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AUGUST 17, 2008, Vol 58, No 17

THE CHURCH HAS stubbornly maintained that "the human person" should be at the centre of all ethical decisions. Doesn’t this imply that the morality of organ trade depends on how many human persons may benefit with it?

Some think that legalizing organ trade will solve the problem of shortage of kidneys and save the lives of kidney patients waiting for a transplant. An ethical and controlled kidney market will also wipe out the unethical black market that already exists, they say.

Others disagree. They think the poor (who are more likely to be the sellers) will be exploited by the rich (who are more likely to be the buyers). The organ trade will also increase the demand for kidneys, since those who sell their kidney will be more likely to need a kidney themselves, when, in their old age, their only kidney may start to fail. Furthermore, organ trade will discourage possible donors to donate when they see that others are getting paid for what they would have given freely.

These two opposite conclusions are however based on the same kind of reasoning: The consequences of legalizing organ trade decide its morality; if legalizing organ trade brings about more benefits than harm, then it should be pursued.

SINGAPORE – Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life) has received little attention in the Singapore archdiocese. However, a significant step to increase awareness of Humanae Vitae and the existence of NFP was made recently when lay people from the Catholic Medical Guild of Singapore,

NFP instructors, and Marriage Preparation Course spiritual director Father Anthony Hutjes presented a half-day refresher course on Humanae Vitae and NFP to the priests of the Singapore archdiocese on Jun 18 at the St. Francis Xavier Major Seminary.

The next step in the increase-awareness plan involves NFP instructors working closer with parish priests to set up more NFP training centres and to recruit and train more NFP instructors. There are now only 15 active NFP instructors looking after 15 NFP centres.

It is hard to get NFP instructors because the one-to-one instruction involves very private matters of a woman, which is why women have more success in teaching NFP than men, with the exception of doctors.

NFP instructors must first be NFP practitioners. NFP is taught by married or engaged couples and can be taught by a married woman alone, but not a married man alone unless the man is a doctor.

A single woman is not allowed to teach NFP as she does not know the related issues of married life, family and couple relationships, pregnancy, reproductive health, etc. Those who attend NFP classes also use this opportunity to ask questions about such issues.

Couples who show interest in becoming NFP instructors have to undergo training sessions held over two weekends, after which they will be attached to an NFP centre for on-job-training for a year. In order to graduate to become instructors, they need to sit for an examination.

NFP instructors need to commit to counsel weekly. They must have the love to want to tell people about this programme, as well as the love to patiently teach and explain the method. They also need to be ‘thick-skinned’ in order to talk with complete strangers about their private parts and reproductive health.

Under the auspices of Family Life Society, a public congress titled "Love, Sex and Babies: What’s the church doing in my bedroom?" will be held to discuss issues of whether Humanae Vitae is passé or if it is even more urgent today.

It will be held on Oct 27, 9am to 5pm at Blessed Sacrament Church. Details can be found on

JULY 17 WAS supposed to be the best day of my World Youth Day pilgrimage. I was supposed to get to see with my own eyes two people that I’ve been wanting to see for a long time.

The first person was Pope Benedict XVI, who was due to arrive in Sydney that afternoon at Darling Harbour. Indeed it was the dream of many from Australia and many parts of Asia to get to see the pope with our own eyes, a dream that brought hundreds of thousands of us to Sydney for this World Youth Day.

The second person I was dying to meet was Christopher West, author of two books ("Theology of the Body for Beginners" and "Good News about Sex & Marriage") that saved my faith at a time when I fell away from the Catholic Church.

West was giving a talk that evening on Pope Benedict’s teaching on erotic and divine love, and I had planned to attend it, shake his hand, take a photo with him and even give him a signed copy of my own book.

However, things didn’t turn out so well for me that day. To start with, the morning’s catechesis with a bishop was a pale comparison to the one we received the previous day. It was informative but nowhere as interesting as the first.

Then, being the naturally introverted person that I am, I felt that I needed a break from the crowds. Since I was going to see the pope again that weekend, I decided to take a long train ride to have some time to reflect on the trip so far, instead of rushing with the crowds to see the pope arrive.

That was the first bad decision, and because of it, I lost a brand new scarf I was wearing for the first time, and I lost my World Youth Day pilgrim’s guide and liturgy guide.

Later in the evening, I headed back to the city to find a cafe that had been recommended to me. After walking for 20 minutes in a hilly estate, I found the cafe, but it was closed. How disappointing! "But it’s okay, there’s still Christopher West to look forward to," I comforted myself. Knowing his popularity, I had taken the trouble to register for his talk before I left Singapore to ensure I got a seat.

After another long walk to State Theatre, where the talk was to be held, I arrived half an hour early to find that the talk had been moved to the Darling Harbour Convention Centre, about a 30-minute walk away. So I rushed all the way to the new venue, covering the distance in 20 minutes, only to discover the hall was already fully packed.

"But I registered!" I protested in vain to the security guard, who remained as cold as the Sydney winter. As I looked at the crowd of people squeezing their way in, all trying to obtain a seat at the talk marked as a "Not To Miss event" in the Youth Festival Guide, I felt my hopes of meeting Christopher West melt away.

How could a day which began with such promise end up with one disappointment after another? And what else could go wrong? I wandered through the convention centre but found nothing else of interest, save for a few security guards amused at the crowd of pilgrims trying to bargain their way into the auditorium.

Without realizing it, I found myself standing outside three double doors behind which adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation were taking place.

"Since I’m here, I might as well go in for a few minutes," I said to myself as I pushed open the doors and entered the large hall.

I quietly made my way to a relatively empty spot in the otherwise surprisingly full hall and knelt before the Blessed Sacrament, pouring out all the disappointment and frustration that had been building up inside me the whole day.

Within two minutes, I felt warm tears streaming down my face as an overwhelming sense of comfort washed over me. With it came the sudden realization that amid the hustle and bustle of rushing from one talk to another, from one train to another, and away from the crowds to have some personal space, I had forgotten my reason for coming to World Youth Day.

As I had scrawled on a pilgrims’ wall just a few days previously: "We have come from Singapore to meet Jesus!" And there, in the Blessed Sacrament, I met Jesus. And I understood that had I not had such a terribly disappointing day, I would not have been able to experience the God of comfort in such a wonderful way.

I also came to understand one reason why there must be suffering in the world – because without suffering, we would never be able to experience the joy and relief that come at the end of suffering.

I also came to realize that God, in his goodness, comforts us in our suffering, and when we comfort others in their suffering, we become a presence of God for them.

As it turned out, Jul 17 was indeed the best day of my World Youth Day pilgrimage – not because I met Christopher West or the pope, but because I met Jesus.  - By Daniel Tay

SINGAPORE – You cannot claim to be Catholic and not be involved in social mission, said Laurence Lien to an audience of over 400 at the Social Mission Conference organized by the Catholic Social and Community Council (CSCC).

The full-day conference was held on Saturday Jul 26 at the Regional English Language Centre.

Mr Lien, Director of Lien Foundation Centre for Social Innovation, was one of 18 speakers invited to speak on different aspects of social mission at this conference.

CSCC has been promoting awareness of social mission among Catholics in the Singapore Archdiocese since its formation as the umbrella body of Catholic charity and social organizations in November 2006. It has actively encouraged and facilitated the recruitment of volunteers for its member organizations, and maintains a website and a social mission page in every issue of CatholicNews.

At the conference, three speakers – President of National Council of Social Services RADM (Ret) Kwek Siew Jin; CEO of National Volunteer
and Philanthropy Centre
Tan Chee Koon; and
Laurence Lien – mapped out the sociological trends affecting families and youth, the elderly and disabled. They elaborated on where help is unavailable or inadequate, and how Catholics can respond.

Panel discussions were held on how to deal with social realities and on how to serve the community. Faith and theological reflections also featured.

One panelist, Braema Mathi, current coordinator of a human rights group MARUAH and founder and former President of Transient Workers Count Too, shared with the audience what moving amongst Catholics has done for her, a Hindu educated in a Catholic mission girls’ school.

One thing she has never forgotten about Catholics, Ms Mathi told the audience, was that
"Catholics made all these perilous journeys to new lands to found what’s important to that particular community". "Now the religious Brothers and Sisters communities are getting smaller… the layperson’s good work has to increase." The religious who put in so much good work need us to come in now, she added.

Ms Mathi added that Catholicism "has articulated a lot of the thoughts already in [my] head, [such as] ‘fair treatment’ and ‘impartial share of benefits’ and what these mean. Catholics understand the fundamental principles of what motivates them.
I have never found any other group as consistent in hymns, prayers, classroom teachings."

Father Patrick Goh, Chancellor of the Singapore Archdiocese and Parish Priest of Church of the Holy Family and a member of the Senate of Priests and Board of Consultors, urged the audience to search for new ways to organize and to ask "what are the organizations and structures around us that keep us poor?"

Unlike before 1987, "we don’t ask the ‘why’ question anymore," he remarked. History has shown us that to ask ‘why’ is dangerous, he explained.

"If I give food to the poor, they
call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor are hungry, they call me
a… communist," he said, alluding
to the 1987 "Marxist conspiracy" allegations levelled at some members and organizations of the Catholic Church in Singapore.

"If we are serious about our social mission, there’s no way we can not ask the ‘why’ question – why this social injustice (exists or continues). We must penetrate through the sense of fear," he said.

"If we’re working, we should not hide our light under the bushel," he said in response to a question. "At the same time, we shouldn’t be doing [our social work] for our own glory. [We do our work] not to advance the stand of the church but out of love for our brothers and sisters."

CSCC Executive Director Joyce Koh was pleased that the conference attracted a diverse audience and hopes more Catholics will get to know that social mission is part of their duty.

"Creating awareness is a start" to actually getting them to be involved, she said. - By Joyce Gan

Pilgrims & Attendance

70,000 international pilgrims took part in Days of the Diocese throughout Australia during the week before WYD08

150,000 attended the Opening Mass at Barangaroo and CBD sites

In excess of 400,000 people attended the Final Mass at Southern Cross Precinct

500,000 people came out to welcome Pope Benedict on Thursday Jul 17 on the Boat-a-cade, Official Arrival at Barangaroo and Motorcade

223,000 people registered for pilgrim services during WYD08 (110,000 international pilgrims + 113,000 local pilgrims)

Over 170 nations were represented at World Youth Day Sydney 2008

168 international flags took part in the Procession of Flags at the WYD08 Opening Mass

WYD08 events were watched
live by an estimated international TV audience of 500 million, with TV and Internet audiences combined reaching one billion, the WYD08 official online social networking site, is expected to attract 225,000
pilgrims as a result of the event

The World Youth Day website received over 500,000 unique users from Jul 12 - 20.

WYD08 online streaming received over 250,000 visits during the event period, watching events live all around the world

There were 2,000 accredited media for WYD08

Pilgrim Services

100,000 pilgrims slept in 400 schools and parishes

Over 12,000 pilgrims stayed in Sydney Olympic Park throughout the week

40,000 were billeted as part of the WYD08 HomeStay programme

450 Youth Festival events took place in over 100 venues

In Terrey Hills, more than 350 cardinals and bishops from overseas enjoyed a lunch hosted by the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell.

An average of 2,500 pilgrims walked through the Vocations Expo every hour

Catechesis was delivered at 235 locations across Sydney in 29 different languages

The WYD08 Choir consisted of 300 members, the WYD08 Orchestra was an 80 piece orchestra

1,000 priests heard confession during the WYD08 week.


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Students from Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., stands in front of Native American Vietnam veteran Nathan Phillips Jan. 18 near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in this still image from video.  (CNS photo/Kaya Taitano, social media via Reuters)

WASHINGTON (CNS) — An independent investigation into the much-discussed encounter that went viral between Catholic high school students, a Native American tribal leader and members of another protest group on the Lincoln Memorial grounds in Washington in January found no evidence that the students of Kentucky’s Covington Catholic High School issued “offensive or racist statements.”

A report on the investigation was released by the Covington Diocese Feb. 13.

Two days before releasing the report’s findings, Covington Bishop Roger J. Foys wrote to parents of the high school students telling them he was pleased to let them know that his hope that an inquiry into the events of Jan. 18 would “exonerate our students so that they can move forward with their lives has been realized.”

The investigation, conducted by Greater Cincinnati Investigation Inc., which has no connection with the high school or diocese, “demonstrated that our students did not instigate the incident that occurred at the Lincoln Memorial,” the bishop said.

The four-page report signed Feb. 11 said that four investigators spent 240 hours looking into the events of Jan. 18 when the Covington Catholic High School students — in Washington for the annual March for Life — met up with other groups while waiting for their buses to pick them up. The investigators spoke with 43 students, 13 chaperones and a number of third-party witnesses. They also reviewed about 50 hours of internet footage or comments focused on the groups’ exchange.

Investigators were unable to question Nathan Phillips, tribal elder for the Omaha Tribe, who was chanting and beating a drum by the students, or Nick Sandmann, the student most prominent in viral footage of the encounter.

The incident in question gained national attention from a viral video of it that showed students surrounding Phillips, who was chanting and beating a drum. The students appeared to be mocking him and Sandmann, inches away from the drummer, who never moved and was smiling, was accused of flagrant disrespect.

The clip caused immediate outrage, particularly on social media. But by the next day, extended footage of how the situation unfolded revealed that another group had taunted the students. Phillips had walked over to the group as a type of intervention.

Just days after the video prompted rounds of criticism, Sandmann issued a statement saying he had “received physical and death threats via social media, as well as hateful insults.”

In a Jan. 22 statement, the Covington Diocese said the incident and the reaction to it was “a very serious matter that has already permanently altered the lives of many people. It is important for us to gather the facts that will allow us to determine what corrective actions, if any, are appropriate.”

The investigators’ report said it found no evidence of the students responding in an offensive manner to the black Hebrew Israelites who first addressed them nor did the students chant “build the wall” as some had speculated.

According to the report, the students asked their chaperones if they could perform a school cheer to drown out the remarks of the protest group. The students also said they felt “confused” by being approached by Phillips and although some performed a “tomahawk chop” none of the students said “racist or offensive statements” to Phillips.

Some students said chaperones had reminded them that if “they engaged in a verbal exchange with the black Hebrew Israelites, they would receive detention when returning to school.”

The investigators also noted that most of the students wearing the “Make America Great Again” hats had bought them in Washington during their visit. In previous years, chaperones said some students bought “Hope” hats in support of President Barack Obama. There is no school policy prohibiting political apparel on school-sponsored trips, the report said.

In his letter to the Covington Catholic High School community, Bishop Foys said that in the weeks since the original video went viral “two well-worn and oft-used adages have come to mind: Seeing is believing and perception is reality.”

He said the immediate reaction to the initial video “led almost everyone to believe that our students had initiated the incident and the perception of those few minutes of video became reality.”

“In truth, taking everything into account, our students were placed in a situation that was at once bizarre and even threatening. Their reaction to the situation was, given the circumstances, expected and one might even say laudatory,” he wrote.

He said the students could “never have expected what they experienced on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial” and added that their “stance there was surely a pro-life stance.”

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1. Determine the expected net annual income of the subject property
2. Analyse sales of comparable investment properties to determine the capitalisation rate as a %
3. Multiply the net annual income by the 100/capitalisaion rate

Net annual income of the subject property: $20 000
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Welcome to the Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Organization

The municipalities within the Cayuga Lake watershed recognize the
enormous and irreplaceable ecological, economic and social value of
Cayuga Lake, its tributaries, and its wetlands.

The purpose of the Intermunicipal Organization is to bring the watershed municipalities together to work collectively and collaboratively on monitoring, protecting, and restoring the health of the watershed.

The IO is hiring!

The Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Organization seeks an independent consultant to catalogue water-quality-related projects undertaken by municipalities and soil and water districts within the Cayuga Lake Watershed.

Read the full job description here.

To apply, send a cover letter and resume by Friday, August 31st to:

Tee-Ann Hunter, Chair of the IO
Town of Ithaca
215 N. Tioga St.
Ithaca, NY 14850

Featured events and projects

Watershed Summit

When: Thursday, April 19, 2018

Where: Seneca Falls Community Center, Seneca Falls NY

What: In 2016, the IO applied for a NYS Department of State grant to take the updated recommendations from the 2017 Restoration and Protection Plan, turn them into project ideas, and ready these ideas for applications for funding. The current priority of the IO is to work with watershed muncipalities to envision projects and develop project plans. The main goal of the watershed summit was to inform municipal officials of the grant application support available from the IO.

If your municipality is interested in completing a water quality project and would like support during the grant application process, please email contact@cayugawatershed.org


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Learning About Car Insurance

Hello, my name is Cliff Bolton. Welcome to my site about vehicle insurance. I wanted to learn all I could about insurance before I started driving to go into the decision-making process with ease. Once I started exploring the insurance industry, however, I could not stop reading. I learned all I needed to know to obtain car insurance and much, much more. I created this site to share this knowledge with my readers. I hope to help others tackle this important decision without worry. Please feel free to drop by daily to learn new information about this important topic. Thank you for visiting my site.

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Buying Trucker Insurance As An Owner/Operator Driver

by June Peterson

Setting out on your own as an owner/operator trucker is probably the end goal of a lot of truck drivers because it allows you to make the most money and determine when you want to work. However, transitioning to being an owner/operator trucker means you will become responsible for getting your own business insurance, which is unfamiliar ground for a lot of truckers.

When you work as a driver for a trucking company, insurance is not something you have to be responsible for. Take a look at some of the most common questions about trucker insurance and what is necessary.

How much will insurance cost as an owner/operator?

Your insurance costs can be hard to pin down because there can be so many variables involved, such as what type of semi you have, what you typically haul, and what your driving record looks like overall. According to Fit Small Business, owner/operators with authority can pay anywhere from $8,000 and $12,500 per year for trucker insurance. If you have a leased semi, your insurance costs will be substantially lower, typically between $1,500 to $2,000 per year. The reason for the extreme difference in costs is a leased semi will come with some coverage already from the motor carrier.

What is bobtail insurance and do you need it as an owner/operator?

Occasionally, when you are shopping for trucker insurance, you may come across an insurance product that is unfamiliar, and bobtail insurance is one of those coverages. Bobtail insurance is coverage that will protect you when you are between carrying loads. Just as a semi without a trailer is called a bobtail, this insurance gets its name from the same idea. You are not technically doing business between loads, so not all trucker insurance will cover you if something happens in between loads. Bobtail insurance fills in the gaps.

Should you get cargo insurance with your policy?

Cargo insurance is not a requirement in most states, but it is really important insurance to have even though a lot of owner/operators don't buy it. Most companies that send out loads will have some kind of coverage for the cargo being shipped, but not all of them. If something happens to what you are carrying, such as theft, vandalism, or destruction, cargo insurance will pay for the loss of the product, so your client does not expect you to hand over money to cover the loss.


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Creating New Users

Before having the option of adding any additional Users, you will need to log in and have authorization to create new ones.

After logging in, you will have access to tools on the menu bar across the top of your Artisan window. Select tools then you will want to select Program Options, which will open a new pop-up window for configuration.

  • Select Users & Security Settings… and then Edit Users.

  • Upon opening Edit Users, you will see a few options as well as some new buttons along the bottom of this window.
  • Creating a new User is as simple as selecting Add A New Record on the bottom and filling out the Basic Info tab.

  • One thing that is very important is making sure that you select the proper Authorization Level for this new User.
  • There are several field you many need, here is an explanation of what each of the do.

User Name: First and Last (This will appear on reports) 40 characters limit

Short Name: Nickname or First Name (This will appear on the sales screen and receipts) 15 characters limit

Password: Case-Sensitive. Any combinations of uppercase or lowercase letters, numbers, symbols.

Menu Order: Defaulted to 80. This will be the order users will appear on the log in and clock in/out screen. If all users are set to same menu order then they will sort alphabetically.

Include in Detailed Sales Report?: Yes/No. This will include the sales the user does on the Detailed Sales Report where user names are shown.

Sales Commission Rate: Percentage of Net Sales or Gross Profit

Track Time Worked?: Yes/No. This will enable the user to clock in/out and keep track time worked.

Time Clock Only?: Yes/No. This will create a user only to use the Time Clock feature. This user will not be able to use Artisan for any task other than just clocking IN/OUT.


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• Select File, “Exit Artisan”, from the Main Menu, by confirming Yes to close it.

File Exit Artisan

• Close the Artisan window by clicking on the Red Circled X in the upper right corner, by confirming Yes to close it.

Circle X Exit

• Click the Square X on the top right corner to close out of Artisan, by confirming Yes to close it.

Square X Exit

Artisan allows forcing all stations out if they are IDLE, meaning Artisan is open on other stations but is not being used.

Use this carefully as users may be doing some work on other stations and being IDLE for a moment will close Artisan losing all work.

Only use if necessary and when nobody is using Artisan at all.

• To close out of all Stations at once, click File Exit All Stations or Alt + F5, by confirming Yes to force close all Stations.

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Italian Salsa Verde

Recently discovered this fantastic green sauce at a BBQ.  A friend had put it on roasted potatoes and they were amazing.  After my initial rejection that it was salsa verde, I learn't that it was indeed, only that it was the Italian salsa verde not to be confused with the Mexican sauce. I've used it to top Tilapia and found it to be a perfect accompaniment to white fish.  Pairs great with a glass of marsanne or a pinot gris.

1 bunch parsley  (can substitute some parsley with other herbs such as dill, basil, and mint)
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp capers
3 gherkins
4 anchovy fillets
1 tbsp seedy mustard
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil

Finely chop parsley, garlic, capers, gherkins, and anchovy fillets.

Combine with mustard, vinegar, and oil.


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2000 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Championship

October 30, 2000 in Tuscaloosa, AL at Harry Pritchett Golf Course.

  Hosted by The University of Alabama

General meet info.

Men's Course Map
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Men's Entrants
Women's Entrants
Men's Results
Women's Results
Directions to Course
What is C.F.P.I. Proven Performance Technical Resources Speed Accuracy, Efficiency Cost

University of Alabama Athletics Home page  Back to C.F.P.I. Home page


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Project spotlight

It takes a village and lots of partners to create quality communities. Take a look at AWC CQC’s current projects.

Growing the Green Economy in Washington State Study released

Tomorrow’s healthy community depends on today’s vision and leadership. We’re working with partners to explore how Washington can take a leading role in addressing climate change through strong economic development.

Sustainability goes big picture as university students work with cities on projects ranging from habitat restoration to community wayfinding, and everything in between.

Matching residents who want to invest in their communities with small local businesses. An innovative addition to traditional lending that brings a new vitality to main street.

Working with a pilot community on complex poverty and housing issues, helping diverse groups create local solutions and build leadership capacity.

About us

We believe in growing leaders and healthy, resilient quality communities. As a 501c3 partner with the
nonprofit Association of Washington Cities, we understand the dynamics of change.

Where we’ve been

Since 2011, CQC has been awarding vocational and higher ed scholarships to Washington high school students who give back to their communities and demonstrate a strong civic spirit.

What we’re doing now

CQC is going back to its roots. We believe that partners in the public, private and nonprofit worlds can help empower communities. Although the vital scholarship program continues, we’re building a strong network to grow our work in other critical areas.

AWC Center for Quality Communities scholarship winners

Year-after-year, competition for our Center for Quality Communities scholarships is steep.
Congratulations to the outstanding young leaders who have won.
More information about the students.
Make a donation.

Learn how to apply.

Contact us

Project questions?

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Scholarship questions?

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Card Cupids Blog Hop WINNER

I sure enjoyed all the great comments on my Card Cupids NEW DESIGN TEAM Blog Hop post, and now I have the fun of announcing the lucky commenter who wins these two fun, exclusive Card Cupids images:

And the winner, as chosen by, is...

Congrats! Please email info [at] cardcupids [dot] org to claim your prize.

Card Cupids' Summer Fun Challenge is open for a few more days, so I hope you'll join in. And I'll see you back here Sunday for a brand new Card Cupids Challenge!

Thank you for visiting,

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Celebrating freedom with Dude Time Doodles

Welcome to my stop on the Dude Time Doodles June New Release Blog Hop! Your next stop is Charlene's fabulous blog.

I used Silly Sam by Dude Time Doodles/Bonibleaux Designs to make a card perfect for this year's celebrations:

The Design Team is featuring a total of three fantastic new DTD images, and one of the Dudettes - or Dude - will be named our MYSTERY HOST at the end of the hop and one lucky person who comments on that blog will win a free Dude Time Doodles image of their choice; So be sure to comment on each blog. You have a whole week to hop (through next Tuesday).

This is my last post as a member of the Dude Time Doodles team ... With the new season, I felt like I needed a change, so from now on I'll just be using their fun images as a fan! Many, many thanks to Boni, Tammy, and all at Dude Time Doodles/Bonibleaux Designs for always supporting my creativity.

Thank you for visiting, and enjoy hopping. Next stop: Charlene!

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Sweet Summer Dresses at OSAAT

We have a fun challenge for you this week at One Stitch at a Time: Summer Dresses. You can interpret that however you like; you can go literal, or play on the patterns, fabrics, colors associated with "Summer Dresses".

For me, inspiration came in the form of five white dresses... on one of our first really hot days, we were driving through our neighborhood and I spotted a group of women and girls on their way to some function, and five of the girls, probably around 3-10 years old, were all wearing the cutest white sundresses! They all looked great, but the girls in white were especially cute, and they popped into my head when I was designing this shaped card:

The "applique" is made with Bird on Swirly Branch by Gingerloft Digi Stamps. I used the digi stamp as an SVG cut file.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Thank you for visiting,

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Blog Candy time!

Get your own free Blogoversary button!Wow, to think it was only 3 years ago that I first started this blog! It all began as a way for my family to read about my cheesemaking endeavors, and then a year later I discovered craft-blogging. July 5 will mark my 2nd full year of active cardmaking, and I've learned so much and met so many great people in that time.

As a thank-you to my followers, past and present, I've put together this package of goodies:

Blog Candy

One of my most favorite things about Blog Candy is that you get stuff that you might not buy otherwise... In that spirit, I've collected some of my favorite embellishments:
BusyBusyHoneybee on Etsy
  • ShrinkyDink plastic
  • Stickpin by BusyBusyHoneybee (photo on the right)
  • Borders embossing folders (if you don't have an embossing machine, you can use a rolling pin!)
  • Lili of the Valley Mice are Nice A4 Die Cut Sheet
  • Adhesive, die-cut, felt borders
  • Adhesive flowers
  • Rub-on flourishes
  • Two Glitter Gel pens
  • Punch-paper Candi
  • Gemstone spiral
Looks good, no?! All you need to do to be eligible is add your name to the InLink & become a follower if you're not already; If you don't have a blog or can't follow in a conventional way, just leave me a comment and I'll throw your name into the hat.

You have until 11:59PM/Midnight US EST on July 5 to enter. I'll announce the winner on July 6; and yes, I'll ship international!

Thank you for visiting,

Friday, June 22, 2012

Card Cupids NEW DESIGN TEAM Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Welcome to my stop on the Card Cupids Design Team Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Carol's blog; your next stop is Diane.

I'm super excited to be a new member of this fun team. I've sent in some cards to them before, and now I have an excuse to do so every month! Really hope you'll join me. In case you're not fmailiar with Card Cupids, here's the official mission statement:

Card Cupids believes that every child needs to know that they are loved. A stuffed animal to hold, along with cards that share a positive message can help lift the spirits of children that are faced with difficult challenges. Card Cupids, with the help of numerous volunteers, provides Card Cuddle Care Packages to countless children in hospitals, foster care, homeless shelters as well as children facing difficulties regardless of their economic background. To find out more visit Card Cupid's Blog here.

There are several new members to this great team, so we're having a Blog Hop as a way to introduce ourselves to eachother and our Card Cupids followers! Please stop by to welcome each of these fabulous ladies to the Card Cupids team. Just by leaving a comment on a Design Team member's Blog Hop post, including this one, you will be entered into a fun little give away for our two exclusive digis:

Here is our team:

You have until Monday, June 25 at 9pm EST to leave your comment.  Winners will be announced on each DT members blog as well as at Card Cupids on Wednesday, June 27.

In the spirit of meeting my new teamies, I wanted to share a little about myself... That's me, CG, in the photo on the right, with my wonderful husband at our wedding almost 9 years ago. I'm wearing my grandmother's wedding dress from the 1930s. Both of my grandmas did crafts -- mostly quilting, cross-stitching, and knitting, none of which I've inherited the patience for! My mom introduced me to scrapbooking and cardmaking about 5 years ago, and we've both been serious papercrafters ever since.

I'm about to celebrate my 2nd full year of craft-blogging. I'm a member of the One Stitch at a Time Design Team, a former member of the Dude Time Doodles DT, and I also help with updates & sponsorship details at Feline Playful and Pile It On. I'm looking forward working with another great group of folks!

Your next stop on the Card Cupids Design Team Blog Hop is Diane. Thank you for visiting, and be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win those cute digis!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Smart is Sexy!

This week at Dude Time Doodles, we're all about Weddings and Anniversaries.

I used the M.C. Squared Set to make an Anniversary card:

I added some "romance" with adhesive pearls as well as 2 colors of Liquid Pearls. I used Glossy Accents on his glasses for a 3D effect.

  1. CLP Challenge #48: Sketch
  2. Paper Playtime - Anything Goes with Sentiment
  3. Scrappy Frogs June Challenge - Celebrate Men
  4. The Crazy Challenge - Recipe: Ribbon, Pearls, Dies
  5. Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes

Hop over to Dude Time Doodles and check out the wonderful DT cards, then link up your Wedding/Anniversary card for a Man.
Thank you for visiting!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

OSAAT Challenge #118: Stitch It!

This week at One Stitch at a Time, we want to encourage you to use one of your digi stamps from a StitchyBear Store designer, so the theme is "Use a Stitchy Bear Store Digi and/or Stitching (real or faux)"!

I used In the Pumpkin Patch by Delicious Doodles:

This was quite a challenge for me, coloring-wise. Plus, I only have 2 oranges and the lighter one was one its last legs...Guess it's time to order those refills!I hand-stitched the border on the image, but the orange/white border on the card was done on my machine.

I found this fun, hand-made-type paper at Michaels, and although it's highly textured it heat-embossed quite well (with the help of my Embossing Buddy!). I heat-embossed the netting stamp (Rogue Redhead Designs) in black and the sentiment (Fiskars) in shiny green.

I wanted to make a special embellishment, so I used the Woven Patch tutorial by Karen Barbé that I saw recently on Pinterest. Try it, do!

Hope you'll join us at One Stitch at a Time for our "Use a Stitchy Bear Store Digi and/or Stitching" challenge. For entries using a StitchyBear Store product (be sure to add a # after your name when entering), your could win this month's StitchyBear Designer Collaboration set. You're welcome to enter the challenge using different products, but will instead be entered into the draw to win a $3 coupon to StitchyBear. Can't wait to see your projects!

That Craft Place
52 Card Pickup Week 24: Link-up Party
ATCs & Cards With Attitude: Anything Goes
Jacksons Digital Expression Challenge #8: Anything Goes using some type of colour media (Copics)
Paper Crafting Journey Challenges: Colour it Up
That Craft Place: Sketch (rotated 90° clock-wise)

Thank you for visiting!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

An "a•muse"-ing Father's Day card

Thanks to Chris's recent Amusing Sketch Challenge and ol' Mr Random, I won the gorgeous a•muse studio Polka Dots cardstock set, and since my paper came wrapped in an a•muse studio catalog, I just had to place an order, ha ha! So glad Chris included that catalog, seriously ... she was worried about pressuring me, but as I told her all I really wanted was an excuse! It's so fun working with a consultant, and she really helped me make the most of my buck. I mean, let's face it, I want it ALL.

Anyhoo, I just had to make a card right away with my new goodies! For this, I used the Grass paper and three dies (circle, starburst, banner) from the Cupcake Toppers set (TAD0029).

I used the faux metal technique, Ranger Melt Art ultra-thick gold embossing powder, and a Fiskars stamp to create the medal on the front. I heat-embossed and stamped before die-cutting the shapes (a circle for the front, a small starburst from the TH Rosettes die for the inside). Honestly, I don't ink the stamp at all before making the impression. I do, however, re-heat it slightly to even out the finish.

I wanted to make a Father's Day card for my father-in-law, so I decided on the Clean And Simple style (CAS). This would have looked fine on flat white cardstock, but I wanted to add texture & a reference for the polka dots, so I used my favorite, pre-embossed Tiny Dots paper. Wish I could remember where it's from!

As you can see, I took the photo of the inside of the card after we signed it... I really like how my husband's handwriting looks! Careful Baby, I'm gonna have you writing out sentiments for cards!

I did the stitching on my machine ... I don't really have enough experience with my machine to be doing tiny insets and rounded corners, but that's never stopped me before and didn't this time! I did glue on the buttons, but I hand-sewed them on as well.

Thanks to again to Chris & a•muse studio for the Polka Dots cardstock set (the original version; I hear the new version, Petite Polka Dots, is even cuter, but I find that hard to believe!), and for selling products that I'm loving!

Amusing Challenges: Hot/Wet/Heat Embossing
CAS-ual Fridays #56: Clean And Simple project using polka dots
Cooking It Up With Katie Recipe Challenge #97: Texture a Metal Man! (Add Male theme, Texture, Metal)

Thank you for visiting!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Dude Time Doodles June FREEBIE Challenge

It's that time again...for our monthly FREEBIE Challenge at Dude Time Doodles!

This month, you get a chance to work with Johnny on the Spot. Now, you might think, "How in the world would I use a toilet on card" Well, if the Design Team's projects are any indication, there are lots of occasions it's perfect for. Wait till you see the range of ideas, it's amazing!

Personally, I was inspired to make a "Potty Training Congratulations" card. I don't have children, but from my watching my friends' experiences I understand that this is a huge deal. So I made a card for a boy on his Big Day, ha ha!

As with most cards for small children, this is for the parents as well. I've read that people put pebbles, marbles, and even cheerios in the bowl to help little boys aim...that fact inspired the pearls.

I used a thin, brochure-type photo paper from HP's Everyday line for the Johnny on the Spot digi stamp, as well as for the large circle which I cut/embossed with a Spellbinders die.
Hope you'll grab this freebie and join us at Dude Time Doodles; the prize is a chance to join the Design Team for the month of July!

Dude Time Doodles: Freebie/Guest Designer Challenge
i{heart}2stamp June Challenge: Sketch
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Challenge: Celebration
Try It On Tuesdays Challenge: Anything Goes

Update 10/24/12: I finally had occasion to send this card, to my high school friend's son, who just completed potty training! My friend is very crafty so I knew she'd get out of it. Here's the photo she posted on FaceBook:
It went through the mail great, whew! I love making cards, but I love making smiles more ha ha!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

OSAAT #117 - For the Man in Your Life

You don't need money, don't take fame;
Don't need no credit card to ride this train;
It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes;
But it might just save your life...
That's the power of love.
Huey Lewis & the News

This week's challenge theme at One Stitch at a Time is For the Man in Your Life, so I used Power of Love by Stitchy Stamps to make this simple card for my husband...I've been working on it in secret so that I can give it to him right before I post this; Talk about taking the challenge theme literally!

The Chevrons are actually Digi Papers from Mel Stampz, printed on flat white Hammermill cardstock; the rest are DPs from my stash. I colored the image with my Copics; I do love purple!

I liked the clean lines on this, so I didn't include an actual sentiment. Plus, doesn't the image really say it all‽

Hope you'll join the For the Man in Your Life challenge at One Stitch at a Time this week.

For entries using a StitchyBear Store product (be sure to add a # after your name when entering), the prize is 3 Promarkers from Creative Craft World! You're welcome to enter the challenge using different products, but instead you'll be entered into the draw to win a $3 coupon to StitchyBear. Can't wait to see your projects!

ATCs & Card with Attitude Challenge #15: Anything Goes/ Fathers Day
52 Card Pickup - Week 23: Anything Goes (Link-Up Party)
Card Crafter's Circle: Monochromatic
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days: Fathers Day / Masculine
Delicious Doodles: For the Fellas
Dream Valley Challenge #34: For that Special Guy
OSAAT Challenge #117: For the Man in Your Life
Unscripted Sketches #161: Sketch

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Boys and their Toys ... with Dude Time Doodles

June is busting out all over, and that means it's time for the Dude Time Doodles First Wednesday Challenge, when one of the DT chooses the theme. This month, Kevin McCrafty chose "Boys and their Toys", and since most of the "boys" in my life aren't so much into sports and cars, I chose a Cooking theme:

My husband is a great cook; We have a similar style of knowing what we want to do and just doing it, but I tend to pretend to stick to a recipe. He usually doesn't bother with that, and the results are always delicious! He doesn't remind me at all of Chef Burly Becky here, although I bet he could juggle a whisk & a knife if he put his mind to it!

My color combo was inspired by a photo of the front of the Real Maestranza in Sevilla, taken by a dear friend... I don't have her permission to publish the actual photo, but you can see some different photos of it here.

I couldn't find a tutorial for the marble effect that I wanted, so I adapted the Cracked Glass Heat-Embossing Technique, starting with a layer of white, and added an extra layer of clear after cracking & inking it.

The black, heat-embossed design is from an Annabelle Stamps set

Dude Time Doodles: Boys and their Toys
Di's Digi Designs Challenge: Male-inspired
Dream Valley Challenge 33: Humour
Fetch-a-Sketch Challenge 25: Sketch (rotated)
Here Come the Boys Challenge #28: Anything Goes
Totally Stampalicious Challenge: Funny

Update: I won one of the prizes for Fetch-a-Sketch Challenge 25!

Thank you for visiting!

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Use a Digi Challenge at OSAAT

It's time for another fun challenge at One Stitch at a Time, and this week we have an easy theme for you: "Use a Digi". If you're like me, you have a computer full of digi stamps but you always need more!

Each month, the StitchyBear Store Artists put one of their lovely images into a big store-wide collaboration (Collab) set. The Collab set is available all month, and is free with a $12 purchase. This image, Birthday Star by Hope Jacare Doodles, is included in June's Collab set. You know you want it!

I made a simple and bright Birthday card inspired {PIN}spirational Challenge #9. I printed the digi stamp onto 2 shades of yellow paper, cut out the stars and pieced them onto the base, and then added some color and detail with glitter pens. The die-cut star is also dry-embossed, using the Pot Pourri Becky Fleck/Spellbinders set. I added the color with the same glitter pens.

The ribbon is a die cut, but is also ribbon! I was inspired by Andrea Amu's fabric-cutting tutorial on Core'dinations' blog, and used some May Arts white "crushed silk" ribbon and white cardstock for this. It took me a little while to trim the excess threads, but it was worth it.

The glittered-stars paper is actually handmade; I used some small wooden shapes, glued to an old wine bottle cork, to stamp & heat-emboss the stars using Stampendous's Kaleidoscope glitter powder.

I found this cool stamping idea on Pinterest (via Die-Dolo), and it's as simple as the instructions make it look on Hand Made Kultur!

Just for fun, I used a couple of cork stickers on the card. I heat-embossed on these as well, but the one on the right also has wooden stars adhered to it.

Hope you'll join us at One Stitch at a Time for our "Use a Digi" challenge. We have two prizes up for grabs this week! For entries using a StitchyBear Store product (be sure to add a # after your name when entering), your could win a prize from our sponsor Crimson Cloud, or this month's StitchyBear Collab (left). You're welcome to enter the challenge using different products, but will instead be entered into the draw to win a $3 coupon to StitchyBear. Can't wait to see your projects!
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge #117
Aud Sentiments Challenge 55: Any Sentiment
Cooking It Up With Katie #96: Celebrate with Ribbon & a Die Cut!
{PIN}spirational Challenge #9: Photo Inspiration

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The Science of Motor Unit Recruitment Part 1

Understanding the science of motor units is absolutely essential for getting results, whether you want to gain muscle, build strength, or torch body fat. Building muscle fast requires you to recruit, and fatigue, all your motor units so they’ll grow. To reach elite levels of strength you must train your body to tap into the biggest, strongest motor units as fast as possible. And to burn fat, it’s essential to boost the metabolic cost of the exercises in your workouts as high as possible. How do you skyrocket the metabolic cost? You guessed it, by recruiting more motor units.

Take a close look at the picture above. The yellow area is your brain, spinal cord, and a bunch of nerves that travel throughout your body. It’s the output from this electrical mainframe that controls your muscles.

That’s why, over the next week, I’m going to cover everything you need to know about the science of motor unit recruitment, along with some intriguing new research that could change the way we think about motor units. So let’s start at the beginning.

“What the heck is a motor unit, anyway?” That’s probably a question you’ve asked yourself once or twice. As defined by my grad school bible, Principles of Neural Science: “The axon and the muscle fibers it innervates constitute a motor unit.”

Clear as mud, eh? In layman’s terms, the motor unit is a collection of muscle fibers along with the nerve that tells those muscle fibers to contract. Each group of muscles is innervated by only one nerve. A nerve can can talk to 100 muscle fibers (small, eye muscles), or thousands of muscle fibers (large, hamstrings muscles) or somewhere in between.

Before you curl a dumbbell an electrical signal starts in your brain and travels down your spinal cord to the lower cervical region where it activates a different nerve that goes out to your biceps. This nerve that exits your spinal cord and reaches your biceps is a motor neuron. (“Neuron,” by the way, is just another name for “nerve.”) The activated motor neuron releases the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, which attaches to receptors on your muscles that create a cascade of events that contracts your biceps. (Of course, this all happens in fractions of a second.)

In the past, most trainers just focused on the muscles – how to make them sore, fatigued, etc. But it’s the nerves that control the muscles, and that’s why we need to shift our focus further up the chain of command. After all, a muscle will only do what the motor neuron tells it to do, and that’s why it’s imperative to understand this science.

The way I train my clients, and the parameters I outline for boosting performance or altering body composition, all hinge on a key piece of research from 1965 by Harvard physiology professor, Dr. Elwood Henneman. Dr. Henneman is the man credited for discovering that the size (diameter) of a motor neuron determines its recruitment order (J Neurophysiol, 28:560-580, 1965).

The smallest motor neurons are recruited first, followed by a progressively larger motor neurons. This is the basis of the “size principle.”

Why are the smallest motor neurons recruited first? Because their physiological properties make them more easily excitable. Think of a small motor neuron as being a 15-year old boy, whereas a large motor neuron is Hugh Hefner. That 15-year old kid gets excited just by seeing the cover of Playboy. To get Hugh Hefner excited, however, requires the actual presence of the scantily-clad centerfold.

In other words, a small motor neuron – much like the 15-year old kid – requires significantly less input from the brain to “turn it on.”

Over the years I’ve talked in great lengths about the size principle, and you might’ve thought I was specifically referring to the size of muscle fibers. I wasn’t (well, I sort of was, as you’ll learn in a minute). The size principle is actually based on the diameter of the nerve that talks to the muscle.

Now, here’s where the size principle ties together with the muscles. The smallest motor neurons are connected to the smallest muscle fibers and the largest motor neurons are connected to the largest muscle fibers. So, by default, that means the smallest muscles are recruited first, followed by the largest muscle fibers. Remember, the combination of the motor neuron and the muscle fibers it innervates is a motor unit. That’s why it can be said that the smallest motor units are recruited first, followed by progressively larger motor units.

Ok, now you understand the how the size principle works. The question you’re probably asking at this point is, “How can I use this information to build a leaner, stronger, more muscular body?”

The key to transforming your body in record time depends on making the most out of every rep, set, and workout. The way you do this is by adhering to the science of motor unit recruitment. After all, the more motor units you recruit, the faster you’ll get results. It’s as simple as that. It doesn’t matter what your training goal is: you must recruit as many motor units as possible to get the fastest results.

Up to this point, I’ve given you plenty to think about. In part 2 I’ll outline more pertinent research and uncover the essential components that you must adhere to in every workout to maximize motor unit recruitment.

Stay focused,

6 thoughts on “The Science of Motor Unit Recruitment Part 1

  1. Nice post Chad, and I am excited for the rest of the series. The nervous system is an under appreciated aspect of training, so it is nice to see coaches like you starting to bring this stuff to the forefront of the training community.

    CW: Yep, it’s the last frontier of fitness. Luckily, we have new testing methods that has helped us greatly augment our knowledge base.

  2. hi chad, thanks its a very useful article.
    there is a really important subject i always want to ask you about it, it’s what if someone has a problem in motor unit recruitment and some muscles get bigger than other muscles, i mean symmetrical muscles (the two biceps, the two pecs…), i have this problem in mi arms and pecs, the left ones get begger than the right ones (by training), is that a problem in motor unit recruitment ? i think this is a common problem and an interesting subject to discuss i like to see an article about this made by you, but for now i realy need to know what you think about this and what to do to fix it, thanks.

    CW: Yes, this is a common problem. The problem is usually due to impingement or compression in the nerve root, which in turn, diminishes the neural input to the muscle and that limits its size/strength potential. This can be due to a host of factors such as postural problems, inflammation, scar tissue, etc. The best solution is to have a neurologist or, at least, a qualified Active Release ( practitioner assess your situation. If your biceps is the problem, your issue is around the C5 vertebrae. Unfortunately, there’s no simple solution to the problem until you find the source of the nerve impairment.

  3. Thanks for tackling complex physiology things and breaking them down Chad!

    Youness, I would agree with Chad to look around the C5 area in the neck. Many times some simple active mobility for that area can help.

    Try this one
    Chicken exercise
    Imagine there is a board under your chin and move your head forward (keeping your chin flat, remember, it is on a board) about 2 inches and then back to neutral (for most they will need to move their head further back since it is more forward to start with).

    You can test this by measuring bicep strength before and after. If you are stronger (which I am guessing you will be), then it is a good idea to do it.

    Another way to test it is to try some slightly different head positions when doing bicep work. Try angling the neck down (looking down) a bit, and pull the head back. This puts very slight traction on the nerves and surrounding tissue and may be enough to help (similar to nerve flossing techniques).

    Again, none of these should even be remotely painful, ever.

    Try it out
    rock on
    Mike T Nelson PhD(c)

    CW: Good tips, Mike. Thanks!

  4. Hi Chad,
    This is a nice post for newbees to your methods.
    Ever since i have Muscle revolution i keep asking myself this one question:
    You always talk about fiber activation but not about fiber fatigue.
    lots of trainers claim that muscle fatigue is what makes a muscle grow
    (due to TUT), not just activating it.
    I personally made good gains for the first time in my life since listening to your advice on repspeed and heavy wieghts, subfailure training.
    But i kind of frogot about the stop when your speed goes down principle.
    so lately i trained to close to failure and became overtrained
    good that you posted this reminder!!!!!!!!!!

    CW: Fatigue is very important for hypertrophy. I actually talk a lot about it, even though I might not specifically mention the word “fatigue.” My set/rep bible article on T-nation years back outlines the parameters that I still often use for muscle growth. Why is 25 reps necessary for muscle growth instead of, say, 15 reps? Because 25 reps creates the necessary fatigue for growth.

  5. Chad,

    First, it great to see you updating the site more with great content. I used to check your site every few months. Now I’m here everyday.

    Second, I know its probably tough to comment on what another coach is saying but the idea of rep acceleration and nervous system utilization for maximum mass building is a logical theory. Do you think that lighter/faster reps should be utilized for pushing movements as they are designed for more explosive performance and heavier reps for pulling movements as they are designed to grab and hold? Or should both movements be trained heavy first, then explosively/lighter next?

    CW: Regardless of the movement there are times to lift heavy and times to lift fast with submaximal weights. Do both.

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A Review of the Good Body

 (2004) by Chavisa Woods

“ Sweet vanilla illegal melting into me.

I eat ice cream for the women in Kabul

and Kandahar and Mazar-e Sharif.”  - Eve Ensler

And in the Good Body, eating ice cream may have been the only thing Eve Ensler did for the women in Kabul, Kandahar, and Maza…

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Royal Seafood: A Singaporean Chinese New Year Feast

It’s difficult being far from home at the holidays — which is what makes February a trying time most years.

Living in New York, far from the Chinese new year feasts and festivities of Singapore, I always feel like I’m missing out. Thankfully, though, there was a special dinner this year — on the seventh day of the lunar new year no less. Now, the seventh day is the day that Chinese celebrate as “Ren Ri,” the day that humans were created. (According to Chinese mythology, the first life-form the goddess Nu Wa created on the first day of the year was the chicken — go figure.) And since it’s the birthday of humans, the Chinese celebrate it as everybody’s birthday.

So it seemed fitting to be heading out to a Chinese new year celebration at Royal Seafood in New York on a day that we could toast everybody’s birthday …

Since this wasn’t just any Chinese new year dinner but one organized by the New York Singapore Association, there was a spread of Singapore baked goods and snacks to kick off the evening.

I ignored most of the offerings — a 10-course dinner lay before me, after all — but couldn’t resist the homemade pineapple tarts. I’d been craving them for days — if you’ve been following this blog or have read “A Tiger in the Kitchen,” you’ll know that I feel incomplete if I’ve gone more than a few months without having these treats cross my lips.

These buttery cookies topped with cinnamon- and pandan leaf-scented pineapple jam are a major Chinese new year offering in Singapore. Because pineapples are gold, these cookies are seen as very lucky. Also, they’re pretty darn delicious.

Having been bereft over not having any tarts this year, the sight of these almost made me cry. (They were mighty tasty, too — or as my people say: “Shiok!”)

The meal began with another Singaporean tradition — yu sheng, a salad of raw fish and more than 10 other ingredients, each of which symbolizes an aspect of luck or good fortune for the year. Chopped peanuts, for example, represent gold ingots; plum sauce is supposed to forecast sweetness for the year ahead. (I explain all this a little more in “A Tiger in the Kitchen.”)

As you add each ingredient, you’re supposed to shout out the cheng yu (old Chinese saying) that conveys this wish. When adding the plum sauce, for example, you’re supposed to announce “Tian tian mi mi,” which means “sweet as honey.” When the raw fish goes in, you yell “Nian nian you yu,” wishing you wealth for the year. (The Chinese word for “fish” is a homophone for “wealth.”)

Since my table was filled with a rather untraditional lot — and none of our parents were around to say each chengyu — we had to look up all of these on our iPhones as we went along.

Once all of that was done, everyone stood up, gathered around the table and tossed the salad up with their chopsticks, flinging the food as high up as we could. The higher the salad went, the greater our success and luck would be in the coming year.

After that, we were onto the rest of the 10-course meal.

Now, I’d never been to Royal Seafood before — it did get an OK review in the New York Times in December. (The article noted that the restaurant’s co-owner and chef Kendy Cheng is from Hong Kong — land of amazing food.)

Our meal, however, was not amazing. Entertaining and thoroughly delightful yes — and certainly not terrible for one prepared for 290 people — but there were hits and misses among the dishes.

The traditional cold plate appetizer — jellyfish salad, cold cuts of pork and cuttlefish — was basic.

We were excited about the scallops with XO sauce — only to not detect much or any XO sauce in the dish. When we asked our waiter about it, he said the XO sauce was coming, that it would be served separately. (Highly unusual for this dish.)

After it didn’t appear, we started eating. Good thing, too — the sauce never arrived.

The house walnut shrimp was very nicely fried — we left the bed of warm and slightly greasy mayo-tossed melon largely untouched.

The crab meat soup with dried bamboo shoot was clearly meant to be a substitute for shark’s fin. Even with the addition of a hefty amount of tart red vinegar, the soup largely tasted like watery corn starch.

The abalone with bok choy and Chinese mushrooms was nicely done — the vegetables in this dish and the scallop dish, by the way, were just terrific. Very sweet and cooked to just the right amount of crispness.

The lobster with ginger and scallion was perfectly fine. Although the lobster is the hallmark of this restaurant, it was not much to write home about. (It had me craving the lobster typhoon at Wong Restaurant, in fact — a lobster dish that comes slathered with a spicy garlic-flecked sauce and peppered with crunchy soy-sauce minced pork.)

Now the chicken — the least sexy of all the dishes on the menu — blew my mind. Hong Kong-style crispy-skinned chicken is one of my absolute favorite things and this was an outstanding version.

The skin was so crisp it crackled in my mouth like umami chips yet the meat of the chicken was so juicy and tender I felt like I was biting into little pillows.

In Singapore, this dish is served with keropok — a salty prawn cracker. I’m guessing they’re hard to find in New York because we got our chicken with Pringles, which turned out to be not a bad accompaniment. (Everything is better with Pringles, it turns out.)

As we were recovering from the chicken, another flavor bomb arrived — steamed fresh fish Shanghai style. This dish was outstanding — the fish was so juicy and tasty and the gingery soy-sauce-fish juice gravy was so delicious I wanted to drink it with a spoon.

After all that, I didn’t think a basic plate of noodles could wow me but this one did. These stir-fried E-Fu noodles — eaten for longevity — were perfectly al dente, very nicely friend and especially tasty with the fish gravy drizzled over it.

Was it the most perfect meal? No — but with a few knockout dishes, the company of Singaporeans and pineapple tarts to toast the new year, this sojourner certainly had no complaints.

Happy year of the snake!

Royal Seafood, 103 Mott St, New York, NY 10013; 212.219.2338


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Converted from an empty concrete shell, this space uses sophisticated contemporary materials and a neutral colour palette that contrast with the existing industrial quality. The building comprises of two spacious photographic studios that can be used as multi-functional rooms to hire, as well as an office, a kitchen and a reception hall. The main corridor hosts a temporary gallery for photographic art display.


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Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Tetley Challenge

It would appear that Joshua Tetley, the man who invented beer, successfully challenged Houdini to free himself from a padlocked metal cask full of beer, Tetley’s I presume. Houdini the man who had got out of the Tsarist Secret Fuzz “cassette” failed to find his way out of the barrel. Cheers!

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The country's exports in services jumped 22.4 percent year-on-year to $132.09 billion between January and June this year, while imports of services amounted to $265.22 billion, up 14.4 percent from the same period a year earlier, the ministry said in a statement. Li Yuan, deputy director-general of the Department of Trade in Services and Commercial Services at the ministry, said the high growth momentum was pushed by China's rapidly growing services sector, including computing, industrial solutions and retail businesses, and increasing exports of emerging services such as telecommunications and insurance.

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Kevin Foley, MD, FACP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine. He also holds a secondary appointment in the CHM Department of Medicine. His key responsibilities include developing a statewide network of fellowship programs in geriatric medicine in affiliation with existing MSU Family Medicine residency training programs; assuming directorship of one of the fellowship training programs, at Sparrow hospital; teaching geriatric medicine to residents in the colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine; and instructing medical students. In addition to providing clinical care at the Sparrow Geriatric Health Center, he serves as medical director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Service in the neuroscience department at Saint Mary’s Health Care in Grand Rapids.

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Dynamic Aging offers a journey, exploration using yourself as a research subject to embrace strategies that will lead to a richer, fuller life in the years after retirement. In the final analysis, this book is about empowerment. As this generation of new retirees determines to look squarely into the face of the present paradigm, see its flaws, its limiting belief systems, its prejudices, we can begin to ask the questions, challenge the assumptions, and demonstrate a new way of living. Dynamic Aging is a beginning. The psycho-spiritual practices that are offered in the book can be a grand experiment in soul work for those approaching these most rewarding and challenging years.

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Mike Endicott, a well-known international Christian speaker and ordained minister, trains and leads others in the ministry of Christian healing. His books on healing are widely appreciated in many different churches. From The Well Centre in south Wales, Mike and his team lead conferences and ministry events in the UK and other countries, including the USA and South Africa.

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We are on our way to another fun-filled summer at Christopher Academy Summer Camp (ages 3 - 7).  The children are enjoying arts, crafts, music, science, cooking, outdoor games and activities centered around our weekly themes.  This season we are travelling Around The World and on to Ancient Egypt and the Rainforest.  Our campers will be Lost In Space and become Treasure Hunters.  They will experience A Bug's Life and celebrate with Hooray for the USA.

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The rings of Saturn glow softly as sunlight from below wends its way through. Some of the Sun's light bounces off the rings' opposite side and can be seen illuminating Saturn's night side southern hemisphere.

Such a view is only possible from the Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft.

This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 33 degrees above the ringplane. Shadows of the innermost rings are cast upon the planet at upper left. The edge of Saturn's shadow cuts a straight line across the rings near upper right.

The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on March 30, 2007 at a distance of approximately 1.9 million kilometers (1.2 million miles) from Saturn. Image scale is 117 kilometers (73 miles) per pixel.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The imaging team consists of scientists from the US, England, France, and Germany. The imaging operations center and team lead (Dr. C. Porco) are based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.

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False color view of a portion of the leading hemisphere of Jupiter's moon Callisto as seen through the infrared filters of the Solid State Imaging (CCD) system aboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft. North is to the top of the picture and the sun illuminates the surface from the east. More recent impacts have excavated bright, relatively clean ice from beneath Callisto's battered surface. Callisto's dark mottled appearance may be due to contamination by non-ice components contributed by impactors or concentrated in a residue as ice is removed. This color composite image is centered on longitude 139 West and encompasses an area about 1000 miles (1600 kilometers) by 2470 miles (4000 kilometers). The images were obtained on November 3rd, 1996.

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Florin Estefan

Baritone Florin Estefan was born in Oradea on April 10, 1982. In 2004 he graduated the University of Music in Oradea, where he studied with professor PhD Alexandru Farcas and assistant professor PhD Gheorghe Mogosan. As a second-year student, at the age of 20 years, he was offered a position as soloist with the Romanian National Opera in Cluj, where he was employed for four years.

He participated in numerous competitions including: The International Singing Competition Hariclea Darclee (First Prize), Toti dal Monte International Competition (Special Prize), Ionel Perlea International Festival of Lied (Grand Prix), Sabin Dragoi International Competition (Grand Prix) and the National Festival of Romanian Lied (where he received the Award of Excellence for promoting the Romanian Lied).

During his career Florin Estefan has performed on numerous stages, both in Romania and abroad (Greece, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Czech Republic, Ireland, Japan, United States, Australia and the UK).

Vocal symphonic repertoire includes: L. van Beethoven (9th Symphony), J. Haydn (Cecilien Messe), W.A. Mozart (Requiem), G. Rossini (Petite Messe Solenelle), C. Orff (Carmina Burana).

A few roles from the opera repertoire of Florin Estefan’s work are: Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni) – Mozart, Cosi fan Tutte (Gugliermo) – Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva and Figaro) – Mozart, Il Matrimonio Segretto (Il Conte Robinson) – Cimarosa, Iphigenia in Aulis (Agamemnon) – Gluck, Lucia di Lammermoor (Enrico) – Donizetti, Don Pasquale (Malatesta) – Donizetti, L’Elisir d’Amore (Belcore) – Donizetti, Il Barbiere di Sevilla (Figaro) – Rossini, La Boheme (Marcello) – Puccini, Madama Butterfly (Sharpless) – Puccini, La Traviata (Germont) – Verdi, Il Trovatore (Il Conte di Luna), etc.

In 2006 he starred in the filmed version of the opera The boss, by A. Sienberger, and had a secondary role in Transylvania, directed by French director Tony Gatlif (a film nominated for the Cannes International Film Festival).

Florin Estefan graduated in December 2007 at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice, having as professor of singing the famous tenor Dennis O`Neill, and participated in numerous courses of artistic mastery of renowned personalities in opera music: Dennis O’Neill, Sherrill Miles, Ileana Cotrubas, Dame Ann Murray, Jane Eaglen, Bernd Weikl, Elizabeth Connell, Carol Vaness and last, but not least, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

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2018 Scholarship Season! Is over!

Thanks for another great year, everybody! Lots of good applications, and the choice between the final three was pretty tough! Winner to be announced RHS Scholarship Night as usual! Fun fact about exclamation points! Our second application, in 2008, featured these “questions”: Write a mundane anecdote and make it exciting through the magic of punctuation!!! […]

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Many thanks to everybody who pitched in for our bare bones 2016 email blast fundraiser! We continue to be overwhelmed by your generosity, particularly in helping out for our first PayPal-only fundraising “event” when even the sales pitch isn’t very exciting. Thanks to you, in let’s say “a few short days during the hectic holiday […]

2016 Year-End Fundraiser!

We’ve got big plans for something very new for 2017, but we haven’t had an official fundraiser for 2016 yet (the raffle was actually 2015’s fundraiser, despite the date of the drawing). As such, with little fanfare, but a couple email blasts, we’re requesting PayPal donations to keep the lights on at Clambake Society Scholarship […]


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