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chewybaws wrote:Do you do warm-up sets? If not, now would be a good time to start. For squats/press/bench I always start warming up with an empty bar, and then add weight till I get to my work set. I haven't found a better way to warm up than the actual movement you will be doing.
Yeah, I always do warmups for every exercise. First the bar, then about half of my work set. For deadlifts, I add in another warmup set closer to the work set as well (the other exercises haven't been heavy enough to demand a more graduated series of warmups). I also do ballistic and static stretches...not too much, just enough to feel more limber.
I have good news though! The shoulder pain seems to be gone. I didn't feel it at all today, including on the overhead press (which was a deload day for me, which worked out well with the questionable shoulder). Set new PRs of 145 for 1x5 deadlift and 140 for 5x5 squat. I've been making sure I've been breaking parallel (well, technically my gym buddy is). I was sandwiched by 2 guys on either side of me also doing squats; one was stopping a solid 20 degrees above parallel, and the other had his knees extending about 4 inches past his knees. Then on deadlift, the guy next to us was lifting a bit less than me with the most frighteningly rounded back I've ever seen...I could actually picture the x-ray of his lumbar spine when he comes in to emerg with a herniated disc. This is a university gym, so there's a lot of kids worrying about lifting the biggest numbers possible, and they're willing to use the sloppiest form ever just so they can get that extra plate on their and chat up the girls who come to do the stairmaster in full makeup .


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COLDWATER � The Community Health Center of Branch County (CHC) pediatric unit recently received two donations from area churches to benefit CHC�s smallest patients.
Both the Northview Christian Church and the Girard United Methodist Church donated items.
Attendees of the Northview Christian Church middle school vacation bible school concentrated their work for the week on helping others. The students dedicated one day to making blankets for the pediatric unit at CHC.
The idea to help the hospital came about because one of the teachers at the vacation bible school, Tracy Bailey, had a son who was hospitalized for several days in early June.
�The moment my son was admitted to the floor, he was given a soft fleece blanket before any further medical information was shared,� said Bailey. �The students wanted to pay forward that gift of generosity and give other patients the same gift.�
The Girard United Methodist Church has an ongoing collection of pediatric items which members periodically deliver to the hospital. The items delivered recently included stuffed animals, small games, coloring books, reading books and crayons.
As stated in a press release, stuffed animals and toys are always welcome and young patients are happy to receive such gifts.
�The staff and patients on the pediatric unit appreciate the generous donation from both Northview Christian Church and Girard United Methodist Church,� said Martha Alling, director of the CHC surgical-pediatrics unit. �Having a soft animal or blanket to cuddle with or a fun toy to play with is very soothing to a child who is not feeling well and in a hospital room.�
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Domestic violence may seem unpredictable, simply an outburst related just to the moment and to the circumstances in the lives of the people involved. In fact, however, domestic violence follows a typical pattern no matter when it occurs or who is involved. The pattern, or cycle, repeats; each time the level of his violence may increase. At every stage in the cycle, the abuser is fully in control of himself and is working to control and further isolate his victim.
Understanding the cycle of violence and the thinking of the abuser helps survivors recognize they truly are not to blame for the violence they have suffered and that the abuser is the one responsible.
Six distinct stages make up the cycle of violence: the set-up, the abuse, the abuser's feelings of "guilt" and his fear of reprisal, his rationalization, his shift to non-abusive and charming behavior, and his fantasies and plans for the next time he will abuse.
Abuse can be emotional, physical, sexual, psychological, economic, and social (please refer to the Patterns of Abuse).
A non-abusive person experiences guilt very differently than an abusive person. A non-abusive person feels guilty about how they have impacted the life of the person they harmed (victim-directed guilt). An abuser experiences self-directed guilt. He does not feel guilty or sorry for hurting his victim. He may apologize for his behavior, but his apology is designed so that he will not face consequences or be held accountable. The goal of the guilt stage is to reassure himself that he will not be caught or face consequences.
The abuser makes excuses and blames the victim for his behavior. Common excuses usually revolve around the abuser being intoxicated or abused as a child. However, alcohol use and being abused as a child does not cause the abuser to be violent. Common victim blaming statements usually focus on the victim's behavior. For example, "If you had the house cleaned, I wouldn't have had to hit you," or, "If you had cooked dinner on time, I wouldn't have had to hit you." The goal of this stage is to abdicate responsibility for his behavior.
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During this stage, the abuser may use different tactics to achieve his goal to regain power over the victim. The abuser may act as though nothing happened - everything is normal. This can be crazy making for victims, as they do not understand how he could pretend nothing happened.
If the victim has visible injuries, she will have to explain how she got them. This is designed to maintain the normalcy of the relationship. The goal of this stage is to keep the victim in the relationship and present the relationship as normal.
Another tactic an abuser may use after he has chosen to be violent is to become the thoughtful, charming, loyal, and kind person with whom the victim fell in love. He may take her out to dinner, buy her flowers and convince her he will change. This can be a huge incentive for women to stay or return to the abuser because they believe that this time he really will change. (See the section, Is He Really Going to Change This Time? for more information)
Fantasy and Planning
Abuse is planned. In the initial stages, an abuser fantasizes or has a mental picture of the next time he will abuse the victim. During the fantasy and planning stage, the abuser is the actor, producer, director and the star.
The abuser experiences his power from activating the fantasy. The planning phase details more specifically what the abuser will need to have and to do in order to abuse his partner.
Abusers may spend minutes, hours or days fantasizing about what the victim has done "wrong" and how he is going to make her "pay". Most often he will fantasize she is having an affair. Most abused women do not have the time, energy, or interest in having an affair. However, it is the most common accusation, because she can never prove she is not having an affair.
This is when the abuser puts his plan into action. He sets the victim up.
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Here is an example of the cycle of violence through all its phases.
A man abuses his partner. After he hits her, he experiences self-directed guilt. He says, "I'm sorry for hurting you." What he does not say is, "Because I might get caught."
He then rationalizes his behavior by saying that his partner is having an affair with someone. He tells her "If you weren't such a worthless whore I wouldn't have to hit you." He then acts contrite, reassuring her that he will not hurt her again.
He then fantasizes and reflects on past abuse and how he will hurt her again. He plans on telling her to go to the store to get some groceries. What he withholds from her is that she has a certain amount of time to do the shopping. When she is held up in traffic and is a few minutes late, he feels completely justified in assaulting her because "you're having an affair with the store clerk." He has just set her up.


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I wrote my take on the subject for my site blog this week. Long story short, I've never felt like the inmates are running the asylum... they don't have the proper perspective beyond themselves, so it's my job to keep a handle on everyone and make sure the story keeps moving along. Otherwise I feel like more of a secretary than a writer.
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It's funny this topic should pop back up, as I recently had a discussion with my husband about characters talking to you and writing the story. He said he'd never had anything like that happen and (until he read a writer blog saying "my characters never write things") felt vaguely that he wasn't a real writer because of it, and he was curious about the mechanics.
The "not a real writer" bit is certainly wrong. The way I see stories, there are four basic elements -- the building block ingredients, if you will -- to each: plot, setting, character, and style. We all have all four but for most of us there's one or two elements that stand out, the elements that drive the rest of the story. For my husband, and plenty of other writers, it's plot. The characters do what the plot demands. And this is fine: I love a good action story as much as anyone. But for me, it's character (and somewhat setting). I don't start with a series of events; I start with people and a world, and if I'm lucky, after I doodle around with them for a bit, the plot shows up. This isn't a more or less valid method of writing. It's just how I work.
As for the mechanics, I'm not sure I explained well even with a sympathetic audience and a lot of hand gestures, but I'll try.
It's not exactly true to say that the characters "talk" to you, or that they're writing the story. I am sane, or at least, sane enough to realize these are not actual people. They're my creations and I control them. But... not always consciously. A huge amount of the story-making process goes on below the conscious level for me. Getting stuff to pop up into my conscious mind is always a bit of a struggle (I have pages and pages of brainstorming that is, in essence, my conscious mind trying to force my subconscious to give up the goods), but when something does pop out of the mysterious depths, it's ten times better than what my conscious mind could make up. It has... depth, and roundness, and... argh, no words for this. It's a
My conscious mind can construct a perfectly reasonable sequence of events, but only my subconscious can tell a
That doesn't mean it's a good story. My subconscious writes, as it were, in shorthand, leaving huge gaps where my personal experience can fill in the details, filling in bits of story that don't particularly interest it with regurgitated stereotypes. So the conscious bit of writing, for me, is largely editing, trimming the bits where I've let characters ramble on and on into story-appropriate dialogue, filling in the blank spots so that it all makes sense to people
my head, catching the shortcuts and filling them in with something more interesting. When things are going smoothly I do feel, as Clint says, that I'm just the secretary, listing in and taking notes as the characters tell -- not me, but each other -- their stories. But things don't go that smoothly very often.
More often it's like... I don't know. Fishing. Or tennis, constantly watching the ball come back in different shapes and colors, taking the useful parts, bouncing what's left back over the net for another go. Or smacking something stubborn repeatedly with a hammer. But I've learned the hard way not to let the editor, as it were, write the book, because the parts that I do the easy way, by simply working out what logically comes next, are... sterile. Sensible. The stories are functional enough, but there's no particular reason for anyone to read them and not, say, an anatomy textbook.
I suppose that's why I haven't responded to this post before. For me, "are your characters writing your story?" is the wrong question. Of course they are -- or at least, my subconscious is, and character actions and voices are the framework my particular subconscious sends me to build everything else on. That's not a useful question. "How do you get them to write
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"How do you get them to write
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I don't want them to stop, exactly, but if they'd slow down and let me catch up, that would be nice.
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There's often a lot that surprises me when I am writing. Not so much my webcomic, as it has just started, but other stories I've been writing in the past.
To me, it's not like "the characters are writing themselves" but rather that I'm witnessing the story the same as everyone else. I may know a few details not yet revealed, and I get to to see the story first and I have to clean up a few bits and connect a few patches before others can see the story, but when you get down to it, I'm just a member of the audience like everyone else. The story can surprise and shock me. I could go the whole time not knowing about certain events -either backstory or forthcoming- that come to surprise me just the same as everyone else.
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I'm a daydreamer. And what I do is imagine my characters in different situations and I let their stories and punch lines unfold in my mind. Then I convert it into a single strip.
While drawing I feel like a director trying to get the actors to express the right emotion. "No! You look shocked. I need you to look sad. NOT THAT SAD! Oh wait. That expression is pretty good for a gag I have planned for next week."
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Something I noticed in Bioshock, when I was making adjustments in the options menu, the character models were listed as "actors". i thought that was a cool choice of words, and it shows how much respect the developers had for the characters in the game, even the expendable ones.
What makes mediums like movies and TV great is that because actors bring themselves to a role, it adds a dimension to the work no one else could really foresee just from writing. I like to think characters in any format, even if they aren't being portrayed by actors are still acting. While it's important to endow your characters with traits, wants and needs, you'll find that they will in turn give you a better sense of who they are as a person in return. Whether or not the characters are doing the writing for you depends on your vision as a writer, but there's no doubt that the people you create bring you something you didn't bring yourself.
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When I've written stories in the past some of my best ideas come from whims i've had at the moment I was writing.
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There is no link to shivan fighterpack.BTW in trailer, when we see Vasudan fleet there is a scene from the back of the fleet (where Hashepsut is to the right 0:52) there is a tall big ship to the left that kinda reminds the Ancient destroyer from A-S War mod - is it the same ship model?
It's the original lower poly base model, the ASW version was heavily modified from the base model though.
Because we'd have to modify it to look like the original, they cut off the entire back end of the ship and added the ancient style engine part which wouldn't fit our Vasudan style.
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This is the second installment of a series for beginners. The purpose of this article is to give you an idea of what powerlifting is about, as well a general overview of diet, equipment and training. Please bear in mind that everyone has individual responses from diet, training etc, so this article should be taken as collective information rather than 'set in stone' fact
This article was was first published on 12th October 2006. It was written by myself and I have directly lifted it (with a few minor changes) from the Pumping Fit website:
The Basics Of Powerlifting
The fundamental goal of powerlifting is to get strong. This is different from bodybuilding, where the goal is to develop large muscles and lower bodyfat. Because of this, different training techniques are required. Strong and big are different things.
Strength is embodied by the three basic lifts: squat, bench press and deadlift. These are lifts that the human body can move the most weight in, and have a good chance of not breaking.
A real powerlifter does all three lifts, to develop overall strength. A huge number of so-called "powerlifters" only do the bench press, but bench pressing is really just the tip of the power iceberg. The real challenges lie in the other lifts. If you are going to powerlift, do all three lifts.
To maintain bodyweight, get about 15-20 calories per pound of bodyweight (a rough estimate). If you need to bulk up, this should be closer to 25 calories per pound. If you want to lose fat, use a cyclical low carb diet (always keep the fat low, about 10-20% of calories), but do 2-3 days in a row of very low carbs (0.0-0.5 gm / lb) and high protein (2-3 gm / lb) followed by 1 day of high carbs (2-3 grams / lb) and moderate protein (1 gram / lb). The low carb days force your body into a state of fat burning.
Aside from dieting to lose fat, keep the protein / carb / fat percentage of your diet around 30% / 50%-60% / 10%-20%.
Consume simple carbs about a 1/2 hour before your workout (either fruit or carb drink, 200-400 calories), and re-carb with about 100 grams of simple carbs within an hour of training. Get a good dose of protein within an hour after training. Protein can be taken in large amounts, contrary to the 30 gram per meal myth. It stays in the intestines for nearly a day, so the body gets plenty of time to process it. Eating 3 meals a day plus a couple snacks is convenient and effective (versus the 6 meals a day bodybuilders recommend).
Get your nutrients from normal food, and a good multi-vitamin. Use protein powders and/or weight gainers mainly for convenience rather than out of habit. There are plenty of useful supplements on the market that work at increasing muscle mass. You can increase your strength and muscular endurance by using these in addition to your training and diet. Caffeine is very effective as a fat burner. One of the main 'strength' supplements would be creatine; people have been using this continually for several years now, and so far there have been no reported cases of any ill effects.
You will need a good regulation power belt. Get a single prong belt (two prongs are too hard to put on tight). Buy a good belt; it is the most important gear. It should be very stiff as opposed to being soft and comfortable.
Knee wraps are also a necessity. These are worn for squatting but not deadlifting.
A good cross trainer shoe seems to be good for general-purpose powerlifting. Once you get strong, you may want to use proper squat shoes for squatting and a good flat-soled shoe (wrestling shoe or tennis shoe) for deadlifting.
Squat/Deadlift suit;
Once you can squat and deadlift well over 2 times your bodyweight, you may want to consider wearing a suit. They are a pain in the ass to put on though; they are very tight and can even leave bruises on your legs! But they do provide added safety when moving heavy weights, as well as adding to what you can lift.
Use this on all your powerlifts. Always on your hands, plus chalk knees before wrapping them, and chalk the back for squatting and bench pressing.
Bar and Collars;
You need a good Olympic bar and collars for the powerlifts (the good ones usually weigh around 5lb). Always use the collars on squat and bench, optional on the deadlift. Hopefully your gym has good bar and collars. The number one thing to look for in bars is that they are straight – not bent. Put them on a rack and roll them to check for bends. If they are bent at all, they can change positions during a lift.
Bench Shirt;
I am of the opinion of not wearing them, they are largely a cheat! The shirt is there solely to help move the weight, not for safety. You can bench more with them for sure. But you also look like an idiot wearing them (hard to put your hands at your sides) and they are hard to put on and take off without help. At least, wait till you can bench 1 ½ times your bodyweight before messing with them.
The difference between a bench shirt and squat suit is that in the squat you are unsupported in the bottom position; with a heavy weight, you could easily strain the support muscles, inner thigh and hamstrings. The suit basically reinforces these muscles. In the bench, at the bottom position you are supported, since the bar hits your chest if it goes too low. There is a far less safety need for the shirt.
Things to avoid;
Wrist straps for deadlifts. This robs you of your grip development. Same goes for gloves and elbow wraps (which are not legal for bench press competitions).
It is futile to try and pass on technique via the written word, or even still photos. You have to get out and see live action. If at all possible, find an experienced powerlifter to critique your style periodically. If a mentor is not available, you could try buying a training video. I suggest the ones by Ed Coan (the all time best powerlifter), as he is also known as a great technician who gets the most out of his lifts.
Always do your powerlifting with good form. Never cheat to get the lift. Cheating includes bouncing your bench, not squatting low enough, avoiding lockouts in the bench and deadlift, bouncing the bar on the floor during reps in the deadlift etc. If you cheat you got nothing. It's that simple, because that's what you would get in a contest.
Bench press;
There are two styles: touch and go, and pause. When training specifically for competition, you have to practice the pause. The bar must come to a complete stop when touching your chest. In power training not specifically for a contest, it's better to move the bigger weights by using a touch and go style. That means you press up as soon as the bar touches the chest, but there is still no bounce or cheat at the bottom! Typically the pause takes 10lbs off your maximum bench.
Power squats are different from bodybuilding squats. The motion is pretty similar to that of sitting down on a toilet with a wide stance. You must make sure that you break paralell, so make sure you train the depth right from the start.
There are two legal styles, sumo and conventional. In conventional, your feet are together and your hands wider than your feet. The bar comes off the ground easy, but there is a sticking point near the knees where the back is put under tremendous stress in a rounded position. I don't recommend this style, as it is more injury prone. I recommend you taking a shoulder width stance with your hands inside of your legs, similar in position to the bottom of a squat. The hips take up much more of the load, and the hard part of the movement is to get the bar off the floor; after that it glides up.
If you lift conventional I would tend to say keep your feet fairly close and your hands can come out a little wider. A lot of lifters have their hands placed just outside the marks on the bar, similar width for what you would do a CGBP with if that makes sense? Obviously your hand placing depends to an extent on how far apart your feet are; feet placement doesn't appear to be a limiting factor in how much you can pull, I've witnessed some incredible lifts with the feet very close together. This is a good example of hand placement, Ben pulls with a close foot stance and is now pulling in the high 600's at a bodyweight of around 175-180.
Over time I have brought my hands apart a little farther and found that to be a little better IMHO. I am not aware of any federations having any regulations on placements unless maybe they were completely exaggerated.
Important note;
When doing reps in the deadlift, set the bar down completely at the end of each rep (keep your hands on it though). Don't cheat by bouncing it off the floor or cutting the motion short and coming up early. You want every rep to be like a single otherwise you will weaken in the starting position.
It is important to mentally psyche up before attempting a heavy lift. Based on my experience with lifting, I'd say the difference between psyched and un-psyched lifting is about a 10-20% drop in strength, plus the weight feels ponderous and heavy when there is no psyche. Proper psyching should put you either in a state of extreme rage or fear – the primitive emotions. By the time you start the lift, the conscious mind should be completely shut down; there is no thought, thus disabling any emotion. In a sense, you want to completely lose your mind, and perform the lift using only instinct. When you can reach this state (it takes a lot of practice), there will be no physical sensation at all during the lift, your body is numb, you are not aware of your limbs, you may lose your sense of hearing as well, and just for that brief time there is only a direct link between the mind and the muscles without the normal conscious interface. It is a pretty weird mental state, one that cannot be reached any other way than by putting extreme demands on your body.
The psyching up of yourself really isn't about yelling, grunting or making any kind of noise; it really is all in your mind. I advocate the silent psyche. Keep it in your mind. I look totally calm on the outside while psyching up, but inside there is a violent storm raging in the brain.
The training lifts are divided into the three primary power lifts, and all other movements are classified as assistance lifts. The purpose of the assistance movements is to develop and maintain muscle mass over the entire body, and to be sure that muscles get worked through a full range of motions and angles. This will assist with the stability during the primary lifts and helps to prevent weak links from developing. You need to spend significant time working on these lifts in order for the three big lifts to improve ~ a strong and funtional posterior chain is a must have.
Thorough warm-up is important prior to the power lifts, since you are going to stress the body severely. I suggest the following warm-up sequences:
1 x 8, 1 x 5, 1 x 3, 1 x 1, work set(s)
The work set(s) are the actual maximal sets you want to do that day. The weight jumps should be roughly equal between each set above: i.e. the first set is with 20% of the target weight, then 40%, etc until you reach 100% for your work set. If you are using more than 5 plates on the bar, insert more 1 x 1 warm-up sets.
Gear for warm-ups & sets;
** Use chalk only on the heavy/maximal sets
** Wear your belt for HEAVY squats and deadlifts, for all other sets let your core do the work
** Don't become over dependant on wearing a belt to bench press – it interferes with arching your back.
** Wrap your knees to squat after your first two warm-up sets.
** If you are going to wear a power suit to squat and deadlift, use it only on your last two warm ups and your heavy sets.
** If you use special shoes to squat / bench / deadlift, wear them for the entire warm-up and lifting sequence.
Minor injuries are a part of powerlifting. You will nearly always have aching joints and sore muscles when you start taxing the body. It requires skill to decide which injuries to ignore and which to pay attention to. Here are some simple rules of thumb
** Bruises and broken blood vessels on the skin and in the eyes are generally harmless although they can look pretty bad.
** Same for all manner of skin abrasions.
** Deep muscle aches and aching joints are common but not a sign of serious injury. Same for tendonitis. Ice is your friend.
** Minor muscle tears occur frequently. If a muscle tear actually causes a loss in strength, you need to avoid working that area until it heals. If a muscle tear results in no loss of strength (even though it may hurt while lifting) you can train as usual.
The bottom line is usually if an injury makes you weaker, do something about it. Otherwise, ignore it and work around it. It is not unusual to train with fairly (even extremely) painful injuries, as long as you can continue to remain strong. Similarly, you can train through most minor illnesses. But don't train with a viral chest infection and a fever as it can damage the heart according to what some doctors say.
If you compete, you need to decide what weight class to go into. It is a fact that anyone can get stronger by getting fatter, but who wants to look like a fatty? I suggest you try to compete at somewhere between 8 – 13% body fat and try to squeeze into the lower weight classes. It is a much more athletic thing to do… remember, this is still a sport! Also, you can easily drop 3 – 5lbs over the last three days before the contest and then pop back to your final weight with a little re-carbing and sodium loading.
More generally, squatting and deadlifting 3 times your bodyweight and benching 2 times your bodyweight is good strength for a power lifter and that would put you close to National level.
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Let me know if there's anything specific that you would like to see covered in future articles and I'll do my best. Cheers MF.
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Great article, mate. Super in depth without being repetitive or drawn-out - definitely beneficial as I'm gearing up for 5/3/1 and starting my quest to compete soon.
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vegansludge wrote:Great article, mate. Super in depth without being repetitive or drawn-out - definitely beneficial as I'm gearing up for 5/3/1 and starting my quest to compete soon.
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Can't wait to see how you go with 5/3/1, I think you will kick arse!
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PM wrote:Mini, what do you think of the conjugate system?
Yeah, I do rate Westside up there with the best. You're talking about something ~ a programme with has taken 40yrs to refine so it obviously has great some great merits as it is now compared to what it started out as.
If you read up on the conjugate system it makes a lot of sense. It's very maths/physics based as it's basically the best parts that have been taken from the Soviet and Bulgarian training systems. It's kind of similar to how I train in the sense that you're working off percentages and calculated numbers rather than guesswork or intensity (which IMHO is not a 100% true gauge to work off). Of course there's always the factor of what you are truly capable of on any given day.
I'm working my waves in weeks right now, but I've been thinking that for my training for the next meet in April I might switch that to cycling things like poundages, speed work, ancillary exercises into a week. Something like this:
"First I used the pendulum wave in 3-week cycles, going from training a heavy and a light day, to a max effort day, working to a max single depending on my level of preparedness. A severe workout can be done every 72 hours, and the second day is devoted to the development of special strengths. It could be explosive strength, commonly known as the dynamic method."
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Neil Young's quest for a new online music service and digital player is gathering pace. Pono, his forthcoming service, will feature high-resolution master downloads of songs. Young's company has now made federal trademark applications for a pair of slogans – "Pono Promise" and "21st Century Digital."
Young Tweeted earlier this month that Pono will roll out the service's cloud-based music-library component and portable digital-to-analog players by summer 2013.
During an interview with David Letterman in September, Young said he was "negotiating with Sony" and working on transferring albums including The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and Highway 61 Revisited for Pono. And Young is very serious about this: Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports that he and Pono raised $500,000 investment in November.
In the past, Young has been critical of the MP3 / AAC formats and before that, even CDs. But Pono will be hi-res. Some reports suggest that, on average, a five-minute song on Pono would require 300MB of storage space.
"Pono" is a Hawaiian word commonly rendered as "righteous."


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2005 Track & Field Recap: Scott had his most impressive season in '05. He began his campaign with a PR in the 5000m at the Benny Brown Invitational (14:38.16). Then on March 26 at the Stanford Invitational Scott posted a school record performance in the 1500m winning his heat in a time of 3:46.77 also clenching the Regional qualifying mark. He would go on to place 4th in the Big West Conference 1500m final against a tough field, his highest finish at the Championships. Was 17th at the Regional Championships.
2004 Track & Field: Scott is the Gauchos' top returner and 2003 regional qualifier at 1500m. A threat to the top 3 spots at Conference, Scott will look to improve upon his 2003 Big West 5th place finish as well as his 17th place Regional finish.
2003 XC Recap: Scott recorded a UCSB XC 8k best of 25:39 to open the season...logged a XC 8k PR at Riverside Inv with a time of 25:12.
2003 Track & Field Recap: Breakthrough season as a red-shirt freshman making the change to a 1500m runner. Clocked a lifetime best of 3:49 -- 4th in UCSB history and removing head coach Pete Dolan from the top ten list. Took 5th in the conference 1500m, and went on to compete at the regional championships.
2002 Track & Field Recap: Red-shirted his first year due to injury.
2001 XC Recap: Made the team's "top-9" at the Big West Conference championships.
High School Notes: Possesses a phenomenal 3200m time of 9:10 run at the Arcadia Invite in 2001, good for 8th in the invitational race... Placed 8th at CIF State champoinships in the 3200m... Earned first in the Oakland Relays 1600m race with a time of 4:19.... Won the CCS "Top 8" 3200m race in 9:15.... In cross country, McConville ran a very evenly split 15:57 at the state meet, a race that caught coach Dolan's eye early to commit to recruiting Scott. Coached by Daniel Gruber at Aptos High School.
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Did the Cards really get a bad draw?
Shock. That's what most of CardNation including myself felt when Louisville was announced the 4 seed in the Midwest bracket. A bracket that will go down as one of the all time hardest including 3 of last years final four (Louisville, Wichita St., and Michigan) and the Cards hated rival Uk. Every analyst on ESPN and CBS last night went out of their way to talk about the difficulty of this bracket BUT after the dust settled and the shock wore off I have come to a conclusion……the Cards got a pretty good draw.


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Blake Lively is already planning to start a family with her new husband Ryan Reynolds - and she wants 30 children.
The Gossip Girl actress exchanged vows with her Green Lantern co-star in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina on Sunday (09Sep12), just 11 months after they started dating last October (11).
The couple is wasting no time in looking to the future - Lively is already eyeing a huge brood with her actor partner.
She tells Allure magazine, "I've always wanted a big family... Oh, I'd love 30 (children) if I could."


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In the age of Siri (or Iris for Android users) you can be sure there are tools that will help you translate. They are what we call in the translation world CAT tools. CAT stands for Computer-Assisted Translation. You did not really think it was a cat, right?
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Pucker Up! Make Beeswax Lip Balm
Your teen may think she's too grown up for cut-and-paste arts and crafts, but she'll be delighted to create something useful and trendy. Lip balm made out of beeswax is one of the simplest do-it-yourself activities, and it's fun to make! If you have a farmer's market nearby, have her shop there for the beeswax, and learn a little bit about the farm it came from. Use this as an opportunity to have a discussion about the benefits of buying locally.
What You Need:
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tbsp of beeswax
- ½ tsp honey
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- Several clean tin lids, or small tin or glass jars
- 1 microwave-safe bowl
- 1 fork or whisk
- Wax paper
- Saran wrap or aluminum foil
- Essential oils (optional)
What You Do:
- Have her place the beeswax and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl. She should use less beeswax for a softer lip balm or the entire tablespoon for a firm lip balm.
- Cover the bowl with a piece of wax paper and heat the beeswax and coconut oil in the microwave for 3 minutes, checking it every 30 seconds to make sure it doesn't overheat.
- After the mixture is melted, ask her to take it out of the microwave, being careful not to spill it or burnherself.
- Invite her to add the baking soda, honey, and essential oil to the mixture. Whisk together, using the fork, for at least a minute.
- After the mixture appears consistent throughout, help her pour it equally among the tin lids or jars.
- Have her carefully place the containers into the refrigerator; let cool. If you do not have access to a refrigerator, ask her to set the tin lids aside in a cool area to give it a chance to harden.
- Place a piece of plastic wrap over each tin of lip balm to keep dust out and moisture in. If using small jars, simply close them up with their accompanying lids.
She can keep one for herself, and give one as a gift! Have her personalize her homemade lip balms by experimenting with the addition of her favorite essential oils, as well as working to find the right flavor and consistency.


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AMD today reported earnings for their first fiscal quarter of 2013, which saw losses of $146 million on $1.09 billion in revenue. AMD?s gross margin also grew 2% to 41% for 1Q 2013 over 4Q 2012.
AMD is a company that has been on the slow and steady route to rehabilitation. They have a new CEO and virtually a whole new executive team. Rory Read, AMD?s newest CEO, joined the company in August of 2011, and has since joining the company, tried to change the culture. However, Rory and the rest of the company really did not have much of a chance to take any risks or even execute strategy with Thomas Seifert as CFO. Until his departure in September of 2012, AMD seemed doomed and without a chance to come back from their position of irrelevance in the IT industry. Since September, however, AMD appears to have become more aggressive and willing to take more risks and actually challenge their competitors. While it remains to be seen what AMD is able to do with their APU architecture, there is no doubt that AMD?s GPU business has done a fantastic job of selling what amounts to ?old? hardware (see Radeon HD 7970). AMD has accomplished this as a result of their Never Settle and Never Settle Reloaded bundles, with the reloaded bundle delivering unparalleled value to consumers. They have also succeeded in obtaining the design wins for all three major consoles in graphics and two of the most important consoles? CPU.
Financially, these console design wins are likely to help AMD in the latter quarters of this year and assist them to likely return to profitability in the 4Q 2013. Looking at AMD?s business segments, their computing solutions business has suffered from reductions in revenue, which stem from overall reductions in PC shipments as well as loss of market share to Intel. However, AMD has reduced their losses in this business segment from $323 million in 4Q 2012, to $39 million in 1Q 2013. Much of this difference can be attributed to the charge due to Globalfoundries of $273 million. Even with that taken into account, AMD has still reduced their losses. They also managed to increase GPU sales by $11 million from $326 million in Q4 2012 to $337 million, however, this is still down from $382 million in 1Q 2012. As a result of other operating expenses, AMD posted an operating loss of $98 million.
One interesting fact in AMD?s restructuring is that in a single year they?ve managed to reduce their headcount from 11,265 to 9,844. Clearly the company is downsizing and we believe that the best time to see the results of their work will be in the 4Q 2013. In that quarter, we should seriously see whether AMD?s hard work and talent bleeding and reacquisition have worked to bring the company back to profitability and a position of relevance.
AMD expects the 2Q 2012 to be up sequentially in terms of revenue by 2% with a margin of error of 3%. We expect the next quarter to be a relatively slow one, but we do foresee AMD beginning to prepare to ramp their new CPUs and console design wins. We will see what their future APUs have to offer and whether or not they can finally introduce a product that is competitive in the mobile tablet market.


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The year was 1929. The stock market had recently crashed. Financial times were difficult. Yet Joseph Henry Apple in his self-described "providential ignorance" was still dreaming of the Greater Hood College. The College was literally bursting at the seams. Dormitories were full and the College was by necessity operating out of two locations—the current campus and the Winchester Hall buildings downtown. The College operated a shuttle bus to link the two campuses. Dr. Apple and the trustees wanted to consolidate the activities on the main campus and that necessitated building a dormitory at an estimated cost of $200,000. They wondered how they would ever finance a building in such tough economic times. Yet it happened. Alumnae and friends donated over $50,000. A bond issue was floated and Louis and Marie Meyran, strong supporters of education and the work of the church, pledged $25,000. It was the largest contribution the College had ever received.
Louis Albert Meyran was a prominent businessman in early twentieth century Pittsburgh. Born June 23, 1859, he was the son of Charles H. and Sophia Flowers Meyran. His father, a native of Hamburg, Germany, was a man with valuable business foresight and a pioneer in Pittsburgh industry.
Educated in Pittsburgh's public schools, he attended Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), and graduated in 1878 from one of the leading colleges in Hamburg, Germany. He began his career as an iron and steel broker in Chicago. In 1880 he joined the Canonsburg Iron Company Limited (later the Canonsburg Iron and Steel Company) serving as secretary and treasurer. This was followed by employment with the Parkersburg (W.V.) Iron and Steel Company of which he was an executive for many years.
Additionally Mr. Meyran was an official in various manufacturing concerns and was connected with a number of Pittsburgh's leading financial institutions. He was vice president of Manufacturer's Heat and Light Company; vice president of the New Cumberland Water and Gas Company; vice president of Venture Oil Company; and vice president of Citizen's Bank. In all his business endeavors, Mr. Meyran was respected for his intelligence, business insight, fair dealings, and progressive ideas.
In 1885 Louis Meyran married Marie Herrosee, daughter of Charles F. and Marie Henriette Herrosee, who were of German descent. Little is known about Marie Meyran. The only glimpses we have of Marie are found in her will and mentions of her made by Mr. Meyran in his correspondence with the College. In addition to Hood, she also left money in her will to her church, a number of Pittsburgh hospitals, relatives in Germany, and a number of friends.
The Meyran's were active and committed members of Pittsburgh's Grace Reformed Church (no longer in existence). They frequently are mentioned in newspaper accounts and minute books chronicling church activities.
In addition to their gifts to Hood, the Meyrans also gave money for the construction of Franklin-Meyran Hall on the Franklin and Marshall College campus. Meyran Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh is named in memory of Louis Meyran's father, Charles.
Mr. Meyran died in October 1941. He and Mrs. Meyran, who died in May of 1942, are buried in a mausoleum in the historic Homewood Cemetery near Pittsburgh's Frick and Schenley Parks. The Meyrans had one son, Carl, who died in South Africa in 1963. A grandson, William, was killed in action in World War II. A granddaughter, Gloria, may survive, but the College has lost contact with her.


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Review: Epson Artisan 810 All-in-One Printer
October 16, 2009
We highly recommend the Artisan 810, not only for its Wi-Fi capability, but also because of its superb print quality and performance.
Review: Epson Artisan 810
Pros: Wi-Fi capability; print from iPhone; sleek design; easy to set up and use; fast print speed; great print quality; automatic duplex printing; color fax; two-year warranty
Cons: Bulky design; price
The Epson Artisan 810 ($299.99 MSRP) is a multifunction device (MFD) that packs a great deal of functionality into one. It prints, scans, faxes, copies, and even charges a cell phone or MP3 player. It features built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet, a 7.8-inch LCD smart touch panel, and image enhancement tools. It supports printing and scanning over a wireless network and Apples iPhone, and lets users share the printer among multiple computers.
We liked its the Artisan 810s chic, black, and grainy texture design, which is is similar to the Epson Stylus NX515 (reviewed here). However, at 18.3" wide, 18" deep, 7.8" high, and weighing 24.9 pounds, this MFD is a bit bulkier than the previous Artisan generation we reviewed. Unlike other Epson printers weve reviewed in the past, the output tray of the 810 is sturdier and were confident that it will hold up to long-term use.
MFD set up
LCD display
The Artisan 810 has a large 7.8" front touch panel with a 3.5" color LCD for previewing, selecting, copying, and printing without using a computer. The panel only lights up the buttons needed to do the desired task and the menu is easy to navigate. For photo printing, you can enlarge, rotate, crop, or restore any images you want right from the panel itself.
Print/copy speed
Epson boasts that this printer delivers print speeds much faster than the competition. We found that it truly delivered as promised, printing black and color text up to 38 pages per minute and 4" x 6" photos in as fast as ten seconds, slightly faster than the 800. It produced outstanding, crisp, quality photos and documents at speeds comparable to our laser printer. The 810 contains two auto-selecting paper trays, one which can be expanded to hold legal size paper, and has a separate tray for smaller sized or photo printing paper. Up to 30 sheets of letter-sized can be loaded into the Automatic Document Feeder. Another nice feature of the 810 is that can automatically do two-sided printing with its built-in duplexer.
Photo printing
The touch panel display allows users to print photos directly from one of the printers high-speed multipurpose card slots for xD, SD, SDHC, MemoryStick, MultiMediaCard 6, and CompactFlash, or a PictBridge compatible USB port. It contains built-in Auto Photo Correction, Face Detection, Red Eye Removal, and Backlight Correction, Color Restoration, and standalone BorderFree photo printing in 4"x6", 5"x7," 8"x10," letter, and 16:9 wide sizes. Users can also view and print still frames from video taken with a digital camera.
This printer holds six cartridges of Epson's Color Ultra Hi-Definition Claria Ink (black, cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, light magenta), which Epson claims delivers exceptionally smooth gradations, accurate skin tones, and sharp, grain-free photos that are smudge, scratch, water, and fade resistant. No disputing this claim. It delivered vivid color photos and excellent black-and-white documents during our testing phase. The only downside is that with six cartridges, its more ink to buy. However, when the black ink is low, the 810 combines the other color inks to produce black, extending its shelf life. Each standard capacity color cartridge sells at an affordable price: $15.99 and $17.99 for black ink.
The 810 features 4800 dpi resolution and 48-bit color scanning of images and documents. Like the 800 and the NX515, the 810 supports the "pull scanning" method over a wireless network using the Epson Scan application that was loaded on the computer during the initial software installation. In addition, the 810, like the NX515, can also push scan over a wireless network (or USB connection) to scan an image to a computer, a memory card, an e-mail, or into PDF format. It also offers standalone, one-touch color, and black-and-white copying, with the ability to instantly reduce and enlarge copies from 25 to 400 percent. The quality of our scans was excellent and it scanned our documents, both black-and-white and color, pretty quickly.
The Artisan 810 sends and receives high-speed color and black-and-white faxes, including photos at 33.6 Kbps. Faxes are sent by entering the number or selecting an entry from a speed dial list that stores up to 60 numbers and receives up to 180 pages in memory. By using the Automatic Document Feeder, a user can fax up to 30 pages at once. With the included PC Fax software, users can send a fax right from the computer. Our home office does not have a landline, so we tested it using our VoIP line with no problems.
Wi-Fi/iPhone capability
The 810 has built-in 802.11b/g, and is compatible with 802.11n. Users can also connect a standard Ethernet cable for wired networking. Setting the 810 up for Wi-Fi was easy, just enter your network name and security password, and then follow the software wizard installation. While testing its Wi-Fi capability, we printed and scanned with no problems from within our home office, and from even our back porch. The 810 printed just as fast over a wireless connection as it did with the wired connection. The 810 can also print from the Apple iPhone or iPod touch, using the Print & Share application from the Apple App store. Again, we experienced no problems during the testing phase. Just another nifty feature of the 810 to mention, it can also charge devices, such as a cell phone or MP3 player, via the front USB port.
Our verdict
We love MFD devices with Wi-Fi capability because they decrease clutter around the office. Since the Artisan 810 is a USB device charger, this also means fewer chargers hogging outlets and desk space. We highly recommend the 810, not only for its Wi-Fi capability, but also because of its superb print quality and performance. The 810 is not cheap, but at the time of this writing, Epson was offering a $50 rebate to bring the price tag down to a more tolerable $249.99. Ordered direct from Epson, it ships for free and comes equipped with a two-year warranty and free lifetime customer phone support, as well. We think its a great buy and perfect for the SOHO crowd or for students.
Daniel Casciato is a full-time freelance writer from Pittsburgh, PA. In addition to writing for Wi-FiPlanet, he writes health, legal, real estate, and technology-related articles for trade and consumer magazines and has his own copywriting business.


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WASHINGTON – Leave it to President Barack Obama to put it best, the LA Galaxy are beginning to "get comfortable" at the White House, but that does not mean that visiting the President is any less of an honor for the two-time defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy.
On Tuesday, the Galaxy were honored at the White House for winning their second straight MLS Cup title in 2012. Unlike last year, they were alone as they were joined by the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings, who are also owned by AEG.
READ: President Obama honors LA Galaxy and LA Kings
WATCH: Mike Magee on visiting the White House
Although the Galaxy have visited the White House before, the accomplishment meant a great deal to the club.
"It's incredible. It's surreal coming here and for us to do it two years in a row and have the same president greet the guys, he knows a little bit more about us now and to be able to meet him is such an honor," club President Chris Klein told LAGalaxy.com. "For the Galaxy as a club, it shows that we continue to be relevant time and time again. I think more importantly, for soccer in this country, it's a big deal to have a special team celebrate with the President of the United States is something that we can all be proud of."
During the President's remarks, he reflected upon the Galaxy's triumphant 2012 season even noticing the correlation between LA's rise up the standings after their visit to see him last year.
"You can call it a coincidence, but I just want to point out that right after they visited with me, the Galaxy built the best record in the league," Obama quipped.
Defender Todd Dunivant agreed.
"It's funny because going back to where we were at this stage last year, we were obviously celebrating the championship, but it was a little bit of a different tone because we had started off so poorly and I think there was a feeling around the group that it wasn't too good," said Dunivant. "This time around it was a lot better feeling and a lot better start. Hopefully, the same result though."
WATCH: Behind-the-scenes at the White House
But as he touched on their triumph, the President saved a little mention for Brazilian midfielder Juninho, who he stated was "dancing the samba" as LA lifted their second straight MLS Cup. After the President's speech, Juninho was understandably emotional to receive such acclaim from Obama.
Storify: Re-live the team's second annual trip to the White House
"Obama is my guy and always friendly. He always makes jokes and he made a joke about my samba and it was very nice," Juninho told LAGalaxy.com. "Personally, it's very emotional. The President of the United States said my name, so it's very nice. I never thought this was going to happen and I'm feeling very happy."
Following their visit with the President, Dunivant, Mike Magee, and Landon Donovan participated in a question and answer session with schoolchildren from across the country and assistant White House chef Sam Kass, who is the director of Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" program, which promotes exercise and healthy eating.
The Galaxy trio was joined by three Kings players, captain Dustin Brown, defenseman Rob Scuderi and goaltender Jonathan Quick who informed the students on how their eating habits and exercise took them to the professional ranks. After brief introductions, the children asked a variety of questions including one about the sleeping the day after games, which Magee eloquently answered.
"After games it's usually hard to sleep and some days our coach is a bit meanie and makes us come in really early the next day after games," Magee joked.
But after inspiring children and meeting the President, Dunivant admitted that the Galaxy are now hoping to make the White House visit for a third time next year.
"It never gets old, it's a huge honor and a really nice perk of winning the championship," said Dunivant. "We'd love to do it every year if we can."
Adam Serrano is the LA Galaxy Insider. Read his blog at LAGalaxy.com/Insider and contact him at email@example.com


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Well, you went out once. No biggie. But the next step is a second date, and that can be tricky. Did you like her — enough? Is there potential? Do you think he'll call? Whether you're a guy or girl, navigating the second date decision can seem harder than crafting a thesis paper, and the assumptions, fears, hopes and disappointments can at times be too much to bear. Not to mention that not getting a second date can feel like another round of rejection. This week's guests share their opinions on asking for, responding to, evading and turning down a second date.
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Psychologist Dr. John Townsend knows relationships, and he knows boundaries. But when you've been hurt by someone, can you learn to love and trust again? It's possible, says Dr. Townsend in his book Beyond Boundaries. I sit down with him for a talk on staying sane through the ups, downs, backwards and forwards of choosing to love and live in a healthy way.
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She has an STD. Does this limit her dating and marriage options? When she does date, how much about her situation does she need to share, and when? Counselor Cynthia Dervaes has some suggestions.
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