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They had a coach/trainer/timer (not sure his specific title) miked up coaching some high school players through the pro agility shuttle. He was telling them to do everything they should not do!!!
If you have watched my new DVD "The Combine Freak" you will know what I am talking about as I point out some techniques that others teach that are killing your time and I show you how to fix them.
He was actually adding 4+ tenths to their times with his techniques. Adding steps, the turns, foot placement, everything he said was NOT what they should be doing. And what happened? At the end of the video clip they showed the first athlete run the shuttle, he was all over the place, slipping in the turns, and adding steps here and there. He almost ran over the guy timing because of these techniques (maybe he did it on purpose!).
In addition the worst thing to do right before you test is to have some trying to coach you up. Perfection takes time.
I am the first to be open to new techniques and must admit that my training techniques are the accumulation of years of learning from others and dissecting video myself. Point is that my technique works.
Don't waste your time and effort practicing the wrong way to perform the shuttle, when with a click of a remote control you can learn the right way.
Get the Combine Freak Combine preparation DVD today before your testing day has come and gone and you are left there on the field saying I should have listened to Mike.
How an athlete performs at a football combine can be critical in their football career. Football combines consist of the following tests: 40 yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump, bench press, pro agility shuttle, three cone agility, and 60 yard shuttle. The better the athlete can perform in each of these 7 tests the better their chances of playing football at the next level whether that is high school to college, or college to the NFL.
Football combine performance enhancement is twofold. The athlete needs to train to enhance their raw strength, speed, agility power and flexibility. The athlete also needs to master the proper technique for each test, ensuring that the test is performed in the most efficient manner. This will lead to a knockout football combine performance.
Training for the football combines obviously is different than training for the sport of football. The athlete needs to be a polished blend of speed, agility, power, quickness, and athletic fluidity. Training must reflect these qualities.
Movement skill training, encompassing speed, agility, quickness and foot speed are major areas of focus when training to test at a football combine. These components can be enhanced with training using ladders, speed chutes, speed resistors, and various cones drills. This will allow the athlete to move more efficiently allowing the athlete to perform the tests with better technique.
Developing and enhancing explosive power is also a very important aspect of an athlete's combine training. Plyometrics are a training method that I use when preparing athletes for the NFL Combine. They help enhance the vertical jump, broad jump, and the 40 yard dash.
Strength development is important as it is a component of increasing explosive power. For the bench press test, both max strength and muscle endurance training should be performed to increase reps performed.
Flexibility training should be performed daily to help increase range of motion. An increased range of motion will enhance speed, agility, and power development.
Regardless if you trained to enhance your speed, agility and power, technique training specifically for the combine tests can greatly lower testing times and increase jump height and bench press reps.
Specific test technique cues can limit extra steps and decrease times. By working and refining the specific proper technique for each test you will perform the test more efficiently.
When training the technique for each test, breaking the test up into phases and refining each phase is the best way to make the biggest gains to the whole test. Perfect each phase the move to the next.
Having a systematic step by step protocol for each test is essential to performing at your best. This decreases your nerves as the test becomes a routing that you have repeated hundreds of times during training.
Mental thought processes prior and during each test can limit nerves and increase performance. One two or three simple thoughts provide focus and helps block out negative thoughts and distractions.
By working on the physical and mental technique cues, perfection in each of the tests can be achieved.
Football combine training is twofold. For a knockout combine performance both training and technique refinement should be performed. By training both of these areas you will ensure that you are fully prepared for the biggest test of you life.
NFL Combine training expert Mike Gough, CSCS specializes in 40 yard dash training and football combine test preparation. Mike has just released his football combine training DVD entitled "The Combine Freak" and is available at http://www.combinefreak.com where you can signup for his free 40 yard dash and combine training newsletter.
The 40 Yard Dash... Like Riding a Bike???
A funny thing happened the other day. Jon Corto who was the "Combine Freak" in my new DVD had a workout with the New York Giants on Tuesday. He and two other safeties were brought in to get a look. Surprisingly Giants Head Coach, Tom Coughlin conducted the workout.
Jon said they put him through 45 min. of positional drills then out of the blue Coughlin said, "get on the line to run a 40 so we can see how fast you are". Now Jon has not run a 40 yard dash since last March when he lit up the Syracuse Pro Day. So he was taken off guard and said he panicked for a second and scramble to focus on the proper technique. The other two players at the workout were even more stressed, as on was a 13 year vet who has not had to run a forty yard dash in a long, long time.
The panic for Jon did not last long. he got his head into it worked through a couple of starts then hit a decent 40 yard dash in the high 4.5's. He said that all the training with me, ingrained the technique cues into his memory, and he said when he is 50 years old he will still remember my 40 yard dash technique.
Jon told me later it is was "just like riding a bike" executing a close to perfect 40 yard dash.
If you want to learn these powerful 40 yard dash technique cues that will soak into your brain and allow you to run a great time, get the Combine Freak DVD .
About the Author: NFL Combine training expert Mike Gough, CSCS specializes in 40 yard dash training and football combine test preparation. Mike has just released his football combine training DVD entitled "The Combine Freak" and is available at http://www.combinefreak.com/ where you can signup for his free 40 yard dash and combine training newsletter.
I have been getting some e-mails regarding the starting techniques I teach for the combine short shuttle featured in my Combine Freak DVD. I have been asked why I teach the test this way.
There are various wasy to perform the starting stance of this test. How we start this test is where we can really shave some time off the clock.
The reason why I use my technique on the starting stance is it is more efficient. By performing the first step with my method you will take two tenths off your time for phase one (first five yards).
Trust me I have tried and tested all of the methods out there you see performed for this test at football combines, timing the first phase out and this technique is always two tenths faster.
So while my technique may feel different that what you have been doing, stick with it and you will reap the benefits.
The 40 yard dash has become the gold standard of football tests and can make or break an athlete's football career. It is one of the most popular tests performed each year at the NFL Combine.
Many football players are looking for ways to improve their 40 yard dash time prior to attending football combines. By improving specific technique aspects and performing the proper training, 40 yard dash times can be greatly lowered.
By refining the specific technique for the 40 yard dash, times can be greatly improved. Technique cues such as starting stance, first step length, countermovement, arm action, and breathing are some of the key factors in improving the 40 yard dash.
The starting stance of the 40 yard dash is extremely important as it is the foundation for a great time in the 40 yard dash. Each athlete should try to limit countermovement off the start as the timers go on first movement, so if there is countermovement valuable time is given to the timers.
After the start the first step is vital to get an explosive start to the 40 yard dash. The step must be the right length and the right angle for a great start.
One of the most important techniques cues for the 40 yard dash is the breathing technique that is used. A specific breathing pattern will ensure the athlete does not tighten up leading to a great time and technique.
The more technique flaws that can be corrected the more efficient the athlete will run.
The other aspect for improving the 40 yard dash is using training methods to increase speed, acceleration, power and flexibility.
Speed and ultimately acceleration training are key methods to enhance a 40 yard dash result. Speed training emphasizing on forward body lean, stride frequency and stride length will improve times.
Flexibility is one of the most over looked aspects of 40 yard dash enhancement. By increasing flexibility in the hips, legs and upper body speed will be enhanced.
By focusing on both the technique and training aspects of the 40 yard dash, a great time can be achieved. The athlete must become a student of the 40 yard dash learning and practicing perfection.
NFL Combine training expert Mike Gough, CSCS specializes in 40 yard dash training and football combine test preparation. Mike has just released his football combine training DVD entitled "The Combine Freak" and is available at http://www.combinefreak.com/ where you can signup for his free 40 yard dash and combine training newsletter.
If you play high school football and are serious about playing college football, then read this post carefully and do what i tell you.
The 2008 Nike Combine dates have been released. Before you signup hear me out. They have listed the surfaces that the testing will take place on. Make sure that you have the proper footwear for the correctr surface you will be tested on.
My Combine Freak DVD (www.combinefreak.com) teaches you each and every tip for you to excel at these combines, plus I show you what footwear to get for each test.
This morning I was working with two athlete preparing for the upcoming Nike Combines. It was their first training session with me so I evaluated them and worked them out.
In order to properly train technique for the combine tests, you have to have a high level of conditioning. You need this becasue in order to execute proper technique and to establish proper muscle memory, you need to be fresh for each rep.
This way you will get the most out of your training sessions and ensure that you are not repeating bad technique and learning bad habits.
Also I have found that athletes need high levels of body awareness and co-ordination to pick up the key technique concepts needed to perform the combine tests properly.
So be sure that you condition your body to maximize your football combine technique training. You will see fast results when you can repeat rep after rep without fatigue hindering your training.
To get the how to's and secrets I teach all of my athletes heading to the NFL Combine, get your hands on my new DVD "The Combine Freak"
In this DVD, I will show you how to drastically improve your football combine performance.
So many athletes are improvong their times, jumps and reps... So be sure you are in on the secrets that is making the difference with them so you are not left in the dust!
Do you know the different ways to measure the reach on the vertical jump for combine testing?
If you prepare for every possible way the scouts measure the reach you can greatly improve your score in this test. There are specific techniques that will help you lower your reach thus increasing your total vertical jump.
Often these technique cues can be implemented quickly, but for a full effect they need to be practiced. If you learn and master these techniques you will be fully prepared regardless if the scouts use a one, or two armed reach on the pole, tiles or wall.
From my experience, using these techniques can add 4"-5" on your vertical jump. Now doesn't that sound good?
To get these combine training secrets and more get your hands on my new DVD "The Combine Freak" will not disappoint.
Do you know what is bothering me?
I can't stand when people get in the way of an athlete's success.It absolutely irritates me when people make decisions and use power to further themselves and not the athlete. Here is why I feel this way.
Recently, I was asked to work with a top prospect up in my homeland of Canada. This athlete is a physical freak and I believe has the ability to play in the NFL.
Upon me contacting him he explained that they had a program at his school, and that his coach said that he had to follow that program in preparation for his testing day with scouts.
I asked him if I could view the program, which I did. Let me preface this by saying that I respect other professionals and know that we all have our own way, and that in most cases we all get results. So if this program he was about to show me was beneficial to him then I would not have any problem with him following there program.
The athlete scanned the program's several pages and sent it to me. What I saw was a program that was fit for a Pop Warner team, basic weight training exercises, no speed, no core, no specific combine prep, no plyometrics, no flexibility, no agility or movement training... I was speechless.
I though I would at least e-mail the caoch to see if I could educate him on what this athlete needed to be doing. In my polite and well written e-mail I expressed interest in helping the athlete prepare for the Combine. His response was..."they are part of the team... the team has a weight lifting program that is manadtory... I built the foundation here and it represent what we do here." In his e-mail he also stated that his program was combine specific... You get the picture.
So here we have a talented athlete with a bright future that is being held down by a coach that is holding his power, and putting his ego in front of this athlete's future. That is what bothers me... Actually it irritates me.
I wish I could slip the athlete a copy of The Combine Freak (http://www.combinefreak.com) for him to watch in private. To at least be on the same level as the athletes that have prepared for the combine tests, athletes that know the specific technique for each test.
So here is just a one of story of an athlete being held back by his coach... I am sure there are many more.
In case you have been under a rock the past 5 days, I launched my new combine training DVD "The Combine Freak" Check it out!
I wanted to share with you this story on how the Combine Freak was created.
It was Christmas Eve last year, and my wife was walking our two basset hounds, when she got home she told me she met this gentlemen walking his dog and that his son is a college football player from a small 1-AA school in the northeast. She said that he wanted to train when he was down for the holidays.
Later that day I get a call from this athlete, and he came in the 26th to workout with me. He said he was from a small school and played LB and by looking at him he was undersized to play LB at the NFL level. I looked at him and thought he would make a great safety with his size so I put him through a tough and I mean tough, workout and was impressed with his athletic ability. I knew when I saw him that he could get a look at the next level. He just had that "it" factor.
This athlete (Jon Corto) decided to stay down in Forida for 8 weeks at his parents and dedicate himself to making the NFL. That was his dream. He was relentless in his commitment to learn and master the combine tests. He was like a student, taking notes on every detail I gave him. He mastered each test to the best of is ability. I had him peaking at the best he had ever been.
Jon ended up making the Buffalo Bills practice roster this year. Not bad for a guy who told me that he just wanted to see what he could do. Not bad for a guy that grew up in Buffalo and dreamed of one day playing for the Bills. Jon is the "Combine Freak"
If you have a dream like Jon did. Live it! And let the Combine Freak help you get there.
We are almost out of our special launch offer, we have 27 copies remaining, so if you are thinking abot getting in, you better get in soon!
Click here to See the Combine Freak!
How is Your 40 Yard Dash?
How is your 40 yard dash progressing?
Well if you are like many athletes out there that are planning on attending a football combine this spring you need to always try to push the limit with your 40 yard dash technique training.
The more you focus on the individual phases the faster you will run.
Key Components to a fast 40 yard dash are the Start Stance, Acceleration Phase, and the Top End Speed Phase. How you plan and train each phase will determine how much improvemnt you make.
Each of these three key components to a great 40 yard dash will be broken down into the finest detail in my new DVD "The Combine Freak" that will be launched next Thursday at 12 noon EST.
If you are looking to achieve excellence in all of the combine tests then this is your chance to separate yourself from the competition.
How will your DVD differ from other Combine DVD out there?
David, great question, honestly I can't say becasue I have not seen other combine dvds. My combine test technique has been refined through video analysis, trial and error and through personal experience preparing my athletes for the NFl Combine. I will say this, my DVD covers every little detail of every test, I teach you eberything that I know about combine training and leave nothing on the table.
What tests are covered in your new DVD?
In addition I give you a bonus section on my combine preparation secrets, including your mental game, shoe selection, preparation, night before tips, and combine protocol for success.
If you follow what I have to say in this DVD you will no doubt enhance you combine performance!
Be sure to look for my special e-mail next thursday at 12pm EST where you can get your hands on "The Combine Freak" Vol.1 at a special price before I launch it to the world. I will offer 250 DVD's at this special price. They will go quick so make sure you check you email to get on board!
Do you train for football in-season?
How to we overcome this? You need two quick workouts a week to maintain your edge. By quick I mean 45 min. or so. Your in-season workout should include strength, footspeed, core strength, flexibility and anaerobic conditioning to keep the body tuned up.
For my detailed In-Season workout plan check out my latest training manual 'Training for the NFL' .
Training for football or combines aside, reality set in Sunday when Kevin Everett of the Buffalo Bills fractured his spinal column on the opening kickoff in the second half.
Everett went under 4 hours of surgery to repair his cervical spine.
Yesterday reports were that Everett had some ability to feel all of his limbs. Tests also showed voluntary movement in his legs, though it was being stated by the doctors that it is only a preliminary result and should be construed as neither a positive nor negative result.
On the positive side Everett's high fitness level as an NFL player is deemed an asset in his battle to recover from this severe injury according to the physicians.
I was sent an interesting e-mail last week, about a 14 year old OL that weighed 320lbs. The father asked why his 40 yard dash times were sub par, and why he lacked speed and acceleration?
Well first off if you are trying to gain weight, make sure you are still training for speed and quickness.
Many athletes and coaches out there want their players to get bigger, but with increased weight comes some side effects. Athletes who put on alot of weight quickly risk losing their ability to move quickly. Remember that fat adds no value to your performance on the field as it will slow you down. Weight gain should be gradual, with proper training and nutrition playing a key role in ganing lean muscle mass.
Not sure if you saw the game last night, but I was very impressed with Joseph Addai's game, he dominated.
What makes Joe so good? He has the whole package: speed, agility, quickness, acceleration, great hands, smarts, nd super conditioning.
Some athletes are just combine freaks, they test well but never can take those abilities to the field. Joseph was a combine freak and took that to the NFL where he is developing into a great player.
I have been getting some e-mails about my e-mail reagrding training during the season. Many of you are looking for a specific protocol to follow. In my book "Training for the NFL" (http://www.procombinetraining.com/Training_for_the_NFL.php)I provide an in-season training program that I give to all my athletes. It is a proven program to keep those gains made in the off-season.
Often many athletes lose all their off-season gains due to de-conditioning during the season. Keep the development flowing from one year to the next.
Although I have covered this topic in past newsletters, I am getting countless e-mail about how and when to stretch.
The Journal of Strengh & Conditioning Research this month had many studies examining the use of static stretching versus dynamic stretching.
More benefits were shown with a Dynamic flexiblity routine over static streching. Studies also showed that vertcial power was increased with dynamic stretching prior to a vertical jump, than with static streching.
Is it just me or has the football off-season just flown by?
Hopefully you will see the benefits of training when you hit the gridiron. But the question I ask you is what are you doing to keep those off-season gains in your strength, speed, agility and power?
What should you be doing to maintain your peak performance?
I suggest trying to get three workouts in focusing on all aspects of you training. Workouts should be a combination of strength, footspeed, agility, power, flexibility and core work. Assuming you are doing your anaerobic conditioning with the team so there is no need to do extra.
Timing is critical. If you play on Friday, get in Saturday and get a good, tough workout in, take Sunday off, then Monday & Tuesday get a workout in. Wednesday do some core work and a good stretching session, Thursday is off and Friday is game day. You can adjust this schedule for college and NFL games.
My clients are never on the sideline with cramps. Why is that? Because I have taught them that hydration starts on Monday. the need to eat healthy and hydrate well in the days leading up to the game, not just the night before.
If you have not been receiving my e-mail with tips like this, we are now going to give you a better option. We are going to start mailing out Trainign Tips, product annoucements and updates through the USPS.
That's right you will get deliveries right to your mail box.
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We are pleased to announce that Amobi Okoye has been selected 10th overall in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans. Okoye who clocked a 4.85 40 yard dash at the Louisville Pro Day seperated him in a class of his own.Congrats to Amobi and his family. I know that he will be a huge success in the NFL with his character and work ethic.
My clients are now finished with the 2007 NFL Combine. On a whole they all did really really well. I talked with each after the combine to see what twists the scouts brought to the table this year.
Every year I tell my guys to expect the unexpected. Expect to be exhausted both physically and mentally, expect the drills to change, expect the testing rules to be tweaked. And yes this year was no different.
So whether you are training for the NFL Combine, Pro Day, Free Agent Combines, or Nike Combines, you need to be prepared and have all your bases covered.
This year they altered many of the position drills slightly from years previous. My combine preparation includes breaking down each position drill so guys can show their best. They adapted to the new changes.
Also a new rule was applied for the shuttle tests. According to my clients it made all the athletes very upset and thus alot of the shuttle times were slower than years previous.
Now we are preparing for the Pro Timing days at the athletes respective schools. It should be fun!
Want to be fully prepared for the combine tests?
A busy day here in Indy today with the QB's WR's and RB's all gettin after it on the Field Turf.
I have been getting tons of e-mails on my clients results... Lorenzo Booker ran a solid 4.45 sec 40 yard dash to partner with his 26 rep bench press. A good showing for Lobo. He excelled in the agilities and positional drills.
19 year old phenom Amobi Okoye weighed in at 302. He originally came to me in mid Jaunary at 281 lbs. and amazingly lowered his bodyfat. He repped 29 reps on the bench today. He will run tomorrow and show why he is a top first round selection.
Jeremy Clark a run stuffing DT from Alabama weighed in at 309 lbs. and he repped 29 reps on the bench. That is a huge improvement from his 21 reps he performed on his arrival here in Florida.
Wonder how to train and perform the combine tests correctly?
Just earlier I heard from Lobo... aka Lorenzo Booker RB from FSU. Lobo is one of the most jacked athletes I have worked with, he possesses a chiseled physique along with power, speed and serious quickness.
Today Lorenzo benched at the 2007 NFL Scouting Combine. He threw down 26 reps on the bench! Not bad for a 191 lb. athlete. Actually it is pretty amazing.
One thing that Lorenzo loved to do was my bench press protocol. A heavy muscle endurance routine of reps to failure and push ups. Combine this with specific back training exercises to produce a serious bench result.
My 225 lbs. Combine Bench Press Routine is contained in my Pro Combine Preparation Manual (http://www.nflcombinetraining.com/). Be sure to get your copy to see the workout that Lorenzo loved to do!
That's all for now, I will check back in tomorrow with more from Indy.
Things are buzzing in Indy for the 2007 NFL Combine. Players are arriving each day with the first group being tested today with the OL and TE hitting it at the RCA dome.
I am excited today to see how the RB's bench press. I look forward to seeing my client Lorenzo Booker blow up the bench press today. He was consistantly jacking up 225 in the upper 20's.
Not bad for a 191 lb. firecracker.
If you are looking for an in-depth look into the NFL Scouting Combine be sure to check out my Pro Combine Preparation Manual (www.nflcombinetraining.com). It is the resource on the NFL Combine.
That's all for now, I will check back in later.


What do you get when you cross hidden cameras, the BIG Piano, 50,000 commuters and a team of behavioral scientists, builders and engineers? Answer: N... (more)ational Geographic Channel's new fun and fact packed undercover science intervention show, Crowd Control.
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College Park's denizens embody a strong sense of community and are as fiercely passionate about local businesses as they are about the housing developments newly intruding on their quaint bungalow-lined streets. But even change in the form of a much-contended new apartment complex (with a frankly hideous parking garage) can't deter from this downtown district's charming small-time feel. College Park's walkability and bikeability are its primary assets, rendering the automobile virtually unnecessary when paying a visit to one of the many established shops, juice bars, coffee houses and restaurants along the neighborhood's primary artery – Edgewater Drive.
Kevin Fonzo's farm-to-table resto still sets the standard in College Park.
Families flock here for Roman-style pizzas fired in a wood-burning oven.
A revolving door of chefs notwithstanding, the classic American fare and stiff drinks have remained consistent.
Dogs, tots and beers keep it simple but hearty in this nook of fun food; duck through the doorway to grab a milkshake next door at their sister spot, the Soda Fountain.
Eco-friendly juice bar squeezes out a variety of handmade juice blends.
The mobile coffee truck parked in the lot of Daisy's Flower on Par Street has legit bean cred.
Pleasantly divey casual hang with a few upgrades: good jukebox, great karaoke night, no smoking allowed inside.
It's no snub on the stellar food menu to point out that this is the best spot for craft cocktails in the 'hood.
Clothes, jewelry, gifts and baked goods all under one roof.
Gadgets, clothing, and man-centric accessories in a full-service barbershop.
Green thumbs head to this neighborhood garden center for all their nursery needs.
A killer selection of LPs and vintage clothing – and they plan to start pressing records for local acts.
Sustainable artisan soaps and body products made in-house pack powerful remedies in pretty, fragrant packages.
The oldest public golf course in the Orlando area is also home to a surprisingly good traditional taproom.
Once home to the Beat Generation's most famous novelist/poet, the house now serves as a center for a writers-in-residence program. But don't just knock on the door; check the website for upcoming events or to schedule a tour.
Put on by the folks who run the Grounding Roots juice bar, this Sunday market offers everything from fresh produce and dairy to organic donuts and bone broth.


I once read somewhere, "If there aren't any open doors for you, praise God in the hallway." I love that because whether or not God answers our prayers the way we want, He deserves praise. In those moments where there are no answers, He still deserves praise. If God never did another thing for you in your life, He deserves praise because He is good and He's dome more than enough for you on the cross.
Ive also found that praising the Lord during the tough moments of life changes my perspective and gives me hope. Paul and Silas were in a dark prison at midnight with no hope. What did they do? They praised the Lord. In a hopeless situation, they found hope through praise and God met them there. Why should we praise in the hallway? Because God is there with us and that alone should give us hope.
Here are some other verses on hope.
1. But I will keep on hoping for your help; I will praise you more and more.
2. Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord 's unfailing love and mercy still continue.
3. God, the one and only— I'll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not? He's solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I'm set for life.
4. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
5. I wait [patiently] for the LORD, my soul [expectantly] waits, And in His word do I hope.


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Ask just about anyone you know, and they will tell you that the Bacon Turkey Bravo is the best out of all the Panera Bread sandwiches. If you have a hankering for turkey, you will enjoy this Copycat Panera Bacon Turkey Bravo Sandwich just as much. Don't wait until Thanksgiving to indulge in turkey recipes like this. A good turkey recipe tastes excellent inside a delicious sandwich. Recipes for turkey are just so versatile and you can get as creative as you want. Don't wait another second to make this recipe for turkey.


Say what you might about their products on the market, but when it comes to flashy prototypes and revolutionary concepts, Microsoft is indisputably a clear leader in the industry.
The latest of these perpetually next-generation prototypes out of Microsoft Research to be shown to the public is an integrated home office environment that combines the wonders of interactive wall displays, a Microsoft Surface and a digital assistant, albeit with a creepy voice and unsettling-long response time.
This particular demo presented by Yusuf Mehdi, Senior Vice President of Microsoft's Online Audience Business, to the crowd at the Interactive Advertising Bureau MIXX 2009 conference assumes the scenario of an architect designing a pond, and I'm sure they do and spend as much effort in. The architect uses this computer to plan, simulate and collaborate with others in designing the pond.
Those of you who recall the 2019 vision video might see some similarities in the visual aesthetics of the graphics and animations used in the prototype suggesting this is most likely an Office Labs project too.
The video I extracted from the low-quality stream doesn't really do the visuals justice. To get a better look of the wall, check out the photos from Microsoft Advertising's Flickr stream.
Seriously, I'm not sure what the objective of these videos are. Is it future proofing the Microsoft brand?
It makes much more sense for the R&D department to work on realistic use-cases that are just one or two steps away form the current generation of products.
How does the Digital Assistant know about the budget plans? To ask valid questions this the data has to be domain specific – not just a spreadsheet. Rather than seeing canned questions / answers the real problem is how to model this data so that it can be queried with natural language.
For the archicture view, how is this modeled? To enable 3D model collaboration there needs to be standards or a good extensibility model. Assuming the latter, how much of this demo is expected to be the platform, and how much would an IT team provide.
The reality is that we're in a position where a new toolbar in Office is seen as a radical change. Look at Office 95 compared to 2010. Is it realistic to expect this much change in the next 10 years?
Microsoft R&D has done stuff that is already released, and they work on things that vary from being a few years away to being decades away. This would be an example of something that's a little further down the pipe, but what they envision the synergy or technologies producing.
You do bring up good questions, though… and ultimately why a "assistant" character won't ever be as good as we want it to be, not unless we can make a realistic AI anytime soon (that not only can recognize what your query is, but how to process it, where to get the data, etc.) — and I don't know if that's something we will see in the next 15-20 years.
But a vision without a plan, in this case, is just another episode of Star Trek. Looking back over past presentations, from PDCs years gone by, I don't see the evidence that the product teams are using R&D in their roadmaps.
That was cool, but yeah I agree with the others – are they ever going to release such a product? Or any of this stuff?
And Dag's voice was creepy. They might as well have had HAL.
If he moved more to show the effect he'd have to walk to the other side of the stage, which is nonsensical in a home office situation and wouldn't provide the person movie with a good enough view of the wall anyway.
Anyway, this looks great, and in some ways actually better than what we've seen in the Office Labs 2019 concept videos. It just needs a better method for direct input, like… a stylus. Yes, I said it.
And to think, this is the stuff that's shown-off!
Truth-be-told. These kinds of expos are done to show that Microsoft is doing SOMETHING. If Microsoft didn't put together something shiny and awe-inspiring to show off at events, we'd pass Microsoft off as a ho-hum company that tries to milk their bottom-line dry. Fact is, there are incredible technologies in labs right now that we won't see for many years because they can't be "shown off" in a publicly tangible way quite yet.
A friend of mine works at a development firm here in Seattle and he showed off a device that made a dot of white light appear where five laser beams crossed. Another guy in the room said "what good is that? Whoopee! A dot of light!" But we knew that this could be the technology that could evolve to full 3D "random space" holography. No more enclosures or "mists" to project on and in. Good ol' "stick-your-hand-through" holography.
It's obvious this presentation was made by designers and not by coders. So while the coders are hard at work making this stuff a reality, us designers will be crystallizing the vision to make it human-usable and visually stunning.
Some great things are on the way.
A lot of the user-centric computing in this demo reminds me of the Easy Living MSR project from years ago. It's nice to see that Natal-based technologies (and others) may make Easy Living (or some aspects of it in the short term) easier to implement for general consumers.
Why didn't Microsoft use a computerized voice for Dag? It would sound better than this creepy, tinny, pre-recorded voice.
And why are they doing this? It's not like they have the AI technology or the will to make this a reality any time soon.
It's an area of active research.
At TechFest recently, they showed an implementation of similar technology as a digital receptionist.


So, you're about to move into your first apartment; your bags are packed, your furniture's on the truck, and your car is stuffed with boxes full of "odds and ends." Missing anything?
First-time apartment residents often forget items that are critical for setting up housekeeping. An apartment is a home, and a home needs more than the few things you've had to think about up 'til now, like a couple towels, your favorite foods and an assortment of toiletries. That's why we've put together an "apartment needs checklist" that'll help first-timers identify what items you'll need to outfit your new home with the basics.
These don't have to be fancy, just functional. Sets usually contain 4 place settings, so if you plan on having friends over, buy two of each; otherwise, one will suffice, at least for the time being.
You might be ordering lots of take-out, but for those times you crave a home-cooked meal, buy a set that includes, at the very least, a 3.5 qt. saucepan with lid, a 6 qt. stockpot (great for pasta), and a 10-inch frying pan. These are the basics needed to cook anything from fried eggs to veal Parmigiana. If you enjoy cooking, look for larger sets that include additional sizes of sauce pans and frying pan, and maybe even a steamer insert.
Buy a set that includes a paring knife, a chef's knife (the big one you'll use for chopping onions and slicing meat), a carving knife and a bread knife. All of these knives are multipurpose – their uses aren't limited to those suggested by their names.
The hardest-working pan in most kitchens is a 9-by-13-inch cake pan; the name belies its many uses, because it's ideal for lasagna, many Mexican dishes, casseroles and dozens of other foods. You'll also need a cookie sheet; in addition to baking up a batch of your favorite cookies, this kitchen essential is also used for baking fish and poultry, broiling vegetables or potatoes, and warming rolls, among other things.
Get a set that includes a big bowl (good for tossing large salads or mixing big batches of cookie dough), a small one for things like beating eggs, and a medium one for just about anything else.
Don't forget the tools every cook needs when making a meal, like measuring cups, serving/stirring spoons, a can opener, a rubber spatula, a vegetable peeler, a cutting board, and a colander. If you're an accomplished cook, you'll also need things like a whisk, a meat thermometer and a garlic press, but these basics will get you by.
You undoubtedly packed sheets and blankets for your own bed, but what about overnight guests? Buy a second set, even if your guests will be sleeping on the sofa (a twin set works best when making up a sofa).
Have at least two full sets of towels on hand (bath towels, hand towels and washcloths) so you always have a clean set to replace those you want to wash. Three sets is even better, especially if you plan on having guests.
Well, that about does it for first-apartment necessities. Eventually you'll find you need other things, like artwork for the walls, an additional lamp or two, placemats and much more, but to get you started, these items will get you off to a great start.
Do you have any funny or frustrating first-time apartment stories – like the one that a resident told us about waking up the morning after move-in to find that the moving company had failed to unload the box containing his clothes? Anything you care to share could just help that next first-time resident!


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The only survivor to a car accident on Mulholland Drive (the street) is a beautiful, dark haired woman. The car was going through the famous Hollywood Hills. Although she doesn´t die in the accident, she ends up severely injured and in a profound shock. With a lot of struggle, she manages to get to Los Angeles City and break into an apartment. The next scene is based on the life of another character, going by the name of Betty Elms, who is an aspiring actress trying to make it in the big city. She gets to the apartment that belongs to her aunt, Ruth but only finds the survivor with a severe case of amnesia. She assumes to be Rita because of a Rita Hayworth poster on the wall. Her purse contained a lot of money and also a blue key that is really unusual.
The scene is turned then to the life of another set of characters
They are sitting at a diner under the name of Winkie´s and in there, one of them tells the other about a dream in which a horrible creature appears behind that same building has been chasing him in his dreams. They decide to investigate due to the man´s nightmares and the figure, that was causing the nightmares, appears right in front his eyes as he collapses.
The Scene Cuts Again
And is based on the current life of director Adam Kesher, who is a star in the industry and is directing a film for which an actress under the name Camilla Rhodes was cast to lead. He doesn´t like that decision and resists but since he is broke and homeless for cheating on his wife, he agrees to do it for the need of money. The figure of a cowboy is introduced to tell the director to cast the actress "for his own good".
A burglary happens in the next scene and after attempting to steal a book that is filled with phone numbers, the burglar shoots three people to death.
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Betty and Rita
Who are trying to rebuild Rita´s memory to understand who she is and what the accident was all about. They go to the Winkie´s and the waitress, named Diane, brings a memory to Rita´s mind about another woman named Diane Selwyn. Betty and her immediately find her in the phone book and give her a call with no answer.
Betty, in the meantime, goes to an audition
In which she does very well, and her performance receives great comments. An industry agent takes her to a place where a film is being shot under the name of "The Sylvia North Story" that is no other than the one directed by Adam and is performing a casting for the character of Camilla Rhodes. The director wants to cast her, and eyes meet, but Betty runs away with the excuse of being late to meet a friend.
The next scene starts with Diane Selwyn
Waking up in the original apartment that both girls, Rita and Betty went for investigation. Diane looks just like Betty, but is not an aspiring actress, but a failed one with a severe depression after she had an unsuccessful affair with the star actress Camilla Rhodes (who looks exactly as Rita).
She meets a hit man at Winkie´s
And hires him for murdering Camilla. He then says to her that a blue key will be found in her apartment as soon as the work is finished.
She, Diane, gets home and sees the blue key on the coffee table. Hallucinations appear in her eyes and she is terrorized by them. She screams and runs to her bed shooting herself.
Betty and Rita don´t give up on her memory
And break into the apartment where Diane Selwyn lives. They try the front door and since nobody answered it, they try to break in. When they make it, they find a female body in the bedroom. She looks like she has been dead for several days. They get terrified and return to Betty´s aunt apartment. Rita wears a blonde wig and has sex with Betty that same night. Rita wakes up and insists they should go to a place called Club Silencio being two in the morning. They do, and it turns out to be a theatre where they are told by the host that everything is an illusion. Rebekah Del Río hits the stage with the sound of "Crying", a Roy Orbison song and starts singing it in Spanish. Suddenly, she collapses and falls to the ground while her vocals continue in an obvious playback. Betty goes through the fake artist´s purse and finds a little blue box that is the perfect match for the key Rita had on hers. They return to the apartment and as soon as Rita finds the key to open the box, finds out that Betty is no longer there. Rita introduces the key, turns it slowly and the box is unlocked and then falls to the floor.
Camilla invites her to a party at Adam´s house
Which is on Mulholland Drive. Diane tells the story of her dead aunt Ruth who died and left her some money with which she came over to Hollywood. She also tells how she met Camilla while they were auditioning for the movie "The Sylvia North Story". A third woman, looking exactly lie the original Camilla Rhodes from the beginning of the film kisses the now Camilla Rhodes and then both turn their faces to smile at Diane. Then Adam and Camilla call everybody´s attention as they prepare to make a big announcement but start laughing and kissing without saying anything. At this point, Diane is not only watching, but also crying.
Finally, the scene goes back to the theatre
Where a woman whispers the Spanish word: "Silencio".
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The Case Against Amnesty for "Baby Doc" Duvalier in Haiti: Fabrication and Forgiveness Set a Dangerous Precedent
Kevin Edmonds and Roger Annis, AlterNet
A brutal former dictator, Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier should find no refuge in today's Haiti.
June 23, 2011-The inauguration of Michel Martelly to the Haitian presidency on May 14 should sound serious alarm for those concerned with human rights, justice and the rule law in the country. In a pre-inaugural interview with the Montreal daily La Presse on April 18, Martelly put forward a plan of national reconciliation which would include granting amnesty to former Haitian ruler Jean Claude Duvalier.
The president-elect later backed away from this idea on advice from his counsel. But his connections to the former dictator present some worrying potential for ongoing efforts to prosecute him.
In the La Presse interview, Martelly was asked about the return this year of Mr. Duvalier and former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti. On amnesty, he said, "… we won't take hasty decisions, but I'm leaning toward the side of amnesty and forgiveness so that we can think about tomorrow and not yesterday."
The crimes of Jean Claude Duvalier
With Duvalier's return to Haiti in January 2011, the Haitian government under President René Préval opened two criminal proceedings, one for financial crimes and the other for crimes against persons. There are none against Jean Bertrand Aristide.
François Duvalier and his son, Jean Claude (who inherited the Haitian presidency in 1971) were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 60,000 people. The vast majority were political opponents or innocents suspected of subversion. Thousands more were brutally tortured at the infamous Fort Dimanche – one of three notorious prisons that formed Duvalier's "triangle of death".
As President-for-Life, Jean-Claude Duvalier did not even try to hide his financial crimes. According to the January 25, 2011 Miami Herald, "Lawyers estimated that Haiti's former dictator embezzled at least a half-billion dollars through an elaborate scheme of false companies, phony charities and transfers in the name of friends and family."
International and Haitian law obliges the Government of Haiti to seek prosecution of Jean Claude Duvalier. That obligation, says an April, 2011 report by Human Rights Watch, "cannot be undermined by statutes of limitations, amnesties, or other domestic legal obstacles."
If President Martelly can get away with a false Duvalier-Aristide equivalence, it's in part because of so many unproven insinuations and false charges against Aristide floated in media, internet and hostile political circles. It is difficult to disprove accusations against Aristide because none have been tested in court. When accusations are disproven, the detractors don't fight back, they just move on to the next dubious accusation.
Today, there is a very real threat of old accusations or charges against Aristide being resurrected in new forms in order to further mislead public attention and further obstruct a needed reckoning with the crimes of the Duvalier regime. This would not be the first time.
History of false accusations and jailings
Notwithstanding the millions of dollars allocated by the United States government to find credible allegations that Aristide looted Haiti's public treasury or engaged in narcotics trafficking, the accusations remain unsubstantiated. Not a shred of evidence has been presented to a court.
In November 2005, 21 months after the second, foreign-sponsored coup d'etat against Aristide, the illegal regime of Gerard Latortue loudly presented a RICO lawsuit in a U.S. (not Haitian) court, accusing Aristide of corruption and embezzlement of tens of millions of dollars (1). The case was a lost cause from the start. It was not even served on any of the defendants and was quietly withdrawn in July 2006. But it did succeed in tarnishing the reputation of Aristide.
The strongest claim against the ousted president was made by the U.S. Attorney in Miami after the arrest of Oriel Jean, the leading member of Aristide's security team on drug charges, one week after the coup. In May 2004, Jean's lawyer, admitted that his client was fully co-operating with the DEA in order to receive "favours," such as a reduced sentence, in exchange for information about Aristide's inner-circle. However, the U.S. government was again disappointed when following his sentence to three years for involvement in drug running, Oriel Jean could produce no evidence against Aristide.
One of the most striking examples of bias, persecution and demonization of Aristide's Lavalas party colleagues was the charge of genocide levelled against Prime Minister Yvon Neptune in September 2005, more than a year after his initial arrest and detainment in June of 2004. The accusation came from a CIDA funded, anti-Lavalas organization called the National Coalition of Haitian Rights which claimed that a "genocidal massacre" had taken placein the town of St. Marc on February 11, 2004. The organization claimed that Neptune had cold bloodedly ordered the deaths of 50 anti-Lavalas activists.
The only connection between Neptune and the massacre was the fact that he had visited St. Marc two days earlier to appeal for calm in the face of the foreign funded paramilitary rebellion underway in the north of Haiti. Neptune was accompanied by journalists from the Miami Herald,AP, and the New York Times which reported that, indeed, five people had been reported killed during clashes between pro and anti-Aristide forces in St. Marc. The false allegations contributed to the illegal and ultimately unjustified imprisonment of Neptune from June 2004 to July 2006.
The international community also turned a blind eye to actual assaults on Lavalas supporters during the Latortue regime. The September 2, 2006 issue of the prestigious UK medical journal The Lancet, published a study documenting some 8,000 killings in Haiti during the two-year coup regime, most of them members or supporters of the Aristide-led Lavalas party and movement.
Only a Duvalier prosecution can bring justice
President Martelly's ruminations of reconciliation have the appearance of a political ploy to get Jean Claude Duvalier off the hook. This is given an appearance of neutrality by "forgiving" non-existent charges against Jean Bertrand Aristide. Comparing the two leaders in this way trivializes the crimes for which Duvalier needs to be held accountable.
A failure to prosecute Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier in an impartial court would add insult to the injuries Haiti has already suffered in the form of the earthquake, cholera and political unrest related to the November 2010/March 2011 fraudulent election. Regretfully, the same powers responsible for the 2004 coup (United States, France and Canada) have yet to insist that Haiti respect its obligations to prosecute Duvalier. They should do so, for it is a necessary and symbolic act of justice that will ripple throughout the nation, showing that not all is lost in such difficult times.
The case of Duvalier is a moment of moral clarity. It offers a much-needed opening to further a process of healing and rebuilding in Haiti. Justice delayed is not always justice denied.
An ongoing memorial to the thousands of victims of the Duvaliers can be accessed here: http://www.fordi9.com/Pages/Chronicle.html.
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Aaron Judge likely heading to IL with left oblique soreness after Yankees rout Royals
Greg Tartaglia
NEW YORK – The Yankees sent out a virtually unrecognizable lineup against New Jersey native Heath Fillmyer on Saturday.
Another unfamiliar name may join the ranks on Sunday.
A 9-2 win over the Royals, which brought New York back to .500, was marred by the latest in a seemingly unending stream of injuries. After homering to provide the first Yankee run, Aaron Judge exited in the sixth inning with a sore left oblique.
The slugger was taken immediately to New York Presbyterian Hospital for an MRI and further evaluation.
Manager Aaron Boone said the team would "probably not" be able to avoid placing Judge on the 10-day injured list, which would make him the 13th Yankee to land on the IL this season.
"This is not a time where we're going to feel sorry for ourselves," Boone said. "We're coming off a good win today, and that'll be the expectation tomorrow, and it's another opportunity for another guy to do his job."
The latest injury news all but buried a solid bounce-back effort by Masahiro Tanaka (2-1) and a four-home run barrage against Fillmyer (0-1).
Gone in a flash
In his first Yankee Stadium start on July 28, 2018, Fillmyer allowed three runs over five innings in a no-decision. No one from that starting nine was in the lineup for the encore by the former Florence Flash.
A two-time New Jersey state sectional champ at his Burlington County high school, Fillmyer was charged with six earned runs in four innings, walked two and struck out three.
Another homer against him was actually taken off the board.
Gleyber Torres hit what appeared to be a three-run shot in the fourth. Replay review showed that a reaching fan apparently knocked away the ball from left fielder Alex Gordon and Torres was called out rather than awarded a ground-rule double.
"I saw the video, and I think [Gordon] didn't have a chance to catch the ball" without any interference, Torres said. "I'll just wait until next time and try to hit the ball farther."
That led to an animated argument from Aaron Boone, who was treated to his fifth managerial ejection by second-base umpire Jerry Meals.
"Obviously, you can't go out and argue a review... I just wanted to let everyone know how bad of a call I thought it was," Boone said. "[It] would have been a miracle catch in my eyes, but I understand the ejection, and I don't. I was pretty upset."
Tanaka, Tauchman terrific
Tanaka followed up last weekend's five-run outing against the White Sox by permitting hits to just two of the first 18 Kansas City batters, with a Billy Hamilton triple the lone extra-base knock to that point.
Although Whit Merrifield's leadoff homer in the sixth ended the shutout, that was the only inning in which Tanaka (seven innings, one run, seven strikeouts) allowed multiple hits.
"I think the command [still] wasn't there," Tanaka said through an interpreter. "I just tried to keep being aggressive and pound the strike zone, and there were a lot of good defensive plays behind me. And, obviously, our offense was good, too."
Tauchman was the catalyst in that department, launching a three-run blast in the fourth that turned a 2-0 lead into a five-run cushion. DJ LeMahieu then went back-to-back for his first Yankees home run.
With Brett Gardner being given a breather, Tauchman got the start in center field and went deep for the second straight game.
Clint Frazier led off the second with his fifth homer and drove home an insurance run in the sixth. He and Tauchman are among the young subs upon whom the Yankees will rely to weather the latest injury setback.
"We've had a lot of guys out prior to whatever happened to Aaron," Frazier said. "Obviously, the season's not going the way we want it to go as far as the injuries that keep coming up. But we have a lot of guys that are going out there and trying to do their part, and we've won four out of the last five, so that's all we can build off of right now."
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After sharing my artist alley adventure, I've been thinking about what to do with my unsold wares. A few of you kindly people mentioned etsy shops, but seeing as I could just barely figure out the tax situation on a weekend craft show...the prospect frightens me. Haha.
So I think I've figured something out? If you'd like anything, send me an email and let me know, and I'll mail it to you at no cost. The catch? Whatever the price would have been, if you could please donate it to a charity of your choice.
Honor system! This way I don't have to worry about taxes and paperwork, you don't have to worry about paying some strange person without a valid internet shop, and some lucky charity will get a little love. Not to mention you'll get some cute goods and I'll feel validated that they've been given good homes. Win-win, I'd like to think!
Drawstring Bags. Each bag is roughly 7"x7", made with cotton print fabric and all have a white cotton lining. Each bag is shown below with front and backsides. Print will vary slightly depending on bag, but for the most part the designs are very similar.
I'm not going to bother listing buttons since there's just so many of them, but if you request a bag I'll probably throw a few in just because. :) Also, if this works out I'll ask Friend E if he'd like to do the same with his bookmarks!
*Since this is honor system it's really all up to you!
So that's that! First come first serve, I'll let you know if I run out of a particular design. I have maybe 3-4 of each bag or so?
My email is pengawenga [at] gmail [dot] com. Thank you for shopping!
I was really looking forward to the county fair this year - last year we got to see Boyz II Men, and this year they had another good lineup: headliners including the Whispers, Three Dog Night, and Starship. We were going to buy a week pass for $17 so we could see it all, but then Sak got called away on business. Boo.
The one day he didn't have to work late was Thursday, which just so happened to be the day Starship (of "We Built This City" fame) was playing. Eighties music, YAY.
In addition to the concert, we enjoyed the usual fun fair things, like animals and floral arrangements and the random oddities sold in the vendor booths.
Abstract grass art? And a lounging panda, so cute!
SO. CUTE. Bilbo's lil hobbity house. with real growing plants! Love!
I don't know what these flowers are but they were pretty!
One of my favorite exhibits is always the recyclable craft section, so clever!
Outdoor mat from an old garden hose, and a bag made from a Tsingtao calendar.
I think it was last year we saw the caprisun bag? This year there was a caprisun vest!
The only thing I didn't do this year was pig out on fair food! No fried artichokes or funnel cake this time, because we actually ate a proper dinner beforehand and weren't hungry :P It's a weird mix of relief and disappointment. Haha!
Who's playing at your county fair this year?
For our very first major-home-improvement, we had our windows replaced. All 19 of them!
The old windows were single-pane, cracked and warped and leaky.
Warped doors that wouldn't shut.
Anyway, we got three quotes, two which my dad facilitated and one that Sak did. I was too scared to meet with any contractors myself! In the end we went with one that a friend had referred. The cost was about $8.5k for 19 window retrofits, three of the windows being fairly large sized.
What's a retrofit? I didn't know either. But apparently they cut the old window out, and insert a new window over the old framing. This method is about half the cost of a full re-framed window, and is pretty much just as good as a completely re-done window. We chose retrofits since our exterior is stucco, and a new frame would have involved cutting and re-patching. You can never perfectly re-patch stucco!
The drawbacks to retrofits is that you end up losing some window sill space, as well as some glass size since there's a lot of vinyl siding to cover up the old frame.
See the gaps where the window fits into the old frame?
They put expanding foam in the cracks!
And then the next day they finished with the siding.
Anyway, I really love the new windows! It makes the house SO MUCH quieter. Can't say I miss the crazy blue jay screeching or never-ending neighborhood construction noises. I'm not sure how much it effects the heating/cooling of the house since it's been fairly normal weather lately, but we'll see once winter comes!
I also love how easy it is to open and close windows now. Before it was nearly impossible!
Now, I just need to figure out window treatments. Two years later and I still don't know what to do with them. >.>"
For our second, much more casual cosplay, we dressed as white mages.
Easy, yeah? Just white clothes and red triangles!
I used this tutorial to turn a t-shirt into a bolero.
Simply cut the shirt open down the front, cut off the collar and sew the edges into a tube. Insert a ribbon and pull!
For triangles I took some red fabric scraps, used fray check on the edges, and fabric glued them to the shirt.
Not the greatest looking. Friend E used iron-on transfers for his and I think it came out better, but from far away you can't really tell.
and a necklace Sak made from two strands of beads (from Joanns) and a chocobo keychain I had.
That's it! Super simple, a perfect last-minute casual cosplay. And there were a ton of other white mages at the con, so I'm guessing a lot of people had the same idea!


The 2018 Traditional Student Application is now available on our website. Please click the links below to download the instructions and application.
Due to recent changes by the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship (LECS), the LECS will have an earlier due date this year. As a result, the ACCF will maintain two due dates for those graduating from high school in fall 2018 and spring 2019.
For those students who choose to submit an application for the Sept due date, the ACCF will automatically include the Sept. application in the February review process. However, if a student wishes to submit an updated or revised application for the February review, this is allowable, but the student must follow all guidelines set forth in the application to include the correct number of copies and due date.
Questions? Please contact Deb Cook (scholarship administrator) at 260.724.3939 or scholarships@AdamsCountyFoundation.org.


Cells and Circuits Dr. Srikanth Ramaswamy is a Senior Scientist in the Cells & Circuits Section of the Simulation Neuroscience Division.
Dr. Ramaswamy leads the effort in modeling synaptic transmission and neuromodulation in the Blue Brain Project's flagship simulations of neocortical tissue, under the direction of Prof. Henry Markram, and in close collaboration with Dr. Eilif Muller, Prof. Idan Segev (Jerusalem) and Prof. Javier DeFelipe (Madrid).
Dr. Ramaswamy joined the Blue Brain Project in 2006, as one of its first scientific team members and completed his PhD. under the supervision of Prof. Henry Markram in 2011. He then did a brief postdoc at the EPFL and the CHUV until his appointment as a Senior Scientist at the Blue Brain Project in 2014.
Dr. Ramaswamy obtained a first class honors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Engineering in Mysore, India in 2003. In the same year, he was awarded a British Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK to pursue a Master's in Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Following the completion of his Masters, he developed a keen interest in neuroscience and won a fellowship by the BBVA foundation in Madrid to work with Profs. Gonzalo de Polavieja and Pablo Varona at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid between 2005 and 2006.
In 2017, he was one of the winners of the FENS – Australasian Neuroscience Society exchange award for young researchers and he won the 2017 Japan Neuroscience Society young investigator award.
Outside of work, Srikanth enjoys cooking, traveling, hiking in the mountains and reading biographies.
*Also see a commentary on this paper by Christof Koch and Michael A. Buice (2015). Koch, C., and Buice, M.A. (2015). A Biological Imitation Game. Cell 163, 277–280.


Thanks to @patternsbyannie for this project. We shared it in our first ever #springquiltmarket @windhamfabrics booth.
I kinda march to my own beat. So my March starts about now. Does anyone else not feel tied to a calendar? This will be the Print and Paint for this months newsletter.


Today I Am grateful for a long day of work, making a difference for medical students and receiving several instances of praise from my supervisor.
I Am also grateful for having a bit of down time to enjoy an awesome wrap from Jersey Mike's while preparing for a Sunday Celebration my Practitioner class will be presenting next month.
Finally I Am grateful for incorporating as many moments of my day as possible into a life as spiritual practice.


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This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged bushman, consciousness, evolution, first people, Spirit by Paul John Myburgh. Bookmark the permalink.
Thank you so much for your authentic account of this important piece of history. Recently after our remarkable conversation I started reading your book…. captivating and had goosebumps.
Would love to continue our conversation, brother.
Thanks so much for your wonderful inspirational talk last week. I am about to embark on a two month journey to another land of "first people". Food and water will be a precious commodity. I am going to read your book, sketch, stretch (the mind and body), live under the stars, wake and sleep with the sun.
What a wonderful place the world would be if there was no malice, prejudice or inequality. If we all could be mindful of our thoughts, words and actions. If there was no isolation, separation or loneliness. If we all felt truly connected with each other, nature and the spirit world.
understand, appreciate and discover what it is to be "family".
"Living outside of truth" … Your discussion with Aubrey Masango prickled something in me as I'm sure your talks have done to many over the years. The idea that the Gwikwe do not have a word describing truth is so hugely profound on my understanding of what you mean by living in truth. Not having a word to describe truth because it is a lost concept due to the fact that they LIVE truth should be a life changing and attitude altering concept when grasped.
Although mine has been a life of bars and concrete and totally on the other end of the scale from yourself, there is a place where we can all unite when we really look back and bring ourselves to a point in the present, where we TRULY understand why and what has brought us to the present, what we have lost and gained because of it, and implementing real change moving forward as humanity. The semantics of "black this and white that and you're a colonizer" etc. just takes on total irrelevance when we realise that within us is a part of every other and vice versa. The Human Race can only divide itself by semantics and the stuff we create to divide us. Nature never had a thing to do with that.
I decided to come out of my box and speak my truth after I heard you on Aubrey's show. My lessons may have been learned in a very different environment, but spiritual understanding of self is a Universal Intelligence which can be gained from any given situation — good or bad.
Hello Craig, The separation of which you speak has been a necessary part of of human evolution and development on this earth . . . our fall from divinity or separation from oneness will give rise to the impulse to bring together that which has become separate. It is only in absolute isolation that we will truly comprehend the value of human community, and it seems that only in darkness will we understand the nature of light. We humans stand now at such a critical juncture in our evolution . . . which way do we face? down or up?
I appreciate the writing of your book, "The Bushman Winter has come". I've just finished and found it to be a message worth hearing, through my eyes, as I read every word.
I had the privilege of listening to your interview for, "The Calling" in its entirety. That interview is what led me to your work. Thank you for bringing yourself forward. It has been helpful for me to feel your words in my soul.
In my experience truth is a feeling, a knowing one has when looking into the eyes of another long before words are exchanged. Maybe that is why the /Gwikwe do not have a word to describe truth? Because it is being felt at the causal level, guiding them moment to moment.
Your writings about life with the First People was well received. It is clear to me, to know one's origin (authentic self) is to have experienced the full unravelling into one's truth. I appreciate your bringing our origin into the light for all who have eyes to see.
Thanks for bringing these thoughts Maggie. It is because the old streams of humanity live within the absolute of Truth itself that they have no need to express the incidental ideas of truth which are all too readily proffered up in our modern world . . . one must differentiate between Truth as a percept and truth as a concept.
In /Gwikwe language there is neither concept nor word for misunderstanding, and that too is indicative of the nature of a root language . . . everyone always understands what is being said. The word speaks out of the phenomenon itself, and is not the derived or prejudiced idea of someone's current opinion. The understanding of this obliges all of us to listen and speak more thoughtfully.
If we pay attention to what is right as we go forward in this life, we modern humans have the option of absolute wonder before us . . .
Hi Paul, I attended your lecture in Grahamstown, and have just started reading your book. In our vehicle it was the subject of much debate and discussion between my daughter, a group of dancers that I transported back to Cape Town, and me. The subject of food and drink, respecting, or honoring what we use to nourish ourselves, as well as our destruction of that which gives us life, were the hot topics. We talked of the parallels between your comments on food and water, and a lecture given by Professor Tim Noakes Monday, regarding the benefits of a high fat, high protein diet, and eating what is natural for humans to eat. We truly have strayed far from our connection to the world and that which the first people knew. Thank you for placing in words the wisdom you have learned.
Hello Simon – thanks for being there. It was a good few days for me at Wordfest in Grahamstown . . . I met with some really good people. What was most gratifying was the response from Rhodes University as an academic institution. The value that people like Joy Owen bring into what I insist will be 'New Anthropology' opens up an entire world for study and understanding . . . a world of relationships that we humans now need on our earth. So much to learn.
I am grateful that you were called to spend the time with the /Gwikwe people that you did, as you did, and that they accepted you and shared with you, as they did. And more so that you took the time to write this book. It must have been quite a work, maybe painful some times to go back so deep in memory.
I have been slowly finding my way towards a more Soulful and fundamental way of life. Your book expresses the essence of what we have to learn from our Bushman brothers and sisters/mothers and fathers so lucidly, and powerfully. It opens a door to a world of learning, and will be one of my bibles, as they will remain teachers to me.
Elizabeth I am sorry I have taken so long to answer to your acknowledgement. I can only say that for me this book is a starting point, more than anything it reminds me daily of how much work I must do in order to be worthy of what I have been gifted to write.
i have so enjoyed my interaction with you having read what for me was a deeply spiritual book.


The Unified Command, made up of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), and the Fishing Company of Alaska (FCA), have called off the search for the sunken vessel. The JURIS is presumed to have sank in approximately 5,400 feet of water in the Bering Sea.
"We have searched and have not been able to locate the fishing vessel ALASKA JURIS," said federal on-scene coordinator Lt. Todd Bagetis. The Unified Command as well as various state and federal agencies have ensured that this extensive search prioritized the safety of response personnel, the public, and integrity of the environment.
For three days, searches for the vessel were conducted by air and sea with the help of F/V ALASKA ENDEAVOR, salvage tug RESOLVE PIONEER, and Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules. Diesel sheen believed to be from the ALASKA JURIS was found in the search area, though the source is unconfirmed.
Through the common goal of protecting Alaska's environment, the Fishing Company of Alaska formally activated a state and federally approved oil spill response organization, Alaska Chadux. No shoreline impacts are anticipated from this intermittent oil sheen.


This is the lapel for all the true Flagsmiths out there, the ones who's bookshelves have at least one flag-related book, who memorized the countries with the coolest flags…Bahamas, am I right? Or for anyone who likes flags really, no judgements here.
Lapel features our signature flag in its 3 color glory, emblazoned in hard enamel with a butterfly clutch backing.


I am still loving the Simon Says Stamp April 2017 Card Kit. Here is another card I made using the kit and the Cuddly Critter Accessories Set. The lion's eyes amuse me and I couldn't help myself. I had to make him look at the mouse.
Extra Details: I started with a panel of white card stock. I stamped the outline heart strip in black in over the whole background. I left some black areas for interest. Using the ink cubes included in the kit, I filled in some of the hearts with the solid heart strip. I offset the stamping for added interest.
Using a stitched rectangle die, I cut the stamped panel down to 4.25 x 5.5." I used a Polaroid frame die to cut out the center of the panel. Using the same die, I cut a black fun foam frame and a black card stock frame.
I stamped the critter animals on a scrap of white cardstock and used colored pencils to color them in. Once, finished I fussy cut them out and painted the edges with a black marker.
I stamped the sentiment and some more hearts on the black card stock frame and embossed them in white. I adhered the black card stock frame to the fun foam one.
I created a card base form some white card stock. I adhered the heart panel to the front of the card base. I pieced the black frames into the hole. I added a scrap of pattern paper cut with a grassy border die to the card base. I used a blue colored pencil to add the sky in the frame.
Lastly, I adhered the mouse inside the frame and the lion outside of the frame.
Sometimes I'm just in the mood to make a quick card. I am still smitten with the Simon Says Stamp April 2017 Card Kit, so I drew most of my supplies from there. This card took me about 20 minutes and is one of my current favorites.
Extra Details: I started by making a white card base. Then, I masked out a rectangle on my card base using a left over frame from another project. I stamped the strip of solid hearts in the four ink colors included in the kit. I did some fancy inking to help the colors transition.
The elephant was already colored and fussy cut. So all I had to do was attach an action wobble on adhere him in the middle of the hearts.
Lastly, I stamped by sentiment. I used a dark grey ink because it was what I could find fast.
Just before my Simon Says Stamp April 2017 Card Kit arrived, Jennifer McGuire posted a video called Monochromatic Coloring. I wanted to give the technique a try and the dark card stocks in this kit were perfect. I made two cards using this technique.
Extra Details: I started by white heat embossing the images and sentiments on panels of the dark colored card stock. I used a white color pencil to add some highlights to the images. For the darker areas, I used a colored pencil that was slightly darker than the color of the cardstock.
I die cut a series of stitched rectangles of the colored card stock and patterned papers form the kit. For card one, I adhered the outer frame and the patterned paper to the white card base. I used fun foam to pop up the stamped rectangle.
For card tow, I pieced the blue and patterned paper rectangles back together on white card base to create an inlayed pattern.
I am really enjoying the Simon Says Stamp April 2017 Card Kit. I love the stamp set and the papers, but the Action Wobbles may be my favorite part. Here is a card I made with an action wobble.
Extra Details: I started by stamping and coloring my images on some white cardstock. I used colored pencils to color in the images. Once done, I fussy cut the images out and painted the edges with a black marker.
I die cut a series of stitched rectangles of the blue card stock and patterned papers form the kit. I pieced the rectangles back together on white card base to create an inlayed pattern. I also die cut a scrap of the purple card stock for my animals to sit on. I adhered the purple strip and the elephant flat to the card. I used a mini action wobble to adhere the lion. He is some much fun to play with.
I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of white card stock, die cut it with a stitched rectangle, and adhered it to the card.
It was a fun weekend of making cards using the Simon Says Stamp April 2017 Card Kit. Here are two more cards that I made using the kit.
Extra Details: I started with two panels of white card stock. I used the colored inks that came in the kit to stamp the images. For card one, I made a mask for the giraffe so I could layer them together. On card two, I made a stamping mistake. GRRRR… but rather than start again, I re-stamped the elephants and birds on a scrap of white card stock, fussy cut them out, and popped them up using dimensional glue dots. I stamped my sentiments using black ink.
I used stitched rectangle dies to cut each panel before adhering them to orange card bases. The orange card stock was from my stash.
I just subscribed to the Simon Says Stamp Monthly Card Kit. I am very excited to have a box of crafty stuff show up at my house every month. My first kit is the April 2017 kit. This card was inspired by Heather Ruwe's card on the inspiration sheet. I love the way it turned out and will be using this layout again.
Extra Details: I started with a panel of white card stock. I used the four mini ink cubes to add strips of color to the panel. It was a straight to paper application. I used the same ink to stamp the strip of solid hearts in each stripe. I added some hearts and the sentiment in black ink. I added some black glitter gel pen and white gel pen to the hearts and sentiment.
I created a card base from some green cardstock I had in my stash. I added some more solid heart strips with the green ink.
I stamped the elephant on white cardstock and used colored pencils to color it in. I fussy cut the elephant out and painted the edges with a black marker. I did cut around the trunk of the elephant so it could hang out over the circle.
I die cut the white card stock with a stitched rectangle and a stitched circle die. I adhered the circle die cut to the card base. I adhered the elephant on the panel and used fun foam to pop the whole panel up.
I just got my Simon Says Stamp April 2017 Card Kit in the mail this weekend. I love the Wild Cuddly Critters Stamp Set. I also own the Cuddly Critters Accessories Stamp Set. As soon as I looked at the two sets together, I know that I would be combining the stamp sets. Here is a card I made using both sets.
Extra Details: I started by stamping all of the critters on white card stock. I choose not to use the penguin; he seemed out of place. I used colored pencils to color everything in. Once I was done coloring, I fussy cut all of the images out. I used a black marker to paint the edges to hide any cutting mistakes. To make the bird sit on the mouse's head, I trimmed around his wings.
Next, I created my card base. I made a 4.25 x 7 inch card base so that I could fit all of the animals stacked up. I added some clouds to the card base for interest. I also added a strip of green plaid paper cut with a grassy border die. I stamped the sentiment next. I used part of a sentiment from the Wild Cuddly Critters set and a sentiment form the Cuddly Critter Accessories set.
Lastly, I adhered all of my animals in a stack and the card was finished.
A friend brought each of my children a t-shirt form their recent trip to Japan. One of the shirts had a ninja on it, so we had to make a ninja thank you card.
Extra Details: I started by stamping my images on the white card base. I used a black pen to draw in the pigtails and rope. I used colored pencils to color in the images.
Then, I added some stitched circles cut from patterned paper. I focused on the images and sentiment first and then filled in the others, until I liked the way the card looked. I used a black glitter gel pen to outline all of the circles.
I was just having fun making a card that meets the requirements of two current challenges. This card will be entered in Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge: Layer It Up and Simon Says Stamps Flickr Challenge #67: Think Spring.
Extra Details: I started by stamping my images and sentiment on a panel of white cardstock. I masked the stem of the flower so it looked like the mouse was holding it. I added some color to the corner with Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink and a Mini Ink Blending Tool. I used colored pencils to add color to the mouse and flower. I used a white gel pen to color in the petals of the flower, and add some detail to the mouse's eyes. Once the white gel pen was dry, I outlined everything in a black gel pen. I felt like it made the two stamps from different companies look more alike.
Next, I die cut the stamped panel with a small stitched rectangle die. I also die cut a piece of dotted vellum, blue polka dotted patterned paper, and striped patterned paper with stitched rectangles. Then, I began layering all of the papers together. I added the velum to the back of the stamped piece. I added a layer of fun foam behind the velum. Then, I added the blue patterned paper. I played with the edges of the velum to add some more dimension. I adhered the striped paper to a white card base. Lastly, I adhered the stamped panel and additional papers to the card base and the card was done.
This card was just fun to make! I had a left over pop up card base that I wanted to use and an idea for a super cool birthday card. I LOVE the way this one turned out.
Extra Details: I started with the left over card base. It was made from light blue card stock. I stamped the clouds in white pigment ink. I added a dark green tree border that also had pop up tabs to the inside of the card base. Lastly, I adhered the grassy border piece to the pop up tabs and the card base was complete.
For this card, I stamped and colored a lot of images from Lawn Fawn's Critters From the Past set. The banners are from Simon Says Stamp's Cuddly Critter Accessories. I used colored pencils to color everything. I added some detail with a white gel pen. Once all the images were colored, I carefully cut them out on the stamped lines. After cutting, I used a black marker to paint the edges of all of the images (Yes, even the tiny flowers, party hats, and rocks).
I used glue dots to adhere all of the larger images. I hung the banners on a piece of thin white twine I had in my stash. I wrapped the twine around the trees and a glue dot to hold them in place. I backed the banners with some copy paper to keep the glue dots from sticking to the card base. I used liquid glue to adhere the tiniest images.
Welcome to our First Challenge!


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Kickstarter success for Hooke wireless 3D audio headphones
By Pete Hayman 2014-10-31T12:32:36Z News
The latest product to strike a chord with the Kickstarter crowdfunding fraternity has been revealed – and it has come from in the shape of Hooke's "multi-functional wireless 3D audio" headphones.
With the design work now complete, Hooke is now poised to enter mass production after its target of $100,000 was hit with ease. The product eventually attracted Kickstarter pledges worth over $160,000.
Bluetooth-enabled, Hooke is described as a "simple, affordable and wireless" pair of headphones that lets you listen to your favourite tunes, but also integrates with social networks via your smartphone.
MORE: 10 of the best AV Kickstarter projects
Hooke's multifunctional claims are based on the headphones' ability to access streaming and download services including Spotify; record music from a variety of devices; and its video and gaming capabilities.
The 3D audio element makes use of binaural recording, where two microphones are used for the creation of 3D stereo sound, positioning those microphones by your ear, rather than in a mic in your hand.
A 3.5mm cable is also available for wired connections, while Hooke claims to be the first wireless headset that lets you send and receive stereo audio thanks to its custom-made Bluetooth chip.
The Hooke smartphone app lets you live-stream 3D audio and, once paired with your device, you can share the audio you record via Facebook, Snapchat and even your smartphone's built-in camera.
It's anticipated that the first Hooke headphones will start shipping in June 2015, following a three-stage development process. The headphones come in three colours: black, blue and white.
For more details, take a look at the Hooke Kickstarter page.
MORE: Best wireless headphones to buy in 2014


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A wee problem in Portlaoise
June 3, 1989.
"They were the same as hens on hot griddles looking to relieve themselves somewhere," exclaimed Commissioner Richie Graham at Portlaoise Town Commission's monthly meeting last week.
He had told of how seven buses, carrying 110 people, had stopped in the car park on a recent Monday. The people could not get into the public toilets - they had nowhere to go.
Commr Graham seconded Commr Joe Dunne's proposal calling for the seven-day opening of the toilets during the summer. (At present the convenience is closed on Sundays and Mondays).
Commr Willie Aird proposed that National Lottery funds should be sought to help with the operating costs of the toilets.
"We are in a desperate situation," he added.
But Commr Graham disagreed with this course of action. He said the National Lottery was used to fund sporting, educational and cultural activities.
"Does the opening of a toilet come in under the cultural end of it?" he asked.
Instead he proposed that immediate action should be taken to investigate the possibility of charging for the use of the public convenience. Commr Liam Breen seconded.
Commr Joe Dunne said it would be a great help if the public toilets could be open every day of the week in the period May to September. A lot of festivals and events were about to take place in Portlaoise.
Commr Graham noted that every commissioner had put down motions on the subject - meeting after meeting - but there was still no action. The county council would have to make up their minds to open the toilets, at least on Mondays. The present situation was not good enough.
Commr Tony Dunne said he couldn't see any bother about having the convenience open on seven days is the county council passed it.
"They're the people responsible for it," he added.
Cllr Aird said Laois County Council did not have the money to keep the public toilets in Portlaoise open seven days a week.