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Andre Hoffman and Leon Andreasen have signed new contracts to commit their futures to Hannover.
Defensive midfielder Hoffman, who can also play at centre-back, has been with Hannover since January 2013 and has now put pen to paper on a deal to keep him at the club for another four years.
General manager Dirk Dufner believes the 21-year-old can continue to go from strength to strength after helping Hannover finish tenth in the Bundesliga this season.
Dufner told the club's official website: "We are very pleased with Andre Hoffmann's development. He has developed into a seasoned Bundesliga player in the past year and a half at Hannover 96.
"His early contract extension shows he is committed to 96. We see him as a long-term member of our team and we're confident that Andre has the best conditions here to continue his step-by-step development as a young professional."
Former Fulham midfielder Andreasen, meanwhile, has agreed a new one-year deal at Hannover with the option for another 12 months.
The Denmark international joined the club in 2009, initially on a loan deal before making the move permanent, and is delighted to be staying.
Andreasen said: "It was not difficult to opt to stay at Hannover 96. My family and I feel very much at home in the city and I fully identify myself with the club and hope that we will continue to enjoy success together."


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The webOS konami code may have unlocked a new homebrew app scene for the Palm Pre. Folks are still toiling over the details within the webOS doctor leak and now it appears that some developers have made progress towards custom applications.
After going through some experimentation a PreCentral forum user has reported success in creating a custom webOS application. Engadget has posted some screenshots to go along with it.
While crude and somewhat complicated, the results show that it may be possible for developers to create their own applications outside of Palm's App Catalog and official SDK.
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I've got a set of netbooks I need to set up to be used externally (won't be touching our network so haven't domained them) but need to have them set up in a specific way:
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- Documents folder redirected to the D: partition
The first point I've sorted by setting the network mandatory profile to be used locally (works fine), second point done via registry edits and scripts but trying to nail down the last one.
On XP I used edited UserShellFolders and ShellFolders registry keys to redirect the My Documents, Pictures and Videos folder as part of a script in the Startup folder. That worked a treat but Libraries seem to make it work differently on 7. If I set the registry only it makes no difference but if I put custom Libraries files in the profile with the folder I want set as the sole location it seems to work fine.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- International Paper (NYSE: IP) announced today it is in talks with Unisource regarding a proposed business combination of xpedx, International Paper's distribution business, and Unisource. Both xpedx and Unisource are business-to-business distributors of printing, packaging and facility supplies. The discussions were initiated when Unisource approached International Paper about a possible merger, and on April 19, 2013, the parties entered into a non-binding letter of intent to explore a possible transaction.
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As subway service slowly gets back to normal following Friday's derailment in Queens, the MTA is releasing more information about that section of rail involved.
The MTA says they've discovered a small fracture in the rail under the train. The agency says the rail was manufactured in 2013 and installed this past March.
The rail is being removed and sent for testing.
Officials said it appears the crew on board the train was not responsible in any way.
Crews were still at work Saturday cleaning up the area and replacing the damaged track.
Workers were trying to remove a handful of cars on the F train that derailed Friday morning.
"They're leaning, and they have to get put back on the rails and pulled to where there are existing rails that they can get on to," said MTA spokesperson Adam Lisberg. "Then, you have to get those train cars out."
After service interruptions throughout most of the morning, several lines had more service restored Saturday afternoon, while other lines still waited for restorations.
According to the MTA, there was no R train service between Forest Hills-71st Avenue in Queens and 57th Street-7th Avenue in Manhattan as of 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
The MTA advised customers to transfer to a Queens-bound F train at 34th Street-Herald Square. The F train will operate as a local and make all stops between 21st Street - Queensbridge and Jamaica - 179th Street.
According to the MTA, the E train will also operate as a local and make all local stops between Queens Plaza and Jamaica Station - Parsons/Archer.
The MTA says those changes to E and F service will be in effect until 10 p.m. Saturday. At that time, the agency will suspend local E and F service along the line through 10 a.m. Sunday to remove the remaining cars and complete track repairs.
"You have to go in and start rebuilding the track," Lisberg said. "That could mean putting in a new base for it, putting new rails in, putting a new third rail in. You have to test it all, make sure it's going to work."
Shuttle buses will be provided for commuters using the lines during that time.
The MTA says work to repair tracks will extend into early Monday with the goal of restoring full normal service on all affected subway lines by the Monday morning rush.
Though service was ramping back up Saturday, commuters NY1 talked to said they're having a tough time getting around town.
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"Horrible. Horrible," said a third. "Because that announcement guy wasn't very clear, I went in there, went downstairs, came back up because the train wasn't there."
MTA officials sympathized with riders but said these inconveniences will hopefully mean fully restored service by Monday.
"This stop here in Jackson Heights is super busy in the mornings," said one commuter. "It's really crowded, and if the F train isn't working, it would probably be a nightmare come rush hour on Monday. So if they have it ready by Monday, that's great."
More than 1,000 passengers were evacuated from the underground tunnel when the train derailed at approximately 10:30 a.m. Friday.
The New York City Fire Department says 15 people suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
Another four were brought to nearby hospitals with more serious injuries, mostly from smoke inhalation.
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More than 80 apartments for senior adults could be developed on Beatties Ford Road if a requested rezoning is approved by Charlotte City Council this spring.The Affordable Housing Group of North Carolina Inc. and The Drakeford Co. have petitioned to rezone nearly 4 acres near Sunset Road to develop 85 one- and two-bedroom apartments for seniors 55 and older, according to the city.The application, filed near the end of January, requests the property be rezoned from its current R-4, or single family residential, classification to urban residential, said Claire Lyte-Graham, of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department.The property, 3.72 acres on the west side of Beatties Ford Road between Pauline Lane and Sunset Road, could help meet the statewide and local need for senior-specific housing, said Kathy Stilwell, executive director of The Affordable Housing Group of North Carolina Inc."Baby Boomers are getting older and there is a demand and a need for housing for seniors," she said. "There's just a growing demand ... so that's a demand we're trying to meet."If the zoning change is approved and the development moves forward, the apartments would be in a single building with a maximum height of approximately 45 feet, according to the current plan, Lyte-Graham said. The plan includes 42 parking spaces, including 10 handicap-accessible spots, and refers to the project as "Magnolia Gardens Senior Living Development."The proposed three-story structure would feature a brick and low-maintenance siding exterior in colors "designed to accentuate the natural tones of the site and to complement the surrounding landscape," according to the site plan. Plans also call for a covered outdoor patio adjacent to the building, among other indoor and outdoor amenities.The area surrounding the site is considered suburban development with predominantly single family homes and a lower residential density character, Lyte-Graham said, noting there is a limited amount of multifamily development in the area. The application is still under staff review as to whether the project would be a good fit for the area.Stilwell said the project is in partnership with The Drakeford Co., a Charlotte-based real estate services firm that focuses on the development and construction of urban residential projects, according to its website.A public hearing on the requested zoning change will be held April 28, Lyte-Graham said.Before then, at least one community meeting will be held by the applicants and those results, and any revisions to the site plan, will be submitted to planning staff before the hearing, she said. If the zoning change is approved, construction would likely begin in spring 2015, Stilwell said, and would take about 12 months to complete. Apartments would be available to residents sometime in 2016. Stilwell estimated the project would cost "just shy" of $10 million.Charlotte City Council could make a decision about the rezoning in May.
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Scott Horton of Harper's explains why the Drug Enforcement Agency does a lot of damage to society. (Via Andrew Sullivan)
Diamonds do not come from coal
Okay, maybe I'm an idiot, but this is one of those facts I'd missed until recently. Despite the impression you may have gotten from grade school and/or old Superman cartoons, diamonds are probably not lumps of coal that just got compressed real good—at least, not in exactly the way you might imagine.
Diamonds are made out of carbon, but the best evidence suggests that they form far more deeply down in the Earth than coal does. Instead of coal being smushed into diamonds, imagine something more like those "grow crystals out of Borax and water" experiments you did in grade school. Only, in this case, the experiment is performed in the fiery depths of Hell, as very un-coal-like atoms of carbon are compressed and heated deep in the Earth's mantle until they start to bond together and grow into a crystalline structure.
Once the crystals are formed, they get to the surface of the Earth via volcanic eruptions.
The really interesting thing about all of this is that it's one of those ideas that's very hard to verify. Diamonds form at a depth we can't go observe directly. All we have to work with is indirect evidence. Because of that, nobody knows exactly where the necessary carbon to make diamonds comes from. This is why the "diamonds are coal" story exists. Some scientists think the carbon is stuff that's existed in the Earth since this planet was formed. Others think it might be coming from terrestrial carbon that got shifted down to the lower levels via plate subduction—although, even then, we're talking about carbon, but not necessarily coal. It could be a combination of both. Either way, the mental image of smushed coal doesn't quite work.
Read the American Museum of Natural History's explanation of where diamonds come from
Read an interview about diamonds with the curator of the U.S. National Gem and Mineral Collection
Thanks to a story written by Geology.com's Hobart King for busting the myth and inspiring to me to read a little more on this
Image: Diamonds, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from kimberlyeternal's photostream
Blackout tracker tells you where the electric grid is down
The other day, someone asked me what the most surprising thing was that I learned while writing Before the Lights Go Out, my book about America's electric infrastructure and the future of energy. That's easy. The most surprising thing was definitely my realization of just how precarious our all-important grid system actually is.
There are two key things here. First, the grid doesn't have any storage. (At least, none to speak of.) Second, the grid has to operate within a very narrow window of technical specifications. At any given moment, there must be almost exactly as much electricity being produced as there is being consumed. If that balance is thrown off, by even a fraction of a percent, you start heading toward blackouts. There are people working 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, making sure that balance is maintained on a minute-by-minute basis.
That's a long way of explaining why I find Blackout Tracker so fascinating. Put together by Eaton, a company that makes products that help utilities manage different parts of the electric grid, this little web app shows you where the electric grid has recently failed, and why. The Blackout Tracker doesn't claim to include all blackouts, but it gives you an idea of the number of blackouts that happen, and the wide range of causes blackouts can have. For instance, in the picture above, you can see that Wichita, Kansas, had a blackout earlier this week that was related to a heatwave—hot weather meant more people turned on their air conditioners in the middle of the day, and, for whatever reason, there wasn't enough electrical supply available to meet that demand. The result: Blackout.
One major flaw: Most of the time Blackout Tracker can't tell you how long a blackout lasted. But that's probably got more to do with what information the utility companies are willing to release than anything. Still, I think this program is a nice primer for people who aren't aware of all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes to make sure electricity remains flowing, nice and steady.
Check out Blackout Tracker (Also available for the UK, Canada, and Australia/New Zealand)
Learn more about how the grid works (and doesn't work) in my book, Before the Lights Go Out.
I don't remember where I picked this link up from, so if you're the one who sent it to me, please give me a little tap and I'll make sure you are properly thanked!
3D printed, fully assembled, teeny-weeny little cars
This teeny weeny little car is 3D printed, fully assembled, with all its mechanisms in place:
These tiny 3D printed cars were printed on the Objet Eden 3D printer and scale down from 4cm in length to a tiny 1cm in length. Even in the tiniest car, the wheels remain fully functional and there is no deformation of walls or loss of fine details - highlighting the enormous power of Objet's 3D printers to turn CAD designs into visually and functionally accurate prototypes.
F*cking cops cracking down on curse words
[Video Link] Here's Reason TV's Net Nanny of the month award:
June's busybodies want to shield your eyes from bikinis and remind you that they're not above ripping your garden out (even if you are complying with city codes).
But top dishonors go to the police chief who admitted on camera that his officers had "more important things to do," but still championed a measure that fines folks for swearing in public.
Presenting Reason.tv's Nanny of the Month for June 2012: Middleborough, Massachusetts Police Chief Bruce Gates!
Bikini Banners and F*cking Cops Cracking Down on Curse Words!
Burning Down the House: Palmer & Byrne
Here is a video in which Amanda Fucking Palmer and David Byrne and a very large, very good band perform "Burning Down the House."
My life is complete.
That is all.
David Byrne & Amanda Palmer - "Burning Down the House"
Updated with better video, courtesy of Martin Borus (Thanks, Michael!)
Seeing Beyond the Human Eye: Video of beautiful scientific and artistic photography
[Video Link] The latest installment of the "Off Book" series from PBS and Kornhaber Brown is called Seeing Beyond the Human Eye and features microphotography, astrophotography, slow-motion video, and time-lapse video. My favorite part is Cameron Michaels' time-lapse scenes of Manhattan.
This piece explores the beautiful imagery that has been uncovered thanks to modern technology. Because of advancements made in photomicrography, astrophotography, high-speed and stop-motion photography, we're now able to see the world (and galaxy) as we never have before.
It's our curiosity and thirst for the unknown that has driven us to uncover the beauty of the universe. Technology has allowed us to overcome the boundaries of human perception and explore beyond the limits of the naked eye. Told through the voices of scientists and artists, this video illustrates how size and distance are no longer barriers, and how through innovation we see the universe, time, and humanity in a new light.
Shepard Fairey designs 50th anniversary logo for Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger asked Shepard Fairey to redesign John Pasche's 1971 tongue and lips trademark for the Rolling Stones.
In a statement by Fairey, he said that he was overwhelmed by the idea of redesigning the logo when Mick Jagger reached out to him.
One of the first questions he had for Jagger was the inclusion for the 'tongue', which Jagger responded, "yeah I guess it ought to be".
His concept behind the logo was to highlight the Stones' legacy and integrate the '50' in a 'creative and memorable way', that not only celebrated their trademark icon but also to commemorate their historical anniversary.
Taxi: The Rolling Stones Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary With A New Logo
Mitch O'Connell's funny Hanna Barbera paintings
Yesterday I wrote about artist Mitch O'Connell's funny pencil sketches that Hanna Barbera commissioned him to create. Today, Mitch posted the paintings that Hanna Barbera commissioned. See them all here.
Fantasizing about what you could buy instead of health insurance
He began fantasizing about what he could buy with that much month every month:
And man, oh man, is it expensive.
Our family's policy, two adults and two kids, for medical, dental and vision, costs $1,320.87 per month. That's the insurance premium. If we actually use the care, we have to pay a deductable too (called a co-pay), but honestly, after paying $1,320.87 per month, almost any co-pay seems like pocket change.
Visiting car dealerships was fun when I had a potential $1320/month to spend, but maybe that money would be better spent elsewhere. No, not on health insurance, for every extraneous monthly expense I could dream of!
Like Netflix, streaming subscription with 8 DVDs out ($51.88/month), plus a World of Warcraft subscription ($15/month), plus a gym membership ($25/month), a home security monitoring system ($32/month), Gamefly service ($22.95/month), plus a membership to a tanning club ($9.95/month), plus Amazon Prime ($6.66/month), plus Hulu Plus ($7.99), Time Magazine ($2.50/month), Newsweek ($3.25/month), Playboy ($1.33/month), Wired ($1.25), Martha Stewart Living ($2.00/month), a lawn service ($50/month), Dana's Housekeeping service -- four hours/week ($312/month).... uh, plus FullBelly Farms weekly vegetable & flower deliveries ($127.50/month), plus sponsoring a child in Haiti ($35/month), plus Disneyland deluxe annual passes for the whole family ($127.36/month total) plus a large supreme pizza from Pizza Hut delivered every night ($428.40/month). Those things total $1267.02 per month, leaving enough to give the pizza guy a $53 tip.
As Shenzou 9 returns to earth, China makes space history: analysis from Miles O'Brien + Leroy Chiao (video)
China made space history this week, as three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth after a 13-day mission that made their nation the third to dock on manned spacecraft to another in orbit. The Shenzhou 9 space capsule landed about 12 hours ago in Inner Mongolia, one day after the astronauts departed the Tiangong 1 prototype space lab module. Space reporter Miles O'Brien spoke to Leroy Chiao, a NASA astronaut of Chinese descent, about the significance of this event.
Read the transcript of their conversation, or watch the video. An introduction from Miles follows: Read the rest
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Zelda the kitten plays with the iPad
Quotes from RIM's chiefs
"The most exciting mobile trend is full Qwerty keyboards. I'm sorry, it really is. I'm not making this up." Mike Lazaridis, May 2008.
To mark RIM's $500m first quarter loss and impending doom, The Guardian offers a selection of quotes from its longtime but recently trebucheted chiefs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis.
End of the line for Flash on Android
Compressed-air gramophones: a loud, bad, wonderful idea
This web page (which is rather elderly itself) has valuable information on the long-lost Auxetophone and its successors and imitators, a family of compressed-air gramophones which were apparently very, very loud
Two Englishmen, Horace Short and Sir Charles A Parsons (yes, the steam turbine man) introduced the compressed air amplifiers known as Auxetophones. Horace Short began the development of the idea and was granted a patent in 1898, and again in 1901. The patent rights were sold to Parsons in 1903. Parsons, who was noted for his skill as a craftsman, took on the development of the Auxetophone as a hobby when he was already financially secure from his steam turbine business, and applied it to musical instruments as well as gramophones.
The Auxetophone & Other Compressed-Air Gramophones. (via Beyond the Beyond)


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Pulling the strings behind an IR stoushPUBLISHED: 24 May 2012 12:56:00 | UPDATED: 24 May 2012 19:53:25PRINT EDITION: 24 May 2012
Asciano has moved CFO Angus McKay to a divisional CEO role weeks after an agreement was reached the MUA Photo: Jim Rice
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Throughout Angus McKay's entire 18 months as Asciano chief financial officer the company was in negotiations with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) over its container terminals enterprise agreement.
An agreement has now been reached and as reported yesterday, the rail and ports operator has appointed McKay as director of Pacific National Rail. The role is one of three divisional heads.
Industrial relations is typically considered area of responsibility for the operational rather than finance team. But when things go wrong, IR can become critical to the balance sheet incredibly quickly.
On May 3, between when the company reached an agreement on April 19 with the MUA and when it was ratified on May 10, McKay spoke of the part he played as CFO in how the company managed the dispute.
While not personally involved in any of the negotiations, "other people are far better placed to do that", behind the scenes McKay was talking to the negotiators about their strategy.
He wanted a clear understanding from them of what they expected to give to the employees in terms of the agreement and what the company should expect to receive from the employees in terms of productivity, so he could "understand what the financial equation looked like".
"When that equation starts to change it's time for the CFO to be back in that conversation to try and understand what the new math is starting to look like" he says.
During an industrial dispute it is also important for the CFO to step up their involvement in investor relations.
"Particularly in a public company, when you start to get in to protracted disputes that start to impact the reputation of organisation you really get sucked in to a communicator role because you need to help your owners understand: what is the process, why is it taking so long, and why you are taking a particular course of action".
But he says his most important area of influence in the dispute with the MUA was being dispassionate when it could have been easier to just give in and get the thing done.
"It was a case of saying 'no guys, giving in is not the answer – we need to stand firm and if that costs us money so be it'."
The negotiations took almost 20 months and the company's public line on what the sticking point was has been that there were a number of issues that were core to its right to manage the business.
He says Asciano was stuck in a spot where it was facing a financial cost, either through handing over its management rights or a protracted negotiation "that could have even ended up being a lock out at some point".
McKay was unable to go into any detail of the points that would explain exactly what it was the union wanted that would have diluted the company's management rights.
He says Asciano's stance on retaining management rights was a reasonable thing to fight for so it was important to support the executive so they "were confident that the finance guy wasn't chasing them to settle when settling would have actually been the wrong outcome for the organisation".
Likewise it was important that the team responsible for the day-in-day-out negotiation always felt it had the support of all the senior executives and the board.
In most negotiations, be they on the scale of employer and union or husband and wife, only part of what people argue over is ever the facts. Ideology and the desire to win back ground from past battles often plays a part.
McKay says the team handling the negotiations spent a huge amount of time clarifying what were the specific issues the two parties really wanted to debate over and what were the more emotional components – "purported or rumoured things" that may have been contributing to holding things up.
"Part of the challenge was they go in to a meeting thinking there were five items to deal with and come out with a list of 10", he says. "There was a lot of history behind some of those issues".
"It took a long time and a lot of frustration on both sides" says McKay.
"But by the time it got to the final 72-hour conciliation/arbitration piece it was clear there were 11 items that needed to be discussed and agreed upon – and only those 11 and then end of story".
"In that way you can put a ring around it and off you go. It removes some of the emotion and allows people to get down to what really matters".
Now that an agreement has been reached Asciano wants to improve its relationship with the workforce to reduce the risk of having to go through a similar process again in a few years time.
Former Patrick Corporation managing director Chris Corrigan told The Australian Financial Review in April that, the years of industrial peace on the waterfront since Patrick's fight to near-death with the MUA had ended in 2010 because the new owners of the Patrick stevedoring business, first under Paul Little's Toll and then Mark Rowsthorn's Asciano, had allowed the company's hard-won control of the workforce to lapse.
At the time Kevin Chinnery wrote that article Asciano was unable to comment as negotiations with the MUA were still in train and a media ban in effect, but in another interview a few weeks later Asciano chief executive John Mullen, brought in as a new broom in 2011, agrees with many of Corrigan's observations.
Of his strategy for engaging employees McKay says: "You communicate with them, you look after them, you manage them, you discipline them. That's your job and you shouldn't abdicate on that".
There are initiatives currently underway to improve investment back in to the employee base and develop that relationship he says. "That's not to the exclusion of the union in any way, shape or form but at the end of the day they are our employees and we should be talking to them".
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Today we're going to look at and learn about one of the most fundamental movements in all of BJJ. It's the "technical standup," and make sure that you're doing it correctly. The technical standup is used ALL the time in BJJ, submission grappling and MMA. This exact move can get you out of trouble in scrambles, prevent guard passes, and finish... Read article
If you've been reading my emails and training in grappling then, by this point, you're going to be quite familiar with the guard. In some ways it's the iconic BJJ position. But do you know WHY it's such an integral part of BJJ? Why do we focus on this position so much? And why would we ever want to be lying on our backs on the pavement in a... Read article
The first time I ever saw the Mount position was during a schoolyard fight in grade one. One kid pushed the other kid to the ground, climbed on top, sat on his chest in the classic bully position, and then absolutely dominated the fight. He punched and slapped and taunted the other kid who was completely unable to do anything about it until the fight was... Read article
This might be a bit controversial but BJJ IS A MARTIAL ART! That means it's a fighting method, used for stopping (and possibly hurting) people who are intent on doing you serious harm. Sure, it's also a fantastic sport, a fitness method, and a way to challenge yourself. I enjoy it for all those aspects too. But being able to take care of business in... Read article
Passing the guard and establishing a stable position is maybe the single hardest thing to do in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. You can know a ton of guard passing techniques, but what if you're in the Closed Guard and can't start your pass because your opponent absolutely refuses to open up his legs. He just keeps you in his guard with his ankles crossed and... Read article
Anyone in my age group will understand how it came to be that the first martial art I fell in love was ninjutsu. Ninjas were everywhere those days, and what could be better than sneaking around wearing black, throwing smoke bombs, and building booby traps? Of course I too was determined to become a ninja, but first I needed the gear. I asked,... Read article
I know I've been lucky, but most of my martial arts instructors have encouraged questions. For example, my BJJ coach, Marcus Soares, is known for his killer conditioning sessions ('warmups,' he calls them...). But right after putting his class through hell he always... Read article
Stephan: I'm here today with my friend, Adam Singer, who runs The HardCore Gym in Athens, Georgia. He is probably best known for being Forrest Griffin's MMA coach during the formative years of Forrest's career. He's also a jiu-jitsu black belt and has trained tons of fighters. I'm really looking forward to picking his brain... Read article
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Let's say that you want to add a new technique - any technique - to your game. With new techniques there's always a ton of trial and error, struggle and effort, discouragement and tough times before it starts working reliably for you. But here's the thing: no matter what area of jiu-jitsu or submission grappling you're working on, I guarantee... Read article
The X Guard is a hybrid open guard / half guard position, first popularized by Marcelo Garcia. There are a million sweeps, finishes, and follow-ups from the X Guard. Everything from kneebars and omoplatas, to fancy upside-down backwards flipping sweeps, to techniques that take you directly to rear mount. But I don't suggest starting with any of these... Read article
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The half guard is a sophisticated tool in the grappler's toolbox that can be used to defend, sweep your opponents, or submit them outright. But just because you've got a hammer doesn't make the whole world a nail. And that means that you can't rely on any one guard position as the be-all-and-end-all. Even if you're a half guard wizard you'll still end... Read article
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So I'm touring Casa Loma recently, the famous castle in downtown Toronto and the largest private residence ever constructed in Canada. Just the usual touristic wandering of the halls, climbing the turrets, and exploring the never-ending parade of lavishly decorated rooms. All of a sudden I heard something beautiful drifting through the marble and... Read article
One of the big trends in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu recently has been the increasing sophistication of lapel-based guard control and sweeps. In this style of game the lapel gets fed around arms, behind the torso, and between the legs to make it difficult for your opponent to pass your guard and also much easier to sweep him. The most recent variation in this... Read article
At it's core BJJ is an incredibly effective way of fighting on the ground. But the sad truth is that grapplerts who haven't trained in Judo or wrestling can often have a lot of problems getting the fight to the ground. In fact the only plan many BJJ practitioners have for getting a match to the ground is to pull guard, end of... Read article
When it comes to sparring, many BJJ rookies just freak out for the whole session. Every grip is a deathgrip, they spaz out when they're in the guard, and then push with every bit of their strength the whole time that they're pinned on the bottom. And then they get tired... If you have the accelerator pedal pushed right to the floor all the... Read article
The cartwheel guard pass is one of the most spectacular guard passes out there. But it's not as difficult to do as you might think. In the video below I show you an easy four step progression, including some drills you can do on your own, to incorporate this exciting move into your repertoire. Plus I'll also share a sneaky way to slap the... Read article
I'm not going to pretend that injuries don't suck. They do. There have been many great athletic careers cut short by injury. Many people who would otherwise have been great have had their dreams derailed when a bone went 'crack' or a ligament went 'snap' and then never quite recovered. The typical reaction of the BJJ addict when they get injured... Read article
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This butterfly guard pass doesn't require athleticism, speed or killer grips; instead this guard pass is all about the timing. To have great timing you either need to have super-fast reflexes to react to your opponent, OR you have to 'train' your opponent to give you a certain energy so you can anticipate it and have your response already waiting for... Read article
Too often people forget about the bread-and-butter strategies that have been effective for decades and get seduced by the latest shiny technique. Maybe there's not a better example of something that has stood the test of time like the closed guard. The closed guard has been controlling and submitting opponents with the gi, in no gi submission... Read article


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I worked last night until 11pm and didn't go to bed until 2 am. I then was awakened by my phone ringing at 4:50 am. It was work and they needed me to cover the day shift because my co-worker had taken sick and no one eles could do it. Groan!!!!
I knew that by this afternoon I'd be falling on my head and no way would I exercise. So I made myself get up, and do 35 minutes on the treadmill. LOL I'm sure i was a sight...my pink fluffy bunny pj's, hair stickin out in all directions, and my sneakers. Well I promised myself I'd do this but, I never guaranteed I'd do it gracefully. So I'm feeling really tired but proud. I've exercised and ate a good breakfast. When I do get home I can relax and not feel guilty.
Dealing with some major problems with my teenage son, that threatened to overwhelm me today. However, being on this diet and having clear goals, having joined an exercise challenge...I couldn't just pull the covers over my head until I had to be at work. So I got up made some old fashioned oatmeal and enjoyed every bite, then I made myself get on my treadmill telling myself I'd feel worse if I blew the challenge on the third day, and exercise is good for stress relief, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and every other mantra I could muster up. I then did 35 minutes on an incline and really did feel much better after. My food and exercise have been on track this week, and hurrah the scale showed a modest loss. I haven't smoked a cig in 1 month 2 weeks, 2 days. so i'm a quitter and a loser....yeah.
I did quite well yesterday. 60 minutes all together on the treadmill, 5 glasses of water, and I stayed within my calorie range and tracked both food and exercise....but...it wasn't perfect. I really need to get the lesson that slow and steady win the race. That making small but consisitent changes is ultimately what will not only get the weight off but keep it off. Why is it...that you can see something so clearly in your mind, know its the truth, and yet still keep doing it the wrong way. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing, over and over, and looking for a different result. I must be insane. lol I just have to make myself slow down. Yesterday i was planning on diving into weight training as well as my cardio now...I'm going to actually do Fast Track.
My goals are to track my food each day, track calories burned on the treadmill I'll worry about adding the other exercises once I am being consistent about getting my 30 minutes a day on the treadmill in. I'm also going to try to drink 8 glasses of water a day. That may be hard. I got 5 or 6 yesterday and it took some doing.
I've also been getting frustrated because I don't have all the healthy foods that make a diet easy in the house and can't get them until friday. This makes planning my meals very difficult, especially trying to take a meal for work. If I don't take it, I'll end up ordering something high fat from the restaurant. All I can do is try, and work with what I have. It wont' be that long till friday, and then it will be easier, and I have to stop getting so frustrated and just make the best meals I can.
I'm going to try to be the turtle not the hare this time in the race, and that is an incredible challenge for me, all in itself.
Well here I am...back at Sparks people. Had to laugh reading my blog entries for 2006. It was shortly after I had lost my 7 year quit. I was so disgusted with myself and I had 2 weeks in a new quit. I weighed I think it said 193 at that point...wow...I'd love to say I weighed that right now. The Reality is I didn't succeed quitting smoking that time and my weight went up. I have been quit smoking for 1 month and 2 weeks at this time, but have been rapidly gaining weight. I think its been a combination of eating over the holidays, and quitting smoking which slows your metabolism down. Anyway I have had the nasty shock of gaining 10 pounds in 6 weeks. I'm currently at 204 ....and my scale is no longer speaking to me.
Quitting smoking isn't easy, but having done it before I know that if I will just put one foot in front of the other and not take a puff no matter what...a day will come where there is absolute freedom from nicoteine addiction. It takes hard work, patience, and most of all commitment to just get it done.
When It comes to losing weight I go crazy for short spurts, and then it fizzels out. I have never learned how to live a healthy lifestyle that is balanced. So like quitting I'm going to put one foot in front of the other and I'm not going to beat up on myself for not knowing everything or doing everything perfectly. If its a lifestyle then...I have a life time to refine the process.
I look forward to the day when I reach my goal weight, and I'm a fit and healthy non smoker. However, I have decided that the journey is going to be wonderful too. I'm going to learn and grow thru this process.
Everything that is worth having is worth working hard for...just as this was "MY" time to really commit to being done with ciggerettes for ever....this is my time to learn how to really live a full and healthy life.
All things are possible to them that believe.
I may not do it perfectly but I'm really going to do it.
Hoping to help some others along the way, and to benefit from their experience and knowledge too.
Lost my quit and have been smoking like a trooper. My weight is at 193. I went to the gym yesterday first time in ages. I was out of breath almost immediately but know it will take great leaps if I'm faithful to excercise. It is also great motivation to stop smoking. This morning I got up and took the dog walking 45 minutes in the orchard as well. Going to buy a swim pass so the kids and I can swim at the hotel any day not just on Sundays. Great deal as I get them for half price. I also get to go to a great gym for free as my husband works for the company that owns it. So I'm without excuse. I need to drink more water and to work out an eating plan that is reasonable but doesn't require serious tracking as I know I can't stick with that for long. I'm just to busy with work and kids etc. I was thinking of doing a meal once a week that would allow for a potatoe, one a week that would allow a pasta, and another for bread, and another for brown rice. The rest of the time I'm going to try to eat only good carbs, low cal. food.
I think thats about as regimented as I can be with food. Oh and I also have to dramatically cut sugar.
My biggest goal is to exercise and I think then the food will take care of itself. My mini goal right now is to get into the 180's . I'm at 193 right now. My overall goal is 160.


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Holistic Living at the Pratima Ayurvedic Spa
Left, the reception area at Pratima Ayurvedic Skincare Spa Clinic; right, a treatment room.
Dr. Pratima Raichur.
Going to a spa treatment in a building in downtown Manhattan, you would never imagine that it could be a life changer. But as I walked into the low-lit, hushed reception area of Pratima Ayurvedic Skincare Spa Clinic (shoes-off policy—they quickly bring you slippers to wear into the spa itself), I had a feeling this wasn't going to be just another facial. I had an appointment for a consultation with Dr. Pratima Raichur, a woman who learned Ayurvedic medicine in India and started her practice here 40 years ago. Since Ayurvedic medicine (a traditional medicine native to India and considered to be the oldest form of health care in the world—it's been around for more than 5,000 years) is based on the premise that what we see on the outside is a reflection of what is on inside (that's the super-shorthand definition), it makes sense that the face is a smart place to start looking at what is going on with your body.
I sat down in her office and immediately felt I was in the presence of a very wise person. Her deep but gentle gaze was completely penetrating, and I quickly felt at ease, open, and with no need to engage in small talk. One look at my fingernails, and she announced that my Ayurvedic type is pitta. That means I am very warm and prone to dehydration, and it isn't just from not drinking enough water. (Who knew that anxiety can also cause dehydration?) Forty-five minutes later, I had a sheet of paper noting the foods I should avoid (most!) and foods I should eat (about five!), and laundry list of things to take, some of which were Ayurvedic and available at the spa, and others that I just needed to pick up at my local. I've had consultations before, and each time been given a list of what to eat and what to avoid, and always blown it off immediately. Somehow, with Dr. Pratima, because she is so smart, and been helping people for so long, I just trusted her. I bought the flaxseed oil, vitamins, and gallon of pomegranate juice on my way home.
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Pratima's Rejuvenating Pearl Cream and Sandalwood Rose Mask. After her facial, Pratima put the writer on a regimen, which included day and night treatments. She recommended the Sandalwood Cream for night, the Pearl Cream during the day, and a Powder Cleanser for both morning and night. She also advised the Sandalwood Mask once a week.
I may have gone into the spa being slightly intimidated, not knowing exactly what Ayurveda is all about, but now I've become a real fan, and an advocate, because it has great success in treating many issues—as mundane as my dry and sensitive skin and as problematic as eczema. And five days into my Ayurvedic diet, I feel better already.
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5-star luxury hotel with a full-service spa in Istanbul (Kucukcekmece)
This luxury hotel is located in Istanbul (Kucukcekmece), near the airport, CNR Expo Center, TurkuaZoo, and Florya Beach. Local attractions also include Menekse Beach and Sinan Erdem Dome.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Radisson Blu Conference & Airport Hotel, Istanbul features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a full-service spa and a bar/lounge.
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In addition to a full-service spa, Radisson Blu Conference & Airport Hotel, Istanbul features an indoor pool and a health club. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. 20 meeting rooms are available. This luxury hotel also offers a sauna, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests at scheduled times. Onsite valet parking is complimentary.
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