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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., August 24, 2006 – Throughout the 2006 Labor Day weekend, Springfield College will be the host site for four holiday tournaments to kick off the fall season; in men's and women's soccer, field hockey, and women's volleyball. All will be referred to as SC Invitational's, with the exception of the field hockey tourney, which will be referred to as the Zenaty/SC Invitational.
The defending New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Champion Springfield College women's soccer team will also begin its season on Friday, September 1st. After an extremely successful campaign in 2005 during which it finished 14-5-3, the women's soccer team looks to return to the NCAA Division III Tournament for a second consecutive year. The SC Invitational will welcome St. Joseph's (Conn.), MCLA, and Westfield State. The tourney begins with St. Joseph's meeting MCLA at 12:00 p.m. The Pride will then play Westfield State at 2:30 p.m. Then on Saturday, September 2nd, St. Joseph's will play Westfield State at 12:00 p.m., followed by SC vs. MCLA at 2:30 p.m. All matches will be played on Brock-Affleck field.
The men's soccer tournament is scheduled to take place on Friday, September 1st (matches at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.) and Sunday, September 3rd (matches at 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.). The combatants will include the Pride, Western New England College, Albion (Mich.), and Eastern Connecticut State University. SC will face off against WNEC at 7:30 p.m. at the Brock-Affleck Field on September 1st. Earlier, at 5:00 p.m., Albion will take on ECSU. The tourney will resume on Sunday, September 3rd, with the Pride meeting Albion at 12:00 p.m., followed by ECSU vs. WNEC at 2:30 p.m. This season, the Pride looks to improve upon its 4-12-1 performance from the 2005 campaign, as SC lost just five seniors to graduation and expects seven starters to return in '06.
SC women's volleyball, a perennial NEWMAC contender, hosts the University of New England, Rhode Island College, Roger Williams University, and Suffolk University in a five-team round robin tournament on Friday and Saturday, September 1-2. Matches are scheduled for 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 1st, and at 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 2nd, in Blake Arena. The Pride, which has tallied 14 consecutive 20+ win seasons, will look to improve on last year's overall mark of 26-8, and earn its third berth in four years into the NCAA Division III Tournament. SC opens up against Suffolk University at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 1st.
Field hockey will host the Zenaty/SC Invitational at Benedum Field the same weekend. The tournament is scheduled as a four-team, championship format. The tourney is scheduled for Saturday, September 2nd and Sunday, September 3rd, with games at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. both days. In the first round match-ups, the Pride and Western New England College will take the field first at 11:00 a.m., while RPI and Endicott will square off at 1:00 p.m. SC will look to duplicate or better last year's tremendous team successes (21-3), including a NEWMAC Tournament sweep and an appearance in the NCAA Division III 'Elite Eight'.
Springfield College Labor Day Weekend Schedules:
WOMEN'S SOCCER – SC INVITATIONAL (Brock-Affleck Field)
Fri. Sept. 1 – St. Joseph's (Conn.) vs. MCLA – 12 noon
Fri. Sept. 1 – Springfield vs. Westfield State – 2:30 pm
Sat. Sept. 2 – St. Joseph's (Conn.) vs. Westfield State – 12 noon
Sat. Sept. 2 – Springfield vs. MCLA – 2:30 pm
MEN'S SOCCER – SC INVITATIONAL (Brock-Affleck Field)
Fri. Sept. 1 – Albion (Mich.) vs. ECSU – 5 pm
Fri. Sept. 1 – Springfield vs. WNEC – 7:30 pm
Sun. Sept. 3 – Springfield vs. Albion – 12 noon
Sun. Sept. 3 – ECSU vs. WNEC – 2:30 pm
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL – SC INVITATIONAL (Blake Arena)
Fri. Sept. 1 – Court 1 – Springfield vs. Suffolk – 5pm
Fri. Sept. 1 – Court 2 – RIC vs. Roger Williams – 5pm
Fri. Sept. 1 – Court 1 – Springfield vs. RIC – 7 pm
Fri. Sept. 1 – Court 2 – Suffolk vs. Univ. of NE – 7pm
Sat. Sept. 2 – Court 1 – Springfield vs. Univ. of NE – 10 am
Sat. Sept. 2 – Court 2 – Roger Williams vs. Suffolk – 10 am
Sat. Sept. 2 – Court 1 – RIC vs. Suffolk – 12 noon
Sat. Sept. 2 – Court 2 – Roger Williams vs. Univ. of NE – 12 noon
Sat. Sept. 2 – Court 1 – Springfield vs. Roger Williams – 3pm
Sat. Sept. 2 – Court 2 – RIC vs. Univ. of NE – 3pm
FIELD HOCKEY – ZENATY/SC INVITATIONAL (Benedum Field)
Sat. Sept. 2 – Springfield vs. WNEC – 11 am
Sat. Sept. 2 – RPI vs. Endicott – 1 pm
Sun. Sept. 3 – Consolation/Third Place – 11 am
Sun. Sept. 3 – Championship – 1 pm


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Manage This IssueThe lesson here is simple. Find and hire the best people you can. Put them in the places where they can do good and let them go do it. Help your people succeed and your company will succeed.
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biancar Posts: 913(off topic) Just wanted to say I checked out your website and loved your pictures of Michigan and of your "girls!" Are you from the U.P.? I spent a good part of my childhood, as well a few recent visits, there as my grandparents and other relatives lived way up in the Keewanau. "God's own country" once we crossed the straits (and that was by ferry when I was a small child - I actually got to watch "Mighty Mac" being built in the mid-50's.) Anyway, you've captured some lovely pictures of the area. Well done.
fwulfers Posts: 2I have lived in Michigan for the last 12 years (last 4 in NW Michigan) but recently moved to CA. I spent a lot of time in the U.P. as well, there is just something about that place that makes you want to go back. I miss the northern part of Michigan already, especially in summer time. The winters, however, won't be missed here in sunny CA..
kmaj Posts: 1I purchased a convertible through the IDS program and picked it up at the factory in Sweden. I dropped it off at a Saab authorized drop-off agent on Jan 31, 2006 and paid an extra $540 for the drop off service. As of today July 4, 2006 (OVER FIVE MONTHS LATER) I still don't have my car. It was "lost" for a period of time and then several weeks later when it was "found" I was told that it was damaged in shipment. The drop-off agent gave me the wrong paperwork when I dropped off the car and Saab and it's insurers have been haggling over the paperwork while keeping my car hostage. After over 5 months I decided the IDS program reps weren't getting this resolved so I tried to contact the head of Saab US. My call was returned by a customer service rep who acted like I was calling about a defective battery. She never once offered to help me solve the problem and kept saying I had to work with the IDS department. Then I faxed a letter to the CEO of GM and finally persuaded a sympathetic operator to let me talked to one of the executives assistants. She was about to blow me off as well when I got her to agree to just listen to my story. Appears that she's gotten someone to help me and I may get my car released within a week. Apparently this is a regular event since Saab's insurer has stated that it has happened with some frequency that cars are damaged and that customers are given improper paperwork by authorized drop-off agents. So don't believe the quoted 6 to 8 week US delivery.
toner Posts: 1I am still waiting for my car here in CA, and have been wondering if it is due to damage. Saab IDS and dealer cannot (or will not) tell me what is going on, where car is, etc. I suggest that you post this experience on the Saab Net bulleting board at www.saabnet.com, where many discussions on Saab experiences take place. Have they resolved this problem to your satisfaction?
530ir1150r Posts: 263Due to some of the misinformation over the last several months I have copied several posts from last summer from the European Delivery Board.
We purchased a 2002 BMW 530i, Sport Package, 5 speed through BMW's European Delivery Program. Delivered on July 4, 2002. This July 6th we will take delivery of a 2005 Saab 9-3 Arc Convertible; July 4th did not work with our travel schedule.
BMWs are discounted 7% of the base price(not options), but include insurance; Saab 9-3 Arc Convertibles are discounted over 11% (including options)plus $2000 travel reimbursement; insurance is purchased separately. Advantage-Saab.
BMW meets you at their gate and walks you into their Delivery Center. Saab meets you at the train station, ferry terminal or airport in Gothenburg, chaeuffurs you to Romman Inn, pays for a 3 course dinner, pays for your room and chaeuffurs you to their Delivery Center in the morning. Saab's Delivery Center has to be very terrible not to be Advantage-Saab.
BMW's sticker is negotiable. Saab's is a factory program run by their North American Distributor. Advantage-BMW.
After we return I will add to this concerning delivery experience(BMW's is excellent), car condition(BMW was detailed perfectly and had a full tank of gas and 1.6 miles on the odometer, 1.9 on the trip odometer), drop off experience(Harms in London was seamless) and later delivery time(BMW arrived in Paducah, Ky 40 days after drop off) and car condition(again detailed perfectly and with a full tank of gas).
I would not trade my BMW for anything today. I hope the Saab experience continues to better BMW's. The only problem so far is GM's Employee Pricing Program. There is very little difference with list prices now and resale will be impacted forever. This is the 4th time I've been GMed.
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Picking up in Trollhattan, dropping off in Gothenburg via Oslo, Lillehammer, Svag(?), Upsalla, Visby, Copenhagen and Skagen.
Quantrell Cadillac, Volvo, Hummer has had the Saab franchise for about a year. Ours is there first ED sale. Our saleslady actually works Volvos, but handles all of their EDs. She said Saab was much better to work with than Volvo.
I'm hoping Swedish and Danish beaches with a Saab Convertible are just as nice as Switzerland with a BMW.
Continuation of #176
Delivery experience. Saab provides transportation to the delivery center which is a Saab Dealer in Trollhattan. The car is under cover in a large garage area. We forgot to look at the Saab store for individual items. Saab provided a very good European Road Atlas and gave us a Saab key ring. Time in and out was less than an hour. Draw with BMW.
Car condition at delivery. Car was detailed perfectly, but only had 3/4 tank of gas and had 1.3 miles on the trip odometer. Advantage BMW
I expect the car to be delivered in excellent condition in 6-8 weeks. Saab's overall experience is better than BMW's, but the difference is not enough to determine which car to purchase. Also, restaurants we found in Sweden, Norway and Denmark were better than the restaurants we found in Germany, Switzerland, France, Ireland and England 3 years ago.
Continuation of #183
We pick up our Saab 9-3 Convertible this evening, 2 weeks ahead of schedule.
We had no problems with either program. We also have had no problems with either car since redelivery, the BMW has over 70,000 miles and the Saab has over 15,000 miles. I sometimes wander if ED cars are better prepared.
Also, a car can be financed with the VIN number, you do not get a title till 30 days or so after initial registration. You will have the VIN number when purchase of an ED car is required.
clarksavage Posts: 3Since one should always try to have something positive to say, I'll start with how much I love my 2006 9-3 2.0T Sportcombi. I had a blast driving it around Europe for 6 weeks!
Sadly, almost every aspect of the process that involved Saab USA was marred with problems. They failed to inform me of a change in hotels. So, the taxi took us on a 2.5 hour RT from the airport, to the wrong hotel and back into Gothenberg before it was all straightened out. With my wife, 8yo and 10yo along after a full day of travel, it wasn't a good start.
Fortunately Saab Sweden got everything right and the pick-up and vacation went perfectly. Dropped the car in London and it was shipped to LA--arriving on Aug 31.
Saab USA sent me a letter stating that the car would arrive by Sep 15--which I figured gave them a few days extra in case customs was slow. But, the 15th came and no car, no call. I called Saab IDS on Sep 15 and was told they would track down my car and let me know its status. On Sep 18, I called again and left a message to call me back. On Sep 19 I had the sales manager from my local dealer call Saab IDS--he didn't get any help either.
So, now it's Sep 22. I called Saab IDS and got through--but they still can't tell me where my car is or when it will arrive. I was told by Saab IDS that it cleared customs on Sep 18, but the port broker's paperwork that was sent to me states that the car was inspected on Sep 11.
Meanwhile, I have to send another loan payment off for my missing car...
It's no way to run a business.
Saab-less in Seattle
hydrasports Posts: 23Europoen delivery in Sweden is the most fun I ever had buying a car. The people at SAAB in Sweden do every thing they can to make your stay in Sweden something to really remember. Europeon delivery is only a "deal" if you can pay cash for the car. If you ever wanted to go to Sweden this is the way to do it because SAAB gives you the $2000 travel voucher. SAAB has events thru the Europen delivery program; my kids and I went to the Swedish Open tennis tournment courtesy of SAAB perks from SAAB: Tournament tickets, free parking, free lunch at VIP tent, free snacks at stadium booth; they really appreciate and want your business. Sweden is a great country for touring other than Stockholm there is NO traffic and all the major hi-ways are posted 110 or 120 KPH and all the gas is 95 octane. Hey if my teenagers want to go back it must be a good time..those Swedish girls!
mnmcglynn Posts: 1I had a great time in norway and sweden. Even though I was told the wrong hotel and had to stay in town. I had asked for the contact information before I left but Saab refused to give it too. I was able to get a hold of someone and they were very nice picked up the hotel bill and paid me for the cab.
The car was awesome and going to the factory was a blast. I drove away telling myself I would not ever buy a new car without doing the european delivery again.
Well I dropped off the car on June 8th and I still do not have my car. The endless list of excuse and not meeting the promises has now made me just want to have them keep the car.
In short, it took them 31 days to find my car. Then I was promised it would make the very next boat. Missed that one and it made the second one. Then I was promised it would clear customs before it landed and I would get the car asap.
Well it took a week to clear customs, and now it has taken over another additional week to get to me from the port. which is only 300 miles away from me.
It is clear that getting the cars home to people is not a priority. They have your money and just don't care.
I would recommend that if you are considering doing this just don't believe that you will see you car in the near future.
nordicarmy Posts: 1If you want to combine your purchase of a new Saab with a nice vacation in Europe this is just awesome.
You can pick from 16 European cities to pick up your new car from. Saab will give you 9% discount off MSRP, but taxes, insurance, titel, dealer and reg fees are extra. They will also give you a $2,000 travel bonus.
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I am tempted buying a 93 next summer and then trade it in when the new 95 comes out...
Arne, Millington, TN
jeff66 Posts: 1What financing options are available to European Delivery?
Does the Saab customer loyalty incentive apply?
When will the pricing be available for the 08s, now that Euro Delivery is no longer avail for 07s?
Is there a way to do Euro Delivery and lease?
current 03 9-3 loyalist
athehun Posts: 1Jeff,
We just purchased a Saab through IDS and financed it with a conventional car loan from our Credit Union. We had to wait for Saab to provide us the VIN number to finalize the loan. Three days after paying for the car, we received the $2000.00 check from Saab in the mail. Scheduled to pick up the car in Germany, second week of June.
I spoke with the SAAB European Delivery Department today and found out the pricing for European delivery of the 2008 models will be available around October 1st.
Also, Financing options are available once the vehicle has been built and the dealership has the Certificate of Origin. This usually occurs at least two weeks prior to your scheduled European delivery date.
In regard to the SAAB loyalty incentive, due to the low fixed price of the vehicle and the $2,000 spending cash no other incentives apply including the loyalty offer.
I was also informed that leasing is not possible on European delivery vehicles.
I hope this helps and would be glad to be of further assistance!
Bill Heussner
smu1976 Posts: 110After calling Saab, emails, then finally Detroit (who returned with my answer promptly), I have learned that there is no Saab European delivery for 2008. None, nada, zero! Just when Money Magazine, or Smart Money runs a big article on the best of MB, Audi, BMW, Volvo and Saab claiming Saab has the best program, cancelled for 2008.
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By Mitch Howard
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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
North Laurel missed its first seven shots and went almost six minutes before scoring its first points. It would give Clay County an 11-0 head start on the way to a 58-52 win.
"I really didn't expect us to do that because the last couple of games we've been starting off really hot," North Laurel coach Brad Sizemore said. "They came out and sagged that zone in. We took a couple of outside shots and just froze up really when the first couple didn't go in."
The Jaguars rallied to cut the lead to six points at halftime only to again come out cold. Clay County scored the first eight points of the second half.
"I was trying to get them to get the ball inside to the bigs and we didn't know whether to pass or to shoot. That's on me," Sizemore said.
If you take the first 5:45 of the first half and the first 2:30 of the second half, the Jaguars were outscored 19-0. It also adds up to almost one full quarter with no points.
There were other numbers that stood out in the Jaguars' second loss to Clay County. The Tigers outrebounded North Laurel 20-7 in the first quarter. Although the rebound numbers were even the next three quarters, Clay County got a lot more chances in the first quarter.
"We talked about it before the game started. They've got three kids, those three seniors. They are all three physical. They are all three athletic and they are different than our bigs. They are 6-2, 6-3 and they can take a run and go at the rim. They are hard to box out because they take a run from the wing or foul line and just jump over top of you," Sizemore said.
Free throw shooting would again be an issue with the Jaguars making just 6-of-14 from the line. Clay County shot better from the three-point line (7-of-14) than the Jaguars did from the charity stripe.
"That's all we've done this week is shot foul shots," Sizemore said.
Still with all the numbers against them, North Laurel made it a game in the fourth quarter. It didn't look like a game early.
When Jarrod Rice sank a three-pointer with 3:05 in the first quarter, the Tigers led 11-0. The Jaguars first points wouldn't come until the 2:16 mark when Austin Rush scored inside. The first quarter ended on a high note when Elijah Jervis beat the buzzer with a three-pointer. Still the Jaguars trailed 15-7. Clay County led 25-14 with under two minutes in the half. Jervis made another three-pointer with 35 seconds. Kendrick Henson grabbed a rebound and pulled up for a jumper that trimmed the lead to six at halftime.
"We just hit some shots. I thought there were a lot of plays throughout the course of the game where they gave us opportunities to make the game a lot closer," Sizemore said.
The Jaguars only turned the ball over one time in the first half, but 8-of-31 shooting took away any advantage they might have gained.
Clay County's hot start to the second half pushed the lead back to 14. With the Jaguars' shots still not falling, the lead peaked at 18. North Laurel started a final rally with 5:52 in the game. Henson burned the zone with a three-pointer, followed by another from Chris Miller. With 3:55, Henson lobbed to Jake Allen to cut the lead to 48-42.
"We got the press going a little bit and it got us back in the game," Sizemore said.
The rally stalled when Kody Reed nailed a three-pointer. The Jaguars were within 56-52 on a three-pointer by Carson with 26 seconds, but time would run out on the comeback.
Clay County (11-6) now controls its own destiny for top seed in the 49th District Tournament. North Laurel (10-10) will need a win at Jackson County to secure second seed.
"We all want to win, but at the same time I do think we realize it's about making progress every day," Sizemore said. "Clay's a good team. It's a six point game and we didn't play very well. If we can get it going in the next three or four weeks, the district tournament is when it is going to count."
The Jaguars are back on the road Tuesday at Somerset (13-5). The Briar Jumpers have won four straight including the 12th Region All "A"Tournament,
"Tuesday is going to be a hard one. There are not going to be any easy ones from here on out," Sizemore said.
Clay County 58, North Laurel 52
Clay County 15 10 17 16—58
North Laurel 7 12 9 24—52
CLAY COUNTY (58)—McDaniel 18, Reed 12, Rice 9, Lyttle 5, Bowling 12, Smith 2.
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Thank you to the School of the Holy Child for sending this information.
School of the Holy Child's Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of William C. Hambleton, Ed.D. as Holy Child's next head of school, effective July 1, 2013. Dr. Hambleton will be the 20th head of school since Holy Child's 1904 founding as St. Walburga's Academy in New York City, and the 8th Head since relocating to its current Westchester campus in 1957.
In making the announcement, Chair of the Board Alfred F. Kelly Jr., said, "Throughout the interview process, Dr. Hambleton impressed our community with his academic credentials and impressive experience, enthusiasm and passion for Catholic, independent and single-sex education. He is a proven leader whose educational vision resonates deeply with our mission and school community."
The appointment follows a national search launched last May after current Head of School Ann F. Sullivan announced her retirement. Search Committee Co-Chairs, Joe Kennedy and Roseann McSorley, also current parents and members of the Board of Trustees, remarked on the critical importance of engaging the entire school community—faculty, students, parents and alumnae—throughout the search process. "The community's feedback was invaluable, clearly directed our thinking, and informed our decision to select Bill as Holy Child's next great leader."
Currently the President of La Salle Academy, a private all-boys Catholic high school in New York City, Dr. Hambleton has deep roots in education. Previously he was principal of the Madeleine Choir School in Salt Lake City and, before that, principal of St. Dunstan School in Millbrae, California. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Hambleton served as the director of campus ministry at Saint Mary's College, Rome campus.
"School of the Holy Child rivals any independent or Catholic school I know in its depth of programs and quality of opportunities for young women," writes Dr. Hambleton in his first letter to the Holy Child Community. "I am profoundly grateful to current Head of School Ann Sullivan for her leadership over the last fourteen years. Her incredible work has paved the way for a smooth transition, and I hope that my work will honor her legacy."
"Bill Hambleton is an excellent choice as Head of School," says Mrs. Sullivan, who will relocate to New York City next summer. "He has impressive academic credentials and his most recent experience with under-served students at Manhattan's LaSalle Academy demonstrates a commitment to mission-based education. He will benefit from an outstanding faculty, staff and administration. I look forward to working together on a smooth transition and foresee very bright days ahead for School of the Holy Child."
Dr. Hambleton is a graduate of The Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, and his Educational Doctorate is from the University of San Francisco. He has also studied at The Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, where he earned a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology. A resident of Greenwich, CT, Dr. Hambleton is a former member of the Representative Town Meeting, and a member of St. Michael The Archangel Parish.
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School of the Holy Child in Rye, NY, established in 1904, is an all-girls, Catholic, independent, college-preparatory school for grades 5-12. The School is guided by the educational philosophy of Cornelia Connelly, the founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, and her dedication to developing "young women of conscience and action." At Holy Child, accomplished and dedicated faculty members foster the spiritual development, individual talents and interests of each student. This is realized through rigorous and comprehensive academic, arts, athletics, service and global programs. The School currently enrolls students from communities in Westchester, Fairfield, Putnam, New York and Bronx Counties. For more information about the School, contact (914) 967-5622 or visit www.holychildrye.org.


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Visibility centers around a detective whose search for the identity of a trauma-induced amnesia victim reveals a mysterious connection between the two men. "Loeb's 'Visibility' snuck up on me like a stranger at a party -- a safe place, a new face -- Mama warned me about scripts like this," Lynch said.
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The Interfraternity Council (IFC) is the governing body of male Greek societies on campus. Its functions range from taking care of judicial matters among the fraternities to hosting fraternity receptions for incoming men. The group encourages the exhibition of high standards that fraternities offer and informs new students of the benefits of the fraternity system at Knox.
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Water upgrade work for Taunton due to start again after Christmas break (From Somerset County Gazette)
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Water upgrade work for Taunton due to start again after Christmas break
3:00pm Saturday 5th January 2013 in Taunton
WORK is due to re-start on Monday on a £16million scheme to upgrade the water mains in and around Taunton.
Wessex Water has already modernised around 11,500m of pipes since the project started in June.
Ageing mains, some dating from Victorian times, are being replaced or relined.
A Wessex spokeswoman said innovative techniques, such as relining water mains from the inside, thus minimising the amount of excavation required, and the patience of local people had enabled the project to run smoothly in busy areas.
Once complete it will cut the risk of consumers receiving discoloured water through their taps.
Phil Luxton, Wessex Water's project manager for the scheme, said: "The iron mains supplying water to people in Taunton are around 100 years old and as a result have corroded, leading to occasional discolouration of water.
"Though this is of no harm to health, this work is vital so water mains are replaced with modern plastic pipes which have an expected longevity of around 100 years.
"We'd like to thank people for their continued support and co-operation while we carry out this essential work."
To date, work has taken place along many key roads, including Priorswood Road, Greenway Road, Normandy Drive and High Street.
In the run-up to Christmas the workforce moved away from busy arterial routes in the town to minimise disruption and the company stopped work on the initiative on December 21.
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Although I was a child of the 1970s, I was a little too young at the time to remember much, if anything, associated with the official end of the Vietnam War. I do remember a few of the celebrations associated with the big bicentennial year in 1976, but that was mainly because of a patriotic train I received as a toy.
A good 16 years later I was a student on the campus of then Concord College when President George H.W. Bush drew a so-called line in the sand in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. And the administration began beating the drums of war. As a young, somewhat liberal-minded college student at the time, I had trouble understanding why we were talking about going to war against Iraq. Many of my fellow college students at the time shared similar concerns. America had not been attacked. Nor was there any looming danger or threat of an Iraqi invasion on American soil. Yet the administration seemed determined to go to war.
We didn't have any protests on campus, and there were no official speeches or rallies opposing the war. But peace was the preferred course of action in the minds of many at the time. Operation Desert Storm began with a stunning aerial bombardment on Jan. 17, 1991. In a change from past conflicts, we had continuous 24-hour coverage of the conflict. CNN was the network that brought us — average Americans — to the front lines of the war from our own living rooms. Or in my case from the small color television in our equally small college dormitory.
The beginning of the war prompted a great deal of uneasiness. Many didn't understand why we were bombing Iraq, and preparing for a ground assault. And the question lingered as to whether it was America's intention to topple Saddam Hussein. I personally had trouble accepting the reasons given to me for the war. Of course, I was a young and still somewhat naive college student at the time pursuing a degree in journalism. But peace is always the preferred course. Watching the images of war, and the aerial bombardment, was a somewhat uncomfortable experience. I also realized that I was young enough at the time to be drafted if this war grew.
Many people at the time— as they do with every conflict involving the Middle East — were whispering of rumors of World War III. Others felt biblical prophecy was being fulfilled with the first Gulf War. Such battles always create concern, and uncertainty. And this was a new age of war. A war with more modern weaponry and aircraft. Soon we were all too familiar with the term "scud missile."
The ground assault began a month later as the war dragged on. A decisive victory was at hand for the coalition forces — although Saddam Hussein was still in power. By April of 1991 the conflict would be over. But it was a tense three months on the college campus. And once the conflict had ended, many of us who were college students at the time were still not sure why America had went to war. Sure it was in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. But was that enough justification for America and her coalition partners to launch the first Gulf War? And little did we know at the time that America would invade Iraq again in 2003 as part of the second Iraq War.
The drums of war are beating again. This time the target is Syria. And the president is Barack Obama. But many of the same questions we were asking in 1991 and 2003 are still relevant today. I'm no longer a liberal-minded college student, but instead a very independent-minded voter. And I've read the numerous Facebook concerns our readers have posted in recent days about the proposed attack on Syria. I can say I share many of your concerns.
Should America really be involved in this civil war? What is our end game? What will we do if our involvement creates a greater global conflict in the region? What if Iran or Syria attacks Israel in response to a U.S. strike on Syria?
While I have many concerns about the actions of the current administration in Washington, I will say this: The president did make the correct decision in seeking congressional approval. A president shouldn't act alone — and without congressional approval — in launching such a military strike.
It is also interesting to note that polls out there are suggesting that a majority of Americans don't support such an attack. I find it somewhat comforting to know that a majority of Americans still prefer peace over war. So what happens next? That's a good question. Maybe Congress will endlessly debate Obama's request without actually taking action. That's a distinct possibility.
Charles Owens is the Daily Telegraph's assistant managing editor. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him @BDTOwens.


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I just got through reading Why Does Software Cost So Much?, an excellent book of essays by Tom DeMarco. I bought the book because it came from one of the authors of Peopleware, which is the all-time best book about software management ever written.
About half the essays prove that Tom DeMarco is simply the world's leading genious of software project management, and you shouldn't skip this book.
You're reading Joel on Software, stuffed with years and years of completely raving mad articles about software development, managing software teams, designing user interfaces, running successful software companies, and rubber duckies.
I'm Joel Spolsky, co-founder of Fog Creek Software, a New York company that proves that you can treat programmers well and still be highly profitable. Programmers get private offices, free lunch, and work 40 hours a week. Customers only pay for software if they're delighted. We make Trello, insanely simple project management, FogBugz, an enlightened bug tracker designed to help great teams develop brilliant software, and Kiln, which simplifies source control. I'm also the co-founder and CEO of Stack Exchange. More about me.


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SUBLETTE — Nicholas Eugene Chaffin, 24, of Sublette, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Sublette.
SUBLETTE — Nicholas Eugene Chaffin, 24, of Sublette, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Sublette.
He was born Nov. 1, 1988, in Garden City, to Victor and Gina Spanier Chaffin. He graduated from Sublette High School in 2008.
Survivors include his father, of Sublette; his mother, of Sublette; a brother, John Chaffin of Wichita; three sisters, Ashley Chaffin and Alexis Spanier, both of Sublette, and Veronica Chaffin of Moscow; and his grandparents, Betty Chaffin of Sublette, and Ronald and Sharon Spanier of Copeland. He was preceded in death by a brother, Andru Chaffin; and his grandfather, Henry "John" Chaffin.
Funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at Sublette Christian Church. Burial will be at Haskell County Cemetery, Sublette.
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MSU Begins Institute at Big SkyMontana State University is developing the Big Sky Institute for Science and Natural History at Big Sky. The innovative educational resource center will combine high-quality research with innovative, hands-on education and high-technology interpretive/outreach programs. The institute was formed in partnership with Ophir School and the Big Sky community. It will offer courses that will promote and enhance the understanding of the natural and cultural environment and human's interaction with the environment through education, research and community involvement.
Science and Natural History FilmmakingThe Montana Board of Regents has approved a new master's degree program for MSU-Bozeman. The Master of Fine Arts in Science and Natural History Filmmaking is the only degree of its kind in the world, says Ronald Tobias, media and theatre arts. The three-year program will begin in the summer or fall of 2001. Students will take advantage of Montana's natural habitats, as well as habitats worldwide. Discovery Communications, the parent company of the Discovery Channel, gave the university $1.4 million to launch the program and additional money to fund student scholarships.
Antarctic BacteriaA team led by MSU biologist John Priscu discovered bacteria in an ice core drilled from deep within a frozen Antarctic lake. The bacteria came from Lake Vostok, a subglacial body of water the size of Lake Ontario resting more than two miles under the East Antarctic ice cap.
Priscu's team, along with two other groups studying Vostok ice, published its findings in the Dec. 10, 1999 issue of the journal Science. The team includes seven MSU scientists, as well as scientists from the University of Alabama, the U.S. Geological Survey and the NASA Ames Research Center.
Priscu said the Vostok ice is among the deepest ever explored for life and could be a model for searching for life in frozen environments elsewhere in the solar system. The clear ice core, 18 inches long and four inches wide, was plucked from about 11,800 feet below the surface of the ice sheet and 495 feet above Lake Vostok.
Temporary Space StationBozeman became a temporary control center for a U.S. spacecraft in August 1999, making it the first time a space mission has been commanded from Big Sky Country.
The spacecraft, called TRACE for Transition Region and Coronal Explorer, was launched in 1998 to take high-resolution pictures of the sun. A rotating team of scientists, including three from MSU, take turns issuing daily instructions to the spacecraft from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. But when it was MSU's turn to issue the daily plans, the two Bozeman scientists up for duty didn't want to do it. They wanted to go to a solar physics meeting in California, scheduled close enough to the TRACE assignment to make attending the meeting almost impossible.
The solution was to transform a cubicle in the MSU Engineering/Physical Sciences Building (EPS) into "mission control" for a week. MSU's daily command went from Bozeman to the Goddard Space Flight Center over the Internet.
MSU Receives IGERTMSU was one of 21 universities to receive a high-profile graduate training award from the National Science Foundation in 1999. Called Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT), the program will train between 70 and 80 MSU graduate students to address complex problems in biology, such as how the human brain works.
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Cypress High tennis player Anthony Clark hadn't lost in 54 singles sets this season. Arroyo Grande's Eli Whittle had only lost twice in 58 sets this year.
The two met in the third round of a CIF-Southern Section Division 3 quarterfinal Monday at Arroyo Grande, and Whittle got the best of the showdown with a 6-2 win. Whittle went on to sweep his three sets and help the Eagles to a 13-5 team victory.
"Today was really fun," Whittle said. "I think as a team, we came in really focused. We had a team practice on Sunday without our coach there because she's not allowed to be, and I think that helped us to get ready."
The Eagles (20-5) will face the winner of Monday's match between Temecula Valley and Oaks Christian in the semifinals Wednesday.
Whittle said he enjoyed playing against Clark because of the rapid pace of his groundstrokes, which suits the Arroyo Grande senior's style.
Clark, a junior, was the sixth-ranked player in Spain in the under-16 division before moving to Orange County with his mother last year, said his coach, Joseph Paul.
Monday's quarterfinal unfolded like a lot of Arroyo Grande's matches this season, as the singles combination of Whittle and Sean Hollister racked up points.
Arroyo Grande's doubles team of Tyler Anderson and Bryan Rozo won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 after losing each of their three sets in an 11-7 win against Great Oak on Friday.
Anderson cited fresher legs Monday as a positive, compared to sitting in a car for five hours as the Eagles traveled to Great Oak in the Temecula area.
"Friday was just a crummy day for us," Anderson said. "We had much better energy today. I feel really good about our chances going into the next round."
Anderson's twin brother, Ryley Anderson, and his partner, Cole Laughton, won a set after overcoming a controversial call in their first doubles match.
With the score 6-6, the Cypress doubles team called a baseline shot by Anderson out.
The doubles teams argued with each other over the call, with the Eagles contending it caught the line and one of Cypress' players pointing to the spot on the court where he felt the ball landed off the line.
In the end, Cypress was awarded the point and went up 7-6. But Anderson and Laughton fought back to win the tiebreaker 9-7.
"That ball was blatantly on the line," Ryley Anderson said. "They were adamant about it. We just had to play through."
A large group of fans gathered to watch Anderson and Laughton's first-round match.
With the win over the Centurions, the Eagles took out the second seed in Division 3. San Luis Obispo upset Valencia, the division's top seed, on Friday.
There is a chance the Eagles and Tigers could stage a rivalry match in the Division 3 final Friday at Claremont Club.
Arroyo Grande's No. 3 singles player, Derek Lakowske, took two of three sets, 6-0, 6-3, 2-6. He felt comfortable after practicing groundstrokes Sunday despite some wind on the court Monday.
"The wind bugs me a lot, but today I felt like I was hitting pretty well," Lakowske said.
Lakowske and Hollister both lost to Clark after Whittle's win in the first round, but Hollister also won two of three, 6-0, 5-7, 6-0.
Eagles coach Lori Hollister said that her team's strong start, including a 5-1 and then 9-2 lead, fueled her players.
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3-11-12: Strongman Sunday
Tire Flips, 365 Lb Anchor Chain Drags, and Carrying Plates to my Friend's Truck
-Nice dynamic warmup
Farmers Walk
180 in each hand for about 80 feet
250 in each hand for about 80 feet
270 in each hand for about 100 feet (my training partner is going to send me a video of the uphill part, which was about 64 feet)
Wheelbarrow Carry
All the plates down the hill for our farmer's deadlifts. There were 7 45 lb plates, 4 35s, 4 10s and 8 5s.
Farmer's Deadlift
1x270 in each hand
0x380 in each hand
1x360 in each hand (video coming soon!)
300 lb Tire Flips
Did a set of 10, rested a bit, then did a few more
Putting Everything Away
-A workout in and of itself
I had a blast today, strongman is incredibly fun and I can tell I'm going to make massive gains from this. I was super stoked to farmer's deadlift 720 lbs, I thought there was no way I could do it, but I did, and got it on video too! Just waiting on my training partner to send it to me. We went to a buffet afterwards and I weighed in at home around 201.3. Going to enjoy stuffing my face this next week before I start my cut next week xD.
I'll post both videos as soon as I can.
3-13-12: Squat Day
Front Squat
Sumo SLDL
ran out of time so I did:
Hamstring Curls
6 reps, added weight, 12 reps
Today I showed up late because thought I would have extra time to lift, since my school has a big test for sophomores where everybody else is supposed to show up and watch a movie for 3 hours, but most people ditch. I thought I'd have the full 3 hours, but unfortunately I only had 30 minutes extra, a total of about 1 hr 15 mins to lift. I was taking it easy at the beginning of my workout and didn't learn I didn't have 3 hours to lift until I only had 30 mins left, so I had to haul ass. At the end, I didn't have time for my final set of front squats, so I just hammered out 10 reps with 2 plates, then tried to do SLDLs, but was way too gassed to do it with such short rest. I just did some hamstring curls to near failure with my warm up set supersetted with my work set.
On the bright side, I went to a Denny's then an Aerospace museum during the 3 hour block. Got a nice 1000 calorie post workout meal!
My training partner is having trouble sending me the strongman videos because the files are too big, so I told him to send me a zip folder of them, still waiting on that. Today I got a video of 5x315 and 10x225, but I don't feel like retrieving my camera from the chalky depths of my gym bag right now, so I'll just post 1 giant post with all 4 videos hopefully sometime in the next 24 hours.
Strongman work looked really fun, good stuff! Well done on the Farmer's DL too!
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Thanks man, it definitely was. My training partner still hasn't sent me the video, I'll have to record it on my own camera next time haha
3-15-12: Bench
Pull Ups (from in between sets of bench)
Pendlay Rows
3-16-12: Overhead Underhead Day
Overhead... Press
4x155 7 lb PR!!!
Underhead... Speed Deficit Deads
A bunch of sets of 3 with 135 plus bands.
I felt really sore today, so I decided to modify my program a bit. I didn't feel like doing heavy deads today so I did speed deads instead, I spent way too long screwing around with the band setup and didn't get to do anything after DLs, but I did get an idea at the end that will make things easier and hopefully yield me better gains. More on that in 2 paragraphs.
I couldn't find a day to do overhead presses, I feel too tired right after bench on bench day, but the day after I just feel sore. Since my only other pressing day is axle and log jerks on Sundays, then I have a really long rest before bench pressing again on Thursday, I'm not worried about overtraining or not getting enough rest. I'm going to hit my presses hard and close together, then rest a long time in between clusters of pressing days. Even though I just benched the day before I got a nice little PR on OHP.
So the idea I got at the end of my deadlifts was to do deficit reverse band DLs instead of 3x5 deads so I can work on my speed off the ground while giving myself more rest and less stress between DL max effort weeks. I also get to incorporate decently heavy deficit deads without hurting myself and without overtraining. Not to mention reverse bands are fun.
This is more for my own personal reference, just putting it on my public training log so I can access it, so it's going to be long and unless you're interested then I don't recommend reading it, but if you are interested then you're definitely welcome to read it:
Program Modifications
Thurs: 6x3 bench, block periodization OHP, weighted pull ups and pendlay rows
Fri: 3/5/1 Deadlifts and kroc rows
Thurs: 6x3 bench, weighted pull ups and pendlay rows
Fri: 3/reversebands/1 Deadlifts, block periodization 2 weeks shifted OHP, face pulls b/n sets, kroc rows
Here's my really confusing explanation of this particular block periodization, 4 month cycle of 4 week waves:
Week 1 I do 5 sets, Week 2 I do 3 sets, Week 3 I do 5/3/1+ with 75%/85%/95%, Week 4 I do 10/8/6 with 45%/55%/65%
As pertaining to weeks 1 and 2 for my 5 sets and 3 sets respectively: Month 1 I do 10 reps around 65%-75%, Month 2 I do 8 reps around 75%-80%, Month 3 I do 5 reps around 85%, Month 4 I do 3 reps around 90%.
Best way to visualize it is to make a 5x5 table and look at it that way.
I'm shifting the block periodization 2 weeks so that on my high volume OHP day, I'm deloading my deadlift, on my heavy OHP day, I'm doing reverse band DLs. So the 5 sets OHP day is on deload10/8/6 deadlift and the 5/3/1+ OHP day is on reverse band day.
What I'm probably going to do is on the 3 sets OHP day and the deload 10/8/6 OHP day, is do it in between sets of deadlifts, so I can be time efficient with my long ass rest periods on DLs. On the other days I should be fine on time. So on light OHP days it will go in 3 mixed exercise "supersets":
Heavy deads->OHP->Light face pulls, repeat for next sets
On heavy or high volume OHP days I won't mix DLs and OHP:
-All my sets of hard OHP with face pulls
-All my sets of reverse band or deloaded deads
Hope that makes sense, I proofread a little bit but it makes sense in my head and that's what matters most to me.
I apologize that this was such a loooooong ass post...
TLDR: Everything is going swell!
Here's those videos I promised you guys, hopefully the strongman ones will be up soon, he's just going to upload them on his channel:
Good work on the overhead press PR!
Also, nice squatting. Nice and low. Can easily see on the video that transition point halfway up where the weight starts to feel heavy on the back, so you think 'get the hips forwards' and you shoot up lol.
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Not a bad plan where you are placing the overheads, would be better off right now with doing 'em after your regular bench but go for lighter poundage.
Props on your overall approach, looking ace in the squat vids!
Thanks guys! About the overhead press I'll try it this way and if I start stalling on all my pressing movements then I'll try what you said and just do them for volume with light weight on bench day.
Just found an email my training partner sent me about the block periodization:
Month 1: 5x10, 3x10, 5/3/1, 10/8/6
Month 2: 5x8, 3x8, 5/3/1, 10/8/6
Month 3: 5x5, 3x5, 5/3/1, 10/8/6
Month 4: 5x3, 3x3, 5/3/1, 10/8/6
and obviously that goes "Month [X]: [Week 1], [Week 2], [Week 3], [Week 4]"
That's so much simpler lol. But yeah the percents are up in my previous post. Going to go do strongman in 2 hours, sadly the guy with all the equipment is being kind of inconsistent and can't come... again, but my training partner who has an axle and a truck can still train, so we'll probably just do that, axle presses and truck push/pull.
Sunday Strongman
Not sure how much the axle bar weighs but I'm gonna assume it weighs 20 lbs for simplicity's sake:
Axle Clean and Press
With a clean on each rep.
Chin Ups
Circus Dumbbell Clean and Press
2x60 on each side
2x70 on each side
Axle Deadlifts
Truck Push
About 100 ft
Axle Clean and press is the most awkward thing I've ever seen or tried. Reminds me of that funny crossfit video of all the crossfitians trying to continental clean an axle, except I was the one screwing around with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8up6A4QesU
At first I was kind of doing the clean like the guy at 1:02 in the video does. In the end I just did double overhand, but for the first 2 triples at 160 I cleaned it up to my shoulders with mixed grip, then turned my underhand hand at the top. The press was honestly by far the easiest part, I've jerked 200 lbs for reps before, and can push press this type of weight with ease. The hardest part was cleaning it and getting it set up for the press, I ended up pressing with a wider grip than usual.
I honestly hated circus dumbbell clean and press, but I managed to hit 2x70. Axle deadlifts felt incredibly heavy even with light weight, but I managed to pull 370 plus the bar, which I'm gonna assume is 390, with mixed grip. I probably could have gotten 2 or 3 reps if I wasn't switching my mixed grip, but that's why I was doing doubles, one with one hand supinated, one with the other hand supinated. I felt it in my upperback a lot more, probably because I had to use a wider grip with the axle. Kind of wish I got it on video, but I'll film it with 400 next time.
Then I got this crappy video of me pushing the truck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca6JQ...ature=youtu.be
I stalled out off screen, when I was trying to push it around a tight corner, which made the push a lot harder, not to mention I was pretty tired by then. I'll just put it up but it's honestly not very entertaining, I just wanted something to show for the day :P. Hopefully my training partner will post that 720 farmers dead soon, I'll post it asap.
Max Effort Squats
Hamstring Curls
Squats took a long time today so I didn't get to do front squats, I might move those around, here's the video:
Good work, mate! Getting real deep.
Notice from this angle that your knees are coming in a bit at the bottom; soon as that happens you then get a bit wobbly at the top too. Used to happen to me too till someone (think it was BrianC) told me to keep thinking about pushing knees out on way up and down. I'm sure you knew that anyway, just difficult to always put it in practice when you've got heavy weight on your back lol.
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Thanks man, yeah I noticed the same thing. I think it's a mobility issue, but pushing the knees out definitely helps the squat, gets your glutes/hamstrings more involved. I'm going to stretch more
3-22-12: Bench
Bradford Press
Reverse Flyes
I'm an idiot. Not really, but I did something stupid yesterday, I ran into a guy who kicked my ass in arm wrestling 8 months ago, and I wanted to rechallenge him to test my strength. I didn't know when the next opportunity would come so I armwrestled him even knowing it could and most likely would hurt my bench the next day. I beat him just barely on both arms, but I had a good 15-30 seconds of max effort strain on each arm. Needless to say, my bicep tendons and shoulders were killing me today, the bench weight felt easy muscularly speaking, especially because I was getting really good leg drive today, but my shoulders and arms, especially my bicep tendon on my right arm, were killing me. I couldn't pull the bar apart at all, so I wasn't getting very good lat or tricep activation, all that was saving me was my leg drive.
Anyways I just cut it off at 3 sets. I couldn't do pull ups at all, I'm going to switch to wide grip pull ups starting next week and just focus on not kipping, and using as wide a grip as possible with my gym's set up, to get my lats nice and strong, since that is undoubtedly my most lagging muscle group for bench (though I've noticed some good gains on my lats in the last week). I might start doing hammer curls as well to boost my bicep tendon strength, but I think kroc rows should be fine for now. Speaking of which tomorrow is OHP deload, and max effort deadlifts. I don't think I'll get a chance to do kroc rows, but I plan on smashing 430 for 5 reps (high goal so I at least achieve 430x3) DL. I'm going to sleep really early tonight and wake up really early so I have adequate time to stretch and warm up, that way I can grind out my DLs without worrying at all about rounding my back.
At the risk of making this post too long, update on diet and bodyweight:
I peaked out around 202 lbs, and I got a picture, which I might post later on. I started my cut on Monday 3-19-12, and I'm already down to 196, just from not being bloated from bulking anymore, and dropping water weight from not eating carbs. I've bulked for so long this time that cutting is actually painful, although it is nice not having to eat so often. Either way, cut is going decently, will update on that in future posts. My cutting diet is a combination of the anabolic diet and carb backloading, as shown here:
Mon-Thurs: Less than 50g carbs per day, only trace carbs from dark chocolate, nuts, whey, and vegetables.
Friday: Low calories and carbs all day, but at night, after a quick conditioning workout, begin carbload with a 1000-3000 calorie carby ass meal (ice cream, french fries, biscuits, soda, all that good stuff).
Saturday: Low carbs before workout, high carbs after workout.
I've had success with the anabolic diet before, and carb backloading makes good scientific sense to me, so hopefully thsi will be a great diet for me to cut fat and possibly gain muscle/strength until I turn 18 in June. After that I'll switch to "cheatmode", a combination of paleo, intermittent fasting, and carb backloading, and I'll stay lean and try to make lean gains that way up until September or October. So in the 3 months I'm cutting, I plan on losing about 20 lbs, so I'll be in the 181 lb class, and I hope to set some PRs on my birthday and total 1200. I want to bench 300, squat 405, and deadlift 500. So far squat is the only one looking achievable, possibly bench if I can linearly load 6x3 all the way to 270, but if I get 430 for at least 4 reps tomorrow, then my DL will already be at 490. Once my predicted DL max is 520 I think I'll be able to get 500.
Yup, this post became way too long :P
3-23-12: Max Effort Deads
OHP Deload
1x385 20 lb Beltless PR!
Added belt (I always use a belt for my last 2-3 work sets but I'll start mentioning it from now on)
4x430 25 lb PR!!!
Chin ups
Pretty great day today, got a pretty massive PR on deads, I'm pretty stoked. I would never yell like that in a real gym, but since it's my school gym I had some fun with it and douched out a little bit =P. Maybe I'll make my goal for next time to divert all that yelling energy into getting a 5th rep, but for now I'm pretty stoked with this lift. All my rest periods took forever but I managed to fit deadlifts in 1.5 hours, with just enough time to squeeze out some neutral grip chins to elongate my spine. Cut is going well, although surprisingly I only weigh about 193.8 right now, even though I ate carbs last night. Hopefully by the end of the weekend I should be back up around 198 carb loaded.
Sunday Strongman
Axle Clean and Press (clean each rep)
Farmer's Walk
360x100 ft 16 sec (slight uphill)
460x100 ft 18 sec (slight downhill)
540x50 ft grip failed
Unfortunately it started raining which cut our workout short, but I did some axle work and practiced the continental clean. Axles make everything feel heavier, that 165 should have been nothing but I was having quite a bit of trouble, especially on the last set when it started raining and getting slippery. I screwed up the technique too many times on the 2nd set, which fatigued me and I only got 2 reps.
Farmer's walks were going decently, there was a very slight slope which maybe took 2 sec off our time downhill and added 2 sec to our time uphill. Unfortunately it was raining harder, I think the water might have added maybe 10 lbs to the farmer's walk timbers, but the main thing was that it was making the grip really slippery. My grip slipped on the 460, but I still managed to get it in 18 sec, but I just couldn't complete the course with 540. I should have tried using chalk. At that point it was raining way too hard and we decided to put everything away. No videos unfortunately, at least I finally got the 720 farmer's dead video in the last post :P
Killer in those vids...like dude stated, very few teenagers be doing the strongman shit.
Epic work all around, mate. Famer's looks fun!
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3-27-12: Squat Deload
Beltless Squats
I was lazy as crap today, I just went in and did some beltless squats and focused on form. Unfortunately I never take deload days seriously, thankfully my bench and deadlift/ohp day are going to be a little more serious, 6x3x240 on bench and 5x8x115 on OHP.
Also just a side note, I was thinking about adding a back/biceps day on Mondays where we didn't hit much lats and biceps in strongman the day before. It would have been perfect for this monday since our strongman training got cut off by the rain, next monday probably not because we're planning on doing arm over arm pulls. For the back/biceps day I was thinking about doing pendlay rows, chin ups, face pulls and hammer curls (get my arms stockier for a bigger bench.) Either way I definitely want to start incorporating hammer curls because they can greatly benefit a person's bench press.
3-29-12: Bench Day
Added 2 board (yoga mat)
Wide Grip Pull ups from in between sets
36 reps total
Some Hammer Curls and JM presses
Today didn't go so well... Yesterday in Kempo I got punched in my right axillary nerve really hard, so my right shoulder was killing me today. I knew I wouldn't get a 3rd rep on my 3rd set of 240, so I cut that set at 2 reps to avoid failure and started board pressing instead to save my shoulders. I managed to do 245 for 5 on my first set of board presses, but on my second set, my set up was really shitty, I was flat backing it by the 2nd rep, which ultimately led to me failing 245 on the 3rd rep of the 3rd set of board presses, the 6th set of pressing work total today.
I'm really pissed because this is the second week in a row where my bicep or shoulder has been screwing me over on bench due to "injuries" from outside, so next week I'm going to "underload", aka do a bench variant that forces me to use lighter weights, which in this case is using sissy pads as improvised fat gripz, and pausing at the bottom, and I plan on doing 6x3x200 with those 2 variables. That should give me a nice deload to give my stressed out shoulders a break, while still yielding me some gains, and hopefully making the weight feel easier next time since I won't have to pause or grip a fatter, more awkward bar. I'm going to make sure that anybody I work with in kempo knows I have an "injured" right bicep and shoulder so that nobody nails me there ever again (and I'll also stop arm wrestling :P).
I was planning on doing OHP tomorrow but I'll have to see how my shoulder feels.


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On Friday, April 12, Paul Kollman will deliver "Understanding the World Christian Turn in Theology and the History of Christianity." Kollman, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is associate professor of theology and executive director of the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame. Kollman's research focuses on African Christianity, mission history, and world Christianity.
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Athens Drive High School
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Barbecue fundraiser
The Band Boosters of Fuquay-Varina High School will host a barbecue fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in the Roses parking lot, 1304 N. Main St., Fuquay-Varina. Proceeds will support the school's band programs. Plates cost $8 to $11.
Lufkin Road Middle School participates in Hunger Action Month
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Cary student studies at UNC-Charlotte
Matt Lombana, a Cary resident and junior at Panther Creek High School, attended the N.C. Summer Ventures program at UNC-Charlotte this summer. He studied optical engineering. The Summer Ventures program brings together rising juniors and seniors for science, technology, engineering and mathematics study and research.
Electronics drive
The Green Hope High School computer club has organized a drive during the month of September to collect unwanted electronics, which will be donated to the Kramden Institute. Electronics can be donated in Room 2000 at Green Hope High School, the school commons, at sports events and at the car pool line. For details on the Kramden Institute, go to kramden.org.
Wrestling club for future Panther Creek students
Panther Creek High School athletics and CREW Wrestling will offer a wrestling program for students in third through eighth grade who plan to attend Panther Creek High School. The wrestling club will meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the CREW facility, 1832 NW Maynard Road, Cary. Registration costs $50. For details, go to www.crewwrestling.com.
Panther Creek Invitational
The sixth annual Panther Creek Invitational marching band competition will be on Saturday, Sept. 28, at the school stadium, 6770 McCrimmon Parkway, Cary. Gates open at 2 p.m.; the first band is set to perform at 4 p.m. General admission tickets cost $10; $5 for children and senior citizens; free for children under 4.
The event suffered financial losses last year, when the competition was canceled due to bad weather. This year, Panther Creek marching band members are working toward a trip to compete in the Bands of America competition in Indianapolis.
For details, go to http://panthercreekband.org/events/panther-creek-invitational.
Cheerleading clinic
Middle Creek High School will host a cheerleading clinic from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in the gymnasium at the school, 123 Middle Creek Park Ave., Apex. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. A parent exhibition begins at 2:30 p.m.
Participants will learn cheers, chants, dances, tumbling, stunts and jumps. Lunch is provided, along with a T-shirt, photo and spirit bag. Participants will cheer at the Middle Creek football game on Oct. 4.
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NORMAN — With the legislature starting Monday, the Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club has reviewed all filed bills and has unveiled its legislative agenda for this session.
"The Sierra Club is proud to support legislation that will help family farmers who are struggling to compete with large industrial operations, legislation that will help expand Oklahoma's renewable energy industry that has already contributed to putting Oklahoman's to work and legislation that will help us conserve our most valuable resource, water ...," said David Ocamb, lobbyist and state director.
The Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club supports:
· Legislation that will eliminate the sales tax on products sold at farmer's markets (HB 1006, HB 1044, HB 1542, HB 2260, SB 0472)
· Increasing renewable energy goal from 15 percent by 2015 to 20 percent by 2020 (HB 2286, SB 0555)
The Sierra Club is concerned by some pieces of legislation that the group says will threaten to set the state's environment back. One example is the four pieces of legislation (HB 1412, SB 0023, SB 0053 and SJR 0002) crafted to fight "Agenda 21" and sustainable development.
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