Yours in Strength & Health,
Coach Maxwell
18 comments:
- Hutch said...
Hi Steve,
Great post and I look forward to trying out the workout (just as soon as the rain stops here in the UK).
I have a question about the Jungle Gym, if I may? I've had trouble finding a supplier in the UK and think this will be a great piece of equipment for me as I travel a lot for my job (1 in every 5 weeks). I finally located a supplier and they want £36.99 (about $65, plus about $10 delivery) for the JG1 and £54.99 ($96) for the JG2. They also have a split JG variant.
In your opinion is it worth me stumping up the $100 for the JG2 or would I do just as well with the original?
I took delivery of your Joint Mobility Encyclopaedia DVD earlier this year and it's totally brought my hips and neck back into condition. I am truly thankful!
Finally, I heard a rumour that you might be teaching a seminar in London, UK this year but have not seen any details. Any truth?
Warmest wishes.
- September 9, 2008 at 2:19 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Hi Hutch,
I had a JG2 and I didn't like it as much as the original. I prefer the straps hanging free, it makes the JG easier to adjust. Otherwise, it looks like the handles are a bit padded, but that isn't worth much, 'd stick with the simple version.
Between the regular and split varieties, the split makes it easier to do dips, but the regular is easier to hang on tree limbs. If you'll be using it mostly outdoors, go with the regular and indoors, maybe the split.
Glad you like the Encyclopedia of Jont Mobility! I get so many good testimonials about it. Contact LondonKettlebells.com and ask for Trudy. - Steve
- September 9, 2008 at 5:14 AM
- john said...
Wow, what an encouraging and inspiring post!
Encouraging for us geezers who are in fact implementing the type of approach that you illustrate. (Although I'm still working on finding a super-hot bikini model to oversee my workouts ;-)
Inspiring because your results speak for themselves and make me want to work that much harder to "be like Steve."
- September 9, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Hi, Steve!
Amazing informations and thanks for the great post. By the way how heavy are the Comp.KB ? Hope to see you one day in Germany :-)
- September 9, 2008 at 11:58 AM
- Mich said...
Great workout! How often would you do a workout like this--3 days a week, 5 days a week?
Can't wait to see you in San Jose on Saturday!
- September 9, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Thanks, John!
Rainer, the KBs are 16kg. They are hollow and can be made heavier.
Still working on Germany, let me know if you have any leads.
Mich, depending on what you're doing. If you're doing any other sport, especially, just once or twice a week. See you Saturday.- Steve
- September 9, 2008 at 4:22 PM
- Clint said...
Thanks, Steve! One of the things I like about your style and ego-less approach it that you reference originators of training methods, and we can clearly see how you develop and sprinkle your own "Maxwellisms" into the original models in order to progress or alter them for greater efficacy, or for a specific application.
I've been trying to increase work capacity via less rests for the past few months, and your post provided me with more fuel for thought, and even inspired a workout last night of Heaven and Hell, Hanging Knee Raises and TGUs (slow and reversed) with minimal rest periods. Obviously, your "Omelet" workout is another example of an intense stystemic, anaerobic approach as well.
This type of training helped me "hang" at a BJJ/Muay Thai seminar earlier this year, in spite of not having trained in martial arts in years. I'm planning to join a local grappling school (jujutsu, judo and sambo) so this type of training will obviously help me prepare for the rigors of practice, even though I know the most benefit comes from actually participating in the said discipline.
Thanks again for an!ther great post!
PS - I also need to work on convincing my wife to don a bikini in order to provide additional hormonal encouragement during my workouts. However, I know that she will ask me to return the favor in order to promote hormone balance during her workouts as well... How far should I go? I'm not a fan of "banana hammocks", but this might be part of the deal ;)
- September 10, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Is the Maxbell Kettlebell mobiity series available yet ?.Jorge
- September 10, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- R. said...
Hutch or anyone looking at the jungle gym. I recommend purchasing the split version. I have found that it is quite easy to loop them together to form on piece to hang on a tree.
- September 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- BamBam said...
Where do you get the loop version? When I bought mine I got the other one. The looped version would be more helpful for me to have.
- September 14, 2008 at 7:02 AM
Hi, Steve,
Thanks for being so open with some great workouts. I still do the 30 minute don't put the bell down KB workout from years ago on the DD forum and the 2005 RKC cert.
This hybrid workout (as of now), the sandbag one from a few posts back, and the 30 minute Maxercise KB one are routinely worked into my HOC type training days.
So I am wondering if any of your new DVDs geared towards these kind of workouts. I am looking for fun/hard/intense 30-80 routines that work it all with a cardio theme. Follow along workouts are great because I sometimes get some co-workers to come out with me and they can follow the DVD to learn the workout.
Most of my training is LCCJ & 2 KB LCCJ with a focus on competing in GS. I do not follow the strict AKC mold as I like to do deadlifts, pull ups, Steve Maxwell workouts, and Art of Strength workouts to keep and more "well rounded" workout schedule.
So if you can recommended a DVD that might fit in with what I am looking for it would be appreciated.
- September 18, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- Steve Maxwell said...
You'v3 given me a great idea for my next DVD! I'm putting together some upcoming workshops in my mind as I type this. One at Maxercise and one in the SF Bay Area. Let me know if you have any suggestions for venues. If you're interested in a day of private training to experience my spin on these types of pairings email email@example.com
- September 19, 2008 at 8:19 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
bambam, if by the loop version you mean the regular/original JG, I got it from LifelineUSA. You can purchase from my site as well. - Steve
- September 19, 2008 at 8:21 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
The London/UK tour is coming together for Feb/Mar 2009. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com and/or firstname.lastname@example.com
Looking forward to it!
- September 19, 2008 at 8:22 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
My comp kettlebells are 16kg but hollow and can be filled to a potential 32kg or 40 kg, I can't remember which. - Steve
- September 19, 2008 at 8:24 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
mich, Thanks for suggesting the latest workshop/DVD subject to my assistant last week in San Jose. You're a catalyst. Here we go! - Steve
- September 19, 2008 at 8:25 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
mich, Workouts like this should be added in one at a time. 1 or two or MAX 3 per week. I don't recommend 3 unless you're not doing much else. - Steve
- September 19, 2008 at 8:26 AM
- Steve Maxwell said...
Clint, What's wrong with a banana hammock? Give your wife a thrill, it's only fair. Further, if she goes "the thong route" you know what that means for you...-Steve
- September 19, 2008 at 8:28 AM


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Despite recent reports that the City of Bastrop's audit revealed the sewer fund was over budget, Mayor Betty Alford-Olive said no money is missing, only "over budgeted when it was prepared at the beginning of the year."
Alford-Olive said the audit, which was conducted by Hill, Inzina and Co., showed the sewer fund over budget because of grants they anticipated to help construct a sewer lagoon for DG Foods, the $9.7 million chicken processing plant that opened in August.
According to the independent audit conducted by the Bastrop firm, the city's sewer use fee fund's actual revenue of $2.1 million, failed to meet the actual budgeted revenues of $3.4 million, totaling $1.3 million less than originally budgeted. The city's fiscal year ran from July1 to June 30.
Mayor Betty Alford-Olive admitted the audit appeared off balance "to the lay person's eye," but "an auditor could read it accurately and be able to tell that everything is in order."
City Clerk Sandra Goleman said the problem derived when making out last year's budget, with a projected grant expected from a "third source," but never received.
"When we got ready to do the budget last year, we anticipated receiving federal and state money," Goleman said. "We had a third source that was also willing to provide money. We had enough money to fund it ourselves, but we wanted to save the city money when another source was willing to pay."
Goleman said later they discovered that although the third source was offering this funding, the city would be responsible for paying it back.
"When we budgeted, we were under the impression that we were getting a grant from the third source," Goleman said. "The numbers we put on the budget weren't accurate at the end of the fiscal year because we never got the grant from the third source."
The audit states that the majority of the unfavorable variance resulted from intergovernmental revenues being over budgeted in the sewer use fee fund.
One expenditure that resulted was sewer infrastructure improvements needed to to accommodate
In keeping with their agreement to accommodate the company upon coming to Bastrop, the city had to provide the construction of a lagoon for the company to use as a waste pond. Alford-Olive said the lagoon was completed last month. While waiting for the lagoon's completion, DC Foods had a temporary waste pond they were using.
Alford-Olive said the "city has fared well during tough economic times, especially as it works to increase revenue after losing its major employer, International Paper, four years ago," she said. "The city has fared well through these difficult times, and we will continue to persevere."

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Kings vs. Sports Illustrated2/20/07
Last week I wrote a column in Sports Illustrated making fun of the new billboard campaign that shows a hot girl and the phrase "Kings Hockey." I went as far as to suggest that the Kings should try to concentrate on winning before they put together another photo shoot.
Most of the letters I received were from fellow Kings fans, who also felt embarrassed by the ads (and the season). But a few of you, well, not so much.
It wasn't sports fans who missed my point. It was columnists. I can understand if it was only bloggers. I have long been under the impression that blogs take people who have nothing to say and give them nothing to write. But professional sports writers? Come on guys, a pre-requisite for writing a column ought to be literacy.
I admit, the timing of my column was ironic. My column printed the day that the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue hit newsstands. There's some humor to that, and some columnists saw it. But I wanted to respond to the few who were silly enough to actually be offended by the timing.
The premise of these columns was that I shouldn't mock the Kings for using sex to sell hockey games when Sports Illustrated does the same with their magazine. So as a public service, I'd like to explore the differences between the Kings and Sports Illustrated.
The Kings recently launched a billboard campaign featuring models wearing skimpy clothing.
Sports Illustrated recently launched its annual Swinsuit Issue, featuring models wearing skimpy clothing.
The Kings are a hockey team.
Sports Illustrated is a magazine.
The Kings have won fewer than twenty hockey games this season.
Sports Illustrated has won fewer than twenty hockey games this season.
Created in 1967, the Kings have never won a championship.
Created in 1954, Sports Illustrated was the first two time National Magazine Award for General Excellence winner in its category.
The Kings have the third worst defense in the league, only shutting out three teams thus far.
Sports Illustrated hasn't ever shut out a professional hockey team.
LAKings.com is the top 100,000 most trafficked websites out there.
SportsIllustrated.com is in the top 50 most trafficked websites out there.
The Kings fanbase is mainly male.
Sports Illustrated's readers are mainly male.
Despite the rest of the league setting attendance records, the Kings' average attendance is down about 5% from last year.
Sports Illustrated's reach is at an all-time high, with over 23 million readers every week.
When the Kings make a transaction, they're torn apart by bloggers who often have little to no knowledge of player personnel.
When I write a column for Sports Illustrated, I'm torn apart by bloggers who often have little to no knowledge of the shift key.
The Kings traded Elisha Cuthbert's boyfriend, losing her star power.
Sports Illustrated ran a picture of Elisha Cuthbert with my column, using her star power.
The Kings are a laughing stock.
Sports Illustrated has humor columns.
Many Kings players have had work done to their teeth.
Not all Sports Illustrated columnists are on the dental plan.
A large portion of people at a Kings game are celebrities and industry, and not really hockey fans.
A large portion of Sports Illustrated readers prefer basketball, baseball, and football, and are not really hockey fans.
The Kings ought to concentrate on what they are doing right: their exciting young players, having a solid offense, and staying surprisingly affordable despite playing in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Sports Illustrated is still a magazine.


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Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Iron Cupcake London: Challenge IV
Well, what can I say? Thirty-four stunningly inventive, beautiful, clever, and delicious entries - I am still buzzing from the sugar high of tasting them all (I take my duties very seriously!)
Thank you to all the wonderful bakers who entered, and thank you to all the dedicated eaters who made the night such a joyous event.
Special thanks also to my crack team of Soo, Paul, Max and Dave - I couldn't do it without you!
I'm sure you'll appreciate that thirty-four cupcakes will take a little while to write up and sort the photos for, but I'm hoping to get a detailed report together shortly.....
Posted by The Caked Crusader at 08:08
Labels: ICL, iron cupcake
3 comments:
- Yankee in England said...
I have found the cure for a sugar hang over. A kebab! First three months I went home and crashed afterwards, last night stoped for a kebab on the way home and I feel great! Guess a sugar hangover isn't much different than a booze hangover. Great night last night can't wait for next month!
- 2 September 2009 at 09:35
- Joy said...
I'll be patient....
- 2 September 2009 at 12:18
Thanks so much for organising it - it was a fantastic night. I won't be able to come for the next few months (I'll be at university far far away...) but I'm looking forward to Christmas already!
Keep up the good work!
- 3 September 2009 at 14:37
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text: Delhommey 3,068 Report post Posted December 5, 2012 Iceland fell hard in 2008. Its engorged banking system sunk and unemployment soared. The government was jeered out of office by dispirited voters in angry street protests. Young people packed their bags. As in the euro zone, the International Monetary Fund parachuted in with a bailout. Its currency devalued by half. That boosted exports, like Mr. Palsson's fish, and trimmed costly imports, like cars. The weakened krona was hard on homeowners who borrowed in foreign currency, but Iceland's judges and policy makers orchestrated mortgage relief. Expensive foreign goods also ignited inflation. Consumer prices have risen 26% since 2008. That rescue, in turn, weighed on the financial system. But unlike Ireland, for example, Iceland let its banks fail and made foreign creditors, not Icelandic taxpayers, largely responsible for covering losses. Iceland also imposed draconian capital controls—anathema to the European Union doctrine of open financial borders—that have warded off the terrifying capital and credit flights that hit Greece, Ireland and Portugal, and now test Spain and Italy. And instead of rushing into the sort of spending cuts that have ravaged Greece and Spain, Iceland delayed austerity. Initially, the country even increased social-welfare payments to its poorest citizens, whose continued spending helped cushion the economy. http://online.wsj.co...1007652042.html Amazing how that works... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® ceremony is the most glamorous night of the Broadway season - and this year will be no exception. Dozens of stage and screen stars will join Emmy Award-winning host Neil Patrick Harris on CBS on June 9 to perform and make appearances on this year's telecast, and to salute excellence in Broadway theatre.
Here are some of the names:
The first cohort of stars were announced on May 29:
With more to come.
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Question: What do you get when you mix 81 percent disapproval (in a recent Gallup poll) of the direction the country is headed with the current crop of GOP hopefuls?
Answer: Candidates that come out of nowhere to lead the pack, most of whom fizzle in record time.
That's the consensus of analysts looking at research released Monday by Chitika Insights, the research arm of the Westborough, Mass.-based online ad network, Chitika.
By monitoring the online search traffic from search engines Google, Bing, Yahoo, and others, Chitika's researchers have chronicled the dramatic web-based surge of interest in Herman Cain alongside the equally dramatic falloff of interest in Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
"Six weeks ago, the former Godfather Pizza CEO was a relative unknown and garnered only about 2 percent of the search traffic," Chitika said in its release. "However, since Cain surprised the political world with his win of the Florida straw poll, his momentum has been unabated, and is now tied with Mitt Romney for the lead on realclearpolitics.com."
The study was done from Oct. 14 through Oct. 20. According to study author Joseph Regan, the two key findings are:
• Mr. Cain garnered 53 percent of Web searches covering the Republican primary candidates. This is a sharp increase from the 2 percent he received just six weeks ago.
• Cain now elicits a higher volume of searches than does Sarah Palin, a feat none of the other candidates managed in previous samples.
If this sounds like an expected reflection of the poll numbers that Cain's turnaround has engendered, that's true, analysts say. But coupled with the quick rise and falloff of other front-runners – including Donald Trump, Michele Bachman, and Rick Perry – a compelling pattern is emerging that tells us some interesting context for election 2012.
"This research is dramatic proof backing up the observation that people are dissatisfied with government and are looking for someone to lead us to a better day," says Villanova political science professor Lara Brown, author of "Jockeying for the American Presidency." She notes that even during Watergate, Gallup polls showed only 66 percent of Americans dissatisfied with the direction of the country compared with the 81 percent in the most recent poll.
By going to the Internet search engines and feeding in such phrases as "Herman Cain," "Herman Cain and 9-9-9 tax plan," "Herman Cain and electric fence comment," voters are trying to find out who this man is, what he has said, and what he stands for. Once they do find out – as happened with Mr. Trump, Ms. Bachman, and Mr. Perry – the scrutiny leads to dissatisfaction, Professor Brown notes.
"One of the great truisms of politics is that the more that is known about candidates, the less they are liked," says Brown. "I don't think this should be a surprise that [Cain] has seemingly come out of nowhere, nor should people be surprised if his numbers fall off just as fast, like Donald Trump, Rick Perry, and Michele Bachmann."
One of the compelling observations about the rise and fall of so many candidates, say Brown and others, is that the 24/7 media environment and new media – blogs, social networking, Twitter, etc. – are creating a faster "morning glory" cycle than ever.
Brown uses the term "morning glory" because back in the early 1900s, the US senator from New York, George Washington Plunkitt, used to compare reformers to the flowers that shoot up like rockets and fade at nightfall.
Brown's Villanova colleague, political scientist Matthew Kerbel, says the Chitika research says more about Mitt Romney than Herman Cain.
"Having looked elsewhere, the Republican establishment is coming to terms with the inevitability of a Romney candidacy, but the voters – at least so far – haven't gotten the memo," says Kerbel. "Flirtations with Trump, Bachmann, Perry, and now Cain suggest base voters are still looking to fall in love, so Romney's polling remains flat. It's likely to stay that way unless and until Romney becomes the only viable candidate standing."


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A leading neurologist at the University of Oxford said this week that recent developments meant that science may one day be able to identify religious fundamentalism as a "mental illness" and a cure it.
During a talk at the Hay Literary Festival in Wales on Wednesday, Kathleen Taylor was asked what positive developments she anticipated in neuroscience in the next 60 years.
"One of the surprises may be to see people with certain beliefs as people who can be treated," she explained, according to The Times of London. "Somebody who has for example become radicalised to a cult ideology – we might stop seeing that as a personal choice that they have chosen as a result of pure free will and may start treating it as some kind of mental disturbance."
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Growing up in the Lehigh Valley gave her a good base and strong values that helped actress and comedian Kate Micucci pursue a career in comedy.
Micucci, a native of Nazareth, was in town to screen her newest film, "Don't Think Twice," about an improv troupe in New York that struggles when their venue closes and one of their members is hired on a "Saturday Night Live" style comedy show.
"It's a drama about comedy," Micucci said during a talkback after the film at Banko Cinemas at SteelStacks Thursday. "I read the script and cried a whole lot. I could relate to every one of the characters in some way or another."
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Richard Flack needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 99 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
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I am 43 years old and I live in Twickenham in the uk. The competant book keeper is going to be a brand which provides online training for both small comapnies who already have a bookeeper and want to be able to rely on the information the bookkeeper is providing and also individuals who want to gain a qualification within the book keeping field .
The target audience is going to be small businesss owners so they could be male or female young or old their companies will have grown to a size where they now need someone to do their books on a full time basis so the business owner can spend time adding more value to the business.The couse will also be aimed at individuals who want to gain a qualification within the book keeping field and want to study with a provider that will give them the required level of support. .
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Boxee does internet TV.. on demand TV. I've been using it since Linux-alpha. I'm not in love with it per-se but it works in an amazing fashion. It brings me all of the shows I watch regularly on demand. No PVR no recording.The home security part of this system makes me want to use it not the PVR. It's actually tough to give up Boxee. Though it looks like this is the way to go, for home security without a lot of work.


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Farmingdale, N.Y. - Sophomore Adam Larkin (Bellmore, N.Y.) shot a final round 72 to cap off a five stroke victory at the Farmingdale State Invitational held at Bethpage State Park - Red Course. Larkin entered today's final round with a one stroke lead over Dowling's Kurt Brey after posting a round one score of 71. Larkin played the last eight holes one-under par en route to a two-day total of 143 (71-72) and medalist honors.
Dowling College shot back-to-back rounds of 300 to capture the team championship with a two-day total of 600. The Rams finished in second place with a total of 623 (321-302).
Farmingdale State's Rob Deleo (Dix Hills, N.Y.) fired a final round 76 for a two-day total of 159 and a ninth place finish. Sophomore Rich Kelly (Oceanside, N.Y.) finished tied for 11th with rounds of 85 and 77.
Brey finished in second place individually with a two-day total of 148 (72-76), while Jake Farley of Dowling shot 76-74-150 for a third place finish.
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The battle of #8 Union vs #4 Marion turned out lopsided with Marion winning 37-9 at La Porte City. The game featured two of the top scoring offenses and also two of the top defenses in class 3A.
To start the game the Union defense stuffed the run game of Marion and the Knight offense drove down the field and scored with a 36 yard field goal by Steven McGarvey to give the Knights a 3-0 lead. The lead was short however as Marion scored twice in the second quarter including a fake PAT to lead at the half 15-3. Union's offense sparked a long drive to score on a TD run by Wesley Burnside but the PAT was wide left, 15-9. Marion scored a TD in the third quarter and a two point conversion followed by two more TD's in the fourth quarter after Union's offense stalled out. The final score was Marion 37-9. Offensively Union had 13 first downs compared to 23 for Marion and also lost the total yardage with 215 for the Knights and 419 for the Indians. Leading rusher Wesley Burnside finished with 95 yards rushing in 18 attempts and one TD. Steven McGarvey passed for 116 yards, while being 13 of 28 with two interceptions. Austin Bunz (4 catches for 40 yards) and Jared Wauters (4 catches for 52 yards) led the receiving department.
Defensively, the Knights were led by senior Josh Dunkelberger (15T, 7UT, 8AT) and Jared Wauters (12 T, 5UT, 7AT). Blake Clark also provided double digit tackles (12T, 6UT, 6AT). The Union defense forced two key turnovers to stop the high scoring Marion offense twice in the red zone. Damon Powell and Bradly Siebel each had an interception.
A 49 yard kickoff return by Zach Purdy helped field position to start the third quarter. The special teams effort was also hi-lighted by the punt team and kickoff team coverage.
Players of the Week:
Defensive Linebacker: Bob Mangrich, 5 tackles, grade efficiency 78%, playing every play.
Defensive Secondary: Jared Wauters, 85% grade efficiency and second leading tackler with 12
Offensive Line: Matt Gross, 96% grade efficiency, highest grade of year for offensive line play
Offensive Back: Wes Burnside, turned out 95 yards in 18 carries and one TD.
The Knights travel to DeWitt this Friday night. Sophomore game starts at 5:15pm and the varsity kicks off at 7:30pm.


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Posted: Wed 15 Dec 2010, 21:40
Post subject: HanSamBen 431 / Kidpup suggestions
Subject description: Growing HSB for older "kids"
Hi sidders -
I've been trying valiantly to have HSB-431 up and running on the kids' game/multimedia computer these holidays, but have been massively thwarted by hardware configurations (e.g., SD-card home drive master and PATA drive in a SuperRack enslaved for movies; 100mb zip drive hooked up as a secondary slave), or RAM stick self-destructions, or fschk shennanighans with FireFox breakdowns - but mostly the kiddie's desire to run the ShockwaveFlash game "Bloons Tower Defence 4" or even "Mr Bean's Trouble at the Hair Salon".
goes the computer. This behaviour was universal to all flavours of Puppy that I tried - HSB itself was definitely not at fault. Most regrettably, the breakages experienced with FireFox/SeaMonkey/Flash were also similar with OO4Kids 1.1 - thankyou ASRI éducation - but the kids really enjoyed what they saw and experimented with before breakage occurred.
To get Shockwave Flash operational (either within a browser or standalone player - v10.0.5 and later versions - even earlier Flash9 pets) I even tried to install Icewm and XFCE in HSB to sidestep issues with Flash and JWM reported elsewhere, but to no avail. I even attempted running the games under Wine, but I couldn't even get your Wine pet going in HSB-412 properly. Hardware issues yes - but I had also completely forgotten about using the Cabextract pet with technosaur's winetricks - that's the trouble with a standalone (no internet) computer - you quickly find yourself in the dark about the little problems that crop up with installation hijinks.
There isn't much in the way of educational Flash games anyway at present, unless you count downloads from this site:
. It seems however that any SWF beasties should be let well enough alone in Puppy, for the time being.
Now my kids are well within the demographic that HSB is aimed squarely at, although we have avoided using/installing Childsplay as it is "for babies". Thanks for including that as an optional download SFS. AJ's hasn't really hit the spot with my kids, but Fatty Bear will forever be a perennial favourite.
My dastardly plan is to get my son - who is just getting into the maps and Machiavelli stage, at the end of Year 2 - interested in "Lords of Midnight". Explanations and downloads of various remakes available here -
but the wellspring is definitely here with Chris Wild's site:
. I'll let you know when/if I can get them going - JRE will be needed...
I'm not even going to mention that other classic, Elite, which has been made into the open-source "OOlite"
. Perhaps it's a bit old for my kids at the moment, though I'm sure that the deb version would run in Lupu with minimum hassle. I would see the games listed above as decent bridges for children older than the gCompris demographic . Ecomoney included a version with his c64 emulator way back in his v.0.72 pupplet (I think), but I haven't seen it discussed lately for Puppy Linux. I guess I'm searching for games that are cognitively challenging and not first-person-shooter, and I reckon that LOM and OOlite fit the bill, as well as being community-based.
I found that installing SilverPuppy's recovery-after-improper shutdown in 412 and 431 worked a blimmin treat. would you consider implementing that as standard in future Puppy4 HSB releases? I realize that the self-repair ability is standard now in Puppy5. For improving file system stability I could not for the life of me get HSB-431 full-installed on a SD-drive formatted with Ext3. Worked with HSB-412 (um. Initially). Kernel issue there perhaps? Do you mention somewhere that Ext2 is best for HSB?
I'd really like to see an easy-to use countdown timer installed in HSB. Time limits between kids for various games to reduce the opportunities for sibling conflict etc. NumLock=on as standard would also be a real plus - don't know how many times the keypad has caused confusion and delay by not behaving as advertised.
Multimedia options are a plus I think with HSB - I have used ttuuxx's VLC 0.8.6f very reliably in HSB of all flavours - particularly handy as it automatically links to the DVD player without the need to type "//mnt/hdc" anymore in the offending dialogue every time a disc needs to be changed. Perhaps you could mention the expandability of HSB for multimedia roles in your up-and-coming website.
With your intended website, please could you remember to post instructions on un-pinning the desktop to remove any icons that aren't necessary, and various other keyboard short-cuts. How to implement the Puppy Event Manager to have drive icons appear when USB sticks etc would be helpful - although I realise that this is intentionally circumvented for data protection from mischievous mousy fingers. Would really be helpful to highlight the password for the "Recycle This" option you and ecomoney have been working on.
For your one-click Recycling plans, could you incorporate Memtest or something similar to be run from the desktop environment? A little suite of diagnostic software or tips on how to do this from within Puppy would be helpful. If they exist - but I haven't found them yet.
What about considering wBar rather than a icon-laden desktop in future releases/options?
While waiting for new RAM and perhaps a new CPU to arrive for the kid's computer, I'll probably be dreaming of ways of expanding HSB on a no-internet-access computer with java, Wine, XFCE... What about I pre-load something like Bruno (4.31) on a fresh ext2-formatted drive, then Very Cleverly over-install HSB-431 as an upgrade? Best of both worlds, or a World of Pain?
The Silly Season Approacheth...
PS Don't rush on replying to these observations - I'll be taking similar ideas to Martin and his 301-revamped PuppyTLC that will be arriving officially any................ second............................... now
. It will cover a different hardware demographic
PPS Kids computer - ASROCK K7S41gx, Duron 1800+ CPU, 512Kb PC2100 DDR. SuperRack IDE drive for movie database is now a USB caddy.
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You can get the logo programming tools for children here:
The program is fun for children and adults alike.
Learn to program with the famous turtle graphics.
Supports structured and object-oriented code styles. Text-books available free online from the author, Brian Harvey
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Puppyt. thank you sir. I have read your post a couple of times and am going to look at it in bitesize.
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Post subject: how to install HSB puppy
So, I install HSB for my nephews every Christmas.
Can someone just refresh my memory on the install process?
I think it is set to boot off the NTSF partition, can I just replace the files with the new HSB 431, and add more sfs files... ?
Or should I do a fresh install... can someone just give me a short list of the install process?
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Post subject: Re: how to install HSB puppy
mrtimo wrote:
So, I install HSB for my nephews every Christmas.
Can someone just refresh my memory on the install process?
I think it is set to boot off the NTSF partition, can I just replace the files with the new HSB 431, and add more sfs files... ?
Or should I do a fresh install... can someone just give me a short list of the install process?
Béèm wrote:
For this you can download the new iso and mount it while in the old version and then copy the new files over the old ones.
Best is to copy the pup_save.2fs as it will be upgrade on the next boot. So you can revert to that copy in case something went wrong.
on Mon 27 Oct 2008
1. Download/Save puppy .iso to C:\tmp\Pup341.iso ...aka: /mnt/home/tmp/Pup341.iso
2. Make a temproary mountpoint.
# mkdir /mnt/home/tmp/mntpt
3. Mount iso. At CLI (terminal) say:
# mount -o loop /mnt/home/tmp/Pup.341.iso /mnt/home/tmp/mntpt
[Nb. you may need -t iso9660 switch for mount. See # mount --help.]
3. Copy files as per above advice. See above link to forum topic.
Google has lots, too:
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[edit] One can also mount the old savefile this way to copy over files. [/edit]
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KinderTux is an installable live system based on Mandriva Linux 2010. It's designed for kids from 3 to 12 years and contains lots of educational games and "just for fun" games. An internet browser is installed already showing lots of links to kid's sites, mostly German but some also in English. Also installed is a parent control system to protect the kids.
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The link to dosgames in the first post downloads a 0 byte file. Something is wrong.
Did Sidders ever setup a site for this distro? Any upgrades or fixes released?
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I will get a replacement uploaded today.
I havn't done a site, but i intend to as-well-as another build using woof.
I will let you know when its uploaded.
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I have amended the link on the first post for Dosgames.
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Thanks for sharing the link
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Subject description: HanSamBen Resurrection Project - new repositories
To All Interested Parties,
A recent visitor to sidder's threads to HSB 4.12 and 4.31 found that all the links were dead. I've located in my archives all (most?) the iso's that sidders made for the Puppy4 series, and I've posted them on a mydrive account:
1) Go to
2) Sign on with username "
" and password "
3) The files are located in the HSB>ISOs directory
Currently this repository has:
Hansamben.iso 211 MB (Puppy 4.12)
HanSamBen431.iso 219 MB (Puppy 4.31)
HanSamBenLivecdOz.iso 174 MB (Kiosk version for Australian audience)
Hansambenretro.sfs 270 MB (Puppy 4.31 on an earlier kernel)
My intention is to post any pets or sfs' that sidders made for his creations also at this location. Please post/PM/flame for any particular requests and I can accelerate their recovery. (Mountains of CD archives, poor internet service from home etc etc). Let me know if MD5's are required too, or you find errors in the uploads.
My real interest has been to have a permanent repository for "Puppy 4 Kids" -type puplets: EduPup, HSB, GamesPup216 - even Growler, Hurt-Me-Plenty and sc0ttman's Arcade pups for the kids-at-heart. Hoping that any mirror men reading this might agree...
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I still have all the pets and ISOs.
I'll create an account somewhere and get them uploaded.
I'll post here when they're done.
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Heyyyyy He's Back!
Cheers, sidders
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I've edited the first post to say everything will be here:
Everything is here
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Post subject: same more icons kde, dosgames, kidsplay... after new start
Subject description: Extra Icons
beyondbeige wrote:
HanSamBen 431 full install with Etoys & Childsplay loaded (using the links from sidders first post above).
On each pc re-boot an extra icon for Etoys & Childsplay is created on the desktop (the icons are created on top of one another).
I have installed HanSamBen on two pc's, both have this problem; otherwise runs great.
At a guess this icon creation is in a start-up script somewhere, anyone know what I need to change?
Sorry my english:
After first install of these games at desktop I deleted all files that describes these games icons in /Startup folder and after save and reboot, it helped!!!! No more extra same icons!
Great thing this HanSamBen 431 and Puppy linux. Thanks from my children!!!!
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Today is a banner day on my Facebook news feed. Here are some things that piqued my interest.
- Owen Wilson and his girlfriend welcomed their baby into the world at home! I'm not providing a link – I figure you can go to your favorite celeb site if you're curious. 😉
- Did you know that nearly 100% of us parents use car seats incorrectly. Here's a 5-minute video featuring "The Car Seat Lady."
- I haven't read this yet, but check out this New Yorker article regarding the decline effect and the scientific method.
- Homebirth: A Midwife Mutiny is a great blog. I first read Risk, homebirth, VBAC and am now on to her take on a BBC News article about "womb tearing." Next, I think I'll read Blaming Women, because HELLO it happens all the stinkin' time.
- I'm also curious to read a new-to-me blog today, particularly the article on "No, Actually, You Did Not Turn Out Ok." We'll see – I'm a fairly mainstream mama, so I don't know how I'll respond knowing that this is one of the blogger's perspectives: "Where I Post . . . And Kick Your Lily White Arse For Making Your Baby Cry-It-Out." We ended up doing CIO with our oldest. Is she ok – not completely. Is it because of CIO – not necessarily. Are we ok – no completely. Is it because of CIO – not exactly. But hey, let's blame ourselves (see blaming women above) and each other (a favorite past-time for some on Facebook) for our kids becoming assholes or freaks as if THEY have nothing to do with it.
- My favorite spot on the internet for sound pregnancy & birth related advice – Childbirth Connection


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Don't know why but I love the Kennedy Centre Honours. I watch every year. It's the quality of the production, I think. Except when that dumb f-cking twat Jessica Simpson forgets her lyrics.
Beyonce did not forget her lyrics. She sang The Way We Were during the Streisand tribute which also featured Queen Latifah, Idina Menzel, and Ne-Yo with his rendition of Lover, Come Back To Me.
Can you hear it? Beyonce, Memries, misty water-coloured memories… Now I need to hear it.
The programme airs December 30th.
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What will happen in the year ahead? I'm no fan of making predictions, but there are some major social media tactics that we can expect to affect businesses in 2012. Some of these tactics already have been adopted by select companies, but this year we'll see mass adoption of these tactics by businesses of all sizes.
1. Social Listening for Marketing Intelligence
Last year we saw a plethora of new technology platforms that moved social media monitoring and started crunching some sophisticated data to gauge sentiment to drive marketing campaigns.
In my view, 2012 will be a year where businesses will take a step forward from simply looking at company mentions, debatable "sentiments", and arguable influencer scores, and instead move toward combining all disparate social data to form a marketing intelligence that drives future marketing campaigns. Quite a few tools are doing this already, but expect to see more.
Marketers will no longer be tongue tied when asked by C-suite "mentions on social media…so what?" Instead, platforms will help marketers make smarter marketing decisions based on social listening.
2. Facebook – Advertisers and Brands will Focus More on Profitability
With Facebook on pace for a billion users, playtime is over. Businesses had in the past put lot of emphasis on the somewhat superficial numbers like number of Facebook fans without taking into account the quality of that fan acquired. What we'll see instead in 2012 is businesses focusing more on profitability and a laser-sharp ROI focus when it comes to Facebook contests, Facebook ads, and Facebook only promotion.
Businesses will also realize that there is more to Facebook than measuring a linear conversion path from a fan to a paid customer. Marketers will be open to measure non-linear path of ROI measurement like creating Facebook-only promos to drive offline traffic. Retailers are a classic example, where lots of buzz and Facebook-only promotions will be done to drive foot traffic into retail stores. Besides large retailers, we'll see an increasing number of small and medium-sized businesses adopt this strategy.
Advertisers will start measuring their Facebook Ads campaigns based on profitability that either helps generate revenues or supports in some kind of cost savings. Brian Carter's new book "The Like Economy: How Businesses Make Money with Facebook" is an excellent resource.
3. Google+ – Pedal to the Metal
Google will aggressively roll out new features to Google+ and make Google+ pages more business-friendly. The biggest advantage Google has is its integration with other Google properties, like in its search engine results pages, in paid search ads, Google Reader, YouTube, etc.
Google also put a great internal focus on social last year by restructuring its employee bonus and salary structure based on Google's success on social. This internal focus ensures that everyone inside the Googleplex thinks of social all the time. So, this internal focus with external push to consumers could make 2012 a year of Google+.
4. Quality Content
We all appreciate the importance of quality content – content that is engaging, relevant, and unique to the user.
Over the past few years, we've seen this mad rush (and budget) from companies to create content with the sole purpose of creating content for SEO. But we all know what happened to that with Google's Panda update! So, in retrospect, Panda was a timely and much needed update from Google.
Instead, what we'll see in 2012 is a more structured approach by businesses to create content that focuses on provides unique value to readers resulting in higher engagement levels with their community members. We'll see a more holistic approach from businesses with content, whether it's videos, how-to content pieces, or other types of content.
5. Community Building
As marketers get sophisticated with planning and measuring their campaigns, we'll find businesses paying close attention to their existing community members. An increased emphasis will be placed on building an engaged community as opposed to simply amassing numbers. This means community managers must energize their community members as well as engage members for a variety of things like product development, market research, and special product discounts, to name a few.
Community building and management is all about people, content, and consistency. This tactic will be widely adopted in 2012 and will become an integral part of community management.
6. Social, Local, Mobile (SoLoMo)
SoLoMo – the social, local, and mobile triumvirate, will get a strong hold in 2012 with more integrated campaigns combining social media with local offers involving mobile devices. Essentially, socially advocated mobile content has the potential to boost brand loyalty, and this can boost sales among nearby on-the-go shoppers.
Top daily deals sites like Groupon and LivingSocial are perfect examples of this where they using deals to drive local sales. Foursquare is perfectly positioned for this SoLoMo tactic. We'll see more local merchants signing up with Foursquare.
7. Social Media Drives SEO
Traditional on-page SEO factors will still hold true since it's all about making your content search friendly, but what we'll see in 2012 and beyond is strong social media sharing activities will drive SEO results. Last year we witnessed Google's push to integrate social results into its SERP's (and the newly launched Search Plus Your World update) and the Facebook-Bing partnership.
Ultimately, SEO will win because conversions will be higher (and relatively straightforward to measure) on organic search. As a result, more businesses will ensure closer collaboration between their search and social teams.
It's easy to get overwhelmed with the rapidly evolving social media and search landscape. Social and search are also closely intertwined so pushing on few tactics above will impact other tactics as well.
Over to you now: what other tactics do you think we'll see businesses adopt in 2012?
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