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It figures that this would drop on day that I'm on vacation and don't have regular access to a computer. Idol of the Shooting Star
Needless to say there are some huge changes for Moonkin in the most recent build of the PTR. Lets take a look at them.
Starfall cooldown has been lowered from 3 min to 1.5 min.
This is a definate improvement to the spell. It doubles the spells affectiveness but I'm not sure this will statisfy its critics.
Insect Swarm: The spell coefficent for this spell has been significantly increased to bring it in line with similar spells.Nice. The current Coefficent is 0.76, and I expect them to bring it up to 0.80. If this is the case then it's about a 3% - 4% increase in damage. Not huge but not horrible either. I'll have to check it our on the PTR.
Eclipse now gives you a 33% chance of increasing damage done by Wrath by 30% (up from 20%) when you critically hit with Starfire.
This isn't a huge surprise. Ghostcrawler said a couple of weeks ago that they were going to take a look at the Wrath portion of Eclipse and this is what I expected them to do. I think this kind of shows that they have unrealistic expectations on how Moonkin will be played but I will talk about that a little later.
Owlkin Frenzy now affects all attacks. (Old - Physical melee and ranged attacks only)
Again, not a huge surprise since Ghostcrawler said that they would probalby leave OF the way it was.
Celestial Focus now reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Starfire, Hibernate and Cyclone by 23/46/70% and increases your total spell haste by 1/2/3%.WOOT!!!!!!! The stun has been removed but I can live with that.
To some of you this may not seem like a big deal but its impact is pretty significant. Naxx doesn't have a huge amount of spell pushback but on the fights that do have a lot of damage like Sapp it really hurts our DPS. Plus, if the Burning Crusaide is any indication we will be seeing more raid damage in T8 and T9. On the flip side this makes Owlkin Frenzy less valueable in PvE.
Nature's Grace now increasing your spell casting speed by 20% for 3 sec. (Old - Reduced the casting time of your next spell by 0.5 sec.)An excellent change. For Starfire, you will get the same cast time reduction as the old version but the buff will now last 3 seconds. That means you can probably get it for the next two Starfires you cast. For Wrath, the cast time reduction is cut in half, but you can probably get off 3 buffed wraths in the 3 seconds. This does increase the value of Haste Rating since it will be harder to reach 1 second global cooldown for haste, but Haste will still be haste capped at the higher levels of gear.
Faerie Fire and Faerie Fire (Feral) now reduces the armor of the target for 5 min. (Up from 40 sec)WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome. There is no reason now not to pick up Improved Faerie Fire. It's basically a static 3% increase to crit. In fact, I think Faerie Fire is now a superior buff to all it's competitors. At virtually no cost you give the raid a 5% armor reduction, 3% chance to hit, and you get the 3% personal chance to crit.
My Reaction Overall:
Overall this is a buff if it makes it to live. Most of it's not huge but there is a lot to be happy about here.
My biggest curiosity here is how is this going to affect our spell rotation. Blizzard seems to think that they can balance Starfire and Wrath to be of equal importance but they can't. One of them is always going to be the primary spell, and the changes to Eclipse and Natures Grace could push the advantage to Wrath.
The fact of the matter is that players are going to try and maximize there damage any way they can. Starfire's primary advantages are that it is more mana efficent, can't realistically be haste capped, and has less exposure to latency. Well, as we all know Mana hasn't been much of an issue in WotLK. The change to Natures Grace makes Wrath less affected by the Haste Cap, and Wrath has about a 10% advantage in Damage. This should be intersting.


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Red Wing, Minnesota
First Presbyterian Church of Red Wing, Minnesota, is a congregational family that seeks to grow in the love of Jesus Christ and to share that love with the community and the world.
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Everyone who walks into my house stops and stares and my liquor collection. It's a little odd, I know, to have a full bar in your dining room, but I am constantly testing cocktail recipes and sampling new spirits, so the shelves just keep filling up. I'm curious, though, about other folks: whether you're a make-it-at-home pro stirring up drinks for dinner parties or a just-getting-started explorer of whiskies, if you have a collection, I'd love to hear about it.
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Everything goes better with the right equipment. Anyone will tell you that. Sure, sometimes it may be someone with a vested interest like, say, a guy along the lines of my John Deere dealer (Honest RC, The Farmer's Friend From Beginning to End), but sometimes it's just common sense.
Let's say, hypothetically, that you want to raise bees. You need the right equipment to make that happen, especially if the end goal is to generate some honey production and sales. (Really, though, how many people raise bees just because they enjoy the opportunity to get stung a lot?)
As it turns out, Mrs. Guy No. 2 raises bees. She had them for about 10 years or more when she lived in Michigan. Not only did they not fit in the moving truck last summer, they required paperwork and a state inspection to make the move from Michigan to Iowa. We can't have bees from one area migrate to another area without the government getting involved and generating some fees now, can we? Who wants honey from bees without the proper green card?
Rather than pay the fees and have her bees inspected and approved for interstate shipment, Sherill decided to leave them in Michigan with a friend. Meanwhile, what with the ideal location of her new residence with its plentiful timber and fields full of pollen-laden plants, Sherill has decided that she should get back in the bee business here in Iowa. A good share of the credit (blame ?) for that goes to a certain district court judge from the northern portion of the state. Seems that he and his wife are beekeepers near Waterloo. While sharing in some small talk after a certain ceremony was performed earlier in the winter near The World's Smallest Church, said jurist asked if we'd be attending the Iowa Beekeepers Association auction this spring. It would be held in Perry on April 16th.
Why, no, Your Honor, we didn't know about it and weren't planning on attending, but thanks so much for the tip! (I was already scheduled for some dental work, so maybe they'd be able to get my teeth back in order after I had them clenched so tightly in response to his helpful advice.)
April 16 rolled around and we made our way to Perry, following the directions contained in The Buzz, the monthly newsletter of the Iowa Beekeepers Association.
Auctions are nothing new to me. I've been to cattle auctions, swine auctions, sheep auctions, farm equipment auctions, real estate auctions, you name it. This was my first time at a bee auction, though. Let's be honest. It wasn't really a beeauction. They weren't selling the actual bees. It was more of a bee equipment auction. There was no deafening buzz from dozens of swarms of bees nearby. Quite the opposite, actually. It was pleasantly quiet. The swarms came the next weekend when we went to another town in central Iowa to pick up the packages of bees to build the foundation of our herd. Herd? Flock? Swarm? I'm not sure what you call your bunch of bees, but I bet it's a catchy term.
The first thing we discovered after getting out of the truck was that mid-April was not balmy in Iowa this year. Being the nice guy I am, I immediately offered Sherill my warm winter coat bestowed upon me by The Old Goat Woman, Ada Austin, of goat sock fame. I was willing to sit in the truck and watch, maybe even enjoy some quality time with my iPod, as the auction went along. It's not that I didn't want to spend a couple hours outside in the cold with a bunch of people with whom I had almost nothing in common. Not at all.
Sherill would hear nothing of it. My attendance was not only mandatory; it came with maximum separation distance requirements. She'd be fine in her sweatshirt and a blanket from the truck.
We went to the small building that served as the auction office. It was about the size of a Buick. The interior of a Buick. Not the kind of place where they'd be holding the auction, I surmised. We got our paperwork filled out for a buyer number and headed back to the area where all the equipment was to see if they had what we were after.
Let me jump in here and make one thing perfectly clear. I have no experience with bees. I have less experience with bee equipment. If I ever thought we used a lot of lingo in my industry, I was in for a big surprise from these bee people. They have nucs. They have supers. They have shallows. They have comb. They have smokers. They have bottom boards. They have inner covers. They have telescoping covers. They have brood chambers. They have queen excluders. They have workers. They have queens. They have extractors. They have foundation. They have requeening. They have wax. They have wires. They have rounds.
Makes the use of MGA in a TMR instead of a CIDR as part of a Co-Synch system with GnRH almost seem logical.
The scary part was that everyone there seemed to be fluent in all the terminology except me. That's when I decided my main role would be to act as more of a windbreak for Sherill than as an advisor.
One thing I noticed about guys in the bee industry is that they seem to really, really enjoy facial hair. There seemed to be an inordinate number of bearded guys at this gathering. It wasn't exactly a ZZ Top impersonator convention, but it wasn't quite a Marine Corps base, either. Perhaps the bee guys feel it's harder to get stung if the bee can't actually FIND your skin!
The auction finally got under way. Our auctioneer was a Kris Kringle look-alike, except he was sporting a blaze orange hat and Carhartt coat instead of the standard jolly red vest. I soon discovered that Colonel Kringle knew his bee lingo! He didn't have to stop and ask anybody what each particular piece was, and he knew how to explain its function and use as he described it.
To say I went into this a bit uneducated and without expectations would be putting it mildly. I figured we'd be getting some of the big boxes to put bees in. You know, the square white things you see sitting in the woods sometimes. That was about the extent of what I knew and thought ahead of time. It didn't take long in the auction to find out that Sherill knows way more about all the equipment and stuff than I ever will. She was bidding on stuff that made no sense to me, and she was winning, so it must have made sense to her.
By the time the auction was over, it seemed to me like Sherill's hand had gone in the air way more times than what my tiny little Chevy Colorado was capable of hauling in one load. I started looking over the piles of frames, bottom boards, covers, supers and other stuff she had purchased and decided that all the cold weather at least would allow me to make two trips to Perry without having it interfere with corn planting. Add in the requisite stop at Hickory Park in Ames and/or Mustard's in Des Moines and this wouldn't be all minus-minus, lose-lose for yours truly.
Sherill visited with her fellow apiarists while I did the heavy lifting. She was impressed with my jigsaw puzzle work once I had my load assembled. We went over to the office/lunch stand to settle up on the auction tab we'd run up.
Now, in the future, keep an eye out on your grocer's shelves for something sweet from the good folks at Two Guys Apiaries. It will be one of those plastic honey bear containers with me peering over the bear's shoulder all confused. "Hopelessly lost in the industry, but making good time."
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Amarok is a music player and organizer for Linux with an intuitive Qt interface that integrates very well with KDE.
Amarok 2 has not yet and will not implement all features from Amarok 1.4[1], so if you are not satisfied with the new version and would rather have the old one back, refer to that article.
Install amarok from the official repositories.
Amarok now depends on Phonon, so you will have to have a working back-end selected for it. See KDE#Phonon. You may also need to install a few codecs for use by the chosen back-end.
Integration with GNOME
See Uniform Look for QT and GTK Applications for visual integration of the main GUI.
Scripts and applets
New scripts and applets can be found either directly from within Amarok (Tools > Script Manager > Get More Scripts) or at kde-apps.org.
The moodbar is a feature which turn your standard progress slider bar into a progress slider bar coloured depending on the mood of your track.
Install moodbarAUR from the AUR.
Then go to Settings > Configure Amarok and check "Show moodbar in progress slider".
For reasons which have not been adequately explained Amarok developers have removed the SHOUTcast Internet radio features from version 2.1.90 onwards. See the discussion page, the forum here and the thread starting here.
You can get back SHOUTcast by using the "SHOUTcast service" script. Start Amarok, go Tools > Script Manager > Get More Scripts, search for SHOUTcast install Shoutcast Service, restart Amarok. Then you have it in "Internet" context.
Amarok 1.4 and VLC continue to support the SHOUTcast Internet radio station index and streaming as before.
See also: How can I use Amarok to stream to my own radio station?, which recommends Internet DJ Console, available in the AUR (idjcAUR).
Ampache/MP3 Streaming
If you are streaming MP3s directly or with the Ampache plugin, you are not able to seek in tracks if you are not using the GStreamer backend. Install the needed packages: phonon-gstreamer gstreamer0.10 gstreamer0.10-plugins. Then go inside Amarok to Settings > Configure Amarok > Playback > Configure Phonon > tab Backend. Here make GStreamer the prefered backend
Collection database
Amarok 2.x can use Sqlite (default) or MySQL to store the collection database. Users with large collections and more demanding performance requirements might prefer to use mysql.
For basic MySQL configuration refer to the MySQL page.
When using Amarok with MySQL you need to create a MySQL user that can access the database. To do use, enter the following:
# mysql -p -u root # CREATE DATABASE amarokdb; # USE amarokdb; # GRANT ALL ON amarokdb.* TO amarokuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password-user'; # FLUSH PRIVILEGES; # quit
This creates a database called 'amarokdb' and a user with name 'amarokuser' with the password 'password-user' who can access said database from localhost. If you want to connect to your database computer from a different computer, change the line to
# GRANT ALL ON amarok.* TO amarokuser@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password-user';
To configure amarok to use MySQL, enter the Configure Amarok screen, choose Database and mark "used external MySQL database". Enter the server (usually "localhost" if on your local box, else the name of the remote box), the username ("amarokuser" in this example) and your chosen password-user. Do not forget to select the path to your music collection.
Not yet supported, see more
To make Daap shares visible in Amarok enable the "DAAP Collection" plugin in the Amarok settings.
Install nss-mdns and complete the hosts line in
/etc/nsswitch.conf to look like:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] nis dns mdns4
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A dreamy botanical print of a dandelion clock in a gentle summer breeze against a textured pink background. This image would make a lovely addition to any living space, especially a child's nursery
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Saudi Aramco to sign key refinery deal
State oil giant Saudi Aramco will sign a final deal next week to build a new 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil refinery in Yanbu with China's Sinopec Group, the company said. Aramco said the formal signing would take place on SaturdayMore…
Aramco, Sinopec ink deal for $10bn refinery
State-run Saudi Aramco signed an initial deal with China's Sinopec Group to jointly build a $10-billion Yanbu refinery on the Red Sea coast, a pact that further cements ties between the two energy giants. China, the world's No. 2 oMore…
Sinopec, CNOOC in $7bn OGX asset bid
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What is the "the pearl of great price" referred to by Christ Jesus in the Bible?
For members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, gathered at their annual meeting in Boston Monday, it is the discovery of Christian Science by Mary Baker Eddy, in the late 19th century. She founded the church, she wrote, to "reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing."
Jesus' reference to the "pearl of great price" in the book of Matthew was the theme of the meeting, attended by about 1,400 church members at the denomination's home church in Boston, known as The Mother Church, and by thousands more via the Internet.
Members heard testimonies of physical healings from members, both live and on video, as well as reports from church officers, including a brief update on the church's finances.
The church owns, operates, and provides primary funding for The Christian Science Monitor, the online newspaper and weekly magazine begun as a daily newspaper by Mrs. Eddy in 1908.
"I see on an everyday basis the evidence for Christian Science healing," said Bill Dawley, editor of the church's religious periodicals and broadcasts via a recorded video. "When I see healings of the symptoms of things like Alzheimer's disease, cancer, diabetes – testimonies like that just say to me that the power of Christian Science is as strong today as it was when Mrs. Eddy discovered this great truth."
Christian Science in the Philippines
Another video shared news about Christian Science activity in the Philippines, including a visit to a remote mountain region where more than 200 Filipinos have formed several informal groups to study Christian Science and worship together.
"People are starting to think more logically about their faith and searching for a more meaningful religion or faith for them," said Florence Carandang, a church member in Manila. "I feel like what we can offer the community is ... being able to learn more about your relationship to God."
In a brief financial report, the church's Board chairman, Mary Trammel, noted that, as of the end of the fiscal year April 30, the church had $455 million on hand, including both restricted and unrestricted funds. The church has no outstanding debts, she announced, and its expenditures for the last year amounted to $102 million. The General Fund stands at $164 million.
All these figures have moved in a positive direction since last year, said Ned Odegaard, the church's treasurer, in an interview prior to the meeting.
Two years ago the church incurred extra expenses as its activities were consolidated mostly into a single building on the church's campus in Boston's Bay Bay neighborhood. Last year, The Christian Science Monitor received extra support as it made the transition from a daily print newspaper to an continuous online news source and a weekly print magazine.
With those exceptions, the church's finances have been "in a pretty consistent zone the last four or five years," Mr. Odegaard said. What church members want to know is whether the church's financial position is basically OK, he said. "And it is OK, it's very OK," he said.
Redeveloping the church campus
The church continues to move ahead with plans to develop its Boston property, said Ms. Trammel in an interview prior to the meeting.
"The plaza improvements that will be going on will improve the financial situation of the church in terms of paying for our real estate holdings, [and] covering the expenses which they have entailed, which have been considerable," she said. "Roughly 20 to 25 percent of every dollar that members currently give to The Mother Church each year is devoted to just maintaining our real estate property right here" in Boston, she said.
The aim, when the development is complete in about a decade, is that the church then could "spend all of our incoming contributions on [our] mission, which undoubtedly is what the members would feel the best about. I know I would be a lot happier knowing it's going to that than to buildings we aren't using."
Though Internet viewing figures from this year's meeting aren't yet available, viewers in 37 countries watched or listened live via 5,426 Internet connections last year, a church spokeswoman said. Many of those connections would have multiple viewers, she added.
The church named Fujiko Signs as its president for the coming year. Ms. Signs, a Christian Science lecturer, practitioner, and teacher, is the first Japanese person to serve as president of The Mother Church. Karl Sandberg of Norwell, Mass., and Marian English of Colorado Springs, Colo., were appointed as First and Second Readers of The Mother Church, to conduct services for the Boston congregation from June 2010 to June 2013.
The meeting represented "a celebration" that explored the theme of "The Pearl of Great Price" in its meaning to the church and the world, Trammel said. "We're really thrilled about this simple message. It means a lot to go right back to Jesus' words. He's the master Christian."
- Annual meeting 2009: Africa contributes biggest share of new members to Christian Science church
- Annual meeting 2008: Christian Scientists, at annual meeting, focus on Christly 'simplicity'
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A last-gasp penalty from Mikel Arteta kept Everton FC's slim hopes of Europa League football on the boil against a second-string Fulham side.
With Thursday's second leg of Fulham's semi-final against Hamburg in mind, boss Roy Hodgson made nine changes for this game, coming within seconds of ending a run of 16 successive defeats at Goodison Park.
Although Erik Nevland gave Fulham a 36th-minute lead against the run of play, Victor Anichebe hauled Everton level five minutes after his arrival as a half-time substitute before Arteta stroked home a face-saving winner deep into injury time.
You can hardly blame Hodgson for making as many changes as he did, with arguably the most high-profile game in the club's history looming.
Hodgson rested eight players - Paul Konchesky, Aaron Hughes, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu, Damien Duff, Zoltan Gera, Brede Hangeland and Simon Davies - with Bobby Zamora nursing an Achilles injury.
For the first 36 minutes of the game they were over-run and barely in the match as Everton created, and wasted, a host of chances.
The first of those came after 30 seconds as Mark Schwarzer, one of only two survivors from Thursday's goalless first leg in Hamburg, smothered a 20-yard snap shot from Tim Cahill, making his 200th appearance for the Toffees in all competitions.
That set the tone, yet remarkably Schwarzer was never called upon again until late in the first half when he stopped on the line a deflected effort from Yakubu.
However, the right-hand post came to his aid in the second minute as Diniyar Bilyaletdinov cracked a left-foot volley against the base after Tony Hibbert had floated over a right-wing cross.
One-way traffic followed with Cahill off target with a free header, Yakubu dragging a shot past the post after an error from defender Chris Smalling, whilst Cahill also drilled another low effort wide.
What would have been an untried Fulham rearguard defended stoutly, putting bodies in the way.
But then nine minutes from the break Fulham scored their first away league goal since a 3-2 defeat at Stoke on January 5, ending a blank seven-game run.
It came courtesy of a howler from Leighton Baines, who played a nonchalant pass to Tim Howard without looking, allowing Nevland to nip in and flick the ball over the advancing American goalkeeper.
Nevland's fourth this season also ended Fulham's goal drought on Merseyside - against both Everton and Liverpool - at nine hours and 14 minutes, with their last in a 4-1 defeat at Goodison in April 2007.
Fulham should have added a second shortly before the break when Stefano Okaka lofted a delightful chip into the area for Clint Dempsey to run onto, but with only Howard to beat, he volleyed over the crossbar.
At half-time boss David Moyes brought on Anichebe for Bilyaletdinov, which proved inspired as the striker levelled five minutes later.
Arteta, nursing a stitched cut over his left eye following an incident at the end of the first period, supplied a dinked cross from the left-hand edge of Fulham's penalty area.
Yakubu attempted a dramatic scissor kick, fortunately just avoiding Anichebe's head as he bravely nodded into the ground from six yards for what proved to be his second goal of the season as it took a slight deflection beyond Schwarzer's outstretched grasp.
Fortune then favoured Fulham as referee Lee Mason failed to spot an Anichebe cross hit Nicky Shorey's left arm in the area on the hour.
Ten minutes later Jonathan Greening's intercept to Tony Hibbert's right-wing cross flashed a yard beyond Schwarzer's right-hand post.
Then within a minute a goal-bound downward header from Louis Saha, on as a 61st-minute substitute for captain Phil Neville, bounced off Dempsey and inches over the bar.
It meant Fulham were still in the game, and they should have stolen victory, only for Stefano Okaka to shoot tamely into the welcoming arms of Howard after being played in by Nevland on a 76th-minute break.
It was then Everton who had the chance to win it, but a defiant Schwarzer brilliantly saved from Cahill at point-blank range in the 80th minute, prior to a more routine stop from Arteta four minutes from time.
But with a draw on the cards, a Chris Baird foul on Cahill inside the area allowed Arteta to score from the spot with virtually the last kick of the game.


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Benefits of physics and astronomy at DU
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Denver offers a low student-to-faculty ratio in all advanced and graduate Physics and Astronomy courses and guarantees individualized attention to each student. Faculty, not graduate students, teach all lecture courses. We have earned national recognition for the large proportion of women among our majors (50%). Undergraduate physics and astronomy majors (and most earning minors) normally join research teams with graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty.
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The department has major research thrusts in astronomy and astrophysics, biophysics and condensed matter physics. Our faculty are internationally recognized and accomplished researchers. The department is a part of two major interdisciplinary centers recently founded at DU: the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics program and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Major state-of-the-art instrumentation is available in the department and through collaborations with nearby national institutes in the region ( NIST, NREL, and NCAR), where many of our faculty hold associate appointments.


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LPD Honors Fallen Officers for National Police Week
The public is invited to the Lincoln Police Department's ceremony Tuesday, May 15, 2012, to honor fallen law enforcement officers as part of Peace Officers Memorial Day. The event begins at noon on the east steps of the Justice and Law Enforcement Center, 575 S. 10th Street. The ceremony will include keynote remarks from Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Heavican, a proclamation from Mayor Beutler and the Lincoln Police Honor Guard.
Police Chief Jim Peschong said the ceremony is an opportunity to honor and pay tribute to the local officers who gave their lives while serving the citizens of Lincoln:
Captain Charles E. Hall - March 31, 1917
Special Duty Patrolman Marion F. Marshall - September 9, 1932
Officer Richard E. Leyden - September 26, 1949
Detective Frank H. Soukup - December 16, 1966
Detective Paul B. Whitehead - August 10, 1967
Motorcycle Officer George W. Welter - February 9, 1968
The ceremony will be followed by a reception in the LPD classrooms, with refreshments furnished by the Lincoln Police Union.


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|2008-04-16, 01:19
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Suffice to say, on most occasions that don't involve schools of some kind, it's exceedingly difficult to tell a characters age. I always thought Yoko was at least 16.
|2008-04-16, 06:19
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Ancient Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
CC proves that you really can't judge age by what the characters look like, just like you can't in real life sometimes...
|2008-04-20, 01:51
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Waiting for more taiyuki!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Yoko's age was a big shock for me since she had the body of an 17-18 yo. I was also laughing at the thread when that came out and the dodging that Gainax did when they were confronted about this at a con. I'm waiting to see what Bandai Ent. does with this.
|2008-04-21, 02:07
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Oldskool Otaku
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: New York City
I think Sheryl finds Altoh interesting because he is a "pretty" boy. Romantically, I think it will never happen their personalities are too strong.
In Ep 3, Sheryl actually showed Altoh a thing or two about taking charge through diversity.
Most likely it involves Altoh and Ranka later on as there already signs of him showing care and interest in Ranka.
|2008-04-21, 02:17
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Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
Dude Macross tradition, the OP song name, the first line in the op song (Who are you going to kiss) and all my experience reading/watching shounen/shoujo romance anime/manga points to a triangle. Read the lyrics for the OP/ED, keep in mind these songs were made for this show and are not the latest release from a jpop/jrock band who want to push their newest single.
For Sheryl and Alto they have sparks flying between them, they got the classic "I can't stand this guy"/"this girls a complete bitch" thing going on just like in the original Macross between Hikaru and Hayase. I don't need to point out what happened between them in the end do I?
|2008-04-21, 11:58
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Oldskool Otaku
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: New York City
From their dialogues, it seems Sheryl is too much for a young righteous guy like Altoh and she obviously is the bossy ambtious type, not the minmei type.
|2008-04-21, 12:14
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Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
I don't know why you ignore 4 of my 5 points but whatever.. Seriously man... you haven't noticed the similarities between Hayase and Sheryl? Imo it's no coincidence that the Frontier crew member attached to Sheryl is a Misa lookalike. As for the Plus comment if Sheryl is Lucy than who's Guld? If you flip their genders Sheryl = Isamu.
Btw what role is Sheryl playing if Ranka is the destined one for Alto and is also the one connected to the Varja? Why is a "distraction" listed second on the cast list in the credits? (Goes Alto, Sheryl, Ranka) Because her VA is a bigger name/established? If that sort of thing was done than Miyano Mamoru's character in Soul Eater be listed as the top since the two leads are played by newcomers.
Seriously I haven't seen a Sheryl fan completely discount Ranka yet some Ranka fans seem to be doing that to Sheryl already. I have no idea why since all signs point to a triangle that will be awesome and go down to the wire.
|2008-04-21, 12:49
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Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
Even though I would like a similar outcome I don't think the ending of the original series will have any bearing on the result of this series (sorry Minmei fans who think they are "owed" one) but it's just hilarious that some Ranka fans are saying the following stuff. Sheryl's too bossy, being too much of a bitch to Alto, too mature for him etc. It's like they haven't even seen the original series...
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|2008-04-21, 16:05
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|2008-04-21, 16:25
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Independent YES, Bossy, I don't know... for now I'm in the Ranka camp. Barring character development I'll stay there, I'd go over to Sheryl if she showed a more "caring" side.
@vision3rr: I think the director or something of the original Macross described it as a "Love Triangle set in the midst of Great Battles" or something like that.
|2008-04-21, 16:42
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Mon, Dec 21st, 2009
Day 23 Training:
part 1:
Clean and Jerk - find your 1RM
rest 6+ hours
part 2:
21,15,9 rep rounds for time;
Thrusters - 95#/65#
Chest to Bar Chin ups
post 3 scores only.
your BWT in lbs, your highest load for C & J and your time for the couplet
(i.e. 170#, 265#, 3:33)
102 comments:
- Wes hendricks said...
is there anyone in or near providence, RI that I could join for these WOD's tomorrow?
- December 20, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- Geoff Aucoin said...
Bah-hahaha. Oh god, I don't know if I should take tomorrow off and try this on Tuesday or just do the C & J because I can't fit in 2 WODs tomorrow.
Good luck, kids!
- December 20, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Lisa M 41/128/f said...
James do you recommend that we (meaning us girls)slug it out at the heavy fran weight or decrease the weight and concentrate on speed???
- December 20, 2009 at 10:10 PM
- Chris Fodera said...
any of the Big Dawgs in the Camp Pendleton area of California?
- December 20, 2009 at 10:18 PM
- Sweeney said...
Well, well, well....
Almost three years into Crossfit and I have NEVER done Fran.
I knew this day would come.
- December 20, 2009 at 10:40 PM
- Jason said...
Is their anyway to ship that DVD to Alaska? I only get options for shipping in Canada.
- December 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- Noah Milstein said...
Took an extra zero on the 19th. My back is still killing me so I'll be taking a break until it heals up. =(
- December 21, 2009 at 3:37 AM
- Kevin O'Malley said...
Hey Wes,
Do not know if this helps,but I am friends with Samy from CFNH and run an affiliate in Brockton, Massachusetts, about an hour from providence, you could stop down here if you wanted.... to get your workout in... Shoot me an email or visit my website give me a call..
- December 21, 2009 at 4:06 AM
- D-Rob said...
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- December 21, 2009 at 7:24 AM
- Brent Maier said...
The last FRAN I did was at least a year and a half ago and that was only chin to bar. This is going to be fun.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:28 AM
- Steve Howell said...
I've been wanting to give Fran another shot for the last 2 weeks, but not chest to bar lol! I agree with Brent this is going to be fun.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:37 AM
- rwcorson said...
Read the prescription. Men-95#, Women-65#.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:40 AM
- Lisa M 41/128/f said...
Hey Rob
I checked the site last night and there was only the one weight of 95# on there. So i was just clarifying. I guess James must have noticed he forgot the womens weight. I always read the instuctions carefully!
- December 21, 2009 at 8:45 AM
- rwcorson said...
Lisa, my bad!!
- December 21, 2009 at 8:50 AM
- dontpanic356 said...
Early workout again...little rest....baby not feeling well.
My favorite life and my least favorite WOD
CJ: 285 (tied PR)
CTB Fran: 3:52
I will get that 300 lb CJ soon...just need a little rest. Fran was hard, as usual. Legs were sluggish from doing some heavy squats yesterday. Last fran was a year and a half ago, chin to bar with a time of 3:44.
Cant wait for the start of the year when I get reassigned from patrol and have a consistent schedule. This rotating mess is killing me. Time, diet, and workouts suffer BADLY.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Gord said...
BwT- 158
C&J- 215.5 Failed 4 times at 221
- December 21, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Wes hendricks said...
C&J -205, failed 2 times at 215 and once at 212....very very discouraged. I did do this in a snowy driveway on a small piece of slanted pavement w/ people shoveling around me. I think I may take the rest of the day off and try this again tomorrow when I am back at home.
- December 21, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Wes hendricks said...
Thanks for the offer I appreciate it! I gave you a call this morning, I was the 201 number that called you if you were wondering. I will have to come by some time and check the place out. Thanks again!
- December 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Michael said...
Still trying to catch up, will probably take a rest tom and then do double, double to finish on the 24th
1 min amrap wod:
Box Jump- 45
Wall Ball- 30
Toes to bar- 15
Push Press- 28
Burpees- 20
Total- 138
Felt good except Push Press felt weak.
5k Row- 21:05/ ave watt 173 at BW 165
- December 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- rwcorson said...
C to B Fran - 5:52
- December 21, 2009 at 12:24 PM
I have the same question as Jason. I would like to get the DVD down here in Texas.
John West
- December 21, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- Martin Altemark said...
Youngest kid sick and puking all over so I had to take that time I had to work out. Therefor one session.
Bodyweight: 75kg (165 pounds)
C&J 92,5kg (204 pounds) (PR by 5 pounds)
CTB Fran: 5:20
- December 21, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- Greg Soneff said...
BWT: 181kg
C&J: 95kg (failed twice at 100kg)
C2B Fran: 7:01
Need to work on my front squat because I can power clean more than I can squat clean at the moment.
Fran felt awful and had to split the pull-ups much more than I had wanted to. Regular Fran PR is 3:40 so definitely wanted to do better than 7:01. Next time.
- December 21, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Brent Maier said...
C&J: 110kg (242#)
Chest2Bar Fran: Hitting it In 3 hours.
My last PR was 110kg 1 year ago. Leg is still buggered up from the other day. Compromising form in a bad way to compensate. Leg started to swell after my 115kg attempts and shut it down. I think I had 115kg in me today even though my jerk needs some serious work.
- December 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM
- Steve Howell said...
C&J: 230 (pr)
* went for 235 but failed several times on the clean then once I got it up couldn't get it over head. But I am very pleased with 230 that is a 20lb pr for me.
- December 21, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- PTS said...
bw: 186
CJ: 205 (PR was 215 in May.)
CTB Fran - 5:41
Failed at 220 and 211 on the jerk. My jerk is disatrous and needs some serious work. Fran was Fran. 2 bball games tonight may mean that I am out for the double tomorrow.
Don't Panic: I also work rotating shifts and just came off of working 36hrs of night shifts in 60 hours. While lack of sleep can be a serious issue, the diet is something that can be controlled. Bring a cooler to work. Easy to store good proteins and fats in there. Cook a whole bunch of meat a few days ahead of time and toss it into the cooler.
While my diet is far from perfect, I've found with proper planning it can be pretty darn good even if working shift work.
- December 21, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- Chris Stroud said...
245 Clean and Jerk (PR)
255 Clean (PR)
- December 21, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- Garage Crossfitter said...
CJ 225 (tied pr) felt very heavy
10 min rest (due to schedule)
CTB fran 4:06 yuck
*old pr was 4:24 at the 08 games @ 160 lbs, now im 180lbs. i finished round of 15 thrusters at 2:02. then i died...next time with right mindset and fresh legs sub 3:30.
- December 21, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- Justin Flynn said...
C&J 255# (PR)by 20#!!!
Stoked with this. Really felt incredible today on the platform. Cleans felt easy and jerks were solid. Ran out of time. I feel like had I started a little heavier I have another 10-15# in me.
All of these front squats have been paying off.
- December 21, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- Mike said...
bw: 173
cj: 175, failed at 185
ctb fran: 3:26
- December 21, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- dontpanic356 said...
The bad eating is my fault. I've promised myself that I won't eat bad at work numerous times, but on busy shifts a quick drivethrough is the only option.
I need to do like you said and bring a cooler. If I could clean up my worktime eating my diet would be pretty good.
- December 21, 2009 at 2:47 PM
- joey warren said...
part 1
255lb (PR by 15lb)
225 sq clean, 235sq clean, 245sq clean, 250 fail sq clean, 255 power clean & jerk
the squat is still the limiting factor on these. THe jerk felt light but form was ugly.
- December 21, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- andrew Romeo said...
c & j: 210
ctb fran: 5:49 (no excuses, just not very fast for me today)
- December 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM
180 lbs BW 195 lbs C and J tie PR but this 195 was alot cleaner than last time. need more jerk practice.
resting 6 hours for C2B Fran now...
- December 21, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- OPT said...
Jason, we do ship to the USA. I'm not sure why you are only getting options for Canada? Enter your address and chose UPS standard. If that doesn't work email firstname.lastname@example.com
- December 21, 2009 at 3:14 PM
- A. Maloney said...
Looks like an amazing WOD today, wish I was somewhere where there was a gym to be able to do this one. Taking the next few days off to recover because my performances are just decreasing. Will be roaring and ready to go back on the 29th.
- December 21, 2009 at 3:23 PM
- Mike Molloy said...
Male, 28, 5'11''
165#, 205#, 4:35
Moving my girlfriend all weekend in the biggest snow in 50 years took something out of me. No excuses though.
- December 21, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- Jefff said...
Part 1 - Bwt - 165 (Approx as scale is broken)
C&J - 195#. Failed at 200# twice. An a positive note PR'd power clean at 200# twice. Brain wouldn't let me get under bar on squat clean and same trouble on jerk.
- December 21, 2009 at 3:55 PM
- Agnew said...
213#, 185#, 7:32
Not happy about these numbers.
- December 21, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- Lisa M said...
So since there has been a lot of focus on goals - one of my goals for this past year 2009 which i set back in January was to be able to do a sub 6 minute Fran as Rxd. When i set this goal i had done Fran twice the first one was over 12 minutes with rubber band assisted pullups. The second time was in Nov of 08 and finished in over 10 minutes with assisted pullups. Since then i believe i tried three more times and was always over 6 minutes. After that i switched to this blog for my training and WOW what a difference it has made!! So i really wanted to see if i could reach my goal, so i did as many C2B as possible and finished with Western Canadian Q's standard chin over bar breaking plane. I ended up doing about half C2bs so pretty good my time:
I know it is not a beast like Fran time but i think if i did just regular chin ups through out and didn't have to yell at my kids during it i know i have a sub 5 minute in me for sure.
Thank you James for all that you do!
- December 21, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- Anthony said...
C&J: 200# (split clean)
Fran: 4:44 PR
- December 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- Chris Dunkin said...
bad news and very little sleep sapped the energy I needed today. worked up to 235 on c&j, and spent a lot of time on form. No second wod today.
- December 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- unit said...
193#, 240#, 2:37(pr!)
- December 21, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- Michael McCabe said...
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- December 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM
- Steve Howell said...
Nice work Unit! whats your "regular" Fran time?
- December 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
- Chris Fodera said...
looking for critiques, criticisms, comments, etc...
Part 1: Felt decent doing this, but not great. Was a little uncomfortable putting the stress on my right knee b/c it has been feeling a lot better, but went for it anyway. The Jerk is the limiting factor for me here, because my Power Clean is over 230.
PWO: 40gP (Jarrow shake), 10gC (mashed yams w/ cinnamon)
60 min later: ground turkey (w/ tomatoes, onions, peppers, garlic, and spinach) and mac nuts
Hoping to find Everett's book and DVD under the tree on Friday. I have Burgener's Oly Cert coming up in Feb as well; would love to go in there better than where I am at now.
- December 21, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- Sweeney said...
CTB Fran: 5:09
Word is "haffishi" like the taste in the mouth....
- December 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- unit said...
Steve last time I did a Fran it was mayb 2 yes ago... chin over bar... 3:27... today was a HUGE pr 4 me which makes me realize I've come a long way! however I still feel I need 2 speed up from out of the hole at the bottom and transition 2 the press better... almost feels like 2 movements especially as I fatigue, as opposed 2 one fluid movement... this was the first time since the last big dawg comp I've done butterfly kip 2 protect a tweaked shoulder, and it felt fine 2day... unbroken except last set was 7-1-1...
- December 21, 2009 at 5:19 PM
- Stephen Flamm said...
Bodyweight: 194
Clean & jerk: 205
Thruster & CTB PU: 5:26
Caught the jerk in complete lockout. Haven't jerked in about 6 months, so stopped when technique broke down. Needs work. My old "Fran" PR is 4:10, so I am pretty happy with the metcon. Thrusters felt easier than they ever have. Pull-ups, not so much...
- December 21, 2009 at 5:25 PM
- Joel B. said...
C&J: 200 (pr)
Couplet: 6:08 (1st time c2b)
- December 21, 2009 at 5:34 PM
- NorCal Chris said...
197#, 175#, 6:26
Not pleased with the C&J or the C2B pullups but got some good practice on the C&J today after failing at 185# a bunch and then dropping the wt and focusing on the movement.
- December 21, 2009 at 5:41 PM
- atom said...
180#, 225#, 5:40
Failed on 245 on C&J, no 5# or 2.5# olympic weights to try 235#....
Took ctb fran easy, I can feel the onset of a cold coming.....ahhh shite.
- December 21, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- JOSHUA said...
Body weight 180, c&j 225, fran 6:56-Pr chest to bar.
- December 21, 2009 at 6:02 PM
- Laura said...
BW; 116 Squat Clean 120--tried 122.5 a few times, jerk part wasn't great--I dropped it behind me once, don't know how! But..I did get the 122.5 power clean 3x.
Part 2: 7:50--way faster than last time's attempt with chest to bar. About 2 1/2 minutes slower than regular Fran time--Chest to bar chinups were the slowing down factor, seemed to need more rest time to get all chest to bar chins.
- December 21, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- Paul Klein said...
Bwt 185#, 225#, 5.50
I squat cleaned 230 and failed on the jerk, then couldn't clean it again in three attempts. 225 is a CnJ PR by 20lbs.
No time for the 6 hours rest so I hit C2B Fran 20 minutes after the C&J
I had no thunder for the pull ups. My standard fran PR is 3.49, tonight was a full 2 minutes slower. Ouch.
- December 21, 2009 at 6:40 PM
- Dan said...
Part 1: 215#
Part 2: 7m22s (did heavy fran)
- December 21, 2009 at 6:41 PM
- Jefff said...
- December 21, 2009 at 6:55 PM
- joey warren said...
178l#, 255#, 2:40 (PR!)
unit, god dang! I had the advantage on this one cuz I saw your time and I was gunning for you, still couldnt catch you, geat job!. I broke maybe one pullup too early on the last set it was 5-2-1-1. One up Unit!
I'll post the video I have on it soon, I know some of the pullups were more like neck to bar.
Last time I did fran it was chin over bar and it was 2:45, and last time I did chest to bar it was 3:36, so huge improvement, I love it! Once again this programming is AWESOME. Thanks James! Seriously I have seen improvements every single day for the last 4 months. If you havnt jumped in 100%, I would highly recommend doing it sooner than later.
post wod fuel: 2.5 scoops refuel.
- December 21, 2009 at 6:56 PM
- Jefff said...
Sweeney, sweet C&J for a 57 pounder!
- December 21, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Part1. 200#
Part2. 4:48
Had to do both parts with only about 10 min rest between
- December 21, 2009 at 7:01 PM
- Lauren said...
bwt 155#
C and J- 150# , felt really good so jumped to 160 and failed 2 times.
Fran - 6:20 - super happy since last time I did C2B Fran I didn't finish.
- December 21, 2009 at 7:09 PM
- Chad Hall said...
C+J = 245 (PR by 15)
C2B Fran = 6:32
Happy with the clean and jerk, maybe could have maxed out at 255 if I started higher and had a little more time.
Not so happy with Fran as I took too much time resting. It was done about 4 hours after.
- December 21, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- Slater Coe said...
bodyweight = 218#
C&J = 235# (pr)
rest 20 min...
C2B Fran = 5:39 (pr)
I hate, hate, hate Fran... I mentally take myself out of this wod before even beginning it - happens every time. I would welcome some thoughts on how to not pscyhe myself out on a wod which I know I can succeed at.
- December 21, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- bso said...
183#, 215#, 5:28
Maybe a rest day tomorrow.
- December 21, 2009 at 7:39 PM
- Brent Maier said...
C&J: 110kg (242#)
Chest2Bar Fran: 5:19
Last chin to bar time for Fran Apr '08 was 3:50. Never done a chest to bar but todays makes me feel like I'm losing ground. Chest to bar is no joke! I weighed in at 201# for Fran. Drank a lot of water today!
- December 21, 2009 at 7:41 PM
- David said...
232 on C&J
- December 21, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Michael McCabe said...
184#, 215#, 5:04
- December 21, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- unit said...
Joey!... Thanks bro!... Rockin wod 2day... glad I could help push and motivate u... This community is invaluable bc of the day 2 day comps, comparisons, pushes, etc... sounds like uve come a long way 2, so congrats on the PRs!... Lots of PRs 2day!...
- December 21, 2009 at 7:58 PM
- Laura said...
oops, re-read post--did all power cleans, no real squatting involved!
Good job Lauren, I think we were in the same boat last time we did CtoB Fran!
- December 21, 2009 at 8:03 PM
- Kevin O'Malley said...
Goood Stuff today... I have no problem cleaning 200 lbs, but my jerk and recently changed to split jerk is still weak.. I am very disappointed... Just another thing to work... Happy with my fran time.. Chin to bar PR is 2:39, but today posted a 3:10 chest to bar maybe on a few were skeptical with just neck to bar, but felt strong on thrusters and felt light... My strength is improving within the last 2 to 3 weeks here, but just have to be patient..
Clean and Jerk-200 lbs
Hey Wes,
Good talking to you on the phone today, Hope to see you soon in the Vagabond CrossFit Community killing it..
- December 21, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- Chris Fodera said...
Part 2 = 4:45
PWO: 2 scoops refuel
60 min later: salad (gyro meat, lettuce, tomato, olives, onions, olive oil)
Been CrossFitting for about 10 months now and this is my first Fran. Thrusters seemed slow today, but I attribute that to the fact that I have avoided any exercises/WODs that involved the bending of my right knee beyond about 45 degrees.
Knee feels pretty good right now.
Had to partition the 15 and 9 rounds of Thrusters into 10/5 and 5/4.
Partitioned the Chest 2 Bar PullUps as well, but can't remember the numbers.
My arms feel like jello now, but my legs are pretty OK. They (legs) just felt super slow during the WOD and I didn't feel explosive coming out of the hole at all.
Here is my Clean and Jerk, I welcome and invite comments, critiques, and criticisms.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Decided to do regular fran today since I haven't dont it on about 14 months. I wanted to gauge my progress. August 2008 I got 4:18. Today I got 2:55! Very happy with it.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:34 PM
- bso said...
I'm feeling a lot more energized now to be reading about all the PRs out there. Great job Dawgs!
Chris, those first few barks from your dog come at just the right time... I thought that was you grunting!!! Anyway, I'd say you need to focus on getting that hip extension (2nd pull). You're good from the floor, but you have almost no second pull at all.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:41 PM
- Kyle F said...
BW: 198 lbs
Couplet: 4:27
Need to improve Jerk. Jerk failed on 235 twice. Chest to bar takes Fran to a place that I don't like to go. HELL.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:44 PM
- Steve Howell said...
Part 2: 3:51(pr)
*never done chest to bar Fran before so I'm really happy with this. All sets were unbroken Thrusters felt slow once I started the 15 but the pull ups were strong and really fast all the way. Chin over the bar fran time is 2:49 and that was without butterfly kips so now that I can do them Im sure my time would be faster.
Awesome work Joey and Unit sick times!
- December 21, 2009 at 8:44 PM
- Wes hendricks said...
Likewise talking to you today. That is a sick CTB fran time bro. I will def be shooting for your time tomorrow. I will be sure to give you a call next time I am near by to get a WOD in.
- December 21, 2009 at 8:46 PM
- Brian Maier said...
Great times today guys/gals!!!
Sprained ankle won't allow me to do Part 1 yet....
Part 2: 5:50 - thrusters hurt ankle a bit so did them very delicately. CTB chinups were a killer.
Definitely regressed during the past several weeks trying to rehab ankle sprain. I just don't have any explosion in my movements. Can't wait to get healthy and start hitting it hard again.
- December 21, 2009 at 9:04 PM
- imosher said...
164# bwt
92.5kg c+j
cleaned 95kg but could not complete the jerk.
some day I will make it through the round of 15 thrusters unbroken but today is not that day.
- December 21, 2009 at 9:05 PM
- Jason said...
Bwt- 190
Fran- 4:20
- December 21, 2009 at 9:52 PM
- Justin Flynn said...
I couldnt resist ol classic Fran since I hadnt done her in a little while. 3:43 one second off pr.
Was super gassed coming off 1st set of pullups and fell off a cliff. Had to drop bar on rep eight in second set bc of lack of air not weight of bar. Weight felt light just felt like i had no oxygen. That cost me 20 seconds.
All in all happy with my performance today. 20# pr on C&J and :01 seconds off fran.
- December 21, 2009 at 10:19 PM
BW 180 C&J 195 C2B Fran 5:14
- December 21, 2009 at 10:28 PM
- md said...
bw - 180
c&j - 185
Fran - 4:54 (PR)
First time i have completed the thrusters unbroken. The c2b killed me. Broke way more time than needed. Last fran time was 6+ minutes with chin over bar.
- December 21, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- Grant said...
@ OPT @ noon
I posted after my WOD but it doesn't appear now. Hmmm
C&J 201# poor show but I'm coming back so chin up
CTB Fran 5:53. Again no great shakes but heading in the right direction
- December 21, 2009 at 11:33 PM
- Ross Blake said...
bwt 171#, c&j 181.5#, c2b fran 6:17
Couldn't squat clean 181.5, could only power clean.
FS obviously needs work as the thrusters always slow me down..
Both pr's tho! oh yeah
- December 22, 2009 at 1:05 AM
fran: 5:54 (c2b first 21, second 8...switched to regular bc of pain in shoulder. c2b pullups is how I dislocated earlier this year, so trying to be smart!)
- December 22, 2009 at 2:20 AM
- Lindsey said...
Fran: 12:47
C&J: This was a little frustrating because my technique it what is really holding me back. I struggle accelerating the bar in my second pull and using my hips to help drive the weight. I feel like if I can get my hips into it and drop under the bar that this will improve very quickly
Fran: Again, frustrating. My time was not at all what I wanted but it was an improvement since the one other time I have tried Fran. My last time was about three months ago and I believe my time was 13:20ish... I had to scale the thrusters to 55# and did band assisted pull ups. This time was able to complete thrusters at the rx'ed 65# and pull ups were with a jumping kip. I'm getting closer to being able to complete the whole WOD as rx'ed and am just not being very patient. I need to be happy with how far I've come on my trip to how far I have to go.
- December 22, 2009 at 7:49 AM
- April said...
Great job Lisa!
My goal posted in the anvil is a sub 9 fran with chin over bar pullups. Unfortunately, no gym in central WI allows you to drop weights so I'll try and hit this up when I get back to NC.
Joey, where do you live? Maybe one day you and unit could come for a visit to the anvil together...
- December 22, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- Geoff Aucoin said...
Pt 1.
240, new PB for SQUAT clean and jerk. I've done that with P cleans.
Jerks were shakey initially but as the weight went up the cleans got harder. I'm bigger than I was at the Qualifiers and my front squat is way higher so I could gut out the cleans with pure strength, I still need to get under the bar quicker.
CTB Fran later, if I can manage it...
- December 22, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- dmarsh said...
Part 1:
260 (clean PR, failed on jerk)
Cleans felt great, have more in the tank on those. Jerk was solid as well.
Part 2:
3 seconds shy of my CTB Fran PR, which I was happy with given I was not feeling 100%. Mishap on set of 15 thrusters ate up 3-4 seconds. Everything unbroken until last set of pullups (5,4).
- December 22, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- dmarsh said...
- December 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Covino24 said...
Fran : 7:51 PR
Rest time was like 15 to 20 mins between wods.. no time today. first time doing 95# fran, last time was a month ago at 75# - 8:30.
- December 22, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- JAM said...
6:57 first c2b
- December 22, 2009 at 5:19 PM
- Saverio said...
BWT-175, C&J-175, Fran-5:27
- December 22, 2009 at 5:27 PM
- Dave X said...
- December 22, 2009 at 6:17 PM
- Geoff Aucoin said...
Wellllll no pt II for this guy. I ended up napping like the wind. I needed it.
My word is 'afran.' That is too weird.
- December 22, 2009 at 8:25 PM
- Michael said...
Part 1
CL&J- 255 tied PR but it felt easy, went for 275 and failed twice but feel i could have gotten it had i been fresh instead of coming off a double yesterday
Part 2
C2B Fran
3:19- never done C2B before normal PR is 2:35 so I was pleased considering not being fresh.
Thrusters were light.
165#, 255#, 3:19
- December 22, 2009 at 8:48 PM
- Bear said...
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- December 23, 2009 at 1:21 AM
- Bear said...
BW: 170 lbs
C&J: 87.5 kg, pr (http://vimeo.com/8340406)
CTB-Fran: 5:06 min
- December 23, 2009 at 1:23 AM
1. 215
3. 7:03
C/J tied PR set 14 months ago. Cant get over the hump. 12 hours rest.
Couplet, sub ring pullups. Hands to shoulders
- December 23, 2009 at 6:19 AM
- Mack Lar said...
Attempted 235 3 times but I cant squat clean it. Having trouble getting it onto my shoulders, it ends up more in hands out front.
Fran was ugly. Regular Fran PR is 2:54. C2B pullups were unbroken in first round but broken after that.
- December 23, 2009 at 8:32 AM
- Linker said...
Part 1
Part 2
C2B Fran: 4:29 Rx'd (PR)
Bodyweight = 182
- December 24, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Steve Smith said...
195#, 280#, 3:31
First time doing Fran, "Chest to Bar." Thrusters unbroken, pullups very broken on last two sets. Used pullup bar with "neutral" grip, touched chest to hands on each rep.
- December 27, 2009 at 7:43 PM


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There was plenty of dinner conversation last week at the Haifley household in Three Rivers.
Teresa Haifley graduated from Constantine High School in 1987. Her husband, Todd, was a member of White Pigeon High School's class of '89.
There was plenty of dinner conversation last week at the Haifley household in Three Rivers.
Teresa Haifley graduated from Constantine High School in 1987. Her husband, Todd, was a member of White Pigeon High School's class of '89.
The battle lines were drawn all week in advance of Saturday's Constantine-White Pigeon alumni football game, and the Haifleys' scenario was similar for husbands and wives who also had a split allegiance toward their respective alma mater.
For Teresa Haifley, however, love conquers all; she was found seated in White Pigeon's stands cheering on her husband and his Chiefs squad.
"I feel like a traitor, but this is where the group of my (post-high school) friends were sitting," she said. "I do plan to go to the other side at halftime and look for anyone I went to school with."
Saturday's matchup marked the first meeting between the two schools in an alumni contest. White Pigeon in 2012 and 2013 went up against league foe Centreville, but the stakes were higher after Constantine agreed to play as part of the 2014 White Pigeon Days community festival.
The three-day event ended Sunday with a community church service and picnic at Wade Park.
Saturday night's game, meanwhile, lived up to the hype and ended with the same result the last 17 consecutive times when the Tomahawk was at stake: a Constantine win.
The Falcons may have prevailed, 14-6, but Kathy Block said the fact the two sides renewed a great rivalry was what really mattered. She said her husband, Chris (White Pigeon class of 1996), was happy to have at least one more opportunity to face his best friend, Constantine's Bruce Heslet (1996).
"They were best friends in high school and played against each other then, and they're still best friends and they're on the field together again," she said. "Chris has been extremely quiet and pretty intense all week, so I know this is a big deal for him."
Their son, Brody, turned 7-years-old Saturday and was thrilled to see his dad catch a touchdown for White Pigeon's lone score. The offensive highlight, Block said, was probably enough incentive for her husband to play again even though he said Saturday would be the last time he puts on the shoulder pads.
"I'm just going to make sure he doesn't leave the couch Sunday," she said.
Block said a lot of he dads had their kids at practice with them through the week, an opportunity she called special and unique.
Kelly Shafer, was supporting the Chiefs and her husband, Fred (1991).
Shafer said her husband told her the group of teammates for the 2014 alumni game has the best camaraderie he has seen.
"He was talking about one guy who lives in Massachusetts, he took the week off from work and came to the practices all week all to be a part of this game," Shafer said. "This is a big deal to a lot of people and I think it's great they get this opportunity to play against each other."
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Salisbury said he was hoping for a White Pigeon victory.
"They have something to prove … Constantine's won the Tomahawk a lot of years in a row," he said. "It's unfortunate they can't still play in the regular season, but Constantine did what it felt it had to do (by leaving the St. Joe Valley League)."
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She said there was no doubt the two would play.
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As far as I'm concerned, the NHL has been screwing themselves silly for years. First, they messed up by not capitalizing on a Stanley Cup win by the team in their number one market. Then, they over-expand by six teams (they should have kept it at two: Minnesota and Nashville, who has turned into a surprisingly good market for professional hockey) and relocate two classic franchises to a pair of questionable markets (although one could argue that Phoenix is becoming a boom market for hockey; meanwhile, Carolina is as passionate about hockey as Canadians are about basketball) while alienating the Canadian franchises.
On top of that, you have a bumbling idiot of a commissioner and Donald Fehr's understudy as a Player's Association head grasping at straws over a collective bargaining agreement. This crap could've been stopped two years ago, but they decided to leave it alone until six months (!!! before the playoffs started and even talk over a work stoppage overshadowed what was a great Cup playoffs.
Professional hockey will never be the same after this ends - if ever. It'll only survive in the small cities and communites. I'm glad I still have two minor league teams and a bunch of college squads to support here in my part of the country. And one of those pro teams has the most famous mullet in the world as their co-owner!


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Daughter of Saint Bertille and Saint Walbert of Hainault. Sister of Saint Aldegundis. Married to Saint Vincent Madelgaire, count of Hainault, a lord in King Dagobert's court. Mother of two sons and two daughters – including Saint Landericus of Soignies, Saint Madalberta and Saint Aldetrudis. She convinced her husband to become a monk, and he is now known as Saint Vincent Madelgaire. Spiritual student of Saint Guislain. Took the veil from Saint Aubert. Founded a religious community in Mons, Belgium, but lived as a member, not a leader. Target of much slander from the secular world.
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by Tom Utescher
It was up to the volleyball team to restore a measure of Mountie pride. During the second week of September, Mount St. Joseph Academy had lost to league rival Gwynedd Mercy in no fewer than four fall sports.
The spike squads from the two schools met last Thursday evening at the Mount, and after overcoming increasingly stiff resistance from the visiting Monarchs, the host MSJ Magic pulled out a 3-0 victory. The outcome elevated the Magic's overall record to 7-1 and lifted its league mark to 5-1.
Coming in, the Mount and Gwynedd each had just one loss within the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies, both schools succumbing to longtime AACA power Villa Maria. The Magic fell to the Hurricanes back on September 10 by a 3-1 count, with their three lost games decided by five, four, and three points.
Harking back to the Villa match, Mount St. Joe middle hitter Sarah Thomas commented, "They're really good, but I think we're pretty evenly matched and I look forward to playing them again."
Thomas, a 6'1" junior, said that after the loss to the Hurricanes, "We worked on our passing a lot, and practiced closing blocks and hitting angles."
Overall, the volleyball program at Gwynedd Mercy has been gathering momentum, so the Magic believed they were in for a battle last Thursday.
"We knew they were going to come out strong against us," Thomas related, "and we needed to tighten things up and really play together."
The league rivals were neck-and-neck through the early minutes of the opening game, arriving at a 10-all tie. A good serving stint by junior Monica DiIenno helped the Magic get some separation at 15-10, and later the Mount St. Joe lead reached double digits, at 22-12. The Monarchs dug in and extended the game a few more minutes, but eventually fell, 25-17.
Gwynedd did not dig as deep a hole for itself in the second game, but still wound up on the short end of a 25-20 final to go down 0-2 in the match score.
Kills by Thomas and senior outside Moira Mulholland helped the Mounties gain a 6-3 edge early in round three, but strong play at the net by Kellie Domenick, Devon Hogan, and Kelly Yoast not only got Gwynedd back in the running, but nudged the visitors ahead, 8-7.
Through the middle portion of the game, the Mount opened up a few modest leads, but Gywnedd clawed back to close the gaps until the score evened out at 17-17.
A GMA serve into the net gave the Magic a side-out, then two hits and a tip by Mulholland put three of the next four points on the home side of the scoreboard, making it 21-18. The teams traded points with a kill by the visitors' Hogan and a ball that was tipped over two Monarchs blockers by MSJ senior Elizabeth Zakrzewski.
Gwynedd's Allie DeAngelis then fooled the host team with a quick, unexpected pass over the net that started out looking like a setting attempt. When the next rally ended with the Magic hitting the ball into the net, their lead was down to one point, at 22-21.
A kill by Zakrzewski got the side-out for the Mount and sent DiIenno to the service line, then the Magic approached match point when a Gwynedd ball landed just beyond the left sideline. A well-placed set by MSJ freshman Jacey Abdalla helped Zakrzewski put down a kill to seal the victory.


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The official deadline for registering political parties for next year's local elections in Iraq on 21 April 2013 expired last Sunday. The Iraqi elections commission continued to handle registrations on Monday and Tuesday but has now published a list that looks more definitive in that it does not any longer include the expression "registered until now". This being Iraq, it is hard to be certain whether this really is the final list, but it is certainly the most comprehensive account available so far and a brief discussion of these 261 entities can be worthwhile.
It should be said at the outset that the publication of this list, while significant, is not a definitive indication of how the political landscape for the next local elections in Iraq is shaping up. The crucial stage in that respect is the list of coalitions, which on previous occasions has been published as late as one month before the elections themselves. What voters will deal with on election day, after all, is electoral lists, which can be made up of one party or several registered entities joined together on a list. A registration as a separate entity at this stage may well be nothing more than an expression of the hubris of Iraqi politicians who feel the need to have a political party of their own; as in previous elections a key question is the extent to which such hubris can be transcended for the purpose of creating electable lists and viable coalitions when the elections get closer.
With regard to the registered entities themselves, they fall in three main categories.
Firstly, there are all the well-known Kurdish parties. There will not be local elections in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) areas proper on 21 April 2013 although they should have been held long time ago. Smaller Kurdish parties claim the two biggest Kurdish parties are procrastinating. Nonetheless, all of these parties are interested in local elections in disputed areas outside the KRG, and as on previous occasions, it is likely they may coalesce into a single Kurdish coalition to maximize the vote. Kirkuk is outside the KRG but was excepted from the 2009 elections due to disagreement about the rules for ethnic representation and is so far not scheduled to hold elections in April 2013.
Secondly, there are all the parties that in one way or another form part of or have recently split from the secular, often Sunni-backed Iraqiyya coalition. Most of the familiar sub-entities of Iraqiyya have been registered, and there are new sub-entities as well. Well-known entities include the Hadba party of the Nujayfi brothers in Mosul and blocs associated with personalities like Saleh al-Mutlak and Zafer al-Ani. Some of the latest major breakaway factions of Iraqiyya are also running, including Wataniyun, Free Iraqiyya and the blocs of Ali al-Sajri, Iskandar Witwit and Kamil al-Dulaymi and the governor of Salahaddin. Also small sub-entities of Iraqiyya that have materialized very recently, possibly for the purpose of these next local elections, are running. They include blocs headed by Ahmad al-Masari, Talal al-Zubayie, Mustafa al-Hiti, Abdallah Hasan Rashid, Ziyad Tareq Darab and Adnan al-Jannabi. The party of Ahmed Abu Risha, the sahwa leader of Anbar, is also running. To some extent this Sunni/secularist fragmentation is understandable in the local election context, although it should also be seen against the backdrop of growing internal dissension in Iraqiyya over the past year. In an interesting expression either of chaos in the Iraqiyya camp or conceptual confusion regarding the difference between an entity and a coalition, Hadba and Wifaq are registered as separate entities but so are also the larger coalitions of which they sometimes form part – Iraqiyun and Iraqiyya. In the case of Hadba/Iraqiyun, the Nujayfi brothers have registered for one entity each, whereas with Wifaq/Iraqiyya, Ayad Allawi has registered Iraqiyya and left Wifaq to a lower-ranking politician. A notable omission so far is the Iraqi Islamic Party, whose gradual disintegration will be complete if they fail to present lists for the 2013 elections.
Thirdly, all the familiar Shiite Islamist parties have registered as separate entities. This also includes several subdivisions of the Daawa party of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, including Tanzim al-Iraq and Tanzim al-Dakhil. It is interesting that in addition to (erstwhile) Maliki ally Ali al-Dabbagh, Shirwan al-Waili is also running a separate entity. There are moreover two entities combining the names "knights" (fursan) and "the law" (qanun). Parties with names like these have previously been described as extreme Maliki supporters, and one of them is indeed headed by Abd al-Sattar Jabar who was also involved in the previous incarnation of the "Knights of the State of Law". The Sadrists, whose participation was in doubt and/or fragmented in many governorates in 2009, are this time apparently running on a straightforward Ahrar list. The Shaykhis (Shiite sub-sect) of Basra once more mobilise under Amir al-Fayiz. Finally, in a parallel to the situation with respect to Iraqiyya, there is a State of Law registration in the name of Haydar al-Abbadi (presumably the coalition) in addition to the Daawa registration under Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. A key question is whether Maliki's State of Law alliance will run its own ticket or whether it finds it necessary to create wider alliances in the many intra-Shiite contests in Baghdad and the southern governorates.
The seat distribution list per governorate is also confirmed, with minor changes to the previous numbers from 2009. The next step now is candidate registration, with a 25 December 2012 deadline. Some kind of de-Baathification circus will most likely ensue, before the coalitions will likely form official lists early in 2013. One should remember that when all this is going on (and with UNAMI enthusiastically cheering as representative of the outside world), the Iraqi supreme court has reiterated its view that current electoral law is unconstitutional and void due to the seat distribution formula, and parliament has so far failed to pass the mandated changes. The court arrived at its interpretation after the ballots had been cast in the previous elections and the ruling didn't affect the outcome of those elections retro-actively. This time, however, a warning has been issued. Absent the required legislative action by the Iraqi parliament to clean up the electoral law, the unclear situation could in theory be exploited by the powers that be if they are unhappy with the way winds are blowing in Iraqi politics come April 2013.
Given the limited coverage of Iraq, I have decided to do my best to continue to produce analyses relating to the various stages of the local elections in Iraq in April 2013 as a public service despite the massive and illegal police operation that I have been subjected to since February 2011 and the apparent attempt by the Norwegian government to kill me. Coalition-forming, candidate lists, constitutional issues, de-Baathification, the results themselves, and the seating of the new provincial councils will be covered to the best of my ability as I also did in 2009. If you find these writings useful, please consider writing to the Norwegian minister of justice, who is constitutionally responsible for the operation that is targeting me and my work every day through harassment and torture, at firstname.lastname@example.com Please tell her that enough is enough. Extra-judicial punishment by police is a human rights crime. Government-led persecution of sexual minorities is a crime against humanity. This has been going on for more than 600 days. It is time to bring the responsible officers of the organized crime section of the Oslo police before the court to hold them account for their crimes of torture as defined per article 117 of the Norwegian penal code. If you are part of the Middle East speaking circuit and run into any Norwegians, please remind them that it is high time Norwegian police authorities stop behaving like members of a third world country internationally. It is also possible to contact Norwegian diplomats in your country or Amnesty International. The full details of my case are available via this link: http://policestalking.wordpress.com/case-summary/ Thanks for your support.


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A Colorful Play Room for Olivia
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We have a wonderful large playroom for our daughter. It is made up of things that in part have been collected, saved from my childhood and bought for the room.
We have tried to keep some Montessori theory in mind when outfitting the room. And are quite happy with the result. It is a colorful and fun room for a little girl.
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MOSfet Homework Assignment - Role of Dielectric Constant and Thickness
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Use the MOSfet tool on nanoHUB to simulate a n-channel MOSFET with the following parameters:
Lsd=LG=45nm (each 15 nodes), oxide thickness of 1.2 nm (K=3.9, 5 nodes),
poly-Si gate, junction depth of 10 nm (20 nodes), and all other parameters
at their nominal preset values.
Now, change K to 20, and the oxide thickness to 6 nm, and resimulate the
How do the Id vs. VG and Id vs. VD curves compare? (Hint: You need to go into the 'voltage sweep section' and turn on the Id-Vd sweep.)
The point of the problem is to realize that you can't get the same performance just by increasing the dielectric constant and the thickness--one has to make some other changes as well if you want the same currents from the device.
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Catholic Archbishop Apparently Not A Fan Of Social Networking
from the who-unfriended-him? dept
Reporter Yumi Wilson, though, points out something more important though: despite what this archbishop is saying, the Catholic Church has actually been embracing social media, using text messages and creating its own social network. It also has a strong presence on Facebook and has used it to connect various Catholics to each other. And, she notes, the Vatican has its own YouTube Channel. Apparently, the Catholic Church, itself, doesn't quite agree with the views of Archbishop Nichols.


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Lancaster County's northern Panhandle has been given a rare gift, with U.S. 521's wide grass median.
With this beautiful boulevard as a gateway to our community from the north, we have the opportunity to preserve and improve the way our roadways look to citizens, visitors and those wanting to establish businesses in our county.
As a resident of Indian Land, I have seen tremendous growth in development of properties along the U.S. 521 and S.C. 160 corridor.
I am delighted that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally moved to abate the disastrous impacts of climate change by regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
But, given the adverse reaction from the coal industry, the agency should have issued parallel regulations on emissions from meat industry operations. Each state could than determine its own optimal strategy for curbing greenhouse gases.
A 2006 U.N. report estimated that meat production accounts for 18 percent of man-made greenhouse gases.
There was an incorrect statement in my June 1 article, entitled "Democrats protect all Americans." I said that voters in Lancaster County could not vote for Tim Scott. That proved to be incorrect.
I called Lancaster County Voter Registration Office twice to verify that before writing the letter and I was given incorrect information.
In my previous state, residents only voted for the senator in their district, not both senators.
Michael Jedson
Indian Land
We would like to share our personal experiences as parents and grandparents in partnership with First United Methodist Church of Lancaster for the past three years.
Within these years we have witnessed the education, hard work and sincere concern shown from the teachers, staff and the wonderful Pastor Charles Phillips for the children.
Manners and sharing are always implemented and the evidence is in their everyday activities in the classroom and on the playground.
Listen up, Tom Holland and Randy Newman Jr., we, the law-abiding people of the county, are fed up with the way justice is being handled (or not) these days in Lancaster County. We're sick and tired of reading The Lancaster News every week to see where another crime was committed by the same thug who was just let loose on bail one week, one month or one year ago.
In reference to Michael Jedson's letter "Democrats protect all Americans," in the June 1 edition of The Lancaster News, it is clear that he should return to high school. There, in a class on the United States government, he would discover that federal senatorial elections are statewide.
Jedson said in his letter that Lancaster County residents live in Sen. Lindsay Graham's district and could not vote for Sen. Tim Scott.
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will be on the ballot in November in every precinct in South Carolina.
As former law enforcement officers, we are very concerned with who will be our next solicitor.
For those not familiar with our criminal justice system, the solicitor is the chief prosecuting attorney for our circuit, which includes Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster counties.
The solicitor is in charge of prosecuting all criminals in general sessions court. This includes murderers, child molesters, rapists, armed robbers, burglars, thieves, etc.
The Republican Party's forum for 6th Circuit solicitor was quite eye-opening. Randy Newman made a convincing case for why we should elect him our next solicitor. He has a good handle on the issues facing the circuit, knows what needs to be done to address the issues and brings an innovative approach to the office.
Mr. Newman shows commitment and energy for the job and very honestly stated why he should be elected.
My name is Joe Catalano. I have lived in Lancaster most of my life. I proudly served Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile as a deputy and an investigator. I now attend University of South Carolina Law School. I am writing this letter o express my support for my friend, Tom Holland, as the next 6th Circuit solicitor.
Please consider the negative impact that the proposed development by Mattamy Homes will have on Lancaster County School District and prevent the rezoning of the TreeTops property on Van Wyck Road in Lancaster County.
There is enough interest in keeping this property as a camp for underprivileged children, which is the original plan and best use to avoid overcrowding in the school district.
Thanks for your favorable consideration to keep TreeTops as a camp for children and deny the rezoning plan for new homes.
Alfred Brand,
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