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Article Date: Monday, July 7, 2008
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DOVER — Joanne (Duffley) Dow's eyes filled with tears. But it was OK. She pumped her arms and drove her feet forward, one after the other, as fast as she could walk. They weren't tears of anger, or tears of fear, or even tears of sorrow.
The former University of New Hampshire athlete let the tears keep coming. These tears were tears of relief, tears of happiness, tears of joy. And anyway, she didn't need her eyes to see where she was going. She knew every step she took was one step closer to Beijing. Joanne Dow was going to the Olympics.
On Sunday morning, the final day of the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., on Dow's last chance to compete in an Olympic Games, she did exactly what she needed to do. Ten years after winning her first U.S. national title, Dow won her 10th, walking her way to Beijing.
Using one decisive move, just six kilometers into her 20-kilometer race Sunday morning to distance herself from the rest of the field Dow, at 44, made her first Olympic team. She finished the course in 1 hour, 35 minutes and 11 seconds. Second place Theresa Vaill finished more than a minute behind her in 1:36.35.
"Hop (her coach, Rob Hoppler) and I had talked a lot before the race," said Dow, who currently lives in Manchester. "The plan was to just walk with Theresa (Vaill) until half way and then make a move. But, we got to five kilometers and I sensed that her cadence was slowing down, and I still felt really good, so I figured I'd put the hammer down for a lap to see how she would respond."
Hoppler said once Dow made her move he couldn't believe how fast she walked.
"I got a little nervous at one point that she was going to run out of steam," Hoppler said.
Dow's halfway split was 46:23, well under the Olympic "A" standard of 1:33:30, and she maintained that quick pace through the next five kilometers as well. But she didn't fade.
"Hop and another friend of mine were giving me the time differential between me and Theresa once I made my move and at 15k I knew I had a gap of over a minute on her," Dow said. "So I stopped pushing quite so hard. I wanted to enjoy it."
And enjoy it she did. Almost too much, though.
"There was a really large crowd at the start/finish line and they were really loud and supportive the whole race, but the last few laps it started to get to me and I started to cry," Dow said, "but then Hop yelled to me, 'Don't start hyperventilating on me now!' and I was able to keep the emotions in check until after I finished."
Dow's daughter Hannah, a member Manchester Central High School's recent state championship 4x800-meter relay team, and a savvy track fan, said after the race, "I was so nervous the last few kilometers of the race, I thought maybe she had gone too fast, too soon, but she did it. She made it."
She made it indeed.
"It's been a long road," Joanne said, half laughing, half sobbing after her race. She paused just for a second, maybe to reflect on three past Olympic Trials' miscues. "A looooong road."


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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Dear Liz,
Help. My kids are struggling with their marriage with two young girls. They are coming to us in tears. We help all we can, but we are drained and worried. Our son-in-law is being very stubborn, won't talk about it, and acting suddenly like his mind is made up. The girls are crushed, and our daughter is devastated because she simply does not know what she did wrong. She is begging for forgiveness. They are religious, but he is suddenly turning his back on everything.
What's a parent to do?
Dear "to do?"
I feel for you. I have been through it with my own kids. It is most heart breaking to see a child's world suddenly torn apart - other than death, is most kids' greatest fear. They can recover, but their lives are forever fractured. The two people they love most in their lives can no longer share, especially the major events in their lives the same way. It is never really ever the same. For parents, keeping a healthy boundary I recommend:
Pray if so inclined, and encourage them to do the same; encourage them to seek guidance with their clergy and a licensed professional who specialized in marital conflict, marriage and family in general and who has similar spiritual beliefs; have at least your daughter go (and include the girls) immediately, even if he won't. (They need specialized support that you cannot truly give); keep close to the girls; remind them they are loved no matter what is going on with the adults and they are not going to lose anyone; let the children know what to expect short and long term; stay close and open between you and your spouse, even if you have some differing views about all this - you two need to be the rock.
The couple may bounce off the walls, but you must remain steadfast and loving, with healthy boundaries and a unified message. Seek your own help and support while they struggle with this. It's a sorry epidemic and my prayer is they will do all they can to fix the problem, eliminate blame, and keep their children in an intact home.
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And I was starting to think I was the only hillbilly that liked sasafrass tea. It has to be dug by yourself though, that stuff they sell in the store is crap.
And I was starting to think I was the only hillbilly that liked sasafrass tea. It has to be dug by yourself though, that stuff they sell in the store is crap.
most everything needs water to survive, so I would look for water first. If you can't find water, make a place for water to gather. I once seen a show where a guy dug a ditch in a desert, laid a tarp in the ditch, poked a hole in the middle of the tarp, and put a can under the hole. After morning, the dew gathered and ran down the tarp into the can. It was enough to get a good drink from. Granted you need these supplies, but I bet you could compensate.
Don't get me started on sasafrass teaOriginally Posted by moleman
What about warmth?...I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds clever. After you establish your fire, gather rocks. Put the rocks in the fire to heat up. Dig a small ditch about 4-8 inches deep (enough to cover said rocks) and as long as you are. Put the rocks in after they are HOT. Cover with earth from the digging, and set your sleeping bag over the trench. The earth will insulate the rocks and keep the heat in. No sleeping bag?, gather leaves and test temp. so you don't burn your ass
I too have eaten fresh water messels, and crawdads. Both were terrible! I am sure that both would taste much better with a little more effort than I gave it, and a "survival appetite". Dandelion greens seem good to me, but I always drain the first boil water, then add new water and bring to a simmer. It seems to rid most of the bitterness, and some salt&pepper helps out, too.
"Remember the Alamo"!
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A friend of mine that was Chinese has said " if it has four legs and isn't a table, if it swims in the ocean and is not a submarine and if it flys in the air and is not a plane, EAT IT"
Nemo ME Impune Lacessit
Manus sapiens potens est
пиштоли не убиваат луѓе, тие само го прават тоа полесно
can some deer meat, i have some that's 6 years old and still tastes good. you can can anything almost, even bread.
if the SHTF, don't count on there being too many large sized animals left around for long. A buddy of mine, his dad grew up during the depression. He said the first year wasn't such a big deal becuase everyone hunted. he said the second year there wasn't a deer or squirrel left....
Could you imagine if everone hunted, what it would be like now? I'd bet after the second year there wouldn't be too many two legged creatures left!
"Remember the Alamo"!
remember cold-blooded critters don't have worms or several other nasties that live in warm blooded critters
remember...if you can't eat it, lick it so fast they think you're eatin' it..


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Love indeed does ACT. Love that does not act or result in good works is self DISGUISED as love.
I guess I don't differentiate between what we do and are. If I lie, I am a liar. If I kill, I am a killer. But I understand your point, which has always been essential: we rest from OUR OWN works and it is God that causes the "good works" so that we can boast of nothing but Him.
I guess I don't differentiate between what we do and are.
Yes, we are sent out into the world as His vessels.It is not we that live, but Christ in us!
raeding through this thread, I discovered that my assumptions were proven wrong! Anyway...have you defined what you think the term "works of the law" means?I think it has been completely misunderstood. I think that the many who do not understand Paul's writings have twisted his sayings as they do the other scriptures to their own destruction....but, what do you think it means?peace, dmatic
our carnal nature than must die by the law of a Righteous GOD ! in order for the law of Life to set us free of being slaves to sin .
rosered< you wrote:Quote our carnal nature than must die by the law of a Righteous GOD ! in order for the law of Life to set us free of being slaves to sin . Very True!So, are saying that the "works of the Law" of a righteous God are a good thing?If so, how can they be considered a bad thing?peace, dmatic
can you tell i really like the New Living Translation ?
sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.
19 I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. 20 But if I do what I don't want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
.....sounds a bit like shifting blame....
Quote from: sheila on February 02, 2010, 07:13:26 PM.....sounds a bit like shifting blame....Very similar.It's not that I didn't know about those verses. I understand exactly what it is about, but it's hard to grasp for me.I'm a sinner. I'm bad etc etc. But it's not me but something in me.It's me but it's not me.It's either me or 'that something'.


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The History of Pico Reef Biology
The idea for a truly long term micro/pico reef (for this article, one gallon or less) came to me as I was graduating college and searching the early internet forums for ideas on small reef aquaria in 2000-2001 to see what was possible and establish the current limitations of small marine aquaria. The smallest I could find, in the history of reef aquarium work altogether and in a lot of searching online, were 2.5 gallon tanks- some ranging back into the 1970's (Thaler Puddle, Dr. Ellen Thaler for example) and an article on Reefs.org interviewing DC Potts about his successful pico tank from the late 90's.
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In 2001, even pictures of quickly-assembled gallon and half-gallon experimental aquariums (now common) were not available across the web, especially those using synthetic saltwater, so it was truly untested waters to work with half gallon aquaria that had to meet strict criteria to be valid in my opinion: they had to develop and sustain a diverse population of stony corals, benthic organisms and coralline algae, meet all water support needs with reasonable care (for example, no daily water changes) and they had to last-as long or longer than large aquaria without going eutrophic (high nutrient/algae dominated) relying on biology, not mechanical devices, to run the micro ecosystem. In hindsight they would break every rule the current establishment held against ultra micro aquaria, using simple science anyone could replicate, and the vast resources of the web had the friends I'd need to do it.
Lastly, they had to stand the test of master aquarists across the internet when reviewed-the technophiles like the guy at the rock concert who can tell when the guitarist messes up a single note. Emerging from all that scrutiny and time in preparation should be a new way keeping corals in the home…it's still evolving as we all exchange ideas and new designs on blogs like this one.
The Reefbowl
One day when walking through Wal-Mart and thinking about design options, I noticed the curved 1.5 gallon vases for a few dollars and thought that would be a neat trial run, a seven dollar reef aquarium. When looking at the vase and thinking about substrates, pumps, etc it dawned on me the little plastic dishes I was using in the lab to keep pothos vines watered seemed the exact diameter of these large vases, maybe it would function like a lid if inverted? So I took the vase home, filled 1/3rd of it with oolitic substrate and saltwater and decided to bubble it instead of a pump, primarily I wanted to use gear I already had and the old aquarium pump happened to be there.
I knew not to add animals; this was just to test heating and salinity control. Well in four days the salinity had only increased from 1.023 to 1.024, the water line dropped only a quarter inch, and that was it-the design was lucky and worked perfectly with no further modifications. For the first time, a gallon reef aquarium had surpassed the top off requirements of a 100-gallon aquarium without complex equipment, and it was easily repeatable to anyone who wanted to try with common Wal-Mart supplies. The air stone met all the circulation requirements of the tank, it kept CO2 from accumulating so it lent strong pH support, it is the absolute ideal way to run a vase reef for these reasons, above any water pump. No animals in situ mind the air bubbles whatsoever… Normally, this combination of gear would be frowned upon in the established reef circles, so this presents another way to bend the rules unique to pico reefs.
The vase continued to evolve and it can be found by searching for anything with vase reef or reefbowl (non spaced) in the wording, there are thousands of threads about it all over the web because I spend a lot of time promoting, discussing and helping others replicate the art. My current vase reef is 4 years old and I expect it to run much longer barring hardware failures (knock on wood). Recently my friend Mark K. (Warlion) developed the vase even further by drilling the line access into the vase, rather than over the lip. This has added two more days between top offs, an unheard of maintenance schedule for any reef aquarium.
Additional pico reef photos can be found here.
The 1/2-gallon PalmTop Reef-No Evaporation
As the reefbowl sat and inspired me further, collecting simple corals that got along well, other ideas such as complete sealing came into mind and one day it snapped in my head to simply include a refugium as a rear subdivision in a tank, obscured by a false reef wall, to use photosynthesis to pump out oxygen under a sealed lid. This would bind respiratory waste CO2, stop evaporation altogether, it would bind up nitrogen and phosphates in the macro algae to some degree, and combined with weekly water changes (something not procrastinated if only one gallon and three minutes) the Palmtop Reef was assembled out of a special beta tank available at the time.
The first long term half gallon reef aquarium documented on the internet, and still the only fully documented sealed reef aquarium (non evaporating) of any size, this helped pico reef keepers find a unique niche among large-tank husbands who were once sure such a thing was impossible I could see in the web forums. Together online we worked out a carbonate dosing system for the micro tank which produced miniature acropora tabular growth and copious coralline algae, this indicated the ion support was spot-on even with no testing of any water parameters outside of salinity! My simplicity requirements had been met–no exceeded.
There was so much helpful input from other posters along the way to help me further my cause, Lunchbucket (Eric Peterson) is a fine example, he and I go way back in the reef forums (before 2003) and his tanks were a source of wonder for me as well along with many other board regulars who chimed in with support and help as needed …all the help needed was on the internet and for that I am so grateful.
Chemical/Physical Changes
Over the years in discussing forum threads about keeping marine aquaria in odd shaped containers, we are starting to see how shapes beyond the standard open square aquarium greatly change, and assist, the keeper if they are willing to make tradeoffs. The first tradeoff is fish, don't use them in any pico reef is my best advice. I have experimented with fish like gobies before, and don't agree they should be kept in ultra small aquariums. By excluding fish in the design, there are no size restrictions for aquaria that can grow scleractinian corals.
For example, the fluted vase reef design is an absolutely critical shape for many reasons. The slant of the neck above the water line and under the lid forms a catch surface where the popping bubbles eject various fragments and wastes from the water column; this can be wiped periodically and is essentially a functioning skimmer. The lid rests on the inner diameter of the vase neck, something not possible in square tanks, and this directs the splatter back down into the bowl and away from the edges where salt creep would form in the usual situation around a lid, and it also seals the tank, taking it from a 2x daily top off opened to a twice weekly top off with a lid!
Continuing the ways container shapes change the physicality of a reef aquarium, Orb-type nano reef aquaria reveal an ever-increasing surface area for evaporation to occur as the water level drops (small surface area when full, large surface area approaching the equator of the orb or bowl) so the salinity increase is on an apparent log-scale just like pH, it's not a consistent evaporation rate when compared to a square tank. Evaporation rates between days 3-4 are markedly faster than on days 1-2 on a globe/orb saltwater aquarium after a top off because as the water level drops more surface area is exposed to amplify water loss.
For total salinity control, small containers that can be sealed, and subdivided for plant growth, are the right size to use small lights and pumps that would otherwise overheat a larger sealed reef attempt and these small containers are also dwarfed by a basic desk fan when cooling needs arise during summer months. Knowing these variables ahead of time greatly hastens reef work in odd or small containers; this is helpful to keep in mind.
Just to mention a few final observations, which are better left as subject material for expert marine biologists, pico reefs are also changing what we observe as allelopathy or "war mechanisms" in scleractinian or "stony" corals because of the concentration ratios seen in these tiny tanks. How is it possible for 15 genera of coral, plus assorted invertebrates and mollusks, to share a gallon of water day after day in between servicing for years and not nettle the water into a mucus-laden soup?
These answers can be found in the further study of pico reef biology, there should be lots more to come over the new year as others make their observations known and we all continue to create a collective knowledge pool for the matter.
In closing, some people feel the micro reef designation will soon become the most popular in the hobby for a number of reasons listed in common nano reef articles (cost/footprint etc). A keeper or a future keeper of pico reef aquaria will have done much online research to get where they want to be since that is the only material available on the matter, so this networking combined with the use of maricultured corals and tempered experimentation should continue to bring our hobby into new homes at an astounding, and ethically sustainable rate.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss pico reef biology even further, be sure to leave a comment below.


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The McEachran Homestead is offically recognized by the State of Illinois as a sesquicentennial farm. In addition to preserves and fresh produce, the farm sells its own line of grape and fruit wines.
CherryVale Mall
Enclosed 2-level regional shopping mall with many external businesses on same property. Many public activities including craft and car shows, community and holiday events. Food court, children's play area, early morning walking. CherryVale Mall is also one of just a few locations with new Tesla Supercharging Stations. These stations are for the all electric-powered Tesla cars to use to charge up the vehicle.
CITY:Cherry Valley
Susie's Garden Patch
Find u-pick asparagus, strawberries, tomatoes and pumpkins. Roadside produce includes sweet corn, muskmelons, peppers and pumpkins. Susie's hosts a Strawberry Festival every June.
CITY:Garden Prairie
Grampy's Antique Store
Offers affordable American and English antiques / curiosities in primitive, country, cottage, Victorian, and traditional styles. Includes furniture, architectural goods, lamps, glassware, stoneware, tools, artwork, etc. Spend a day in Hebron.
Crystal Point Shopping Center
Several restaurants and seven national chains, including Best Buy, K-Mart, Office Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Sports Authority, provide various home and business products.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Judy's Quilt 'N' Sew
A nice selection of fabric, notions, books and threads. Experienced quilters to assist with all your quilting needs. Quilting classes available.
Spring Hill Mall
Shop more than 140 retail and specialty stores.
Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch - Hampshire
Ride the wagon to pick your own pumpkin, shop the Harvest Market and visit the Farmers Wife Cafe and Bakery. Goebbert's has a second location in South Barrington.
Von Bergens Country Market
In fall enjoy farm animals, pumpkin picking, a train ride, seasonal decorations and a craft corner. An annual antique tractor show is held in September.
Haeger Potteries
This fourth generation, family-owned pottery company features an on-site museum and a factory store that holds an annual summer sale.
Village Green Home & Garden West
A fascinatingly large garden center with outdoor furniture supplying customers from all over the Midwest. The center also takes care of holiday needs with trees, trims and gifts. Home center, same location, 815.637.8840. There's a Village Green East, too.
Bridget's Kid Closet
Bridget has clothes from size newborn to size 12/14 girls and boys. She carries baby equiptment, dvds, toys, outdoor toys, all at a fraction of what it costs new.


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Haunted Hydro: 'Scary Tales of Horror'Written by Mighty Wyte (Matt Feher) | | email@example.com
The 2013 theme for The Haunted Hydro in Fremont is "Scary Tales of Horror." Most of the rooms and layout have been changed.
According to executive operator Beth Turner, "We had small teams of actors design rooms this year and we gave them small budgets to put their rooms together."
The results were scary spaces that Hydro guests have never seen before and an entirely new haunt concept.
While the Hydro's available space remains unchanged, it feels as though the density of the scares has increased.
There are still plenty of props to look at as you try to avoid being caught by roaming ghouls, but now there are more rooms and more disturbing costumes and makeup.
One of the rooms in the Hydro this year involves several actors portraying a scene from "Hansel and Gretel." Complete with ovens and child volunteers, it was one of the bigger rooms and its production value was high. However, the scene and the room have been designed by someone with a heart for gore and grotesqueness, because it feels more like a scene out of a "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" movie than a child's story.
Of course The Haunted Hydro would not neglect its outdoor haunt. This year, "Camp Slaughter" returns with its combination maze and haunt, taking the unsuspecting toward a rushing river. The sound of the river masks the sounds of any actors getting into place and the jump scares are potent.
The natural dark of the outdoors combined with the myriad hiding places for people who choose to spend their weekends scaring people makes for one outstanding haunt. While there are several actors working the camp, one of the scariest characters is nature itself. There is a true sense of vulnerability when you're wandering in the woods, somewhat disoriented, trying to follow an unlit path.
Some of the props and maze elements have returned from previous years, but it is fair to say that "Camp Slaughter" is a new haunt. There were new actors in amazing makeup and costumes and a wandering chain saw-wielding freak who made sure you didn't have much time to try to find your way out.
Next year will mark The Haunted Hydro's 25th year in operation and there are no signs that Turner and her husband "Crazy Bob" are running out of ideas. With fresh spaces and new designs each year, The Haunted Hydro guarantees good scares with a familiar feel year after year.
Visit thehauntedhydro.com for hours, directions and ticket information.
Tags: Beth Turner, Camp Slaughter, Crazy Bob Turner, Halloween, haunted houses, The Haunted Hydro


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Footprints in the snowWritten by Michael Miller | Editor in Chief Emeritus | email@example.com
"Some folks like the summertime when they can walk about/
Strolling through the meadow green, it's fun there's no doubt/
But give me the wintertime when snow falls all around/
For I found her when the snow was on the ground/
I can't forget the day my darling lost her way/
I found her when the snow was on the ground"
— Roger Miller, "Footprints in the Snow"
"I'm not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou."
— Marge Gunderson
(Frances McDormand), "Fargo"
I didn't know I had left the road until I felt the front end of the car begin to drop into the abyss of thick, blowing snow. It felt like the first drop from the top of the highest roller coaster hill. I hate the first drop from the top of the highest roller coaster hill. I gripped the wheel and tried to tap rather than slam on the brakes, but the car slid down and stopped with an abrupt half-sliding thump. Confused, my first panicked thought was that the rear of my Dodge Journey might still be on the road, a target for the next passing vehicle. I tried to open the driver's side door but the wind fought back; I leaned into it but the wind and snow bank the car plowed up kept it from opening. I scooted over the seat and opened the passenger door, spilling out into the white maelstrom.
I could not see further than a few feet from the car. I did not know which direction I was pointing. The temperature could barely keep itself above zero. It was 2:15 a.m.
Foolish journey
I was never in any real danger. I know that now, but at the time, I was rattled and trying to maintain calm.
"Keep calm" was the phrase that floated in front of my eyes; I had a fleeting vision of a T-shirt with a crown hovering above the words, "Keep Calm and Freeze to Death."
It's about 48 miles from my Tecumseh front door to Downtown Toledo. I have been making the drive since Feb. 14, 2005. That's probably 4,600 trips back and forth, navigating rain, snow, fog, crumbling Michigan roads and bumbling drivers from several states. Except for one icy slide-out on U.S. Route 23 about four years ago, I have been extremely blessed with relatively smooth journeys. When weather gets hazardous, I stay at a Toledo hotel; I want to be at home when I am not at work, but I'm not going to be stupid and try to get there when conditions are poor. My current schedule sees me rising at 2 a.m. to get to the Planet Fitness on West Laskey Road by 3 a.m. for a 90-minute workout before I get cleaned up and head to the 1370 WSPD studios to write the newscast I read during "Fred LeFebvre and the Morning News."
I knew the roads were going to be bad for my post-midnight journey on Monday, Jan. 27, so I left an hour early, just after 1 a.m. My in-laws were staying with us, stranded by the snow on their way to Florida, and their brand-new car was parked in our driveway. My careful maneuvers to make sure I did not back into their car were rewarded by my own car getting stuck in the piled snow on the side of the driveway. When I gunned the engine to rock the car free, it would slide perilously close to my in-laws' car, so I had to abandon that strategy. I walked back to the garage and grabbed a snow shovel to dig out the car as much as I could. A careful back-and-forth freed my Journey from its icy bonds, and I was on my way. It had taken 25 minutes to get free; it was 1:30 a.m. when I pulled away.
That initial episode should have been a message to me to pull back in the garage and go back to bed, but I was determined to get to Toledo. There was breaking news about the deaths of two Toledo firefighters, and somewhere in the back of my mind I decided I had an obligation to report what I could about the horrific loss.
It normally takes about 10 minutes to get from my Tecumseh home to the village of Britton on M-50. It took nearly 35 minutes of driving through falling, drifting and blowing snow that obscured the roads and made it feel like traveling in a just-shaken snow globe. Most of that stretch of road is bordered by houses and trees, but once M-50 leaves Britton, it becomes open field.
Following a snow plow from a safe distance, crawling at about 30 mph, was a tense game of trying to keep the plow's lights in sight while staying far enough back to be safe. As soon as the last lights of Britton were swallowed by the snow, I saw the plow turn at an intersection where a police car was parked; I could not tell what jurisdiction the officer served; all I could see were the red-and-blue lights fighting to break through the squall like the beam from a dying lighthouse.
I decided at that point that pressing ahead was reckless and foolish, a conclusion that might have occurred to a wiser man several miles earlier. At what I thought was an intersection, I slowly U-turned to head back home. I called Scott Sands, my WSPD boss, on the hands-free phone, to tell him I would not make it to Toledo and news coverage arrangements would need to be made. I was about a mile west of Britton, driving between 15 and 20 mph, when I hit an absolute whiteout. Within seconds, the road, peripheral scenery and sky became one solid wall of screaming, swirling snow.
I have driven in night-thick fog, but that's a solid soup that doesn't shift and roll. This was unlike anything I have ever seen, a maw of ice teeth with no clear sight. I have always believed that it is better to keep slowly moving forward than to stop and be a target, so I leaned forward and tried to focus. Sands had just asked, "Is it that bad out there?" when I felt the front end of the car begin to drop into the abyss of thick, blowing snow. It felt like the first drop from the top of the highest roller coaster hill. I hate the first drop from the top of the highest roller coaster hill. I gripped the wheel and tried to tap rather than slam on the brakes, but the car slid down and stopped with an abrupt half-sliding thump.
I'm not sure exactly which obscenities were in the string of scared, frustrated cries I let loose. The phone connection was still on, and while I doubt Sands heard anything new, I bet he's rarely heard as much intensity as I offered.
Confused, my first panicked thought was that the rear of my Dodge Journey might still be on the road, a target for the next passing vehicle. I tried to open the driver's side door but the wind fought back; I leaned into it but the wind and snow bank the car plowed up kept it from opening. I scooted over the seat and opened the passenger door, spilling out into the white maelstrom.
I could not see further than a few feet from the car. I did not know which direction I was pointing. The temperature could barely keep itself above zero. It was 2:15 a.m.
The car had stalled so my first thought was to get it running again and keep the heat blowing. I was properly dressed with hat, gloves and layers, but I had no desire to sit in subzero temperatures. The Journey fired right back up, for which I uttered a prayer of thanks to Ralph Mahalak Jr., The Low Payment King at Monroe Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram. I gave the gas pedal a token push but it was clear I was not going anywhere. I called 911 to report that I still did not know how close to the road I was and the operator said she would send a squad car and call for a tow truck.
"Call us back if you get unstuck before the truck gets there," she said.
That wasn't going to happen, I assured her.
I called my wife to tell her what happened, assure her I was fine and remind her where we keep the life insurance papers.
Roger and me
It was then that my overactive brain, trained by movies and Reader's Digest "Drama in Real Life" survival stories, began to get antsy. It was 2:30 a.m. and I was stuck in a ditch, hazard lights flashing red, in a blizzard-like snowstorm.
My first thought was actually a song; I could hear the country twang of Roger Miller singing "Footprints in the Snow," a song about him finding his girlfriend's frozen body after she gets lost in a snowstorm. The song is odd both for its inappropriately bouncy melody and for ol' Roger's stated preference for winter and snow. You'd think finding the frozen corpse of your favorite gal would turn you off winter and upbeat music, at least for a while, but that's why Miller is in several music halls of fame and I just fiddle around with iTunes.
My second thought was that I wondered if someone might see my hazard lights and stop to help. That should be a comforting thought, but for some reason all I could think of was one of the murder scenes in "Fargo," when the bad guys shoot the stranded motorists in the snow.
Creepy stuff, amplified by the dark and tearing winds.
It occurred to me that with the car stuck in snow and the engine running, I should crack a window and make sure there was no snow packed around the exhaust pipe.
As I struggled through the blowing snow to check the tailpipe, a Lenawee County squad car stopped and checked to make sure I was all right. He said the tow truck was about 45 minutes away and I should just wait in the car.
"I've seen a lot worse this winter," he said, and seeing his haunted eyes, I did not doubt him for one second.
He started to turn away then said, "You got lucky." He motioned to the tire tracks that showed my descent from the road toward the ditch. I had not noticed in the blowing snow, but as the officer pointed, I saw the tire tracks were less than a car width from a fire hydrant.
If I had exited the road a few feet to the left, it might have been a much different story.
Within an hour, I was back at home, facing minor car repairs but no serious harm.
I was miffed that I had made the right decision by turning around but still ended up in a ditch, but as Roger Miller, Marge Gunderson and the county deputy will tell you, there are far worse endings waiting in the cold, devouring snow.
Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star and news director for 1370 WSPD. Email him at email@example.com.
Tags: "Drama in Real Life", "Fargo", "Footprints in the Snow", 1370 WSPD, Britton, Dodge Journey, Lenawee County squad car, M-50, Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand), Ralph Mahalak Jr., Reader's Digest, Roger Miller, Scott Sands, Tecumseh, The Low Payment King at Monroe Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, Toledo firefighters, US Route 23, "Fred LeFebvre and the Morning News"


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HILTON HEAD ISLAND Legislators from Beaufort County are right to support an effort to improve the states Freedom of Information Act.
A bill filed recently for the legislative session that begins in January would force public agencies to be more responsive to the public, and to be held accountable for breaking the law.
Im in favor of anything that makes it easier for citizens to access information, said Rep. Shannon Erickson, R-Beaufort.
There should be more transparency in government, period, said Rep. Andy Patrick, R-Hilton Head Island.
The people are sick and tired of public officials conducting business under a cloak of secrecy, said Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort.
Davis deserves support in pushing for the bill, filed by Rep. Bill Taylor, R-Aiken, to make lawmakers subject to the law like every other public official and public body in the state.
That exemption both in current law and in the proposed changes is illogical and an affront to the public. The Legislature is not a private club.
The bill would:
Force government officials to respond more quickly to requests for public documents made by the public.
Prohibit government officials from charging for staff time spent complying with records requests, as well as for documents available digitally. It would also prohibit governments from charging more than prevailing commercial rates for copying records. These are shameful tactics used to avoid the release of public information, and it must be stopped.
Increase fines for violating the FOIA up to $1,500 for a third violation and allow magistrates to hold individuals in government in civil contempt for failing to comply with FOIA requests.
Current law provides for no appeal process other than filing a civil lawsuit at ones own expense.
We have learned the hard way that the law needs teeth because it is constantly being broken in communities around the state.
A similar bill passed through the House during this years legislative session, but stalled in the Senate.
It is important that it not fail again, and a united Beaufort County legislative delegation can help ensure its passage.
The bill closes loopholes that, unfortunately, are commonly used by public agencies to frustrate open government.
The loopholes should be closed, and the Legislature should be forced to abide by the same standard of openness as local agencies.
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17th Annual Lemont Farmers Market
Visit this hidden gem of Historic Downtown Lemont at its Talcott Square location (corner of Stephen Street & Talcott Street, tucked behind LaDolce Vita and Stonehouse Pub) in historic downtown Lemont. Our market has grown and offers a wide array of bounty, including vegetables and fruits, flowers and plants, bakery, herbs, spices, and more! Plenty of free parking is available on Front Street and in the parking garage on River Street. Held every Tuesday, 8:00am- 1:00pm through Oct 27, 2015.
1st Annual Pierogi Polish Fest
The four-day festival will feature: live music (Polka, Polish dance music and your favorite local cover bands), traditional Polish dancers, carnival rides for all ages, Polish beer and other beverages and of course, among a vast selection of other tasty specials, the star of the fest, Pierogis!
2015 Annual Holiday Walk
Live window displays, horse-drawn carriage rides and Santa and his reindeer are just part of the magic of The Annual Holiday Walk. Enjoy winter on Madison Street!
CITY:Forest Park
2015 Christkindl Holiday Festival
Come to downtown Barrington for the annual Christkindl Festival. This is an open-air event during the holiday season featuring authentic German food, live entertainment, drinks, fun activities for families and kids crafts, live reindeer, carousel & train rides, Gingerbread House competition and even Santa's house. Please visit the website for a complete list of entertainment.
25th Annual Berwyn Route 66 Car Show
The 25th Annual Berwyn Rt66 Car Show sponsored by Paisans Pizzeria & Bar will be held on Ogden Avenue in Berwyn. Berwyn has always been a great Route 66 town with a thriving, dynamic and fast-growing community at its hear. Stand on Historic Route 66 and see over 500 vintage and custom cars, trucks and motorcycles. This show has something for everyone! Demonstrations of Automobile Flamethrowing will thrill spectators!
2nd Annual Outdoor Sculpture Walk
Take a self-guided tour of public art from June 2 to September 2 as part of the 2nd annual Sculpture Walk in downtown Oak Park. The walk features 12 world-class sculptures prominently placed among Oak Park's many shops and restaurants.
CITY:Oak Park
30th Annual St. Charles Scarecrow Festival
More than 100 handcrafted Scarecrows on display. View and vote for your favorites. Huge juried craft show, carnival, great food, continuous free live entertainment, many free children's activities, make your own scarecrow, and much more! A celebration of the autumn season!
CITY:St. Charles
41st Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show and Sale
Authentic antiques exhibited indoors at the Kane County Fairgrounds. Catered lunch is available. Plenty of free parking. Admission benefits local historical and educational endeavors.
CITY:St. Charles
9th Annual Kops-N-Kidz Day
Calling all kids! Come by bike or on foot to Timberline Park at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for the 9th Annual Kops-N-Kidz Parade. Join the officers at Centennial Park (Lemont Park District) for lunch, pony rides, a ride on the model train, demonstrations, great prizes and lots of fun activities until 2:00 p.m. Great family fun.
A Carpenters' Christmas
Singer Lisa Rock and her 6-piece band are keeping the Carpenters' holiday tradition alive and bringing their unforgettable Christmas songs to the stage.
CITY:St. Charles
A Christmas Survival Guide/Holiday Musical Revue
Laugh away your seasonal anxieties and join five young optimistic people on their hilarious journey to find the true essence of Christmas. Rated PG. Performances: Fri.-Sat.8pm; Sun. 2pm
CITY:St. Charles
A River Through History - The Des Plaines Valley Rendezvous
A River Through History is a living history reenactment of early American life at Columbia Woods Forest Preserve, as it was on the Illinois frontier prior to 1848, with emphasis on our local history from the fur trade era to the canal era. An exciting, entertaining and educational experience for all ages. We strive to create a better understanding and appreciation of our history by allowing the public and the reenactors to mingle, both as witnesses and participants, in our event. Finally, we seek to have the most authentic and highest quality reenactors and trade goods to represent our vision of the rendezvous to promote and enhance the historic, recreational and economic development of this new style National Park.
CITY:Willow Springs
Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp Live
For the first time, original Broadway and movie "Rent" co-stars Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp come together in a special concert evening. These two Broadway veterans return to the concert stage in a pop/rock evening celebrating their individual musical careers as well as the Broadway cultural hit, "Rent." These two friends and co-stars will share stories about the hit show that brought them together. It's sure to be a popular concert tour following on the heels of their two year National Tour of the hit Broadway show. It's the concert fans have been waiting for!
Addison By the Slice Pizza Bakeoff
Local pizza vendors compete in a blind taste test in various categories, such as Best Deep Dish, Best Sausage, etc. The entire community gets to cast ballots for the top prize of "People's Choice Award" for best pizza in Addison! Just $1 per slice! Also features kiddie rides, and entertainment; in conjunction with National Night Out.
Alan Jackson at Ravinia
Alan Jackson is an American singer, songwriter and musician, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 15 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Christmas albums, 2 Gospel albums and several compilations. Tickets: $95/80, Lawn: $38 in advance and $43 the day of the show.
CITY:Highland Park
All Hallows Eve: A Night of Fear
Experience two of the darkest nights of the year with 12-acres of haunting creatures, eerie entertainment, screaming delights and must-see horrors. Like a haunted house on steroids, this one-of-a-kind experience brings some of the scariest characters of the past, present and future to life. Meet the lost souls of the dead in a haunted happening you won't forget.
All-Mozart Program at Ravinia
Join Alon Goldstein on piano for an All-Mozart program. Alon Goldstein is one of the most original and sensitive pianists of his generation, admired for his musical intelligence, dynamic personality, artistic vision and innovative programming. This show is included in the BGH $10 series.
CITY:Highland Park
Alsip Street Fair
Featuring children's Musician "Laura Doherty and The Heartbeats". and the headlining "Brass from the Past". Also a petting zoo, pony rides, inflatables, kids crafts and gaming, face painting, balloons, bingo, cocktails, food, a raffle, vendors, and more!
Amadeus Performance
Amadeus, the renowned tale of Mozart as seen through the eyes of his most envious competitor, composer Antonio Salieri. The play is an interesting representative style of the style and values of the time. Jeff Recommended!
CITY:Oak Park
American Crafts Expo
Passionate about the arts? The American Craft Exposition, one of the country's premier fine craft shows, has moved to a new location at the Chicago Botanic Garden! In its 31st year, this highly competitive juried show and sale of fine craft features one-of-a-kind, handcrafted artwork and luxury collections, from the country's leading craftspeople. Free Admission (does not include parking fees).
America's Baking and Sweets Show
North America's first and biggest baking and sweets event, America's Baking and Sweets Show, takes you on a gourmet grand tour of the most delectable and hottest trends in the world of baking and beyond. Following our inaugural success in 2013, the exciting America's Baking and Sweets Show returns to the magnificent Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, November 14 to 16, 2014. The show is set to draw crowds of amateurs, enthusiasts, connoisseurs, and professionals, besides the loyal consumers of the baking and sweets industry. From across the world, for three days, America's Baking and Sweets Show will woo, entertain, and educate fans through amazing competitions, celebrity demos, and hands-on classes at the venue. Our theme this year is 'Wizard of Oz' so join our showgirl DOROTHY in the magical world of baking and sweets at The Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, and 'Explore. Discover. Shop'.
An Evening with Chicago at Ravinia
Chicago is back at Ravinia for 2 nights. Don't miss this great band and all the famous songs. Tickets: $115/100, Lawn: $38 in advance and $43 the day of the show.
CITY:Highland Park
An Evening With Santana at Ravinia
Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He will be performing 2 nights. Reserved seat tickets are $100/$120 and lawn seats are $38 in advance and $43 the day of performance.
CITY:Highland Park
Anna Polonsky and Orion Weiss at Ravinia
Come out for another great night of the $10 BGH classics. Anna Polonsky and Orion Weiss will be performing pieces from Brahms, Shubert, Stephen, Hartke and more.
CITY:Highland Park


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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A first grade teacher in Pickens has been named South Carolina Teacher of the Year.
Pickens Elementary School's Darleen Sutton was honored Wednesday night during a ceremony in Columbia.
Sutton was one of five finalists for the honor. She is in her seventh year at the school and has been an educator since 1991.
The other finalists included:
• Lisa O. McCrea-Raiford, an elementary teacher at the Center of Innovating Learning at Pinecrest in Aiken County.
• Paul D. Johnson, a biology teacher at Saluda High School.
• Trevor T. Ivey, a science teacher at Alice Drive Middle School in Sumter.
• Jeffrey M. Venables, a chemistry teacher at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill.
Sutton receives $25,000 and a BMW for a year. The other finalists received $10,000.
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The galleries are closed until August 7 when we will reopen with Matt Tarini: Liminal Space and Mike Pszczonak: Hand-eye.
For more information about these upcoming exhibitions click here.
Thoughtful curator painted the door at McIntosh red; It and he made a difference via The London Free Press
ArtShare Makes Campus a Permanent Gallery via The Gazette
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Physical fitness?
Personally, I swim a few days a week (if I can get to a pool) and have been doing moderate stretching and cardio (elliptical machine) workouts for 20-30 mins a few times a week.
Since we play such a physical instrument, do any of you folks have any exercise tips for drummers?
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I've been running daily for over 25 years, from 6-12 miles. I would die from depression without my daily run. But generally 30 minutes of cardio 4 times a week is a good idea. Anything is great. Just build up stamina. Plus imagine yourself 20-30 pounds lighter. I was amazed at how better I felt without my bones and joints having to carry around that extra weight. Just do any exercise. That's more than 90% of the population who are doing nothing. Then they go to conventional medical doctors when they are ill, get drugs, etc. It's just a slippery slope. Personal responsibility is the key. Good luck and keep at it.
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I appear to have a "thing" about posture. People comment on my posture a lot more than on my drumming (not entirely sure how I feel about that!). As many people on here probably know, I ride horses and my main interest is dressage, albeit at a lowish level, which requires core strength and considerably more aerobic fitness than you might expect if you've never sat on a horse. Whenever and wherever I sit down, I have the ear-shoulder-hip alignment (when riding, add in "heel") with my upper body as tall as my physiology will permit without straining. It's such an ingrained habit I don't even know I'm doing it.
I believe it contributes to my efficiency as a drummer, because any tension is limited to my core, leaving my limbs relaxed and able to move easily, and I never feel physically tired or uncomfortable even when I've been playing for several hours.
That makes me sound really up myself, but I'm not, honest!
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agreed w/ larryz on this...just do some exercise / show up. i swear half the battle is food. as i get older, it is all about a good energy level all day, so i never eat fast food, soda, bread and keep caffeine out hours before a gig. i am also careful to never workout hard before any gig.
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I am 56. I was told by my Doc that I had to exercise more. I was 20 LBS overweight and I had slightly high cholesterol and blood pressure. I was a candidate for diabetes and a heart attack in the future. He recommended exercise and diet changes.
I hate to exercise so I thought for a while about what I should do.
I bought a Roland V-Drums Lite kit. It has built in pedals that can be programed for double bass. I began to work out on the kit each night. I played the pedals as fast and hard as I could and I did the same with my arms and hands on the electronic drum pads. I also made some minor changes to my diet such as carrots instead of potato chips and no eggs etc.
It worked! Within 3 months I lost 5 pounds and I am still slowly losing weight. My cholesterol and my blood pressure dropped substantially to very safe normal levels. I feel much better.
I wound up buying a set of double pedals for my acoustic kit too. I am getting into doubles playing and I really like it.
I use thrones that have backrest. My back health has also improved from the doubles playing. I have very little back pain now because the exercise keeps me toned and loose.
I kind of like old drums:)
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In my young Army days I was nearly unstoppable. First time I left the Army I got huge lifting weights. Went back in and tried SFAS (special forces selection) - learned it was better to be an all around fitness guy. Got super lean and cut. I was tracking for many years until honestly after my first child was born. Just seems harder to get back on the horse and return to where I was. I would like to drop at least 10lbs. At anywhere from 150-155 at my size I can lift plenty of weights and run no problem.
My usual favorite run was a 7 mile run around a lake which I could do in an hour. I agree with others on here; my usual run routine left me feeling so much better. My old workout routine consisted of 20 mins of weights, 20-30 mins of cardio and finished off with a swim. Man do I miss those days!
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What works for me: Diet, Running, & Yoga. (I'm 44)
I run roughly 20-30 miles per week. Started when I was 39, "running" 1 mile in TWENTY minutes.
Gave up soda, and anything that wasn't Water, Juice, or Beer.
Most crappy carbs, dairy, junk food, and 90% of the meats that I ate...
Generally follow Dr. Furhrman's "Eat to Live"...
Started this 3 years ago. Wish I would have discovered it years earlier.
Most of these I started about 60lbs ago too. :)
I believe all 3 of these help in different ways, and doubt I could play my kit for several hours at a time without them.
Yikes. That was too much preaching.
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I'd pretty much rather die than run. I ride a bike, hike, and generally stay active, but I don't have a specific exercise routine. I like yoga, but I keep injuring myself doing it. I have to be very careful - my back and joints are easily injured. But my weight, cholesterol, and BP are just fine, and I'm 49. My diet is "don't eat too much."
I can play drums for an intense 5 hour evening with no ill effects, so I call it good.
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Thanks for the ideas guys. I've been doing mainly stretching and cardio-style exercise (swimming or elliptical machine) 2-3 times a week for a couple of years now and feel much better for it. Just wish I had never quit 20 years ago when kids and career had to come first.
Diet and proper rest are the other demons in my life that have to be managed as best as possible.
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I walk a lot, do yoga regularly and do cardio occasionally when I find time in the evening and am not too knackered.
I eat quite healthy (and regularly!) and managed to lose almost 4 stone by exercising regularly and following a healthy diet over the past years. I've still got a little bit too much fat on my bones, but I'm fitter and healthier than a lot of people that are slimmer than me. Drumming black metal is a great exercise as well, doing live gigs and being in the rehearsal studio at least once a week.
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I gave up junk food in my mid-20's and began exercising every day or close to it. I'm turning 35 soon.
My diet puts most health-food junkies to shame and taste buds reject anything too sweet.
Exercise bike, boxing, karate, yoga, stretching are all things that I have been stuck on doing. I ran 4-8 miles a day for several years but the impact on my knees and back wasn't working out.
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Physical fitness is a big part of my life. I run 4 days a week, averaging out to about 20 miles per week. Exercise wasn't a part of my life until last year, when I spent 9 months dropping 75 pounds.
When I met my wife, I weighed 140 pounds soaking wet. 4 years later I was 230 in my birthday suit. I had completely let myself go. Between marriage and starting a family, I just completely forgot to take care of myself. After waking up one day and not being able to fit into even my biggest clothes, I finally decided enough as enough. It was hard as hell at first, but sure enough the weight started to fall off.
This was me in February of 2012 at around 230 pounds.
And later in November, down 75 pounds to a healthy and happy 155.
Still hard to believe I lost all the weight. Even harder to believe I let myself somehow get there in the first place.
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I drift around 270 lbs most of the time, but I've hit 315 when I let myself go. For the most part, my two year old daughter gives me a reason to stay active. I love food of any kind - I spend a lot of my free time behind a grill, and while I am far from skinny, there are plenty of gents out there much bigger than me, and much less healthy. Why would I want to live to be 90 years old, if I couldn't enjoy the time I'm here? I want to live long enough to raise my kid(s), play some drums, eat plenty of good food. If I can manage that, I'll die happy, even if I go early at 50.
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As the music player we all intend to sit for hours as we practice or doing any concert. In the way we make our body heavy as we intake lots but the workouts are nil. With age this heaviness in the body brings down the energy within us and we intend to reduce the time for the music. So as other members have rightly said that they do lot of walking & running which brings down the heaviness of the body it gives you lot of energy to do the drumming.
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I smoked, drank alot and took drugs in my teens and early 20's and at a point I felt so horrible (mentally and physically) that I had to try something.
I quit all the bad stuff, got back into the gym, dropped carbs until I lost about 10kg (I wasn't too overweight but I looked like death) and now I am normal weight and looking better. I feel a bit fragile still though, I can't make myself lift really heavy weights because I sense that I'm doing more harm than good. Same with running, my joints don't like it and I always felt like I had a weak heart.
So moderation suits me.
I think if you put in a few hours of drumming each day, you're doing something fairly active.
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To be honest, half of the top drummers I've seen are just ridiculously fat... If you're over weight, you're gonna have groove. ahahah
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I'm not talking about trying to get pumped up and ripped, but just some light weights to keep those muscles toned.
Besides diet and proper rest, the big 3 for me are stretching/yoga, cardio, and weight training.
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I think fitness is key to happy drumming...and a happy life. Our instrument is very physically demanding and can really punish the body...especially on those long gigs, hauling a ton of gear into narrow spaces, setting up, playing, tearing down...
I've been into weight training since age 14 (35 now) and usually stay fit, but have struggled with an extra 20 lbs. or so, for the last few years. Hope it's gone soon - 3-4 cardio workouts per week and 1-2 trips to the gym for weight training. I've overhauled my diet to cut out refined sugars and other junk that works against my me. Fresh foods, lots of water, etc.
It has a noticeable impact! I can keep up with the hardest and heaviest music, when needed, and I'm always energetic.
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I know of very few top-call drummers who are overweight. A few exceptions, and those who are obese could probably reach even higher heights if they paid more attention to their physical capacities.
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Honestly, I don't like formal exercise. Lifting sucks. Running sucks. Push ups and sit ups suck. I do like yoga though.
Now that that is out of the way, I am in no way out of shape or unhealthy. At almost 38, I am 6'-0" and 145lbs. How you ask? BY STAYING ACTIVE!!!
I refuse to take elevators. I skip stairs which requires more effort from the body, and usually run up the stairs (only running I do regularly). I walk or ride my bike everywhere. Since I started school, I have put over 1000 miles on my bicycle just between school and home, but I ride more than that. I do a lot of hiking, and not on trails. Deep woods, mountainous terrain, with at least 20lbs on my back at all times. If I drive to the store, I will park as far away from the store as I can. It makes parking easier, and you do more walking. I also like to go bowling and hit golf balls. Not huge athletic endeavors, but still keeping the muscles active. And lets not forget the drumming itself. When I play I usually try to push my limits in one way or another, and am typically covered in sweat when finished, unless I have an uninspiring day.
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Foolintherain, just based on physical appearance, you're a totally different person. Would not even recognize that's you between the photos. Great job!
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We don't have to be marathon runners or body builders to be in shape.
I used to race bicycles but now I'm content riding more for pleasure and recreation. I try to ride to work when I can. I also do a little strength training.
I also just simply try to build exercise into my life; using stairs when possible, parking at the far end of the parking lot, using the bike for local errands, etc.
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Should I be upset??
My wife also would rather we do not do mon. nights and she has been great in not complaining when we do it now but she mentioned it to me.
So last week after practice I said we cannot do anymore mondays at my place, of course we could not come up with a 2nd day to get together so without batting an eye the other 3 guys start planning a time to get together on monday nights at the leads house? Of course I am not gonna tear my kit down and go over his house every monday but I am kinda pissed that they did that. Almost like they just have me in the band because I have a good place to practice.
Should I be upset here or what? I almost felt like telling them to grab their stuff and not come back but I bit my tongue and am trying to give myself time to think about it.
We are all kind of upset that the bassist can't do a friggin weekend day once a month for 3-4 hours, I mean how does he expect to play out which is our goal, he says he will make exceptions for gigs but I don't know if I believe that fully. We are supposed to play an open mic on the 14th, maybe we will see how that goes.
Also I bought a beater bass guitar to noodle around with, I know nothing of it yet but the bassist seemed kinda put off by it or threatened, when I said well what other day can you do he said none but monday, and then said if you guys want to get together I guess you could play the bass?? WTF. I think I am more upset with the fact that I let it all go without saying anything (which is unlike me). Maybe I will bring it up this thursday. Any thoughts am I wrong here?
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Hold off on anything too drastic, until after the 14th. That's not so far away.
Plenty of "rehearsal" time I have spent, not "rehearsing" anything, but sitting behind my kit, listening to either guitarist teach the other guitarist and bass player a song. If your band has that going on, make that your day not to be there. They learn songs on their time, not yours.
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I don't much see the issue.
The band practices at your place on Monday.
You just said they can't practice at your place on Monday.
So they found an alternative place to practice on Mondays.
Sounds like a pretty clear solution to a problem you presented them with.
If you're going to put your foot down about not practicing on Mondays, you can't be mad that someone else won't practice on another day.
Granted, if the band has goals, everyone should be open to obtaining those goals. But you feeling like Mondays is too much is just as much of a blockade to that goal as anyone's opposition to any other day.
Now, as for the bassist getting bent over you buying a bass, well, he needs to grow up.
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It seems like your only (rehearsal) problem is the kit transportation thing. You have to be sorta flexible as well. You may need to (gasp) downsize. I know, it's horrible to hear anyone suggest that but, you may need to at least consider it. As far as your bassist goes, my advice would be to try to explain to him that you want to gain a better understanding of bass so that you know how to play drums in a way that is most conductive to locking in a solid bass groove, or some other lie. I hate it when people think like that. If you liked playing bass so much, then why are you playing drums in the band? Can't people accept that some people like playing more than one instrument?
*edit* I saw your kit, yeah not much downsizing can be done. So your main issue still stands. Sorry.
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No... you should not be upset, but I can easily see why you might be. As a drummer, it can be very convenient to have the band come to your house. Your drums are set up, they bring their guitars, plug in, and hit the switch to turn on. Its not as easy to move your set from here to there and back to here- just to do it again next week.
It seems they havent considered how much is involved when you practice at 2 different places but still want to keep a 2-day a week schedule... You cant be upset at that.
The bassist needs to give a little, as far as commitment.... but so should you. If you want to keep it rolling, you gotta work through these inconveniences..... I wouldnt go doing anything like blowing em off and taking it as personal as you may have. If it works out- be thankful that it does... but this is definitely no reason to be negative towards the band....
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What about playing in your basement every second, third or fourth Monday? The more you play at your place, the less lugging you need to do. DSCRAPRE's suggestion about downsizing the kit when practising elsewhere seems like a sensible compromise.
Also, bands can get a fair bit done without a drummer. They can turn up next time there's a full practice with their lines worked out better because they can hear themselves more clearly without us.
No offence, nhzoso, but your bassist sounds like a liability. He can't play on weekends, has an attitude, and is weak enough to be threatened by a noob bassist (you).
On the basis of what you've said it would seem that upgrading in the bass dept would solve a number of probs all at once. Not good when there's bad vibes between bass and drums since that's supposed to be a musical marriage. Of course, personal dynamics in the band might preclude that option at the moment but that's how it looks to an outsider.
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Sounds like you have a pretty good thing going on with these bandmates. It's a gripe to be sure, but you went into drumming knowing it's a pain to break the kit down and transport it, set up, etc. And it's a pain in the arse to move it, etc. And really frustrating when nobody helps you load in and out. Maybe downsize the kit when you have to transport? Whenever I play out and a house kit is provided and I only have to bring my sticks, I try and help out my bandmates move their gear. It's a tradeoff.
But you are not alone. Drummers throughout history have dealt with this issue. Transporting the kit, set up, take down, load out, etc., etc., etc.
Hang in there! Good luck!
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Sound like you'll need a cheap practice kit with OK hardware. Just move your cymbals & snare.
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Thanks for the input all. I guess I am over reacting a little bit especially when the lead told me in private that he hated mondays too then they plan to get together at his place on mondays...LOL
I have had time to think about it and I am getting what I want out of it so I will see how far we can go, my wife holds the same feelings towards the bass player Poly but I never realy saw it till the other day. In a sense I have been playing with him since I started playing drums 5 yrs ago and he is the one who recruited me but he does have issues and I guess we will find out his committment level soon enough.
Maybe I will get the courage to post a few of our mp3's that I recorded on here and you all can tell me what you think? Maybe : )
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Being a professional musician myself, I possibly can see the bassist's point of view. Does he do nothing but music for a living? If so, it might just be true that he can't do any other night.
When I plan my schedule, commitments are set in stone. When I take on a new project (band rehearsal, gig, recording session, lesson, etc...), I have to schedule it in in order of priority, and in relation to everything else. If I have a regular rehearsal or lesson time, I try to schedule other commitments around those times. If I get a gig that can only happen during one of those times, it takes precedence over the rehearsal or lesson. Maybe your bass player has other commitments that a gig would take precedence over, but not another rehearsal...???
One of my bands has a regular rehearsal time that gets shifted around on a semi-annual basis, it seems. Opportunities come up for the members to take on a new job offer (teaching position, different hours at their current job, etc...) and they negotiate with everyone else for a new time slot. The problem with this is that the rest of us have already shifted the rest of OUR schedules to make rehearsal work, often times leaving no room for budging either before or after. It's tough, but it's just one of those things that a band has to work with, especially bands that have full-time musicians.
Ask yourself: Does your band *really* need more than one rehearsal a week? I'm on a strict diet of "one rehearsal per week per band", unless a band has a unique situation like a last-minute gig and new songs to learn for it. But, for the most part, one rehearsal a week isn't even necessary (unless the group is just starting out or learning new repertoire), but we still do it, just to keep the momentum of the group going...
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My band practices all the time without me (without drums entirely, not with another drummer)...sometimes 2x in a week. When my neighbor put an end to our practicing at my place, we didn't play together for nearly two months. In that time they had hashed out all kinds of great ideas and brought them by once I found a place for us to play.
Either you're a valued member of the band or you're not. If you find out that you're not, then it's better to move on now and quit wasting your time.
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I may be way wrong,but it sounds like a bunch of guys who like to play,but are not willing to "Give" an inch to do it.
I dont want to start a conspiracy,because a band can be hard to get formed altogether,but you have a bass player,who wont play on weekends?
Thats not good.
Kinda like having a restaurant,that is only open monday through thursday.
also,if you cant practice at your pad anymore,and your also not willing to tear down the kit and jam elsewhere on monday...then to me it sounds like you guys have two musicians who dont really want to do it all that badly.
Maybe you just need to step back,and decide if you need a break,or get to tearing that set down,and also get to talking to that bass player about the importance of playing weekends,or get to finding someone who will.
The rest of the guys will get together with or without you,simply to continue getting tight.So dont take that too hard.if anything,take that time,to decide if your in it all the way or not.
Drummer in my old band,had to tear down a 10 piece set twice a week,and drive it out to a barn where we practiced,and you couldnt drive in,it was pretty well blocked with other stuff,so hed carry it all like 110 feet from his truck.
Just saying,if youre into it,youd walk the drums across town to do it.So maybe ya just need a little break.
Either way,good luck!!
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Practicing at peoples houses.... never works in my experience. Get everyone to show a bit of commitment and hire somewhere where it doesn't matter what night or time you rehearse.
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Try to find a local bar or pub or "someplace" that will let you rehearse there weekly in exchange for doing a free show there once a month? Our band migrated from rehearsing at our lead's house to rehearsing at a sports bar once a week. In exchange for free room, we put on a show once a month or so and bring in a lot of drinkers. We're at least paying for the time and space, in bar receipts. And the patrons get to hear a free show. And usually we always have some people listening to us who have dropped by to see the band in their natural habitat.
Just some ideas to get you outta the house.
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No none of us are pro's we all have day time jobs,but the bassist says the weekends are for his kids. Which how can ya argue with that? We even said how about 1 sat. or sun. a month just about anytime and he still said no way.
We have been getting together 1-2 times week for about 8 month's and within the last 5 months or so decided to gig out. We only have about 22 songs (classic rock stuff) and have gone through about 3 lead singers for various reasons.
each time we lost a singer it set us back a month or so so we decided to do all the singing ourselves which i am not totally convinced sounds good but others who have heard us say it's not bad.. whatever that means.
Anyway I am still very much learning drums so I am gonna just keep going with these guys and see how it goes. In the meantime I have been thinking about auditioning for a band or 2 on craigslist. I have never done it and I would like to see how others who don't know me feel about my drumming.
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