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One of the many business revolutions the Internet helped bring about is the elimination of physical borders for so many industries: communications, commerce, content, and more. Indeed, if a company wants to sell to a new global market these days, doing so via the web is the fastest—and almost always most economical—way to do it.
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halogen headlights ?
i have a 1964 el camino ,and i will be changing from standard head lights to halogen lights. four light set up, my question is do you need to use relays with this changeover or standard wiring?
i'am also re wiring the whole car with a new harness.
it's a snap product.
any help would be appreciated.
Probably don't need to
But I think it would be a good idea anyway.
When I wired my car, I tried to keep all high amp loads outside.
The only remotely hi amp load in the car is the AC fan. & windows
Using the relays will help to prevent an overload on the HL switch.
This is something that I never want to have fail again, (dark outside)
I once even had a fire start on the floor from a failed dimmer switch.
Screamin' across the desert on cal hiwy 58 at about 2 am--hit my brights
(which are not used very often at all) and viola--had more light in the truck than I had outside the truck. Talk about some excitement. hiway 58 is kind of desolate at night (back then only 2-lane all the way)
My truck was about 10 at the time and the wiring had never been touched for anything.
Doc here,
Relays are used in circuits to control high current devices with low current switch gear..
They are ALSO used to deliver more CURRENT to the end user device, from the source than would be possible with standard switch gear.
Your relay is divided into two separate but dependent functions..The Coil..and the contacts and movable center wiper ...
You have a standard mini switch (usually only rated for 5 amps max contact rated) you CAN NOT control the headlights alone with the switch..It will go up in smoke..
SO to control the headlights with a small amount of current, a relay is used..
The mini switch turns the relay on, which in turn closes the 30 amp contacts INSIDE the relay, bringing power to the headlights from a STRAIGHT battery source .. (NO power loss through a dash switch or under rated wires..)
The relay has 30 amp contacts, so the normally open contacts are wired directly to a Fuse link and to the battery..via a 10 gauge wire..
The center wipers are the movable contacts, they are wired to the headlights direct via 10 gauge wires..
The coil only draws about an amp..so it can be fused through the mini switch at an amp or slightly higher..
NOW you are controlling 30 amp headlamps with a 1 amp fuse/switchgear..AND in the process, you are delivering more current from the source (battery) to the load (headlights) MUCH brighter headlamps! and no worry of overheating wire or switchgear.
Use the relays.when I switched to halogen bulbs on my 4 headlight set up it overloaded the switch and the headlights went out while driving at night.I use my existing headlight wires to activate the relays and ran 12 gauge wire from the fuse box to the relay and used the existing wires from the relay to the headlights I just screwed the relays to the core support right next to the wire harness.Because I care about how it looks I cut open the wire harness first then after running the new wires I rewrapped the harness so it looks like the relays were factory equipment.It takes a little time to make it look good so don't get in a hurry but it is not difficult.
Doc here,
Once, when I was a Member of the USMC, in Southern Californication, On a 3 day pass, Headed from Northern Californication, in a 40's Style Pickup truck, at O'Dark thirty..The ONLY Car on the highway..no moon..burned up a High-beam Switch (Ergo: no headlights...)
On I~5..at 70, couldn't see a thing!!! Pitch dark for 100's of miles....Finally got it to a stop, while pulling VERY slowly and blindly to the LEFT break down lane..opened the cab door about a foot..It went "Clunk" and wouldn't budge open..Got out the trusty ZIppo..and to my horror..saw a Concrete Pillar for an over-crossing blocking the door..a FOOT from a Head on of the truck..
Since then , I have been a believer of relay controlled devices..
This is the system I installed on my DD Corvette.. (It ALSO turns on the headlamps when the wipers are turned on, AND flashes the headlamps when the horn is sounded..) Everything from the mount to the "Spun Wire looms " were made by me..took about an hour, Cost about $30, Saved about $250, in fines..(wipers and lights MUST be on at all times in the rain..new law out here since late 05'...$280 fine after 1 St warning..which I already got..)
Lights are 150% Brighter (Corvettes are plain Dark at night) , Wipers are more speed responsive..horn is louder..
I run Halogens in my '67 Falcon with the stock Relay, they were put in b4 I got the car, the old lights are in the trunk where the previouse owner put them. they work fine
Doc---cool idea, that turn on lamps with wipers thing.
I was for the longest time, lights on daytime driver. Drivers ED habit I guess.
When I lived in Phoenix, (going there in the morning for work BTW) I used to go back and forth to Las Vegas at least bi-weelky. Hi-way 93 between Wikiup and the Hoover dam was posted as daytime headlights. They (AZ) used to put the white crosses on the road where people had died during the year. Took em all down just after Christmas. One year going to my dad's B-day party (Jan 10), I counted 6 crosses on that hiway, and 2 more on my way back home. That particular hi-way is much safer now then it was in the 80'. just as Ca 58 is now safer than it was in the 90s'. Ramble ramble
Bought a car with auto lights a few years ago---they are on most of the time,
but when I get into the other cars--completely forget to turn on the lights---even at night--------I'm gettin better
I ran my 66 belair for 8-9 yrs with 4 halogens with no problem they were on day and night any time the car was in motion for some of the time for a safety study. Would I set it up like this again, NO! These old cars (the 66 impalas) had weak underrated wiring to the headlights. My 66 SS will get relays and I Love Doc's idea with the wipers and horn.
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by the level of thinking that created them.' - Albert Einstein
I can't comment on a 4 headlight set up but....... last fall went to Wal-Mart and bought 2 of the 7" round Halogens. Put them in my 150 Wagon and so far so good.
Stock wiring with the stock headlight switch.
I like it so well I'm planning on another set of the 7" Halogens in another one of my '57s.
Oh and they sure give off some light.
google "danialsternlighting"
Wiring diagrams and everything...
If you want some high powered lights try this.
Get some H4 bulbs rated 55/100 watts and use motorcycle lenses almost all the old round light bikes were 7" lenses.
The lenses are flat instead of curved in front so it does give a little bit different look and will definitely need relays to keep switch alive.
I did this on my old truck man what a difference, no more deer popping out of the ditches at last second. That was a 2 light system I can only imagine what 4 would be like if you wired it so all were on at once.
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the brights
See this thread on Chevy Talk for another bright suggestion for a 4 light system ("1,000,000 candlepower per bulb") Be Warned They can get you ticked though.. Bright bright
Foolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain.
Doc here,
Interesting article...
Some heads up..on the halogens..they are about double the wattage of the standard bulb..55 watt standard..100 watt halogen..8.3 amps each..or 33.2 amps in 4 on mode..as opposed to 55 watt..4.5 amps, or 18 amps in 4 way mode..
100 watts / 12 volts = 8.3 amps draw ea..
Added to that is the draw of rest of the lighting system also..Weather or not the system is up to par (gauge~wise and switchgear..) on a 50 year old vehicle I advise relays..even if not for the added brightness it will provide above the safety factor..
I mean , Whose to say a 50 year old high / low switch isn't going to heat up and fall apart (even if it is not supposed to..) with the increased load..
Using the Standard Aviation Landing lamp WILL require a relay system to be safe, They have a horrendous draw..They are Totally Illegal, (not DOT approved.) And Are Major HEAT generators..Don't mount them near ANYTHING flammable..
Those lamps were designed to be used in a fast airflow to keep them cool..(approach to landing..) and will Burn the hide right off your arm should you connect with it..on or shortly after turning one off..
Running under decreased airflow, and the constant "jarring" of a front end..the filaments don't last too long either..We used to use them as alley lamps on the light-bars on SRPD cruisers..Their life expectancy was about 2 weeks..(NO airflow..long period or run time) AND back then (25 years ago..) were about $60 installed (by the avionics Department) at the county airport..for a TSO'd lamp..
The cost may be down now..but back then it was that high as it was , I think a Cessna 182 standard part number , and aviation related (which drives the cost up.)
I do not advocate using them at all..
Are you just switching to halogen sealed beams or are you switching to housings that hold halogen bulbs? I don't think you would have to change anything to run the sealed beams
You can buy a plug in (no cutting of wires) headlight relay setup from www.LMCtruck.com for about $30. Its supposed to keep the lights brighter and prevent any wiring problems from high wattage lights.
Several I talk with who one Classic Chevies say they switched their car to Halogen sealed beam headlights with no adverse problems.
That's one of the reasons I decided to try them, myself.
At $9 each it's sure cheaper then buying the 9004 bulbs and converting your headlight buckets to accept the smaller bulbs.
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It all started with one guitar. A Red Fender, in fact, donated by its owner, Eric Clapton. Now it's the largest music memorabilia collection on the planet - 70,000+ (and counting) rock 'n' roll icons, from a lock of hair to a five-ton psychedelic bus, from some of the most important guitars in music history to some of the most incredible outfits ever to grace a rock star or stage. On any given day, visit any Hard Rock location around the world, and you will see some of these pieces of history yourself. Whether they transport you to a time in your own past, triggering memories of glory days, or they teach you something you never knew about one of your favorite artists, Hard Rock's memorabilia collection has been viewed by millions over the years.
Now, Hard Rock is bringing even more memorabilia to Hard Rocks all over the world, with the Treasures Of The Hard Rock tour. Actually, we should say "tours," as three separate tours will criss-cross both the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. tours will highlight two different themes: those artists who left us in their prime, leaving behind catalogs of incredible music, and musicians whose philanthropic work rivals their music.
Each tour will set up shop in a Hard Rock Cafe for one week, giving Hard Rock fans the chance to see, in one place, music memorabilia they would otherwise need to travel the globe to see. You will not want to miss the Treasures Of The Hard Rock tour. Believe it.
New York: Feb. 14-15
Chicago: Feb. 25-March 4
Boston: Feb. 25-March 4
Austin, SXSW: March 11-8*
Pittsburgh: March 25-April 1
San Diego: April 10-18
Biloxi, Miss.: April 22-29
Atlanta: May 5-13
Seattle: May 13-19
Miami: May 19-27
Hollywood, Fla.: June 3-10
Tampa, Fla.: June 13-22
Orlando Hotel: June 25-July 5
Chicago Hotel: July1-July6
Phoenix: July 10-15
Denver: July 27-Aug. 3
Dallas: July 31-Aug. 8
Berlin: Feb. 21–March 1
Munich: March 15-March 24
Hamburg: April 10–April 22
Phuket: June 14-June 23
Bangkok: June 28-July 3
Tokyo Roppongi: July 13-July 18
Osaka: July 23-July 28
Macau: August 7-August 13
Glasgow: August 16 - August 25
Gothenburg: August 27-Sept. 2
Manchester: August 30 - Sept. 8
Oslo: Sept. 11-Sept. 16
Nice: Sept. 13 - Sept. 22
Paris: Sept. 27 - Oct. 6
Malta: Oct. 1-Oct. 7
Malta Bar: Oct. 11-Oct. 16
Prague: Oct. 14 - Oct. 21
Barcelona: Oct. 25 - Nov. 3
Dublin: Nov. 5-Nov. 11
Madrid: Nov. 8 - Nov. 17
Lisbon: Nov. 22 - Dec. 1
Dubai: Nov. 27-Dec. 2
India (TBD, multiple Cafes): Dec. 13, 2013 - Jan. 13, 2014
*Unless otherwise noted, all tours will be on display at Hard Rock Cafe.
I'm not sure where I was to rsvp but I received this invitation in my email for concierge invites. I'm from the Residence Inn/Springhill Suites Chicago Downtown River North and I would like to attend this event with 1 guest. Thank you!
History is a important part of the future.I like it
Dear Hard Rock,I will be looking forward to seeing the Tour here in Europe especially Germany. That's great that Jeff has organized the Tour to come our way. I'd love to tag along. Rocking Greetings from Kaiserslautern, Germany.Best Regards,Mark
Hello, I found a card I bought when I went to Miami, for a cruise I paid for a card that said all access. I do not live close to a hard rock cafe and forgot I had it, do you still have all access cards it was in march of 2008.#7903011406420364 I also bought a hard rock guitar Pin. I really enjoyed the Hard Rock Cafe in Miami. Allot has happened since then just wondered if my card was still good?
Wow what a great idea wiil be my first time seeing the collection cant wait in our home cafe edinburgh "FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK WE SALUTE YOU"
Can a table be booked for the Manchester event ?
Gloria,The old All Access program ended last year. It has been replaced by Hard Rock Rewards, our new loyalty program that's even better than All Access, with more rewards and many more participating locations. You can sign up for a free account here: https://members.hardrock.com/rewards-Join. Thanks for being a fan!
Jane,You can contact the Cafe directly by phone at +44-161-831-6700. You can also make a preferred seating request here: http://www.hardrock.com/px/default.aspx. The seating request isn't a reservation, but will get you the next available table for the time you request.
Sara,There should be an RSVP email address on the email you received.
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When I was very young, merely a teenager, I often believed myself to be in love. In reality I was only in need of sexual intimacy. I was delusional about every girl I desired, and my fantasies of this or that grand thought or deed or music that I would perform in honor of my love for her knew no bounds. My utterly undisciplined mind would conjure all manner of pseudo poetic phrases, and hyperbole was about as understated as I could muster. With very rare exceptions, the young male mind cant distinguish between love and lust. Relationships ebb and flow depending upon whether one is working his way to ejaculation or has just had one. I went to great lengths to impress, but rarely got there. Somehow, no matter how great I thought myself to be, the girls were always smart enough to see through the smoke and to understand that I was just another kid with an erection. Maybe they didnt always understand their perception of me in exactly those terms, having been raised to a higher standard of delicacy, but that, I believe, was the bottom line.
My daughter constantly complains to me how puerile men are who are in their mid thirties, and I have come to believe that you really dont understand much of anything until well beyond that, with the customary rare exception. The reason is that you simply havent lived long enough to have had sufficient meaningful experiences that stimulate you to insight at that stage in life. At that age you know what you know from books and movies and television. If you are lucky you may have traveled a bit, or have been in combat and learned some ultimate lessons about existence, or you may have learned something from a bad marriage, but probably not, because if youre normal you blame failures on others and take little or no blame upon yourself. The tendency to fix blame on others is a reliable indicator of where you are on the scale of maturity.
Most situations where matters have come a cropper are assigned to fault on the part of others. We have not by then learnt enough about the stuff of life to be introspective. Some of us never learn that. The luckiest eventually learn to look inside ourselves for all the right and all the wrong results, for that is in all likelihood where the causes may be found. How one proceeds from being a priapic child driven entirely by his urges to being an introspective, sensitive, loving person can be agonizing, and the journey is never completed in some men and completed very late in life for others. My comments are about men because I are one, but women have similar issues.
Part of the dilemma is due to the fact that our youthful curriculum does not usually include instruction upon the subject of sensitivity or upon the subject of the difference between Eros and agape. Part of the problem is also that we learn more absolutes, about something called right or wrong, the principle of the thing. Actually there are very few rights and wrongs, and hardly any controversies are about the principle of the thing. In each instance there are practically always several principles at work, and the talent to reach a positive result is not to choose one, but rather to assign them weights according to their relative importance in that instance, and then to prioritize them and serve them as they merit. Maturity in that sense indicates the ability to get beyond right or wrong and into competing interest balancing where most issues have some right and some wrong. Humans are simply not like chemical equations in which a formula must be balanced and specific weights of specific molecules yield a result expressible in mathematical certainty. Humans are emotionally amorphous and each is a different person at different times, on different days, in different seasons, and at different stages of their daily, weekly and monthly cycles. On top of that, each has a separate maturity and insight capability, a different temperament, differing conditions of mental and physical health, and is bombarded minute by minute with all the external impulses and influences that exert themselves in our universe. How we establish and manage lasting relationships is so complicated. It is amazing that a methodology can be reduced to some reliable set of engagement terms.
To make matters worse, we are taught to use superficialities, to mask how we feel and to serve institutions, because few of us end up self employed, and most of us need to be able to accommodate/subordinate ourselves to the requirements of the institutions we serve in order to obtain a livelihood. Those requirements are often arbitrary, illogical and fail in their best mode to achieve positive results. They are all too frequently the product of some absurd treatise written by someone who has notions that have not been tested under variable conditions and among people of different levels of intelligence and stability in varying theaters of performance. There is no logic, rhyme or reason to so much of what we are required to do, and compliance with anomalous, damn silly mandates is exhausting. Ego driven managers call meetings to which people have to travel and at which they spend days listening to some agenda that makes no sense, has no value and could as easily have been put into an email message. Frequently, wasteful and boring meetings are called for no reason other than the person who called it wants to go to a certain place for recreation and to be able to charge it to the company. In that way a $ 5,000 trip for recreation becomes a $ 75,000 meeting, but is paid for by the company. And we are taught that we must accommodate the absurd agendas of those counterproductive people lest they put some negative comment in our employment files and we lose a raise, bonus or promotion. We are taught that this compliance with the absurd is an absolute must, and the fact that it is exhausting, frustrating and obstructs our own productivity is not something we are allowed to express. Then, when we get home to the relationships we cherish, there is so much less of our energies and emotional resources for our loved ones. This is a major contributor to dysfunctional personal behavior in the relationships that really count.
And so, we strike out, wanting to have some place, some situation in which we might get to call the shots, if even for a moment. And there is no such place. We dont have minions dependent upon us for their livelihood who we can abuse to aggrandize our own egos. It is harder for us to find emotional resources to enable us to go immediately to insightful reactions rather than automatic reactions to what we experience when we get home home being wherever it is that the person/people we cherish most will be with us at days end. We end up in a pattern of stimulus and reaction that is the product of fatigue, and it is extremely difficult to find another pattern. We cant seem to understand that the reaction will never change if the stimulus never changes. We play each other more like drummers than violinists. When you are too tired and frustrated to enable automatic attitude shifting when you get home, you have to have and most folks havent acquired a discipline that does the shifting for you. Where do you find that?
It would be grand were that kind of conditioning of mind and response pattern to have been inculcated into us while young. But our parents didnt know how to do it. And our teachers were no more attuned to this kind of sensitivity than our parents. Truth to tell, they and we were brought up to think that the Bible rules were the rules of the road, to greater or lesser degree. The problem with that is that we selected the right/wrong approach to cherry picking the Bible, choosing for the most part those precepts that gave males the most options and that most severely circumscribed the options of females. Wheres the sensitivity training in that approach?
Somehow we overlooked what I think is the most important attribute of Christ the willingness to understand and to forgive, to be sensitive to human needs to the furthest extent possible so long as one does not go beyond standards requisite for the orderly conduct of the affairs of families and societies. Christ never wanted to be and never was the Grand Ayatollah of Christianity. Christ the punisher is not what I understand the saviors mission to have been. The Riot Act admonition directed at brides in Second Corinthians, in which they are enjoined to subordinate themselves to the directorship of men because a man, no matter how limited he may be in capability, is supposed to be the leader of the family as Christ is the leader of the church. Christ never said anything like that. Christ never told women to shut the hell up/be silent in church. That is nothing but male agenda, sexist malarkey of the time and culture being fraudulently passed off as something holy.
Somewhere between not hiding our light under a basket/not abusing ourselves for unworthy emotional purposes and the other extreme, insisting upon our prerogatives on every opportunity, there is a point - - a moving point - - at which we could stop before responding and look deep into what is the essence of what is happening at this moment and prioritize the issues. I am right, but is it an important point, and would the other person appreciate my giving in at this moment to their position, right or wrong, simply because putting them before me at that time would be an act of love and not an act of intellectual cowardice on my part? And if I am capable of that level of emotional generosity, isnt it rather likely that the quality of my relationship here will be greatly enhanced and I will reap a reward for it far greater than what I gave up? And if I can make the emotional investment of not insisting upon real or imagined rectitude for its own sake, and achieve a high emotional return on that investment, isnt that what good investments are all about? We can apply the principles that work in other disciplines to the discipline of lovingly managing our most critically vital binding ties. I love you becomes expressed in the recognition of that other persons need at this precise moment and meeting it with the gift of our own humility. And of course, when you are the person who has just made someone more important than yourself for a moment at least, they really love you a lot. Hello! Are you getting this? This is playing the ones you love like Stradivarius violins. Not everything in life is a percussive performance. Emotional drum beating is rarely the right response/stimulus choice in loving relationships.
Eros and agape are blended optimally when agape precedes. Sacrificial love, flowing, generous, abundant, is a river that nourishes loving like a physical river nourishes the territory it serves. Serving the psychic territory we occupy/enjoy produces a rich crop of Eros when the river of agape is always there, always refreshing in its genuine and loving best mode. The crop of agape is that the person whom you serve in that manner cannot ever imagine a moment in which your presence is not cherished or a moment in which your absence would not leave a sense of emptiness and incompleteness. The flower of that crop is the beauty of Eros at its most ardent. That flower emerges, flourishes and perfumes your life spontaneously, not on demand or request. The spontaneity of that flowering desire is the most exquisite expression of your being wanted that you could ever hope for. It is easily seen as a manifestation of divine love because it is never available on demand or request. It is rather the psychic reward of loving service given, of emotional stewardship well performed, of a harmonious mutuality of self sacrifice at every level of your existence.
This level of commitment cannot be reached except in our most intimate and indispensable relationship. It is not intended for our social or business relationships, or even, for that matter, to filial relationships with our offspring. With all others we must maintain a reserve, the ability to defend against intrusion, the sense that balanced accounts must be maintained, at least over time. Those are, by definition, not capable of being sacrificial. This commitment is for the ultimate abstracted dimension of loving, the ultimate romantic blending of souls.
For the record, this came to me very late. A loving relationship worthy of such devotion came to me very late. Had I been more concerned about looking into someone else than I was looking out for my own instant gratification, I might have found it earlier. The difference it has made in my life is beyond description.
Thus endeth the lesson.
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Rob Chudzinski, head coach of the Cleveland Browns, is weighing his options between quarterbacks in Week 8. His choices, Jason Campbell and Brandon Weeden , leave much to be desired. Weeden most recently completed just 17-of-42 of his passes (40.5-percent) for 149 yards, one TD and one INT in a 31-13 loss to Green Bay. Campbell hasn't started a game in Cleveland yet.
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Stick a fork in 'em. The Browns looked promising for the 30 minutes that Brian Hoyer was healthy enough to play. Now they're stuck choosing between bad and worse yet they can't even differentiate between the two. Campbell hangs on to the ball too long, struggles to get through his progressions and unfortunately, probably deserves to get a shot to start a game. Going back to Weeden was a mistake. His confidence is long gone. Campbell at least has something prove, if only to himself. No matter which QB starts, neither should be owned by fantasy owners.


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A commenter to my posting below about the danger to Philippines' radio journalists, courtstown, raises questions about my attitude towards cuts by newspaper publishers (and specifically, the cuts at Newsquest/Gannett's Glasgow division) that merit both a reply and a separate posting.
First off, I must point to the fact that on Wednesday, the day before Newquest's announcement, I posted an item headlined Tough times ahead for new Herald editor in which I outlined the problems that the newly-appointed editor-in-chief of the Glasgow-based Herald group, Donald Martin, would be facing and also mentioned that he would be constrained by decisions taken elsewhere. The papers' ultimate owner, Gannett, would be pulling the strings.
That said, I wish I had found the time, either yesterday or this morning, to comment on the extraordinary decision by Newsquest to hand out redundancy notices to 235 journalists and demand that they reapply for their jobs. I am putting that right now.
I am appalled at the Newsquest manoeuvre. These are the kinds of 19th century high-handed capitalist practices that led to the formation of a trades union movement. Doubtless, managers are hoping to ensure that NUJ activists are among those who will not be re-employed.
Managers? It seems that Martin, in keeping with modern industrial relations policy on newspapers, has accepted that he is more a management man than an editor. There is no separation between "the suits" and editorial.
So let me make it abundantly clear: I am totally opposed to what Newsquest are doing in Scotland and I find myself sympathising - probably for the first time - with Alex Salmond in his call for a re-think.
But let me get to the heart of commenter courtstown's criticism. He seems to think that because I happen to believe that newspaper staffs will be dramatically reduced (and probably eradicated altogether) it means that I am quietly applauding the way in which publishers are laying off staff. I am not.
As I have said many times, it's not a case of me desiring that journalists lose their jobs. I am writing about reality. Years ago, I could see that the business model of traditional print media was in the process of being wrecked. I don't want to see fellow journalists thrown out of work. I have merely forecast that it will happen (and, of course, that it will happen whether I say so or not).
At the same time, I have been pointing out that while newspapers are dying, journalism need not (and, in my view, will not). The future is digital and, again, that's the case whether I say it or not.
But, as I have also said in defence of British newspaper journalists who also realise that online journalism is the future, we are not masters of our own fate. Most local and regional journalists work for companies that, for a variety of reasons, have seen journalism as a way to make profits (rather than as a public service, or even to make propaganda).
And let it be said that even those family-run companies - such as the CN group in Cumbria - that have not sought to maximise profits have been unable to avoid the cataclysmic economic forces of the past couple of months.
It's true that I cast myself as a digital revolutionary, a believer in a new age of journalism. But it does not blind me to the hardships suffered by thousands of British journalists in this transition phase from print to screen. Nor do I believe that Newsquest are really interested in building a new form of journalism. Their actions are not a strategic step en route to a digital future. They are pragmatic, short term and cynical.
There are ways of making the transition without undue pain. Scandalously, Newsquest is choosing to do the opposite in order to maintain profits. I sincerely hope this doesn't sound too equivocal.


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BT Sees Future in Sports as BSkyB Moves Into Broadband
BT Group Plc (BT/A), the company once known as British Telecom and a descendant of the world's first national telegraph operator, has seen the future: soccer, rugby and tennis.
The company will release three new television channels in August, before the start of the Premier League soccer season, it said at an event near its London TV headquarters in the Olympic Park today. The BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN channels will be free for BT broadband subscribers and will also stream on the Web and through applications for mobile phones.
"I've worked in television for 24 years and opportunities like this do not come around very often," said Simon Green, the former Sky Sports executive who's leading BT Sport. "The scale and ambition of BT Sport is exciting."
The service will compete with free programming from the publicly funded British Broadcasting Corp. and paid services offered by British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc. (BSY) Shares in BSkyB, the U.K.'s biggest pay-television broadcaster, dropped the most in almost two years after today's announcement.
As BT moves beyond its 165-year-old business of offering communications over wires, it's entering a competitive field with British sports-broadcasting, and one that has frustrated more experienced entrants. The company is poised to spend 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) over the next three years on sports rights alone.
BT declined to comment on the venture's total cost. The service will be accretive to earnings "in the medium term," said Gavin Patterson, BT chief of retail. "The way to judge this for our shareholders is ultimately is our business growing?"
BSkyB Declines
BT said it will offer the sports channels to clubs and pubs for prices about 80 percent cheaper than BSkyB's services. It's also in talks to sell the channels in wholesale deals to Virgin Media Inc. and Talk Talk Telecom Group Plc.
"BSkyB shares are going to get murdered and will have a significant weakness not only today but in the weeks and months to come," said Alex DeGroote, a media analyst at Panmure Gordon & Co. in London. "BT and Virgin Media are not Mickey Mouse little operators coming from left field. People may be turning away from Sky for the first time in ages."
BSkyB shares fell 6.2 percent to 809 pence in London, the biggest drop since July 2011. TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc, the U.K. broadband provider split off from Carphone Warehouse Group Plc, dropped 12 percent. BT shares declined 2.3 percent, paring the advance this year to 19 percent.
Bundled Pricing
"Sky Sports is playing in a different league to BT Sport," Stephen van Rooyen, Sky's managing director for sales and marketing, said in a statement. "For us, sport isn't a marketing gimmick to promote another product. We're long-term supporters and our sustained investment has benefited sports fans and British sport at all levels."
The company said that an equivalent service from BT would cost most Sky broadband customers more than 110 pounds extra each year.
Among packages today on Sky's website was a bundle of phone, Internet and TV starting at 36 pounds a month. A bundle including Sky Sports and unlimited broadband is 57 pounds a month.
BT said today that new customers will pay 10 pounds to 15 pounds for broadband service, which includes access to BT Sport. The company's website advertises bundles of broadband, phone and TV service starting at 30.45 pounds.
ESPN's Exit
BT has poached star presenters from other networks, including BBC Radio veteran Clare Balding, former English national rugby team captain Lawrence Dallaglio, and Jake Humphrey, a former host of BBC Formula One broadcasts.
"What they've done is essentially bought themselves a tool of relevance," said Guy Peddy, an analyst at Macquarie Group Ltd. in London. "Without pay-TV or access to pay-TV they would struggle to compete in the longer term."
It's a risky field even for the experienced. Broadcast rights are expensive -- BSkyB, the U.K.'s most popular paid television company, has said it spends more than 2 billion pounds a year on matches, movies and shows. U.S. sports channel ESPN, one of the most profitable networks ever, lost money on a TV venture in the U.K. and Ireland, prompting parent Walt Disney Co. (DIS) to exit after less than four years.
In February, London-based BT agreed to buy the venture -- part of a months-long effort to secure rights to matches. The company has also acquired rights to 38 British Premier League soccer games, soccer matches in Italy, France and Brazil, rugby competitions, and tennis tournaments.
Shrinking Revenue
Production and rights to broadcast games will probably cost BT as much as 450 million pounds a year, Peddy said. The company will also have to commit to bidding on the next round of Premier League soccer rights less than two years after starting its broadcasts, he said.
Rights to Premier League soccer games will cost BT almost 500 million pounds through 2016, the company has said. A deal to show Premiership Rugby is worth as much as 152 million pounds over four years, the company said in September.
Reeling from declines in its core fixed-line telephone business, BT will probably report its fourth consecutive year of falling revenue tomorrow. For the year that ended in March, sales may be down 6.1 percent to 18 billion pounds, according to the average of analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Profit may slip below 2 billion pounds, the first drop in four years.
The move into sports is in line with the industry trend of TV broadcasters and telecommunications companies increasingly selling the same services in hopes of adding new customers, holding onto old ones, and making them all pay more.
On-Demand TV
BT already has an on-demand TV and movie offering called BT Vision. And it's part of the YouView partnership, a consortium of telecommunications providers and broadcasters that have developed a set-top box with digital TV channels and video-on-demand.
"The core service portfolios are under pressure," said Gartner Inc. research analyst Katja Ruud. "In terms of fixed voice and broadband access, in terms of pricing, there is tremendous pressure to add something above and beyond fixed broadband."
BT and BSkyB's businesses are increasingly overlapping. As BT expands into programming, BSkyB has been working to attract Internet customers by offering a limited amount of free Web service to customers who buy TV and phone service.
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BSkyB attracted 152,000 new broadband subscribers, it said last week, helping boost profit for the first nine months of the year by 9 percent, to 994 million pounds, as sales climbed 6 percent to 5.4 billion pounds. In March, BSkyB agreed to buy Telefonica SA (TEF)'s broadband and fixed-line phone division in the U.K.
BT and BSkyB have already clashed. In March, BT filed a complaint with the U.K. telecommunication regulator claiming that BSkyB unfairly blocked advertisements for its new sports channels. Sky director of corporate affairs, Graham McWilliam, replied last month in an open letter on the company's website that blocking BT Sports ads on Sky's sports channel is "perfectly reasonable given the billions that we have invested to build our brand."
"Sky is blacklisted by BT from advertising on the Web portal aimed at its broadband customers," McWilliam said. "This has been the case since we entered the home communications marketplace in competition with BT."
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- Kable's survey shows that ICT investment by medium-sized enterprises is expected to show an upward trajectory owing to the lower TCO (total cost of ownership) and higher ROI (return on investment).
- SaaS (software as a service), owing to its lower cost, high scalability, and seamless integration is the most popular cloud computing solution, while private cloud is the most widely adopted in terms of mode of deployment.
- Meanwhile, leading-edge technology is considered as the most important criterion in choosing an ICT service provider.
ICT investment trends in medium-sized enterprises presents the findings from a survey of 1,021 medium-sized enterprises regarding their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how medium-sized enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting.
The report illustrates the core technologies these enterprises are investing in, including enterprise applications, business intelligence, and mobility. Understand the approach adopted by medium-sized enterprises to purchase technology and get a better insight into ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to medium-sized enterprises.
In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following:
- How ICT budgets are set to change in 2015 in terms of their overall size
- Allocation across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications, and consulting
- Distribution of ICT money in areas such as the networks, applications, service desk, and data centers
- Which ICT functions medium-sized enterprises are interested in outsourcing
- Medium-sized enterprises' investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as enterprise applications, business intelligence, and mobility
- Factors that are influencing medium-sized enterprises' investments in each technology category
- How medium-sized enterprises' IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category
- Medium-sized enterprises' distribution of their ICT budget across various segments within a technology category
- Vendor satisfaction ratings for various core and advanced technology categories
- Insight into medium-sized enterprises' preferred buying approaches
- Business and IT objectives that medium-sized enterprises are looking to achieve through their IT investment strategies
- Factors that are influencing medium-sized enterprises' decisions to select an ICT provider
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- Understand how the medium-sized enterprises ICT landscape is set to change in 2015 to prioritize your target market
- Comprehend how ICT money are being allocated by medium-sized enterprises in specific geographies and size bands to improve your market penetration
- Make effective business decisions by recognizing the opportunities within each of the core areas of ICT spend (hardware, software, IT services, telecommunications, and consulting)
- Realign your sales initiatives by understanding the current strategic objectives of medium-sized enterprises
- Enhance your market segmentation with the included, detailed breakdown of opportunities within selected technology categories (enterprise applications, business intelligence and mobility)
- Prioritize your focus areas by understanding which factors are influencing medium-sized enterprises' decisions when selecting an ICT provider
- Understand the changes in customers' priorities and identify the business and IT objectives that medium-sized enterprises are looking to achieve through their ICT investment strategies
Table of Contents
1 Trends in ICT budgets
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 ICT budget allocation by core technology area
1.4.1 Hardware budget breakdown
1.4.2 Software budget breakdowns
1.4.3 Third party IT services expenditure
1.4.4 Cloud computing budget
1.5 ICT budget allocation by function
1.6 Outsourced IT functions
2 ICT investment priorities and vendor satisfaction
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Enterprise applications
2.1.2 Business intelligence
2.1.3 Mobility
3 ICT procurement trends
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Business objectives and IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.3 ICT provider selection
4 Summary
4.1 Medium-sized enterprises are investing in various ICT domains in 2015 to achieve a competitive advantage and increase profitability
5 Appendix
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Further reading
5.3 Contact the authors
List of Figures
Figure 1: Medium-sized enterprises ICT survey geographic breakdown
Figure 2: Medium-sized enterprises ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among medium-sized enterprises
Figure 4: Medium-sized enterprises' (external) ICT budget allocation, 2014 and 2015
Figure 5: Medium-sized enterprises' average hardware budget allocation
Figure 6: Average allocation of software budgets in medium-sized enterprises market
Figure 7: Medium-sized enterprises' average IT services budget allocation
Figure 8: Medium-sized enterprises' average cloud computing budget allocation by technology
Figure 9: Medium-sized enterprises' average cloud computing budget allocation by implementation type
Figure 10: Medium-sized enterprises' ICT budget allocation by function, 2014 and 2015
Figure 11: Outsourced IT functions - Medium-sized enterprises' current and future outsourcing priorities
Figure 12: Enterprise applications - Medium-sized enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Enterprise applications - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among medium-sized enterprises
Figure 14: Business intelligence - Medium-sized enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 15: Business intelligence - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among medium-sized enterprises
Figure 16: Mobility - Medium-sized enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 17: Mobility - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among medium-sized enterprises
Figure 18: Business objectives and IT objectives which influence medium-sized enterprises' IT investment strategy
Figure 19: Factors influencing medium-sized enterprises' decision to choose an ICT provider
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The nearby border turned Newry into a key battleground between the British army and the IRA during the Troubles; now its proximity to the frontier is one of the reasons for its recovery.
Situated between the Mountains of Mourne on one side and Slieve Gullion, the high terrain of South Armagh, on the other, Newry has just topped the poll in rising property prices across the UK.
The latest Halifax House Price Index has reported that prices there this year have shot up by almost most 50 per cent from £123,334 in 2005 to £180,546. Unemployment rates, which stood at nearly 30 per cent at the end of the Eighties, now hover between 1.5 and 2 per cent.
The architecture and iconography of military conflict in the Newry and Mourne region, the heartland of the IRA's South Armagh brigade, is being dismantled. Hilltop British army fortresses that dominated the Newry skyline have been taken down. IRA 'Sniper at Work' signs on the roads have disappeared.
In their place are huge advertising billboards strategically placed on the border to attract southern Irish with plenty of euros to spend thanks to the booming Celtic Tiger economy.
Orla Jackson, the chief executive of the Newry Chamber of Commerce, stresses the importance of the border in Newry's growth: 'It's true that our position almost on the border was one of the main reasons for our problems in the Troubles. But it's equally true that the border has benefited substantially from it today. Our retail centres, the Quays and the Buttercrane centre, gain massively from cross-border trade.'
Jackson predicts further growth and a spill-over of wealth from its sister town, Dundalk in the Irish Republic, when a road linking the motorways of the north and south is completed in 2008.
Two local businessmen, one the owner of a small retail enterprise and the other the second-richest entrepreneur in Northern Ireland, personify Newry's phenomenal regeneration.
Jack Murphy set up his jewellery business in Hill Street, Newry's traditional commercial centre, in 1972. It was an inopportune time to start up - 1972 was the bloodiest year of the Troubles.
'I don't think a week went by when we weren't evacuated due to bomb scares, or had the windows smashed or the shop damaged by bombs,' he recalls.
'People in business learnt to be resilient. We were so used to the bombs, the arsons, and the shootings in the centre of Newry that everyone just got on with it. I believe that's part of the reason why the Newry business community is doing well today.'
Murphy puts Newry's success down to its closeness to the Irish Republic and the Celtic Tiger economy. 'When the euro came in down in the south the entire business community adopted it overnight. Forty per cent of the sales in our shop are in euros.'
Like Jack Murphy, Gerard O'Hare remembers the bad times in Newry. Now a property developer estimated to be worth more than £500m, O'Hare is negotiating a deal that will bring up to 1,600 jobs in the near future.
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- 1/4 cup reduced-fat creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 4-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
- In a small bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients. Set aside 3 tablespoons marinade for sauce. Pour remaining marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add onion and chicken. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate overnight. Cover and refrigerate sauce.
- Drain and discard marinade. Thread chicken onto eight metal or soaked wooden skewers. Using long-handled tongs, moisten a paper towel with cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack.
- Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 4-5 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. Brush with reserved sauce before serving. Yield: 8 appetizers.
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Our sacred Scriptures contain many stories about how God dealt with people thousands of years ago. Even before I actually picked up a real Bible, I learned about some of these awesome feats in Bible history class. Yahweh delivered the Israelites from a catastrophic flood, led them through the Red Sea "dry-shod," even stopped the sun's course so they could win battles. Someone would be out of his or her mind not to follow a God who regularly staged such dramatic events.


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Sometimes being a decoy is a thankless job and sometimes very rewarding. Besides the satisfaction of seeing the dogs you work improve and achieve their titles. I work my tail off for the dogs at my group. A lot of times I get too warn out to even work my own dogs or there isn't another decoy there to work my dogs. As a decoy we sometimes get yelled at or told we've done something wrong. It can be very frustrating at times. It is definately something you have to do for yourself because you love it and not something you do out of necessity.
I train at basically a "pay to play" type facility. Well, this last week my trainers bought all of us decoys new custom bite suits as a thank you for our hard work. We love being decoys and have been talking about buying new suits ourselves. The trainers decided we do a lot as it is and decided to buy them for us. It was very unexpected. I'm so lucky to be with a group that truly appreciates us.
Yup getting yelled at while being abused by dogs is par for the course. Takes a special kind of crazy.
I have noticed the suits don't cover hands. Do the dogs blow a bite and gets hands....ever? Disfiguring comes to mind.
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I'm guessing that since I don't see a lot of one handed GSD owners, the dogs back off pretty quick when they realize they have flesh rather than cloth?
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Not always, but most dogs want more of the man than the hand. If the dogs are going for the hand that often then the dog is either in avoidance or the decoy is not presenting/placing the bite correctly. So it's usually an oops by someone. If the dog gets human, hopefully the handler is on their game and outs the dog right away. One of my dogs actually bit one of our decoy's in the leg about a month ago. She has never been taught legs, but something about the way he moved made his leg her target. He wasn't wearing suit pants, just scratch pants. The blood dripping down his leg was are cue that she got him good. I outed her as soon as I saw her hit there and she then redirected onto his arm. It was a weird incident but it does happen.
Some do. I've taken live bites to the hand, forehead, flank twice, and thigh. Most dogs I've worked were not dirty so if they got skin they release pretty quick. The worst injuries I've taken were actually through the suit on a dog that was also responsible for the most live bites on me. He let's go fairly fast when he gets skin. He doesn't want to hurt me anywhere but through the suit.
Hand hits for me have either been from readjusting the dog on the bite and it rebiting and getting a finger or one decides to get me for forcing him through a barrage. The forehead one was the dog pecking during a search and escort when I was coming out of one of those police k9'search boxes. The flank was through the gap of the suit jacket and pants on a flee attack. The thigh was while wearing leg sleeves the tops of which had come down a bit.
I used to really get my old guy amped up when I wore a busted up track suit(leather), wrestling around. The suit prevented punctures pretty well and had carbon fiber inserts in places that one would slide on. Banjo gave my arms a good gnawing and shaking, but when he'd get two slabs of the CF between his teeth he would seriously clamp down. Painful pressure that had it been just the leather would have done me real harm.
Is the idea/nature/instinct built into GSDs to subdue with minimal skin damage or just their inherent intelligence at work? I could see it being bred in so as to not shred the animals they herd when they nipped or directed a herd. All it took from me was a yelp and he let go, but was back on my arm/leg in a flash. I gained a whole new respect for a powerful dog with that suit. I could have probably survived an encounter were he for real attacking me, but I KNOW the hospital and lots of morphine would have been the next stop.
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This is two canines through a demanet semi-comp and a neoprene gauntlet from a dog I worked a lot. This dog is now a deputy with the local Sheriff department.
This is a very eye opening post...thanks
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I recently published a report on The European eCommerce Landscape; it shows that more than two-thirds of European online consumers are shopping online, but there are big differences among the different countries. The top categories bought online are travel, clothing and accessories, leisure and entertainment, and consumer electronics. Forrester's European Technographics® data also reveals that European consumers increasingly prefer the Internet to high-street shops for purchases of music, computer software, event tickets, and videos:
In recent years, the Internet has become the leading channel for media products. In 2012, more European online consumers bought videos/DVDs, music, event tickets, and computer software online than offline. These online media purchases fall into two categories:
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is the value of 16 billion pictures? According to Instagram, whose 130 million active users had shared this number of photos as of June 2013, the answer is "priceless." Individuals' enthusiasm for capturing and sharing photos shapes our media consumption as much as it does our co-creative potential; with the launch of its video capability, Instagram's platform may become entwined with our social futures.
Online photo and video sharing continues to gain momentum as an emerging method of communication. Internationally, Instagram plays the role of news channel by turning local perspectives into global awareness. In fact, the role of media-sharing sharing technology is so significant that the Chicago Sun Times Newspaper laid off all full-time photographers, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, with the intention of moving toward more online video provision.


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Finances : Tentmaking 4 According to a 2008 compensation survey from LifeWay, the average pastor of a small church with between 50 and 74 members makes $39,459. For a bivocational pastor of the same size church, the average salary is $10,181. I had a recent conversation with a magazine editor who said that bivocational ministry [Read More…]
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Rhythms : Tentmaking 3 I have a wife and 2 small boys, I helped found and lead a local church, and I work around 20-30 hours a week either teaching at a local university or writing to help supplement my ministry-addiction. My wife who is just as much of tentmaker as I am, likewise works [Read More…]
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Many pastors in our country choose to work a second job in order to help create their churches. Recently this trend of bivocational pastors (or "tentmakers") has become more popular, specifically for those who believe the church itself is a missionary community entering into a specific culture. Chris Ridgeway suggested in a previous post that [Read More…]


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MOVEMENT PREP: Taken from here.
Use a mat to keep your knees from getting sore!
Kneel to Open Hip – 1 minute.
Kneel to Open Hip to Lunge – 2 minutes (feel out different positions)
Figure 4 to Figure 4 – 1 minute.
Figure 4 to Figure 4 to Open Hip on each side – 1 minute.
Figure 4 to Figure 4 to Open Hip to Lunge on each side – 1 minute.
Kneel to Stand with Ankle Emphasis – 1 minute.
Kneeling Rocks to Shoulder Rolls – 1 minute.
Crawling with Knees barely off the ground – 1 minute.
Roll to Figure Four – 1 minute.
15 minutes.
STRENGTH: Front Squat: Complete 3 reps every 2 minutes for 20 minutes following these projected percentages: 1st set: 60% of best single x 3, 2nd set: 60% of best single x 3, 3rd set: 70% of best single x 3, 4th set: 70% of best single x 3, 5th set: 75% of best single x 3, 6th set: 75% of best single x 3, 7th set: 80% of best single x 3, 8th set: 80% of best single x 3, 9th set: 80% of best single x 3, 10th set: 80% of best single x 3.
25 minutes – including set-up and breakdown.
Complete 2 rounds for time with a 15 minute cap:
100 Double Unders
Shoulder to Overhead 95/65 – 50 reps
Toes to Bar – 25 reps
*Scale Double Unders to 4 minutes of double under attempts for EACH round or to 200 singles for each round.
* Shoulder to Overhead can be scaled to light barbell presses for newer athletes but must be kept light for more advanced athletes. Do not scale heavier than this.
*Toes to Bar – scale with L-Raises, Knee Tucks, or V-ups for torn hands or testy grips.
And now, a moment to introduce someone who you all know: Morgan Voz is a Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer, CFCC's Membership Coordinator, an Elements Coach, a Competitive Olympic Lifting Coach, a medal-winning athlete, and a leading member of our Competitive Team at CFCC. She is also a pretty fantastic person. Morgan has been involved in a Coaching mentorship at CFCC for the last 6 months and has been working vigorously to hone her understanding of coaching, cuing, movement, injury prevention, and generally ALL THE THINGS. Those 6 months have officially led to her beginning today as an Assistant Coach to Coach Record on Sundays. We are very excited for her to begin this new phase of her time at CFCC!
MOVEMENT PREP: Rocking Cat Camels (Doc Perry!), 10 reps. Wrist Stretches, about a minute here. 10 Hollow Rocks. 10 Superman Rocks. 10 Yoga Push-ups. 10 Adductor Mobs. 1 30ft. length of a Mermaid Walk.
SKILL WORK #1: Freestanding Handstand – practice the kick-up with accuracy.
SKILL WORK #2: Tripod to Headstand to Straddle – practice for accuracy as far as you can get.
SKILL WORK #3: If the above is working – elevate the head in the Tripod and practice a Headstand Straddle transitions (lowering the feet to the floor under control and trying to pull up into position). If THIS works, try Handstand to Straddle!
Complete 7 rounds of:
7 strict pull-ups
7 strict hspu (scale with bands where needed)