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A Quick Guide For beginners
A quick guide on nutrition
Labels are not always on foods. So use calorie counting sites that will get your macros by the decimals, your vitamins and minerals, and even the micros (different types of fat, carbs, etc). You can pick foods from the food searcher or you can put it your own foods (useful for protein shakes or creatine mixes). I always fitday all the diets that I write. It is the key to a good diet.
If you can afford it, use a good multivitamin. I would suggest a multivitamin labeled "for teens", or a multivitamin that has joint support for all those tough compound lifts.
Some Multivitamin include:
Opti-Men - Male specific sexual health and designed to increase "male edge"
Very high in vitamins and minerals
Pretty cheap
Digestion and absorption help
A lot of antioxidants
A lot of B vitamins for energy
Contain freeform amino acids
Low sat fat and normal amount of cholest
Some people may say that sat fat and cholest is good for bodybuilding. I don't know if it plays a big difference in your gains, but I do know one thing, and that one thing is that you'll regret your decision to build a high sat fat and high cholest diet because it's bad for your heart. Living healthy means living healthy, not only living big. Your diet should have a high amount of good fats, and the sat fat should be lower than 20g.
A diet that is above 20g of fiber is very important. You NEED FIBER. Many people overlook it. High fiber foods are multigrain high fiber bread, black bread, potatoes, leafy vegetables, and fruits.
Pre Workout Nutrition
Try and stay away from pre workout drinks with high caffeine intake. These supplements are very bad for you. You may like the pump, but as a teenager you should have enough energy to do the workout anyways, and if you don't then just eat good carbs before your workout and take B vitamins.
Good Pre Workout Foods:
Post Workout Nutrition
Have a protein shake as soon as you finish your workout. If you don't have protein supplements, then eat a high protein meal as soon as you finish your workout, but Whey Protein is the best thing you can put into your body during this time period. It is the fastest acting Protein and is a lot cheaper than buying steaks all the time. A good PWO shake can have 5 grams of Creatine, 25-60 grams of Whey Protein, and maybe even some Glut-amine. Teenagers don't have to take this so just Whey is fine.
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A good idea for a post workout meal, which is 30 minutes to 1 hour after you have your shake, is some simple sugars. DO NOT TOUCH TABLE SUGAR. Regular table sugar is just a fat cell waiting to be born. Have some fruits filled with natural sugar and fiber. A good idea for bulking is to have a big fruit salad or a number of different fresh fruits 30 minutes to 1 hour after your shake. Don't have too many simple sugars if you're cutting though.
Some Protein Sources
#1: Chicken breast: The best protein source and can be use in abundance
#2: Low mercury fish: Make sure the fish has low mercury like Flounder
#3: Lean beef: Make sure that the beef is at least 4-8% fat
#4: Eggs: Highest biological value of all protein sources but watch the cholesterol and sat fat levels
#5: Milk: Whole milk is good for bulking but nonfat milk is also great because it can be used in abundance without worrying about cholesterol or sat fat levels
#6: Whey Protein/Casein Protein/Blends Of Protein: Supplements are great but this is number 6 because food comes ahead of all supplements
#7: Cheese: 10%-30% but high in saturated fats
Carbs And Protein Ratio
Carbs are very important for bulking and cutting. You must always have more carbs than protein in your diet UNLESS YOU ARE ON KETO. If you have more protein than carbs, it will cause your body to use the protein for energy, and nobody wants that. I never used a keto diet but it works for some and doesn't work for others. A 50c/30p/20f ratio great for bulking, a 40c/30p/30f ratio is great for cutting, and make sure that you stay away from alcohol and table sugar.
Cheap foods
.Protein Powder
.Ground beef
Drink Water
Drink plenty of water, try and aim for 2-4 liters a day
This is information i have found useful it is also a few cut and paste from various sites hope it helps you.
lots of useful information, thanks.. living healthy is not just living big, well said
Good article here, newbies this is a pretty good little guide to go by...
can use therocknutrition.com for good supps and low prices
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By Mike Monocello, Business Solutions magazine.
IT integrators looking for additional profit and a more sticky relationship with customers should consider adding hosted access control to their portfolios.
Why is hosted access control a good technology for IT integrators to sell?
John Szczygiel, COO, Brivo Systems: IT integrators already have the expertise to properly address the questions and concerns of IT departments regarding SaaS (software-as-a-service) services. This gives them a clear competitive advantage over less adept firms who may not be able to address INFOSec questions and consequently continue to propose outdated on-premise solutions. Additionally, selling hosted access enables the IT integrator to cement long-term relationships with their clients and drive additional revenue from recurring services.
John Smith, senior channel marketing manager, Honeywell Security: Access control makes good business sense for IT Integrators. Most are already selling to the same customers as security dealers, but IT integrators have an in-depth understanding of working with networks, accessing data through firewalls, and more. Some security dealers are very network savvy, but overall there is still a large learning curve for them vs. IT integrators.
Scott McNulty, senior product manager, Kantech, part of Tyco Security Products: Hosted, or managed access, is a great fit for IT integrators because end users already consider their IT integrators their solutions provider of choice for any networking issues within their business. Working with a customer's internal IT infrastructure issues, like obtaining network and firewall access, is typically the biggest issue faced when deploying hosted or managed access control, so they are already handling these more complex issues on the IT side of the installation.
What technological challenges can integrators anticipate when implementing hosted access control solutions?
Szczygiel: The biggest technological challenge for IT integrators is to separate real SaaS and cloudscale solutions from fake cloud offerings labeled as hosted systems. Fake clouds can be spotted by looking for systems that cannot be self-provisioned, do not offer automatic device discovery over the WAN, and cannot provide valid information security audits. Technological challenges and risks to the profitability of the IT integrator increase greatly when dealing with fake cloud offerings.
Smith: Aside from network and firewall security issues that IT integrators deal with every day, they may find legacy equipment already in place requiring knowledge and research to understand what is there and whether it will be compatible with the solution they are proposing. Wiring for access is also different; an IT integrator used to normal network wiring will be exposed to many different configurations, including RS-485, Coax, and other potentially proprietary methods. So IT integrators will have to know what they can use and what they will have to replace.
McNulty: While the biggest hurdle in deploying hosted, or managed, access control is typically networking issues, IT integrators will need to get up to speed on the basics of access control deployment. Today's systems, however, are designed to make deploying managed access control very simple.
What aspects of hosted access control do customers find appealing?
Szczygiel: Hosted access appeals to customers who are looking to shift nonessential workloads and risk to SaaS providers, thus freeing internal resources to focus on tasks that directly support their business. The ability to self-provision new systems immediately when needed gives customers a level of flexibility and scalability that traditional solutions cannot match.
Smith: It starts out more with a discussion about reducing operation costs and capital expenditures. No longer do users have to be responsible for the PC, which means no maintenance like OS updates, anti-virus, software updates, compatibility issues, and more. Typically, customers who focus on this are ones that do not have IT on-site or security managers. These are people like office managers, business owners, or others who wear different hats. Offering a solution that can remove the burden of managing a system frees them to focus on their core responsibilities and business.
McNulty: End user customers love the fact that they can maintain control over their access control system — adding or deleting cards, scheduling — with the knowledge that the system is being maintained and backed up by an expert. Some hosted or managed access control vendors also give integrators the flexibility to customize the offering for each customer, depending on the level of service or feature sets that users require for their businesses.
While hosted or managed access is really a great fit for any core commercial or SMB application, we are starting to see additional interest in multisite locations, where companies have geographically diverse facilities. Traditionally, companies with three locations across the country would have had three separate systems with three administrators, which meant even the company president would have needed to have three separate access cards when visiting the locations.
What kind of recurring revenue stream can integrators typically expect from hosted access control?
Szczygiel: IT integrators can easily sell thousands of hosted doors and cameras per month. This would translate into tens of thousands of dollars in monthly recurring revenue. End users prefer to pay for consumption measured by devices such as doors and cameras.
Smith: The most typical models are bundled services and a la carte. The a la carte model is the most straightforward. This model usually is priced per door, where every door the customer adds costs a fixed amount, commonly $25 per door, but others have made variations on this model by offering the first door at $25 and every other door $15.
I tend to tell dealers to bundle their services. This provides dealers with the best value, and they are less likely to be matched by a competitor. A bundled model could look like your cell phone plan and offers a tiered offering (e.g. good, better, best or silver, gold, platinum), where the customer gets a variety of services for a set price. For example, one tier could include 1 to 4 doors, 100 cards, standard business hours support, web browser access, etc. Dealers can also look at leasing as an option that will lower the capital costs because the user does not pay the full price of the equipment up front, but rather is charged a higher monthly fee that will help the dealer recoup costs over a longer period. The nice part about leasing is that after the equipment value has been achieved, the monthly revenue continues to come in.

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Jim Schutze at The Dallas Observer has a good piece up today about politicians using issues like immigration, abortion and gay rights to distract voters from real problems, such as Texas' current budget shortfall and — more generally — how badly rich people in the U.S. are screwing everyone else over. Here's an excerpt:
So it's like this: We ask, "Mr. Governor, what are you going to about the huge deficit that's going to screw up our kids' schools and toss our grandparents out in the street and mess up the whole state?"
And he says, "LOOK OVER THERE! A MEXICAN!"
It's not just Perry. It's all of the Republicans now. Ask state Sen. Florence Shapiro what she's going to do to protect colleges and universities from the shortfall. She'll start talking about how we need "voter ID"
And if that doesn't work, the Republicans will point toward San Francisco and say, "LOOK! LOOK! TWO GUYS KISSING!"
In reading Schutze's piece, we couldn't help being reminded of this George Carlin bit, so we figured we'd go ahead and share it too:


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Tim McCarver, you might have heard a time or 10, is broadcasting his final World Series for Fox. The 72-year-old former catcher has been broadcasting the Fall Classic since 1985, when he replaced the legendary Howard Cosell.
Who's next in line? The folks at Fox have been mum, promising only that they'll pick someone before games start next spring. So, here's a look at a couple of the likely candidates and a few other names we'd love to see considered for a spot next to Joe Buck in 2014.
The favorites
Former MLB pitcher John Smoltz, writer Tom Verducci and former pitcher Al Leiter all have TV experience. Here's a look at them.
John Smoltz. Smoltz is the safe choice, and he would be a great choice. As a player, he pitched nearly 3,700 career innings (playoffs included), so he's seen just about everything and he's able to relate those experiences without a hint of haughty. He's articulate, isn't petrified of statistics and has plenty of experience behind the microphone since he retired after the 2009 season.
Tom Verducci. This might feel out-of-the-box because Verducci isn't an ex-jock, but he's become a very well-known quantity nationally, with his extensive TV work with the MLB Network during the regular season and TBS in October. With Verducci, who earned his sterling reputation in the game as a writer for Sports Illustrated, in the booth, the days of hearing the color guy say things like this: "There are very few guys in the game that are winners without the numbers to back that up," a line uttered by McCarver during Game 2, would probably be over.
Al Leiter. If Leiter, the lefty who pitched in parts of 19 seasons in the majors, isn't on Fox's short list of candidates, something's wrong with the search. Leiter had been fantastic on the MLB Network the past few years; his knack for breaking down "inside baseball" moments clearly and coherently in front of the camera is underappreciated.
The All I Want For Christmas list
Pedro Martinez and Chipper Jones combine wicked insight with recent MLB experience and Hall of Fame credentials. Take a look at each man.
Pedro Martinez. Please, please, please. Pedro was fantastic working in the TBS studio during the first few rounds of the playoffs, and anticipating how he'd turn the conversation toward his favorite player every game —"Wacha, Wacha, Wacha," was his favorite saying in the studio—would make for great television. Seriously, though, his knowledge of the game seems bottomless, and he improved at delivering those insights as the playoffs progressed. Because of his lack of broadcasting experience, he'd likely be part of a three-man booth (Verducci?), and that's fine. More Pedro, please.
Chipper Jones. Another opinionated future Hall of Famer who would add life to the booth next to Buck. Chipper clearly isn't afraid to speak his mind; he chose the Dodgers to beat his former club in four games in the NLDS, which angered the Braves. Chipper, of course, was right — to speak his mind, and with his prediction. His unfettered tongue, strong opinions and dry wit would be an excellent addition to a three-man team.
The If You Feel Like Hanging Up The Spikes list
Players as analysts? The more recent the better. Here are two active players who would make the grade once they retire. Not saying they should call it a career, but we'd love to hear them when they do.
A.J. Pierzynski. The folks at Fox love Pierzynski. He's worked their postseason coverage each of the past three seasons, and he's comfortable in front of the camera. He'll turn 37 this December, but likely won't retire, no matter how much Fox might beg him to turn to broadcasting. He's hit .277 with 44 total homers the past two seasons for the White Sox and Rangers, and he's a free agent this offseason who could make a lot more as a baseball player than a broadcaster next summer (He was on a one-year, $7.5 million deal in 2013).
Torii Hunter. With his personality, he'll nab a job in baseball broadcasting the day he retires, if that's the path he chooses to take. Like Pierzynski, though, he's still a productive player (he turned 38 this July) — Hunter had a .304 average and .800 OPS with 17 homers and 84 RBI for the Tigers this year. And then there's the whole "never played in the World Series" thing that will almost certainly bring him back for another year. Well, that, and the $14 million he's owed by Detroit next year. As with Pierzynski, McCarver is probably retiring a year or two too early to make this a realistic option.


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Kansas UltraRunners Society 18th Annual Rockin' K Ultramarathon Trail Run
Location: Kanopolis State Park
Type: 50-Mile Run & Trail Marathon
Dates: 04/01/16 - 04/02/16
Contact: Stuart Ray or Elden Galano
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Time: 7:00 am - 9:00 pm
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The Kansas UltraRunners Society will hold their annual Rockin' K 50-Mile Trail Run & Trail Marathon on Saturday, April 2, 2014, beginning at 7:00 a.m., at Kanopolis State Park. Entry fee is $70 for the 50-mile run and $60 for the marathon. Participation is limited to 100 runners. Entries will be accepted on a first-received basis. No race day entries will be accepted. Pre-race registration and packet pick-up will be held from 3:00 p.m. to dark on Friday April 1st. This run covers a multi-use equestrian, hiking and mountain bike trail. It includes hills, rocky sections, sand and numerous shallow water crossings. The marathon course is the first loop; the 50-mile course is a double loop of the marathon loop. If you have any questions please contact Stuart or Elden at the numbers listed or email firstname.lastname@example.com.*Vehicle permits are required to enter the State Park*


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Sales of cider have rocketed, not only because it is a fashionable summer drink but also because of its favourable tax treatment.
But public health experts fear cider is replacing alcopops, with its sweet taste and relatively cheap price encouraging excessive drinking among young people.
Between 2007 and last year, cider sales soared by up to 188 per cent in Australia, an article in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health shows. One of the lead authors, Natacha Carragher of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, says the boom is due to the alcohol industry taking advantage of the low-tax status of apple and pear cider.
Since 2007, there has been a ''massive marketing overhaul'' of traditional cider, which is the fourth lowest-taxed alcoholic drink in Australia, she said.
Traditional cider is taxed at 23¢ per standard drink, after draught light beer (6¢), cask wine (8¢) and draught mid-beer (20¢). Spirits, flavoured cider and ready-to-drink mixed drinks are all taxed at a higher 95¢.
''This really reflects the fact we don't have a coherent taxing system,'' Dr Carragher said. ''Whenever you have this situation, the industry can exploit it.''
The dramatic increase in cider sales was history repeating itself, she said. During 2004 to 2007, sugary alcopops had a 33 per cent increase in sales before the federal government set a higher tax in 2008.
A professor of health policy at Curtin University, Mike Daube, said the explosion of cheap and sweet ciders was simply replacing the popularity of alcopops.
''It is absolutely clear young drinkers are being targeted,'' he said. ''But more worrying, they are being targeted by this amazing range of sweet confectionery products.''
The Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia is calling for the alcohol taxation system to be reformed urgently.
The council argues in a submission to the Australian National Preventative Health Agency that the revised alcopop tax has not been successful in reducing overall alcohol consumption.
There are 120 types of local and international cider available in Australia, almost double what there was two years ago. Last year, 15 per cent of people aged 18-24 said they drank cider, compared with 10.1 per cent the previous year, a Nielsen poll shows.
The owner of Manly's Hotel Steyne, Ged Dore, opened a cider bar, the Moonshine Cider and Rum Bar, in the hotel 18 months ago.
The bar sells 15 brands of cider in bottles and 16 on tap. Mr Dore estimates 90 per cent of the ciders sold at the bar are the traditional apple and pear variety.
Cider accounts for 20 per cent of all alcohol sales at his hotel, he said. While the lower tax did play a part in the decision to open the bar, Mr Dore said offering cider was a ''natural progression'' based on cider's popularity overseas, as younger people started drifting towards craft beers and cider.
But he is adamant the bar does not stock ''alcopop'' ciders. ''We try to keep local, independent companies,'' he said.


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Boaters Reminded 'Nobody's Waterproof — Play it Safe!'
AUSTIN, Texas — While boating fatalities dropped nationwide in 2007, they climbed in Texas — despite one of the wettest summers on record that closed many lakes and reservoirs for a portion of the boating season.
Texas had 52 boating fatalities in 2007, the highest number since 2002. The overall number of accidents (260) and injuries (181) were up, too, from 2006.
Most of those tragedies were preventable, authorities say, since on average 85 percent of boating fatality drowning victims who drowned were not wearing a life jacket when recovered, and more than 50% of boating and water related fatalities involved alcohol.
With those sobering facts in mind, and the summer boating season gearing up, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and its partners are kicking-off the second year of a public education and water safety initiative.
"Nobody's Waterproof™" is a fun, interactive social marketing campaign targeting 18-to-34-year-old boaters, especially young men, whom statistics show are most at risk. It is sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). The campaign was developed in 2006 by the LCRA and EnviroMedia Social Marketing, Inc. and has won state, regional and national awards over the last two years. For the second year, through an agreement with LCRA, TPWD is working to expand the initiative outside the Colorado River watershed to other Texas waterways.
"Texas Parks and Wildlife sees this as a chance to really take the message to the people on the water, with fun activities and educational items that will continue to remind boaters and swimmers that "Nobody's Waterproof — Play it Safe," said Brandi Bradford, TPWD boater education coordinator. "We'll be continuing this education effort on Texas waters this summer, with a great boat and a fun, engaging outreach team who will be handing out safety items and information at some of the most popular party locations around the state. Look for us on the water and shoreline at a lake, river, or bay near you!"
The "Nobody's Waterproof" outreach boat, donated to TPWD by the Britteny Sage Lindt Fund, will be out for special events on Lake Joe Pool and Lake Lewisville near Dallas, Clear Lake and Lake Conroe near Houston, Canyon Lake near San Antonio, and Lake Travis near Austin. Some events will feature shoreline activities co-hosted by partners, including LCRA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Texas Water Safety Coalition, North Texas Water Safety Coalition, Galveston Bay Association, and others.
Nobody's Waterproof outreach events will emphasize these safety messages:
- Always wear a life jacket in the water and on a boat.
- Alcohol and water don't mix. Be responsible if you drink and designate a sober driver for both your boat and a safe ride home.
- Always swim with a friend and ask friends and family to watch each other.
- Take a boater education course, either online or in person.
- Drink lots of water to stay hydrated — especially if you are also drinking alcohol.
- Follow boating and water safety rules and obey signs, markers and buoys.
- Have a VHF-FM marine radio or cell phone, GPS or map, proper safety equipment, and appropriate clothing on board or with you on the water.
- Know where you are on the water or shoreline.
"If boaters remember nothing else while they're playing on Texas waters this summer, we hope they'll remember "Nobody's Waterproof — Play it Safe!" Bradford said. "Wear a lifejacket — they even come in smaller, inflatable models that won't ruin your tan or be hot and uncomfortable. If you're going to drink, do so responsibly and designate a driver for your boat and the ride home. "Boat with class. Boating safety courses are available online and in person through the TPWD Web site. Pay attention to your party. Keep an eye on family and friends while on the water or enjoying the shoreline, and make sure everyone gets home safely."
In addition to the campaign, TPWD game wardens are preparing to enforce boating laws and provide proactive safety guidance, working with lake rangers, sheriff's deputies, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron, regional water safety coalitions, and many other local boating enforcement agencies and public interest groups.
TPWD and local partners will also be hosting news media announcements and opportunities for news crews to ride with game wardens and local officers on patrol at high-profile lakes near major metropolitan areas.
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My Last Bookshelf
from Books at Iowa 38 (April 1983)
Copyright: The University of Iowa
As I prepare to move from a large Manhattan apartment to a small room in a retirement home, I find that the thought of this transfer is exhilarating. When, if not now, will I ever indulge my secret passion for traveling light? I shall simply take my comfortable bed, a favorite chair for myself and one for a guest, a chest for storage, some accessories -- and books. What books? This question, I confess, puts anguish into my dream of traveling light, may even put some danger into it. It has been observed that book collectors, having disposed of their books, may lose their desire for life.
Except for a ten-year period, my occupation slot on our family income tax form said "housewife" in its space. But I have been a bookish housewife, one who has lifted her spirits not by purchasing a new hat or a pair of earrings but another book, new or old. Married to a scholar, I had a sympathetic partner -- and competition for shelf space.
As an enthusiastic amateur, I have followed diverse interests and, in addition to great isolated works, have often read in and around Leonardo da Vinci, D. H. Lawrence, Rainer Maria Rilke. An Oriental period, centered on A Dream of the Red Chamber, The Tale of Genjii, and The Pillow Book, with close attention to the arts, especially of Japan, did much to break down my European provincialism. Then there were the novels. At one period, when good secondhand books were cheap, I collected a 300-volume library of novels, cataloged, and read most of them.
With a fellow nonscientist I formed a "little library of science." This was made up of Whitehead's Science and the Modern World, Shapley's Of Stars and Men, Julian Huxley's Religion without Revelation, Barnett's The Universe and Dr. Einstein, Bronowski's The Common Sense of Science, and Eiseley's The Immense Journey. To the outer eye six ragged paperbacks, in actuality these were a cluster of light, a sacred sheaf. There were also the later additions of Charles A. Whitney's store of The Discovery of Our Galaxy (1971) and Fritjof Capra's The Tao of Physics, An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (1976). Altogether these science books provide the amateur with a kind of observation platform for the science news that is crowding in on all sides. I leave the books behind but, standing on the platform, I shall be eagerly watching for the news. A current item has me in thrall.
The new insights coming out of particle physics tend to disprove the myth that the cosmos is an inexorable machine. To see the universe evolving like life, like thought, as subject to chance just as our lives are subject to chance, is to deepen our sense that we have a rightful place in nature.
-- Timothy Ferris, "Beyond Einstein and Newton -- on the Frontier of Physics," New York Times Magazine, 9/26/82
"A rightful place in nature" -- to deepen my sense of that, as well as to please my aesthetic sense, seems to have been my unconscious desire as I have followed my most absorbing interest of all, poetry past and present. We are always being told that poetry and physics grow closer together. Perhaps they do. Both certainly make the same kind of demands upon what Lewis Thomas calls our peculiarly human birthright, a tolerance for ambiguity. Both help us slip behind the strong defenses the rationalistic mind sets up against bringing to consciousness our deepest intuitions.
Poetry will be better represented on the shelf than any other interest, not only because of my love for it, but also because of the nature of the product. Auden once told us that communication is a ladder. In much of prose, when contact has been made, we kick away the ladder. In poetry, which is a process, we cherish the ladder itself. So much for the formation of my collection. Now for the sad part, its breakup.
Already the limits of space have dictated that all but a small nucleus of the novel library and most of the modern poetry books (after being searched for a personal anthology) be donated to public institutions. The rather costly Leonardo collection, used as a resource for research and travel, has been sold.
What mistakes I shall make I can imagine, but now I am choosing my old-age library, a small shelf for my small room. I am not going to a desert island where no books are. Books will be available, but for this last bookshelf I want to choose from my familiars -- books whose rich rewards, so known to me, promise others not yet known. When I was young, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius were my mentors. Stoicism seemed a fine control for the exigencies of a world recovering from World War I, and nothing of more point for human endeavor than the statement: "For these too are triflers who have wearied themselves in life by their activity and vet have no object to direct every movement and in a word all their thoughts." Now that I am old, as long as I am strong enough to accept the consolations of philosophy, I shall cherish the Encheiridion and the Meditations ; however, I mean to place on the shelf, beside the Greek slave and the Roman emperor, the more worldly Balthasar Gracian. With his Arts of Worldly Wisdom, I shall temper the Stoic "Accept with all your soul everything that happens" with a little forward-looking self-interest, as for instance: "It is not enough for a careful man not to interfere with others, he must see that hey do not interfere with him."
Before I place the next book on the shelf I want to say why, with the exception of Epictetus and Aurelius, the classics are scanted here. I married a man so hooked into the currents of the classical age that my perception of the ancients came to me from him, from the Greek and Roman coins he collected and from our visits to the Metropolitan and British museums, and not from books. I did, however, read the Greek plays in various translations, and I rescue for my shelf one remarkable volume, Edith Hamilton's translation of Three Greek Plays, The Trojan Women, Prometheus Bound and Agamemnon so that I can turn to the Greeks in their own words as far as another language can.
O thou who (lost uphold the world,
whose throne is high above the world,
thou, past our seeking hard to find, who art thou,
God or Necessity of what must be,
or Reason of our Reason?
Whate'er thou art, I pray to thee
--- Hecuba's Prayer, The Trojan Women
After my first word-for-word reading of the Holy Bible when I was 12 vears old (being driven to this course by the scarcity of books in my father's house), I learned to skip, to find my own on the printed page. This agile exercise never profited me more than when I discovered the Essays of Montaigne. Both these bibles, the holy and the secular (as John Cowper Powys has called the Essays) belong on my last bookshelf. I can find my way among the genealogies and the anecdotes to the passages that speak directly to me. Who more directly?
We have lived long enough for others: let us live for ourselves, at least this remaining bit of life. Let us bring back our thoughts and intentions to ourselves and our comfort. It is no small business to prepare securely one's retirement: it gives us enough to do without the intrusion of any other concerns. Since God gives us permission to arrange for it, let its pack up our belongings, take leave betimes of the company, and shake off those holdfasts that engage us elsewhere and estrange us from ourselves.
-- Montaigne, "On Solitude".
A reader, by long-continued reading, finally takes on some of the attributes of the critic and interprets what he reads by what he has read. Montaigne's words shine brighter and carry less of a selfish aura because I remember Epictetus: "If God had committed some orphan to your charge would yon have been less careless of him? He has delivered yourself to your care and says, I had no one better to be trusted than you; preserve this person for me, such as he is by nature -- modest, faithful, noble, unterrified, dispassionate, tranquil. And will you not preserve him?"
It is this kind of reverberation that makes rereading such a pleasure. I am reminded of Dostovevsky: "Perhaps it will interest you to know what I do when I am not writing -- well, I read. I read a great deal. And it has a curious effect on me. When I reread anything that I knew years ago, I feel fresh powers in myself." One does feel fresh powers in oneself -- they are engendered by the books read in the interim.
The Holy Bible, of course, reverberates in and enriches all literature. I am glad, though, that Emily Dickinson hoisted a little flag of affectionate impudence to confound the literal minded:
The Bible is an antique Volume--
Written by faded Men
At the suggestion of Holy Spectres--
Subjects Bethlehem --
Eden -- the ancient Homestead --
Satan -- the Brigadier--
Judas -- the Great Defaulter
David -- the Troubadour--
Sin-- a distinguished Precipice
Others must resist--
Boys that "believe" are very lonesome--
Other Boys are "lost"--
Had but the Tale a warbling Teller--
All the Boys would come--
Orpheus' Sermon captivated--
It did not condemn--
Shakespeare makes a pointed conclusion about the climate of extremism the Bible sometimes finds itself in.
How sour sweet music is
When time is broke, and no proportion kept!
---- Richard II, V, v, 42
And, indeed, the next place on the shelf is for Shakespeare, around whose name there is universal appreciation. On May 10, 1811, Keats wrote to Benjamin Haydon: "I never quite despair and I read Shakespeare -- indeed I shall I think never read any other book much... I am very near agreeing with Hazlitt that Shakespeare is enough for us."
And so am I. The only thing that makes me hesitate is indecisiveness about what edition I want to place on my last bookshelf. It is not the time or place for the variorum or even for the Riverside edition (1974) with its many illustrations, introductions and all the hard words explicated. Some years ago I discovered the Nonesuch edition. This is the one, I think, for poets and pleasure. Except for a few marginal clarifications, it reproduces the text of the first folio of 1623. No modernizations have been permitted to slur "the authentic accent of the original." I agree with Herbert Farjeon that, when one's eyes and ears have been opened by the old text, the modern has something of the flatness of soda water after champagne. One can see how readable the first folio text is by looking at its version of what Edith Sitwell has said is "in all probability the greatest sonnet in the English language":
Devouring time blunt thou the Lyons pawes,
And make the earth devoure her owne sweet brood,
Plucke the keene teeth from the fierce Tygers yawes,
And burne the long liv'd Phaenix in her blood,
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st,
And do what ere thou wilt swift-footed time
To the wide world and all her fading sweets:
But I forbid thee one most hainous crime,
O carve not with thy bowers my loves faire brow,
Nor draw noe lines there with thine antique pen,
Him in thy course untainted doe allow,
For beauties patterne to succeeding men.
Yet doe thy worst ould Time dispight thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.
D. H. Lawrence, whose perceptions and vitality I early came to rely on, may have inspired the forming of my collection of novels when he said, "The novel can help us to live as nothing else can."
And, I am sure, a statement I read by Mark Schorer pushed me further into action: "Learning to read novels we slowly learn to read ourselves. "Who does not wish to read oneself? I endeavored to collect the best and was experienced enough by now to seek guidance in my choices. However, masterpieces are not the sole sources of knowledge. Wisdom and insight have peered at me from the pages of many a trashy piece of fiction I have read, but if, as Auden said, masterpieces are for holy days, I for one wish to celebrate them.
As I look at my card catalog of the 300 novels, I remember and regret. To some extent in their pages I did learn to read myself. The regret is over leaving this varied company. My short excerpts from 20 of these novels are like lingering handclasps before farewell. I doubt if their names reveal anything, but the excerpts touch chords in my memory and play the themes back to me: Moby-Dick, Scarlet Letter, The Sound and the Fury, Huckleberry Finn, Middlemarch, Portrait of a Lady, Return of the Native, Martin Chuzzlewit, Nostromo, Wuthering Heights, Emma, Women in Love, War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov, Dead Souls, Dream of the Red Chamber, The Tale of Genjii, Don Quixote, Madame Bovary, and Remembrance of Things Past. The excerpts from some of these books are greater than their sources -- I think of "Jonas Chuzzlewit Sets Forth to Murder" from Martin Chuzzlewit. But which novels are for the bookshelf?
By following a spirit trail -- a trail that began in my country childhood -- I have found the theme that means most to me. It is a sense of "some living connection with the cosmos," as expressed in one of Lawrence 's poems. I feel a sense of this connection in the classics, in the Holy Bible, and in Shakespeare. Among other great themes I find it in the novels I have chosen for my bookshelf: Wuthering Heights, Moby-Dick, Remembrance of Things Past, The Sound and the Fury, and The House of Breath. The last is the slightest but William Goyen's novel is haunting, modern, and unequivocal in its theme: " Something in the world links faces and leaves and rivers and woods and wind together and makes of them a string of medallions with all our faces on them, worn forever round our necks, kin.
The novels were chosen because they offer fields for future exploration, though, of course they all do that -- War and Peace after four readings! They fit exactly my criterion for the shelf: "books that offer rich rewards, so known to me, promise others not yet known." Moby-Dick is a special case. Since I have worn out and lovingly cremated my 60-year-old Modern Library edition, a reward of retiring at this time is that I can take with me one of the glories of modern bookmaking. This is the Arion Press edition published by the University of California Press, 1981. Moby-Dick is a desert island book for me. I often read passages, any passage, at odd moments and, although I have never done so, some day I may use it for advice or prophecy as some have used the Bible, as Gabriel Betteredge used Robinson Crusoe in The Moonstone.
There is no Lawrence novel on the shelf. I content myself with a small personal anthology of some of the miraculous insights I find in his prose and in placing among my books the "quick" of his uneven genius, his Complete Poems and the volumes of the new Complete Letters as they come from the Cambridge Press. This author as no other has accompanied my life with all the inspiration and aggravation of a difficult elder brother. I do not agree with Aldous Huxley that his philosophy with its insistence on intuition over abstract reasoning is not a good one for old age and failing powers. I find no abstract reasoning, nothing as consoling as Lawrence 's intuition.
Birkin looked at the land, at the evening, and was thinking: Well, if mankind is destroyed like Sodom, and there is this beautiful evening with its luminous land and trees, I am satisfied. That which informs it is all there, and can never be lost. After all what is mankind but just one expression of the incomprehensible.
--- from Women in Love
In the poetry segment of the shelf beside Lawrence I shall place the great white father, Whitman, but not all of his poetry. In addition to some isolated lyrics, what I treasure is the reproduction of the first edition of Leaves of Grass --1855 with Malcolm Cowlev's introduction, brought out as a Compass paperback in 1959. Then comes Stephen Mitchell's new translation of the Selected Poetry of Rilke. For 40 years Rilke's poems have been my close companions, and reading this new edition will be like seeing an old friend in a new light. In these volumes my spirit trail has reached a living resource. In the poems of Whitman, Lawrence, and Rilke I feel most deeply a continual awareness of, and a respect, for the integrity of the natural world, and a perception of man's "rightful place" in it.
The bulk of our great lyric inheritance is well served (for this time and place) by four anthologies. I like Edith Sitwell's British and American Poetry (1958) which gives the chronological view my sense of order requires and the bonus of her brilliant "Prefaces." Then, for great variety and out-of-the-way discoveries of old and new singing poetry, I like Walter de la Mare's Come Hither (1946), an anthology for the youth of all ages." There is also the delightful, odd, stimulating Texts and Pretexts (1933) assembled and commented on by Aldous Huxley. After reading it one feels that the best way to present poetry is with prose but perhaps only with Huxlev's prose.
And what of modern and postmodern poetry? As a junior at the Universitv of Chicago in 1923, it is a wonder that a star from the blazing constellation of new poetry did not fall on my head some evening as I walked across the Midway. The Wasteland and Façade had passed over the year before but 1923's barrage added William Carlos Williams's Spring and All, e.e. cummings's Tulips and Chimneys, D. H. Lawrence's Birds, Beasts and Flowers, and Wallace Stevens's Harmonium. It seems inconceivable now that I did not notice this brilliant beginning of what has come to be known in poetry as the high modernist mode, except that I know who was standing in the light. Three of the university's greatest performers were occupying front stage -- Professors Rickert, Lovett, and Linn, presenting Chaucer, Milton, and the nineteenth-century poets. Ask any fellow student. Had I time, or inclination, to look outside at the changing sky?
Thus, as far as I am educated in modern and postmodern poetry, I am self-educated, a process aided by the fact that after college I became a New Yorker and was present at all those limelight appearances of the poets at the 92nd Street Y in the thirties and after. And then, about the time the first edition of The Little Treasury of Modern Poetry (Oscar Williams) appeared in 1946, W, H. Auden came to the New School and in his "casual attire" gave a poetry course using The Little Treasury as a textbook. I lived to see the modern poets in Collected Works and to have favorites among them, Wallace Stevens particularly, but The Little Treasury, encrusted by memories of Auden's remarks, my awakenings and 35 years of companionship is for the shelf.
The period after the closing date of the Sitwell anthology in 1958 is included in a keepsake I have made, Music or a Message, Short Poems, 1932-1982. This represents the result of a personal wide-ranging search for "my own." Avoiding the passion of the period for ironv and deprecation, the 117 poems fall loosely into three subject divisions, "The Desolation of Reality," "An Affirming Flame," and "The Living Connection." They share, besides an essential simplicity, the "haunted clarity" praised by James Dickey. A quartet of long-lived poets -- Years, Frost, Williams, and Stevens -- add weight to this private anthology, but the strongest section, to my pleased surprise, is "The Living Connection" and there the stars are Theodore Roethke, Robert Duncan, Denise Levertov, William Stafford, and the younger Charles Wright. The title of this section is from Lawrence 's "The Uprooted."
People who complain of loneliness must have lost something,
lost some living connection with the cosmos, out of themselves,
lost their life-flow
like a plant whose roots are cut.
And they are crying like plants whose roots are cut.
But the presence of other people will not give them new rooted connection
it will only make them forget.
The thing to do is in solitude slowly and painfully put forth new roots
into the unknown, and take roots by oneself.
--- D. H. Lawrence, Last Poems, 1932
After reading the poems that follow in this section, the reader is ready to join David Ignatow in the last one.
I have changed my mind about the world,
It should go on; it is beautiful.
---- "Above Everything;" from Whisper to the Earth, 1982
As I complete the arrangement of my last bookshelf, I think that we never sufficiently celebrate the gift of memory. By its grace old age inherits a magic place containing, as it does, both vouth and age, both new and remembered delight, as in the reading of books.
A Bookish Postscript
One look back and I have another armload of books. Without much ado I shall find a place for them on the shelf. Two are books of my favorite art forms: still life represented by Skira's Chardin and landscape painting presented in color plates' and text in The Artist and the American Land, A Sense of Place, published by the Friends of the Earth. The third is Langdon Warner's The Enduring Art of Japan, an art particularly appealing to me because of its emphasis on all that is suggested rather than stated. Two other books I discovered for myself. Thev have seen me through periods of stress and illumination and may well be the last I cling to. They are John Cowper Powys's A Philosophy of Solitude (1933) which he refers to as A Handbook for Contemplation under Difficulties, and R. H. Blyth's Zen in English Literature (1942). I have seen this referred to only once when Karl Shapiro called it "A very strange and wonderful book." I would add "life giving." Lastly I include three small gems: Freya Stark's Perseus in the Wind (1948) "about things that are beyond our grasp yet visible to all," Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities (1974) about imagination and cities and dreams and Marco Polo and Kublai Khan, and Philip Kopper's A Christmas Testament (1982) beautiful and transfixing whether one takes it to be about a divine revelation, or a deathless myth.


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After the giving tide of my son's 10th birthday receeded, I steeled myself for the usual resistance to writing thank-you cards. To my surprise, he sat down and wrote them without a single complaint.
My older son recently turned 10 and was rewarded with a plentiful bounty. After the giving tide receded, I handed him a few notecards and asked him to write his thank-yous. I then steeled myself for the usual tantrum and resistance.
Here's what he said:
"OK mom."
He grabbed a pen and right there on my desk, started writing the notes to his friends. They were coherent, gracious and neatly scribed. He placed them in the envelopes, offered to address them and trotted down the stairs to work on the Lego Death Star he received from his grandparents.
This is not how it usually goes down.
At every previous birthday and Chanukah, I have fought with both of our boys over thank-you notes. The expression of gratitude through the written word is a most unwelcome activity, and the boys battle against it with everything in their arsenal short of a hunger strike. The entire process often takes a few days, with bargains to write two today and two the next and so on, orchestrated with much pouting and spouting and huffing and puffing. I boil on the sidelines throughout the experience, worrying about my childrens' seeming disinterest in being grateful for the multitude of blessings they have.
And so it has been for the last eight years. With gratitude as one of the guiding principles of Judaism, how could we be raising children who were kafuy tova? What were we doing wrong?
As a mom, I know I spend more time thinking about what I do wrong rather than what I do right. What sentence uttered in anger will permanently damage their self-esteem? What punishment was too severe? What extravagant gift will spoil their spirits? When it comes to teaching gratitude, are my repetitive words and thank-you note drills enough to deliver an adequate lesson?
As I re-read my son's thank-you notes before sealing and addressing the envelopes, I smiled to myself. I remembered his joy at receiving his gifts, his abundant hugs and dances, his sing-song humming as he wrote his notes. I guess the lessons sank in after all. It gives me hope that all the others (pick up that towel, practice your instrument) will, too.


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HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS — The victim of the shooting just before midnight Monday at the former Riverside Hotel is a 31 year-old male not from Grand County, according to Grand County Coroner Brenda Bock, who is awaiting contact with family members before releasing more information.
Bock confirmed the man died of gun-shot wounds, but has yet to examine the body, she said.
Shortly before midnight on April 1, Grand County Deputy District Attorney Heather Stein of the 14th Judicial District placed a 911 call to the Grand County Sheriff's Office reporting a stranger at her front door at the Riverside property. The man was behaving erratically and causing a disturbance, according to a press release from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
The investigation revealed, the press release states, that the intruder pushed his way into the house and an altercation ensued. It is believed that shots were fired during this altercation outside the Stein residence in the 500 block of Grand Avenue in Hot Sulphur Springs.
Stein's husband is Grand County Sheriff's Lt. John Stein.
Both the deputy DA and the Sheriff's deputy suffered minor injuries during the violent altercation with the man, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
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Because the incident involves a deputy DA and a Sheriff's deputy from Grand County, 14th Judicial District Attorney Brett Barkey has requested assistance from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the 1st Judicial District Attorney's Office of Jefferson and Gilpin counties.
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Both the deputy DA and the sheriff's deputy have been put on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
A neighbor to the Riverside Hotel, Tim Nicklas, who lives at the corner of Grand Avenue and Aspen Street, corroborated with another witness he heard three consecutive gun shots, and when he went to the scene, already officers were questioning John Stein. Nicklas overheard Stein tell them, "The family's fine, the kids are OK." The Steins have four children living in the home.
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Colbert told Adams this after the combine. Apparently changed his mind.
Colbert told Adams this after the combine. Apparently changed his mind.
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2 scenarios. One in which Mahommes is available to us at 1/30 (hoping but not likely) and the second in which he is not.
1) Pat Mahommes-QB-TT 1) Tak McKinley-OLB-UCLA
2) Jordan Willis-OLB-K.St. 2) Fabian Moreau-DB-UCLA
3) Jalen Myrick-CB-Minn 3) Nate Peterman-QB-Pitt
3) Samaje Perine-RB-OU
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From the Trib:
And they dug deep into their research to draft a player who tested positive for marijuana use at the Indianapolis combine and then lied to everyone about it.
Adams, who is 6-7, 322 pounds, apparently was mortified when he learned he had tested positive. A native of Farrell, Pa., and a lifelong Steelers fan he said, according to his agent, Monroeville native Eric Metz, "I blew it. I blew my chance of being a Steeler.''
Metz said he told him, "If you were my son, I'd tell you to get in the car, drive up there, see them face to face like a man and tell them you screwed up. He got in his car and drove over there. It was important to him, he wanted to be a Steeler.''
When he arrived, he met with Colbert, coach Mike Tomlin and president Art Rooney.
"We told him he was off our draft board,'' Colbert said.
But the fact that Adams made that drive, which the Steelers appreciated, led to circumstances that culminated in them drafting him Friday night.
The Steelers laid out some stipulations for Adams to get back on their draft board, which included counseling. Colbert said he met them all, and the put gave him a first-round grade on their board.
Colbert admitted he was a risk, but said all draft picks are risks, and that Adams showed them he is serious about making up for his mistake.
As Metz said, "He ate a big piece of humble pie and he's ready to move on with his life."
If he can put the marijuana issue behind him -- he also was suspended for five games last season after getting caught up in the Buckeyes' "tattoogate" -- then the Steelers might have gotten another steal as they pour another high pick into the rebuilding of their offensive line.
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I'm willing to bet that more than 50% of NFL players smoke marijuana
Not condoning it but hopefully Adams takes advantage of this 2nd chance.
Well, we will see if he keeps his promise to Colbert.
Hey Ben acted like a moron for years and we won 2 superbowls
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I'm willing to bet that more than 50% of NFL players smoke marijuana
Not condoning it but hopefully Adams takes advantage of this 2nd chance.
Well, we will see if he keeps his promise to Colbert.
Hey Ben acted like a moron for years and we won 2 superbowls
I'll tell you one thing, him going to the Steelers after knowing they werent interested in him and him admitting he screwed up and asking for another chance is pretty imrepssive to me. I dont know that many 21-22 years old who do that.
I was hard on this kid the psat couple of months but I am becoming a fan and am rooting for him to turn it all around.
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Actions speak louder than words. Adams has it in his hands now to make this right going forward. Good first step driving to see the men in charge but to be more than just a meaningless gesture he needs to quit the BS.
I like the pick and the story. He better get his azz in the weight room and kick azz in camp. If you are a steeler fan like he says then show it like anyone of us here would in his shoes.
Nice story. I have more of a problem with his on field production than his off field issues. I'm not sure he's better than Trai Essex or Jon Scott.
Hopefully he can develop. He's a project.


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Today we take a look at Bandai's new 6-inch Thundercats Classics action figures. This new assortment marks the re-launch of the Thundercats Classics figures in a whole new smaller size to be in scale with Bandai's new animated series. The assortment so far consists of Lion-O and his arch nemesis Mumm-Ra.
When Bandai first announced that they would be transitioning their Thundercats Classics figures from 8" to 6", the news was not met with very positive reaction by collectors which have already invested in the larger scale figures. While Bandai has mentioned that the 8" Classics figure will continue in some other capacity, it is unclear exactly when we may see a new release. So for now the new 6" figures will become the standard for all upcoming Thundercats Classics figures.
The packaging for the new Lion-O and Mumm-Ra is almost identical to the previous larger-scaled figures but a bit wider. The character art on the package is closer to the classic animation art from the 80's this time around compared to the more contemporary illustrations on the 8" figures. The overall package design has a very classic feel to it thanks to the original Thundercats logo and the retro character art.
The new Lion-O figure is mostly a scaled down version of the 8" figure with the exception of a new growling head sculpt. The details on the Lion-O figure are sculpted very well and the head features a lot more detail in comparison to its larger counterpart. While the overall body sculpt consists mostly of a retooled body in a smaller scale, the articulation is not the same. The new Lion-O figure has a very limited range of movement at the torso and cannot be posed arching his back holding his sword aloft like the 8" version. The neck joint on Lion-O can only turn left and right unlike the larger version which has additional up and down movement due to an additional separate neck joint which is absent in the new figure.
The new Mumm-Ra figure is a great representation of his classic animated look and is much larger than Lion-O which is accurately proportioned with the look of the 80's cartoon. Mumm-Ra features a much taller and wider frame and great sculpted details. Mumm-Ra has a good amount of articulation but not as much as Lion-O. While his knees and thighs have ample articulation, Mumm-Ra's skirt limits the range of movement in the legs but not completely allowing some minimal movement for varying pose options. Mumm-Ra's arms have plenty of articulation allowing the figure to be posed in many dynamic styles whether it is in the heat of battle with Thundercats or just casting a powerful spell.
The paint application on both Mumm-Ra and Lion-O is very clean but a little on the simple side in terms of shading. Bandai seems to be cutting a lot corners in terms of production by using pre-colored parts rather than blending or shading different hues like we are used to seeing in such toy lines like MOTUC. Regardless of the plain solid colors on the figures, the matte finish on the new Lion-O makes the figures look a lot better this time around.
While Lion-O includes a vast amount of accessories consisting of additional grasping hands, short and full sword of Omens and Thunder Claw with belt clip, Mumm-Ra only includes a pointless extra pair of grasping hands since his Sword of Plundarr is surprisingly not included. While it is understandable that Bandai had to cut back on the tooling for Mumm-Ra because of his larger proportions and fluttering bandages attachment, he should have at least included his dagger like the original LJN figure but not even that.
Dissapointingly, the endless complaints about the miscolored ankle and wrist joints on the 8" Lion-O seems to have fallen on deaf ears as Bandai has still not corrected the issue on the new 6" Lion-O figure.
The new 6" Thundercats figures have turned out to be much better than I expected. Regardless of the QC issues on the Lion-O and lack of accessories on Mumm-Ra, picking up this pair should be a no-brainer for Thundercats fans of all ages. 2012 marks a new year and the intruduction of this whole new scale for Bandai's Thundercats Classics action figures and I can't wait to see what other Thundercats will be joining this new 6" assortment in the near future. As you read this, the new spring assortment of Thundercats toys has begun to ship to brick and mortar stores nationwide and several of our sponsor sites for around $15 each so keep your eyes out for these in toy aisles. Keep it locked on Figures.com for our live Toy Fair coverage direct from New York in the coming weeks.
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Seems like a mud run for people that want to be pretty rather than dirty.
I don't really get either one but I am happy if more people are moving rather than sitting at home watching TV.
Seems like a mud run for people that want to be pretty rather than dirty.
I don't really get either one but I am happy if more people are moving rather than sitting at home watching TV.
-Great to get new runners involved in running
- You could "win" the race running a 20 min 5k
- Cost. Pretty expensive for a 5K
- Massive crowds. Another reason I don't care for the RnR series. Its packed.
- No timing
- Unless you run at the front, you won't get that much color, just because of how packed it is
Its fun to do with friends, but realize what you are getting into. Do it for the social experience, not for racing or the run. And like previous posts suggest, look for Groupons/deals.
Doesn't really appeal to me. Don't want to pay $50 or more for a 5k where I get color thrown on me and possibly ruin clothing. But I would do one before I would do any of the mud runs...
I have several friends who LOVE color runs. You couldn't drag me to one of those things. I have allergies and I don't want that stuff in my contacts. I don't trust those little sunglasses and don't want to run in goggles. I like to just run. I like having a time and perhaps a beer at the end, and I'm good.
Now, I've known several inactive people who have gotten off the couch and trained to run a 5k because of these and other theme races and have remained active, so that's a good thing. Just not my thing.
never tried one but seems like a good time
I had a chance to do one this past fall on Oahu, but my wife and I found better things to do after I found out it was not even timed. I am all for fun runs and charity run/walk events, but I go out there to run, and even if I am only competing against myself I still have no desire to be blitzed with colors and ruin a perfectly good white T-shirt.
I personally prefer cheap local 5k and 10k races where people are out to run THEN socialize. Not both at the same time.
The only gimmick run I would love to do is the Run for your Lives! Zombie run. I missed the one near where I used to live because it was the week before my first marathon, a couple of years ago.
Fun runs are...well...fun! I did the Color Run last year with my wife. It was a non-timed event and was an opportunity for the 2 of us to goof off with a ton of other people.
We like to have fun with running occasionally.
Halloween we do the Monster Dash, and we dress up
March we do Get Lucky, and we dress up
Summer we do a color run or something like that.
There is always time for training and we don't let these get in the way. Like I won't do the June color run this year as it is 1 week before my Duathlon.
Our fun run this year will probably be Run for Your Life or Zombie Run.
Let me get this straight.....You are going to pay good money to have people throw crap at you?
I personally prefer cheap local 5k and 10k races where people are out to run THEN socialize. Not both at the same time.
I'm not opposed to gimmick runs, just not my thing. I'll let someone else support these companies.
I have run two. They are strictly fun runs. If you try to take it seriously, you'll be frustrated.
Would you (or have you) run a Color Run? Why or why not?
Personally it doesn't interest me at all. When I received my June RW magazine with the picture of Candace Kroslak on the cover with colored powder splashed across the side of your face, all I could think is that would piss me off if I was pelted in the face with powder. However, if it gets people active and involved in running then that's great. I'll stand on the sidelines and cheer them on.
No. I just want to run. These types of runs seem to be for people who are more interested in goofing off than actually running.
I personally prefer cheap local 5k and 10k races where people are out to run THEN socialize. Not both at the same time.
I'm not opposed to gimmick runs, just not my thing. I'll let someone else support these companies.
Meh, they aren't all companies. Some non-runner athlete friends of mine talked me into one. All proceeds benefit the Special Olympics.
I'll take some colored cornstarch to the face for a cause that worthy.
That is the exception, as these type of races are the model for profit making business', not charities. If I wanted to support a cause I would skip the middle man and write them a check.
That is the exception, as these type of races are the model for profit making business', not charities. If I wanted to support a cause I would skip the middle man and write them a check.
Unfortunately, that's as true of road races as it is of the specialty races and OCRs.
It's great to give to charity, but anyone who has ever done serious fundraising in a tough economy will tell you that doing something visible as well helps them raise much more money. Large donors expect to see such community events, and when they don't see them, they can have a tendency to assume you don't need their money or arent doing enough for it. Sad, but true. So, knowing that, I now donate, volunteer, and participate in the occasional silly themed run or other event. The specialty runs don't do anything for me personally, but they do help the charity more than my small check and it doesn't interfere with my "real" running goals. I don't think I would do one of the "for profit" kind, but I don't do "for-profit" road races either.
^^ As a fellow runner I appreciate the fact you volunteer at races period.
I would definitely do It!!!! It looks so much FUN!!!
I come off as elitist and rude when I say it, but Color Runs and Warrior Runs and Tough Mudders just seem to be for a crowd of people who don't actually want to run and are not part of the same athletic culture that most of us here are accustomed to. It is gimmicky. I appreciate that it gets people up and active, just like I appreciate any organized physical activities, but it is for non-runners who need flashy gimmicks to get them out to a race.
Once again, I know how my opinions will probably be interpreted, but the point is these races are not my cup of tea. If I want a fun race, I'll go to a trail race.
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We would love for you to try it out! It's a fun run to include the kids in.
I say nay. They seem to be just a fun run and if you a competitive racer then they take away from the purity of our sport. If you enjoy them then more power to you.
I think they are dumb, but agreed to do one because my wife won't run anything else! I didn't realize they weren't timed, though. I hope there is beer.
I would not be averse to doing one for a loved one's sake, but personally, NO. I don't like gimmicks. Plus the entry fees are ridiculously high! Also, I have poor eyesight. :]
My kind of race would have the following attributes:
1) Low entry fee (~$15 max).
2a) Accurate mile markers and a properly marked course.
2b) Timing strip would be a bonus, but I can keep my own time.
I don't need:
-Post-race party
-Other gimmicks
I think it would be fun to do with some friends as a goof. Take the color run/tough mudder/warrior dash/etc trend for what it is - a silly way to have some fun with your friends and drink a few beers afterwards. They are not legit competitive running races, but they never claim to be.
That is why that at least on some of the mud runs (forget which series) there are some serious runners that run them - and not just for kicks.
This isn't a race for people who take racing very seriously. There are just too many people. It's not a race that you should really plan a PR on.
It's just a bunch of people doing it for the color thing. It's not a bunch of serious runners.
Maybe it would be better if it was a half marathon. That would really narrow down the people going to this thing.
I think I would be far more annoyed by a bunch of people not taking it seriously, but that's because I take races seriously (every one), so I wouldn't really enjoy it because of my personality.
Color runs, mud runs, adventure races -- designed to make money off of trendiness. However, I can't knock a concept that gets people exercising.
My 11 year old son (who has competed in another 5K with me 32:45) and I will be doing a Color Run the end of June. My 9 year old son, sister and brother-in-law, sister-in-law and niece and my dad will all be walking it. Gimmicky, sure. But my kids are super excited to run with mom. Even if we won't really get much real running in.
The money we paid goes (at least in part) to a charity to help fund a camp for kids whose parents have or have had cancer. So $35 a piece doesn't bother me for a day spent exercising with my family and helping others.
I've been getting sick of the whole running industrial complex lately. The for-profit mega-runs (RnR, I'm talking to you, as well as Nike), the gimmicky non-timed color and other similar runs, the pink girly runs. I think its fine for other people who want something different, but I just find them annoying.
My 11 year old son (who has competed in another 5K with me 32:45) and I will be doing a Color Run the end of June. My 9 year old son, sister and brother-in-law, sister-in-law and niece and my dad will all be walking it. Gimmicky, sure. But my kids are super excited to run with mom. Even if we won't really get much real running in.
The money we paid goes (at least in part) to a charity to help fund a camp for kids whose parents have or have had cancer. So $35 a piece doesn't bother me for a day spent exercising with my family and helping others.
+1 This is exactly what I have been saying. As I read through this thread, I think there are a lot here who don't have kids, or are not interested in combining their passion of running with their family of (older or younger) non-runners
I don't think that's true at all. You like them and seem to be upset that others think they are stupid. Just because a person's definition of fun doesn't include having colored powder thrown on them doesn't make them stodgy and anti-social. And it has nothing to do with mixing running and having a good time. I've done plenty of races where the finish line is a giant party and a ton of fun.
According to you, anyone who doesn't enjoy these types of races has no interest in combining their running passion with their family? What a load of horse sh**. It's great you've found something you like. Doesn't mean we all have to enjoy these races and it certainly doesn't mean we're less family oriented than you. I take my toddler out in the stroller all the time. We're doing his first official race, a toddler 50 meter dash, this weekend. I plan on a lifetime of running and fun with my kids, just not in these stupid races.
Just responding to your numerous posts about these types of runs. Your May 7th post is sanctimonious. You then follow it up on May 10 with a lovely condescending reply about the purity of the sport and the earth still orbiting the sun....
But the best is when you make the assumption that those that don't like this must not have children or can't possibly combine running with their family life (or that a color run is some sort of barometer for this). To this thought I indeed cursed and used exactly the words I wanted to in order to express how I felt about them. It's rather presumptuous of you to assume either thought
Can't speak to anyone trying to put down a 50 meter dash for a 2 year old. In fact; I don't believe anyone here would do that. Not sure why you brought it up.
But hey, hang 10, keep on not judging other people...
How has a light hearted discussion of fun runs turned into an angry argument? Everybody take a deep breath and remain calm!!
Only if everyone was naked!
As I read through this thread, I think there are a lot here who don't have kids, or are not interested in combining their passion of running with their family of (older or younger) non-runners
Serious competitor / father of three boys [9/11/15 YO] checking in. I'm not a fan of gimmick races but for the last two years used the Hudephol 14k as my last tune up for the Columbus half marathon. It's a theme race with plenty of costomed-runners, centipedes and a beer party at the end. I also ran in the Tap-N-Run 4k last Summer where you drink beer before, during and after [optional]. I treated it as a race but still played by the rules and drank my beers at the aid stations. Finished 4th Overall, obviously most were there to party not race but I was going through a bit of a funk in training and thought this might be a good diversion.
All three of my boys have run in races; mostly fun runs but a few 5ks. I usually pace one or all but for the most part they run the fun runs solo. It's not something I force on them and they appear to being enjoying the family competition.
Not everyone that's down on gimmick runs is a stick in the mud or without children.
A big resounding NAY! It just sounds so... stupid? On another note, my daughter is "allergic" to food dyes and displays wild ADHD behaviors when dyes are ingested or otherwise soaked in through skin. If this were competitive, i bet she could win the darn thing.
I am planning on doing a color run with my 8 yo DD in a couple weeks. I am sure we will walk more than we run. The main reasons we are doing it is that it is taking place just a couple miles from our house and I don't have to work that day. It would be great also if it gives DD a little more on an interest in running. I personally am hoping it will be fun but, if it is not, we just won't do another one.
The point I was illustrating is that traditional road races that combine a kid's run [which is often free or cost $1] is a cheaper and more faithful way to introduce new blood into our sport. You line up and see who can run from point A to point B the quickest - simple - that's why it's called a race. It provides a forum for self-discovery and fair competition, to challenge ourselves to overcome our fears and if that is too lofty a goal it gets our children off their butts for a change.
The two races I'd mentioned are very much a departure for me. The 14k while a themed race that attracted a host of casual joggers was still very much a race and the competition up front was fierce. The beer run was a party disguised as an athletic event that I chose to treat as a low key time trial while ATST playing along by their guidelines.
Entering my 4th decade of road racing I've watched our sport evolve and wonder which direction it's headed. I see more and more theme races that emphasize a gimmick than the values the sport was built. While not a fan I'm not suggesting these events go away but ATST I hope we don't lose touch with the competitive aspects of road racing.
Saying that a color/beer/ocr run takes away from road racing or cheapens the sport makes about as much sense as arguing that someone else's marriage cheapens your own. It they aren't something that interests you, don't do them. Everyone has types of running they enjoy and types they don't.
I think the isolating aspect of running isn't necessarily conducive to a broader perspective of running in general, especially if you didn't come to running because you were already running as part of another sport.
Not really my bag but lots of people seem to enjoy them so more power to 'em. If it gets people motivated to get active it can only be a good thing.


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