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There are many ways that you can be part of the City's entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade. One is by becoming an active member of the Torrance Rose Float Association (TRFA). To become a member of TRFA complete the attached form and mail it, along with your check or money order, to the address indicated on the form. By becoming a member you will be receiving our newsletter and qualify for decorating the float, all float decorators must be a member of TRFA to decorate. The newsletter contains information on fund raising efforts and procedures for signing up to help decorate the City of Torrance float. Additional copies of the TRFA newsletter are available in the West Wing Lobby of the Torrance City Hall and various libraries.
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Monitoring and regulating corporate identities using the balanced scorecard
Kim, Jai & Hatcher, Caroline A. (2009) Monitoring and regulating corporate identities using the balanced scorecard. Journal of Communication Management, 13(2), pp. 116-135.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a parallel review of the role and processes of monitoring and regulation of corporate identities, examining both the communication and the performance measurement literature.
Design/methodology/approach – Two questions are posed: Is it possible to effectively monitor and regulate corporate identities as a management control process? and, What is the relationship between corporate identity and performance measurement?
Findings – Corporate identity management is positioned as a strategically complex task embracing the shaping of a range of dimensions of organisational life. The performance measurement literature likewise now emphasises organisational ability to incorporate both financial and "soft" non-financial performance measures. Consequently, the balanced scorecard has the potential to play multiple roles in monitoring and regulating the key dimensions of corporate identities. These shifts in direction in both fields suggest that performance measurement systems, as self-producing and self-referencing systems, have the potential to become both organic and powerful as organisational symbols and communication tools. Through this process of understanding and mobilising the interaction of both approaches to management, it may be possible to create a less obtrusive and more subtle way to control the nature of the organisation.
Originality/value – This paper attempts the theoretical and practical fusion of disciplinary knowledge around corporate identities and performance measurement systems, potentially making a significant contribution to understanding, shaping and managing organisational identities.
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Ferris State University sophomore forward/center Justin Keenan (Grand Rapids/Ottawa Hills) has been chosen as this week's (Nov. 25) Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) North Division Player of the Week for his efforts in the Bulldogs' only contest last week.
Keenan tallied a game-high 24 points with eight rebounds and two steals in the Bulldogs' 78-63 non-league home setback to regional foe and unbeaten St. Joseph's (Ind.) last Thursday (Nov. 20) at Wink Arena in Big Rapids. Keenan sank eight-of-14 (.571) field goal attempts and connected on eight-of-12 (.667) free throws in the loss.
The 6-6 Keenan is averaging 21.8 points and 8.8 rebounds in his two exhibition games and two regular-season outings thus far this season. Keenan has tallied 87 points and 35 boards in the four combined games with two double-double efforts and two games with 24 or more points. Keenan was one of five players named to the Preseason All-GLIAC North Division squad in voting by the league's member head coaches this year.
One of eight letterwinners and four starters back this campaign, Keenan is the Bulldogs' top returning scorer (15.9 ppg.) and rebounder (6.9 rpg.) from last season when he claimed team Most Valuable Player Award honors in his initial collegiate season. The 6-6 Keenan tallied 26 double-figure scoring performances in 29 contests last season, including eight games with 20 points or more.
Keenan ranked ninth in scoring along with 10th in rebounding among the GLIAC leaders last year. Additionally, he also placed ninth in the GLIAC in both field goal (.539) and free throw (.788) percentage while registering six double-double (points & rebounds) efforts. Keenan was named to the AT&T Alascom Jamboree All-Tourney Team following his performance in FSU's two games at the event (Dec. 29-30) last season in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Ferris State men's basketball team will host Olivet tonight (Tuesday, Nov. 25) in a non-conference home game with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. (EST) inside FSU"s Jim Wink Arena at Big Rapids, Mich. Admission for Tuesday's game will be free although all donations of canned goods to help the needy will be taken at the door. The free admission is part of FSU's "Fan Appreciation" offer during the holiday season.
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LEBANON -- A memorial service will be held 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 at the Sellars Funeral Home on the Baddour Parkway for Mr. McKinney, 73, of Lebanon.
Mr. McKinney passed away May 5, 2011.
Visitation is from 3 p.m. until the service.
Survivors include children: Dale (Tammy) McKinney Jr., Dennis (Peggy) Kwosek, Bobby (Glenda) Kwosek, Gerald (June) Kwosek and LaDonna McKinney; siblings Les McKinney, Doris McKinney and George McKinney; as well as numerous grandchildren.
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first of all i would like to say hello to everyone here, while i have lurked periodically here and got a lot of helpful info, this is my first post.
i recently ordered a canon 550d (T2i) with the 18-55 kit lens and currently await it with much anticipation. it has been a little while since i had a dslr and very much consider myself a newbie. my last camera was the 400d, which i loved a great deal, and prior to that i had an old pentax spotmatic film slr. i still have a 70-300 quantary (tamron rebranded) and two fixed pentax lenses.
if anyone has any advice on what i can do with my new camera, how to best learn about photography or any peculiarities about the 550d. i would be very grateful to know about them.
also i am considering the posibility of getting some other bits and pieces to go with it:
a hoya Pro1 polarising filter (58 mm for the kit lens)
a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II prime lens
a hoya pro1 polarising filter (52mm for the 50mm lens)
delkin snugit armor (or some other armor, which ever is best value)
pentax mount adapter ring.
obviously this is all a bit of overkill, considering that i don't even have the camera yet. and i certainly wont get all this stuff all at once. but if anyone can give me some advice about these products or any other suggestions of stuff (including tutorials, or photo ideas) i might want to look at as a new(ish) starter.
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Both of these performances left you feeling joyful. A lot of garden-variety people were involved in the performances. It was outside and the music was fun! It's so sad to see how dark things have become. I feel so sorry for the younger generation coming up.
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This was an embarrassment this year. Hey PTB are you broke or what? Stupid Janus profiles and that was it. Sad. Last year was really fine visually but this year they needed uneasiness in the crowd via pwr outtage to generate the adrenaline rush. Man, yall are really getting so obvious.


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We have stayed here nearly every year for the last 11 years. We have been treated exceptionally well by the management. We have had great views of the river and mountains and have seen moose, antelope, bighorns, elk, deer, ospreys and eagles from our site. We will continue to stay here as often as we can. The RV park is very well kept and fits in with the historical town of Gardiner.
Date of Stay: June, 2009
We stayed here for a month while working in nearby Mount Rainier National Park. The new owners were still in the process of completing some of the amenities but we didn't see much progress in the time we were there. The bathrooms lacked mirrors, hand soap and hand dryers and there were no shower curtains. We would like to have stayed elsewhere but there was a real lack of RV parks.
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My 2013 Chase crystal ball: Forecasting who'll qualify
The laps are winding down on NASCAR's 2013 regular season. With 10 races left before the start of the Chase, let's break down who will -- and one notable name who won't -- qualify for the playoffs, which begin on Sept. 15 at Chicagoland Speedway.
The locks
1. Jimmie Johnson: Even though his lead over Edwards has been trimmed to only 25 points -- the smallest it's been since the seventh race of the season -- Johnson should glide to the regular season points title. He already has three victories, which ties him for most in the series with Matt Kenseth, and I'm forecasting that he'll reach Victory Lane two more times over the next 10 weeks. Johnson clearly is the driver to beat for the championship.
2. Carl Edwards: The Fords have been a tick down on straight-line speed for most of this season, but Edwards has been ruthlessly consistent. Though he only has one victory (at Phoenix in the second race of the season), his nine top-10 finishes tie him for second most in the series behind Johnson's 10. Still, the only way he'll be a serious player in the Chase is if the No. 99 team can find more raw speed in Edwards' Ford.
3. Clint Bowyer: Bowyer is the most underrated driver in NASCAR -- by a long measure. A year after finishing second in the final standings, he's third in the points. Bowyer isn't flashy -- he's yet to win this season and he's led only 114 total laps -- but he excels at avoiding trouble, and even when he struggles with the handling of his No. 15 Toyota, he seemingly can pull out a top-10 finish. This isn't a recipe for a championship, but it's a good way to qualify for the Chase.
4. Kevin Harvick: The conventional wisdom in the garage during preseason Speedweeks at Daytona was that this would be a down year for Harvick because he'd already announced that he was leaving Richard Childress Racing at the end of 2013 for Stewart-Haas Racing. Well, it hasn't been. He's fourth in the standings and has two wins. Harvick likes to lull other drivers to sleep, hanging out in the middle of the pack for the first two-thirds of a race, then charge late into the top 10. That's been the MO of his career and it's consistently been what he's done this season.
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5. Matt Kenseth: When Jimmie Johnson was asked two weeks ago who he thought he'd have to beat for the championship, his reply came without the slightest hesitation: Matt Kenseth. In his first season with Joe Gibbs Racing, Kenseth, 41, has been reinvigorated. He's led a total of 922 laps (only Kyle Busch has led more, with 955), has three wins, and has dramatically improved his qualifying speeds (his average starting position is 7.8; last year it was 13.3). Kenseth's biggest problem has been mechanical failures. But based on speed alone, he can stay wheel-to-wheel to with Johnson.
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: After coming in second in the Daytona 500, Earnhardt looked poised to have a championship-caliber season. He's still a threat to win his first Cup title, but even he'd admit that the first 16 races of the season have been mildly disappointing. He's yet to win, he's led only 82 laps, and his average finish of 14.2 is well below what he averaged last year (10.9). Still, the No. 88 team is capable of creating magic, and I think Earnhardt will take at least one checkered flag (perhaps at Richmond on Sept. 7) before the beginning of the Chase.
7. Greg Biffle: After slumping in late April and May -- he had one stretch where he finished 31st or worse in three out of four races -- Biffle has risen to sixth in the standings and should comfortably qualify for the playoffs. He's one of the top racers in the sport on 1.5-mile tracks, and five of the 10 Chase races take place on 1.5-milers, which means that Biffle will have a credible shot to win his first title this fall.
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8. Kyle Busch: Busch is the classic all-or-nothing, boom-or-bust driver. Granted, he's had terrible luck this season -- no driver has been in the wrong place at the wrong time more than Busch -- but his inconsistency is confounding. The good: he has two wins and seven top-five finishes (which tie him with Johnson for most in the series). The bad: he also has five finishes of 30th or worse. Busch has never performed well in the Chase because he's been unable to string together 10 solid races, but I think he'll make the playoffs for the third time in four years. He's currently eighth in the standings.
9. Kasey Kahne: Only nine races ago, Kahne was second in the points and looking very much like a legitimate title contender. But since then he has fallen to 11th in the standings. Yet I think he will motor back into the top 10 over the next few weeks. He should be especially fast on Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway, where his career average finish is 7.5.
10. Tony Stewart: He's making his traditional summer surge. Ten weeks ago, he was 22nd in the standings and appeared to be on the verge of a lost season, but since then he's climbed into 15th. Stewart has one victory, so he could possibly qualify for the Chase as a wild card, but I think he'll race his way into a guaranteed spot in the top 10. Stewart and his crew chief Steve Addington have clearly discovered a setup secret, and it should be enough to propel the three-time champion into his seventh straight Chase.
Wild cards
11. Martin Truex, Jr.: Truex snapped a 218-race winless streak on Sunday at the Sonoma road course. Now tenth in the standings, he will be a long shot to win again in the regular season, but that victory in wine country should be enough to get him into the Chase as a wild card. I see Truex slipping to around 13th in the standings over the next ten weeks, but I still like his wild card chances, especially because two of his best tracks -- Kentucky (career average finish of 13.0) and Watkins Glen (13.7) -- remain on the regular season schedule.
12. Jeff Gordon: Currently 13th in the standings, Gordon needs to either string together 10 good finishes or simply win one of the next 10 races. I'm guessing he'll do the latter, either at Daytona (where he has six career victories), Indy (four), or Pocono (six).
Close but not enough
13. Brad Keselowski: After starting the season with four straight top-five finishes, the reigning Cup champion held the points lead and had the look of an emerging big-time force in the sport. But since then, Keselowski has had only one top-five run in his last 12 starts and the mechanical advantage that he and his crew chief, Paul Wolfe, had over the majority of the field has evaporated. He's now ninth in the standings and moving in the wrong direction. But as he proved in the Chase last year, when he had only one finish worse than 11th, Keselowski is capable of charging to the front at any moment. Alas, I just don't see it happening for this team this year. So it says here that there will be a new champion in NASCAR in 2013.
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VMIC IOWorks 3.2 software enhances interoperability; new hardware targets speed
Chicago, Ill. -VMIC (Huntsville, Ala.) IOWorks 3.2 real-time PC-based control software enhances OPC interoperability with software from Ci Technologies, Intellution, and Wonderware. The new VMIC software version and several new hardware controllers were introduced here March 6 at National Manufacturing Week.
IOWorks is IEC 61131-3-compliant and supports Microsoft Windows NT and Wind River Systems VxWorks. A typical system offers submillisecond scan times, VMIC says, for support of high-speed control and monitoring, distributed control, and machine control applications, among others.
Enhancements include an import/export engine that rapidly extracts all IOWorks tag information into ASCII files. It can import information from databases and other applications into IOWorks sequences. Local Sequence Tags allow sequences to be dragged and dropped onto other program modules. Sequences can be exported to other remote machines. Part libraries were enhanced. Program compilation times are up to four times faster than previously. The software also includes Remote Login availability for VxWorks Target/Controllers.
New VMIC hardware includes:
3U CompactPCI single-board computer (SBC), VMICCPCI-7685, with an Intel Pentium III, 850 MHz processor. It's available in a metal, powered enclosure with a PICMG 2.1 R2.1-compliant full hot-swap backplane.
3U CompactPCI PC-based controller, VMICPCI-8420. It has seven expansion slots, is a 19-in. rack-mounted system with two serial ports, a 6.0 gigabyte hard drive, a 1.44 floppy drive, internal 320-W power supply, two USB ports, external CD-ROM drive connector and built-in Ethernet port. Options include Intel Pentium III 850 MHz processor or AMD-K6-2 3Dnow 400 MHz single-board processor or Intel Pentium 233 MHz MMX SBC.
Enhancements to its DIN-rail mountable IOMax PC, VMIOMAX-8450, now based on a 300 MHz processor with MMX technology. Measuring 6x4.5x2.25 in., it's fanless, with 10/100BaseT Ethernet and also is available in a panel-mount version. It includes an option for a hard drive up to 1 gigabyte.
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Scout for nymphs during bloom by vigorously shaking flower clusters into a paper cup, or banging a branch over a cloth tray. In general, one nymph/tray or cluster for goldens, and 4 nymphs for other varieties warrants a treatment before, during, or after bloom when bees are not foraging.
Lygus bug is difficult to manage, especially for orchards near range or forage land. Insecticides for control are usually broad-spectrum, and can harm beneficials. According to Cornell entomologists, the pyrethroids (Asana, Ambush, Baythroid, Danitol, Pounce, Warrior) are most effective, followed by the neonicotinoid group that includes Actara, Calypso, and Assail, plus Avaunt, which are moderately effective.
You may hear us talking (or have read) about not using materials that contain a pyrethroid early in the season. One of the primary reasons for this is to conserve our native western predatory mite, Typhlodromus occidentalis. Predatory mites feed on pest mites, including the twospotted spider mites, McDaniel spider mites, rust mites, and blister mites. The western predatory mite overwinters as mated females in protected sites on trees or in groundcover. They start activity early (much earlier than spider mites), at the green tip stage of apple, increasing in activity at the tight cluster stage. They immediately disperse, looking for prey.
Their primary prey at this time of year are the rust mites and blister mites that are also active early. Keeping these mites in the orchard will help to build up a good population of predatory mites.
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Aging Comedians Rock Westbury Music Fair
The large crowd that attended the Westbury Music Fair on Saturday night was definitely not on the young side. The average age of the concertgoers appeared to be somewhere between 50 and 70 – not your usual concert crowd.
That was not surprising, however, when you consider that the two headline acts for the evening were the Smother's Brothers and Joan Rivers.
The Brothers celebrated their 45th year in show business this year, a testament to the longevity of their unique brand of humor.
Tom and Dick made their first professional performance at the Purple Onion in San Francisco in 1959 and their first television performance on the Jack Paar Show in January of 1961.
Forty-five years later, they are still performing the same "mom liked you best" shtick with a lot of political comment thrown into their comedy.
In fact, their stated political opposition to President Nixon and the Vietnam War got them fired from their regular comedy show on CBS in 1968. They did not return to regular television until the 1980's.
While they've keyed their humor of late towards topics such as the war in Iraq and Donald Rumsfeld, their wit is no less biting than it was in the 1960's when they helped to form public opinion about many political issues.
One expert said of the duo, "The Smother's Brothers Comedy Hour is now studied in universities across the nation as an important factor in the revolutionary changes undergone in the United States during the 1960's."
As a concertgoer and a collector of the brother's records (yes, Virginia, there really were vinyl records at one time), I would have much more enjoyed the show had they done some of their famous old bits, such as "I Fell Into A Vat of Chocolate," but many of those in the audience did not know the duo and had no idea of what they were singing about when they added their own verses about their problems with CBS to the tune "Those Were The Days."
In fact, many of those who were at the Music Fair had never heard of the Smother's Brothers, and were there only to see the star of the night – Joan Rivers.
I have to admit at this point that I was there to see the Smother's Brothers, and thought that River's was just another QVC pitchwoman out to make a buck on her celebrity.
Was I wrong.
The dynamic 70-year-old comedian came out like a whirlwind and remained so for an hour and fifteen minutes as she roamed the small, round stage like a leopard looking for her prey.
She had the audience literally rolling in the aisles and I wish that I could recount some of the jokes, but there was only one that was fit for a general audience. The rest of her bits were somewhere between politically incorrect and obscene.
That one joke was about her penchant for face lifts.
"I have so many facelifts in California that my granddaughter watched the original version of "The Mummy" on television last week and she ran up to the set yelling 'grandma, grandma'", Rivers said.
At one point she taunted a young couple in the first row about their sex life to the point where the man gave her the proverbial "finger" in return. Rivers, never missing a beat, threw a potted plant at him, missing by inches. He threw the plant back towards the stage and sat there, grumbling at his wife for the rest of the show.
The daughter of immigrant Russians, Rivers has her own brand of irreverent, unconventional comedy that does not come through in her appearances on television or when she is selling her jewelry on the QVC shopping channel.
You have to see her in the raw to really enjoy her act.
All in all, it was a good evening if you wanted a lot of belly laughs and a dose of humor that is definitely not mainstream.
The Westbury Music Fair seems to be the kind of venue that is perfect for this kind of show. It has no bad seats, being a theater in the round with a rotating stage. It is centrally located on Long Island, about 45 minutes from Rockaway, just blocks off Northern State Parkway at Brush Hollow Road.


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Mother: RPD officers beat son to within an inch of his life
The mother of Steven Motley, the man who died after a struggle with Redding police last weekend says officers went too far when they subdued her son after he stole two vehicles — including a police cruiser. She came to KRCR News Channel 7, saying she wanted everyone to know what she calls the truth about what happened.
"They cracked his skull, they cracked his face. They broke his leg. They took a slight fracture on his wrist and made it a compound fracture," says Carol Adams.
33-year-old Motley died in a Sacramento area hospital earlier this week.
Police say Motley stole a truck, and led officers on a chase through the Western Ranches subdivision in Redding.
Police say he crashed the truck, took off on foot, eventually stealing a patrol car before being subdued by Redding police officers behind a home on Alta Saga Drive.
An ambulance was called following the arrest and it took nearly twenty minutes to get to the scene. At this point Motley was reported to have gone into cardiac arrest.
Video taken at the scene showed paramedics doing chest compressions on him as they loaded him into an ambulance.
Carol Adams is adamant about what she believes happened to her son that afternoon.
"I'm a person who believes in the truth; regardless, if it hurts me or not," said Adams.
"So I took pictures of my son to prove that, this is not a cardiac arrest, this is they straight up beat him just to about death."
Adams says her son may have stolen a car -- but he didn't deserve to die.
"I believe he was running for his life in fear. Wouldn't you do the same thing? Wouldn't you try to get out of there if they were going to kill you? Wouldn't you do anything to get out of there?" said Adams.
Adams wants to see justice done for her son's death; both for herself and for his children.
"Karma is going to get it one way or the other. If I ever seen them face to face, I'm going to do a citizen's arrest for murder," she says.
Four officers are on paid administrative leave -- which is normal in these situations.
The Shasta County Sheriff's Department is handling the investigation. We attempted to reach both departments for comment. Both said there was no one available to speak.
Late in the afternoon, the Sheriff's office did send out a news release. It said that an autopsy on Motley's body was done yesterday, but that a cause of death would be "pending a toxicology report."


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... what is Folklife? The easiest way to explain is to take the word apart. Folk = People. Life = Music, at least for the folks involved in Folklife. The Humboldt Folklife Society is a group of dedicated volunteers who love music, mostly folk music, but certainly not exclusively...


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and a little bit of my silver stack
I don't know if you've shot the 24/7 pro. but if so how would you compare as far as feel and overall quality.
never shot the pro
in fact I went into the gun shop looking for a different gun.
when he showed me the 24/7 they just got in I really liked the feel
now I don't know if it is true or not but was told the only reason they have these for sale is because the military backed out of a contract they had with
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Unless he loses his nerve, the Prince of Wales will tonight deliver a speech on architecture at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, despite an attempt to have it boycotted.
Nine high-profile figures in the architectural profession, including Will Alsop, Piers Gough and Paul Finch, are outraged by his apparent attempt to de-rail a redevelopment scheme for London's Chelsea Barracks site, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour. The site belongs to a property company controlled by the ruling family of Qatar, and it seems that the prince asked them, privately, to drop the scheme because he doesn't like the modernist look of it.
It is impossible to support the prince's action, but the call for a boycott, though well meant, is specious. The RIBA Trust invited Prince Charles to speak, and they can hardly uninvite him, regardless of how many architects are furious about his let-them-eat-cake-in-Poundbury meddling.
Who, in the democratic circumstances, would not want to hear what he had to say, even if they were ready to loathe him for saying it? Furthermore, the Chelsea Barracks site developers, PBGL, stated on 1 May that they had written to Westminster City Council confirming "wholehearted commitment" to the Rogers scheme. So it's safe to presume that Prince Charles's begging-letter has been ignored by the Qataris.
Is there another reason to avoid the lecture? The boycotters' argument turns on two ideas. First, that "the prince's latest move displays the destructive signs of his earlier interventions, when he set out to scupper modern architecture". Yes, he has blocked modernist schemes such as those for the National Gallery extension, and Paternoster Square. But, no, he has never stood the faintest chance of stopping the pre-eminence of modernist design – some of it marvellous, most of it average – in virtually all sectors of urban development.
The boycotters also say that his actions threaten the "democratic procedures" of the planning system. Those procedures might once have been at risk, but the long-gone age of quizzical deference to royal utterances has been overwhelmed by the violent surf of routinely leaked information and ephemeral entertainment. It is in this cultural plasma that Prince Charles's architectural opinions have made him just another what's-he-gone-and-said-now figure, a pixelated consumable.
The boycotters have buried themselves in the surface of a more important debate about planning authorities whose "democratic procedures" struggle to prevent the imposition of abject architecture by developers. A mile east of Chelsea Barracks, for example, the design of the redevelopment scheme opposite Victoria station has dragged on interminably, not least because of the developer's initial attempt to argue the case for a bold building cluster. But the story is the same everywhere.
In Scotland, as the architect John McAslan has argued, key waterside developments have not been supported by enough new infrastructure. Architecturally dreadful things happen even in uncontroversial places. Take Ips-wich, whose urban fabric has been traduced by some architecturally appalling new developments that the local authority seem either unwilling, or unable, to prevent.
The debate about architectural design democracy shouldn't obsess about what Prince Charles wants, or doesn't want. It should concentrate on illuminating and balancing, humanely, the fraught relationship between architectural and place-making quality, and the need for reasonable profit. On this great stage, dominated not by princes but by commoners, Punch and Judy are an irrelevance.Reuse content


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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus' recently formed Bulk Cash Smuggling Task Force (BCSTF) has seized nearly $2.4 million this year in illicit proceeds from criminal organizations.
Launched in February, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-led task force seized $2,385,539 and made 111 arrests for violations of federal and state laws which make it a crime to smuggle currency in, around or out of the U.S., transmit money without a license, launder money, and travel domestically or internationally in aid of racketeering enterprises.
In addition to the cash seizures, the Columbus BCSTF also seized 17 firearms, 6,053 grams of cocaine, 1,793 grams of heroin, 197 pounds of marijuana and 25 grams of crack cocaine. The majority of the seizures have occurred in the greater Columbus, Ohio, area. Once money is seized, in addition to becoming evidence of a crime, it is ultimately forfeited and dispersed to federal, state and local law enforcement to support efforts to combat transnational crime.
Transnational criminal groups use a network of sophisticated smuggling operations and tactics to move illicit proceeds in, around and out of the U.S. The funds are often derived from a number of criminal activities, including trafficking of narcotics, weapons, and women and children as sex slaves.
Bulk cash smugglers use all transportation means available, including passenger vehicles, private and commercial airplanes, trains, boats and commercial trucks. Targeting criminal assets is one of the federal government's most effective tools in combatting transnational crime.
Bulk cash smuggling related crimes are punishable by up to 20 years in prison and seizure of all funds associated.
The Columbus BCSTF is staffed by HSI special agents, officers with ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations, and officers with the Columbus Police Department, the Franklin County Sheriff's Department, the Hilliard Police Department and the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The task force is also supported by the Central Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) task force.
Following the successful efforts of the task force, the Columbus BCSTF has become a national model for implementation in other cities.
Businesses that suspect illegal activity or want more information about bulk cash smuggling crimes should contact HSI Columbus at 614-469-5705, extension 2108.
HSI's National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center (BCSC) is a key partner for the Columbus BCSTF. The BCSC assists with day-to-day operations and intelligence gathering and analysis.
As part of the effort to combat bulk cash smuggling, ICE established the BCSC in 2009. Since its inception, the center has initiated 656 criminal investigations, which have been linked to more than 270 criminal arrests and the seizure of over $187 million. The BCSC is an operational, intelligence driven investigative unit with the mission to challenge bulk cash smuggling from both national and international perspectives. The BCSC is focused on the disruption of facilitation pipelines used to move currency derived from illicit activity including drugs, weapons, human trafficking, foreign political corruption and contraband.


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The Combined Federal Campaign allows you, the Federal employee, to support the international, national, and local charities you care about. How much you give and the group or groups that will receive your support are decisions entirely in your control.
Most Federal employees elect to pledge a specific amount to be withheld regularly from their pay beginning in January and continuing through December. One-time gifts are also possible.
The payroll deduction method has many advantages.
It is efficient: Workplace giving campaigns are the most cost-effective method to raise funds for charity, and most of what is collected from Federal donors reaches the designated groups.
It is also easy: Donors find workplace giving a simple, convenient way to support the charities they care about.
The CFC has been around for four decades. Each year, tens of thousands of charities apply to participate. Only those that meet strict standards of eligibility are admitted.
Over the years, Federal employees have donated billions of dollars to eligible groups. We invite you to review last year's success.
In communities across the country and overseas, Federal volunteers supervise the CFC, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of this worldwide philanthropic effort. In every possible way, the Combined Federal Campaign belongs to you, the Federal employee.


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Aus 83 Designs von 24 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
New small business! Looking for a creative logo for all of our advertising (web site, signage, stationary, etc.) Las Vegas Zen Dog: Doggie Day Care, Grooming, and Spa
Las Vegas Zen Dog
Las Vegs Zen Dog provides upscale doggie day care, grooming, and spa services. Our atmosphere is calm, relaxing, and serene. We are targeting animal lovers who treat their pets as kids also people who are trying to live natural, healthy lifestyles and want that for their pets too! Are clients are middle to upper income level and expect a level of professionalism and class.
- Item 1...calming, relaxing, inviting, natural...think spa for dogs!!! I prefer a light purple or lavender and greens, but that's only a thought...be creative.
- The name "Las Vegas Zen Dog" or "LV Zen Dog" may or may not be incorporated into the design
- simple design
- Item 1...nothing cutesy or cartoon like...this is an upscale facility.
- No orange, yellow, red...keep it calm and soothing.


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"The world has never been an open place; I understand that. But the world has always been focused on love. When will we get our chance?"
Ophelia's been suffering from a serious case of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Turns out she just needs a little garden therapy to lift her spirits.


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The president should have built a credible threat of military action and made it very clear that the United States of America is willing, in the final analysis, if necessary, to take military action to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon."
This, according to most Israeli sources, is the essence of the position that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is taking to his meeting with President Barack Obama in their meeting in Washington Monday.
It also happens to be an exact quote of what presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on January 7 at the Republican debate at St Anselm College in New Hampshire.
And though most people wouldn't suspect Netanyahu of coordinating his positions on such an existential issue with the Republican Party, some of the people close to Obama suspect that this is exactly what he's been doing. According to this conspiracy theory, Netanyahu and the Republicans are in cahoots: the Republican role is to portray Obama and his Administration as weak in order to push it to adopt a harsher position on Iran; Netanyahu's role is to strike a bellicose pose that not only confirms the Republicans' accusations against the president but also ratchets up tension in the Middle East, drives up the price of oil, increases the price of a U.S. gallon of gas and thus sows voter dissatisfaction in advance of the upcoming presidential campaign.
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Family Activities
The fire pit at the OK Corral is the place to be for "Kierland Kampfires" featuring Arizona S'mores. A seating area with tables and open space offers the opportunity for activities and events with the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa FUN team such as water balloon games, hula hoop contests, limbo, relay races and much more!
The Resort's OK Corral is named after the site of one of the most infamous events in Old West history. In 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona, lawman Wyatt Earp joined with his brothers Virgil and Morgan and friend Doc Holliday to face off against a loose-knit band of Cochise County cattle rustlers that included Ike and Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury. The 30-second shootout still leaves historians and Old West buffs debating the details of the notorious feud.
- Complimentary s'mores for each guest registered to a room that is paying Resort Service Charge
- There will be a $5 fee per person for unlimited s'mores (if not paying Resort Service Charge)
Every Friday & Saturday 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa's Digital Kids Club seasonal program was developed specifically for one of the most difficult age groups to entertain: "tweens" – ages 8 through 13. The Digital Kids Club, as part of the Resort's FUN Program, features individual sessions, as well as unique 5-day digitally-based camps during the summer: Stop Motion Animation, Computer Video Game Design, Produce Your Own Morning Show, and Media Madness. Budding movie directors capture footage and experiment with special effects, video game enthusiasts learn about design and creation, inspired news anchors experience the world of reporting, and creative juices flow from learning things like animation and comic book design. Kids will have the chance to create their very own video on a USB drive to take home as a unique souvenir and memory of their family vacation.
Guests of all ages will enjoy the 60-minute interactive Desert Connections program where they are introduced to the animal life of the desert. This Phoenix Zoo presentation includes discussions about camouflage, nocturnal vs. diurnal, habitats and food and water conservation.
Phoenix Zoo Presentations occur every Saturday from Memorial Day through Labor Day as well as major holiday weekends.


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Is your pet the apple of your eye? The most adorable thing in your life? The most wonderful pet a person could have?
Why not enter the Arran Banner Pet Idol competition. Not only will your pet feature in the Banner but will also have the chance to take home £100 and a goody bag from The Pillar Box.
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There are two basic and a couple of sub classes of Singer cams. The flat cam and the top hat cam.
Here is a pic of each on my 401:
Some Singers require you to raise the needle out of the work, and move the stitch width lever all the way to the widest setting as you install and remove the cam. My 338 is like that and I think yours is too.
If you machine does not have any built in stitches it will need the #1 cam (if it uses flat cams) or the #O cam if it uses top hat cams in the machine to do ZZ stitches.
If there is no cam in the machine it's very easy to destroy needles. The cam keeps the needle bar from moving too far to either side.
The cams can be had from eBay and other on line sources.
Oh,and here's a site with lots of pics and descriptions: { http://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/pattern_cam_list/ }


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There have been pros and cons about the famous seafood restaurant, Lundy's, in Sheepshead Bay since it reopened almost two years ago. I attended the opening and delightfully devoured the fresh oysters, clams, and shrimp in every form; their clam chowder and lobster entrees and more. Last Friday evening, Helene and Peter Danzilo and Tom Connors and I decided to dine at Lundy's and see for ourselves if it still lives up to the reputation the old Lundy's attained. Three of us ordered the Shore dinner and agreed it "shore" was good! Since I love oysters, I ordered them as starters. A hearty white or red clam chowder was especially tasty. Included was the Shore dinner entree that consisted of a whole lobster, a half of chicken, boiled new potatoes, cauliflower, and broccoli. If that wasn't enough, an overload platter of mashed potatoes, cream-chopped spinach, seasoned so well we all went back for seconds, asparagus, carrots, and more. It was just divine. Nothing like pie a la mode and coffee to complete the meal. (Their blueberry pie is a winner). Of course, all this was accompanied by delicious bread, rolls and the well known Lundy's tiny biscuits. It was a fun evening and we all agreed it is still one of Brooklyn's great restaurants. The special that evening was a new dish, a white tuna that I probably should have tried, but since I didn't it will give me a good reason to go back again. They said "It is fast becoming a favorite." If you go there let me know what you think, especially if you try the white tuna.
Did you hear? Bill Foge is commissioned to decorate the public hall of the Public Library with lithographs of his works. The unveiling will take place sometime in December. I hope they send me a notification.
The American Revolution Round Table Literacy Club will meet at the Frounes tavern, 54 Pearl street, Tuesday, December 14. There will be a reading by a costumed actor on George Washington's papers.
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Smart Woman: Old Skool Café
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Teens with a criminal record often find it difficult to land a good job. But one woman has made it her mission to change that; a unique restaurant is helping troubled teens become responsible adults.
They could have ended up in prison, but instead – a group of young people are working at the Old Skool Café, a 1940s style restaurant that gives troubled kids a second chance.
"A lot of them are coming from generational brokenness: so Dad was in prison, and Grandpa was in prison, and Mom's on drugs," Teresa Goines, CEO and Founder of the café, told Ivanhoe.
A former juvenile corrections officer, Goines came up with the idea after asking teens what they needed most to turn their lives around. "What I heard from them was jobs and a sense of family," she said.
The program provides training, jobs and support for 40 kids a year. Seventy-five percent of employees have been incarcerated or in trouble with the law, and workers make minimum wage plus tips.
"We try to create a culture that you are part of something. You are wanted. You're loved the second you walk through the door," Goines said.
That's how Jordan Ramsey felt. He spent his childhood in the foster care system and his teen years selling drugs. Now though, he's head chef.
"There is a better life for me. I can be successful," Ramsey told Ivanhoe.
Daniel Bermudez went from being in a gang to having dreams of owning his own business. "She showed me self-worth. She showed me love and compassion," he told Ivanhoe.
Tammy Vaitai started at Old Skool six years ago. Now she trains newbies. "It's given me a job, and it's given me an opportunity to do what I really love to do," She told Ivanhoe.
"All it takes is one person saying, I will break this cycle," Goines said.
The Old Skool Café is located in one of the toughest neighborhoods in San Francisco. The program's youth leaders do all the hiring and firing. Customers keep the café in business, but they also receive financial help from volunteers, donors, and foundation grants.
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Even if you're not a car-geek, doing some simple, basic maintenance on your vehicle will keep it out of the shop and extend its life. Here's a collection of 10-minute fixes you can easily do to your car that will save you money immediately or prevent future repair bills.
Coolant doesn't last forever. You have to change it every 24,000 miles (green coolant) or 100,000 miles (extended-life coolant). If you keep driving on worn coolant, expect to replace the radiator, heater core and water pump.
Transfer case fluid and differential oil changes are cheap and easy. Replacing these components will cost you about $1,500 each—a high price to pay for neglect.
A clogged cabin air filter puts an added load on your car's A/C system and reduces heat in winter. Replace it at least once a year.
Test your coolant with a voltmeter. Set your digital voltmeter on the lowest DC setting reading and dip the positive probe right into the coolant. Touch the negative probe to the negative battery terminal and rev the engine to 2,000 rpm. If the reading is .4 volts or more, your coolant is toast.
If you have cloudy headlights, you don't have to replace them or live with them. Clean them with a specially designed kit.
Buy a headlight restoration kit at any auto parts store ($20) and follow the sanding and buffing instructions.
Corrosion puts added strain on your charging system and can mess with computer-controlled systems. Cleaning is your cheapest insurance against electrical problems.
Yes, you can fix this yourself. Pick up a Permatex Quick Grid repair kit ($13) at any auto parts store. Follow the instructions and you'll be defrosting in no time.
An easy avoidable "oops"
Green, yellow, red, orange and blue coolants create cool "mud" when mixed. Cost of a new heater core: $400 to $1,000.


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Dhruv Sarja's remuneration goes sky high!
According to reports, Dhruv Sarja's demand has surprised the industry insiders, as it could be too much for him to ask considering his experience and market. However, the actor has something other to say. He claims that the reports are not true, as he is yet to zero in on his next movie. He could only finalise his next movie by the end of this month.
Dhruv Sarja further adds that he is not the one, who fixes his paycheque and his uncle Arjun Sarja finalises it. He ends on the note that his main aim is not to make money here but to do good films, which impress the audience.
Addhuri, which was released on June 15, is directed by AP Arjun and stars Dhruv Sarja and Radhika Pandit in the leads. The movie, which was made with the budget over three crores, has collected over five crores at the Box Office.


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What Does It Mean to Be Holy?
What Does It Mean to Be Holy?
In the democratic society of Israel, we with struggle the concept of what it means to be am chofshi b'artzeinu, "a free people in our land." We ask, "What does the responsibility of freedom require from us?" Every year, it seems the answers are less obvious and the search to find them becomes more demanding.
Maybe our parashah can help by guiding us to approach freedom from the perspective of holiness. This week, we read two parashiyot, Acharei Mot and K'doshim. K'doshim starts with God's call: "You shall be holy, for I, the Eternal your God, am holy" (Leviticus 19:2). This difficult demand is directed to "the whole Israelite community" (19:2). It is addressed not only to the priests, elders, and respected ones, but also to all men, women, and children; young and old; and leaders as well as average people.
What does the commandment "to be holy" mean? How can you demand that a person or a nation be holy? Interpreters in all generations have tried to answer this question. But in Parashat K'doshim, we can find simple, direct answers in a long list that details what "You shall be holy" means. The commandments here have deep meanings, and the most prominent ones are those that include both man-to-man and person-to-Maker directives. Consider these examples: "You shall each revere your mother and your father, and keep My sabbaths: I the Eternal am your God" (19:3); "You shall not steal; you shall not deal deceitfully or falsely with one another. You shall not swear falsely by My name, profaning the name of your God: I am the Eternal" (19:11‒12).
Parashat K'doshim teaches us that we cannot separate decent relations between humans from the commandments between a person and his (or her) Maker. Harming or insulting a person is the same as harming or insulting the image of God in that person; therefore, it is harming or insulting to God. Embezzling public money is not different from embezzling that which is holy to God. The reason to "be holy" is because "I, the Eternal your God, am holy." The holiness of God requires that we lead a holy life.
The commandments that explain the requirement to be holy repeat some of the directives of the Ten Commandments, for example, to honor parents (19:3), keep Shabbat (19:3), and abstain from idol worship (19:4). Some have considered this repetition a reflection of problems in the editing of the Torah, but in my opinion there is deep meaning in it. The Ten Commandments are comprised of "do's and don'ts," but Parashat K'doshim tells us why we should keep the commandments and what we should look toward when we keep a mitzvah: we have to keep it so our lives will be holier. This is the purpose we should aim toward when we keep the mitzvot.
Israel's Independence Day, Yom HaAtzmaut, which we celebrated this week, brings to mind several questions: Is Israel is a nation like any other or is there something that makes Israel different? Is the State comprised of the "Chosen People," and if so, what does that mean? Our parashah answers those who claim that Jews are unique and that something in our genes makes us different, better than other people. In Leviticus 19:2, God says that there is nothing inherently holy about us: rather, God instructs us to "be holy." And how can we be holy? We need to raise ourselves up through our deeds, by our way of living: only then can we be holy and a free people in our country.
In our haftarah portion this week, the prophet Amos says something similar: "Are you not to me, O people of Israel, like the Cushites? Did I not bring you up from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Crete, and the Arameans from Kir?" (Amos 9:7). These words that we will read this Shabbat teach us not to be haughty; we are only one of the pieces in God's world. God tells the people of Israel that we are not different from other peoples that God brought up to new places, just as He brought us up from Egypt. Instead, we are all parts in His enormous patchwork. Nevertheless, we learn there is a special bond between God and the people of Israel, and in the future: "On that day will I raise up David's fallen shelter, I will rebuild the breaches in its walls and raise up its ruins and build it up as in the days of old" (Amos 9:11).
Another way to look at the "chosenness" issue is in a historical context: when the people were in trouble, chased and defenseless, they were comforted by thoughts of being unique and chosen by God. In his essay "Half Consolation,"1 Achad Ha'am explains that when our ancestors simply believed that they were the Chosen People, they did not focus on the abuse they experienced from others because they knew their value. This belief helped them keep their pride when they were vulnerable and helpless.
Today, when Jews can choose to live freely in the modern State of Israel, and many may choose to visit it, there is danger that the Chosen People concept may be misused to support arrogance, complacency, and even racism. We need to remember the instruction, "You shall be holy to me, for I the Eternal am holy, and I have set you apart from other peoples to be mine" (Leviticus 20:26). This means that God will "set you apart" only if you become holy through your deeds—only then will you be unique.
We shall finish with these hopeful words of the haftarah (Amos 9:13–15): may they come to pass soon for all who dwell in the State of Israel:
The time is coming—says the Eternal One—
when the one who plows the field
will overtake the one who reaps it,
and the treader of grapes [will overtake] the one who sows seeds,
when the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall overflow.
I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel:
They shall rebuild the desolate cities, and dwell [in them];
they shall plant vineyards, and drink their wine;
make gardens, and eat their fruit.
I will plant them on their soil,
never again to be uprooted from the soil that I have given them
—says the Eternal One your God.
Rabbi Dalia Marx is an associate professor of liturgy and Midrash at the Jerusalem campus of HUC-JIR. Her new book is Tractates Tamid, Middot and Qinnim: A Feminist Commentary, published by Mohr Siebeck.
"Holy" is a word we use often but are never quite sure how to define. When I ask, many define "holy" by using other synonyms like "consecrate," "sacred," "sanctify," and "hallowed." Even with these synonyms, we are not quite sure what we mean. The concept is complex, but the definition is actually quite simple.
To be "holy" is only to be "different" or "separate." Think of what we call holy: Shabbat is holy; separate or different from the rest of the week because it is a day of rest. Yom Kippur is separate from every other day of the year as we spend an entire day, in synagogue, looking inward, accounting for our actions and how we might better make the mark in the coming year. When we participate in any life-cycle event, we know that nothing in our daily lives feels like the separate (holy) nature of a b'rit milah, a wedding, a bar or bat mitzvah, a conversion, and even a funeral. All of these are called holy because they feel absolutely different from anything else we do in life.
As Professor Marx points out above, all of these holy acts are only such because they resemble what is most holy, and thus most different from us (human beings), and that is of course, God. Indeed, "You shall be holy, for I, the Eternal you God, am holy" (Leviticus 19:2). We humans resemble God, the most beautiful and distinct part of ourselves, when we act differently from the way we do ordinarily. That does not mean that there is something inherently wrong about how we act most of the time. It merely means that when we reach a bit higher in our actions, when we stop to do right, when we are intentional in acknowledging the depth of beauty around us, we connect to and maybe even act like the God that resides within every one of us.
Perhaps the greatest paradox of our existence is this: the potential for holiness within us, which is so distinct from our other aspects, is the exact piece that binds us with one another. Moreover, when we connect to that part of ourselves we stop being finite beings and, instead, connect to the infinite nature of the world. When we connect to the infinite and binding energy we might call God, we are then living the definition of what it means to be kadosh ...what it means to be holy.
Matthew D. Gewirtz is the senior rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, New Jersey.
Acharei Mot, Leviticus 16:1–18:30
The Torah: A Modern Commentary, pp. 858–888; Revised Edition, pp. 769–794;
The Torah: A Women's Commentary, pp. 679–700


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Hi all, just looking at doing my training schedule for the ironman UK Bolton. Any guidance in how many times per week you need to train each event, Im doing the London Marathon so will be running 3 times a week. So was planning on doing 2 cycles and maybe 1 swim, then 3 weights sessions.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Mark Allen's take on strength for triathletes.
If you want to include weights/strength training which can be beneficial (legs when faced with hills on the bike and fatigue during the run and arms for swim technique) into your training then I recommend you buy 'Triathlon Anatomy' by Mark Klion and Troy Jacobson. I found it really helpful for finding what does what in relation to triathlon etc.
Also to touch on what others have said in this and other posts - do more cycling and swimming. I include strength training but it does not count as a stand alone session as you are suggesting. I do a a strength/weight session 5 days a week so it is incorporated into my training. The sessions should take no longer than 1h30 focussing on the muscles groups ie. day 1 and 4; Legs (I choose to do two due to the planned IM's next year) 2; Back and Biceps, 3; Chest and Triceps 5; Shoulders. (I also do a quick core session everyday). Therefore this gives you PLENTY of time to do other things in the same day as the strength session. If you can't (as you claim) get out on the bike - do a spin class and then a run followed by the weights. I personally do mine on my lunch break.
I would definitely swim a lot more, 2-3 times a week. Join a tri club as that way they become more enjoyable sessions as opposed to just swimming up and down alone for hours (which some will argue isn't even beneficial…but I'm not venturing there)
IF, as someone with a weight training background your 1 muscle group a week work out is the sort of thing that I would recommend for an intermediate weight lifter. To be honest with you it is having very little affect and if anything slowing you down by prolonging recover time. For a beginner there is not enough TUT (time under tension) to see any real strength gains in your plan.
I would recommend such a split program for someone who could squat twice there own body weight other wise you would be better doing a full body workout two or three times a week.
That said could you outline you reps and sets for each group and the progression, also if there is and deload built in to the program?
Two ninety minute leg sessions a week? Jesus Christ that is some going.
I do 15 reps and three sets of each - and I'm no weight lifter they are low weight just to gain strength and again probably an hour per session (1h30 with core).
This all said I am in base training being winter so although I am doing the cardio it's not as intense as it will be come the New Year. I building strength to then be unleashed again!
IF, hope you mind me asking these question but train should be about doing as much as you need not as much as you can.
How was the initial weight chosen?
How often do you increase the weigh and under what criteria?
How often to you take a break or reduce the workload ( called deloading)
How may exercises do you do for each body part?
If you could give me a quick out line of your weight lifting week?
You could try this
Monday, back and bi's
Tuesday, legs and shoulders,
Wednesday, chest and tri,
Thursday, back and bi's
Friday legs and shoulders ,
Sat chest and tri's ,
Sun, rest ............
For Thursday, Friday and Sat work out use 10% less weight than you did for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays.
Three exercises I would definitely include would be
Back, barbel bent over row,
Legs, squats
Chest, bench press,
If you did these you could drop the core work outs as to do each of these three exercises correctly you will need to engage your core and it will get all the work it needs.
Choose 1 exercises per body part on top of the ones listed above, do 2 sets of each exercises with no more that 2 minutes rest between each set,
To choose the weight for each exercises select the one that you can do 15 reps ( no more) while maintaining proper form, sloppy reps don't count and lead to injury.
week one do 13 reps of each exersize
week two do 14
week three do 15
week four do 16
week five do 17
if on week five you complete both sets for any exercises increase the weight by 10 percent and benign the next cycle, for a any exercises that you don't complete both sets keep the weight the same for the next cycle.
A new cycle beginners after 5 weeks and you drop the reps back down to 13
Now you are hitting each BP twice a week you have a built in deload and a planned progression. High reps build stamina as the shorter rests. your core is being worked and you should cut your time in the weight room down.
Two things I would add, Do after a cardio session and try and have a shed load of carbs between the cardio and the weights then try to leave at least 12 hours if not 24 before you do any more cardio other wise interns of gains form the weight train you will be just spinning your wheels. As any cardio with bring a halt to the protein synthesis that weight lifting encourages.
Some good articles on here
Mark as stated above you could benefit from getting hold of Fink and/or Friel's books and see what the recommended ironman training schedules look like.
Weight training is probably recommended in there but only once the right amount of bike and swim training is in place and time allows.
If your swim technique is sound that is less of an issue but you may need to over-emphasise bike training sooner rather than later.
Mark , sorry I just realised that I have hijacked your thread answering Iron Fanny, I agree with Sweetfeet, in our position you don't need any weight lifting.
Just concentrate on the three essentials.
I've just read Fink book and will be starting my 30 week plan in January ready for Bolton, I also regularly weight train! But I must admit I have started to reduce the weight I lift per exercise! (Still playing rugby! Hence the weight lifting) focusing on high reps with very little rest in between.
Based on the fink plan there seems room to include weight training! But I would think that would depend on your ironman goal.
Sorry Duda, not ignoring, been busy...(training)
How was the initial weight chosen?
Inital weight chosen was done with my other half who is a personal trainer and a conditioning fanatic and expert
How often do you increase the weigh and under what criteria?
Again, I go up if I feel I can - after inclduing weights into my routine a year ago I have a strong understanding of my own ability.
How often to you take a break or reduce the workload ( called deloading)
In all honesty I listen to my body - if I haven't had enough protein for recovery one day and am struggling I'll skip a day. I believe flexibility works when training - I understand a structured a religious programme does for some. I just listen to how my body and I feel.
How may exercises do you do for each body part?
I'll do three per body part (bar legs and shoulders which make their own session)
If you could give me a quick out line of your weight lifting week?
Days sometimes alternate but - Legs; warmup done quick; 3x10 reps squats, 3x10 walking dumbbell lunge, 3x10 single leg deadlift, 3x10 standing dumbbell calf raise. Main set; 5x8 barbell back squat, 5x8 barbell lunge, 5x8 dead lift, 5x10 single leg calf raise.
Shoulders; 3x15 Shoulder press, 3x15 dumbbell lateral raise, 3x15 upright row, 3x15 front plate raise.
Chest & Triceps; 3x15 machine chest flye, 3x15 chest press, 3x15 pushup, 3x15 cable pushdown, 3x15 lying tricep extension, 3x15 chair dip
Back & Biceps; 3x15 lat pulldown, 3x15 one arm down, 3x15 dead lift, 3x15 bicep curl, 3x15 hammer curl, 3x15 concentration dumbbell
After every set I have 30secs break before the next.
It also has to be noted this intense stengthening will not happen all year as at the moment I am in 'base' training ready to be unleashed again in the New Year. To answer TheExile I don't do that leg exercise twice the second leg exercise is less intense so not 90minutes. And the legs are no more than an hour anyway as are all of the sessions.
This is all advice I have read from IM coaches and has been adapted personally for me by my other half who has a career in conditioning.
IF, Great to see that you have a well structured S&C program a lot of people just lift same weights with no real structure or program and imho they would be better just resting. I can see now that is not the case with you.
keep on keepin' on


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While I agree with Leahy in this particular instance, I think he's being highly selective in his espousal of "states rights."