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Alford - Richard Nixon Residence, Englewood, New Jersey (Virginia Tech. Digital Library and Archives; Virginia Tech. University Libraries. Special Collections Department, 2005-02-01)
Annual Report of the IAWA Archivist covering November 1996 - August 1997 (International Archive of Women in Architecture, 1997-09-06)
Archivist's Annual Report September 6, 1997 - September 23, 1998 (International Archive of Women in Architecture, 1998)
Archivist's Report September 26, 1998-Sept. 18, 1999 (International Archive of Women in Architecture, 1999)
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Blasted Flies and Nanoparticles for TBI (Brain Injuries and Biomechanics Symposium, 2013-09-19)This presentation briefly summaries two major areas of work in our lab, development of a Drosophila model of blast injury and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) with cerium oxide nanoparticles. First, we discuss the ...
Carilion Clinic Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2012-10-12)Dr. Felicity Adams describes the child psychiatry training program at Carilion, including treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders and a trial of memantine. Dr. Adams explains future research interests in HPA ...
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of ASD (2012-10-12)Yong Woo Lee describes the role of inflammation in disease and the pathophysiological mechanisms of ASD, and suggests multidisciplinary autism research into the efficacy of anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory drugs as ...
Center for Autism Research Conference Flyer (2012-08-14)This is the flyer for the Center for Autism Research Conference held at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute on August 15, 2012. The flyer describes the program idea, the purpose of the conference, presenters and ...
Cognition, Affect, and Psychophysiology Lab at Virginia Tech (2012-10-12)Martha Ann Bell in the department of psychology describes how research into typical childhood development informs the study of atypical development, and a psychobiological conceptual framework and its applications to the ...
collided-flux-expansion method for the transport of muonic deuterium in finite media (American Physical Society, 1991-07)Transport of muonic deuterium atoms in a slab of thickness d filled with a molecular deuterium gas is described by means of the multiple-collision expansion in the framework of a time-dependent theory. The relevant expressions ...
comment on "a numerical study of periodic disturbances on two-layer couette flow" phys. fluids 10, 3056 (1998) (AIP Publishing, 1999-10)
Comparison of Organ Location, Morphology, and Rib Coverage of a Midsized Male in the Supine and Seated Positions (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)The location and morphology of abdominal organs due to postural changes have implications in the prediction of trauma via computational models. The purpose of this study is to use data from a multimodality image set to ...
Couette flow of a binary gas mixture (AIP Publishing, 1988-03)The linearized binary model described by Hamel [Phys. Fluids 8, 418 (1964)] is used to obtain a set of kinetic equations and boundary conditions for the Couette flow problem. The derived set of two coupled integrodifferential ...
Cover Crop, Rootstock, and Root Restriction Regulate Vegetative Growth of Cabernet Sauvignon in a Humid Environment (American Society for Enology and Viticulture, 2011-09)Cover crops, rootstocks, and root restriction were evaluated as means to regulate vegetative growth of Cabernet Sauvignon grapevines in a humid environment. Treatments were arranged as a strip-split-split plot with row-middle ...
Deck wrapped around tree trunk in snow (Virginia Tech. Digital Library and Archives; Virginia Tech. University Libraries. Special Collections Department, 2005-01-06)
Defect and adsorbate induced ferromagnetic spin-order in magnesium oxide nanocrystallites (AIP Publishing, 2012-05-01)We report the correlation between d(0) ferromagnetism, photoluminescence (PL), and adsorbed hydrogen (H-) species in magnesium oxide (MgO) nanocrystallites. Our study suggests that the oxygen vacancies, namely singly ionized ...
Dietary biomarkers: advances, limitations and future directions (2012-12-14)Abstract The subjective nature of self-reported dietary intake assessment methods presents numerous challenges to obtaining accurate dietary intake and nutritional status. This limitation can be overcome by the use of ...


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CourseCo Develops Innovative Educational Program for Inner-City Youth
In an attempt to improve the lives of Oaklands inner-city youth, CourseCo, Inc. is introducing Castlemont High School students to golf maintenance and other green-industry management careers through its partnership with the city at Metropolitan Golf Links (GL). Students participating in the Oakland Turfgrass Education Initiative program are learning about opportunities available in this non-traditional employment sector for inner-city youth and have the chance to pursue college degrees through educational programs offered at local community colleges and California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Cal-Poly SLO). The new course will be an educational tool available to students and educators.
Children of color in the inner city are being afforded the opportunity with the city and CourseCo to explore interests in golf and turf management, said Eric Edgerly, an environmental horticulture teacher who is overseeing the Castlemont program. CourseCo is putting its money where its mouth is and is very serious about getting children into this program. We have about 80 students who are taking course work at the moment.
The Green Industry is a growing field that includes landscape management, wholesale and retail nursery management, sports turf management, landscape architecture, and golf course management. High-paying positions include landscape design and architecture, contracting, irrigation design and construction, irrigation operations technicians, manufacturers representatives, golf course superintendents, mechanics and business managers.
Were trying to plant the idea in the minds of inner-city kids that they can have jobs in places they never considered possible before, said Raymond Davies, CourseCos director of golf course maintenance and construction and the man largely responsible for developing the program.
Tom Branca, chairman of the Landscape Horticulture Department at Merritt College, a community college taking part in the new program, was excited about the initiative. The way CourseCo is raising students interest is wonderful, he said. Ray has been great. His heart is really in the right place. And CourseCo has always been there for me as an educator.
CourseCo was the successful bidder two years ago to build, lease and operate a new course, known as Metropolitan Golf Links, on the site of the former Lew Galbraith Golf Course. The course site has received 1.5 million cubic yards of dredge spoils from San Francisco Bay. Working with former PGA Tour star Johnny Miller and architect Fred Bliss, CourseCo is constructing the new course on the elevated site. CourseCo will wrap up construction this summer. The new facility, with views of San Francisco and the bay, will open in May 2003.
The city asked CourseCo to develop a job-training component as part of the course project. CourseCo worked on this program for two years before it had a deal with the city. In addition to city officials, educational institutions and Future Farmers of America (FFA), Davies also secured cooperation from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), United States Golf Association, University of California Cooperative Extension and several other entities. Davies sees this as a model that could be adopted by the FFA and GCSAA in other parts of the country.
We believe in this so strongly that we would have moved forward with it whether we got the Oakland project or not, he said. It doesnt put anything on the bottom line, but its very consistent with CourseCos mission in the communities we serve.
The original concept was to create a relationship between local high schools and FFA, using the course as a living laboratory for field experiments, on-site work experience, and field trips to supplement classroom work. Davies saw an opportunity to expand the program to include the Peralta College District and Cal-Poly SLO. The program now involves a potential educational path consisting of a two-year high school program at Castlemont, followed by two years at Peraltas Merritt College, and finally two years at Cal-Poly SLO. Students can travel as far as they choose along this academic path with career opportunities available for those getting off at any educational level. Its really up to the students where they want to go, Davies said.
Building from the existing landscape management curriculum at Castlemont, CourseCo worked with Edgerly to include basic horticultural concepts and turfgrass management topics in the new high school curriculum. The Castlemont program, which may be repeated at other Oakland schools, borrows extensively from an existing FFA turf and golf course management curriculum developed in conjunction with the Washington Golf Course Superintendents Association and the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Castlemont recently became an FFA member making it eligible for FFA grants, according to Edgerly, a University of California-Davis College of Agriculture graduate.
This is the first year of Castlemonts Golf and Turf Management Program. Most of the 80 students are juniors, with a few seniors and a handful of younger students. The focus is on the basics of landscaping and green industry terminology. Were investigating what makes plants grow, different types of fertilizers, and that sort of thing, Edgerly said. Spring and early summer will see a number of guest speakers recruited into the classroom with CourseCos assistance. Edgerly also plans several special projects including: removing the asphalt in the outside cafeteria area and putting in turf; restoring the football field; and installing a drip irrigation system in the community garden.
Oakland Golf, LLC, a CourseCo company whose partners include former Oakland Raiders tight end Raymond Chester and real-estate investor Ned Speiker, is developing Metropolitan GL in partnership with the city and the Port of Oakland. Nearby Lake Chabot Golf Course has agreed to take on two high school interns this summer. Lake Chabot wants interns who are really serious about this, said former Northern California Golf Superintendents Association President Gary Carls, an advisor for the overall educational initiative. Its not just a summer job for someone looking to kill some time. They really want to train these interns and get them in the business long term.
Once Metropolitan GL reopens next spring, students will be assigned numerous internships and special projects. The golf course will become an extension of the classroom. Were looking forward to getting students involved in every area of the golf course, said Edgerly, noting the fallacy that inner city youth are not interested in horticulture. The reason you dont have many people of color in the horticulture industry is because the opportunity hasnt been afforded to them. These children are being given an opportunity and they want to grasp it. I take my hat off to CourseCo. They understand the children around here want to be involved. Giving them the opportunity to work on the golf course rather than simply importing employees is very impressive.
Students completing Castlemont Highs Golf and Turf Management program can matriculate to Merritt Colleges Department of Landscape Horticulture. Merritt instructors have met with CourseCo representatives to develop a curriculum that would reach out to high school students and others interested in golf and sports turf management careers.
What appealed to me most is that students can make a decent wage in this profession and work outdoors, said Merritt Colleges Branca. The skills of entry-level grounds maintenance workers could also be improved by providing basic knowledge that would help them make better decisions as they moved up the career ladder.
To date, Merritt has introduced two new classes with an emphasis on golf and sports turf. The community college also expanded two existing horticulture classes to include more information about those topics. Branca has submitted a proposal to the state to develop a two-year sports turf certificate program that should be in place by this fall. Students would develop a sound foundation in basic horticultural principles plus an orientation in golf and sports turf maintenance. The basic certificate would require 19 units and the top level 44-1/2 units of horticulture classes. Certificate holders could also earn an associates degree by completing 60 total educational units.
A Merritt College job market survey found associate degree holders could realistically hope to attain such positions as horticulturist (paying $18,000-$24,000 annually); landscape foreman ($20,000-$30,000); plant health-care technician ($20,000-$30,000); manufacturers sales representative ($25,000 plus commission); irrigation technician ($20,000-$35,000); and assistant golf course superintendent ($20,000-$55,000).
CourseCo is also helping recruit speakers for Merritt. Ray and I are co-instructing a seminar this spring, Carls said. The idea is to expose students to various opportunities on golf courses, sports fields, park department facilities and other areas. Well have three, six-hour Saturday sessions where the students meet with people from those areas and become familiar with what they do.
In addition to training students to enter the workforce upon graduation, the Merritt College program is also designed to feed students into Cal-Poly SLOs four-year horticultural program. As students progress from high school to Merritt to Cal-Poly SLO, the educational training focus will narrow to their selected field of interest.
Dr. David Green is assistant professor in horticulture and crop science at Cal-Poly SLOs school of agriculture. He credits CourseCo with spearheading a program that reaches into the junior high and high schools, when students first begin thinking about career paths. The California green industry is struggling with the lack of people coming into the business, he said. Theres a surplus of jobs, but students dont realize they are there. They see all the great opportunities available in the Silicon Valley industries. But horticulture is often ignored. Cal-Poly SLO horticulture graduates are snatched up very quickly by employers and at surprisingly strong salaries, Green said. California is probably the No. 1 state for horticultural jobs. Bachelor of science graduates generally start between $25,000 and $40,000. And youre not stuck in front of a computer all day. Within a couple years, most students are making more than $40,000. Weve had some students start as high as $45,000. Most high school kids see agriculture as a low-end profession. Theyve seen migrant workers picking in the fields and think thats all there is too it. Were training managers and theres a lot of opportunity for those people. Opportunity and innovative ideas are what this program is all about, Davies said. I wanted to use the FFA, which isnt normally associated with urban areas, and the interest inner city kids had with Tiger Woods to introduce them to the green industry. Golf and golf courses are the hook to teach them the principles of horticulture. They can use that knowledge to get a job right out of high school, junior college or a four-year college. CourseCo Inc. is a Petaluma, Calif.-based management company that operates daily-fee courses, primarily in Northern California. The company currently manages 11 facilities and has another three under construction or in planning. For more information, contact CourseCo Inc., PO Box 1019, Petaluma, CA 94953-1019; telephone 707-763-0335; facsimile 707-763-8355; email firstname.lastname@example.com; web site http://www.courseco.com.
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James Harden scored 21 points, six other Houston Rockets players scored in double-figures and Kevin McHale's ballclub got off to a 12-0 start and never looked back in a 116-96 victory over the Indiana Pacers in the Philippines on Thursday.
The Pacers made numerous runs during this game, battling back from an early 15-point deficit to cut the Rockets lead to four, but they were never fully able to get over the hump.
Every time Indiana cut into the lead, Houston would go on another spurt to widen the gap. Finally, the Rockets exploded in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Pacers 32-21 en route to a 20-point win.
Paul George led Indiana with 17 points, but his team shot only 39.7 percent from the floor and allowed the Rockets to convert on 54.7 percent of their field-goal attempts in a rather sloppy performance by the Pacers.


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Monday, August 20, 2007
Talk About Irony
Apparently, if you search for "'Keep Mugabe in Power' foreign aid", you come to RSong. Which couldn't be more in opposition to my way of thinking.
Down with Mugabe! Hooray democracy!
For more meaningful commentary on the plight of Zimbabwe (going back some four years or so), you can read here and here (the old, lamented AfricaBlog). You can also search the old posts in ResurrectionSong's old MT-driven site, although many of those posts will be duplicates of the AfricaBlog stuff.
For current news, be sure to stop by Sokwanele's blog. Not only is the writing illuminating, but the writers are good people who want only the best for their country. As much as Mugabe's apologists want to make opposition sound as if it comes from imperialist lackeys, the truth is quite different.
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text: Baby Milo returns in toy form in this latest release from A Bathing Ape, this time appearing as a plush puppet. Sporting a manipulatable mouth and arms, the figure comes complete with a toy banana. With a retail price of ¥4,410 JPY (approximately $55 USD), the Baby Milo puppet is due out at A Bathing Ape retail locations as a part of the Japanese streetwear brand's Fall/Winter 2012 releases.


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Automation is used for many applications to reduce variation caused by manual handling and to obtain reproducible results in high-throughput assays. High-throughput applications, such as knockdown studies or target screenings, often include cell transfection. In this study, X-tremeGENE HP and X-tremeGENE 9 Transfection Reagents (Roche) were tested for their compatibility with an automated transfection workstation, the Biomek FX (Beckman Coulter).
Automated TransfectionCell seeding and transfection were performed using the Biomek FX automated workstation. For the transfection, X-tremeGENE HP and X-tremeGENE 9 reagents (Roche) were prediluted in Opti-MEM (dilution factor: 1:50 for X-tremeGENE HP reagent, 1:33 for X-tremeGENE 9 reagent). The EGFP-PC3.1 plasmid was prediluted in Opti-MEM (1 µg/100 µL). The transfection-complex was formed by pipetting the same amount of plasmid dilution into the dilution of transfection reagent, followed by mixing and incubation for 30 min.
Cell Culture and Reverse TransfectionHeLa cells (ATCC® CCL-2™) were cultured in MEM with supplements at +37°C in a 5% CO2 humidified atmosphere in T75 flasks until a confluence of about 70% was reached (Figure 1). Cells were harvested by trypsinization shortly before transfection, washed and resuspended in fresh medium (1.2x105 cells/mL). Reverse transfection was performed by pipetting 100 µL cell suspension to each well already containing the transfection complex.
Georg Hannig ([email protected]) is research scientist, Bärbel Rueger is research manager, and Cordula Jany is marketing manager at Roche Diagnostics. For life science research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures. X-TREMEGENE is a trademark of Roche. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Haven't tracked for ages, since my first few weeks primal and then every now and again for a few of months just to make sure I was on the right track (found I was usually under eating calorie wise as I was so satiated). But it was certainly very useful and something that I recommend to friends and family just making the switch, but having a CW oriented tool like brightspark or fitday has often been confusing for newbs so this is much needed. Well done :)
My one request at this point would be the smart phone synching app, a lot of work as one for each platform is needed please (I bounce between iphone, android and WP7 - currently loving the WP7) ;-)
Will give it a go and add any recs I can think of the the list.


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Klein, Jakob A. and Pottier, Johan and West, Harry G. (2012) 'New Directions in the Anthropology of Food.' In: Fardon, Richard and Harris, Olivia and Marchand, Trevor H. J. and Nuttall, Mark and Shore, Cris and Strang, Veronica and Wilson, Richard A., (eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 293-302.
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We are saddened by the tragedy of a young man being killed in a shooting within our city of Williamsport boundaries.
This week's shooting, for which arrest warrants have been issued regarding a teenager and a 23-year-old, serve as a reminder of the violence and danger that exists in some of our city's neighborhoods.
Just as disturbing is the lack of cooperation from people, young and old, who could be helping police solve these crimes or prevent future tragedies from happening.
Mayor Gabriel J. Campana spoke of his frustration after speaking with a teenager who is a former student of his. The teen told him he had been instructed by his family not to talk.
We understand the reluctance to talk with police. In some neighborhoods, talking with police comes with a perception of personal peril.
But the mayor is correct when he says there is a greater danger of future tragedies if people don't talk with police.
The dangers of violence and tragedy already exist in some of the city's trouble spots, so talking with police is the only rational way to fight the problem. Perpetrators of violence count on a general public that is hesitant to be the eyes and ears of police. They thrive on intimidation.
An informed police who can solve crimes quickly and bring offenders to justice is the best way to fight that intimidation. Heavy jail time is the only language that violent offenders understand.
We bristle at the idea of anyone being shot on our playgrounds. We all have to speak up and work with police to put an end to such atrocities.


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Blue Exorcist (GN 10)
Title: Blue Exorcist
Volume: GN 10
Pages: 192
Distributor: Viz Media
Release date: 2013-07-02
Suggested retail price: $9.99
Age rating: 16+
With the defeat of the Impure King, the Exwires have returned to their routine lives back at True Cross Academy--but the routine doesn't last for long! Halfway around the world, a strange encounter in the desert is the harbinger of evil things to come. An upturn in supernatural incidents at the academy involves Rin and his friends, but their seemingly simple tasks are about to draw them into a far larger conspiracy. Powerful forces have begun to awaken and an old enemy prepares for a new conflict.
Story and art by Kazue Kato.
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Pinnacle execs forecast further growth
The leaders of Pinnacle Financial Partners on Wednesday said they are confident the 13-year-old bank can continue to add market share in Nashville and Knoxville after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter earnings.
Downtown-based Pinnacle reported second-quarter profits of $14.3 million, a jump of 84 percent from the number of a year ago. Per diluted share, earnings were 42 cents versus the analyst consensus of 39 cents. That performance was helped by a $3.4 million jump in net interest income and a drop of more than $3 million in noninterest expenses. On top of that, fee income rose $1.4 million from the spring of 2012.


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For as striking as it was to see so few PCs at the annual Consumer Electronics Show -- a confab that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) had headlined for years -- it was even more striking to see so few legitimate iPhone and iPad challengers.
Sure, Samsung brought the Galaxy Note and and the S III while Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) brought Steve Ballmer to the stage during his keynote to show off Windows 8 gadgetry, but none of it was new.
Only Ballmer's and Dr. Paul Jacobs' Windows 8 handsets stood out, and only because Qualcomm put photos of them up on the keynote big screen. Not exactly inspiring.
Meanwhile, CNET described Nokia's presence as "invisible" -- accurate, I think -- while Research In Motion stayed on message about its BlackBerry 10, which is to be unveiled on Jan. 30. Shipping should follow within a month.
Which means, for the moment, there are precious few threats to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL ) business. The stock is down another 3% today, regardless.
Crazy barely begins to describe the market action. In studying what the CES crowds were actually using, I found most of the text-walkers -- attendees who were heads-down on their devices while navigating the show floor -- were using iPads, iPhones, or some form of Android device. Call it a win for both Apple and Google, though the Mac maker might not be so well positioned next year. Both Qualcomm and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA ) announced new quad-core mobile chipsets capable of pushing the limits of what a smartphone can do.
We don't yet know where these chips will end up, but it's a good bet that Jacobs' on-stage theatrics with Ballmer foreshadow Windows Phone 8 handsets using Qualcomm's S600 and S800 chipsets with integrated graphics.
NVIDIA, meanwhile, calls Tegra 4 the world's fastest mobile processor. A new design adds six times more graphics processing horsepower than its predecessor and includes an optional LTE radio. All signs point to Qualcomm and NVIDIA going head-to-head in a battle to be the brains of new Android and Windows devices.
Where does that leave Apple? In the same catbird seat it occupies right now. Sure, the new chips introduce pressure to make an A7 processor that's materially faster and more efficient than the A6X chip found in the fourth-generation iPad. History says the Mac maker will deliver -- even if big-money investors don't believe it yet.
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Authorities made a fourth arrest of a person suspected in a September shooting that left one person dead at a gas station in Sacramento County.
Jose Flores DeJesus-Tinco, 22, was arrested Wednesday night in the connection with the shooting death of a 33-year-old man.
The arrest comes on the heels of another arrest earlier this week. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said Eldin Robles, 20, was arrested, charged with the murder of Jesus Antonio Macias.
Macias was shot and killed in the parking lot of an El Camino Avenue gas station.
Homicide detectives previously arrested Gilberto Esteban Cardona, 18, and a male juvenile in the deadly shooting.


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Teasing the action and comedy of the new Tom Cruise movie Knight and Day in a trailer was only awesome, so 20th Century Fox cranked it up to 100-percent incredible by turning it into a completely interactive game! A first for any movie preview, the Knight and Day interactive trailer breaks ground into the exciting world of digital gaming, giving Knight and Day fans the opportunity to blast away alongside Tom and Cameron.
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I've read in many places where machines such as Soloflex and BowFlex are only good for toning muscle, but not good for building a decent amout of mass.
All other aspects and pros and cons of these machines aside, can anyone give DETAILED info as to WHY these types of machines using "band" type resistance do not do well building mass? ... or can they actually build a decent amount of mass when properly used and maybe all the rumours are false?
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Can "band" resistance machines build MASS? i.e. Soloflex, Bowflex
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On the bench press I just don't feel like I get a good workout from doing it on the soloflex without using free weights on the bar with the bands. It seems like that makes it a bit better. I only put 100 pounds free weights on the bar when I have to stick my head under it then fill the rest I need in with the bands.
The standing bicep curls are really have a weird feeling to them in the lower back, I dont know if its from the bands or just the way your positioned. as you start its easy then through the middle its hard but as you top out the resistance drops a lot. So you only have resistance through the centre of the motion.
I can only speek for the soloflex because I have used it for a year and a half before I ever picked up a free weight.
Some more I wrote about the soloflex
My husband bought a Band Flex (similar to soloflex, but less expensive) about 6 months ago. I worked out on it for awhile (about 5 months), but am back to free weights now. For me, there is no comparison.
One major problem I have with the resistance machines is that you can't make small adjustments in "weight". Moving from a lighter band to the next band up often was too much for me, but the lesser band was too easy. Also, on at least one of the excercises (leg press) I was maxed out (using all the bands) - and I'm a 120 lb. female. You can order more of the heavier bands, but once you replace the lighter ones, what do you do for some of the excercises where you need the ligher resistance?
I've been back to free weights for about a month now and am already seeing major improvements over the Band Flex in terms of muscle development. Free weights feel more natural to me, better range of motion, less jerky, etc.
Just my experience...
07-09-2006, 09:05 AM #4Originally Posted by Vegan66
My understanding is you can build mass with anything that can provide enough resistance for you to reach failure within 12 reps. You can actually build mass with things that don't fit that guideline, but for the purpose of BBing using "mainstream" bodybuilding philosophy, this is a good rule of thumb.
The real question is, is using one of those machines the best choice you can make for yourself? If I was buying today, I would not buy a bowflex again.Play the ball, not the man.
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the bowflex isnt even in the same category as the rubber band machines.
any workout machine that you do 8-12 reps and continually increase weight each time u adapt to the previous weight in combination with sleep and good diet...you will build mass..
i have the bowflex ultimate, and i wouldnt trade it for a gym membership ever. however the squats are not the easiest thing to do on the bowflex..id prefer a cage.
07-09-2006, 07:46 PM #6Originally Posted by Vegan66
Last edited by Dinotrainer; 07-10-2006 at 11:16 AM.Don't complicate things by making things complicated.....
Thanks for ALL your repsonses :-) I may post this question in the general forum to see if anyone can provide the technicals details I'm looking for.
I wasn't looking to buy one, I've actually had mine for 14 years now and I certainly agree the feel is sometimes odd, even though it does provide a large resistance against your muscles. True, the biceps curl is simply in the opposite arc natural to your body and the first several inches of the movement don't provide adequate resistance compared to the remainder of the movement. I feel I can get a good workout though despite these shortcomings in some of the exercises. I just wasn't sure about the mass aspect.
lokischild: That's what I thought, .. that pretty much anything that can provide enough resistance for less than 12 reps can build mass. I just haven't read any testimonies to this effect regarding the Soloflex, unfortunately.
applexpanther: Yeah, by band machines I meant machines that use resistance which increases proportionately to the distance it's stretched. I believe both the Soloflex Bands and the Bowflex Rods share this physical property.
Dinotrainer: A gymnast's physique would be pretty decent in my opinion, hehe ... that's good to know. Too bad I still can't seem to find out exactly why such machines "apparently" wouldn't allow you to progress further compared to free weights. This just doesn't make sense to me.
WillPullForFood: hahaha, yeah, it does weigh a ton!
07-10-2006, 11:38 AM #9Originally Posted by Vegan66Don't complicate things by making things complicated.....
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Bowflex Works
I've got a Bowflex that I use in concert with dumbells, Barbells, Benches, etc. It is great for certain exercizes like seated crossover rows, leg kickouts, leg curls and extensions, lat pulldowns, chest flys, etc.
Of course it works. I have 310 pounds of resistance, which is a hell of a lot of weight and more than you need for 95% of your exersizes.
Of course you can gain mass with the Bowflex. Those other crappy knock-offs, well I am not so sure.
I use it for just one or two specific exersizes per workout. Partly because I don't want to change things around, adjust this and that, etc. So I set it up for one or two exersizes and set out three or four sets of dumbells and bars. Then I can go through my routine without having to think too much or waiste time between sets.
This is not an either or discussion. I have always loved cable machines because you can do a lot of great exersizes with tremendous range of motion that is very dificult to duplicate with dumbells.
For me it is an awesome machine because it gives me about a thousand different cable exersizes that I can do right there in my garage without having to go to the gym.
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For me free weights are my first choice. However, when I travel I bring some cheezy bands with handels ($20.00 set) and do my curls, arm extensions, shoulders. I also do tons of pushups combined with the bands.
So could a bowflex work? If my $20 bands work I am sure a bowflex can work. I just think free weights or machines with full ROM resistance are a much better "first choice". Also a bowflex is not cheap. You could buy a hella good rack, adjustable bench and 300# weight set for about the same. As far as I know all the big name bb and powerlifters use the good ol rack and olympic bar predominately. So why reinvent the wheel when you can use the same type equipment as the elite bb and powerlifters for about same price as a bowflex?As of 7-25-06
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Can "band" resistance machines build MASS? i.e. Soloflex, Bowflex
Yes...lift these machines over your head repeatedly. Mass building will follow.
LOL! In the words of Big Ron Coleman, "Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no HEAVY ASS WEIGHT! YEAH BUDDY!!!"FOCUS. COMMIT. EXECUTE. REPEAT !!!
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Question for BOWFLEX users ...
Does the resistance of the BowFlex rods give the same feeling as the resistance of the SoloFlex bands whereby the further you stretch them, the harder it gets?? i.e. more effort required near the very end of the movement?
Or is that effect maybe not as pronounced with the rods as it is with the bands?
07-13-2006, 04:08 PM #18Originally Posted by Vegan66Play the ball, not the man.
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Yes you can build mass and as long as you keep adding resistance, good nutrition and rest you can keep adding mass just know that bands can really hurt when they break. Experience on the breaking thing. Most people reject things that are out of their norm. Machines were rejected by many when they first came out also, but look now and you'll see many pros using them. Just my 2 cents.
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does anyone know if this is a similar work out to a bench press? Will muscle buildup be similar? Thx for your imput
Do you have a Bowflex body yet??? LOL!! I will say this, Bowflex has an awesome marketing team. They use guys who are bodybuilders who have been using free weights for the past 10 years up there, and they act like these guys work out 30 minutes 3 times a week and look like that LMAO!!! I've tried this machine and it's awkard to say that least. Save your money and buy a rack, good bench, dumbbells, barbell set and get to work.
It seems to me everyone is looking for the easy way out. I've yet to see a bodybuilder or anyone in awesome shape for that fact say they got that way with a bowflex.
I received the soloflex as a hand me down from my father because he was running out of space, but i've always been a little hesitant of rubber band machines, especially since i've broken most of my bands at least two times. But a friend of mine pointed me to a website which sold free weight attachments, and since the soloflex is a solid piece of equipment, adding this negates the idea of me going to a gym.
I have not tried a bowflex body or any bowflex equipment and do not plan on purchasing a bowflex anytime soon. I was actually leaning towards purchasing a bench, barbells, and adding to my home collection of dumbbells, but with this soloflex, there is no need to purchase a bench, and no need for a spotter. I'm sorta new to the bodybuilding scene, is a leverage press machine a good place to start and grow, especially growing muscle mass? And does anyone have any experience with the soloflex with free weight attachments. Thx in advance
one last thing, they sell both a iron plate attachment and an olympic plate attachment. which should i be leaning towards?
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Whichever plates you have the most of is the direction you should go as far as getting those plate attachments for the Soloflex. Do you have a standard barbell now? If so just slide it through the Soloflex arm and put 2 collars on it to keep it in place and you won't have to buy anything. You could use an olympic barbell too but you'd need a big hex wrench to take one sleeve off before you could slide it through the Soloflex arm.
thanks for the quick reply. No i don't have a barbell right now, it was going to be one of the things i picked up prior on discovering bout the soloflex and free weights, but thx for the tip, maybe i can pick one up for cheap somewhere. i'll give it a try this weekend maybe. thx C man for all your help.


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Henrique, Brodeur finally push Devils into second round with 3-2 overtime win in Florida
It took superb efforts from the youngest and oldest Devils in uniform tonight to finally shake that first-round playoff monkey and the Florida Panthers off their backs.
After blowing a two-goal third period lead, the Devils got a goal from rookie center Adam Henrique 3:47 into the second overtime to pull out a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at BankAtlantic Center.
It was the second goal of game for the 22-year-old Henrique, who pounced on a turnover created by linemate Alexei Ponikarovsky and beat goaltender Jose Theodore between the pads with a shot from between the circles.
"NHL Game 7 winner that's like playing mini sticks at home," said Henrique, who scored his first two playoff goals. "That's the game you always play."
With their second consecutive overtime victory, the Devils advanced to conference semifinals for the first time since 2007 after three consecutive first-round failures and missing the playoffs last season. They will take on the Philadelphia Flyers with the Game 1 scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at Wells Fargo Center.
After three consecutive first-round playoff ousters and missing the playoffs last season, the Devils hope that finally getting over that hump will propel them on a long postseason run.
"Winning a playoff series goes a long way," said goaltender Martin Brodeur, who made 43 saves to improve to 6-4 in 10 career Game 7 starts. "I think for people it's just a confidence and sometimes you need adversity. …The first round, I think when you haven't been in the playoffs, especially the year before and it's been struggling getting out of the first round, when you get through that it feels good for a day and then after that we've got to face the Flyers."
By the time the game ended at 12:17 a.m. (it began at 8:30 p.m.), it was the 20th anniversary of Brodeur's first NHL playoff game on April 27, 1992 against the Rangers. Now, he'll get to play a Game 4 against Philadelphia on his 40th birthday a week from Sunday.
"He was outstanding, especially in the first overtime and late in the third period," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said of Brodeur. "He was our best player tonight and he had to be or we don't win."
Henrique goal ended the longest Devils' playoff game since Grant Marshall scored 11:12 into the third overtime in a 2-1 series-clinching win over Tampa Bay in Game 5 of the 2003 conference semifinals.
"I guess somebody's got to be the hero right?" Henrique said. "Why not me? I'm sure that's what a lot of guys are thinking."
Henrique had just one assist in the first six games of the series, but DeBoer sensed he was due to do something big because he was always playoff performer in junior, helping the Windsor Spitfires win consecutive Memorial Cups in 2009 and 2010.
"He's one of those guys that raises his game when the game is on the line," DeBoer said. "We saw it early in the season with some overtime goals, some shootout goals. He seems to have that characteristic. We were waiting on that line and him and he looked very comfortable tonight. He was one of our best players."
Henrique seemed to gain confidence from getting his first playoff goal on a deflection of an Anton Volchenkov point shot just 1:29 into the game. After that he had a couple of breakaways that he couldn't convert on, but finally got his second of the night in the second overtime.
"It's great," Devils captain Zach Parise said. "We've all been in that situation where you get that first playoff goal and all the sudden you've got extra legs and for whatever reason the puck just followed him tonight. He had a couple of breakaways and he was getting bounces everywhere towards him, so you had a feeling he was going to get another one and it was good timing."
Henrique's winner came the way they have produced many of their chances in the series.
"It was on the forecheck again," Henrique said. "Poni came in and got a stick on the puck and I got a pretty good bounce there and I found myself alone. I just wanted to get it on net."
Henrique doesn't remember much after that.
"I think I blacked out when I heard the thud at the back of the net," he said.


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Although JJ Abrams likes to keep things tightly under wraps, he has lifted the curtain, albeit slightly, on Star Trek Into Darkness.
Although there is darkness in the title, and some hints that this may indeed be a darker Trek, Abrams has told Empire that the new next Trek will actually be about "hope" and "love."
"This is very much a movie about hope, about love, about romance, and about facing something that is truly terrifying and finding a way through the connection of your family and surviving and being stronger afterwards." (I think when Abrams says 'family,' he's clearly referring to the Enterprise crew).
As Trek screenwriter Damon Lindelof told Collider, "A totally dark Trek is not Trek. And I think that one of the things that the best iterations of Trek [did] is they were able to find a blend where the stakes were monumentally life or death but there were still moments of great humor. I think the ways that the characters relate to each other, even in times of immense stress because several of them, particularly Bones, use humor as a coping mechanism. I don't think anybody wants to see a dour Star Trek movie."


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Birmingham is aiming to increase it's sporting profile, which Trevor from Car Hire Birmingham Airport thinks will be great for the city, but also great potential for car hire.
A bid to host the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 2016 is being made by Birmingham at a cost of £2.5 million. The city council see's the event as an ideal showcase event for the National Indoor Arena following £22 million refurbishment.
Last hosting the event in 2003, the bid will be submitted by Birmingham and British Athletics, with the winning venue announced in November. The venue selected can expect more than 1,000 athletes and officials from 170 countries, 25,000 spectators and 1,000 media representatives.
If Birmingham was selected it could be worth £20-40 million in economic and media value in raising their profile on the world stage.
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Missouri State dominated inside and scored 15 points off turnovers to eliminate Samford from the Women's NIT 75-54 at Springfield, Mo., on Sunday afternoon.
Samford lost the second-round game to finish the year 23-11 after beating Ole Miss on Thursday at home. Missouri State will play host to the winner of the Illinois-Marquette game on Thursday at Springfield.
The Lady Bears (22-10) were led by Casey Garrison's 32 points and 12 rebounds as Missouri State outscored the Bulldogs 34-20 in the paint. After leading by as many as five points in the opening half and trailing 31-28 at intermission, Samford hit just 27 percent of its shots in the second half.
The home team out-rebounded the Bulldogs 45-32, including 16-9 in offensive rebounds. Samford was forced into 13 turnovers while the Lady Bears had seven.
"It's always disappointing when your season ends," Samford head coach Mike Morris said. "We lost to a very good team today. The bottom line was we couldn't stop them down the stretch. I am very proud of our team and the season they've had."
The Bulldogs were led by junior Savannah Hill with 12 points. Seniors Monica Maxwell and Megan Wilderotter scored 10 points apiece. Maxwell had six rebounds in her final game for Samford while sophomore Alex Crow led the team with nine boards.
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President rejects mercy pleas of Veerappan aides
The four were given the death sentence for their involvement in the killing of 21 policemen in a landmine blast in Karnataka.
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy pleas of four associates of the infamous forest brigand Veerappan. The four accused whose mercy pleas have been rejected are Gnanprakasham, Simon, Meesekar Madaiah and Bilavendran.
A Mysore court had awarded life term to the four associates of Veerappan for their involvement in the killing of 21 policemen in a landmine blast at Palar in Karnataka in 1993. But the Karnataka government appealed against the life term and filed a petition in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court awarded them the death sentence in January 2004. Their mercy pleas have been pending since 2004.
Earlier, Pranab Mukherjee had rejected the mercy pleas of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab and 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Kasab, a Pakistani terrorist, was hanged in Pune's Yerwada Jail on November 21, 2012; Guru's death sentence and execution had led to war of words between the government and the opposition.
Guru, a resident of Sopore in Kashmir, was finally hanged on February 9, 2013 inside Delhi's Tihar Jail and his body buried in the premises.
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Love my E-Flite Extra 300
I finally got out ot the field and flew her again last weekend. What a plane. Just so sweet to fly. I am getting 10 minutes out of my 4000 packs and they are only down to 3.7v or so.
At our field we have a LOT of guys flying 25%, 30%, 45% planes. Now I have nothing against big planes (other than being hard to store and transport). But if you listen to a lot of these guys, you would think nothing less than 25% can be flown in the wind. I think a lot of this is a fad personally. A lot of these guys just want to have the biggest plane at the field on a given day. We had about 10-15 mph at 90 degrees crosswind. Not ideal, but not a problem for the little Extra. I was able to fly just as well as they were. In fact I thought it was funny that the one guy with the 30% Cap was practicing torque rolls and he wasn't having much luck. I heard him comment that it was too windy and he was getting blown across the field too fast. So I proceeded to do a couple 3 rotation torque rolls in the same spot on my next flight Boy does she look pretty hanging on the prop like that...
Anyways... I don't know if I'll be able to get any more flights in this season or not. What a horrible year for flying it has been here. Most rain ever this year. Our field was like a sponge even after a week of no rain. Here's hoping next year is a little more friendly.
I don't know what else to say about the E-Flite Extra 300. It is a fantastic plane. I have downsized my hangar and I only intend to keep a few birds due to storage space issues. This plane has definitely earned a spot. It flys so nice and is great to learn new maneuvers on. I only wish I had more stick time on her this year. If you are thinking of buying one, stop thinking and go get it. You won't regret it. I parallel charge 6 packs before I head out the field and that gives me a minimum of 1 hr of flight time. If I'm there on a Sat. morning I can always throw the packs back on the charger and get another hour of flight time. It doesn't get much better than that. Easy, clean, and quiet. Love it.
There's a guy at the local field who flies one and it cuts a gorgeous clean line. The only strange thing to me with the plane is that the underside is all white with no patterns. It's nice to have a contrasting pattern on the bottom - especially on overcast days.
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Read the Fly Rc article on the 300. Looks like a real nice ride. I am not a fan of big planes either. My largest is a 72" Cub,that's the size limit for me. And I rarely fly it because of the hassles associated with setting it up. I don't want to drag a trailer or spend an hour setting up my plane. I agree that even one pound planes that are designed properly can handle high winds.
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A special campaign GAVRT: Rings In the New Year with Cassini-Huygens allows students in grades K-12 to take Saturn's temperature at radio wavelengths by remotely controlling a 34-m diameter antenna located at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. The Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) Project offers a unique opportunity for students to learn about science through radio astronomy while they are actually participating in authentic science instead of just reading about it . GAVRT is a science education partnership involving NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Lewis Center for Educational Research (LCER). The GAVRT Project currently involves students from 24 U.S. states and has American students in several countries in Asia and Europe through the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).
Teachers use a standards-aligned curriculum that allows students to understand science concepts as they operate the radio telescope. Students have the opportunity for reflective assessment as they hear how NASA scientists have used their observations and as they preliminary analysis their data. To operate the telescope, students connect via the Internet to LCER's Mission Control where trained operators assist the students to conduct remotely controlled radio astronomy observations. Students use computers to record the extremely faint radio waves collected by the radio telescope and analyze real data. In real time the students are able to derive an approximate thermal temperature and compare these values to data that has been corrected by scientists at JPL and other research institutions. Through this process students have the opportunity to become part of a science/education team, participating with scientists in ongoing missions and special observing campaigns. A small part of the radio emission from Saturn comes from lightning bolts or electrons caught in it's magnetic field, but most of the radiation picked up by the GAVRT telescope comes from blackbody emission. Blackbody emission is the radiation given off by all objects because of their thermal energy. The hotter an object, the more blackbody emission it radiates at all frequencies, and hot objects put more of their energy into high frequencies while cooler objects radiate a greater fraction of their output at low frequencies. For example, while the Sun emits plenty of radio waves, it is so hot that the peak of it's radiation comes out as visible light. Saturn is much colder, and hardly emits any visible light (although we can see it by reflected sunlight). Instead, most of Saturn's blackbody radiation is at infrared and radio frequencies. The amount of radiation from Saturn that we can see with the GAVRT telescope depends on Saturn's temperature, how far away it is, the angle at which the rings are shadowing the planet and reflecting radiation, and the chemical composition of the rings and the planetary atmosphere. As these things change, GAVRT observations keep track of the variations, supplying data to supplement the close-up observations of Cassini.
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Contextual Alignment of Ontologies for Semantic Interoperability
Aykut Firat
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Stuart Madnick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Benjamin Grosof
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
October 2004
MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4515-04; CISL Working Paper No. 2004-17
Virtually all of the existing approaches to ontology integration assume that each of the individual ontologies (and the integrated ontology) corresponds to a single set of semantics at a given time. We first claim that this single integrated view assumption is unnecessarily restrictive, and defend the view that ontologies can simultaneously accommodate multiple integrated views provided the accompaniment of contexts - a set of axioms on the interpretation of data allowing local variations in representation and nuances in meaning, and a conversion function network between contexts to reconcile contextual differences. Then, we propose an ontology integration methodology based on the alignment of contexts and linking conversion function networks defined between contexts. The flexibility of our approach and methodology is illustrated with the alignment of air travel and car rental domains, an actual example from our prototype implementation.
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