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CES 2013: JBL OnBeat Rumble shakes things up in Vegas
Just when you finally found the perfect home dock, Apple went and changed things up by eliminating the ubiquitous 30-pin connector with the new Lightning connector. JBL was right there to scoop into the market with the OnBeat Rumble boombox with a Lightning connection and Harman's TrueStream Bluetooth capabilities. It charges the iPhone 5 or iPad Mini or other Apple Lightning devices when docked, and with an adapter, can handle the legacy devices.
The OnBeat Rumble comes in either black or a subdued rust color. It has a vibration-damping rubber base, and a rubber gasket on the top to keep your iPad from sliding around. There are simple controls on top for volume, Bluetooth pairing, Bass Boost and "Club" sound. Inside, there are two 2-1/2" drivers and a single 4-1/2" downward-firing subwoofer. The speakers utilize JBL's Slipstream port technology, which is said to produce powerful bass without distortion. The system boasts 2 x 11 watts – not exactly a powerhouse, but decent for a system this compact. It would have been nice to see this available as a portable device, but alas, it is not.
In addition to the Lightning and Bluetooth connectivity, the OnBeat Rumble has an AUX input and USB to utilize the free JBL MusicFlow app, along with other DJ apps. The connectors and speaker ports are on the back of the unit.
I checked out the sound on the floor of the International CES, and while that's obviously NOT the place to do any critical listening, I could tell that the OnBeat Rumble has promise. JBL claims a frequency response of 50 Hz – 18 kHz. With the Bass Boost engaged, it had an impactful sound in the upper bass, but lacked any seriously deep bass. There was surprisingly decent stereo separation. I'll have to hold off any other judgments until I can do a real hands-on review in a more controlled environment.
While many manufacturers are playing catch-up with their outdated 30-pin connectors, JBL is showing off that they're ready for Lightning devices today. It retails for $399.95 (MSRP).


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New iPhone: Carrier Cash Cow?
Apple Inc. is expected to introduce the next iPhone model on Wednesday, setting the stage for a critical test of wireless carriers' efforts to bend the economics of the popular device to their advantage.
At stake is how profits in the wireless industry get divvied up and to what degree the carriers reap a return on investments in their newest networks.

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A lot of the year-to-year "advances" in Madden are about as subtle as noticing the change in typefaces in the white pages. "Real-time natural grass growth physics." "Crowd boos its own mascot." "Authentic third-quarter beer cutoff." You get the drill.
Here's a 10-question quiz testing your knowledge of all the changes in the Madden NFL franchise on the current generation. I got a four out of 10, mostly because a lot of the gimmicks in previous editions were discarded. It's straight-up hard. And if you hate Madden or hate football, there's a bunch of other easier quizzes on the site, too. Although the Batman one kicked my arse as well.
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The aim of this conference is to explore the intersection of technology, activism and politics. AMP stand for Activism, Media + Politics Social.
The Conference will focus on how social media trends and usage are impacting the political conversation and changing the face of the modern activists. Major conversations will focus around Facebook and Twitter, but the entire online spectrum will get some coverage.
The conference is fun, fast paced, high tech, highly connected and full of colorful and diverse personalities and opinions.
Our target audience is 18 to 55 year old politically interested adults who are interested in learning how to make their online presence more powerful. They are highly networked, tech savvy, and very motivated to connect and engage with their individual constituencies online in smart, efficient ways.
The logo should include the abbreviated name "AMP Social" and the full title "Activism, Media + Politics Social".
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Lasha Pataraya has an unusual gift. He's not just insanely strong: he has insanely strong ears, too. Which is why he was able to use one of them to pull an 8-tonne truck.
No, really. Associated Press caught the moment on camera, as he slipped a rope around his ear and pulled an 8-tonne truck over 70 feet. That has to be the most needless—but perhaps most entertaining—demonstration of strength ever. [YouTube]


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Let $\psi$ be an analytic function on the open unit disk $\mathbb{D}$ and let $\varphi$ be an analytic self-map of $\mathbb{D}$. The weighted composition operator with symbols $\psi $ and $\varphi$ is defined on the space of analytic functions on $\mathbb{D}$ as
Let $\cal{H}$ be a reproducing kernel Hilbert space of analytic functions on the unit disk. In this talk, we determine conditions on $\cal{H}$ and its kernel $K$ which allow us to characterize the bounded and the compact weighted composition operators from $\cal{H}$ into weighted-type Banach spaces. We obtain an exact formula for the operator norm and an approximation of the essential norm of the operators mapping into the space $H^\infty_\mu$, where the weight $\mu$ is a positive continuous function on $\mathbb{D}$. We obtain an exact formula of the essential norm for a large class of weighted Hardy Hilbert spaces. We also discuss the case when the Hilbert space $\cal{H}$ is replaced by a general Banach space of analytic functions such that all point evaluations are bounded linear functionals. This is joint work with Maria Tjani.
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Andy Murray will not make his views on Scottish independence known because he does not want a repeat of the furore that followed his comments about the England football team.
Murray joked in an interview before the 2006 World Cup that he would be supporting anyone but England and the remark has dogged him ever since.
It is still cited by some English people as a reason not to support him, even though the reigning Wimbledon champion has explained many times that it was not a serious comment.
As one of Scotland's highest-profile celebrities, were Murray to express his opinion before the independence referendum, it would be a big story, even though as a resident of England he cannot vote.
But speaking at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, he said: "I will take a position. My thoughts on it aren't that relevant, because I can't vote myself.
"I wouldn't personally choose to make my feelings on something like that public either because not a whole lot of good comes from it.
"I don't know a whole lot about politics, and I have made that mistake in the past and it's caused me a headache for seven or eight years of my life and a lot of abuse.
"So I wouldn't consider getting involved in something like that ever again."
Murray spoke after beating Lukas Rosol 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the competition.
Voters in Scotland will go to the polls on 18 September to decide whether to break the 307-year-old union and go it alone.
Murray's comments are a reversal of what he said following his Wimbledon triumph last summer, when he stated he would say what side he was on once he had made up his mind.
He spends a lot more time in America these days than in Scotland, with Miami his base for pre-season training and other blocks during the year.
He said: "I love the States. I have loved it since the first time I came for the Orange Bowl when I was 11 years old.
"I just enjoy the positivity of the people here. You wake up at 6am and go to Starbucks and the person that's serving you just genuinely seems happy to see you. They are awake and just have a positive outlook on life.
"It's not the case everywhere. That's why I always enjoy coming here and why I spend my off seasons training here and why I have made Miami my second home."
• This article was amended on 10 March 2014. The original version wrongly described the union as 200 years old.


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Hot makeover: Coughing up $50 million for heat
The UVA heating plant is making some citizens nervous. In early 2002, when the university applied for a permit to burn more fuel and increase its emissions, neighbors learned the plant already was spewing out more than a ton of sulfur dioxide each day. And in January 2003, when temperatures dipped, the old boilers cranked up and covered the Venable neighborhood with tarry soot.
So what's in store this winter?
Not another soot bath, pledges UVA director of utilities Cheryl Gomez, who describes that incident as a once-in-50-years occurrence, when the two biggest and newest boilers crashed at the same time. "The odds of that happening again are pretty low," she predicts.
More promising is an update of the 1950s-era facility located near the corner of Jefferson Park Avenue and Main Street. "We had a master plan prior to the soot incident," says Gomez. And if all goes well, Gomez hopes, construction could begin in early to mid 2005.
It's that "if" that has neighbors worried.
"Big plans mean nothing unless you have the money red-lined in the budget," says Edgar Gunter, a once-smudged Gordon Avenue resident who is also an engineering school professor emeritus.
And bringing the university's half-century-old power plant up to 21st century speed will cost about $50 million, according to Gomez.
The master plan calls for replacing coal-burning boiler #1, circa 1950. Other boilers will be converted to burn cleaner oil and even cleaner gas. Additional pollution-control equipment and scrubbers are part of the package.
"The proposed project will result in significant reductions in emissions, in particular SO2s and particulates," says Gomez.
Gunter remains skeptical. "When they bring it up to standards, is that normal standards or what they can get away with?" he asks, perhaps remembering UVA's attempt to skirt federal air standards in 2002 because it's a nonprofit.
"The University of Virginia can get by with what normal industry could not," he says. "Being a state institution, they're given a lot of slack."
Gunter is particularly hacked about the long-term effects on young and the old from living near a power plant, and says there's plenty of statistical evidence showing lung problems in school kids living near plants in urban areas. He also notes that oxides in the emissions contribute to acid rain, and that soft coal is the largest source of mercury pollution in the country.
UVA applied for an air permit in March with the Department of Environmental Quality. "They're requesting burning increased fuel," says Sharon Foley, regional air permit manager, "but the air pollution controls will reduce emissions." She expects a public hearing later this year before the permit is issued.
In July, UVA hired a design firm, and now it's looking for a construction management firm to handle the project, which Gomez calls "complicated."
Part of the need to burn more fuel is fueled by the university's hefty expansion plans over the next 20 years. One major project that the heating plant won't be warming is the new $130 million arena, mainly because it's "incredibly far from the farthest reach of our steam tunnels," explains Gomez.
And while donors are happy to put their names on new buildings, even the rich seem unenthused about putting their name on a new boiler.
"You won't see any famous alumni names on a plaque at the heating plant," says City Councilor Kevin Lynch. "UVA doesn't like to pay for infrastructure because infrastructure isn't sexy."
So in this cash-strapped state, who will pay for the $50 million upgrade? The university will pay part, some funds will come from the hospital, and "We've asked the state to kick in their share because they're all state buildings," says Gomez.
Lynch– who first alerted the community to UVA's eye-popping quantity of emissions– is dubious. "I can tell you that one day I will have a yacht; I just haven't worked out the money to pay for it," he comments.
To skeptics, Gomez insists upgrading the heating plant is a priority for the university, both to meet its projected growth and to be in environmental compliance. "This is going to be done," she declares. "We will come up with the money."


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At its core, our work with advisory firms centers on helping them become more valuable enterprises. Building value is predicated on improving the firm's ability to profitably sustain growth. In other words, valuable firms don't simply grow—they grow in a sustained and profitable manner.
One way our firm, FA Insight, provides guidance for advisors is through its industry research. Many of you may be familiar with the annual FA Insight of Advisory Firms, which for five years now has served to benchmark industry performance and identify best practices. In even numbered years the research coverage tilts toward the topic of advisory firm growth.
Our 2014 Growth by Design study is currently open for fielding, with all advisory firms encouraged to participate.
Based on the hundreds of participating firms who generously shared their data, some path-breaking insights emerged from our last Growth by Design effort in 2012. In that year 85% reported experiencing significant recent growth. Of those, however, 76% reported that growth stressed their firm in the form of negative impacts such as overworked staff and systems that cannot keep pace.
For the roughly one-quarter of firms who managed significant growth without suffering negative consequences, the rewards were high. These "sustainable growth firms" maintained lower overhead expenses, achieved higher productivity in terms of revenue per team member and were more efficient in converting revenue to owner income.
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Sustainable growth firms were distinct from their peers in a number of ways, but three key areas stood out. They are:
1. Having a Clear Target Client
Sustainable growth firms demonstrated a clear understanding of the type of clients they were best suited to serve and how best to deliver value to these clients.
2. Managing People and Processes Well
Major business-to-client processes are well documented among sustainable growth firms with process improvements ongoing.
3. Taking a Deliberate Approach to Technology
Sustainable growth firms aren't characterized by their level of technology spending, but they are more deliberate in terms of their management and application of technology. This includes their processes for technology investing and ensuring adequate technology training.
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What is left to learn about growth? Plenty, in our opinion.
Our objective this year is to gain an even deeper understanding of the factors that most effectively fuel a firm's growth. We aim to guide a firm in tailoring a growth strategy that will be most suitable for its own unique circumstances. Slated questions for consideration includes the following:
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- How should this emphasis shift as firms increase in size or evolve their business objectives?
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Egypt travel tips & useful info
What vaccinations do I need for Egypt
You should seek medical advice from your local health practitioner before travelling to Egypt and ensure that you receive all of the appropriate vaccinations. As a guide Tetanus, Diphtheria, Typhoid, Hepatitis A and Rabies are strongly recommended.
Is it safe to drink tap water in Egypt?
Tap water in Egypt is actually safe to drink but as it is heavily chlorinated we do not recommend that you do as it causes stomach upsets. Bottled mineral water is readily available in hotels, shops and restaurants and inexpensive. Brushing your teeth and showering with tap water in Egypt poses no problem.
Safe eating while travelling in Egypt
With succulent grilled meats, fish and vegetables, Egyptian cuisine has something to appeal to most eaters though in order to avoid stomach troubles while on holiday, it's worth taking a few precautions. As tap water is highly chlorinated it's best to avoid salads unless dining in upmarket restaurants, hotels and cruise boats. Any food you do eat should be piping hot to ensure it's been cooked properly - avoid food that looks like it has been sitting around for awhile. Try taking a probiotic a few weeks before and during your holiday to build your own natural defence against bugs that may come into contact with your stomach.
What's the food like in Egypt?
Egyptian cuisine is not unlike the cuisine of Turkey, Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. The basic staple centres on pulses - fuul medames (fava beans often served with vegetables and boiled egg) and ta'amiyya (chickpea patties) though visitors to Egypt are more likely to encounter a delicious spread to meats accompanied by salads, rice, seasoned vegetables, and mezzes. Houmous and other yoghurt-based dips, coupled with fresh pitta, schwarma (similar to a Turkish doner kebab), kofta (a skewered spiced meat dish) and fiteer (a kind of pizza) are other popular dishes. The lunchtime bargain has to be kosheri, though - a curious mix of noodles, rice, lentils, fried onion and spicy sauce. It's very tasty and exceedingly cheap. Bread is a staple of Egyptian cuisine and you'll a version served with every meal. Vegetarians should find plenty of options with stuffed peppers, grilled aubergine and baked squash popular meat-free dishes in Egypt.
Exotic juices freshly squeezed from the fruits of mango, guava and other seasonal varieties are also widely available, as is fresh fruit. Alcohol is not readily available as Egypt is a predominantly Islamic country though the major hotel chains usually have well-stocked bars.
Is it standard to tip in Egypt?
The word 'backsheesh' can refer to a tip or a bribe and it is a word you are likely to hear when travelling around Egypt as tipping is a natural part of daily life. You're likely to have a tip requested from you by anyone who has provided a service including the usual, waiters and drivers, to the less expected, including security guards at some tourist sites. As a guide, it's customary to tip restaurant staff with 10% of the bill (assuming a service charge has not already been added though this goes to the restaurant and not to the waiter), housekeeping staff at hotels around USD $2 per day, taxi drivers around $1 and cruise staff $4-5 per day to be divided between the on-board crew. When delivering your backsheesh, fold the notes in your hands and pass the money in the form of a handshake.
How to bargain in Egypt
Bargaining and haggling over prices is a fundamental part of shopping in the markets and bazaars of Egypt. Vendors will often inflate their prices considerably so that after a back-and-forth exchange of numbers, a final price will be agreed on that suits both parties. The key is to go in low and work your way up but always have a maximum amount in mind. It's a good idea to suss out prices in the fixed price souvenir stores that often accompany many of the popular tourist sites so that you know what you should be paying for goods.
What to shop for in Egypt
Egypt is a virtual Aladdin's Cave. While Cairo's Khan al-Khalili bazaar is cavernous and full of unusual and everyday objects, smaller souks and bazaars abound in other towns too. Top buys include cotton shirts, brass wear, leatherwear, mosaic lamps and mirrors, backgammon boards, hand-crafted sheesha pipes, Pharaonic objects fashioned in marble and alabaster, Egyptian cotton sheets, clothing and, of course, authentic papyrus.
Travelling in Egypt as a solo woman
The cultural attitude towards women in Egypt is different to that of the West so travelling as a solo female does require consideration to ensure a more comfortable travelling experience. The best way you can avoid unwanted attention is to dress conservatively at all times and this means keeping shoulders and upper arms, legs and chest covered with loose-fitting and opaque clothing. The hot Egyptian sun might tempt you to do the complete opposite in order to perfect your tan but you'll demonstrate respect for the local culture if you make an effort to dress more appropriately. In the Red Sea resorts the Egyptian staff are more familiar with Western culture and therefore a more relaxed attitude to clothing is generally not a problem.
Like any large city anywhere in the world, it's advisable to avoid walking the streets of downtown Cairo at night. If you do receive any unwanted attention, it is best to appear standoffish as any friendliness can be misconstrued. Egypt is by no means a dangerous place for female visitors - Egyptians are hospitable, friendly and humorous people and are likely to leave a lasting positive impression of their country but in order to make the most of your time there as a solo female, it's wise to be a little more cautious and aware of how you present yourself.
Cultural Hints and Etiquette
It's not just women that need to consider how they dress when visiting Egypt - it's also best for men to wear trousers and keep their shoulders covered, keeping in line with how Egyptian men dress. Shorts are only acceptable at beach resorts but it's surprising how many visitors to Egypt ignore this. When visiting a mosque both men and women will need to be completely covered with women also required to wear a headscarf. Remember to remove shoes before entering.
Displays of physical affection should not be made in public. It's common to see Egyptian men greet one another with hugs and kisses but members of the opposite sex should refrain from any such contact outside the privacy of their hotel room.
When visiting bazaars, markets and shops, you may encounter persistent offers in an attempt to sell you something. The best way to respond is by being polite and when refusing an offer do so with your right hand over your heart - this is seen as a sign of humbleness and gratitude in Egypt and an extremely polite way of declining any offer.
In Egypt the left hand is considered unclean as it's used to remove shoes and wipe your bottom after going to the toilet so to avoid any embarrassment around the dinner table, use your right hand for eating and when presenting gifts or money to anyone.
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text: There's a reason she's out there all alone. Children worldwide are spending less time on sports and active play and more time with TVs and video games. iStockphoto.com hide caption toggle caption iStockphoto.com Shots - Health News Kids Are Less Fit Today Than You Were Back Then November 20, 2013 Around the world, children are slowing down. Researchers have found that kids don't run as fast as they did in the 1970s. The finding suggests a potential uptick in future heart problems because running speed is a proxy for aerobic fitness and a measure of overall cardiovascular health.


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With its blithe spirit and a plot no more preposterous than any dreamed up by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton for Jerome Kern's celebrated pre-1920s tuners, "Boy Meets Boy" is as disarming as it is charming. As the title of this forgotten 1975 Off Broadway gem suggests, there's subversion in the air, but almost everything about the show and Gene David Kirk's almost ideally pocket-sized U.K. preem production has an admirable lightness of touch.
The standard-issue comic tale of love and longing in the 1930s supper-club set is given a lift by the sweetly audacious premise that, in some kind of parallel universe, homosexual marriages are as cheerfully run-of-the-mill and unworthy of comment as their heterosexual counterparts. Into this make-believe, white-tie-and-tails world steps roving American reporter Casey O'Brien (nicely swaggering Stephen Ashfield), possessor of an even more roving eye.
Casey is determined to net, in every sense, an English Rose. The naive and improbably rich Guy Rose (Craig Fletcher,) to be precise, who has caused a sensation with his last-minute jilting of his erstwhile boyfriend Clarence Cutler (Ben Kavanagh), a man whose favorite word (and witty song) is "Me."
In the ensuing froth, all the genre staples are happily in place: from the pair of spectacles that lead to an entire mistaken identity plot to the dash to Paris — complete with nightclub nonsense — to escape life, mend broken hearts and then fall in love all over again.
If Bill Solly's score only reveals an individual voice in a couple of unexpectedly touching love ballads, that's no weakness since the job in hand is pastiching 1930s musicals, something he proves to be very good at doing. As a lyricist, he occasionally pushes his fondness for an enjoyably polished pun to the point of mis-stress, but that's more than made up for by buoyant wit, not least in "Let's," Casey's hymn to living: "Let's not be rational, let's be rash."
Some of the actors take a couple of scenes to simmer down, but Kirk's encouragement of Ashfield and Fletcher to let audiences in on the joke without being too knowing stops everything from becoming cloying. Indeed, all archness is expertly cornered by Ben Kavanagh, whose amusingly cunning Clarence sounds like Paul Lynde at his most venemous.
Kirk's terrific ensemble wear megawatt grins while racing in and out of costume and character with infectious glee, nimbly knocking out Lee Proud's choreography and layering harmonies under Stefan Bednarczyk's tight musical direction.
A treasurable trifle that deserves further exposure, it's a featherweight confection likely to buckle beneath the pressure of a big-budget production. But for small-scale delight, it's hard to beat.


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Moderator: Bill Glasheen
Jason Rees wrote:Hey, Glenn, do you remember back when Democrats lost the White House, the House and the Senate, and went through a great deal of naval gazing of their own? Do you remember all the advice Republicans were giving at the time? Do you remember how Democrats ignored all of that and put Obama in office?
Jason Rees wrote:Nice try, Glenn. If a company says they have to fire x number of people to get ready for Obamacare, I'm going to take them at their word.
Glenn wrote:Oh well, Bill you have to be as disappointed in Virginia as I am in Kentucky, but at least you got a continuation for at least two years (probably four) of the federal gridlock you are always saying is good. Congratulations on that!
Evan Bayh wrote:The Supreme Court decision in June upholding the Affordable Care Act leaves in place a tax on medical devices that threatens thousands of American jobs and our global competitiveness. It will also stifle critical medical innovation in the industry that gave us defibrillators, pacemakers, artificial joints, stents, chemotherapy delivery systems and almost every device we depend on to save lives.
The 2.3% tax will be charged to manufacturers on each sale and takes effect in January.
Jason Rees wrote:Alaska actually purged enough Democrats from the state legislature to obliterate the power structure that ensured Democrats a seat at the table. It's a majority-Republican state government now, whereas before we had a 'coalition' that stood square in the path of reforming the state's oil industry. Liberals in the state are calling it a win for the oil industry.
Jason Rees wrote:Native-American groups were looking to change rules governing state resources, among other things. They're a very powerful influence group up here. They helped Murkowski clobber Miller in the last Senate election, in a successful write-in bid.
In 2016, Senator Begich may be in for the race of his life.
And I can't see solar energy as a serious contender in Alaskan energy policy. And "ice-tossing" (as far as 100 meters) appears to be a bit of a problem for wind turbines according to GE (2006), a Swiss study, and a German study.
This is a bit like the Kurds, the Shia, and the Sunnis fighting over oil rights and wealth in Iraq.
Bill Glasheen wrote:I have posted this before; I will post it again. Attached is a version of the Nolan Chart which describes political views on a 2-dimensional spectrum. Those dimensions are...
A third dimension sometimes considered is technophobic vs. technophilic. I was going to post a chart which added in that third dimension, but alas my Norton software is now blocking it because it has a virus. Damn... too bad. It was a really good one, with faces we all know posted in the various places in the 3-dimensional spectrum.
- Personal liberty vs. personal security
- Economic liberty vs. economic security
Gallup wrote:Gallup records from 1951-1988 -- based on face-to-face interviewing -- indicate that the percentage of independents was generally in the low 30% range during those years, suggesting that the proportion of independents in 2011 was the largest in at least 60 years.
Bill Glasheen wrote:That seems a much better recipe for getting us out of a very nasty and deep recession.
NBER wrote:CAMBRIDGE September 20, 2010 - The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough marks the end of the recession that began in December 2007 and the beginning of an expansion. The recession lasted 18 months, which makes it the longest of any recession since World War II. Previously the longest postwar recessions were those of 1973-75 and 1981-82, both of which lasted 16 months.
In determining that a trough occurred in June 2009, the committee did not conclude that economic conditions since that month have been favorable or that the economy has returned to operating at normal capacity. Rather, the committee determined only that the recession ended and a recovery began in that month. A recession is a period of falling economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales. The trough marks the end of the declining phase and the start of the rising phase of the business cycle. Economic activity is typically below normal in the early stages of an expansion, and it sometimes remains so well into the expansion.
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Allen withdraws from Wales squad
Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen is set for shoulder surgery after pulling out of the Wales squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Croatia.
Allen revealed last week that he has been troubled by a shoulder problem for several years, and that it has started to get worse since last October.
The 23-year-old has been playing on through the injury, but Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that an operation is needed to sort it out. Any surgery would keep the midfielder out of action for three months, and the Wales international is keen to get it done sooner rather than later so that he can be ready for the start of next season.
Allen was named in the starting line-up for Saturday's 3-1 Premier League defeat at Southampton, but came off at half-time.
The former Swansea man's withdrawal from international duty is a blow to Wales manager Chris Coleman, who had expected the midfielder to play a part against Scotland at Hampden Park this Friday night.
Defeat at Southampton was a major setback to Liverpool's chances of qualifying for Europe, but Jordan Henderson has not given up hope.
Henderson believes Rodgers' side, who are seventh, can close the five-point gap between themselves and fifth-placed Arsenal to reach next season's Europa League.
"It was a big disappointment against Southampton but Europe's not gone yet," he told the Liverpool Echo.
"We've still got eight games to play and that's a lot of points to play for. We've still got to play some of the teams above us so we have to keep going.
"We have to pick ourselves up from this and ensure we respond positively against Aston Villa after the international break."


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Coors Light Plans To Heat Up MLB Winter League With ESPN Desportes
November 18, 2010: Coors Light knows that baseball fans have no off-season and that, for many, even the "Hot Stove League" is not enough. With that in mind, the brand has signed a deal to become the presenting sponsor for ESPN Deportes' coverage of the 2010 Dominican Baseball League and Caribbean Series.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
In addition to reaching loyal baseball fans, Coors Light said the Winter Baseball League partnership presents an opportunity to "extend its reach among legal-drinking-age U.S. Latinos."
The Winter Baseball League runs through February 2011. The network's coverage concludes with the Caribbean Series taking place in Puerto Rico on February 2011 with the league champions from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela and host Puerto Rico. The games will be played at Isidoro Garcia Baseball Stadium in Mayaguez.
Under terms the deal, the Coors Light brand will be integrated into all ESPN Deportes' platforms, including TV, print, radio and online. During the season, Coors Light will also be featured in the network's marketing campaign, which includes out-of-home executions, such as billboards and bus advertising in New York.
In addition, during all games, viewers will get updated information via a Coors Light-branded feature, "Notas Del Caribe," that will include the latest news on athletes, games and other baseball-related news from the Caribbean. The Winter League has proved to be an increasingly important training ground for MLB, where more than 25% of players are Latino.
Coors Light will be replaced by Bud Light next season as the official beer sponsor of the NFL, so the brand is seeking to strengthen its connection to fans in other areas. The brand already has an alliance with ESPN in such areas as the "Coors Light Cold Hard Facts" segment during SportsCenter.
"Few sports are as popular with Latinos as baseball, and few things go as well with enjoying a ball game as the 'world's most refreshing beer,'" Roger Garcia, Latino marketing manager for the Coors Family of Brands, said in a statement. "Coors Light has a long history of supporting the sports that matter most to Latino beer drinkers, from baseball to soccer to boxing. We're excited to team up with ESPN Deportes to bring people the excitement of the Winter Baseball season."
The Dominican Baseball League consists of six teams: Águilas Cibaeñas, Azucareros del Este, Estrellas Orientales, Gigantes del Cibao, Leones del Escogido, and Tigres del Licey. Each team plays a 50-game schedule, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs. The winning team goes on to represent its country in the Caribbean Series.
"Few sports are as popular with Latinos as baseball. Coors Light has a long history of supporting the sports that matter most to Latino beer drinkers."
According to John Fitzgerald vp-multimedia ad sales for ESPN Deportes, "We're thrilled to have partnered with Coors Light for what will be another exciting Winter Baseball season. Our coverage of the games across all of our platforms demonstrates our commitment to bringing fans relevant sporting events while providing great advertising opportunities to our clients. The Caribbean World Series in Puerto Rico presented by Coors Light on ESPN Deportes is very special to us."


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DEARBORN, Mich. - They filled the cafe night after night. To the casual observer, it might have appeared to be a roomful of 20-somethings with enviable amounts of idle time.
But the 30 young Muslim men and women who met for 30 days had serving society, not socializing, on their minds. And the group calling itself 30/30 emerged from the meetings with an agenda: to help teens in their community deal with social ills such as drug and alcohol addiction and mental illness - and to teach those on the outside about their faith.
A few goals emerged from the caffeinated conversations, now being fine-tuned in follow-up sessions: Establish mentorship and counseling programs for high school students, offer leadership retreats for young adults and develop brochures that explain Muslim practices such as women wearing head scarves.
"We had a list of objectives when we first started," said Mariam Zaiat, 22. "Part of it is to educate. Part of it is there is a void, and we need to fill the void. Part of it is that we are capable, and what are we doing?"
The quest seems well-suited for the young activists in a community with one of the largest Arab and Muslim populations in the country.
Many are the children or grandchildren of immigrants. They are training to be doctors, lawyers, nurses, social workers and therapists. Their sense of mission took root at the Islamic Center of America and affiliated Young Muslim Association.
"I really think that the previous generations, when they came here, they were thinking, 'This is temporary, and we're going back home,' so they didn't want to invest too much in this. Their main goal was survival: 'We need a job, we don't speak the language, we're in a foreign country,' " said Zaiat, who is working toward a master's degree in occupational therapy.
"With us, people that are born and raised here, and got to school, this is our community. We never think, 'Oh, we're going to go back somewhere.' So that's another reason why we invest so much is because our hearts are here."
That investment begins with tackling internal problems, such as substance abuse, mental illness and domestic violence.
The 30/30 sessions became a workshop for the nascent Muslim Youth Social Support Network, which will pair young leaders with high school students, and offer an online forum and a hot line.
They aren't bigger issues for Muslims than for any other ethnic, racial or religious group, members say, but treating them can be trickier in a culture that uses shame to deter socially unacceptable behavior.
"There's a big stigma around receiving help in this community, so it's going to be an anonymous forum online," said Latifeh Sabbagh, a 24-year-old who leads the support network and serves as a social worker in Dearborn Public Schools.
"When people disclose their information, sometimes there's shame, embarrassment. If they can do it and it's anonymous, it's so much easier for them to open up about what it is."
The area offers many human service programs, but none focusing on youths and led by young adults from a Muslim perspective.
"We're not reaching out to these kids," said Ali Dabaja, a medical student who grew up in Dearborn. He spoke by phone from New York, where he recently started his residency. "They don't have a good support structure."
Dabaja, a founder of the Young Muslim Association and networking and advocacy group Allied Muslim Youth of North America, came up with the idea for 30/30.
"I was trying to foster this sense of activism, this sense of taking responsibility for the direction of the community," he said. "Just one day I was thinking, ... 'How about if we just get together for 30 days and bring the best and brightest of the community together?"'
Dabaja says it's important to be apolitical and independent of existing organizations because young people typically seek a less bureaucratic experience. But the group would work with others if that's what it takes to get something launched.
Another goal is to produce brochures and distribute them nationally to mosques, which would offer them to visitors seeking information about Islam. Jennifer Berry said the idea is to explain why women wear hijabs, or why followers pray five times a day or fast daily for one month a year.
Islam "is under a lot more scrutiny because it's under the scrutiny of the media right now," said Berry, 28, who expects to finish her nursing degree next year. "When you have the media pushing out negative ideas about Islam, people are going to have the same negative ideas."
On a recent morning, four group members gathered at Caffina Coffee, the site of their meeting marathon back in May.
The shop is owned by the family of member Dewnya Bakri, 21, who starts law school in September.
Bakri says enlightening others also can come through conversations - and her group can use the life lessons it has learned.
"We're blessed with education. We understand the cultural barriers, and we understand how to relate to non-Muslims, how to discuss things with them in a way they would understand," she said.
For Dabaja, the internal and external missions of 30/30 are inextricably linked.
"I want a thriving, flourishing, righteous, God-conscious community that Americans can look at and say, 'Wow, look at what Muslims can do in America,' " he said. "We want to change our immediate environment, and people will take notice."
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Miami Booking Strategies
Timing matters. In sun-drenched Miami, lodging prices soar as temperatures plummet across the rest of the U.S. At most hotels, rates return to normal after Easter and rise again around Thanksgiving. The weather in early summer is surprisingly pleasant, so you may want to bypass spring and visit the city in June or July. Farecast Live Search, a website that tracks trends in hotel and airfare prices, predicts that Miami will charge an average nightly room rate of $156 this summer-not bad, and with a little persistence you should be able to find even cheaper rooms. But be careful of extending your booking into mid-summer and fall, when the city can face hurricane threats.
If your heart's still set on a winter break, expect to pay upwards of $274 per night on average. Mid-January often yields the best winter deals.
Be flexible on your travel dates. During the Art Basel fair, the Miami International Boat Show, the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament, and other major events, hotels can charge pretty much whatever they want. Try alternate weekends to find cheaper digs, or call a hotel directly to inquire about package deals.
Be aware of hidden costs. Ask about any mandatory "resort fees," which can add up to $20 a day to the bill. Expect hotel room taxes of 13 percent. And factor in transportation costs: Mass transit is limited to the downtown business corridor, and some hotels charge between $15 and $40 per day for parking. Taxis in this town are reasonably priced for short runs, but not for long distances.
Location matters. It's not worth it to book a hotel that's cheap if it's too far from the action. Key neighborhoods to look for include South Beach (ideal for "people watching" by the water and in the clubs), Mid-Beach (close to the nightlife, but quieter), Downtown (flush with new restaurants and upscale hotels, and near the Port of Miami, where cruise ships dock), Coconut Grove (noteworthy for its café scene) and Coral Gables (chock full of historic mansions and fine dining.)


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Samus Aran is iconic. So are the Metroid heroine's outfits. Yes, outfits — plural.
Unlike many characters, who have a single set of trademark threads, Samus has two: her Power Suit (or its upgrades) and her Zero Suit. Some fans did not like the advent of Zero Suit Samus, saying it not only sexualized a strong female character, but pointing out that it made her weaker when she wore it.
Both suits, however, have found their place in fandom. And both suits offer challenges for cosplayers. For the Power Suit, cosplayers need, well, a Power Suit — no easy task! Then there's the skin tight Zero Suit, which requires a degree of confidence to pull off.
In the above gallery, there's a sample of some of the best Samus cosplays — in heavy armour and out. Which one portrays the Metroid heroine the best?
To read more about Samus, check out the character's Metroid wikia.
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Some motels fill before first flakes fall
Iowans worried about being stranded in the snowstorm didn't wait for the first flakes to fall before booking a motel room.
Hundreds reserved rooms at downtown Des Moines hotels rather than risking the evening commute home.
At the Downtown Marriott, Iowa's largest hotel, all 417 rooms were booked for Thursday night by noon.
Senior Manager of Room Operations Andy Hollen told KCCI that Wednesday, several out-of-town guests checked out of the hotel early, hoping to get home before the storm arrived. That freed up more rooms than the hotel had planned for.
But that move also provided an opportunity for downtown companies to secure spots for their employees.
Hollen said oftentimes, a company's human resources department reserves a block of rooms for essential employees -- the workers who need to be onsite regardless of the weather.
Thursday morning, several companies reserved the hotel's remaining rooms.
The Marriott manager said midweek storms that arrive late in the day tend to get more employees thinking about staying downtown.
The Marriott said several of its rooms have been reserved by wrestlers competing in this weekend's National Junior College Athletic Association's national wrestling tournament, which starts Friday at the Iowa State Fairground's Jacobson Exhibition Center.
Krista Tillman is manager of the Super 8 motel near Percival, just off Interstate 29 in the southwest corner of Iowa.
Tillman said the snow had been falling for about 90 minutes but she'd rented out about 30 of her motel's 45 rooms in the last 60 minutes. She expects to be sold out by 2 p.m., if not sooner.
A desk clerk at the nearby Americas Best Value Inn echoed Tillman, saying he expected his 80 rooms would be gone within a couple of hours.


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Journalists reporting on the failure of 32 critical rods for the new Bay Bridge span continue to confront an insular state Transportation Department that won't engage in serious discussions of the cause.
The rods were designed to connect pier columns and the deck of the new Bay Bridge span for earthquake stability. Experts agree that they snapped because they were brittle from hydrogen infiltration into the metal.
Caltrans is leading an inquiry into what caused that "embrittlement." The answer should help determine whether 192 other rods might need replacement because they too could fail. It's a serious issue of legitimate public concern.
But when the newly confirmed Caltrans director, Malcolm Dougherty, repeatedly put one thing in writing to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on Wednesday and said another, he did little to instill confidence in the objectivity, transparency and competency of his organization.
So far, most information on what might have caused the embrittlement has come from excellent investigative reporting by journalists Lisa Vorderbrueggen of this newspaper and Jaxon Van Derbeken of the San Francisco Chronicle.
In a recent editorial, we summarized their work and identified key issues they raised that Caltrans needed to address. On Wednesday, Dougherty provided brief point-by-point responses during his presentation to the commission.
But the information in the PowerPoint slides he used didn't jibe with what he said verbally to the commission or, after the meeting, to reporters. (For a detailed comparison, go to this column at contracostatimes.com/daniel-borenstein.)
The slides mostly dismissed the issues the journalists had raised. Dougherty's comments eventually acknowledged that they had brought up four legitimate points and that he didn't know if a fifth was valid.
Caltrans shouldn't be leading this investigation of what went wrong. The agency might have been a key contributor to the failures, as an independent metallurgist reported last week. Clearly, neutral outside experts should conduct the probe.
For now, however, Caltrans is running the investigation, using a consultant for the bridge contractor, a Caltrans engineer and a Caltrans consultant. And even though Dougherty just won state Senate confirmation on Monday after promising he would correct Caltrans' insular culture, the agency refuses to make its knowledgeable people available for serious discussions with reporters.
Instead, they rolled out Dougherty for an MTC presentation and quick news conference for television sound bites before whisking him away, leaving behind a series of evasive and self-contradictory answers.
Consider, for example, some of the issues the two reporters raised:
That evaded the point. No reporting said the test would have been a direct detector of embrittlement. The issue was whether the test might have identified cracks that later made the rods more susceptible. Dougherty echoed the slides in his comments. But when questioned further during the news conference, he said he didn't know if magnetic particle testing would have been a helpful.
Dougherty, who declined an interview for this column, and his agency are too dismissive of journalists' important role. Vorderbrueggen and Van Derbeken, relying on outside experts, have provided the public and elected officials far more insight into the embrittlement problem than Caltrans has.
That speaks volumes about Caltrans.
Daniel Borenstein is a Contra Costa Times columnist and editorial writer. Reach him at 925-943-8248.


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Video: Music students and faculty inspire each other through education, performance
November 14, 2008
For senior Lisa Neher, the college experience culminated in a transformative lesson: learning to break the rules. A testament to her instruction in Lewis & Clark's composition program, Neher is heading toward graduation armed with classical training and prepared to share her musical voice with the world.
"Starting out as a composition student, you're learning the nuts and bolts, like music history and orchestration," said Neher, a double major in music and theatre. "But then a course I took in 20th century composition changed everything. I gained so many new tools and learned ways to break away from everything that came before. It's not that I've totally cast off Mozart, but I feel now that the doors are open for me to explore my own work."
Neher's experience is by no means an accident. Lewis & Clark's composition program is designed to guide students toward such revelations.
In this video, Assistant Professor of Music Michael Johanson and first-year student Will Preston discuss the nature of composition at Lewis & Clark.
"Ultimately, we hope that by the time students leave, they've begun the process of finding their unique personal voice," said Assistant Professor of Music Michael Johanson. "That's not an easy thing to do, and, like any creative art, it's an intensely personal experience. As a composition instructor, I'm here to offer a sounding board through that process."
Preparing for the future
For Neher, who will graduate in December, the culmination of that journey is near. Her senior recital—the capstone experience in composition—will take place November 16, bringing together more than an hour of original music, with more than 30 performers.
"The recital is easily the most time-consuming thing I've ever done," she said. Her recital includes a 40-minute opera with parts for 18 musicians.
"The process of rehearsing with performers has been incredibly informative," Neher said. "The feedback you get from your peers tells you if you really expressed yourself technically and artistically."
After graduation, Neher hopes to head into a master's program in voice and says she may pursue a career in academia.
"The academic environment is where many classical composers in the United States are working, interacting, and finding an audience for new music," Neher said. "Having seen the experience of faculty here, who are engaged in the realms of teaching, performing, and self-education, I recognize how fulfilling that could be. The faculty are involved in dynamic performances and working together on their own music, which is inspiring to students."
Faculty performing on campus
One such dynamic, faculty performance that has been inspiring students is the contemporary music ensemble, Friends of Rain. The ensemble, formed in 2005, brings together around 35 faculty members from the music department to perform contemporary music twice a year.
"A contemporary music ensemble made up of faculty is somewhat rare," said Johanson, director of Friends of Rain. "It's a vehicle for the faculty to share their talent and energy with the community at large, and students' responses have been wonderful."
Friends of Rain will perform its fall concert on November 21 at 8:00 p.m., with a program of several works written for smaller chamber groups.
"This feels like such an exciting time to be in the music department here," Neher said. "The number of student composers is on the rise, there are so many opportunities to interact with music, and there's a great energy in the air."
*Two senior recitals will take place November 16 in Evans Auditorium: Neher begins at 2:00 p.m. and Courtney Moss begins at 8:00 p.m.
*First-year student Ashley Morgan produced the videos above.
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Mountain Bike Leader Logbook
As a Mountain Bike Leader you will be mountain biking both for yourself and with groups. There are three reasons you should document your experience as you undertake these rides:
- You have to complete most of this work as part of the preparation for all your lead rides anyway. For example details of the route, times and group members need to be left with a base contact. It is simply a case of collecting that information back and putting it into a file.
- When you go on to a course assessment or training at a higher level, you will need to provide a logbook for the rides that you have undertaken. Including the content of a logbook of personal and leading experience as a Mountain Bike Leader adds substantial evidence to your portfolio.
- Should your experience ever be called into question, for example in moving on to a new job, a voluntary role, or in the event of an accident, you have documentary evidence to support your experience. A logbook helps to ensure that your qualifications remain valid.
You should be aware that the validity of your outdoor qualifications will be called into question where you are not able to evidence currentness and validity. That means a substantial period (12-18 months or more) of not leading groups or being personally active in the activity may render your application of your qualifications invalid and you, 'out of practice'.
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Your logbook should be split into two areas:
- Personal experience gained through mountain bike rides on your own, and/or with friends or colleagues.
- Leading experience gained through being formally in charge of a group when mountain biking. You may or may not be paid for this work (it doesn't matter in terms of your logbook), but you will have responsibility for the preparation, implementation and follow up of these rides.
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Cracking the Coding Interview, Cracking the PM Interview (Product Manager) and Cracking the Tech Career. One of these is Amazon's best-selling interview book, and #300th-ish best-selling overall.
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When I first heard about programming bootcamps, my assumption is that they were scams—the slightly more modern version of ITT Tech (which has now been shut down). They had the same characteristics: for-profit, not well-regulated, targeting people who are eager to turn their career around, etc. I figured it had all the same pitfalls. Even if the founders had good intentions and weren't trying to take advantage of people, that didn't mean the results were any good. Plus, they were only three months long; how could the education even come close to a four-year program? But then...
Your algorithm was correct, your code was correct, but you still got rejected. This is not only possible, but incredibly common.
Candidates are routinely surprised when it does because they don't quite understand the interview process and how they are evaluated.
FizzBuzz might be a "classic" coding question, but it doesn't make it a good one.
If you want an A+ career in technology, you should move to the San Francisco Bay Area. The same argument can probably be made of finance and New York. It's not that you can't do it in another city, but your odds are just much better in your industry's hub. So if you want an A+ career and your industry has a clear hub, go there.
Accept that invitation to do a talk that you don't really you're qualified for. Go meet that person for coffee, even if you don't really see the point. Throw together that website that will almost certainly never lead anywhere.
Opportunities start from saying yes.
Say yes.
The "Google-style" interviews is the one people love to hate. It's broken, good candidates fail, bad candidates just memorize the answers, yadda yadda yadda.
That's all true.
But this is also true: all processes are broken.
FizzBuzz is not the basic, sanity-check interview question that many presume it to be. Use it and you might just end up filtering out some of your good candidates who, unfortunately, suffer from the Smart Person's Mirage.
I'll get to the fifteen pieces of advice. But first, let me explain what awesome careers look like.
They don't look like nice linear graphs, where you're moving up a little bit each month. (Heck, even so-so careers don't look like that. You don't move up every month. You get a bit better at your career every month, but you move up in big steps.)
After coaching hundreds of people through coding, behavioral, and product manager interviews, I've distilled some of my core advice into some handy prep sheets.
Study these sheets before your interview. Really understand them. Email me questions if you have any.
As you prepare for interviews, use these sheets. Walk through your next coding problem closely following the procedure below. It'll help you — I promise.
Getting acquired by a big tech company is a dream for many start-ups. That dream comes with caveats. The acquiring firm may love your product but they still want to assess the skill of your technical team. As a result, they will often interview them just as they would "normal" candidates applying to software engineering and PM roles. For the last year, I've been semi-secretly offering a new service -- what I call "acquisition consulting". People found out about me from word of mouth mostly, and word spread. Now that I've got quite a few successes behind me, it's time to announce publicly what I've been doing.
Despite what many assume, I do not think the so-called "TopCoder-style" software developer interviews are perfect. In fact, they're very flawed (more on this another time -- and a bit in here too). However, companies have a variety of reasons for doing this -- some good, some bad.
There's a trend among start-ups (and some larger companies) that worries me: giving candidates "homework" assignments. Homework assignments lead to candidate abuse. Knock it off (or at least be reasonable). I've seen many friends and clients go through this. As a pre-screening round before an onsite interview, a company gives them a "homework" assignment.
Another day, another overly-hyped article on Google's "crazy" interview questions. This one though gives hope to aspiring Googlers; Google has finally seen the light and realized that brainteasers aren't useful! Not exactly.
Nothing has changed.
Although I have, quite literally, made a career in the technical interviewing space, I have mixed feelings on them. They offer a lot of value and most people's issues with them ("trick questions!" "no relationship to real world coding!" "in the real world you'd just look up stuff like this!") are easily refuted. However, they're far from a perfect science. On Dice.com, I discuss why technical interviews work, and why they don't. Click to read more.
In an ideal world, I'd respond to all the questions I get from people asking for advice. I like helping people; this is why I do what I do!
In the real, time-limited world, I can only respond to about 25% of the questions I get from people. If your goal is to get a response from me, then you're shooting to "outperform" 75% of people. Here's how you can maximize your odds of getting a response from me and other experts.
You know those creative resumes. The ones with pretty graphics, splashy designs, and beautiful layouts. Often they adapt the design of Facebook or Google and make it into their resume. Journalists lovewriting articles about these "amazingly cool resumes." There are even companies you can buy these resumes from (ick!). But do employers love them? Not so much.


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Old-school methods of preparation, such as light cardio and static stretching, are things of the past. These inefficient and ineffective traditionalist approaches simply won't prepare you for superior performance – and they might even increase your risk of injury!
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We know what you're probably thinking; "Can't I just stretch?" It's a very good question, because not many people understand the difference between mobility and flexibility – and it is a big one. Flexibility merely refers to range of motion – and, more specifically, passive range of motion as achieved by static stretching. Don't get us wrong; static stretching has its place. It's tremendously valuable in situations where you want to relax a chronically overactive muscle, help break down scar tissue, or – as a trainer or coach – give people that acute "loosened-up" feeling when you can't be supervising them all the time.
However, the principle problem with pure flexibility is that it does not imply stability nor readiness for dynamic tasks. We need to have mobile-stability at all our joints; there's really no use in being able to attain a given range of motion if you can't stabilize yourself in that position. Excessive passive flexibility without mobility (or dynamic flexibility, as it's been called) will actually increase the risk of injury! Amazingly, it's not uncommon at all to see individuals with circus-like passive flexibility fail miserably on dynamic tasks.
In Magnificent Mobility, we go to great lengths to teach you how to not only attain various given ranges of motion, but also educate your body to be stable in those positions. We outline not only mobility drills, but also what we call "activation" movements. Essentially, these movements teach muscles that commonly "shut down" to fire at the right times to restore normal muscle balance, improve performance, and reduce the risk of injury. These drills will make you stronger and faster both immediately (through the acute effects of a warm-up) and chronically (by improving active range of motion and reducing the risk of injury, therefore improving the quality of your training).
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I'm now in Malaysia, very interesting country populationwise.
I'm staying with a family of adorable people, who wont let me spend money on anything and are treating melike a princess.
But this is a muslim country and rules apply more here than in touristy islands with dorms in.
So no alcool and no sex talk or even the slightest reference for over 3 days now...
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