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New 1942 Game Graces XBLA, PSN This Summer
Taking place within an alternate world war scenario, 1942: Joint Strike will feature classic 2D gameplay within fully 3D graphics updated by developer Backbone Entertainment. The title also boasts new attacks, weapons, and power-ups, in addition to 2-player play locally or online.
Capcom also announced that 1942: Joint Strike is scored by Norihiko Hibino, whose previous composer credits include the Metal Gear Solid (PC, Xbox, PS2) series as well as Zone of the Enders (PS2).
Due for release this summer, 1942: Joint Strike will be available on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store for 800 Microsoft Points or $9.99, respectively.


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Nutrition and physical activity
What we eat and drink may cause around 30 percent of cancers in industrialised countries.
There is convincing evidence that being overweight or obese increases the risk of developing some of the most common cancers.
There is convincing evidence that being regularly physically active (being active everyday) reduces the risk of developing some of the most common cancers.
It is likely that eating more fruit and vegetables will reduce the risk of developing some cancers. Choose plenty of vegetables and fruits in a variety of colours every day.
The guidelines for reducing cancer risk are the same as guidelines for cancer survivors, cardiovascular disease prevention, diabetes prevention as well as general good health.
No particular foods or eating patterns are guaranteed to prevent cancer; however, some foods and eating patterns can reduce your risk.
Nutrition and physical activity information sheets
- 10 Tips to Reduce Your Cancer Risk - Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
- Alcohol and Cancer Risk
- Beta-carotone and Cancer Risk
- Dairy Foods and Cancer Risk
- Folate and Reducing Cancer Risk
- Food and Chemicals
- Fibre, Wholegrain Cereals and Cancer Risk
- Fish Oils and Omega-3 and Cancer Risk
- Healthy Weight and Cancer Risk
- Meat and Cancer Risk
- Plastics and Cancer Risk
- Reducing your risk of bowel cancer
- Salt and Cancer Risk
- Tea and Cancer Risk
- Vegetables, Fruit and Cancer Risk
- MOH Eating for Healthy Adults Brochure
- Links to Other Agencies and Initiatives that Support Physical Activity and Nutrition
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Today we drove to Road's End and took a little walk by the river. But mostly we've been reading, and I have read two books by Frenchwomen on this trip: Adelaide and Theodore by Madame de Genlis, and the new historical novel by my friend Catherine Delors, For the King. So I spent the weekend simultaneously in eighteenth century France, and by a very American, western river. Usually in these settings I'm more moved to read Americana, but not this time, and nor was Peter. For the record, he was rereading Prometheus Bound and Thus Spake Zarathustra, and reading part of The Mahabarata for the first time. (We are united in our love for reading and writing...but what different books!)
I've read little about France, concentrating on Jane Austen and England, but France and its political events impinged upon Austen's life, and I enjoyed reading this story set in the France she knew about (though never visited), through her cousin, Comtesse Eliza de Feuillide, whose husband was guillotined. Jane Austen also read Madame de Genlis's book, Adelaide and Theodore (Adele et Theodore, in French), as is evidenced by her mentioning it in Emma, in talking about Mrs. Weston's new baby:
"She has had the advantage, you know, of practising on me," she continued -- "like La Baronne d'Almane on La Comtesse d'Ostalis', in Madame de Genlis' Adelaide and Theodore, and we shall now see her own little Adelaide educated on a more perfect plan."
So I've always meant to read it, and obtained a translated copy thanks to my useful almost-librarian son Paul, who downloaded it from the ECCE site; I also found the introduction by Gillian Dow online.
And then I looked up, and there was the river...not the Seine, but one beside which, in 1800, Indians shot deer and ground acorns. On the last night, I stepped into the woods for a last look at the darkling river, and I came upon the largest black BEAR I ever saw: a veritable monster, cinnamon dark, most busily engaged in nibbling raspberries from the very bushes where I'd picked some earlier. I hastened back to the car, for he was a noble monster indeed. Like this one, only...bigger.


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EmaxHealth wrote: Doctor Vaagn Andikyan of Armenian decent, attributes the successful treatment and good prognosis to the delivery of high quality, compassionate care, and team-based collaboration by cancer care experts at the Danbury Hospital.
Mary Bonomo, an 82-year-old resident of Bethel, Connecticut, spent the day after Christmas last year in an emergency department with shortness of breath. On New Year's Eve 2016, she learned that cancer cells had migrated from her ovaries to her lungs. She was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer. Mrs. Bonomo will celebrate this holiday season cancer-free thanks to the excellent care she received at Danbury Hospital.
Mrs. Bonomo was diagnosed while visiting her daughter in Maryland. She chose Danbury Hospital to manage her cancer when she returned home. She consulted with Vaagn Andikyan, MD, a Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) gynecological oncologist who practices at Danbury and Norwalk hospitals. Dr. Andikyan and a team of cancer experts from the Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital, including medical oncologist Wenli Gao, MD, recommended an intense treatment plan: systemic chemotherapy to reduce the cancerous tumors before undergoing major debulking surgery, followed by post-op chemotherapy.
According to the American Cancer Society, about half of the women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer are 63 years or older. The American Cancer Society also estimates that a woman's risk of getting ovarian cancer during her lifetime is about 1 in 75, and her lifetime chance of dying from ovarian cancer is about 1 in 100.
Mrs. Bonomo was one of the few patients over 80 years old to be treated for advanced ovarian cancer at Danbury Hospital in 2017.
Despite her age, Dr. Andikyan was optimistic that Mrs. Bonomo would respond well to the treatment plan because of her mindset and her support system, including her husband of 58 years, three children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
"Not all 80 year olds are the same. Mrs. Bonomo was very mobile and had a good support system. She wanted to fight the cancer and we supported her. We took good care of her in an expeditious fashion," said Dr. Andikyan.
"Dr. Andikyan was very confident. He helped me feel like I had a chance to have a positive outcome. I felt better after I left his office. I felt hopeful. I am very grateful and blessed for that," said Mrs. Bonomo.
Mrs. Bonomo had her initial chemotherapy January–July 2017 at the Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital. "The nurses kept it fun. They helped take something that was rather unpleasant and make it a whole lot better. They were wonderful and kept my spirits up throughout the process," she said. She had successful, major debulking surgery on July 21, 2017, and finished post-op chemotherapy in November. Mrs. Bonomo, an enthusiastic painter, is back to her normal life.
"The services I received from my doctors and nurses at Danbury Hospital and the Praxair Cancer Center are top of the line and changed my life. I am very thankful," she said.
Dr. Andikyan attributes Mrs. Bonomo's successful treatment and good prognosis to teamwork and the exceptional, safe, advanced care Danbury Hospital delivers.
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Another false alarm - this time, my gut doesn't lie!
A few weeks ago, I blogged about a series of false alarms I had experienced - one with some fatigue, another with my website - both of which resolved themselves fairly quickly. I had another one to add to the list, but I didn't want to mention it until the resolution was confirmed. So here's the latest (and hopefully last) false alarm for the season!
First - let me ask you - where's the easiest place for you to take your pulse? Your wrist? Perhaps your neck? Those work for me, too - but the absolute easiest, i.e. strongest pulse point for me is in my stomach. That's right - I can actually press two fingers lightly into my stomach right above my belly button, and presto! I feel the strongest heartbeat you can imagine. It's my aorta, of course, and I've been able to feel my pulse there for years. Even as a kid I could do it. Of course, my body structure has evolved over time - having made room for two bambinos, subsequent weight gain and weight loss - but that easily-accessible heartbeat hasn't budged. In fact, that pulse point's only gotten stronger since giving birth to Bernadette. And at one of my last appointments, I decided to ask about it.
And ask, I did. My rheumatologist did a physical exam, and found the heartbeat to be quite strong - much stronger than he expected. So much so, that he thought something was amiss. He confirmed that it's irregular for the aorta to be that close to the surface of the stomach - and suspected an enlargement - indicating an aneurysm. Not exactly what you want to hear, right?
He ordered an ultrasound, of course...but I still wasn't too worried. After all, this wasn't something new. But knowing my unpredictable body as well as I do, I decided not to write it off completely until the results of the test were in.
But I didn't panic. Although I was 90% sure my aorta was fine, I figured if there was something wrong - better to figure it out now, rather than let that aneurysm do unnecessary damage. I admit that it helped to have the sonographer hint that she'd tested for this kind of thing in people built like me before, most often with negative (meaning good) results. But I still give myself a pat on the back for remaining cool, calm and collected. A honed skill from years of waiting for test results past, I'm sure. But her hint was a nice tide-me-over until I got the word from my doctor directly - no aneurysm in sight - just an inordinately close-to-the-surface aorta. Good for pulses, bad for knife fights, I suppose. I'll be sure to make a note.
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The only thing more embarrassing than not knowing how to use a set of chopsticks is your secret being found out in a restaurant that doesn't provide an alternative. Which is where this emergency Kung Foon spork will be worth its weight in titanium.
It's primarily designed for camping, serving as your typical fork/spoon combo for dining out of a pouch. But its specially-engineered handle includes slots allowing you to insert a set of chopsticks, turning it into an elongated utensil for dining emergencies in a hoity-toity establishment. It's definitely worth the £10 for the stainless steel version, but we'd opt for the lighter and stronger £15 titanium model instead. Because that's just how we dine. [GSI Outdoors via The Gadgeteer]


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Fifteen charmers captured our hearts for this year's annual roundup.
Sidney, British Columbia
Travelers tend to hightail it from the nearby airport and ferries en route to popular Victoria. But you'll strike gold if you stay in Sidney―and 18-karat gold if you check into Miraloma on the Cove. Fans of its former iteration, the Shoal Harbour Inn, swear by the 2005 transformation into Miraloma. Third-generation hotelier Kevin Walker bought the waterfront inn and extensively upgraded the 22 studios and one- and two-bedroom suites. New touches include heated towel racks and bath floors, and equally warm interior colors. In keeping with world-class standards set by nearby Butchart Gardens, the treasured heritage gardens continue to flourish outside the inn, and guests can still enjoy fine dining at the adjacent restaurant, The Latch.
• Rates: $98–$475 Canadian ($85–$424 U.S.); 877/956-6622 or miraloma.ca.
Homer, Alaska
Aptly named Land's End sits at the tip of Homer Spit, a sliver of shore that cleaves through salt water for four miles. Seafood dives, frontier-style saloons, RV parks, T-shirt shops, and fishing charters line Homer Spit Road to the inn's front door―but no matter. Your eyes will latch onto one of nature's most awesome settings: the towering Kenai Mountains, glacier- and iceberg-strewn alpine lakes, and the rich fjords and high tides of Kachemak Bay. The inn's Chart Room Restaurant and its deck showcase the panorama (and serve yummy halibut tacos). The tour desk arranges wilderness-adventure experiences, and the hotel's Raven's Nest Spa offers restorative treatments. You can walk to the Kachemak Bay Ferry for day trips to quaint Halibut Cove and its artists' exquisite creations.
• Rates: $69–$220 for the 86 guest rooms; up to $400 for the 22 one- to four-bedroom lodges; 800/478-0400 or lands-end-resort.com.
Long Beach, Washington
After many vacations on the Long Beach Peninsula, Washingtonians Pat and Bill Turner bought run-down motel property here and transformed it into a travelers' comfort zone. Two blocks from the beach, their 10-unit inn keeps getting better. A half-mile-long boardwalk parallels the stretch of "ocian" that dazzled Lewis and Clark 200 years ago. Inn guests can walk to beachside horseback-riding stables, the waterfront Lewis & Clark Discovery Trail, the peninsula's lone movie theater, and many other attractions. All guest rooms have queen beds, and four units feature living areas, fireplaces, and full kitchens. Rooms include coffees from Long Beach Coffee Roasters, whose WiFi café sits behind the inn. Each morning, Pat bakes pumpkin scones, cinnamon buns, or other yeasty starters for guests to enjoy in their rooms.
• Rates: $69–$189; 800/569-3804 or boardwalkcottages.com.
Astoria, Oregon
Breathtaking water views dominate this port city's newest boutique lodging. The lobby's exposed beams and wide expanses of glass underscore waterfront drama the moment a guest walks in―or sits down to the complimentary Continental breakfast. Extending 600 feet into the Columbia River, the hotel stands atop century-old pilings where the Union Fisherman's Cooperative Packing Co. once processed salmon. The hotel's design recalls that heritage, and the interior decor showcases local history. In contrast, 38 rooms and seven suites offer modern accommodations. The Pilot House penthouse guests enjoy two bedrooms, a kitchen, living area, private deck, and expansive river views. An on-site day spa, Finnish sauna, and exercise room keep guests relaxed.
• Rates: $149–$525; 888/325-4996 or cannerypierhotel.com.
Carmel, California
This oasis of comfort, privacy, and five-star cuisine may be the Pacific Rim's best-kept secret. Surely not for long. Checking into one of 20 welcoming yet refined rooms, with hinged windows inviting sea-pine breezes and huge tubs atop a heated marble floor―what more could you ask for? Nothing, but if you can think of it, you'll get it. It's as though you're the occupant of a fully staffed private estate. In L'Auberge's 12-table restaurant (closed Mondays), Chef Walter Manzke presents an eclectic progression of gems from the land and sea, accompanied by impeccable tasting wines and top-notch service.
• Rates: $295–$545; 831/624-8578 or laubergecarmel.com.
Pacific Beach, California
The words "contemporary swank" come to mind as you enter the oh-so-minimalist lobby at Tower23 and meander to the hotel's waterfront restaurant, JRDN (pronounced "Jordan"). The sleek, white architectural lodging and dining box opened in 2005 to acclaim among travelers seeking beachside luxury in the San Diego area. Locals and visitors alike love it for breakfast, lunch, cocktails, and dinner. (The maverick seasonal menu features such creations as sea urchin with tagliatelle.) A sense of energy enlivens everyone here. Maybe it's the subtly changing light on the restaurant's chic "wave wall." Or the hotel and restaurant staff, sincerely engaged in serving guests. Or the vista: All but four of the 44 guest rooms and suites overlook lifeguard tower number 23 (thus the hotel's name) and an expanse of sea to the horizon.
• Rates: $199–$1,500; 866/869-3723 or tower23hotel.com.
Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii
TURTLE BAY RESORTPraised for its two championship golf courses, Turtle Bay Resort may underwhelm you as you enter the main hotel's uninspired grounds. Surroundings perk up slightly by the check-in counter. Then, as you cross the threshold of your private cottage, both your heart and judgments stand still. These 42 sleeping giants are exquisitely appointed, with views that will keep you from closing your curtains. The cottages, along with dinners at adjacent partner restaurant Ola, give ample reason to visit the resort, an hour from Honolulu Airport. Ola's views equal those in your cottage, and the restaurant's creative entrées, coupled with a friendly, knowledgeable staff, make for a wonderful evening. The best part? You finish dinner just steps away from your cottage, where an ocean serenade lulls you to sleep.
• Rates: $900 per night; 800/203-3650 or turtlebayresort.com.
Mystic, Connecticut
With 67 Yankee-accented rooms scattered among five buildings, the Inn at Mystic delivers a charming combination of luxury and nature. As if to prove the point, early one New England morning, a deer browses the grass in the orchard. An observant guest quietly leaves his room and tiptoes across the 18-acre grounds toward breakfast. The deer glances up, then nonchalantly resumes nibbling. The guest pauses and eases into a strategically placed Adirondack chair. Watching the young rays of sun spill over Long Island Sound and the sailboats anchored in Mystic Harbor, he decides breakfast can wait. First comes nourishment for the soul.
• Rates: $135–$325; 800/237-2415 or innatmystic.com.
New York City, New York
Hudson River views, live-in comfort, and unbeatable value make a win-win-win combination for this hotel in Manhattan's Battery Park City neighborhood. A short walk from Ground Zero, the six-year-old hotel closed after 9/11 and reopened in 2002. As a Hilton brand, Embassy Suites offers certain universal characteristics, but this particular location stands out. Bold art and dramatic color energize the lobby, the soaring vaulted-glass atrium, and interiors in the 15-story hotel. Daily, complimentary services for all guests include not only hot and cold breakfast fare, but also evening cocktails. Construction under way on the Hudson River side, when completed within four years, is anticipated to obstruct hotel water views somewhat (below the seventh floor). But with outlooks to the water or the city, the 463 suites will still embrace a dramatic slice of New York.
• Rates: $169–$599; 212/945-0100 or embassysuites.com.
St. Michaels, Maryland
It looks like a modest white frame house on the main drag of once-gritty, now-trendy St. Michaels. Amazingly, the building houses eight guest rooms, a spa, a sauna, a steam room, and even a swimming pool, all without seeming crowded. Another surprise hides across the street, behind the brick facades of two historic homes: three more guest rooms plus three suites, all with utterly romantic, funky-chic decor. And the growing inn has just added a building with one guest room and five suites. Every room contains CD players and gas fireplaces. And oh, the baths―spa tubs, Aveda toiletries, and, in the suites, multijet showers that almost make the spa massage seem superfluous. But not quite.
• Rates: $160–$425; 877/466-0100 or fivegables.com.
Savannah, Georgia
To sleep in the epicenter of the city's beautiful historic district, book some time here, on Reynolds Square. The 60-room Planters Inn offers elegant rooms, great service, and a jovial wine and cheese reception where people linger each afternoon. Breakfast is self-serve, with delicious selections but without intrusive fuss. Adjacent to the inn, The Olde Pink House restaurant provides room-service dinners. For a view, request one of the few rooms overlooking Reynolds Square Park (others face a parking garage―not as bad as it sounds). Most Savannah guided tours include Reynolds Square, so you can join one right outside the hotel. You can also walk to numerous restaurants and shops on Broughton and River streets. Better yet, step outside the inn and get lost among the azaleas and architecture. Just make it back in time for your daily dose of wine and cheese.
• Rates: $149–$229; 800/554-1187 or plantersinnsavannah.com.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
LAGO MAR RESORT AND CLUBCached away on a secluded beach, hugging the Atlantic Ocean, this family-owned resort embraces Florida's classic past while extending four-star service. The carefully appointed decor throughout the complex and its 204 rooms and suites eases weary arrivals into a restorative pace. The spacious swimming lagoon, Olympic-size pool, and abundant beachside lounging grant everyone a spot in the sun or shade, depending on preference. With the full-service spa and four dining options, there's little reason to venture outside the resort. For gourmet offerings, sup on tonno asciutto in padella (seared tuna, three-olive/sun-dried-tomato tapenade, sweet-potato mash, and sautéed spinach); it's just one of the many Italian-style entrées offered at Acquario. Or sit by the pool under the stars and trees for a relaxing dinner at the Seagrape Terrace. It's not easy to leave this hidden gem.
• Rates: $160–$950; 954/523-6511 or lagomar.com.
Sandys, Bermuda
The hypnotic sounds of water surround you. You seem to be floating yet solidly anchored at the same time. Standing on stilts over the blue-green Atlantic Ocean, six of the 84 cabanas at 9 Beaches provide this ethereal experience. Other cabanas perch at the water's edge or overlook the sea from an elevated peninsula. You need a bit of backpacker spirit at this most casual resort in buttoned-up Bermuda: The lodging consists entirely of high-tech tents. They feel, however, quite substantial, with real baths, French doors, verandas, ceiling fans, and even air-conditioning. And, though they do lack soundproofing, they have sailed through the toughest storms, including a 2003 hurricane.
• Rates: $170–$375; 866/841-9009 or 9beaches.com.
Longboat Key, Florida
If you're a high-energy traveler seeking "active leisure," you've come to the right place. Technically a private country club, the high-rise Longboat Key Club and Resort welcomes visitors vacationing in the Sarasota area. Golfers find challenge and paradise across the water, trees, and sand of the resort's two championship courses―45 holes total. Some 38 courts answer the question, "Tennis, anyone?" Bikes entice guests to explore, as rafts and body boards invite ocean plunges. For lodging, you can choose among the 216 one- or two-bedroom suites or popular full-kitchen club suites. But don't cook every night: Four casual-to-elegant resort restaurants wait to please your palate.
• Rates: $250–$1,160; 888/237-5545 or longboatkeyclub.com.
Montrose, Alabama
For years, the neighboring towns of Point Clear and Fairhope offered all the prime lodging along the beautiful Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. But when Mary and Greg McNair moved to Montrose from Bandon, Oregon, they transformed a private home into classically appealing space for themselves and their guests. Visitors in the five units awake to Mary's rich breakfasts, relax among the 10 acres of flowering trees and shrubs, and meander Montrose's shaded residential streets. For less peace and quiet, it's only a 15-minute stroll to the cafés and bayfront park in the village of Daphne.
• Rates: $125–$325; 866/443-3299 or montrosehideaway.com.
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The stairway at Palazzo Biscari, Catania, Sicily, Italy.
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LATE & EARLY SEASON FISHING AT DEPUY'S SPRING CREEK (part 5)
Quiet Time: After spawning, fall-run brown trout head back to Yellowstone River (REMINDER: that doesn't mean all brown trout are gone from the creek!!). Aquatic weed beds die down in the early part of December. After that the creek marks the lowest water level till weeds grow back in next summer. Water comes out around 56F from Armstrong's spring within the O'Hair Ranch. Toward the lower end of DePuy's, it could be as low as 44F on cold days but it never freezes up.


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Income inequality is the extent to which income is distributed unevenly in a country. It is an important indicator of equity in an economy, and has implications for other social outcomes such as crime and life satisfaction.
Although the 17 peer countries are among the wealthiest in the world, the income per capita figure does not tell us how this income is distributed. Income inequality within a country is often masked by the national average.
The Economist magazine recently devoted an issue to income inequality. While noting that the relative living standards of the poor in the U.S. are better they were in the 1880s and 1890s—a period referred to as the "first Gilded Age" and associated with industrialists like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew W. Mellon, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Cornelius Vanderbilt—the magazine writes: "The democratization of living standards has masked a dramatic concentration of incomes over the past 30 years, on a scale that matches, or even exceeds, the first Gilded Age."1 As evidence, the article notes that the share of national income (including capital gains) going to the richest 1 per cent of Americans has doubled since 1980—from 10 per cent to 20 per cent, the level it was in the first Gilded Age. The share going to the richest 0.01 per cent quadrupled—from 1 per cent to almost 5 per cent, which is larger than it was in the 1880s.
The concentration of income among the super-rich is happening in many countries, including Canada.
Despite the rise in income inequality over the past several decades, the issue was largely ignored. The Economist article on income inequality suggests this lack of attention in the years before the financial crisis was because "asset bubbles and cheap credit eased life for everyone. Financiers were growing fabulously wealthy in the early 2000s, but others could also borrow ever more against the value of their home."2
The situation changed after the financial crisis: "The bank rescues shone a spotlight on the unfairness of a system in which affluent bankers were bailed out whereas ordinary folk lost their houses and jobs."3 Inequality moved into the media and political spotlights. For example, the World Economic Forum's Global Risks 2012 report surveyed 469 experts from industry, government, academia, and civil society on what global risk was perceived to be most likely to occur over the next 10 years. "Severe income inequality" topped the list, tied with "chronic fiscal imbalances."4
The standard response has historically been that high inequality raises a moral question about fairness and social justice. While that's still true, noted economist Joseph Stiglitz now argues that it is no longer just a moral issue: income inequality is hurting the economy.5
This view has not always been widely accepted. Up until fairly recently, the economic argument has been that equality and efficiency were trade-offs—that more income equality reduced incentives to work harder, to invest, and to get more education.
Current thinking on the subject has changed somewhat; The Economist notes that "some of today's inequality may be inefficient rather than growth promoting."6 A 2011 study by the International Monetary Fund found the following:
When growth is looked at over the long term, the trade-off between efficiency and equality may not exist. In fact equality appears to be an important ingredient in promoting and sustaining growth. The difference between countries that can sustain rapid growth for many years or even decades and the many others that see growth spurts fade quickly may be the level of inequality. Countries may find that improving equality may also improve efficiency, understood as more sustainable long-run growth.7
In fact, the authors argue the recent global financial crisis "may have resulted, in part at least, from the increase in inequality."8 This is because, they argue, inequality tends to be related to financial crises—as inequality rises, people on the bottom of the income scale tend to borrow more in order to keep up, which, in turn, increases the risk of a major crisis. Second, severe inequality increases social and, in turn, political instability, which reduces foreign investment.
Large income gaps can also diminish economic growth if these gaps mean the country is not fully using the skills and capabilities of all its citizens or if they undermine social cohesion, leading to increased social tensions.
The most commonly used measure of income inequality is the Gini coefficient, which is measured on a scale of 0 to 1. Named after the Italian statistician Corrado Gini, the Gini coefficient calculates the extent to which the distribution of income among individuals within a country deviates from an exactly equal distribution:
Income inequality is higher in Canada than in 11 of its peers. Although Canada's wealth is distributed more equally than in the U.S., Canada's 12th-place ranking suggests it is doing a mediocre job of ensuring income equality. Canada gets a "C" grade on this indicator.
The Nordic countries are the clear leaders on the income inequality report card. The United States is the worst performer and the only peer country to get a "D."
Income inequality in Canada has increased over the past 20 years. Canada reduced inequality in the 1980s, with the Gini coefficient reaching a low of 0.281 in 1989. Income inequality rose in the 1990s, but has remained around 0.32 in the 2000s.
Another way of tracking income inequality is to divide the population into five groups (quintiles) from poorest (bottom quintile) to richest (top quintile), and then calculate the share of income that accrues to each group. If each of the five income groups has the same share of total national income—that is, 20 per cent—the distribution could be described as equal.
The pie chart shows the share of national income going to each quintile in 2010 in Canada. The richest income group (top quintile) has by far the largest share of Canada's economic pie—with 39.1 per cent of total national income. And this richest group is the only quintile to have increased its share of national income over the past 20 years—from 36.5 per cent in 1990 to 39.1 per cent in 2010. All other quintile groups have lost share, including middle-income groups.
Many of Canada's peers have also experienced rising income inequality, including not only the U.K., the U.S., and Germany, but even the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
The richest 1 per cent of Canadians took almost a third of all income gains from 1997 to 2007—the decade with the fastest-growing incomes in this generation, according to a 2010 study by Armine Yalnizyan.9
But the recent recession hurt the top earners, according to a new study by Statistics Canada. The top 1 per cent of Canada's tax filers accounted for 10.6 per cent of the nation's total income in 2010, down from a peak of 12.1 per cent in 2006.10 Still, the 2010 figure remained higher than the 7 per cent in the early 1980s and the 8 per cent in the early 1990s.11
The causes tend to fall into two broad categories: market forces and institutional forces.
Market forces, particularly skill-biased technical change and increased globalization, are increasing demand for highly skilled labour. As Edward Lazear, chairman of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisors, noted in a 2006 speech: "In our technologically advanced society, skill has higher value than it does in a less technologically advanced society."12 As developed countries import more low-skills-intensive goods and export more skills-intensive goods, jobs in low-skilled industries are lost in those developed countries. The Economist echoes Lazear's argument, noting that new technologies have "pushed up demand for the brainy and well-educated" at the same time as "the integration of some 1.5 billion emerging-country workers into the global market economy . . . hit the rich world's less educated folk with unaccustomed competition."13
Not all researchers agree that skill-biased technical change (SBTC) and globalization are at the root of all or even most of the rising inequality. In a paper published in the Journal of Labor Economics, David Card and John DiNardo argue that "contrary to the impression conveyed by most of the recent literature, the SBTC hypothesis falls short as a unicausal explanation."14
An alternative explanation, put forward by economist Paul Krugman and others, is that the increase in inequality can be attributed to institutional
forces, like declines in unionization rates, stagnating minimum wage rates, deregulation, and national policies that favour the wealthy. In Canada, Armine Yalnizyan notes that falling top marginal tax rates are part of the explanation for the rise of the richest 1 per cent of the population.15
Yes. Personal income taxes and government transfers (such as social assistance, unemployment insurance, old age security, and child benefits) play an important role in reducing income inequality.
We can see this by comparing two Gini coefficients: one calculated using income before taxes and transfers, and the second using income after taxes and transfers.
The red squares show the levels of the Gini coefficients before taxes and transfers for each peer country. So, for example, the most unequal county using this measure is Italy, with a Gini coefficient of 0.53, followed by the U.K. and Germany. The U.S. has the fourth-highest inequality, while Canada has the eleventh-highest inequality.
After income is adjusted by taxes and transfers, the situation changes dramatically for some countries. The chart ranks the countries from left to right based on the size of the decline in inequality due to the tax and transfer system. Of the 17 peer countries, the tax and transfer system affects inequality in Belgium the most. The Gini coefficient falls from 0.469 before taxes and transfers to 0.259 after taxes and transfers. This represents a 45 per cent drop.
At the opposite end, the U.S. tax and transfer system has the relatively smallest effect on income inequality of the 17 peer countries. The U.S. Gini coefficient falls from 0.486 to 0.370—a 22 per cent decrease. Germany, whose inequality before taxes and transfers is worse than the U.S. (with a German Gini coefficient of 0.504) performs much better than the U.S. after taxes and transfers—Germany's Gini coefficient falls to 0.295.
Relative to its peers, Canada's tax and transfer system does reduce inequality but only by 27 per cent—the Canadian Gini coefficient falls from 0.441 to 0.324.
1 "For Richer, For Poorer," The Economist, October 13, 2012, 3.
2 "For Richer, For Poorer," The Economist, October 13, 2012, 4.
3 "For Richer, For Poorer," The Economist, October 13, 2012, 4.
4 World Economic Forum, Global Risks 2012, 2012, 11.
5 Joseph Stiglitz, "Some Are More Unequal Than Others," The New York Times, October 26, 2012 (accessed November 4, 2012).
6 "For Richer, For Poorer," The Economist, October 13, 2012, 21.
7 Andrew G. Berg and Jonathan D. Ostry, "Equality and Efficiency," Finance and Development Vol. 48, No. 3 (International Monetary Fund, September 2011), 13.
8 "For Richer, For Poorer," The Economist, October 13, 2012, 9.
9 Armine Yalnizyan, The Rise of Canada's Richest 1% (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2010).
10 Statistics Canada, "High-Income Trends Among Canadian Taxfilers, 1982 to 2010." The Daily (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2013).
11 Statistics Canada, "High-Income Trends Among Canadian Taxfilers, 1982 to 2010." The Daily (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2013).
12 Edward P. Lazear, "The State of the U.S. Economy and Labor Market." Remarks at the Hudson Institute, May 2, 2006 (accessed February 28, 2010).
13 "For Richer, For Poorer," The Economist, October 13, 2012, 9.
14 David Card and John E. DiNardo, "Skill Biased Technological Change and Rising Wage Inequality: Some Problems and Puzzles," Journal of Labor Economics 20, 4 (2002), 735.
15 Armine Yalnizyan, The Rise of Canada's Richest 1% (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2010), 16
The Gini coefficient measures income inequality by calculating the extent to which the distribution of income among individuals within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution.
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The data on this page are current as of January 2013.


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Considering the electromagnetic atom a topological structure of two intersecting (partially merged) manifolds (longitudinal waves or branes) vibrating with the same or opposite phases, their cobordian submanifolds created in and by such intersection will be the subatomic particles of the nucleus shared by this dual system, acting as fermions when the phases of variation of the intersecting manifolds are opposite and acting as bosons when those phases synchronize becoming equal. The quarks of the system – considered as the pushing forces caused by the displacement of the intersecting fields while vibrating – will be identical in the bosonic and fermionic times, that is to say, supersymmetric. The point of the intersection of the system, that remains the same during the whole phases but moving left to right in the fermionic phase and upward and downward in the bosonic one, will be the point of convergence of all the fermionic and bosonic strong and weak interactions naturally explaining the unification of the gauge couplings.
(*If you came here looking for info, note that this is a speculative and nonmainstream article*).
Supersymmetry has been proposed as a possible relation between fermions and bosons. For each fermionic particle would exist a supersymmetric bosonic particle and vice versa. Those supersymmetric particles were expected to be found with the big accelerators but the big particle accelerators have not detected them so far and now physicists are thinking about building new accelerators bigger than the LHC with the hope that new supersymmetric particles with be found out at higher energies.
I think supersymmetry could be understood in a natural and mechanical way if we considered the atom as a dual system formed by two intersecting (partially merged) fields varying (vibrating) with the same or opposite phase (two intersecting longitudinal waves).
The subatomic particles of the central nucleus shared by that binary system would be the subfields created by and in that intersection. Their behaviour would be different, acting as fermions or bosons, depending on the synchronization and desynchronization of the phases of variation of the two intersecting fields.
A – When the two intersecting fields vary with opposite phase (when one of them contracts the other one expands and vice versa), the subatomic particles would be fermions ruled by the Pauli Exclusion Principle (PEP). In that case, the electron and its antiparticle the positron would be the same field moving in a pendular from left to right.
The pendular displacement would describe a circle because of the precession that would take place after each expansion and contraction, when the orbital motion is inertial (there's no pushing force) while the fields stop to expand or contract until they start to contract and expand again.
As they are the same subfield they would be Majorana antiparticles. (A Majorana antiparticle is such particle that is its own antiparticle. In the context of a field theory a Marorana field would be a field that is its own anti-field; but as something cannot be a thing and its opposite thing at the same time, I think Majorana antiparticles only can exist at different consecutive times, giving account of the Majorana oscillator.
That displacement towards left or right of the electron/positron subfield would be a consequence of the variation of the two intersecting fields, being moved towards the side of the intersecting field that contracts.
The subfield Neutron/Neutrino and their related antiparticles Proton/Antineutrino would exist at the left or right sides of the system respectively, in this way: When the left intersecting field is expanded and the right one is contracted, at the left side of the system there would be an expanded neutrino while at the right side there would be a contracted proton;
A moment later, when the left intersecting field gets contracted and the right one gets expanded, at the left side of the system the before expanded neutrino will contract becoming a neutron while at the right side the before contracted neutron will expand becoming an antineutrino. Neutron-proton and neutrino-antineutrino are Dirac antiparticles because they are different subfields. Fermions and their mirror symmetry antiparticles respect the PEP because they exist at different, consecutive, times.
When the electron/positron subfield exist at the left side as an electron, we could say the positron field exist at that same time as a "virtual" positron, that is to say, as a subfield that does not actually exist at that moment but that will be actually existing a moment later when that subfield will move to the right. (That virtuality or potential existence is, to me, the actual meaning of the "virtual particles" that physicists use as senseless tools to equilibrate the standard atomic model).
B – Now if the phases of variation of the two intersecting fields synchronize, the fermionic subfields become bosons. Now, the electron/positron field is not displaced towards left and right but upwards and downwards receiving a double compressing force when the two intersecting fields contract at the same time. That upward pushing force will create the photon. When the two intersecting fields expand at the same time the ascending contracting field will descend becoming expanded and its inner orbital motion will decrease; We can speak then about a decay but also about a quantic interruption on the creation of the photon. But the discontinuity will be only apparent because it will be saved at the convex side of the intersecting system where there will be an inverted pushing force that will create and anti-photon.

If we are observers placed at the concave side of the system, we won't detect the anti-photon that takes place at the convex side when the decay happens at the concave side, and we will speak about a dark, invisible for us, matter and energy.
The strongest interaction would occur when the two intersecting fields contract at the same time, because the ascendant field gets contracted and its inner kinetic energy, its orbital motion, accelerates. Is that inner motion of the subfield shared by the two intersecting fields what creates the "chemical bond between them, becoming more difficult to separate or fold them from their convex side.
The below image represents in a same page the two moments of the fermionic and bosonic times. I tagged here the dark photon as anti-gravitational because its curvature will be inverted with respect to the curvature of the system. Gravity will be the pushing force (the old theory of Fatio and Le Sage) of "something" (galactic dust, solar winds, a Higgs field? I won't use the term "ether) in motion that creates the periodic curvatures when finding a dense spatial distribution, changing the curvatures when changing that density because of the friction. Maybe the two intersecting fields in this sense could be considered as two partially merged pilot waves.
With respect to the Supersymmetry. I think SUSI could be represented in this way:
For example, when it comes to the fermionic electron/positron, their identical but bosonic partner would be the supersymmetric field that creates the photon. Their shape are not identical, they cannot be, because the photonic field will be formed with a half part of the electron and a half part of the positron converging at a same time. It can be more easily seen thinking in terms of quarks represented as vectors on the below picture. The fermionic quark of the positron at the fermionic moment 1 and the fermionic quark of the electron at the next fermionic moment 2, concur at a same bosonic moment 1 when the phases of variation get equal and the two intersecting fields contract:
This model can be seen as unconventional but I think it also can be explained in terms of six quarks in terms of quantum chromodynamics, considering a quark as the pushing force created by the side of that intersecting fields when expanding or contracting.
(I think the pushing forces I consider the supersymmetric quarks maybe could also be expressed in terms of a supersymmetric string theory when considering the intersecting fields as intersecting "branes").
In this sense, I think the SUSY only can be found when thinking in terms of supersymmetric quarks.
Considering the atom a topological structure whose spaces and subspaces experience periodical transformations becoming those subspaces fermions (when the dual system vibrates with opposite phases) or as bosons (when vibrates with equal phases). Being those fermionic the same fields that their correspondent bosonic partners, they cannot be identical when experiencing the bosonic or fermionic transformations because of those transformations affect to their shapes.
What remains exactly identical, though, at both the bosonic and fermionic times, are the quarks of the system. So I think what physicists should look for supersymmetry in the already known particles is only the fermionic and bosonic quarks that must be spacially symmetric at different times.
But is it that nobody thought before about supersymmetry in terms of quarks? Physicists thought about it just in a model of quarks under Su(6) but in a non-relativistic model. When they tried to explain the quarks supersymmetry in a relativistic quantum theory the failed.
See the below paragraphs of Steven Weinberg ("The Quantum Theory of Fields, Volume 3: Supersymmetry"), speaking about the historical development of the theories of supersymmetry.
A number of authors showed that this was in fact impossible. I don't know the attempts they did but I think a relativistic approach should not only consider the motion of an object inside of a space during a specific period of time, its velocity, but also the periodical variation of the space itself, the mutation of the phase of variation of that space, and the relation of that varying or vibrating space with the varying spaces it is connected to form a spatial-temporal system.
One of the reasons supersymmetry is being looked for is because it would represent an explanation of the so-called "gauge coupling". I think the gauge couplings would be the meeting point where the two varying fields intersect to create their shared submanifolds. This converging point that unifies the interactions of all the subatomic particles will move towards left or right in the case of fermions and upward and downward in the case of bosons.
The gauge coupling unification is one of the main reasons why supersymmetry is being looked for by physicists.
I think to understand supersymmetry and to explain the gauge coupling unification it's not necessary to look for new subatomic particles because the supersymmetry comes given by the quarks.
The below page of the book "Lost in Math" of Sabine Hossenfelder (I recommend it to see the current situation of physics and because of her clear explanations) are graphically explains the gauge couplings related to supersymmetry (SUSY) and without supersymmetry:
On the other hand, one of the predictions made by the standard model is the decay of the proton, which – as supersymmetry so far – has not been observed yet. As I explained before, I think the decay of the proton occurs periodically every time a neutron gets formed at the left side of the centre of symmetry, and an antineutrino appears at its right side. An instant later, when the antineutrino contracts becoming a proton at the right side, the left-handed side neutron will decay (expand) becoming a neutrino. (The neutron was the antiparticle of the proton, existing at different consecutive moments).
With respect to the maths behind the dual system I propose, I think this dual atom would be a topological structure because its structure remains the same – that's why it explains supersymmetry – although its shape and behaviour vary periodically with time.
I think it can be thought of as a Riemann space. Riemann spaces were used to build the quantum model but I think from a misinterpretation of what the intersecting surfaces were for Riemann: they were interpreted (I think by Hermann Weyl mainly) as overlapping surfaces instead of being considered as partially merged manifolds that create new and shared sub-manifolds.
I also think the model can be seen as cobordian manifolds because the subfields are cobordian with respect the two intersecting fields that created them.
A part of the two temporary dimensions, it would be necessary to consider as well the different spatial dimensions of the subfields that are non commutative with respect to the spatial dimensions of the intersecting fields: by example, the Y coordinate of the Neutron/neutrino or antineutrino/proton fields will be the Z coordinate of the Left and right intersecting fields, so a rational coordinate of a subfield can be irrational in an intersecting field and vice-versa.
The structure can also be seen as a possible expression of the Lobachevski "Imaginary" geometry being determined the angle of parallelism and non-parallelism of two mirror symmetric lines by the periodical fluctuation of the system. Here the hyperbolic parallelism is not related to a line that gets curved but to the straight lines that oscillate periodically; those oscillating hyperbolic straight lines will be the spatial coordinates of the subfields of the system.
When the angle of inclination of one of those subfields changes, the subfield placed at its mirror opposite side will change as well because they both are part of the same system. But the way they both will oscillate and so their angle of parallelism will change depending on if the phases of variation are fermionic or bosonic:
Fermionic Lobachevski imaginary geometry:
Bosonic Lobachevski imaginary geometry:
These are some of the Lobachevsky's representation about his imaginary geometry
On the other hand, this hypothetical model could be considered as a multiverse model but here the "universes" that create the sub-universes are not only parallel, they are intersecting – partially merged – and they vary periodically, they vibrate.
We can consider every pulsating photon as a "big bang" – when the two intersecting fields contract at the same time, that will be followed by a "big silence" when the two intersecting fields expand at the same time.
It also can be considered as a multiverse model – a many interacting fields or "worlds" or "Histories" model – but here the "multiverses" that create the multi sub-universes are not just parallel, they are intersecting – partially merged – and they vary periodically vary, they vibrate. We can consider every pulsating photon as a "big bang" – when the two intersecting fields contract at the same time, that will be followed by a "big silence" when the two intersecting fields expand at the same time.
Other figures I drew about this model when I started some yesra ago are:
(I'm not sure about the name of the fields ï on the above figure, I think they could also be electronic neutrinos but with a different shape and an inverted direction of their inner magnetic motions)
Suggestions for fermionic and bosonic spectral lines:
Directions of the pushing forces (considering the model as an observer place above of the longitudinal fields):
But what does create the different and periodically variable curvatures?
I think the longitudinal waves or the periodically variable vortex or fields can be interpreted as waves or fields of pressure, as "pilots waves" if you will. I think gravity is the force of pressure created by a field in motion that passes through a space with a compacted distribution that creates a resistance, curving the field, to be passed through it.
The idea of gravity as a force of pressure was already proposed Fatio and Le Sage but was definitely forgotten when the hypothesis of the aether was rejected after the Michelson and Morley experiment at the beginning of the XX century. But today we speak about solar winds, interstellar dust, intergalactic matter, etc, and even it is already accepted and proved the existence of a vibrating "Higgs" field that permeates the emptiness of whole universe acting actually as a force of pressure to create material masses.
About gravity as a force of pressure (Newton himself was very aware that the only mechanical explanation for gravity is the force of pressure as it newe the theory of his friend Fatio) take a look to these links:
Fatio and Le Sage theory of gravitation
Mechanical explanations of gravitation
On the ultramundane Corpuscles of Le Sage
A book that I found following the above links is "Pushing Gravity: New Perspectives on Le Sage's theory of gravitation" – 2002, Matthew R. R. Edwards.
I added here this artistic picture published by NASA. It represents the interaction between the "solar winds" and the Pluto's atmosphere.
I think it would be similar to what is called 'pilot wave', acting as a force of pressure, as pushing longitudinal wave.
Credits: NASA/APL/SwRI)
(Note that so far has not been detected at a macrocosmic level that gravitational fields expand and contract periodically, and at the atomic level – where the quantization created by the periodical expansion and contraction of the waves, their periodical pulsations – it's currently considered that gravity does not have a meaningful presence.)
Other theories and models have been proposed that i feel similar to this one, for example, the "Many interacting worlds" theory. But none of them seems to be considering the actual intersection and the variation of the fields. Also the "Vortex theory", the "Knot theory" was another attempt that uses longitudinal fields or vortex but without considering the periodical variation of the space and its intersection.
I think we have an unconsciously assimilated monistic idea of space or universe as a unique or at least independent and invariable field. But I think the electromagnetic universe can only exist when interacting because of their mutual intersection two fields or universes that vary periodically.
The current atomic model was built upon an interpretation of the Riemann geometry, that I think took the Riemann manifolds as overlapping fields instead of considering them as actually intersecting fields.
On the other hand, the intersecting fields and subfields could be placed in a spiral way towards the infinitely big and the infinitely small:
On the other hand, I think the model would let naturally understand the already known "entanglement", when being understood as the consequence of this dual system knotted by its partial fusion or intersection.
The below picture would represent a carbon atom based on this hypothetical model:
The Casimir forces would be the pushing force caused by the displacement of the non-intersecting sides of the two intersecting fields when contracting, coming from outside of the central nucleus to inside.
Finally, the below rudimentary animation would be an approximate representation of the model in motion. The gif does not represent the supersymmetric transformation the fermions into bosons and vice versa (they appear in separated systems) and it does not represent either the circular rotation of the whole system around its central axis.
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Update Nov 21, 2018
Today I read an article about "Knotlike structures" called "skyrmions" titled "Nuclear 'knots' could unravel the mysteries of atoms". Some physicists have improved a theory that the nuclear physicist Tony Skyrme suggested in the 1960s stating that that "these structures — since named after him — could represent protons and neutrons within a nucleus in theoretical calculations."
These are the knotted structures presented today:
Knots were already suggested by Lord Kelvin in the XIX century with the Vortex theory as well.
See the thesis "The Vortex Theory of Atoms – pinnacle of classical physics": https://t.co/ojavimtiXp
I think the dual atomic system can also be explained in these terms of "knotted" particles. In this sense, I think there's only a "knot" which represents the structural unification of gauge couplings in a supersymmetric quarks system of two intersecting spaces whose phases of variation synchronize and desynchronize periodically.
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Update Feb 2, 2019
Another very interesting model that works with vortex is the relativistic superluminal quantum vortex model, also called "superluminal slinky electron model"
You can find much information about superluminal quantum models at quantummodels.org
Related to that and to the idea of a composite photon initiated by De Broglie, professor Richard Gauthier has developed a double helix photon model that can be read (it also provide information about other composite models) here: "Quantum-entangled superluminal double-helix photon produces a relativistic superluminal quantum-vortex zitterbewegung electron and positron"
I think the atomic model I explained on this blog could also be considered as a composite model, not only related to the photon but to the whole atomic nucleus, a composite atom. In that sense, I understand this paragraph, that summarizes the Richard Gauthier's work, by visualizing the model of two intersecting fields that vary periodically (although our models differ in their geometry and other assumptions and conclusions):
"The present article suggests how a proposed 3-D double-helical model of the photon can be transformed into a proposed 3-D closed-helical model of the electron and the positron during electron-positron pair production. In the proposed transformation process, amplitude and frequency parameters of the double-helix photon model equal the corresponding amplitude and frequency parameters of the electron and positron models. A key feature of modeling this transformation process is that the incoming photon is proposed to be a double-helix composite structure of two mutually circulating oppositely-charged single-helix half- photons that separate during electron-positron pair production and curl up their trajectories to become a quantum vortex electron and a quantum vortex positron pair."


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Pull up Training for Motocross
by Racer X Virtual Trainer
Coach Seiji, a regular contributor to this site, has turned me on to a great site on health and nutrition. It's called Mark's Daily Apple, and it's a website full of great articles on general fitness and well being, most of which apply to the motocross rider. This is one such article. - Virtual Trainer
This is a guest post from Al Kavadlo of AlKavadlo.com.
If you're like me, part of the appeal of Primal living is the simplicity of it all. Modern society has a funny way of making things more complicated than they need to be. In studying the intricacies of healthy eating and proper exercise, we often get lost in the details and miss the big picture. You don't need to know about antioxidants in order to know that blueberries are good for you. Likewise, you don't need a degree in anatomy or kinesiology in order to implement a safe and effective fitness program. Unfortunately, much of the fitness industry is designed to make you feel like being healthy is a complicated and difficult objective. Modern gyms are equipped with lots of expensive, high-tech machinery in order to give the illusion that complicated exercise contraptions are more effective than timeless bodyweight movements requiring only minimal equipment. The irony is that many of these facilities, in spite of having three different types of elliptical trainers, dozens of different selectorized strength training stations and (my favorite in terms of the dollars-to-dumbness ratio) the vibrating power plate, lack the one piece of fitness equipment that I actually deem essential: the humble pull-up bar.
Pull-ups work your entire upper body, especially the muscles of your back, as well as your abs and your biceps. Thanks to pull-ups, I haven't felt the need for crunches or bicep curls in years and I don't expect to ever again. In spite of this, my abs and biceps are strong and well developed. Pull-up bar training is essential for the simple reason that gravity only works in one direction. If all you do for your upper body is push-ups and other floor work, you may develop a muscular imbalance, which can lead to poor posture, shoulder pain or worse. You need to pull against resistance as well to avoid these pitfalls.
Whether or not you are strong enough to do a pull-up, a pull-up bar is still the best piece of fitness equipment you could ever own. If you aren't ready for pull-ups yet, there are three primary exercises that you can do on an overhead bar to help you get there: flex hangs, negative pull-ups and dead hangs.
Flex Hangs
A flex hang involves holding yourself at the top of a pull-up with your chin over the bar. It is best to start by using an underhand (chin-up) grip. Use a bench or a partner to help you get in position and then simply try to stay up. Think about squeezing every muscle in your entire body. If you can hold this position for even a second on your initial attempt, you are off to a good start.
Negative Pull-ups
Once you can hold the flex hang for several seconds, you're ready to start working on negative pull-ups, which just means lowering yourself down slowly from the top position. In the beginning, it might be very difficult to perform a controlled negative, but with time you will be able to make your negative last for ten-seconds or longer. Once you can do this, a full pull-up will be within reach.
Dead Hangs
If you are not strong enough to do a flex hang or a negative yet, your first objective is simply to get a feel for hanging from the bar. This will build grip strength and work your muscles isometrically. With some practice, you should be able to work to a flex hang fairly quickly. Even once you can perform flex hangs and controlled negatives, it is still helpful to practice dead hangs at the end of your training session when your arms have gotten too fatigued to do more negatives. When performing a dead hang, think about keeping your chest up and pulling your shoulder blades down in order to fully engage your back muscles.
Australian Pull-ups
The Australian pull-up (also known as a horizontal pull-up or bodyweight row) is another great exercise for anyone who is working their way up to a standard pull-up. The Australian involves getting "down under" a bar that is a little above waist height, with your feet resting on the ground. Keep a straight line from your heels to the back of your head as you squeeze your shoulder blades together and pull your chest to the bar. Novices may choose to bend their knees and push gently with their heels in order to give their arms assistance if needed. When you get a little more comfortable with this exercise you can angle your heels to the floor with your feet pointed up and your legs straight. Just like the dead hang, be sure that you are not shrugging your shoulders up when performing Australians. You want to pull your shoulder blades down and back – never up. This is the case for all pull-ups. Start getting in the habit of doing this right away – it's the most common error I see people make when performing these moves.
Pull-ups and Beyond
When you're ready to go for the full Monty, it's generally best to start with an underhand (chin-up) grip. Chin-ups put more emphasis on your biceps, while an overhand grip will recruit your back musculature to a greater degree. Though the muscles of your back can potentially become bigger, stronger muscles than the biceps, deconditioned individuals are more likely to have some bicep strength from everyday activities, while their back muscles will be nowhere near their full potential. With practice and patience, the disparity in difficulty between different hand positions should begin to even out. It can also be worthwhile to practice a neutral grip pull-up, which involves gripping two parallel bars with your palms facing each other. This can be a nice intermediate step between the underhand and overhand grips. The neutral grip may also be less stressful on the shoulder joints of people who've had injuries to that area.
Once you get the hang of full overhand pull-ups, there are still many challenges ahead, including the muscle-up, which involves pulling (and then pushing) your entire upper body up and over the bar, as well as the elusive one arm pull-up. In fact, there is much more that can be done a pull-up bar than just pull-ups. The bar can be used for dips, hanging leg raises and countless other variations on these moves.
That's it for now, until next time, good luck with your training and remember, if you have a question, log on to the Virtual Trainer Expert Forum and have your question answered by a panel of experts. In addition, be sure and check out the Racer X Virtual Trainer archive section. Your complete one-stop information zone for motocross fitness.


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Criminals, terrorists and suspicious-looking minorities beware: the New York Police Department is coming after you with the cop car of the future! The NYPD is testing a prototype cruiser with the latest advances in public surveillance, er, public safety.
The Wall Street Journal has a breathless puff piece on the department's "smart car," which isn't a Smart Car, thankfully, but rather a high-tech patrol vehicle outfitted with gear they would like to see on their vehicles in the next decade or so.
It's part of a long-term plan called NYPD2020 that focuses on advancements in police technology and teaching "counterterrorism awareness classes for traffic enforcement agents," which sounds awesome.
Here's just some of what the new car can do:
It has two infrared monitors mounted on the trunk that record any numbers it sees—such as license plates and addresses. It has surveillance cameras and air sensors capable of sending real-time information to police headquarters.
[...] The car's scanner can read license plates, then check the results against a database that contains the plate numbers of cars that are stolen, may have been involved in a crime, or have outstanding infractions. The data is stored for an indefinite period, though that will likely change.
The car can also scan for the air for increased radiation levels and send the data back to police headquarters.
No mention in the WSJ story, of course, of the NYPD's extremely questionable track record as of late when it comes to civil rights, namely wiretapping mosques and the infamous stop and frisk program. Who cares! Police car of the future, baby!
It's also not explicitly mentioned in the story, but we can also expect the car to carry the next generation of anti-Afroduck technology.
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|Lars Hansen Madsen and Johanna Bruhns
As I mentioned above, the table always had a special place in our various family homes when I was growing up, and I think I loved it just as much as my mom did. I was always careful not to scratch it when dusting the furniture, and I hoped that someday Mom and Dad would pass it down to me, perhaps as a wedding gift.
I see our family treasure every morning when I walk out of my bedroom and head down the hall to get ready for my day. It holds Grandpa John and Grandma Donna's wedding photo and a Christmas picture of my Mom, Aunt Brenda and Uncle Jimmy when they were very little (even before Uncle Clay was born). I need to have Great Grandma and Grandpa Madsen's photo framed and included on the table, in a place of honor among their family. But I think of them both often, and I think they would be happy that their great grand daughter still cherishes this lovely piece of furniture that was given to them as they started their own lives together nearly 100 years ago.


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The Republicans aren't cooperating on the budget, gun control, you name it. Nothing is going quite as planned. President Barack Obama might be Time magazine's Man of the Year but these days he seems to be caught in a web.
Today he expressed his tangled situation with humor by posting a photo on Facebook of a kid dressed up as Spider-Man zapping him with imaginary webs (or more accurately, Obama's social media team got creative and picked this fitting image).
"President Obama gets caught in Spider-Man's web," the post on the President's "wall" reads.
The photo quickly went viral and now has over a half-million Facebook likes. News organizations from CBS to the Washington Post picked up the photo.
The image of Obama playing with a staffer's son was taken on October 26 by White House photographer Pete Souza, but the public saw it for the first time in Time magazine's special Man of the Year issue.
While the photo might be a metaphor for the way the president is feeling these days, it's also an example of our president's playful spirit and it shows his admirable knack for charming children. Throughout the Obama Presidency photographers have captured many moments when Barack is being adorable with adorable children. Here's a look at some of the best photos.


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