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Blackhawks' Crawford answers own challengeby Dan Rosen / Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO -- Corey Crawford took it upon himself to say he needed to be better if the Chicago Blackhawks were going to mount a comeback against the St. Louis Blues after blowing leads and losing in overtime in Games 1 and 2.
"We're not going to win if I'm going to play like that," Crawford said Saturday in St. Louis after giving up four goals on 31 shots.
It was an honest self-evaluation and a personal challenge all wrapped up in one statement. It also earned him a rare sitdown with coach Joel Quenneville on Sunday.
Quenneville usually leaves all the goalie adjustments to goaltending coach Steve Weeks. He's the expert. He knows better how to deal with Crawford's potentially fragile state of mind after giving up the game-tying goal with 6.4 seconds left in regulation in Game 2 only to then give up the winner 5:50 into overtime.
Quenneville is a former defenseman. He doesn't think or act like a goalie. But this was different. This was dire. This was time for him to step in.
The Blackhawks were one loss away from being in a disastrous position in the best-of-7 Western Conference First Round series against the Blues.
Only three teams in NHL history have come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a series. Everyone knew Crawford's performance in Game 3 on Monday would decide if the Blackhawks were going to eventually have to try to become the fourth.
"We were having a chat, and I was basically commending him for accepting that responsibility for what he said," Quenneville said.
If Crawford was right to accept the blame Saturday, he deserved to accept the adulation Monday. He was spectacular with 34 saves in a 2-0 victory at United Center, a win that put the Blackhawks back in the series, now down 2-1 with Game 4 set for Wednesday (9:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, RDS).
"The task at hand was pretty obvious, and the performance we needed was obvious too," Crawford said.
What also was obvious, at least to Crawford and likely Weeks and Quenneville, were the adjustments the goalie had to make. He had to become bigger in his crease so the puck would hit him flush and not just catch a piece of him, as it did on three Blues goals in Game 2.
Crawford had to come out and challenge more to cut off the shooting angles.
He had to be lower in his stance to give himself more side-to-side mobility.
And he had to stay in position, particularly when he was screened or when he had an idea a shot could be deflected.
On Monday, because of the score, 1-0 nearly wire-to-wire, he had to do all that while being perfect in every area, and he was.
"I thought it was a great response and tremendous effort by him," Quenneville said. "He was square. He was solid, in control. I thought his rebound effectiveness was as good as we've seen. So it was a real solid game for him and a tight one throughout."
Chicago scored 4:10 into the game when captain Jonathan Toews' snuck a shot from the top of the left circle through Ryan Miller's five-hole. That was all the Blackhawks would get until Marcus Kruger scored into an empty net with 19.2 seconds left.
Crawford faced 15 shots in the first period, including four on a Blues power play over the final 1:46. St. Louis was firing from everywhere on that power play, but Crawford stayed within himself, in position, and stopped three shots from long range and one from in tight.
"The quality was there," Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. "[Crawford] played really well."
Crawford faced eight shots in the second period before he was peppered with 11 in the third, including seven in a 10-minute stretch that saw the Blues attacking and the Blackhawks sitting back, playing too safe with a one-goal lead, almost giving St. Louis a chance to burn them again, just as it did in Games 1 and 2.
"I thought we were on our heels in the third," Blackhawks center Michal Handzus said. "They were coming hard and we didn't sustain any pressure on them."
But there would be no late-game hero for the Blues on Monday. Crawford made sure of that, particularly with 12:36 left when he stoned Chris Porter with his left pad. It might have been the save of the night, until he made a glove save on Pietrangelo's shot through traffic with 43 seconds remaining.
He made the save because he was in position to see the shot through Jaden Schwartz's screen.
"We survived the third period," Toews said. "Our goaltender was great."
Crawford knew he'd have to be. He said as much after Game 2.
He knew another so-so performance wouldn't be enough to stop a promising season and a chance at repeating as Stanley Cup champions from being on the ropes.
Thanks to Crawford, the Blackhawks don't have to worry about trying to become the fourth team to come back from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-7 series in NHL history.
"He said it to himself before the game," Handzus said, "and he did it."


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Lifetime Solo SCM
Warm Up
- 1000 as 5x ( 150 free, 50 back )
Main Sets
- 500 free try to maintain 1:20s (15,20,19,19,19)
-- did open turns at the 100s to get times
- 14x100 as
-- 4 free on 1:30 (10,12,12,11) (goal: 10)
-- 4 back on 2:00 (34,32,31,29) (goal: 30)
-- 4 kick w/fins on 2:00 (19,19,22,19) (goal: 20)
-- 2 ez
- 1000 pull as 5x (150 fast, 50 drill)
Cool down
- 100 ez
It was pretty much an aerobic workout. I have a half dozen workouts written down in a Rite in the Rain note pad that are all supposed to be 5k. I guess I miseed a set when writing down this one.
On the positive side, when I finished this workout, I wasn't thrilled with my 100 free times, but I was thrilled that was I was able to do 5k in well under 90 minutes and I wasn't totally dead like I usually am... I figured out that my workout was short when I got home. Should be good to go for 5k tomorrow.
The Rite in the Rain notepad is something I have been meaning to mention for a while. It is great for keeping notes or workouts in a swim bag without worrying about the paper mildewing. The notepad is about six months old now, you can write on it with a normal pen if it is dry, or a space pen if it is wet. The space pen I use is heavily inked so the writing bleeds from the front of one page to the back of the page in front of it. As long as only one side of the paper is used, it isn't a problem, but it would be kinda messy if both sides were used.
For the 500 and the 1000 I really wanted to use the tempo trainer, but I remembered that it was in the locker when I wanted it, not in my equipment bag. Too lazy to fetch it.
today's workout included a ton of stuff where backstroke flags would have been helpful. Of course we didn't have backstroke flags in the deep end, and I cracked my heels good early in practice at which point I decided to change anything requiring flags to free which was half the workout.
Team Practice SCY
Warm up
- 300 swim
- 300 kick (crack heels on first 50) on back w/ fins
- 300 swim
- 3x100 build on 1:20 ( sub 1:10s)
Main Set
- 2x200 on 2:20 (2:14, 2:19)
-- Josh got out after this
- 100 kick
- 2x150 on 1:45 (sub 1:40s)
- 100 kick
- 3x100 on 1:10 (~1:05s)
- 100 kick
- 8x50s on :40 (:36s, starting to tighten up)
- 100 kick (calf cramp)
-- got out
Josh wasn't feeling well before the 200s, but I didn't catch that when I picked the interval. As soon as he finished the 2nd one, he said it was getting out. Oops.
I really like doing 2s and 3s of 200 and less. The dread of lactate build up isn't there. I wasn't warmed up enough for the 200s, but the 150s and 100s were a nice cruisy/fast pace.
The guy in the lane next to me is a good backstroker and did the 150s back (as prescribed) without flags and went a 2:03 on the second one. I was impressed that he went that fast AND avoided injury.
New fast girl had the honor of swimming with me today... which means the coach introduced us when she was getting in and I never talked to her again. I am such a friendly guy. She did get in to warm up as I was starting the set of 150s and she was in the middle of a set when I got out. Luckily the rest of the team is much more chatty than I am, so she probably will just never want to swim with me again. That is becoming such a long list...
Team Practice SCY
Warm Up
- 500 every 4th 25 back
- 6x50 drill/swim
Main Set
- 200 kick
- 6x150s on 1:45*
-- I was not showing off for the new girl
-- If I knew she was going to be in my lane, I would have picked something I could make.
-- did 4x150 on 1:45 (1:38,1:40,:1:44, 1:45+)
-- did 2x150 on 3:00 (1:40,1:38)
- 6x50 kick odd dolphin, even flutter
- 4x50 on :50 (:34,:32,:30,:29)
- rest 1 minute
- 4x50 on :50 (:30,:29,:29,:30)
-- realized that the set was a broken 200, so I should be close to my 200 time, which the first 4 weren't
Cool down
- 500 (bk/fr/bk/fr/bk by 100)
No Josh today and I am not sure if his presence would have stoked the competitive fires to make the 150s or not. The 150s were actually supposed to be quality lots of rest, but, eh.
I was happy with the second set of 4x50. The workout said descend, which the first set was, but I think the second set was more valuable. It should have been descend to 28, but still more valuable as it was swam.
Fast girl is currently recovering from a chest cold, but was still pretty speedy. I am interested to see how she wants to train.
Didn't swim yesterday, bought LW a car instead. Not my favorite thing, but it was pretty easy and only took 2.5 hours at the dealership... and 3 weeks of my free time doing research.
Since I slacked yesterday, today had to be a 5k day.
Lifetime Solo SCM
Warm up
- 400 free
- 4x100 back
- 4x100 on 1:30
-- find pace for next set
Main Set
-- The goal was to just make the set
- 5x200 on 2:40 missed #5 by 1s
- 100 ez back on 2:40
- 4x200 on 2:40
- 100 ez back on 3:20
- 3x200 on 2:40 missed #2 by 1s, made it up on #3
- 100 ez back on 3:00
- 2x200 on 2:40
- 100 ez back on 2:40
- 1x200 on 2:40
- 100 ez back
Cool Down
- 200 free perfect stroke
- 100 ez back
That was hard. I don't do survival sets on a regular basis any more, and it was a balancing act to go just fast enough that I could finish the set. I was happy with the outcome.
if the main set was repeated a couple more times.
Team Practice SCY
Warm up
- 400 swim
- 400 pull
- 4x100 kick w/fins
- 4x50 drill swim
Main Set
- 500 free went 5:48
- 4x50 on :50 (did ez)
- 300 free went 3:24
- 4x50 on :50 (did ez)
- 500 free went 5:46
Cool down
- 200 ez
The last 500 was mega painful. I am pretty sure we went out 1:06ish and I came back 1:12ish. The pool is 50M with digital clocks along the length of the pool, so it is ideal when the pool is setup lengths with the bulkhead instead of widths and you can see the clock while breathing. I got lost during the first 500 and did some tarzan stroke to look at the clock, and there is no way I would have kept up that pace going out on the second 500 if I knew how fast it was. SO painful coming home and my legs were killing me off the walls.
Those times, while not quite embarrassing to me, do indicate I have a long way to go before I am ready for 30x100 on 1:10.
Pool was setup widths, no starting blocks and no fast swim, sorry quick.
not really
Lifetime SCM
Warm up
- 400 swim
- 200 back
Main Set #1 (attempt)
- 2x100 on 1:15 (supposed to be 4) missed the second one
-- probably not warmed up enough for this
Main Set #2 (FUN... not really)
- 10x100 kick 25 fast, 75 ez
-- fasts were 23-25 seconds
-- no intervals, leave on next 5, started at 3:00 finished at 2:40s
Cool down
- 150 ez
Had about 45 minutes this morning and the pool was full almost the entire time. The plan was to warm up about 10 minutes then do a kick set for about 30 minutes. After a short warm up, I had enough time for 4x100s on 1:15, so I thought I would give that a shot before starting the kick set and failed. Touch and go on the first on, missed the second by a second. Not thrilled, but also probably not warmed up. My ez kicks during the 10x100s actually got faster, which surprised me quite a bit, and considering the lack of additional effort, I have to think I am greatly affected by warmup.
Kicking: I suck. Pretty obvious, but my kick is better now than it was six months ago, and it is from the training this summer. I think hard swimming benefits my kick more than dedicated kick sets. Thus I should focus on kicking while swimming all the time. I come to this conclusion about twice a year and promptly move on to something easier to accomplish.
Like 30x100s on 1:10... If I can't do 2x1:15 scm, I have a long way to go. It would probably be easier if I had a really strong kick...
Next 40 minute workout: Maybe tempo trainer set for 1:20 for a long swim focusing on kick.
Get it: 40ish minutes? Kick focused? FORTy? Yeah yeah, I am told all the time I am not funny. But you can't argue that I am not punny,
Geek might have it for this one. I don't know what I accomplished today, and I am pretty good at spin.
Team Practice SCY
Warm up
- 450 swim
- 300 kick w/ fins
- 200 back
-- all with fins on :45
- repeat twice
- 3x50 heads up kick
- 3x50 catchup drill
Main Set
- 5x200 50 back 150 free on 3:00 (~2:23)
-- swam the 150s build, strong, fast
-- need to integrate my kick better
-- need to integrate my kick at all would be more honest
- 10x50 free on :45
- times all over the place between 31 and 35, no pattern
Cool down
- 100 ez
I worked the 200s, but it is tough to tell how hard without more meaningful times. Josh did IM order for the first 50, so there wasn't much competition. My fastest time was when he did breast and I ended up with a huge lead going into the 150s which surprised me, I thought trying to catch him would have been faster. My times only varied +/- 2s.
My 50s sucked. Josh had to get out, and there was no self-motivation to work the set. The set was supposed to be pull and in retrospect, I should have pulled.
Now that there is a masters team practice starting at 5:30, my solo weekday practices are about 40 minutes. Screw getting up earlier than 4:18, I'd rather be slow and fat.
Lifetime SCM solo
Warm up
- 400 swim
- 4x100 IM drill
- 200 kick
Main Set
- 3x100 on 1:15
- 100 back ez
- 2x100 on 1:15
- 100 back ez
- 1x100 on 1:15
- 100 back ez
Warm down
- 50 ez
And that was it. Felt like the shortest workout ever. That was about 36 minutes in the water.
Originally the plan was just to splash around, but felt guilty about wasting pool time so I was going to attempt something hard. The attempt was supposed to be 4x100 on 1:15, 100 back, 4x100 on 1:15 and THEN splash around. Not ready for 4x100 on 1:15 the morning after weights.
I can't really cut warm up any shorter and swim fast, so Tuesday and Thursday might become more kick focused because warm up only needs to be long enough to get comfortable in the water before starting a kick set.
Team practice SCY
Warm up
- 400 swim
- 50 kick no fins
- 300 back
- 2x100 kick w/fins
- 2x100 drill
- 50 kick no fins
Main Set #1
- 10x25 breakouts on 30 (good streamline six fast strokes then ez)
- 50 ez
Main Set #2
- 10x50 on 50 pacing
-- 32x4,31x3,30x3 (didn't do well pacing)
-- originally thought I would hold 34-35, so happy
-- should have picked 29,30 to start with (200 pace)
Main Set #3
- 50 on :50 moderate
- 100 on 1:40 moderate
- 150 on 2:30 moderate
- 200 on 3:00 moderate (2:20)
- 200 on 3:00 faster (2:14)
- 150 on 2:30 faster (1:42)
- 100 on 1:40 faster (?)
- 50 on :50 faster (31)
Cool Down
- 200 ez
Morning humor:
- Josh: The new girl might be fast
- Me: Nothing like getting beat by a chick first thing in the morning
- Josh: I am only guessing that because she actually moved forward during catchup drill.
Coach had a new toy, a heartrate oxygenation finger monitor. My heartrate was 132 oxygenation at 97% after warmup, which doesn't mean anything at all to me. Since it took almost a minute to do my reading, I doubt it would be useful for me anyway.
If you divide Kirk's single in half, my double comes close.
4:30am Lifetime SCM Solo
Warm up
- 2x 150 swim 100 IM drill 150 swim 100 kick
Failed Set
- 2x100 on 1:15 (supposed to be 8)
Kick Set
- 10x50 on 2:00 hold under 1:00
-- Still suck at kicking
Noon Lifetime SCM Solo
Warm Up
- 4x 150 swim 100 back
Main Set
- 6x100 on 1:20 hold 1:13
-- only made the first one on 1:13
- 200 kick (legs cramping)
- 2x100 with paddles and buoy (acclimation)
- 6x100 P&B on 1:20 hold 1:13
-- first 1:13, rest 1:11-12
Cool down
- 16x25s back/free
I might not be physically ready to make 8 1:15s, but I can make more than 2. My mind wasn't into it today.
The kick set was good (for me) and the pull set was fun.
Warm up
- 200 swim
- 2x150 swim/drill/non-free
- 200 kick
- 2x200 on 2:40 (2:20s)
Main Set
- 2x200 on 2:40 (2:20s)
- 2x150 on 2:00 (1:45s)
- 2x100 on 1:20 (probably 1:10, Josh was miscounting his 100, so I was laughing at him instead of checking the clock)
- 2x50 on :40 (~35)
-- 100 seconds WORTHLESS* rest (but I liked it)
- 2x200 on 2:40 (2:19, 2:17)
- 2x150 on 2:00 (1:45, 1:47) (BANG I'm dead)
- 2x100 on 1:20 (1:11s)
- 2x50 on :40 (35s)
Cool Down
- 200 ez
My goal was to hold 1:10 pace on the first round and 1:09 on the second round. Josh was wiser and did something like 1:11-1:12 on the first round then 1:10 down to 1:07/8 on the second.
The second 150 on the second round was just trying to hold it together and I really considered asking for more rest before we started the 100s... with only 300 yards total left in the set I couldn't bare the shame and just got demolished instead. Failure is a good motivator right?
Josh lapped me during cool down (5am humor):
- Me: You lapped me
- Josh: You take cool down more seriously than me
- Me: You are such a slacker when it comes to cool down
* Geek called my Wednesday workout worthless and I will be making fun of him for the next six months because of it.
Updated September 30th, 2011 at 02:17 PM by qbrain
SCM @ Lifetime
Warm up
- 10x 75 free 25 back
-- that little tiny breast stroke kick muscle is a little sore during breast kick, so I did all back instead of a mix
Main Set
- 500 free (6:36)
- 4x 100 free on 2:00 (I can't remember )
- 4x 100 back on 2:00 (1:32, 1:30, 1:28, 1:27)
Cool down
- 200 ez
Lifetime is starting back up with their masters team from 5:30 to 6:30 which is why this workout was so short, and why I won't be getting in 5k workouts during the week They are not so much a team as an adult learn to swim class, so joining them isn't an option.
Warm Up
- 300 swim
- 300 kick
- 300 swim
- 300 back
Main Set
- 13x50 fast easy w/ fins on 45
-- 27,26x6
-- focused on fast hands
-- still don't have the hang of this type of set
- 150 ez
- 4x200 on 2:40
-- 2:20, 2:22 (stuffed a turn), 2:21, 2:17
-- execute race strategy (ez,build,strong,fast)
Cool down
- 200 ez
Retrospective (aka sleep aide): Last night I was laying in bed thinking about swimming. My junior year I swam 1:50.0x in both prelims and finals, well split in prelims, 50/59 in finals. In finals my coach wanted me to let rip, and I did Always when I think about preparing for that meet, I think of a 10x50s on 200 goal pace set I did and I remember asking the USAS coach what my goal pace was. He was quite upset that my high school coach hadn't discussed that with me since, at the time, he was coaching all the fast swimmers (USAS) from my high school and we were competing with his HS swimmers (he coached both HS and USAS).
Last night it dawned on me that he was my USAS coach my sophomore year and the goal time for the set was 1:50. I must not have gotten much faster from my sophomore to junior years.
Why? I started swimming competitively with the HS team during their off season (Mar-May) my 8th grade year. I couldn't do the workouts initially but by the end I could do the workouts in the slow lane. I swam summer league over the summer and it was easy, but during my freshman year I joined USAS and was put in a senior group because of my age more than my skill. It was survival swimming. Over the scy season I went from a 1:08 100 free to :56 and was still struggling at USAS. Over the summer training outside, I did an open turn and grabbed a wasp. After that, I never did another open turn during freestyle, and my workout times improved drastically. I finally had the endurance and skill to confidently complete practice.
Then I changed teams and confidently completely practices at the new USAS team for a year. Then I changed teams and confidently completed practices for another year. Getting faster probably required more than going through the motions.
I also think this is why I understand so little about training. My USAS training time was short, coaches varied and I just did survival training, even after survival was a near guarantee. This is why Xx100s on almost no rest makes so much sense to me, it is a pure survival set. Other than the 10x50s 200 race pace set, I don't remember training pacing until being a Master. Sprint 25s existed only in my dreams and 100s on 7:00 were a thing to be feared and survived, not something to focus on.
Thinking about training was not something I did until I was a Master and very little seems to have accidentally rubbed off from my misspent youth.
Last few days: I had food poisoning Thursday, puked my guts up Thursday night (I was yelling at cars driving slow in front of me on the way home from work because I didn't think I would make it), missed swimming and work Friday. Did a light swim Sunday but didn't feel normal again until yesterday evening. I do not have the superior digestion that Fort believed. I rarely experience stomach illness, then twice in a week.
I really liked today's warm up. It worked in some drill and kick in small doses so it is easy to stay focused, it was long enough to get warmed up and it wasn't boring.
Solo SCM
Warm up
- 4x
-- 150 swim
-- 50 back
-- 50 kick w/ board
Main Set
- 12x50 (2 fast free, 1 moderate back) w/fins on 1:00
-- 30x6,29x2 on frees
- 4x125 on 2:10 (100IM + 25 swim IM order)
-- only full fly on the first 25 swim, drill for the 100s
-- pulled piriformis during breaststroke?
- 6x125 on 2:00
-- 100 swim + 25 kick w/board
-- 2 free strong, 1 back moderate
-- 1:18, 1:17, 1:14, 1:10
Cool Down
- 100 ez
Short rest sets are really the only kind of set I understand. During the 50s with fins set, I kept wondering if I was doing the set right. Should I be hitting 27s at the end of the set, should I just be working on faster than normal turnover, or should the latter result in the former? I did pick up my turnover more on the last two than the first 6 and 30s seem like a good time to hit early in the set.
The 4x125 IM set on 2:10 seems kinda slow (I hit the wall added about 10s to determine the interval). Not sure if I am in really bad IM shape, don't know SCM IM times well or was more tired from the 50s than I felt. IM sets are kinda grind sets to me, but they help my overall conditioning and my free benefits because I swim 100s and 200s build, so the free really gets worked. I also like breaks from free free free.
This workout was a 5k workout that I stopped when LW started to get out. Sadly, the 6x125s were supposed to be 12x125s and they were just starting to get interesting when I saw LW get out. IIRC my best AFAP 100 time in that pool is a 1:10, so hitting 1:10 on a strong effort in what I thought was the middle of the set at the time, I am quite thrilled with. It would have been very interesting to see if I could keep up that level or if I was about to fall apart. My turnover felt faster during this set, and I credit that to the 50s with fins.
I pulled some little tiny muscle right next to the ball joint where the femur and pelvis join. I thought I pinched a nerve, the pain was so isolated and didn't think it was a muscle pull until I was getting out of the car. It is a non-issue, it doesn't hurt except when I use it, and that has only "used it" twice in the two hours since I got out of the pool. No breaststroke, squats or deadlifts for a couple days. I used to pull a groin muscle doing breaststroke with absurd regularity when I was first getting back into masters swimming and the workouts were more IM nature.
I was very groggy for almost the entire workout. Maybe too much benadryl before bed (3 days in a row).
Warm up
- 400 swim
- 200 kick w/fins
- 300 swim
- 6x50 drill/swim on :50
Main Set
- 8x
-- 25 back ez on :30
-- 50 back build on 1:00
-- 25 back fast on :30 (was never more than moderate)
-- 150 free on 2:00 (:46x4,:44,:42,:40*,:38)
Cool Down
- 300 ez
* Slammed the second turn, this woke me up some
I didn't push the back at all, Josh did IM order and demolished me on every one (even his breast vs my back). The 150s were decent at the end, but given the effort on the back they really should have all be close to 1:40.
At any time during the workout, I felt like I could have gotten out of the pool, dried off and fallen right back to sleep. Very odd, got plenty of sleep, not sick :shrug:.
I have never been in a pool when a lane rope has broken, but there is a first for everything. Today, during a 300 free (aka, no one was pulling on the lane rope), the steel cable broke. The four of us in the two lanes sharing the rope took out the rope and floating debris and replaced it with another rope. About 10 minutes later, during another 300 free the second rope broke. The first rope might have been a previously broken and repaired rope, but the second one was definitely a new break.
Team workout, swam with Josh until the second lane rope broke and he got out since he needed to leave early.
Warm up
- 300 swim
- 300 kick w/ fins
- 300 swim
- 3x100 back on 1:30
Main Set
- 300 swim (first rope broke)
- 3x100 kick w/fins
- 300 swim (second rope broke)
- 3x100 on 1:20
- 300 kick w/fins
- 3x100 on 1:10 (6,8,8)
Cool down
- 300 ez
Apparently I was out in 1:08 on the first 300. Seems a little fast to me but Josh was still there. With the rope breaks, practice was pretty easy.
Dinner last night was fun, but the food and service were well below expectations and I woke up this morning with stomach problems*, which impacted my workout plans some.
Headed to Lifetime around 1pm (instead of 6am), and didn't expect to be able to finish the workout. I was right, I started to cramp at 3km stopped to do some ez drill and called it a day.
Warm up
- 400, 300, 200, 100 swim
Main Set
- 10x50 on 55 w/finsh
- 10x100 on 1:25 free (held 1:19s mostly)
- 2x 150 free on 2:10, 150 back on 2:50
-- cramped up on the 2nd 150, was supposed to be 5x
Cool down
- 8x25 free drill ez on 10s rest
Time to electrolyte up.
* this is a rare, once every couple years problem for me
I am referring to my season goal of 2 5k practices/week. The first of the season is done... and so am I.
SCM @Lifetime
Warm up
- 2x
-- 150 swim
-- 100 IM drill
-- 150 swim
-- 100 kick w/board
Main Set
- 4x 25 drill IM order, 100 swim
- 4x 100 kick, 200IM w/fins
- 4x 50 kick, 100IM
- 4x 200 free, 100 back, 50 kick
Cool down
- 4x 25 back, 50 swim
It took about 90 minutes, no real intervals, just took 5-15 seconds between things, a minute before starting the 200 frees using the 100 back + 50 kick as active recovery. 200s were 2:35, 2:32, 2:32, 2:33 which I was happy about, but just barely finished without legs cramping.
Tomorrow is supposed to be another 5ker, much less IM. No problems with the shoulders holding up but the body is failing.
I could go to sleep now and probably wake up rested sometime tomorrow but I have a date tonight. She's hot, so it's worth it to down a few shots of espresso and enjoy the evening.
You can call me Slacky Slackerton today, at least on the sprint set.
Warm Up
- 400 free
- 200 kick w/ fins
- 4x100 on 1:20 (1:17-18! obviously not warmed up)
Main Set
- 1650 for time (F!)
-- 20:07
- 100 ez
Sprint Set
- 4x25 on 40
- 4x25 on 35
- 4x25 on 30
- 4x25 on 25
-- :13, some :14s, the rest :15s maybe :16 by the end
Cool down
- 150 ez
For the 1650, I planned to hold around 1:15 and pick up the pace toward the end. It worked out to be slight faster than 1:15 the whole time and hold on at the end, but that is probably my fastest 1650 ever. The pool was set up for competition, which means I could see the pace clocks while breathing (they are at the ends of the lanes normal setup), and it was easy to set and maintain pace.
Then the sprints... I finished the 1650 and started the sprint set well before everyone else, no Josh today, so it was very solo. The times were on the good side, but I didn't feel I pushed as hard toward the end as I would have if someone would have been next to me. Such is life.
After training for the Roughwater, I have noticed it takes me forever to get warmed up. Maybe I just never noticed it before, but I really think during a normal practice I could put on some speed after 500-800 yard and now it is more like 1500. The initial pace during the 1650 was quite uncomfortable initially even though I held the same pace throughout. Maybe I am just getting old.
I took a week off after the Waikiki Roughwater, no swimming, no lifting, nothing. Monday started a new "season" for me that will end with the DAM SCM meet in November, I think 65 days from now.
I think Josh (he splits a lane with me) and I have both been thinking about stepping up the training effort a little more. We hinted around at that Monday when I misread the set and attempted 50s on :35 sans fins on a fins set.*
Today we actually did talk about it. We discussed working toward 1:15 base near term and 1:10 by Dec. For the main set, there were 10 100s followed by 5 200s, and we agreed to do 1:20s on the 100s and work a little harder on the 200s. We both came in about 1:11 on the first one and Josh said "Ok, Let's just 1:15".**
I said "ok" but thought "oh f***". We made it no problem, the 1:11 was actually my slowest. I was happy with Monday after a week off and thrilled with today after a few months without serious interval training. Looks like the "working toward" is 1:10s and 1:15s are now just a "making consistent".
My 65 days season notes:
- no alcohol during the week
- 3x/week with the team (3-3.5k)
- 2x/week 5k Patrick Cantrell workouts (2009 workout board)
- more fin work both swimming and kicking
- focus on pacing during every practice 200 (pretty much build by 50)
- lift/drylands 2-3x/week
- don't let lifting/drylands impact my swimming too much
- sub 1:00 100M free
- sub 2:14 200M free
- goal times are unshaved, untapered, unrested
* Main Set Monday:
- 8x50 on :45
- 8x50 on :40
- 8x50 on :35 w/ fins (30s)
- 4x100 on 1:15 w/fins (1:01s)
** Main Set Wednesday:
- 10x100 on 1:15 (1:11, 1:09x8, 1:08)
- 200 ez
- 4x200 on 2:35 (2:21x4)
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When Hugo Chavez urged Venezuelans in December to vote for Vice President Nicolas Maduro if Mr. Chavez became too ill to continue in office, the former bus driver and union negotiator was characterized as a committed Chavista, but decidedly more quiet and pragmatic than the boisterous and polarizing leader who was at the helm for the past 14 years.
But in the final months of Chavez's life, this soft-spoken politician made some indisputably "Chavezesque" moves in an effort to show the public that he's up to filling the iconic, polarizing leader's shoes. In the next month, ahead of a Venezuelan emergency election to pick a new president, a convincing rendition of the "I am Chavez" show will probably be delivered by Mr. Maduro to keep other Chavez stalwarts onside. Most observers believe that the politically dominant United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), founded by Chavez, will decide the winner of the election.
"He needs to show that he is … faithful to the Chavez tradition and style and that means being confrontational publicly," said Michael Shifter, director of the Inter-American Dialogue, shortly before the announcement of Chavez's passing on Tuesday afternoon. Shifter says that Maduro has likely been trying to consolidate his support within the Chavez movement in recent months. "He has to show the base that he's a hardcore Chavista and that he's tough."
On that front, Maduro has already been hard at work.
From announcing that the government was tracking opposition leader Henrique Capriles (who Maduro dubbed "the prince of Manhattan, the prince of New York" in a classic anti-imperialist jab) while Mr. Capriles traveled in the United States last week, to expelling two US Embassy officials today for reportedly attempting to destabilize Venezuela, Maduro's actions are familiar. (The US denies that any staff is plotting against the Venezuelan government.)
In 2008 Hugo Chavez expelled the US ambassador to Venezuela in solidarity with Bolivia, who accused a US diplomat there of inciting violent protests, according to Fox News:
"They're trying to do here what they were doing in Bolivia," Chavez said, accusing Washington of trying to oust him.
"That's enough ... from you, Yankees," Chavez said, using an expletive. Waving his fists in the air, he added: "I hold the government of the United States responsible for being behind all the conspiracies against our nations!"
Today, Maduro announced that Chavez was infected with cancer by "imperialist" enemies, something the president himself alleged last year. "We have no doubt that commander Chavez was attacked with this illness," Maduro said, noting that someday there will be scientific evidence to prove it.
When Chavez tapped Maduro as his vice president last fall there was a lot of talk about what kind of leader he would be. Javier Corrales, a political science professor at Amherst College, wrote in America's Quarterly that Maduro was simultaneously everything that "Chavez represents, as well as its opposite."
He is the revolution's most two-faced character. On the one hand, he is one of the most leftist and anti-imperialist figures in the PSUV – the architect of some of Venezuela's most radical foreign decisions such as close ties to Libya, Syria and Iran. On the other hand, he can be soft-spoken and conciliatory. He is the architect of the remarkable turnaround of relations with Colombia in the last two years and is the third longest-serving foreign relations minister in the Americas. He has acquired experience, and might have even learned, on the job, the importance of pragmatism. He also has a good relationship with the military, but unlike Chávez, he is not one of them.
Already the opposition has dubbed Maduro a "poor copy" of Chavez: He speaks regularly on TV, and can be longwinded. He trumpets public works projects and has been known to fire up his supporters by verbally attacking the wealthy and "bourgeois."
Maduro publicly reveled in the opposition's poor showing in regional elections in December. In response, the opposition Democratic Unity coalition party put out a statement:
"Mr. Maduro, the country expects better from you than a bad imitation of your boss.... In his rhetoric, Maduro hides the leadership crisis in government given President Chavez's absence. He hides his weakness with shouts and threats," the statement said. "Don't waste the opportunity to create a wide national consensus."
Mr. Shifter says that although Maduro is being publicly confrontational, in private he is quite approachable. "What is different is that he's someone you can talk to and with Chavez that [was] impossible…. [He'll be accessible] within the party, to the opposition, and the US."
"Maduro's a hard-liner and a man of the left, there are no doubts about that," Shifter says. "But he's a politician …The signs are that change is very close and he's now positioning himself."


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They seemed like total longshots when they made the rumored shortlist for directors back in March, but it seems unlikely dreams really can come true: Variety reports that Joe and Anthony Russo, former producers of the sitcom Community, have been tapped to direct Captain America 2, the upcoming sequel to the hit Marvel movie that's set for a release date of April 4, 2014.
The Russos aren't just TV guys, having co-directed the comedies You, Me And Dupree and Welcome to Collinwood, but a big-budget superhero sequel is a long, long way away from directing comedies. Then again, one of the best things about the first Captain America movie was its sense of humor, specifically the way Chris Evans is able to play Cap as both a goody-goody and a guy you want to spend time with. The sharp, often dark tone of Community isn't really anything like the Captain America vibe, but I think most of that can be credited to Dan Harmon; the Russos have had a hand in some of the best recent TV comedies, including Arrested Development and Happy Endings, and I bet it's that humor that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige wants to bring on board.
The Russos are also just the latest in a string of unlikely choices to handle Marvel projects, from Shakespeare veteran Kenneth Branagh on Thor to Joss Whedon making his second feature film and turning it into The Avengers. But Marvel also hasn't planted a bad foot yet-- except Iron Man 2, if you want to count that-- so at this point we probably ought to trust their gambles. Congratulations to the Russos on a huge, huge step forward in their careers.


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"On Corrales Road, just past Hooters but before you get to Applebee's." That's how Narendra Kloty describes the location of Bombay Grill, the Indian restaurant he hopes to open at 3600 Corrales Road this April. Kloty is also the owner of Santa Fe's India Palace, a much-loved city institution located a few blocks south of that city's plaza. He says that Bombay Grill's menu will include more grilled items and more Atkins-friendly dishes than familiar Indian menus do. Right now renovation is underway, a process Kloty describes as "de-Orientalizing" the place. Of course he could leave all of the dragon-paned lanterns hanging and put Dan "The Automator" Nakamura's Bombay the Hard Way disc on shuffle/repeat but that might be a little too postmodern for Rio Rancho.
It was during the week of Chinese New Year that I first tried Mr. K the big buffet restaurant that now occupies the old New Chinatown building (5001 Central NE, 265-8859). As we ate, a group of kids in home made costumes paraded through each of the three dining areas, bringing New Year cheer to the crowd of mostly senior citizens. It doesn't take a genius to guess that seniors love the place because it's as cheap as China Star ($6 for lunch, $8 for dinner, $7 for Sunday brunch) but with New Chinatown's beautiful atmosphere left mostly intact. The buffet at Mr. K offers plenty of choices: steamed buns, stir-fried eggplant, sweet and sour pork, you name it, they've got it. But Mr. K's most interesting feature is the option to choose your own raw ingredients (whole squid, shrimp, beef, lamb and more) and have it grilled and basted with a spicy sauce while you watch. Those of you who shun buffets might want to know that Mr. K also has a menu from which you can order items not on the buffet.
Le Café Miche's Claus Hjortkjaer is hosting a cruise to Scandinavia this summer. The Danish-born chef has partnered with Radisson Seven Seas Cruises on an voyage that departs from Copenhagen, Denmark and stops in Gotland, Sweden, Estonia and Russia. Though the August cruise doesn't coincide with the so-called "white nights" of the summer solstice, it should still be very light, very late at that time of year. Claus will also lead a golfing expedition in St. Petersburg, a tour of Copenhagen and an hors d'oeuvres class on board the ship. Call 888-4448 for more information.
Ever heard of Penzey's Spices? This Wisconsin-based spice company sells hundreds of seasonings and ingredients mostly through a catalog and website (penzeys.com). They also have a handful of retail stores. We heard from a couple of readers that Penzeys is holding a contest to decide on their next store location. If you'd like to see them come here you can cast your vote by mailing a post card (preferably one with some kitschy image on the front) including the sentence "I want a Penzeys in my town" to: Bill Penzey, c/o Penzeys Spices, 19300 West Janacek Court, Brookfield, Wis. 53045. The town that sends in the most post cards gets its very own shop—which should be easy as pie for Albuquerque. We are fanatical about flavor, after all.


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Does speaking up against actions you do not believe in indicate a hatred for your country?Sunday, May 27, 2007
We keep getting these emails from people who apparently confuse standing up for what the
I admit, that I am teaching my child how to speak up when she sees something she feels is WRONG and if speaking one's mind is disrespectful then yeah, I am disrespecting....but whom? Someone who deserves a shake up, a bit of disrespect.
I would rather my daughter say something disrespectful and perhaps socially unacceptable and out of beat than remain quiet and respectful when someone hits their dog in front of her (yes, she did that,) tells people that they shouldn't buy stuff from Disney cause he mistreats the elves (yes, she did that,) and tells meat eaters that she does not eat animals (yes, she did that too.)
So, go ahead, remain respectful and quiet for a country that is one of the largest consumers of environmental resources, tormentor of 3rd world countries absconding with their resources, polluting overseas rather than at home and running mass sweatshops. A country that rolls out wars to initiate countries into the American sense of 'democracy", votes in for a second term an administration whose true God is the almighty dollar/mega corporation and one that cares next to nothing for its poor, hungry and destitute.
I love my country. I just want it to be all that it can be. That's my rant for the month.


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Beth McHoul - A Woman of Valor
by Tara Livesay
Mother. Runner. Wife. Midwife. Sister. Hostess. Grandma. Missionary. Chef. Aunt. Trendsetter. Leader. Christ-Follower. Teacher. Friend. Encourager.
Those are a few of the titles that my friend and co-laborer Beth holds.
Beth is a 22 year resident and servant of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. You don't live that many years in a place as volatile as Haiti unless you have valor.
"We're almost there, we're going to do this!" she exclaims. I look at her cross-eyed, wondering who taught her math. We've run seven miles in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and we have thirteen left to go. It's 94 degrees and the humidity is stifling. "We're almost there," she repeats. On some level I know it is not true, but her certain encouragement convinces me otherwise.
We met through a common love of distance running and Haiti in 2005, and my life has been richer, fuller, and much more exciting because of it. No other person has served to encourage me to take risks, be brave, and try new things more than Beth. She frequently paves the way and easily convinces those watching that they can do it, too.
The roles she plays and has played in Haiti are numerous. It might sound cliché to say "too numerous to count," but when it's true, it must not be cliché.
As one of the co-directors of Heartline Ministries in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for a decade and a half she ran a Children's Home helping poor and orphaned children feel loved and secure as they waited for their adoptive families to come for them. Countless young adults lovingly remember "Mama Beth" for her delicious French-butter-based meals, her giant 200-pound dogs, and her patient concern and affection. During those years responding to the call to place the fatherless in families, Beth loved and helped more than 250 children.
Years of caring for orphans gave her a heart and deep desire to get to the core of the matter; she pioneered attempts to reduce the number of children being placed in orphanages due to poverty. She recognized that if women were giving up their children due to a lack of education, jobs, invested fathers/husbands, she needed to address their reasons for placing their children by offering something different: education, a way to make an income, steady love, support, and encouragement.
For the last six years Beth has been responding to a new call. As a quinquagenarian, she had the moxie to make a major career change. She left her beloved island home of Haiti to officially begin her midwifery training in the Philippines at the age of 52.
Since then she has spent countless hours memorizing medical terminology, the physiology of birth, and signs of preeclampsia.
Beth is responding to the needs of pregnant women in Haiti. Her goal has been helping Haitian women have healthier pregnancies, supported labors, and safer deliveries. The Prenatal program has grown from a dream Beth had into a reality. Each month "Mama Beth" helps usher in precious new life and lovingly places babies into their mother's arms. She supports new mothers through the intimidating early months, always encouraging, "you can do it!"
All of that is amazing, but her endurance and perseverance and ever-present soft heart are what touch me most. While many that come to serve Haiti get tired, cynical and sick of the battle, Beth seems to get more energetic, more empathetic and more willing to give of herself with each passing year and approaching challenge.
To quantify the numerous ways she has served would be difficult at best. From hundreds of orphans that found families, to lonely new missionaries that found a warm reception and a familiar meal, to pregnant women that are weekly being told, "You can do this, you can give birth safely and you can raise your child," Beth has touched untold numbers.
Dressed in her trademark short-skirt, she's often seen by the traditional missions circles and community as a rebel. She looks to God to direct her steps, ignores the chatter, and pushes forward. She has paved the way for countless young missionaries and leads by example. Beth McHoul is a trailblazer for so many. I have personally been inspired by her in many ways, including but not limited to: having the courage to train for a marathon in Port-au-Prince because she had done it first, having the courage to raise my children here through many trials because she had done it first, having the guts to begin to study midwifery at the age of forty - because she had done it at the age of fifty.
Always loving, hospitable, warm, encouraging, and welcoming - no one that comes into contact with her forgets Beth McHoul. She is a woman of valor.
Tara Livesay is a mom seven unique and peculiar people, and wife to one of the world's very kindest men. She works and lives in Port au Prince, Haiti. She loves potato chips, coffee, Haiti, midwifery, my family, running, chocolate, and writing - but not necessarily in that order. She blogs here.
This post is part of our Women of Valor series. Eshet chayil—woman of valor— has long been a blessing of praise in the Jewish community. Husbands often sing the line from Proverbs 31 to their wives at Sabbath meals. Women cheer one another on through accomplishments in homemaking, career, education, parenting, and justice by shouting a hearty "eshet chayil!" after each milestone. Great women of the faith, like Sarah and Ruth and Deborah, are identified as women of valor. One of my goals after completing my year of biblical womanhood was to "take back" Proverbs 31 as a blessing, not a to-do list, by identifying and celebrating women of valor. To help me in this, you submitted nearly 100 essays to our Women of Valor essay contest. There were so many essays that made me laugh, cry, and think I've decided that, in addition to the eight winners we featured in August, I will select several more to feature as guest posts throughout the fall.
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I'm considering putting in an SSD for extra space and faster boot times and such in my MacBook Pro Mid-2010.
Due to losing the sudden motion sensor if I move the existing mechanical HD to the optibay, I'm considering just putting the new SSD there and booting from it.
Is that possible to do? How does bootcamp handle it? And is the hibernation issue still here in Mountain Lion?


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By Andrew Melnick
A package of Boozer, Dunleavy, two 2014 first-round picks (16 and 19) and perhaps a future first should be a workable package for both the Knicks and Bulls.
If the Knicks have accepted that the investment in Anthony is too limiting at the price, theyre adding on multiple draft picks while taking on salary that doesnt hinder their goals beyond next season.
Dunleavy had a nice season for the Bulls, but Anthony fills a greater need. If Chicago is pressing to win with their current core, the draft picks shouldnt be as great a priority.
Should the Knicks try to acquire Mirotic as price for Anthony? Absolutely, but then the Bulls should do their part to try and keep the rights to one of the top players in Europe.
When the Bulls had Deng, I would've traded them Melo in a heartbeat for Deng/Gibson


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Not long ago Bill and Becka Doering, of Santa Barbara, California, decided they needed a bigger house to accommodate their two young children. After a fruitless search of Santa Barbara's pricey real estatemarket, the Doerings took Becka's father up on an offer to trade his 102-square-meter (1,100-square-foot) tract house for their 84-square-meter place across town. That helped, but the tract house had just two bedrooms and one bath, so the Doerings remodeled, resulting in a 150-square-meter four-bedroom, two-bath house.
But this wasn't simply about elbow room. The Doerings also wanted their new home to be energy efficient and healthy. So they seized the opportunity to transform the building by hiring a like-minded architect and contractor to help them implement many green building principles. The remodel made improvements in site sustainability, energy and water efficiency, materials and resources, indoor air quality, and more.
Ironically, despite certain high-tech materials and the sophisticated design principles involved, theDoerings' remodel was in some ways a nod to the past. Humans used to build more sustainably and in context with place. The mud city of Djenné,Mali; the sod houses of the American prairie;African rondavals (round huts with grass roofs); the stilted, openwalled thatch shelters of Asia; igloos in the far north—all are examples of how people use natural, localmaterials and sited their buildings for optimum natural ventilation and climate control. Bill Doering said that following such ancient wisdom and embracing simplicity were key in his family's remodel: "Sometimes we overthink and try to overbuild when some of the most simple principles are what should be guiding us in green building." For example, Doering initially designed a single heating systemfor hot water and space heating, but it turned out to be prohibitively expensive."And then we realized that this didn't really make sense," he said. "Why would we spend $30,000 on a heating system,when our whole intent was to turn it on as little as possible?" In the end, they put a solar water heater on the roof and bought an inexpensive, energy-efficient furnace.


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WASHINGTON, DC - Following is the full text of Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) Republican Address to the Nation, as prepared for delivery:
Good evening. I'm Marco Rubio. I'm blessed to represent Florida in the United States Senate. Let me begin by congratulating President Obama on the start of his second term. Tonight, I have the honor of responding to his State of the Union address on behalf of my fellow Republicans. And I am especially honored to be addressing our brave men and women serving in the armed forces and in diplomatic posts around the world. You may be thousands of miles away, but you are always in our prayers.
The State of the Union address is always a reminder of how unique America is. For much of human history, most people were trapped in stagnant societies, where a tiny minority always stayed on top, and no one else even had a chance.
But America is exceptional because we believe that every life, at every stage, is precious, and that everyone everywhere has a God-given right to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them.
Like most Americans, for me this ideal is personal. My parents immigrated here in pursuit of the opportunity to improve their life and give their children the chance at an even better one. They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a maid. I didn't inherit any money from them. But I inherited something far better – the real opportunity to accomplish my dreams.
This opportunity – to make it to the middle class or beyond no matter where you start out in life – it isn't bestowed on us from Washington. It comes from a vibrant free economy where people can risk their own money to open a business. And when they succeed, they hire more people, who in turn invest or spend the money they make, helping others start a business and create jobs.
Presidents in both parties – from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan – have known that our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle class prosperity.
But President Obama? He believes it's the cause of our problems. That the economic downturn happened because our government didn't tax enough, spend enough and control enough. And, therefore, as you heard tonight, his solution to virtually every problem we face is for Washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more.
This idea – that our problems were caused by a government that was too small – it's just not true. In fact, a major cause of our recent downturn was a housing crisis created by reckless government policies.
And the idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers – that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried.
More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back.
More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them.
And more government isn't going to inspire new ideas, new businesses and new private sector jobs. It's going to create uncertainty.
Because more government breeds complicated rules and laws that a small business can't afford to follow.
Because more government raises taxes on employers who then pass the costs on to their employees through fewer hours, lower pay and even layoffs.
And because many government programs that claim to help the middle class, often end up hurting them instead.
For example, Obamacare was supposed to help middle class Americans afford health insurance. But now, some people are losing the health insurance they were happy with. And because Obamacare created expensive requirements for companies with more than 50 employees, now many of these businesses aren't hiring. Not only that; they're being forced to lay people off and switch from full-time employees to part-time workers.
Now does this mean there's no role for government? Of course not. It plays a crucial part in keeping us safe, enforcing rules, and providing some security against the risks of modern life. But government's role is wisely limited by the Constitution. And it can't play its essential role when it ignores those limits.
There are valid reasons to be concerned about the President's plan to grow our government. But any time anyone opposes the President's agenda, he and his allies usually respond by falsely attacking their motives.
When we point out that no matter how many job-killing laws we pass, our government can't control the weather – he accuses us of wanting dirty water and dirty air.
When we suggest we strengthen our safety net programs by giving states more flexibility to manage them – he accuses us of wanting to leave the elderly and disabled to fend for themselves.
And tonight, he even criticized us for refusing to raise taxes to delay military cuts – cuts that were his idea in the first place.
But his favorite attack of all is that those who don't agree with him – they only care about rich people.
Mr. President, I still live in the same working class neighborhood I grew up in. My neighbors aren't millionaires. They're retirees who depend on Social Security and Medicare. They're workers who have to get up early tomorrow morning and go to work to pay the bills. They're immigrants, who came here because they were stuck in poverty in countries where the government dominated the economy.


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Spices are just some of the ingredients used in a variety of desserts. Generations have scraped and ground the expensive delicacies to add flavor.
Martha Skolfield of Brunswick bought this spice tin around 1885. Between 1885 and 1888 the Skolfield family enlarged and redecorated their home. Martha probably bought the spice set for her new kitchen, which remained unchanged for 110 years.
Her home is now called the Skolfield-Whittier House. Inside the tin box are six small tin cylinders, labeled for their contents: ginger, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
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Ingredients tell us what to cook; instructions tell us how. Look closely at recipes from one place or time and you'll learn more about people and food.
Printed words assume the cook can read. Exotic or imported ingredients assume enough household income for little luxuries like desserts. Cookbooks mostly inform us about educated, middle-class women, such as Martha Skolfield.
Martha collected numerous cookbooks, which can still be found in the Skolfield-Whittier House in Brunswick. She kept a notebook in which she copied recipes from friends or newspapers.
Item 12301
This pudding mold, from the kitchen of Martha Skolfield, is in the shape of an ear of corn. Pudding was a common dessert for generations.
Molds such as this one made the shapeless dessert more interesting. A family often owned several pudding molds in various shapes: cones, fruit, or animals.
Item 12308
This butter dish is part of a baking set. It belonged to Martha Skolfield of Brunswick, a sea captain's wife.
Before refrigeration, butter had to be kept in a cool, dry place in containers such as this one. It would last only a short time, so had to be used quickly in various recipes, such as desserts.
Item 12309
The Stover family in South Harpswell used this rolling pin in the 1840s to make gingerbread for militia musters held on the Mall (the public common on Maine Street in Brunswick).
Musters were annual events with parades and prizes that sometimes turned rowdy, perhaps because of the rum served with the gingerbread!
Item 12303
Beginning a century ago, cooks became more attentive to nutrition, kitchens more like laboratories, and recipes more precise. Cookbooks turned dessert making into domestic science: the best use of time, money, and ingredients.
Through "home economy," even the Great Depression and rationing during two world wars did not end daily desserts for most Americans.
The introduction of scales such as this one into the home kitchen brought recipes that were more specific. Martha Skolfield purchased this scale for her kitchen.
Item 12302
This wooden mortar and pestle set was taken from Harpswell to Brunswick in 1808 by Hannah Merryman. It belonged to her mother.
Mortars and pestles were used to grind spices. Commonly listed in dessert recipes for added flavor, spices could be purchased only in their whole form.
Today we can purchase the same spices at the supermarket already ground and ready to use.
Item 12305
This rolling cookie cutter from the late 1800s can be used in a number of ways. The scalloped ring at one end rolls along flattened dough to cut into whatever shape the cook desires. The other end is flat, but ridged, to be pressed into cookie dough for decoration.
Item 12346
The leaf shaped cookie cutter from the Skolfield-Whittier House is more standardized. Unlike the earlier, rolling cookie cutter, it can only cut one specific shape. It guarantees a more perfect form.
Item 12306
Electricity was common in many Maine homes by 1925. It transformed kitchens, changing iceboxes, wood-burning stoves, and hand-held whisks into refrigerators, toasters, and electric mixers.
Electricity permitted more control over cooking temperature. Recipes accordingly became more specific about baking times. This electric mixer demonstrates the vast improvement technology brought to the kitchen.
Cultural expectations kept pace with the new appliances. Since technology made the task of creating the dessert easier, it was naturally expected more often!
Item 12334
Here is a menu listing various foods, with an emphasis on chocolate items, for a "Chocolate Dinner" at St. Paul's Church in Brunswick. The event used special desserts to raise money for the church.
It reads: "The Chocolate Menu
Oyster Cream Chocolate
White Chocolate and Sandwiches
Pressed Chicken
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Cream
Chocolate Chocolates
St. Paul's Rectory
Oct. 11th"
Item 12328
What is a birthday without cake or Thanksgiving without pies? The best desserts are often saved for audiences. Guests give dessert makers a chance to show their regard for the company as well as to impress. The finer the maker's skill, the finer the dessert.
Cookbooks inspire and instruct those facing special occasions, but they also set high standards. The "wedding cake" is a dessert associated with ceremony.
Here, Mary Johnson and her new husband cut their wedding cake as guests look on.
Item 12331
The tradition of a wedding cake was extended to special wedding anniversaries as well. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Labbe celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in the early 1950s, posed behind their wedding cake and gifts.
Item 12333
Wedding anniversaries have been celebrated for generations, often in the same way: a party! Sweets were typically served at such celebrations.
This invitation dates back to 1835 and the celebration of Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Purinton's 50th wedding anniversary.
It reads: "1835. Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Purinton request the pleasure of your company at the Fiftieth Anniversary of their marriage, From Eight to Eleven P.M. On Monday March 2, 1885. TOPSHAM, MAINE. 1885"
Item 12341
Tea was another common social occasion of the 19th and 20th centuries. Tea was served over stimulating discussion, along with desserts.
The hostess was able to demonstrate her culinary skills through the sweets she made and served.
This tea set is from the Skolfield-Whittier House in Brunswick. The Skolfield and Whittier families hosted many such teas for friends, families, and social clubs of which they were members.
Item 12343
Small desserts were often served at social functions on two-tiered plates such as this one from the Skolfield-Whittier House of Brunswick. The sweets would compliment the fine tea they accompanied.
Item 12304
Food expectations were taught to girls at a young age. A girl might help her mother in the kitchen, but become even more familiar with kitchen technology through the toys she played with.
Many children had toy stoves and cooking utensils like this cast iron doll's stove, circa 1890.
It was owned by Alice Pennell Toothaker of Brunswick and copied the wood or coal cookstove her mother probably used in the family's kitchen.
Item 12323
As soon as changes in technology appeared in the kitchen, they showed up in children's toys. This Prosperity Junior toy stove, ca. 1940, reflects industry's improvements to gas, then electric stoves.
A first step in becoming more familiar with this new technology would be for a young girl to start playing with the new forms as a toy.
The collection even included toy cooking tools, such as a tiny frying pan, pot, and hot pad.
Item 12347
Before it was possible to run to the neighborhood store for a carton of ice cream, a family had to make their own.
'The Yukon Freezer' hand crank ice cream machine, allowed the Skolfield and Whittier families to make any flavored ice cream they desired.
Often a child was assigned the duty of churning the ingredients into the delicious, cold dessert he or she could not wait to taste.
Item 12322
We still eat more ice cream in summer than winter, but today it is a year-round treat. Making your own could be a lengthy process, but now we can buy it ready-made, any time of day.
The Dionne family made Dee's Ice Cream at the Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick from the 1940s to 1970.
Crystal Spring Farm is now owned by the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Item 12324
"dee's ice cream - It's dee-li-cious." Dee's Ice Cream was delivered throughout the state of Maine in the company's own ice cream trucks. It came in a variety of flavors and was sold in small grocery stores.
This sign stood at the entrance to Crystal Spring Farm until the company closed in the early 1970s.
Item 12325
Dee's Ice Cream expanded from just the ice cream business to include production of ice cream cones, an essential element to the cool, summer dessert.
The Dionne family made these paper wrappers for the sugar cones: "It's a WHOPPER!"
Item 12342
Desserts today reflect our modern lives. We are busy people. We also like instant gratification. Mainers can make strawberry shortcake with fruit from California any time of the year.
Desserts are no longer reserved for special occasions or even the end of meals. Cookbooks encourage this trend but as you can learn in this exhibit, the American sweet tooth has a long history.
Technology is not only tools and power sources. Preservatives made it possible to package ready-to-mix ingredients for long shelf life. As baking became easier, expectations also changed. With so many timesaving devices and mixes, why not make a dessert everyday? In marketing these modern wonders, advertisers were quick to suggest that desserts could be a family's reward even for the busiest homemakers.
Item 12340
Even with our changing tastes and expectations of desserts, our memories last a lifetime. We still like the taste of real cinnamon and the smell of cookies baking in the oven.
This circular tin spice box from the 1950s, is not too dissimilar from Martha Skolfield's spice box from the 1890s, seen at the beginning of this exhibit.
The difference in shape, material, and color does not change its use: to hold and organize spices for the purpose of baking. This spice tin holds five smaller cylinder boxes inside. The smaller tins are labeled: Allspice, Cinnamon, Ginger, Mustard, Pepper.


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Gender Differences
Men or Women: Who is more sensitive to Pain?
Pain is a complex and subjective feeling. Each individual perceives it differently. However, there is a perceptible difference between men's and women's sensitivity to pain. Contrary to all claims, women actually tend to be more sensitive to pain. This is primarily due to sex hormones as well as social and cultural influences.
The Role of the Hormones
Women's sensitivity to pain is influenced by the hormone estrogen. Estrogens increase the nervous system's attentiveness and activity and thus the transmission of pain. This makes women more sensitive to pain than men. Because men benefit from the sex hormone testosterone, which reduces their sensitivity to pain.
But how do women make it through childbirth then?
An additional mechanism comes to their aid here: the release of endorphins. Endorphins are morphine-like substances which are produced naturally in the body, serve to reduce pain and are released in great quantities during childbirth. This makes the pain of childbirth easier to bear.
Social and Cultural Influences
Differences in upbringing also affect men's and women's perception of pain. Countless movies, books and songs have shown us: "Big boys don't cry!" This isn't just a saying, but an expression of how a society deals with pain. Boys are usually raised not to show their pain. This is why men try to ignore pain for as long as possible and postpone visiting a doctor. Women, in contrast, have a better approach towards pain. They develop coping strategies and are more likely to follow medical advice.
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How to Create Secure and Meaningful Passwords
Shore up your organization's password security by following these easy guidelines
Dozens of times every day, your employees perform a simple, yet crucial, task: They enter their passwords to log in to their computers, your local network, and the Internet. Just a few brief keystrokes stand between your company's network and cybercriminals, identity thieves, and disgruntled employees. Unless employees' passwords are complex, they're easily guessed by experienced attackers or by their password-breaking computers. Creating meaningful and secure passwords isn't as difficult as many people think, and it's critical to the security of your small business network.
First, everyone should eliminate all of their obvious passwords, which are used far too frequently. They shouldn't use any numbers that can be tracked back to the individual, including birthdates, social security numbers, addresses, and employee numbers. Even details that seem too personal to be guessed—such as your dog's name, your kids' names, or your pick for the World Series—should be avoided. You have password "tells" all around your office, including pictures and tchotchkes.
Common words are easily guessed as well. Hopefully no one still is using "password" or "user" as a password, but neither should they enter words like "love" or "secret." In fact, any word in any language that can be found in the dictionary is risky; an attacker can easily use a computer program to hammer away at your network logins with every word in the dictionary. Attackers can use a similar brute-force method to hack PINs based on the keypad, such as "5683," which spells "love."
Unique and memorable passwords
The trick is to come up with unique, secure passwords for all of the different devices, networks, and websites you log in to without creating a password management nightmare. The most secure password is a combination of at least 10 letters and numbers plus a special character, like a punctuation mark. Consider "!blaz45sf3." It's secure, but difficult to remember.
Choose a phrase that you can remember but that won't be easily guessed, then swap out some letters for numbers, misspell it, and add a special character. For example, "ILoveRedDogs" would become "1LuvR3adDawgs!"
This is an excellent password, but it should be used for only one login. However, it can be used as a base for additional passwords, so you don't have to remember much more than your original password. For this to work, though, you need a repeatable system for pre-pending and post-pending the base password. You could bookend the base password with the first and last letters of each secure website, for instance, or you could add the type of device you're logging into.
For example, if you're going to set a password for your company's Western Cargo online shipping account login, you'd start with "1LuvR3adDawgs!," then add "W" and "O" to create "W1LuvR3adDawgs!O." For your laptop login, you could use "Lap1LuvR3adDawgs!top." Whatever you choose, the important things are that the base password is unique and not a real word, and your system for adding to the base is memorable and repeatable.
Replacing passwords with tokens
If you want to replace passwords for critical logins with something stronger, such as for remote access to your local network, consider an authentication system that uses security cards and tokens. You can set many access control systems, such as your VPN login system, to accept randomly generated tokens instead of or in addition to passwords created by employees. The employee uses a security card, fob or mobile device to generate a numeric password, called a token, each time the user types in his or her passphrase into the device to request one. Each token can be used only once to log in, and they usually time out if the user takes too long to enter it.
The VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) authentication system is an option with Cisco SA500 Series Security Appliances. Besides working with the SA500 for VPN access, it also works with the authentication systems of several other companies' public websites, such as banks, so employees can use their security cards to generate tokens for personal logins, too.
Share these guidelines with your employees to beef up your organization's password security. Encourage them to use these techniques for secure, meaningful passwords for their personal logins as well, for everything from their smartphones to their on-line shopping accounts. Tapping in a password might be a simple step, but it can have significant consequences to the security of your small business.
What steps have you taken to make your employees' passwords more secure?
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
My doubts
Many religious people are rather quick to relate the fact that they've had "doubts" in the past. I believe there are basically two kinds of doubts which get seriously confused in the process. The first kind of doubt is simply the uncertainty in one's beliefs. The second kind of doubt is that emotional angst which seems to exist in all our lives. If religious people are using "doubt" to refer to the angst they've experienced, then I guess that's okay. But if religious people are using "doubt" to refer to their uncertainty in their beliefs, then there is something very wrong with their attitude towards doubt. They talk about doubt as if it were their shame, something which can only be considered good in the same sense that being "only human" is good. But what is so bad about uncertainty? Uncertainty drives free inquiry, which drives personal progress.
The thing is, I can sort of understand why these two types of doubt get so mixed up. Emotion leads to uncertainty. One kind of doubt leads to the other. However, it may be a useful exercise to separate out the two kinds of doubt. Perhaps we can pick out the good from the bad? We can improve ourselves through adversity? I don't know.
Anyways, onward with the selfish self-expression.
Sometimes, I just get that feeling of, "What am I doing in life?" Which is ridiculous, because I know exactly what I'm doing in life. I've gotten straight A's all through college, and I'll eventually go to grad school, perhaps become a professor. And I still have enough free time that I can maintain a blog. I guess I have it pretty good. So now I just feel bad about feeling bad.
I worry that one day someone will discover I'm a fraud. The Journal of Geophysical Research will discover that my research is all done wrong because it turns out I had no clue what I was doing. The band will discover that I'm actually the worst flautist in the group (and I believe that one too). Readers of my blog will discover that I'm actually just this college student who likes to write, and that my opinions are complete BS. Even when I write about physics, something I know, I worry that someone will discover that I was merely spreading misinformation.
I'm worried that people will find out that I'm a fraud as a humanitarian and an activist. I don't have the disposition for it. I cannot be "for" something without having serious doubts about it first. I won't commit. I have crippling buyer's regret. I will not spend my money on anything. Not for me, not for anyone else. And I won't donate blood either. I just--I just don't want to.
Sometimes, I feel like I just can't get enthusiastic about anything. This makes me feel like I'm letting people down. I can't root for the home team. I will never have any sort of school spirit. I will never feel proud as an American. I can't really get into the messages of "hope" and "change" in Obama's campaign, and not because I don't like him. I will never feel proud of my family heritage. Even when it comes to the subject matter of this blog, at some level, I don't think I will ever be excited about atheism, skepticism, or science. I could never inspire people about them, because I don't really feel inspired myself.
What's worse is I feel like I'm falling into some sort of stupid rationalist stereotype. Like we're all repressed emotionally, incapable of feeling. I hate that stereotype... but I fit it. And what am I supposed to do about that? Stop repressing my feelings? There are no feelings to be repressed--just the feeling that everyone else expects me to be excited when there is nothing worth being excited about. Every time I see a fictional story about how some character turns his life around by "opening up", I think I hate myself a little more for being who I am.
But I suppose I take comfort in the fact that none of the above paragraphs really make a whole lot of sense, that it's all just a bunch of rambling that I wrote in a cynical state of mind. I mean, what is this about feeling angst because I'm unable to feel? Ridiculous!
19 comments:
- Linda said...
Hi Miller!
May I suggest that perhaps what you are describing is quite normal for someone who seems (to me) to be an Introverted-Thinking-Intuitive...? That's my MBTI talk, which I know you're not a fan of. ;-)
And the Impostor Syndrome is quite common among overachievers (I'm one).
Also, I noticed you used the word "never" at least three times in this post. I think scientists should not be allowed to say "never" ever. ;-)
Are you sure you won't reconsider the thing about your heritage? There has to be something, however small, to be proud of, no?
- February 26, 2009 at 8:33 PM
- miller said...
Hey Linda,
Well, I certainly consider myself INT. And no, I don't mind you bringing up MBTI. In fact, I'd be interested to hear what aspects are particularly INT.
The Impostor Syndrome is very interesting! Of course, I don't really feel like an impostor, except on a bad day. Oh, except for the part about the band. I really do think all the other flautists are better, at least the ones that sit next to me.
I'm proud of many of my family members. My grandfather, for instance, worked as an anti-segregation activist, and became a highly successful chemist. What I can't care for is the whole cultural heritage thing. I don't believe in being proud of ethnicity or culture. Basically, I don't identify as a Hapa though I am one.
- February 27, 2009 at 1:28 AM
- Jeffrey Ellis said...
Miller, sounds like you are suffering a bit from the "imposter syndrome". It's more common than you might think, don't sweat it.
- February 27, 2009 at 5:48 AM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
Everyone feels the way you do, at least everyone capable of introspection. The feeling never really goes away; most of us just get used to it.
Maybe I myself am a "fraud". Well, what of it? So what? At a certain point, I just stopped caring whether or not I was hot shit on a silver platter. I am who I am; I have my allotted span on Earth; I'm going to do as I please and enjoy my life as much as possible. In a thousand years, what will it matter?
The atheist/skeptical community, communism (for me), the United States, Western Civilization, humanity and the universal community of sapient life can take care of themselves. I have no obligations to them; I have obligations only to myself.
- February 27, 2009 at 6:55 AM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
Also, doubt, proper doubt, is a process of investigation, not an emotion or attitude.
Doubt, faith, certainty and conviction
The believer's doubt
- February 27, 2009 at 6:57 AM
- miller said...
Barefoot Bum,
I like your explanation a lot. The most beneficial component of doubt is not so much the internal conflict, but the process to resolve such conflict.
I think that if you're completely ashamed of emotional doubt, or thinks of it exclusively as a mark of humility, then this may motivate you to skip the proper process of resolution. You might just think that it's all so confusing and you don't want to deal with it.
For example, I'd say that my own deconversion was greatly extended over time primarily because I was afraid to admit doubt. I spent long periods of time not even thinking about it, because I was afraid I was standing over some sort of cliff.
- February 27, 2009 at 2:33 PM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
That's the key to religious indoctrination: they want to do whatever they can to prevent you from subjecting your ideas to a rigorous process of evaluation.
- February 27, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Can you be proud of your humanity? Or at least what humanity is working towards? My philosophy: I think we are at the beginning of long journey (many thousands of years, at least) of human improvement and accomplishment. If we don't destroy ourselves, I think it is inevitable. So the two most important goals in life are to add something (however small) to human accomplishment or to do a small part to prevent our destruction. Going through life with only the goal of enjoying oneself never seemed to me to be something to be proud of, even if you never hurt anyone else. Ethnic pride or national pride never made any sense to me unless you are proud of what your ethnicity or nationality has done for the broader humanity. I think this philosophy can be adopted by those who believe in God or not. Atheists can imagine some far distant future civilization, possibly from another star, discovering humanity (or our remains). Will you be proud?
OK, so you won't be there. But doesn't it still matter to you what happens to humanity after you die?
I can't imagine either a God or another civilization being impressed by one ethnicity or nationality of humanity and not others. There is too little difference between human groups! If we have a journey of thousands of years at least, then that sort of thing is only temporary anyway. But progress is possible because we have knowledge that keeps increasing and records between the generations.
- March 1, 2009 at 8:23 PM
- miller said...
The fate of humanity matters greatly to me, but it doesn't move me emotionally, at least not on a consistent basis.
- March 2, 2009 at 12:22 AM
- Linda said...
Hi Miller!
Sorry for the delay... I'm ecstatic that you are open to discussing the MBTI. I thought you may be interested in reading more about the two INT types: INTP and INTJ. Of course, none of the information is written in stone. All of the available information should only be used as a guide for further exploration rather than firm identification and/or labeling. That said, the following links seem to be the most thorough and comprehensive profiles that I've found thus far: (but that's just my opinion)
Profile of INTP
Profile of INTJ
Let me know which one better describes you, and I would love to share more information here or via email if you'd like. (lmckenna[at]mindblink[dot]org) :-)
- March 7, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- miller said...
I am INTJ--I knew that beforehand. But I'll be honest: those profiles read like horoscopes! I can't figure out anything from them. I found a lot of hits and misses in both profiles. I feel like they are simply trying to throw around a lot of attributes hoping that a few really "grab" me, leading me to forget about the misses. It does not seem very methodical to me.
Which is, of course, a very INTJ thing to say ;-)
- March 8, 2009 at 12:51 PM
- Linda said...
Haha. The profiles do not indicate anything in themselves. Like I said, a profile is just a guide to help us better decide which four-letter type we seem to lean toward.
Even when you have ten INTJs in the room, you will find many differences among them, obviously. The descriptions come from the traits of the majority and cannot be considered an exact science, as you know.
The ultimate purpose of even looking at our type is not to find a profile that best fits us. It's just a starting point. We want to then study the types further and understand how we communicate differently, the way we tend to deal with stress and conflict and what triggers them, how we seem to learn best, what keeps us motivated, and how we can best contribute to a team.
Number one thing for me was to accept that being different is not a bad thing. After that, it was to learn to accept others' points of view as being just as valid as mine.
It is a way to look at our non-preferred functions and perhaps develop them in order to help us communicate better with others.
Being able to interact well with others in various situations can make the difference between being Darwin or Alfred Russell Wallace. Many people would ask, "Who's that?" My point exactly...
That said, it sounds as though you know yourself pretty well and are fairly comfortable with who you are. That puts you way ahead of me! Fantastic! I'm still trying to figure out what/who I want to be when I grow up... :-)
- March 8, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- miller said...
Flattery won't get you very far with me. :)
Astrologists probably do not consider astrology to be an exact science either; this does not prevent them from being entirely wrong. And being entirely wrong does not prevent astrology from occasionally giving people insight into who they are and what to do in their daily lives.
Of course, I think MBTI is way better than astrology. But, as you knew, I'm still not entirely happy with it.
So with that out, I'm still curious what you thought was recognizably INT about my writing.
- March 8, 2009 at 6:16 PM
- Linda said...
Miller, you sure are tough. :)
By the way, I don't give out flattery for flattery's sake. I honestly do envy your clarity in knowing your preferences. And I'm not trying to convince you of the validity of the instrument or insist that you should use it. However, there are some aspects of it that are very valuable that I try to share with whomever I can. MBTI is such a misunderstood and unfairly criticized assessment. A tool is not useful on its own. The value is in learning to use the tool to your advantage, to whatever extent that may be.
To answer your question, the E/I dichotomy was fairly easy. MBTI Step II breaks down the E/I preference pair into five facets:
The S/N pair was not as clear to me, but I still felt pretty confident with my guess. The five facets in this pair are:
The T/F was almost a no-brainer. And your post pretty much confirmed it. The facets:
The only preference I wasn't sure about was the J/P. Here are the facets:
Early Starting/Pressure-prompted
Let me know if you have any questions.
- March 8, 2009 at 8:53 PM
- miller said...
Thanks Linda! No questions at this time.
- March 9, 2009 at 12:19 AM
- Linda said...
I tried. :-)
- March 10, 2009 at 5:41 AM
- Linda said...
Hey Miller,
One more comment... since I tend to get pretty obsessive when trying to communicate an idea... :-)
The two profiles read like horoscopes to you because the two types are very similar, with only the P/J preference being different. That changes the order of your cognitive process but not your preferences in your preferences in the perceiving and decision-making functions.
If you are INTJ, your dominant function is Introverted Thinking and your auxiliary function is Extraverted Intuition. If you were INTP, your dominant function would be Introverted Intuition and your auxiliary function would be Extraverted Thinking. In the same way, as an INTJ, your teriary function is Introverted Feeling and the inferior function is Extraverted Sensing. I don't go into the type dynamics usually, because most people are not at all interested in hearing that part.
It is a bit complicated to explain in a comment, but that's how the profiles are derived. I'm sure if you were to look at another profile with opposite preferences, you would clearly see the difference.
- March 10, 2009 at 7:22 PM
- miller said...
Oh yeah, I'm sure I would. I don't mean to blast MBTI as completely baseless. I just wouldn't want it used by, say, employers who want to test potential employees (surely, you would not advocate this yourself).
- March 10, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Linda said...
You're right. That would be against the ethical guidelines. Okay... I'll leave you alone now. :)
- March 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM


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- Current drain for balancing: 1.2A per channel, or up to 2.4A in synchronous mode
- USB charging port: 5V/1A current limiting protection 1.2A
- Balance accuracy: 10mV
- LiPo/LiIo/LiFe: 1-8 series per channel
- NiCd/NiMH battery cell count: 1-25 series per channel
- Pb battery cell count: 1-18 series per channel
- PC Connectivity: USB port
- Weight: 910g
- Dimensions (LxWxD): 171x118x59 mm
- Warranty: 1 year
- Output power: 63A continuous, 1500W
- Output voltage: 24V DC (adjustable from 20-26.4V)
- Input voltage: 90-264V AC (worldwide use)
- Protections: short circuit, over load, over voltage, over temp.
- MTBF (mean time between failure): 62,600 hours
- Efficiency: 90%
- Active PFC (power factor correction): 98% for 115V AC
- AC power cord: Not included
- Warranty: 3 years
- Weight: 2600g
- Dimensions (LxWxD): 278x127x84mm
- Shipping size: Large
*Note: Included jumper must be installed above AC connection for use with 110V AC.
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Boris Becker's most memorable Wimbledon moments – Edberg epic
Boris Becker has been recounting his ten most memorable Wimbledon moments with GiveMeSport in the lead up to the start of the 2013 All England Championships.
Becker and Edberg had an almighty rivalry in SW19, meeting in three consecutive finals and last of these would take place in 1990.
Two previous finals had gone by with each player taking one title each and 1990 came around with the German ahead in the rankings and the favourite to take the title.
Centre Court has seen some terrific finals through the years, but few ebbed and flowed quite so dramatically as this one.
Becker was the defending champion and went into the final as favourite but had come through a draining semi-final against the monster serve of Goran Ivanišević, which might have contributed to the waty events panned out.
Tiredness or no, there was nothing he could do against Edberg's flawless performance in the first two sets; the Swede dominated to take both by a 6-2 margin.
'Boom-Boom' was never beaten until he was beaten, however, and he rallied to come roaring back in the following two sets – 6-3 6-3 meant a decider was needed.
Becker looked to be in the ascendancy when he broke to make it 3-1 in the fifth, but a simple forehand volley went awry to secure the break and Edberg was back in it and eventually prevailed 6-4 to secure his second Wimbledon title.
In the aftermath, Becker was his usual philosophical self and accepted that Edberg's determination and quality were there to make the difference when fatigued begun to show.
''I thought it was the kind of final you don't see too often,'' he reflected.
''I had played six tough matches, especially the semifinal against Ivanisevic, that really took its toll,''
''I was a little bit exhausted, and he is a player who all the time tries. He never really lets himself down.''
Despite the disappointment for Becker, it was another example of why the Wimbledon crowd took him to heart.
Centre Court always knew they were in for a treat when the King Boris was playing and in 1990 he was an integral part of a hugely entertaining match.
See Boris Becker's previous memorable Wimbledon moment here.News Now - Sport News