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Sushi Dai (Still Alive) at Tsukiji Fish Market, Japan + Something New

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Eating at Sushi Dai would have to be my most memorable experience in Japan. In fact, the experience was so ingrained into my head, this had to be my first post about my travels.

Tsukiji Fish Market is one of the world’s largest fish market. Being there in person, I would have to say that it’s also the most dangerous but would happily say that it isn’t the smelliest. I’ve been to other fish markets that literally had me gagging and running out before the vendor could yell out “Flounder, $6 a kilo!”

If you’re thinking it’s because of  the amount of raw fish on offer or the slippery floors. It isn’t.

One thing to note  before you step foot in the market:

1. Beware of the transport karts. These efficient machines travel at high speeds especially around the 3-4am mark before sunrise and at all directions. There seemed to be hundreds of them. It felt like I was in a Mario Kart game! Now, the workers are very serious about their trade and are under tight limits to get organised before the auction begins so best to stay out of their way for your sake and theirs. I witnessed a few tourists walking  aimlessly in the wrong direction, nearly getting side swiped.

Fish Auction

Arrive at the market mighty early – at least by 3am. Reason? There are only 140 tickets available for tourists to attend the Fish Auction. Unfortunately, for us, we were too late despite arriving at 3:30am. By this time, all the tickets were snapped up by other eager tourists!

Sushi Dai

Details: Building 6, in the 3rd alleyway. Now, if you’re having troubles finding the place in amongst all the other sushi joints around, look for the one with the biggest queue which extends into the main strip. Below is the sign of the place:

Although we missed out on the fish auction, we took this early opportunity to eat at the popular Sushi Dai.  Luckily for us, we were the fourth group in, so we only waited an hour. Although the summer heat made it a little unbearable, it wasn’t that terrible in comparison to others who have waited up to three hours. Eek!

During the waiting game, a waitress came out to ask what menu we liked to devour. We went for the easy option: Omakase ‘Trust The Chef’ Course which came with a bonus item at the end of your choosing.Total: 3900 YEN. The Australian dollar was at 94 US cents at the time, so this was an added bonus for us.

Upon entering, like most Japanese restaurants we had been to previously, all the staff yelled out friendly greetings- a custom that makes you feel so welcome that you feel like family. Although a tiny place which could probably accommodate up to 14 people, I saw the reasons why. Apart from the obvious  amount of limited building space, there are only up to four master sushi chefs churning out dozens and dozens of skillfully prepared morsels at a staggering rate.

Mind you, not only were a few patrons nearly running out of ‘eating breath’ struggling to keep up with the pace of delivery, my damn camera was also having a hard time trying to get some decent shots of the action. But don’t fret, I had plan B. Video.

The Service

Amongst the buzz of activity, there was order not too mention entertainment whilst you happily gnawed on the rawness! The chef we were assigned to was extremely hospitable, thanking us for coming and asked about of dietary requirements  if any. Apart from my friend not wanting any wasabi on his portion, our tummies were ready for business.

Dun Dun Dun Dun…here comes the food

The sushi is served on a the wooden counter in front of you. Don’t worry, the counter is thoroughly wiped down after each customer and you do get a plate to eat off. Regardless, in a country where you are required to disinfect your hands (provided at most entrances) before entering many establishments, I wasn’t at all concerned.

Pickled Ginger

We start off with a hot Tamago (Steamed egg) which was already a favorite and was glad I had something warm in my tummy prior to the  upcoming delights. It was sweet and comforting to the soul like a warm steamed towel at yum cha. But we weren’t here for egg, we are here for seafood! Bring it on!

I think you’ll find it interesting to see how the food is served and how quickly it churns out much like a tennis ball machine. This video also features the amazing  Flounder followed by the Snapper (VIDEO).

Each time I closed my eyes, I would ask the sushi genie to grant my wish- then BAM! A new sushi would appear before me within seconds. Hello! The Scallop was my personal fav, as it really allowed you to taste the freshness and the sweetness of the flesh in its raw form. I felt no need for any soy.

I loved the scallop so much that I had it as my ‘extra’ item at the end.

DSC04547If the rice was taken away, this once a sea wanderer would have simply melted in my mouth and slid through my throat.

Unagi (steamed) was delicate and required a quick pickup and release.  Witnessing my friends clumsily eat this in various pieces including seeing some fall to the ground was a valuable lesson.

I kept laughing each time the chef laid down the sushi –  he would say “WASABI, NO WASABI”

DSC04558Silikly smooth and so skillfully scliced was the Tuna (magurozuke). This was my 2nd favourite.

DSC04553Mackarel. It tasted and smelt like it was literally just fished out of the waters. The aroma was sublime and not at all too fishy in taste. A decent helping of Wasabi helped alot here.

DSC04560Shiraebi (baby shrimp) We were joking that it looked like a mini brain! The taste? Oooh, I expected a tougher texture, but was slightly mushy in a good way. Also sweet.

DSC04561I don’t think I need to tell you what this is! My friends, this was like having popping candy in you mouth only savory! The multitude of mini bursts was an incredible sensation. You could literally see the little bubbles surrounding each precious egg making it clear that these were extracted just minutes ago.

Clam. Sushi Chef says: “This one, still alive!” And yes it was, as I saw it moving off the rice.

Initially, I thought the clam was going to start wriggling in my mouth but it didn’t. Phew! Although, it could be due to the fact that I ate it like I was sculling down a shot of vodka.

By the time the Tuna with Cucumber rolls came out, I was done and ready to starfish on a couch. But so obliged to eat them, I pulled out my emergency stomach!

The complimentary Miso Soup was amazing and probably the most tastiest I’ve had in Tokyo. This was likely due to the amount of incredible fish that definitely dominated.

The Cap Off

Overall, I would have to say that not only was this the best dining experience in my life, but also the best sushi I’ve ever had. Not only due to the literally ‘still alive’ freshness of the seafood, but because of the sheer skill of each sushi chef not too mention their absolute passion to their  craft and hospitable nature.  Every bite tasted like it was just fished out of the sea.

I was in awe and was continually distracted by their performance on the floor.  I’m looking forward to a second return soon. Anyone care to fund that trip? :)

Something New?

Having said that, I’ve been running around like my head was on fire since I arrived back – from landscaping my backyard, curing my travel withdrawal symptoms by overeating, sorting through 5,000 emails at work to something I’m very excited about: a new blog logo and header! I was looking for an illustration and design that represents who I am and how I think about food. If you’ve been an avid reader (thank you) since I started my humble blog, you would know that: 1. I don’t take myself THAT seriously 2. my writing style is light, quirky/weird (you pick one) and at times, leaning towards the “Um, what the?!” – may I remind you of my dancing moves in various posts. The thing is, I wouldn’t want it any other way. 3. My comic book obsession and finally my crazy obsession over butter, steak and pig, thus being served these morsels and pictured in Food Rehab. The “Happy Toastie” is my alter ego!

Not sure how this happened, but my blog was picked up by MTV Brasil who featured it on their frontpage yesterday. Unfortunately, I was only informed today (due to the time difference) so I didn’t get a screenshot! Don’t worry, I have requested one of course.

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Friday, May 4, 2007

My Kentucky Derby Final Analysis

Time to commit to my Derby picks, and place my wagers. Our Penn National OTW facility here is insanely packed on Derby Day, as every idiot wanna-be horseplayer decides to go there that day and only that day (which is why it is closing on or before June 18—for lack of business on a day-to-day basis, so they say). In addition, Saturday is graduation day at school and since I won the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (aw shucks *blushing*) I have to be there to receive my gold medallion. Thankfully, the ceremony is at 1 p.m., plenty of time to rush home to watch the Derby. Therefore, I am off to the OTW tomorrow morning for Oaks Day. Please, somebody tell me why Churchill Downs does not have 10-cent superfectas? They could make a killing just on the Derby alone, with its 20-horse field.

I did make a few future wagers previously. In Pool 2, I lost $2 each on Ravel and Summer Doldrums, who fell by the wayside, but I do still have Great Hunter at 11-1 and Stormello at 22-1. I suspect that is about where both horses will be at post time, so I will not place any more single bets on them, and just be satisfied if they do well.

In my previous post, I eliminated six (Sedgefield, Bwana Bull, Imawildandcrazyguy, Storm in May, Liquidity, and Sam P). However, I often toss $2 on a horse for sentimental reasons and Storm in May is going to get that action from me (he is 2 for 2 in the money on off-tracks, and his Tomlinson number is a decent 371). I also have a soft-spot for grays (did I mention that like a million times before? Lol!). I suspect he will go off closer to 60-1—hey, a dear friend picked a 50-1 longshot two years ago to win…remember him? Giacomo?

What criteria do I use in deciding whom to back? Certainly the typical—breeding, record, previous competition, distance ran, stamina—but this year I am also looking for:

1. those who have been bumped and jostled around, and still won or performed well—those who can handle the traffic; and
2. those who have demonstrated improvement over the spring—not necessarily physical growth, but mental toughness through racing against the best and training well and regularly

Frankly, I still have not decided on a winner, as so much depends on track conditions and how the race unfolds, so I will be boxing some exactas and trifectas (again, if only they had the 10 cent super!).

Who do I like to be in the mix at the end?

Street Sense (7) and Any Given Saturday (18). The one thing that really stands out for me about these two is the Tampa Bay Derby duel. Watch it again. Street Sense (with the quintessential rail ride by Calvin Borel) may have won the bob in that 1-1/16 mile race, but it was Any Given Saturday who had the wide trip and when passed by Street Sense came back again—had the race been the Derby’s 1-1/4 mile, he would have won, I bet. I like Garrett Gomez up, even though he has not rode AGS before—I think John Velazquez will come to regret giving up this mount. Both have been training perfectly, and each had a strong last race—Street Sense lost by a nose to Dominican in that strange Blue Grass, while AGS bounced a bit, wide in both turns and finished within four lengths of Nobiz Like Shobiz in the Wood Memorial, running back a full week earlier than Street Sense. If he had gotten that extra week’s rest, maybe he would have done better in his last race. Regardless, Pletcher gave him 2 weeks off after that before he worked a beautiful 5f in :58.4. Both SS and AGS have run at Churchill before (last November), as SS won the Breeders Cup Juvenile here and AGS finished just ½ length behind Tiz Wonderful in the Kentucky Juvenile Cup. I definitely see these two up there at the wire.

Tiago (15). I freaking love Tiago! Watch his Santa Anita Derby win. He lopes along last or next to last, at least 15 lengths back from the leaders nearly the entire race, until Mike Smith starts moving him up as they make the final turn. He goes to the rail, then weaves through traffic passing them all last and continues running well beyond them as he crosses the wire. With Churchill’s long stretch, if he gets a good clean ride (and Smith does not flay him until he bleeds), Tiago should be able to close like that again. Unfortunately, because of the Giacomo connection, his odds will probably be shorter than I would like, but still at least 10-1. In an exacta or tri, that pays well enough. However, my only concern are comments such as those by DRF’s Mike Welsch that Tiago does not appear to be working well on the Churchill track since shipping in from Hollywood.

Nobiz Like Shobiz (12). This is a beautiful animal—what a chest! Between him and Curlin (2), I am not sure which is the more physically impressive creature. However, while I am lukewarm on Curlin (mostly because he has never had anyone put forth a challenge to him…how will he handle one or more horses running with him rather than letting him pass?), I like Nobiz Like Shobiz. Head case that he may be, he has never finished out of the money in six races; in fact, he has never lost by more than ¾ length. All but one of his Bris speed numbers are 100+ (and the low is 97). He broke his maiden first time out, and then finished ¾ length behind Scat Daddy (14) in the G1 Champagne next out. He is the only Derby horse who went from a maiden race to nearly winning a grade 1 stakes! Scat Daddy broke his maiden, and then won the G2 Sanford, then placed in the G1 Hopeful before the Champagne, which makes Nobiz Like Shobiz’s achievement even more notable. Cornelio Velasquez has rode him in every race, and Barclay Tagg is a classy trainer. Actually, I am not crazy about his name, but I do like his Bris comments: “as rider pleased” “when asked” “all out” and “resolutely on rail.” A proven contender whose last two workouts at Belmont (5f :59.4 and :59.3) are impressive. He is flying under the radar of Pletcher’s brood, Street Sense and Curlin, so maybe he’ll stay up around his morning line 8-1.

Zanjero (3). I am not sure I can articulate a compelling reason why I like this animal, just call it a hunch, a gut reaction. I am not a big Steve Asmussen fan, although I can admire his accomplishments with young horses, and this horse is getting better, in his workouts and performances, including finishing third by a head in the free-for-all that was the Blue Grass. Shaun Bridgmohan is back on him, and together they won two races last year, including a 1-1/16 mile race over this track.

Scat Daddy (14). Damn, another Pletcher horse! However, you can’t argue with 5 wins in 8 tries, including 4 graded stakes (G2 Sanford, G1 Champagne, G2 Fountain of Youth, and G1 Florida Derby). The Kentucky-bred son of Johannesburg, out of the Mr. Prospector mare Love Style, has been training wonderfully, consistently, and has Edgar Prado up (one of my favorite jocks).

Just for kicks and giggles, I will put $2 on Teuflesberg (10) to show—just because.

I am leaving out some as a calculated risk. As PA bred, I should root for Hard Spun (8), and I will, but...that last workout revealed much (fast early, but slow late), he has not run in six weeks, and he has not run in a grade 1 stakes. Geez, he lost to Teuflesberg (10), and beaten only the likes of non-Derby entrants Joe Got Even, Forty Grams, and Officer Rocket. Pass. Cowtown Cat (6) ran a nice G2 Illinois Derby, but also who has he beaten? Reporting for Duty, Wafi City, Summer Doldrums…all non-Derby horses. However, he has been training significantly better at Keeneland, but I am still not a believer. Pass. The next one may raise some eyebrows, but I am leaving Circular Quay (16) out of my exotics. Eight weeks since his last race (Louisiana Derby) is too much and I don’t care if he is working out with Rags to Riches (and she is a hand-full). Pass. I’m also going to pass on Stormello (17) and Great Hunter (20), although I love them both. Stormello’s early speed won’t help him here, and Great Hunter is frankly screwed starting from post 20. Moreover, I already have those future wagers if they do happen to surprise.

After all that (sorry, but typing it out helps me think better), it looks like I am going with some combination of: 3-7-12-14-15-18.

John (AKA Not Too Swift) said...

Congrats on the teaching award and you're right CD would make a fortune on the dime superfecta tomorrow, if they had them. Although I read they will have them soon and hopefully for next year. Good luck with your wagering.

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Friday, May 18, 2012

Graveyard of Dreams

Admittedly due to my love of true stamina tests, the Belmont Stakes is, hands-down, my favorite of the Triple Crown races, closely followed by the Kentucky Derby with all its pageantry and then finally the Preakness. No offense to Pimlico or all my Maryland friends, but, irrationally I suppose, I always associate it with disappointment, as in all of my favorite Derby winners (and thus potential Triple Crown champions) that failed to capture the second jewel beginning with Foolish Pleasure, Genuine Risk (damn you, Angel Cordero), Winning Colors…the list goes on. I’m not a fan of I’ll Have Another, mostly due to his disgraceful excuse for a trainer (if this isn’t enough to convince you, then consider these folks with more recent concrete examples). Thus, I won’t be too disappointed when he loses on Saturday. I like Bodemeister, but actually think a new shooter will be even better, hopefully Tiger Walk or Cozzetti. I’ll have more thoughts on Saturday’s undercard later.

Today, it’s Black-Eyed Susan day, as well as the Female Jockey Challenge at Pimlico, featuring top-notch riders Rosie Napravnik, Emma-Jayne Wilson, Forest Boyce, Vicky Baze, Rosemary Homeister Jr., Tammi Piermarini and Greta Kuntzweiler. Apparently pin-up girl Chantal Sutherland is too busy riding two maiden claimers at Hollywood Park to make the trip east, but she won’t be missed. The ladies earn points for finishing in the top 4 placings; for those interested, the scoring races are the second, third, fifth and seventh races (and they will be riding against men in each race).

Race 8 is the Miss Preakness Stakes, featuring the awesome, undefeated Agave Kiss. She worked nicely over the Pimlico track this week and, with her speed, will likely be hard to beat. Cutting back in distance from her third-place finish in the Grade 3 Comely against Kentucky Oaks runner-up Broadway’s Alibi, Sagamore Farm’s Millionreasonswhy is my sentimental pick, but think Singlet could also be dangerous cutting back; she ran well early with Broadway’s Alibi. And what the hell is D. Wayne Lukas thinking putting Colonial Empress in here? Seriously, unless you’re just trying to get more black-type to retire her as early as possible, why not drop her down into maiden company and build up her confidence?

In the Jim McKay Turf Sprint, last year’s winner Maryland-bred 6-year-old Ben’s Cat returns, but he’s all the way out in post 11—ugh! Another senior citizen, Ju Jitsu Jax breaks right inside him, but appears in a bit better form. From a much-better post position, Zeb looks promising, having run third last-out in the Grade 3 Shakertown at Keeneland—he’s also won with Rosie Napravnik aboard before, so I’m hoping to get a good price on him. Cactus Son also looks suited to the distance and comes out of a strong Grade 3 Turf Sprint at Churchill.

I handicapped the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes for ThoroFan; you can check out my thoughts here. Looking for a price, I landed on Welcome Guest, but I’m afraid she’ll be the “wise guy” pick for too many and thus not be as lucrative a choice as she could be. Hoping Glinda The Good might add a little more to my exotics payout, but also think In Lingerie is good play.

In the Very One Stakes, Inspired and Well Deserved both come out of the Giant’s Causeway turf sprint at Keeneland, and will thus likely garner much favoritism. That said, I’m intrigued by the 3-year-olds, Jazzy Idea and especially Sensible Lady who failed horribly against Agave Kiss in the Trevose, but looks to like turf better.

And, boy, didn’t the Pimlico Special come up strong? Alternation is riding a three-race win streak, all at Oaklawn, but I’m thinking Yawanna Twist may run big here. Sentimentally though, I’d love to see Endorsement win—he’s been a long-time favorite ever since I cashed on his Sunland Derby win, and it’s always good to see a once-injured horse make it back to the track. Considering Martin Garcia rode him when he broke his maiden, the jockey switch doesn’t bother me, and he’s certainly bred to get the distance. Hymn Book really disappointed last out in the Oaklawn Handicap, but he should be flying late for a piece; despite his fast workouts, I’m still not sold on Mission Impazible although he does gain a nice weight advantage against the others.

While he never ran at Pimlico, well-traveled Mambo Meister will be remembered with an 8-furlong turf overnight stakes at Calder on May 26. Another gallant warrior, 9-year-old Presious Passion returns on Saturday, in the Elkwood Stakes at Monmouth—hard to believe he’s been retired now since January 2011! Here’s to a safe journey, old boy.


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Bongi Ntuli of Platinum Stars

Graeme Jackson

Wednesday Dec 06, 2017. 21:33

Platinum Stars claimed their first away win in the 2017/18 Absa Premiership as they beat Polokwane City 1-0 at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium on Wednesday evening.

The result, secured by Bongi Ntuli’s second-half goal, took Dikwena to 13th place and out of the relegation zone for the first time this season. Rise and Shine drop to 14th after a seventh home game without a win.

Polokwane created the first clear chance of the match inside the opening 15 minutes, with Wiseman Maluleke firing a shot on target, only to be denied by a fine save from Stars goalkeeper Dino Visser.

Yet that proved to be the only major highlight of a first 45 minutes in which neither team was able to really take control of the game. City enjoyed plenty of the ball and looked to Jabulani Maluleke to direct traffic from midfield, but even he allowed his frustration to get the better of him when he was booked for a nasty challenge on 25 minutes.

The game desperately needed a goal and fortunately it arrived early in the second half, with Stars’ Bongi Ntuli taking advantage of some slack defending from the hosts to put his side 1-0 up.

Polokwane looked to take control of the game after going behind and they were aided by Dikwena’s decision to try and defend their lead. Yet the hosts, as was the case in the first half, struggled to create scoring opportunities.

A few minutes past the hour mark Rise and Shine coach Bernard Molekwa looked to add a new dimension to his attack by introducing Walter Musona from the bench, but Stars’ defence remained comfortable and were able to keep the hosts at bay.

Both teams will be in league action again on Saturday, with City hosting Bidvest Wits, while Stars will welcome Kaizer Chiefs to Rustenburg.

Polokwane City 0

Platinum Stars (0) 1 (Ntuli 47’)

City: Chigova, Maponyane, Tshilo, Semenya, Hlongwane, Seabi, W. Maluleke, J. Maluleke (Musona 64’), Ndou, Tlolane, Ramagalela

Stars: Visser, Mnguni, Mwedihanga, Sithole, Zulu, Mere, Masalesa, Ng’ambi, Msomi, Otladisa (Nyanda 66’), Ntuli (Matlakala 84’)

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Open Letter to Donald Trump

Dec 15

Co-authored by Mark Schlakman*

Dear Mr. Trump,

It certainly isn’t a revelation that America and its politics are sharply divided. Vilifying the “other” major political party is seemingly more palatable than advancing transformative ideas or reaching across partisan lines to achieve meaningful compromise.

Smaller factions within both major parties, though with greater emphasis on your side, command disproportionate influence while expressing little interest in bridging these divides. Significant numbers of Americans have disengaged from major parties altogether.

Increasingly stark divisions in socio-economic status are apparent, and despite varying degrees of progress overcoming divides involving race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, there is much left to be done.

Moreover, justice in America often appears to be anything but blind notwithstanding the best intentions of innumerable honorable people who dedicate their lives to careers in public service as law enforcement officials, prosecutors, public defenders and judges, noting though that justice is broader than that.

The United States is indeed an exceptional nation but our collective psyche is fragile, prone to fear and susceptible to simple narratives. Mainstream understanding of complex issues is heavily filtered and the framing thereof often myopic, limited to periscope depth analysis and devoid of larger context.

Public opinion tends to support subordinating civil liberties that arguably define us to advance purported national security (and various other) objectives, particularly as they may apply to suspect or disfavored groups.

America has a checkered history in this regard relating back long before 9-11 — from the fate that befell Native Americans to slavery and segregation, to internment of Japanese Americans during WW2, to Senator Joe McCarthy’s assertions that “hundreds of Communists had infiltrated the State Department and other federal agencies… at a time of deepening national anxiety about the spread of world communism,” which ultimately shattered many lives based upon innuendo and the resulting stigma — all compelling but not exhaustive examples that lend insight we must not forget.

Human rights interests and national security imperatives aren’t mutually exclusive and must be reconciled, especially in a society like ours predicated on the rule of law regardless of whether such considerations seem inconvenient or quaint; however, a reasonable balance is elusive – and the pendulum swings in both directions.

Your candidacy defies punditry across the political spectrum.

Your pronouncements regarding immigration and building a great wall on our Southwest border that would be paid for by Mexico, barring Syrian refugees from entering the United States, surveilling mosques and more recently proposing “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” obfuscates real issues with hyperbole and the politics of fear, and conflates people fleeing from persecution with perpetrators thereof.

Humanitarian considerations aside, many counter-terrorism experts assert that your proposed courses of action could undermine rather than advance U.S. national security interests in part by perpetuating ISIS’ narrative that the West is at war against Islam, generally a boon for radicalization.

Given your entrepreneurial savvy, one could reasonably speculate that your campaign strategy was informed by the kind of high stakes political brinksmanship and media manipulation that you address in your book Art of the Deal intended to generate earned media coverage in lieu of paying for it during the presidential primaries, if not more simply a function of a shocking lack of depth and understanding regarding public policy and the rule of law.

So with our willing suspension of disbelief fully engaged, we look out over the horizon through lenses tinted by expectations that your business acumen will at some point refocus to generating long-term value rather than short-term profit by recalibrating if not completely receding from a number of policy positions you’ve articulated.

For example, you advocate surveilling all mosques essentially to root out violent extremism which would be highly suspect legally, presumably overwhelm available surveillance assets and in any event redirect limited resources away from arguably greater vulnerabilities.

However, surveilling certain mosques – or any houses of worship — based upon credible information indicating they foment radicalization could more readily be operationalized and pass constitutional muster.

And when you urge “real vigilance,” making clear you won’t tolerate any form of vigilante violence or intimidation for purported “retaliation” might help reduce the likelihood of such senseless acts of violence.

Regardless of whether you ultimately win the Republican nomination your bully pulpit is huge, perhaps rivaled only by the White House. Therefore you have opportunity and arguably responsibility to ensure that your messaging doesn’t harken America to the dark side, irrespective of the challenges and threats we may confront.

You seemingly acknowledge this when you describe your decision to run for president as a higher calling. This next round of Republican presidential debates affords opportunity to reposition toward that end.

Parvez Ahmed, Ph.D.
Mark Schlakman, Esq.

P.S. Since 9-11, we have collaborated alongside law enforcement throughout our state in an effort to reconcile human rights interests and national security imperatives.

*Mark Schlakman, Esq., is Senior Program Director at Florida State University’s Center for the Advancement of Human Rights. He’s served as principal investigator for the Center’s Liberty in the Balance, Rethinking Civil Rights Restoration in Florida and, American Bar Association (ABA)/Florida Death Penalty Assessment Team Report projects. Mr. Schlakman held several senior positions in state and federal government, including assistant general counsel and then special counsel to Florida Governor Lawton Chiles; special advisor to Governor Jeb Bush during his first several months in office; senior advisor to Governor “Buddy” MacKay amid the governor’s tenure as White House Special Envoy to the Americas during the final two years of the Clinton administration; and as a special advisor to U.S. Senator Bob Graham before returning to Florida. During his tenure in Washington, D.C., Mr. Schlakman also served as a Foreign Affairs Officer for the U.S. Department of State where he received its Superior Honor Award in recognition for his service to the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs while assigned to the White House. He subsequently served as an Alternate Representative for the U.S. Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) and as a special assistant to four-star Marine Corps. General Peter Pace, Commander, United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) at the outset of the George W. Bush administration.


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Even before the “Way Forward” plan was unveiled recently, Ford Motor Co. executives have been hammering home one point: product is the key to the company’s salvation.

It was a message they repeated Monday by announcing a new class of hybrids, new investment in pickups and a new commitment to a more sane pricing strategy.
“In many respects, the Way Forward begins right here, among the sketches, clay models, computer work stations and the designers and engineers,” said Ford Americas President Mark Fields, gesturing around the design studio Ford chose as the venue for its announcement. “To stand out in a world awash in car manufacturers, Ford’s brands and products have to be clear, relevant and distinct.”

While much of Ford’s restructuring strategy focused on plant closings and layoffs, Chairman and CEO Bill Ford Jr. stressed that these are only part of the strategy.

“You can’t cut your way to success,” he said.

The other prong of Ford’s offensive is product. Bill Ford said the company’s product development efforts have stagnated in recent years.

“Our product plans for too long have been defined by our capacity,” Bill Ford said. “We developed vehicles to fill plants, sometimes at the expense of creativity. That’s why we must reduce capacity in North America. From now on, our products will be designed and built to satisfy the customer — not just to fill a factory.”

Products like the Ford Fusion and Mercury Mariner Hybrid show where Ford wants to go with its domestic products. So do the new products that debuted earlier this month at the North American International Auto Show: the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX crossovers.

Fields said Ford will continue to invest in innovative new products that take the company into new segments of the market. By way of example, he pointed to a mock-up of the Ford Fairlane concept — one of a new class of “people-movers” that could replace the minivan. Fields said the Ford Reflex small car concept, unveiled at the Detroit auto show, is another.

“We predict that sales of small cars will grow by 40 percent by 2010,” Fields said. “No company today is putting an American stamp on the small car segment. That means there’s a huge growth opportunity, if only someone is willing to seize it. Ford plans to seize it, and you’re seeing a hint of what’s to come with vehicles like the Reflex.”

“That’s common business sense,” said Jim Hall, an analyst with AutoPacific, who said Ford really has nothing to offer in the small car segment domestically today. “It’s new business for them. It’s a chance for getting more new buyers.”

Bill Ford promised more fuel-efficient vehicles and reaffirmed his pledge to make more than half of all Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models available as hybrids by 2010. Included in those models are the Ford Five Hundred and Edge, Mercury Montego and Linoln MKX, he said Monday.

“We’ll have the capacity to produce up to a quarter of a million hybrids a year and scale up as the market demands,” he said.

Ford will slash its average vehicle lifecycle from 4.4 years to 3.2 years by sharing architecture and components among all its global brands and expanding the use of its global product development system, developed by Mazda Motor Corp., Fields said.

Ford owns controlling interest in the Japanese automaker and is relying on its technology platforms for many of its new products.

Mazda gives Ford an chance at customers it couldn’t capture get any other way, Hall said. The company also renewed its commitment to all three domestic brands.

“There’s more than enough room for Ford, Mercury and Lincoln to each have its own point of view in the marketplace,” Fields said. “Doing without one of the three would not result in savings, only lost customers and lost profits.”

However, Fields said, each of those brands needs a sharper focus.

“It’s about instilling the values and the spirit of America in everyFord vehicle we produce in the same way that Volvo is unmistakably Swedish,” Fields said, adding that these traits are already strong in successful vehicles like the Ford Mustang and F-Series pickups.

Fields said that Ford has taken a “haphazard approach” to its Mercury brand, but added it has already seen some noteworthy success in differentiating Mercury with more “modern, expressive design” that appeals more strongly to women and a younger demographic. Lincoln is also in need of some reorientation, Fields said.

“I admit we lost focus and created confusion,” he said. “The goal is to make Lincoln the reward for people living the American Dream. Lincoln appeals to different customers from those who need to showcase their success through a brand like Cadillac.

“Lincoln customers don’t need to shout.”

Lincoln would become the largest volume contributor in the Lincoln Mercury division, said Fields, but stressed that there are no plans to take the brand global.

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the "no .pde" problem is as easily solved by renaming your main file.

Easily solved by the typical XCode user.  I don't think you're properly visualizing the level of cluelessness of the would-be consumer of a pre-made Arduino sketch.  "rename main.cpp to foo.pde in a directory name foo, and put all the other file there too" just has SO many things that could go wrong.

On the other hand what is the benefit of working with pde files in XCode?

given a sketch containing .pde, .ino, .cpp, .c, and .S files, the .cpp, .c, and .S files are all compiled using standard c/c++/assembler conventions, while the .pde and .ino files are concatenated and (potentially)  get special preprocessing and automatic #includes.  Which is just a separate makefile rule, really, although the "preprocess" function doesn't exist.  While there's no big reason not to make .pde files have their own #includes and prototypes so that the preprocessing isn't needed in an XCode environment, excluding the processing of .pde/.ino files from your Xcode processing makes SW developed there "gratuitously incompatible" with the Arduino environment.

It is (I claim) desirable that the XCode Arduino developer be able to pack his Arduino project into a .zip file and ship it to an Arduino IDE user, where it should compile without any changes.  (I suppose that the zip file in question could be a separate XCode "target", but that seems to be unnecesarilly complicated.)

hmm there's some interesting stuff there...

Easily solved by the typical XCode user.  I don't think you're properly visualizing the level of cluelessness of the would-be consumer of a pre-made Arduino sketch.  "rename main.cpp to foo.pde in a directory name foo, and put all the other file there too" just has SO many things that could go wrong.

To me, it seems this point of view is a little bit overly cautious towards the "beginner Arduino User".
We were all beginners at a certain time and I think this little challenge of renaming a main.cpp file into a project_folder_name.pde file is only a small step to make you learn something new. Compared to learning about pointers, inheritance or even functions, renaming a file seems like a piece of cake. (mmm.. cake :-))

Before I started this effort to try to make an Arduino project with XCode, I had no knowledge at all about makefiles. Just by doing this I already learned so much about this completely new topic. It's fun! And it's a great way to learn too: trying to take this next step and looking through other people's code trying to make sense of it...
It's great that the Arduino IDE is working so good "out of the box" so beginners can get their hands dirty immediately. But at a certain point, if you want to create more complex programs you'll want to learn about classes, pointers, etc and then it is actually a good thing to have a more advanced software community that can happily program in their "professional" IDEs and assist those people.

But what if the Arduino IDE would allow correctly formatted C/C++ code? Then there would be no compatibility problem anymore, right?

I feel we're getting a little bit off topic here.. this thread was going to be about getting XCode to compile Arduino projects I believe.
So let's first get the templates ready for XCode 3.2.x and XCode 4.x and all the different boards, get them properly working for everybody and then worry about the potentially more complex problem of compatibility with the Arduino IDE.

If you have any suggestions on how to solve this problem, let's hear 'em! Maybe there is a very simple solution that I'm not seeing right now... like a simple text file included in the XCode template that explains what to modify for use in an Arduino IDE and vice versa?

Hi I've been playing around with this and can compile and upload sketches.  Could you explain exactly how I can include a user-defined library with this template?

Suppose I have a library named foo located in the standard places:

how can I include it in the Xcode project?

Also, is it necessary to have the "ArduinoProgram" class with setup() and loop() methods, or can I write setup() and loop() functions in main.cpp?

Thanks much

Nov 17, 2011, 11:57 am Last Edit: Nov 17, 2011, 11:59 am by timKnapen Reason: 1
Hi Professor,

That's a very good question. I suddenly realize that I've made this not so user friendly.
Basically, what you need to do is find the variables CPP_LIBRARIES, INCLUDE_LIBRARIES and CXXSRC and add some things.

I will update the github repository as soon as possible with a new makefile and build settings that allow you to add libraries of your own without needing to touch the makefile. I will report back here when that's uploaded to github.

Meanwhile, here is an example of how you could modify the makefile:
Make sure not to use ~/ for your home path, but the full name : /Users/yourUserName/ ... (because of a mistake I made)
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#.. beginning of makefile...

# loading libraries
LIBRARIES = EEPROM Ethernet/utility SPI \
Firmata LiquidCrystal Matrix Sprite \
SD SD/utility Servo SoftwareSerial \
Stepper Wire Wire/utility

# Here you add the paths to the folders that contains the cpp files of your libraries:
OTHER_LIBRARIES = /Users/yourName/Documents/arduino_sketchbook/library1 \ # << backslash means "continue on next line"

# make the correct paths for the libraries
INCLUDE_LIBRARIES += $(addprefix -I,$(OTHER_LIBRARIES)) #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< add this line

# find .cpp files in libraries
CPP_LIBRARIES = $(foreach lib,$(LIBRARIES),$(wildcard $(LIB_ROOT)/$(lib)/*.cpp))
CPP_LIBRARIES += $(foreach lib,$(OTHER_LIBRARIES),$(wildcard $(lib)/*.cpp))  #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< add this line

# main file
TARGET = main

# find .c files in arduino directory
SRC = $(wildcard $(ARDUINO)/*.c)

# .cpp files from libraries and arduino directory
CXXSRC = $(wildcard $(ARDUINO)/*.cpp) $(CPP_LIBRARIES) $(SOURCES)
CXXSRC += $(wildcard $(OTHER_LIBRARIES)/*.cpp) #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< add this line

#.... rest of makefile...

You are right about ArduinoProgram, you don't really need it. It's only my preferred way of working.
Here's an example of main.cpp without the ArduinoProgram class:
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#include "WProgram.h"

// Arduino doesn't know about new and delete, so let's teach 'm :
#include <stdlib.h> // for malloc and free
void* operator new(size_t size) { return malloc(size); }
void operator delete(void* ptr) { free(ptr); }
// from: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1230935955

// you'll need to add function prototypes now...
void setup();
void loop();

// functions

void setup(){
Serial.println("this a test without ArduinoProgram");

void loop(){
Serial.println("we are looping...");

int main(void)
for (;;)
return 0;

I also have a question for you: What OS are you on and what board did you use to test?

Thanks for the feedback professor! Let me know if there is something else we can make better / easier to use...

Thanks Tim - I'll try this out this evening.

I an running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and loading to a Duemilanove.

Things seem a more complicated with Xcode 4.2 running on Lion 10.7.2.

I had a look at Ino: maybe some ideas to grab?

I'm using 2 boards: Arduino UNO and chipKIT UNO32, with only one IDE Mpide 0022.

Hi Chaos & Avenue,

I have uploaded a new version of the XCode3.2 template to github. The adding of external libraries has been simplified a lot and it has (hopefully) clear instructions now in the README file. Get it here: https://github.com/timknapen/Arduino-With-XCode and let me know what you think :-)

I have also made a working XCode 4 project in Lion, but it seems that making templates is still a little too obscure. I haven't done too much research yet (just installed Lion today) so it might not be as hard as it looks.

At the moment, I think it might be better to not go for a project template, but do it the way openFrameworks does it: creating a blank project that has everything setup and just copy the whole project folder to start a new Arduino project in XCode 4

Thanks for the info Chaos, I will check the box on Duemilanove :-)

What are .ino files?

I've added a first version of an example XCode 4 project to the github repository.
Not a template, a blank project that you can copy and start from. When documentation on XCode 4 templates starts appearing I might have a go at it...

I'm not working in OSX Lion myself, so I'm going to wait for complaints/suggestions before I continue working on the XCode 4 project.

Very cool Tim - I followed the instructions in the new Readme and was able to compile a sketch with the Streaming and Flash libraries under Xcode 3.2.6!

Thanks Avenue,

I had checked that blog post, but it doesn't really give a lot more information than what you can find in the templates that Apple provides with XCode.

For now, I'm going to wait until there is decent documentation on XCode4 templates. There are just too many things that we'd have to find by trial&error...

But if anyone is up for the task, don't let my laziness stop you! :-)

Very cool Tim - I followed the instructions in the new Readme and was able to compile a sketch with the Streaming and Flash libraries under Xcode 3.2.6!

ah that's great news, I'm glad it's starting to become useable!

What we "need" is a command-line mode of the Arduino app that does the Arduino-style preprocessing on a set of .pde (or .ino) files.
Having to figure out exactly what it does (slightly differently) with each Arduino release is a pain, and makes implementing Arduino program builds in other IDEs an exercise in chasing not-fully-documented behaviors. :-(

I fully agree. Learning Makefile is just horrendous.

Another big benefit is to ensure consistency of the code between the Arduino IDE and alternative IDEs.

So a command-line mode of the Arduino app should be great!

I've just tried Tim's Xcode project on Xcode 4.2.1 running on Lion *.

Trying to compile it i get

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make: *** No rule to make target `/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/Sanguino/cores/arduino/pins_arduino.o', needed by `bin/core.a'.  Stop.
Command make failed with exit code 2

Any ideas how to solve this issue?

* EDIT: I'm using UNO.

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"Blown Off Course" is the seventh in David Donachie's John Pearce series. I have also read other books by Donachie including the Harry Ludlow and Nelson novels. As always, Donachie offers a well written, well researched, and enjoyable experience. I have grown attached to Pearce and his fellow "Pelicans".

While I like this series enormously, I think it is past time for Donachie to resolve the main element. I mentioned this in my comments for the fifth book and frankly, I thought the main conflict would be resolved now. In case you do not know, in the first book, Pearce and five other men were illegally impressed and Pearce has spent six additional books trying to free the group.

There could only be two resolutions: 1. They all go free (highly unlikely) or 2. They realize that the RN is their rightful place (the reader can easily see the signs)

I can visualize that Lt. Pearce will reach a rank and position where his four remaining friends can be part of his crew. And then... they can have additional naval adventures, i.e. the series does not have to end.

Very little of this particular book was at sea. Mostly, it was trying to get protections for his men, and earn enough money for Pearce to support a wife and to set up his fellow Pelicans in some station ashore.

The only thing resolved in this novel was that Pearce and Emily finally professed their love. Another element a long time coming.

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The soft, lushy green gras in which he lies is not real. Not in the term its not in this world, it is just not real in terms its not made by nature. The polymere once created by oil is just the only alternative that is left. Real grass won't grow under the domes. The bubble of energy under which they live filters too much radiation from the sun spectre. In other domes it is possible. In the newer class of domes, people can grow natural food. Juicy sweet red apples like in the times before the big mistake. Even the water itself is not natural- it was decided to add minerals to it to prevent malnutrition. The oxygen isn't produced by the green gras, how should plastic create oxygen? It is imported from the outside of the domes- cleaned and inhaled with the old 21 percent like in the times before the domes.
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e domes allow us to stay alive. It not much, but for most better than death. The void of nothingness it bears, the dark hole of bitter sweet emptiness. The suicidal rates have exploded compared to times before the dome. The generation that now grows old inside the domes had the highest. Completly unnatural life, dictated by machines- without passion. Yes, those machines makes everyday life easier as noone really wants to place a foot outside the domes. Either because you get a radiation poisoning or because you may contract Sulg-o-gar spores.

Life under the free sky- many dream it. The oldest people know how it felt- in their childhood the just ran around , had fun, learned nearly all day in schools- on how to tackle the so deeply screwed up world they lived in and will live in. On the edge of extinction, some genius invented the principle of the domes- huge walls of plasma to allow a life after a nuclear war. It was costly, very costly- the developement chewed up nearly all ressources- without plasma formation we would only have a few domes- probably 10-15 worldwide just because it is so energy intensive. Due to the high cost, noone wanted to be the first one who starts reasearching on the topic- nor dreaming of even building one. All the governments- or what was left of them, needed every single penny for not screwing over in a few years. Yet this fueled the ongoing ressource conflict even more, instead of just cooperating. The method sharing and caring was not known by anyone- or was not meant to be known by anyone. As the ressources got less the wars became more furious- resembling the cold war from the 20th century, with every nation fiddling with the affairs of the ressource rich countries. Until some douchebag came on the idea to just nuke one of the other countries with no ressources back into the stoneage. Back in these days it meant less competetion, so noone intervened. Until only a few countries were left. Mostly with ressources. Europe itself was the luckiest bastard of all. Getting just one atomic bomb over Vienna. Considering they blew up North Africa, Greenland, Iceland, Kongo, Canada and even the old Turkmenistan, which got Nuked so often that the country disappeared on the landmarks. Population zero. The first dead zone outside the oceans...
As the amount of nuklear missles became less- it was too exepensive to blow up entire nations just because you didn't want to have competition. Now the soldier wars became normal- Russia screwing over Finland- Europe screwing over Russia- China also screwing Russia with Europes help- USA invading the Arabic world. the South american Union screwing over the USA. And there was Japan, screwing itself in the bloodiest civil conflict- resembling Turkmenistan afterwards- without the radiation of course.
After years of wars- noone had the soldiers- nor the ressoruces or the nukes to continue fighting and the world became peaceful for a short moment.

Then out of nowwhere- someone developed plasma formation- solving the ressource deficit problem overnight. The wars, which dwelled below the surface, started once again. This time even screwing up the whole nature- Oceans getting anoxic- killing all the animals within. The animals on land were dead long before- Only the usual cattle, pig, chicken stuff was kept alive to feed future soldiers. Too all opulence, aliens came to visit us in an pretty unfriendly way. Mykonians, Sulg-o-gars and a for about 18 days a third race- loosing the fight against the Mykonians.

Life within the domes... Just crazy to think about how often we blew ourselves up instead of cooperating- getting those pesky Mykonians of our small blue marble with the help of the Sulg-o-gars and afterwards cleaning the Sulg-ogars of the Planet.

Yet the green, itchy grass is the best we have left. It like we learned nothing out of all. The Resistance calling themselves democratic blowing up everything with Rocksleds and further radiating the world with their Rhinos controlled by a "central" human computer.

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Offline scgardenweb

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Vinegars & Holiday Gifts
« on: October 17, 2016, 07:38 PM »
Herbed Holiday Vinegars and Garden Gift Making Workshop

Sunday Oct 30, 11:AM - 1:00PM

It's time to harvest all those lovely garden herbs and put them to work making flavored vinegars, perfect for holiday gift giving or just keep them for your own kitchen! Come to Sunshine Gardens on Sunday, Oct 30 - from 11AM till 1PM (outside if the weather is nice, or in the trailer if not,,,) to see how to make herbed vinegars and other garden type holiday gifts and decorations. Gardener Gail Reese will bring various sample herbal vinegars that are "making", sample bottles, labels, etc. for final packaging, as well as ideas for using dehydrators and garden produce for holiday decorations. While we don't have the facilities to have a hands on preparation session, instructions will be provided for producing your own herbal vinegars, garden gifts, etc. Everyone is welcome to bring their own ideas and samples for show and tell also! The session will go for two hours, so feel free to stop by for the whole time or take a gardening break and drop by for a short look and see! Contact Gail at 512 451-0913 if any questions.

Offline Pridgen

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Re: Vinegars & Holiday Gifts
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2018, 02:04 PM »
I would have loved to attend this workshop had I known about it at the time. Are there any similar workshops planned in the future by any chance?

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Re: Vinegars & Holiday Gifts
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2018, 07:01 PM »
Not at this time. If there is, I'll email you.


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  1. Back in Indiana....

    by , August 15th, 2011 at 01:40 PM (Year Three: The Road Back)
    I love vacations! They are absolutely little bits of heaven. My family and I just returned from 10 days spent lounging pond- and ocean-side in Cape Cod. My husband's family has a house there and we go every summer. There's nothing like recharging by the ocean, is there?

    I did manage to swim quite a bit. My husband thinks I'm nuts because I still got up while on vacation Monday-Thursday and drove to the Cape's YMCA to swim. I did anywhere between 3400-4000 scy each day and capped the week off with a roughly 4325 meter open-water swim in Sheep Pond. In truth, it was farther than I should have gone on my own, but I managed to swim close to shore most of the time, so I could put my feet down if things got hairy. But... I made it and I was proud of myself. And... I decided that I'm definitely swimming the 2K (instead of the 4K) as my first open water racing adventure at the end of this month.

    As for today, it was back to the pool with my team. We are now back to scy instead of lcm. You forget just how quickly the flip turns come, don't you? Anyway, here's what we did:

    200 Warm-Up
    4 x 100 Free/Kick by 50 on 1:50
    3 sets (free, pull w/o paddles, kick w/ fins):
    - 4 x 100 Steady Pace on 1:40
    - 4 x 50 Descend 1-4 on 1:00
    - 4 x 50 Fast on :50
    8 x 50 Drill/Swim on 1:00 as Cool-Down
    Total Yards - 3400

    This will be a lesser yardage week for me as school is starting up on Wednesday and I will need to be getting out early to be home in time to make sure the girls get on their busses. Can't believe my oldest is starting high school! E-gads.... where does the time go?

    As I ponder these things, I hope you enjoy your swims today!
    Swim Workouts
  2. Monday Workout - distance fly

    by , August 15th, 2011 at 12:31 PM (Pete's swim blog)
    I remember thinking I would never be able to do a workout like this. Now its a matter of how much rest I'll get. I had to push on the shorter fly sets but on the distance I can stretch out a little and it doesn't hurt quite so bad. Need to start working on going a little faster and developing easy speed with my fly.

    450 Warm up

    2 times through:
    * 25 Fly - :30
    * 25 Free - :30
    * 50 Fly/50 Free - 1:30
    * 400 IM - 7:00
    * 50 Easy
    * 200 IM - 3:30 (125 Fly/25 bk/25 br/25 fr)
    * 300 IM - 5:30 (150 Fly/50 bk/50 br/50 fr)
    * 175 Fly - 3:00
    * 175 Free - 2:30
    50 Easy

    10 x 50 Free - :45

    200 Fly easy

    50 Cool down

    (4150 Total)
    Swim Workouts
  3. Mon Aug 15th 2011 scy

    by , August 15th, 2011 at 11:56 AM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    Mon Aug 15th 2011 scy

    Sat: Trained
    Sun: Did not train

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    Whitney Coached
    UT, main pool scy
    6:30 to 8:00 dove in 6:33ish
    wore blue camo jammer
    swam with Mike
    Beside tyler, Todd, Larry, Jim, Nate, Korey, David & Robert Killeen

    assigned 900
    did 6 or 700

    Main SET: scy

    4 rounds of:

    5 x 200 fr on 3:00 80% effort
    1:00 break
    50 fast
    1:00 break

    lead my lane, Todd swam in the lane beside mine, we held around the same times
    most were under 2:14, a lot of 2:13's
    we picked up the pace on 4th & 5th
    went 2:04 on last one in 4th round

    50's fr 24's & 25's

    50 easy at the very end
    Swim Workouts
  4. Saturday 8/13/11 Workout

    by , August 15th, 2011 at 10:39 AM (A comfort swimmer's guide to easy swimming)

    Warm up
    1 x 200/20sr freestyle
    2 x 100/15sr freestyle
    4 x 50/10sr freestyle

    Kick Set
    24 x 25/55
    #1 - breast or dolphin
    #2 - sprint flutter
    - did this without board, in streamline with snorkel. didn't get times since my pace clock is too small to see from the far end of the pool. Alternated breast & dolphin on the 1st of every pair.
    easy 200 free

    Main Set - Free
    1 x 100 free/2:00 smooth
    2 x 150/2:30 threshold pace
    - went 2:16, 2:17
    1 x 100/2:00 EZ
    4 x 100/1:45 threshold pace
    - 1:35-1:33-1:34-1:33
    1 x 100/2:00 EZ
    6 x 75/1:20 threshold pace
    - again not sure of times since clock is too small to see from far end. Guessing that I was going 1:08-1:10
    1 x 100/2:00 EZ
    8 x 50/55 threshold pace
    - 45-46 on these

    Warm down
    100 easy

    Total: 3450 meters
  5. A preseason sprint workout

    by , August 15th, 2011 at 09:21 AM (Mixing it up this year)
    I am going to sacrifice yardage for speed this year.

    10x100@1:45 Free
    5x100@2:00 Free kick w/fins
    5x100@2:00 Breast pull w/fins
    5x100@2:00 Free desc w/fins went 1:14, 1:11, 1:10, 1:09, 1:03
    2x200@4:00 free kick w/fins
    200 free easy

    Total 3100 yards
  6. Sewickley Swim, Aug. 14

    by , August 14th, 2011 at 11:30 PM (The FAF AFAP Digest)
    I journeyed to Sewickley to work out with Jimby today, but he had a "crick" in his back. We chatted and had a steam and I muddled through the following workout.

    Warm up:

    600 various

    7 x 50
    odds = single arm fly
    evens= single arm free

    Steam room, 15 minutes

    Main Sets:

    3 x 100 flutter kick w/board @ 1:45, moderate
    50 breast
    3 x 100 flutter kick w/board @ 1:30, fastish
    (1:05-07, not too speedy)
    50 breast
    3 x 100 flutter kick w/board @ 1:45, moderate
    50 breast

    50 EZ

    8 x 100 @ 2:00
    25 breast + 25 back + 25 breast + 25 back fast

    50 EZ

    5 x (25 fast + 25 EZ)

    50 EZ

    Total: 3000

    My right shoulder is still really bothering me. And being away with family is not conducive to mega RC exercises. Part of me wants to pack it in for the long course season and cross train next week. And I would have plenty of time to do just that as my Lil Fort is in NY for the next week. But part of me wants to swim at the TC too. I'm driving home tomorrow and will see how it feels then. I would just like it to completely heal freaking soon!
    Swim Workouts
  7. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

    by , August 14th, 2011 at 11:11 PM (Swimming, Life, and Other Stuff!)
    I had 3 unremarkable yet restorative swims this week-end. All 3 around 3,000 scy. I was too buy to blog them and now forget what I did.
    We had a terrible storm last night in central Indiana which caused the temperature to drop significantly. I took a nice 45 minute run after swimming and toast. It felt great, almost fall-like.

    Daughter Sarah (newly 20 year old attending college in Florida) was home this week-end to visit before classes start. I spent most the week-end hanging around with her. She took an ekg on Thursday; yes she too has a long Q interval. She handled it like a champion. I told her not to worry till we get more information. She shrugged and said "fine by me." I also heard that my insurance company will pay for 100% of the genetic testing. Right now I'm super glad I didn't switch to the cheaper HSA plan. I flirted with the idea for a couple months but with still having 3 offspring on the plan I stuck with the premium option. Phew!

    I'm going to start working on backstroke. I think I have a fairly sound backstroke, I could definitely step up the kicking but would like some ideas to work on the CATCH. I've been told to "grab a baseball and throw it down to the ground." Is there any other analogies out there for this stroke? Throwing isn't working for me.
  8. Workouts & Highlights of Vacation - so far

    by , August 14th, 2011 at 06:40 PM (Chowmi's Blog)
    We are having a great time in AZ!

    I swam 2 "workouts" that I made my sister do with me.

    SCM, Lifetime Fitness Center
    Somewhere in Tempe? Close to her place in Chandler. Next to the Ikea.

    Day "One"

    400 warmup

    8 x 50 kick/swim

    6 x 75 kick/drill/swim

    8 x 25 kick drills

    50 easy

    The End

    Day "Two"

    Warm up:
    200 swim
    100 kick
    100 drill
    100 kick

    8 x 50 kick/swim and swim/kick

    12 x 25 as 4 rounds of:
    kick drill
    easy swim
    reverse catch up drill
    easy swim

    200 choice pull/swim

    We are going to Fogo de Chao tonight! It's going to be our last blow-out meal of the vacation!

    I am completely enamoured with chowsh's Lifetime Fitness Club. It is only $55 a month (but not racquetball and climbing wall). However, as choosy mothers like me know, it's all about the childcare! And here....IT'S FREE!!!!! You have no idea what a value that is, until you have to pay $3.50 per hour for 2 girls! I used to pay 2 hours for each girl, 4x per week in addition to the gym fee! Plus, they could only take 1 or 2 kids under 12 months, depending on if they had enough staff. Chowsh's place is awesome. They take a crapload of kids in their kids club! And their indoor and outdoor pools are awesome for family swim. Slides, waterfalls, and cascading mushrooms (albeit in the pee zone)....!!!!
  9. Slow Run

    by , August 14th, 2011 at 06:23 PM (Elise's Fitness Fun)
    Yes, indeed. I sure did run slow today. I do try to remind myself, however, that I am blessed I can still do it even if go about it at a snail's pace. Ran about 3 p.m. It was hot, but the humidiity was low. A rolling hills type course with a gradual incline. Total run was 3.7 miles and it took me about 36:45.

    Legs feel weak and heavy. I don't think this is from the kicking yesterday either. Well, now I have to stick to running so I can perhaps have a chance of feeling "light" on my feet again.

    After the run today, I almost envy those with skinny legs.

    Updated August 14th, 2011 at 11:52 PM by elise526

  10. Just can't get enough of that lake!

    Last night's moonlight swim in the lake was absolutely amazing! I had arranged to meet up with some folks at the town beach at ten, and walking over by myself I was worried that no one else might show up. But as I neared the beach I was waved over by a group sitting at a picnic table. It was my teammates Larry, Kathleen, Miriam, and Clara. I was so happy to see them, and they were as excited as I was about the swim. Plus--they had brought cupcakes!! Delicious ones! We ate and chatted a bit about the day, than ambled down towards the water.

    On the beach we found Carolyn and Jonathan, and our group was compete. Hurray! We stripped down to our suits, stowed our clothes in a nearby lifeguard chair, and headed into the water.

    Storms had been forecast for the evening, and there were lots of clouds in the sky, but the moon shone bright and clear through a cloudless patch. I had no trouble at all seeing my companions or the ropes and dock that we had to make our way round to get to open lake. I ducked under the ropes that marked off the small swimming area then stroked out about two hundred yards. It was magical.

    I had imagined that I wouldn't be able to see anything when my face was in the water, but I could clearly see my hands and arms moving, and once I stopped and looked down, even my legs and feet. I looked very bright in the dark water. On each hand entry I could see the bubbles my hand had created with great clarity. It almost looked like they were glowing. It was as if my vision was in black and white rather than in color, but there was still plenty to see. I wasn't afraid at all.

    After a bit some of us stopped and just admired the view of the moon and sky and the lights of the surrounding village. The mountains that surround the lake were dark shapes against the sky. After a bit we saw some lightning in the far distance. Soon we started sculling back towards the beach. I sculled/floated the whole way back with my head up and goggles off just to take in as much of the night as I could.

    Once back on the beach we dressed, passed the cupcakes around a final time, then said our goodnights. I couldn't believe how much I had loved my little taste of nighttime swimming, and I felt grateful to have such wonderful swim pals to share in the fun.

    This morning the theme of swim buddies continued. I swam down from my hotel to the town beach looking for someone to swim with. *There I met a couple of swimmers about to get. Amazingly, we all three turned out to be of very similar speeds, and ended up swimming the entire ironman loop here three abreast. It felt very relaxed and companionable.

    After we were done, I swam back to my hotel beach and proceeded to do a lake IM--one width of the lake each stroke. Gotta do one of those on each Lake Placid trip! Then I swam a little more on the buoy line, floated a while looking up at the sky, and wondered whether it would be possible to have someone deliver my meals to me so that I could just spend the entire day in the water. I looked around for a kindly kayaker bearing pb&j pops but alas there were none in sight. So finally I headed in for some lunch and a nap. It was a pretty perfect morning! Now it's time to head out for another swim!

    Updated August 17th, 2011 at 06:45 PM by swimsuit addict

  11. A four-swimsuit day!

    Today I swam the Betsy Owens 2-mile cable swim in Lake Placid. It was a beautiful clear morning. I breakfasted while watching the sun rise over the lake. After some stretching I put on the first swimsuit of the day and headed over for an early warmup on the course. It was nice swimming along the cable course before it got crowded. The lake was peaceful and oh so glorious to be in.

    As I was getting out I saw my friend Carolyn from FISH masters, which made me happy. I ran my moonlight swim idea by her, and she seemed up for it. Hurray! As I was drying off I met up with teammates from AGUA and TNYA. I was glad to see everyone had made it up ok.

    I changed into my second suit of the day, and soon we lined up for the race. I had the fastest seed time in the fourth wave of swimmers, so I started right by the cable and stayed there pretty much the entire four laps. I didn't find anyone to draft off of, but at each buoy turn I could see a mob of folks behind me. I didn't mind--I'm usually happy to give up the chance to draft for the opportunity to swim in clear water without people all around me. I did expect that I might get passed up on the last length or at the finish, but that didn't happen.
    I finished in 49:17, which placed me 18th overall (I was seeded 31st), 5th woman, and 1st my age group. It felt like a well paced swim, and I was pretty spent by the end.

    After the picnic and awards (age group winners got the traditional loaf of bread) I got to swim again with my friend Fran. We're well paced and stroked along the length of the course in synch. I also made plans for a swim tomorrow morning with others who are staying over.

    Readers who are keeping track might notice that I've only mentioned three swims, and hence only three swimsuits. Where is the fourth promised in the title? It is yet to come. I'm meeting up with a half dozen other swimmers this evening at ten for a moonlight swim in Mirror Lake, as long as the weather cooperates. I've never swum outdoors at night--it should be a thrill. Please clouds stay away a little longer!

    Updated August 17th, 2011 at 06:48 PM by swimsuit addict

  12. Worked the legs

    by , August 13th, 2011 at 07:58 PM (Elise's Fitness Fun)
    Following Fort's suggestion to use fins to get some good muscle tone in the thighs, did an aerobic kick workout today:

    4 x 500 kick with fins on 7:30

    Odds: 100 free kick with board/100 back kick

    Evens: 100 dolphin on back/100 back kick

    On the first 500, my legs really started to burn, but I soon adjusted and felt o.k. I was one tired puppy after yesterday's workout and all the kicking today. Came home and took a two hour nap.

    I have forgotten how good swimming makes me feel mentally. I feel much calmer than usual.
  13. Mountain Lakes Triathlon

    by , August 13th, 2011 at 06:12 PM (Pete's swim blog)
    Tried something a little different this weekend and entered the Mountain Lakes Triathlon in Guntersville, AL. Did the whole thing and not just the swim leg. It was a pretty well run event with excellent traffic control, a flat course and beautiful views of Lake Guntersville. I couldn't really train for this since Nationals was last week and I was tapering. So, basically, I got a lot of swimming practice, one week of cycling before my taper and no practice running. It's just a 5k run... how hard can that be? I would soon find out.

    The swim was 600 yards and took off from a beach... if you could call it that. For about 25 yards, it was knee deep. More "swimmable" after that. Started out with sand which then went through rock followed by mud covered with a layer of weeds and finally just plain nasty lake mud. Visibility was about 2 feet at best. I dove in over the rocks and just sucked it up as my hand occasionally dug into weeds and mud. Started 37th (individual timed starts about 5 sec apart)... a few spots behind my MATT teammate Roger and his daughter. The catch was that they let the college teams go first. Alabama, Auburn and Clemson sent sizable college triathlete teams... some of which weren't terribly good swimmers. So, I ended up picking my way through the crowd. Crawled over a couple people challenged with swimming straight lines. Came out of the water right behind Roger and his daughter. That was really odd because I never swim faster that Roger under any conditions. Final time: 8:01... good enough for first in my age group. Probably good enough for the fastest swim for anyone over 40. There were some college swimmers I know I didn't catch but I was very happy with where I was.

    The bike was 16.1 miles... not too far. Started with a horrible transition though. Couldn't get anything on correctly. Should have just taken off with cycling shoes and a helmet and forgotten the rest. The time lost wasn't worth it. Bike went well anyway. I've got a decent road bike but nothing even close to the $6000 tri bikes that constantly blew past me at 25+ mph. Its a rich man's sport and I don't intend to put a lot of time into triathlons until I can afford the equipment necessary to compete. That's one thing I love about swimming. You can be competitive with less than $100 worth of equipment. I managed to average 20. Not too bad for being out of the sport for so long. I expected to eventually catch Roger (he had a better transition) but it never happened. Turns out he blew me away on the bike. No equipment or training excuses there... he was just faster than I was.

    Somehow over the years, I've forgotten how painful it is to dismount a bicycle and immediately start running. It hurts bad and IMO, just isn't worth it. I'm not a runner and didn't train so starting a 5K in the condition I was in was just not a great idea. The miles drug on forever and eventually my left quad started cramping up. Fortunately, I had no knee problems (I run like a duck) and I was able to gut out the pain to finish.

    The best part about the triathlon is that at some point you get to stop. The pain is still there but just isn't quite so bad when you reflect on what you have done. In all, I spent and hour and a half giving it all I had and refusing to quit. I knew my swim time was good and aside from that, I just wanted to finish. I'm glad I did it but I don't see myself doing it again. I love doing swimming legs of triathlons and I'll definitely stick to that for now. Might do a 1500m swim in the Tennessee river for the Rocketman triathlon in a couple weeks.
  14. Another slow day

    by , August 13th, 2011 at 03:54 PM (Mixing it up this year)
    Just another easy day. Was unable to get a chiropractic appointment Friday so having to suffer. I did decide to do some fly to see if that would help and it did somewhat until my right hip is back in place I will have to deal with this.

    500 Free broken
    5x200@4:00 Fly w/fins as 50 rt arm/50 lt arm/50kick/50 swim strong
    500 Free kick w/fins broken

    Total 2000 yards
  15. Longest workout in over a year!!

    by , August 13th, 2011 at 12:44 AM (Elise's Fitness Fun)
    Swam with the older group this afternoon. They just got back in the pool starting on Wednesday after a 6 week break, so I figured now was the best time to join them.

    I got to warm-up late, but was able to do a little bit of one. I was really tired after this workout, but relieved I could get through it.

    Warm-up: 400 swim, 200 kick

    6 x 200 free on 3:00 (used paddles on even swims)

    400 I.M. kick
    1 minute rest
    4 x 200 free on 3:00 (used paddles on even swims)

    300 I.M. kick
    1 minute rest
    2 x 200 free on 3:00 (no paddles)

    100 easy

    500 free pull with paddles and buoy

    200 easy

    4500 SCY

    1. It was my choice to use paddles on the 200 free swims. I felt like I was dropping my elbow on swims without them and so wearing the paddles forced me to have better form. Tomorrow, if I can get my swim in, I plan to follow Fort's suggestion of using fins and working my legs. No paddles tomorrow.

    2. Discovered where my lower back stuff is coming from. I breathe on one side because the pool chemistry is not the greatest and thus, have to breathe every stroke. May use my inhaler next time to so that I can make attempt at breathing every three. My left side is not happy with the constant "twisting."

    3. Encouraged I could make it through the workout. Hope to get in once a week with this group to get an endurance workout. Plan to make my other workouts between 2,000 to 3,000 yards and focus mainly on technique.
  16. Noodler Magnet, Aug. 12

    by , August 12th, 2011 at 10:45 PM (The FAF AFAP Digest)

    warm up:

    600 various
    10 x 25 shooters on back

    Main Sets:

    10 x 50 fly drill
    1-4 & 6-9 single arm fly
    5 & 8 easy speed fly
    50 EZ

    10 x 50 back drill w/turtles
    -- Love turtles for backstroke, after being indifferent for free. They definitely promote an EVF and a shallower arm pull. Shallower rather than deep works better for me on backstroke.

    10 x 50 breast drill
    1-5 alternate dolphin and whip kick
    6-10 1 pull 2 kick
    50 EZ

    16 x 25 fast dolphin kick w/board and fins @ :30

    50 EZ

    4 x 100 w/paddles @ 2:00
    50 scull + 50 free

    Total: 3300

    I am a noodler magnate. I've been thinking about this phenomenon or awhile. When there is only one person per lane, noodlers and lap swimmers inevitably want to join my lane. Today, someone wanted to jump in my lane with an actual swim noodle around her waist. Seriously? And why me? I can only surmise that the principal reason is that I'm not a continuous lap swimmer, rest on walls frequently and hence can be more easily interrupted and asked to share. After many years of swimming during lap swim hours, I have also observed that women are always asked to share before men -- no matter which sex is asking. I am well used to sharing lanes. But I have to admit to be slightly perturbed when a slow poke with a super wide breaststroke kick who gravitates toward the middle of the lane chooses my lane instead of another slow poke lane. This even happened yesterday to Wolfy and me. Those of you who train with teams have no idea how frustrating this can be sometimes. Today, when I wasn't even sitting on a wall, someone stopped me in the middle of one of my 50 flys. Seriously?

    I did mostly a recovery workout today with a sprint endurance kick set. Then I crawled through absolutely appalling traffic to Pittsburgh. Rush hour apparently starts at 2:00 pm in the DC suburbs on Friday.

    Hoping tomorrow will be more fun. I'm out of the pool and onto roller coasters!
    Swim Workouts
  17. Double FAST Fri Aug 12th 2011 scy

    by , August 12th, 2011 at 06:05 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    FAST Fri Aug 12th 2011 scy

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    Tyler Coached
    UT, main pool scy
    noon to 1:15 dove in 12:07
    wore blue camo jammer
    swam with Max & Enrique
    Beside Beth
    (got in the one of 2 lanes that have blocks when the lane lines are east west scy

    12 min choice

    Main SET: scy

    10 x 100 fr on 6:00 fast for time
    from a dive off the Blocks
    2 heats 2:00 apart
    did them:
    5 SDKs, 50 2 beat kick, 50 6 beat kick
    54 on #1 ,
    53's on 2 - 8
    skipped 9 and
    52 on #10

    did 100 swim down after most hard 100's
    Swim Workouts
  18. FAST Fri Aug 12th 2011 scy

    by , August 12th, 2011 at 05:51 PM (Ande's Swimming Blog)
    FAST Fri Aug 12th 2011 scy

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    Whitney Coached
    UT, main pool scy
    6:30 to 8:00 dove in 6:35ish
    wore blue FS PRO jammer
    swam with Todd
    Beside tyler, chris, & Larry

    20 min choice

    Main SET: scy

    10 x 100 fr on 6:00 fast for time
    from a dive off the side in
    2 heats 2:00 apart
    went: 57 on #1 , 4 56's & 4 55's, &
    53 on #10
    did around 100 swim down after most hard 100
    did most fast 100's: 50 2 beat kick, 50 6 beat kick
    Swim Workouts
  19. Sarasota Y Sharks Masters 5:30 AM Workout -08/15/11

    by , August 12th, 2011 at 01:14 PM (Sarasota Y Sharks Masters GOLD Workout)
    We are back to short course yards starting today

    2 X 200 3:30
    4 X 100 1:30
    8 X 50 :50
    Descend 50's 1-4/5-8

    1 X 200 Kick 4:30
    2 X 100 kick 2:15
    4 X 50 kick 1:15
    50's: 25 fast/25 easy
    1 X 100 easy swim

    18 X 50 1:00
    #4-8-12-16 are fast
    #17-18 are easy
    All choice

    3 X 300 5:15
    3 X 200 3:30
    3 X 100 1:45
    Within each distance, #1 swim is IM, #2 is 50 stroke/50 free, #3 is free.

    WARM DOWN: 4 X 50 easy 1:00

    Swim Workouts
  20. Friday, August 12, 2011 5:30am

    by , August 12th, 2011 at 11:53 AM (Fast Food Makes for Fast Swimming!)
    Only 31.5 miles behind my GTD pace to 500 Miles. I'm digging my way out of the hole slowly now. Should be out of the red by around Thanksgiving.

    I didn't have to work early this morning (normally 5am, today 10:30am), so I went over to the Y for an hour and a half swim with a goal to make 5K. I made it, but it was tiring. Good practice for my upcoming 5K OW event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in 2 weeks, August 27th.

    (200 Free, 100 Kick, 300 Pull) x2
    300 IM Drill

    5 x 200 IM @ 3:00

    10 x 50 Kick w/ board @ 1:00

    6 x 150 Free Pull @ 2:00

    8 x 50 (Fly/Free by 25s) @ :50

    500 Kick w/ board (100 flutter/100 breast)

    200 Free EZ and out

    5000 Yards Whew...that was tiring, I haven't done that much in a while.

    In the middle of the 200 IMs, I think after the 3rd one, I looked up and there was a familiar person standing on the deck just watching me swim. I realized it was Peony. She's still going at it in the pool, 1650 Fly and everything, even after a few trips to the Seattle hospital, chemotherapy threatments for her pancreatic cancer. I gave her a big hug. She was so happy to see me. It's really good to see her back in the pool.


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Janitor finds gun inside backpack at Olathe Northwest H.S.

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OLATHE, Kan. -- Olathe Northwest High School, 21300 College Blvd, was placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon due to reports that a student had a gun in the school.

Police say a janitor found a backpack that had a gun inside of it. The school was put on lockdown as authorities began searching for the student. Sources tell FOX 4 that the student was seen on surveillance leaving the school at about 2:30 p.m. Police say there was an I.D. inside the backpack, so they knew whom they were looking for.

All students were in their last hour of class and about ready for dismissal, but dismissal was delayed. At about 4:05 p.m., the lockdown was lifted.

An Olathe Public School's spokesperson told FOX 4 during the lockdown that they were looking for the owner of the backpack, and holding all students in classrooms until police deemed it safe to leave.

"We see it too much. It's happening way too much. In our society. It's so scary," said Brandy Sosa, an Olathe Northwest parent. "It's really scary to be told not to park in front of your...that you can't come to your kids parking lot you have to park across the street. It's unnerving."

While the school has been given the all-clear, parents and the community are anxious for police to find the student.

FOX 4 will continue to follow this story and the investigation into the gun. Look for more on newscasts and fox4kc.com and the fox4kc app.

From the Olathe Police Department:

The school has been put on a restricted instruction status.  We are investigating the report of a possible handgun located in the school.  I will have more information later as it becomes available.


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Touching photo of officer comforting toddler at hospital goes viral

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SAVANNAH, Ga. – A photo of a Georgia police officer comforting a 16-month-old boy at a Savannah-area hospital has garnered the policeman praise and national attention.

Officer James Hurst of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department was called to escort the toddler to a hospital after he was found wandering a sidewalk alone, according to a news release.

The child became distraught during a medical exam, prompting Hurst — who remained by his side — to pick him up and comfort the little boy.

“I just knew this child needed somebody to be there for him,” the officer said. “It was just human instinct; humanity. The hospital staff was taking great care of him [but] he was sobbing and crying. I picked him up and within minutes he was asleep on my chest.”

The picture, posted Monday on the department’s Facebook page, quickly went viral. News outlets around the country have picked up the story, and many social media users are praising Hurst’s actions.

“Out of the countless times I have seen Officer Hurst out on the streets, every single time he has gone above and beyond his line of duty,” wrote Facebook user Sara Kraai. “If any of you get the opportunity to meet him please shake his hand, he’s defiantly a deserving soul.”

For his part, Hurst said he was just doing his job, and wasn’t expecting the incident to attract widespread attention.