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May 02, 2012, 04:39:42 am »
Black Sabbath to perform on 19 May in Birmingham
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May 02, 2012, 11:49:25 am »
Bill still a no-show..
oh well hopefully things will work out between them..
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May 05, 2012, 10:38:28 pm »
Tickets for Sabbath in the UK = £145.00 = NZ $300.00
Add airfares $2000 = expensive concert!
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wow......that is pricey
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New best of Black Sabbath album out soon
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May 11, 2012, 10:49:14 am »
I like the song list,but I think they could have used ''other songs''...most of these are ''fan Favorites'' I guess..me,personally I am more in to songs like ''into the void'' ''hand of doom'' stuff like that...this is pretty much the same song list they use for every Sabbath greatest hits album ..still going to buy it ,hell you never know they might have re-masterd those classics and they prolly going to sound really good...
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got all that on original vinyl and cd unless it comes with a dvd probly won't get this one....waitin on sabbath tour 2013
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Quote from: stevenstrong on May 13, 2012, 08:24:16 pm
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Dear Sabbath Fans and Fellow Musicians,
I sincerely regret to inform you that after a final effort to participate in the upcoming Sabbath shows a failure to agree has continued. At this time I have to inform you that I wont be playing with Black Sabbath at the Birmingham gig dated May 19th, 2012, nor will I be playing at Download on June 10th, 2012. Further, I will not be playing at Lollapalooza on August 3, 2012.
It is with a very sad heart that I bring you this news. I am sincerely passionate in my desire to play with the band, and Im very, very sorry that its fallen to this. This statement is even more painstaking to write, as I was particularly excited to play alongside Tony Iommi after the recent treatments he underwent. I wanted that to become a reality.
To express my thoughts about you, the Sabbath fans, Im going to speak to you all through an experience my brother James had recently. My brother Jimmy lives in the U.K. When speaking with him a couple of days ago, he told me that an acquaintance had stopped him on the street and confronted him, is your brother playing Birmingham? Whats going on? I waited in line with my son and paid x amount for the concert tickets.
The mans son is a young drummer. Hes going to see Sabbath, and he wants to see Bill Ward play drums. Upon hearing this news, I felt horrible. I couldnt help feeling some resentment towards the failure to reach an agreement, the failure to remember where we came from, the failure to be as brothers, as we once were. To be clear, Im not blaming the other guys or finding any faults with them. I would think it cant be easy for them either, but this situation is just really sad. Its sad that its come to this. This will surely leave a mark and be unwelcome to the memory. Hopefully this will heal and pass in time.
My heart sank when Jimmy told me about this young boy. I know this boy is going to be disappointed, and I dont know how to amend it, other than to put my arms around the boy and tell him I love him. Sabbath fans have a voice and a face, to me youre human, you have families and despair. You have ferocity and emotions and graciousness, and at this moment as far as Im concerned you are also that young boy in England. I dont know how to amend my part in these failings other than to put my arms around you and say I love you and let you know Im very, very sorry.
Throughout this process, which began over a year ago, I have had to stand up for myself time and time again. I have had to stand up for myself and in doing so realize my actions indirectly, although unintentionally, are upsetting and hurting a lot of you. I know in my heart I couldnt have done these concerts by agreeing the terms suggested. I made a solemn vow after the last European and Ozzfest concerts that I would never again enter into what was, in my opinion, a totally unsatisfactory contract. I have to stand for something, and as painful as it is, Im doing it.
Earlier in April 2012, Id been asked to participate minimally in the Download festival. I believe Id been offered no more than three songs to play while another drummer presumably played the rest of the show with Black Sabbath. I was not willing to participate in that offer. I was not prepared to watch another drummer play a Sabbath set, while I was to play only three songs.
I found out about the Birmingham gig on Monday, April 30 through the Internet ad. I was taken aback somewhat by the date, and the fact it was Birmingham. Knowing the signable contract negotiations were at best in shreds, I was upset by the idea that the band was going to play Birmingham and play it assumedly without me. I had no prior knowledge of the date and location, and I felt totally excluded. We contacted the representative for Black Sabbath to see if something could be worked out. In the meantime my drum crew and I, along with our US endorsers, finished all the necessary planning for a swift departure to the UK. There wasnt a whole lot to complete; wed all been on standby more or less since mid-January 2012. The remaining work in the UK was confirmed done by our European and UK endorsers and we were good to go by Friday, May 4 2012.
There were two stress points: firstly, getting an agreement in place, and secondly, getting to England in a timely manner. Jetlag time was taken into account as well as drum practice, a drum practice room in the heart of Birmingham, accommodation, and travel arrangements were all in place to meet with any band rehearsals that may have transpired before the Birmingham show. So far everything that had been arranged was on my dime, but we didnt move ahead without a realistic confirmation.
Communications between the representative and my lawyer continued through the weekend of May 5 finalizing on Wednesday, May 9. The offer we received on May 9 was, come to the UK, play for free and see how the first show goes. I was tempted. Playing for free would not have been a problem for me, but seeing how the first show goes left an element of risk which could have affected Download. My ideal thought was to play in full the Birmingham show, in full Download, and in full Lollapalooza.
I had notified the representative that May 10 was my cutoff day in order to have good lead-in time for England. On the night of May 9 I asked for a brief letter to be sent to the representative asking to find out if we were at an end. On the morning of Thursday, May 10, I received a reply in the affirmative. After consulting with my advisors and crew a decision was made to let go and stop.
I cant prioritize the Sabbath fans making one show more important than the other. I cant do that. All of you are important. Its all the gigs or none at all. I cant come to Birmingham and see what happens knowing there is a risk of not being able to play Download or Lollapalooza. Again, for me, its all or nothing. I had to say no to Birmingham on the principle of wanting to play all the shows. Saying no to Birmingham is very difficult for me. My family grew up in Birmingham. Black Sabbath grew up in Birmingham. Its still my hometown and I resent having to arrive at such a difficult choice.
Although the statement was made that, the door is always open for me, as explained above, walking through that door is not always as easy as it sounds. There are many complicated issues and unseen and unspoken agendas on hand. I can assure you, my criteria for a signable contract is based in mindful principles, respectability, and acknowledgement of my history within the band.
I hold no malice or resentment towards the other band members. I love them; Im tolerant of them; Im frustrated with them, as they may be with me. My fight has never been with them. Ill love them forever. In my opinion, nobody wins this time; the band doesnt win; the fans for an original lineup dont win. Nobody wins, nobody. Even the ones who thought they did.
I didnt want to make this decision, but I have to be honest and transparent. This is the statement I didnt want to write; its the last thing I wanted to do. But, I have written it, and now it can go into the universe.
Since Spring of 2011, Ive waited patiently and hopefully for a signable contract, you know the rest. I stand for the boy in the U.K., for the coming drum student, for all the drummers, who write their parts out and get stiffed on the publishing, I stand with the Sabbath fans chanting Bill Ward and asking why? and I stand with Tony and Geezer and Ozzy.
On a final note, even though Im at an end with the upcoming announced concerts, I will remain with an open mind and a position of willingness to negotiate signable terms with Sabbaths representatives in the future.
Stay strong. Stay safe.
With all my heart and strength, I love you,
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May 16, 2012, 11:15:05 am »
oh crap....ok I understand....its just sucks..I feel for him and all others ..we all need to stand up for what we feel is right and what is wrong..Haveing this ''come and play one show and then wait and see what happens''or even better play 3 songs and then let someone else play the rest of the set crap,I can understand where Bill feels ''exculded'',''Left out''.Seems like to me he was willing to meet just about every criteria they needed or wanted ...waiting to the last minute to leave,paying for the trip from himself and his team,setting up an rehearsal room and still things didnot work out for him and Sabbath.I could see if Bill was an replacement dummer wanting to play with Sabbath,but shit he is one of the founding members of Sabbath and they throw at him ''you can play one gig and then wait and see what happens'' or play 3 songs and then go home kinda crap....I dont think I would want to take part in anything that I pour my life and heart and soul into just to become a part time fill in .....I guess
so...if Bill isnt playing,then who will play Drums for Sabbath at thses 3 dates?
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May 16, 2012, 07:17:33 pm »
word was, once, that Vinnie Appice would be kind of his understudy, if he had any medical problems or limitations. Bill has had a few heart attacks in the past. but this is the first I've heard about the three song thing. and no way would I drag my crap and my crew halfway around the world for "wait and see" games.
poor Bill. and on his birthday weekend, too (May 5). I still haven't bought Lollapalooza tickets. we feel like boycotting.
one of his last lines is very telling . . . "I stand for the boy in the U.K., for the coming drum student, for all the drummers, who write their parts out and get stiffed on the publishing"
I wonder what the rest of the band has to say about this, minus their "representatives"?
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May 17, 2012, 01:15:59 am »
yeah I agree what do the other members think and don't they have any pull on this ...if they were gonna pull a Van Halen why did they start out with the original four...bet it was all cooperate suits lawyers...Shakespere and Eagles had it right ...kill all the lawyers and do it tonight....nuff said....
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May 18, 2012, 08:38:47 pm »
tickets for Friday's show are officially sold out
(gets on the phone with her chiropractor)
Dude! lets go out on your sailboat August 3rd! we can hear the concert from the lake!
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You could always buy a ticket on eBay for $200+ !!!
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The NHRA will conclude its annual Western Swing Sunday in Seattle, but a pair of events that transpired last week in Sonoma will keep interest in drag racing at a higher than usual level.
Whatever plays out, they both will have an impact on the future of the sport.
The most spectacular of the events was an engine explosion on Johnny Gray's Funny Car. Such explosions are not new to the sport, but this provided the most recent test of the recently implemented NHRA rule that tethers the car chassis to the frame. Last April, during the Four-Wide Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the Mustang body from Robert Hight's Funny Car flew into the stands, prompting the rule change.
The second event last week was the surprise announcement by Ford that it will "conclude our team sponsorships and support in the NHRA Mello Yello Series at the end of the 2014 season." The Blue Oval has enjoyed tremendous success in Funny Car with John Force and previously in Pro Stock with Bob Glidden.
Funny Car tethers
Gray was not a happy racer after he struggled to exit his Don Schumacher Racing Dodge after the engine exploded. Sonoma was the first race under the rule that tethered the chassis to the frame, eliminating incidents like the one in Charlotte and others on the national series throughout the country.
"I'm not real happy about being a 60-year-old guinea pig for this system," Gray said during an ESPN interview. "Thank God it happened out there at about 350 feet, because had it have happened at 1,000 feet (at a much higher speed), I'd probably be either in the hospital or in the morgue now."
Gray, who will retire from full-time racing at the end of the season, turned out to be pretty prophetic on the issue. In a piece published July 20 on CompetitionPlus.com, Gray said such a rule tethering the body to the chassis would put "the drivers in danger.
"I have had some explosions, and when you have a real bad explosion you want the body to leave, because if the body is trapped on there and on the front and then it messes up the latches and stuff and they can't get the body open, I'm in trouble.
"I'm 110 percent against the whole system. I hate it. I'm glad I'm through at the end of this year."
DSR teammate Ron Capps, clearly shaken by the incident, said the NHRA should have talked with the drivers.
"We almost lost him here because of it," Capps said of Gray. "If they had talked to some of the drivers about it, guys who have made a lot of laps in cars, we could have gladly given them our opinion. We could've worked together."
Three days later, Capps had other questions.
"The bigger issue with Johnny's accident is why didn't the chutes deploy and did the safety shutoff device work properly," Capps tweeted.
Hight doesn't think the final answer in in place.
"NHRA has a difficult task to keep both the driver and fans safe," said the John Force Racing driver. "Creating safety features is always a process, and I am sure the NHRA and teams will continue to look at what happened in Sonoma."
Ford is a firestorm
In a rather surprising move, Ford will end its support of the major series, but stay in the sport.
"Ford is not getting out of drag racing," the official statement read.
"We are fully committed to continue our support of grassroots sportsman drag racing with our Mustang Cobra Jet, and contingency programs. Enthusiasts and production-based racing is at the heart of what we do."
John Force, who will be most impacted by the decision, thought back about what Ford had allowed him to do in 17 years.
"I don't know if we could have come back from the loss of Eric Medlen (in 2007) without the support of Ford and the Ford Racing engineers, and for that we will always be grateful," said Force, who fields three Funny Cars and a Top Fuel dragster. "It's been a great run and our goal over the next 18 months is to continue to represent Ford as we always have."
The Force numbers are staggering: JFR Ford Mustangs have won 42 percent of the NHRA tour events since 1997; nearly 75 percent of Ford's NHRA Funny Car victories (156 of 219); and almost half (49.3 percent) of all Ford wins at the NHRA pro level (156 of 316 in Funny Car, Pro Stock and Top Fuel).
"We're proud of what we've done on the track," Force said. "But I'm more proud of what we did off the track. With Ford's help, we completely redesigned a Funny Car chassis that hadn't changed in 25 years and we helped make the sport better for everyone, not just the Ford teams.
"Ford made a decision and I respect that decision. They're a lot smarter than me. I have a year-and-a-half left with Ford and, honestly, at my age (64), a year is a lifetime."
Force is up to the challenge of the future.
"I have to look at the big financial picture. have two options moving forward," Force said. "I can start selling chassis, motors and paint to other race teams "? or I have to find a new manufacturer -- and that door could be open any day. I have made some changes to my team to put us in position to win for the future, and with these young drivers and crew chiefs we can adapt so this is an exciting time."
Racing around SoCal
Don Kazarian, Perris Auto Speedway promoter, has shifted the last two rounds of the LoanMart Street Stock Challenge Series. The third round has been shifted from Aug. 10 in Bakersfield to PAS on Aug. 31. The fourth round of the series, which pays $1,000 to win and $100 to start the main event, was set for Aug. 31 at Perris but will now run Oct. 12 during the Southern California Fair. PAS is dark Saturday, returning Aug. 7 for California Racer's Hall of Fame Night. "? Pirate Speedway on the National Orange Show grounds in San Bernardino will honor Addison Equipment Friday night for providing "what the racers call the best dirt track surface in Southern California," according to promoter Shawn McConnell. "? The VRA Midgets headline tonight's action along with Dwarf Cars, the return of Hobby Stocks to the Ventura County Fair, and Demolition Derby at Ventura Raceway.
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I am a firm believer in having system. IMO coaches that have a system are the most successful. No that does not mean you don't adjust the system for different players and different teams.
Why have a system. Why play defense pretty much the same every game. Don't you have to change your approach so teams don't figure you out?
Having a system helps the less talented players. J.O. would play well in any system, but Croshere doesn't, Foster doesn't, even Reggie doesn't.
I would like to go into much more detail and explanation, but I only have a few minutes.
Rick's "system" is proving to be successful no matter who is playing, whether Ronnie is paying or not, whether the bench is playing or the starters.
One other point. it is so important that in pressure situations that the players know exactly what they are to do, so they don't have to think, they can just react, and by havong a system of offense and defense and overall approach the Pacers players are less indecisive and in pressure situations they have something to fall back on.
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When the 2012 Stanford recruiting class was announced, coach David Shaw made an interesting statement about the talent level of the group of offensive linemen the Cardinal signed.
"Forget about Stanford, this could be one of the best o-line classes in modern football history," Shaw said.
The chief beneficiary of that talent is Stanford OL coach Mike Bloomgren, who knows and works with the group more than anyone.
Cardinal Sports Report spoke to Bloomgren about his thoughts on each player's progress so far this season.
Here's what Bloomgren had to say:
"Andrus has come so far. The only the that's held Andrus back from being as could as he can be right now is the injuries that he's had. Getting banged up in camp, missing time there, and having this hand injury, which has now turned into a great weapon. He's used to learn how to use the cast a little bit when he punches, which is awesome. He's taken some great strides, we've thrown him in games and all he's done is play at a very high level."
"What hasn't Kyle done for us? I just wish Kyle weighed 320 pounds like the other two (Peat, Garnett). He's gained 15 pounds since camp started, which is really hard to do, as we all know. Especially with practicing and lifting the way these guys do. He's our jumbo tight end and he does some things innately. Football comes pretty easy to Kyle Murphy. It's a lot of fun."
"Josh has been an assassin for us. We put him in there to drive block the biggest people on their line or we put him in at fullback to lead block on Manti Te'o. He does a great job. He's a guy I wish we could find more ways to get him in the game. It's a depth thing. We've got guys playing pretty well at this point. Kevin Danser is playing like and all conference guard and Khalil Wilkes is taking steps week in, week out to get better."
"Graham is another kid that's gained some weight. He went on a road trip with us, came to the hotel with us and we told him it was for two reasons: 1) Because he's earned the right to. He's done such a great job. 2) The other reason was so he could be around us and get those milkshakes after dinner and get those calories or a road trip and he put on like five pounds, which is phenomenal."
Is he the heir apparent at center?
"It's hard to say that because we have other guys in the program that have worked so hard, like Conor McFadden and those kind of guys, but Graham is awfully, awfully talented," Bloomgren said.
"Nick is a guy that you've seen him progress. He's starting to put on the weight - that's a thing. You had two guys who came in as monsters at 320 pounds in Andrus and Josh and these other guys came in as normal-sized collegiate freshmen. They're all working hard to put on that weight and Nick has done a good job. Nick loves football. Nick has it pretty ingrained in his DNA with his grandfather and his dad (Minnesota Vikings offensive line coach Jeff Davidson)."
Did you get to know his dad?
"A little bit," Bloomgren said. "We had met at combines and stuff in the past and through the recruiting process we got to visit a good bit. I think the world of his parents."
"Johnny is up over 280 now. I think he was at 257 when he came in. The strength numbers are going through the roof. I love the way he plays. They're all willing and there are really no busts in that class. We're going to love watching them for years to come."
Where does the class stack up compared to expectations?
"I think you have to say exceed," Bloomgren said. "That's hard to say about a class that
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'The Sabres, unlike some other NHL clubs, have an abundance of players. A few changes aside, they will look much like the team that finished the 2003-04 season with only 16 regulation losses in their last 47 games. "I think this team is in the top three or four positions in the post-lockout era because of what they've done before, how they're built and what level they're at now," Sabres goalie Martin Biron said Tuesday after a workout in the Amherst Pepsi Center.'
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Raisor online.
"But I do know Joey's sister indirectly (or foster sister) and I have heard stories of Joey being into shopping, designer wear, fancy coffees, and pedicures."
Hoo boy. Arroyo walks the bases loaded. One out.
This is gonna get ugly very soon....
Oh boy.
Reds game was listed on MLB network, I am getting Redsox game instead. The Strike zone channel is showing Reds game currently.
Wow. What a start.
Oy. Not a great start...
Game over...
The thought of keeping Arroyo as a Starter in the playoffs over Leake is a joke.
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Well, that's the game. This offense isn't scoring 3 runs. Goodnight, RZ
It's not likely that Miller gives up 3 runs the whole game.
The REDS bats are going to have to rise above the occasion.
Of course they do this. Of course.
Rounding third and heading for home...
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help me it will be very much appreciated PLEASE
Ok to start off
I've been working out for about 6 months now.. @ first I had no ruitine... after about 2 months my boy told me to follow this
M- chest(in-decline and regular (all 3)/ triceps (3 sets of 10 on everything)
T- legs(lunge, squat)/ tricep
W- cardio 30 mins
T- shoulders/ biceps
F- back/ legs
No xplode before/ cell mass creatine during/ whey protein after
And eat healthy as possible and eat a lot.
Well for the next 2 months I did that and seen little results.
Btw I'm
6'2 and weigh 190
16 inch arms
I wouldn't say chicken legs but my legs are WEAK AS HELL and it sucks
I Have a little gut
everyone thinks I'm "big" even though I'm bigger than most my age I don't feel big
Before I started lifting I weighed about 180ish and am still in the 180 ish range and it sucks.. I don't get to eat all the time due to a busy schedule but I always find time to try to workout.
You guys know your shit and I try to read your threads and neutrition guids but I can't apply them to myself... shit I can't even understand them @ all.. It sucks I hear a lot of different stuff from a lotta different poeple.. What I've learned from reading these forums is getting big is about what you KNOW about lifting and neutrition.
I want to get to a solid 215 mostly muscle
Can someone steer me in the right direction PLEASE HELP ME I need to know
2.)PROPER work out habbits to build MASS
3.)WHEN to workout
4.)I only know basic workouts.. Don't even know what deadlifts are I have no knowledge to what workout is what.. Only basic stuff like bench, curl, squat ect...
I can bench 185 3 sets of 10 and no more than that.. Been there for ever...
I can curl a 35lb dumbell 3 sets of ten as well
I really neglect my back and my legs... I know its unearthly stupid but I can't really feel a good workout with them... I can maybe do like 7 pullups... sad I know please don't flame me.. I've been debating wether I should ask for help... that's what yall r here for right.... All advice will be VERY much appreciated.
Just keep in mind I've read a lot of stuff on these forums and understand less than half because its confusing... I know basic basic shit like carbs, protein ect.
And I have never read a bodybuilding magazine in my life
first off ditch that routine. A 4-way split is a fairly poor place for a novice to start. You need to start doing the big compound exercises (Squats, Benches, OH presses, Rows, Deads, Chins/Pullups) and doing them often and that means stop thinking in terms of "bodyparts" and start thinking in terms of "lifts".
Stop neglecting your back and legs and start neglecting your arms instead. they are the least of your worries at this time.
I wouldnt bother with that Xplode shit or creatine either, not now anyway. Save your money!
try this link:
it isnt the ONLY way to go for a guy in your position but it IS a very good program and the info on this link is basic and straightforward.
With Ripptoes get accustomed to doing compound lifts..esp deadlifting and squats. Practice, practice ALOT..then practice some more. Good form is mandatory on those big exercises, if for nothing else other than safety.
Do alot of research on ripptoes, google it, search it up on every bodybuilding site you can, theres a ton of info on it. You should be able to recite the workout by heart before you even step in the gym to do it. Start conservative on the lifts, with Ripptoes you add weight to the bar every session, so if you start a little light, you'll work up quick.
Ripptoes is 3 days a week..Monday, Wednesday, Friday..dont workout on days youre not supposed to, theres a reason its a 3 day a week program.
Thats my suggestion.
Read This (How to Bulk Sticky) - I would pay perticular attention to the pre and post workout nutrition parts, and of course the macro breakdowns.
2.)PROPER work out habbits to build MASS
Riddick has you covered here, the Ripptoe link is a great program for you to be using.
3.)WHEN to workout
This should be covered by the Ripptoe link as well.
4.)I only know basic workouts.. Don't even know what deadlifts are I have no knowledge to what workout is what.. Only basic stuff like bench, curl, squat ect...
The best way to learn how they are done is to go to youtube, and search for each movement. That will get you the basic idea, then use very light wieght till you have your form down.
here is a decent deadlift explination
Hrdgain pretty much nailed it. Good luck :weights:
Ditch that routine. You definitly need to be using less isolation movements, more compound. A good routine you could try is the routine made by Frankie NY, it's called push/pull.
Day 1 - Push, 3x5
Bench Press, OHP (Military Press), Dips
Day 3 - Pull, 3x5
Deadlift, Bent Over Rows, Wide Grip Chins
Day 5 - Legs, 3x5
Squat, Stiff-Leg Deadlift, Hanging Leg Raises (core)
This routine is strict to business, it's compound, and it works, trust me. There's no secret routine out there, but the best way to find something you know will work is keep you diet clean, and base your routine around compound exericses.
Good luck with your training.
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Encarnacion trains for another strong season
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The 2012 campaign went down as a major disappointment for the Blue Jays, but the same can't be said for Edwin Encarnacion.
Toronto's first baseman/designated hitter enjoyed a career year in which he hit .280 with 42 homers and 110 RBIs while earning the club's Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season.
It was a banner year. As a result, Encarnacion went through the same routine this offseason in the hopes of maintaining that type of production at the plate.
"Just have to try to be the same guy I was last year," said Encarnacion, who finished just two behind Detroit's Miguel Cabrera for the league lead in homers.
"I did my same routine in the offseason, working hard, more harder to put [up] the same number I put last year. I don't have any pressure with that. I'm going to have fun like last year."
Encarnacion will once again follow Jose Bautista and bat cleanup in the Blue Jays' batting order. The heart of the order remains untouched, but with the additions of Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera, there should be more of an opportunity this season to drive in runs.
It's a balanced lineup that could feature as many as four switch hitters and possesses a lot of speed. Last year, the club ranked seventh in the American League with 716 runs, but with any luck that number will improve in 2013.
"It was a very exciting moment when I heard that news, because we want to win," Encarnacion said of the club's offseason moves. "Now, I think we have the team to compete in this division, and I think it's going to be a great year.
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Dreaming of My 2014 Travels: Venice
In May I'll give myself a little vacation. This year, I'm booked on our Best of Europe in 21 Days Tour–the same route I drove in my minibus back in the 1970s and 1980s. It collects Europe's greatest hits into an amazing three-week journey.
Of all our tour itineraries, a consistent best seller is our Venice-Florence-Rome in 10 Days thriller. Talk about mainlining all the travel wonder of Italy: I can't think of a more intensely entertaining 10 days in Europe for anyone who enjoys great food, people, fun, art, and culture then joining what my staff fondly refers to as "VFR." So for eight out of the 21 days in Europe on my tour, I'll start with a cappuccino and a cheery "Buon giorno!" in these three magnificent cities. In Venice, I plan to get lost.
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The Heart of Hampshire Destination Management Partnership team and Visit Winchester at Winchester City Council have teamed up with the Winchester Business Improvement District to produce a new tourist guide to the city.
The magazine, which has been produced by The Marketing Collective, features itineraries and ideas for days out and is designed to attract visitors to the big attractions as well as help them to discover the lesser know areas.
Tina Scahill, creative director of The Marketing Collective said: "We wanted to showcase what is great about the city and highlight the bustling creative scene. We proactively support local artists when looking for themes for our Guides and the work The Colour Factory has done in Winchester bringing art quite literally to the streets is quite wonderful. Our interview with Jenny Muncaster from the Colour Factory gives a fascinating insight into the work she is creating and her colourful approach to life.
"We are really proud of the publications we have produced this year and it is great to see our Guest Magazine brand developing. Our new publication for Winchester is an exciting development for a city that has so much happening in its events scene and it has been fascinating pulling together the features for this first edition."
Cllr Robert Humby, leader of Winchester City Council and Portfolio Holder for Tourism and Economic Development, added: "When you arrive in your hotel room, it's good to be able to leaf through a magazine that gives you a deeper insight into what a destination is all about. The recommendations highlight features about what's hot in Winchester right now and point people in the right direction so they can access the Visit Winchester website, films and social media streams whilst visiting."


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Native American leaders are making a push this week to muster support from at least two more senators for a bill that addresses violence against women and includes measures to specifically help victims who are American Indian or Alaska Native.
As of Tuesday, 58 senators had signed on as supporters of the Violence Against Women Act, including its sponsor Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Although that means a majority of senators support the act, it lacks the 60 votes needed to end a filibuster should one be launched if the bill reaches the Senate floor.
At a legislative summit of the National Congress of American Indians Tuesday, tribal leaders were given a list of senators, all Republicans, who represent states with reservations and tribal communities. The tribal leaders were told to press those senators to support the bill during meetings this week.
The search for the additional supporters comes as Democrats in Congress seek to make women's rights an election-year issue following Republican efforts to limit the government's authority to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives. It was unknown whether that debate would provide momentum for the legislation considered by many to be a landmark law in protecting women.
"I hope so," said John Dossett, attorney for the National Congress of American Indians. "Once we get the 60 votes it will be clear to the (Senate) majority leader (Harry Reid, D-Nev.) that he has the votes to move it to the floor."
The House has not taken action on any similar or companion legislation.
The act, first approved in 1994, expired last September. Although the act has been reauthorized several times, this year's update ran into some Republican opposition in committee. A few senators criticized provisions regarding visas for immigrant victims of violence, language specifying services for gay and transgender victims.
The measures also would give American Indian tribes authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit violence against Native American women, which raises concern among some opponents about giving tribal courts increased power over defendants who are not tribal members. In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled that Native American tribes do not have authority over people who are not Native American, even when the crime happens on a tribal reservation and involves a Native American.
"They ruined that bill as far as I'm concerned," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said Tuesday. "They added things I can't support."
Native American and Alaska Native women are 2.5 times more likely than other U.S. women to be battered or raped, according to the National Congress of American Indians. Many are domestic violence victims whose abusers and assailants are not Native Americans.
Dossett said that has prevented tribal officials from prosecuting abusers to help prevent repeat violence. Often the crimes are not serious enough for the federal government to step in. Violence often must escalate before a perpetrator is prosecuted.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said she's aware of the concerns raised by her fellow GOP colleagues about tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians. "I'm hopeful this does not derail this legislation. This is too important for us," she said.
Other senators on the tribal leaders' list interviewed outside Senate chambers Tuesday did not immediately know where they stood on the legislation.
Other issues raised at the summit included ongoing negotiations over the transportation bill, now on the floor in the Senate.
Jefferson Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians, urged summit attendees to remain united in a goal to get increased spending on transportation, important for construction of roads on reservations and in tribal communities.
"In an environment of tight federal budgets some people expect us to become divided rather than maintain unity," Keel said.
Tribal officials also got a chance to bid farewell to Tom Perrelli, associate U.S. Attorney General. Perrelli leaves the Department of Justice Friday. He is credited with working to improve public safety on tribal reservations.
Perrelli said he's not leaving the department because he is tired of the work, but because his wife just had twins and they now have four boys under 6. He said he would continue to fight to end sexual assault and violence.
Online: National Congress of American Indian: http://www.ncai.org/
Violence Against Women Act, S.1925: http://1.usa.gov/xXrDcq
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The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) this week issued a joint statement, entitled "The Essential Role of Veterinarians in Protecting Animal, Human, Public, and Environmental Health—A Global Public Good." The statement emphasizes the important role veterinarians play in the protection human and public health by controlling animal disease.
The organizations note that while the public appreciates the role of veterinarians in caring for the health and well-being of companion and farm animals, their additional roles in protecting and advancing human, public, and environmental health are less recognized.
Examples of these roles include:
- Investigating animal and human disease outbreaks and developing and implementing programs to enhance epidemiologic understanding, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and eradication of such diseases.
- Building global surveillance systems to enhance early detection of, and response to, disease threats.
- Ensuring the safety and nutritious value of all food of animal origin—from the farm to the fork.
- Teaching the next generation of veterinarians, other medical professionals, and other scientists.
- Conducting research to advance animal, human, public, and environmental health and welfare.
- Evaluating the safety and efficacy of medicines, medical products, animal foods, and food additives.
- Building and rebuilding health infrastructures and helping communities around the world recover from manmade and natural disasters such as war, political unrest, hurricanes, and tsunamis.
- Protecting the environment through programs that manage animal agricultural waste, dispose of pharmaceuticals in a safe manner, and promote sustainable development.
- Working with captive and free-ranging wildlife to protect biodiversity and advance species conservation efforts.
"Diseases don't respect national or international boundaries," says AVMA President Dr. Clark K. Fobian. "By working with our colleagues around the globe, we can do more to protect the health, safety and welfare of animals, people and the environment worldwide."
The two groups stress the veterinary profession is an essential component of One Health, the integrative effort of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment. Further, the groups say, the veterinary profession is a global public good as defined by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Because of these beliefs, both organizations will actively promote all roles that veterinarians play through public outreach campaigns and advocacy at the national and international levels. In so doing, the FVE and AVMA are committed to working together to ensure that necessary resources are available to advance the veterinary profession on a global level.


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To make "On the Road," director Walter Salles and star Garrett Hedlund had to go on the road.
Based on the classic novel by Jack Kerouac that inspired generations of young people to leave their homes and find their own paths, a lot of the film involved tooling around the country in a 4,500-pound 1949 Hudson.
Principal photography was in Montreal, San Francisco, Louisiana and Mexico from August to December 2010. Then Salles and Hedlund and a film crew started traveling the blue highways of America.
"We took only back roads and shied away from cities where the architecture had been homogenized, says Salles, who earlier made another try-to-find-yourself road movie with "The Motorcycle Diaries." "We did this for 21/2 weeks. We didn't have a deadline and didn't know where we were going to sleep at night."
Hedlund, who plays free-spirited Dean Moriarty in the film, can vividly recount the trip in a stream of consciousness that would make Kerouac proud:
"Through the Adirondack Mountains, down to Utica. Drove through a blizzard with our heads out the window (which is shown in the film) to Erie, Pennsylvania. Drove down to Cincinnati, from Cincinnati to Lexington, Kentucky, with no brakes. Flatbedded the car from Lexington to Nashville. Tried to find some parts on a Saturday in the Bible Belt, acquired some, left on Sunday. Spent eight hours on back roads from Nashville to Memphis, stayed there one night and went to a jazz club just like in the book where we were the only white cats in the place. Broke down in Texarkana, Arkansas. Broke down in Lubbock, Texas. Broke down in New Mexico for three days. Met some of the greatest mechanics along the way. Broke down in Mississippi. Had a guy named Corndog repair our car in his front yard. He became such a friend he would call us afterwards and ask us where we were."
Bringing "On the Road" to the screen was a long haul itself.
Francis Ford Coppola has owned the movie rights for around 30 years but for one reason or another could not get the film made. There were screenplays by novelists Barry Gifford, Russell Banks and one by Coppola's son Roman. But studios also wanted established stars to play Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise (Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac in real life), and Coppola wanted unknowns.
Then after the success of 2004's "Motorcycle Diaries," Coppola felt he found the right combination to make "On the Road" in Brazilian director Salles and screenwriter Jose Rivera, who had received an Oscar nomination for the film about Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara's young days.
Still, there were a number of breakdowns ahead for the film - the financial crisis of 2008 being the biggest one.
"It actually took twice as long as `The Motorcycle Diaries' to finally crystallize into a film. `Diaries' was three or four years in the making. This was almost seven to eight years," says Salles.
In 2007, though, Salles zeroed in on Hedlund as Dean and Kristen Stewart for the key role of Marylou, Dean's child bride.
Both were relatively little known at the time. The pre-"Twilight" Stewart was coming off an eye-catching performance in "Into the Wild," while the now 28-year-old Hedlund had made his screen debut in "Troy," as cousin to Brad Pitt's Achilles. Since then he has drawn praise as a soulful singer-songwriter in "Country Strong" (playing guitar and singing himself) and starred in "Tron: Legacy." (A sequel was recently announced.)
Despite the delays in making "Road," both actors remained committed to the project because the novel had meant so much to them when they read it as teens. Stewart - who, of course, is a whole lot more bankable now - says reading Kerouac's work "kick-started something" in her when she encountered it at 14.
Hedlund was 17 when he read it in high school. He says reading hadn't been one of his favorite things growing up, but the novel, which was published in 1957 during the era of the Beat Generation, really impacted him.
"Seeing somebody who completely paved their own path when format was being shoved down your throat and seeing somebody who cut the cuffs with a spontaneous prose kind of changed the way I looked at literature," says Hedlund.
In fact, the novel inspired the actor to compose his own "non-editing writing with no hesitation." (Kerouac supposedly had written "On the Road" on one long taped-together roll of paper.)
Hedlund knew Coppola had the rights to the novel but never thought he'd get a chance to be in the movie. Then he meant Salles.
"I still remember when Garrett appeared," says the director. "We were in a small theater in West Hollywood, and he read to a scene where Dean talks about almost committing suicide and then goes into that riff about (a sexual encounter) and then back to that original melancholic state that opens the scene. It was a very difficult one to transition to, and when Garrett finished reading it there was electricity in the air, and the electricity never dissipated. So we continued to test for Sal with Garrett reading as Dean."
Sal is played by British actor Sam Riley ("Control"), and "On the Road" drew a pretty impressive cast in some small roles with the likes of Oscar nominee Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Steve Buscemi, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss, Tom Sturridge and Danny Morgan.
Kerouac's novel also had special significance for Salles. As a teen in Brazil, the filmmaker had grown up under the military dictatorship and remembers the oppression and censorship of the time. ("Front pages of newspapers were completely blacked out," he recalls.)
"I found the book when I was 18. It had an incredible resonance because the characters were in search of all possible forms of freedom," says Salles. "So somehow Sal and Dean and Marylou and Carlo (who represents poet Allen Ginsberg) became emblematic for us. Its impact echoed way beyond the '70s for me. I came back constantly to the book and found different reasons each time to love it."
While some may see the film of "On the Road" as a piece of nostalgia for a bygone era, Hedlund and Salles both believe the story remains relevant.
"When Kristen and I read the book, we're on the verge of leaving home and the possibilities seem endless," says Hedlund. "Everybody at that age is filled with their own fears and inhibitions - fears of leaving home and fears of leaving loved ones and friends. Then you realize that if you are to be able to unleash yourself from that for one moment, you might be able to experience, hopefully, what it feels like to live."
Adds Salles: "If you live life vicariously, which a lot of people do these days through social media, and not enough in the flesh, you will be losing the opportunity to live life to the fullest."
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Ladies of the Cloth
In a sport with few financial rewards, professional pool players play for the love of the game.
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"Helena is sharking Jennifer," says a player who is watching the match. "Sharking" means that Thornfeldt, known for her powerful break, is trying to shake Barretta's focus. Ranked sixth in the world, Thornfeldt is losing to Barretta, a relative newcomer to the game and the tour, who was ranked 18th coming into the tournamnet, the final event of the 2004 Women's Professional Billiards Association season. Barretta is only slightly distracted by Thornfeldt's gamesmanship. She calls out, "Steve!" for the tournament director to come to table number five and take over racking the balls, something he routinely does beginning in the semifinal round. Thornfeldt is silenced and ultimately vanquished nine games to four. Barretta is in the quarterfinals. That means ESPN. That means exposure. That means playing Karen Corr, the "Irish Invader," at that moment, the world's number one.
Nearly 150 hours of women's pool is on ESPN and ESPN2 annually, including re-runs. The Women's Professional Billiards Association's (WPBA) budget has doubled, to more than $1 million dollars a year over the past six years. The nonprofit association uses the money to promote the women's game and stage tournaments like the one in Florida. Barretta, Corr and Thornfeldt are three in the field of 64 players that compete in most events put on by the WPBA each year. They are representative of the draw pool has on women around the world. Corr is Irish, but resides near Philadelphia. Thornfeldt is from Sweden, but lives in Georgia. Barretta lives and trains in New York City, but grew up in Pennsylvania, where she was a competitive tennis player. When she moved to New York, she found court time to be too expensive and looked for something more affordable.
"I started searching for some competitive outlet," Barretta says. "And I tried ballroom dancing, I tried to get back into tennis and I tried a few other things. Professional snowboarding was my other aspiration. I was, like, obsessively snowboarding for a while there until I realized you have to break things and get hurt to go pro with that, so I was, like, 'No, I don't wanna do that.' Then I started playing pool just casually and I got sucked into a league and next thing you know that's all I wanted to do, play pool. And then when I turned pro I quit my job and now this is all I do."
The blonde and buff 36-year-old Barretta (she has posed wearing a bikini for a magazine) started playing pool in 1997 at the relatively advanced age of 29. For eight hours every day, Barretta practices at Amsterdam Billiards, a pool hall on Manhattan's Upper West Side, which is one of her sponsors. It's paid off.
"I turned pro October 2003," Barretta explains. She entered 2004 ranked 29 on the tour. "And right now I'm in a virtual tie for 17th. My goal is to get into the top 10 and see what happens from that."
Barretta comes into 2005 ranked 12. Being in the top 16 has competitive advantages. "It means that you don't draw another top 16 [player] for two rounds instead of one" she says. "So, it's easier to have a better tournament."
And maybe make more money. Barretta left a successful career as a fashion designer to make $19,150 in 2004's tournaments. Being married to a successful personal trainer—her husband works with a lot of celebrities—makes it possible for her to pursue pool as a career.
"It's very difficult getting sponsors and the prize money isn't enough," Barretta says. "It may cover your expenses, but it doesn't give you much to live on. To cover your expenses you have to make about $1,500 every tournament. If you have a bad tournament, that can put you in some financial trouble. But anyone who ever gets into pool knows that you don't do it for money. You do it because you love it."
Loving pool is a common reason given by the women for turning pro, but more is needed to make the pro game flourish. Women's pool, the ethos of which is nothing like what you've seen in The Hustler or The Color of Money, exists in an American sports world that, outside of football, basketball and baseball, is looking for something that can described using the word "extreme." Many of the players themselves will tell you quietly that two main things need to happen to meet the marketing challenge. First, snowboarding aside, the game needs to become more outwardly exciting. Second, to have even a chance of accomplishing the first thing, stronger personalities need to emerge among the women, most of whom are more comfortable focusing intently—and silently—on pocketing the next ball.
"Pool's not X Games," says the glamorous Ewa Mataya Laurance (nicknamed "The Striking Viking"), the current president of the WPBA and 1994 World Champion, in discussing the battle the group faces. After merging efforts, then divorcing from the men players in the early 1990s because the men wanted a bigger say in how things were run, the WPBA formed a league of its own.
"Until we go to extreme pool, pure pool is not that exciting," says the 41-year-old Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer. Laurance graced the cover of The New York Times Magazine in 1992, giving the women's game, and pool in general, a huge boost. "Pool is beautiful, it is elegant, it's sexy, it's passionate, it's a lot of things, but it is not X Games exciting. I don't think there's anything wrong with an intelligent game, you've just got to promote it a little differently than you do X Games."
The WPBA hasn't yet found a way different enough to satisfy the players. Total prize money remains small compared with, say, women's golf or tennis. The seven WPBA Classic events offered a total of $610,000 in 2004. (More than $200,000-plus is offered in other events during the year.) The WPBA still distributes prize money deep into the draw.
"When the WPBA first started the classic tour [in 1993], every place, last place was paid," says Laurance, who recently has had "too little time to practice" and was bounced quickly in Florida. "A big part of why we did that is we needed players. We had 15 tournaments at the time, less prize money than we do now, no television and we needed players to support it, to kick-start it. The entry fee was $500. You got $250 back if you came in last, or something like that. So, it was just enough to keep everybody coming back. Had we not done that, we could have burned ourselves out very easily and ended up with six players only. When there's corporate sponsorship, are we going to change it?" she asks. "Possibly. It's different in a sport like golf, where if you finish in the top ten, you've paid the bills for the rest of the year."
Since it was founded, the WPBA has made numerous efforts at breakthrough marketing that would presumably increase the prize money. The association even hired experts who were ultimately "overwhelmed" by the assignment, according to the official history. In part, what Laurance cites as pool's strengths—beauty, elegance, sex appeal, passion—are what attract the players who believe they can be successful, players who generally have been playing a long time and who see patterns and have the discipline to pocket a ball and gain position on the next. Or, less "exciting" still, players must often play defensively—play a safety, unable to sink a ball—and leave the cue ball in a position from which their opponent will have difficulty making the next shot. Maybe for the average American sports fan, pool has too little action and too much geometry.
"Every table is like a puzzle that needs to be solved," Barretta says. "I've always been great at math and I've always loved solving problems. It was the ultimate game of problem-solving. If you combine the mathematical thing with the creativity, it's like the best of both worlds."
In her quarterfinal match at the Cuetec Cues Florida Classic against Karen Corr, Barretta improbably takes a 6-2 lead in a "race to seven." Corr comes back to tie at 6-all. In rack 13, Corr makes a highly unusual mistake, scratching by grazing the 3-ball with the cue ball in an attempt to play safe on the 2-ball. In 9-ball, the lowest-number ball on the table must be hit first by the cue ball. Any ball can go in, including the 9, as long as that happens. If the 9 goes in, the player wins. No need to "call a pocket,"or announce into which pocket the ball will go. Corr's foul gives Barretta "ball in hand," meaning she can place the cue ball anywhere on the table for her next shot. Barretta runs the rest of the table, beating the world's number one. If math and creativity worked for Barretta against Corr, she was about to experience chaos.
Barretta's semifinal match is against Julie Kelly, an Irishwoman tagged "Motor Molly." Kelly, away from the table, is engaging and talkative. At the table, she concentrates intensely, quietly. Because of TV, the semis are a race-to-seven wins instead of the nine needed in the earlier rounds. Kelly is ahead of Barretta, 6-5. Kelly is, in the parlance of competitive pool, "on the hill"—meaning that she needs one more game to win. Barretta breaks in game 12—the break alternates game to game—and miscues. She has lifted her body before making full contact with the cue ball. The ball travels a foot and hits nothing. Barretta has fouled. Kelly now has "ball in hand.
In the previous game, Kelly banked the 2-ball into the 9 and won the game. It was a shot few would have seen, and maybe Kelly didn't either because after making it she stuck out her tongue with her mouth open as if to say, "Wow!" In game 12, Kelly, ball in hand, cracks the rack and drops a ball. The 1-ball remains on the table and is lined up to go into a corner pocket. A lot of green—a long distance—stands between the 1 and the cue ball. Kelly, whose stroke is a little bit of a jabbing motion, strikes the cue ball—sometimes called "whitey" or "the rock." Whitey hits the solid yellow 1-ball. Hard. It's often surprising to those watching professional players for the first time to see how delicately they usually strike the cue ball.
The 1-ball misses badly and bounces off two rails. Unintentionally, chaotically, the 1-ball runs into the yellow-striped 9-ball and sends it into the corner pocket directly opposite from the one at which Kelly was aiming to sink the 1-ball. Kelly has won, gaining her second-ever final on the WPBA tour. She puts her hand over her mouth and looks truly shocked. She apologizes to Barretta, who is initially stunned but then rises from her chair and proceedes mockingly, to strangle Kelly. After they hug, of course.
Ewa Laurance began playing pool at the age of 14 after following her brother into a pool room in her native Sweden. She eventually started winning tournaments all over Europe. First prize in many of them was a toaster.
"I think it's somewhere between three and six toasters that I won, that my mother had at home," Laurance remembers, laughing. "There was no money whatsoever in pool in Sweden at that time, nowhere in Europe."
Laurance, then Ewa Svensson, came to the United States when she was 17. She married 31-year old Jimmy "Pretty Boy Floyd" Mataya, a poster-boy for the old stereotype of the male professional pool player. (Laurance is now married to actor and ESPN pool commentator Mitchell Laurance.) At 18, Laurance was invited to New York to be a model, but didn't like the lifestyle.
"I hated it," Laurance says. "There was a lot of pressure, a lot of drugs. This was '82, '83. Somebody would tell you, 'Come by my office, I think you're perfect for this or that show,' and you get up there and there's coke on a tray. So, it was really uncomfortable and a very judgmental business. I just wanted to play pool."
In1988, Laurance was approached by Brunswick Billiards and signed to a sponsorhip agreement. They are still together.
"My whole life changed right there," Laurance remembers. "That changed things because now I could actually look at this as a business."
Allison Fisher's story mirrors Laurance's. Fisher is one of the few women players who can make something of a living just from playing tournaments. A native of Peacehaven, England, the 37-year-old Fisher has been playing on green tables since she was seven years old. Her first game was snooker.
"My father was watching it on television and I liked the look of it and asked for a small table," Fisher explains on the way to a radio interview. "Then when I was 12, I was in bed in tears and my mum asked, 'What's wrong?' and I said, 'I wanna go on that full-size table' at the local pub we used to go to." The owner of the pub gave the OK. Fisher played so well that that the better male players at the pub would teach her the finer points of the game.
"When I was at school," Fisher recalled, "I wanted to be a physical education teacher, but at 14 my [guidance counselor] asked, 'What do you want to be when you leave school?' And I said, 'I want to be a professional snooker player.' And he asked, 'No, what do you really want to be?' And I said, 'That's what I really want to be.'"
Fisher's tale evokes the line from Rod Stewart's "Maggie May:" "I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school. Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool." Fisher had won "well over a hundred snooker tournaments," including 11 world titles. But back then, she couldn't scratch out a living.
"I'd heard about the American pool scene and I didn't see snooker for women going anywhere," Fisher says. "I mean, I would win a national event and get like $700 or something ridiculous." So, she flew to America. "It's paid off coming over here. I got a one-way ticket over. Played my first tournament, fell in love with it and stayed."
That was in 1995. She placed ninth at that first American event in Charlotte, North Carolina, near where she now lives. Fisher won two of the next three tourneys. Some American players jokingly complain about international competitors like Fisher, Corr, Kelly, Taiwan's Ga Young Kim (the 2004 World Champion) and others. Fisher began and ended 2004 ranked number one. From 2001 through 2003, either Fisher or Corr won every WPBA tournament but one. Fisher has won at least 47 WPBA classic tour events (as well as three consecutive 9-ball World Championships, 1996-1998), but 2004 was more challenging. Fisher won three of the seven tour tournaments and $74,500 in prize money.
She is, to her chagrin, nicknamed The Duchess of Doom.
"The queen and princess were taken, unfortunately, so I got demoted to duchess," Fisher says, jokingly. "I'd rather be known as Allison Fisher than the 'Duchess of Doom.'" Fisher supplements her tournament loot by running weekend instructional clinics in Charlotte with her friend and fellow pro Gerda "G-Force" Hofstatter of Austria, the 1995 world champion. Fisher is also sponsored by the American Poolplayers Association and by Cuetec Cues. When she's at home, Fisher likes to garden. (Duchess of Bloom?)
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Thalidomide for Treatment of Oral and Esophageal Aphthous Ulcers and HIV Viremia in Patients With HIV Infection
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PRIMARY: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of thalidomide for treatment of oral and esophageal aphthous ulcers (those unrelated to a known infection or malignancy) in patients with advanced HIV disease. To evaluate the effect of thalidomide on HIV load in this patient population. Per 06/28/94 amendment, to evaluate the effectiveness of thalidomide in preventing recurrences in patients whose aphthae completely heal at the end of acute treatment.
SECONDARY: To evaluate the effect of thalidomide on blood tumor necrosis factor (TNF) levels and to obtain pharmacokinetic data on the drug. Per 06/28/94 amendment, to evaluate the safety of thalidomide. Per 05/10/95 amendment, to explore in a substudy the effects of thalidomide on idiopathic genital aphthous ulcers in HIV-infected women.
Aphthous ulcers of the mouth or esophagus can interfere with eating, resulting in malnutrition and wasting. Thalidomide has been proposed as an effective therapy for severe forms of aphthous ulceration in AIDS patients.
|HIV Infections Stomatitis, Aphthous
|Drug: Thalidomide
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Thalidomide for Treatment of Oral and Esophageal Aphthous Ulcers and HIV Viremia in Patients With HIV Infection
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Completion Date:
|October 1998
Aphthous ulcers of the mouth or esophagus can interfere with eating, resulting in malnutrition and wasting. Thalidomide has been proposed as an effective therapy for severe forms of aphthous ulceration in AIDS patients.
Patients are randomized to receive 4 weeks of either thalidomide or placebo orally, administered once daily. Patients are followed weekly. Complete responders after 4 weeks of acute treatment enter a 24-week maintenance phase. A pharmacokinetic substudy will be included.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Anti-HIV therapy provided therapy has remained constant in the 4 weeks prior to study entry.
- Narcotic analgesia after the first week of treatment ONLY IF the patient is not experiencing somnolence.
Patients must have:
- Documented HIV infection or AIDS.
- Biopsy-confirmed aphthous ulceration of the mouth or esophagus lasting at least 2 weeks.
- Negative culture of ulcer for Herpes simplex.
- En face diameter of >= 5 mm for largest aphthous ulcer.
- Life expectancy of at least 3 months.
- This study is approved for prisoner participation.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
- Known allergy to thalidomide.
- Grade 2 or worse bilateral peripheral neuropathy.
- Toxicity other than somnolence in acute phase that required discontinuation of drug.
Concurrent Medication:
- Acute therapy for opportunistic infection.
- ddC.
- Pentoxifylline.
- Methotrexate, trimetrexate, antineoplastic alkylating agents.
- Other putative immunomodulators.
- CNS depressants and/or medications with sedative or hypnotic effect.
- Systemic and/or oral topical corticosteroids.
- Systemic chemotherapy for Kaposi's sarcoma or other malignancies.
- Compounded antibacterial mouthwashes containing anti-infective agents (such as doxycycline, minocycline, tetracycline, or nystatin).
Concurrent Treatment:
- Radiation to head and/or neck.
Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:
- History of grade 2 or worse bilateral peripheral neuropathy.
- Change in anti-HIV therapy within 4 weeks prior to study entry.
- Prior enrollment in ACTG 251 or prior treatment of aphthous ulcers with thalidomide.
Prior Medication:
- Systemic and/or oral topical corticosteroids within 1 week prior to first set of bloods drawn.
- Other putative immunomodulators within 2 weeks prior to study entry.
- Prior thalidomide for aphthous ulcers.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000790
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|Study Chair:
|Jacobson JM
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000790 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
11228 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|March 30, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS-Related Complex
Stomatitis, Aphthous
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Communicable Diseases
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Stomatitis, Aphthous
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
Mouth Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Leprostatic Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017