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Whether you're training for a fight, for weight loss, or any kind of physical activity, push-ups will be a one of your regular workouts. It's a great exercise to build strength and power for the upper body and doesn't require any special equipment other than the ground and gravity.
For fighters, push-ups are especially beneficial for developing the chest, shoulders, core, and triceps. You can even develop a bodybuilder's physique with push-ups if you do enough of them.
But for now, let's go over what I call the perfect push-up form and technique:
*** Watch my video to see how I do push-ups. ***
How to do a PROPER Push-Up
1. Straight body
The first thing you'll want to do is to straighten your back. Don't sag at the hip or lift at the hips. It should be a straight line from head to toe. Check the mirror to see that your hips are in line. The most uncomfortable position is probably the right one. (It will take some core muscle to achieve this!)
Back straight, hips not lifted or sagging.
The most uncomfortable position is the right one.
2. Feet together
Place your entire feet together. Toes AND heels together. There are many people don't care about the feet and this usually results in very sloppy form. Remember that your entire body is placed on your hands and feet.
Keep your toes & heels together.
3. Hand placement
When you place your hands on the floor, imagine that there is an imaginary line between them, and that your chest is hovering above that line. The sweet spot is most likely somewhere between your shoulders and your nipples.
If your hands are hovering too high (such as above your shoulders), you will feel like your elbows are swinging out too high and not supporting your body weight when you go down. If your hands are too low (such as below your nipples), you will feel like the push-ups are too stressful on your shoulders.
The width of your hands should be a little wider than shoulder width. The exact width depends on various factors such as arm length and the type of push-up you want to do (chest VS tricep). A narrower hand placement will use more tricep muscle and cause you to travel a longer distance to and from the ground. A wider hand placement will use more chest muscle and cause you to to travel less distance to and from the ground. Ideally, you want to find the width that allows you to do the most push-ups without one muscle group (chest or triceps) tiring out before the other. It takes some time to figure out your sweet spot.
Another distinction between chest push-ups and tricep push-ups is the way that your elbow points out as you go down. For chest push-ups, your elbows will point out sideways. For tricep push-ups, your elbows will stay along body so that the elbows are touching your lats and rib cage as you go down. It is also possible to have the elbows travel somewhere diagonally in between but I don't recommend this as it's hard to keep it perfectly even on both sides (especially for beginners).
When I was in the Army, all the guys that broke the push-up records were "tricep pushers". But even still, I preferred chest push-ups. They were harder but I liked the feel of working a bigger muscle and felt I benefitted more from that version.
The hand can be placed on the floor with your fingers together or your fingers spread. I prefer to spread my fingers because it feels stronger and more stable. It's also important to press your hand completely flat into the ground. Push off the ground with all four corners of your palm. Distribute your weight across the entire palm instead of only on the heel of your palm.
Hands at chest level, wider than shoulder width apart.
Fingers spread, pressing with the 4 corners of the palm.
Elbows open sideways for chest push-ups,
or open downwards for tricep push-ups.
4. Head alignment
The head should be lifted to extend straight out from the spine. Unfortunately this is hard to do because your body will change in angle from the ground as you do push-ups. Most people are usually focused on the ground which leads to a dropped head, and a dropped head makes it harder for to get down low to the ground and also makes it harder to breathe.
My best advice is to stare at the ground 3 feet in front of your head this tilts the head up and keeps it more in line with your spine and at the same time helps to open your throat for breathing.
Eyes looking at the ground 3 feet in front of your head,
to keep a straight position
and open the throat for breathing.
5. Proper "DOWN" position
How low do you go to the ground? There are 2 standards. The rule I like to use is to go until your chest is one inch off the ground. It doesn't have to be exact; go down until your chest is close to the ground. You should feel a bounce of a stress on the sides of your chest where it connects to the shoulders. (Make sure you keep your muscles contracted for support.)
The other standard is to go down until the upper arms (from the shoulder to the elbow) are parallel with the ground. The elbows will probably be close to a 90-degree angle at this point depending on where your hands are placed.
Go down until your chest is 1 inch off the ground,
or until the upper arms are parallel to the ground.
Push-Up Techniques
1. Push-Up Rhythm
There are 2 different rhythms for doing push ups depending on your level of fitness. The beginner rhythm (about 99% of most people) is to go DOWN SLOW and then UP FAST. You'll see them lower themselves slowly to the ground and then push themselves up quickly.
The more advanced rhythm and much harder way to do push-ups is to go DOWN FAST AND UP FAST. This is how you break push-up records; by going down as fast as you can. It makes a lot of sense if you think about it. You can save a lot of time by dropping down as fast as you can and then pushing up as fast as you can. The reason why it's so hard is because the faster you drop, the more momentum you have to overcome at the bottom and the more challenging it is to push yourself back up.
When I want to go down fast, I don't just rely on gravity to bring me down, I imagine that my hands are pulling on the ground to PULL MYSELF DOWN as fast as I can. It's very challenging and just about impossible for beginners to do as they will probably slam their faces on the ground. But this is a good goal for you to work up to later on.
As you try to go down quickly, you will realize that going down is the hardest part because you spend more energy to stop yourself from hitting the ground than you do to push yourself up. So beginners spend their energy going up and advanced pushers will spend their energy going down. Going down fast will build explosive strength in your upper body very quickly.
Beginner push-up rhythm = down SLOW, up FAST.
Advanced push-up rhythm = down FAST, up FAST.
2. Breathing Technique for Push-Ups
Just as there are 2 different rhythms for doing push-ups, there are 2 methods of breathing technique to accommodate each rhythm.
The beginner style of breathing is to inhale while going down and then exhale while going up. INHALE DOWN, EXHALE UP, INHALE DOWN, EXHALE UP. A beginner push-up will look like (DOWN SLOW) INHALE SLOW – (UP FAST) EXHALE FAST. It sound like innnnnnn-OUT-innnnnnn-OUT.
The advanced style of breathing is to exhale when going down. Their exhalation will be a short quick breath that happens at the hard moment (the peak of descent) when their body is about to hit the ground. They use this quick exhalation to help "bounce" them off the ground. The advanced push-up will look like DOWN FAST – DOWN FAST – DOWN FAST, which a quick exhalation every time they go down. The inhale only as needed (could be once every 10 or 20 reps) as it's hard to inhale when you're going fast. The advanced push-up will sound like a rapid *SSHH!* – *SSHH!* – *SSHH!* as they breath explosively for explosive power.
Beginner push-up breathing = inhale DOWN, exhale UP
Advanced push-up breathing = exhale DOWN
Breathe explosively for explosive power.
3. Resting Technique
When it comes to resting while doing push-ups, the common tendency is to sag at the hips or wiggle around on the arms. What I like to do is to put my body into the inverted V-position (known as "downward dog" in yoga) where you raise your hips high into the air as you straighten your legs and back and arms. This position will momentarily give your push-up muscles a break by using a slightly different set of muscles.
From this upside-down "V" position, I take some deep breaths before quickly dropping back into push-up position and squeezing out 1-3 push-ups before switching back again into the inverted V-position again. With this tactic, I can easily squeeze out 20-30 more push-ups even when I felt like I couldn't do anymore. Some of you will notice intense veins coming out of your muscles and maybe even want to barf as you've now allowed yourself to exercise far beyond the point of failure. (Good job!)
Rest by returning to INVERTED V-POSITION
as you squeeze out your final push-ups.
4. Squeezing Technique
Here's another trick to help you squeeze out more push-ups when you feel like you have nothing left. Instead of imagining yourself pushing the ground away from you, instead try to imagine yourself pulling your elbows in closer to each other. So instead of focusing on pushing up with your triceps, try to focus on pulling your elbows into a straight position. This visualization will make it easier to lockout your elbows straight when you're struggling on the last upper half of the push-up.
Focus on bringing your elbows in,
instead of pushing the ground.
Push-Up Workouts
Do intervals
There are too many people who focus too much on doing X number of push-ups. It doesn't matter if you do 500 a day or 1000 a day, everything is easy when you're not pressed for time. Instead you should give yourself set intervals such as 1 or 2 minutes where you do as many as you can in that period. Intervals are MUCH harder than you think.
Doing push-ups (as well as other exercises) in intervals will very quickly develop superior levels of conditioning in your body and put your focus on a more functional athletic goal (rate of effort) rather than just purely (total effort).
Do intervals for a better workout.
It's too easy when you're not pressed for time.
60/45/30/15/10 Interval (Army workout)
My favorite push-up workout and one that I did regularly in the Army is what I call the 60/45/30/15/10 interval:
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 60 seconds.
- Rest 60 seconds.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 45 seconds.
- Rest 60 seconds.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 30 seconds.
- Rest 60 seconds.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 15 seconds.
- Rest 60 seconds.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 10 seconds.
It goes without saying that you should be using proper form and technique. A push-up with bad form doesn't count as a push-up and more importantly, doesn't count as beneficial exercise!
60/30/15 Interval (for beginners)
I'm sure many of you will not be able to handle the previous interval and so here is another one I would recommend for beginners.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 60 seconds.
- Rest 60 seconds.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 30 seconds.
- Rest 60 seconds.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 15 seconds.
This will be quite the challenge as each set should take you to the point of failure.
15-ON/15-OFF Intervals (tabata interval)
This is doing push-ups in tabata drill style. Very effective and more challenging than you think.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 15 seconds.
- Rest 15 seconds.
- Do as many push-ups as you can in 15 seconds.
- Rest 15 seconds.
- Repeat this interval for up to 10 sets if you can.
Another way you can do this is to try to do 10 push-ups every 15 seconds. Every time the interval starts, you do 10 as fast as you can. The faster you do them, the sooner you can take a break. Do this for 10 sets if you dare.
What can you do with push-ups?
Variations of the push-up
I get questions everyday asking about whether it's a good idea to do diamond push-ups, one hand push-ups, knuckle push-ups, clapping push-ups, or any of the million other variations out there.
My answer is always this: focus on the basic push-up. The standard form gives the most focus to proper technique and basic benefits of the push-up. Anytime you do something else like being on your knuckles or using a very tricky hand placement, you start to distract yourself from the true benefit of the push-up and end up focusing on the "trick".
I would say you probably shouldn't be thinking about doing push-ups tricks until you do at least a couple hundred of the basic push-ups in one sitting. In the meanwhile, if you want some basic variation. Go wider, go narrower, or go faster. Or switch from the chest version to tricep version.
Do intervals
Do push-ups in intervals. Intervals really make it so much harder and more beneficial! Just counting push-ups alone doesn't mean much. Once you get into really good shape, you can pretty much do push-ups all day and it doesn't mean anything. Do as much as you can, but in intervals!
For those of you who don't know, you can get really buff and muscular just by doing push-ups. It's a common routine for guys in the military or in jail to get really ripped and get 18″ arms just by doing push-ups.
The common routine is to do 1500 push-ups a day. That's 30 sets of 50. And it will probably take you 30 minutes to do. It used to be 2000 push-ups a day but guys have figured out over time that doing 1500 push-ups is enough. It may sound hard to you but you can work up to it fairly quickly if you're dedicated and have time. I've known many guys who got big doing this (yes, even skinny ones). They look like they've been lifting weights but it was really just push-ups.
Another push-up routine I know for getting buff is to do 1200 push-ups a day. You do 20, then widen your hands by an inch, and then do another 20. And keep repeating as you widen your hands all the way out and then bring them all the way in as you keep doing 20 each time.
Beat my record
If you like you can try to beat my 30-second record of 47. I'm a long-arm guy and used the chest version which is harder to do but 47 was my magic number at the peak of my time. I can't remember what I did at the 60-second mark, probably around 85. And my 2-minute mark was probably around 110-120. I held the record in my platoon but the guys holding the record in the company did around 180 in 2-minutes. (They had shorter stockier arms and used the tricep method.)
Push-ups are easy
You just have to do them. If you did push-ups everyday, you could easily work your way up to a thousand within a year. Of course, not one thousand in one sitting but maybe over over dozens of sets. You can get to a point where you can do push-ups indefinitely.
I remember the times in the Army when our drill sergeant punished us by making us do push-ups for 30 minutes. I have no idea how many I did. But that's how it was…we never counted, we just went for time. They would say, "GET DOWN AND BEAT YOUR FACE!" And leave us there for an hour.
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Happy December!
Yet another year that has FLOWN by!
To get in the holiday spirit, as of today there are some snowy Ugly Unicorns in the Shop! These are the "Spectral Beasticorn UU's", and they are prepared for Holiday cheer AND destruction at the same time! Pics:
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These feature some SUPER SUPER AWESOME header art by my good friend Justin Hillgrove (designer of the Manotaur).
Head on over to the ol' shoppe to grab some Holiday UU joy!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
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Steve Tordone has been waiting for this moment for two years. Sure, he's got a great set up for working at home, and it was nice to be around the family and the dogs. But he prefers working at his office in a downtown Boston high-rise where he works as a financial advisor.
"I'm an outdoor cat and I just want I want to see people," he says, "I can't wait for it to get crowded."
Tordone is starting to get his wish. In Boston, as across the nation, a "back-to-work March" has begun. With the omicron variant now on the wane, companies from American Express to Meta and Citigroup – are officially calling on employees to return to the office this month, while also trying to stay flexible enough so as not to lose those who prefer to work from home. Many firms are starting with "soft openings," but already, offices, streets and garages are filling back up.
"It makes you so happy," says Samrawit Embaye, an attendant at one garage that put out its "Full" sign. "If you see people coming, you feel like you are living real life."
"Oh, I love being back!" says Maureen McLallen, a legal secretary, on her second day back to her office at a large law firm in one of Boston's tallest skyscrapers.
"I love being around people, and not being cooped up in my bedroom," she says.
After two years of working from home, returning to the office felt like a homecoming.
Being back in the office is "a blessing" for some who missed their colleagues
"Everyone was hugging each other. It's just such a blessing to be back. I missed everybody," she says, in between greeting the old familiar faces passing by.
"I didn't know you were still working here," she calls out to one, "I'll come see you!"
Being back is as good for the firm as it is for her, McLallen says. She believes she'll be way more productive working in person, alongside the attorney she supports.
"It's hard doing email," she says. "But if I can actually go into his office and I'll stand there and go, 'Heeeey,' and I'll tap my foot, [saying] 'I need the answers,' he has to answer me."
To McLallen, the upsides far outweigh even her hour-long commute, (she spends about half the hour on the train, and half on foot.) And she says, as convenient as it was to roll out of bed at 8:45 a.m. to be at the makeshift desk in her bedroom by 9:00 a.m., she doesn't even mind having to wake up three hours earlier now, to shower and dress for the office.
"I have to get used to wearing heels again," she laughs, pointing to the sensible flats she's got on. "I've been wearing my 'comfies' for two years, so I'm going to ease back into it."
"Definitely, it's been an ordeal," moans Pragadish Kalaivanan, a marketing analyst, who's somewhat less sanguine about the trade-offs.
Feeling a kind of first day of school jitters, he opted for boots with heels for his return.
"I just wanted my two inches extra," he sighs. "I wanted to at least look good, so I feel good coming in."
Waking up at the crack of dawn to go back to the office is "almost impossible" and "not fun"
Waking up at 6:45 a.m. on his first day back was "almost impossible," he says.
"It was not fun."
He also laments giving up the fresh, healthy meals he was cooking for himself at home, having to get on increasingly crowded subway cars where he worries about catching COVID-19, and he's mourning the loss of the flexibility he had at home to do his creative best, whenever inspiration strikes.
"Sometimes I don't feel like working in the afternoons, and I used to take a quick nap at home," he says. "And I would work after dinner, when I want to do it, when I'm most creative."
Now, he says, being back in the office can often be a distraction.
"Like this morning, I think we spent about half an hour discussing coffee alternatives like these mushroom blends and, like, these cacao alternatives," he laughs.
Kalaivanan's firm is one of a the growing number adopting a hybrid model; Wednesdays are mandatory, and employees "should" come in two other days as well, he says.
Bosses are allowing flexibility because "there's a danger in being too hardline"
Firms around the nation are all too aware that requiring workers to come in every day, may actually end up pushing them out the door.
"There's a danger in being too hardline," says Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, a language-learning platform. "Top talent wants some amount of flexibility."
Beginning March 1, Duolingo employees are required to work from the office, but only for three days a week. And exceptions are being granted for basically anyone who asks—at least for now, von Ahn says.
More than 80% of the staff came back on March 1, he says. Von Ahn says their "really good company culture" is why employees "actually really honest to God want to be here." But just to be sure, he's "doubling down on office culture" hoping to make it even more enticing. For example, "homecoming week" included an ice-cream social and happy hour, the company is fully funding employee "clubs" ranging from skiing to wine-tasting, and the staff chef now prepares hot breakfasts, in addition to lunches that are all free of charge.
It's critical for young people and new workers to be back in office to learn the ropes of the company
Call it a kind of enlightened self-interest. At the height of the pandemic, when employees were all working remote, "Our innovation pipeline got significantly worse," von Ahn says. But as soon as people started coming back, "the number of new ideas started popping up again."
Andy Waugh, a managing director at a large insurance broker in Boston, is also trying to encourage more people to come back. It's especially critical for young and new workers, he says, to learn the ropes and advance in the company.
"How we operate, what our ethos is, how to do their jobs, how to treat clients - they've got to learn all that, and they won't see it from their kitchen," he says.
Still, Waugh says his company, too, is making in-person work optional, at least for now. And the staff does not seem to be in a hurry. Just about a third showed up for day one, and far less for day two.
Some workers want less human interaction, while some want "boundaries between work and life"
Attorney Brian Palmucci, can relate. On his way to a court hearing in Boston, he says he's more than happy to just keep meeting with people on Zoom, instead of in person.
"I'm kind of an introvert," he says. "So you know, less human interaction sometimes can be a good thing."
Especially, he says, as long as COVID-19 is still a concern.
"I have two young kids, and I think the long-term health ramifications of COVID are unknown. And so it's a risk I'm not willing to take."
But as case numbers have declined, Samuel Gebru is among those who believe what's more unhealthy is "being under house arrest," as he called it, where there are no "boundaries between work and life."
A self-employed consultant, and senior fellow at the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University, Gebru and his laptop bounce on any given workday, between the donuts and coffees on his dining room table, and whichever desk he can grab at WeWork, or seat he can find at his favorite coffee shops around the city.
And much to the delight of struggling cafes and restaurants, those seats are filling up fast.
One lunch place in downtown Boston, assistant manager Cesar Jordan, says business spiked 30% the first week of March.
We are happy for that. Because we are hiring lot of people back," he says. "People are asking us for jobs, and we can give them opportunities.
And those employees, Jordan says, are more than happy to commute into the city for work.
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Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Ce dont on sera dans l'avenir capable
- View of the Frédéric Moser and Philippe Schwinger exhibition: "Ce dont on sera dans l'avenir capable". Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2011. Image: Aurélien Mole. Dance floor Harlequin DUO™
Ce dont on sera dans l'avenir capable is the first solo exhibition of the duo of swiss artists Moser & Schwinger in a Parisian institution. Comprised of video projections, documents and objects, and inhabited by live performances, the exhibition has been developed in the framework of their long-term video project France, détours, initiated in 2009. Envisaged as an evolutive exhibition, Ce dont on sera dans l'avenir capable presents episode 1 of France, détours, completed in Toulouse in 2009 and serves as a basis for the creation of a stage of formulation around the simultaneous shooting of episode 2 in Pierrefitte, coproduced by Kadist Art Foundation and the production company L'âge d'or. France, détours addresses social and urbanistic issues, as well as the question of education, thus bearing particular relevance to Bétonsalon as an art centre located within a university and in newly developed urban area in Paris.
The films of Frédéric Moser and Philippe Schwinger question the present through political and social facts from recent history. To do so, they showcase the sources of contemporary reality in order to put them in the place of a conflicting discussion. For them, the construction of reality is related to the establishment of a space-to-speak.
Coming from diverse social backgrounds, the youth they have worked with in the various episodes does not entirely confirm the clichés the media and politicians try to create. Moser & Schwinger follow Jacques Rancière's hypothesis which states that "the real must be fictionalised in order to be thought". Each situation enables the uestioning of fictitious elements associated with a specific reality, and each time, with the help of different mediators, this reality is pproached in a new way. The two artists have created a fieldwork investigation and collaborated with architects, sociologists, journalists or historians in order to intersect several discourses and methodologies in their films.
The exhibition Ce dont on sera dans l'avenir capable will take place simultaneously with the shooting of episode 2 and will act as a vehicle of reflection and experimentation to construct this episode. To do so, Moser & Schwinger have wished to venture into the choreographic field with the collaboration of five dancers from 'Essais', a training programme led by CNDC (National center for contemporary dance) in Angers. The exhibition will unfold this performative work into three intertwined temporalities questioning the potential of the past, present and future contained within the title Ce dont on sera dans l'avenir capable.
The exhibition space will be largely covered by a platform of formulation – materialised by a dance floor – to articulate these three temporalities. This platform will be used to record a erformance filmed prior to the exhibition and in which the five performers, interpreting texts and gestures, have proposed various possible scenarii to arrange the objects, people and situations found at Pierrefitte. The film ensuing from the performance will be projected in the exhibition and accompanied by the props used by the performers (school furniture, placards and a blackboard). The traces of the past performance will be in dialogue with a video documenting the research and location scouting carried out before the film shoot. The platform will further serve as a site of live narration for two evenings during which four of the five performers will give a choreographic rendering of experiences in Pierrefitte. Together with various offsite activities, these choreographic meetings have been conceived by the artists as a metaphorical forum for the exhibition, and as a possible mode of translation of a process.
We warmly thanks : the artists and participants of the exhibition dancer and perfomers, the partners of the exhibition, the Jocelyn Wolff Gallery, Kadist Art Foundation, the production company L'âge d'or, the association AFPAD, Raïssa KIM , and everyone who contributed to the realisation of this project.
Download the press release and / or download the images of the exhibition
- View of the Frédéric Moser and Philippe Schwinger exhibition: "Ce dont on sera dans l'avenir capable". Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, 2011. Image: Aurélien Mole. Dance floor Harlequin DUO™
This exhibition is supported by
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Thailand Travel Advisory on the Royal Cremation for Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bangkok (Thailand) – September 25, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The Royal Thai Government has announced that the Royal Cremation for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is scheduled for 25-29 October, 2017. Thursday, 26 October, will be the royal cremation day, and it has been declared a public holiday by the Cabinet to allow the people to take part in paying a final tribute to the late King.
During the process of the Royal Cremation which will last five days, tourist attractions across Thailand will be open as usual. This is with the exception of Bangkok's Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, which will be closed from 1-29 October, 2017, as they will be the venue of the Royal Cremation. All transport, banks, shopping areas, hospitals and other public services will be operating as usual.
However, the Tourism Authority of Thailand would like to recommend that any visitors with travel or tourism plans reconfirm with agents and check local media regularly as well as follow the advice of the local authorities for announcements and updates. They should also be aware that in some areas transportation could be affected. We also ask tourists and visitors for their understanding and patience should they experience delays or some routes may be closed to traffic.
In this time of great sadness and mourning, we would like to ask that everyone uses their judgment regarding how or should they make arrangements for events planned in Thailand. Also, we would like to ask visitors for their understanding that this is a sensitive time for Thailand, and they should respect the feelings and sensitivities of the Thai people.
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The world is welcome to Thailand during this historic period. Visitors to the kingdom at this time will get to see the great love and reverence that the Thai people have for their beloved King in the way they mourn and pay their respects. And during this time, Thailand is thankful for our friends coming to share their sadness and pass on their condolences. This gesture of empathy and friendship will be remembered by the people of Thailand for decades to come.


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Kaiser Health News – Emma Moore felt cornered.
At a community health clinic in Portland, Oregon, the 29-year-old nurse practitioner said she felt overwhelmed and undertrained. Coronavirus patients flooded the clinic for two years, and Moore struggled to keep up.
Then the stakes became clear. On March 25, about 2,400 miles away in a Tennessee courtroom, former nurse RaDonda Vaught was convicted of two felonies and facing eight years in prison for a fatal medication mistake.
Like many nurses, Moore wondered if that could be her. She'd made medication errors before, although none so grievous. But what about the next one? In the pressure cooker of pandemic-era health care, another mistake felt inevitable.
Four days after Vaught's verdict, Moore quit. She said Vaught's verdict contributed to her decision.
"It's not worth the possibility or the likelihood that this will happen if I'm in a situation where I'm set up to fail." – Nurse Practitioner Emma Moore
In the wake of Vaught's trial ― an extremely rare case of a health care worker being criminally prosecuted for a medical error ― nurses and nursing organizations have condemned the verdict through tens of thousands of social media posts, shares, comments, and videos.
They warn that the fallout will ripple through their profession, demoralizing and depleting the ranks of nurses already stretched thin by the pandemic. Ultimately, they say, it will worsen health care for all.
Statements from the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and the National Medical Association each said Vaught's conviction set a "dangerous precedent." Linda Aiken, a nursing and sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said that although Vaught's case is an "outlier," it will make nurses less forthcoming about mistakes.
"One thing that everybody agrees on is it's going to have a dampening effect on the reporting of errors or near misses, which then has a detrimental effect on safety," Aiken said. "The only way you can really learn about errors in these complicated systems is to have people say, 'Oh, I almost gave the wrong drug because …'
"Well, nobody is going to say that now."
Fear and outrage about Vaught's case have swirled among nurses on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. On TikTok, a video platform increasingly popular among medical professionals, videos with the "#RaDondaVaught" hashtag totaled more than 47 million views.
Vaught's supporters catapulted a plea for her clemency to the top of Change.org, a petition website. And thousands also joined a Facebook group planning to gather in protest outside Vaught's sentencing hearing in May.
Ashley Bartholomew, 36, a Tampa, Florida, nurse who followed the trial through YouTube and Twitter, echoed the fear of many others. Nurses have long felt forced into "impossible situations" by mounting responsibilities and staffing shortages, she said, particularly in hospitals that operate with lean staffing models.
"The big response we are seeing is because all of us are acutely aware of how bad the pandemic has exacerbated the existing problems," Bartholomew said. And "setting a precedent for criminally charging [for] an error is only going to make this exponentially worse."
Vaught, who worked at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, was convicted in the death of Charlene Murphey, a 75-year-old patient who died from a drug mix-up in 2017. Murphey was prescribed a dose of a sedative, Versed, but Vaught accidentally withdrew a powerful paralyzer, vecuronium, from an automated medication-dispensing cabinet and administered it to the patient.
Prosecutors argued that Vaught overlooked many obvious signs she'd withdrawn the wrong drug and did not monitor Murphey after she was given a deadly dose. Vaught owned up to the error but said it was an honest mistake ― not a crime.
Some of Vaught's peers support the conviction.
Scott Shelp, a California nurse with a small YouTube channel, posted a 26-minute self-described "unpopular opinion" that Vaught deserves to serve prison time. "We need to stick up for each other," he said, "but we cannot defend the indefensible."
Shelp said he would never make the same error as Vaught and "neither would any competent nurse." Regarding concerns that the conviction would discourage nurses from disclosing errors, Shelp said "dishonest" nurses "should be weeded out" of the profession anyway.
"In any other circumstance, I can't believe anyone ― including nurses ― would accept 'I didn't mean to' as a serious defense," Shelp said. "Punishment for a harmful act someone actually did is justice."
Vaught was acquitted of reckless homicide but convicted of a lesser charge, criminally negligent homicide, and gross neglect of an impaired adult. As outrage spread across social media, the Nashville district attorney's office defended the conviction, saying in a statement it was "not an indictment against the nursing profession or the medical community."
"This case is, and always has been, about the one single individual who made 17 egregious actions, and inactions, that killed an elderly woman," said the office's spokesperson, Steve Hayslip. "The jury found that Vaught's actions were so far below the protocols and standard level of care, that the jury (which included a longtime nurse and another health care professional) returned a guilty verdict in less than four hours."
The office of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee confirmed he is not considering clemency for Vaught despite the Change.org petition, which had amassed about 187,000 signatures as of April 4.
Lee spokesperson Casey Black said that outside of death penalty cases the governor relies on the Board of Parole to recommend defendants for clemency, which happens only after sentencing and a board investigation.
But the controversy around Vaught's case is far from over. As of April 4, more than 8,200 people had joined a Facebook group planning a march in protest outside the courthouse during her sentencing May 13.
Among the event's planners is Tina Visant, the host of "Good Nurse Bad Nurse," a podcast that followed Vaught's case and opposed her prosecution.
"I don't know how Nashville is going to handle it," Visant said of the protest during a recent episode about Vaught's trial. "There are a lot of people coming from all over."
KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
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September 2021 | Eurekahedge
Emerging market hedge funds were up 4.32% over the first seven months of 2021, trailing behind their developed market counterparts in North America, Japan and Europe which returned 10.99%, 6.71% and 6.68% respectively. The economic recovery in the emerging markets has lagged their developed market counterparts due to delays in vaccine rollouts that had necessitated the imposition of harsh lockdown measures to prevent hospital systems from getting overwhelmed.
November 2020 | Eurekahedge
Eurekahedge's emerging market hedge funds infographic sums up the industry as at November 2020. Find out more about global hedge funds assets under management (AUM), asset flows into strategic and regional mandates, strategy returns, fund size and geographic AUM, head office locations and the best and worst performances of the year.
November 2019 | Eurekahedge
Emerging market mandated hedge funds were up 6.33% year-to-date, recovering the losses they suffered in 2018 on the back of the accommodative stance of the Fed and the market optimism towards the US-China trade negotiations, which boosted the equity markets of the developing economies over the year. During the first quarter of the year, the Federal Reserve completely shifted their stance from restrictive to accommodative monetary policy following the multiple equity markets sell-offs in 2018 and strong criticisms from the US President. Meanwhile, the market showed optimism towards the US-China trade talks as the two economic powerhouses agreed to resume the negotiations after the US President decided to postpone additional tariffs on the remaining US$300 billion of Chinese imported goods in August. The Shenzhen and Shanghai Composites were up 25.82% and 16.49% as of September year-to-date respectively. Over in India, the region is facing challenges surrounding liquidity risk owing to t
November 2018 | Eurekahedge
Emerging market mandated hedge funds were down 3.96% year-to-date, as they struggled to mitigate the losses suffered from underlying equity markets, as represented by the 5.27% loss posted by the MSCI Emerging Market IMI Index (Local). The Eurekahedge Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Index was down in seven months throughout the first three quarters of 2018, marking it as one of the worst years for emerging market hedge funds since 2011.
August 2017 | Eurekahedge
Emerging market mandated hedge funds have delivered exceptionally strong gains this year – the asset weighted US dollar denominated Mizuho-Eurekahedge Emerging Market Index is up 7.59% for the year, with underlying equity long/short hedge funds for the index gaining 9.75% in the seven months through July. Hedge funds running dedicated exposure to India, China and Latin America have all posted double-digit gains year-to-date and have been the key contributors to the stellar returns posted by emerging market mandated hedge funds.
May 2014 | Eurekahedge
Technical factors are broadly supportive. Sovereign issuance is relatively low net of coupons and amortisations and, in terms of valuations, EM debt looks reasonably attractive versus developed market corporate bonds following the yield spread widening that occurred over the summer.
January 2014 | Oliver Bell, T.Rowe Price
Emerging markets have performed poorly in recent years with moderating economic growth and disappointing earnings. However, frontier markets have outperformed as investors have recognised that robust domestic economic growth can be translated into strong earnings growth at a company level. Frontier markets have outperformed global and regional emerging markets in three of the last five years. African and Middle Eastern markets have been the main drivers of this outperformance, while Asian and Latin American frontier markets have lagged. In fact, in economic terms Africa today is similar to the emerging markets of Asia and Latin America fifteen years ago (Figure 1).
September 2013 | Matthew Vaight, M&G Investments
Emerging markets are attracting greater attention from investors as they become a more important part of the global economy. However, optimism about the opportunities that economic development could bring is usually accompanied by concerns about the corporate governance standards of companies in those markets.
October 2011 | Karthik Sankaran, Covepoint Capital Advisors LLC
The last few years have seen an upsurge of interest in the theme of the so-called "emerging markets" (EM). For most of the past decade, sentiment towards EM has been generally bullish, but there are moments when perceived excessive euphoria leads to talk of "bubbles" and the like. This happened to some degree ahead of the first Fed rate hike in 2004, and it happened much more dramatically in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008.
April 2010 | Andrew Ness, SWIP
Sustainability in a corporate context is a company's ability to operate in a manner that does not damage the environment or deplete a resource. Clearly, the concept represents a responsible approach to investing. But sustainability is also a business approach that creates long-term shareholder value. It does this by capturing opportunities and managing risks that derive from the rapidly evolving global economy: as global economic growth shifts from the developed world to the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), these economies are experiencing rapid population growth, mass urbanisation and industrialisation with all their potential dangers for the environment.
March 2010 | Gordon Platt, Global Finance
The stars are aligned for a substantial rise in cross-border mergers and acquisitions this year as the global economy recovers and financing becomes more readily available. There is considerable pent-up demand as a result of deals postponed in the past 12 months when companies focused on making sure they had adequate cash on hand to survive the crisis, analysts say. CEOs are hunting for foreign acquisitions that make strategic sense and that are likely to boost their companies' earnings as economies around the world rebound. The best prospects for economic growth are in the emerging markets.
February 2010 | Angela Spiteri Paris, Funds Europe
Emerging economies now capture a larger share of global private equity activity than ever before and the markets are quickly maturing as investors take more controlling stakes in companies. Statistics from the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) showed that the emerging markets share of global private equity fundraising has risen from 5% in 2004 to 20% as of June 2009 and from 7% to 24% of global private equity investment totals during the same period.
January 2010 | Vicky Meek, emerging Private Equity
We now have confirmation of what everyone has been living through: fundraising and investment levels in emerging markets fell by over 50% in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, according to the latest figures put out by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA). A total of 84 emerging market funds raised US$16 billion in the first six months of 2009, way down on the US$36 billion garnered in H1 2008. Investment figures tell the same story.
December 2009 | Andrew Ness, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
Sustainability is a responsible approach to investing, as well as a business approach, that creates long-term shareholder value by capturing opportunities and managing risks that derive from the rapidly evolving global economy. Such changes include the shift of economic growth to the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), a fast-expanding global population, mass urbanisation and the industrialisation of the developing world.
October 2009 | Eurekahedge
In the real estate world, the mantra is "position, position, position". The same may be said for hedge funds based in Latin America. Proximity to the real action gives local managers an advantage over funds managed at a distance. We would not have said this in the mid-1990s when Latin America was an intense focus of investor interest in major financial centres and there was a proliferation of emerging markets mutual funds. It was perceived that the best perspective was achieved from a distance (on high?) looking towards the region from the northern hemisphere where one could observe matters without all the baggage that local investors and naysayers brought to the process.
October 2006 | Peter Douglas, GFIA Pte Ltd
Investing in emerging market hedge funds is a completely different activity from investing in emerging markets. Investing, unhedged, in emerging market securities, is a long-term bet on the growth of the corporate sector of the developing world, and, at points in the cycle, a shorter-term bet on the risk appetite of global investors. The following figure shows the roller-coaster ride that a directional emerging market investor would have experienced over the past ten years.
July 2006 | John Butcher, HFMWeek
Judging by the number of conferences and other events focused on them in recent months, the emerging market hot spots for hedge fund investment are China and India. They seem like logical plays - two enormous countries, each with more than a billion people, rapid growth and a fast-rising upper and middle class. There should be, and indeed are, a wealth of opportunities to be taken in these growing economic powers - both in terms of investment opportunities and potential new hedge fund investors. But there are also a number of barriers to jump and risks to assess before doing so. This has become particularly evident this week, as the Indian exchange fell 4.2% on Monday amid a worldwide downturn.
October 2005 | Eurekahedge
Orbix Global Partners are pioneers in emerging markets trend-following. Eurekahedge caught up with Luciano Correa to talk about their recentky-launched offshore Emerging Trends fund.
June 2004 | Paul Luke, Convivo Capital Management Limited
Emerging market debt has only become a recognised asset class for fund managers in the last 15 years. Although emerging markets (formerly called developing countries) have always relied on foreign debt to develop, it has traditionally taken the form of trade finance or syndicated bank loans. Ironically, the current market, which we estimate to be around US$1,500 billion in size, was born out of the huge defaults on sovereign bank debt during the 1980s. Mexico, Brazil, Poland and Argentina, amongst others, were obliged to default on their sovereign bank loans, which were floating rate at a time when the US Fed was hiking interest rates to historically unprecedented levels.


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Title: Monster Stepbrother
Author: Harlow Grace
Release Date: February 9, 2015
His dark obsession runs deep.
How does a girl go from being her Daddy's precious baby doll to feeling like a filthy whore?
Easy really. When my father remarries it changes the course of my life and everything becomes . . . complicated.
How does a girl go from being her Daddy's precious baby doll to feeling like a filthy whore?
Easy really. When my father remarries it changes the course of my life and everything becomes . . . complicated.
My new stepbrother is a monster who hates me. Unapologetic, controlling and brazen he's intent on making my life a living hell. Blackmails me into doing things I never thought I'd do. Illicit things.
Oliver King makes the rules. He f*cks me whenever he wants. How he wants. Where he wants.
My head screams this is wrong, yet I can't resist giving in to forbidden desires.
I'm his possession, his toy — his ultimate pleasure.
He's never letting me go. I'm his dark obsession.
My dirty addiction to my stepbrother grows to a dangerous level. Am I sick to crave more from the man who has made me his slut? Or should I escape and run as far away as possible?
My name is Maya Childs and this is my story.
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Billy Beer Recaps His Fanboying In 2012! And Talks About Meeting Charlize Theron! Jessica Alba! Selma Blair! Tom Cruise! Aubrey Plaza! And The Girls From Hooters! Autographs! Photos… And… Well… Hooters!
December 31, 2012
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Sometimes there's nothing like this hobby to give you a huge rush and thrill. Man, I think we've all been there right? Billy Beer wanted to share some of his top moments from 2012 so I figure since this is technically New Years Eve it's a great


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Incremental approaches to reducing costs often don't result in meaningful savings. Jason Heinrich, a partner with Bain's Performance Improvement practice, describes new ways of thinking that can mobilize companies to pursue cost-saving transformations that last.
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JASON HEINRICH: One of the most critical failure points of cost transformations is that when these transformations end, costs often come back. In fact, CFOs often complain to us that they have to take the same cost out year after year. And I think one of the most common situations where that is true is where companies take much more incremental approaches to cost reductions. It's a series of small initiatives that are intended to add up to big savings.
But we find that the transformations that last are those that are deploying the real game-changing solutions that fundamentally challenge the operating model and the core ways of working in an organization. At Bain, we find that there are really three game-changing approaches, depending upon which part of the cost bar you're trying to go after.
For direct costs, an ops reinvention, looking at the full end-to-end supply chain from sourcing and procurement to manufacturing, thinking about how do you digitize and make your supply chain much more flexible and adaptable.
For SG&A and other fixed costs, we deploy a tool called zero-based redesign that allows us to take a clean-sheet view of an organization's operating model, the work that gets done, the core cross-functional processes, and how we make those organizations more agile, more digital and leaner in nature.
And for managing services costs, the real trick is to start with that customer-back view, thinking about how do we improve the customer experience and deliver that experience at much lower cost. And the game-changing tool is really around simplifying and digitizing those core processes, and delivering those experiences the customers want.
To fully implement these game-changing solutions, we need to mobilize the organization. We need to generate quick wins that are symbolic in nature, that create more organizational energy to go after these kinds of opportunities. We think these game-changing solutions are the ones that really force new ways of thinking in an organization, to force organizations to think about what the art of the possible is and how they deliver better service at much lower cost. And it's this clean-sheet or blank-sheet mentality and the commitment of the organization to take on these game-changing solutions that really create the lasting results that stick.


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While some lucky college students find work right away, for most others, the idea of hitting the job market after graduation is a little intimidating if not downright scary. With competition tough and opportunities limited, finding a job can be difficult. Yet, students and recent grads shouldn't lose hope: finding a great job is possible even in this market, especially when you get a little help from those who know what it takes to get hired. While career counselors at your school can be a great source of information, grads can also seek out guidance on their own through a wide range of career-focused Twitter chats. Here, we've listed some of the best get-togethers on Twitter for learning about everything from resume writing to working with recruiters to scoring a killer internship and just about everything in between.
If you're looking for help in your job hunt, this chat offers some of the best advice out there on filling out applications, interviewing, and the entire job hunt process. Join in every Monday at 10 p.m. EST.
Hire Friday Chat, or HFChat, connects HR professionals, employers, recruiters, coaches, and resume writers with job hunters. Use some of these resources to your own advantage by listening in every Friday at noon EST.
This chat is geared toward college students or recent grads, making it the perfect choice for those who feel they need a little guidance in making the transition between campus and career. The chat is held every Tuesday at 1 p.m. EST.
Join the Vestiigo.com team in this chat, held Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. EST, to learn more about how to find work or advance an existing career.
Held on Mondays at 8 p.m. EST, this chat draws off of the weekly podcasts of Career Success Radio, touching on everything from social media etiquette to selling yourself in an interview.
If graduation is on the horizon, it's probably not too soon to start looking for work. Get some help in this all-day chat held every Friday.
Are you making the most of LinkedIn to get career advice and opportunities? Learn more about the service and what it can offer you in this weekly chat held on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST.
Internship resource YouTern hosts this weekly chat (Mondays at 9 p.m. EST) to offer college students a chance to learn more about finding internships, networking, mentoring, and other parts of the career preparation process.
Head to this chat to join other young professionals (it's geared toward those under 30, but all ages are welcome) as they discuss a wide range of career issues. Just log on to Twitter Thursday nights at 7 EST to add your two cents.
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. EST you can head online to learn more about HR, recruiting, career coaching, marketing, social media, and more from those who work in the industry. It's intended for professionals in the field but can be enlightening for job hunters as well.
Improving your public speaking skills can be useful no matter what field you're going into, and you can get help and advice on doing just that every Monday at 9 p.m. EST.
Need a few internships to fill out your resume and get experience? Learn more about what it takes to get hired and make the most of any internship on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. EST.
If you're reading this list you're obviously interested in learning how to use social media to find work and advance your career, but this chat focuses in very specifically on that topic. Chat it up with experts in the field every Tuesday at 7 p.m. EST.
Held the first Monday of each month at 8 p.m. EST, this chat is managed by Career Builder and focuses on some of the biggest career-related topics important to job hunters and those looking to advance or start a career.
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Monster is often a go-to site for those looking for both job listings and career advice, and through this Twitter chat, you'll be able to connect with experts at the site in real time.
Direct your Twitter account to this hashtag on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. EST for commentary on HR, recruiting, social media, and more.
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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - No trade deadline in North American sports sees more action than the NHL.
Like an annoying Katy Perry song, this particular deadline could be hot and cold. There are a number of tight playoff races in both the Eastern and Western conferences and a lower salary cap this season has put a number of contending teams against the wall with little wiggle room.
But general managers are paid to be creative, and as noted by The Sports Network NHL editor Dan Di Sciullo (http://tinyurl.com/kh7bcqf), there are some names to be had before the deadline.
Below we take a look at five teams, in no particular order, likely to be buyers before Wednesday's deadline. Note that all salary cap figures are courtesy of capgeek.com.
The Bruins have looked like strong contenders all season and enter play on Friday with a six-point lead atop the division. They are among the top-scoring teams in the East and lead the conference with a plus-50 goal differential.
However, the Bruins lost a big part of its defensive game when blueliner Dennis Seidenberg was lost for the season on Dec. 28 with a torn ACL and MCL. Replacing his minutes will be a must for the club come playoff time.
Buffalo's Henrik Tallinder is the perfect fit to step in for Seidenberg as he makes less money and the 35-year-old veteran comes off the books at season's end. He could be had for draft picks and a fringe prospect.
Other possible targets: Andrew MacDonald, New York Islanders; Andrej Meszaros, Philadelphia Flyers.
Though still in the running for third place in the division, the wild card seems like the likely playoff path for Minnesota. The Wild own a six-point edge for one of the two bonus spots and will get an offensive boost when Mikko Koivu returns from ankle surgery.
However, goaltender Josh Harding's status remains uncertain as he continues to deal with multiple sclerosis. He hasn't played since late December after a great start to the season and former No. 1 Niklas Backstrom has dealt with his own injuries while going 5-11-2 with a 3.02 goals against average.
The Wild are in position for a second straight playoff berth, but going in with Darcy Kuemper as the starter could rattle nerves.
The big question then is, should the Wild make a run at Buffalo's Ryan Miller as a long-term solution or look for a cheaper stop-gap in net?
Minnesota has the ability to put together a package of prospects, including Kuemper, and could probably re-sign the Michigan-born Miller before he hits free agency this summer. They'll have the space with Dany Heatley's $7.5 million hit ready to come off the books.
Toronto's James Reimer would be a cheaper, younger solution for the long-term problem.
Other possible targets: Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes; Tim Thomas, Florida Panthers.
The Maple Leafs ended a franchise-long seven-year playoff drought in 2012-13 and the offseason acquisition of goaltender Jonathan Bernier has the club ready to go to the next level.
Toronto has a solid trade chip in the 25-year-old Reimer, who helped backstop the Leafs to the playoffs last season but is now the clear backup to Bernier. He could be enticing to a team that wants to take a stab at solidifying its position in net.
So what do the Maple Leafs need?
Toronto has a solid top-six at forward, led by Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk, is deep at the blue line and the goaltender spot, but pressure from the hockey-crazy fans could force the Leafs into a bigger move for a player like Thomas Vanek or Ryan Kesler.
Landing either of those two would cost some defensive depth, though Vanek's Islanders could like the idea of adding Reimer.
If not, expect the Leafs to go for depth and pick up a forward like Edmonton's Ales Hemsky or Florida's Brad Boyes.
Other possible targets: Matt Moulson, Buffalo Sabres; Sam Gagner, Edmonton Oilers; P.A. Parenteau, Colorado Avalanche.
The Kings need offense like Justin Bieber needs a good reality check.
Before netting six goals in a win over Colorado on Wednesday, the Kings had been held to just 15 tallies in the previous 11 games and then only managed two goals in a shutout win over Calgary the following night.
Los Angeles is built to win now and is just two years removed from a Stanley Cup title. General manager Dean Lombardi should make no hesitations in upgrading his roster, even if it costs a player like Valentin Zykov or Tanner Pearson.
Vanek is a risk as he may be hard to re-sign this summer, meaning Buffalo's Matt Moulson is a safer piece to add to an offense that features Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter.
Having a little over $3 million in cap space will make things tough for Lombardi.
Other possible targets: Mike Cammalleri, Calgary Flames; Ray Whitney, Dallas Stars; Steve Ott, Buffalo Sabres.
The Blue Jackets are five points out of a wild card spot and the bar is low enough that just making the playoffs for the second time in club history would be a huge accomplishment.
Columbus is undone by having about $2 million in cap space, so moving a player off its NHL roster is a must. The huge conquest would be getting someone to take Marian Gaborik's $7.5 million hit, and that may not be an impossible scenario given his pending free agency. Defenseman James Wisniewski ($5.5 million) or forward R.J. Umberger ($4.6 million) also would open up space if the Blue Jackets find new locations for them.
If not, the play is for New York Islanders' defenseman Andrew MacDonald. The 27-year-old has a cap hit this season of just $550,000 and if things work out, the Blue Jackets would have plenty of space to give him the raise he will be seeking this summer.
Getting MacDonald also would allow the Blue Jackets creative possibilities of adding a forward like Edmonton's Sam Gagner, P.A. Parenteau of Colorado or Calgary's Lee Stempniak.
Other possible targets: Christian Ehrhoff, Buffalo Sabres; Dmitry Kulikov, Florida Panthers.


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When you and your due date twin realize your #Octoberbaby could actually be born in November.
^^^ Don't Erica and I look thrilled?! She's a local friend, and we share(d) a due date. We went for a walk yesterday with Carly, who had her baby two weeks ago. Erica and I had fun pushing Carly's baby in the stroller. #Strollerenvy My dad's birthday is November 1, so if baby stepped one foot into November that would still be fun.
Early morning breakfast jam. Couple more dates in there! Plus oatmeal. I've been craving oatmeal hard this week!
After my walk later in the day, I met Sarah's mom for lunch! She's in town and we share a birthday, so we did a little birthday lunch together to help keep my mind distracted. We went to Marie Bette where I had the MOST EPIC kale salad! Seriously, this might have been the best salad I've had all year. The dressing, toppings, and chiffonade kale were all perfect. I ate every bite, which was great since my salad game has not been up to snuff lately.
I met Mazen at the school bus and we spent some time perusing the Target toy catalog. This comes a few times a year in the mail, conveniently before Christmas, and he LOVES looking through it and circling toys he wants to put on his Christmas list. It's not exactly that useful to me if he circles every toy as he tends to do, but it's a fun activity nonetheless.
Then we got ready for a little afternoon pumpkin carving! Thomas's mom brought over two huge pumpkins, and we all had fun creating two designs. (She also brought the medical gloves which were a big hit for someone who doesn't like to get his hands "messy" )
We had Belmont Pizza for dinner and then lit up the pumpkins for a test run after dark!
You know your child is independent when he can serve himself his own little bowl of ice cream – LOL!
I slept pretty well last night again, something I am super thankful for knowing what's on the horizon. Every time I rolled over I got a super strong Braxton-Hicks contraction – like the total body consuming kind – but nothing painful yet. Today I have a non-stress test and ultrasound scheduled along with my 40 week appointment to make sure the baby is OK in there. I'm glad they are checking on things. Thomas is coming with me, and we are bringing our hospital bags with us just in case we are sent over to the hospital. I'll keep you posted on Insta!
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Monumental stuff here in the FFLibrarian household: our 10.5-month-old broke out his moves yesterday and started walking. Big time. It's pretty amusing stuff, too, the way he wags his arms as he's walking, finding that sweet spot where he's balanced enough to move forward. I can only assume that he's so excited about football season being just a few weeks off that he's celebrating by toddling around the house. We've got plenty to get today so let's have at it:
- First up, based on my inbox I can guarantee that many of you have questions about your drafts or keeper leagues, so may I direct you to Rotoworld's Live Chat today at 1 PM eastern with Evan Silva. Evan is pretty awesome, so I promise you'll be getting good advice.
- National Football Post's The Next Big Thing is full of classic Jay Clemons stuff - a wide array of fantasy musings. Some highlights include a look at the top 7 picks of 2011, a ranking of the top 50 RBs, a look back at Jay's first draft of the season, and QB tiers.
- Razzball.com added a Top 150 for PPR Fantasy Football leagues in addition to the standard rankings they put up earlier this week.
- More rankings from Fleaflicker, whom many of you might know as more of a league hosting site - but take a look at their cheat sheet, replete with IDP rankings.
- ProFootballWeekly.com's Del Pilar's diatribe: Injuries around fantasyland is a useful read for both those of you who have been scouring the news feeds for months now, and also those who are just now catching up on FF news.
- FootballDocs have their 2011 Fantasy Defense Strength of Schedule up - here's the explanation behind the chart in case you want the details.
- I have it on good authority that FantasyOmatic.com put a ton of time into their 2011 Sleepers and Busts article (and podcasts!) - take a look at which sleepers and busts are recommended for all leagues or just deep leagues.


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