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In the United States, there are three styles of wrestling in which athletes compete; Freestyle, Greco Roman, and Collegiate. Freestyle and Greco Roman are the official styles for the Olympic Games whereas collegiate is the style used in schools from middle school and high school through college. The United States is the only country that still uses the collegiate style; all other countries focus on the Olympic styles of Freestyle and Greco Roman. All three styles have different rules, point systems, and ways to score to win the bout. When it comes to training an athlete for the sport of wrestling, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, explosive power, reactive agility, full body strength, and flexibility are all important aspects of the sport.
Wrestling is a demanding sport that is especially hard on an athlete's body. Daily practices beat up the body and put pressure on joints. Maintaining weight is also physically and mentally challenging, and if done improperly can substantially weaken the body. The demands of training sessions and weight maintenance can lead to many different injuries in the sport of wrestling; some of these injuries include ACL tears, back and neck strains, and shoulder dislocations.
A typical wrestling workout program consists of an afternoon practice once a day and possibly a morning cardiorespiratory workout. These afternoon practices include a warm-up, technical skill drill, teaching new skills, mock wrestling matches, and a final conditioning workout. A warm-up and dynamic stretching routine is important as it is used to get the body moving and blood flowing. Technical skills and drilling sessions are needed to develop an individual wrestler's key moves through repetition and technical refinement.
A wrestler should have one to three basic favorite moves that he/she works to perfect to be used in any situation. Teaching new skills can be looked at as situational wrestling. For example, a coach will demonstrate different ways to score points or to help gain better position from specific scenarios that may occur during a match. Mock wrestling matches allow wrestlers to try new moves or techniques they have been practicing in a more stressful environment. Usually, the final part of practice is comprised of a conditioning portion (e.g., sprints and high-speed moves) followed by an active cool-down (e.g., light jogging and walking).
A wrestler should have one to three basic favorite moves that he/she works to perfect to be used in any situation.
These training sessions can also be used as a form of strength training and conditioning. During these wrestling sessions, the athletes are repeatedly pushing, pulling, and lifting their opponents. However, additional strength training has numerous benefits that cannot be gained from the movements performed throughout the training session.
Most high school wrestling programs focus on four aspects of their athletes' training programs: technical skills, drilling moves, conditioning, and mock wrestling matches. However, two valuable aspects of training (proper nutrition education and strength training) are often absent from programs of this sort. Many high school athletes are not aware of the impact that their diet has on performance, and as a result do not eat or perform properly. It is important to emphasize that eating proper nutrients consistently will help maintain energy levels needed during the intense training sessions and matches. Adding strength training to a wrestling training program will further increase muscle strength, power, and stamina if integrated in an appropriate manner. Unfortunately, many high school athletes do not learn about the importance of nutrition and strength training until the final years of their high school career, or if they compete for a collegiate team or higher (e.g., Olympic level).
Many high schools do not utilize a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist® (CSCS®) with their athletes. High school athletics directors generally assign the duties of strength training to a physical education teacher or a sports coach. This can put your wrestlers at a disadvantage, as these types of professionals do not know the specifics of muscle anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and sport-specific training. For example, the athletic stance is an important aspect for many sports. To build core strength, stamina, and explosive power out of the athletic stance, strength and conditioning exercises and drills should be performed from the athletic stance as the starting position and foundation of each movement.
While there is a universal athletic stance (see Figure 1) that is employed by many athletes, the athletic stance for wrestling (see Figure 2a) is slightly different in that the torso has a greater forward lean (increased hip flexion) so that the back is near parallel to the ground with the legs in either a staggered stance or a square stance (see Figure 2b). This wrestling athletic stance serves to help protect the legs from the opponent's offensive leg shoots as well as to assist offensive tactics by maintaining a lower center of mass for faster offensive leg shots. Sport-specific strength and agility training can help a high school wrestler strengthen the athletic wrestling stance which will likely improve match performance and may reduce the potential for injuries that occur in the sport.
Start: Wrestlers begin facing each other in the wrestling stance with both holding a short stick (see Figure 3).
Movement: On a set cue (e.g., coach's signal), the wrestlers compete for control of the stick until the coach's signal to stop. Wrestlers should maintain their stance throughout the entire drill.
Sets and Reps: 5 x 30 s
Figure 3: Stick Wrestling
Start: Beginning in the wrestling stance with a medicine ball (MB) placed on the floor in front and to the right of the wrestler (see Figure 4a).
Movement: On the coach's signal, the wrestler picks up the MB and rotates it in an arcing motion above the head (see Figure 4b – 4e). The wrestler slams it to the ground on the left side of
the body. Repeat for the other side of the body.
Sets and Reps: 3 x 5 to each side
* This exercise should be explosive in nature. The wrestler should fully extend onto the toes while lifting the MB overhead.
Start: Begin lying on the back (e.g., on a bench, bleacher, wrestling mat, stability ball, etc.) with a dumbbell raised up above the chest (see Figure 5a).
Movement: Keeping the arms straight (but not locked), lower the weights over head as far as possible (see Figure 5b) then pull the arms pack to the starting position.
Sets and Reps: 3 x 10
Start: Begin in the wrestling stance with two thick ropes extended in front and away from the wrestler (see Figure 6a). Hold the end of a rope in each hand.
Movement: Maintaining the stance, alternate raising and lowering each arm in a pummeling motion (see Figure 6b). Repeat raising and lowering both arms simultaneously (see Figure 6c).
Sets and Reps:3 x 15 – 20 s for both technique
Start: Begin by hanging from a bar or beam.
Movement: When ready, pull the body up towards the bar until the chin clears the bar then lower back down to the starting position. Avoid swinging the legs during the movement.
Sets and Rep: 3 x 5 – 10
Start: Begin in a plank position (see Figure 8a).
Movement: When ready, lower down towards the ground by bending the elbows then return to the starting position by straightening the elbows. Avoid flexing at the hip or rounding the back.
Sets and Reps: 3 x 25
Start: Begin in the wrestling stance, holding a weighted bar or pair of dumbbells in the hands.
Movement: Maintaining the stance, bring the weights toward the lower chest, squeezing the shoulder blades together. Return to the starting position.
Sets and Reps: 3 x 10
Start: Begin standing while holding a pair of dumbbells in the hands at shoulder height.
Movement: Alternate raising one arm above the head at a time and returning to shoulder height.
Start: Begin standing with a resistance band or elastic tubing in the right hand (tied or looped around a pole perpendicular to the right side of the body). The right elbow should be bent at 90° so the hand extends away from the body towards the pole. The elbow should be positioned slightly away from the side of the body (a rolled up hand towel or fist of the opposite hand can be placed between the elbow and torso to ensure that the pectorals are not assisting with the exercise) with the band or tubing taut.
Movement: Keeping the elbow tight to the side, pull the tubing as the hand is brought towards the front and across the body (the elbow should stay at a 90° angle throughout the movement). Return to the starting position.
Sets and Reps: 3 x 15 on each arm
Start: Begin standing with a resistance band or elastic tubing in the left hand (tied or looped around a pole to the right side of the body). The left elbow should be at 90° with the forearm across the front of the body (see Figure 12a).
Movement: Keeping the elbow tight to the side, pull the tubing as the hand is brought out and away from the left side of the body (see Figure 12b) (the elbows should stay at a 90° angle throughout the movement). Return to the starting position.
Although there are three different styles of wrestling, a wrestling-specific strength and conditioning program can help improve athletes' performances and reduce the potential for injury. Having a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist® involved in the design and implementation of your high school wrestling training program will ensure that the most appropriate exercises are performed and that proper technique is a primary emphasis (i.e., quality over quantity). It is important for high school wrestlers to start a strength and conditioning program.
The inclusion of such a training program will not only decrease their chances of injury and improve performance, but will build a solid foundation for further performance gains if they decide to continue their career in college and beyond.
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R 198 IRL - Cavan
This 240 ha marshland forest park, is divided in two and linked by a walkway. The woodland area is mostly planted with fir trees for future commercial exploitation, but includes a 10% deciduous tree population. All along the three signposted footpath..
2 Cavan County Museum
Museums and art
Virginia Road IRL - Ballyjamesduff
The museum retraces the history of County Cavan. Objects from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages, discovered during archaeological digs, are on display, such as a three-faced head from the Roman-Celtic period called the Corleck head and a 1,000 year ol..
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Architecture, castles and historic districts
Church St IRL - Cavan
The Roman Catholic cathedral, with its various architectural styles and sculptures by Albert Power, was built in 1942 by Ralph Byrne near the town's northern gate . To the south, the Anglican church, without aisles but endowed with a gallery, crenell..
4 Life Force Mill
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Bridge St. IRL - Cavan
The flour mill, which was producing flour until the fifties, stands in the town centre, on the River Cavan. It has been restored and is once again in operation. An audio visual presentation (25 mn) shows its history and its restoration. The tour star..
5 Crystal Factory
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Dublin Rd. IRL - Cavan
Cavan Crystal, the second-oldest glass factory in Ireland, produces its own lead-crystal glass and is a fascinating visit.
6 Kilmore Cathedral
Religious buildings
R 198 IRL - Cavan
The cathedral, standing alone in a small wooded valley, is dedicated to Saint Felim (Fethlimidh) who brought Chritianity to the region in the 6C. This Anglican neo-Gothic cathedral is also known as the Bedell Memorial Church and was completed in 1860..
7 Carraig Craft Centre and Basketry Museum
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R 154 IRL - Mount-Nugent
This rather unusual little museum displays a surprisingly wide variety of baskets: packsaddle baskets, lidded baskets for transporting carrier pigeons, hens and ducks, egg baskets and trays, peat baskets, potato and fish baskets, hoop nets for eels a..
8 St Kilian's Heritage Centre
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Virginia Rd. IRL - Mullagh
The Heritage Centre documents the life of Saint Kilian (640-689), the Apostle of the Franks, who became patron saint of Würzburg and Franconia. North of this small town lies a ruined church known as Kilian Church (Teampall Ceallaigh). Nearby there is..

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PDF Pompeii Oven plans
Hi Patrick, Marcel and everyone who has put time into helping edit sections of the PDF version of the plans. My thinking is that if everyone can send me what they have, I will take the lead in pulling together the document. I have spent some time recently bringing all of the html content (there's a lot of it) into a single Word document, and have started combining it with the relevant parts of the standard FB installation guides. If everybody can email me what they have on the sections that have worked on, I can bring that content into the document. I can work with .doc files and recommended photos.
Then, once I have a reviewable draft, I can either post it publically, or sent it out of people who are interested in helping edit it. We can finalize it (or at least create version 1.0), produce the PDF file, and post it on FB.com. I was thinking of posting it in the Forno Bravo Store (for free), because I have been interested in learning how to make the store work with digital goods -- it's something I have been interested in learning about.
Is this a plan?
I will wait to hear from folks by email (email@example.com), which works better for me than Private Messages, and you can send documents and attachments. Otherwise, I have already started the process of building the document, so we should have something relatively soon.
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Thanks for all the files and photos. I am working away at it, and should have something to share pretty soon.
As I get closer, we get to think about whether we just want a big group edit (to catch typos as well as make recommendations), or if a subset of folks want to see it first, before I post it. I am trying my best to consolidate input from the earlier drafts.
What do you think?
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I would recommend a beta release to a chosen few. I think it would eliminate a lot of vague / confusing input. Just one opinion.
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Makes sense. Jim has graciously offered to do a round of edits before we release it. Plus, we will always be open to recommendations.
Thanks Les.
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James, I'd be happy to proof read if you need assistance.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.-- Austin Ganly and Ruben Bush scored 12 and 11 points respectively, but the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team suffered a 77-54 America East loss at Drexel on Sunday afternoon.
Things went well for the Wildcats in the first stanza after falling behind by as many as 11 points (17-6) with 9:29 before the intermission. UNH (3-22, 2-14) then answered with a 13-0 run to cut the lead to just two points (17-15) with 7:08 to play in the half. The Wildcats began the second period down by just four points (28-24), but Drexel (11-15, 8-8) took over and gradually built a lead from there, going up by as many as 29 points (73-44) with 1:43 left to play in the contest.
Drexel finished the afternoon with four starters scoring in double digits and was led by Chris Burch with 18 points and Robert Battle with 16.
New Hampshire shot .368 from the floor (21x57) and Drexel hit for 48.4 percent (33x68). The Dragons also held a large advantage in the rebounding department with a 50-27 margin.
The UNH men's basketball team will wrap up the regular season schedule at home this week with a pair of home contests. Boston University comes to the Whittemore Center on Feb. 24 and Northeastern arrives on Feb. 26. Both contests begin at 7 p.m.


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This list includes: an index of book chapters and journals on Asian Studies (BAS), several full-text indexes not limited to Asia (Academic One File - Proquest), two full-text periodical databases that complement each other (JSTOR does not include recent issues, while Project Muse does not have the backfile) and two sources about dissertations.
- Bibliography of Asian StudiesThe core database for East, South and Southeast Asian Studies. Covers books and articles published from 1949 on. Not full-text.
- Academic One File11,000 journals with full-text articles
- British Humanities IndexBHI is a current awareness tool that provides abstracts from over 400 daily newspapers, weekly magazines and academic journals of international standing
- Periodicals Index OnlineIndexes thousands of selected periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages.
- ProQuestProvides access to an extensive collection of journals, newspapers, and magazines. ProQuest includes several databases that may be searched together or individually.
- JSTORA database of archived issues of academic journals. Articles are available as scanned versions of journal pages and typically appear 3-5 years after publication. For more recent articles, see Project Muse or the journal titles themselves.
- Project MuseA database of e-journals covering the arts and humanities, social science, and mathematics. The journals are published by university presses.
- Dissertations & theses: full text.Provides abstracts for dissertations (July 1980-present); abstracts for master's theses (1988-present); and citations for dissertations dating from 1637. Includes over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
- Dissertation ReviewsFeatures overviews of recently defended, unpublished doctoral dissertations (with a current focus on Chinese History, Japan Studies, and Korean Studies – but with many more disciplines joining soon). The goal is to offer readers a glimpse of each discipline's immediate present by focusing on the window of time between dissertation defense and first book publication.
Asian Studies Librarians
Kristina Troost Luo Zhou Miree Ku Edward Proctor
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Key Journals
- Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan FocusIn-depth critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific . . . and the world. The Asia-Pacific Journal seeks to illuminate the geopolitics, economics, history, society, culture, international relations and forces for change in the modern and contemporary Asia-Pacific.
- Asian SurveyComprehensive retrospective of contemporary international relations within South, Southeast, and East Asian nations.
- Critical Asian StudiesBorn out of the crisis of the Indochina Wars as an attempt to analyze U.S. policy in cold war Asia.
- Harvard Journal of Asiatic StudiesPrimary focuses on premodern history and literature.
- Journal of Asian StudiesThe professional journal for the field.
- Positions: East Asia cultures critique.Seeks to place cultural critique at the center of historical and theoretical practice by accounting for positions as places, contexts, power relations, and links between knowledge and knowers as actors in existing social institutions.
- More journals
- CJKV-English DictionaryThe CJKV-E is a standard Chinese character/compound dictionary with a classical emphasis.


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A long road to victory in PGA for Streelman
PALM HARBOR, Fla. Kevin Streelman was ready to abandon his hopes of playing on the PGA Tour, and even that didn't go right.
After two years of plodding through the mini-tours, he noticed a job opening as the assistant golf coach at Duke, his alma mater. Streelman was one of two finalists for the position, and he even went to North Carolina to interview.
It went to the other guy.
And that's when his fortunes started to change, thanks to a chance meeting 10 years ago with a Masters champion.
"I remember I got told Friday I didn't get the job," Streelman said. "My dad gave me $400 to play the qualifier for the Western Open, I made a long putt on the last hole to get in and on the next day I'm in the locker room. And Mike Weir's locker is next to mine."
He nervously asked Weir if they could play a practice round together. Weir showed him how to use the yardage book and all the other nuances of playing on the PGA Tour. Streelman missed the cut, but saw enough out of Weir to figure out where he needed to get better, and to realize his game really wasn't as far off as he imagined.
"It really gave me that kick in the butt to say, `If you're going to do this, you need to get serious about it,'" Streelman said.
That was but one stop on his long, arduous and amazing journey that culminated Sunday afternoon in the Tampa Bay Championship.
In his sixth year on the PGA Tour, and his 153rd tournament, Streelman broke through with a performance that made it look as though he had done this many times before.
On the tough Copperhead course at Innisbrook, he didn't make a bogey over the final 37 holes. With the tournament up for grabs - Boo Weekley had a tournament-best 63 and was in the clubhouse at 8-under par - Streelman didn't miss a shot over the last 11 holes.
The defining moment came at the par-3 13th, which played as the toughest hole in the final round, yielding only three birdies to the previous 75 players. It's the kind of shot Streelman had practiced for so many hours on the range, and the numbers were right.
He had 187 yards to clear the bunker and 194 yards to the pin. His 5-iron goes 200 yards, and there was a slight breeze in his face. A cut 5-iron would be ideal, assuming he could hit it properly.
"We worked really hard on that shot, with the idea and vision of being able to pull it off on Sunday," Streelman said. "I can sit there all day and do it on Tuesday and Wednesday, but that doesn't mean much if you can't do it on Sunday. So that's where I was aiming."
The ball settled 6 feet away, the closest of anyone in the final round.
Justin Leonard, who battled for so much of Sunday with Streelman, made a bogey and never caught back up.


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News of Riverton, Lander and Fremont County, Wyoming, from the Ranger's award winning journalists.
Feb 16, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck
We noted with some amusement a story picked up by the Associated Press and distributed statewide earlier this week. It told of the economic excitement being felt in Rawlins as the date neared for that city to host a regional high school wrestling tournament.
The wire service noted that Rawlins expected more than 300 wrestlers in town, determining that such news warranted statewide circulation.
More power to Rawlins, of course, but Riverton seems to host an event of that size or larger -- much larger -- just about every month.
The point is not to boast in comparison to Rawlins, a city about the same size as Riverton, but instead to remind our own residents how important our city is to planners of events around Wyoming, as well as how important those events are to us.
What a lineup we've either hosted or are about to host this winter. In December it was the Wyoming State Drama Festival. Not long after came the Wyoming Mid-Winter Fire School. This month has brought the enormous Ron Thon Memorial wrestling tournament, and last week saw both the district middle school wrestling tournament and the Class 4-A regional swim meet on the same day.
In the weeks ahead, we'll be the site for the Class 1-A/2-A boys and girls regional basketball tournament in partnership with Lander, then the Class 4-A West regional basketball tournament featuring the Riverton Wolverine boys and girls and 10 other teams.
Following close on the heels of the basketball tournaments will be the National Forensic League District tournament, featuring the best in speech and debate students from nearly two dozen high schools. Then comes the annual Rocky Mountain Beef Expo.
The preceding list is incomplete, and we apologize to any big events that were left out. Mentioned or not, they demonstrate our community's key role as a centralized population center that has the facilities, staff, lodging and other attractions and accommodations to host well-run events in an accessible location.
This is nothing new to longtime community backers, but it's worth noting every once in awhile for the record as city administrations change, new school personnel take over, and as the average citizen's memory might begin to fade as to the vitality these events bring to town.
Never forget that whatever else happens, we are blessed with the gift of geography as a crossroads community in the center of a big state where the towns are far apart. When it's time to get people together for an event that requires lots of public space, we're always near the top of the preference list.
Let's always be thankful for that, always promote ourselves as an event location, always be prepared to host those who would convene here, and always be appreciative of the visitors who contribute so much to our economy while they are here. If we can build and maintain a good community reputation to go with our happy accident of location, it will ensure an important economic safeguard for us even when tough times for Wyoming do arrive.


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The task of creating a trip report can be quite daunting some times. As much as I want to share my pictures with the world and spout out lines that only I think are clever, it's incredibly time consuming. So, you can see why my week long trip in which I had taken almost 900 useable photos has taken almost a year to publish to the web.
So here it is. Finally. Last summer's trip to Orlando. Part I.
My six hour flight was finally over and I arrived just in time to surprise Parker, who was expecting someone much more exciting.
I couldn't hold off Disney any longer so we drove over to Downtown Disney for some late lunch.
Okay, I've seen a Mickey within the first two hours. I feel much better.
Later, we went to play minigolf at one of the WDW minigolf places.
Our local friend Dan was there and he totally left us in the dust.
It was actually pretty fun. I'm not a huge fan of mini-golf, but I'd definitely do it again.
The best part, though, was being able to see this beauty from the course.
Soon, my pet, soon.
Parker and I then headed back to the timeshare and just relaxed before I big day tomorrow.
This was the view from our window. Freakin' awesome.
The next day was an early start, as would be every day until the trip ended.
And we arrived at our first park.
Oh, I didn't know we could take a train in. Man, shoulda done that.
Good old Hoggy-Warty.
The park had just opened, so naturally the wait was already 2 hours.
Worth it. Honestly, the ride was really awesome. I preferred the dark ride portions over the blurry simulator portions, but it was a really cool ride. Intense. Can't wait til California gets one of these.
After Forbidden Journey, we strolled around Hogsmede and enjoyed the sights, the sounds, the...
This is the actual moment my tongue touched its first Butterbeer.
"My god. It tastes like dreams."
Seriously, this is my new favorite drink. Pepsi used to reign supreme. No longer. A lot of people can't seem to take how sweet it is, but my motto has always been the sweeter the better.
Whoa, talk about "pugly".
This was quite clever, the ATM is themed to Gringotts. Bring us your muggle money!
"Give me your magic!"
Parker was starting to get antsy, so we headed toward the rest of the park.
We rode a couple rides and got some lunch at the Hard Rock.
They ran out of water, so they just gave us some of the blue stuff they us in their toilet bowls.
"I claim this burger in the name of Hardrochia!"
Full of meat and moxy, the coasters were calling our names!
I wasn't too impressed with this one. It's pretty ordinary for being so weird looking.
They use this net to catch any muggle money flying from the trains.
Seriously, though, give me a real coaster.
That's what I'm talking about!
Rode Mummy like eight times in a row. Love Single Rider. Seriously a great ride and WAY more amazing than USH's Mummy. It's a crime they even share the same name.
This park is so much better themed than USH, too.
We met up with these two yokels. One of whom was wearing a shirt of an aaaaawwwwwsome ride.
I'm so glad this is still here! It's so cheese!
This was an awesome bit of nostalgia, it really was. As a kid I used to pretend my bike was the E.T. ride.
Good god in heaven!!
Well I know what my nightmares will be like tonight.
The other three decided to take a break, so they all went away. I stayed at the park and enjoyed some alone time.
Great Scott!
Twister is really cool. Not much else to say.
This is now a relic of an ancient time. I climbed aboard onto, what I now know as, my last ride on Jaws.
"This is my BOOM stick!"
No sharks here.
Good gravy! That's the biggest one I ever...
"Crap, the boss is gonna kill me."
That was fun. Goodbye, old friend.
I know it's lame, but I went to ride the kiddie coaster for the credit. I'm shameless.
Looking back on these pictures, I think being alone was starting to get to me. There's definitely a point in which I chase around a pigeon.
"C'mere, you!"
"I'm gonna getcha!"
"Heeya! Aww..."
I'll chalk it up to blood sugar being low or something, 'cause I was then on my way back to try another Butterbeer.
Yes, yes. I know. You think it's too sweet. I think you're insane.
Here's a tip, go get your butterbeer inside the Hog's Head as opposed to the huge line outdoors. It's air conditioned in here and the line is probably shorter.
You sign your receipts with a "quill".
This time I tried the frozen kind which, honestly, wasn't as good as the regular one. Still damn good, though. And the Three Broomsticks was nice, too.
Butterbeer POV
Another spin on Forbidden Journey was well worth it.
A really impressive ride.
"I directed Thor!"
I just love the small touches they've included here.
"Show me on the Tiny Dark Lord where he touched you."
The sun was setting here at IOA and it was about time to head back.
It was my last chance to do so, so I got butterbeer number three and left.
So long Universal!
Disney, you're next.
"This is gonna be a long week."
Part II coming soon.


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It's appropriate that Delahoussaye's race is at Santa Anita. He won titles at many tracks, but this was his favorite place to ride.
"I loved riding here at Santa Anita," Delahoussaye said. "Keeneland was a great track when it had dirt. I never rode on a synthetic track. I think it would be great if they could control synthetics, but they can't control it. They can control dirt. Why mess with it. They still get hurt on synthetics."
Delahoussaye said he never will lose his love for the game of horseracing.
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RavelUnravel: the Community Mosaic Video Project
by Beth Katz
Project Interfaith
"Wait, you're a Muslim? But you're not even brown!" This question inspired RavelUnravel, Project Interfaith's interactive, multimedia project launching this spring about the diversity of religious and spiritual identities that make up our communities and world.
Emina, a participant in Project Interfaith's 2010 Interfaith Youth Service Project, faced this reaction from a fellow college student as she prepared to log her first video blog entry. But instead of lashing out at someone's ignorant comment, she used the experience as an opportunity to explain her identity as a Muslim and the diversity within Islam.
We at Project Interfaith were struck by this as we watched. We thought, "What if we could give more people the chance to define and share their religious or spiritual identity in their own words and confront the misconceptions they face because of this?" Thus, RavelUnravel was born.
We started by putting a call out for volunteers to serve as interviewers for this project and ultimately chose 35 individuals, ranging in age from 20 to 80 years old and belonging to 14 different religious or spiritual identities and multiple ethnicities. Our goal was to have the interviewers armed with handheld, cordless Flip camcorders capture 150 videos of community members of diverse beliefs and cultures in the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area answering the same set of questions:
- What is your religious or spiritual identity and why do you identify as such?
- What is a stereotype that impacts you based on your religious or spiritual identity?
- How welcoming do you find our community to be to follow your religious or spiritual path?
- Is there anything else you would like us to know about you and your religion or belief system?
The RavelUnravel site will include:
- 720+ video interviews collected from residents in the Omaha metropolitan area;
- an interactive comments forum;
- four downloadable discussion guides (one each to use with high school students, college students, community groups, and in the workplace);
- links to credible, educational resources on religious and cultural diversity; and
- information about other Project Interfaith programs and resources.
Users also may:
- make a video answering the four interview questions using their web or cell cameras and upload these videos to the site;
- create and share on the site and through social media a customized collection of their favorite viewed videos;
- engage in discussions using the online forums and discussion guides; and
- view a randomly-selected video by using the site's "shuffle" function.
To ensure we got a diverse cross-section of the community, we reached out to religious and spiritual communities, community groups, businesses, non-profit organizations, and colleges, inviting them to host an interview team for a morning or afternoon. We also welcomed community members to drop in at the Project Interfaith office to be interviewed.
The response blew us away.
We ended up having so many people that wanted to be interviewed for this project that we had to extend the interview period from September 2010 to March 2011 — instead of ending in December 2010 as originally planned.
We now have over 720 video interviews, representing a wide array of theistic and non-theistic religious and spiritual identities including Agnostic, Atheist, Secular Humanist, Baha'i, Buddhist, Hindu, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Latter-day Saints, Muslim, Native American, Orthodox Christian, Protestant Christian, Roman Catholic, Seeker, Seventh Day Adventist, Sikh, Spiritual, Unitarian, Wiccan, and other identities.
These videos, along with a host of educational resources, will be featured on a new interactive website we are currently building at ravelunravel.com.
In the name RavelUnravel, we're exploring the tapestry of religious and spiritual identities that make up our communities and world and the complexities of how we construct and deconstruct identity. We hope this site puts a human face on religious and spiritual diversity and exposes the tremendous variety of beliefs and practices within religious and spiritual identity groups — thereby transforming the way users understand, learn and talk about identity, spirituality, religion and culture.
We are planning to launch the site this April, so stay tuned!
Click here to watch the RavelUnravel Trailer


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Iconic PBS television series Austin City Limits (ACL) unveils the second half of Season 38 with a line-up that continues to exemplify the show's tradition of "Great Music, No Limits." Eight brand-new shows begin airing in January 2013 as part of the music series' thirteen-episode season. Book-ended by returning favorites Jack White and Esperanza Spalding, ACL showcases an impressive roster of exciting performers, from talented newcomers to acclaimed legends.
Rock provocateur Jack White kicks things off on January 5, 2013 with a knock-out, full-hour performance. The extended line-up features a number of artists making first-time appearances, among them Austin's own rising star, blues-soul phenomenon Gary Clark Jr., Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, spellbinding jazz-pop vocalist Kat Edmonson, punk rock icon Bob Mould, country superstar Tim McGRaw, hard-hitting Southern soulsters Alabama Shakes, indie-folk band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, roots-rockers Delta Spirit and indie sensation tUnE-yArDs. Completing the season are dazzling performances by Norah Jones and a full hour of Esperanza Spalding in the season finale.
"ACL takes pride in our eclectic mix of musical styles," says Executive Producer Terry Lickona, "and we truly have something for everyone's taste in the second half of our new season – from rock and punk to country, pop, jazz, blues and Latin! Each artist has a unique and original style or sound, which is always our goal."
It's been a banner year for ACL, which premiered in October with an unforgettable performance by Radiohead in their ACL debut and included new episodes with Bon Iver, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, Dr. Dog, The Shins, The Civil Wars and Punch Brothers. ACL gives viewers unparalleled access to featured artists in an intimate setting that provides a platform for artists to deliver inspired, memorable performances. The program is taped live before a concert audience from its new home at The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. The critically-acclaimed series will continue to broadcast fan-favorite encore episodes through the end of 2012, beginning with Mumford & Sons on November 17. Viewers can tune-in to their local PBS station for episodes; check local listings for times. For the complete episode schedule, visit acltv.com.
Season 38 | 2013 Broadcast Schedule
January 5, 2013 | Jack White
January 12, 2013 | Rodrigo y Gabriela
January 19, 2013 | Norah Jones / Kat Edmonson
January 26, 2013 | Bob Mould / Delta Spirit
February 2, 2013 | Tim McGRaw
February 9, 2013 | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / tUnE-yArDs
February 16, 2013 | Gary Clark Jr. / Alabama Shakes
February 23, 2013 | Esperanza Spalding
About Austin City Limits?
Austin City Limits (ACL) is a television series on PBS that records and broadcasts original musical performances from exciting new talent and legendary artists of all genres.?
Austin City Limits is the longest-running music series in American television history and remains the only TV series to ever be awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 2012, ACL received a rare institutional Peabody Award for excellence and outstanding achievement. The historic KLRU Studio 6A, home to 36 years of ACL concerts, has been designated an official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark. In 2011, ACL moved to the new venue ACL Live at The Moody Theater in downtown Austin.?
ACL is produced by KLRU-TV and funding is provided in part by AMD, Budweiser, the Austin Convention Center Department and Dell. Additional funding is provided by the Friends of Austin City Limits. Learn more about Austin City Limits, programming and history at acltv.com.
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A Complex, Contradictory, Lovely Place
The defining institution of New England has always been our obsession with being America's old country. With retracing our steps. With that comes the need to hold onto tradition and ritual and memory. More than anything, those are the ways the region is knit, more than by weather, or soil, or shared borders, or politics, or sports. I once spent time on the Tuttle Farm in Dover, New Hampshire, the oldest family farm in America, dating from 1632. Twelve generations of Tuttles have worked the same land, and the patriarch of the family when I saw them was Hugh Tuttle, who died in 2002. "I keep having this feeling when I'm walking across a freshly cultivated field," Hugh Tuttle told me. "I'll suddenly think, 'My God, my ancestors have put a foot right there, where I've put mine. Would they approve of the way I'm treating the land?' "
New England is where people are keepers. We keep family recipes, quilts, tools from grandparents, land. One writer described all this keeping as "our neurotic preoccupation with antiques and graveyards and the doings of the long deceased." New Englanders were savers and re-users long before "recycling" became a word we all used. The remnants they save are partly rooted in a long-nurtured frugality-those bits of cloth, those scraps of metal, do come in handy, maybe, someday. New Englanders are expected to "wear it out, use it up, make do, or do without." How frugal are we? Donald Hall, America's poet laureate, who lives on his ancestral land in New Hampshire, once wrote, "When we tore down the sap house my great-grandfather built, we found that he had propped one four-by-four on a flat piece of stone — which was his own father's broken headstone. Replacing the frostbitten marker from the old Andover graveyard, he had taken the busted granite home and put it to good use."
There's also a doggedness here, a resiliency. An ethic not to whine, but to get through, to endure. The feeling that earlier New Englanders went through much more. We shouldn't complain. I met a farmer not long ago, a man in his eighties who made his living delivering fresh eggs to more than 100 families using only his horse and buggy. He'd been doing that for 60 years. His house was old and worn, and a great black woodstove and a second wood furnace heated the drafty place. I asked him if he had backup heat, oil perhaps. He looked at me, surprised. "Backup is me putting in more wood," he said.
One winter day I found myself in Caribou, Maine, known throughout the state as perhaps the coldest spot in a state that does not fear cold. A woman told me a story, one that has been passed down through her family, like an heirloom. It happened on a day that ever since has been known as "Cold Friday." The date was February 13, 1861. It was, she said, 36 degrees below zero, with a vicious wind. A mailman named Bubar set out with the mail. He went on snowshoes 12 miles to the town of Presque Isle, got his load of mail, and started home. But the wind got him, and he cut down a cedar tree and kept a fire going all night to stay alive. "The next day," she said proudly, "he brought the mail."
I've known many Bubars. These aren't the sort of people who succumb to the lore of the easy life, the lure of celebrity. Continuity and work, work and continuity. The legacy of the Puritans has never let go. We who live here always hope that the sense of important things, the tenacity, these great gifts of New England, will fix itself to our children's spirits. It is the greatest gift I can leave my own two sons, this complex, contradictory little place. New England. They were born here. They are native sons. That can never be taken away.


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If you are like most Americans, in the next few weeks you'll be filling your home with lovely holiday decorations, lighting candles, and stringing up the lights. It's a special time of year, but with so many potential hazards lying around, make sure that cozy doesn't turn critical, especially when the crowds of family and friends pile in for dinner.
Take the following fire safety precautions, but first things first: Make sure that there are good batteries in all of your smoke detectors and that they are functioning properly. If you haven't tested them for a while, now is a good time. Replace any worn-out batteries and malfunctioning smoke detectors.
For over 5,000 years, candles have been one of man's most basic necessities, illuminating the dark of night and inspiring countless minds in rituals and celebrations. Though they are no longer the necessity they once were, Americans love candles so much that we burn 5 million tons of wax candles each year. That's $2 billion worth of candles.
For many, the holidays would not be the same without candles. Over the next two months, 35 percent of those candles will illuminate homes across America. That is a lot of open flame, so it is really no surprise that over 15,000 structure fires are started each year by candles, according to FEMA.
Since candles are used for ambiance and ritual, it can be easy to forget that they are still burning and need to be put out. Most candle fires are started because a candle is too close to combustible material. A good rule of thumb is to never burn a candle within 12 inches of combustible material. Make sure to extinguish all candles before going to bed. Always burn candles on a sturdy noncombustible surface or on a candle holder where they will not be tipped over.
Be careful lighting candles, keeping hair and loose clothing well away from the flame. Put candles out before they burn all the way down, and never use candles if oxygen is used in the home.
Decorative Electric Lights
Candles aren't the only things that cause holiday fires; electric Christmas lights and decorations also take some of the blame. Be sure that your Christmas lights are not in contact with anything that can burn. Check the wires to make sure that there are no frayed or exposed strands.
If you are reusing last year's lights, check if they appear worn out with kinks, broken sockets, or cracking insulation. If you see any of these, toss them out. Do not link more than three strands of lights together, as doing so could overload a circuit.
Occasionally check to make sure that there is no detectable heat in the cord where it is plugged into the outlet. If there is, it is a sign that there is too much load on the cord. Please also make sure you use outdoor lights outdoors, and indoor lights indoors, as they are designed differently to withstand the elements.
Christmas Trees
Though lovely, a natural Christmas tree can also become a potential fire hazard. There are around 60 Christmas fires every year. To avoid a tree fire in your house, your tree should be as fresh as possible. The needles should be flexible and well-fastened to the branches, and the base of the trunk should be sticky to the touch.
If you suspect that a tree is old, you can test it by giving it a little hoist. If lots of needles fall off the tree when it hits the ground, it will probably be a fire hazard. Be sure to keep water in the tree stand to prevent it from drying out. Though it has been separated from its roots, it will still move water to the needles, keeping it looking its best while lessening its potential to burn.
Keep portable heaters well away from the tree, and make sure your tree is not blocking any exit paths in your house.
The Fireplace
If you have a fireplace in your house, make sure it has been cleaned and inspected. A chimney fire usually only happens if your chimney has been neglected. If you haven't had your chimney inspected and cleaned recently, get it done before the cold really sets in. Chimney fires are serious business, and having your chimney cleaned is not something to put on the back burner.
Resist the urge to burn a big pile of wrapping paper on Christmas morning. Doing so can produce a large fire that could start a chimney fire or cause burning embers to fly out the top of your chimney, endangering your rooftop as well as any other structures that are nearby.
The Busy Kitchen
Kitchen fires are the number one cause of home fires, and Thanksgiving takes the cake. With so much happening in the kitchen during the holidays, be sure to keep safety in mind.
Never leave the stovetop unattended when it is in use. Keep the oven and toaster clean since it is often not the food itself that catches on fire, but the buildup of crumbs and drips that provide the fuel. Keep the stove top clear of anything that can ignite, such as paper towels, rags, packaging, and wooden utensils.
In general, keep the kitchen clear of clutter and stay tuned in to what is cooking and the temperatures at which they are cooking.
Whatever safety precautions you take on a normal day, triple that during the stressful preparation period for your holiday gatherings. If there are helpers in the kitchen, make sure everyone knows their tasks, has ample working space, moves carefully, and does not crowd the stove.
There should be a kitchen-specific fire extinguisher in the kitchen. Remember to never use water on a grease fire. If you do, it can send hot grease flying everywhere, as can a traditional fire extinguisher. Kidde makes a kitchen-specific fire extinguisher, which prevents burning oil from splattering and spreading the fire.
As an alternative, you can use baking soda on fires. Keep a box opened in a cabinet or on a shelf. If you do have a fire on the stove, smother it with baking soda. If you have a fire in the oven or broiler, shut the door and turn off the heat to smother it. Opening the door will just give it more air and cause it to burn hotter.
As stressful as holiday entertaining can be, it is worth the peace of mind to put your safety net in place before the craziness ramps up.
Gordon Elliot has over 30 years of experience in working on homes and is on a mission to arm people with the skills and confidence to do home projects they would not have otherwise attempted.
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June 6th, 2008 #1
Loomis planes of the head question
Hey everyone,
I have been going through the Loomis Head book, which is wonderful BTW, but currently I have been having some problems understanding the structure of the planes of the head. I am referring to the following attached image in his book. I understand the division from head 1 to head 2, but from 2 to 3, can't quite see how the new division of the planes are made, especially around the mouth and jaw area. Maybe is the lack of quality that may happened for being scanned books... Anyways, after trying to understand it can't quite figure it out so I will appreciated any clarification about it, thanks
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I think that it could be useful to see how 3d modelers break the head down into planes. I have found the methods of breaking down the human form into planes very similar to what Loomis writes. Here's a couple of examples I found off of cgtalk's topology thread. Not my images, so if that's against the rules, I apologize.
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June 7th, 2008 #3
Thanks for that info. Not quite what I was looking for but it surely is very insightful once thinking about it
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June 7th, 2008 #4
I interpret it as he's adding realistic forms while leaving head construction 2 visible underneath. He uses the block construction to pose the head, and then draws the more realistic curved forms by 'feeling', relating them to that planar understructure, like a musician he improvises over the simple structure. Leaving the planer understructure visible keeps the perspective obvious. The forehead is a good example, notice you can still count the 3 primary planes he used in 2, but he's added the brow, and an extra surface. For the eye he uses the pentagonal structures to find their placement, and then draws them right in, the curved surfaces are too subtle to be usefully mapped out with planes. On the cheek the improvisation is more clear. Where he starts out with a simple triangle in 2, in 3 he jazzes it up by curving around the mouth, look at the cleft in the chin he adds.
A plane is the general direction that a surface faces. We are mostly concerned with front,top, bottom, sides, back, 6 planes. If additional planes are neccessary, they must be related to one of those original spatially obvious planes, they're planes that kinda face to the side, kinda face the front, etc. The idea is to make it easy for the viewer to see the form, the simpler the form the more obvious it's perspective and solidity.
The human face mostly faces forward, all the stuff on it can be generalized as one plane. The side of the head, the ear, the jaw, that stuff mostly points to the side, that could be generalized as another plane. The curved dome mostly points up, another plane. Beneath the chin, that mostly points down, another plane. Of course the spatial directions depend on the head's orientation. Actual heads aren't very blocky, but must be made to look blocky(for this particular style to work) since pictures are flat, blockyness makes perspective obvious. A useful thing to remember is that distorted rectangles are easy to understand in perspective, look for places where they can be used like at the forehead, that'll clarify the perspective.
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June 7th, 2008 #5
While plane diagrams can look superficially like cg wireframes, there are differences. For instance, "artistic" planes are often slightly curved, while cg polygons are always flat. Planes are more important as a way to think than as a way to draw. Loomis wouldn't actually construct a head by literally going from diagram 1 to 2 to 3, but it's important to be able to recognize those underlying structures as you're drawing. There is no universal "right" way of conceptualizing planes, especially when you get to the smallest forms, but with experience you will start to recognize common things to look for. Also, how we approach planes differs depending on how you are working. When working from life (or photos), we use the light to draw the planes. When working from imagination, we use the planes to draw the light.
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June 8th, 2008 #6
Thanks Armando and Elwell for the explanation, that actually explains better things. Maybe I was getting too focused on the details that I was missing the big picture that Armando was explaining about the head. Indeed my aim for this question was to understand the planes better for when I draw from imagination. Thanks for the help guys, this actually makes all that clearer. Back to practice
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June 9th, 2008 #7
To further what Elwell was saying about the differences with the CG planes is that their construction is a compromise between representing the structure nicely and making it easy to animate to many different shapes (the edge loops in that second diagram).
That being said, I did find doing a bit of 3D modeling of organic forms like heads and figures useful for understanding planes, but at the end of the day we're just not computers and can't think exactly like them so I don't think it translates literally.
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Posted on August 5, 2012 by molly
If you are a cat owner, you would love this sofa. Designed by Korean product designer, Seungji Mun, 'Cat Tunnel Sofa' has a built-in tunnel for your cat to play in. Mun sees the huge market for pet related furniture and designed the structure of the sofa based on research of cats' habits and behaviors. Awesome!
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Zombie is born!
Obvioulsy he should have fought a can ike that, and his next fights should also be against cans.And Pashak, he was fighting the guy he was fighting (0-1) because he himself was 0-0. Who else was he supposed to fight?
I just hope he do not gets signed by a major boxing promotion and gets a lot of hype like in MMA.
And my statement about Klitschko was obvioulsy sarcasm, Klitschko would kill Kimbo with one hand.
Ok thanks for the info.
If he builds his boxing career like he should be supposed to do then I will not say anything negative about him. He should get better competition but progressively, if now he fought a 0-1 probably his next fight should be against some 2-0 guy.
My problem about him is that in MMA he got a very undeserved hype, hopefully in boxing it will not happen. To be hyped he should first do something to deserve it. He did the first step, now he should continue.
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Frist I was going to get those cool Phillips Hue lights, they allow you to change colors (which would be nice) and I assume turn up/down and off from phone. Well the starter pack which is only 3 light bulbs is $200 CAD plus tax. WHTAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Art: Berndnaut Smilde's indoor clouds meet fashion icons for Harper's Bazaar
Hey everyone, remember back in February 2012 when we introduced you to Berndnaut Smilde and his jaw-dropping indoor clouds project Nimbus? Well we've been following Berndnaut's career with interest ever since then and so we were fascinated to find out that he's just collaborated with Harper's Bazaar USA for his first ever work featuring people. But these aren't just any people, oh no, this is five of the world's most iconic designers, namely Karl Lagerfeld, Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce, Alber Elbaz and Donatella Versace.
It's so interesting to see Berndnaut's work move in this direction, with the meticulously created clouds (which only exist for a minute or two) forced to share centre stage with some of the fashion's world's biggest hitters. Or is it them forced to share centre stage with these ephemeral artworks? Either way, these images are incredible.
This feature appears in the September 2013 issue of Harper's Bazaar U.S.