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Then there are those that just use circuit training and assume that their approach will yield the results that they crave when it comes to better performance. Finally there is the group that assumes that drawn out duration training like running for miles at a time will enhance performance. The goal of this post is to not only reveal that these ideas will not work but how to better approach getting in shape for their sport.
The answer first and foremost is to view your conditioning as it is, an opportunity to improve your ability to perform a task at full capability over the long haul of play thus truly making a better athlete and conqueror, rather than just a survivor. So in your preparation make movement quality, force production and consistency your goals in order to create a better athlete and to better prevent injury.
Secondly, Just a generalized program will only get you so far in the sport world. Grant it, that everyone must begin with a general and less specific program, however there are certain components of strength, power, work capacity and goal oriented training that helps the athlete in their sport.
So just a general circuit program that is used for everyone will only carry the athlete so far in the realm of performance. In the general phase, athletes need: control or stability, mobility, strength, power and various types of endurance.
Lastly, just low intensity training all of the time for length will not prepare any athlete for the riggers and demands of sport, unless they are long duration sports like: cross country and distance races.In a sports conditioning program, the energy systems of the sport need to be reviewed and then each quality should be trained in a structured way to get the individual ready for play.
Remember, athletes need power, agility, speed, and balance in varying degrees according to their sport's needs.
Conditioning is not as easy as the old school thoughts that have been addressed in this post, but rather it is a complex task that requires planning and thought, knowing about the sport that you are working with. Finally and most importantly, you must keep power production up or speed, while maintaining movement quality.

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"Strange encounter with a police officer"
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"I apologize ahead of time for the long story.
Thursday November 10th at around 6:15pm I was pulled over by a DC police officer. The encounter was really strange and a little unsettling, so I'm wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences. Below is the encounter:
I was driving north on New Hampshire Ave, passing the Georgia Ave intersection, and turning right on Rock Creek Church Rd. The light at the intersection was green as I entered and turned yellow shortly thereafter. I was out of the intersection before it turned red. So I turned right on Rock Creek Church Rd and pulled up to the curb to park. I turned my car off and when I turned to get out of my car I noticed there was a car pulled up directly to my left, blocking me in. It was a police car (flashers were NOT on) and the officer was sitting inside it just staring at me. I rolled down my window and said "hello" – the officer did not respond but continued to stare at me. I then asked a series of questions including: Is there something I can help you with? Have I done something wrong? Am I in your way? The officer did not answer any of my questions, but just continued to stare at me. Confused, I took off my seatbelt and was about to try and open my door, when he started backing his vehicle up. I figured he was leaving, but instead he backed up to be diagonal behind my vehicle and then turned his flashers on.
He immediately got out of the car and walked up to my window and asked why I went through the light on yellow.
I told him I thought it was green when I entered and then turned yellow, he informed me it was yellow before I entered and that it's illegal to go through a light on yellow. I apologized and told him I honestly thought it was still green when I entered. He asked to see my license, registration, and insurance information.
[Side note: I did not have my license with me because I was driving 7 blocks to feed a friends cat while she is out of town, so I had left my wallet at home. I honestly always have my license with me and of course the one time I didn't, I got pulled over.]
I informed the officer that I didn't have my license but I did have my vehicle registration and insurance information. He then proceeded to basically interrogate me with a series of questions about why don't I have my license, how does he know I really have a license and am a legal driver, do I know the number of my license, what if something were to happen to me how would they identify me, where do I live, what am I doing over here, have I been drinking tonight, am I sure I haven't been drinking tonight, am I lying to him because he doesn't like being lied to…
Throughout this whole conversation I was incredibly polite, answered all of his questions, calling him sir and officer, and I wasn't lying about anything! But the entire encounter he was very curt with me and he seemed angry, which really confused me because I gave him no reason to be. Overall, he seemed very suspicious of me. At then end of this "interrogation" he said "okay then" and started walking back to his car. He never indicated the encounter was over, he never actually looked at my vehicle registration or insurance, and he never took down my name to run it (which would have shown him that I have a valid drivers license). I wasn't sure if that was the end, so I poked my head out of my window and asked if I was waiting for him to come back or if he needed to see my vehicle information and he forcefully replied "you are no longer being detained". And then he drove off.
I realize I should have gotten a license plate or badge number on this guy, but I was so concerned that I might get a ticket for running a light (that I didn't actually run) or for not having a license that I didn't think of getting his information until after it was too late. The whole thing just seemed odd, from the beginning with him just staring at me while next to my car, to the crazy line of questioning, to the end where he told me I wasn't being detained any more.
I am relatively new to DC and this was my first encounter with DC police. Is this normal? Has anyone else in the area had an experience like this? Is it the New Hampshire/Georgia intersection that's maybe a hot spot? Any advice is appreciated."
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'Faking It' Interview: Katie Stevens Previews MTV's New Romantic Comedy!
Katie Stevens opens up about her amazing new show Faking It in this JJJ interview!
The 21-year-old American Idol alum stars alongside Rita Volk, Michael Willett, Gregg Sulkin, and Bailey Buntain in the MTV comedy about two best friends who love each other � in slightly different ways.
After numerous failed attempts to become popular, the girls are mistakenly outed as lesbians, which launches them to instant celebrity status. Seduced by their newfound fame, Karma (Stevens) and Amy (Volk) decide to keep up their romantic ruse.
Faking It premieres on TONIGHT, April 22 @ 10:30PM ET/PT on MTV!
JustJaredJr: Hi Katie! We loved you on American Idol. You're an amazing singer. Have you always been interested in acting too?
Katie Stevens: Growing up, I did theater and all that fun stuff. Acting was always something I was interested in. I just so happened to do Idol first to get me out here. And then once I was out here, I was like, "I never tried to television and film side of things." And being in L.A., what better place to do that. So I met with my agency and their acting department, and basically said, "I want to do this and I want to put the work in." I started taking classes and auditioning, and here we are.
JJJ: Did you originally audition for Karma or another part?
KS: It was funny and I didn't find this out until afterward, but they had already seen everybody for Karma and had already chosen people to go in for a test. And the casting director just felt like she hadn't seen everybody. So she went back through her emails that she missed, and she skipped over one email with three girls faces in it, and one of them was mine. She just happened to point to me and say, "Oh, I haven't seen her yet." I was the last girl they saw for Karma. And then I went into the test, and Rita, who plays my best friend, she was going out for Karma at the time. She and I basically said, "Let's not do this whole bitchy audition room thing. If you get it, you are completely different from me. It's not going to be a reflection on my acting talent." And so in the test they asked her to read for Amy and we did a chemistry test. It worked out perfectly.
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JustJaredJr.com Interview – Katie Stevens
JJJ: We love Karma's upbeat, fun personality. Would you say you're a lot like her?
KS: I would say out of the two of them, I'm definitely more like Karma. But I like Karma just because I think it's amazing that she always has an extravagant plan for everything. And she doesn't think any of it through (laughs). Not that I'm like that. I like to think when I was 15 years old, I tried to have plans for everything and it didn't work out that well (laughs). I just love her. She has this romantic vision about the way she thinks the world should be. She just goes after what she wants, and I think I'm like her in that [sense]. When there's something that I want, I'm going to work toward it and figure out a way to have it.
JJJ: What is it about Liam that attracts Karma? And does that infatuation with him drive a wedge between Karma and Amy?
KS: There's definitely love triangles that are going to happen between Liam, Amy, and Karma. But for me it was important in acting this character, to not judge her. Because a lot of people – the pilot came out early and people watched it – are all for the Karma and Amy relationship. What they'll come to find is that Karma has zero idea that Amy is interested in her. That's why she goes after the boy and tells Amy all about Liam. I think it drives an invisible wedge that Karma doesn't see because she doesn't know how Amy feels. So that's what I have to constantly remind myself. She's a 15-year-old girl who wants the cute boy at school like every 15-year-old girl. She wants her best friend too, but she doesn't realize that her best friend is actually in love with her.
JJJ: Speaking of that, they were sneaky in the promos. That was a nice little surprise at the end. How did you react to Amy's feelings when you first read the script?
KS: I was just like, "This is amazing." It was just one of those things, when I read it, I was like, "This is so smart. I have to be a part of this." It was a part that I really, really wanted. I feel like this is going to do a lot for kids. It's going to help in schools with tolerance and acceptance, and people being able to be unique. Or what we hope, at least. We realize our show isn't the norm. Every kid doesn't have this high school experience where they're accepted for who they are, but that's why we want to showcase that – in hopes that it will catch on and people will want to change their schools to be more like that.
JJJ: Tell me about mean girl Lauren and her effect on Karma and Amy. It's a role reversal where the pretty, popular girl isn't popular. I love that.
KS: And her minions are my favorite. I think you can see in the pilot that she just says things, and she says things that are true. But because this lie is so fabricated and Karma and Amy have everyone believing it, I think that everyone is more for Karma and Amy. No one is going to listen to Lauren. What I like about the Lauren character is that she has a lot of heart. There's a reason behind why she is the villain and you'll learn more. That's what I like about all our characters, because it could have come across as our characters being the extreme versions. You can have the extreme version of the bitch character and a showy version of the fabulous, gay guy character. But what I like about it is that they're all super normal and relatable, so it works all together.
JJJ: Speaking of that, Liam comes across kind of shallow. He goes after Karma even though he thinks she likes girls. What are his intentions, and do we start to see a different side to him?
KS: Yeah, you'll definitely see another side to him. I think you'll see Karma and Liam's relationship grow in that they start to understand each other. Even though Karma has all these secrets and she's kind of hiding things, she gets to know Liam and a side of him that no one else has seen because he can come across just as the hot guy who gets all the girls at school. But it's one of those things – once he meets Karma, something changes in him. There are so many couples to root for because there are so many different dynamics. There's the Karma and Amy�there's the Liam and Karma�there's hopefully more coupling happening between Amy and some other characters you haven't seen yet. It's a roller coaster ride, I will say that (laughs).
JJJ: The cast is great. Is it a fun set to work on?
KS: Honestly – and I'm not just saying this – we are all really close. And since this is my first acting experience, I feel so spoiled. Our showrunner Carter [Covington] is amazing. He's always there making sure everything is OK and making sure everyone is comfortable, and making sure we have everything we need. He's always there on set when we need him. The cast, I was so excited to go to work everyday and go through this experience with Rita. This is also her first thing. It's just super exciting for both of us. Every day we're texting each other, "Hey, what are you wearing to the event today, or "Oh my God, did you see everybody is freaking out about our show on Twitter?" And then a billboard of us just went up in Times Square and we Face-Timed each other, and we were both like crying (laughs). "I was in the middle of the mall and I can't stop crying!" That's one of the things, in working and this being my job, which I'm super grateful for, I've also made one of the best friends I could ever ask for in Rita, and amazing friends Gregg, Bailey, and Michael as well.
JJJ: What scene was the most nerve-racking in the pilot?
KS: I was super nervous for the kiss because that was going to be the tell-all for everything, because that's what the show is about. I needed to make sure that it was right. And it was really funny because every day it was like, "Well, you know, we're going to have to kiss each other in five days. We're going to have to kiss each other in two days. We're going to have to kiss each other TODAY" (laughs). It came down to it and the director was like, "OK, do you guys want to practice this before we film anything?" So we went in to kiss and we just had a giggling attack. We got all our laughs out and we finally did it. And what's funny is, they were like, "Just kiss someone like you'd kiss someone." So we kissed each other like we'd kiss someone and they we're like, " There's too much bobbing and moving of the head" (laughs.) So it needed to be stiller and simpler, and it looked great, but in the moment felt really stiff. You find out the different between an actual kiss and an on-screen kiss (laughs).
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Chris Manak first started buying records in San Jose, CA in 1979 at age 9. It was mainly soul/funk 45s by artists like Cameo, the Gap Band, and Rick James. By the mid 80's, he was DJing and making his own beats for MCs and a few years later, he met 16-year-old rapper Charizma and they soon signed with Hollywood Records. In December 1993, the world lost Charizma to gun violence. Wolf took a break.
"Making beats" eventually became therapy for the next few years and in 1996, he started Stones Throw Records out of his bedroom as a vinyl-only record label that catered to DJs. His own album My Vinyl Weighs A Ton, was the most successful release of the label's early years. In 2001, Wolf moved to Los Angeles, bringing hip hop artist Madlib along with him, who became the center of the label for many years. When Madlib made Quasimoto's The Unseen, Stones Throw saw a turning point and defied more conventions with each year.
With artists as varied as Dam-Funk and Anika, Stones Throw grew a reputation for its left-field style, while Madvillain and J Dilla's Donuts, cemented their status in hip hop. As the founder of Stones Throw, Wolf has also curated albums for Adult Swim, 2K Sports, Serato, and Urban Outfitters. He has also discovered Mayer Hawthorne and Aloe Blacc, encouraging both artists who were rappers at the time to become singers.
After three decades of vinyl DJing, PBW now prefers A/V sets, playing music videos pulled from his personal collection of rare VHS, DVD, laser disc, beta, etc.
Peanut Butter Wolf the label founder still enjoys a DJ career that has taken him around the world since 1992. Whether it's a private dinner party for Bill Clinton, a string of dates with the Beastie Boys, Gwen Stefani's birthday party, or his own high school reunion, Wolf is equally at home behind the turntables.
A documentary on the life of PB Wolf and his label Stones Throw, Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton, is now playing at film festivals, focusing on the path of Chris and the record label he created nearly 20 years ago.


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I've added three new titles to the Crystal Codices line.
The City of Ferrid by Nyki Blatchley - A fantasy set in an industrialized culture. Demolin, a young man, visits the city and meets an unusual woman who needs his help.
Lena the Huntress by Savyn Carden - A humorous dark fantasy. Lena must find the orb which will lead her to Jelene and fulfill her destiny.
The Typewriter Poetry Collection by Lisa Rusczyk - a collection of 18 poems written when Lisa only had a typewriter to work with.
The link in case you missed it above: http://www.scribblersandinkspillers.com/crystalcodices.html
I have two other titles for Crystal Codices which will be released in a few days. One is Science Fiction and the other is a poetry collection.
Note: While I have published a lot of fantasy, it's because that is mostly what I get for submissions. I am interested in publishing the other genres.
And now I must go deal with the Winter Solstice submissions. I'm sure the submitters are biting their nails.


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On the other hand, external competition works with some need or desire to "prove oneself" to others, or, I should say, to prove oneself to oneself and others; but that type of victory passes so swiftly as to be "no victory."
Can't get behind this one Mark, I've known several people whose victory in a competitive venue have lasted them most their lives by being not only a cherished memory but also as part of how they have defined themselves. Also, how far do you take this dismissal of others for taking stock of your own achievements? A simple aikido kyu grading would qualify under this definition as the person grading has to prove themselves to others, anyone doing a demonstration is also depend ant on the viewpoint of others not their own for how it is received.
For me competition and winning aren't dirty words unless they're coupled with the need to denigrate or humiliate your opponent. People are by and large social animals, so I don't think you can fully separate "internal" and "external" competition. If you do, often this leads to strange theories tested only within your own mind which would never survive the light of anothers criticism.
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Jack the Ripper murder sites
Now if there's one thing about living in London's East End, it's that you will almost certainly hear of Jack the Ripper.
The world's most infamous serial killer of women has somehow turned into a sort of pantomime villain over the years since. Almost like the killer was taken from the pages of a penny dreadful and placed in our reality.
Although we may never know the identity of history's most elusive fiend we do know all the murder sites, where they are and how to get to them.
Durward Street/Bucks Row – Whitechapel
Murder Site of Mary Ann Nichols 31st August 1888
The first 'official' victim according to police reports and historians was Mary 'Polly' Nicholls who was killed in the early hours of 31st August 1888. She had been drinking quite heavily and wandering the streets trying to find 'doss money' for the night. Durward Street didn't always go by this name, at the time of the Jack the Ripper murders it was known as Bucks Row, a variation of its former name 'Ducks Row'. Historians believe this was itself a shortening of its more exotic name 'Ducking Pond Row'. It would seem that back in the early days this was the location of a real honest to goodness ducking pond.
Durward Street has changed massively and today the only landmark remaining from 1888 is the old school block, now saved from destruction and converted into flats. This is still a very dominant building and would have been one of the last sites seen by Mary Nichols on the night of her death. Her body would be found in a gateway underneath this old school house.
The rest of the area has been extensively redeveloped and no real evidence of the original street exists. A new Whitechapel over-ground station is now being built close to the murder site but you can go there as it gets dark, you can stand by the original wall and gaze up at the looming school house and for the briefest of seconds you could be back in 1888.
Hanbury Street – Spitalfields
Murder site of Annie Chapman 8th September 1888
Hanbury Street now rests in the heart of an extremely trendy east end and not far from the most famous of all Jack the Ripper pubs – "The Ten Bells ".
In the back yard of the house at 29 Hanbury Street, the mutilated body of Jack's second victim was discovered. Annie Chapman had been kicked out of her Doss house for having no money for a bed. She wandered the streets and according to one eye witness was seen talking to a man outside the doorway of what would later be her murder site. Hanbury Street itself has of course been substantially changed and the entire side of the street on which number 29 would have stood is now no longer there, replaced with a car park for the nearby Truman brewery buildings.
The opposite side of the street has kept some of its original houses that were built by the French Huguenots around the 1780's and the interiors are almost identical to that of number 29. If you pass by some dark night and see a door slightly open, I encourage a sneak peek through.
Henriques Street / Berner Street / Dutfields Yard
Murder site of Elizabeth Stride 30th September 1888
The name may have changed but the street is still there. In 1888 Henriques street was called Berner Street and just off it was Dutfields Yard, unfortunately now replaced by a school playground. It's highly unlikely the children who innocently play there now would know their playground is connected the greatest murder mystery in history.
It was here on 30th September 1888 that the body of Swedish born Elizabeth Stride was discovered, the first victim in what became known as 'the night of the double event'.
The yard was narrow with only one entrance in or out and at 1am Stride's body was discovered 7 feet inside the gateway. When she was found, her body was still warm, her knees drawn up and a deep gash torn across her throat. No sign of a struggle existed and her clothes were undisturbed. No murder weapon was discovered, no footprints or blood marks were at the scene.
Mitre Square
Murder site of Catherine Eddowes 30th September 1888
Mitre square still remains the most atmospheric of all the Jack the Ripper murder sites. It has undergone a lot of redevelopment in recent years but its original layout with the cobble stoned square has remained. It still captures the imagination and is a particular favourite of Ripper researchers and tour groups after dark.
When visiting the square at any time of the day you may catch a glimpse of a city worker grabbing a rest or a quick bite on the wooden bench placed in the square. They will of course not realize that just in front of their rest spot is where one of the most gruesome discoveries in the Jack the Ripper case was made.
At 1.45am on 30th September 1888, PC Edward Watkins was on patrol in the area when he strolled in to Mitre Square. Shining his lamp into the darkest corner he was horrified to find The Ripper's 4th victim Catherine Eddowes.
She had been ripped up "like pig in the market" according to PC Watkins, her throat had been cut back to the bone, her insides taken out and placed by her shoulder and the killer had savagely attacked her face.
Dorset Street
Murder site of Mary Jane Kelly 9th November 1888
Possibly the most gruesome murder was that of Mary Jane Kelly on 9th November 1888.
Her body was found in a small room off Dorset Street which ran from Commercial Street to Crispin Street with Itchy Park at one end and the Providence Row Night Refuge at the other. When Charles Booth produced his poverty map of London in 1889, Millers Court and Dorset Street received the lowest rating, black for 'lowest class, vicious and semi-criminal'.
The street now lies in what is now the heart of the ultra-trendy Spitalfields. It certainly wasn't the case back then though. In 1888 Dorset street had a seedy reputation as being the worst street in London, a place where the average police man wouldn't venture unless in a team of four.
Half way down Dorset Street you had a very narrow courtyard alley leading to what was known as Millers Court.
This was a hard place and Mary Jane Kelly had a room here. She was found on the 9th November 1888 in her room and horribly mutilated. Where the ripper had in the past worked quickly, it would seem that the safety of the enclosed space had given him more time to work.
She had been butchered like an animal with more injuries than any of the previous victims.
The area has been heavily redeveloped and Millers Court no longer exists, replaced by a car park which runs alongside Whites Row which still has some contemporary warehouse buildings looming over.
Access to Dorset Street is now blocked off and even the name does not appear anywhere.
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I feel like this flimsy doesn't look like my quilts, but at this point, as Honna might point out, there's really no telling what my quilts are supposed to look like.
I had a packet of various colored F8 hand-dyes that had been sitting around for a couple of years and then Waterwheel sent me a packet of FQ spots and somehow they ended up together. Nearby was a piece of Essex linen and I just started making Louisiana blocks. I had some different spots left-over from It's A Girl, and they insisted on being the cornerstones with that nice light grey lattice. I was kind of "meh" about this quilt until I got that border on and then, all at once, I loved it.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Charcoal Pinwheels
Posted by Nancy Stevens on Tuesday, May 17, 2016
6 comments:
- Synthia said...
I love it too! Good job!! :-)
- Tuesday, May 17, 2016 9:23:00 AM
- Quiltdivajulie said...
"supposed to look like" -- right!?!?!? Congrats on your flimsy finish -- very pretty!
- Tuesday, May 17, 2016 11:20:00 AM
- OT Quilter said...
Another nice finish. I'm partial to polka dots; especially liking the cornerstones. Methinks your days have extra hours or your weeks have extra days--you get so much accomplished!
- Tuesday, May 17, 2016 9:44:00 PM
What a delightful, happy quilt and, as the Brits say, those cornerstones are "spot on"!! Sorry, I couldn't resist that corny joke.
- Wednesday, May 18, 2016 8:58:00 AM
- Mrs. Goodneedle said...
I love it too!
- Friday, May 20, 2016 7:14:00 AM
- julieQ said...
I just love this one!!!
- Saturday, June 11, 2016 10:03:00 PM
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