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Average handle diameter
2 to 2.5 inches
when many unbroken strength records were set
Average handle diameter
2 to 2.5 inches
used today at the best training centers around the world
Average handle diameter
1 inch
cheaper to make and easier for teens and female gym users to hold
"Using a thick handled bar is one of the very best things you can do to develop maximum muscular size and strength. The thick bar work allowed them [old time strong men] to develop levels of upper body power virtually incomprehensible to those who train only with regular bars."
Brooks Kubik — Multiple World Record Holder & Author of Dinosaur TrainingIntroducing…
Fat Gripz are made from a high density military grade compound a lot like rubber that can be pulled open and will then snap back and clamp itself round the bar. This will instantly convert dumbbells, barbells and pull-up bars into thick bars (so that you can reclaim your lost size and strength gains).
If your big bench-pressing muscles (pecs, delts, triceps) can handle 400lbs but your hands and forearms can only handle 300lbs, then your bench press is 300lbs. The biggest weakness almost every lifter and athlete has is in the hands and forearms. Think that's not a problem? Think again. The hands and forearms are your point of contact with the weight in 95% of exercises. Fat Gripz increase muscle activation throughout the entire arm and solve this problem by adding size and strength to the forearms and upper arms, fast."
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The Patriots' All-Pro safety mentions
Fat Gripz as one of his professional workout tools in October's issue of
Men's Health, 2013.
Fat Gripz are the new worldwide training phenomenon which help add muscle and strength to your body in record time. They have been described as "the biggest thing to happen to weight training in the last decade".
Fat Gripz are now used by members of the US Special Forces, British Royal Marine Commandos, NFL teams, top UFC fighters, champion bodybuilders, law enforcement officers, elite powerlifters, Crossfit athletes AND Fat Gripz have been featured by Men's Health Magazine, Men's Fitness magazine, Ironman magazine, Flex magazine, Maximum Fitness magazine, Musclar Development magazine and the New York Times #1 Best Seller, The 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferriss.
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Example: if your big bench-pressing muscles (pec, delts, triceps) can handle 400lbs but your hands and forearms can only handle 300lbs, then your bench press is 300lbs. The biggest weakness almost every lifter and athlete has is in the hands and forearms.
Think that's not a problem? Think again. The hands and forearms are your point of contact with the weight in 95% of exercises. Fat Gripz increase muscle activation throughout the entire arm and solve this problem.
Fat Gripz are the new worldwide training phenomenon which helps add muscle and strength (especailly big arms) to your body in record time. They have been described as "the biggest thing to happen to weight training in the last decade".
Fat Gripz are now used by members of the US Special Forces, British Royal Marine Commandos, NFL teams, top UFC fighters, champion bodybuilders, elite powerlifters and Crossfit athletes. They have also been featured by Men's Health Magazine, Men's Fitness magazine, Ironman magazine, Flex magazine, Maximum Fitness magazine, Muscular Development magazine and the New York Times #1 Best Seller, The 4 Hour Body, by Tim Ferriss.
Fat Gripz instantly convert barbells, dumbbells, chin-up bars and exercise machines into THICK BARS.
Thick bars are simply barbells, dumbbells and pull-up bars with a thicker diameter handle. A standard barbell, dumbbell, or chin-up bar typically has a handle with a diameter of about 1 inch. A thick bar will often have a diameter of more like 2.5 inches (some look more like truck axles) and if you've ever used you will know that it feels completely different.
Using a thick bar means MORE MUSCLE AND STRENGTH on your body. Thick bar training produces much bigger strength and muscle gains (especially big arms) compared to standard training equipment… and many people find them much easier on their joints too.
Thick Bars (and Fat Gripz) work for many reasons including:
Thick bars are great but they are very expensive and, therefore, quite rare (a thick bar may cost $300–$800 and a set of thick-handled dumbbells may cost $10,000–$25,000). Also, you can't take them to different gyms easily (unlike Fat Gripz) and thick chin-up bars and thick-handled exercise machines are almost non-existent.
Big arms. More muscle. More strength. It's as simple as that. Most people who train with Fat Gripz find that their arm size and strength (in particular) increases dramatically and, as a result, their whole upper body grows. You will literally feel them working the very first time you use them.
Fat Gripz are super high quality, fully portable and will give you the benefits of a gym full of thick bars (no matter where you train) at a fraction of the cost.
Switching to Fat Gripz might be the single biggest difference you can make to your muscle size and strength today.
No. The design and manufacture of Fat Gripz are the result of years of extensive testing and refinement including input from some of the best strength coaches in the world. The design, manufacture and materials used to make Fat Gripz have been tested and tweaked over and over until they were perfect for maximum effectiveness, usability, durability and safety. When you open the box you might be quite amazed by the quality, weight and strength of Fat Gripz. When you receive your pair, you'll see what we mean.
We think you'll love them but because we believe in Fat Gripz so much we'll take all the risk. If you don't literally feel the difference the very first time you use them, you can return them anytime within 60 days no-questions-asked….. and we will even pay the return shipping.
We are often asked why Fat Gripz have angled ends… but this will become clear to you as soon as you start using them.
You see, a great piece of training equipment is the EZ bar:
The EZ bar is very versatile and can help to keep the joints healthy by allowing people to perform certain exercises in a more natural hand and wrist position.
If we had simply made the ends of Fat Gripz flat (which would have been much easier!) Fat Gripz would not have been easily usable in EZ bars (the outside edge of the Fat Gripz needs to be long enough for a man's hands and the inside edge needs to be short enough to fit on the angled section of an EZ bar).
Because we had decided to that Fat Gripz would be the ultimate thick bar training adapter, we were not prepared to compromise by taking the easy option and making the ends flat. We spent a long time getting the angled ends just right and, when you use your Fat Gripz, you will see that they fit very well on EZ bars too.
Would you believe us if we told you that every pair of Fat Gripz is inspected by hand for quality? Would you believe us if we told you that every single pair of Fat Gripz is machine tested for the correctness hardness/softness using a specialized puncture testing machine… and that any pair of Fat Gripz that is not within a very strict tolerance range is automatically rejected and never sold? Well, that is exactly what happens. We take our quality control very seriously.
There has recently been something of a re-discovery of thick bar training; a training style which Old-Time Strongmen knew all about and used to great effect but which has almost been forgotten in modern times.
In this article, we will examine how thick bar training works, why it is now used by many champion bodybuilders, NFL players and Special Forces soldiers and why it can make a BIG difference to YOUR muscle and strength gains.
If you are not familiar with thick bars, they are simply barbells, dumbbells and pull-up bars with a much thicker handle. A standard barbell, dumbbell, or pull-up bar typically has a handle with a diameter of about 1 inch. A thick bar will often have a diameter of more like 2.5 inches (some look more like truck axles) and if you have ever picked one up you will know that it feels completely different. A recent article contained a comment by a very experienced powerlifter who had recently switched to thick bars. He said: "it was like picking up weights for the first time again". Many lifters report a similar experience.
So, thick bar training simply means using a thick barbell, thick dumbbells and thick chin-up bar in your usual training program.
Thick bar training was born by accident really. In the old days, there was no such thing as a standard barbell and good quality training equipment was often hard to find. You could not just drive down to your local gym equipment store and pick up a set of free weights.
So, old time strongmen either had to have their equipment custom made or improvise and fashion their equipment out of what they could find in scrap yards. This made for some interesting equipment and is the reason for the famous challenges they performed like the Wheels of Appollon (railway wheels) and the Thomas Inch Dumbbell.
The turn of the century strongmen, many of whom were much stronger than most of our modern champions, were well acquainted with the incredible effect of thick bar work. They thrived on it. Thick bar work is thought to be one of the reasons that they were able to develop levels of upper body power and muscularity which are almost difficult to believe.
Now, in the modern day, thick bar training is relatively unknown among the mainstream fitness crowd but it is widely used by the military and elite athletes and more and more people, especially bodybuilders, are discovering its benefits.
The recent re-discovery of thick bar training can be attributed in large part to its use by many of todays most highly respected strength coaches who have revived it to great effect with their elite athletes. Here is what some of them have to say about it:
"I am a big believer in using thick-handled barbells, dumbbells and apparatus such as pull up bars. The results are well worth the investment, as they will produce superior results in strength training."
Charles Poliquin — strength Coach to over 400 Olympic Athletes"Using a thick handled bar is one of the very best things you can do to develop maximum muscular size and strength. The thick bar work allowed them [old time strong men] to develop levels of upper body power virtually incomprehensible to those who train only with regular bars…"
Brooks Kubik — author of legendary training manual, Dinosaur Training"Invest in a thick bar and do all of your exercises with it. I have every thick barbell and cable attachment known to mankind at my gym."
Joe "Pro-Maker" Defranco — world famous strength coach who has worked with players on all 32 NFL teamsThe interesting thing about thick bars is that many people (understandably) have trouble seeing how something as simple as switching to a thick bar can supposedly unlock such major muscle and strength gains, not just in the hands and forearms, but throughout the whole body.
That understandable skepticism might change the first time you use a thick bar.
In fact, you may want to take it easy the first time. Many trainees report that their forearms and biceps are sore to the touch for days after the first time using with a thick bar.
There are several reasons why they work so well:
Thicker handles stimulate far more muscle activation in the hands and forearms and in the upper arms and whole upper body. How does working the hands and forearms harder increase muscle and strength gains in the whole upper body? It works by the principle of irradiation.
"A muscle working hard recruits the neighboring muscles, and if they are already part of the action, it amplifies their strength."
Sherrington's Law of IrradiationWhen you contract a muscle hard, the muscles around it contract as well. Therefore, to get a maximal contraction in your biceps, for example, you need to get your forearms contracting maximally too.
Let me demonstrate. Try flexing your bicep as hard as possible without making a fist. Now try and flex your bicep as hard as possible while making as tight a fist as possible and squeezing. You should be able to contract your bicep much harder when making a tight fist. If you flex your forearms hard enough you will begin to feel tension not just in your arms, but in your shoulders, chest and back.
This is called irradiation. What is happening is that the nerve impulses of surrounding muscles can amplify the effect of that muscle. Because thick bars make your hands and forearms work harder, the contractions in other muscles including the biceps and triceps and even the muscles in the shoulders, back and chest, will contract much harder which means more strength and more muscle.
You can use a standard bar and squeeze it hard but this doesn't work the way a thick bar does. If you grip a standard bar hard while doing something like bench presses you will begin to feel the effects of irradiation. The problem is that gripping a regular bar is really easy and its small diameter makes it very difficult to squeeze it hard.
The great thing about thick bar training is that you have no choice but to grip the bar hard because its hard to hold on to. If you use a weak grip doing thick bar pull-ups, for instance, you simply will not be able to hold onto the bar. When you do pressing movements, you will be able to generate a better squeeze and more tension onto the bar compared to a thin bar. This will allow you to use the irradiation principle to the max. You will be able to lift more in the military press, bench press, etc.
Of course, more muscle activation means significantly bigger muscle and strength gains.
Your body is highly sophisticated. It has protective mechanisms built-in to minimize the risk of imbalance and injury. Therefore, it will hold back the strength and size of some muscles if it detects that other muscles around it are too weak. This is known as neural inhibition.
This is one reason that successful powerlifters work hard to build huge, powerful back muscles; to improve their bench press. Sounds counter intuitive at first but training your back pulling muscles gets you stronger on your front pushing muscles. They do this because they know that their body needs that balance and stability to get stronger.
Thick bars make your hands, fingers and forearms so much stronger that your body can finally stop holding back the muscle and strength gains in your upper arms, back and chest.
Thick bar training automatically trains your hands, fingers and forearms at all angles. If you are bench pressing, the thick bar will train your hands and forearms in a completely different way than if you are doing chin ups on a thick bar. Other grip training methods like grippers can be useful too but they are one-dimensional, training the hands and forearms in the same way over and over which can potentially lead to imbalances and injury.
Thick bars also perfectly replicate the natural function of the human hand i.e. lifting heavy, awkward objects. Humans have evolved to use their hands to climb trees and rock faces, carry logs and animals. Thick bars are a great way of replicating this.
Training the grip, hands and forearms has often been relegated to an afterthought. Most trainees have thrown in a few wrist extensions or grip exercises after a training session. With thick bars, you are training your grip and forearms the whole time and you don't even need to do any extra exercises.
Because thick bars are harder to handle, you need to concentrate a lot harder to lift the weight. Some credit this alone with making them significantly stronger.
Thick bars are more difficult to control. Compared to an Olympic barbell, a bar with a 2 inch or 3 inch diameter seems like a log. Imagine bench pressing, military pressing and deadlifting a telephone pole! That's what it feels like when you use a thick bar. You cannot rely purely on style, form, timing or technique to complete a lift. You have to do it with sheer strength.
This is an interesting one. Many people use thick bar training because of how fast it adds muscle to their body compared to standard bars.
It is also interesting to note, though, how many lifters report that thick bar training has actually cured (and presumably therefore, prevented) all types of injuries including wrist, elbow and shoulders issues.
It seems that thick bars shift the stress off the joints and onto the muscles which is, of course, exactly what we want.
This effect is thought to be because a thick bar spreads the weight over a larger area of the hand (just imagine bench pressing with a thick bar) which, in turn, means that that weight is more evenly distributed throughout the entire arm. Its a bit like this difference between someone standing on you wearing sneakers and someone standing on you wearing high-heeled shoes (neither are recommended, by the way). As a result, lifters who have long since given up various pressing movements like bench presses and overhead presses are often able to perform these exercises again pain free (in some cases, instantly) the first time they use a thick bar.
In addition, the thick bar also changes the biomechanics of the lift enough so that when you pick up a thick bar, forearms extensors (the muscles on the top of the forearm) and forearm flexors (the muscles on the bottom) both work similar amounts (if you just pick up a thick-handled dumbbell you will instantly feel that). With standard bars, the forearm flexors do almost all the work which can cause imbalances, injuries, strength plateaus and tendonitis.
Of course, fewer injuries mean more productive training too because consistency is essential.
So, we explored what thick bars are and how they work.
Now, here are the take home points for you:
This part is simple. Use them for everything. Use thick barbells, dumbbells and pull up bars for all exercises: bench presses, overhead presses, chin-ups, pull ups, rows, deadlifts , curls and tricep extensions. It is common for lifters to have to reduce the weight at first (in some cases significantly) which really shows up the weakness they may not have realized they had but they soon bounce back and go well beyond their previous training maxes.
A NOTE OF CAUTION: always use a properly set up power rack or competent spotters for thick bar bench presses and overhead presses. Never lift a thick bar over your body without one or both of these. Its unlikely that you will ever drop the bar but there is an increased risk so don't take the chance.
Take extra care when you begin to incorporate thick bar work. Drop the poundage at first. You will not be able to handle your regular poundage when you first begin thick bar movements but, don't worry, your hands and forearms will quickly catch up and you will blow your old max lifts out of the water.
There is the only drawback with thick bars. They are rarely found in gyms because they can be very expensive. If you don't fancy throwing down some major cash on thick bars, thick-handled dumbbells and thick pull-up bars, then get yourself a thick bar adapter called Fat Gripz. In my experience, Fat Gripz are just as good as thick bars, if not better (because they are portable and fit on almost anything) but they are a fraction of the cost. Strength legends Dave Tate and Charles Poliquin both recommend them too.
Thick bars develop levels of muscle and strength that cannot be duplicated with standard equipment.
It is not uncommon for even an experienced lifter to make significant muscle gains in just a few months by switching to thick bars.


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Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region. It is located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. As with all other countries in the region, Azerbaijan is highly susceptible to earthquakes, floods and other destructive natural disasters.
Almost 600,000 people remain internally displaced following the Nagorno-Karabakh war, which ended with a ceasefire in 1994. These people constitute 7 per cent of the total population—one of the highest rates of displacement in the world. Considerable resources have gone into improving their lives. Some 108,000 people were moved into new houses over the past two years, and 115,000 more homes are due to be constructed by 2015. Internally displaced people benefit from free or low-cost education, health care and energy, and they enjoy preferential employment opportunities.
Azerbaijan is an emerging donor of international aid in the region. In 2010, the country established a specialized entity: the Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AIDA), which identifies and provides funds to countries in need of assistance. OCHA cooperates with AIDA to support Azerbaijan with these tasks.

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Autodesk 3DS Max 2010 review
By Michael Burns | on April 27, 2009
Price: 3050 . 775 . 1500 . 375
Company: Autodesk
Pros: Graphite modelling toolset and ribbon interface; render-preview effects in the viewport; enhanced OBJ support; Containers; Material Explorer; mental mill.
Cons: Some features already appeared in subscriber-only Creativity Extension for 3DS Max 2009; some known bugs and limitations; expensive.
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The newest version of Autodesk's 3D suite contains some major interface changes. On opening 3DS Max 2010, you'll immediately be aware of the new Graphite Modelling toolset. This allows you to directly select and manipulate polygon objects.
Initially displayed as a single Graphite tab, when a suitable model – such as an editable polygon – is selected, the Ribbon updates to display a full range of polygon-editing tools, as well as freeform and selection tools.
When each tool on the Ribbon is selected, a light green panel appears at the end, displaying the settings for the tool. Autodesk concedes that there is currently a bug in the system – the Graphite Tools and the Modify panel are not fully synchronized, so changes to some Modify panel settings do not update their equivalents in the Graphite user interface. We didn't find this an insurmountable problem, though – using a button on the main toolbar, Menu bar, or the Graphite Modeling tools will update the user interface in any case.
The Ribbon greatly improves workflow. We were able to select a single vertex, and then click on the options under Grow in the Modify tab to interactively expand the selection to cover a section of an object in a couple of moves. Loop and Ring modes are available – choosing two or more adjacent segments and clicking the relevant selection tool swiftly selects a parallel loop or ring of polygons.
Another enhancement is the ability to set the selection to skip points, so it only selects alternate edges in a ring, for example. You can also add subsequent loops interactively using the rather nifty Swift Loop tool. Freeform tools are also available. All these tools are also available from the Command panel, but the Ribbon gives faster contextual access.
There are also other modelling enhancements, such as the ProOptimizer modifier. In common with other polygon-reduction tools – including the MultiRes modifier already in 3DS Max – this allows you to simplify models and thus reduce memory overheads when rendering. ProOptimizer has a more complex battery of settings, however, and the results were noticeably improved in comparison to the reduction offered by the older modifier.


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Apple has finally lifted the lid on one of the most widely rumoured products of the year, the iPad mini. The 7.9in screened tablet is the company's first foray into the smaller tablet market.
The iPad mini wasn't the only iPad Apple unveiled today. Less than eight months after it launched the third generation iPad (called the "new iPad"), the company confined that model to the history books by releasing a fourth generation version.
The new fourth generation Apple iPad is identical in design to the previous model but has the new Lightning connector, an upgraded A6X processor and will work on UK 4G networks.
How much different is the new iPad mini to the new, fourth generation iPad? Is it a downgrade in more ways that one or does it just have a smaller display? Let's find out.
Apple iPad mini |
Apple iPad (4th Generation) |
Screen size |
7.9in |
9.7in |
Display resolution |
1024x768 |
2048x1536 ("Retina") |
Display technology |
LED-backlit IPS |
LED-backlit IPS |
Pixel density |
163ppi |
264ppi |
Front camera |
1.2-megapixels |
1.2-megapixels |
Rear camera |
5 megapixels, no flash |
5 megapixels, no flash |
Camera features |
Autofocus, geotagging, touch focus, face detection |
Autofocus, geotagging, touch focus, face detection |
Video recording |
1080p HD @ 30fps (720p HD front camera) |
1080p HD @ 30fps (720p HD front camera) |
Internal memory |
Thickness |
7.2mm |
9.4mm |
Weight |
308g |
652g |
Processor |
Apple A5 dual-core (1GHz) |
Apple A6X dual-core (1GHz) |
Australian 3G networks |
Australian 4G networks |
LTE 1800MHz (Telstra, Optus) |
LTE 1800MHz (Telstra, Optus) |
Wi-Fi |
802.11a/b/g/n |
802.11a/b/g/n |
Bluetooth |
4.0 with A2DP |
4.0 with A2DP |
HDMI-out |
No (Yes, with optional Lightning Digital AV Adapter: $59) |
No (Yes, with optional Lightning Digital AV Adapter: $59) |
Dock connector |
'Lightning' 8-pin |
'Lightning' 8-pin |
Quoted battery life |
Up to 10h |
Up to 10h |
Battery |
16.3W Lithium polymer |
42.5W Lithium polymer |


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Monday, May 09, 2011
Movie Marketing Monday
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I love that Hollywood has jumped back on the female action hero bandwagon. Having said that, why does it feel like Saldana already covered this exact same role in The Losers?
What's Your Number?
I have said it before, and I will say it again, Anna Faris should be a much bigger star than she currently is. Hopefully this romantic comedy will finally elevate her status with mainstream audiences.
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I'm not sure how to feel about COLOMBIANA. There were rumors circulating that Besson was planning to do a sequel to THE PROFESSIONAL, following Matilda in her adult life. Looks like COLOMBIANA is going to have to suffice - although, I don't really buy Zoe Saldana as a vengeful assassin...
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One of the hardest parts of marketing is coming up with a game plan. In more traditional forms of advertising, it is difficult to gauge how successful your competition is when they are, for example, sending out flyers to their prospective customers. Fortunately, with internet marketing, a good search engine analyst can tell a great deal by studying your competition. You would be surprised how much information is publicly available, and how little work it often is to simply duplicate the work of your competition and jump ahead of them in the rankings.
A good search engine marketer is able to easily see:
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4) The type of sales approach they are employing to convert their current website visitors into paying clients
In some situations such as smaller towns, there might not be much to study in terms of local companies that are excelling online. That's okay though, because there is so much to gain from examining the search engine campaigns of similar companies in larger cities. When you are able to study from someone in an ultra-competitive area and apply it locally, domination will come easy!
Search engine marketing may be something new to you, but it isn't to us. We know what it takes to get companies traffic from the internet. We would love to show you what we can do to help you.


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COLUMBUS - An investigatory report drafted by a private law firm on behalf of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is protected by attorney-client privilege and not a public record that must be turned over to The Blade, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The Blade had tried to obtain a copy of the report drafted by the Toledo law firm of Spengler Nathanson, hired by the public agency using public dollars to look into potential legal liabilities stemming from the alleged extramarital affair of the authority's then-president, James Hartung, with Kathy Teigland, a contract lobbyist for the authority.
The authority's board subsequently terminated Mr. Hartung's employment on Aug. 1, 2008, citing the improper relationship with a port authority vendor.
"As the uncontroverted evidence established, because port authority staff members knew that (Teresa) Grigsby was an attorney, they felt free to speak openly and candidly and with the understanding that their comments and the investigation were serious legal matters that could carry serious legal consequences,'' the court's unanimous ruling stated.
"Nor did the withholding of this privileged report significantly deter The Blade's reporting on the matter,'' the court added. "The port authority responded to 18 public-records requests by The Blade from mid-July 2008 until early August 2008 by making available to The Blade thousands of documents, including all public records reviewed by the attorneys in connection with the preparation of the investigative report. The Blade reported extensively about the matter."
The Blade had challenged the port authority's contention that the legal work product was protected by attorney-client privilege. The newspaper argued that the factual portions of the report should not be protected because they did not constitute legal advice covered by privilege.
The court, however, noted that the gathering of facts, including a review of port records, was the first step in Ms. Grigsby's representation of her client. It rejected The Blade's petition that it order the port authority to turn over the report.
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Glute: knot + crippling pain
Glute: knot + crippling pain
I'm on week 5 of my cycle of 500mg Test E and 400mg Deca (both ************* **************) per week. Last Thursday I did my bi-weekly injection of 250Test/200Deca into my right glute using a 1.5" 23G needle. I went deep with only 1/8" of needle still visible, and I pushed the 2ml of oil in very slowly. On removal there was some blood, but not a lot. One day later there was some mild soreness. Two days later I couldn't walk. Although the glute looks normal (there is no visible bruise or any discoloration), it feels like a golf ball is in the muscle. It is extremely hard and painful. There is slight swelling extending up to the tailbone area. It has now been 5 days and there is no improvement. I had to skip my Monday lifting and I cannot sit down (including desk, car, etc.), lie on my back/side, or walk properly. I've had soreness before but this is by far the worst.
I've read some threads of people who've had similar experiences so I'm wondering if there's anything I should do other than take ibuprofen, use a heating pad, and suffer through it. Also, what could have caused this and how can I avoid it in the future?
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Welcome to the world of juice! lol
I've had similar experiences numerous times. You can either heat your vial in heated water or what I do, run your loaded pin under the hot faucet for a few mins. Its enough to warm up the oil a little bit and make it a little less viscous. It will go thru your pin a little easier and it should dissipate in your muslce a little better as well.
Another good rule of thumb is to always message the site after you remove the needle. It helps to move that oil around a bit to stop it from balling up like you had happen. If you get a knot your most likely gonna have pain.
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i have had that a number of times. there are people who have never had it happen but if you juice enough or long enough it will eventually happen. at least my belief. not much you can do at this point. when happen(s) to me i getin a hot bath . really hot, and just try your best to slowly roll over the knot. wont lie to you- gonna hurt like a b**ch. but this may help it spread throughout a little. and yes as previously stated, you can heat your gear up a little(which i honestly have not done) but it should help some. but ALWAYS rub it in after you shoot. it will go away.....good luck bro
Good advice there....
After awhile you'll figure out what causes it to happen more often than not...could be a specific ester or too much volume in one depot, too rough, to fast, not enough heat or massage...Just listen to your body and you'll pick up on what works for you and what doesn't. -
I have bad ones last nearly a week but usually just a couple days. It you see any streaking (red stripes) or if you get a high fever you might wanna get it checked out. It doesn't sound like that to me though, just an unlucky shot.
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Johnstone's Paint Trophy
The draw for Round One of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy was made this morning [Saturday] and Brentford will play AFC Wimbledon at home.
Ties are to be played week commencing September 2 2013.
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It's Tucker! Did your Dad get an email about the new bully meetups??? There's one on the 5th and then on the 26th of May.
I'm hoping you are going to go to one of them at least so we can meet finally. If your Dad didn't get the email tell him to check his meetup account.
Your friend, Tucker :)
Katie & Tucker a.k.a "Porkchop"
I know I couldn't. What a handsome boy!
I know, I gots a pretty handsome profile don't I?!?!
Wink wink, Tucker xo
Katie & Tucker a.k.a "Porkchop"
tuck you handsome devil you!the lady penelope is quite lucky for a meet up,can't wait for the pics on that!
smoochies the scrunchy face
We got the email an we are going to be going to the meet-up on the 26 of May an Penelope is looking forward to meeting you Tucker. Should be lots of fun.....
See you guys then.
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Lot 4A: Pair of Famille Rose porcelain cups, with bats and wild flowers, seal mark on bottom, ht. 2 1/2", dia. 4 3/4".
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Amazing Chai. I prepared this the "traditional" way according to the instructions Rishi gave. I put 2 tablespoons of tea in a pot and then put 1.5 cups water and then 1 cup of whole milk. I put the heat on low and let it come to a small boil.
Last time I used sweetened condensed milk for a sweetener but thought I'd try something different this time. I used German rock cane sugar which I thought was significantly better than using sweetened condensed milk. It didn't taint the flavor as the SCM did. From now on I won't use SCM in this tea ever again, unless that's all I have.
Note to make it better next time: Keep the heat low (about 2) and let it boil at that heat to be steep it longer for a more full chai flavor.


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Future looking bright for Copley girls swimming team
COPLEY — Copley High School girls swim team head coach Ed Burnsed said this season already has proven to be a successful one for his team. Next up, he said, is seeing just how much better things can get.
"So far this season, the girls have gone undefeated (6-0) in the Suburban League, and ended up tied for the [Suburban League] championship with Green after losing the championship 298-289, a tiny margin," he said. "Our first goal was to win the Suburban League championship — we haven't won the girls' title in three years. We did that. Now, we begin to focus on advancing swimmers through sectional, district and state competition."
Last year, the girls team finished 6-5 in dual meets and ended up third in the Suburban League.
"We had one swimmer, Madison Myers, qualify to the state championships," the coach said. "She finished 12th in the 50 free, and seventh in the 100 backstroke. She achieved All-American status in the backstroke — the top 100 times in the country make it."
Burnsed said Myers is having another top-notch season as a sophomore.
"Obviously, Madison Myers is a tremendous swimmer — one of the most talented athletes I have had the pleasure with which to work," he said. "Maddie has swum every event this season, and ranks among the top times in the state in all of them."
In addition to Myers, Burnsed stated, Copley's sophomore class features "two other outstanding swimmers" in Brenda Prifti and Emma Round.
"I don't think either has missed a practice this year — and we practice 10 times a week," he said. "Brenda qualified to the district meet last year and just missed school records in the 200 free and the 100 fly. She has already matched her times from last season. Emma has moved into a freestyle roll and is currently swimming the 200 and 500 and has made much progress."
Burnsed noted other young swimmers also have stepped up and performed well this year.
"Mayu Canode is another sophomore who is swimming under her last year's best in the 100 butterfly," he said. "And Sydney Bailey (individual medley, 500), Gabi Rodriguez (individual medley, breaststroke), Katie Comstock (sprint freestyle), Hannah Blice (individual medley, breaststroke) and Laura Klions (200, 500 freestyle) have all made impressive impacts on the season."
The strength of the team's underclassmen is a major plus for the program's future, the coach said.
"This year's team is primarily led by our sophomore class, and we only lose four seniors this year," he said. "So I would call us young, but balanced."
According to Burnsed, the seniors this season are: Abby Caye (co-captain), who swims sprint freestyle and butterfly; Taylor Farber (co-captain), who swims freestyle; Mary Jo Talley (co-captain) who swims freestyle and backstroke; and Mackenzie Cox, who swims freestyle.
"Our seniors have done a fine job of mentoring their younger teammates in the ways of our program," Burnsed stated. "They have shown dedication and tough-mindedness throughout the season."
The coach said he is proud of the effort put forth by this year's girls swimming team.
"All season we have worked on the swimmers' versatility — a valuable commodity in high school swimming. We also have worked hard on the fundamentals: starts, turns and underwater swimming," he said. "The strengths of this year's team stems from their desire to work hard to improve. We ask a lot of the swimmers, and they have responded well. Their camaraderie is outstanding. Meet-wise, we have a disparate group of swimmers who can all swim multiple events. As a team, we don't have many weaknesses. I am very proud of this team for the way they comport themselves and how they have handled adversity. It is a special group of young ladies."
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Well, my eyes (or should that be ears?) have been opened, thanks to a random youtube link I was sent on twitter (@facelessfood, just in case you want to sent me a tweet!) Of course, I had to click on the link, and soon found myself listening to the Vegan Song. The lyrics and images were pretty thought-provoking, and certainly caught my attention, but some of the pictures were a tad controversial, so not suitable to show to children.
I then thought I'd search for vegetarian songs, and found quite a few. Now, I don't think that any of them will ever get any awards for singing or song writing, but here are a few that I particularly liked: Don't Eat Like a Barbarian, What Do You Eat?, No Meat On Monday.
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The Players actor says she dresses for herself and not for any guy, and reveals why she is yet to wear a bikini onscreen
Fashionista. Style icon. Style diva. Sonam Kapoor's innovative looks have landed her many such titles and she's lived up to all of them. So naturally you'll expect that she loves clothes. She admitted that much to us recently. However, she also said something else that we would like to see all her young female fans take seriously. Sonam made it very clear to us that she buys her clothes with her own money, and not with her father's. While that might or might not be true, here's what impressed us – "Others invest in real estate, I buy pretty clothes. So what? I like looking pretty for myself, not for some boy." Isn't that great? The formerly overweight actor also said that it will be a while before she dons a bikini, like her Players co-star Bipasha Basu. "I don't have the body for a bikini. I have cellulite on my legs and cottage cheese thighs!" she laughs. "I worked hard to come down from 90kgs. I want to eat chocolate and rice occasionally, which I can't if I have to wear a bikini. I don't have any inhibitions. When I am comfortable, I will do it, but I will have to take three or four months off from work and really work on my body." Then she said something that threw us off, coming from a Bollywood actor known for her glamorous, stylish outfits. "You don't need to wear a bikini to look hot. You can look hot and amazing wearing normal clothes. It's a matter of perception and attitude." That's something we would love to see other female actors emulate. Won't you?


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Meditation - the technique of mental focusing for enhanced awareness and self-mastery - offers deep and lasting benefits for mental functioning and emotional health, as well as for physical health and well-being.
This practice is closely related to "mindfulness," which Professor Muesse defines as "a deliberate way of paying attention to what is occurring within oneself as it is happening. It is the process of attentively observing your experience as it unfolds, without judgment or evaluation."
"Meditation," he adds, "refers to certain exercises that can be used to enlarge and refine mindfulness." Meditation cultivates mindfulness by training you to develop deep attention to the present moment, allowing the mind to become settled and centered. These 24 detailed lectures teach you the principles and techniques of sitting meditation, the related practice of walking meditation, and the highly beneficial use of meditative awareness in many important activities, including eating and driving. You will also learn how to use the skills of meditation in working with thoughts and emotional states, in deepening sensory awareness of the body, and in becoming deeply attentive to the operation of your mind.
You'll come away with a solid basis for your own meditation practice and for bringing meditation's remarkable and empowering benefits to every aspect of your life.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2011 The Teaching Company, LLC (P)2011 The Great Courses
Stumbled upon audio books a little while ago and I enjoy them now. I mostly listen to books related to science, Buddhism, and some fantasy.
"Very good lectures on mindfulness!"
I found Dr. Muesse did good work researching and explaining mindfulness. Each lecture was well presented with good use of vocals to keep the listener's attention.
I found the best part to be the first lecture of this series. The example given is unquestionably THE best example I've ever read or heard of the differences between an untrained (or distracted) mind, and a mind which routinely goes through mindfulness meditation and exercises. I can't say enough good about the first chapter. The following lectures buildup from there, I found myself hooked right from the start.
Also, of particular note is the acknowledgement that this course is Dr. Muesse's interpretation on the subject matter. I could see the great lengths the author went through to present the subject material in as an objective way as possible. For me this is a huge difference between one-sided self help books, and academic learning.
I would recommend this to people curious about what meditation is, and what in particular mindfulness meditation is. Then it's effect on a person's outlook and quality of life.
All in all this is one of the best introduction coarse on mindfulness I have had the opportunity to listen/read. Recommended!
"Intermittently thought-provoking"
I learned a lot from this course, although parts of it are more valuable than others. The best sections are those which give advice on meditation practice and how to overcome the difficulties that challenge the beginner. The lecturer has lots of useful, practical ideas that are very helpful. I found the later sections where he spends a great deal of time moralizing in a rather banal way to be less interesting, although here and there I found nuggets of thought-provoking ideas about how mindfulness can help us live our lives better - the chapter on accepting mortality is particularly good.
The lecturer speaks WAY too slowly and has a slightly condescending tone, as if he is explaining the subject to a small kitten. However, I found that if I played him at 2x speed he sounded like a normal human being and was perfectly listenable.
Rob Thomas
"It sounds like a cliché, but it changed my life."
I bought this lecture series for help with learning to meditate. I did not find it too helpful on that front as I am a complete beginner and the lecturer did not take the sort of hand-holding approach to meditation that I feel I need.
BUT, the lectures that dealt with topics related to meditation and not meditation itself were amazing. I think they've helped me unlock the key mysteries about myself and my interactions with others and things that I've been struggling with for a great many years. I'm very, very glad I bought and listened to these lectures.
"Best Course on Meditation"
This course is not a simple listening experience but can be practice simultaneously.
The whole course is rooted in one concept "Awareness" and all worldly problems could be overcome through it. This is also a fundamental principle of "Whole to Part". If one is "Aware" all the time then one is also aware of transience nature of everything, physical or non physical.
Practice awareness through various exercises mentioned in the course.
This is the best Audible I have come across. I have listened to many other on similar subject but this particular one is invaluable due to following:- It encourages you to do simple exercises.- Insights mentioned are non religious but universal truth.- short stories (gathas) generate clarity.- simplicity.I wish there would be a concise form of these 24 lectures.
"This course changed my life!"
No. It is lengthy, but well worth the time invested.
This lecture has changed my life! It has taught me to practice paying more attention to those around me, how to practice compassion for others and myself, and how to exercise peacefulness.
"College Lecture Format"
No. I learned a good deal from the series of lectures, but I don't feel the need to listen a second time.
One "complaint" . Professor Muesse obviously knows this topic very well, he is well versed and brings personal experience to the course BUT he speaks VERY slowly throughout. Luckily the Audible app allows the listener to speed up the narration, which I listened to comfortably at 1.5x throughout.
This is not a story, it's a lecture series.
This is a series of recorded classroom lectures, so it can be a bit dry but the average individual 45-60 min lecture time makes it easy to plan your listening and take the inform piece by piece.
"Annoying narrator."
Dr. Muesse seems to be knowledgeable about the topic, but his cadence and voice was very annoying. He had very little enthusiasm and read in almost a monotone. I could only do a very short session because I kept getting rapped up in the voice and delivery.
I was interested in the topic, but had a hard time getting into the book because of the delivery by the reader.
"It's all right, but not earth moving"
It gets better as you reach the middle of the book
least interesting was mindfulness while eating and walking--way too lengthy
Would have had him move along a little faster to get to the point.
absolutely not.
I don't regret reading it, but I would not place it high on my list of "to reads."
Learn, understand, then decide whether you accept or reject.
"Stop Going on Autopilot, Listen to This"
I listen to a lot of audiobooks, usually in the background. This book gives you techniques to keep you mentally present whatever you're doing. It demystifies meditation and sophisticated techniques, giving it to you in easy-to-use guidelines.
I love learning, teaching, and exploring!
"Be well and happy!"
This was an excellent introductory course on meditation. The lectures covered the basics, like principles of Buddhism and connecting to the breath during meditation. It also explained some more challenging topics such as compassionate meditation and meditation on grief and death. These lectures have taught me how to bring mindfulness into my day-to-day life. I'm looking forward to practicing the concepts further!
The professor was an excellent speaker. The pace was a little bit slow, but I think that is appropriate for this topic. The 30 minute lectures are the perfect length for listening without getting bored.
"Great Guidance"
As I listened to the lecture series, restarted it a couple of times, and reviewed the lectures several times each, I have been able to apply several of his techniques to my own life and incorporate them ... they have been very beneficial.
I enjoyed his talks on The Buddha and on Buddhism, and he leaves me with an appetite for more understanding.
I like the way, after the introduction and basics he leads us through several directed meditations, building my confidence in my ability to continue this practice.
This is the first of his lecture series that I have listened to.At first, I found Professor Muesse's voice and manner of delivery difficult to enjoy ... but after a short while the delivery became part of his character and did enjoy his lectures, and listening to him.
"Practical, informative and charming"
As someone wanting to start mindfulness meditation I found this to be a clear and informative guide. Prof Muesse is from the southern states of the USA; which seems to present a previous reviewer with some problems but for me wasn't an issue. His narration is clear and paced in a way that's well suited to meditation exercises. He provides interesting context on buddhism but also translates concepts such as karma in a way that's useful for those of us who aren't buddhists and don't believe in reincarnation. There are plenty of exercises to offer the beginner a range of options for meditating and since buying this lecture meditation has become part of my daily routine.
The "Great Lectures" series all involve a bit of kidology; we're supposed to think it's a live lecture but the applause sounds dubbed-in between chapters and one assumes they're recorded in a studio somewhere. That's irrelevant though. Where they come up trumps is in hiring great university lecturers with solid academic credentials in the field and letting them do their thing. I wasn't sure whether that would work in this instance because I was after a practical guide but this really hit the spot for me in delivering both practical exercises as well as interesting background material.
"Great Information with a little Cheese!"
Good for Beginners
The information is well written and very informative, taking the listener into the world of meditation without any heavy religious overtones but enough reference to spirituality to make the exercise relevant. The guided exercises are very good and prove useful in demonstrating the concepts described.
Heartfelt but scripted
Take a voyage into inner space
The book is good but the format can be an annoying distraction. The speaker "pretends" to be performing a lecture to a live audience BUT it is very soon apparent that there is no audience reaction to the humour or any other background noise and the applause at the start and finish of each "lecture" or section is canned and exactly the same on every occasion. It would be much easier to the ear if the "lectures" were referred to as Chapters or Sections (as with any other book, audible or otherwise) and the distracting applause was binned as a result. Sincerity and honesty are a large part of being mindful so why pretend? The desire to be novel in approach has spoiled what is otherwise a great source of information. Having said that, don't be put off. Take it for what it is, a great start into mindful meditation.
"Get another book on meditation"
80% of this audiobook is needless filling - I is 12 HOURS long and this is because he talks extremely slow and overexplains everything. Like there are always not just one but three examples too many. I.e. he spends about 20 minutes talking about what kind of pillow is best for meditation and ends up saying that they all work and its an individual choice.
Because the audiobook is so long it is really hard to navigate as well. There is only a few guided meditations and the rest is stories (relevant or not) and discussions of how to live a mindful live.
There must be a better audiobook on this subject with less fill and more technique and relevance.
A better meditation book
He talks too slow and he comes with too many examples - way too many!
all but the guided meditation - or close to.
"I loved this course"
Potentially life changing
No characters as such this is course on mindfulness but I did enjoy when the professor talked about the Buddha.
This professors delivery was excellent he was able to bring the topics to life and make it interesting and enjoyable as well as educational.
I enjoyed it all and am looking forward to listing to it again soon
I have been trying to get into meditation and mindfulness meditation in particular but I don't think I had actually grasped what mindfulness really was and why it helps us and how to bring it into my life . These lectures addressed all that. Initially I wasn't sure I would like this but I am so glad I got it.
"Mindfulness. "
Not the book of the moment. It's possibly just me not being in the right frame of mind to listen to the lectures. I would not wish to put others off this title, go ahead and try these lecturers.
"Not for me"
I read the mixed reviews on this series before deciding to give it a go. I persisted with it until about half way and gave up on it. I can see that it will appeal to, and help many people and it does have much very useful discussion and instruction on mindfulness.
To me, the spoken delivery isn't great but is okay, the canned applause is unnecessary but okay. Assuming every listener is American is a common, curiously unmindful position but oh okay.
The interpretation of 'no self' was the last straw for me. So many teachers take this quite literally, 'hey, your self is an illusion, it doesn't exist'. Yes it is a process, no it is not a thing, no, it is not permanent, yes it fluctuates but as surely as our computers use software, all minds think and self and meditation may rewrite our notion of it but accepting it's continuing existence makes meditation easier. Denying it is disingenuous, dogmatic and misleading.
"East West Insights"
This book has been very enjoyable and has great insight and wisdom. It is well presented and holds benefits for anyone willing to understand. It is also presented in a way which leaves room for other views... And in my view there has been one person in history who has held similar wisdom His name is Solomon of the Hebrew Scriptures. Both men ( Buddha and Solomon ) wanted to gain wisdom, more than anything else, interestingly, both men have been son's of kings... Wisdom is wisdom is wisdom... Books of wisdom have been available for many centuries. This leaves a lot of room for thought ...Evolution does not seem to work, when it evolves round human nature--East or West This book makes an effort in tackling this problem , in my view.
"Bumblebee Buddha (I didn't finish)"
Lacking quality voice. Author compares himself to Buddha because a bee landed on his face.
"This has changed my life."
I found myself in a situation where I knew I had to change the way I reacted to the stresses and frustrations of a busy modern life. This course has helped me immensely. Coupled with the recommended reading it has given me a grasp of mindfulness practice that has already changed me. I was always sceptical of this type of thing but I cannot deny the power of such a simple practice.
Professor Muesse is inspirational and entertaining. He lectures with a sense of humour and humility which makes you want to try your best.
I revisit the lectures from time to time, they are more or less stand alone, and each one is relevant and valuable.


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Dr. Zimmerman's TUESDAY TIP:
"Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life."
Brian Tracy, personal development expert
Dr. Alan Zimmerman's Personal Commentary:
Back in the 1950's at the University of California-Berkeley, 80 science Ph.D. students underwent a battery of personality tests, IQ tests, and interviews to understand their strengths and weaknesses. 40 years later, another study was taken to see how successful those 80 professionals had become ... checking such things as their resumes, evaluations by experts in their own fields, and sources like "American Men and Women of Science". The research concluded that the social and emotional abilities of these 80 scientists were four times more important than their IQ's in establishing their professional success and prestige. In other words, their relationship skills were more important their mental skills.
In 1996, in a publication entitled "Successful Intelligence," R. Sternberg indicated that your IQ contributes about 20% to your overall success in life. The rest of your success depends on your "emotional intelligence" or relationship skills.
My reaction? Wow! Relationship skills are at the very core of success, and yet chances are you had no ... that's right, NO ... classes in elementary school, middle school, high school, college, or graduate school on "Making Relationships Work." So it's no wonder that the number one complaint on almost every organizational employee survey lists "communication" as the number one problem or complaint. And it's no wonder that more than half the personal relationships in this and many other countries fail.
I guess I shouldn't complain. All these "relationship" and "communication" problems make my keynote and seminar on "The Partnership Payoff: 7 Keys To Better Relationships And Greater Teamwork" a national best seller. Check it out or give me a call if you'd like to talk about bringing this program to your next meeting.
Until then, there are some things you can do to improve your personal and professional relationships right now.
1. Take an assessment of your relationship skills.
You see ... most people believe they are good communicators and everyone else has a problem. Well, that's pretty silly, but that's what the research tells us.
Perhaps it's time to get honest with yourself. I suggest you take the assessment by my colleague Arnold Sanow. He's created what he calls the "Your Get-Along IQ." He suggests you assess yourself and then have some other team members take the same assessment on you. The results can be eye-opening.
Go ahead and do it right now. Rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 on the statements below:
1 = Never 2 = Almost never 3 = Sometimes 4 = Almost always 5 = Always
How often do you ...
To score yourself, add up your points. And to interpret your scores, Sanow says, if you have a score of:
110-125: You're a Get-Along guru!
90-109: You're using some excellent connection strategies, but you're missing some important connecting cues.
76-89: Being responsive to others is music to their ears! Explore more ways to connect to what others want, need or value.
75-25: Pump up your Get-Along power! You may find yourself often frustrated from misunderstandings, disappointments and missed connection opportunities.
If you don't like the score you give yourself or others give you, admit it. Get honest with yourself. You've got some work to do. And start doing it.
And then...
2. Communicate with others in the way THEY would like you to communicate.
As illogical as it may seem, everybody thinks and feels ... at some level ... like he or she is the most important person in any interaction. And when you put two people together who both think they are the most important person in the interaction, you've got a perfect set up for miscommunication and relationship problems.
So what's the answer? Put the other person ... your coworker, customer, or family member ... at the center of the interaction. Think before you speak. Think about the other person and how THEY would like you to communicate with them. Directly, to the point, in generalities or specifics, with facts or illustrations, or whatever. Adjust your normal, no-thought approach to sharing your ideas to fit with the way the other person is most likely to understand and even accept your point of view.
And please, don't ever say, "I just say it the way I see it. Take it or leave it. If they don't like it, that's their problem." No it isn't. It's your problem. If you take that approach, you are NOT emotionally intelligent; you are emotionally ignorant at best. And chances are, your relationships will not be as good as they could be.
Finally, for today's purposes, before you book my program on "The Partnership Payoff" or attend my "Journey to the Extraordinary" program, it never hurts to...
3. Add a spiritual foundation to your relationships.
Now don't get all bent out of shape when I use the word "spiritual." I know it's not politically correct to ever mention the word "spiritual." But I'm not talking about a particular religion or trying to convert you to anything. I'm simply saying there's power in the "spiritual" or "faith" dimension of life that you may not be tapping into.
That became obvious to me when I was speaking at Abbott Laboratories, one of the oldest and finest pharmaceutical companies around. They gave me a copy of their "Technology Futures Report." In it, they quoted "Psychosomatic Medicine 1995," saying, "A study of 232 patients at Dartmouth Medical School found that elderly heart patients were 14 times less likely to die following surgery if they found strength and comfort in their religious FAITH."
If you don't know where to start with this "spiritual stuff" and how to add it to your relationships, try this prayer ... a "Prayer For Spiritual Partnership" by the Anonymous Author.
"Lord, help me to see my beloved as you do. Help me to look with eyes of grace and hear with humility. Please give us your wisdom to see our life together from the wide perspective of heaven instead of from our small lens smeared by petty grievances and complaints. Help us to join in partnership with you and your goals for our lives so we can be part of your plan of love for this world. Help us to be a team that encourages our family and those we meet and work with every day. Help us be part of our solution for every life we touch. And help us to touch each other's life with the same care you would use. Amen."
"Lord, help me to see my beloved as you do.
Help me to look with eyes of grace and hear with humility.
Please give us your wisdom to see our life together from the wide perspective of heaven instead of from our small lens smeared by petty grievances and complaints.
Help us to join in partnership with you and your goals for our lives so we can be part of your plan of love for this world.
Help us to be a team that encourages our family and those we meet and work with every day.
Help us be part of our solution for every life we touch.
And help us to touch each other's life with the same care you would use.
As long as you live, you will be communicating with lots of other people. And to a large extent, the degree of success you achieve will be determined by the quality of your communication. Don't settle for the communication skills you have now, thinking they're good enough. Strive to improve your communication, and in so doing you will improve your relationships and the very quality of your life.
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Title | Livelihoods in Crisis: a Longitudinal Study in Pader, Uganda (Inception Report) |
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Topics | Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Livelihoods | Returnees |
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Nick Broomfield's second documentary on Aileen Carol Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was executed in 2002 for killing seven men in the state of Florida. This second installment includes the filmmaker's testimony at Wournous's trial.
If anyone has the first Nick Broomfield documentary "Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer", could you please do me a massive favour and upload a torrent for it? I'd love to see that one too.
Cheers, hope you enjoy this one.
Cheers, hope you enjoy this one.
I am trying to D/L that now but I am stuck at 94.84%. When I do get it all I will make a torrent for that.
Hi bro, Im wondering is this like a part-2 or is it a stand-alone film.
I havent seen the first oneand I would like to watch this.
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I havent seen the first oneand I would like to watch this.
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Missouri GOPer: Street Signs, DMV Tests Should Be In English Because People Hate Spanish
According to Rudi Keller of the Columbia Daily-Tribune Tilley (R-Perryville) said this week that he wants the state to require anyone testing for a Missouri driver's license to pass the test in English. He explained: "How many times do you drive down the road and see the signs in other forms than English? I have been all around the state, and people think it is a common-sense issue and that we should institute it, and we are elected by the people to be their voice, and that is what we intend to do."
The state provides the test in 12 different languages, including English and Spanish.
Keller writes that Tilley made the remarks in a press conference after his first speech as speaker, and:
When asked whether it mattered if the person seeking the license was a legal resident or an exchange student who might not have a strong grasp of written English, Republican supporters who crowded in behind reporters and some members of the GOP caucus arrayed behind Tilley loudly protested the question. Tilley had to quiet them."If you are on the roads and you can't read the signs, it is a public safety issue, period," he said after restoring order.
Cauthorn -- a Republican who ironically represents Mexico, Missouri -- agreed that "If folks are going to come here and work, they need to work toward learning the English language."
But to Cauthorn, there was more to it then that: "The average guy on the street hates Spanish, and it is everywhere. To the average guy, that is important. We are almost to the point of losing our identity as a nation."


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Yes: Billions in agriculture subsidies could face the chopping block
posted at 11:41 am on June 4, 2012 by Erika Johnsen
While the economic malfeasance of agricultural subsidies may be relatively low on the totem pole of the federal government's massively wasteful and intrusive spending binge (we've definitely got some bigger fish to fry), they are in and of themselves astoundingly terrible ideas that come with a whole host of neighborhood effects. From toying with market signals and inflating food prices; to inhibiting free trade that would benefit the poverty-stricken worldwide; to encouraging overproduction that degrades the environment: they're just bad news. No American industry has been so persistently coddled as agriculture, helping out niche groups and special interests in the short term but making us all worse off in the long term.
So it warms my heart that, in this dire age in which extreme rent-seeking has become a trendy political sport, the costly implications of farm subsidies are at least open for discussion as a way to better the budget (even if this bill would also start pushing more money into crop-insurance subsidies, and predicted government "savings" so often aren't… but hey, little victories, right? Right?)
The Senate is expected to begin debate this week on a five-year farm and food aid bill that would save $9.3 billion by ending direct payments to farmers and replacing them with subsidized insurance programs for when the weather turns bad or prices go south.
The details are still to be worked out. But there's rare agreement that fixed annual subsidies of $5 billion a year for farmers are no longer feasible in this age of tight budgets and when farmers in general are enjoying record prosperity.
About 80 percent of the bill's half-trillion-dollar cost over the next five years represents nutrition programs, primarily food stamps now going to some 46 million people. About $100 billion would be devoted to crop subsidies and other farm programs.
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee last month approved a bill that would save $23 billion over the next decade by ending direct payments and consolidating other programs. The bill would strengthen the subsidized crop insurance program and create a program to compensate farmers for smaller, or "shallow," revenue losses, based on a five-year average, for acres actually planted. …
The Agriculture Department says that in 2011 the government paid farmers about $10.6 billion, including about $3.6 billion for conservation programs, some 10 percent of the farm sector's record-high net cash income of $108.7 billion. …
Not exactly the agricultural overhaul of my small-government dreams, but I suppose some scrutiny is better than no scrutiny. Agriculture is too tied up with expensive, competing, convoluted subsidies, and it's been on the receiving end of untoward special treatment since before the Great Depression.
If you're at all familiar with my past work over at Townhall, you may know that I've never met a subsidy I didn't like… to absolutely rag on. I have a lot of trouble thinking up reasons to justify subsidies — their primary function is to distort market signals, no if's, and's, or but's about it. Agricultural subsidies are particularly egregious, and they so aptly demonstrate how a lot of politicians will talk a big game about cutting down on pork, but if they happen to be from a farm-heavy state, they can magically think up excuses for why agricultural subsidies are so necessary. Everybody wants to cut spending, just not spending that benefits them.
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Report: Port Authority Chair, A Christie Adviser, Weighs Stepping Down
David Samson, a Christie adviser and appointee to the bi-state agency that oversees the George Washington Bridge, had discussed the possibility of stepping down long before the bridge scandal, according to the Times.
But anonymous government officials told the newspaper that Samson has revisited the idea. Although no final decision has been made, the resignation could take place before the agency's next board meeting in February, they said.
Christie aides told the Times they knew of no plans for Samson to step down. The chairman himself denied that he was weighing resignation.
"The story is incorrect," he wrote in an email to the Times.
The New Jersey lawmaker leading the state assembly's investigation into the bridge affair said Friday that Samson's role deserved closer scrutiny, after newly released documents from former Port Authority executive David Wildstein referenced a meeting between the chairman and Christie that took place a week before the governor's deputy chief of staff sent an email about causing "traffic problems" in Fort Lee, N.J.
"By submitting these documents, Mr. Wildstein is telling us they are related to the lane closures in some way," Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D) said in a statement. "The question that demands answering is how?"
Christie said last week during a marathon press conference that he was confident Samson played no part in the political payback scheme.
"I sat and met for two hours yesterday with Mr. Samson — General Samson — and again, I'm confident that he had no knowledge of this, based upon our conversations and his review of his information," the governor said, as quoted by the Times. "So I think, you know, as he said yesterday, he is angered by this and upset about it."