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Written on May 16, 2013 at 7:31 am, by Eric Cressey
With Show and Go on sale this week, I thought I'd use today's recommended reading post to point you in the direction of some related content:
My Top 10 Strength and Conditioning Mistakes – This is a free 23-minute webinar I made back when Show and Go first launched. Regardless of your training experience, I'm sure you'll find some pearls of wisdom in there.
5 Reasons You Aren't Getting Stronger – I wrote this around the time that Show and Go was released, too. It's one of the more popular articles ever published on this site. There is a small amount of overlap with the aforementioned webinar, but important points do deserve repetition!
Is Show and Go Okay for Females? You Tell Me. – A lot of ladies ask if Show and Go can be a good fit for them, so I pulled together this compilation of ladies crushing heavy weights.
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Written on May 15, 2013 at 6:24 am, by Eric Cressey
With Show and Go: High Performance Training to Look, Feel, and Move Better on sale for this week, I thought I'd give you a sneak peak at the final chapter of this resource. While most people want the programs (the what), I think it's also important to understand the "how," too. In other words, if you give two trainees the exact same program, why do they often get remarkably different results? Sure, genes play into this, but there are additional factors that influence one's long-term success. You can learn about a few of them below. – EC
All this in mind, as I sit here to write up this last chapter, it's important for me to actually make it into something useful for you. To that end, I thought back to the most accomplished athletes and lifters with whom I've interacted over the years to brainstorm up some traits that typify almost all of them. What words do I think of when considering these individuals?
Consistency – Their outstanding results are never about just a 16-week program, finding a magic pill, or taking shortcuts. They don't skip out on 2-3 months here and there because work gets busy. They never let minor aches and pains sidetrack them because they find ways to train around these issues and rehabilitate them in the process. They can't fathom taking 19 weeks to complete a 16-week program. Training is an integral part of their lives, so they do it with more consistency than their less-accomplished peers. In the grand scheme of things, the programming, technique, and training environment are important – but just showing up is the single-most important thing.
Focus – When it's time to train, the cell phone goes off. There's no talking about the boozing that went on at the bars the weekend before, or complaining about problems with the new girlfriend. When these successful trainees are in the gym, they are there for one reason: to lift heavy stuff and get better.
Training Partners/Environment – Successful individuals realize that they'll never be as well off alone as they will be with the help of the individuals around them, so they surround themselves with the right people. The end result is constant, detailed feedback; handoffs and spots whenever they're needed; accountability to ensure the aforementioned consistency; and camaraderie that improves results exponentially.
Realistic Expectations – My best deadlift is 660 pounds, but to be honest, on about 363 days of the year, I don't think I could come within 20 pounds of it. It just isn't possible to be at your best for every training session – and it gets even harder to be close to that "peak" feeling as you get more experienced and accomplished. Push too hard when you aren't feeling it, and you'll set yourself back. The most accomplished powerlifters, bodybuilders, and strength sport athletes out there know when to push and when to hold back to take deloading periods; they have realistic expectations of themselves and listen to their bodies.
Insatiable Desire to Improve – Some of the best athletes I've ever met and worked with have also been the most inquisitive and open-minded to suggestions. They are constantly looking for new ways to improve, and appreciate that the field of strength and conditioning is a very dynamic one in which new research emerges almost daily. They recognize that there is more than one way to skin a cat, so they borrow bits and pieces from many different philosophies to find what works best for them.
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Written on May 13, 2013 at 6:03 am, by Eric Cressey
For only the second time since its release (and first time since 2011), I'm putting Show and Go: High Performance Training to Look, Feel, and Move Better on sale. It's my birthday a week from today, so I figure I can use the proceeds to buy myself some hair plugs or a few rounds of Bingo, now that I'm getting old.
Joking aside, though, through this Saturday (5/18) at midnight, you can get this resource for just $77 (48% off the normal price).
With me working on a new project that'll be due out later this year, now is the perfect time to give the Show and Go program a test-drive, as it'd be a great option for setting you up to give the next generation of "Cressey Madness" a go in the fall. Don't take that to mean that the Show and Go program is outdated, though, as I still get great feedback on the program every single day of the week.
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5 Ways to Avoid Boredom in Your Strength and Conditioning Programs
Written on May 3, 2013 at 6:29 am, by Eric Cressey
On Wednesday, my business partners and I surprised our staff and interns by blocking off a few hours of training sessions at Cressey Sports Performance - so that we could take them out to see the new movie, Pain and Gain. While the movie has a strength training theme to it, it doesn't even come close to qualifying as "continuing education" for our crew.
Rather, we had two reasons for taking the crew to the movies for a few hours. First, we wanted to reward them for all their hard work during a long and busy baseball off-season. Second, we wanted to mix things up a bit for them, as things slow down a bit at the CSP during the month of April, and we still want to make coming to work fun even when the days might feel a bit longer.
It's easy to draw a parallel from this experience to what many people encounter with their strength training programs. Good programs change before people adapt to them physiologically, but rarely do you consider that some people may have adapted to those programs psychologically much earlier. In other words, some people get bored quickly and need to shake things up to keep training fun. To that end, here are five strategies you can employ to make sure that you don't find going to the gym monotonous.
1. Get a new strength and conditioning program.
At Cressey Sports Performance, we generally change programs with our athletes and clients every four weeks. With all of them on their own individualized programs, this obviously makes for a lot of program design responsibilities for our staff. However, an individual gets excited when he or she receive a programs that isn't only new, but uniquely his or hers.
I often see people do the same programs for months and months upon end. There might be a small percentage of the strength training population who can tolerate it, but based on my interaction with thousands of the clients over the years, long-term results are far better when people are having fun. So, if you've been doing the same program since 1994, you might want to consider shuffling things up a bit.
2. Tinker with an existing strength and conditioning program.
It's not mandatory that you overhaul the program; you might just need to tinker with things. Maybe you increase volume significantly in one training session or week to really challenge someone before deloading in the subsequent week. Perhaps you modify exercise selection or the sets/reps scheme from week to week. The variations you can add are limited only by your creativity, but the important thing is that there is some variation in there, particularly if the individual doing the program is someone who gets bored easily.
3. Meet up with a new training partner.
I speak a lot about the importance of having good training partners and camaraderie in the gym. With this in mind, I'm convinced that the fact that people meet and train alongside new people every time they come to Cressey Sports Performance has a lot to do with our success. While consistency is certainly a valuable qualify to have in a training partner, the truth is that people seem to work harder when they're surrounded by new people. It may kick-start a little competitive fire or even just be a matter of people not wanting to be perceived as "non-hard-working." Whatever it is, sometimes the people surrounded you during a training session can have a big impact on the effort you put in - and the excitement you take away from the session.
4. Try some new training equipment.
A lot of fitness enthusiasts complain when they go on vacation and check out the hotel gym for the first time - only to discover less than stellar equipment selections. I'm not sure how people got the idea that a vacation resort would make a power rack, glute ham raise, and 2,000 pounds of free weights a priority when designing a resort for the masses, but some people do have this expectation nonetheless.
I'm much more of a glass-is-half-full kind of guy, so I view vacation training as an opportunity to shuffle my training up with some equipment access. It's not going to kill you to use some machines for a week, and you won't waste away if you do more body weight exercises for a few days. Chances are that you'll make yourself really sore and - when you're hitting the dessert bar for the fifth time - you'll feel a little better about yourself knowing that you still worked hard and have the physical reminder of it.
Even if you're not on vacation, you can change things up very easily. It could be as simple as throwing a pair of Fat Gripz on the bar or dumbbell, or using a specialty bar for some squats or lunges.
5. Compete with yourself.
One of the biggest mistakes I see among gym-goers is that they rarely track their progress. It only takes a few seconds to write down what you did in a given session, but for some reason, most people don't log their training sessions. If you can't remember what you've done, how can you determine if you're making progress in the direction of your goals? This is one reason why I love Fitocracy; it's a quantifiable means of tracking exercise progress, and it also offers ways for you to compete with not only yourself, but others, too.
There's something wildly motivating about seeing improvements from week to week - even if they're only represented by a few numbers on a sheet of paper. If you find yourself getting bored in the gym easily, then I'd suggest that you start tracking things a bit more closely so that you can head off that boredom before it sets in. Plus, you might actually find that there's a reason to celebrate progress instead of just loathing the trips to the gym!
These are just five strategies to help you keep your strength and conditioning programs and sessions from getting boring, and there are surely many more. What have you done to keep the monotony at bay and keep things interesting?
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3 Strategies to Avoid Getting Too Comfortable with Your Strength and Conditioning Programs
Written on April 12, 2013 at 6:06 am, by Eric Cressey
In the past, I've written about how fond I am of the writing of Chip and Dan Heath, brothers who've written best sellers like Made to Stick and Switch. These books have provided insights about why certain ideas are accepted while others are rejected, and outlined strategies to implement paradigm shifts effectively. Effectively, they analyze how people behave and process information in order to help readers make effect positive changes in business and in life. On my recent vacation, I read their newest release, Decisive, which discusses all the factors that affect whether we make good or bad decisions. I stumbled upon a gem in this great read that I think applies heavily to folks' fitness programs.
In reference to a meta-analysis of the psychology literature, the Heaths write: "In reviewing more than 91 studies of over 8,000 participants, the researchers concluded that we are more than twice as likely to favor confirming information than dis-confirming information." Furthermore, the brothers note, "The confirmation bias also increased when people had previously invested a lot of time or effort in a given issue."
Think about how this applies to the fitness community. There are a lot of folks who go to the gym and do what they've always done because it's comfortable. It's much easier to just go and do an exercise that you already know than it is to have to learn something new. And, beyond just the comfort factor, being willing to adopt new ways also means that you may have to accept that your old ways weren't up to snuff – and that can be a bitter pill to swallow when it means thousands of hours at the gym may have been used inefficiently.
People want to confirm their awesomeness, not refute it.
One of my most important roles as a strength and conditioning coach is to help people embrace change when it comes to exercise. This generally means that I make a living "dis-confirming" what others are doing in their own exercise programs; otherwise, I wouldn't be needed.
While there are certainly exceptions to the rule (in powerlifting, for instance, you want to be as efficient and consistent as possible with the three main lifts), change means creating a disturbance that least leads to greater fitness adaptation. It may be a richer proprioceptive environment to better prepare someone for life's demands, a different metabolic conditioning stress to drop body fat, an exercise variation to help someone avoid an overuse injury, or a new warm-up to improve movement quality on the way to achieving a goal.
Change must, however, be implemented differently for each individual. Some folks are ready to jump right into the deep end, and others are more reluctant and need to be eased into adjustments. Some folks may really need a complete program overhaul, while others might just need some tinkering.
How, then, do you know where you stand without someone like me there to help you? I'd ask yourself these five questions to determine if you're getting too comfortable:
1. In the past four months, have you been moving toward your goals or further away from them?
2. What have you sacrificed to make this progress? This may be time, energy, money, or allowing a different fitness quality to detrain (e.g., losing metabolic conditioning as you put on muscle mass and strength). Are you comfortable with this sacrifice?
3. Are you motivated to get to the gym when the time comes to train?
4. Have you remained healthy during the program, or does it hurt to do certain exercises?
5. Can you do the things you want to do in life? Can you walk up the stairs without getting out of breath? Are you capable of putting your own luggage in the overhead compartment on a plane? Does it bother you that you can't fit into some of your clothes? Will you make up an excuse to not play catch with your son because your shoulder is killing you?
If any of these questions left a bad taste in your mouth, then you need to evaluate how you can better structure your workout routines. And, in order to do so, you need an unbiased perspective, because we're all wired to simply agree with ourselves.
1. Get a training partner. – Training partners aren't just about offering spots, carpools, or accountability to show up for all your training sessions; they're also there to give you brutal honesty when you need it. Find someone who can tell you when you're spinning your wheels or being an idiot.
2. Outsource your training. – It might mean you buy a book or DVD and follow the recommended program or hire someone to work with you in person. At CP, our staff members write programs for each other and we all train together so that we can all work toward our individual goals with impartial feedback along the way. Interestingly, we have many fitness professionals who have looked to us for their own training. We have several clients who are personal trainers and strength coaches who appreciate outsourcing things to us in the same way that their clients do to them. Additionally, Show and Go has been very popular with fitness professionals not only because they can look at how the programs are structured, but also follow the program to shake up their own workout routines.
3. Think up alternatives. – The Heath brothers talk extensively about how the best way to come to a good decision is to realize that there is an "And" and not just an "Or." In other words, not all questions are "yes/no" or "A/B" in nature – even if we try to make them that way. It's important to brainstorm and investigate alternative solutions that could work best.
As an example, think of a lifter whose shoulder hurts and thinks he needs to stop training until it's healthy. He might wonder, "Should I train through pain or stop?" The alternative answer is to train around pain, finding exercises that help one maintain a training effect without exacerbating the injury. I know: it sounds logical to assume one would pursue this third option, but you'd be amazed at how many people shut it down altogether. They avoid comprehensive decision-making processes, and you can imagine how this may apply to decisions they encounter in other aspects of their lives.
There are surely many other ways to determine whether you're getting too comfortable and, if so, what to do about it. However, these were a few ideas to get the ball rolling and make you consider if you're really heading in the right direction with your training.
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Quick and Easy Ways to Feel and Move Better: Installment 30
Written on January 25, 2013 at 11:08 am, by Eric Cressey
Here are this week's strength and conditioning tips, courtesy of Greg Robins.
1. Stress the "Hip Shift" with rotational med ball drills.
In this video I would like to detail the most important factor when using medicine ball exercisess to improve rotational power. Additionally, I have included a couple drills to help athletes with shifting from one hip to the other.
2. Consider adding work before you take away rest.
Often, you will set up your training sessions based on work to rest ratios. For example:
5 sets of 5 with one minute of rest.
30 seconds of work with 30 seconds of rest.
Whether we are working to improve an athlete's work capacity, or programming for a fat loss client, the idea is that we are calling for consistent high output efforts with incomplete rest intervals.
My suggestion is that you add repetitions or small increases in time BEFORE you take away rest. Why? The answer is simple: if you want high outputs, you are more likely to get them when you have more rest, albeit incomplete rest. Over the course of a program, use a progression where you add work first, then go back to where you started and take away rest the second go around. This way you are more likely to get better outputs.
Using our first example:
The first month would include adding 1 rep per workout or adding a few seconds while keeping the 1 minute, or 30 seconds of rest, respectively. In the following month, you can keep the work at 5 reps or 30 seconds and take away small amounts of rest each workout. In the months to follow you can start to combine elements of each.
3. Know when to buy organic produce when you're on a budget.
I have never been in a situation where I didn't need to count my pennies when it came to buying food for the week. That being said, I have filled my head with too much information not be informed when it comes to the safety of the food I buy. Therefore, I have to be consider how I can stay smart with my food choices and my finances. One of the best pieces of advice I received a while back had to do with when to buy organic produce. As a rule of thumb, I buy organic fruits and veggies when I plan on eating the skin, and I don't when I plan on removing the skin.
For example, when it comes to berries, apples, and leafy greens, I always go organic. When I buy bananas, pineapple, or spaghetti squash, I just buy the cheapest I can find. Keeping this in mind, I also tend to buy fruits and veggies that fit my budget at the time in respect to my rule of thumb. Give it a try and save some dough!
4. Try this variation of the reverse crunch.
5. Consider this study when developing your strength and conditioning programs.
Earlier this year, I presented at our first annual Cressey Performance Fall Seminar. I spoke on the various qualities of "strength" an athlete may acquire and display. A large part of what I stressed was the relationship between strength qualities and how some exercises (and improvement of said exercises) share a more direct relationship with increased performance in an athlete's sport of choice.
Recently, I came across this study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The researchers examined how various field related strength and performance tests correlate to a golfer's club head speed (CHS). Not surprisingly, it was found that better rotational medicine ball throw outputs and squat jump outputs correlated with better CHS.
The study describes the finding as "movements that are more concentrically dominant in nature may display stronger relationships with CHS."
The take away is that we must make sure that our athletes have great absolute strength (which can be measured eccentrically), but also the ability to call upon that strength quickly and use it concentrically. If there is a major deficit between their ability to use their strength against a very sub maximal load (such as a golf club, baseball, or their body), then we are missing the mark in making them more productive on the field. Be sure to test and improve not only maximal strength numbers, but also power outputs in time dependent situations. These can include testing and programming various jumps, sprints, and throws.
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The Superset Survival Guide
Written on October 14, 2012 at 7:44 pm, by Eric Cressey
I've come to realize that over the past 13 years in strength and conditioning, I've gotten a little spoiled. Many of my readers are some of the more educated weight-training consumers on the 'Net. I've been around Division 1 athletes who have four years of strength and conditioning continuity in their lives. I've lifted alongside world-class powerlifters. And, now, I have a host of athletes at Cressey Performance who are completely "indoctrinated" with my training philosophies, as it's the only thing they've ever known.
So, I guess you could say that I've become a bit of a lifting snob in the sense that I assume I'm always surrounded by people who know how to interpret my programs, leaving me to just program, coach technique, help select weights, and turn up the volume on the stereo.
I came to the realization that I was just in a fantasyland, though, when my second book, Maximum Strength, was published in June of 2008.
This book, which had a bit more "mass market" flavor than the overwhelming majority of my work, was being sold online and in bookstores from Idaho to Thailand – and many of the people buying it were Average Joes who didn't know how to interpret the programs I'd written. One question that I received in about 50 different emails sticks out in my mind:
"I've recently purchased your book and have a quick question related to the training schedules. I see the "A1 and A2" / "B1 and B2" designations, but am not sure I fully understand if I'm supposed to alternate the exercises that day (for example, do a set of one-arm DB push press and then do a set of close-grip chin-up and cycle through to complete 3 sets each) or am I supposed to pick one exercise for week 1 and then choose the other exercise in week 2?"
The answer, as the overwhelming majority of my readers knows, is that A1 and A2 indicates a superset. You go back and forth between the two (in all weeks), and once you've completed A1 and A2, you move on to B1 and B2, then C1 and C2, and so on. So, you do all the exercises in all the weeks. The idea is pretty simple:
Supersetting makes your training far more efficient.
So, rather than doing a set of bench presses and then standing around for two minutes before the next set, you superset the bench presses with a variation of rows or a flexibility exercise, for instance. You increase training density, and can use the pairings to bring up weak areas.
All that said, we know superset training works; it might be one of the few things that the overwhelming majority of strength coaches and personal trainers agree on, in fact! However, I often see poor choices in terms of exercise pairings in the lay population. For instance, you'll often see people supersetting walking dumbbell lunges and chin-ups, both of which are pretty grip-intensive. As such, I thought it'd be a good time to throw out some of my favorite supersets.
1. The "Regular Ol' Push-Pull" Superset
This is probably where we've come to recognize the value of supersets more than anywhere else. Do a set of presses, and instead of just waiting 2-3 minutes to go back to another set of presses, we go to a pull in the middle. Let's look at what this works out to over the course of five sets, assuming a two-minute rest between sets and a duration of thirty seconds between sets:
Option A – Just "Press 'n Wait"
Option B – Pairing a press and a pull with a "moderate" rest between push and pull
Effectively, you've doubled your training density while only investing 33% more time. And, if you cut the rest intervals down to 45s between the end of a press set and start of the pull set, you actually keep the rest between sets of presses the same as you did in Option 1 and be down to 11 minutes, 45 seconds. You don't have to be an economist – or even a graduate of the 6th grade – to know that this is a wise training investment. "More work in less time" holds merit in lifting heavy stuff just like it does in the business world.
The logical next question is, of course, what kind of "pushes" and "pulls?" It's a pretty easy division to make, via four categories:
1. Vertical Push (overhead pressing)
Pair the vertical pushes with the vertical pulls, and horizontal pushes with the horizontal pulls. And, if you're feeling frisky, you can pair horizontal pushes with vertical pulls, or horizontal pulls with vertical pushes. Your imagination is the only limit.
A word of advice: you'll never get completely perfect antagonist relationships. For example, the long head of the triceps is going to be at least somewhat active in every one of these variations because it is both a shoulder extensor (pull-ups and rows) and an elbow extensor (all presses). The long head of the biceps flexes both the shoulder (all presses) and elbow (pull-ups and rows) on top of contributing to shoulder joint stability in all tasks. Your rotator cuff is going crazy in all these movements.
In short, consider gross movement schemes and try to avoid blatantly obvious overlap in muscle recruitment, but don't get bogged down in minutia when selecting your pairings.


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In all of the extant letters that bear Paul's name, he signs off with this, or a similar, grace-benediction. Like his salutations, Paul's closing greetings are Christianized. Instead of the standard goodbye in Greek letters (erroso [literally "be strong"]; cf. the letter of James in Acts 15:29), it is grace that he wishes for the Philippians. Although grace is primarily from God in Paul's letters, in the grace-benedictions it is invariably the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that he prays will be with them. Thus the final grace serves to "bookend" his letters, which begin with "grace and peace" as part of the greeting (see on 1:2).
On this note the letter comes to an end. One hesitates to draw out too much theology from these rather conventional closing formulas. But as noted at the beginning and elsewhere (e.g., 4:8, 11-13, 15-16) in Paul's hand conventions are never merely conventional. Eventually everything, including these conventions, is brought under the influence of Christ and the gospel. Thus the final greetings of Philippians, which by their threefold elaboration presuppose the church as the body of Christ, are to be given and received as in Christ Jesus. And the final grace is also from the Lord Jesus Christ, so that the whole letter, from beginning to end and everywhere in between, focuses on Christ, who as Paul's life (1:21) is magnified both in his language and in the two narratives that point specifically to him (Christ's in 2:5-11 and Paul's in 3:4-14). To miss this central focus on Christ would be to miss the letter altogether, and to miss the heart of Pauline theology. May we who read this letter as the Word of God follow in Paul's train.


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Spring is a Great Time to Explore the Outdoors!
A Free Event... Rain or Shine... Join the fun at Huguenot Park and the Community Idea Stations at 10901 Robious Road, North Chesterfield, Virginia on May 1, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
In case of SEVERE weather, call (804) 560-8103 on May 1 for the latest information.
Make tracks to Huguenot Park and the studios of the Community Idea Stations on Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. for a FREE day of hands-on fun exploring science and nature. The educational programs of the Community Idea Stations, Science Matters and Ready to Learn, and Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation are co-hosting a special day in the park to give children and their families plenty of exciting outdoor experiences. Fifty-five local community groups with expertise in outdoor adventure, healthy living, and environmental science will engage you in activities ranging from nature walks to tree climbing, archery and fishing, paddle boarding (on dry land), gardening, camping, art making and much, much more.
Curious George, Smokey the Bear and a Mermaid will be some of the characters joining in the fun. Come and check out your local PBS and NPR stations while touring the radio and television studios. You'll even get to see yourself on TV (the green screen that is!) Snacks, drinks, and great food will be available for purchase.
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Check out some of the Activities from 2015:
- Get up close and personal with live owls, raptors and reptiles
- Hike the trails of Huguenot Park and learn about trees and animal tracks
- Join some "Bug Walks" to uncover all kinds of creatures
- Explore rocks and minerals of Virginia
- Discover hidden Geocaches
- Try your hand at archery
- Climb aTree with a special guide
- Play Fishing games
- Enjoy Nature-based arts and crafts and a recycled art project
- Discover square foot gardening
- Learn all about bees and how to identify birds and their songs
- Play lots of outdoor games in the field games area
- Learn all about the James River, Chesapeake Bay and the Virginia Institute for Marine Science
- Meet Smokey the Bear, Curious George and Mermaids and other characters
Check out this video from our 2015 event to sample the fun to be had by the entire family:
Be sure to "Explore the Outdoors" by checking out these Science Matters videos:
Fossil Hunting at York River State Park
James River Ecology School
Pocahontas State Park
Rockwood Nature Center
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Neil Lennon gives Adam Matthews a hand following the 4-0 win in Paisley last weekend
Ronnie Cully, Senior Sports Writer / / Sport
CELTIC are ready to reap the reward for the rest and relaxation they received in Turkey.
Motherwell will be the first to come up against the recharged champions when Stuart McCall brings his on-form side to Parkhead on Saturday.
And Hoops defender Adam Matthews - who was celebrating his 22nd birthday yesterday as the squad returned from contesting the Antalya Cup final on Sunday - believes the benefit of the break will be clear for all to see.
"We've played a lot of games this season, with the Champions League qualifiers," he said.
"So, it's been good for the players who have played most of the matches to just play a bit of the games and then get a bit of sun.
"We have had so many fixtures, and it did start to show, so it's been good to get the break.
"Hopefully, we can carry on where we left off when we get back.
"Although we had two games when we were away, they weren't competitive. It's just nice to wind down, chill and get some nice weather.
"It's been good a trip and I'm sure we will see the benefits later on in the season."
The full-back picked up a slight injury which kept him out of the final against Galatasaray.
But after missing three months of the campaign with a broken collarbone, he is ready to put his shoulder to the wheel for the second half of the season.
Matthews' return to action coincided with Mikael Lustig going under the knife for hip surgery, which will keep the Swede out for another few months.
He said: "This hasn't been my best season with injuries, so I just want to play as many games as I can.
"Hopefully, all that is behind me now, and 2014 will be an injury-free year for me."
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Well, this is a pretty retarded picture XD but you asked to see it if we used your brushes. I actually didn't get to use your brushes because I don't use photoshop, but I used the picture you used for the brushes with some color editing. I hope this is ok with you D:. If not, Let me know and I'll edit it :3. [link]
It isn't retarded at all! I love it! You could have asked for images of the brushes...pngs or something easy to use. I would have gladly done that so you didn't have to go through the trouble with the preview image!
Awww, I wouldn't have wanted you to go through that much trouble. It ended up not being too hard to use what you had up. Thank you though !
Ahh and also thank you for the fav!
Ahh and also thank you for the fav!
Wouldn't have been trouble at all! Let me know if you ever need anything else. I stopped doing stock and brushes because I didn't really know what people wanted.
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It is one atom thick and touted to be stronger than steel. Graphene has captured the scientific and public imagination as the wonder material of the 21st century. Now, researchers at Trinity College Dublin have found a way to extract the substance from graphite – using a kitchen blender and some liquid soap.
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Welcome to the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, your relaxing getaway in the heart of Jacksonville
A wonderful view
Room was clean and updated. Room service was quick, friendly but food was awful. Customer service from front desk to concierge was ... Not good.
Nice atmosphere and enjoyed food/bar. Will stay here again for next Jags home game
Sports Bar Reuben Sandwich is TKO.
Best location for UGA Florida game. The Landing is 5 min walk. Great views. Check out pool on top floor
Beautiful views, clean rooms, great staff
Beautiful. View but nothing to do. The whole place is closer to being a ghost town. Disappointed.
Nothing to write home about
Standard 3 star hotel, but staff were exceptionally polite and helpful. Not the prettiest waterfront, but water nonetheless.
Guys You Will Love It! Is a nice place to have relax, business, romance in JAX, take time to explore and miss your self in this Amazing city!
Their New Year's Eve buffet was wonderful and everyone handled themselves in a professional manner.
The chicken pot pie is awesome!
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Ceiling in the conference room is very low. Claustrophobic low
Good service nice hotel
Rooftop pool. . .
2014 USAS Convention
Waterfront room is a must have an gym is very nice! Top stay in the area
We're about to find out if their shrimp and grits are as good as mine.
Breakfast was good.
Pool is receiving a full overhaul. Aka THERE'S NO POOL. Not sure why they'd choose to do that in the summer.
Try the Build Your Own Salad. Lots of good stuff and plenty enough for two
Really enjoyed my stay, very nice large clean rooms.Serve Starbucks coffee in the rooms... that's a plus!
When you come back from running, a bottle of water is provided at the entrance! Great service!
Jordan at the registration desk was amazing. Loved that the concierge sends tweets!
Buffet breakfast @ 18.95 is costly, but a great, quality selection of foods is available.
Starbucks coffee can be found at the coffee lounge / bar called Currents, which is in the lobby area, to the right if you walk in from outside. It's a bar at night, coffee shop by day. Good service.
Also, no free wifi! $10 a day!
Friendly & helpful staff, beautiful view, clean. Hotel restaurants are $$$, food is just OK. Nothing around other than Jacksonville Landing which is :P All nearby restaurants are closed on Sundays!
This ain't nothing but the Adam's Mark with another name the rooms are shitty and some of the staff is rude as hell!!!!!!
Hotel has a beautiful view of the Riverfront. To crewmembers its a long ride from the airport.
Park across the street, it's cheaper than parking at the hotel. Otherwise this is an awesome place!
Best omelets ever!
Get the room facing the river and have a beautiful view of the skyline and river bridge!
It's so cold out here I want Miami back fast!
The view is amazing, staff was wonderful. I simply adore this brand too. :)
Great lobby lounge for meet ups.
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Friendly and accommodating staff.
oops.. couldn't plug my phone in by the bed for use as an alarm clock.. but the ipod clock radio was great instead
If you're not here you are missing the Jazz Jam!
Excellent and friendly staff.
Get a river front view, way nice
Poor internet connection except in lobby. Too expensive to pay for and get unreliable service!
WiFi code username: '(current month)' Password: 'Hyatt(currentyear)'
Very nice hotel overall. The water is softer than normal though, so be prepared to spend a little bit longer washing off.
Best river facing view for this price ever!!! Very upscale hotel and cordial service!
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Political Policy continues progress at Dundalk
Political Policy is out to continue his rapid progression in the Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Handicap at Dundalk on Friday night.
Political Policy is out to continue his rapid progression in the Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Handicap at Dundalk on Friday night.
Joseph O'Brien is predicting big things from the "exceptional" Air Force Blue and has his eyes on 2000 Guineas success.
Richard Fahey is hoping Ribchester could fly the flag for his yard in next year's Qipco 2000 Guineas following his victory in the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes.
Irish 2,000 Guineas-winning trainer James Toller admitted to feeling relieved after confirming his intention to quit the training ranks at the end of the season.
Gleneagles could head for the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown next month after being declared a non-runner in the Juddmonte International at York due to unsuitable ground.
Convergence bids for a second Group Three success at Leopardstown as he lines up in the Invesco Pension Consultants Desmond Stakes.
Convergence saw off all rivals from the front to land the Ballycorus Stakes at Leopardstown.
Dual 2000 Guineas winner Gleneagles heads a field of six for the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.
Gleneagles overcame trouble in running to complete a Classic double in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.
Aidan O'Brien tells Robert Hall that Gleneagles showed courage to win the Irish 2000 Guineas
Richard Hannon is under no illusions about the task facing Ivawood ahead of his rematch with Gleneagles in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas.
Aidan O'Brien's Newmarket hero Gleneagles heads a field of 11 declared for the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday.
Ger Lyons will be double-handed in Saturday's Irish 2,000 Guineas with Endless Drama and Convergence primed for the Curragh Classic.
Roger Varian is hoping for some ease in the ground at the Curragh this weekend to allow Belardo to show his true colours in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas.
Richard Hannon will launch a twin assault on Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas with both Ivawood and Estidhkaar set to line up at the Curragh.
Night Of Thunder landed his first success since last year's Qipco 2000 Guineas with a hard-fought triumph in the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.
Zawraq is set to bypass the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas on Saturday week and head straight for the Investec Derby at Epsom.
Make Believe gave Andre Fabre his sixth win in the French 2000 Guineas when making all from his stablemate New Bay at Longchamp.
Charlie Hills accepts it will take a special performance from Muhaarar to win the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) from stall 18.
Aidan O'Brien could be triple-handed in the French equivalent of the 2000 Guineas, the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, at Longchamp on Sunday as he aims to lift the prize for the fourth time.


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AlphaDream hits the mark again in terms of combat and dialogue, even if some new additions fall flat.
The intricate puzzles and tantalizing secrets of this starkly gorgeous, mystical island are enough to lose yourself in for dozens of hours.
Rico's third adventure stays the course, but at least this course involves slingshotting cows off of cliffs.
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consists of 5 releases.
Released 1994
A sub-machine gun found in System Shock.
Many games have ammo. In some, you can design your own. Ammo is put in a weapon and fired as a projectile.
Assault Rifle refers to a basic design of a weapon that combines the abilities of older long-range rifles and the rapid fire of sub-machine guns. Common designs include the M-16, M-4, AK47 (and 74), and the L85A1.
A stationary gun that automatically shoots at targets.
The beam sword is a melee weapon found in a multitude of games, shows, and movies. Is typically found in sci-fi and fantasy settings.
A furniture that provides a place to sleep. In video games, often used to regain health, skip time and *ahem* other activities...
A futuristic bullet that tends to eliminate the case, making the bullets smaller and lighter
A computer is a common object in video games. They can be used for many purposes; to trigger objects - such as a lift or a bomb, gather information, or even to play games.
Darts are an item used sporting events and can also be used as projectile weapons.
A gun that uses a nonlethal (Unless poisoned) dart instead of bullets.
A rubber pellet firing shotgun in System Shock.
A stun gun in System Shock.
A machine designed with the purpose of moving objects or characters vertically.
A Grenade that releases an Electro Magnetic Pulse.
Often used as an ammunition, these batteries can be used to power other items.
A laser gun in System Shock.
The First Aid Kit works exactly like bandages, except they restore health quicker
An arrow-like bullet that is fired by some futuristic guns or shotguns shells.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
Considered one of the most frequent and controversial implements of destruction in video games and real life, guns are devices that fire projectiles with explosive force.
Hazard symbols are easily recognizable symbols designed to warn about hazardous materials or locations.
Health Stations are often a sort of vending machine, operation table, med-bot or even NPC that's in place to restore the player's health.
A set of alphanumeric and command keys used to input information to a computer. Can usually be found sitting in front of in-game monitors.
This is an electronic lock with a key pad that needs to have the right numeric code to open a door, lock, or chest.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
This classic plumbing fixture-turned-weapon is a common standby for street fighters and serial-killer-hunting detectives everywhere.
A plasma gun in System Shock.
A high caliber pistol in System Shock.
An assault rifle in System Shock.
A small caliber pistol in System Shock.
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Mitt Romney's views toward Women …
| the TRUTH TEAM (VOTERS) Thanks Stephanie !
President Obama won the last debate and laid out the clear choice in this election. Americans saw a strong, steady and decisive president with a vision and plan to move this country forward. And when Mitt Romney tried to mislead voters — which was pretty often — the President exposed the real Romney.
Women's issues weren't the only area where Romney stumbled, though. Take a look:
the Romney Economy … broken down
Let Them Have Microwaves!
Romney Campaign: Out-of-Touch on the Economy
We already know that Mitt Romney thinks almost half of Americans are lazy moochers with a victim mentality and that he is "not concerned about the very poor." And that his running mate Paul Ryan also dismissed an even larger swath of Americans as "takers."
A pair of top economic advisers to Romney — two who are all but guaranteed top jobs if he wins — added to the out-of-touch aura surrounding Mitt Romney and his campaign. Let's walk through their deeply flawed arguments.
Potential Romney Treasury Secretary: "the Rich Are Taxed Enough"
Glenn Hubbard, the former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush and now a top Romney adviser, argued against asking the wealthiest Americans — even the ultrawealthy like Mitt Romney — to pay their fair share:
"The rich are taxed enough." […]
"Raising tax rates on the rich is both counter-productive and unnecessary to fund the government we want," said Hubbard.
While steering clear of specifics, Hubbard told the audience at the Intelligence Squared Debate that "higher tax rates won't necessarily produce enhancements in revenue."
Thanks to the aggressive tax cuts Hubbard oversaw during his time in the Bush administration, there was far from enough money to fund the government Bush wanted — saddling us with huge deficits and trillions in debt. And Mitt Romney's plans to raise taxes on middle class families, implement draconian spending cuts to domestic programs, end Medicare as we know it, dramatically cut Medicaid and slash Social Security will also leave the government without the revenue its needs thanks to Romney's plans for $5 TRILLION in tax cuts favoring the wealthiest Americans. We would have endless deficits even as tens of millions of Americans lose access to programs and benefits they depend on each day – all so the wealthy and corporations can get huge new tax cuts.
Lower taxes on the wealthy hasn't created more economic growth. In fact, under the Bush administration's economic policies, the country saw tepid job growth, 8.3 million people fell into poverty and child poverty rose by 3 percent. A recent analysis from the Center for American Progress found that "in the past 60 years, job growth has actually been greater in years when the top income tax rate was much higher than it is now." In fact, "if you ranked each year since 1950 by overall job growth, the top five years would all boast marginal tax rates at 70 percent or higher."
Inequality Doesn't Matter Because Poor People Have Appliances?
Not be outdone by Hubbard, Kevin Hassett, another top adviser to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign denied the nation's income inequality gap in a Wall Street Journal editorial on Thursday, brushing off the growing concentration of wealth in the hands of the very wealthy by arguing that lower-income Americans are buying more consumer goods.
Yes, you read that right: a top Romney adviser thinks it's fine for the wealthiest to keep getting wealthier at the expense of everyone else so long as the poorest Americans have basic necessities like microwaves and fridges. And further, that you aren't really that bad off if you have these necessities.
You can read a very detailed analysis from some of our colleagues about how wrong this is HERE. The long and short of it is that appliances and commonly used consumer gadgets like cell phones are necessities in the 21st century and are significantly cheaper today than they were just decades earlier. In fact, were families to sell their appliances in order to help pay for food and other basic necessities, many would still struggle — for while prices on microwaves and air conditioners have fallen, "the real everyday basics such as quality child care and out-of-pocket medical costs" are "squeezing the budgets of the poor and middle-class alike."
You may have heard Hassett's argument before — from Rush Limbaugh. It's one of his favorites.
BOTTOM LINE: Mitt Romney and his advisers are unwilling or unable to understand the lives and struggles of most Americans, especially poor Americans. The poor and the middle class simply cannot afford the cost of a Romney presidency.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Zina Haughton's husband got the .40-caliber handgun he used to murder Zina and two other people and wound four others last Sunday in Wisconsin by searching online on Armslist.
Armslist is one of thousands of websites that allow people to find "private sellers" and buy guns with no background check and no questions asked. The site gives buyers a clear choice: search for licensed dealers who are required to conduct checks, or search for private sellers who aren't.
Just a year ago, New York City investigated private sellers on this same website and warned that this system could have deadly consequences. And since then, nearly 500 women have been murdered with guns by their intimate partners. But our leaders in Washington have sat back and done nothing.
Watch the video of a private seller on Armslist.com sell an assault rifle to an investigator who said he couldn't pass a background check and share it with your friends and family.
New York City investigators looked at private sellers on 10 websites and found that 62% of them were willing to sell a gun to someone who said he couldn't pass a background check. And with more than thousands of sites just like these, there are countless private sellers just a click away.
Zina's death was a tragic reminder that avoiding a background check and getting an illegal gun is as easy as turning on a computer.
The time has come for our leaders to take the dangerous loopholes in our laws seriously. The fact that President Obama and Governor Romney haven't come forward with a plan to improve our gun laws is a failure of leadership.
Please do your part to raise awareness about this lethal loophole and what our leaders can do to help save lives:
Thanks for speaking up,
Mark Glaze
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Alejandra and David – Facing Foreclosure
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From Occupy Homes MN:
"Sign this petition from Alejandra to help her family save her home:
Join the national day of action as Alejandra and David caravan to PNC's national headquarters in Pittsburgh to deliver their loan modification documents and demand a meeting with CEO Jim Rohr: http://www.occupyhomesmn.org/june-19-21-cruz-family-caravan-national-day-of-a… "
Please ask PNC Bank to negotiate and keep our family in our home.
My family and I have lived in our South Minneapolis home for the past 7 years, but now, because of a bank error, we fell into foreclosure and were evicted from our home, despite being willing and able to pay a mortgage.
Our family fell into foreclosure when PNC Bank failed to withdraw an online mortgage payment submitted by my father. Unable to pay more than the current month's payment, we couldn't afford the two months' payment the bank demanded as punishment.
After our home fell into foreclosure, we began working with a local nonprofit that was supposed to be working out a loan modification. Despite this, in February, without warning, an agent of the bank came to our house and told us we had 48 hours to leave the property, terrifying our family and ignoring our right to a legal eviction process.
We want to keep our home and want the bank to negotiate a reasonable settlement for our mortgage based on the actual value of the property. Together with Occupy Homes MN we will defend our home from foreclosure and force the bank to do what is right. Until now, many families in the Latino community have been afraid to stand up when they are being mistreated by the banks that fraudulently foreclose on families across the country. The banks have used this fear and manipulation of a complicated legal system to profit from honest, hardworking people.
Because of the support from Occupy Homes MN, community members, and our neighbors and friends, PNC Bank executives committed to looking into our case "to help and rectify the situation." Despite this, PNC Bank has not yet worked with us to find a solution, but instead has worked with Freddie Mac to push five eviction attempts and twenty-three arrests at our home.
On June 19th, my brother and I are going to PNC Bank's Pittsburgh headquarters with our modification documents to meet with CEO Jim Rohr and ask him to renegotiate our family's mortgage. We will not remain silent because we know that if more people are inspired by our example and stand up for their rights the banks will be forced to do what is right for all homeowners. Please sign this petition to support my family in our fight to keep our home!


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Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
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Short Description:Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty—the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she'd become, but elements of the familiar tale of aesthetic obsession begin to play themselves out when the birth of Boy's daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white. Among them, Boy, Snow, and Bird confront the tyranny of the mirror to ask how much power surfaces really hold. Dazzlingly inventive and powerfully moving, Boy, Snow, Bird is an astonishing and enchanting novel. With breathtaking feats of imagination, Helen Oyeyemi confirms her place as one of the most original and dynamic literary voices of our time.
Named one of 2014's most anticipated books by CNN, The Huffington Post, Bookpage, Time.com, The Chicago Tribune, Vulture, Philadelphia Inquirer, Real Simple, The Millions and Flavorwire


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Our guide to good sexual health for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. A favourite of the LGF team which has had several print incarnations. It is our most accessible sexual health resource and ideal for LGB people aged 16 upwards.Read more
Sex Tips For Men
In 2009, The Lesbian & Gay Foundation published Sex Tips For Men. It has been one of the most popular guides we have ever produced, and when stocks ran low, we decided to revisit, revamp and update.Read more
The Battle For Burnley - CHE
Volume 1 of the official history of The Campaign for Homosexual Equality celebrating half a century since the birth of the modern LGBT rights movement in Manchester in 1964 is soon to be published and we have an exclusive extract to share.Read more
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As outnorthwest reaches the grand old age of 10 we look forward to Manchester Pride.Read more
outnorthwest issue 118
This issues is about the 10th anniversary of Liverpool's Queer arts festival HOMOTOPIA, what's going on for LGB&T people in Russia and interview with comedian Chris Coltrane about life as a bisexual man. Our next issue is our World AIDS Day special.Read more
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Where has the year gone? Here we are with the final edition of ONW of 2013. And of course, that means the traditional World AIDS Day issue. Our 14th.Read more
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Welcome to issue 120 of outnorthwest, guest edite by The LGF's Women's Programme Coordinator, Siân Lambert.Read more
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Welcome to issue 121 of outnorthwest - our last ever issue.Read more
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Synonyms of foot in English:
1 he trod on someone's foot
informal tootsie, trotter
(feet) rhyming slangplates of meat
North American informal dogs
3 she lived at the foot of the hill
verbBack to top
- foot the bill
- informal ministers expected the taxpayer to foot the billinformal pick up the tab, cough up, fork out, shell out, come across, chip inBritish informal stump up
Word links
pedal, pedometerrelated prefix, as in
gastropod, megapoderelated suffix, as in
medical treatment of the feet
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