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Amateur footage shows protesters gaining entry to University
Protesters can be heard shouting 'occupy' as they gain entry to Birmingham University, before tussling with security guards.
This video is courtesy of The Tab Birmingham.
Police have been called in to deal with a student protest, involving at least one hundred people, at Birmingham University.
Protesters can be heard shouting 'occupy' as they gain entry to Birmingham University, before tussling with security guards.
This video is courtesy of The Tab Birmingham.
A Birmingham University spokesman has condemned the actions of Defend Education Birmingham, the group who carried out yesterday's protest:
The actions of Defend Education Birmingham - a group not affiliated to the Guild of Students or in any way representative of our student body - included defacing buildings and property, throwing smoke bombs and fireworks, smashing down doors, damaging buildings including Aston Webb and the Old Joe clock tower, as well as injuring staff.
She went on to say the University had 'no choice' but to call in Police support, after buildings and property was defaced by protestors yesterday:
Given the serious nature of their actions, the University had no choice but to ask the police for assistance in restoring order and protecting students, staff and university property... Whilst peaceful protest is part of university life, the University cannot tolerate behaviour that causes harm to individuals, damage to property or significant disruption to our university community.
Fresh pictures show how yesterday's protesters at Birmingham University gained access to the main Aston Webb building through a rear door.
Following the arrests of 13 people after a protest at Birmingham University yesterday, Police Superintendent Lee Kendrick has said:
This may well have been billed as a peaceful protest, but it escalated into a serious public order incident - a criminal investigation has been launched and anyone found to have acted unlawfully will be punished.
Following accusations on social media since the event, Superintendent Kendrick went on to deny that Police were 'kettling' demonstrators, saying:
We strongly refute any suggestions of containing or 'kettling' a lawful protest. Police were called to the site by the university as a result of demonstrators breaking into buildings, damaging property and assaulting staff. The suspects were detained by police and required to give their details ahead of the pending criminal investigation - any that refused were arrested.
Those arrested - whose ages range from 18 to 24-years-old - remain in police custody and will be questioned today.
Total of 14 people - 5 women and 9 men - arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass, damage & assault from last night's B'ham Uni protest.
Birmingham University have confirmed there is an 'ongoing situation' on campus.
Police have been called in to provide support to security staff, following a protest involving more than a hundred people.
Police have been called in to deal with a student protest at Birmingham University.
A demonstration had been planned at the campus in Edgbaston this afternoon, involving various groups from around the country.
At least a hundred people have been taking part in the protest.
West Midlands Police have confirmed they were called to the university at around 5pm this evening and say they have been helping the university deal with a 'situation'.


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By Margaret S. Gurney
solidThinking Inc. (Troy, MI), an industrial design company whose software of the same name enables product designers to capture, explore, visualize, and present their ideas in 3D, is launching version 7.6, its latest version for Windows and Mac users. The global rollout, which follows the company's recent acquisition by Altair Engineering, Inc. (Troy, MI), offers an updated rendering engine, a streamlined user interface, photorealistic content functionality, and user-centric tools that ultimately shorten the product-development cycle by reducing physical prototypes and avoiding the need to reinterpret designs between designers and engineers.
The company says solidThinking sets a new productivity standard for product design and presentation, as it integrates completely with CAD/CAM/CAE systems, providing editing flexibility, accuracy, and simultaneous parameter and control-point editing. Plus, it lets you produce high-quality photorealistic 3D renderings and explore colors and finishes with ease, according to the company.
|"solidThinking's Construction Tree technology uniquely delivers unlimited fluid interactivity with the design model allowing the user to evaluate any design alternative in real time. This capability frees users from typical design constraints and even provides the ability to interactively switch from parameters manipulation to control points direct editing of an object — without worrying about breaking the model history."
— Alessandro Mazzardo, VP of product strategy and marketing, solidThinking
solidThinking offers global illumination, allowing visualization of a virtual design, and it imparts the benefits of keyframe animation and rotation. Global illumination provides advanced technologies for calculating indirect illumination, enabling accurate lighting simulation and increased realism. It also combines hybrid radiosity with final gather technologies to render realistic images at maximum speed while maintaining image quality.
Advanced Modeling Tools
solidThinking offers such surface creation tools as curves network, n-side, blending, fillet, surface intersections, automatic Boolean operations, interactive trimming of surfaces, and rebuild of curves and surfaces. The new Round command allows you to create constant or variable radius fillets with construction history to handle complex designs. solidThinking also features an advanced polygonal modeler with support of n-side polygons. The implementation of Interactive Subdivision Surfaces with Construction History provides power for refining and smoothing polygonal meshes.
As its basic geometry, solidThinking uses NURBS (Non Uniform Rational B-Splines) modeling and embedded construction history. NURBS can represent any desired shape, analytic, or freeform, and the company says that algorithms are extremely fast and stable.
In solidThinking, variations and changes take seconds, enabling more real-time editing with full interactivity. (For more on this, see the video on YouTube — link supplied at end of article.) Plus, solidThinking allows for simultaneous parameter editing and control-point editing. It offers accuracy and flexibility for curves drawing and a complete set of advanced modeling tools.
solidThinking introduces a new advanced analysis tool to interactively control tangency and curvature continuity. Analysis tools are useful for calculating area, volume, length, and curvature, but they can also be used to evaluate and improve the quality of your design. Surface curvature display, reflection lines, and environment mapping let you visually analyze smoothness, curvature, and other important properties of your models as you edit them. With solidThinking's advanced curve editing, you can specify position, tangent direction, curve magnitude, and curvature radius at any point on a curve, interactively or by numeric input. These values can be set equal to the values relative to a point on any other curve.
Full OpenGL support lets you work interactively as you design models, assign materials, and position lights to get superior results more quickly than ever, the company says.
Grids simplify the placement of points and objects into the scene with precision. You can define up to four grids, each with its own origin and spacing, grid type, and color, and you can choose from multiple snap options.
Concept Development Process
The Construction Tree allows you to adjust parameters while you're creating a complex object. When a parameter changes, all the actions down the tree are notified and re-evaluated, propagating the change along the tree. There are no limitations on the number of actions or objects in the tree.
"Our goal, in developing solidThinking, has always been to exploit user creativity. It is not just a tool for developing and reproducing nice shapes and concepts," said Alessandro Mazzardo, vice president of product strategy and marketing at solidThinking. "solidThinking's Construction Tree technology uniquely delivers unlimited fluid interactivity with the design model, allowing the user to evaluate any design alternative in real time. This capability frees users from typical design constraints and even provides the ability to interactively switch from parameters manipulation to control points direct editing of an object — without worrying about breaking the model history."
"Together with a fully integrated visualization environment, we see solidThinking exponentially accelerating the concept development process," he adds.
Other advanced features include feature-following anti-aliasing (FFAA), which "brilliantly" performs extra anti-aliasing around features in the image, and image postprocessing, for adding effects such as lens flares and depth of field, says the company.
solidThinking also offers 2D and 3D automated dimensioning of horizontal or vertical aligned linear dimensions, arcs and circle radii, curvature radii of NURBS curves at any given point, diameters, edges, and angular dimensions.
Plus, the software's open architecture design directly supports third-party commercial rendering systems — including Maxwell Render and PhotoRealistic RenderMan — providing seamless integration to deployed or preferred rendering applications.
Proven Speedy By Designers
While solidThinking might not be as well known in the U.S. as Altair is, the software has already proven itself in its native Italy, where brothers Alessandro and Mario Mazzardo started the company in 1991. solidThinking has been used by Italian design firms and industrial designers for everything from jewelry and electronic devices to furniture and yachts.
"solidThinking," says Alessandro Mazzardo, "is an extremely flexible, 'what-if' design software that empowers the creative community — industrial designers, style centers, conceptors, design firms, and anyone who creates product concepts — to invent, explore, and evaluate new ideas easily, rapidly, and cost-effectively, without the limitations of traditional software."
Worldwide Reach
"The solidThinking design community benefits from having one of the fastest, most deeply integrated rendering engines available to produce high-quality photorealistic virtual models," says Mario Mazzardo, the vice president of product strategy and management, at solidThinking. "solidThinking compresses the product-development cycle by narrowing the spectrum of viable concepts virtually, reducing the number of physical prototypes, and avoiding the need to reinterpret designs between designers and engineers."
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Companies use solidThinking to develop products ranging from furniture, electronic devices, automobiles, lighting, shoes, jewelry, timepieces, sports equipment, and yachts to consumer packaging, and more. Some of the world's designers that use solidThinking for developing products and packaging include Azimut Yachts, Bulgari, Cartier, Diesel, DuPont, Fujitsu, MacGregor Golf, Merck, Nestle, Nikon, Toshiba, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo.
In the June 2008 issue of Desktop Engineering, Mike Hudspeth mentioned solidThinking as one of a couple of "popular surfacing tools … pretty popular in Europe and available for the Mac, and, as its name suggests, does solids, too." (See "Are You Scratching the Surface? Part 2: Going beyond geometry to use MCAD applications to develop Class A surfaces.")
It comes as no surprise then that solidThinking is available in Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Korean, Italian, German, European Spanish, French, and Malay.
To further solidThinking's adoption across business sectors and geographies, Altair is well positioned to develop sales channels and support expertise. Robert Little, who was previously president of Altair Engineering Canada, Ltd., and now serves as president of solidThinking, says "solidThinking 7.6 offers members of the global industrial design community an environment that will boost their ability to explore new ideas and excite their colleagues with images that are undeniably realistic, at a price point that offers excellent value and return on investment."
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Quality-based instruction intended to promote growth, awareness and success.
Andy Bouman has been teaching and coaching athletes in the area for 8 years. In addition to individual instruction, he has worked with various high school programs, junior colleges and baseball clinics in Southern California. Andy's coaching is enthusiastic and supportive. His goal is to foster awareness for the mental and physical approaches necessary to be successful in athletes at all levels and ages. He currently works with players in youth league, high school, college and adult league.
In addition to coaching, Andy is teacher in the Las Virgenes Unified School District where he runs a social/emotional development program currently at Lindero Canyon Middle School.
"In my past 17 years in baseball, I have never met a man more passionate about the game. Through out his career, Andy has strove for excellence on and off the field as a player, a coach and an instructor. Andy has consistently put himself in situations to learn this game from the best and he is as well equipped as any instructor at the college level. He is a teacher at heart and his passion for the sport is infectious. Players thrive under Andy's instruction because he cares so deeply about their futures and helping them achieve their dreams in the game and in life. "
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You can convert the screenshots to jpegs using bin2jpg. Check the official picture thread for mine.
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How do you take screenshots of what you're doing on the Wii and send them to the photo channel? That's the question isn't it?
Once they're there, I can figure out what to do but how do you get them there because I've never heard that this is possible and would love to know too. Maybe this is something with that updated photo channel? I don't know because I got the feeling the new photo channel wouldn't play MP3 which I thought was stupid so I never got it, but if it can take screenshots of Wii games while I'm playing I will reconsider like yesterday.
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Many Bay Area locals took to the beach this Labor Day, providing a much-appreciated boost in business for shoreline establishments.
It's a welcomed sight for beach-side businesses: A crowded day on Clearwater Beach.
"Friday, Saturday, Sunday was fantastic. And today we're getting off to a good start already," said Alan Ebbert of Frenchy's Rockaway Grill.
Frenchy's filled up with mostly locals on Labor Day.
"You get a lot of Polk, Hillsborough people here for the weekend," Ebbert continued.
Some Clearwater businesses planned for big crowds during the Republican National Convention, but they actually experienced a slump in sales. On Monday, some vendors said business was finally back to usual.
The Beach View Inn booked up all 64 rooms over the holiday weekend. It's business they were banking on, after a disappointing week of RNC revenue.
"I know there were a couple of delegates staying in the area, but basically it was the quietest weekend since I've been here," said Beach View Inn General Manager Lourdes Fernandez.
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Canada's National Ballet School Prepares for Spring Showcase
Canada's National Ballet School's annual Spring Showcase performance will feature a wide array of works from classical to contemporary, some of them new to the NBS stage and some returning favorites.
The program includes Scotch Symphony, choreographed by George Balanchine in 1952 and inspired by the rugged landscape and the grandeur of Scottish Regiments. Ein Von Veil, choreographed by Sabrina Matthews, an NBS alumna, is a duet for two male dancers set to nine of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Also on the program are excerpts from Act III of La Bayadère, choreographed by Marius Petipa, and Nacho Duato's Jardi Tancat, inspired by poems and songs that center around farming life in Spain and the desperate need for rain. Jardi Tancat won the International Choreographers Competition in 1983 in Cologne, Germany, when it debuted.
The Spring Showcase serves as both a performance opportunity for the Toronto school's full-time students and a way for NBS to share dance with the community. This year's edition will run May 26 to 28 at 7:30pm with a revolving cast of NBS dancers.
Opening night features a post-show reception for ticket holders. Tickets are $50 ($25 for students and seniors) and are available beginning April 26 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street, or by calling 416.964.5148. For more information visit www.nbs-enb.ca/about/events/showcase2011.aspx.


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Pedroia returns to Sox lineup on Friday
Second baseman will get two at-bats against Pirates
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Red Sox will welcome Dustin Pedroia back to their lineup for Friday's home game against the Pirates, marking the first time the reigning American League Most Valuable Player has played in a Grapefruit League contest since March 1.
Pedroia had been playing for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic before a lower left abdominal strain forced him out of the tournament on March 14.
The second baseman took batting practice on Friday, and manager Terry Francona said that Pedroia will get two at-bats against the Pirates.
"He'll take BP Saturday and then maybe get three at-bats on Sunday. He's doing fine," Francona said.
It has been a quick recovery for Pedroia, particularly considering the initial fear that his injury was to the oblique.
"After the initial relief, once he started getting back into what he was doing, we thought he was going to be OK," Francona said. "I think when he first came back, we were all kind of holding our breath a little bit."
Short hops: Bench coach Brad Mills will manage the Red Sox on Friday so that Francona can attend his son Nick's graduation from Officer's Candidate School in Quantico, Va. ... Left-hander Javier Lopez, who pitched for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic, will get some work in Friday's game. ... David Ortiz wanted to play in Thursday night's game, but the Reds did not allow the Red Sox to use the designated hitter. ... Shortstop Jed Lowrie will finally get a road trip off on Saturday, when the Red Sox go to Jupiter to play the Marlins.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Medical education in Australia
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Medical education in Australia is concerned with both the basic training of medical practitioners and with the post-graduate training of medical specialists.
Medical school Various models of medical education exist in Australia. Undergraduate-entry program typically last 5-6 years, and permit entry from secondary school matriculation. Applicants are usually assessed by a combination of high school leaving certificate performance, UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test) score and interview. Graduate medical programs typically last 4 years, and require the entrant to have attained a previous bachelor degree qualification at a certain level of achievement in addition to aptitude tests and interviews. The most common selection test used is the GAMSAT (Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admission Test).In early years, theoretical domains of study predominate, with increasing clinical focus during the program. However, early clinical exposure — in which students commence clinical skills from very early in the course, concurrently with theoretical study — is a component of many degrees, most notably the graduate medical programs. In recent years medical school learning and teaching in Australia has taken on a new direction. At most universities there has been a move away from the more traditional methods of teaching with a shift towards the Problem Based Learning (PBL) pedagogy including the use of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Depending on the program undertaken, students graduate as Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), (BMBS), or simply a Bachelor of Medicine (BMed), in addition to any other degrees attained during study.
Internship All States and Territories require recently qualified medical practitioners to successfully undertake and complete at least one year of supervised practice, generally known as an internship. Internship is undertaken in hospital positions accredited for this purpose. Interns in Australia are 'undifferentiated', meaning that they undertake rotations through many different specialties. Rotations differ from hospital to hospital and state to state. However, most states require three core terms to be completed - a medical term (general or subspecialty internal medicine), general or subspecialty surgery, and emergency medicine. In some states, a general practice term is offered instead of the Emergency Medicine term.Historically the intern year was the only postgraduate training required to obtain a Provider Number. However, since 1996 the Commonwealth Government no longer issues Provider Numbers to doctors who have not completed postgraduate training (with some notable exceptions). A Provider Number is required to bill Medicare or issue prescriptions under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.Aside from experience gained through working, formal educational opportunities are required to be provided by hospitals for junior doctors. Accreditation and oversight of this phase of medical education is by each State's postgraduate medical council. There has been some movement towards a national set of standards for internship.
Residency Upon successful conclusion of the intern year, doctors qualify for a full registration in the Medical Board of their State or Territory, and are licensed to engage in independent medical practice. Because Provider Numbers are not issued to doctors who have not completed postgraduate studies, practically all doctors continue their training as Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) in hospitals, which typically last two years. Some states (e.g. New South Wales) also require junior doctors to undertake a second generalist year, that is their first RMO year. Other states permit streaming from the first RMO year.
Specialist training Specialist training varies considerably from specialist college to college. In some specialist college training programs (e.g. surgery) a trainee continues as a RMO in their early training, whilst in others trainees begin at registrar level.At the same time as working in hospitals, registrars also prepare for examinations for admission into specialist medical colleges, such as the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, etc.Those successful in completing the requirements of their college program become fellows of that college. They are now specialists in the case of most areas of medicine (and typically work in specialist private practice and/or as a consultant in a hospital); an exception are fellows of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, who are general practitioners, not specialists.
Continuing medical education All professional colleges require their members to undertake continuing medical education; the requirements of each college vary.
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Blake Aaron Taylor, 19, unexpectedly left this world in a car accident Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Yet, he has not and never will leave our hearts or our memories.
He was a freshman at Ball State University in Muncie, majoring in accounting. Upon moving to campus, he quickly made many new friends with his bright smile, endless humor and genuine love.
Blake was born Aug. 13, 1993 in Baltimore, Md. The following May, his family returned to Kokomo, where Blake grew up. He attended Northwestern Elementary, Middle and High schools. He was passionately devoted to the sport of baseball. Every one of his teammates and coaches spoke of what a talented player and dependable teammate he was. He worked diligently and passionately at his sports and everything else in life. His determination and hard work motivated others to better themselves. He never failed to keep the team's spirits up with his jokes and good spirit. He brought the same laughter and cheer to the teams at Pizza Hut on Sycamore Road and Reed Road, where he worked for three years. Everyone had a better time playing or working when Blake was around.
One of Blake's best features was his smile. Everyone who knew him could not help but be warmed by it. It was infectious. He had the biggest, brightest smile that lit up the room and everyone around him. He loved to make people laugh and never failed at it. He was never afraid to push the boundaries or get in trouble just to make something funny. His joking around and light spirit brought constant joy to all who knew him.
Above all else, he loved his family more than anything in the world. From the moment he was born, his parents, Danny and Kimberly Taylor, never stopped giving him unconditional love that knew no bounds. This love was only multiplied when his younger sister, Kaci, joined the family. He never stopped loving and protecting her. They could talk about absolutely anything, and he was a kind of father figure to her. Blake was so proud of his little sister. His parents did the most wonderful job raising him; he was the best boy out there. It is impossible to express in words the profound love shared between all of Blake's family members and how proud they were of him. Every one of his relatives will forever carry a special piece of Blake in their hearts. This family was and is always full of support, laughter and love.
Blake's girlfriend, Sara Pecina, was most graciously welcomed into the Taylor family and will remain a member forever. As a boyfriend, Blake went above and beyond. He always gave Sara endless support, demonstrated by him driving several hours away multiple times to see her dance in her concerts. Blake was 100 percent loyal every moment of every day to her and everyone he knew. He constantly gave her his love and made her happier than anyone else on the planet. They still love each other with every bit of their souls. Some may call it young love, but it was undoubtedly deep, true and infinite.
More than anything, Blake genuinely wanted people to be happy. It was part of his instinct to do whatever would make someone smile. He never stopped giving. Blake chose to be an organ donor when he got his license. He has donated and will forever change people's lives with that. A million good people could not make up for the greatness he was going to bring to this world. Blake would want us to smile now and always. He would want us to smile as we celebrate his wonderful life these next days and as we carry him in our hearts forever. He most certainly will never be forgotten and will never stop bringing happiness to everyone he knew, just like he always wanted.
He is survived by his parents, Danny and Kim Taylor, Kokomo; sister, Kaci Nicole Taylor, Kokomo; girlfriend, Sara Beth Pecina, Kokomo; paternal grandparents, Helen Elaine and Chuck Woodruff, Fairmount; maternal grandparents, Joyce Ellen King, Cicero, and Glen Mack and Wanda King, Kokomo; maternal great-grandparents, Mary Catherine and Don Phillips, Indianapolis; aunts and uncles, Greg and Rebecca King, Russiaville, Amy Haworth, Fairmount, and Shelley and Dave Butts, Kokomo; several cousins; and many, many dear friends.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Danny Taylor.
Funeral services celebrating Blake's life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hill Christian Church, 2600 W. Alto Road, Kokomo, with Pastor Russ Smith officiating. Burial will follow in South Union Cemetery in western Howard County. Friends are invited to call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church, or one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to the family in care of Shirley & Stout Funeral Home & Crematory to establish a scholarship in Blake's memory.
Shirley & Stout Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting the family with arrangements. Messages of condolence may be left online at www.shirleyandstout.com.


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Institute for Learning in Retirement Awards 1st Scholarship
The Old Dominion University Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) announces the award of its first graduate scholarship to Kimberly Lentz. Lentz is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in education at Old Dominion University. A graduate of Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, she is the first and only person in her family to attend college.
"I want to be a school counselor so I can help students in their academic conquests, because I believe succeeding in education can also help propel you to success in other aspects of life," said Lentz.
The Institute for Learning in Retirement, at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center, established the $3,000 annual graduate scholarship to acknowledge Old Dominion's role in the organization's formation and continued success. ODU sponsors the nonprofit, self-sustaining ILR, which is governed and led by its own elected board and officers.
The ILR is associated with the more than 600 similar organizations in the United States known as Life Long Learning Institutes. The nearly 700 dues-paying ILR members design their own academic curriculum and develop their own programs, such as social activities, peer-discussion groups and local-area day trips.
For more information, please call (757) 367-4160 or log on to the ODU Virginia Beach Web site at: www.odu.edu/vbhec.
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Take Pride: Freedom from Shame & Humiliation
"You must learn to tolerate the humiliation of taking your child out in public. Try to ignore the stares and insensitive comments of the people around you." I don't remember where I read these words—I vaguely recall a dingy red pamphlet, given to me by a well-meaning social worker—but I know exactly when. It was - Continue Reading
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by Pamela Slim My cellphone rang yesterday. "I can't believe I'm calling you," a woman I will call "Beatrice" said. "I don't know where else to turn." "I read Martha's North Star book a few years ago and, while pursuing a dream job on account of a man, actually made tremendous progress in my career. - Continue Reading
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by Pamela Slim If you have ever watched the Discovery Channel, you have seen the fury of a mother bear defending her cubs from the video lens of an over-eager nature lover. With fangs bared and claws ready to attack, she focuses all of her power and girth at taking down the potential threat. Such - Continue Reading
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text: The moment music fans have been waiting on is finally upon us -- the release of the collaboration between SoulBounce mainstays Full Crate and Jesse Boykins III. After what seemed like an eternity of teasing, the two premiered not one, but TWO songs today over on Okayplayer. Recorded while Jesse was in Amsterdam for the Red Bull Music Academy, the two tracks are every bit as delectable as I anticipated. "Her Throne" is a slow, steady grind, while "See With Me" picks up the pace just a bit. Full Crate's otherworldly production is the perfect backdrop for Boykins' vocals to glide across. But don't take my word for it. Hit the bounce to check it out for yourself, then head over to iTunes to add it to your musical arsenal. And I thought Good Friday was last week.


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Tag: humanizing
And now we bring you … DogTV
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As of this week, we can add one more item to the growing list of once uniquely human things that we have, with mostly good intentions, bestowed/inflicted upon dogs.
Dogs now have their own television station.
DogTV, which debuted yesterday, features short clips of canines romping and playing. It airs 24 hours a day, and is designed to keep your dog company, providing him with relaxation and stimulation when no one is home. It costs $4.99 a month and is available on DirecTV.
Now they, too, can be couch potatoes — just like us.
Maybe that's what we want — for our dogs to be human. Maybe we just assume, given their willingness to please, that if we like something, they're going to love it, when in fact the reason they love it is because we're doing it. Maybe we just like free, or $4.99 a month, babysitting.
Whatever the case, we keep passing on or making available to them our curious and not entirely healthy habits, quirks, trendy "must haves" and addictions — be they pharmaceuticals, beauty contests, bling, funny haircuts, halloween costumes, spa services, day care, neuroses, high tech health care no one can afford, or gourmet food.
We seem to keep trying — consciously or not – to make dogs more like us, when the actual truth of the matter (and the secret of life) is that we should be more like them.
(Maybe, if we watch DogTV, we can learn how.)
On human TV Wednesday night, NBC ran this feature on DogTV, introduced by Brian Williams, who closely resembles a Bassett hound, and reported by Kevin Tibbles, who dutifully includes about every canine-related pun there is.
As Tibbles notes, pets are a $55 billion industry in America, and the nation's 78 million dogs could make for a lot of viewers. That, even though dogs don't have disposable income, could prove lucrative.
DogTV bills itself as "the perfect babysitter for dogs who have to stay home alone."
Therein lies the problem.
Dogs don't want electronic babysitters. Dogs want to be out in the real dirt, bug, critter and scent-filled world. We do, too, though often we don't realize it, mainly because we get so caught up in and numbed by TV, video games, Facebook and the like.
I do often leave my TV on for my dog Ace when I leave the house, even though he's never shown a great deal of interest in it. His ears will perk up when he hears a dog whining or barking on television, and he'll watch for maybe 10 seconds or so before moving on to more important things, like sleep.
I, on the other hand, who grew up being babysat by TV, will stay up past bedtime and sit riveted for 60 minutes watching a "Law & Order" episode I previously viewed less than a month ago.
Who, I ask you, is the superior being?
"For those of us who suffer the guilt of leaving a dog alone for hours each day, the prospect of forking out five bucks a month to allay our dogs' separation anxiety might sound attractive. It's certainly cheaper than hiring a daily dog walker," Ryan Vogt writes in Slate. "There's only one problem: It won't work. "
Vogt goes on to explain that dogs "see the world at a faster frame rate than humans do … Humans' flicker fusion rate is about 50-60 Hz, meaning we see the world in 50 to 60 images per second. For dogs, that rate is closer to 70-80 Hz… To them, it looks like a slideshow powered by a dim strobe light."
I don't begin to understand that (probably because I've watched too much TV), but the article goes on to quote some experts, including Alexandra Horowitz. She explains that, in addition to the "frame rate" differences, the fact that no smells come out of the television keeps dogs from getting too interested. "Dogs are not primarily visual … and what interests them is typically smell first, sight second."
In other words, they know it's not real.
I don't have a problem with DogTV existing — just with the possibility it could be overused by busy dog owners. There are better ways to keep you dog occupied during the day, even when you're not home. And too much TV – be it forensic drama, cooking shows, or even just watching dogs romp — can't be good for anyone, two or four-legged.
What we fail to realize as we continue to work the wild out of dogs, continue to make them more human, is that dogs don't need vicarious thrills.
That's just us.
Posted by John Woestendiek August 2nd, 2013 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: alexandra horowitz, animals, babysit, babysitter, babysitting, behavior, brian williams, channel, couch potatoes, directv, dog, dogs, dogtv, for dogs, home alone, humanize, humanizing, humans, images, nbc, network, pets, play, relaxation, station, stimulation, television, thrills, tv, vicarious
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Stay at home, mom
Yesterday, I came across the website Momlogic, by virtue of an article appearing therein that triggered my special Internet alarm that goes off when somebody, somewhere is verbally bashing dogs.
The article was headlined Your Dog Grosses Me Out.
In it, Jennifer Ginsberg — a Los Angeles mother, writer, addiction specialist and producer of the website angstmom – recounts a dinner party experience in which she encountered not one, but two dogs, who were not only inside the house, but behaved, well, like dogs.
"If you choose to cohabit with dogs, then how about putting them outside for meals and parties? I know that you consider them to be a part of the family, but they are animals, not people, and it is not acceptable for them to infringe on the comfort of your guests."
She continues: "It is freaking annoying when I sit down on your fur-covered sofa with a plate of food and your dog stands one inch from me, panting his nasty doggy breath and whimpering as he begs for my crudites. My 2-year-old daughter didn't enjoy when Shlomo sucked on her toes while she was eating birthday cake, either!
"Humanizing animals is a glaring example of our society's broken moral compass. It's easier for some people to feel frothy emotion about the imagined plight of an animal over actual human suffering. It's also simpler to have a relationship with a pet than a person — there aren't any real emotional requirements, and you get to feel loved unconditionally for no good reason.
"If these self-proclaimed dog lovers really cared about animals, perhaps they would strive to meet their genuine needs, rather than attempt to turn their dogs into submissive love slaves. These poor dogs are tools for people to get their narcissistic needs met, while they deserve to be respected for the animals they are. The truth is, dogs don't belong in houses — their natural habitat is outdoors — and they certainly don't belong at a party with young children running around."
I'm guessing Ginsburg won't have to worry about being invited back to a party at that dog-contaminated house again. What's puzzling, though, is why she went to the party in the first place, given her feelings (or lack thereof) about dogs, and given she admits to knowing there'd be at least one there: "I knew that I would have to deal with Shlomo, their big, stinky dog."
From time to time, I see a similar sort of behavior at the park: The person with an unsocialized and leashed dog, though plenty of alternate routes are available, opts to walk him right through the middle of 20 unleashed ones, then complains when their dog is approached by one of them. Some people just seem to thrive on confrontation.
While it's true that wolves, from which dogs evolved, may not "belong in houses," neither do apes, from which we evolved into the ruling, supremely intelligent, somewhat bossy species we have become.
Given her field of expertise, you'd think Ginsburg would at least be a little more understanding about the plight of the dog-addicted.
Meanwhile, I have only this advice for the next time she's invited to a party where there might be a danger of her comfort being infringed upon by her gracious host's lowly dogs:
Stay at home, mom.
Posted by John Woestendiek November 10th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
Tags: angstmom, animals, apes, behavior, complaint, confrontation, dog, dog-bashing, dogs, evolution, friends, habitat, homes, humanizing, humans, indoors, inside, jennifer ginsberg, logic, mom, momlogic.com, mothers, natural, party, relationships, species, status, stay at home, wolves, your dog grosses me out
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Tyne and Wear Metro traineeship announced
Nexus, the company which runs The Tyne and Wear Metro, today revealed it will recruit 30 new apprentices over the next three years.
It wants to make sure it has skilled engineers to retain, and improve, the service into the future.
– Bernard Garner, Director General, Nexus.
"We are acting now to guarantee cherished engineering skills and expertise are not lost as people retire, ensuring that we are able to continue to provide the best service for the 38 million passengers who rely on Metro get the highest standards of reliability."
Nexus also announced it will work in partnership with Gateshead College to help train its apprentices.
– Mick Brophy, Business Innovation and Development, Gateshead College
"The commitment to a long term programme like this provides a strong foundation for individuals to flourish and develop.
"Apprenticeships are a fantastic way to build a career by gaining skills and training while earning a wage."


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Easy Washable Window Shade
If this window curtain had a name it would be Shady Ease McWashmeaton. That sounds like a rapper name but it would be the curtain's formal Christian name. Ordained by the Pope. Approved by Obama.
Seriously though…this might be one of the easiest window coverings ever.
You may remember my office. It underwent a transformation that could make you cry. Well maybe not but it did me. I couldn't stand the very fleshy and brown before…and now it is bright light and happy. But it was still missing some curtains.
I had a couple yards of red buffalo check fabric in my stash that I thought would work so I pulled it out and for a brief moment thought about attempting my BFF's 15 minute shade. It's a perfect solution for a simple no-sew stationary shade. My problem is that I get lots of dust in this house. Maybe we are just really skinny people I guess (that's a pun. I heard that most dust is our skin that flakes off and is around the house…which is equal parts disgusting and fascinating). Plus you never know when random food is found on curtains. Life with boys I guess.
So I needed my window coverings to be removable and washable. Which also means that hem tape won't work as well. So I needed a sewing option.
Here's my supplies….
- measuring tape
- an iron
- about a yard of fabric
- a tension rod (they run about $3)
- straight pins
- a sewing machine
- a seam ripper because dang I always need a redo
First measure the length and the width of the shade you want. I added four inches to my desired length (three extra for the top and one extra inch for the bottom)…and one extra inch for each side.
First you are gonna do the sides. Both sides need to be folded over a half inch and ironed.
Then you are gonna fold over the same edge another half inch and iron. After you iron it, sew it down for a nice clean edge that will survive the rigors of a washing machine. Then do the exact same thing on the bottom…half inch, iron, half inch, iron, sew. At the top, you will do pretty much the same thing except you will fold it over one half inch, iron, fold down the remaining two and a half inches, iron and sew leaving a pocket for the tension rod to go through.
Then it's just a matter of slipping the tension rod through the pocket and adjusting the rod by twisting it to the perfect width.
It's just the right splash of color that my office needed and it took maybe an hour to make both (but that does include breastfeeding a kid, and ripping one seam because my machine and I had a difference of opinion about the tension that it needed to have). I love them.
So that's the simplest update around here lately. I think it goes just smashing with my deer head…sortof like a females version of a woodsman. Just call me Paulina Bunyan.
August 21, 2013
Paulina Bunyan. I just died laughing. Super cute shades! I need some of these over my kitchen sink.
PS LOVE the color
August 21, 2013
Cute! I like the pop of color it give the room.
August 21, 2013
Super cute! I love the deer head the most though. Where did it come from?
August 21, 2013
I love the simplicity of this project. And also the ball trim on your deer head.
Annette permalinkAugust 21, 2013
Super cute! Love the color combo. Just wanted to add a step to the beginning: wash, dry and iron the fabric before you start. Otherwise the curtains will shrink and you will be sad.
lauren permalinkAugust 21, 2013
What kind of sewing machine did you use?
August 21, 2013
Yay! I'm happy to see a photo of your office again. It's seriously my favorite blogger space transformation to date.
I'm always happy to see simple sewing projects like this that make me want to take my machine out of our bedroom (where it lives under my husband's nightstand!) and put to good use. That red checked fabric is a nice little jolt of color in there.
Kim permalinkAugust 21, 2013
Love these! I may just have to give them a shot in our dining room!
Jen permalinkAugust 21, 2013
Cute and easy idea! Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Sarah permalinkAugust 21, 2013
Seriously Katie Bower, where were you 3 months ago? I bought these curtain wire things from Ikea cause I wanted cheap and I've spent 1 hour trying to hang those things, then a month to work up the effort to try again, then another hour with my drill, then 2 more months of procrastinating. My windows are still bare!
And you're telling me there's $3 tension rods? I'm stopping at home depot to pick them up tonight. Life Savor!
August 21, 2013
Super cute!!! I painted my master bedroom Palladian Blue because I loved your office so much. Lately I have been incorporating more red into it also!
Marcy Lendaro permalinkAugust 21, 2013
So cute! My seam ripper and I are BFFs too…
Ps I have and love the tiny red iron! It heats up so quickly! I love it!
Nelle permalinkAugust 21, 2013
Such a bright, happy room! Love it
August 21, 2013
Sweet! I love this!
And add that pom-pom trim to them and you've got a very Bulldawg addition to your office. Goooo Dawgs! It's football season in The South, Katie! Are you ready?!?
August 22, 2013
Can I just tell you – my favorite part of this whole post was you sharing that you are nursing while pregnant. I am also nursing while pregnant (16 weeks!) and I feel like people think I'm crazy. Thanks for helping a momma out, KB.
August 22, 2013
really cute! love the last picture
Annie R permalinkAugust 22, 2013
Hahaha- the skin pun made me think of the time my then 5 year old came up to me and said "mom- you're so skinny!" I replied, "aww thanks buddy!" He then proceeds to say "yea, you know, because you have a lot of skin- so you're 'skin-y'"…… Gee. Thanks dear!!
Seriously though. Those curtains are adorable and I just so need to get on that and make some!!
August 22, 2013
Looks great!
Sarah permalinkAugust 22, 2013
Super cute fabric choice especially with the contrasting room color. I made a valance for my kitchen that had red stripes in it but had to line the fabric with cheap white muslin I had to prevent the sun from bleaching out the red. Good thing I did cause I just dusted them the other day (4 yrs later) and the back side has a pink stripes but the front is still a nice crisp red.


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A fiery crash in Harrison County has claimed a life this morning. However, we still don't know the name of the person killed on County Farm Road.
WLOX.com has learned the accident was around 3:00 Friday morning. Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said the car left the road before bursting into flames. Sullivan said the crash shut down County Farm Road north of Landon for a couple of hours, but it is open now.
No word yet on the identity of the driver. Harrison County Sheriff's Department is handling the investigation.
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An elderly Greenwood woman was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon.
The two-vehicle crash happened just after noon near Kate Way and South Emerald Road.
Troopers said a vehicle was headed north on Kate Way when another vehicle pulled out in front of it and was hit.
The driver of the second vehicle, identified as 86-year-old Ruth Ouzts, was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where she later died.
The driver of the first vehicle was not injured in the crash.
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Dear C.J.,
You and I have never met. Even though we live in the same city and attended the same high school and university, I don't believe we share much in the way of social circles. Even so, I would like to tell you how grateful I am that you chose to come to and to stay at Wake Forest.
You were viewed as a borderline ACC prospect despite leading your high school team to the 4-A state championship your senior year. If I remember correctly, you had offers from fairly successful low- and mid-major programs, but the only school to offer you from the ACC was Wake. Yet through hard work, you not only turned into a valuable ACC rotation player, but a legitimate star. Even though you have experienced ups and downs in your four years (mostly downs, admittedly) you have bravely soldiered on. When others transferred, you remained loyal. When the debate about the state of the basketball program reached a fever pitch, you put your head down and went about your business on the court.
I fear that your time at Wake Forest will likely be forgotten. History loves winners, and through no real fault of your own your time at Wake was not filled with lots of winning. But I would ask that you not believe that your hard work has gone unappreciated. Even the most bitter fan would agree that watching you blossom from a freshman role player into an all-ACC player - and you are an all-ACC player, regardless of what the media says - has been a sheer delight. All those swished three-pointers, the crafty drives off of split double-teams, the twisting layups: rapture. History may not remember these things, but I assure you that we fans will.
So thank you for the countless hours spent working to hone your skills. Thank you for the pleasure of being able to root for you and to claim you as one of our own. You have shown nothing but pure class during the last four years, and regardless of what anyone else says about your time at Wake Forest, you will always be a winner to me.
Thank you C.J. I am proud to share the title of "Demon Deacon" with you.
A Wake Forest Fan


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Because I am bored and pissed off at the thought of another wasted season, and because clearly others out there want to talk about this, I put together a list of observations I have about the Tigers and their amazing play this year -- right up there with the Pirates and the Royals. In no particular order:
1. This team has no fire. Outside of Verlander, is there anyone you'd want with you in a Zombie Apocalypse? Maybe Peralta, because he can't possibly outrun me.
2. No one on this team is playing simple, fundamental baseball. Man on third, no outs? We might get that one run and that's it (happened the other night). No one takes pitches and makes the SP tire, bringing out the opponents' middle relievers. No one takes an extra base. How is this not a Leyland problem? He can't get 25 grown professionals to act like professionals? I get that he can't hold the bat for them, but at some point, if he can't get them to at least play as competently as little leaguers, it's on him.
3. We have assembled, yet again, a John Madden Fantasy Team instead of an actual baseball team. For all the preseason predictions about a fearsome lineup, what do we really have? We have a good leadoff hitter. We have a 3/4 combo...and that's pretty much it. We have no #2 hitter. We have no #5 or #6. We have four guys (Dirks, Avila, Boesch, Peralta) who are #7 hitters. The rest of the team is a mess and should be on a bench or batting 9th.
How is this not a Dombrowski problem? if I built a car with a starter, and engine/tranny, one brake and 4 steering wheels, I'd be sued, fired, and probably shot by an angry grieving father outside of a courtroom. He throws out a Raburn/Inge poo poo platter as 2B, throws $5 million at Delmon Young (who has all the range of Kurt Cobain), and hopes for the best? Are you kidding me?
4. We can't even play high school quality defense. We have a 1B who cannot throw and can barely catch the ball. God help him if he has to bend over to grab a ball. We have a revolving door of bench fodder at 2B. We have, I swear to god, an actual fatass playing SS. He looks like a 45-year-old divorced cop trying to play beer league softball out there. Oh, and let's not forget the 3B who belongs at 1B. We have one decent OF (Dirks, when both legs work) and one great CF. That's it. The entire rest of the team is a liability, to both the team and any fan within 500 feet.
5. There is no leadership and so far, there is no plan. Captain Leyland has taken Dombrowski's Titanic and driven it right into the iceberg. The season's going down and all we get are empty smoky platitudes, obtuse optimism that flies in the face of facts -- facts we all see on the damn ballfield every game, and "hope". I don't know what the answer is. I don't know that there is anything that can help turn this around now.
I just know that all these things are a problem and no one beyond Brandon Inge and Ryan Raburn (both batting .150) is being held accountable. I'm not a "fire everyone, start over" kind of person, but at some point, JL/DD have to either produce a plan that will work or we need to find a new management team that will.


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I know this will not be popular with all of our fanbase, however upon further reflection Jay made a great move for our Auburn family and I would challenge anyone in a debate who would care to dispute that. Let me throw the caveat that I was the first to call for his head after the hire.
We all can't forget the idiot that cussed Chizik when he got of the plane arriving at Auburn. This needs to be noted that Jay Jacobs deserves allot of credit and is one of the reasons we are in the thick of things. On another note, I think looking back on "The Drive' at Kentucky was a monumental turn in our season. After watching the cats come back and beat S Car like they almost did to us shows us what a good home team hey are. I am the happiest I have been as a Auburn fan as we sit here tonight with a Heisman contender and a #4 BCS team. Who knows where the season will take us but it sure is fun. War Eagle Everyone
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Personal Zen
"Besides contrasting Western Being with Eastern Nothingness, in his later writings Nishida also at times makes a broad distinction between a Western "logic of things" and an Eastern "logic of the heart-mind (kokoro)." While Western thought tends to begin with an objective logic of substances (be these physical or mental), he claims that in Buddhism one can find the germ of a logic of the heart-mind, even if traditionally this remained largely at the level of an expression of personal experience rather than being fully developed into a genuinely philosophical logic (see Nishida 1964, 356). (Scholars of Buddhism may want to argue that it was Nishida's own knowledge of Buddhism that remained too much at the level of personal experience, rather than the sophisticated teachings of the Mâdhyamaka, Yogâchâra, Tiantai, and Huayan traditions of Mahâyâna philosophy.)"
Again, following on from this post, the above is an obviously simplified statement of a view I don't wholly agree or disagree with. Zen Skin, Zen Marrow starts off with a discussion of Arthur Koestler's The Lotus and the Robot, a fascinating and kind of terrible book in which a European intellectual (and a "controversial, side-changing" one at that) goes to India and Japan in the 1950s and makes some pretty strong criticisms based on his experience and reading. This description in Zen Skin, Zen Marrow is a good summary of the conflicting aspects:
"The sense of disillusionment and disgust in Koestler's book, his only major work dealing with Zen, seems like a throwback to unrepentant Orientalists whose agenda it was to turn Asian religious thought into disreputable clichés. But at the same time, to his credit, Koestler presciently anticipated and articulated nearly all of the main rebuttals to TZN [the Traditional Zen Narrative, acronym used by the author] provided by HCC [Historical and Cultural Criticism] on the issues of language, ritualism and societal affairs"
I went back and read a couple of the chapters on Zen in The Lotus and the Robot and while the tone is not particularly pleasant, and the criticisms while robust also seem to contain something of a wilful blindness when seen from an appreciation of non-dualist philosophy (and as can be seen from the title of that book and others, Koestler loved using binary opposites) it's not wholly unfair at base and depends really on negotiating between social and cultural values towards appreciating Zen in a lucid context. So yes, Zen can degenerate into irrational silliness that's not particularly socially useful or even harmful, but (as he recognises with the symbiotic nature of its origin to Confucianism) those same qualities may have or have had their uses.
My personal attraction to Zen stems, I'm pretty sure, from a dissatisfaction with the incompleteness of intellectual pursuit in a (Western) framework of science and philosophy, and even the humanities and arts as a bridge between the two. There is no system which will answer all our questions, and perhaps similarly to the way one is - supposedly, traditionally - led to question capitalist economics, maybe that is because the whole nature of our 'systems' is flawed? Critical thinking, despite the exhortations of our educators and business leaders who tout its material ends, manifestly does not bring happiness and rather tends to decrease it whenever we face a failure to rationally reorganise our lives and the world. Art can be a solution for some, hedonism for others, but what for the intellectual depressive and innate conservative who just wants to break the chain of thought without breaking anything else?
All of which is to say, in a rather incomplete fashion, that when I see such a statement as "in Buddhism one can find the germ of a logic of the heart-mind, even if traditionally this remained largely at the level of an expression of personal experience rather than being fully developed into a genuinely philosophical logic" I am both sceptical of and drawn towards it. I'm sceptical of a notion such as 'heart-mind', to start with, because I'm still too rationalist; yet at the same time I don't want to see the ideas of Zen "fully developed into a genuinely philosophical logic" - in large part I reckon because my personality, which to use the Myers-Brigg typology (itself an unscientific, effectively anti-rationalist but deeply appealing 'system' that I find pragmatically useful) begins with the introverted intuition of ideas, proceeds to an outward facing rationality, followed only then by (introverted) feelings and (extrovert) sensory logic - because I need to keep it outside that sphere, free from its chains.


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Alright guys so i figured it was finally time to start a journal. Its time to start putting on and moving some real weight...
Just for some background ... Im about 5' 10" 180-185 lbs. at about 15% BF. I started lifting in high school but really had no idea what i was doing. Then once i went to college i stop lifting entirely and really let myself go and after my first year and a half was a very out of shape 200 lbs. I started getting back into the gym 2 winters ago and got back into some decent shape by this winter. Thats when i found this site and learned how to really lift and really got serious about lifting and dieting. This past January i was around 175 lbs. at about 21% BF. I did a little recomp and have been running BGB and am now around 180 lbs. at about 15% BF...
Im going to start an official "bulk" on Monday and am going to run Starting Strength. However im only going to Squat twice a week on Monday and Friday and replace Wednesdays with Rows because i have tried Squatting three times a week and it is not for me my body does not react well to it and i find i fair much better with two Squat sessions a week. Im also going to do 2 sets of 8 reps of Incline DB Press after my Bench on the weeks i bench once a week and on Fridays when i bench twice a week. I find my chest responds better with just a little more volume. Im also going to be doing very light cardio on Tuesdays and Thursdays with abs and just 2 sets of DB curls and overhead extensions at the end of my last workout for the week or on Saturdays...
Heres what my diet will look like...
Meal 1: 4 Whole Eggs / Whole Wheat Bagel / 2 Tbsp PB / 16 oz Milk
Meal 2: Nitrean with Milk / 2 Whole Grain Rice Cakes / 2 Tbsp PB
Meal 3: Turkey Sandwich on Whole Wheat Protein Bread / 16 oz Milk
Meal 4 (Pre-WO): Nitrean with Milk / 1/2 Cup Oats / Banana
Meal 5 (Post-WO): Nitrean with Milk / Dextrose / Creatine Mono
Meal 6: Lots of Chicken / Lots of Whole Grain Pasta / Salad / 16 oz Milk
Meal 7: Cottage Cheese / 16 oz Milk
Breakdown: 4,471 Calories / 380g Protein (36%) / 437g Carbs (37%) / 133g Fat (27%)
Where my lift stand as of right now...
Squat: 195 (I know ... weak ... im really trying to get this up!)
Deadlift: 325
Bench: 215
Press: 145
Clean: 175
Row: 170x5
Squat: 275
Deadlift: 405
Bench: 265
Press: 185
Clean: 215
Row: 225x5
Im shooting to reach my strength goals and my weight goal of 210-215 lbs. (From 180-185 lbs.) by September. I know it may be a reach but i figure you gotta shoot big. We'll see what happens ... I am extremely excited to start tomorrow. Ive taken the past 5 days off from the gym to get a fresh start. Im still trying to figure out where to start my weights on my lifts to optimize progression ... Im open to any suggestions ... I look forward to starting my journey and keeping track of my progress here ... Wish me luck!
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So i started my new diet and SS today. It was sweet just eating even though i wasnt hungry. Bulking is definitely much more fun ... I decided to start my weights rather conservative ... i took what i was working my 5x5s with and took off about 20-30 lbs. and just decided to start my Squat at 135 to really nail down my form and keep the progression going on that. Anyway heres how my workout went...
Workout A
Weigh In: 183
These were all pretty easy but im hoping starting off with the conservative weight will payoff in the long run. Cant wait till Wednesday...
aaah yes SS,i ran it 2 yrs ago and made good progress,just stick to it and eat your ass off and then gains will come!
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lookin' good so far bud! i like your current lifts, and your goals, very achievable. also, even though you made some small changes to SS, it's nothing drastic that's going to turn it around completely, I think you could still make some pretty good gains this way!
so right now you're starting low and you're just gonna add 5lbs each session?
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nice work man, your well on your way to building up a very solid base
Ok so today was my first Workout B. Despite what i had told Nockits about trying to start out Squatting all the 3 days i decided against it and stuck with my original plan since i was still rather soar. Heres how it went...
Workout B
Weight: 185
(This scale at school isnt very good or consistent im expecting my weight to change a little and be more consistent when i get home next week.)
I hadnt Overhead Pressed in awhile and they were a little tougher than i expected but still pretty easy. And I hadnt Cleaned in a little while either (since for some reason they really aggravate my forearms) and i kind of forgot how to do them at first ... so they were a little tough ... but it came back to me after the first set or two. I plan on adding 10 lbs to my Squat and Deadlift next session and adding 5 lbs to everything else.
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Yeah its the transition from the pull to the rack ... i feel i use my arms too much to rack the bar and dont get under the bar enough ... im working on it though.
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I added 10 lbs to all my lifts. Ill probably be increasing everything by 5 lbs every workout from here on out...
Workout A
Weigh-In: 186
(Im afraid i might be gaining too fast. But i think it might just be the quick initial gains ... Ill see where i stand at the end of the week.)
DB Curls: 40x8 - 45x8
DB Overhead Tri Extensions: 80x8 - 85x8
I do the 2 sets of curls and extensions just once a week at the end of the week. Everything went pretty well today. Now i gotta wait till Monday.
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Yeah im working on it. Im still reading through the Power Clean section of SS ... Yeah thanks man. Hopefully i can catch up to you soon and our numbers can be good motivation.
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you can catch up to me soon? i think your numbers are already past mine!
hopefully I can catch up to you.
I'm going to be starting the advanced SS which includes chin-ups and dips, exactly what you're doing. do you know what the set/rep scheme is for dips and chins? i know you're supposed to add weight if you can do 15 reps of your own bodyweight for chins... does the same go for dips?
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Im not sure what the set/rep scheme is ... i dont really think there is a set number since its not really included in Rips original program. I saw somewhere, I think on the SS Wiki that its 3x5-8 which sounds good so im just sticking to that.
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haha, definitely! first i gotta worry about getting past 3 chin-ups before i can "do 15 and add weight".
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Im kinda mad with myself since i was off my diet for the weekend since i went home for mothers day but it shouldnt hurt me too much. Heres how the workout went...
Workout B
Weigh In: 188
Everything went well today. Still fairly easy. The Presses felt real strong even with the 10 lb increase.
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I almost didnt make it to the gym today because i drank myself stupid like a moron last night being that i had finished the semester and had a killer hangover today. I got a second wind though and got my ass to the gym. I started cutting back on my calories a little by taking out my second meal because i felt i was gaining too fast.
Workout A
Weigh In: 187
Incline DB Press (I do these on the weeks i only Bench once as i said in my original post)
Everything went well today. Since today was the last day of exams at school the gym was empty since most people went home. At one point i was the only one in the entire gym it was pretty awesome. I start back at the dreaded Ballys on Friday ... Im gunna try to find a new gym at home this summer but its hard to make the switch being that i only pay 9 bucks a month at Ballys.
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Ok so i didnt make it to the gym on Friday because again like a moron i drank to much the night before and was to beat the next day to lift. I gotta cut that **** out though. Im gunna try to keep the drinking to Saturdays. Anyway i did my workout today instead and will pick up on Monday like normally.
Workout B
Weigh In: 189 (This was on a legit balance scale at Ballys so ill be able to get more accurate and consistent weigh ins now.)
The Squats felt good. I feel like im really nailing down my form. Presses were good. For some reason the Cleans were HEAVY and i was shot after my third set of 3 so i just called it after that. The BW Chins are getting easier. I think i might start adding weight and keep the reps between 5-8. Cant wait for these weights to start getting heavier.
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I did not miss Ballys...
Workout A
Weigh In: 187.5
Kind of disappointed with this ... I dont get how my weight went down from last time or even from last week. I might have cut back my cals too much ... Im gunna add some. But its not a big deal im still on my 2 lbs a week pace since i gained so much last week. Ill see where I am next Monday.
The Squats and Deadlifts are getting tougher. The Deads were especially tougher then i thought they should be. On the other hand my Bench felt really good even easier than last time. My lower lower back like right on the top of my ass is hurtin. Im gunna do some hardcore foam rolling tonight ... hopefully that will help it.
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Workout B
Weigh In: 188
I dropped the Cleans back down to 135 because i feel i really need to work on nailing down my form and technique. I think ill benefit much more from going lighter and learning to do them right. Im also going to start adding weight and start doing 3x5 for the Chins.
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good results bro! it's comin along!
edit: the power cleans are wrong. it has to be 3 sets of 5. i saw a website that had 5 sets of 3 reps, but i believe thats a typo.
edit: nevermind, apparently people are saying that 5 sets of 3 is correct. weird that my book would say different. maybe there is different versions?
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Alright so Memorial Day weekend kicked my ass. My routine, diet, and everything just went out the window and i ended up taking a week off. Kind of disappointed but whatever i had a good time and now its time to do work ... atleast till 4th of July weekend haha.
Workout A
Weigh In: 189
Im happy with this ... i pretty much maintained my weight through the week of binge drinking and eating like ****.
So i was thinking about sticking with the same weights as last time being that i took the week off but i said **** it and just kept trucking along. After the 1st set of Squats i thought i was in trouble but the 2nd and 3rd set turned out to be a little easier and i nailed them all pretty well. Bench felt real good again as well as the Deads. For the Dips im gunna keep adding the weight but im gunna knock the sets/reps down to 3x5 ... ill probably do the same thing with my Chins as well.
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Workout B
Weigh In: 190
So i decided to Squat back to back workouts which i usually dont do but i figured id go for it being that i only got in 2 workouts this week. The Squats felt good but there getting pretty tough. I REALLY felt it in my glutes today. I probably should have kept the Presses the same as last time since i hadnt done them in awhile but i wasnt thinking and moved up any way and they were TOUGH. I managed to grind them out tho. Rows felt real heavy but i pushed through them. And i decided to do one more workout with BW Chins before i start adding weight and going 3x5.
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Media outlets report that 46-year-old Daniel Turner pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday in Kanawha County Circuit Court.
Kanawha County assistant prosecutor Reagan Whitmyer says Turner strangled 41-year-old Terry Clark of Charleston with a shoelace and dumped her body in Roane County. Whitmyer says DNA evidence linked Turner to the crime.
Clark's nude body was discovered beside U.S. 119 near Walton on May 27, 1999.
Turner faces up to 40 years in prison. Sentencing is set for Aug. 29.
He is serving a sentence for drug and gun charges at a federal prison in Memphis, Tenn.
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by KTinOhio, Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 08:07:14 PM EDT
I've been away from [the Senate] for more than 10 years, and I see politics from a distance. And I'm appalled by what I see. Right there in the midst of all the partisanship, in the midst of all the nastiness, right there with their wedge issues and litmus tests and extreme rhetoric, right there as the most divisive force in American life, are my fellow Christians.
One of the biggest issues of our time is the role of religion in creating divisiveness to the point of bloodshed.
If they believe that the purpose of religion is to hold us together, then the second step is to then think of what we're doing now that works in the other direction, and what we can do to create a sense of greater inclusiveness and tolerance.
[The idea that religion should be a divisive force in America] can't stand the light of day, because the more widely people think about it and talk about it, the more it creates a negative reaction.
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Blizzard has revealed that the Diablo 3 console version for the PlayStation 4 will see a release sometime in 2014, unlike what many believed would be a release alongside their current-gen counterparts, according to a new interview by DiabloFans.
According to the interview which included game director Josh Mosqueira and designers Travis Day and Wyatt Cheng, Diablo 3's next-gen launch will apparently allow the team to tailor the game to the next-gen specifications rather than simply utilising a porting method from current-gen consoles. Sadly it was also revealed that there will be no plans for Diablo 3 on portable devices.
The recent interview also revealed that when it comes to an expansion for the loot-filled title, "the main concern will not be to ship it simultaneously on all platforms, but instead try to make the expansion features as relevant to each platform as possible." No word yet though on when or if an expansion will be seeing the light of day, but hopefully more will surface once the console versions are out in the wild.
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As a celebrated portraitist, photographer Autumn de Wilde has been focusing her lens on indie musicians—Elliott Smith, the White Stripes, and Death Cab for Cutie, among them—for years. She's been photographing her friend Beck Hansen for a full 17, creating a body of work that's become the new book BECK. Both were on hand yesterday at L.A.'s Bookmarc to sign copies.
"She was just there taking photos for years at a time when no one else around was taking them," Hansen explained; the two first met at 1995′s Lollapalooza festival. "Stuff was happening, we were touring, making albums and nobody was ever documenting anything. She was the first person to come along."
"And then as our relationship grew, we would start doing full portrait sessions," de Wilde added. She eventually went on to photograph covers for his albums, including 2002′s Sea Change, his favorite of their collaborations. "That was really the first time we sat down to do a photo. Before that she was just coming over to hang out," Beck said, with de Wilde calling it their first official photo shoot.
The book consists of 170 shots, including intimate portraits, captured moments from select performances, and even images documenting the recording of Beck's 1998 album Mutations. "We were documenting that time period in portraiture and sometimes I was just purely following," de Wilde said. "Our relationship has shifted a lot; I either disappear or I take charge."


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Both Republicans and Democrats in the Menlo Park-Atherton community plan to throw Vice Presidential debate watch parties on Thursday.
George Yang candidate for state assembly, will be hosting an event for conservatives in the party room of the Dutch Goose. Doors open at 5 p.m. The debate starts at 6 pm.
The admission fee is $30, which comes with one drink (beer, wine, or soda.) Young Republicans get a discount, bringing their cost to $25.
"All proceeds go to the George Yang for Assembly campaign as we work to bring fiscal sanity Sacramento," Yang said.
The Dutch Goose is located at 3567 Alameda De Las Pulgas in Menlo Park.
The Democratic Volunteer Center is also hosting a group viewing of the vice presidential debate.
"The topic of the debate is domestic and foreign policy," said Libby Strichartz, democratic volunteer. The event will be from 6-7:30 p.m. Light beverages and snacks will be served. Organizers ask that you
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How to Make A Lampwork Glass Bead
Lampworking is usually done with an Air-Fuel torch (MAPP gas being the most popular fuel) or Oxygen-Propane torch and a few hand tools. The tricks and moves used to form and decorate the glass haven't changed much in years.
Lampwork beads range from the simple to extremely complex such as lampwork beads in shapes, lampwork beads with silver lining, or gold foil. Modern lampwork beads have many purposes, for holiday celebrations, or to simulate nature, like bamboo, or even the jellyfish.
An artist makes these beads using a rod called a mandrel, sticks of glass and a torch. Let's get to know the Process of Making a Lampwork Beads.
Melting Glass: Lampworking involves the process of melting glass in a hot flame on a steel mandrel. The molten glass is wound around the mandrel until the desired size and style are achieved. The flame used to melt the glass is produced by mixing gas, either natural or propane, and oxygen. Thus the flame produced is hot enough to melt glass. A torch is the primary tool for the flame.
Shaping Beads: Once a bead is formed and the artist is finished with the actual creation process there are several more steps involved before the bead is ready to be used in fine jewelry.
Decorating Beads: After the initial shaping of the bead, it can be decorated by applying molten fibers (stringers) on the bead's surface, creating dots or lines. Intricate patterns and designs can be made with the use of a sharp tool. Lampwork beads can also be sandblasted or faceted using conventional lapidary techniques.
Annealing Beads: When the design work is finished the bead needs to go through the annealing process where it is reheated to around 1000°F to reach the proper "stress relief" point. Annealing is the process of bringing down the temperature of the glass very slowly. Annealing makes a glass bead very strong and durable. When a bead is taken out of the kiln it is still on the steel mandrel. The cooled bead is soaked in water to soften the bead release agent. Once the bead is removed the holes are cleaned and filed.


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Bryn Forbes scored 18 points and Cleveland State beat Ball State 69-63 on Wednesday night.
Forbes was 4 of 8 from 3-point range.
Charlie Lee had 16 points and six assists. Devon Long added 10 points. Tim Kamczyc and Mason Marlin had eight rebounds and seven points apiece.
Ball State shot 40 percent from the field for the game and led 34-30 at halftime. The Vikings (5-2) shot just 37.9 percent in each half. But they made 17 points off turnovers and had 19 second-chance points, as compared to 11 and six for Ball State.
Jesse Berry scored 28 points for Ball State. Chris Bond added 12. Majok Majok had eight rebounds.
The loss gives the Cardinals (2-3) a three-game losing streak.
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MillerCoors is a joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Company, announced on October 9, 2007. The joint venture has the responsibility of selling brands such as Miller Lite, Miller High Life, Miller Genuine Draft, Coors, Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Crispin Hard Cider Company, and Blue Moon in the United States, with the purpose of combining all of their US brewing operations to better compete against Anheuser-Busch InBev. The company is also tasked with brewing brands of beer and lager that are owned by Pabst Brewing Company.
Pete Coors has been named as chairman of the new company, and Molson Coors Chief Executive Leo Kiely is the CEO of the joint venture. Tom Long, CEO of Miller, is appointed president and chief commercial officer.[1]
U.S. antitrust regulators approved the joint venture on June 5, 2008. The venture was completed on June 30, 2008 and MillerCoors began operation as a combined entity on July 1, 2008. The combined venture is headquartered in Chicago, IL. SABMiller and Molson Coors are still independently run.[2][3]
- ^ Daykin, Tom (2007-10-09). "Miller, Coors to combine U.S. operations". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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5th September 2011
As part of the Marketing campaign for The God of Soho we decided to commission a video trailer to try and communicate some of the ideas and energy in the play. As the story touches on the 21st century obsession with recording and dissecting every moment of our lives and those of celebrities we felt that video was an appropriate medium.
I was lucky enough to work closely with Drew Cox of Slanted Eyes over an intensive 2 day shoot that culminated in this trailer:
Making the trailer took a huge amount of preparation, hard work and humour, not to mention, many newspapers, enough camera equipment to fill a small truck, late nights, a smoke machine and some very, very high heels!
Thanks to everyone who was involved. -Sian-Estelle, Digital Officer.
I caught up with Drew (who was deep in the midst of editing another film) to ask him about working on the video.
I started working in photography, in South Africa. When I moved over to the UK I studied film and photography and discovered that this is my passion. After graduating I went freelance. My first main project was making travel videos for a company to promote the activities they offered. It was a great first job; the company paid for all the kit, gave us a car and we travelled all over Europe gathering loads of footage.
I decided to work on The God of Soho trailer for the Globe because I really want to get more into art and theatre, performance based videos. In particular I've always wanted to do dance videos. When the opportunity came to work with a world renowned theatre it was great chance to try some of those things. It was really nice because the brief was quite loose, and open to a short film-esque idea which I really wanted to do, so it fitted very well.
Making a goddess fly
The most technically difficult part of the whole process was the compositing- where you are cutting out things out and replacing them with other images. For example in the scenes where the characters in the trailer appear on the television screen. The photography wasn't that complicated, because I do a lot of that anyway. To make the girl appear to fly out of the window I used stop motion photography. I took a frame, asked the actress to move, then took another frame. In each framing she is jumping and I took the picture when she was in mid-air.
But the cutting out in post production, using after-effects is tricky because you have to make sure you shoot everything in the right perspective, with the right lighting so that it all comes together in the end. For example, the scene in the video where you go through the wooden doors, through the smoke- I had to put a whole new wall in there and cut out the door, whilst making sure that it didn't spill over the woman opening the door. It involves a lot of preparation to make sure it works properly.
Seeing it all come together
It would be difficult to choose a favourite part of the shoot because I'm involved in all the different processes, from putting the treatment together in the beginning to shooting and editing it myself. I guess the edit is my favourite because you have all these ideas that you shoot but it's when you get into the edit that it really starts to come together. Before that you are only imagining things, they're only down on paper. Once you see them all on the timeline and you see how they translate, and how they transition into each other I think that's when I really start to enjoy it. Adding the music also really brings it together. The sounds are really relevant, they weren't just random. They are all related to the scenes we were trying to create, which is why it fits so well because nothing was put there just for the sake of it. When you have added the music you look at it and it's like 'oh, it's finished now', it just suddenly happens.
It was brilliant working with Phil Daniels and Miranda Foster . We were shooting with them for literally half an hour and they nailed their lines straight away and had us laughing nonstop. They were a pleasure to be around and it was great to meet them. Phil's a legend. He was hilarious and it's nice when legends live up to their name. I'm really excited about seeing the show, that's going to be the icing on the cake.