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More people today are opting to live in condos and 27943 has a high number of condominiums.  Condos attract the modern persons who really don't mind living in a building regardless of how high it may be. When purchasing a condominium in 27943, you need to thoroughly check the condo unit and get professional assistance in inspecting the condo to ensure that it is in good state and that it will give you value. It is also important for you to note that in 27943, all newly purchased condo units also require registration with your local Real Estate Board. You need to fill and submit an application form together with any other required documents. It is also important to note that there is a fee you will be required to pay upon filing of the application for registration.

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Townhouses in 27943, have today increased in demand with more people opting for townhouses as opposed to single family houses. One of the reasons as to why most people opt for townhouses to single family homes is due to the low maintenance. However, real estate market in 27943 is generally growing and becoming desirable to many home buyers today. When looking for a townhouse in 27943, NC you need to consider the location of the townhouse. You can choose to purchase a townhouse that is near a metro stop or one that is in close proximity to a major highway giving you an easier commute.  Townhouses that are near a major highway also increase the value of the property making it a great and safe investment. There are two types of townhouses in 27943; interior unit and an end unit. Many home buyers hunting for townhouses always opt for the end unit townhouses since they provide you with a better resale value, offer more privacy and bigger space to enjoy outdoor activities.

Factors to put into consideration when looking for houses for sale in 27943

There are so many factors that many home buyers in 27943 need to consider. Some of the most common factors that you should put into consideration when purchasing a house anywhere is your budget, the location of the house and your personal requirements. These factors are great and can be of great help to you when looking for an ideal house for sale in 27943. However, there are more detailed factors that you also need to put into consideration to make your search for a great house in 27943 easier and fun. One of these factors is a garage. It may seem less important but it is so important for you to choose a house that has a spacious garage especially if you have several cars. A spacious garage can also be of help when your friends or relatives visit. A garage also provides an additional resale value to your property. The number of bedrooms and bathrooms may also be an important factor to consider. I know you think that this is common sense but when looking for a house; things can get a little confusing that most people settle for what does not match their needs and requirements. Another factor to consider is the basement; if you love a house with a basement you need to look for a house that has a basement with walkout level and separate entrance. This provides a good resale value since most people looking for houses for sale in 27943 prefer homes that have a direct access to an outdoor patio or deck. It is also very important for you to learn about the current 27943 real estate market situation and mortgage market place so as to make an informed decision on the right time to buy a house and the best home opportunities in 27943 and where to find them. The information can also help you know whether to choose regular sales or distressed property sales. If you do not have any knowledge about the current 27943 real estate market situation or you find it hard to find an ideal home of your choice by yourself; you can get a skilled real estate agent to assist you. A good real estate agent as the one noted on the top of this landing page will be able to assist you get an ideal house for sale in 27943 that suits your needs and requirements and is in a strategic location. Remember to learn about regulations in the area to keep you in the loop about what to expect in the process of purchasing the house.

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Merry Hill is known for its numerous beautiful scenery, historical grounds, urban living and natural surroundings that make it a perfect place to live. Whether you are looking for a contemporary home, a condo or any other type of house for sale; you can find it in Merry Hill.

Condos for sale in Merry Hill

More people today are opting to live in condos and Merry Hill has a high number of condominiums.  Condos attract the modern persons who really don't mind living in a building regardless of how high it may be. When purchasing a condominium in Merry Hill, you need to thoroughly check the condo unit and get professional assistance in inspecting the condo to ensure that it is in good state and that it will give you value. It is also important for you to note that in Merry Hill, all newly purchased condo units also require registration with your local Real Estate Board. You need to fill and submit an application form together with any other required documents. It is also important to note that there is a fee you will be required to pay upon filing of the application for registration.

Townhouses for sale in Merry Hill

Townhouses in Merry Hill, have today increased in demand with more people opting for townhouses as opposed to single family houses. One of the reasons as to why most people opt for townhouses to single family homes is due to the low maintenance. However, real estate market in Merry Hill is generally growing and becoming desirable to many home buyers today. When looking for a townhouse in Merry Hill, NC you need to consider the location of the townhouse. You can choose to purchase a townhouse that is near a metro stop or one that is in close proximity to a major highway giving you an easier commute.  Townhouses that are near a major highway also increase the value of the property making it a great and safe investment. There are two types of townhouses in Merry Hill; interior unit and an end unit. Many home buyers hunting for townhouses always opt for the end unit townhouses since they provide you with a better resale value, offer more privacy and bigger space to enjoy outdoor activities.

Factors to put into consideration when looking for houses for sale in Merry Hill

There are so many factors that many home buyers in Merry Hill need to consider. Some of the most common factors that you should put into consideration when purchasing a house anywhere is your budget, the location of the house and your personal requirements. These factors are great and can be of great help to you when looking for an ideal house for sale in Merry Hill. However, there are more detailed factors that you also need to put into consideration to make your search for a great house in Merry Hill easier and fun. One of these factors is a garage. It may seem less important but it is so important for you to choose a house that has a spacious garage especially if you have several cars. A spacious garage can also be of help when your friends or relatives visit. A garage also provides an additional resale value to your property. The number of bedrooms and bathrooms may also be an important factor to consider. I know you think that this is common sense but when looking for a house; things can get a little confusing that most people settle for what does not match their needs and requirements. Another factor to consider is the basement; if you love a house with a basement you need to look for a house that has a basement with walkout level and separate entrance. This provides a good resale value since most people looking for houses for sale in Merry Hill prefer homes that have a direct access to an outdoor patio or deck. It is also very important for you to learn about the current Merry Hill real estate market situation and mortgage market place so as to make an informed decision on the right time to buy a house and the best home opportunities in Merry Hill and where to find them. The information can also help you know whether to choose regular sales or distressed property sales. If you do not have any knowledge about the current Merry Hill real estate market situation or you find it hard to find an ideal home of your choice by yourself; you can get a skilled real estate agent to assist you. A good real estate agent as the one noted on the top of this landing page will be able to assist you get an ideal house for sale in Merry Hill that suits your needs and requirements and is in a strategic location. Remember to learn about regulations in the area to keep you in the loop about what to expect in the process of purchasing the house.

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Aug 24 2015

Market weakness continues as Chinese shares enter free fall

Market Recap 08/21/15:   U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, with major indexes suffering their worst one-day percentage decline since 2011 on continued fears over a slowdown in China. Wall Street moves have been largely dictated by economic developments in the world’s second-largest economy, with volatility spiking ever since China unexpectedly devalued its currency. On …

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Aug 21 2015

Stocks weaken on China uncertainty

Market Recap 08/20/15:   U.S. stocks fell sharply on Thursday, with the S&P 500 turning negative for the year as investors grew more concerned about the pace of global economic growth. Weakness in China continued to dictate market direction; an index of Shanghai shares saw heavy selling. On Wednesday, China’s Commerce Ministry said exports in the …

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Aug 20 2015

Fed minutes raise new questions about rate hike timing

Market Recap 08/19/15:   U.S. stocks fell in a volatile session on Wednesday as the latest minutes from the Federal Reserve lastest policy meeting clouded the view on when the central bank might raise rates. The Fed expressed concern about the state of the global economy, which many investors took as an indication that the …

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Aug 19 2015

China volatility continues, retail stocks in view

Market Recap 08/18/15:   U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, pressured by a massive selloff in China that raised new fears about the pace of growth in the world’s second-largest economy. The decline on Wall Street was minor compared with the drop of 6 percent in Shanghai shares, which could be a signal that the China …

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Aug 18 2015

China selloff raises new concerns for U.S.

Market Recap 08/17/15: U.S. stocks rose on Monday, lifted by some strong corporate news and bullish data on homebuilder sentiment, which lifted housing shares to a multi-year high. Media companies jumped on a plan by Walt Disney (DIS) to expand its theme parks with new features based on its Star Wars franchise. Shares of the …

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Conche NL will be celebrating a come home year in 2013.

If your on facebook you can read all about it and I’m thinking they are still working on the events and timings. Likely as people come and go in Conche there will be something planned or going on. Drop by have a visit if you can survive the road to conche that maybe one day will get fixed. Post more info later..

My Plans this spring and summer.

Might take a trip to Jasper Alberta soon but once the snow gets melted and the oil roads are dry will spend sometime lost along the Swan River. Playing ball in the Fort Assinibione, Alberta or hanging around on the side of the highway chasing wild life. Will post some news as I see it and add the pictures to the picture pages.
Ghostcod Sometimes I just love to sit on a rock and let the world go by. Drop me a line if you need some pictures..

Your in Grizzly Bear Country

Well I do try to follow my own rules on this and keep as far away from them as possible but still able to get the picture. I usually use the 100 to 400 mm zoom lens for that occasion.


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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

what it hides

someone once told me that none of us are actually afraid of the dark; we're scared of what it conceals from us.

*something else new. i'm working on a few more ideas and will be collaborating with my boyfriend on a few projects.

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August 1, 2008

"Davy Crockett" hits the internet

I've just a couple of links from the past week or so here today. With "The Ballad of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)" video released last week, both the blog and the band's MySpace blog are pointing out that the video is available for easy, embeddable viewing on YouTube.

If you like the video, you may want to check out the "making of" post from Tiny Inventions' (creators of the video, along with illustrator and frequent TMBG collaborator David Cowles) blog. The post describes some of the methods used to create the video and includes lots of interesting pictures and videos.

Finally, we have an article from the Asbury Park Press speaking to some of the Disney Block Party acts including They Might Be Giants. John Flansburgh describes what it's like to play for children who might not recognize they're at a concert and tells what he's learned from audiences.

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Entrainment of Glaciomarine Sediments and Formation of Thrust-Block Moraines at the Margin of Sorsdale Glacier, East Antarctica

Sean J. Fitzsimons

Department of Geography, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

The morphology, sedimentology and structure of moraines at the margin of an outlet glacier in east Antarctica are described, and contemporary depositional processes in a marine inlet adjacent to the ice margin are examined. Results indicate that the principal moraines are thrust-block moraines produced by basal freezing and deformation of glaciomarine sediment as the outlet glacier expands into a marine inlet. Preservation of detailed glaciomarine sedimentary structures and beds of marine shells suggests that the sediment was frozen during entrainment, transportation and deposition. The presence of low-angle faults in the moraines show that the moraines consist of an en echelon arrangement of thrust plates. The sedimentology, structure, thickness of the thrust plates, and inferred entrainment processes are consistent with Weertman's ice-debris accretion hypothesis for debris entrainment at the edge of cold ice sheets. A model of thrust-block moraine development produced by this study provides a framework for the interpretation of radiocarbon dates from marine macrofossils in the moraines. The model may also be useful in the interpretation of similar moraines in coastal east Antarctic oases and other polar marginal marine environments.

Keywords: entrainment; glaciotectonics; basal freezing; thrust-block moraines

Fitzsimons, S.J. 1997. Entrainment of glaciomarine sediments and formation of thrust-block moraines at the marine of Sørsdale Glacier, East Antarctica. Earth Surface Proccesses and Landforms 22 (2), 175-187. [PDF 500kb] doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837 (199702)22:2<175::AID-ESP694>3.0.CO;2-G

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Sunday, September 23, 2001

One Degree of Separation

This President has said that we must get back to the business of our daily lives, that to do so denies the perpetrators of the terrible calamity in New York the victory of disruption that they so desperately crave. And he's right. While we must never forget what has happened, to wallow in it does us no good. Without disrespecting the memories of those who perished, the psyches of those who were traumatized or the efforts of those who were rescuers, the most important thing we can do is to move forward with new resolve. The path, of course, is not clear. But if the will is there, then we will find a way.

And so next week, I will return to documenting the twists and turns of daily life that strike me as a bit out of sync, as I have done in this space for nearly six years. In doing so I will leave it to much brighter minds than mine to work out the philosophical conundrums of liberty versus security, the practical considerations of lengthy airport check ins versus economy growth, the political consequences of military action as weighed against diplomatic efforts. Like you, I will watch, listen and participate to the best of my ability in the national conversation that will shape the future, the future that began last Tuesday at 8:45AM on a bright September morning.

But before we move on, we would be dishonoring all those affected if we didn't take away some lessons from this catastrophe. Not big ones about national security or urban safety or search and recovery... we'll leave those to the panels of experts that seem to have taken over CNN. Rather, while I was fortunate not to be directly involved with the horrors of the day, like anyone who lives in the metropolitan area, I know plenty of those who were at every level. Their stories are visceral, disturbing and heartbreaking, but also filled with tutorials. Without presuming to be definitive, and recognizing that these observations are viewed through my own imperfect prism, here are but a few.

Bob was in the revolving door of the South Tower when the first plane hit. He told me about the decisions he made that morning that put him there at that time, most specifically taking the long way around in order to get a little extra fresh air. Likewise, Tim was walking across the north bridge at the same moment, people-watching with the spare time he had. In both cases, they confessed to being where they were because the day was so beautiful that they couldn't bring themselves to hurry to their desks. I would submit that the lesson isn't to dawdle nor to speed up. Rather, it is that life can be cut short in an instant, and so you should savor the view wherever you are, wherever you're going and whatever you're doing.

In the days following the disaster, I received scores of calls and emails from people all around the country and the world, from Colorado to Ohio, from Japan to Australia, checking up on me and my family and mutual associates, and offering prayers and expressions of concern. I know how I felt when I got the communication: touched that someone was thinking of me, even people whom I barely knew. Indeed, I did much the same, reaching out to close friends, as well as people with whom I had only a passing acquaintance. Many of those I contacted spoke of the same kind of gratitude for my efforts that I had experienced. If I learned anything from that, it is that I am part of a community that I take for granted, one that I should be far more appreciative of in the future.

As businesses began to reactivate on Monday morning, there was a sense of getting ready for battle. All you had to do was look at the shots of the traders on the floor of the New York Stock exchange as a marine sang "God Bless America" to see it. The scene resembled the start of any football game, with the "Star Bangled Banner" being played over shots of athletes twitching with anticipation. And yet, for most people, the importance attached to wheeling and dealing and buying and selling and office politics seemed to have diminished. One Wall Street broker put it best: no matter what the situation, nothing is so important any more that any interaction with a client, associate, family or friend shouldn't begin with a personal conversation.

There are plenty of other lessons to take to heart. Disasters affect real people, not movie extras: the next time there is a monsoon in India or an earthquake in Japan, perhaps we'll understand that and reach out with more compassion than we've shown in the past. We need to differentiate freedom from privileges, and understand what's important. Taken another way, it's a freedom to be able to travel when and where and how we wish; it's a privilege to be able to check in 10 minutes before the flight. And no matter how stoic, how professional, how hardcore you are, you can still cry, still benefit from a hug and no one will think less of you.

Ithiel Pool, one of the grand visionaries of the modern social sciences, originated the concept "six degrees of separation" to describe the phenomenon of a shrinking world, where any random two people can discover a link through a chain of six acquaintances. But with over 5000 souls lost, that chain gets a lot shorter. It harkens back to 1961, when Berlin was partitioned and the wall went up. At the time, the US spearheaded an international effort to fly food and supplies into the besieged city. President Kennedy went there himself, and in a famous speech, declared the solidarity of the world's people with the citizens of that stricken zone. Well, in a paraphrase that I'm sure he wouldn't object to, people the world over are proclaiming that at least for this week, "Ich bin ein New Yorker."

Marc Wollin of Bedford has written Glancing Askance since 1995. It appears regularly in The Record-Review and The Scarsdale Inquirer.

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Friday, June 23, 2006

Outlining and Other Development-y Goodness

Read 'em and weep, bitches.

This is the outline board for my current script, which I am calling the Redbeard story, pending an actual title.

While I await comments from you lazy slackers who have the Cousins script (you know who you are), I'm starting on my next. I feel a little guilty that this is also a rom-commy story, but hey, that's how I roll.

I'm finding the use of the board to be very good for me. In the past I've always tried to plot out the movie in my head, figuring that if I can't remember it without writing it down, it must not be a good enough idea.

I later decided that this was ridiculous.

The board is nice and visual, y'know? I can set it up there on the desk at work and stare at it for half an hour while ideas surge around. Then I can find the place where the idea actually fits. I can gaze at the story outline in visual form and figure out where the structural weak points are. I can move things around, cut and replace, and it all happens right there before my eyes.

It's a beautiful thing.

So I have this new idea roughly plotted out. The Cousins script was the first time I did an actual outline before moving on to the draft. And because I was doing the 14-day thing, even that was a rushed outline, which will no doubt be apparent to those of you who actually read it.

In this case, I have no such deadline. So I spent this week coming up with a structurally sound outline and deciding what basic character types I wanted. Next week I will move on to some serious character development. This is supposed to be funny, and good comedy depends (in my book) on spectacular and outrageous characters.

Character is, in my own opinion, the thing I am absolutely the worst at, so I'm not sure how long I'll spend on character development before I have it right. By that time, the plot of the movie may also be all different, because I will be making changes to it as the characters demand.

So I'm in for an exciting time, I think. Drafts are obviously the big rush, and I've determined that I can crank one out pretty fast what with my long empty nights at work. But I want each successive first draft to improve. John August claims that he only does one draft. That's pretty damn good. That's a good goal, and one only gets there through improving one's planning skills.

Meanwhile, I need Greg to sell his stupid script and come back here so he can tell me when my ideas suck. I prefer to sidestep the suck when possible.

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i called you this week - but you never called back... nice looking board. haven't read the script yet... because I suck. working a bit too much and then having the fam here is slowing down my productivity... call when you get a chacne....


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Friday, September 4, 2009

Gender Differences

One of the things I find the most baffling in the world is why so many feminists want so badly to believe that the sexes are identical. I see another attempt at trying to convince the rest of the world of this nonsense in a recent Newsweek article.

This is very much a losing argument. There isn't a mammal I can think of that doesn't have dramatic behavioral differences between the males and females(and very few reptiles, fish, birds, or other higher animals for that matter). Think about animals you have spent time around. Some are more similar in behavior(rabbits, cats), some are less similar in behavior(sheep, elephant seals) but in any species I can think of there are measurable differences in behavior between males and females. I even remember it being true in mice. Female mice get used more in experiments because the males fight more if kept together. Why should humans be the one and only exception to this rule?

Also in most easily measured physical traits there are sex differences in humans. Height, weight, breast size, hormone levels, body hair, it even goes all the way down the list to symptoms of heart attacks being different between the sexes. If all these physical traits show differences between the sexes, than it would be pretty damn odd if the brain was exactly the same. The simpler conclusion is that it isn't the same.

For that matter, why should parents treat girls and boys the same? if people in every society treat boys and girls differently, than there is every reason to think there is a damn good reason for their actions. Lets face it, males and females do not get held to the same standards by society. Why shouldn't we raise our children to do well at what our culture thinks they should be good at? Certainly when it comes to dating, females who act like males, and males who act like females don't do well. Why handicap your children by letting them fall into these categories?

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The Complete Deadlift Guide: Perfect Your Form and Master The Ultimate Full Body Exercise

If you’ve never tried to deadlift, you really should. In fact, just take the next 3 minutes to read the 5 points below. They’ll reduce your fear of an exercise that is incredibly beneficial, regardless of your gender or fitness goal. And then you’ll find a guide to performing them flawlessly.

And if you already perform and love the deadlift, you can spend the same 3 minutes reading and learning why the exercise is even better than you thought. Or you can skip on ahead to the deadlift form guide. Your call.

Ready? Let’s set a timer for 3 minutes…

Reason to Deadlift #1: You’re going to get way stronger—and therefore live longer.

The deadlift is a true total body exercise that builds full body strength (both your lower and upper body will benefit). And getting stronger is NEVER a bad thing.

In fact, getting stronger is far better for you than you may think. Researchers have found a correlation between grip strength and mortality, as in those with stronger grips tend to live longer. And one thing you will definitely get from deadlifting is a strong grip.

(Not to mention stronger quadriceps, hamstrings, forearms, traps, and glutes, just to name a few.)

Reason to Deadlift  #2: That strength will come in handy throughout your (now longer) life.

There are two types of people in the world: Those who struggle to move a couch, and those who deadlift.

But let’s say you never move couches. At some point or another, you’re going to need to pick something up off of the ground. When you do, you’ll be far better suited to do so because you deadlift.

The deadlift takes a basic human movement (picking something up) and makes you far more capable at it. That means you’ll be far less likely to get hurt.

In fact….

Reason to Deadlift #3: Deadlifts actually protect you from lower back pain.

How many people do you know who complain about back pain?

That’s right, seemingly everybody.

A review of 28 studies found that, from age 30 onward, the percentage of people within an age group who are dealing with chronic low back pain increases with each passing year.

So here you are, avoiding deadlifts to save your back, but yet you still have lower back pain.

Why? Probably because you’ve been avoiding deadlifts in the first place.

Don’t believe us? Consider that studies indicate that properly training the deadlift can outright fix low back pain.

How? By strengthening the spinal erectors, or the muscles that maintain the integrity of the spine. They travel the entire length of your spine, tucking under the lats and traps, and running all the way down to your lower back.

According to research, the deadlift trains this musculature better than anything. Two studies looked at spinal erector activation during the deadlift, and found that the exercise induced high amounts of upper spinal erector activity in a way not seen with other exercises.

The studies also showed strengthening in the lower back.

“But wait,” you say. “I’m not really ‘into’ weight training.

That’s cool. And completely understandable. But before you say that weights aren’t for you, let’s just make sure you understand a few other things here…

Reason to Deadlift #4: Weight training helps you lose—and keep off—fat.

The stronger you are, the more lean body mass you carry.

The more lean body mass you carry, the higher your basal metabolic rate. That’s the number of calories your body burns on it’s own just to keep you alive—before factoring in things exercise and NEAT.

One study found that men who weight trained burned 350 more calories on average while just sitting around and watching television.

Some claim that it takes years of lifting weights to achieve this effect, but research shows otherwise. One study found that just 16 weeks of strength training produced a noticeable lift in the resting metabolic rate of a group of men aged 50-65.

And while people often think that cardio is king for keeping fat off (total myth, BTW), researchers who ran a cohort that encompassed more than 10,500 men across 12 years found that those who lifted weight gained less fat over the long haul.

Reason to Deadlift #5: Weight training improves other aspects of your health, too.

For example, one study found that muscle mass was inherently protective against diabetes.

Muscle also plays a crucial role if you ever have to recover from surgery or serious illness.

We could go on, but you get the point: Being strong is good. Having muscle is good. And deadlifts will help you build plenty of it.

That was a fun 3 minutes, right? We thought so too. Well, now that you know the value of deadlifts, let’s show you how to do them properly so you never fear them again…

Proper Deadlift Form: How to Fit the Move to Your Body Type

Maybe you’ve tried deadlifting in the past and thought the exercise just didn’t feel right. If so, you’re not alone.

The deadlift involves many muscles, all of your limbs, and every load-bearing joint (ankles, knees, hips and shoulders) in your body. There are a lot of variables at play. So having hard-and-fast rules about deadlift form is nearly impossible.

Your body is your body. That seems like an obvious fact, yet it’s one that’s often overlooked when it comes to form.

For example, two people who are the same height may have totally different torso and femur lengths.

Two women who are the same height, but have different femur lengths. Long torso, short femurs on the left. Short torso, long femurs on the right.
Long torso, short femurs on the left. Short torso, long femurs on the right.
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Strength coach Bret Contreras does an excellent job of explaining that these different bone structures will result in totally different squat forms. The same is true for the deadlift.

A person who has a short torso and long femurs will have a more hip-dominant pull, meaning that their butt will be higher in the air and most of the force will come from their glutes and hamstrings.

Meanwhile, a person who has a long torso and short femurs would be able to get lower and involve their quads a bit more.

Reading this right now, you’re probably thinking, “How do I know whether I have a short or long torso?

Glad you asked. There’s actually a relatively simple way to tell.

The technique can also tell you whether you’re better off using a sumo deadlift (very wide stance) rather than a traditional deadlift (where your feet are roughly hip-width apart) stance. (For more discussion about the pros and cons of each, see the section on “Stance” below.)

You’re going to need a measuring tape. Any standard one will do.

Measure the distance from the bony part of your hip to the floor. That’s your leg length.

Then measure from the same point on your hip to the top of your head. That’s your torso length.

Lastly, measure from the top of your shoulder to the tip of your middle finger. That’s your arm length.

Divide each of those numbers by your total height in inches. Then check the numbers against this table:

A chart of average, above average, and below average torso and femur lengths.
Source: “Improving the Deadlift: Understanding Biomechanical Constraints and Physiological Adaptations to Resistance Exercise”

Your percentages will tell you whether you have a short, long or average-length torso. Same for your arms. (We can disregard your legs, since they are essentially the opposite of your torso — i.e. if the torso is long, your legs will be short.).

Those two pieces of information can tell you whether a conventional deadlift or sumo deadlift will likely feel better for you (note: no matter what the chart says, you can always go by “feel”):

A chart of who would perform better with a sumo deadlift vs. a conventional deadlift, based on body dimensions.
Source: “Improving the Deadlift: Understanding Biomechanical Constraints and Physiological Adaptations to Resistance Exercise”

Both of those tables are from Professor Michael Hales’ excellent paper “Improving The Deadlift: Understanding Constraints and Physiological Adaptations to Resistance Exercise.” And he’s the first to state that they are not the be-all, end-all. They are merely lifting recommendations based on your body’s structure.

Other factors like strength and flexibility will also come into play. But this should help you see which approach should feel better based on what your momma gave you.

Keep in mind, this does not mean you have to “only” do conventional-style or sumo-style deadlifts forever. In fact, Hales and nearly everyone else worth their salt will recommend that you switch between the two styles occasionally.

Conventional and sumo work your muscles slightly differently (conventional requires more hip drive, while sumo involves the upper legs a little more), so using both can develop a more well-rounded base of strength.

Deadlift Form: Follow these guidelines before you pull

#1. Your stance

Conventional Deadlift Foot Placement: You can start with your feet shoulder-width apart. If you’re not sure where this is, try this: Jump in the air 2-3 times. Where your feet land naturally is the proper stance for the conventional deadlift. Your toes should point forward or outward slightly.

Sumo Deadlift Foot Placement: You can try out two different starting positions.

  • Option #1: Place your feet as wide as possible, meaning your toes are nearly flush against the weight plates. Many successful sumo deadlifters pull from this position. But one obvious drawback here is the risk of dropping the weight onto your toes. So be careful.
  • Option #2: Widen your feet as far as you can while still being able to keep your shins vertical when you lower yourself to grip the bar. The wider your stance is, the more your feet should point outward

One last note about where to stand. Set up so that the bar is about an inch to an inch-and-a-half from your shins. When you look down at the bar, it should be positioned right about the middle of your foot, blocking the laces of your shoes from view.

#2. Your grip

Figuring out where to place your hands is quite simple. Just take a shoulder-width grip.

Choosing how to grip the bar is a little more complicated, and may change throughout your workout. There are three main options:

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  • Option #1: The double-overhand grip. This is the “best” grip most of the time. As you increase the amount of weight you can deadlift, you’ll eventually reach a weight where your grip strength becomes an issue. That’s when mixed grip comes in…
  • Option #2: The mixed grip. Also known as “one overhand, one underhand” grip, this style allows you to pull heavier weights more easily. “Anybody who has trained the deadlift for a few months has had the experience of pulling on a weight that seemed too heavy even to break off the ground when tried with a double-overhand grip, only to find that it goes up surprisingly easy when the grip is alternated,” writes Mark Rippetoe in Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training.There are some drawbacks to the mixed grip, however. Research shows that the bicep activity in the supinated (underhand grip) arm is much higher during this lift. Over time, that could create muscle imbalances, so it’s a good idea to switch which arm is overhand from set-to-set or workout-to-workout.
  • Option #3: The hook grip. This grip is not very popular and for good reason—it hurts, but it’s not without benefits. The idea behind the hook grip is that you can use more weight than a double-overhand grip, since your thumbs act as hooks for the bar. But here’s the thing: Much of the weight ends up pulling on your thumbs. The stress this places on the tissue, bones, and joints of your thumbs does not feel good. One way people attempt to eliminate the grip problem altogether is to use straps.

Our suggestion would be to train without straps, with a double-overhand grip, for as many sets as possible. When you get heavy, use a mixed grip and vary which hand is over. If, after switching to a mixed grip, you still can’t hold the weight, then use straps to continue deadlifting heavy and train your grip with other exercises (farmer’s carries and suitcase deadlifts are two good options).

What to Do When You’re Ready to Lift the Weight

Ok, you’ve placed your feet and gripped the bar. It’s almost go time. Here are five things to check before you rip that sucker off the floor.

#1: Your Head

Where it goes wrong: You know that whole “look to the sky” cue? Don’t do that. Looking upward extends your neck, which is a great way to give yourself a neck strain.

How to get it right: Keep a level head position and a neutral gaze. Your chin should stay tucked. Think “tall through the back of your head.” Or, just think about creating a “double chin.” Maintain that position by looking straight ahead, rather than up, through the entire lift.

#2: Your Shoulders

A side-by-side comparison of what to do - and not to do - with your shoulders when you deadlift. Good shoulders are engaged. Bad ones are rounded, even hunched over.

Where it goes wrong: There are two potential problems here. First is the “Whoops, I rolled my shoulders forward in order to grab the bar” issue. This sets you up to pull like Quasimodo—and you don’t want to do anything in the gym looking like a hunchback. The other is the “I just wasn’t paying attention to my shoulders at all” issue. This one often winds up going Quasimodo-like as well, especially if you’re using heavy weight.

How to get it right: Pull your shoulders in and hold them tight to your sides. “Squeeze your armpits as if you had oranges in them and were trying to make juice,” is a cue we love from the always-clever Tony Gentilcore that achieves this. By pulling your shoulder blades down and in (think squeezing a pencil between your shoulder blades), you decrease the distance between your shoulders and hips, which will help you move more weight more efficiently. Plus, you’re getting your lats more involved, which will help prevent rounding.

#3: Your Legs

Where it goes wrong: Some people just bend over and grab the bar without putting any tension on the muscles they’re trying to work. While you can get away with this, it won’t put you in a position to pull the most weight, or pull it effectively. There is a better way.

How to get it right: Standing at the bar, hinge at the hips by pushing them backwards (imagine you have to open a door with your butt and you can’t use your hands). You should quickly feel tension running up the back of your legs and into your glutes. That’s a good thing. Once you feel that tension, maintain it while bending the knees just enough so that your hands can reach the bar.

#4: Your Core

Where it goes wrong: Pulling without breathing in first. What’s wrong with that?

Think of a soda can. When it’s full and sealed, it can support a ton of weight no problem. But once it’s opened and all of that pressure is released, the same weight will crumple it with ease.

A big breath in creates intra-abdominal pressure. That pressure will make you more stable, protect your spine, and help you lift far more weight.

How to get it right: Step up to the bar and get into position. Take a big breath in. As you inhale, push the air down and out to fill your abdomen. This is important: you’re not filling your chest with air (think about how you react when you’re out of breath); instead, you want to fill your belly.

Engage your core to hold your breath in that position, then lift. Keep that breath held throughout the rep, from the floor, up to lockout, and back down to the floor. Take a new breath in before every rep.

#5: Your Hands and Arms

Where it goes wrong: Gripping the bar loosely, or just pulling the bar without taking the slack out first.

How to get it right: First, when it comes to grip, grab ahold of that bar like you mean it. Regardless of which type of grip you chose, you should be gripping the bar as hard as you can.

Next, pull the slack out of the bar. What does that mean? When you grip, don’t just try to crush the bar into dust, also pull it apart.

Now, it’s go time.

Executing the Deadlift

You really only need to think about two things when you pull the bar:

  1. Push off the floor
  2. Keep everything tight (especially your core and lats)

During a conventional deadlift, if you are thinking about “pushing the floor away,” it will help you generate tension throughout your hips and knees.

If you’re doing a sumo deadlift, it may be helpful to think of this as “spreading the floor,” since that means pushing outwards on the sides of your feet.

In either case, the goal is the same: to generate tension through your knees and hips.

Keeping your core, arms, and lats engaged will help you avoid what you might call the Angry Cat Deadlift.

A picture of a cat with his back curved upward next to a lifter attempting to perform a deadlift whose back looks about the same at the cat's. This is a dangerous form fail.
Don’t do this.

In an Angry Cat Deadlift, the lats aren’t activated enough, or the person’s core isn’t sufficiently braced, and the first thing that comes up is their lumbar spine.

If your lats are engaged and your core is firmly braced, then you probably won’t run into this problem. However, if you do feel your lower back rounding, it’s a sign that you’re using too much weight. Lower the load, work at a resistance that doesn’t cause you to go cat-like, and build up over time.

When you reach the top of the rep, known as lockout, pay attention.

Some people seem to think that “locking out” means “leaning back,” but nothing could be further from the truth. Doing that hyperextends your knees and spine, which can compress those all-important spinal discs between your vertebrae.

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The goal, really, is to just stand up. When you’re standing tall while holding the weight, you’ve completed the rep. You do not need to try and shrug with your traps. Simply stand up straight, thrust your hips, and focus on squeezing your glutes at the end of the lift.

Lastly, when you reach the top of the rep, you have two options:

  1. Dropping the weight
  2. Lowering the weight back to the floor

Option #1 is generally considered bad form for most fitness trainees (and definitely will get you some angry glances from your gym’s owner, especially if you aren’t using bounce plates), but there are some times when you may consider it.

Certain training modalities use this pull-and-drop technique—Pavel Tsatsouline employed it with Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix to famous results.

But even if you’re not training for a gold medal, removing the eccentric (lowering) phase may decrease the likelihood of hamstring or lower back injuries. So if those are concerns of yours, you may want to consider using the drop. (And if you do, definitely look for bounce plates.)

But if you’re just looking to build full-body strength, you’re better off lifting and lowering the weight.

That brings us to Option #2. Remember all of that tightness you generated in order to hoist the weight? Don’t let go of it once you reach the top.

Having several hundreds pounds of weight in your hands is typically a bad time to lose rigidity.

Instead, keep all of that tension in your arms, lats, core and legs, and lower the weight to the floor. Continue to keep your feet pressed firmly into the ground. Maintain that tight grip on the barbell as you set the weight back back where it started.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Butternut Squash Bisque

I had a butternut squash in the pantry that needed to be used and had this recipe from Better Homes and Gardens. I made it vegan and wish I had posted it before Christmas so people could have given it a try. It would be delicious as a first course followed by your main dish and then dessert. This is so flavorful and is worth every moment of making it.
TIP - to make peeling your squash easier: 1) poke it 6-8 times with a paring knife, 2) place on paper towel, 3) microwave for 1 minute, flip and microwave for 1 more minute.
  • 1 2 1/2 - 3 pound butternut squash
  • 1/4 cup vegan margarine
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 medium carrots, coarsely chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 large Gala apples, peeled, cored and chopped
  • 48 ounces vegetable broth
  • 1 cup apple cider
  • 2 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup Toffuti sour cream

Peel, seed, and cube butternut squash. In 6-qt. Dutch oven melt butter over medium-high heat. Add fresh squash, onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Add apples, broth, cider, and peppers. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover; simmer 25 minutes or until vegetables and apples are tender.

Remove from heat; cool slightly. When slightly cooled, puree in pot using an immersion blender. (Or puree in batches in a blender; return soup to saucepan.)

Blend in sour cream.

Makes 8 servings.

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Albertson and Bowden Help Power Baseball Over Anderson in Series Opener

ANDERSON, S.C. -- Catawba pounded out 20 hits en route to a 24-3 South Atlantic Conference baseball victory over host Anderson on Friday night at Memorial Stadium.  Will Albertson (Sophia, N.C./Randleman/Campbell) had four hits, while Chance Bowden (Salisbury, N.C./Salisbury) had five RBI in helping the Catawba Indians improve to 12-8 overall and 4-3 in the SAC.  The Trojans fall to 7-14 and 2-5.

Shaefer Shepard (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton/Francis Marion) pitched seven innings to improve to 3-2 and got tons of early support from the hot Indian bats.  Catawba was aided by a pair of Anderson errors to plate four runs in the first.  Albertson hit a solo home run, his seventh, in the second before the Indians erupted for eight runs in the third to break the game open.

The big hits in the fourth were a two-run single from Luke Setzer (Salisbury, N.C./E. Rowan) and a two-run double by Zach Almond (Richfield, N.C./N. Stanly/UNCG).  Anderson got a two-run single from Carson Barrett in the bottom of the third to make it 13-3, but the Indians were at it again in the fourth with four more runs.

Albertson had a double in the fourth for Catawba and Dylan Richardson (Randleman, N.C./Randleman/Appalachian St.) a RBI triple.  Malachi Hanes (Charlotte, N.C./Butler) capped the inning with a home run, his second in as many games.  Bowden doubled home two runs in the sixth and capped his night with another two-run double in the ninth.

Albertson's four-hit night included four runs scored at the top of the Indian order.  Almond and Bowden both had three hits with Richardson, Hanes and Jake Kimble (Concord, N.C./Mt. Pleasant/Liberty) all collecting two hits.  Setzer, Hanes and Kimble produced three RBI, while Albertson and Almond drove in two.

Shepard allowed seven hits over his seven innings.  Only two of the runs he allowed were earned and the junior struck out seven.  Ryan Kahny (High Point, N.C./Central) finished up and allowed just one hit with three strikeouts.

Barrett and Avery Sneed each had two hits for Anderson.  Nick Contafio (1-2) took the loss as he pitched into the third.

Nine of the Catawba hits went for extra bases with five double, two triples and two home runs.  The Indians also drew 11 walks and were hit by pitches three times.

The teams are slated to finish up the three-game series with a doubleheader beginning at 1 pm on Saturday.

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Swimming @ Emory Invite (Day 2) W-3rd;M-3rd

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Football takes over top spot in SAC with 27-22 win over Tusculum

   SALISBURY, NC – Seventh-ranked Catawba earned a hard-fought 27-22 win over visiting 15th-ranked Tusculum in South Atlantic Conference football action on Saturday afternoon at Shuford Stadium and Kirkland Field  The Indians take over sole possession of first place in the SAC with the win, improving to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the SAC.  Tusculum falls to 7-2 and 4-1, ending a school-record seven-game win streak.
Defenses dominated the opening half with Catawba scoring once in each quarter for a 14-0 lead at the break.  Catawba totaled 157 yards to 72 for the Pioneers.  The Tribe capitalized on a Tusculum interception in the opening quarter to take the lead.  Jamonte Battle (Rocky Mount, NC) picked off a Carson Bradley (Paradise Valley, AZ) at the Pioneer 20 to set up the first score.  Two plays after the interception, Luke Samples (Elkin, NC) tossed a 15-yard scoring strike to Rod Tenor (Colleemee, NC) for the 7-0 lead with 43 seconds left in the quarter.  Catawba would add a second score with 31 seconds left in the half.  The Indians used a 17-play, 72-yard drive, capped by a Samples nine-yard pass to Brian Flynn (Lexington, NC).  The Indians converted twice on third down and once on fourth down to keep the drive alive.

Tusculum started hot in the final half.  On its initial drive the Pioneers were inside the Catawba 20, but a sack forced a punt.  The Pioneers would score on its next two possessions to tie the game.  The first score came on an eight-yard pass from Tony Colston (Clinton, TN) to Matt Riggs (Dayton, TN) with 8:40 left in the quarter.  The Pioneers second score came on a one-yard plunge by Chris Mosley (Clarksville, TN) at the 4:51 mark of the quarter.

The Pioneers held Catawba on the ensuing drive, but fumbles on its next two possessions were costly.  The first fumble was recovered by LaQuane Talley (Charlotte, NC) at the Pioneer 38.  Samples would connect with Brian Carter (Alexandria, VA) for 38 yards on third down to put Catawba back on top 21-14 with 1:47 left.  Colston was sacked on the next drive by Marcus Huntley (Morven, NC) and Brian Biggs (Fayetteville, NC) recovered at the Pioneer 12.

Rodney Wallace (Bamberg, SC) would score from a yard out to give Catawba a 27-14 lead with 13:37 remaining.  The point after snap was mishandled and later fumbled with D.J. Starling (Fort Valley, GA) returning it for the Pioneer defense to trim the lead to 27-16.  The Pioneers would march 91 yards in five plays to cut the margin to 27-22 with 3:32 left as Colston passed 15 yards to Antwain Glenn (Moore, SC).  The two-point play failed.

Catawba’s Jonus Scott (Union, SC) recovered a Pioneer onside kick attempt at midfield and the Indians ran out the clock.  The final key play came on third-and-14 with just under two minutes to play when Corey Ready (Aiken, SC) threw a wide receiver pass to Carter for 49 yards to the Pioneer five to seal the win.

Tusculum would out-gain Catawba 341 to 323, but committed three turnovers to just one for the Tribe.  Samples completed 16-of-31 passes for 189 yards and three scores, while Wallace banged out 58 yards against a Pioneer defense allowing a NCAA II-low 46 yards per contest.  The Indians ran for 85 total yards to just 18 for Tusculum.  It also marked the first time this season that Tusculum was held without a sack.

Colston passed for 293 yards, on 24-of-30 passing with two touchdowns.  Marvin Kelly (Bennettsville, SC) hauled in nine receptions for 105 yards, while Kevin Wolcott (Crossville, TN) had eight grabs for 87 yards.  Wolcott went over the 2,000-yard mark in career receiving yards, becoming the first Pioneer to accomplish the feat.  Ready had six receptions to lead Catawba, while Carter had 119 yards on four grabs.

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Track/Field @ adidas Winthrop Invitational (Day 2), Stats
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«September 2017»
September 1

Volleyball vs. MONTEVALLO 3-2

September 2

Cross Country in CHICK-FIL-A INVITE W-2nd; M-3rd

Tennis (M) @ Belmont Abbey Individual Tourn.

Volleyball vs. BELMONT ABBEY 1-3

Volleyball vs. CHOWAN 3-0

Soccer (M) vs. ERSKINE 1-2

September 3

Soccer (W) @ Barton 2-0

September 6

Soccer (M) vs. MOUNT OLIVE 1-3

Soccer (W) vs. LIMESTONE 1-3

September 8

Cross Country @ Lenoir-Rhyne Invite W-3rd,M-3rd

Volleyball @ Winston-Salem St. 0-3

September 9

Tennis (W) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 1)

Tennis (M) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 1)

Football @ VMI 27-20

Soccer (M) @ Belmont Abbey 0-4

September 10

Tennis (W) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 2)

Tennis (M) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 2)

Soccer (W) vs. FLAGLER 0-4

September 15

Volleyball @ Mars Hill 3-1

September 16

Volleyball vs. TUSCULUM 2-3

Soccer (M) vs. MARS HILL 0-1

Football @ UNC Pembroke 41-9

Soccer (W) vs. MARS HILL 4-0

September 18

Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 1 (Club at Irish Creek)

September 19

Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 2 (Club at Irish Creek) 11th of 16

Volleyball @ Lenoir-Rhyne 0-3

September 20

Soccer (W) @ Newberry 2-1

Soccer (M) @ Newberry 2-4

September 22

Volleyball @ Lincoln Memorial 1-3

September 23

Cross Country @ Bulldog Stampede W-5th;M-9th

Golf (W) @ Battle at Old South - Day 1 (Old South GC)

Soccer (W) @ Coker 3-0

Volleyball @ Carson-Newman 0-3

Football vs. MARS HILL 37-13

Soccer (M) @ Coker 2-1

September 24

Golf (W) @ Battle at Old South - Day 2 (Old South GC) 15th of 18

September 25

Golf (M) @ King Inv - Day 1 (CC of Bristol)

September 26

Golf (M) @ King Inv - Day 2 (CC of Bristol) 8th of 10

Tennis (W) @ Pfeiffer 9-0

Volleyball vs. ANDERSON 0-3

September 27

Tennis (M) @ Pfeiffer 7-2

Soccer (W) vs. USC AIKEN 5-0

September 29

Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1)

Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1)

Cross Country @ Royals Challenge W-13th;M-14th

Volleyball vs. QUEENS 0-3

September 30

Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2)

Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2)

Football @ Carson-Newman 18-31

Volleyball vs. WINGATE 0-3

Soccer (W) vs. GEORGIA COLLEGE 1-3

Soccer (M) vs. LANDER 3-6

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The Wagon Train is Coming to Town - Hangtown, that is!

Good morning. Tina here.

As we go about our day today, there are wagons heading to town. The Wagon Train Caravan is on its way to Placerville.

They will spend the night at High Hill Ranch in Camino on Friday.

I am excited about this, because on Saturday morning, as the 2014 El Dorado Rose, I get to get up in a wagon and ride with them into Hangtown for the parade!

I am getting my dress and pinafore ready, and my sunbonnet is waiting at the door.

Next week hopefully I will have lots of photos to show of our trek into town. The photos above are vintage, the first two from 1969 and the last one above 1978.

Wagons ho!

Heidi Ann said...

Very cool! I love seeing the old photos that bring back memories of the parade from back in the day.
And I am excited for you, too - and looking forward to seeing pictures from your "ride"!

Candice said...

Have fun at your parade! I can't imagine riding in a covered wagon! Boy do we have an easy life compared to pioneers.

lorlore said...

Have fun, keep cool, can't wait for the photos!!!!!


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[ Sunday, March 02, 2003 ]

....I am pissed!! I have been discussing rationally the Bush presidency with friends from both sides for awhile now, and I have been forced to come to the conclusion that we are indeed in dangerous times.
...Not unlike the true 60s, anti-war sentiment is seen by the conservatives as TREASON....not free speech.
...Not unlike the true 60s, anti-Bush (anti-establishment) sentement is seen as anti-American at best and part of a global communist conspiracy.
...This right-wing cultural paranoia is tearing my country apart.
...And I place the blame squarely on the shoulders of GW Bush.
...Perhaps unfairly, the Shrub will take the blame 'cause he is the president, the leader of the Republican party, and the figurehead of a global right-wing cabal that WILL succeed in damaging America and American interests for decades to come.

I hereby declare open war.......on the president, on his party, and on all the republican and democrat hacks that have and continue to ruin my country, poison America's relationships around the world, and turn Americans against each other in the worse partisan civil war since Nixon.

The gloves are off......the magazines are loaded and the bayonets fixed............
...we're going in....!
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Monday, April 5, 2010

E(xtremely) S(tupid) P(eople) N(etwork) and O(pening) D(ay)

I really hate to piss on the parade of cockeyed optimism even the most jaded fan (yrs truly) feels on Opening Day, but I just had to comment about the ESPN pre-game show last night.

What the fuck WAS it? In other words what, exactly, was THAT?

Is it just me, or did any of the rest of you wonder what in hell Dr. Dre, Lebron James and Mr. Whozzywhatsis Big Deal Record Exec were doing on the broadcast? Hyping their "Beats" headphones? I had to look at the channel to make sure the dog didn't accidentally hit something on the remote and flip the TV over to an informercial, fahcryinoutloud!

Look, I fully realize that ESPN has been somewhat unwatchable for a long time, like almost, forever, but last night really, really took the cake. What, exactly, do Dre, James and Mr. Who-zzy have to do with baseball, exactly? If anyone here has the answer, please speak up!

As if all that wasn't bad enough, what was also with the lovefest for No-MAH Garciaparra? Self-promotion and hype at its absolute worst...and for No-MAH to admit that he played in Fenway for, oh, what, eight years? and had never seen the inside of the Green Monster was a little...strange and off-putting, and a real metaphor for how much some of the modern player types care about the sport and its history, really. I mean, I don't know about you, but if I were fortunate enough to wear the uniform of a major league baseball team, playing in an historic venue such as Fenway, I'd be like a kid in candy store. *Sigh* But, I suppose, that's just me, and neither here nor there.

Anyway, Opening Day is here, finally. Despite myself, I actually am looking forward to listening to the game on the FAN today, since I can't watch it. As the New York Lottery is fond of saying, you never know, and as many have said throughout the years, hope springs eternal.

I did have one good laugh this morning on the way to work, though. And that was in listening to the parody of the wonderful Fogarty song "Centerfield," in which Al Dukes laments that "Jerry's our coach," and asks the question that eternally mystifies most Mets fans - "What did he" and goes even one further, asking "who will play, shortstop, and centerfield?"

Who will play, indeed? The mystery continues, but for today, it's Mets baseball! Batter up!

thomas said...

Glad to see some new posts here. I have been relegated to only the blogs that somehow my cpmpanies software has missed in it's prohibition of internet fun, and i like to have as many different points of view as i can, although they all seem to be nearly the same these days...But i have to ask...DINGO...DEB....Are these the people i think they may be?

Deb said...

I think they are; the real question is, are YOU who I think YOU are? Thomba? From the old

thomas said...

Tis I...Tis I.

Like i said, luckily the stupid filters here at work miss a lot of the

Deb said...

I hope all is well, Thomas. Anything new and exciting in your life you wish to share?

thomas said...

Uh...not really. May be moving back to Boston in August....go back to Architectural school, start my life over at

What's up with you guys?

Interesting, my little word verification is

thomas said...

So...I was wondering if i might do the GBU game rating for game two?

it would go a little something like this....

Piss Poor

After Maine somehow managed to hobble through five innings only giving up four runs and leave the game only down by three, you could just feel the foreboding as Jerry Manuel turned to Jennry "I'm only 20 and should be starting in AA" Mejia AKA Jennry "i was supposed to be eased into this in non-pressure situations" Mejia in the sixth, who promptly was hit pretty hard letting up amazingly just one run. Next in the seventh Jerry turns to Sean "how'd i even make this team and cost the mets a better pitcher in the first place" Green, who gives up yet another run. And then comes the bottom of the seventh, it's at this point the Mets and their fans start thinking about the thank you cards they'll have to send the Marlins BP and fielders for letting them back in this game. But wait, Down just three with two outs, bases loaded and None other than David Wright at the plate, the mets coaching staff once again decide to strike, using the always fleet footed Fernando Tatis (sarcasm!) as their wepon of mass detruction, unsuccessfully trying to score on a passed ball that managed to get about a foot away from the catcher (slight exageration for emphasis), thus taking the bat, and the game out of your best hitters hands.

Then come the bright spots of the Mets pitching, as Feliciano shut the Marlins down in the eighth and the Marlins managed to finish the job of handing the game back to the Mets in the Bottom half. Krod pitched a shut down ninth, and Mets fans were starting to believe once again.

Then in the ninth with two outs, wright on first and the newest bright spot of the Mets Jason Bay at the plate, the coching staff strikes again, doing the unthinkable, sending wright.

Let's pause for a minute to review this decision, which every arm-chair manager and their best friends (yes i mean fido) thought was a no-brainer...

Downside? Wright is thrown out, inning over, once again taking the bat and thus the game out of the hands of one of your best hitters. Upside? Wright steals the base, and as would happen, Bay is walked, still taking the bat and thus the game out of the hands of one of your best hitters.

Well, apparently Fido is smarter than Jerry and Razor "i've lost my" Shines afterall.

As fate would have it, that would be the end of the possible comeback for the mets, as foregoing Nieve, Manuel brings in Hisanori "i've never thrown a major league pitch" Takahashi, who promptly gives up the game winning run.

sidenote...Manuel did bring in Nieve to get them outta the inning with no further damage so that the bottom of our lineup could have one last shot at the Marlins pen...but alas, we just didn't have the firepower down there.

Recap...deserving or not we might've won this game had the caoching staff used, Nieve, Pedro, and Krod before going to the others and had they allowed our big bats an opportunity to actually come through.

In one word, from this fan...disgusted!

Deb said...

Very interesting, Thomas. I have to say I fell asleep before all the good stuff started, but did see Jenrry "Don't Ask Me Why I Just Can't Spell it 'Henry'" Mejia get hit pretty hard. At that point, I think it was 5-1 or 6-1, and frankly, I was too tired to consider even watching anymore.

Frankly, pondering why Jenrry spells his name that way was the most interesting part of the game.... lol.


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This Guy I Know

A guy I know has had hepc since 1972, never any symptoms after first six months. drank oplenty till 1980 when his kid was born - hard to drink much and get up four times a nite  and go to work. They didn't even know about c until about 85, which is why so many were infected from transfusions and the like. Very common amongst our cohort, the wild generation, whooo! He was actually diagnosed from donating blood after they started testing it. Did interferon when it became available around 2000, didn't take, still no symptoms. When the doctor said to quit, no problem because he was already bored w/chili, but I heard it's not so easy for some folks. Now they have a sure cure, but I'm skeptical, waiting to see some realtime results, do not trust the medical system at all. Diet and exercise if he ever develops any willpower. He actually talks to his liver, "hang on, buddy, we're in this together".

This other guy, Dave, was legendary. Sometimes drink beer all night, no sleep and go to work at metro, fucking ironman, but lost all his friends and daughter. A rough road. He had some kind of childhood disease that was supposed to take him out so he just didn't give a shit. If you opened his box, right now, he'd tell you he didn't have a problem. stupid juice, like I said. Without booze the Irish would probably control the world instead of YNW.

I had read early on that regular daily drinking was worse than binging for the liver, takes about three days to clear the fat that causes cirrhosis, so I'd always knock off for a while, which is why I'm still around, but we both know it's because of the blessed virgin, maybe not, maybe she just feels a little guilty for letting the kid run wild. He would have made a good rabbi or at least a good carpenter, give her a lot of grandchildren,  but NO, he had to go fucking with the Sanhedrin mafia and hang with the hippies and skanks, couldn't stand no water and god forbid his no good friends go without loaves and fishes for one afternoon. Husband no help, always saying it didn't come from his side of the family. What's a mother to do?

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Ambiguity and Architecture: Why Something Being So Wrong is So Right in the Fantastic

Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer commented that “architecture, more than any of the arts, is the most susceptible to the hazards of nature, time and man,” and that “for all its apparent sturdiness and supposed permanence” is actually, “relatively frail” (6). In relating this reality of the second law of thermodynamics to what Jack Morgan refers to as sinister loci (189), where “deteriorating place speaks emphatically of organic deterioration in general” (184), there emerges an essential application of the dwelling as a device for the fantastic. In this paper I will demonstrate how both Freud and Todorov’s definitions of the fantastic are enabled through the use of architecture in fantastic literature.

Dale Bailey notes that “in few other genres does setting play such a significant and defining role” (4). An implicit connection in Alok Bhalla’s The Cartographers of Hell, provides an interesting impetus for why setting is accorded such importance in the fantastic. He states that “Gothic novels are often constructed out of a series of fragmentary tales of agony and decay told by a variety of narrators” on the same page where the Talmud is quoted as saying, “Demons are fond of assembling in ruins” (39). By means of an illustration, take the challenge to imagine substitutions for classic gothic settings, such as “Jonathan Harker imprisoned in Count Dracula’s suburban Cape Cod” concluding that “the pendulum just isn’t the same without the pit” (Bailey, 4). It is more than just the obviously disturbing quality of the Gothic castle’s “awesome antiquity, vast distances and ramblings, deserted or ruined wings, damp corridors, unwholesome hidden catacombs and galaxy of ghosts” which serve to make it “a nucleus of suspense and daemoniac fright” (Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror, 25). It should also be noted that while I have only referenced the Gothic castle, our discussion includes all manner of ‘bad places’ such as “adamentine cathedrals, ruined monasteries, sepulchral vaults of the Inquisition, feudal mansions, and gloomy convents” (Bhalla, 84). While these familiar elements of sinister loci have an immediate aspect of menace, there is a deeper underlying cause for their recurrence, adaptation and modification in the history of fantastic literature.

Christopher Bollas notes that “the world of architecture…and the world of psychoanalysis…intersect” (28). Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Space proposed “a new field of investigation…that would be attuned to the way architecture and space affect…inner psychological states” (Kaufman, 59). Even as I write this paper, surrounded by the noise of busy building contractors, I am acutely aware of how psychologically unsettling it is to have one’s home in a state of renovation or disrepair, where things are not as they ought to be. Referencing Freud’s essay on The Uncanny, Maria Tartar shows how the German word heimlich, which can be taken to mean “belonging to the home”, and unheimlich, which is commonly translated in Freud as “uncanny” relate the literature of the fantastic to the concept of home as a place of “domestic comfort” (170). Morgan notes that “in this etymology, the house is the defining symbol of what is right and normal, the violation of which situates primitive anxieties” (183). The settings of fantastic literature, be they the Castle of Otranto, Poe’s house of Usher, Dicken’s collection of bleak houses, Lovecraft’s Witch-House, or King’s Overlook Hotel are all domestic abodes where things are definitely not right and normal, but are rather desecrated spaces “of moral and spiritual desolation…tainted with sin and corruption” (Bhalla, 79).
At the outset of the Gothic, this relationship between architecture and the state of unheimlich manifested in more overtly imposing and ruined structures. As Bhalla demonstrates, “For the Romantic imagination, then, Gothic architecture came to be associated with the sacred, as a place where every gesture was an hierophany” (74), in contrast to the ruin, which would have been “an image charged with religious and ethical valuations which are the inverse of those radiated by the cathedral” (79). The Gothic castle would be interpreted into the Victorian framework of the “architectural canvas of Dickens’ Bleak House, which included a collection of structures representing “the system that contains and connects them all…encompassing the breadth of Victorian society…pervaded by images of darkness at noon and of the vast labyrinth that underpins and connects everyone” (Tropp, 72-73). In more recent treatments such as Poltergeist and The Amityville Horror, the nature of domestic unheimlich is even more subtle, since the houses themselves are not physically in ruins until the close of the story, when the buildings tears themselves to pieces. Dale Bailey conjectures a possible reason for this; to send a mixed message to the middle class consumers of both the Amityville novel and film:
"On the one hand, it reassured them that their dream, their American Dream, was safe. Such things only happen in the realm of fiction. On the other hand, it confirmed their very worst fears the American economy was crumbling, and if the demons didn’t get you, the IRS surely would.” (66)
One is reminded of Jesus’ word picture of the spiritual state of the scribes and Pharisees being “like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness” (King James Bible, Matt. 23:29) It also demonstrates that the sense of unheimlich comes from more than physical deconstructions. It is also manifest in the ambiguity of the outer façade of a dwelling, “insofar as it demarcates and isolates the malefic region in a particularly adequate way” (Lévy, 38). Or to put it in more banal terms, “what takes place within the four walls of a house remains a mystery to those shut out from it” (Tartar, 169).

This ambiguity brings us to Todorov’s definition of the fantastic, where “the possibility of a hesitation” between natural and supernatural causes “creates the fantastic effect” (26). A dwelling is a constructed barrier between those within and those without. To those on the outside, there is an ambiguity about what goes on within. Even to those within, there are barriers between rooms and in the spaces between walls, like the room Walter Gilman rents in Lovecraft’s “The Dreams in the Witch-House”: “The darkness always teemed with unexplained sound—and yet he sometimes shook with fear lest the noises he heard should subside and allow him to hear certain other fainter noises which he suspected were lurking behind them” (324).

Though both the ambiguity of structural barriers and the unheimlichkeit of sinister loci in their various manifestations, we can see how architecture readily serves the aspect of the fantastic in literature. As Christopher Bollas notes, “The work of the architect, then, involves important symbolic issues of life and death. Demolishing the existent structure to make way for a new one plays upon our own senses of limited existence and foretells our own ending” (29). Through the anthropomorphized space of the sentient or haunted house, we are provided with tales that speak to our own ruin, our own psychological cellars, and our own too familiar obeisance to the law of entropy.

Bailey, Dale. American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Culture. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1999.

Bhalla, Alok. The cartographers of hell : essays on the Gothic novel and the social history of England. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1991.

Bollas, Christopher. “Architecture and the Unconscious.” International Forum of Psychoanalysis. 9 (2000): 28-42.

Kaufman, Eleanor. “Living Virtually in a Cluttered House.” Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities. 7 (2002): 159-169.

Lévy, Maurice. Lovecraft: A Study in the Fantastic. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1988.

Lovecraft, H. P. “The Dreams in the Witch-House.” The dream cycle of H.P. Lovecraft : dreams of terror and death. New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, 324-355.

Lovecraft, H. P. Supernatural Horror in literature. New York: B. Abrahamson, 1945.

Morgan, Jack. The biology of horror: Gothic literature and film. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press) 2002.

Pfeifer, Bruce Brooks. Introduction. Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder. Ed. David Larkin and Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. New York: Universe Publishing, 1997, 6-9.

Tatar, Maria M. “The Houses of Fiction: Toward a Definition of the Uncanny.” Comparative Literature. 33, (1981) 167-182.

Todorov, Tzvetan. The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre. Trans. Richard Howard. New York: Cornell University Press, 1975.

Tropp, Martin. Images of Fear: How Horror Stories Helped Shape Modern Culture (1818-1918). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1990.

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Never Leave Your Child Unattended!

When we only had Gracie this rule of thumb was easy to follow. However, since having baby Emily it's not as easy as it used to be. While attending one, the other is sure to be elsewhere. And while chasing one in one direction, the other one is surely going the other way. The first picture was taken after I selfishly took a shower and tried to get ready for the day...
I let Gracie finger paint on her own, and apparently she wanted to body paint as well!
This next picture was taken during the time I was trying to help Gracie with a snack.
I saw Emily doing this and was thinking to myself, "No... she can't be!" And sure enough she did! The things these little turkeys can get into!


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Welcome to the 2016 intake of the MSc in Sports Industry Management!

The new cohort arrived on emlyon business school’s Lyon-Ecully campus on Monday September 26th for the opening ceremony where Hervé Gasiglia, Director of MS, MSc in and Programme I.D.E.A., gave an inspiring speech to all incoming cohorts explaining how emlyon business school will help students reach their career ambitions!

On the same day, students attended an academic presentation of the programme given by Antoine Haincourt and Corinne Berneman, members of the pedagogical team of the MSc in Sports Industry Management. During a couple of hours they gave the students a detailed overview of their future international adventure and answered all of their questions.

After attending different presentations and taking part in team buildings activities just outside of Lyon, students of the MSc in Sports Industry Management traveled to the French Alps (Annecy) for the rest of their induction week. In Annecy, students were welcomed by Antoine Haincourt and Darin Reisman who works within the International Relations & Market Research department of official programme partner Outdoor Sports Valley. From attending different sports activities such as paddle surfing to meeting high end representatives of the sports industry such as Frederic Ducruet, CEO of Millet Mountain Group and Frederic Fages, Brand Director, the cohort got a taste of what their new adventure was going to look like!

This year, the MSc in Sports Industry Management welcomes international students coming from many different countries, backgrounds and professional horizons. The cohort is comprised of students from 11 different countries including Canada, China, Ecuador, Germany, France, India, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco and Nigeria.

Students of the MSc in Sports Industry Management have now officially started classes on emlyon business school’s Paris campus and we wish them good luck for their future endeavors!

Want to know more about the MSc in Sports Industry Management? Discover the programme here!

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Whitby July 2009

Had a trip to Whitby in July last year. Never uploaded any of the pictures at the time. With the bad weather we have had for the last few weeks I have not been able to shoot anything new so have been going through some old photos. Here are a few from last year.

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Monday, February 25, 2013

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This photoshop action will make a very versatile bow!   The action will stop at each different part of the bow, so you can select the color or pattern for EACH part.  Such as you can have the under side of the bow different then the top part...  you could even have EACH part different colors if you wanted!  Script also ends in layers to do even MORE adjusting.. adding textures, overlays etc.   Let your imagination go wild with this bow.  :)   Commercial Use ok.
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