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The process of tapering, or lowering training volume, in the lead-up to competition was developed by swimmers and track athletes looking for every last scrap of performance. The results spoke for themselves.
The standard taper varied. In general, though, sprinters tended to take as long three weeks, while endurance swimmers, for example, were inclined to take as little as one week.
Despite clear evidence that a shorter taper is most beneficial for endurance athletes, many Ironman training plans today include a full three-week taper. Ironman triathletes can blame marathon runners for this perverse development. In the 1970s, intensifying competition at the elite level of marathon racing led to a sort of arms race in training loads. Athletes kept training more and more until overtraining was the norm. It takes about three weeks for the body to recover from overtraining. Thus, the marathon runners of the 1970s had to taper for three weeks before racing just to recover from their excessive training.
For some reason, a marathon and an Ironman were deemed very similar, so the three-week taper was also adopted for Ironman racing. There are two problems with this practice. First, the three-week marathon taper is essentially just recovery time from overtraining, and by following this taper, we are assuming overtraining is the norm in Ironman preparation. More importantly, though, an average marathoner will take four hours to reach the finish line whereas an average Ironman triathlete takes 12 hours—eight hours is a big difference.
Ironman athletes would have been better off looking to ultramarathon runners for an example. Ultrarunners typically perform either a very short taper or none at all, thus falling much more in line with conventional wisdom.
To fully understand the taper and the best way to approach an Ironman, we need to look at how the body adapts to training stimuli and what we need the body to do on race day.
Let's look at the three main components of fitness—speed, strength and endurance—and how each of these is affected by training.


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Today, perfect sunlight is not a prerequisite to solar energy. The tech has improved that much! It's easy to get no matter where your home or business is that you wish to use solar energy with. The article below has the information you need to be able to make wise solar energy decisions.
As far as photo-voltaic panels go, two types exist. Poly-crystalline panels are the most affordable, but they do not work as well as mono-crystalline panels. It makes the most sense to buy the highest-efficiency product possible if you intend to power your house with solar energy.
When you are just transitioning to solar power, pick something small to start with. Start by purchasing a few solar powered energy landscape lights. These can be found at many retailers including big box retailers and home improvement stores. They are not hard to install, either; simply put them in the dirt and go from there.
Take baby steps in your quest for solar power. A small investment of just a few solar powered garden lights is a great way to get started. Solar powered outdoor lighting is popular and you can find them at most home improvement shops. Installation is as simple as placing them in the ground along your walkway.
Solar Panels
Try to get panels that don't completely rely on when the sun is up. More recent solar panels can gather energy from the sun and allow you to use it whenever you would like. This is very convenient when the nighttime comes.
In order to maximize the benefits of solar panels, you should select those that do not completely rely on the sun shining at all times. Many newer solar panels are able to store the sun's energy when it is up, but let you use it anytime of day. This is helpful if you use power in your home at nighttime.
You can start out small by using small-scale solar power applications. There are two different ways to accomplish this. You can find small-scale panels to prop on your window to recharge electronics. Another option is to look for solar-powered camping gear like lanterns and stoves. Money is saved bit by bit.
Do not think that taking advantage of solar energy requires you to completely tear off the roof. You should be able to use solar powered lights everywhere outside your home. These simple solar solutions charge themselves with the light of the sun by day and shine all night long.
Panels that are easily rotated have the best efficiency. If you have no choice but to get fixed panels, you will have to find the best angle for all seasons.
There are governments throughout the world that apply tax credits when you make the solar energy switch. You may get an offer as high as 30% of the system's cost. Seek out information online, and speak to someone in your area concerning programs that are available to you.
A tracking panel system is a great way to get started with generating solar power. These systems will follow the sun as it moves during the day. The initial investment will be much higher than with a basic system, but they can generate many times the amount of energy through increased efficiency.
Lots of people aren't aware that solar power systems make the use of a power grid obsolete. You have the ability to be independent from the power companies in your area. Also, you will be done with paying power bills during the year.
Do a careful estimation of your energy usage needs and how many panels you will need with someone who knows all of the points to consider. When you take the output and overhead costs into consideration, as well as your local, solar panels might be expensive. If you race into solar without looking into the data, you may be in for a bad surprise when the numbers really pan out.
Converting should be convenient. Start off with installing solar lights outdoors first and then move up from there. Converting a little bit at a time can help you feel more confident about committing to solar energy for your home.
Check the inverter every so often if you add solar panels to your home. Look for a green light (or other verification). If you see the light flickering, or if there is no light, you should call in a professional. Diagnosing a solar panel issue is generally outside the expertise of owners. Most solar panels come with a good warranty, so a visit from the technician may not cost you anything.
One of the quickest and cheapest ways to put the power of solar energy to work in your home or office is pathway lighting. Pathway lights glean energy from sun during the daylight and use it to light up at night. Installation is simple, and the results are charming.
Each year, solar power is advancing. Many consumers find that they can afford systems that used to be reserved only for giant corporations. Whether you want a large or small system, you can find the perfect fit for your home.
If you want a particular kind of solar panels, research when they first emerged. Newer technologies have better efficiency, but some vendors continue to market older technology. It may be cheaper upfront to buy older panels, but it will be more costly in the long run.
Learn how you use energy. Before switching to solar power, you will need to know how much energy your home consumes. This can help you achieve a proper alignment with your system. You should look at your yearly energy bill since costs vary by season.
Make sure that your solar energy system abides by all state regulations. Some areas require particular permits. It would be costly to have to remove them and reinstall them.
Before deciding if solar panels are right for you, assess the amount of shade that is present around your house. If you have a lot of shaded area, pass on the solar panels. Shade reduces the amount of sunlight available to solar panels, which means that they will be highly inefficient.
Solar Panels
When you can't afford a full system, instead start with a solar water heating system. Approximately thirty-five percent of home energy usage can be attributed to the heating of water. Your costs are going to be lower upon installation of your solar water heating system.
Bigger doesn't mean better when considering solar panels. Quality solar panels are identified by many factors, including wattage, brand, materials used, warranty and more. Think through all of this before making a decision.
Don't choose solar panels by price alone. Solar panels can vary widely in their size as well as how many watts of energy they produce, their warranty, and brand name. Research solar panels thoroughly so you can make a decision focused on quality. Buy the best ones for a price you can afford.
You should pay close attention to the weather if you are thinking about purchasing solar panels. If you get 5-6 hours of direct sunlight each day, solar panels may be for you. Solar energy may not be for you if you live in an area where it is usually cloudy or raining.
Consider how best to use solar power in your residence. For instance, remember that the majority of solar systems are only able to partially operate a heating system. However, they can generate enough power to heat up your water. Knowing about these differences may help you choose the best for your home.
Before choosing solar panels, consider the shade around your home. Solar panels won't work if your location is too shady. Shade reduces power output, making panel efficiency sag.
In order to maximize the money you can save by using solar energy, consider using a solar panel system that is tied to the power grid. Grid tied systems allow you to sell energy to your nearby power company. This helps your system pay itself off faster.
Price should not be the only factor that influences your decision. Solar panels come in different sizes, brands, wattage and have different warranty times and performance ratings. Because of this, you should thoroughly research all the solar panels and select the highest quality one rather than the cheapest one. Look for the best quality of panels that is within your budget.
Having children inside your home can help you understand the cost of energy. With the constant use of computers, televisions, and charging portable devices, constantly reminding children to conserve power can be frustrating. For this reason, switching to solar is a very family friendly option because it reduces your electricity bill tremendously.
You do not have to install solar panels on your roof. Space within your land or back yard is also a good option. If possible, choose adjustable mounts and invest in a sun tracker so your panels can always be positioned at the right angle. That said, they take up a ton of space.
Check your panels to confirm that they are clean and working properly. If your unit is damaged, it will not pull in any energy and leave you with a predicament. You don't want to learn of a problem by receiving a costly energy bill.
You could have your solar energy panels installed with a large discount or even free. Governments give such great rebates and grants and this might be true where you live. Find out more by contacting them.
Think about where you live when putting a solar panel system on your roof. The proper angle will give you the maximum benefit so be sure that your panels are facing the correct direction.
Solar Panels
Keep an eye on your newly installed solar panel system. You need to read and understand what the manual says. Look at your monitoring equipment on a daily basis to make sure everything is functioning correctly and identify what is causing problems immediately. If you run into a problem, contact your usual technician or installer right away and have them fix the problem as soon as possible so you do not lose any power.
Check regularly to be sure your solar energy panels are in good shape and operating at optimum efficiency. While solar panels rarely need maintenance, you should always check to see if they have been damaged and that they are working properly. You would hate to wind up with a large energy bill due to the fact that your solar panels weren't absorbing the sun as effectively as they could have.
You of course are going to put solar panels where they can be best reached by the sun. Make sure it's in a sunny spot. Don't let trees get too high. This can reduce the amount of power your panels produce and cost you money. Any shade that falls on your panels will only slow the production of solar energy. In order to maximize the efficiency of the solar energy systems performance, it needs to avoid shade at all costs. Therefore, trimming trees and shrubs that are located around solar panels is crucial.
Remember to include all influences when determining the projected output of your solar energy system. These provide a scenario for direct sunlight constantly when determining the panels' intended outputs. Shade from trees, overcast conditions, and other environmental issues can decrease how much your panels actually output.
You should think about a few things when cleaning solar panels. The first thing that should be considered is safety. If you're worried about climbing the roof, hire a pro for maintaining your panels. Secondly, don't damage the solar panels by using harsh cleaning products. The need to be washed using a soft brush, then rinsed. Harsh cleansers and scrubbing is unnecessary.
Use your garden hose to clean solar panels. Using this once weekly will eliminate the need to climb up on the roof to clean. This approach also makes you less likely to inadvertently damage the solar panels.
The seller of the solar panels should have a good reputation. Ask for references, speak with people who have used that company before and look to online reviews. If you cannot find good reviews for a vendor, you should keep looking even if the prices are interesting.
Many cleaning products exist to help you clean solar panels, some help reduce your time cleaning. Nano-cleaning products are a great choice because they don't contain harmful solvents, and they are very effective at cleaning your panels. They function in conjunction with the rain, which helps cut down on how much you have to do the dirty work.
The temperature co-efficient is an important indicator of the efficiency of solar panels. The higher the ambient temperature, the less energy the panels will produce. A solar panel will remain efficient under high temperatures if the temperature co-efficient rating is very low, but you should expect to lose some energy if you live in a very warm area.
Solar Energy
Always maintain your solar panels by cleaning them regularly. Solar panels are more effective when they are clean. By keeping the panels clean, you can ensure that they are working at peak performance.
Solar energy has many benefits to both home and businesses, like saving costs on the power bill and helping the environment. Be sure to explore the possibility of solar energy as a source of power for your home or business. Use what you've just learned to form your decisions, and you'll make smart energy choices.
Check your installers' certifications before beginning. There are several licenses available, so you need to check that your installer is licensed with at least one. This is important if there are tax rebates available because you will need this information.


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Kate Upton to Victoria's Secret: "It's all good"
Kate Upton is on top of the world, thanks to her sexy Sports Illustrated cover. Is she worried about what Victoria's Secret thinks about her, though? Not exactly.
It seems like the only person not upset over the comments a Victoria's Secret model scout made about Kate Upton is Kate Upton. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl was asked about it during an interview — and she made it obvious that it's not a big deal.
"I didn't even try out for the runway show. But also, I don't think that anything she said was that mean," she told Access Hollywood, referring to Sophia Neophitou's comments to the New York Times.
"She's like a Page 3 girl," Neophitou said. "She's like a footballer's wife, with the too-blond hair and that kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy."
The rumored girlfriend of New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez doesn't think that's so bad.
"Well, 'football player's wife'… Gisele's a football player's wife — I'm OK! Gisele's in that category, I'm good," Upton told Access Hollywood in a recent interview.
Still, the 19-year-old couldn't resist getting in a dig at her adversary. "It's all good — she can think that, I can think whatever I want to think about her."
5 Fun Facts about Sports Illustrated's Kate Upton >>
Upton's not exactly begging for work — she's the star of a sexy new Carl's Jr. commercial, filmed in January. Why would the sexy model shill for burgers? Sex appeal, of course.
"The first thing you have to do is get people to watch your ads," said Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants. "I guarantee you there will be a very small number of young guys fast-forwarding through this ad."
Anyway, we think Upton is just the type of girl who isn't worried about eating a burger — or two.
"I love my curves. You know, I'm healthy and I think that's what Sports Illustrated represents: Healthy, confident women who love their bodies," she told Access Hollywood.
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Many times before we have shared with you news about how graphene, a one-atom thick structure of carbon, can replace silicon in electronics and bring with it greater efficiency and ability. Of course if the electronics can operate faster, the consumer will want every aspect of these future items to be faster, and the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory has found a way to help with that. By sandwiching the metal tin between layers of graphene, then heating the composite to 300C (572F) in an atmosphere of hydrogen and argon, they can make high performance electrodes for batteries. This will allow for the creation of faster charging lithium-ion batteries that can be recharged repeatedly without degradation. What it found was the layers of tin, after the heating, become columns that change the distance between the graphene sheets and the volume of the tin structure. That change in volume is what directly causes the increased performance and is particular to this composite.
With all these new discoveries of how graphene works and what one can do with it, you almost have to wonder what the 'miracle-material' will be in fifty years to replace this one.


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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said talks on the future of Afghanistan are off to a good start, and he urged all parties to seize the moment and bring peace to their country. He discussed the Afghanistan situation with President Bush at the White House.
Kofi Annan said the representatives of Afghan political and ethnic groups meeting in Bonn face a big challenge. "They have an historic opportunity to put the past behind them and form a broad-based government that will be loyal to the Afghan people and respect its international obligations," he said.
The Secretary General said many donor nations, including the United States, are willing to help rebuild Afghanistan. But he said they need a partner."And the partner has to be an effective Afghan government that is cohesive, that is stable, that will work with the donor community to ensure the resources that have been applied to rehabilitation and reconstruction are used effectively," he said.
During their White House talks, Koffi Annan told President Bush that aid workers are having trouble getting food to those most in need. He said millions of Afghans face starvation, including many who have sought refuge in neighboring countries."We are talking about 6 million needy people, between 6 and 7.5 million," he said.
President Bush agreed that the war has aggravated the problem. He noted that even before the start of the U.S.-led military operation, Afghanistan faced famine and drought. He said the current instability has complicated the task of feeding the hungry. "We have ample money and the United States has been a major contributor of that money. We have got the food. But the fundamental question is, in an environment that is not very secure, how do we get the food to the people"? He said.
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I scored 5 boxes of tall Ball Quilted Jelly Jars last week the day before my street was scheduled for trash pick up. The boxes were piled up in front of a neighbor's house along with glassware, books, and some clothing. Neighbor who I had only really waved to on my travels was purging her father's apartment contents due to his recent death. She was on her front porch taking a smoke so I was able to ask if she didn't mind me rummaging around the huge pile on the hell strip. That's when she told me he had died of complications due to diabetes.
I offered my condolences and thanks for the jars and for the first time we chatted a bit. She mentioned how she always saw me riding around the neighborhood. Then spoke about how much in the past she enjoyed riding. I gave her my card and told her to call sometime we could go for a ride. She didn't seem too enthusiastic perhaps when I drop off a few filled jelly jars I can nudge her to go for a short ride.
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What is a full page image of the Virgin Mary doing in one of the most defining books of the English Reformation?
Bizarrely, some copies of the 1552 Book of Common Prayer (STC 16280-16280.5) contain a woodcut of the Virgin, with her symbols and names from Canticles in banderols, on one of the final leaves. In his bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer, David N. Griffiths has described the Virgin's appearance as 'unexpected', although offers no further comment or theory as to how this page can have materialised in the book (p. 66). How did this woodcut get there and what does it tell us?
This woodcut is similar to others which make a regular appearance in printed primers made in both France and England for the English market.
The first printed primers, like manuscript books of hours before them, had a distinct emphasis upon devotion to Mary; Eamon Duffy writes, 'the whole primer was in some sense a Marian prayerbook', based on the Little Hours of the Blessed Virgin (p. 256). That being the case, Reformed English primers were produced which moved to supplant these 'traditional' Latin ones, recognising a popular desire and need for devotional books but supplying, in their place, English ones whose devotions were heavily revised to shape and fit the expectations of Protestant readers.
For example, a 'Goodly Prymer' printed by John Byddell for William Marshall in 1535 (STC 15988), whose character Mary C. Erler has described as 'unequivocally reforming' (p. 240), was prefaced by an 'admonition' to the reader inveighing against Marian prayers, such as the Obsecro te which had had such a prominent place in the medieval book of hours, as idolatrous:
What vanity is promised in the superscription or title before Obsecro te, Domina Sancta Maria? where it is written, that whosoever saith that prayer daily before the image, called the image of our Lady of Pity, shall see the visage of our most blessed Lady, and be warned both of the day, and also of the hour of his death, before he depart out of this world. I pray you, what fondness, or rather madness, is this? ('A Goodly Prymer', p. 2).
In her discussion of Byddell's primer, Christine Peters has argued that Reformed primers urged respect for, even as they rejected devotion to the Virgin Mary; 'it seems too simplistic,' she writes, 'when drawing up a balance sheet of the effects of the Reformation, to assume the 'loss' of the Virgin Mary' (pp. 208 and 215-16).
Yet, the appearance of the woodcut of Mary in the 1552 Book of Common Prayer goes further than the respect Peters finds for the Virgin in this reformed primer. Jayne Wackett, in her study of the counterintuitive cross-over between the image cultures of prayer books from the times of Edward VI and Mary Tudor, has demonstrated that the 'unexpected' is remarkably common in mid-sixteenth-century prayer books (pp. 257-8). Yet this full-page devotional image in the Book of Common Prayer is more unexpected even than the illustrated initials she compares. Not only are the Virgin's names in Latin, rather than English, they also invoke the forms of address in the Obsecro te and other petitionary hymns in the Horae, whose misuse the 'Goodly Prymer' attacks.
Curiously, this impression of The Book of Common Prayer with its renegade woodcut was put out by Edward Whitchurche under the Sign of the Sun, an establishment which was inherited from John Byddell: the same printing outfit which had put out the 1535 'Goodly Prymer' (Atkin and Edwards, p. 33). The woodcut may have slipped in, in place of a printer's emblem, through Whitchurche and Grafton's previous association with François Regnault; a similar woodcut appears, for example, in Regnault's English 'Prayer [sic] of Salysbury use', printed in Paris in 1531.
Grafton and Whitchurche had collaborated with Regnault in Paris in 1538 on the printing of the Great Bible, an endeavour which was disrupted by the seizure of the pages by Francis I's Inquisitors of the Faith (Atkin and Edwards, p. 38).
Later, according to John Foxe's Acts and Monuments, Grafton and Whitchurche returned to Paris to get 'the presses, letters, and servants of the aforesaid printer, and brought them to London', setting up as printers themselves to produce the Bible they had begun with Regnault (cited in David Scott Kastan, p. 93). Regnault was one of the leading printers of primers for the English market packaging them into 'lines' that catered for established as well as emerging religious and readerly tastes (Erler, p. 230). Similarly, and oddly given his energetic involvement in the production of reformed literature in English, in 1536 Byddell produced a Latin primer (STC 15991) in a small sextodecimo format with a distinctly Marian cast.
For Erler, consumer demand led printers like Regnault and Byddell to produce books for people across sectarian lines and a mixed market for devotional books meant that they both produced English and Latin primers (p. 240). The new prayer book replaced books for liturgical use within churches, of course, but also aspired to supplant primers (Duffy, p. 213). Indeed, across the course of 1552 and into the following year, new quarto and octavo editions of the Book of Common Prayer were produced, often bound with the psalter as the primer was, suggesting a targeting of that lay market and an attempt to attach the volume to people, as well as institutions. The woodcut, then, reminds us that, although the prayer book was a product and a driver of hardening sectarian lines, it emerged into a literary market which was driven as much by lay devotional tastes in all their variety as official ecclesiastical need, a need which was more easily directed from the top.
Once a book had reached that lay market, furthermore, it was difficult to govern its use. Consider, for example, the British Library copy of the 1552 prayer book which carries numerous manuscript erasures of King Edward in favour of Queen Mary; the pronouns are also accordingly changed from masculine to feminine (C.25.l.3; STC 16285). Another copy (C.24.a.2) replaces Edward with James, despite its being superseded by an Elizabethan edition. Neither of these readers seems fazed by the obsolecence of their Book. Readers, as well as printers, then, failed to keep books in their true places and, whilst the 'Goodly Prymer' complains about the misuse of Catholic prayers in the old primers, misuse was a problem which potentially affected all books however 'correct' and whatever their reformed credentials.
It is easy to think about the mid-sixteenth century as a time of clear sectarian lines, when books, their owners and makers took up sides. This unexpected woodcut, a hang-over from a supposedly supplanted age, shows us how hard it was to hold those lines in book production. Print, for all its technological modernity, was still set and pressed by hand and the larger scale of text production amplified the quirks that work by hand admitted. The image of the Virgin Mary in the 1552 Book of Common Prayer is, then, 'unexpected' but also typical of a culture which, for all the violence of its religious revolution, sometimes unwittingly readmitted what it sought to delete.
If you liked this, you may also be interested in a related article on the 1552 Book of Common Prayer and the so-called Black Rubric, in Textual Practice, 30:7 (2016). If you don't have institutional access but would like a copy of this, email me and I will send you a free link (firstname.lastname@example.com)
'A Goodly Prymer', in Three Primers put forth in the Reign of Henry VIII, ed. Edward Burton (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1834).
Hore beate Marie. ad ritum ecclesie Sarisburiensis, T. Kerver for Francis Bryckman (Paris, 1521). STC 15931.
The boke of common prayer, and administracion of the sacramentes, and other rites and ceremonies in the Churche of Englande (Londini: Edvvardi Whytchurche, 1552); STC 16280.5.
Prayer [sic] of Salysbury use, (François Regnault with Robert Copland: Paris,1531); STC 15974.
Secondary references:
Atkin, Tamara and Edwards, A.S.G., 'Printers, Publishers and Promoters to 1558', in A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476-1558, ed. Vincent Gillespie and Susan Powell (D.S. Brewer: Cambridge, 2014), 27-44.
Duffy, Eamon The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 (New Haven: Yale, 1992).
Erler, Mary C., 'The Maner to Lyue Well and the Coming of English in François Regnault's Primers of the 1520s and 1530s, The Library, s6-VI (1984): 229-43.
Griffiths, David N. The Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer, 1549-1999 (London: British Library, 2002).
Kastan, David Scott, 'Print, Literary Culture and the Book Trade', in The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature, ed. David Loewenstein, Janel Mueller (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 81-116.
Peters, Christine, Patterns of Piety: Women, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval and Reformation England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Wackett, Jayne, 'Examining the Unexpected: Printed Images in the Prayer Books of Edward VI and the Primers of Mary Tudor', Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte – Archive for Reformation History, 105 (2014), 257-83.


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On Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane introduced us to a father figure who's about as sharp as a broken thumbtack. 10 years ago, aided by co-creators Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman, MacFarlane gave us another dad who's dumber than a bag of hammers. The difference is, he works for the CIA.
American Dad landed the plum post-Super Bowl slot when the big game aired on Fox in 2005. The 1st season resumed in the spring, and it's been off and running ever since. Another big difference is that MacFarlane, aside from voicing Stan Smith (the Dad in the title) and his alien boarder, Roger, isn't as creatively involved. In other words, this is as different from Family Guy in as many ways as you could imagine. The humor isn't quite so in your face and insulting. Stan's exaggerated jaw is enough.
After 10 seasons, the series has changed addresses, from Fox to TBS, whose sister network, [adult swim], already had repurposing rights. Fox aired the first 3 episodes of the new season, but the rest are on TBS/[as]. Fox decided to do away with their all-animated Sunday lineup, and are again trying out live-action comedies mixed with Family Guy, The Simpsons, & Bob's Burgers.
I think the success of this show may have inspired Sprint's recent promotion involving a bizarre nuclear family, for lack of better description. That's just my opinion, though.
Following is a remixed collection of intros featuring Stan & Roger from seasons 4-8:
I've tried watching this show. It makes my brain hurt.
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How Church Got Started with GreenFaith Ministry
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Seeing a medium- or large-sized church with a program in place like GreenFaith, the program might seem daunting to a smaller church or to one that previously had no focus on creation care. While the leaders I met recently at Grace Episcopal Church in Chattanooga are certainly well-organized and talented, they say any faith community can do what they've done. Church efforts include sustainable landscaping, recycling, composting, a community garden and a weekly farmers' market.
GreenFaith Team leader Marion Pound encourages others to start with education and then one small action step at a time. She said something as simple as recycling could help a congregation get started. "Start with one thing and then watch it grow. I think you will be surprised at how people will get excited!"
Master Gardener Lisa Lemza noted that a community garden project needs a manager. She also explained that both budget and the need for low maintenance are important details to consider before getting started.
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Two South Pointe High School student-athletes were arrested for fighting Tuesday during a class on criminal justice, said Mark Bollinger, public information officer for the Rock Hill Police Department.
Jonathan Barnard Muhammad II, 18, was charged with assault and battery, Bollinger said. Voshon Lamont St. Hill, 18, was charged with disorderly conduct, Bollinger said.
Both students recently signed letters of intent to play football in college. Muhammad plans to play for South Carolina State University while St. Hill plans to play at Newberry College.
At 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Rock Hill police officers joined attorneys and judges at South Pointe to talk with students about how the criminal justice system works as part of a student forum on the issue, Bollinger said.
One of the officers was speaking with a class when "two students just stood up and started fighting in the middle of the class," Bollinger said.
Both students were transported to the Rock Hill jail, Bollinger said.
Fighting and criminal conduct, including assault and battery, are listed as offenses punishable by expulsion under the Rock Hill school district code of conduct (policy JICDA-R).
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Biofuels, particularly ethanol fuel, have had plenty of recent hype as a possible homegrown replacement for gasoline. However, biofuel production in the United States is driving up grain prices and possibly harming the environment.
A recent report from the Earth Policy Institute says that grain used for alternative fuel sources in the United States alone exploded from 54 million tons in 2006 to 81 million tons in 2007. This doubled the annual growth in world demand for grain. The report also says that world grain production has failed to meet demand in seven of the last eight years, and using grain in biofuel production is increasing this deficit. Some countries have even restricted or banned grain exports to avoid further rises in domestic food prices. The resulting "agflation" has created record prices for corn, soybeans and wheat.
The Union of Concerned Scientists adds that when you consider the energy-intensive inputs that go into some methods of growing corn (such as tilling, increased land use, and fertilizer and herbicide/pesticide use), plus the biofuel production itself, ethanol fuel may not represent a viable long-term solution.
Something is terribly wrong with this picture. Someone is getting screwed, probably Us. Producing ethanol from corn shouldn't increase the price of corn at all. Production of ethanol from corn actually extends the nutrient value of corn by about fifteen percent, because the substrate (corn matter that's left over) has been pre-digested by the process. Livestock consuming this dried substrate can more easily digest it with a net gain of about fifteen percent more protein. Hence, the dried substrate should bring a higher price as feed than raw corn. So, farmers who supply corn to distilleries should contract only rent the corn to the distillery, then to get the substrate back to sell as livestock feed or for extraction of its many other valuable components. Hence, there would be no cost of the base material (corn) to produce the ethanol. In fact, the farmer could make more on the corn while offering it to the market for less. The current situation of "ethanol production raising the cost of corn" makes no sense. Someone is making a quiet killing here.
An I always thought you seppo's were smart. Trying to make ethanol from corn is too ineffient. The Bazilians woke up to this 30 odd years ago and used sugar cane and its waste products. Many other plants, grasses etc. also make better producers that corn. This idea sounds like a sop to the corn farmers lobby. Why won't the U.S. allow Brazil to export some sugar cane ethanol to America? I think they are now running 20 or 25% ethanol/petrol fuel now. I can also advise that no modifications are required to modern cars. In fact G.M. Holden exports Commodores to Brazil with no mods at all. These use the Ecotech V6 and the Gen III V8. Wake up America.
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State College Spikes Jason Dambach Named Executive of the Year
State College Spikes Vice President and General Manager Jason Dambach has been named the New York-Penn League's Executive of the Year, the Spikes announced Monday.
Dambach will be honored at this year's baseball winter meetings Dec. 3-6 in Nashville, Tenn.
"I'm honored and humbled to receive the 2012 New York-Penn League Executive of the Year Award, especially because it was voted on by my colleagues from the league," said Dambach, who has spent 14 seasons in Minor League Baseball and four atop the Spikes' management team. "This isn't just my award, it's for our entire, hard-working front office team. They all dedicate so much time and energy and have so much passion for making the Spikes Experience so special for our valued fans, sponsors and business partners."
Dambach previous won the Robert F. Julian Community & Baseball Service Award and Vincent McNamara Outstanding Club Award in 2010 and 2011, respectively. He serves as the vice chair of the NYPL Charitable Foundation, directs the league's annual scholarship program and is the club liaison to the Major League affiliate and Penn State.
The Spikes return to being the short-season, Single A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013 after previously being affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Skip to comments.Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties
Posted on 02/05/2012 2:03:17 PM PST by nuconvert
Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Hey Barry! How's that Arab Spring thing workin' out for ya?
Egypt is rapidly becoming Iran West.Thanks a lot Obama,you feckless fool.
That's not 300 words...
What better way for the military to make up with the Salifists than arrest and try Europeans and Americans while turning a blind eye to the murder of Christians. This is the Islamist Spring.
Just one blockbuster into the right spot on the Aswan High Dam and all of Egypt will be but a memory.
... the head of the Egypt office of the Washington-based International Republican Institute
No worries Hillary will work it all out.
Barry probably gave Egypt the green light.
Perdicaris alive or Raisuli... oh, never mind.
Goes to prove that there is no honor amongst the Jihadists, Communists, and Progressives. They will turn on each other when it is to their advantage. You would think that the Food Stamp President and Mrs Chunky at State would have known that from their own personal experiences using deception and cutthroat tactics.
There's an even better way of applying pressure without spending a dime: turn off Egypt's tourist spigot. If Europe goes along with us, the Egyptian economy immediately collapses.
TO FLingWingFLyer
from Obama.
Re the state of Egypt. I don't give a flying fuck. I've already wrecked Egypt. Now I'm trying to destroy Israel. Get out of the way you goody-two-shoes conservative pig. I've got my own world agenda.
Bow to the new messiah, and his Wookie.
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IBM Netcool Operations Support Newsletter for July 2018 Q2/Q3 Updates.
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If you have plans to expand the Kafka cluster of your Log Analysis setup or had already done so, it is always good to know how to manage your Kafka cluster properly. There are certainly a few important tasks when it comes to managing a Kafka cluster: (1) How many brokers are connected? (2) What are the topics available? (3) How do you create new topic? (4) How do you check the content of an existing topic? While management tasks are not limited to those listed above, but we will focus on those as a starter. (1) How many... [More]
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Bolingbrook Police said today they have arrested a Bolingbrook couple in connection with the fatal stabbing early Saturday of a Romeoville man.
The man who was killed was identified today as Roberto Cortez, 30. He along with the two people charged in the case were all invited to a Christmas party on the 100 block of Campbell Drive where a verbal altercation precipitated the slaying, Bolingbrook Police Lt. Mike Rompa said.Cortez was found in the 100 block of Campbell Drive about 7:10 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Bolingbrook detectives and members of the community's tactical unit arrested Marco Rodriguez, 32, of the 400 block of Providence Court, at a hotel in Des Plaines. The Will County State's Attorney's office approved first-degree murder charges against Rodriguez, police said.


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Part 1: R.age Photowalk To Jalan Sultan
We continued walking along Jalan Sultan until we arrived at Petaling Street
One of the most well kept heritage buildings there
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Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston have NOT split over his ex Heidi Bivens, despite a new tabloid cover story. Gossip Cop can exclusively correct the report.
The new cover of In Touch falsely announces, "SPLIT! After Jen Catches Justin With His Ex!" Inside the magazine, a headline similarly reads, "Jen & Justin Split After He's Caught With His Ex!" It's further said, "Justin Theroux walks out on Jennifer Aniston following an explosive fight."
What supposedly happened? Well, according to the outlet, "He seemed so comfortable with the person on the phone. Justin Theroux was laughing and chatting when his wife, Jennifer Aniston, walked in. After he hung up, she asked who he was talking to — but his reply wasn't what she wanted to hear."
"He said he was talking to Heidi," a so-called "insider" claims to the publication. "They've stayed in contact ever since they broke up, and Jen hates it. She let him have it, saying it was the last time she ever wanted to hear about that woman."
So, Theroux being "caught with his ex" was actually him being caught talking on the phone. The article goes on to claim that the actor has "no intention of ceasing contact with Heidi… even though it's putting a huge strain on his already shaky marriage." A supposed "friend of Jen's" says that after the ensuing argument, "when Justin walked out on Jen to return to Australia for ["The Leftovers"], they were split."
And yet, despite blaring "split" on the cover," the alleged "friend" later acknowledges, "Justin and Jen are going to be together again." In other words, there was no real point to this story, except for the tabloid trying to dupe readers into thinking Aniston and Theroux had broken up. It's certainly not the first time the outlet has run a misleading cover.
Indeed, the magazine has been printing "split" covers about Aniston and Theroux since they started dating years ago, and has run quite a few "divorce" ones since they married last year. None of them were true, however, and this one isn't either. A rep for Theroux exclusively confirms to Gossip Cop that he and Aniston have NOT split, and Bivens is NOT affecting their marriage.
What's more, though, is that this In Touch tale isn't even original. RadarOnline falsely claimed Aniston caught Theroux "making secret calls" to Bivens back in April. And that story was based on a debunked National Enquirer piece. It's like the blind leading the blind leading the blind. Ridiculous.


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Many young people today think they are just going to go out there and have their "dream" apartment (like they see on TV), complete with top of the line furnishings, etc. Realistically, most will find they will be grateful for any free or hand-me-down furnishings (although they don't realize that now). I wanted students to create a "dream" living room where money was no object. Their furnishings were based on their personal style, using the web-based technology Polyvore Home and they had to keep a list of expenses. Then, they had to replicate the room on a reduced budget as closely as possible using online department stores, again keeping track of their expenses. Finally, students created a visual using PREZI to compare the two rooms and answer a few questions in reflection about their selections. Not only did this project end up being an eye-opener for them in terms of cost, but they learned they could have a similar look, spending much less money. Oh, and did I mention, they also had a lot of fun "decorating and shopping" for a period or two!
- Begin by showing students some tv show apartments via this slide show. There are several eras included so you might want to pick and choose the ones you show. Most students think a lot these apartments are really cool and think they'd love to furnish their future apartments in a stylish way.
- laptops
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- Introduce students to Polyvore and demonstrate how to create a board under the Home tab. Students then create their own accounts and proceed in the first part of the project, keeping track of what they are buying, where it comes from and the cost. I only copy the front page so students aren't influenced by what they will have to do in part two.
- After they have completed part one, assign part two and give them time to recreate their room on a budget, with knock-off items. Again, they must keep track of what they are buying, where it comes from and the cost.
- Once their shopping is complete, students will complete part three and create a PREZI showing both versions as well as costs and stores.
- To conclude the project, students are to answer some questions summarizing their experience.
- Here is a sample of a PREZI illustrating the project.