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As my fellow crew members and I saw sat wearily eating our breakfasts of hardtack and coffee, the events of the last few hours raced through my mind. The day before had been fraught with tension thanks to the menace of the rebel ironclad Merrimac. No one had ever seen anything quite like her before. Armored like a turtle with metal impervious to our shelling and belching black smoke through her large smokestack, she reminded me most of the coal trains back in Pennsylvania. But the ship known to the rebels as the Virginia was instead a deadly machine of war. Our ship, the USS Minnesota, managed to avoid the Merrimac's wrath by heading for shallower waters, but we accidently grounded ourselves near the banks of the James River in the process. Fortunately, darkness fell before she could attack and she and her companions returned to port in rebel-controlled Norfolk, Virginia. We spent most of the night with the aid of some tugboats trying to unmoor our Minnesota, but to no avail.
At some point during the early morning, we had been told another ironclad, one of ours, had arrived to help us fend off the Merrimac, but it was only so comforting when your ship was still firmly stuck on a shoal in the river.
I was brought back from my reverie by my friend Jenkins, who had been sitting immediately to my left. He rose, brushed the crumbs off his lap, and indicated to me, "Want to go above deck?" It would be somewhat of a respite from the ever-present heat inside the ship, so I followed him.
It was indeed cooler above deck, but the humidity of the Virginia lowlands failed to make the conditions any more bearable. The fog that had been so dense earlier this morning had begun to dissipate and Jenkins and I looked out over the water to see the ironclad known as the USS Monitor for the first time. The first thing I noticed upon seeing the vessel was its size, or more specifically, its lack thereof. It just looked like a little black drum sitting atop a shingle. I didn't even notice any guns at first.
Jenkins laughed out loud, "That is supposed to be our savior? We're done for!" I didn't exactly feel safe with that
thing standing guard either, but there wasn't much choice. The situation seemed so hopeless that we both laughed for a moment. I took my eyes from the Monitor and looked behind me. In the distance lay the shoreline of Newport News, Virginia. It looked nothing like the familiar hills of Pennsylvania. "Sure is flat, ain't it?" asked Jenkins, as if he had read my mind. I nodded silently. I remembered that Jenkins originally hailed from eastern Kentucky, which was hilly as well. He was the only Unionist in his family, not to mention his entire town, so he was probably homesick for a place that did not miss him in return. What was he doing here, on some stranded wooden boat such a fair piece from home, fighting for some vague ideal of country? What was I doing here, for that matter?
I looked up at our mast where the American flag flapped back and forth without any real energy, and thought again of yesterday. The rebels had forced our sister ship to lower her colors. Would there be a white flag on our mast by this time tomorrow? I shook my head to clear the thought and turned to Jenkins, who had been staring listlessly into space. "This is what we're fighting for, right?" I asked, pointing up toward Old Glory herself.
He rubbed the back of his neck uncomfortably. "Reckon so." We both stood for a moment in the suffocating silence, thinking about everything and nothing. Jenkins ultimately broke it, saying, "We should get back, I suppose."
Once we descended below deck, we were immediately conscripted in the task of throwing some of our guns overboard, in the highly probable event that we would need to evacuate the ship. Fortunately, the task was labor-intensive, so it took my mind off what we were actually doing. Before long, we received word that the Merrimac had been sighted, so we hastened to the remaining broadside cannons for another seemingly useless day of firing at the rebel ironclad. The ship in question moved closer to us and began to fire which we returned until we were all but deaf thanks to the thundering of the cannons. Shortly thereafter, our Monitor and their Merrimac moved closer to each other and soon become partially obscured thanks to the smoke from their cannons and smokestacks. Neither ship seemed to sustain any serious damage as they continued firing. Nearly an hour passed in this manner with the two ironclads locked in combat while we periodically fired from our stationary position in the James. We even hit our own ship, Monitor, once, but fortunately it seemed to cause no damage. Then, for reasons unknown, the Monitor backed off slightly and the Merrimac seized the opportunity to try to move closer to us.
"Say your prayers, boys," I heard someone say softly. I personally don't like thinking that way, so I busied myself with the cannon once more.
"Looks like we're out of shell," observed Jenkins, "I'd better get some more right quick." He hurried off. His return was signaled by a "goddamn!" as the tripped over a discarded length of hawser used to attach a tugboat to the Minnesota the night before. He miraculously caught himself and his cargo in time and I held out my arm to steady him.
"You alright?" I asked over the deafening boom of cannon fire that had started once more. He nodded but looked daggers at the hawser. This discarded piece was only about eight feet in length, so I volunteered to put it away and avoid another incident like the one that just transpired. I picked up the hawser and made my way to put it with the other rope. No sooner had I wrenched open the door to the boatswain's room than I felt myself thrown against the doorframe to my right-hand side. I remember a blast of light and heat, then nothing more.
It was with great difficulty that I pulled my eyes open and found myself in the sick bay. I squeezed my eyes shut at the presence of the light and blinked a few times.
"Ah, you're awake, I see," the surgeon observed from across the room, striding over to check on me. I shifted to look at him and winced. My body ached all over, and I felt bruised and sore on my right-hand side in particular. "Good thing you hadn't taken another step into the boatswain's room," the surgeon said, lifting the sheet to examine me. "You'll be alright before too long," he said, clearly with no intention of finishing his previous thought. "I did have to pull quite a few nasty splinters out of you, though."
"What time is it?" I asked, shifting to try to make myself more comfortable.
"Quarter 'til noon, I reckon," he replied, replacing the sheet. So it hadn't been too long, but at least we were still here.
"What's going on now?" I asked.
"I don't know. Do I look like the captain?" he snapped irritably. I drew back. Upon seeing the look on my face, he softened. "More of the same since you came in. The shell that injured you was by far the worst damage inflicted on our ship. That shell actually started a fire, but it's out now. The two other ships are still fighting, from what I understand."
At least we had held out for the time being. I lay numbly for what seemed like a long time, driving thoughts of surrender to the Merrimac from my mind. I thought of Jenkins and his piercing blue eyes. He was my best friend here on the Minnesota; how I would hate for anything to happen to him! Gingerly, I pushed myself into an upright position and scooted so I could use the wall behind me as a backrest.
There was a soft but urgent knock, and the face of one of my crew mates appeared through a crack in the door. He noticed the surgeon and hurried over to where he sat and whispered something into the surgeon's ear. The surgeon's brow puckered with concern and they both looked at me.
"What? What's the matter?" I asked, growing more concerned by the moment.
They both paused until the surgeon finally asked, "How well do you think you could walk under your own power if you needed to?"
Alarmed, I lifted the sheet and swung my legs over and sat on the edge of the bed. "I-I'm not sure," I admitted. One by one I tested each of my limbs for functionality.
"Easy now," the surgeon cautioned. Turning to my mate, he said "Thank you. I will call if I need help." After my mate had left the sick bay, the surgeon turned his attention back to me. "Try not to fret so much. There's no evacuation at this time. However, it is a very real possibility, so we need to see if you can walk or if you will have to be carried."
As the surgeon had said, I wasn't too badly injured, just really sore and bruised was all. The surgeon brought over some water and I helped myself to a drink, and splashed the remains on my face in an attempt to wake myself up fully. After a moment of mental preparation, I placed my feet on the floor and pushed myself off the bed. Gripping the surgeon's arm for support, I took a few tentative steps, and was relieved to find that I was ambulatory. Although walking was slightly painful, I made my way across the sick bay to my shoes. I dropped into a chair and allowed the surgeon to help me put them on. I was closer to the door and noticed that the cannons had stopped firing. I looked at the surgeon desperately.
"Wait here. I will find out the current situation." He pulled open the door of the sick bay as a great cheer rang out. Moments later, we saw hordes of jubilant faces as our crew members danced past us on their way above deck. I stood and grabbed my shirt off the back of a nearby chair, anxious to join them and ask what had transpired.
With the surgeon's help, I followed the crowd and emerged above deck in what had turned out to be intensely beautiful day, with nary a cloud in the sky. The deck swarmed with grimy and cheerful men. Jenkins saw me and cried out. Soon there was a small crowd gathered around me.
"What happened?" I tried to ask, but my question was drowned out by my fellow crew members, who were talking all at once.
"How are ya, chum?"
"We licked her good!"
"That was a close call you had there! Gave us all a fright!"
Finally, Jenkins waved his arms to silence the group. I repeated my question before anyone else had the chance to speak.
"The Monitor chased that blasted rebel ship clear back to Norfolk!" someone cried jubilantly.
"Look, see?" asked Jenkins excitedly, pointing across the river. Sure enough, the Merrimac had receded to a mere spot of black smoke on the horizon, and the Monitor was inching her way back toward our ship.
My legs all but collapsed with relief. We were going to be okay. We would not die here today, mired in this God-forsaken flat rebel country. I quietly pulled myself away from the animated and jovial group and gingerly craned my neck to look up at the mast once more. The American flag waved proudly in the presence of a stronger wind. We had not surrendered. Here flew the flag of our country, as proud as ever through all our struggles.


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Moving on to academics, the professors here are so kind and available that they can literally help you with anything! Problems with school, addictions, etc. They are extremely nice. When it comes to school you could get screwed if you have someone ridiculously tough or unreasonable like O'Herron, Rice, and Linton, but that can be fixed if you switch out ASAP. At least 90% of the professors here want you to succeed and get good grades.
Student life...ok, they need to fix some things when it comes to how they handle situations. People have gotten in trouble for doing things that they haven't, like someone was disallowed from attending rome for being "gay" when she wasn't, and then they publicly shamed her by saying to so many people that they "fixed" her (trying to give their school a good name) when really it's not the case. They could kick you out for drinking but then only fine you for abusing an illegal substance. They don't make any sense at all. Oh by the way if you hold your girlfriend's hand you get fined. And what's the point in curfew? Most students are 18+, aren't we old enough to make decisions on our own? Curfew is for those under 21 or sophomore/freshman. Midnight every day. If you're late, it's a hefty fine for you. Not to mention room checks once a week. Not even my mom checked my room that often to make sure it was clean.Maintenance...oh boy. There is only one building on the whole campus that looks less than 20 years old and it's the library. For everything else, there are cracks in walls, windows with missing blinds, doors that don't shut, doors that open even when locked, flickering lights everywhere, it's an utter mess.
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Patricia Cornwell | |
Born | Patricia Carroll Daniels June 9, 1956 Miami, Florida, United States |
Occupation | Novelist, 1990–present |
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Genre | Crime fiction |
Spouse | Charles Cornwell (1979–1989) Staci Gruber (2005–present) |
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Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies.
A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe,[1] Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida to Marilyn and Sam Daniels. Her father was one of the leading appellate lawyers in the United States and served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. Cornwell later traced her own motivations in life to the emotional abuse she says she suffered from her father, who walked out on the family on Christmas Day 1961. She has said, "He was on his deathbed. We knew it was the last time we'd see each other; he grabbed my brother's hand and mouthed 'I love you,' but he never touched me. All he did was write on a legal pad 'How's work?'"[2]
In 1961, Cornwell's family moved to Montreat, North Carolina, where her mother was hospitalized for depression. Cornwell and her brothers, Jim and John, were placed in the foster care system. Cornwell attended King College in Bristol, Tennessee, before transferring to Davidson College, where she graduated with a B.A. in English.
In 1979, Cornwell started working as a reporter for The Charlotte Observer and soon began covering crime. Her biography of family friend Ruth Bell Graham, A Time for Remembering (renamed Ruth, A Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham in subsequent editions), was published in 1983. In 1984, she took a job at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia. She worked there for six years, first as a technical writer and then as a computer analyst. She also volunteered to work with the Richmond Police Department. Cornwell wrote three novels that she says were rejected before the publication, in 1990, of the first installment of her Scarpetta series, Postmortem.
The Scarpetta novels include a great deal of detail on forensic science. The initial resolution to the mystery is found in the forensic investigation of the murder victim's corpse, although Scarpetta does considerably more field investigation and confrontation with suspects than real-life medical examiners. The novels generally climax with action scenes in which Scarpetta and her associates confront, or are confronted by, the killer or killers, usually concluding with the death of the killer. The novels are considered to have influenced the development of popular TV series on forensics, both fictional, such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and documentaries, such as Cold Case Files.[citation needed]
Other significant themes in the Scarpetta novels include health, individual safety and security, food, family, and the emerging sexual self-discovery of Scarpetta's niece. Often, conflicts and secret manipulations by Scarpetta's colleagues and staff are involved in the storyline and make the murder cases more complex. Although scenes from the novels take place in a variety of locations around the United States and (less commonly) internationally, they center around the city of Richmond, Virginia.
There are two remarkable style shifts in the Scarpetta novels. Starting from The Last Precinct (2000), the style changes from past tense to present tense. Starting from Blow Fly (2003), the style changes from a first person to a third person, omniscient, narrator. Events are even narrated from the viewpoint of the murderers. Before Blow Fly the events are seen through Scarpetta's eyes only, and other points of view only appear in letters that Scarpetta reads.
Cornwell shifted back to a first-person perspective in the Scarpetta novel Port Mortuary (2010).
In addition to the Scarpetta novels, Cornwell has written three pseudo-police fictions, known as the Trooper Andy Brazil/Superintendent Judy Hammer series, which are set in North Carolina, Virginia, and off the mid-Atlantic coast. Besides the older-woman/younger-man premise, the books include discomforting themes of scatology and sepsis.
Cornwell has been involved in a continuing, self-financed search for evidence to support her theory that painter Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper. She wrote Portrait of a Killer—Jack the Ripper: Case Closed, which was published in 2002 to much controversy, especially within the British art world and among Ripperologists.[3][4][5] Cornwell denied being obsessed with Jack the Ripper in full-page ads in two British newspapers and has said the case was "far from closed".[6][7] In 2001, Cornwell was criticized for allegedly destroying one of Sickert's paintings in pursuit of the Ripper's identity.[8] She believed the well-known painter to be responsible for the string of murders and had purchased over thirty of his paintings and argued that they closely resembled the Ripper crime scenes.[8] Cornwell also claimed a breakthrough: a letter written by someone purporting to be the killer, had the same watermark as some of Sickert's writing paper.[8] Ripper experts noted, however, that there were hundreds of letters from different authors falsely claiming to be the killer, and the watermark in question was on a brand of stationery that was widely available.[4]
She made a brief appearance on the police procedural drama Criminal Minds in the episode "True Genius" as herself.
On January 10, 1993, Cornwell crashed her Mercedes-Benz while under the influence of alcohol. She was convicted of drunk driving and sentenced to 28 days in a treatment center.[9]
Leslie Sachs, author of The Virginia Ghost Murders (1998), claimed there were similarities between his novel and Cornwell's The Last Precinct. In 2000, he sent letters to Cornwell's publisher, started a web page, and placed stickers on copies of his novel alleging that Cornwell was committing plagiarism. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Cornwell a preliminary injunction against Sachs, opining that his claims were likely to be found baseless.[10]
In 2007, during her libel suit against Sachs, Cornwell testified that Sachs had accused her in online postings of being a "Jew hater" and "neo-Nazi" who bribed judges, conspired to have him killed, and was under investigation by U.S. authorities.[11][12] The court permanently enjoined Sachs from making defamatory accusations against Cornwell and awarded Cornwell $37,780 in damages to cover the costs of defending herself against Sachs' internet attacks.[13]
In 2004, Cornwell assigned management of her financial matters to New York based Anchin, Block & Anchin, managed by principal Evan Snapper. Agreeing to pay the firm a base-rate of $40,000/month,[14] her lawyer later claimed that Cornwell had hired Snapper to insulate herself from her money due to her ongoing mental health issues, and that Snapper knew this and took advantage of her over her four-and-a-half-year relationship with the company.[14]
Cornwell fired the firm after discovering in July 2009 that the net worth of her and her company, Cornwell Entertainment Inc., despite having above $10 million in earnings per year during the previous four years, was a little under $13 million, the equivalent of only one year's net income. After Cornwell filed the lawsuit, Snapper pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance regulations. The court case opened in January 2013, with Cornwell suing the firm for a combined sum of $100M.[14][15] On February 19, a Boston jury awarded Cornwell US$50.9 million (£33.4 million).[16]
In 1980, shortly after graduating from Davidson College in North Carolina, Patricia Daniels married one of her English professors, Charles L. Cornwell, who was 17 years her senior.[17] Professor Cornwell later left his tenured professorship to become a preacher. In 1989, the couple separated, with Patricia retaining her married name after the divorce.
From 1991 to 1992, Cornwell was involved in an affair with Margo Bennett, a married FBI agent, after meeting her at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, where Cornwell was doing research for her Scarpetta novels.[18] In 1996, the affair came to light after Margo Bennett's estranged husband, FBI agent Gene Bennett, was arrested for, and later convicted of, the attempted murder of his wife and the abduction of Margo's church pastor.[18]
In 2005, Cornwell married Staci Ann Gruber, an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard University. However, she did not disclose news of her marriage until 2007.[19] Cornwell later stated that turning 50 had made her see the importance of speaking out for equal rights and spoke of how Billie Jean King had helped her come to terms with talking about her sexuality publicly.[20] She lives with Gruber in Massachusetts.[21][22]
Since childhood, Cornwell has been friends with the family of evangelist Billy Graham and his wife Ruth Bell, often serving as the family's unofficial spokesperson to the media.[23] She also wrote an authorized biography of Ruth Bell Graham. Cornwell was previously a personal friend of former President George H. W. Bush, whom she referred to as "Big George", spending a number of weeks at the family's summer retreat in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Cornwell has in the past suffered from anorexia nervosa and depression, which began in her late teens.[2][24] She has also spoken openly about her struggle with bipolar disorder.[24]
Since 1998, Cornwell has donated at least $130,000 to the Republican Party, and has made additional individual contributions to Republican U.S. Senate candidates, including George Allen, John Warner, and Orrin Hatch.[25] She has occasionally supported specific Democratic candidates as well, including Hillary Clinton, Nicola Tsongas, Charles Robb, and Mark Warner.[25]
Cornwell has spoken negatively of the presidency of George W. Bush, saying, "I was supportive of young George W. Bush because I liked his family. I thought he was going to be another Big George. Boy, was I ever wrong. It's not a democracy so much as a theocracy, and those are not the principles this country was founded on."[26]
Cornwell has made several notable charitable donations, including funding the Virginia Institute for Forensic Science and Medicine, funding scholarships to the University of Tennessee's National Forensics Academy and Davidson College's Creative Writing Program (the result of which is the Patricia Cornwell Creative Writing Scholarship, awarded to one or two incoming freshmen), and donating her collection of Walter Sickert paintings to Harvard University. As a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital's National Council, she is an advocate for psychiatric research. She has also made million-dollar donations to the John Jay College of Criminal Justice for the Crime Scene Academy and to the Harvard Art Museum.
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Spicy lentils with artichoke, tomato, and healthy spices like turmeric, garlic, coriander & mustard seeds, over a bed of fresh spinach greens. I wrote this recipe to compliment the JJ Virgin diet, specifically in cycle 1. ***Substitute additional broth for the vermouth, if following the Virgin diet.
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- Heat oil in skillet over medium heat. Add rinsed lentils and toss for 1 minute. Add stock, vermouth, black pepper, turmeric, coriander and mustard seeds, and red chile flakes, and simmer for 20-25 mins until softened. Remove from heat. Add artichoke hearts, toss, and serve over bed a fresh spinach, topped with chopped tomato & parsley. Enjoy!
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So how many of you do a personal physical training routine as part of your tactical self defense training? Maybe do a quick run down of your routine if you do.(I hope I put this in the right place)
This is a discussion on Personal training as part of your defensive training? within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; So how many of you do a personal physical training routine as part of your tactical self defense training? Maybe do a quick run down ...
So how many of you do a personal physical training routine as part of your tactical self defense training? Maybe do a quick run down of your routine if you do.(I hope I put this in the right place)
I don't necessarily do it "as part of my tactical self defense training" but rather as part of my overall health and under the understanding that physical fitness (or at least tone and readiness) does have a huge advantage in ALL walks of life, including, of course, self defense.
I'm a pretty regular Yoga practitioner. I took some time off for the remodeling of our house and being pregnant has sucked some of the motivation out of me but I'm eager to get back to it and am currently suffering some VERY sore muscles from my Saturday Yoga class. I also love to swim but the last year + has been nothing but Yoga. Right before I found out I was pregnant I started doing a core class twice a week in addition to my Yoga but stopped when the morning sickness got too bad.
Yoga, three times a week, has given me a lot of tone and stability and tons of flexibility but I want more muscle mass. I want to start working especially on my upper body strength and, once this second baby is born, start working my core hard again.
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Look at your training as a pyramid. At the bottom of the pyramid is what is called 'base training'. This is, unfortunately, the daily grind of getting out there and improving and maintaining your cardio-vascular system. Without some C-V training, you run the risk of 'gassing' and being unable to fight. In addition, the improved oxygen delivery and improved circulation powers all your other systems and gives you the 'urge' to train, and it gives you the ability to access your aggressiveness, even if that aggro is used to run away (and then, maybe turn and fight).
On top of that, somewhere, a layer of skill and experience and appropriate training lies. The training has to be functional, or functionalize your moves. This means it has to be learned and made part of you under some stress. You fight like you train.
So, I think a martial art, combined with some combat pistol craft, coupled with a layer of base training can be an effective vehicle from which to apply the right solution in a SHTF situation. Of course even an experienced person can 'gas' - you see it in the UFC - the guy actually forgets to breathe, and has an adrenaline dump which leaves him helpless. You don't want to have solved a SD situation, then have the 'end stage' jitters and feeling faint and turn and suddenly the 'rest of the story' is coming at you.
So part of your combat pistolcraft has to be:
1. Surveying the area after you double/triple tap by looking around, HG in defensive ready;
2. Always reload after you shoot so you're not standing there with an empty gun;
3. Make sure the threat is ended and stay alert;
4. Have the physical conditioning and stress training to help survive the adrenaline dump.
One way to do this which can augment your training and preparedness is to have a partner who also carries. This is why it is not only a good idea, but CRUCIAL for the husband and wife to train together and both carry. Two sets of eyes, ears and SA are far more effective, probably 10x as effective as a single person trying to handle a SD situation. You can assign tasks, you can cover each other, you can have redundancy in your equipment (two cell phone, two flashlights, two OC sprays, two HGs, and so forth). You will almost never be out and both of you forget a crucial element of gear (like a magazine, lol).
I've been out to the range and somehow put a mag in my HG with just two bullets (and one in the chamber) and carried it around for several days. Same with charging your phone, batteries in your tac light dead (I had mine turned on in my pocket one time). Others have reported a HG which was inoperable due to a small mech problem. With a partner, as in my case, she had a HG and a BUG and was with me. It might even be a good idea for each member of the team to have one loaded mag for their partner's gun stashed somewhere (purse, pocket, backpack), which would work for the BUG (little Kel-Tec/LCP mag is a skinny nothing, for example. Curses on Ruger for not making their mags compatible, BTW).
So a partner is better than a BUG by several orders of magnitude, IMO. (just work on not sweeping or shooting each other, and covering each other, rather than huddling together, form a crossfire deployment, learn to help each other get in the car while supplying cover and so forth).
Just some random ideas. FWIW.
As part of overall health I'm running, 3 miles every other day. I'm also doing light dumbbell work combined with situps, push ups, bicycle, etc. on the running off days for tone. I'm also looking at starting Krav Maga training in the fall. In the winter I may join a gym to use the treadmills and may incorporate some weight training then.
"I got a lot of problems with you people!" - Frank Costanza
I still do my Marine Corps PT- good for you, good for me, ooh rah!
Ignorance is a long way from stupid, but left unchecked, can get there real fast.
OK, here's me at age 60, the shape I'm in due to my regimen is pretty obvious by my biking bibs and jersey, lol.
Having been a hobbyist bodybuilder I actually had to lose some muscle mass in my upper body.
My partner, also 60:
Good job on those realizing that staying in shape is a key factor. Obviously not everyone can be that physical at advanced ages, but you just find ways to work around your limitations as best you can.
Fitness training is more important than the gun you carry in my opinion. It is at the base of the personal/family safety and security pyramid.
I still think calisthenics is very versatile and effective but I get bored with it. An olympic weight set and doing the olympic lifts is a top notch fitness regimen too. A little of both: I could see a kettlebell to do a little of everything and do it well. I stopped all running and lifting weights for over a year and only did kettlebell. When I started running and lifting weights again, everything was better than when I left off. My kettlebells are staples in my life because they can do everything well and take up so little space. LifelineUSA :: Kettlebells - Strength - Products or http://www.dragondoor.com/
I'll +1 limatunes because my flexability sucks after a bunch of injuries and yoga helps a lot with everyday moving around.
A lot of my buddies really like crossfit but I can't get into it. I do really like the randomness because it prevents boredom. A "fitdeck" can accomplish that too though. FitDeck Exercise Playing Cards
Long story short, get a kettlebell and a couple fitdecks (i.e. yoga, bodyweight, kettlebell, etc.)
I have been thinking about starting the krav maga training also ,my wife did some of it in the police academy and I went with her one day to a police gym to meet the guy that started that training with the police and watch cadets practice,it seems to be a very usefull tool in self defense, I mean it must be if leo is training and using it. I just started back up at the gym doing 20 min on the treadmill then doin alot of core stuff right now once I have my core strength back I will do some basic weight training to stay tone and strong but not get to big. I also do some bicycling and alot of walking around lakes while fishing.
Free weights for over 30 years now. It does wonders for conditioning explosive force, and doctors are still marveling at the health side-benefits.
'Clinging to my guns and religion
Free weights is really the 'king of exercises' but there is some potential for getting injuries. Next, imo, is road biking, fluid training (stationary biking), because there is a range of intensity available (hills, gearing), you can do it everyday, even twice a day, so high consistency and high session count. If you ride 2x a day for 7 days, that's 14 sessions (even if they're 20-30 minutes) in a week, 56 sessions a month, and potentially 500-600 sessions per year. Contrast that with 3x/week free weights (which is more intense and longer lasting post event), which only adds up to 144 sessions per year. Now, nobody is 7x /week consistent, we get colds, have appointments, but the point is cycling allows more sessions and quicker recovery than any other exercise regime and more people clock from 3500 to several thousand miles per year (the pros).
To put a fine point on it, cycling and my base training has really reversed the effects of time - it keeps you young. (Paradoxically, at the Pro level, guys who ride the Tour de France are prematurely aged - they ask too much of their systems).
Anyway, more random thoughts on base training.
I do mainly functional strength training with "8 to Hate" calisthenics, barbells, sandbags, kettlebells, and the Bowflex machine. I also run about 4-6 miles (sometimes w/ a weight vest or on hilly areas) and also do drills on the heavybag, double-end bag, and Muay Thai pads. I also jump rope and occasionally use the elliptical machine.
This article has me interested in trying a routine of the basic free weights again: Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie*|*Men's Journal
The Starting Strength book, by Rippetoe is very good. I have been working with an Olympic lifting coach and that has helped a great deal. I've learned how to better balance and move quicker under load. I am also doing some road work once a week for 1.5 hrs. Next, I am going to up my cardio work.
Lift heavy weights. Deads, Squats, Presses, Pullups, Rows.
Boxing for cardio. If you can find a decent gym, I would highly recommend it. I would argue that boxers are the most highly conditioned athletes in the world. I was an all-American swimmer back in the day, and boxing is tougher cardio.
It will also teach you self defense like nothing else in my opinion. Boxing rules the street. Other stuff can be incorporated into a system, like some martial arts, but boxing is a great foundation.
I'm not talking about some chromed up health club with "boxing" classes, either. You have to find one of those old school places that's dark and smelly and will let you spar.
Unfortunately, most of the people on this site wouldn't be caught in those places with anything less than an AR-15.
Freeweights - cardio - standard PT for over 20 years. As for running out of gas - if you use any of the training breathing techniques that are taught in various disciplines then you should be fine. Forgetting to breath during stress is natural. Remember, we have all trained to do things that are unnatural. Pathfinder Robinson always said it was totally "unnatural" to jump from a perfectly good airplane!


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They play the song made most famous by Deliverance, and everybody resisted the chance to make a "Squeal like a Piggy" joke. It's times like these that must be tough for Disney employees, having to be all non-sodomy-jokey and stuff.
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Cut off the Head of the Snake. To the Zionists in the White House, it would seem a poke in the eyes that those NAM rodents will gather to support the snakes.
When Mohamed Morsi blasted Syria's government at the NAM conference last week, his comments infuriated Walid al-Moualem, Syria's Foreign Minister, who stormed out.
Yet, when Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khomeini, accused Israel of being 'bloodthirsty, Zionist wolves' that is controlling the world's media, nobody dared move. Maybe that has been emboldening for the Iranians as they continue to trade in virulent anti-Semitism. Delegates sat there quietly listening politely as the words were translated from Farsi to their native languages. Why did those countries who have close ties with Israel – India, Colombia and Thailand – sit still by not addressing many of the inequities and false assertions announced by Khomeini?
It was only through UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, who said he strongly rejected threats by one UN state to destroy another and the denial of historical facts, such as the Holocaust.
It is over-simplistic to say that the attendance of representatives from 120 countries at the NAM Conference was a vote of confidence in Iran or its policies. Iran may have wished to cultivate that message as it sought to embolden itself by being looked upon as a respected member of the family of nations but at a time when the aim of Israel, the US and the West is to make them look and feel isolated, like a pariah state: for that is certainly what Iran is as crippling sanctions are continuing to bite as it remains resolute and in defiance with its nuclear weapons programme.
Since Walid al-Moualem is Syria's Foreign Minister, it was his duty to object and he stormed out. Surely you did not expect Colombia's and/or Thailand's Foreign Ministers to storm out because of some false statements with respect to a third country ?
"when Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khomeini, accused Israel of being 'bloodthirsty, Zionist wolves'.... Why did those countries who have close ties with Israel – India, Colombia and Thailand – sit still by not addressing many of the inequities and false assertions announced by Khomeini? "
First of all , Those words were not used at NAM summit. You are putting words into his mouth to suit your argument.
Secondly , when was the last time Israel did the walkout for India , when India's dear neighbor Pakistan tried to malign it on Kashmir Issue in various Multilateral forums .
Thirdly , Though I am not sure about USA , but India is not yet an colony of Israel . It didn't go to the summit to do Israel's or Iran's bidding . It has its own interests to take care of.
Few people would be willing to trust Ayatollah KHAMENEI who is on record as having stated many times that, both from an ideological and juridical perspective, ".. we consider developing nuclear weapons unlawful. We consider using such weapons as a big sin. We also believe that keeping such weapons is futile and dangerous."
And yet, recognising that Iran is a signatory to the NPT treaty and allows periodic inspection visits, the delegates to the NAM meeting supported Iran's position regarding the country's right to develop and use nuclear power. This despite an ongoing condemnation campaign in the US and Western European media playing the well known pro-Israeli tune.
Meanwhile, Israel's Dimona is the oldest nuclear reactor in the world that has never been subject to international inspection. One does not become Iran's supporter by stating that an obvious precondition to a nuclear-free Middle-East first and foremost must be a nuclear free Israel. That, of course, would be subject to all sorts of negotiated conditions and of gradually reaching settlements of regional disputes. For most of the world the present threat of a nuclear attack on Iran is nothing short of insanity.
As a state, Israel is only about 8,000 square miles with some 7 mill. people compared to Iran, a nation of over 78 million spread over 500,000 square miles. Whatever technological resources Israel may have in its arsenal, Iran's impressive military capabilities, its large population and its geography would ensure that it would withstand Israel's threat of "annihilation". The ultimate consequences of such insanity to the world at large are simply unpredicatble.
None Aligned Movement? Not aligned with whom? The Cold War is over, folks. And Third World? Like China? Or India? And why do we never hear from the Second World?
"And why do we never hear from the Second World?"
Because it doesn't exist anymore. That was the Soviet empire.
Its time for TE to update what is now an outdated topic from 'what the Arab papers say' to something like 'what the NAM delegates said'. There is no dispute that the final NAM declaration was a diplomatic victory for Iran, being a clear expression of support for Iran's right to develop its nuclear energy despite opposition of the Obama administration supported by its Western allies. The unanimous support for Iran in the NAM Declaration is a clear blow to the American views about Iran's apparent isolation in the on-going diplomatic war of words.
The NAM Declaration not only confirms Iran's right to use nuclear energy for industrial purposes but does not preclude the country's right to continue uranium enrichment, a core of the dispute.
Iran has repeatedly maintained that it is in compliance with its obligations as a signatory country to the NPT treaty while pointing out Israel's refusal to become an NPT signatory and to acknowledge its nuclear weapons program. It remains to be seen if the diplomatic support for Iran at the NAM meeting will affect the US position including the US threat to attack Iranian nuclear sites.
Talks in NAM could lead to some re-focusing of purposes for the Islamic insurgents and Hizbollah. The former is close ideologically to the Islamists from Eygpt while the latter is supported financially and armed by Iran. But the funding of the former is largely given by the rich Gulf Wahhabists who are the proxy for the Zionists. In which case, there will still be deep gulfs between these terrorists.
It's titled like a review of Arab papers on the subject, and this is all we get.
Ok, I know this is only a blog, and this snippet is better than nothing. But in general, I would like to know more about what Arabs are reading in their papers, or getting from other news sources.
I much prefer a timely review of Arab papers on the subject than a useless repetition of opinions offered by NYT and other US and UK papers. Let's wait and see how many non-aligned nations will actually support Iran's concept of NAM. A view that leaders like Obama and Putin actually enjoy world-wide support (or at least some respect) is obviously false.
Iranian President asked Omer al-Bashir (alleged war criminal) to preside over the second day of the summit. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (another war criminal) expressed hope the Non-Aligned Movement would achieve its objectives during Iran's presidency over the organization for the next three years. Ayatollah Khamenei commended Sri Lanka for attacks on mosques and expulsion of Islamic clerics.
There is continued support for the alleged war criminal Bashar Al-Assad.
We all miss the NAM pioneer, our best friend Col Gadhafi.
Wow, That is something!! You get your leaders mixed up- what are u- a Ryan clone? Egypt's Nasser was a NAM pioneer- not Gaddhafi. Read your own history books first. Nasser, Nehru, Tito and Suharto. NAM may be inconsequential now but even so u cant distort history to suit your brand of bias.
Well responded, Anurakshat. One must not try and distort historical facts for their own convenience.Indeed, Nehru,Nasser, Tito and Suharto were the 'founding fathers' of the non-aligned movement which saw the merits of a more balanced view of the world rather than taking side between the two major powers.
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