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The months seem short but the (training) days seem long – it is very hard to believe that I am at the halfway point of training for the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon. I have learned so much already and still have a ways to go, but taking stock, here is where I am today and where I hope to be in two short months:
- I have gained confidence. I have now made it through 13, 14 and 15 mile training runs. With each length, I have felt stronger and more convinced that I can do 26.2 and make it to the finish line smiling as opposed to grimacing. While I know the shorter weekday training runs are preparing me as well, it is those longer distance runs, the ones people raise their eyebrows at when I tell them my weekend plans, that mentally boost my confidence as in, "I just ran 15 miles and I feel OK – I can do this."
- I have become even more grateful. The importance of my support team was something I went into this believing I would need, and that prophecy has rang more than true. Running with my coach while I pepper her with questions – what will I feel like at this part of the race? what do I do about water? fuel? etc., has given me the tools I need. My family has given me the ability, time and again, to get out and get running. They have also put up with my grouchiness (see below) which is no easy task!
- I have been humbled. One painful, yet valuable lesson I learned just this week is that I need to be mindful of my training regimen. For years now, probably my entire career, I have not concerned myself with what time I eat lunch. I have a lot of phone calls, appointments and tasks that fill up most of the hours I am at the office. I grab something on the go and eat it at whatever time I can squeeze in between those obligations. I tend to grab healthy stuff, salads and sandwiches the majority of the time. I learned this week that is not enough – I need to think ahead in terms of what time I am running and ensure I am not eating at 1:30 on a day I have an 8-mile pace run at 4:30. I did that this week and paid the corresponding price.
Here's what I am hoping to gain/learn going forward:
- I have learned I have more to learn. For several days each week, I feel out of sorts, fatigued and low-energy and CONSTANTLY hungry. I need to figure this problem out before this cycle devours me (and those around me!).
- My nutrition planning and knowledge for this undertaking is clearly lacking. My goal for the next two months is to work on that and get my training days to be good days, ones that I maintain a regimented meal plan in hopes of finding what works best for me.
- I will be researching the nutritional side of my training through and trial and error and hope to report back positive results in a month.
- I'm hoping to get it through my evidently thick head, that regardless of the weather conditions a little Body Glide is always good insurance.
- And obviously I hope my endurance and confidence continue to grow. This week's long run is a 17-miler. I will be departing from the Waterfront by ECHO at 8:00 a.m. Saturday with a small group. The more the merrier, so if anyone wants to join us, please do!


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|1 To the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Death of the Son.' A Psalm of David. I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
|1 I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
|2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
|2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
|3 When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
|3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
|4 For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
|4 For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.
|5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
|5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
|6 O enemy, destructions are finished forever! And you have destroyed cities; Even their memory has perished.
|6 Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
|7 But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.
|7 The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
|8 He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.
|8 He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.
|9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.
|9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
|10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
|10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
|11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people.
|11 Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
|12 When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.
|12 For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
|13 Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
|13 O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
|14 That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.
|14 that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.
|15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
|15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
|16 The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah
|16 The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. "Higgaion." "Selah"
|17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.
|17 The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God.
|18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
|18 But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
|19 Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
|19 Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
|20 Put them in fear, O Lord, That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah
|20 Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. "Selah"
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Janora McDuffie to Reprise Social Worker Role on Grey's Anatomyby Steve Marsi at . Comments
Janora McDuffie will return to Grey's Anatomy this fall as the social worker we met at the end of the spring. According to TV Line, she'll appear in the season premiere, then again in October.
Could that mean there's trouble ahead for Meredith, Derek and baby Zola?
Here's McDuffie in one of the many season premiere photos released by ABC last week. Grey's Anatomy is back with a two-hour episode (technically two episodes) September 22:
When and if (probably when) Meredith and Derek patch things up remains to be seen, but look for McDreamy to continue to make progress on the long-awaited dream house in the country.
In fact, the fourth episode of the season - the "all boys episode" - finds several of his colleagues lending Dr. Shepherd a hand with construction. Now that's a scene we don't want to miss ...
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.Tags: Grey's Anatomy, Spoilers, Casting News
I hope they add Janora to the cast. I would love seeing her and Jesse Williams get a sexually intense story line!
derek luks all fatherly pic.Merder n zola-happy family.just cut out d social worker frm d pic.i cant wait 2 see McHouse.atlast they remembered about it.there was no sign of it in s7.about time


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Where have all the food trucks gone? Vendors say Chicago police cracking down
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If you've been seeing less of your favorite Chicago food trucks this spring, that's because police have been cracking down and running them off their usual locations, food truck operators say.
Updated: May 11, 2012 8:15AM
If you've been seeing less of your favorite Chicago food trucks this spring, that's because police have been cracking down and running them off their usual locations, food truck operators say.
Some vendors say Chicago police have gone so far as to track their planned whereabouts via social media — trucks often announce their locations for the day on Facebook and Twitter — and intercept them before they open.
Lupita Kuri, owner of the mobile bakery Sweet Ride, said in one such incident her driver had just pulled up but had yet to serve any customers when a police officer approached and told her he was ticketing her — based on her Facebook posting.
"You can't get me for premeditated selling of a cupcake," Kuri said her driver protested.
In that case, the officer eventually relented, but ticketed her anyway for parking in a loading zone, Kuri said.
On other occasions, Kuri and her fellow food-truck drivers have received tickets for operating too close to an existing food establishment, which can carry a $500 fine and more than wipe out a day's receipts.
Amy Le, owner of the DucknRoll truck, believes the crackdown has been especially severe since a group of food truck operators met with city officials last month to press their case for an ordinance that would make it easier for them to do business.
During that meeting, she said, city officials casually asked about the best truck locations. In the days immediately afterward, police showed up at each spot and either ticketed the trucks or ordered them to move. Among the popular spots targeted were: Randolph and Franklin; Superior and Fairbanks, and 600 W. Chicago near the offices of Groupon, whose employees not surprisingly are very fond of food trucks.
"We didn't realize it was going to be used against us," Le said.
A police department spokesman denied any citywide enforcement directive concerning food trucks but was unsure whether a particular district had made them a priority.
If you don't get downtown much, then you might not realize the summer of 2011 marked the first real emergence of food trucks in Chicago. By the end of the summer, it seemed like they were everywhere.
Judging by the long lines during lunch, young office workers especially like them, despite restrictions that preclude operators from cooking or preparing food on site.
Obviously, existing brick-and-mortar restaurants feel much less kindly about these mobile businesses, especially when they're parked on the street outside their establishments.
I'm sympathetic to the competitive strain the trucks can put on restaurants paying rent and facing strict regulations of their own. But the fact is that people like the trucks and want the variety they offer. Eventually the city must recognize the demand.
As a friend of mine observed: If a restaurant can't compete with a rival that doesn't even offer its customers a place to sit, what does that say about the restaurant?
The lack of headway on an ordinance has prompted the Institute for Justice's Clinic on Entrepreneurship to schedule a "mobile food symposium" for Saturday in the auditorium at the University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th St.
The symposium, titled "My Streets, My Eats," will explore such topics as: "Chicago, What's the hold up? The need to reform the windy city's vending laws."
More importantly for South Siders, many of the city's popular food trucks are expected to meet there at 1:30 p.m. to serve lunch.
Beth Kregor, executive director of the clinic, said the organization first got involved in the issue by trying to protect neighborhood street vendors, then became aware of the problems of the food trucks.
Kregor said restrictions, which preclude food trucks from operating within 200 feet of any business that serves food, make it nearly impossible to operate legally in the Loop. The trucks have been known to push their limits by occupying loading zones.
"The rules are written to pretty much put us out of business and not let us grow as businesses,'' Le said.
She finds it especially nonsensical that the city keeps awarding food-truck permits while taking away parking places. She said she is aware of 55 food trucks operating in the city.
Sweet Ride's Kuri said truck operators are left looking over their shoulder for police, even when parked legally. "You feel like you're dealing drugs in the alley," she said.
Who knows what's in those cupcakes?


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SKOKIE — Balancing an intense course load, extracurricular activities and a newfound social life can be overwhelming for any college student—but 2012 Niles West High School alumna Ricki Esses has discovered that a super-busy schedule is the number one key to her college success.
The Lincolnwood native has taken the University of Illinois-Champaign by storm since she entered as a freshman last year, earning eight academic scholarships totaling nearly $17,000 during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years.
Esses has applied for a handful of scholarships, but most of them have been awarded to her by surprise after school administrators have taken notice of her strong academics and commitment to social service work.
The general engineering student most recently earned the competitive "Engineering at Illinois Scholarship" for $5,000 this semester.
While maintaining a 3.68 grade point average, Esses somehow finds time to manage 18 credit hours per semester, uphold her duties as a member of the Theta Tau Professional Fraternity, and conduct engineering research on micro-plasma, while still spending time with friends.
After finals week wraps up next week, the 19-year-old will head back to Lincolnwood for a few days to see her family before she embarks on her fifth trip to Israel with her mom.
Esses talks about her future career goals in engineering, and explains how she uses her increasingly busy schedule as a way to stay ahead.
Q: Earning eight scholarships in less than two years is quite an achievement. How do you balance a demanding course load with your social commitments and other aspects of college life?
A: I'm very busy, but I do well with having a lot of stuff going on. I admit I have a pretty decent course load, but I really believe that keeping busty contributes to my success as a student. I'm also a social person so I still find time to hang out with friends.
Q: You were accepted into the ultra-competitive College of Engineering. Outside of your regular academics, how much do you engage in other programs or engineering-related research to further your goals?
A: I'm in a research group where I work with professors on micro-plasma use in water purification. We also study reverse engineering devices for use in developing countries. Last summer, I traveled to Cameroon with an organization called "Engineers without Borders," and also interned at Gewalt Hamilton Associates, a civil engineering and land surveying company. Next summer I will be in Cincinnati interning for Procter and Gamble as a control systems intern.
Q: Engineering is sometimes considered a male-dominated field. Have you encountered any challenges as being part of the minority in that sense?
A: There are definitely more guys in the engineering program, but I don't notice it as much as you'd expect. There are a lot of activities and ways for female engineers to get involved in groups that support other female engineers. In my department, about 25 percent of the students are female, so I don't find it to be a big problem.
Q: Any big plans for next semester?
A: I'm spending the spring semester abroad in Madrid, where I'll be studying in an engineering program.
Q: It's hard to believe you're already almost half-way through college. What do you see yourself doing in the future?
A: I actually never planned on going into engineering. I was into architecture during high school, but after visiting colleges I figured out that I wanted to use more math, science and critical thinking skills so I chose engineering instead. Ultimately, I want to get onto a business engineering path and work in control systems.
Q: What has been the most challenging part of college for you thus far?
A: I think finding the right balance between doing well in classes but still making time for friends, and of course sleep. The balance is much different than it was in high school.


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"Searching for love will ultimately lead to pain. The best relationships are the ones that are not sought after. Realizing that the innermost core of your being is made up of love will lead you to unbroken peace."
"Not knowing what may happen next is the end of knowing. Confirming to yourself that nothing is certain can open up the inherent peace that resides within you. Rest in the unknown, rest in the unmanifested. The only thing permanent is impermanence, and this is taking place right now."
"Not accepting wherever you are in this moment causes distress and confusion, you lose your true position. Surrendering to this moment is a pathway to freedom."
"True wealth is not measured by how much riches one has accumulated, it is measured by how much peace one experiences."
"If certain plans that you make become delayed or do not manifest the way you planned them to, realize that this is the universe's way of watching your back. Those delays are happening for a reason, inevitably for the greater good of you and the world."
"Believing in the ego is like believing that you are the one in the mirror instead of the one looking into the mirror."
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Quick hitters with Gamecock lineman in his own words
May 18, 2005
Historical Figure You'd Most Like To Meet And Why:
Martin Luther King, Jr., because I'd want to talk about his dream and that no matter how hard people try to keep you from your dream, you must continue to work hard at it.
Advice You'd Give To Young People:
Work hard. Hard work is the key to success. You can do whatever you put your mind to. Always strive to be the best at what you do.
What You Like Most About Being A Gamecock:
I love everything about being a Gamecock, but I would have to say our fans are the best thing. They are the most loyal in the country!
How Will The New South End Zone Facility Make A Difference In This Program?
The new South End Zone facility will make a huge difference in our program. When I first went in there, I felt like I transferred to a better University of South Carolina. It will help with our strength and conditioning program and with recruiting.
First Impression Of Steve Spurrier:
I like Coach Spurrier a lot. He's a winner. He has brought that winning attitude to our team, and that's what we needed. He also put together a great coaching staff and they are going to put us in the best position to be winners.
How Have You Matured Since Coming To College?
I have matured a lot since coming to USC. Everything is so important to me now. As a freshman, I just wanted to come in and play. As a senior, I want to be the best player I can be in all aspects of the game. I want to do whatever it takes for my team to be the best it can be.
Your Message To Carolina Fans:
I want to first thank all the fans who have been loyal and true to USC for all these years. I then want you to get ready to see the new and improved Gamecocks this year!
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Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Tribune Co., the biggest media company in bankruptcy, won a judge's approval to pay the U.S. Internal Revenue Service $7 million to settle claims it violated U.S. tax law.
The IRS originally sought $37.5 million in unpaid taxes related to its almost $13 billion leveraged buyout in 2007, according to court papers.
The agreement appears to be "in the best interests" of Tribune and its creditors, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey wrote in an order signed yesterday in Wilmington, Delaware.
Chicago-based Tribune filed for bankruptcy in 2008, one year after billionaire Sam Zell led a buyout that added more than $8 billion in debt to the company. Tribune owns the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and TV and radio stations.
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Next finish setting the shower floor with thinset. The shower floors are tiled with 2" x 2" tiles (Image 1).
Setting the floor tiles is the same as the walls: apply thinset on the floor, slide tiles into place and pat them down with the rubber grout float. If the floor has been poured perfectly, you don't have to worry about the pitch because all that work has been done already.
Important: Set the floor tiles last to avoid stepping on it while you tile the walls.
For the angled tiles around the drain, you will need to use a special tool to get the right shape. Mark the tile where you need to cut it. Use a tile nipper (Image 2) and chip away at the mark.
When you can't trowel the thinset directly on the surface, back butter the tiles individually with the notched trowel.
When the tile has set, mix the grout for the shower walls. Use a mix of 75 percent sanded grout and 25 percent non-sanded grout. Sanded grout is difficult to get into small joints so adding non-sanded grout helps thin it out so it can be applied more easily and aids application on walls.
Grout comes in many colors so use one that best matches your tiles. In our project, we used a cornsilk-colored grout, the same color used on the floor, in a thick oatmeal-like consistency.
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Multifunction wavefront instrument
The irx3™ is a versatile and easy-to-use diagnostic instrument that perfectly fits into the clinic's workflow. It measures the eye's wavefront aberrations in a fast and simple one-step procedure. The irx3 combines wavefront aberrometry, autokeratometry and accommodation assessment into a single device.
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The highest precision in wavefront diagnostics
The irx3′s high-resolution Shack-Hartmann sensor enables assessing regular as well as large and irregular refractive errors with submicron precision and unbeatable repeatability. The irx3 software displays results in various formats including normalized Zernike coefficients, diopter-based power coefficients and color maps.
The irx3 measures the following aberrations:
- Spherical defocus
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. (4502) and Mitsubishi Corp. (8058) are marketing U.S. dollar bonds as swap rates reduce the Japanese companies' funding costs.
Takeda, a drug manufacturer based in Osaka, is offering three-year bonds yielding about 75 basis points more than similar-maturity Treasuries and five-year notes paying a spread of about 105 basis points, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the details are private. Mitsubishi plans to sell five-year bonds with a yield premium of 135 basis points to 140 basis points, another person said.
Issuers from the world's third-largest economy have sold $18.8 billion of U.S. currency bonds this year, 13 percent more than in the same period last year, as the advantage gained by issuers when swapping proceeds back to yen increased. Perceptions of Japanese corporate creditworthiness, as measured by the Markit iTraxx Japan index tracking the cost of bond insurance, reached a two-month high on July 4, according to data provider CMA.
Takeda "wants to diversify its funding sources into countries and currencies where it operates," said Machiko Amano, an analyst at Standard & Poor's, by phone from Tokyo.
Takeda got 31 percent of its revenue from North America in the year to March 31, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The five-year basis swap, a gauge of the discount investors receive for switching U.S. dollars into the Japanese currency, averaged minus 77.5 basis points this year from minus 48.1 basis points in the same period of 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Credit-Default Swaps
The more negative the number, the more attractive it is for Japanese borrowers to sell dollar debt and swap the proceeds into yen.
The Markit iTraxx Japan index of credit-default swaps on 50 of the nation's biggest companies, including Mitsubishi, fell as low as 168.5 basis points on July 4 and has dropped from 186.8 at the end of last year, according to CMA, which is owned by McGraw-Hill Cos. and compiles prices quoted by dealers in the privately negotiated market.
Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Nomura Holdings Inc. are arranging Takeda's sale, the person familiar with the offering said. Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are also managing Mitsubishi's offering.
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (8411) has hired Bank of America, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan and itself to arrange investor meetings about a possible 10-year subordinated dollar bond, a separate person with knowledge of the matter said today.
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Primus are a band who need no introduction. For the past 27 years the group have followed in the footsteps of boundary-pushing artists like Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd to create some of the most original and inventive music in existence—and they've collaborated with everyone from Tom Waits to Tom Morello over the years in the process. However nothing could properly prepare listeners for Green Naugahyde, which is the band's first album in eleven years featuring the line-up of bassist/singer Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane.
Like Primus' early output before they were international superstars, there was no earth-shattering catalyst behind Green Naugahyde other than the fact that all three of these musicians—and life-long collaborators who have worked together in various contexts—were getting the itch to experiment again. "There wasn't a lot of pre-thought to this as much as, 'Oh here we are, we should make a record,'" explains Claypool. "I've been playing with Jay quite a lot over the past ten years and we have an intuitive bond so for me he was a natural choice to be back in the mix," Claypool continues when asked how Lane came about rejoining the band after nearly two decades apart.
Claypool and LaLonde also concur that Lane injected the band with a new energy that's evident in every note of Green Naugahyde. "We recorded this album in the same way we always do but having Jay there made this a whole different experience," explains LaLonde. "It definitely made it more collaborative and it made us excited about the album as we went along because we had so much fun in the process." Produced and engineered by Claypool in his personal studio, Rancho Relaxo, in Northern California that's crammed full of vintage gear, the album's warm sound and unique tones are pure Primus and could never be obtained via a set of Internet plug-ins. "I come from a long line of auto mechanics so I'm always buying these old jalopies and trying to fix them up and I approach my recording gear the same way," Claypool adds with a laugh.
Sonically Green Naugahyde expands on the Primus' incomparable sound and also sees them bringing it into the next millennium. "If I were to look at all of our records it seems like this is reminiscent of the early stuff. Obviously with Jay there's a newness to it, but because he left the band right before we recorded our first record, his approach has an eerie harkening to the old Frizzle Fry days." Correspondingly from the futuristic groove of "Tragedy's A'Comin'" to the atmospheric experimentation of "Jilly's On Smack" and demented swing of "Last Salmon Man," Green Naugahyde is a cerebral and complex album that, like all of the band's output, is teeming with the band's signature blend of whimsy and underlying darkness.
"It's funny because when you look at Primus lyrics throughout our entire career there are extremely dark stories in there but it's told from the viewpoint of a race car driver or a fisherman—and then you throw in a song like "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver," which is just a silly song that just happened to become huge; the perception from the outside has been lighter than it actually is, especially if you don't scratch the surface," Claypool explains, citing the Coen brothers of an example of how his film counterparts deal with destructive issues through similarly colorful characters. Admittedly it's hard to worry about the apocalypse or cancer when you're grooving along to "Tragedy's A'Comin'" but ultimately that duality is what has kept Primus relevant. Simply put, Primus confronts the issues we don't want to think about in a creative way that makes the unbearable bearable.
Green Naugahyde also sees Claypool—who has spent the last decade working with the supergroup Oysterhead (alongside the Police's Stewart Copeland and Phish's Trey Anastasio) as well as Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade and various other experimental musical projects—stretching out in the lyrical department. "Over the past ten years of working on my own stuff and working with other musicians—especially non traditional rock musicians like sitar players, vibraphonists, cellists and saxophonists—I've really expanded my notion of what is appropriate for Primus," Claypool explains. "On this album I decided I wasn't going to hold back and I was going to do everything I wanted to try vocally instead of having one vocal line narrating the story." This is evident in songs like "Eternal Consumption Engine" and "Extinction Burst" which feature layered vocal tracks that showcase Claypool's range and see his voice acting as an additional instrument.
Above all Green Naugahyde is a Primus record with all of the magic and mystery that phrase entails—and while no one can say for sure what the future will hold in store for the band, the most important thing is that the album exists and will inevitably hold its own in the band's impressive cannon of music. "Even back in the old days people would always ask me, 'How long is Primus going to go on' and I would always say 'It's going to go until it's not fun anymore' and at the end of the day it just wasn't fun anymore so we stopped," Claypool explains. "I think giving it this much time to sit and ferment or whatever the hell you want to call it has made it fun again," he summarizes with a laugh.
"We're still doing our own thing and we've got to own it."
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Keeping Fitness Equipment Fit
Editor's Note: This column, "LBWA" (Leadership By Wandering Around), is based on the premise that, in order to find out what's going on in the field, a parks and rec leader has to leave his or her desk and "wander around" the area of operations, talk to people, ask questions, and kick around ideas with the individuals in the thick of delivering services to the public. So the author will bring up issues and ask the leaders among the readership to share their knowledge and experiences.
Many years ago, I nearly lost my legs in a commercial fitness center because a poorly maintained squat weight-rack literally fell apart.
Half of the rack—carrying nearly 800 pounds of weight—fell because the bolts hadn't been tightened when the machine was assembled. The rack sliced off the end of a flat bench upon which I was reclining while doing cable tricep extensions.
If my feet had been on the floor like they usually are during this exercise, the rack would have sliced through my knees instead of the padded, ¾-inch plywood bench.
It was at that moment I realized the importance of solid maintenance practices.
After the shock wore off, I went—actually, I stormed—into the manager's office and had my first experience with a textbook example of awful maintenance management.
When I explained what had happened, she casually said, "OK, thanks for reporting that. It's what I expect clients to do."
This was the same manager who, a couple weeks prior, told me, "Here is a wrench," when I informed her that the nuts on the heavy dumbells were loose, and it was dangerous when doing reps above one's head.
I said incredulously, "You want me to fix the equipment?"
She told me that she expected clients to help keep the equipment maintained.
Long story short, I wrote a long letter to the owner of the gym, explaining his manager's philosophy on customer service. She was gone the next day.
That's a long story to illustrate that maintenance of fitness-center equipment not only is good business, but can actually save a business. I could have sued the owner, but he took appropriate actions to make sure the incident didn't happen again, so I was satisfied.
The point is that when people walk into a fitness center, they shouldn't have to think twice about whether the equipment is maintained.
Standards For Equipment Maintenance
While fitness centers have become a way of life for many people today, standards for maintaining equipment weren't established until the late 1980s, according to Harvey Voris with ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials.
In a 2004 article posted on its website, Voris writes, "Injuries that occurred on low-end exercise bikes in the mid-[19]80s prompted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to request ASTM Committee F08 on Sports Equipment and Facilities to form a subcommittee devoted to fitness products."
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Top Stories — Longboat Key: January
December 22, 2014
Carlos Manuel Reyes-Sanchez, 30, was arrested without incident this morning at the The Longboat Key Club.
FYI Friday — Your weekly news roundup
December 19, 2014
Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.
Joan M. Durante Park installs new playground
December 19, 2014
The playground is made from post-consumer recycled materials.
Light up the key
December 17, 2014
We searched all of Longboat for the shining stars of holiday decorations for our annual Light up the Key contest. Here, we reveal our five winners.
Mar Vista project gets noisy approval
December 17, 2014
A second-story deck receives approval from the planning board after Village residents make their concerns loud and clear.
City leases land scrutiny from Chapman
December 17, 2014
Sarasota Vice Mayor Susan Chapman wants to re-examine city lease agreements with groups such as Mote and Save Our Seabirds. Many of the leases are $10 a year or less.
Commission circles Broadway for roundabout consideration
December 17, 2014
Four crosswalks are headed to an FDOT-controlled thoroughfare near you. That is, unless you live on the north end.
Commission gives referendum first stamp of approval
December 17, 2014
Longboat residents could vote in an all-mail election that will determine whether to allow tourism on the Key Club Islandside property.
Brown seeks smaller planning and zoning board ddboard
December 17, 2014
Could the nine-member Longboat Key Planning Board become the Fantastic Five or Magnificent Seven?
News Briefs
December 17, 2014
Town to hold first town center public workshop; Arnold Simonsen donates $13,000 to Aging in Paradise; Town hires special counsel for bridge damages claim; Town issues permit for $2 million home
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Pete Cumming: Bell-ringer in chief
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Objections and Answers, 19-31
- Christianity is boring.
- Then you haven't experienced it. No one who is a Christian will ever say that it is boring.
- How do you know? Have you tried it? There are millions of Christians who have a lot of fun being Christian. We just do it with a lot less sin, and therefore, a lot less problems. Maybe it's only your problems that keep you from getting bored.
- What do you think we do all day, sit around fireplaces and read Bibles? We ski, swim, play sports, read, have friends and problems like anybody else. Christianity is not boring. It is an adventure.
- I am an atheist. I don't believe in God.
- An atheist is defined in two senses: Someone who says he believes there is no God, and someone who simply lacks belief in God. An atheist cannot say he knows there is no God, because he would have to know all things in order to know if there is or isn't a God. If he says he believes there is no God, ask him why he believes that way, and begin there. If he says he lacks belief in God, then ask what he does believe in, and start there. I always get around to the question of, "How did we get here?" Since creation and evolution are the only options, I have something further to work with.
- Evolution has a lot of problems with it. It seems to me that it takes a lot of faith to believe that you developed out of ocean slime, simply by chance. At least as a Christian I have the evidence of the resurrection of Christ from eyewitnesses as recorded by them in the Gospels. Evolution or not, Jesus rose from the dead, said He was God, and forgave sins. I'll put my faith in Him instead of evolution.
- An agnostic says he doesn't know if there is or isn't a God. (Usually after saying this I challenge them to explain the prophecies of the Old Testament fulfilled in the New. I state how the Bible is unique that way, and that only God can make prophecies that are 100% accurate. Then I ask him to explain how that could be done if there is no God.)
- If there is no God as you say, then in the end I lose nothing. But if there is a God like I say, in the end you lose everything.
- Why don't you believe in God? Is there any reason for you to intelligently reject His existence? Or, do you simply desire not to believe in Him?
- The Bible doesn't attempt to prove that God exists. It simply speaks as though He does. Maybe I can't prove to you there is a God, but I can introduce Him to you through His Son Jesus Christ, and you can judge for yourself if the Words of Christ in the Bible convince you of His existence.
- An atheist is defined in two senses: Someone who says he believes there is no God, and someone who simply lacks belief in God. An atheist cannot say he knows there is no God, because he would have to know all things in order to know if there is or isn't a God. If he says he believes there is no God, ask him why he believes that way, and begin there. If he says he lacks belief in God, then ask what he does believe in, and start there. I always get around to the question of, "How did we get here?" Since creation and evolution are the only options, I have something further to work with.
- I am trying to be a Christian.
- You become a Christian by simply putting your trust in Jesus and His sacrifice for you on the cross. There is no "trying" involved. If you trust Jesus, if you ask Him to forgive you of your sins and be your Savior, then you are a Christian. It is living like a Christian after you've become one, that is difficult.
- If you believe that in order to become a Christian you must be good, then you misunderstand, or don't have a good understanding of salvation. A Christian is a Christian by the gift of God (Rom. 6:23), not the work of man (Eph. 2:8-9). There is nothing you can do to earn salvation or keep salvation. It is simply something God freely gives you. If you want it, confess your sins, repent, turn to God, and trust Jesus as your only Savior. Then, and only then, will you become a Christian.
- I am already religious.
- Who said God wants you to be religious? He wants a relationship with you. Religion is man's attempt to reach God. Christianity is God reaching man. 1 Cor. 1:9 says that God wants you to have fellowship with Jesus. He is talking about a relationship, Someone you can talk to. He doesn't want to weigh you down with a bunch of do's and don't's. He wants to extend a loving hand to you, and help you live a good clean life. But that cannot be done until the real problem in you is done away with, and that is sin. Sin separates you from God (Isaiah 59:2). If you want salvation instead of "religion," then go to Jesus. Seek Him. He will never let you down.
- I see. Where do you attend church?
- I don't need God.
- If you say you don't need Him, then you believe He exists. If you do, why would you say you don't need Him? Isn't He the One who determines your destiny? Doesn't He have the authority and power to do as He pleases and to send you to Heaven or Hell? It is foolish to say you don't need the One who is your Creator, who loves you and has provided the way for forgiveness of sin. You need God because only He can cleanse you from your sins.
- What do you need? Are you really doing that well without God? Are you happy with the way things are in your life? If you aren't, then you need Jesus. And even if you are happy, you still need Him, because you can't take what makes you happy with you when you die.
- I have things I need to do before I become a Christian.
- Like what? Why do you need to do these things before you come to God? Are they bad things or good? If they are bad, then you shouldn't do them. If they are good, why can't you become a Christian and then do them?
- Nothing you can do could be more important than your relationship with God. To put Him off is unwise. What if you die before you become a Christian? Then you would be eternally without hope.
- Your statement implies you believe following God will mean you won't be able to do the things you want to do. If that is true, then that means the things you intend to do would displease God. Are you saying you prefer to do something God wouldn't want you to do? If that is so, you are willfully sinning against God, and putting yourself in a dangerous situation. That is all the more reason you need His forgiveness.
- I prefer to remain open-minded.
- Open-mindedness means looking at everything honestly. Are you willing to do that with Christianity? Do you want to see what Jesus has said, and learn about what He can offer you?
- If you say you are going to remain open-minded, and not accept Christianity, then in reality, you are being very closed-minded. Maybe Christianity is true. Your "open-mindedness" could keep you from discovering it.
- I already believe in God.
- Are you living your life as if that were true? Does your belief in God affect the way you live, or do you still do entirely as you please?
- If you say you believe in God, then how do you know what He wants for you? Are you in contact with Him? Do you just trust whatever you feel is right?
- The Bible says the Devil believes in God (James 2:19), and he is lost. If all you do is simply believe that God exists, then you are no better off than he is. It is not intellectual acknowledgment of God's existence that God wants, but your accepting the sacrifice Jesus made on behalf of sinners that pleases God. Simply believing is not enough. You must choose to follow Him.
- It is not that you believe; it is who you put your faith in. Who is this God you believe in? Is He the Christian one? Is he Allah? Is he from another planet? Is he whatever you feel is right? Is he loving? Believing in God is fine unless your god is false. The important thing is that you must believe in the true God, not a false one, and the true God is found in the Bible.
- I'll choose God later.
- If you won't choose Him now, what makes you think you'll choose Him later? The longer you go without God, the harder it will be for you to come to Him. The longer you sin, the harder your heart will become, and the further from God you will be (Heb. 3:13). To wait is to invite damnation. God calls you to repent from sin now, not later. Which will you choose?
- If you say you will choose Him later, do you admit then that you need Him now? If so, then why do you wait? You might die soon, and then it would be too late.
- There are too many hypocrites in the church.
- Church is a good place for hypocrites, as well as liars and thieves. It is there they will be exposed to the Word of God, and learn that hypocrisy is wrong. For you to judge those in the church is to condemn yourself, because we are all hypocrites in one form or another. Your recognition and condemnation of it tells me you know it is wrong. Is it hypocrisy to point a finger at the church full of sinners when you yourself are one as well?
- It has been said that you must be smaller than the thing you hide behind. Are you hiding behind the hypocrisy of others to keep yourself out of church? You must realize that you are responsible for yourself and God won't ask others about you on judgment day. He will come to you and ask you to give an account for your life. The hypocrites in the church will also stand before God, with or without you there.
- People don't counterfeit pennies. Why do you think there are hypocrites? Because Christianity is valuable.
- Why are we here? Or, Why did God make us?
- God made us so we could glorify Him and have fellowship with Him (1 John 1:1-3). He made Adam and Eve and put them in the garden, and then He walked in fellowship with them. He gave them the greatest thing they could have, His love and presence. After they sinned, God said, "Adam, where are you?" God sought Adam. In Exodus 25:8 God said to Moses while Israel was in the wilderness, "And let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them." In the New Testament in John 1:14 it says, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt (tabernacled) among us..."(1) God seeks our presence. He wants to have fellowship with us. He made us to give us His love and enjoy His presence. But, man sinned and separated Himself from God. That is why Christ died for sins, that our fellowship with God would be restored.
- What about those who have never heard the Gospel?
- That is a good question. The Bible says that God is a just God. We know that whatever He does is right. When it comes to those who have never heard the Gospel, He will do what is right, whatever that is. But as for you, you have heard the Gospel and He will judge you according to how you respond. He is calling you to repentance, to turn from sin and come to Him.
- Romans 2:11-16 speaks about those who have never heard the Law of God, and how they will be judged according to the law that is written in their hearts. The Law written in their hearts is the knowledge of right and wrong. Perhaps God's judgment of those without a proper knowledge of Him is included there where it says that they will be judged according to their own consciences that "bear witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them." All I know is that God will do what is right, and the only way to have your sins forgiven is through Jesus.
- Jesus is only one of many great men of history.
- Granted, Jesus was a great man of history. That is a fact. But, He is different from all the other great men of history. How many great men of history rose from the dead, calmed a sea, walked on water, raised others from the dead, healed sickness, and forgave sins? There aren't any others that I know of. Do you know of any? These things make Him more than great. They make Him special and unique.
- You are right, Jesus was a great man. But let me ask you. If He were great, would He lie? Of course not. If He were great, would He be insane? No. You see, Jesus said He was God (John 1:1,14; 10:30-33; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8). If He were lying, we shouldn't listen to Him, and we couldn't call Him great. If He were insane, then we shouldn't listen to Him, and again, we couldn't call Him great. If He is great, then He must be telling the truth. And He was great, right?
- John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." Verse 14 says, "and the Word became flesh..." The Word is Jesus. This means that Jesus is God in flesh. If this is so, then He cannot be merely "a great man of history." He would be far more than that.
(Note: We exist. How did we get here? An atheist's only option would be to say evolution. If you study evolution, by reading Christian books that reveal and document its many serious problems, then you will be able to weaken the atheist's belief in it. The logic is simple: If evolution and creation are the only options, to remove one is to support the other. Therefore, learn as much as you can about evolution. Your witness will be greatly strengthened.
However, evolution does not explain the origin of life, only its development. Discussions on origins of life are interesting in themselves.)
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