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CNBC's "Fast Money" show started with a report from CNBC reporter Kate Kelly that Universa Investments' Black Swan Funds were up 9% for the quarter. She said Universa attributed the rise to bets on commodities including option trades in crude, grains, coffee and silver.
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David Greene joined us on Studio10 to discuss three questions you should ask your personal injury lawyer before you hire them.
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1. How many cases like this have you handled? The more experience a lawyer has, especially in the Personal Injury field, can mean a big difference in the result of your settlement. Hiring a lawyers with years of experience will help you in 2 important ways. -He will already have relationships established with the insurance adjustors. -He will know the ins and outs of the applicable laws. How many Personal Injury cases has Greene & Phillips handled? We've handled thousands of personal injury cases of all types.
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Perhaps it best to start with the present definition of nutrition informatics posed by the ADA Nutrition Informatics Work Group in 2007, and approved by the House of Delegates.
"The effective retrieval, organization, storage, and optimum use of information, data, and knowledge for food and nutrition related problem solving and decision making. Informatics is supported by the use of information standards, information processes, and information technology".(ADA Nutrition Informatics Work Group, 2007)Adapted from the definition of biomedical informatics in Biomedical Informatics by Shortliffe & Cimino Springer Science & Media 2006
You might have noticed I described it as the "present" definition. As this field rapidly evolves, it is likely the definition will as well. Technology and the way we use information continues to be nudged forward by innovative thinkers.
During the past three years, ADA has supported significant discussions on this topic: Open Space Sessions at the annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE), informatics presentations at a host of venues, and the Nutrition Informatics Work Group, who were the minds that over three years assimilated most of the groundwork for what we need to accomplish. Most importantly, the group worked in tandem with many great staff and other committees at ADA to assure that the goals established were in line with the mission and work of ADA. To all those who served in this capacity, thank you! Please help us further refine what nutrition informatics is all about!
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Real life is getting sucky, might be a couple weeks before FoL progression. Lotsa job worries but I'll keep you all posted.
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Blizzard finishes courtyard statue
Cool office decoration or the coolest office decoration? The statue was sculpted by the Weta Workshop in Australia, and shipped all the way into Irvine. No easy task, considering it's bronzed and 12 feet tall. Though from the pictures, it looks like it was installed in two separate pieces -- the wolf mount first, and then the Orc on top. And it also looks like Blizzard had a short unveiling ceremony, but it seems like it may have been just for employees from inside the building.
Bet that statue is more awesome than whatever's outside whatever building you're in right now. It's more awesome than what's outside mine, and I'm in Chicago.
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Niagara Blower Acquires Kathabar, Inc.
View All Niagara News
Wet Surface Air Cooler (WSAC™) closed-loop, evaporative
fluid coolers and vapor condensers are used in carbon
capture and sequestration (CCS). This technology is
utilized for applications including high pressure natural
gas cooling and supercritical CO2 cooling for well injection
and multistage compression. WSAC systems offer important
benefits such as:
Can potentially eliminate
the first stage of multistage compression
Increased CO2 density and
flow rate
Cooler outlet temperatures
Greater operating
Smaller plot space
Consistent thermal
Water conservation
In response to the current activity in
shale gas formation exploration and production, Niagara
Blower is ready to meet the demands of the shale gas boom.
Niagara recently teamed up
with Flow Process Technologies, Inc. for the third time to
provide WSAC systems (mud coolers) to cool drilling fluids.
"There has been a large demand from the drilling cooling
industry lately," said Flow Process President Allyn Conwell,
"Niagara Blower has been instrumental in supplying these
systems in a timely manner."
November (Power-Gen Show) issue of Power Engineering
features an article on hybrid cooling which discusses
Wet Surface Air Coolers.
With the
increasing demand for power, as well as restrictions on
water availability and disposal, cooling system efficiency
and dependability are more important than ever before.
Closed-loop, evaporative Wet Surface Air Coolers
are used
for aux loop cooling and steam condensing at simple and
combined cycle power plants. They can allow a facility to
sell more power to the grid by means of lower horsepower
requirements, sometimes by as much as 60 percent compared
with other technologies. WSAC systems offer an additional
advantage of being able to use poor quality water as spray
makeup; this feature helps reduce the amount of makeup and
discharge from a plant. Using high quality components and
rugged industrial construction allow a closed-loop,
evaporative cooler to operate for many years with minimal
Read the entire article from
the Power Engineering November issue at
President is featured guest columnist in Processing's
special August issue
Blower Company President Peter Demakos, P.E. is the featured
guest columnist in Processing's special August
Water/Waste Processing issue. Mr. Demakos discusses
closed-loop, evaporative cooling systems and how they are
used for water management and conservation.
Read the
entire article from Processing's special August
Water/Waste Processing issue at
Niagara Wet Surface Air Cooler (WSAC) system is used for
liquid cooling and vapor condensing at a variety of
industrial facilities. Advantages include lower horsepower
(less carbon footprint) and the ability to use poor quality
water as spray makeup.
Wet Surface Air Coolers featured in Combined Cycle
Journal Q2 issue
latest issue of Combined Cycle Journal features an
article on the NV Energy Chuck Lenzie Generating Station.
Part of the cooling system includes a Wet Surface Air Cooler
(WSAC). The WSAC is used in conjunction with a dry cooler
for the closed cooling water loop. This wet/dry system
significantly reduces the annual water consumption required
for aux loop cooling.
Read the
entire article from the Combined Cycle Journal second
quarter issue at
The WSAC
is used for aux loop cooling and steam condensing at simple
and combined cycle power plants. Advantages include lower
horsepower (less carbon footprint) and the ability to use
poor quality water as spray makeup.
"No-Frost" Dehumidification & Refrigeration featured in
The ACHR News August issue
Recognized as an important public health problem in the
United States, Listeria monocytogenes is known to cause
food-contaminating outbreaks. Commonly found in dairy
products, meat, poultry, and seafood, these microorganisms
have the ability to multiply within host cells and spread
from cell to cell.
A clean,
dry environment is of utmost importance in controlling
Listeria because the chances of contamination increase with
wetness in plants and products. Since bacteria are unable
to multiply without sufficient moisture, a hygienic and arid
environment can support prevention efforts. Liquid
desiccant dehumidification systems provide consistent
dry-bulb and dew-point temperatures for contamination
control. With the ability to handle large moisture loads,
such systems provide the low air dew-point temperatures
required to maintain dry surfaces and facilitate quick
recovery from washdown. An additional benefit is the
scrubbing effect which removes pathogen from the air stream.
article is posted at
Article Featured in Environmental Science & Engineering
Water availability and water
quality have become important considerations for industrial
facilities worldwide. Wet Surface Air Cooler (WSAC™)
closed-loop, evaporative cooling and condensing systems
optimize use of scarce water resources. In addition to
providing cooling solutions for wastewater facilities, a
WSAC cooler or condenser can use low quality water from
almost any other source as spray makeup.
the entire article from Environmental Science &
Engineering at
An article about Niagara
Blower closed-loop, evaporative WSAC fluid coolers and vapor
condensers has been featured in the September 2008 issue of POWER Magazine. This article discusses Wet Surface
Air Cooler technology as efficient and water conserving.
These systems
combine elements of a
tubular heat exchanger and cooling tower in a single
and are a cost-effective heat transfer technology providing
lower outlet temperatures and requiring less space and HP.
The WSAC cooler/condenser can also use poor quality water
as spray makeup.
The article can be read at
Surface Air Coolers Have Lowest PM10 Output
conventional open cooling towers, WSAC™ liquid coolers and
vapor condensers evaporate the same amount of water based on
rejected heat load. However, the WSAC is a more efficient
heat transfer system, requiring a significantly lower
circulating (spray water) rate.
The drift
discharged from an evaporative cooler contains a variety of
materials. When a water droplet evaporates, its entrained
particulates are released into the air where they can be
carried away by wind or land on the ground.
Many plants
are required to calculate the quantity of particulate matter
(PM10, soon to be PM2.5) discharged with and without the use
of drift eliminators by their facility annually. Because
WSACs have a much lower spray rate, they produce less drift
and, consequently, lower PM10 emissions at rates
significantly below most permit standards. Since the spray
water rates are only about 10% of a cooling tower, the total
drift of a WSAC will be dramatically less.
to Provide Evaporative Cooler for Motiva Port Arthur
Refinery Expansion Project
Niagara Blower Heat Transfer
Solutions announced today that it has been awarded a
contract for the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery Expansion
Project in Port Arthur, Texas.
Niagara Blower has been selected to engineer, manufacture,
and supply a Wet Surface Air Cooler (WSAC™) closed-loop,
evaporative cooler for the expansion project. The
field-erected WSAC system will cool the plant's wastewater
streams prior to biological treatment during the hottest
summer months without the need for refrigeration.
This WSAC cooler will feature redundant design and capacity
control for smooth operation throughout the year. WSAC
technology was selected for the ability to provide the
lowest possible outlet temperature and the need for less
plot space. Exceptional consideration was given to the
ability to perform during hot and humid summer days.
Enhanced features will improve reliability and operation
over several decades of service.
Heat transfer systems design-build manufacturer Niagara
Blower Company has the capability to build to the European
standards ATEX (Explosives Atmospheres Directive) and PED
(Pressure Equipment Directive). All equipment provided by
Niagara Blower Company for use in Europe will be subject to
design and inspection to meet these requirements.
With installations worldwide serving industries ranging from
power producing to food processing, Niagara Blower
specializes in custom heat transfer systems. ASME, TEMA,
and ANSI specifications are frequently required. Each piece
of equipment is designed and manufactured specifically for
the application and location, with the customer preferences
in mind. Niagara Blower Wet Surface Air
Coolers, Niagara Blower "No-Frost"®, and Kathabar
dehumidification systems can all be built to European
introduces an instructional DVD to educate industry
professionals about closed-loop, evaporative Wet Surface Air
Coolers (WSACs), which are used to cool liquids and condense
vapors while conserving water. Approximately 30 minutes in
length, the DVD includes information about how WSACs work,
equipment construction, features & benefits, alternative
technologies, and water issues. To request a free copy,
Niagara Blower
Acquires Kathabar, Inc.
January 15, 2008
Niagara Blower Company has acquired the assets of Kathabar, Inc. from
Ross Air Systems. Located in Somerset, New Jersey, Kathabar designs and
manufactures dehumidification systems for the food, beverage, metals,
and pharmaceutical industries. The newly formed subsidiary will be
called Kathabar Dehumidification Systems, Inc. (KDS). Terms of the deal
were not disclosed.
Peter Demakos, P.E., Niagara President, stated, "Kathabar is a well
known, well respected company and will increase Niagara's potential
customer base to provide a wider range of temperature and humidity
applications. Kathabar, as a compliment to our 'No-Frost' ®
refrigeration systems, will make Niagara one of the largest liquid
desiccant dehumidification system manufacturers in North America. In
addition, Kathabar's extensive sales representation will expand our
opportunities in international markets."
Click here to visit
the Kathabar Dehumidification Systems website, www.kathabar.com.
Niagara Blower to
Provide Evaporative Cooler for Otay Mesa Power Plant
July 23, 2007
July 5, 2007
Niagara Engineer
Writes for MBAA Technical Quarterly
Niagara Steam
Condenser System for Ethanol Distillation Plant
Feb 10, 2006
Niagara was been awarded a contract to provide a
steam condensing system as part of the design for a new ethanol
production plant. The use of Niagara's patented Wet Surface Air
Cooler (WSAC) steam condenser will provide many operational and
cost-savings advantages for this fuel production facility.
A WSAC Steam Condenser is
being designed and fabricated as an integral component of this bio-fuel
project. Ethanol, unlike petroleum based energy, is a
replaceable source of fuel, and is relatively pollution-free. Ethanol
is produced by distilling certain forms of plant life, most notably
corn. The distillation process includes the use of steam that is
alternately produced by heating a water source, and then returning it to
its water form through cooling and condensation.
Compared to a typical cooling tower heat exchanger
configuration for steam condensing, the WSAC will result in lower
initial construction costs, as well as long term operational advantages
that include reduced maintenance and extended service life.
Brewery Dehumidification System
In February 2006, Niagara has been awarded a
contract to provide a state of the art brewery cellar dehumidification
system. This particular brewery modernization project will provide the
customer with significant cost savings by lowering moisture condensation
temperatures, using Niagara's unique "No-Frost" liquid desiccant
technology. The modernization project includes the custom design,
fabrication and operational start-up.
Moisture management is critical in brewery
cellars. Elimination or reduction of condensation has direct, positive,
and cost effective results by reducing labor and material costs, and
prolongs equipment and building asset life by reducing the effects of
Niagara's centralized design for this project
incorporates conversion from a Lithium Chloride (LiCl) system, which has
proven to be very corrosive. The Niagara design will reduce operating
and liquid replacement costs for the entire brewery.
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He may be out at BLT Burger, but he's serving up corned-beef-hash sandwiches.
The latest '90210' star turned Earth Mother.
Got your bonus in stocks instead of cash this year? Don't despair!
The network has teamed with FourSquare.
Tasti D-Lite will expose your soft-serve habit to the world.
Daniel's namesake chef is hitting the streets.
Introducing the "Drive-Thru Diet."
A site aims to crowdsource the purchase of Pabst.
The magazine is the latest to launch a wine club.
Who's the man behind the $5 Footlong?
The latest suggestive ad, and an update on the move.
It's like 'Celebrity Apprentice' come alive.
A look at the restaurant mascots of midtown.
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The burger joint of the moment is embracing the hype.
In an ad for his "rocking" IFC cooking show, 'Dinner With the Band.'
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CAIRO, June 4, 2012 - On Saturday June 2nd, 2012, clashes erupted outside the Police Academy in the fifth settlement on the Eastern outskirts of Cairo where the trial of Mubarak was held. After the Court announced a life sentence for Mubarak, families of the martyrs of the revolution and Mubarak supporters clashed, resulting in 25 injured. At least four people were arrested by the riot police.
Ahmed Refaat, the head judge in the trial of Mubarak and ten other defendants, announced the life sentence for Mubarak and his minister of Interior Habib El Adly and the acquittal of Mubarak's sons and several senior minister officials. The judgment is largely based on flaws and contradictions among the witnesses in the prosecution's case, and the fact that the judges did not consider the videos submitted to the court enough evidence to convict the defendants. Refaat added that there was no technical evidence that indicated the victims were killed by gunshot wounds and that the medical evidence did not provide sufficient information concerning the protesters.
In reaction to the court's verdict, thousands of protesters gathered in down town Cairo's Tahrir square, the epicentre of the revolution. Later in the evening, protesters in almost 10 governorates began camping in different squares to protest and to call for the cleansing of the judiciary and the execution of Mubarak and El-Adly.
Although Mubarak and El-Adly received the maximum prison sentence under the Egyptian law, the acquittals in the case of the top deputies and Mubarak's two sons disappointed a great majority of Egyptians. Analysts said that Mubarak's verdict mocks justice; others described the trial as a political trial. In fact, different political forces and parties denounced the verdict in the case of Mubarak and his interior minister. They believe that Egyptian Intelligence and National Security deliberately blocked the investigation by the prosecutors in the case.
Amnesty International said that the Cairo criminal court failed to deliver justice in the trial of the former president and his officials.
Political analysts believe that the verdict will impact Egypt's upcoming presidential elections. They say it may hurt candidate Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister under Mubarak and former air force commander. This also may be a chance for Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslm Brotherhood, to win the support of the liberals who spearheaded the revolution. Ayman Nour, founder of Al Gad liberal party announced that he will vote for Morsi because he is "what is left from the revolution."
Mohamed Morsi attacked the verdict, saying the institutions that hid evidence from the prosecution should be put to trial, and describing the Mubarak trial as farcical.
Meanwhile, Ahmed Shafik said the verdict shows that nobody is above the law. Earlier, Shafik vowed to fulfil the revolutions demands in an attempt to win more supporters.
Egyptians are now concerned and skeptical whether the runoff round of presidential elections due on June 16th and 17th will take place, or whether the military will use the Mubarak verdict as an excuse to delay the vote.
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"This is after the spirit called him out...I love Mansfield Reformatory!!!!" - Zak Bagans
"@DarknessRadio @Tara_GACGenMgr @billchapp @THEJeffBelanger eating b4 leaving mansfield. What a great event." - Aaron Goodwin
"It is possible to visit heaven when ur alive..." - Zak Bagans
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"Passover homage of Chopped liver." - Andrew Zimmern
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Create greater size and density in your pecs with the press-heavy training routine of Russian acrobat and IFBB pro Vladimir Sizov
By Eric Velazquez, Editor-at-Large
Vladimir Sizov
Birthdate: Feb. 7, 1970
Birthplace: Moscow
Residence: Los Angeles
Height: 5´9˝
Weight: 235–240 pounds offseason; 225 pounds contest
Career Highlights: 2012: Flex Pro, 8th; 2011: Flex Pro, 8th; 2010: NPC USAs, 1st, heavyweight.
Contact: www.vladimirsizov.com
In an attempt to summon courage, most people will direct their gaze upward. In the case of IFBB pro Vladimir Sizov, merely looking toward the heavens wasn't enough — he had to go there. As a 20-year-old rookie in the highly esteemed Moscow Circus, the gymnast-turned-trapeze artist had to quickly overcome a fear of heights if he was to succeed in his new line of work. So in the days and weeks before the lights went up on his team's next performance, he'd show up to the tent early and ascend the platform, some 40 feet above ground, and sit — not to practice any of the requisite high-flying acrobatics but to extinguish any vestiges of anxiety that could cost his teammates a show — or worse.
"I was worried about the height," he remembers. "But you just go up there and stay as long as you possibly can. I went up there for about an hour the first time. Then the next day I went up there for another hour. That's how you get used to it."
Forty feet above terra firma may seem a strange place to seek perspective, but Vladimir is a man bent on surveying the big picture in order to maximize personal potential. Little did he know that his pensive perches under the big top would also lead to a precipitous drop into the world of bodybuilding, which some 12 years later finds him with an IFBB pro card and two top-10 contest placings. From Moscow to Vegas and into the pages of your October issue … we present to you: Vladimir Sizov.
There are few better ways to build strength, particularly for younger athletes, than to learn to master your own bodyweight. So it should come as no surprise that Vladimir's base of athleticism was built on the mats and high bars of gymnastics clubs in his hometown of Moscow.
"I was in gymnastics from ages 7–20," he says. "I was really competitive. I was on the Junior National Team for a year or two when I was 12 and 13."
But Vladimir was cultivating his competitive drive; catastrophe was lurking in his still-growing spine.
"When I was 13, I injured my back really badly," he says. "Nothing traumatic happened. It was just a lot of dismounts from rings and the high bar. My spine just got bad. I think the discs got smashed. At that time, we didn't have MRIs and they couldn't tell me exactly what was wrong but it hurt like hell. So from that point on, I couldn't do rings or floor exercises. I mean, I could, but with a lot of pain. I kept competing but I wasn't as good as I had been prior to the injury manifesting. At 16 or 17, I started realizing that it was probably over for me."
Only it wasn't. At 20, after three years of floundering in his gymnastic endeavors, Vlad got the opportunity of a lifetime when the Moscow Circus came calling.
"A couple of my friends who were competing with me in gymnastics at that time had joined the Moscow Circus and were creating a flying trapeze kind of act. They said they needed another guy and if I wanted to I was more than welcome. I thought it was a good opportunity for me."
One upside was that Vlad would no longer be adding compressive stress to his spine — he'd be a catcher, hanging upside down for the duration of the act, providing a therapeutic stretch of sorts to his ailing discs. One downside? He'd be a catcher, responsible for getting teammates from A to B, well above the incongruously named "safety" net. No pressure.
"I was the backup catcher," he said. "Then one of the catchers really injured his leg and couldn't perform. I wasn't really ready but I had to be … because there was no one else."
Ever the overachiever, Vlad conquered his fear and was soon performing with the polish of a much more experienced aerial acrobat. Just one year later, he had the opportunity to perform a show in the United States … on Broadway no less. In 1995, the show's choreographer — a friend of Vlad's — caught on with Cirque du Soleil's "Mystère" in Las Vegas. It wasn't long before the call came.
"So he contacted me and said they're planning on creating a similar act for Mystère and asked me if I'd be interested in participating."
Vladimir packed his bags for America's playground and was a staple in the Vegas franchise for three years.
Immersed in the glow of the Vegas strip, Vlad soon found his lifestyle equal parts charmed and chaotic. Rehearsing all day and performing all night can take its toll, even on the most wide-eyed, charismatic career athlete. Vladimir soon found restorative therapy amid the familiar trappings of nearby gyms. At first, training helped him fortify muscle bellies and tendons against the wear of nightly performances … but it soon began to provide additional benefits.
"I was about 180 pounds to start and I tried to put on 2–3 pounds here and there," he says. "I didn't want to add too much muscle because it wouldn't be good for the show."
Before he knew it, he was strutting around at a lean 200-plus pounds. After three years of playing to sold-out arenas on Las Vegas Boulevard, it was time for a change. He entered, and won, the heavyweight class of the Las Vegas Bodybuilding Championships and in 2010 he snagged a pro card with a win in the same division at the USAs.
Back-to-back eighth-place finishes at the Flex Pro in 2011 and 2012 came as a disappointment, but he still loves finding new ways to change and refine his physique.
"For now, I don't really have a goal to tell you the truth," he says. "But we'll do another contest or two and figure things out from there."
Out of the Fall
In his day, he's been a competitive gymnast, an accomplished circus performer and a working stuntman — all rugged, physical pursuits that reflect both his edge and athleticism. From tumbling mats to tackling iron, Vladimir hasn't met a challenge that he didn't feel equal to, regardless of learning curve.
So how did he do on that first night on the trapeze as the replacement catcher?
"I dropped six guys."
The contrast is evident. Those teammates, along with Vlad's career, all enjoyed soft landings. And, as they say, the show must go on.
The Sizov Chest Routine
Machine Pec-Deck 2–3 Sets x 20 Reps
Incline Barbell Press 3 Sets x 12, 10, 8 Reps
Flat Bench Press 3 Sets x 12, 10, 8 Reps
Decline Barbell Press 3 Sets x 12, 10, 8 Reps
Weighted Dip 3 Sets x 15, 15, 12 Reps
*Before his workout, Vladimir performs 5–10 minutes' worth of dynamic and static stretches that cover his entire body. After he elevates his core temperature, he moves into his specific warm-up. "This routine helps me avoid injury," he says.
*Vladimir likes to use the pec-deck as a warm-up for the heavier work ahead. He performs 2–3 sets of "20 or so" reps, not to failure, to increase blood flow to his pecs and delts.
Machine Pec-Deck
Target: Inner Chest
START: Sit erect on the bench with your back flat against the pad. Adjust the height of the seat so that you can grasp the handles with your arms parallel to the floor.
MOVE: Keeping a slight bend locked in your elbows, contract your pecs to bring the handles together in front of you. Squeeze the handles together for a count and slowly allow the weight stack to pull your arms apart back to the starting position. Pause momentarily before going into the next rep to eliminate momentum.
POWER POINTER: "Sometimes I use this as a finisher but I prefer it as a warm-up because it gives me a good stretch and works the deep muscle fibers of the chest," says Vlad.
Barbell Bench Press
Target: Middle Chest
START: Lie faceup on a bench with your feet flat on the floor. Grasp the barbell with an overhand grip, your hands well outside shoulder width apart.
MOVE: Unrack the bar, inhale deeply and slowly lower it toward your lower chest. Keep your wrists aligned with your elbows and your elbows pointed out to your sides. When the bar just touches your chest, press back up explosively, driving the weight away from you just short of lockout, exhaling forcefully.
POWER POINTER: "Dumbbells are a great alternative but it takes a lot of effort to get them into position once you start going really heavy. The barbell, already in a rack, allows me to conserve energy for the actual lift."
Incline Barbell Press
Target: Upper Chest
START: Lie squarely back on an incline bench with your feet placed flat and wide on the floor. Grasp the barbell with a pronated (overhand) grip well outside shoulder width. Unrack the bar and hold it directly above your upper chest.
MOVE: Slowly lower the bar to your upper chest. Without bouncing the bar off your chest, powerfully press it up to the starting position. Pause momentarily in the top position while contracting your pecs before lowering again.
POWER POINTER:"Forget about the weight: Try to concentrate on your upper chest — try to feel it. I lower the bar all the way to the top of my chest rather than short-range partials in which the bar doesn't come near the upper pecs."
Weighted Dip
Target: Lower Chest
START: "These have really improved my lower chest development. I don't always use resistance — precontest, I'll do them with only bodyweight." With weight hanging around your waist, grasp the dip bars with your arms extended. Lean forward and bend your knees while keeping your legs crossed.
MOVE: Keep your elbows out to your sides as you bend them to lower your body down until your upper arms are about parallel to the floor. Press your hands into the bars to extend your arms and raise your body back up.
POWER POINTER: Make sure you lean forward as much as possible to emphasize the pecs. Allow your elbows to flare out; if you keep them tucked into your sides the triceps will do more of the work.
Decline Barbell Press
Target: Lower Chest
START: Lie faceup on a decline bench so that your torso is fully supported from your head to your hips, with your knees bent and feet supported. Grasp the bar with a wide, overhand grip.
MOVE: Bend your arms and slowly lower the bar toward your lower chest. When the bar just grazes your chest, forcefully extend your arms and press the bar back to full-arm extension without locking out your elbows.
POWER POINTER: The decline version has the shortest range of motion of the major bench angles, and since the back muscles also provide an assist, you can typically go heavier on this move than the others.
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With Vladimir Sizov, IFBB Pro
1. When I was younger, I'd get in there and just start pressing heavy weights. For a while it seemed okay, but then I really tore up my shoulder and realized I can no longer approach chest day like that. Now I make sure to get nice and warm and stretch my whole body first.
2. To keep myself strong and healthy, I also stretch between sets and exercises.
3. Offseason, I usually take about 90–120 seconds between sets and exercises. Precontest, it gets really fast — just 20–30 seconds between sets.
4. If you need a spotter, or two, then you're probably going too heavy. Weightlifters can do that — their bodies are trained to lift as heavy as possible. Bodybuilders don't really need to go to that level. Focus on slow, gradual progression instead and always use a weight you can handle. If you need a spotter, it should be on those last few reps approaching failure.
5. A routine like this that includes a lot of presses is good for your offseason because you're training your chest heavy from multiple angles.
6. Sometimes I'll go to failure with eight reps, then drop the weight in half and try to crank out 20–25 reps to increase blood flow and stretch the fibers.
7. I usually train chest by itself but if I'm feeling good, I may train it with triceps or biceps.
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An alternative to truffles, these chocolatey bitesize treats contain Maltesers, coconut, marshmallow, cranberries and rich tea biscuits - perfect for making with kids
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Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 257
- protein
- 3g
- carbs
- 30g
- fat
- 14g
- saturates
- 9g
- fibre
- 1g
- sugar
- 25g
- salt
- 0.2g
- 400g white chocolate, broken into pieces
- 100g rich tea biscuits
- 50g white Maltesers
- 50g mini marshmallows
- 50g dried cranberries
- 50g cakes crumbs (we used shop-bought Madeira cake)
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
- 100g desiccated coconut
- edible glitter (optional)
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- Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Meanwhile, crush the biscuits and Maltesers in a large bowl with a rolling pin.
- Add mini marshmallows, dried cranberries and cake crumbs, then the chocolate and golden syrup. Mix well. Tip desiccated coconut onto a plate. Drop large spoonfuls of mixture onto the plate, then roll them around, coating in coconut and shaping into balls. Place on a baking tray and chill for 30 mins before serving. Sprinkle with edible glitter if you like.
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These are the most delicious snacks you have ever come across!
My friend made them the other day and I ate sooo many of them (feeling slightly sick after as they are fairly rich - not too rich tho, coz I happily ate about 5 of them!!)
They are easy to make (apparently) and you can have them any time - for a party as a snack or just as a treat with your afternoon cuppa! :)
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Lunch: Barbara Walters, Barry Diller & Dana Perino
I'm glad I got to Michael's early today because by 12:30 they were literally lining up outside the front door to get in the joint. Even the Garden Room (Siberia to the uninitiated) was SRO. The groups of wannabe diners at the bar and in the lounge were enviously eyeing the tables occupied by the famous and fabulous in the front room as they dined and dished without notice. Who says there's no class system in America?
Ah, but you know better, and so do the regulars who, despite hurricane winds and the worst traffic we've seen all year, found their way to their power perches to see and be seen by Gotham's glitterati. Perception is reality these days and from where I sat, it's business as usual for these folks. We spotted Michael Fuchs working the room like nobody's business, shaking hands with Matt Blank, Jon Tisch and an assortment of moguls who crossed his path. Others, such as Barry Diller, were riveted to the conversation at their own table. Working on some killer deal, no doubt.
I made my way around the jam-packed dining room to check in with my pals. I needed the breathing room since it was elbow to elbow at the bar, and I was seated across from a gleeful foursome who were celebrating something over a few beers. (See, despite what you've been reading not everything is gloom and doom). I was happy to stop and chat with Men's Health honcho David Zinczenko and his former public relations man (and brand new dad to seven-week-old son Benjamin!) Jon Hammond. Jon, who also worked for Conde Nast Traveler, now works for the NBA as senior director of community and player programs communications. Somehow, the three of us got into a lively discussion about the merits of Twitter. "All my guys are doing it," says Jon of the NBA players he's working with. I shared that in working on an upcoming story for Variety, I've discovered that some pretty high-level folks are saying it's an effective way "to build a brand." David, who never misses a thing, had a brainstorm within seconds of hearing our cases for using Twitter professionally. Look for Men's Health to have its own Twitter feed in the not-too-distant future where readers can join in the conversation about things like the magazine's highly popular "Eat This, Not That" franchise. Dave also gave me some scoop about some changes afoot in the next issue of Men's Health: Fans of recently shuttered Best Life (we loved it!) will be happy to hear that, according to Dave, "the best elements of Best Life are being incorporated" into Men's Health. Makes sense to us. And, Best Life's former editor, Stephen Perrine, is now heading up the newly created position of overseeing books from Men's Health and Women's Health magazines. Congrats!
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Here are some fun facts that you might (or might not) be able to use in your books, blogs and emails:
1] A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
2] A whale's penis is called a dork.
3] An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
4] A rat can survive longer without water than a camel.
5] A "jiffy" is a unit of time representing 1/100th of a second.
6] Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.
7] George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
8] Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps. (My guess is that Disney and Fess Parker didn't!)
9] In the 40s the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it "Bitch."
10] A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size.
11] It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary. (Take that all you authors who have set your books in Siena and named your prostitute Mary!)
12] Dr. Seuss and Kurt Vonnegut went to college together. They were in the same fraternity, where Seuss decorated the frat house with drawings of his characters.
13] On April 15, 1912, the SS Titanic sank on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson's fictional ship was the Titan.
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How about the concept of "loss leaders," wherein the bargain-priced eBooks led shoppers to the store, where they browsed more and bought more expensive titles while on a shopper's high?
Ebook MarketView: Amazon's Sunshine Deals Lifts Low-Priced Ebooks
By Dan Lubart, Principal, Iobyte Solutions, with Anne Kostick
[Ed.: Commenters have noted how hard it can be to get a handle on the current state of ebook sales from the shifting and volatile information available to us. Digital Book World is pleased to offer reports from Dan Lubart's eBook MarketView, to help us see what stories the actual data has to tell. Using a proprietary market analysis tool, Dan pairs publicly available data from multiple ebook retailer bestseller lists with analysis and visual presentation to help publishers identify and understand emerging patterns.]
On June 1, Amazon launched a new promotion called "Sunshine Deals." It was reminiscent of what they've done in the digital music space, where they offer lists such as "Top Albums for $4.99 or Less," only in this case it's "Over 600 Books On Sale for $0.99, $1.99, and $2.99." It's a great promotion and surely has exposed many titles to a wide audience seeking a bargain. In fact, it has catapulted a number of these titles to the top of the Kindle Bestseller list. What's interesting to us is the prominent effect this promotion had on the landscape of their e-book marketplace.
Consider that positioning on the Kindle Bestseller list is very important for sales. It provides visibility as many customers scan the list, and we've established over time that position on the list tends to be self-sustaining. In other words, titles that make the list tend to stay on the list (i.e., they continue to sell well). So, for every new title that makes the list, another title already on the list must drop off.
First, let's look at the effect Sunshine Deals had on the average price of titles in the Bestseller list.
Chart 1 – Daily Average Price – Kindle Bestseller List
The average price of the titles on the list dropped from $7.75 on early June 1, to $7.19 a day later, and continued to decline to $6.43 on June 4 – a decline of 17%. As you can see from the chart of the average daily price since January 1, this was an unprecedented change.
Let's look at the impact another way now.
Chart 2 – Daily Price Band Splits – Kindle Bestseller List
Note the rise of titles on the list priced below $3 from 32 to 47 in those same four days. Initially, those slots on the list were occupied by books priced above $8.
But in the last few days, something interesting happened on the list. The number of books priced below $3 started to decline. And most interestingly, the number of titles priced over $8 grew, but the number of titles between $3 and $7.99 did not.
Perhaps the customers who normally are comfortable buying "full-priced" eBooks tried out the "cheap seats" for a few days, perhaps a week, but did not necessarily become customers that consistently went for that price zone, even as the promotion continued. Perhaps the Sunshine Deals promotion encouraged new, but limited-time bargain hunters: more likely, the promotion encouraged a rush of customers who were already accustomed to buying low-priced Kindle eBooks (now easier to find both because of the promotion itself and because more of them had crept into the Kindle Bestseller list).
Although the data cannot illustrate individual purchase behaviors over time, it does suggest certain things about the entire Kindle eBook market. So what may we have learned from this?
- Amazon has tremendous power to change peoples' purchasing habits in the short term (perhaps a week if we go by this example), but not necessarily in the long term.
- The premium segment of the market is at least somewhat resilient, which is great news for the agency publishers.
- Meanwhile, customers who are more bargain-conscious and used to shopping in the $3-to-$7.99 band (think mass-market paperbacks) more easily find titles they will like in the promotion.
We can expect more experimentation of this type and others from Amazon, and agency publishers have taken note. (They could hardly miss this one.) The battle over the value of published content in the digital space has reached a new phase, and it will be interesting to see where it goes from here.
Dan Lubart is the principal at Iobyte Solutions, an IT strategy firm with a specialty in publishing and entertainment media. Iobyte's eBook MarketView tool enables publishers, authors, agents and others to study the dynamics of the ebook retail marketplace in various ways. Dan blogs at eBook MarketView.
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Glad to hear it. I missed the flyer on the June 1 Sunshine Deal but just the other day lowered my price to .99 . Hope to start seeing a drop in numbers so I can become more visible.
Thanks for the post!
I think there is another plausible explanation for the increase in average sales price before the promotion ended. People may have been excited about the promotion and snapped up all the discounted books they were interested in at the beginning of the promotion and didn't have interest in any of the other discounted books so went back to their usual shopping habits.
I personally grabbed several books to try out and have been enjoying a variety of new authors. I didn't get a chance to read all the samples I downloaded before the promotion ended and was unable to make a buying decision on a few books.
Great article. Thanks for all the detailed stats.
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Obama's inauguration reverend says anti-white slam was a joke
Longtime African-American civil rights advocate Rev. Joseph Lowery told The Daily Caller that he was joking when he told a get-out-the-vote event that all whites will go to hell.
"It was a joke" that was supposed to show the perspective of a young militant, Lowery told TheDC. "When I said it, I said it was a joke, I identified it as a joke."
However, attendees at the African-American event Oct. 27 were reportedly horrified.
An Oct. 31 article in the Monroe County Reporter newspaper reports that Lowery, who gave the benediction at the January 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama, told the audience of up to 300 African-Americans "that when he was a young militant, he used to say all white folks were going to hell. Then he mellowed and just said most of them were. Now, he said, he is back to where he was."
SNIP: The president is a joke. And a bad one at that.
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He laughs best who laughs last. Joe will figure that out sometime next week.+7
Aaaaaggghhhh!! Please crop Doucheolini out of the picture! Yeah I know he's integral to the thousand words it's saying…I'll just have to crop him out myself next Tuesday.
And what's up with FLOTUS there? She got a brand new bag of French fries in her purse?Noteworthy Comment +10
If all white people are going to Hell, he's gonna really be out of his element when he gets there.Noteworthy Comment +13
So if I call this asshole a nigger, don't worry, I am only joking.Noteworthy Comment +22
He should go to hell for lying+6
And if I stated all blacks identifying with Africa first by forcing us to call them African-Americans (prog speech codes) were to repatriate to their Mother Country, I'm just joking too.Noteworthy Comment +11
I hate those guys.+6
I know what your talking about now….when I call you a nigger remember, I'm only kidding. Now that's funny.+6
"Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!" — Rex Harrison
"Reverend" is an adjective, NOT a noun.+3
Troy, you must know that White People Can't Joke.+3
An Elder in the Mormon Church said all black people are going to hell. He says he was just joking.
Let a white person even think something that vile and watch what the media does…+4
Niggers are Satan's children.
Hey niggers, I'm only joking.+5
Lincoln was right — give 'em 40 acres (in Africa) and a mule (any Democrat Jackass will do), and get these professional victim-slaves on the next boat out.
Not Joking here — it will be way cheaper than another 50 years of an Affirmative Action, Great Society boondoggle. They can cry their victim tears someplace else — fresh out of any sympathy.Noteworthy Comment +10
Mr. Lowery should retire. He has done nothing worthwhile since the 1960s.+1
We shouldn't allow the incendiary rhetoric of a bunch of dumb niggers to incite us into making racist slurs.+7
I hope that you are right, Abigail.
May God help us if you are wrong.+1
That old racist meant every word. The only upside is that he's 91 and is just about at the end and will soon be find out about what God thought of his atitude and little joke.+5
The vote I cast for Romney(the very second I could early vote) was a joke, too. I'll 'splain it to ya after Tuesday, if you still don't get it, rev.+2
Mooch is reading a smorgasbord menu and Barry is daydreaming about he and Rahm Emanuel dancing in leotards. The old goat is insignificant to even them.+2
You go Rev. Lowrey . . . That's what we all took away from the civil rights movements of the 50s, and 60s – racism is hilarious, yuck, yuck, yuck.+2
Well, since Obozo is half-white does that mean he's going to spend eternity in Purgatory?
…or just spend winter in Hell?+1
The funny part is that Negroes turn every place they live into Hell.
Anybody immigrating to Zimbabwe?
Anybody immigrating to Detroit?
Anybody immigrating to Zambia?
Anybody immigrating to Congo?
Anybody immigrating to Nigeria?
Anybody immigrating to Uganda?
&c., &c., &c.+1
And yet you quote me. Go figure.0
I'm a 100% Romney supporter–a conservative Republican. I recognize a vile joke when I hear it. There are those who say, according to orthodox Freudian psychoanalysis, that there's no such thing, save from organic brain disease, an accidental slip of the tongue that truly wasn't meant. So I think he meant it. Do I care? No. Consider the source.
What bothers me more is the piling on against what seems to be all or most black Americans. Whenever I hear something stupid said by a Lowery, Wright, Sharpton, Jackson, etc., I immediately think about Allen West and the millions of other black American soldiers, airmen, cops, firefighters, first responders, etc., who are always watching our backs. I am a white right-leaning conservative and deeply, deeply appreciative of all of them, regardless of their skin color.
I believe the ugliest thing in the world is ingratitude, and I think we approach that when we don't recognize the good who exist in all groups, especially those protecting us.
God bless.0
Regarding the douchebag ad that Team Zero was airing, I believe it was referred to as First Time.
I know that post is a few days old but frankly I am too fucking tired from working all day to go back to it. This actually looks like a better place for it.
How appropriate that ad is, for the generation of know nothing do nothings that were the intended targets. 2008 is just like the first time they were goaded into giving up some ass to an ape to prove that they are not prejudice/racist.
And just because they were used for their only valuable commodity, and discarded shortly afterward like any thug rapper will attest to. Its not like the black men are the only ones waging a war against women, thats us honky republicans doing that shit too.
They should show the girl in that ad signing up for welfare 10 months after with a little mutt and a question mark on the birth certificate where daddys name goes. Because that is exactly what happened once Obastard took his seat. Only it didnt just happen to her, we are the ones who were "burdened" with her choice.
I am a realist, and a bigot. Just dont give a flying fuck.
As for Rev Sambo above? Want proof that God hates niggers? He put pubes on their heads. Just kidding? Not one fucking bit.0


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Local workers have responded in large numbers as the need has arisen. Many contractors have given their employees leave to volunteer at the site. A representative of the local plumbers' union visited the site to learn the exact needs and recruit union volunteers with those skills.
"We even had a policeman stop by to see if he could work on his day off," says Joyce Percival.
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