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NXT Impressions from Fana'Briques 2006
On the weekend just gone by, the Fana'Briques 2006 event took place in Rosheim (Alsace).
Amongst other things (for instance a 3-meters-sized bike made completely of LEGO, as a showcatcher for the Tour de France passing by), there has been a GBC train by Jean-Marc "Joubarc" Nimal from BeLUG that I was allowed to join with my first-ever GBC module - thanks again for that, Joubarc! :-)
Feel free to have a look at the impressions from there (pictures and movies).
/Matthias Paul
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- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
By the way, we noticed a strange performance there: the NXT brick just switched himself off every 11 minutes and had to be restarted manually each time (which is pretty cumbersome when it comes to a continuous GBC flow).
However, the program did not contain any statement in this direction (the outer loop was set to infinite execution).
Has anyone encountered something similar yet?
I am aware of the "switch off after a certain time when inactive" setting (which is set to 2 minutes on my brick), but the brick has been active all the time then (running a program, that is).
And the battery power was still high.
/Matthias Paul
- Jul 3, 2006, 7:53:00 PM
Wow, those are some neat creations! I especially like the tan one that moves "steps" up and down to transport the balls.
- Jul 3, 2006, 10:14:00 PM
Nice. I notice some stray balls around the NXT, was that a side efict of the shutoff? Some very neat moduals in there though, the one feeding yours is definatly cool. Probably my favorite. I notice that the balls don't get very high off the ground in the moduals shown, except for the track running to the "racetrack". Wish I wan't on the other side of the globe.
- Jul 4, 2006, 3:05:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Yep, Joubarc's creations have been pretty impressive.
As for me, my favourite one was the minifig driving around on the little car to sweep the balls into the first module - that looked really funny!
The stray balls have been partly a result of the frequent shut-offs, partly of some balls having so much impact when falling into the NXT module's in-basket that they even rolled from the temporarily stopped tracks while the shovel was up.
- Jul 4, 2006, 3:15:00 AM
Maybe if you ran the tracks backward when the shoval was up, it would help. Just a thought.
- Jul 4, 2006, 10:45:00 AM
- Jeff said...
Interesting stuff...
Also I published on the Internet a NXT-G program for following a black line (like on the test pad). The program makes use of some some advanced programming techniques, such as a state variable.
The page is available at
I am sure there are improvements over this program. Adding a second state variable to keep track of the last direction searched (for the black line) might be one improvement. Doing this program constitute a neat introduction to the NXT-G programming environment. To be sure there are some bugs, but on the whole it works rather well. (Maybe its just my SW QA background, but I always seem to find the bugs first.) Anyway feel free to download the program and have at it!
- Jul 4, 2006, 1:20:00 PM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
> Maybe if you ran the tracks backward when the shoval was up, it would help.
Good idea. As a matter of fact, the same occurred to us on the event, so I changed the program then just to do so. It really helped a lot. Yet, there had been few balls still that made it through the input box, but the track reversing reduced the amount perceptibly.
- Jul 4, 2006, 5:51:00 PM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
> Also I published on the Internet a NXT-G program for following a black line
Interesting page.
I think the readers of nxtasy.org or the offical LEGO NXT forum would like you posting it there.
By the way, what's your impression of the IDE's usability and responsitivity?
My experiences here are such that I see room for improvements when it comes to programs of advanced or even medium complexity.
ps The statement "In the former days of the RCX this program is something that could only be accomplished using Not Quite C (NQC)." seems not completely correct to me - you could have done it also with other RCX programming environments, for instance leJOS, couldn't you?
- Jul 4, 2006, 6:03:00 PM
No need to thank me, you were more than welcome; actually I ought to thank you for the great exposure, the opportunity to touch a live NXT (not sure you wanted me to ;-))
And of course for naming all these crazy modules; I'm too lazy to do that myself. (Except the red/grey one which I guess I'd call the Peaucellier Bridge). I really enjoy the "Restless Sweeper" (as a matter of fact, he wasn't restless - I did have him lie down and rest during the night)
Small question on the NXT programming (which I guess could be of general interest): when you reprogrammed it, I noticed the resulting program would make the shovel go up; and then the threads go backward. Do you always have to wait for a motor block to complete before doing something else; or was it possible to have the thread go backwards even as the shovel was going up?
- Jul 4, 2006, 7:00:00 PM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
> the opportunity to touch a live NXT (not sure you wanted me to ;-))
You have been welcome! How could I have the heart to object to it?
Hope you recognized the abundance of LEGO force streaming into your body ;-)
> And of course for naming all these crazy modules
Well, french terms would have fit better; I think, but with my most reprehensible lack of knowledge there that would have limited all modules to the name "Bonjour"...
> Do you always have to wait for a motor block to complete before doing something else
No, you haven't. There's the very useful radio button group "wait for completion" in most block's configuration dialog (also in the motor block) - I just forgot to set it correctly to "false".
By the way, the frequent switching off of the brick seems to be connected to the "switch off after a certain amount of time of inactivity" indeed - a running program appears not be considered as an activity by the NXT (which I do not consider very intuitive)!
- Jul 5, 2006, 1:49:00 AM
The RCX had the same issue -- it's 'turn off after 'x' time meant 'interaction with the buttons by a human', not 'doing something'.
I believe the solution is to change shutoff time to 'never'. Should be able to do that directly on the NXT (given that I have gotten my NXT and then got slammed with real life stuff and haven't actually installed the software yet).
- Jul 6, 2006, 1:53:00 AM
Or you could just have the program use the "keep alive" block to keep the NXT from shutting off.
- Jul 6, 2006, 8:58:00 AM
- jeff said...
I made some improvements to the line follower program I previously published. The improvements eliminate the incremental turning - stopping - checking the light sensor - and continuing. The new approach makes the robot's movements far smoother and much more precise.
- Jul 6, 2006, 10:39:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
As this blog entry covers a completely different topic, I made your line follower gadget to a separate blog entry so it might be more easily deteced by readers and discussed.
- Jul 6, 2006, 8:10:00 PM


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The Saleen looked almost untouchable right from the start, easily taking pole for Race 1 with Bruno Hernandez at the helm. A superb effort by new SRT wheelman Kennis Guyno took Second, while Kuismanen could do no better than Fifth in the PSI C6. PSI's C5 qualified Seventh, and the second SRT C5 ended up in 15th.
The race began with high drama as the top three ran line-abreast into the first chicane. The Saleen came off badly, emerging from the gravel in third, but not as badly as Kuismanen, who ended up 11th at the end of Lap 1. That gave a bit of breathing space to the Viper of Cyril Helias and the SRT Vette of Kennis Guyno, with the pair putting in some brisk laps to edge away from the S7R. Stuck back in traffic, both PSI cars were hurting, losing upwards of 2 seconds a lap to the leaders. Fortunately, the action in the midfield was intense enough to put the front-runners off their strides, and Kuismanen moved up to eighth.
Traffic by now was to play a part. Guyno got a run on Helias, slipped through, and immediately broke away, lapping 1-2 seconds quicker. Going into the pit stops, the Saleen benefited from quick crew work to emerge ahead of the SRT Vette. the Paltalla/Kuismanen team had also benefited from slick pit work, and the car emerged in sixth. The lead Viper of Helias had yet to pit.
Now into his rhythm, Palttala was easily the quickest on the track. While he would complain after the race of a lack of grip, that didn't prevent him from beginning to take chunks of time out of the cars ahead. With 5 minutes remaining, he had surmounted the Vipers of Fred Makowiecki, Arnuad Peyrolles, and Olivier Thevenin. With the race shortened to 52 minutes to fit into the DTM schedule, that was as good as it would get; the Guyno/Cayrolle C5 just pipping the PSI C6 to take Second. While it was a terrific recovery by the Finnish duo, full credit must also go to SRT's Kennis Guyno in his first time in a Vette.
Race 2
The Vettes had been encouragingly close to the Saleen in race 2, and Markus Palttala felt that with some improvements to the setup the cars could challenge for the win. That seemed unlikely after qualifying, though. Ayari easily took pole, and after Paltalla clashed with an errant Viper, the C6 was forced to start from the 11th spot. The best of the Vettes was the second PSI car, with Jean-Luc Blanchemain half a second off the pace in Fourth. SRT struggled, winding up 10th and 15th.
There was a somewhat less dramatic start to the second race, though the Saleen was once again jumped on the run down to the chicane. At the end of Lap 1, the Ferrari 550 Maranello of Jrme Policand and the Mirabeau Viper of Jean-Claude Police led the S7R. The PSI C5 of Blanchemain was running marginally behind in fourth, while Cayrolle's C5 and Palttala's C6 were in 10th and 11th. Still, with the leaders heavily engaged in their own battles, the pair were just 13 seconds off the lead and still had a shot.
Fifteen minutes in, and it all began to come to life. Palttala put the move on Cayrolle to move into ninth, and the next time around both Vettes made up a further position. Meanwhile, up front, Ayari, perhaps sensing the danger, moved the Saleen into second and began putting serious pressure on the leading Viper.
Really into his stride now, Palttala was flying, and there was little those ahead could do to resist. By the 25th minute, the Finn was in sixth, and when Ayari brought the Saleen in for an early stop to fix a loose bonnet, that sixth became fifth. Fastest by more than a second a lap, Paltalla was closing rapidly on the lead group, which included the PSI C5 in third place.
Pit work would seldom be more important, as the top five all dived into the pit almost as one with 25 minutes remaining. Great work saw the PSI C5 blast out of the pit and into the lead. Four places back, the Saleen, now in the hands of Bruno Hernandez, just squeezed past Kuismanen as the PSI C6 emerged in sixth.
It didn't take long to establish these two as the quickest on the track, with the Saleen looking mighty as Hernandez disposed of both the Ferrari and the Viper within a lap. Kuismanen wasn't having it quite so easy, but using the C6's extra grunt, he was able to pick off those two before long. All the while Hernandez was putting great pressure onto Sbastien Dumez in the C5, and finally, with 10 minutes to go, he forced his way past to take the lead.
Kuismanen, not one to settle for a position, quickly closed down the C5, going ahead with 5 minutes remaining. There was little chance of chasing down the Saleen, especially as the Vette ran the last lap on the reserve tank, but it was still a great drive by the Finns on a track that suited the opposition far better.
While Palttala and Kuismanen had fought tooth-and-nail all weekend, clawing back from 11th in both races, the double win had sealed the French GT Championship title for Bruno Hernandez and Soheil Ayari. the points gained at Le Mans had also sealed Second overall for Palttala and Kuismanen, and all that remained was to head to Magny-Cours for the final round and try to round off the season in style.


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It was the case of the "ninth game syndrome" for Chelsea on Sunday. This was the ninth Premier League game of the season and they ended with nine men, just as they did a year ago when their ninth game was away to QPR! For Manchester United it was clearly a better scenario because their ninth game of last season was a 6-1 home defeat to Man City! I saw some of the Chelsea lads after the game and said don't play in the ninth game next season because these things tend to happen in threes!
Robin van Persie has now scored six in his last three appearances at Stamford Bridge and has won all three (two in a 2-1 for Arsenal in 2008, three in a 5-3 for Arsenal in 2011 and one in a 3-2 for Manchester United on Sunday). It's a good ground for him.
Juan Mata made it seven in his last seven appearances and scored past his Spanish Olympic squad team-mate in David De Gea. Meanwhile, David Luiz scored two in the right end in three appearances against Manchester United before Sunday and almost completed a "Rooney-like hat-trick" after scoring a third at the wrong end.
The game marked Sir Alex Ferguson's 50th league match in charge of Manchester United against Chelsea and he evened the count; he now has 16 wins, 16 defeats and 18 draws. He also evened the count in the Premier League with his 13th win to Chelsea's 13. Chelsea have now lost their proud boast as the only team with more wins than defeats against Manchester United in the Premier League.
Manchester United have not conceded a goal later than the 64th minute in all competitions this season, while Chelsea suffered only their second home defeat of the calendar year; it's two in 22 in 2012.Finally, Mark Clattenburg had never sent off a Chelsea player before Sunday. This was the 19th Chelsea game he'd refereed and his 18th in the Premier League.
I've lost count of the number of times Chelsea have had to play with nine men in the Premier League. We had two sent off against QPR last season and two sent off against Man City a couple of years ago. I'd like to know if any team has been reduced to nine men in the Premier League more than we have? Kris (Chelsea fan)
MARTIN SAYS: According to our friends at Opta, Chelsea have been reduced to nine men in the Premier League on five occasions. The games were as follows:
28/10/12: Chelsea 2-3 Man Utd (Ivanovic and Torres sent off)
23/10/11: QPR 1-0 Chelsea (Bosingwa and Drogba sent off)
27/02/10: Chelsea 2-4 Man City (Belletti and Ballack sent off)
26/12/07: Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa (Carvalho and Ashley Cole sent off)
16/10/99: Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea (Desailly and Wise sent off)
Sunderland have also been reduced to nine men five times in the Premier League, but that is not the record. Remarkably, Everton have had two men sent off on seven separate occasions in the 21 years of the Premier League. Even more remarkably, three of those occasions have been Merseyside derbies at Goodison Park!
20/10/07: Everton 1-2 Liverpool (Hibbert and Neville sent off)
28/12/05: Everton 1-3 Liverpool (Neville and Arteta sent off)
19/04/03: Everton 1-2 Liverpool (Weir and Naysmith sent off)
08/05/00: Leeds 1-1 Everton (Dunne and Hutchison sent off)
04/03/95: Leicester 2-2 Everton (Samways and Ferguson sent off)
01/02/95: Newcastle 2-0 Everton (Barrett and Horne sent off)
28/12/92: QPR 4-2 Everton (Southall and Rideout sent off)
There have been 52 occasions on which a Premier League team has had two (or more) players sent off. Here's how often it's happened to each team concerned:
SEVEN OCCASIONS: Everton
FIVE OCCASIONS: Chelsea, Sunderland,
FOUR OCCASIONS: Liverpool
THREE OCCASIONS: Leicester City
TWO OCCASIONS: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Coventry City, Fulham, Leeds United, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle, Tottenham
ONE OCCASION: Barnsley, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, QPR, Sheffield United, West Brom, West Ham, Wigan Athletic
Dear Martin. As soon as Torres was sent off on Sunday I knew we were going to lose. Can you tell me if a team has ever won a Premier League game after having two men sent off? I can't imagine very many have even got a draw? Clark (Chelsea fan)
MARTIN SAYS: As mentioned above, we've seen 52 occasions of a team being reduced to nine or fewer men in a Premier League game - however two of those teams DID end up winning the match.
The first team to win a Premier League game with nine men was Manchester City, who won 2-1 at QPR on October 15, 1994. Andy Dibble and Richard Edghill were sent off in the last 20 minutes, but they clung on to the scoreline that had already been established before the red cards.
The only other side to achieve this feat was Leeds, who won 2-1 at Arsenal with nine men on 21 August, 2001 when Danny Mills and Lee Bowyer were sent off in the last 11 minutes. Again, the score was 2-1 before the first red card and Leeds managed to hold on for the win. I did that game.
Of the other 50 teams to have had two (or more) men sent off in a Premier League game, 13 managed to secure a draw and 37 lost.
15 teams to avoid defeat in a Premier League game, despite having two men sent off:
19/09/92: Wimbledon 1-1 Blackburn
15/10/94: QPR 1-2 Man City
04/03/95: Leicester 2-2 Everton
25/11/95: Coventry 3-3 Wimbledon
13/12/97: Chelsea 0-0 Leeds
07/11/98 Southampton 3-3 Middlesbrough
08/05/00: Leeds 1-1 Everton
20/08/01: Everton 1-1 Tottenham
21/08/01: Arsenal 1-2 Leeds
29/12/01: Bolton 2-2 Leicester
17/11/02: Birmingham 0-0 Fulham
18/09/04: West Brom 1-1 Fulham
26/12/07: Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa
09/02/10: Portsmouth 1-1 Sunderland
04/03/12: Newcastle 1-1 Sunderland
Dear Martin, a few of my mates have noticed that Jonny Evans hardly ever concedes free-kicks for Manchester United - and we had to laugh when he got away with the one against Fernando Torres. Can you tell us how many times he's conceded a foul in the Premier League this season and how this compares to other defenders in the league? Mason Jones (Manchester United fan)
MARTIN SAYS: You'll be interested to hear that, according to the boffins at Opta, Jonny Evans has not conceded a single foul in his six Premier League appearances this season. He is the only defender in the league to have played in more than three games without a foul to his name. It's an interesting stat when you consider Sunday's incident alongside the game against Liverpool earlier in the season, when many thought he had fouled Jonjo Shelvy (when Shelvy was sent off) and may have tripped Luis Suarez in the penalty area.
In fact, there are only eight outfield players to have played more than 90 minutes this season without conceding a foul. There are two players who have seen more action than Evans without conceding a free-kick - but both are attacking players. Evans has played 463 minutes, while West Ham winger Matt Jarvis has played 516 minutes without being penalised and Swansea's Danny Graham has played 572 minutes without conceding a foul.
Outfield players to have played 90+ minutes in the Premier League this season without conceding a foul:
Danny Graham (Swansea) - 572
Matt Jarvis (West Ham) - 516
Jonny Evans (Man Utd) - 463
James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) - 362
Jimmy Kebe (Reading) - 328
Chris Brunt (West Brom) - 214
Frazer Richardson (Southampton) - 143
Kieron Dyer (QPR) - 105
Dear Martin, I heard a commentator say that Manchester City have now scored in their last 36 home games, which is an amazing feat. Can you or the boffins at Opta tell me if this is a record in the Premier League? If not, how many more games do they need to score in to break the record? Devon (Man City fan)
MARTIN SAYS: Carlos Tevez's strike against Swansea indeed saw them continue their run of scoring in those consecutive home games. That run stretches back 36 games to a 0-0 draw at home to Birmingham on November 13, 2010 and it has become the joint fifth longest run in Premier League history.
The four teams to have enjoyed longer streaks of scoring in home Premier League games are:
CHELSEA - 38 games (April 23, 2005 to April 28, 2007)
Chelsea drew 0-0 at home to Arsenal on April 20, 2005 and then scored in every home league game they played for more than two years. The run ended with a 0-0 draw at home to Manchester United on May 9, 2007.
MAN UTD - 40 games (November 14, 1998 to December 2, 2000)
Manchester United drew 0-0 at home to Newcastle on November 8, 1998 and then embarked on a 40-game run of scoring in home Premier League fixtures. The run ended when they lost 1-0 at home to Liverpool on December 17, 2000.
ARSENAL - 46 games (April 21, 2001 to November 8, 2003)
Arsenal failed to score in a 3-0 home defeat to Middlesbrough in April 2001, but then scored in every single home league fixture they played in the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons. The run ended when they drew 0-0 at home to Fulham on November 30, 2003.
MAN UTD - 53 games (December 15, 2009 to present)
Manchester City's current run is impressive, but it is nothing compared to the record currently being set by their rivals at Manchester United. They have scored in all 53 home league games they've played since December 12, 2009 when they lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa. Remarkably they have only failed to score in two of their last 98 league games at Old Trafford. The other was a 0-0 draw with Arsenal on May 16, 2009.
I have heard that Man City's game with Swansea was the longest match in Premier League history after all the injury time that was added on for the injuries to Michel Vorm and Micah Richards. Can you tell us what was the previous record? Verinder (Arsenal fan)
MARTIN SAYS: According to our friends at Opta, in terms of the total number of minutes played the Manchester City v Swansea match was NOT the longest Premier League match in history. Opta have only been keeping records of match length since the start of the 2006/07 season, but in this period we have seen at least two games that have lasted longer.
The longest during this period was Chelsea's 1-0 win at Reading on October 14, 2006. That game featured a total of 17.42 minutes of additional time following serious injuries to Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech in the first half and his replacement Carlo Cudicini in the second. There were also two red cards and a total of six substitutes were used during the game. Blackburn's 1-1 draw with Birmingham City in April 2011 was also longer than Saturday's game at the Etihad when lengthy added time was played following an injury to Roger Johnson .
The longest Premier League games since the start of 2006/07:
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The reason Manchester City's game was talked about as the longest in Premier League history is because it had the most second-half injury time of any game since the start of the 2006/07 season. There was 12.42 minutes of added-on time in the game, making it the first to go past 102-and-a-half minutes on the clock. However, there was only two-and-a-half minutes of injury time in the first half so it is not the longest fixture in total.
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I do have a pretty standard tradition, however. Any time I obtain a new female ML or DCU, I will take pictures of an Iron Man figure (extremis stealth variant, usually) promptly grabbing their hind-quarters with his open hand and then violently spam said picture on my fiance's facebook with all caps messages saying something like "HE'S AT IT AGAIN!!!!"
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Coin Sorter (how to save enough money for your next NXT)
I can't quite see how it only grabs one coin, but the two-stage grab-&-dump mechanism driven by a single motor is one of my favorite techniques. Very often, you do not need more motors, just a clever mechanical solution to get multiple motions out of a single motor, as kevquest does here. The actual sorting mechanism is also very well done, and adaptable - by adjusting those limiting elements, a lot of different sized objects could be sorted. Yet another important point is the sorting tray - I've seen a lot of folks get hung up on linear motion, and go through a lot of exertion to try to get it, when many times it's simply not needed - like here, where a carrousel style system is perfectly sufficient. About the only thing I don't quite understand is the reseting pattern (I think there might be quicker ways to do it) and the speed (could it be speeded up? If not this mechanism, I'll bet there are faster mechanisms that might work). Again, a nifty creation, and a nice YouTube documentation. Take a look!
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6 comments:
- Jonathan Daudelin said...
Hey, I know the guy who made that... he was called kevinsquest on the LMSF, and he's REALLY good at robots, especially ones that have homebrew electronics in them.
I think the way he separated one coin was by making the yellow container (that gets one coin) one plate lower than the container that dumps all the coins in it. So when it dumps the coins back into the first container, one gets stuck because of the height difference, but the rest slide over.
- Feb 14, 2008, 5:38:00 AM
- Eric D. Burdo said...
@Jonathan - That's what it looks like to me too.
- Feb 14, 2008, 10:59:00 AM
- peter hoh said...
Yes, it looks like the front compartment of the coin bucket is one plate lower than the back part. There's a tile at the open end of the front compartment.
You can try this yourself. Put a tile on one side of a 6x4 plate. Put two coins on the plate. Slide them back to the tile. The bottom coin will catch on the plate, allowing the top coin to slide over the tile and onto the table.
- Feb 16, 2008, 3:23:00 AM
Wow, all you robot builders got talent, say, how did you program the nxt? I seen similar machines that sorts out marbles but who thought of an NXT?
Anyways, I was wondering if you can make the robot sort coins any faster.
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- Mar 11, 2008, 1:10:00 AM
how do you build the two stage mechanism. Anyone have instructions?
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Great gift for encouraging exercise!
By Kristen from Ohio
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About Me Education Oriented, Parent Of Two Or More Children, Stay At Home Parent
Comments about Pretend & Play® Gym Bag:
Our oldest son is 3 years old. One thing he LOVES to do is to pretend to be just like his daddy. He uses his tools to "fix" things, he cleans like his Daddy, talks like his Daddy and now with his new Pretend & Play Gym Bag he can workout like his Daddy! The bag really encourages fine motor skills too with a zipper and even laces to practice with! The lock and the keys actually work and he has to match up the shapes. The weights are very lightweight and can act just like his dad and pump the iron with ZERO fear of him getting hurt! I love this set!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Elizabeth P.
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Kenzie was enthusiastic about starting her exercise regimen and proceeded to do some exercises with the kids dumbbell. She loved the lock and key set because it really does work! You lock it and then use one of the 3 keys (which correlates to three sides) to open it. The stop clock is also great for time keeping as it moves from 1 through 10 with each click. The water bottle can hold real liquids and after a quick wash, she wanted to use it as her cup for dinner time.Mason also got in on the exercise action as he immediately gravitated toward the two balls. They are soft and spongy making it easy for Mason to grasp and throw. He loves these balls and has a ton of fun with Kenzie tossing and rolling back and forth.This kids gym bag set is perfect for mimicking daddy in his real life workouts and the pretend play makes for healthy habits later in life. Exercise and healthy eating are key components to a toddler's life. Thumbs up for another fabulous Learning Resources product.
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This is an awesome product which contains 20 different pieces all to allow your child to pretend and play as if they were at the gym. This amazing kit is perfect for joining mom or dad at the gym while they work out, or even to create their own gym and play.The kit comes with the following items:-Gym Bag-Gym ID-Working play lock and keys-water bottle-soccer ball-basket ball-Lightweight dumbbelland much more.I really love that all the items are "branded" just as all the name brand items that we buy for ourselves at the store, this includes the cute, sturdy duffle bag which easily holds all the items included in the kit and room for more. The logo is also on the water bottle, lock and more.The gym idea was the perfect added touch to this collection, it really makes your child feel as if this is really for a gym and that they will be able to participate just like Mommy and/or Daddy. My daughter has been having so much fun using all the items in this collection. I am very impressed with the great quality of items and the wonderful color choices and product choices.
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Awesome Product! Promotes Activity!
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One thing my son has learned AND LOVED since he was young is working out with me, being very active and running outside. Some of my earliest memories with him is stretching with him as a 1 year old, when he showcases all his "workout moves" and his love for running!So when I saw the Pretend & Play® Gym Bag from Learning Resources, I knew it was the most perfect toy for him! Now he can workout with me with his very own weight instead of the pretend weight he has always used (a ball, rattle, etc).And I was right! The minute he saw that he now has his own weight, stopwatch, lock and keys and balls, the smile on his face was priceless!My favorite part is that the bag is not only functional for carrying his workout gear but it is also educational and helps him learn and practice tying, buttoning, zip, lace and so much more! I love a dual use product!Overall, the Pretend & Play® Gym Bag from Learning Resources was a big HIT in our house and I definitely recommend it to other active households!
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Dana doesn't rule out Batista joining UFC one day - Fighters OnlyHow old is Bautista? Is he not in the WWE any more? Why not? UFC president Dana White asked Fighters Only when the prospect of Bautistas move into MMA came up during a conversation at the weekend.
On learning that Bautista is 43 he said, Hey good for him, man. If he can do it then good for him. I dont know the guy or anything about him but if he can do it then good for him. Its cool, I think its great if other guys are getting involved in MMA and he wants to give it a shot.
Fighters Only asked White several times whether Batistas age would rule him out of ever being signed to the UFC. White digressed the first two times but answered equivocally on the third repetition.
I dont know. I dont know. I cant honestly answer that question. I would have to see what happens, he said. When Brock came to me and he was 1-0 and told me he wanted to fight I was like are you f--king crazy dude youre gonna get killed over here. And the only reason I took him into the UFC was his wrestling background, you know?
"And its not even about me considering taking him on, its will the athletic commission approve it? In the UFC youre fighting tough guys, real guys, so the athletic commission would have to agree to it too. We always do the right thing and pick guys that we know arent gonna get outclassed and hurt really bad
I dont know, its all speculation. I dont know what would happen or what he is gonna do in his career. We will see.


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Entertainers have long been synonymous with the opening montage for NFL games. This season, fans will take center stage in the primetime television pageantry, joined by Grammy Award-winning artist CeeLo Green who will sing NFL Networks new Thursday Night Football anthem with the fans.
The 90-second show open for each Thursday night game will feature fan-sourced videos uploaded by fans performing CeeLos new Fanthem (fan anthem) entitled I Love Football, set to The Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop.
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Entertainers have long been synonymous with the opening montage for NFL games. This season, fans will take center stage in the primetime television pageantry, joined by Grammy Award-winning artist CeeLo Green who will sing NFL Network's new Thursday Night Football anthem with the fans.
The 90-second show open for each Thursday night game will feature fan-sourced videos uploaded by fans performing CeeLo's new "Fanchise" entitled "I Love Football," set to The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop."
"It's finally that time again…and I really love my football," CeeLo said. "The NFL always brings us the biggest and brightest entertainment spectacle in sports and now with 'Fanchise,' NFL Network gives loyal fans the chance to participate! I'm honored to help create such a historic, pop-culture moment and interactive fan experience."
Each Thursday Night Football game will feature fan videos specific to that night's matchup, starting with Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers fans singing the chorus along with CeeLo for the first TNF game on September 13 (Chicago at Green Bay, 8:00 PM ET).
"We are excited to introduce 'Fanchise,' which will increase our interaction and engagement with Thursday Night Football viewers far beyond the game telecast," said Mark Quenzel, NFL Network senior vice president of programming and production. "Our fans come first and we expect the incredible passion for their teams to show in their 'Fanchise' submissions via NFL.com, NFL Mobile, and social media."
Fans who want to submit their videos to be considered for the opening montage can go to www.nfl.com/fanchise.Fans whose videos are included in the final show open will automatically be notified by email so they can share the news with fellow fans and tune into the broadcast.
Produced by New York's @radical.media, "Fanchise" is part of NFL Network's overall mission to make the 2013 season, "for the fans, by the fans."
"This project for NFL Network represents what @radical.media is all about," said Justin Wilkes, President of Media and Entertainment at @radical.media. "Integrating fan-sourced videos into live television reinvents the standard show opening we're used to watching before every football game and gives fans the attention they deserve for their team dedication."
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Educating and Empowering Our Youth to Live, Love & Be Green
Atlanta, GA (August 14th, 2012) – In the words of Kermit the Frog, "It's not easy being green." But, Grammy Award Winning artist CeeLo Green and his sister Shedonna Alexander have together co-founded the GreenHouse Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission to help make "green education" easier and accessible to students in underserved school districts. The GreenHouse Foundation will educate, inspire and influence children to become responsible stewards of their environment, communities and future.
Officially launching on August 17th in Atlanta, GA, this sibling team will dedicate their first "teaching GreenHouse" in memory of their late mother Sheila J. Callaway Tyler. The dedication will take place on the campus of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, a "GreenHouse School Partner", where CeeLo attended elementary school. (Please see Media Alert below for more details.)
The GreenHouse Foundation is an extension of CeeLo and Shedonna's long family legacy of philanthropy. They grew up surrounded by great role models – their maternal grandmother Ruby Callaway Robinson and mother Sheila J. Callaway Tyler. Ruby started a nationally recognized non-profit organization "Comprehensive Auxiliary for Southwest Community on Alcohol and Drug Education" (CASCADE) that focused on drug-prevention and education in underprivileged communities. She initiated the nationwide "Just Say No" kids march in May 1986, which drew over five million participants and achieved broad and tremendous support, including recognition from former First Lady Nancy Reagan and Soliel Moon Fry aka "Punkie Brewster". Their late mother Sheila followed in her mother's footsteps, serving as one of the first female firefighters with the Atlanta Fire Department, plus years of other volunteer work throughout the community.
The youth are our future leaders, so CeeLo and Shedonna recognize the importance of empowering children to love and protect the planet. As a result, the GreenHouse Foundation's first initiative is the "Green Garden Education Program," which will offer schools an opportunity to become "GreenHouse School Partners" and start making their green footprint. Through this program, the GreenHouse Foundation will build outdoor green gardens on campuses and introduce "green education" into their everyday curriculum, teaching children the importance of "being green".
"The Green Garden program will use outdoor gardening as an innovative tool to teach math and science. It will allow students to experience a new approach to "green education," states co-founder Shedonna Alexander. "We are committed to the mission to empower children with the knowledge, attitude and desire to positively influence their futures, their communities and the long-term sustainability of their planet."
The University of Georgia's Cooperative Extension service for Atlanta's Fulton County is playing a key role in the GreenHouse Foundation's education and community outreach. UGA Cooperative Extension extends lifelong learning to the people of Georgia through unbiased, research-based education in agriculture, the environment, communities, youth and families. As part of the GreenHouse School Partnership and Green Garden Education Program, they are providing curriculum support through their agricultural and family sciences programs.
"Through the Green Garden Education Program, the GreenHouse Foundation is supporting schools with the tools, curriculum, and resources necessary to create and maintain an outdoor 'teaching garden'. With the garden as the primary focus, children will learn the fundamentals of gardening along with the health and environmental benefits of growing their own produce. Children will also learn how to start and manage their own school farmers market," explains co-founder CeeLo Green. "The hands of our children will help feed those in need, like the homeless or elderly who live in 'grocery deserts' with no access to fresh produce."
In the future, the GreenHouse Foundation plans to launch other initiatives such as "The School Waste Diversion Initiative", which will provide schools with waste receptacles to divert non-biodegradable waste from local landfills and create a local competition among the schools. Annually on Earth Day, they will start "The Clean Atlanta Green Day" to unify the city's local businesses, schools and government officials to collectively clean up the City of Atlanta. Another key initiative will be the launch of "The GreenHouse Community Gardens Program", which will take the concept of their on-campus "school gardens" to the next level by adopting land around Atlanta to develop organic community gardens maintained by volunteers. Additionally, the GreenHouse Foundation will also create a "Green Collar Career Development & Training Program" that will introduce and educate students on jobs that impact our environment. As the foundation grows larger, it will also offer students the opportunity to earn the "Green Career College Scholarship" based on academic performance. Teach Green, See Green, Live Green – GreenHouse Foundation.
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New Show Dates On-Sale Wednesday, August 1, 2012
LAS VEGAS (July 18, 2012) – Due to the filming schedule of the hit NBC television show The Voice, the premiere of "CeeLo Green is LOBERACE" at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino has been postponed until 2013.
"It's always been a dream of mine to be among the great music legends who have had a Las Vegas residency and I was very much looking forward to launching 'Loberace' this year," states CeeLo Green. "But, as we move into the third season of The Voice, with my dedicated commitment to the filming schedule and love for my role on the show, I will need to postpone the opening of 'Loberace' to early 2013. Most importantly, to all my fans who have already purchased tickets, please accept my sincerest apology and I hope you can still join me in Vegas next year, so I can properly and finally introduce you to my brainchild, 'Loberace'! Thank you for your patience and understanding."
New 2013 show dates for "CeeLo Green is LOBERACE" are as follows:
Wednesday-Thursday, February 27, 28
Friday-Saturday, March 1, 2
Wednesday-Saturday, March 6, 7, 8, 9
Wednesday-Saturday, March 13, 14, 15, 16
Wednesday-Saturday, March 20, 21, 22, 23
Wednesday-Saturday, March 27, 28, 29, 30
Wednesday-Saturday, April 3, 4, 5, 6
Wednesday-Saturday, April 10, 11, 12, 13
*Wednesday-Friday show times 11 p.m. Saturday shows start at midnight.
Ticket holders for the postponed performances may receive an exchange or refund at the original point of purchase. New show dates will go on-sale Wednesday, August 1, 2012.
Tickets range in price from $49.50 to $149.50 for table seating. Ticket prices do not include tax and fees. For tickets, visit the Planet Hollywood Box Office, call 800-745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.
For more information and updates, please visit:
www.planethollywoodresort.com | www.Loberace.com | www.PrimaryWaveMusic.com
Posted: Wed 18 Jul 2012
CeeLo and the Goodie Mob performed their hit "Fight To WIn" last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Check out the video below followed by CeeLo's interview with Kimmel!
Posted: Tue 12 Jun 2012
CeeLo & Purrfect The Cat play the cover for this month's issue of Fast Company.
Mr. Green rounds out the top 5 of the most creative list in business. The issue hits newstands May 22nd.
Posted: Tue 15 May 2012
Did everyone get to check out the finale of The Voice? We'll leave you with the suspense,check out the video below and find out!
To celebrate we're having an exclusive sale on the webstore.
Pick up your Finale Pack featuring our favorite CeeLo merch! Plus save 50% on all apparel and accessories today only!
Posted: Wed 09 May 2012
Coach Cee Lo catches up with Christina Milian before tonight's finale.
Juliet Simms the finalist on Team Cee Lo will be performing with the other 3 finalists.
Tune in to The Voice tonight at 8/7c on NBC and don't forget to vote!
Posted: Mon 07 May 2012
Access Hollywood recently went behind the scenes & in the studio with CeeLo & Purrfect The Cat for their remix of Meow Mix's iconic jingle.
Click HERE to download the jingle & ringtone now!
Goodie Mob is back with a new single 'Fight To Win' available now on iTunes!
Click HERE to download now. Look out for the new album coming soon.
Posted: Thu 26 Apr 2012
Goodie Mob is back! Last night, CeeLo, Khujo, Big Gipp and T-Mo reunited on "The Voice" with a special performance of their new song "Fight To Win". In case you missed it, watch their performance below:
Posted: Tue 24 Apr 2012
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