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The Best Videos of the Week
Have you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
Here's Video of One of the Dallas Tornadoes Ripping Through an Entire Tractor Trailer Lot
There are multiple tornadoes on the ground in the Dallas area right now, and one has already caused significant damage after ripping through an entire tractor trailer parking lot. The video above, from CNN's broadcast, clearly shows a number of 18-wheelers being picked up hundreds of feet in the air. View »
The Fray's Pre-NCAA Title Game National Anthem Performance Was … Different
While nowhere near as bad as any that made our suggestions for the Worst National Anthem Ever (indeed, if you caught Monica's tone-deaf rendition Saturday, you know it wasn't even the worst of the Final Four) The Fray's attempt at a hipster version of Marvin Gaye's "Star-Spangled Banner" fell awfully flat. If you were fortunate enough to tune into tonight's game late, well, blame us tomorrow. View »
Adorable Dog Has His Mind Blown By an Escalator Ride
"I'm moving, therefore my paws should be moving." You really can't argue with this kind of flawless puppy logic. View »
Do Not Honk At The Axe-Wielding Moped Rider
At a stoplight, a car waits behind a moped, whose rider is checking to see if something's wrong with his bike. The light turns green, the car starts honking, and then the moped rider shuts the car up pretty fast by brandishing a freaking axe. View »
This Might Be the Only Way a Live-Action Pac-Man Movie Could Ever Work
Production company Steelhouse and writer James Farr have just answered one of life's greatest questions: How do you make a live-action film about a yellow ball with eyes that runs about a maze eating dots and ghosts without resorting to a man in a giant foam suit? View »
The Best Moments from Sarah Palin's Today Show Gig
This morning, Sarah Palin "guest hosted" on the Today Show, meaning that besides an interview with Matt Lauer, Palin cropped up in a few other segments. In this compilation of her most inane moments, she bangs her usual drums about the lamestream media and Obama's socialist policies, and, of course, she couldn't appear on national TV without an incredibly conspicuous "aw jeez, Matt." View »
In the first scene from The Avengers, Black Widow gets angry
The very first scene from The Avengers has hit the web. Behold Natasha Romanoff and Agent Coulson engaging in some very Joss Whedonesque patter while some poor doomed goons stare on slack-jawed. Tony Stark and his Exotic Friends will be in theaters May 4. View »
Stan Van Gundy Sets Up Dwight Howard For The Most Awkward Interview Ever
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Stan Van Gundy has heard, from "people in our management right from the top," that Dwight Howard has requested that he be fired. The video above picks up Van Gundy's comments just as he utters them. At the 2:50 mark, Van Gundy is approached by Howard, who is not aware of what Van Gundy just said. Without giving Howard any indication of what's going on, Van Gundy walks away, leaving a surprised Howard to stumble and deny his way through a series of questions. It's opera buffo without the music, and it's great theater for the rest of us, but if the Magic do indeed have plans to fire Van Gundy, right about now seems to be as good a time as any. View »
This Rear Window Time-Lapse Is Detailed and Amazing
Videographer Jeff Desom took all of the the courtyard view shots from Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window and remixed them all while keeping the film's events in chronological order. Says Desom, "Since everything was filmed from pretty much the same angle I was able to match them into a single panoramic view of the entire backyard without any greater distortions." View »
Let Me Show You What Doesn't Work In Kinect Star Wars-And What Does
Kinect Star Wars is not the world's greatest new video game. I've said as much in my review. But you should see this game's failures-and its triumphs-for yourself. Watch the video and allow me to demonstrate. View »
Stephen Colbert Has Seen the Greatness of America and It is a Dude Popping Wheelies in the Lincoln Tunnel
On tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert told a personal story that elucidated everything that is right with America: on his way into work this morning, he captured a dude popping wheelies on his motor bike while driving through the Lincoln Tunnel. It's an amazing personal testament to all that is right with our fair nation and all that is dangerous about driving while shooting video with your iPhone. View »
Kaká's Long-Range Finesse Strike Was A Work Of Art
While APOEL's Cinderella run through the Champions League was mostly over before today's return match at Real Madrid even started, Kaká helped slam the door by increasing the aggregate lead to 5-0 when he landed a shot from a position and with a curve more reminiscent of his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo (who opened the scoring earlier in the match). It was nice of Real Madrid to give the Cyprus side a nice going-away present of effort on their way home, though. View »


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Chorally inclined invited to sing at Old First Congregational
Under the direction of Charles Olegar, whose career now comprises more than four decades as a professional church musician, the Choir of the Old First Church is dedicated to providing outstanding choral music and dynamic musical leadership each Sunday morning and on special occasions.
The choir's repertoire offers an exceptional opportunity to prepare and present musical treasures covering several centuries, along with a certain amount of more recent classically rooted music, all within the context of worship.
Each Sunday's music is selected and prepared with the aim of helping make the Old First Church's services a source of spiritual invigoration and nourishment for all, augmenting the worship service with classical choral literature of recognized spirituality.
The Old First Church's Choir offers an inclusive, warmly embracing, supportive community, welcoming and celebrating diversity, reflective of the larger congregation.
Church membership is NOT a prerequisite, although the choir is always delighted should participation lead to that level of involvement in the Old First Church congregation.
The choir likewise embraces a fairly wide range of musical backgrounds, united by the desire to realize each member's greatest potential as a choral singer.
The group is blessed with some amazingly high levels of experience and ability, as well as by those who consider themselves relative novices, the majority being at various places in-between.
Members simply enjoy choral singing; many bring basic reading skills, but others learn "by ear" and often find their ability to read music enhanced through the weekly round of service music.
Singers who are interested in the Old First Church Choir but are not certain about their vocal quality should not be deterred!
Part of the choir's work focuses on developing basic singing technique, which can help individuals discover often-surprising personal potential! Singers are invited to participate on a trial basis for a while, then assess whether or not they wish to continue.
They can also plunge in full throttle, should they desire! In terms of attendance, the Old First Church Choir seeks to be flexible, with the understanding that each member is committed to being as regular as possible and to supporting various aspects of successful group dynamics, such as punctual arrival, reporting impending absence, and the like.
Rehearsals are weekly, on Wednesdays, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Church Barn, One Monument Circle (near the Monument) in Old Bennington. Each Sunday morning the choir warms up at the church at 10:30 a.m. , for an 11 a.m. service.
The most typical way of coming aboard the Old First Church Choir is by expressing interest to director Charles Olegar, either personally after a service or by e-mail (contact information is available through the church office, 802-447-1223).
Organist and Choir Director Charles Olegar, the Old First Church's new organist and choir director, is presently in his fifth decade as a professional church musician, having begun his career at age fifteen in his native Akron, Ohio.
For more information, call Lucy Gardner Carson at 716-870-0412 (cell), or by e-mail : email@example.com.
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iPhone, you are:Open yet closed, weak yet strongIf but you
were free.-A
haiku on the iPhone's bump to third placeNo one wants to be
second place in most races, but in the smartphone war, that's
precisely what Android has aimed for over the last couple
quarters.RIM rests atop smartphone sales charts thanks to the
fact that the smartphone population initially consisted almost
exclusively of business users -- a group that still makes up a large
portion of the total smartphone market. Apple's
iPhone changed the market by delivering the first smartphone truly
accessible for the masses. True, others (Windows Mobile phones,
Palm designs) could argue ownership of such a title. But
Apple's App Store, advertising blitz, and slick hardware won over the
masses like never before. And they earned it a solid spot at
number two -- a very desirable place to be.Then came
Android. Google's OS didn't start off beautifully. From
the start many questioned the patchwork
alliance, the at times unclear objectives of the project, and
lacking first generation hardware such as the first Android handset,
the G1
phone.But slowly, Google began to catch up and pick up
steam. It picked up multi-touch. Its hardware partners,
particularly HTC, flooded hot new designs onto every major U.S.
carrier. These designs like the HTC
Incredible and Motorola Droid (Milestone) matched the iPhone
in hardware or came awful close.Apple still had one key
advantage -- the App Store. Google's app count will soon
hit 50k, but that pales in comparison to the 150,000 apps that
the App Store has. But Apple made some critical missteps.
First, it banned
Flash from the iPhone. Then it even banned
Flash ports to native code, further alienating both
developers and customers. Second, it practiced inconsistent
policing the App Store. Sometimes it rejected
apps only to later approve them, other times it approved
them only to reject them. Google, too did a
bit of this, but Apple did it far more often.In the
end it's easy to see why Apple lost
the coveted second place position to the army of Android
handsets. How could its one handset on one (U.S.) carrier hope
to keep up with a plethora of high end handsets backed by a multitude
of carriers and a more open app marketplace?If Apple feels
bad, we can only wonder where that leaves Palm (recently acquired)
and Microsoft's Windows Mobile division who have been bumped further
down the ladder as well. At least Apple still is solidly
holding on to its third place position.I've developed apps
for the iPhone, and while I admit I am now eyeing the Android phones,
I still have a soft spot for the old iPhone. I bear it no ill
will.Thus it is out of best wishes that I give Apple the
following advice:1. Adopt multiple carriers in the U.S.
Lucrative exclusive contracts are not worth cornering yourself into
obscurity.2. Release multiple phones. You already did
this with the iPod -- imagine how hot an iPhone Nano would be!3.
Most important -- drop the rhetoric on Flash and shore up the app
approval process. If you want to be the world's premiere mobile
applications provider, there's little room for such poor behavior as
you have shown.If Apple can follow such advice, perhaps it
can once again become competitive in the race. Otherwise, with
other hungry competitors (Palm, Microsoft) and hot new Android
handsets (Samsung Galaxy, HTC EVO) it seems destined to sink down the
sales charts, much like Palm before it.


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Theater shooter's parents plead for his life
"We have always loved him, and we do not want him to be executed."
"We have always loved him, and we do not want him to be executed."
The Kansas City Royals announced on Friday their one-year, $11 million deal with veteran outfielder Alex Rios.
On Friday the Kansas City Royals announced the trade of IF Johnny Giavotella to the Los Angeles Angels for P Brian Broderick.
The man was booked into jail on suspicion of multiple counts, including driving under the influence and aggravated battery.
Caramel apples are most popular around Halloween, and the outbreak started just before then, in mid-October.
Urging legislators to study major changes in the pension system for teachers and government workers that include privatizing it.
For billing customers for cellphone text services they didn't order, under a settlement with federal regulators.
The Aug. 9 shooting of the black and unarmed Brown by a white officer spurred significant unrest, as did the grand jury announcement.
Obama spoke Friday during his year-end news conference, shortly before he was leaving the White House for a Hawaii vacation.
President Obama holds the end of the year news conference at the White House in the Brady Press Room.
Obama says we can't have a society in which "some dictator some place can start imposing censorship in the United States."
An explosion and fire early Friday morning killed two people and injured three, two critically, at an oil rig in southeastern Oklahoma.
Requested anonymity because the person wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
Almost three months after he was arrested after leaving a Baltimore casino.
Kansas, with 4,100 fewer.
The city of Lecompton is holding onto hundreds of years of Christmas history.
More from the interview was scheduled to air on ABC's "20/20" Friday night.
The FBI announcement Friday is the first official statement blaming the isolated country for the cyber-attack.
The Pride of Wildcat Land, the Kansas State University Marching Band, has been recognized as the best marching band in the nation.
If you're going to get a dog don't do it just because it's a fun present idea.
Was 17 years old at the time of the incident but he's being tried as an adult.
PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd has been appointed special prosecutor to consider the case against Kansas City C…
A Salvation Army spokesman says someone has dropped a gold tooth into a holiday collection kettle.


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Cortisol Test Might Detect Horses at Higher Risk for Colic
- Oct 11, 2011
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By testing cortisol circadian rhythm ratios (CCR) in the bloodstream, researchers found that horses with CCR ratios below 0.30 were 2.3 to 3.1 times more likely to suffer a colic episode than those with normal CCR ratios.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt/The Horse
Preventing colic often is easier than dealing with it. But how can you tell if your horse is at risk for colicking and, thus, make necessary adjustments to his life to reduce his colic risk? A group of Brazilian researchers recently proposed that a fairly simple method, known as cortisol circadian rhythm (CCR) ratio, could be used to identify horses under chronic stress, which could indicate a higher likelihood of colic.
Rafael Faleiros, DVM, PhD, a professor at Federal University of Minas Gerais and author on the study, explained that the CCR ratio is a "simple method proposed by Dr. Robert Douglas (PhD) from BET Laboratories to assess the CCR," involving two blood samples taken eight hours apart. Cortisol, which is primarily produced by the adrenal gland, is often termed the "stress hormone" because its levels rise in response to stress in horses and other species.
"A CCR ratio below 0.30 indicates that there is an abnormal stimulus to the production of cortisol," Faleiros explained.
In the study, researchers separated 116 police horses into four groups according to their housing conditions and type of work:
- Group 1 was stabled full-time and used for urban patrol;
- Group 2 was stabled full-time and used for sport activities;
- Group 3 was stabled part-time and used for urban patrol; and
- Group 4 was kept on pasture full-time with no structured activity.
Researchers took blood samples from each horse between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m., and again eight hours later to determine the CCR ratio. Additionally, the incidence of colic among all groups was examined over the course of a year, beginning six months prior and continuing six months after the blood sample collection, which took place in a single day.
During the one-year study period 107 colic cases were reported among all four groups of horses. Upon reviewing the results of their investigation, the researchers found that:
- Group 4 (full-time pasture) had the highest (most normal) CCR ratios and made up the smallest percentage (12.1%) of total colic cases;
- Groups 1, 2, and 3 had lower (more abnormal) CCR ratios than group 4, but there was not a notable difference among the average CCR ratios of these three groups; and
- Horses with CCR ratios below 0.30 were 2.3 to 3.1 times more likely to suffer a colic episode than those with normal CCR ratios.
Previous studies have linked stressful conditions, such as limiting pasture access and intense exercise, with colic, and this study confirmed the association. "We speculate that CCR ratio determination can be a simple and useful technique to detect horses at risk of colic," the team concluded.
The study, "Cortisol Circadian Rhythm Ratio: A Simple Method to Detect Stressed Horses at Higher Risk of Colic?" was published In April 2011 in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. The abstract can be viewed online.
About the Author
Casie Bazay, NBCAAM
Casie Bazay holds a bachelor of science degree in education from Oklahoma State University. She taught middle school for ten years, but now is a nationally certified equine acupressure practitioner and freelance writer. She has owned Quarter Horses nearly her entire life and has participated in a variety of horse events including Western and English pleasure, trail riding, and speed events. She was a competitive barrel racer for many years and hopes to pursue the sport again soon.
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The Eagles have their sights set high after more than doubling their wins from the previous season. The 2012 team posted its first winning record in nearly a decade, ending with a 10-5 overall mark. Spurred by the momentum of last season, the Eagles appear primed to again challenge for a playoff spot.
"I think they have the potential to go a lot further than last year," Wiseman said. "There is no substitute for experience and these guys now have a year of conference play under their belt. We can take what we accomplished last year and put that as a baseline to where the program can be every year."
Wiseman has his top seven players back, including four All-Conference players. Sophomore Todd Turner returns as the No. 1 singles player after posting a 9-5 mark. Turner made Honorable Mention All-Conference in doubles. No. 2 singles player Bishop Bass is back after earning ASC Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-Conference honors. He went 12-3 in singles and teamed with Turner to go 11-4 in doubles.
"Todd is expected to be the No. 1 singles player again," Wiseman said. "Last year he had to dig deep against players that normally would defeat us. His play turned a lot of heads. He is a coaches' dream because he is talented, low maintenance and leads by example. Bishop is equally as talented and has set a high standard for the program. He now has a target on his back. He is capable of playing great tennis."
Juniors Scott Eibes and Michael Skimbo garnered Honorable Mention All-Conference in doubles. Eibes also made the All-Conference list as a singles player. Eibes went 9-5 at No. 5 singles, while teaming with Skimbo to go 6-4 in doubles.
"Scott is a team leader," Wiseman said. "He has developed a lot since his freshman season. He is stronger mentally and now has the ability to put away close matches. Michael wins more matches with his mind and mental fortitude than most. He is creative and smart on the court. He is a multi-dimensional player and that is how he wins his matches."
Sophomores Corey Dillard and Gregg Knaggs round out the top six in singles for Ozarks. Dillard posted nine wins in singles, while Greggs had seven singles wins.
"Corey arguably had as good a season as Todd and Bishop," Wiseman said. "He fights harder than his opponents. It is always him against the world and that is what fuels him. Greg is a physical specimen. He is big, strong and fast. He possesses a monster serve."
Two other sophomores give the Eagles even more of an advantage. Bill Blake and Bryant Ford have been in the program for a year and provide valuable depth.
"Bill did not lose a singles match last season," Wiseman said. "He can be a trusted No. 7 singles player. If we use him, we don't suffer a severe drop in talent. He is one of the most essential players on the team in terms of being ready to be in the lineup."
Despite a breakout season, the Eagles came up short in qualifying for the playoffs. And that motivation has been a driving force during fall play.
"The first day of practice was to the point where I thought we would have a fight because of the intensity," Wiseman said. "These guys are more driven as a result of not going to the playoffs. We don't just want to be a team that wins a lot of matches, we want to win quality matches and win the big matches."
Qualifying for postseason play is always difficult in the competitive American Southwest Conference, which has as many as three teams in the NCAA Division III's top-40.
Ozarks posted a 3-3 conference record, one spot away from making post-season last year.
"We now know what it takes to win the big matches," Wiseman said. "The guys are not afraid of having a goal of trying to defeat the top teams in the division, and that is important. Last year we didn't know how because we were not accustomed to winning. But now the culture is to win. The guys talk about winning the entire conference tournament and receiving the bid to the national tournament.
I believe the talent is on campus to do that, but it will take a herculean effort. They must put in the hard work to accomplish that goal."
Ozarks opens the season February 12 against Harding University.


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Mercedes-Benz will launch their Driving Academy for teens, that will open in the U.S. late 2011. Joining the ranks of other car manufacturers that have their own specialized driving academies such as, Jaguar "R" Academy, Land Rover Driver Experience, BMW Teen Driving School, and the Audi Sportscar Experience to name a few, Mercedes-Benz also feels that the U.S. standard of 30 hours of in-class education and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel training does not effectively give teenagers the skills and competencies for safe and enjoyable driving.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens in the U.S. In fact, teens aged 16-19 are four times more likely to crash than adults". The Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy approach to this will prepare students by going beyond basic car control skills and traffic rules by using a unique combination of interactive classroom sessions, online learning and behind-the-wheel training in the Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) framework, that will be specifically tailored to the U.S.


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New Ignacio High School girls basketball coach Justa Whitt heard opportunity knocking.
The Bobcats, returning virtually the entire roster from last season, are listening to the same opportunity.
It is a pretty exciting time for us, said Whitt, who took over as the head coach after three seasons as an assistant to Brice Searles at IHS.
The girls are all accustomed to me in practice. They know me, Whitt said.
Im a little tougher on them ... as the head coach, Whitt said. But they are responding. There is a sense of urgency.
Whitt, who said she was overjoyed to take over the IHS girls team, said she is using up-tempo practices to prepare the Bobcats for up-tempo execution in games.
Thats building another step in the team, Whitt said.
The girls are pushing each other in practice, she said, adding that the 2012-13 Ignacio team features a senior mentality.
That senior ... urgency has clicked on, Whitt said of the Bobcats, who include five seniors with playing time from last year.
They are led by all-conference returnee Michelle Simmons, a four-year starter for the Ignacio girls basketball team.
Also returning for the Bobcats are seniors Pam Cotton, Mariah Vigil, Valerie Armstrong and Jordan Cuthair.
Jordan has kind of stepped up this year. She understands her role. Shes been rewarded for her hard work, Whitt said. Shell be more pivotal ... a hidden gem.
Sophomores Cloe Seibel and Sky Cotton, who played extensively as freshmen, are back for the new edition Bobcats.
Angela Herrera, a club volleyball player, also will provide depth for the Bobcats this season, Whitt said.
I look for her to step us as time goes by, Whitt said.
We have some freshmen who will come up and help us, too, Whitt said.
Whitt said shes pleased to have Bri Simbeck as her assistant coach. Simbeck was a standout at Durango High School who went on to play at Regis University of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Bris excellent. Shes young with a lot of energy, Whitt said.
Our speed has got to be utilized, she said of the new Bobcats.
The Bobcats showcased their team speed in a scrimmage at Bayfield last week.
We looked pretty good, Whitt said, adding that the Bobcats have high expectations for themselves this season.
We need to be more disciplined in running our offense ... better shots. We need to be a better ... scoring team, Whitt said.
She said the Bobcats felt a sense of disappointment when they didnt advance out of volleyball regionals this year.
That (disappointment) is pushing them further (in basketball), Whitt said.


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>Cross Training>Weightlifting and Running trying to improve both.
Old , Ugly and slow
Does anyone else lift heavy and try to get stronger and also try to imrove thier running at the same time.
I don't mean lifting just as cross training. I have been lifting for a long time and only running a little the last few years.
I would like to lose some fat and get down to 190. I would like to increse my mpw to 30-35 for health reasons while not losing strength.
I know lot of people think these are opposite goals. I would to like to hear other runners ideas or training schedules
first race sept 1977 last race sept 2007
2018 goals 1000 miles , 190 pounds , deadlift 400 touch my toes
Last year, I lifted heavy and ran about 25-30 mpw for a few months. I did lose quite a bit of fat, but I also put on a lot of muscle and ended up gaining weight. My plan was originally to lose weight, but I enjoyed getting stronger so much that I stopped caring about the scale. I don't feel like it helped my running much - but that wasn't really the goal.
My schedule was weights 3x a week and running the other days. As the squats and deadlifts got heavier - it got harder and harder to want to run the other days.
When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
It is contradictory in my opinion. Running more will probably mean a decrease in your lifting capacity, just as lifting more will make you run slower.
It's a tradeoff. Overall though, you should be in better shape, and will look and feel a ton better, as well as be healthier if you combine strength training with running, in my opinion.
Now as you know, I've made a complete fool of myself on several occasions and across several forums. One thing i did on RW was post shirtless pictures of myself. Really don't want to do that again BUT, in this case i will because it really makes sense. Plus the traffic on this forum is pretty low. So I'm going to post these to give you an idea of what kind of transformation you can do with more running + weight loss.
Pic #1 200 lbs, benching 350 lbs 3 reps, running less than 5 mpw (high bp, onset type2 diabetes)
pic 1
Pic #2 155 lbs. benching ? (probably 225 for 3 reps max - don't know bc i don't lift weights anymore but i do other types of strength training) running 35 mpw (normal bp, normal non-diabetic blood sugar)
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If you can get Willie_MN's attention, she will have a wealth of knowledge in this area.
"Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain."
Jack Kerouac
If you can get Willie_MN's attention, she will have a wealth of knowledge in this area.
yeah tom, and scap. she also knows a boatload about this.
I sorta do in general although as I have been training for a marathon these last several months I am just trying to maintain my strength while running 60 miles a week and I've been surprisingly successful in doing so at least in my upper body. My legs are a different story. I tend to measure my upper body strength by how many reps at 225 I can do and I've been holding at 8-9 while going from 190 lbs to 178 lbs as my body weight. Since I am running so much, I do zero leg work. I probably lift 3-4 times a week doing either chest, back or shoulders on a particular day, then I go for a run, of course.
Right now I am lifting twice a week. I can't bench because of my shoulder. But i have been doing a lot of
heavy deadlifts and would like to increase all my lifts. My goal with running is to run more and run 4-5 times a week.
I would like to get leaner and a little faster but keep or gain strength
Feeling the growl again
While overall somewhat opposed, you are not talking a mileage level where the running is going to be a serious detriment. Back in the day I took my marathon from 2:53 to 2:36 while doing a serious upper body lifting program; I put on some upper body mass...not a ton...as my bench went from ~200 to ~225 and weight stayed around 147.
Now since you're talking legs I would think there would be even less of a negative effect (running tends to strip muscle from the upper body if you don't actively maintain it) though it may slow your gains a bit as everything you do with your legs requires recovery so the running and lifting will be dipping from the same recovery pool.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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Jo Ann Aita did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit the other day. She's a record-holding Olympic Weightlifter and Powerlifter who in a previous life ran XC and track for UCLA. I would consider her an authority on the subject. Here's what she had to say about combining lifting and running:
I [ran] for the first 7 years that I lifted, but now I don't much. Primarily because I don't have time for all the training, accessory work/rehab. I found that as long as I timed my running correctly (not right before big weight training days), I could still run upto 3 times/week, maybe upto 3-4 miles. Even better for the lifting is interval training, as opposed to long endurance runs. I know distance running is generally ill-advised, but I didn't find that it interfered much.
So, perhaps not the answer you were looking for. I lift heavy myself (currently straddling the line between intermediate and advanced strength standards after about nine months of serious training; I plan to start entering powerlifting meets next year), and running is really more of "conditioning" work than endurance training for me these days. I'm sure there are some super heroes out there who can handle 30-35 MPW and serious strength training while still putting on muscle, but there's a reason people tend to do more of one than the other.
That being said, if you're looking to lose fat, fork putdowns are the best exercise for that, though they're not as fun as deadlifts.
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Here's a really good thread.
Fork putdows that is crazy talk.
registered pw
I would say more reps and sets vs higher weight and lower sets would be better to continue running well.
I am beginning higher reps and sets during the winter here to hopefully help kickstart faster times next year. I am not doing legs as i will be doing 20-40 mpw through the winter.
2017 goals:
sub 1:30 half
Ha! I just happened upon this and see my name. What's up? Or you mean read back and find out.
fine then, need something to do to avoid what I really need to do...
I've been off running for 12 weeks and trying to get back into it, so was lifting more and now it feels like my shoulders are up to my ears.
Well not really, but feels like it and makes running feel awkward...
so based on that - if you're in a lifting/power training phase, don't expect to feel fast or want to break your 5K PR. Focus on the strength (low reps/higher weights) and keep the runs an aerobic pace. Good to do in the off/base building season. BUT two years ago I was competing in bodybuilding and ran one of my best marathon times. Last year I ran more, strength trained less and got hurt and ran like crap. Go figure. There are exceptions what should be done.
Racing season - back off the weights and focus more on circuits/crossfit (the circuits). From personal experience and attempting the 3 day on - 1 day off business, my shoulders got trashed and had to back off to avoid injury. I found I do better with the CrossFit 2-3 days a week and avoid the Max rep workouts. But that's me and everyone responds differently to strength training.
Strapped for time one of my tricks is to do push ups during a run. People think I'm nuts seeing me drop for 20-30 push ups at every fire hydrant. But great strength and cardio included.
Want to loose weight? - keep cardio/circuit workouts/running in the equation. Oh yeah and don't get a hot chocolate with whipped cream and a muffin for a morning snack like I did today. Totally kills the nutrition plan. But I was good Mon through 10am today so I'm still good
it's all experimental - give different programs a try and keep with what works best. Always changing the program keeps the body responding which is good way to stay away from the annoying fitness plateau.
Does anyone else lift heavy and try to get stronger and also try to imrove thier running at the same time.
I don't mean lifting just as cross training. I have been lifting for a long time and only running a little the last few years.
I would like to lose some fat and get down to 190. I would like to increse my mpw to 30-35 for health reasons while not losing strength.
I know lot of people think these are opposite goals. I would to like to hear other runners ideas or training schedules
Heavy lifter here, that is up until my bicep tear last month (October 5th). IMHO, there's no reason why you can't have both. I was lifting 3xweek and running at least 20mpw. Since I'm not lifting I have increased my mpw considerable and I've also lost over 11lbs much to my chagrin. I would, and still intend upon doing so once given the green light from my surgeon, run on lifting days with the exception of my lower body routines. And if you're looking to lose weight always remember that diet is crucial. It's every bit as important, if not more so, than a strict exercise regimen.
I consider myself a weight lifter first, runner second. This past summer I started a new workout program where I lifted low rep (4 to 6 reps for each set) heavy weight at the beginning of the week and higher rep (10 to 12 reps per set) lower weight at the end of the week. I did all body parts twice a week (each body part got 1 heavy day and 1 lighter day) each week. The heavy days were free weights and the lighter days were machines. While doing this workout I was also running 15 to 20 mpw and swimming 3 hpw. As the summer went along I lost fat but I looked bigger and more ripped. Also as the summer went along I got a lot stronger and my running was the best it's ever been; PRing at every race. I can honestly tell you weight training made my running better and the running and swimming didn't bother my weight training at all.


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Al Horford is a bit of a beast too.
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Josh Smith is a star.
In today's NBA everyone's a star, but he shouldn't be.
Franchise players should be the only ones named as stars. Smith's a borderline all star which shouldn't count.
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HARRISBURG, Pa.—A state judge has struck down the law requiring Pennsylvania's voters to show photo identification at the polls.
Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley said the requirement that was the centerpiece of Pennsylvania's embattled 2012 voter identification law places an unreasonable burden on the fundamental right to vote.
Republicans approved the law over the protests of Democrats.
During a 12-day trial, plaintiffs said hundreds of thousands of voters lacked acceptable IDs and the inconvenience of getting one might discourage some from voting. State officials insisted there were ample opportunities for voters to get a valid ID.
The court has barred enforcement of the law since 2012. Corbett lawyer James Schultz says he hasn't decided yet whether to seek a full Commonwealth Court hearing or an appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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A nearly 2-year-old requirement that almost all of Pennsylvania's 8.2 million voters must show photo identification before casting a ballot was struck down Friday by a state judge, setting the stage for a courtroom showdown before the state's highest court.
Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard L. McGinley, a Democrat, said the law would unreasonably burden the fundamental right to vote, and the state had been unable to convincingly explain why it was necessary.
"Voting laws are designed to assure a free and fair election; the Voter ID Law does not further this goal," McGinley wrote in his 103-page ruling.
It is not constitutional, he wrote, because it does not require that a valid photo ID be convenient and available to voters.
"As a constitutional prerequisite, any voter ID law must contain a mechanism for ensuring liberal access to compliant photo IDs so that the requirement … does not disenfranchise valid voters," McGinley wrote.
The law, one of the strictest in the nation, was approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Tom Corbett in March 2012 over the protests of every single Democratic lawmaker.
Enforcement of the photo ID requirement had been blocked by earlier court orders pending resolution of the constitutional challenge. Both sides had vowed to appeal a negative decision to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Friday's ruling did not strike down the entire law, but it prohibits enforcement of the photo ID requirement that is its central element.
At an unrelated appearance Friday morning, Corbett declined comment on the ruling. Lawyer Witold J. Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union, which helped lead the legal challenge, said "the act was plainly revealed to be nothing more than a voter suppression tool."
Pennsylvania's Democratic leaders charged that the law was a cynical attempt by Republicans to hold down balloting by seniors, minorities and other Democratic-leaning groups in the last presidential election. Republicans called it an election-security measure, but administration officials acknowledged that they knew of no examples of voter impersonation,
The legislation was approved during a presidential election campaign at a time other GOP-led states also were tightening their voting requirements—setting off a partisan clash that continued through Election Day.
At a 12-day trial, plaintiffs including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters and Philadelphia's Homeless Advocacy Project emphasized problems in processing and distributing a new voting-only ID card available for free to voters without a Pennsylvania driver's license or other acceptable ID. They said dozens of registered voters who applied for the cards before the 2012 election did not receive them until afterward.
Lawyers for the state defended the law, arguing that a multimillion-dollar publicity campaign in 2012 and the refinement of the special voting-only card by the Pennsylvania Department of State educated voters about the requirements of the law and would ensure that any registered voter who lacks an appropriate ID can now get one.
In his ruling, McGinley cited "overwhelming evidence" that hundreds of thousands of qualified voters lack IDs that comply with the law and panned the state's educational and marketing efforts as "largely ineffective and consistently confusing."
The judge also said distributing the special IDs through the state Department of Transportation's several dozen licensing centers was an inconvenience for voters.
"In contrast to 9,300 polling places, to obtain an ID for voting purposes, a qualified elector must overcome the barrier of transport and travel to one of PennDOT's 71 (licensing centers) during limited hours," he said.


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Imagine if Tim Thomas actually went into LeBron hard...And LB didn't flop like a little bitch.
Now that would have been sweet. Someone needs to knock that prick out.
**** man we lost a hard fought game....what a bull**** call, saying Nate was out of bounds!....we cant have an 0-for on this homestead so hope we come out with a W the next 2 games(vs. Celtics, @ Portland)
LeBron 52 pnts, 11 asts, 10 rebs (huge game give credit where its due.)
LeBrons performance today >>>>> kobes performance monday.
wish i woulda watched the whole game instead of the last few mins(college is a bitch)
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
I want to put a bullet in that arrogant little pricks head...
I'm talking about LeBron.
I still think this shows that Kobe > LeBron.
Kobe can actually hit jumpers, all LeBron's point came from layups and freethrows.
I get scratching my head sometime when he gets to the line because a Knick breathed on him...
NBA is so disgusting these days. Its all ***** bull****. If you're gonna say something is a foul, call it every damn time. A foul is a foul. Doesn't matter who its on, where the game is, what part of the game it is, or what the game's importance is. A Foul is a foul and should be called EVERY time it happens. If David Stern doesn't like this, then they should change the foul rules. There are rules for a reason.
If we only had a commissioner with a little ****ing decency or respect for the game. This bitch cares too much about money. He created Jordan, and now he has created his heir.
Go **** yourself David Stern.
Tuner tell us what you really think about David Stern and "Superstar calls", lol. I must say I agree and get very frustrated though, there was a seemingly fantom foul on Lebron early on and I called my dad (also a knick fan) just to bitch that I could already see the Lebron calls coming all game long
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
didn't watch the second half, but we could have easily won the game, which is a very positive thing...the team has won 12 in a row, and LJ put up 50, and we still could have won...knicks are playin some good ball even with the two losses
Knicks badly need someone even relatively close to being a clutch closer. Seroiusly, we play pretty alright against even the best teams, but we don't have a Dirk or Lebron or Kobe to iso to at the end of the game for some easy points or foul. Instead we have to spray and pray the 3's and they never go in at the end of the game, sadly =(
for real man........
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Knicks played a decent game tonight and Harrington had a huge game but the man killed us almost every single time we was down one point.If it was'nt him throwing up shots out of control then it was Nate driving to the rim trying to take on the center and both forwards.You guys can blame who you want to but I place the blame on Harrington and Nate.
The 21-29 Knicks are looking good....only two more loses to go this week to fullfill the prophetical 21-29 record.
Harrington kept the Knicks in the game and Duhon should have been bench for 5 to 10 of his minutes of playingtime he was useless throughout the 2nd half on offense/defense.
Thank Donnie Walsh 2010 Plan for Knick-Fans LUV for the next team players.
I didn't like some things about this game, first and foremost, I saw dozens of times Lee guarding LeBron, which is pathetic since he can brake Lee's ankles every time he wants, secondly, terrible defense overall by the Knicks as usual, that last play of the 1st half when Wallace made a layup completely alone made me mad, it's unnacceptable!
Finally, LeBron's attitude was inappropriate, he was there like he was playing with kids in playground, and in the last minutes he was mocking everyone and started to "play a guitar" like he was in his territory.
I'd rather have Wade with us, he's a much more humble guy and could give us a better group than James, I would imagine these Knicks with Wade and perhaps Bosh...it would be insane!
Nate Robinson is absolutely madening. The guy is 4 years into the leauge and still makes boneheaded thoughtless plays every night. His defense is absolutely awful.
How about the play with about 5 minutes to go when Lebron was isolated at the top of the key, and Nate just ran up to double team leaving Boobie Gibson wide open for a three. Lebron is a great player but with 5 seconds on the shot clock beyound the three point line you take your chances with him making a contested jumper not Boobie Gibson having a wide open three.
Also can somebody teach our guards how to go over a screen and not switch every screen. Or better yet trap a screen when the screen involves a great plkayer like Lebron or Kobe. If i have to see Lee and Chandler mess up a pick and roll again i'm gonna die. When you have Kobe and Lebron at the top of the key with Lee guarding him one on one you have no chance.
That was my little rant... Other then that i think we played hard and competed. I loved the fact Harrington drove to the bucket instead of shooting threes all night. Duhon and Lee had silent games but the Cavs have a great D. I would love to see the team share the ball more when Gallo is in the game, that or D'Antoni should call a play or two for him early to get him going.
BTW...f*ck Lebron...dude think he's all royal. Yeah, you're the best SF in the NBA, but his swag is annoying as hell. Yes, I'm a hater...I'm with New New on not signing him in 2010.
With Gallinari, he's a POINT FORWARD.
Like DIAW.
He gets the offense moving a lot.
The more we play him, the more ball movement we see.
Guys like Robinson, Harrington and Chandler KILL ball movement...make the offense very static.


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who is the beautiful blonde at 01:28 i would really look the full video
Carmella Crush
I would really like to lick her pussy hole.
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I think the last woman is Gianna Michaels
what is the title of the full devyn devine clip, the girl at 1 44
Carmella crush on 1:28!!
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name of girl > 3:00
naughty allie
Anyone know who is the blonde around 2:24?
Who's the girl @ 0:48?
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Who is this at 1:20
what video is the last one from? i know its gianna
Unfortunately not all girls come with the equipment necessary for this.
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Name of Girl in 2:11...very hot and cute
I will chose ladygoga
My wife Monika is unhappy because of her dangling boobs. I like these saggies as they are so pleasant to fuck and soil.
Aww this reminds me a girl with the best pair of all time, a no-discovered porn star ;)
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I'm jackin to these white nut shots
My husband loves to fuck big titties and I love to watch. Unfortunately mine aren't the biggest but I love to give him what he wants. Plus when he's done I get some time with her. Been doing it for years I wouldn't change a thing!
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Nice cumshots
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Fantastic, especially liked 2:45 girl. Great attitude!
who is the girl at 2:01?
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can you hang on a second :| haha
The second girl is Wifey aka Sandra Otterson
who's the chick at 2:40 please
Heck yes, always to the ceiling everyday.
The chick at 2:04 looks alot like Katy Perry. Who here agrees with me?? LoL
Yeah, a little bit. I believe her name ist Kristi Klenot
2:40 whats her fucking name?
Brandy Talore
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Pretty blonde from 1:32 is Carmella Crush
1:29 That girl... *Came*
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whats the name of the girl 1:40
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compilation avale
"...and jizz all over them. Nice!" Lol why is this guy cheering the other dude on?
beautiful. i'm gonna cum. oh so much
When I titted fuck my wife she always milks on my head till I'm dry instead of shooting cum everywhere! For me this always feels best!
nice video
my wife has big tits.she likes me to fuck and cum on her tits,cause she knows what I like to do after I cum on her tits.i like to lick ALL MY CUM OFF HER TITS.my cum is so thick and creamy I love eating my cum.
sexy as hell
I need to try ties sometime
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Any idea whos that pretty blonde from 1:32 ?
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Wau Fraun mit großen Brüsten herrlich feminien.
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I wanna cum on those tits
was the first girl whitney stevens?
My ex girlfriend use to due this to me when she was on that time of month. She use lub her tites up and let me fuck them. Dam i wish my wife had some big one like this girls.
my fetish is to be dressed in a suit kissing any of the ladies . while the cocks are tit fucking working hard to get to that vinegar stroke . it would be so sexy if the cocks cum splat me as i kiss and fondle tits and cocks
What an odd way to fuck.
Who's the girl at 2:20?
Fuck me cum on those tits
Can't wait to get home on R&R an cum on my wife's huge tits and her face too...
Gianna Michaels at the end. Someone find the video please...
Who is girl at 1318
I wish my wife had some bit one like this so i can giver a fuck job between her brest like this and cum like he did. I wish i could find someone who let me due this to her and dam my 2 wife have some but she not let me due this to her
To whoever put this vid together, thank you. You can tittyfuck my gf, once.
Did anyone else burst out laughing when batman came he was like YESSS!!!JUSTICE!
always had a dream to fine some lady that would let me due this. I love watching this
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name of girl 0:48???
Well the thing is you gotta get the first load of cum out someway & take a small rest until she punches you in the shoulder to take her pussy for a good fuck. (& pinch those huge titties hard to make her cum)
Cette fille a 2:00 ressemble comme deux gouttes d'eau a Tina mon ex... Se serait elle expatriée ??
the girl at 1:18 is Jesse Juice :)
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wh'o is the girl at 0.48
who was 2:24?
Say Something.its brandy talore..
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Using the free market to fight climate change looks like a winner!
The best way to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change is through the use of market forces, according to a new study.
Researchers who monitored the effectiveness of the European Climate Exchange (ECX) -- the world's biggest carbon trading platform -- found it to be as efficient as Europe's two biggest exchanges, the London Stock Exchange and the Euronext Paris.
Using free market platforms like the ECX to combat climate change could provide the basis for the introduction of a mandatory emissions cap and trade scheme worldwide.
The report found that the value of the trades on the ECX were higher after the market closed, a sign of growing sophistication within platforms. It means that trades were made with greater confidence based upon increasingly detailed information.
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In response to Grant's challenge to become an organization whose students continually ask themselves how they can better serve the community, several new programs emerged.
The first being a new food pantry that will serve students who struggle to make ends meet and the community when there is a surplus.
"The food pantry is a way that our students can help one another and see the impact that has in the community," Grant said. "Our teachers and faculty are also supporting the pantry and our goal is to have a surplus to share with a local food pantry after the needs of our students our met. Our students are taking the time to work on a GED to take that next step of employment and this is just one small way to help them complete those goals and take care of their families in the process."
Grant said the holiday season is especially difficult for those trying to complete the GED or work on continued education and the food pantry will be there to fill in the gap that occurs when the school district is closed for the holidays and children rely solely on meals prepared at home.
Grant said the students have embraced the idea of helping one another and the idea of what it means to live in community with one another.
"While they're working on their GEDs, they become a tight-knit community," Grant said of the bond created at REAC.
"So even though our students are working to benefit one another through the food pantry, the concept of helping within the community transfers to volunteering and giving back to the community in a broader scope once they are more financially able."
To encourage pride in a job well done and recognize achievement among studetns, Grant implemented the student of the month program.
Students recommend one another for the honor based on several criteria including, work ethic, attitude and attendance. Grant said the students of the month are the future employees of the month in the Arkansas River Valley.
Joann Adams was the first recipient of the award and said that being nominated by her fellow peers made the honor more meaningful.
"I actually nominated someone for it. It was fun to think of someone you respect and know that works hard to be student of the month," Adams said of the award. "I was shocked when I won. I almost started crying."
Adams received a certificate, a $20 Walmart gift card, three Taco Bell coupons and a USB that Grant said he would help Adams load her resume on to assist her in her future employment or educational endeavors.
Adams, 63, said she decided to earn her GED because she always wished she had graduated high school and wanted to be an inspiration to her family.
She attended a one-room school house on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma and now that she has taken her GED she said she's considering college.
"There are just so many opportunities available to me now. I'm so grateful I finally made the decision to earn my GED," Adams said.
Adams took the GED test earlier in Oct. and now she's just awaiting her results.
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In the latest effort to turn a stream of tweets into a stream of revenue, Twitter is in talks with both Google and Microsoft to grant access to all the short messages users post to the service.
The company is already making some coin by making the stream available to third-party developers who built applications that work with Twitter, but those small companies pay small fees measured in the thousands of dollars.
Google and Microsoft are interested in the data for their search businesses, where it could be useful for monitoring everything from real-time interest trends to recommending results based on what links people are posting in relation to certain keywords or phrases.
I could also help with natural (or unnatural, if you have a tendency to spell "to" as "2" or use a lot of emoticons) language processing and "semantic" search that goes beyond simple text matching.
However, the folks at Twitter have more pressing things to attend to -- after a good streak of reliability for the once shaky service, an outage earlier today frustrated plenty of users.
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Red Bull Rivals Comp: The South Shore Takes Down The North Shore At Sandy Beach
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This past weekend the inaugural Red Bull Rivals took to the sunny and rippable peaks of Sandy Beach, and all told, the event was an amazing success. With over 3,000 people on hand to see the best surfers from the South Shore go head-to-head against the best surfers from the North Shore, it was the can't-miss event of Labor Day weekend in Hawaii. And believe us--it didn't disappoint.
With the likes of Jamie O'Brien fronting the North Shore team, and young phenom Carissa Moore saddled up with the South Shore team, as well as ringers like Derek Ho and Kolea Fukumitsu adding a little extra power to the North and South the talent level was amazing. Besides Carissa's amazing contribution, both Keanu Asing and Kekoa Cazimero blew doors all event long, and the definitely showed why they're a couple of the brightest up-and-comers from Town.
For as much youthful talent as Town had, the North more than made up for in veteran experience, with guys like Kalani Robb, Sean Moody, Makua Rothman, and TJ Barron rounding out their roster. In fact, MVP honors went to the Country's Mason Ho, who won sky diving lessons from the Red Bull Air Force for the effort.
But experience can only get you so far. Town's froth factor was off the chart and the South Shore got out of the gates early. The North rallied back with a 13-4 run at one point, but in the final heat the South was able to pull it together, hold them off, and as they say, ride to victory. And with a judging panel comprised of Kai "Borg" Garcia, Dave Riddle, Brock Little and Jason Hackman, who was going to argue?
Initially the losing team was going to have to give the winning team their surfboards, but thanks to team captains Jason Shibata (South) and Kalani Robb (North), it was decided that whomever won would donate the boards to be auctioned off, and then use the money to donate to several local Oahu charities. That's what you call Aloha in action.
All told, it was a hell of an event and not one that's going to be forgotten anytime soon. The South may have won this round, but we have a feeling that's not the last we've heard from the North Shore.
Red Bull Rivals MVP Winner
Mason Ho
South Shore
Kekoa Cazimero
Jason Shibata
Jun Jo
Nick Mita
Randall Paulson
Dustin Cuizon
Ezekiel Lau
Keanu Asing
Carissa Moore
Kolea Fukumitsu
North Shore
Jamie O'Brien
Kalani Robb
TJ Barron
Makua Rothman
Sean Moody
Solomon Ortiz
Mason Ho
Kalani David
Aleesa Quizon
Derek Ho


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Docent Rosalyn Voget remains calm. In this situation, being interrupted is hardly a bad thing. These kids are engaged and enthusiastic. There are also a lot of them.
The new Family Sunday programs at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center are only in their second weekend, and already the groups of attendees are so large that some of them need to be split in two. Family tours have been filling the main lobby, and young artists have been packing the drop-in art activities down in the Moorman Studio. Upstairs in the galleries, kids are drawing away with the colored pencils they've been given to sketch the art around them.
On the first Family Sunday, which happened to be Super Bowl Sunday, 80-some people showed up for the tours and more than 100 lined up at the art studio. Museum director Connie Wolf, who is spearheading the new initiative, was "overwhelmed" and pleased.
"It indicates that there is a huge hunger for (families) to find meaningful things to do together that provide new ways of thinking and educational, but are not classroom-based," Wolf said. "There's a time to put all that technology aside and just be in the moment."
This past Sunday, more than 35 people were on hand for the 12:30 tour, with more showing up for later tours. Voget chose two display cases and a painting — Astley David Middleton Cooper's circa-1898 oil "Mrs. Stanford's Jewel Collection" — to show her young charges. The first case was filled with ornate Venetian glass vessels; the second, with colorful Chinese snuff bottles of glass, porcelain, crystal, silver. The common theme? Beautiful objects that you give people you love, often on Valentine's Day.
The kids seemed fascinated. With wide eyes, they peered at the bottles, chose their favorites and speculated what might have been kept in them. Mint. Lavender. "Spells," one suggested.
Family Sunday tours tie into the drop-in art activities held in the studio from 1 to 3 p.m. On this day artist Stephanie Crowell also centered the project on glass bottles. Small bottles had been glued to heavy paper, with children encouraged to be creative about what their bottles could hold — or what could be spilling out onto the paper. A crowd of kids and parents filled the room, the young artists descending on the crayons, construction paper, glue, red lacy hearts and "glitter station."
Crowell, an art teacher at the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View, supervised a table where kids squeezed colors out of droppers, getting to see what happened when primary hues met secondary ones.
Four-year-old Charlie was the picture of concentration as he carefully snipped away at a bit of blue construction paper. "Whatever ends up as the final product is the mystery," his father, Aidan Yeaw, said with a laugh.
This was the first time Charlie and his family had visited the Cantor, which is exactly what museum officials are hoping for: new art-lovers, big and small. Or, as Wolf puts it, "the future of culture for our community."
Nearly all the new family programs are free: the family tours and drop-in art activities on Sunday afternoons, and the materials for gallery sketching and self-guided family tours, which are always available when the museum is open. (There will be a cost for the week-long summer art classes for kids.) Museum admission is also free, as is parking after 4 p.m. and on weekends.
The museum has had family programs in the past, but this new endeavor is more widespread, Wolf said. "I want to make sure that any time a family comes into the museum ... there is something you can pick up to do with children."
Wolf and her staff have done very little outreach on the program so far, wanting to see what kind of turnout they would get. They plan to expand outreach, including disseminating program brochures at several East Palo Alto locations.
As part of the new program, Wolf hired a new staff member last fall. Lauren Hahn brings an education background to her role as family-programs coordinator. A mother and self-described "museum junkie," she has a goal, she says, "to allow families respite in their busy lives."
Wolf also arranged more training for Cantor staff as a whole. When you expand family programs, there are a lot of things to think about: how museum guards should handle little hands touching the art, for example, or where strollers can go.
All seems to be running smoothly on this Sunday, especially upstairs, where families are sketching in the Sigall Gallery of early-20th-century works. In one corner, a girl and mom sit on the carpet while dad lies on his stomach, the family cozily drawing together in the company of Theodore Roszak's sunny-yellow abstract 1943 sculpture "Lighter than Air." It's all quiet, and it's all about the art.
What: New Family Sunday art activities at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center
Where and when: Family half-hour tours start in the main lobby at 12:30, 1 and 1:30 p.m. Sundays, with drop-in art activities from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Moorman Studio on Sundays. Families can sign out art supplies for focused drawing activities in the gallery from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sundays.
On all days the Cantor is open (Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m and Thursdays until 8 p.m.), museum patrons can pick up family guides for self-guided tours, and sign out colored pencils and paper for drawing in the galleries.
Cost: Free
Info: Go to museum.stanford.edu or call 650-723-4177.
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