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Types of companies | Public (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 7261) |
Founded | 1920 |
Headquarters | Fuchū, Hiroshima (town), Aki District, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
Key people | Jujiro Matsuda (founder) Kazuhide Watanabe (Chairman) Takashi Yamanouchi (CEO) |
Industry | Automotive |
Revenue | ▲ Japanese yen3,475.8 billion (2007)[1] |
Net income | ▲ Japanese yen91.8 billion (2007) |
Employment | 39,364 (as of March 31, 2008, consolidated) |
Website | Mazda Global Web Site |
Mazda Motor Corporation (マツダ株式会社 Matsuda Kabushiki-gaishaJapanese) (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 7261) is a Japan Automaker based in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
During 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales. The majority of these (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company's Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide.[2]
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It is said that Mazda coincides with the anglicized pronunciation of the founder's name, Jujiro Matsuda, who was interested in spirituality, and chose to rename the firm in honor of both his family and Zoroastrianism.[3] The word Mazda derives from Ahura Mazda, the Avestan language name for a divinity exalted by the ancient Iran prophet Zoroaster, as the source of wisdom, intelligence and harmony.
In Japanese, the company's name has always been pronounced and spelled as "Matsuda", the name of the founder. Television ads for Mazda automobiles in the United States use a pronunciation where the initial vowel sound is the 'a' in "father", while Canadian Mazda advertisements pronounce the company's name with the initial "a" sound of the word "has". The initial vowel sounds (in the American and Canadian advertisements) are references to the first and last A sounds in the original Persian pronunciation.
Mazda began as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd, founded in Japan in 1920. Toyo Cork Kogyo renamed itself to Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. in 1927. Toyo Kogyo moved from manufacturing machine tools to vehicles, with the introduction of the Mazda-Go in 1931. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons for the Japanese military throughout the Second World War, most notably the series 30 through 35 Type 99 rifle. The company formally adopted the Mazda name in 1984, though every automobile sold from the beginning bore that name. The Mazda R360 was introduced in 1960, followed by the Mazda Carol in 1962.
Beginning in the 1960s, Mazda put a major engineering effort into development of the Wankel engine as a way of differentiating themselves from other Japanese auto companies. Beginning with the limited-production Cosmo Sport of 1967 and continuing to the present day with the RX-8, Mazda has become the sole manufacturer of Wankel-type engines mainly by way of attrition (NSU Motorenwerke AG and Citroën both gave up on the design during the 1970s, and prototype efforts by General Motors never made it to production).This effort to bring attention to themselves apparently helped, as Mazda rapidly began to export its vehicles. Both Reciprocating engine and rotary-powered models made their way around the world, but the rotary models quickly became popular for their combination of good power and light weight (when compared to piston-engined competitors with similar power, usually carrying a heavy V6 or V8 engine). The R100 and the famed RX series (RX-2, RX-3, and RX-4) led the company's export efforts.
During 1970, Mazda formally entered the North American market (under the guise of Mazda North American Operations) and was very successful there, going so far as to create the Mazda Rotary Pickup (based on the conventional piston-powered B-Series model) solely for North American buyers. To this day, Mazda remains the only automaker to have produced a Wankel-powered pickup truck. Additionally, they are also the only marque to have ever offered a rotary-powered bus (the Mazda Parkway, offered only in Japan) or station wagon (within the RX-3 line).
Mazda's rotary success continued until the onset of the 1973 oil crisis. As American buyers (as well as those in other nations) quickly turned to vehicles with better fuel efficiency, the relatively thirsty rotary-powered models began to fall out of favor. Wisely, the company had not totally turned its back on piston engines, as they continued to produce a variety of four-cylinder models throughout the 1970s. The smaller Familia line in particular became very important to Mazda's worldwide sales after 1973, as did the somewhat larger Capella series.
Not wishing to abandon the rotary engine entirely, Mazda refocused their efforts and made it a choice for the sporting motorist rather than a mainstream powerplant. Starting with the lightweight RX-7 in 1978 and continuing with the modern RX-8, Mazda has continued its dedication to this unique powerplant. This switch in focus also resulted in the development of another lightweight sports car, the piston-powered Mazda Roadster (perhaps better known by its worldwide names as the MX-5 or Miata), inspired by the concept 'Jinba ittai'. Introduced in 1989 to worldwide acclaim, the Roadster has been widely credited with reviving the concept of the small sports car after its decline in the late 1970s.Partnership with Ford Motor Company
Mazda's financial turmoil and decline during the 1970s resulted in a new corporate investor by 1979, Ford Motor Company. Starting in 1979 with a 27-percent financial stake, Ford began a partnership with Mazda resulting in various joint projects. During the 1980s, Ford gained another 20 percent in financial stakes. These included large and small efforts in all areas of the automotive landscape. This was most notable in the realm of pickup trucks (like the Mazda B-Series, which spawned a Ford Courier variant in North America) and smaller cars. For instance, Mazda's Familia platform was used for Ford models like the Laser and Escort, while the Capella architecture found its way into Ford's Telstar sedan and Probe sports models. However in 2002 Ford gained an extra 5-percent financial stake.
The Probe was built in a new Mazda assembly plant in Flat Rock, Michigan along with the mainstream 626 sedan (the North American version of the Capella) and a companion Mazda MX-6 sports coupe. (The plant is now a Ford-Mazda joint venture known as AutoAlliance International.) Ford has also loaned Mazda some of their capacity when needed: the Mazda 121 sold in Europe and South Africa was, for a time, a variant of the Ford Fiesta built in plants in Europe and South Africa. Mazda has also made an effort in the past to sell some of Ford's cars in Japan, mainly through their Autorama dealer group. The Ford Probe was made popular by Steven Bowers in the television show "The Wrong One".
Mazda also helped Ford develop the 1991 Explorer, which Mazda sold as the 2-door only Mazda Navajo from 1991 through 1994. Ironically, Mazda's version was unsuccessful, while the Ford (available from the start as a 4-door or 2-door model) instantly became the best selling sport-utility vehicle in the United States and kept that title for over a decade. Mazda has used Ford's Ranger pickup as the basis for its North American-market B-Series trucks, starting in 1994 and continuing through to the present.
Following their long-held fascination with alternative engine technology, Mazda introduced the first Miller cycle engine for automotive use in the Millenia luxury sedan of 1995. Though the Millenia (and its Miller-type V6 engine) were discontinued in 2002, the company has recently introduced a much smaller Miller-cycle four-cylinder engine for use in their Demio starting in 2008. As with their leadership in Wankel engine, Mazda remains (so far) the only automaker to have used a Miller-cycle engine in the automotive realm.Further financial difficulties at Mazda during the 1990s (partly caused by losses related to the 1997 Asian financial crisis) caused Ford to increase its stake to a 33.9-percent Controlling interest on 31 March 1997. In 1997, Henry Wallace was appointed President, and he set about restructuring Mazda and setting it on a new strategic direction.He laid out a new direction for the brand including the design of the present Mazda marque; he laid out a new product plan to achieve synergies with Ford, and he launched Mazda's digital innovation program to speed up the development of new products. At the same time, he started taking control of overseas distributors, rationalized dealerships and manufacturing facilities, and driving much needed efficiencies and cost reductions in Mazda's operations. Much of his early work put Mazda back into profitability and laid the foundations for future success. Ford executive Mark Fields, who took over as Mazda's CEO later, has been credited with expanding Mazda's new product lineup and leading the turnaround during the early 2000s. Ford's increased influence during the 1990s allowed Mazda to claim another distinction in history, having maintained the first foreign-born head of a Japanese car company (starting under Henry Wallace (Scottish)). The marque has since returned to a Japanese-born CEO, under Hisakazu Imaki since 2003.
Since 1997, Ford's deeper involvement in Mazda's operations has meant an increasing level of cooperation in engineering and marketing as well. The two firms now share engine designs from around the world (Ford uses Mazda's four-cylinder designs in large numbers, while Mazda has replaced its own V6 engine lines with designs from Ford) and have made several combined efforts in platform engineering. Their first major platform cooperation of this type began with the Ford Escape and Mazda Tribute models, which were effectively a global design that has since been sold in many parts of the world. The most recent Ford Focus also shares a platform with both the Mazda Axela and the Volvo S40.
Mazda has also conducted research in hydrogen-powered vehicles for several decades. As a major step in this effort, the company plans to release a hydrogen-fueled hybrid car in 2008, the Premacy Hydrogen RE compact minivan. The prototype has so far proven capable of traveling up to 200 kilometers (120 miles).[4]
Amidst the world financial crisis in the fall of 2008, reports emerged that Ford was contemplating a sale of its stake in Mazda as a way of Streamlining its Asset base [5]. BusinessWeek explained the alliance between Ford and Mazda has been a very successful one, with Mazda saving perhaps $90 million a year in development costs and Ford "several times" that, and that a sale of its stake in Mazda would be a desperate measure.[6] On November 18 2008 Ford announced that it would be selling a 20% stake in Mazda bringing its stake to 13.4%, and surrendering control of the company. [7][8] The following day Mazda announced that, as part of the deal, it was buying back 6.8% of its shares from Ford. It was also reported that Hisakazu Imaki would be stepping down as chief executive, to be replaced by Takashi Yamanouchi. [9]
Mazda had previously used a number of different Marque in the Japanese (and occasionally Australian) market, including Autozam, Eunos, and Efini, which have since been phased out. This diversification stressed the product development groups at Mazda past their limits. Instead of having a half-dozen variations on any given platform, they were asked to work on dozens of different models and consumers were confused as well by the explosion of similar new models.
Today, the former marques exist in Japan as sales channels (specialized dealerships) but no longer have specialized branded vehicles. The Carol is sold at the Autozam store (which specializes in small cars), but it is sold with the Mazda marque, not as the Autozam Carol as it once was.
In early 1992 Mazda planned to release a luxury marques, Amati, to challenge Acura, Infiniti, and Lexus in North America, which was to begin selling in late 1993. The initial Amati range would have included the Amati 500 (which became the Eunos 800 in Japan and Australia, Mazda Millenia in the US, and Mazda Xedos 9 in Europe) and the Amati 1000 (a rear-wheel drive V12 successor to the Mazda 929). The Amati marque was eventually scrapped before any cars hit the market.
In Europe, the Xedos name was also associated with the Mazda Xedos 6, the two models were in production from 1992 until 1997. The Xedos line was marketed under the Mazda marque, and used the Mazda badge from the corresponding years.
1962–1975 | 1975–1991 | 1991–1992 | 1992–1997 | 1997–present | |
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Symbol and corporate mark as seen on most Mazda cars from the Mazda R360 until 1975 | Between 1975 and 1991, Mazda did not have an official symbol, only a stylized version of their name; the previous blue "m" symbol was still used in some dealerships up until the 1980s, but later on a plain blue square next to the Mazda name was often used on dealer signs and documentation | In 1991, Mazda adopted a corporate symbol which was to represent a sun and a flame standing for heartfelt passion. | Shortly after the release of the new symbol, the design was smoothed out to reduce its similarity to Renault. | A redesigned symbol was introduced in 1997; it is a stylized "M" meant to show Mazda stretching its wings for the future. |
Alternative Propulsion and Bio-Car
Mazda is developing a rival to the Plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt; Mazda tests are sufficiently advanced that Mazda has a working prototype in a Mazda 5 MPV Bodyshell [10].
On the other hand, the first Stop-start Mazda will go on sale in Japan next year and the system is expected to be rolled out globally on a variety of models [10].
Mazda is finding a host of other uses from plastic to fabrics in its vehicles as it aims to be more environmentally friendly. Mazda plans to introduce its innovations - bioplastic internal consoles and bio-fabric seats - in its Mazda5 model at EcoInnovasia 2008, at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok. Up to 30% of the interior parts in the Mazda5 made of bio-material components [11].
Auto racing
- See also: Mazdaspeed
In the racing world, Mazda has had substantial success with both their signature Wankel-engine cars (in two-rotor, three-rotor, and four-rotor forms) as well as their piston-engine models. Mazda vehicles and engines compete in a wide variety of disciplines and series around the world.
International competition
Mazda's competition debut was on October 20, 1968 when two Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S coupes entered the 84 hour Marathon de la Route ultra-endurance race at the Nürburgring, one finishing in fourth place and the other breaking an axle after 81 hours. The next year, Mazda raced Mazda Familia R100 M10A coupes. After winning the Singapore Grand Prix in April 1969 and coming in fifth and sixth in the Spa 24 Hours (beaten only by Porsche 911), on October 19, 1969, Mazda again entered the 84 hour Nürburgring race with four Familias. Only one of these finished, taking fifth place.
In 1976, Ray Walle, owner of Z&W Mazda, drove a Cosmo (Mazda RX-5) from the dealership in Princeton, New Jersey, to Daytona, won the Touring Class Under 2.5 Liters at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and drove the car back to New Jersey. The Cosmo placed 18th overall in a field of 72. The only modifications were racing brake pads, exhaust, and safety equipment.[12]
After substantial successes by the Mazda RX-2 and Mazda RX-3, the Mazda RX-7 has won more International Motor Sports Association races in its class than any other model of automobile, with its hundredth victory on September 2, 1990. Following that, the RX-7 won its class in the IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona race ten years in a row, starting in 1982. The RX-7 won the IMSA Grand Touring Under Two Liter (GTU) championship each year from 1980 through 1987, inclusive.
In 1991, a four-rotor Mazda 787B (2622 cc actual, rated by FIA formula at 4708 cc) won the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race outright. The 787B's triumph remains unparalleled, as it remains the only non-piston-engined car ever to win at Le Mans, and Mazda is still the only team from outside Western Europe or the United States to have won at Le Mans — ironically after Nissan had closed down its World Sportscar Championship programme and Toyota had opted to take a sabbatical for most of 1991 in order to develop its 3.5 litre Toyota TS010. This led to a ban on rotary engines in the Le Mans race starting in 1992, which has since been rescinded. After the 1991 race, the winning engine was publicly dismantled for internal examination, which demonstrated that despite 24 hours of extremely hard use it had accumulated very little wear.The Le Mans win in 1991 followed a decade of class wins from other Mazda prototypes, including the 757 and 767. The Sigma MC74 powered by a Mazda 12A engine was the first engine and team from outside Western Europe or the United States to finish the entire 24 hours of the Le Mans race, in 1974. Mazda is also the most reliable finisher at Le Mans (with the exception of Honda, who have entered only three cars in only one year), with 67% of entries finishing. Mazda will return to prototype racing in 2005 with the introduction of the Courage Compétition C65 LMP2 car at the American Le Mans Series race at Road Atlanta. This prototype racer uses the Renesis Wankel from the RX-8.
Mazdas have also enjoyed substantial success in Land speed record competition, SCCA competition, Drag racing, Rally racing competition (the Familia appeared in the World Rally Championship several times during the late '80s and early '90s), the One Lap of America race, and other venues. Wankel engines have been banned for some time from international Formula One racing, as well as from United States Midget car, after Gene Angelillo won the North East Midget Racing Association championship in 1985 with a car powered by a 13B engine, and again in 1986 in a car powered by a 12A engine.
Spec series
Formula Mazda Racing features open wheel race cars with Mazda engines, adaptable to both oval tracks and road courses, on several levels of competition. Since 1991, the professionally organized Star Mazda Series has been the most popular format for sponsors, spectators, and upward bound drivers. The engines are all built by one engine builder, certified to produce the prescribed power, and sealed to discourage tampering. They are in a relatively mild state of racing tune, so that they are extremely reliable and can go years between motor rebuilds.
Spec Miata has become one of the most popular and most affordable road racing classes in North America. The Spec Miata (SM) class is intended to provide the opportunity to compete in low cost, production-based cars with limited modifications, suitable for racing competition. The rules are intentionally designed to be more open than the Showroom Stock class but more restricted than the Improved Touring class.
Mazda is a major sponsor to several professional sports teams, including:
- Hometown teams:
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Nippon Professional Baseball): The "Toyo" part of the team's name is in honor of Mazda's part-ownership of the team since 1968 (when Mazda was still known as Toyo Kogyo). The Matsuda family, descended from the founder of Mazda, holds the majority share in team ownership.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima (J. League): Originally known as Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club and founded in 1938, it was owned directly by Mazda until 1992 when Mazda reduced its share to professionalize the club for the new J. League.
- Teams abroad:
- Fremantle Football Club (Australian Football League)
- North Melbourne Football Club (Australian Football League)
The company also sponsors various Marathon and Relay race events in Japan, such as the Hiroshima International Peace Marathon and the Hiroshima Prefectural Ekiden Race, along with numerous other sporting and charity endeavors in Hiroshima and Hofu.[13] Mazda was also the league sponsor for the now-defunct Australian Rugby Championship.
Mazda also maintains sponsorship of the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca racing course in California, going so far as to use it for their own automotive testing purposes as well as the numerous racing events (including several Mazda-specific series) that it hosts.[14]
Since 2000, Mazda has used the phrase "Zoom-Zoom" to describe what it calls the "emotion of motion" that it claims is inherent in its cars.[15] Extremely successful and long-lasting (when compared to other automotive marketing taglines), the Zoom-Zoom campaign has now spread around the world from its initial use in North America.[16]
The Zoom-Zoom campaign has been accompanied by the "Zoom Zoom Zoom" song in many television and radio advertisements. The original version, performed by Serapis Bey (Band) (used in commercials in Europe, Japan and South Africa), was recorded long before it became the official song for Mazda as part of a soundtrack to the movie Only The Strong (released in 1993). The Serapis Bey version is a cover of a traditional Capoeira music, called "Capoeira Mata Um".
Early ads in the Zoom-Zoom campaign also featured a young (10 years old at the time) boy speaking the "Zoom-Zoom" tagline, who eventually was referred to as the "Zoom-Zoom Kid".[17] The "Kid", now a teenager, is named Micah Kanters.[18]
See also
- List of Mazda vehicles
- List of Mazda platforms
- List of Mazda engines
- List of Mazda facilities
- Mazdaspeed
- ↑ FY2007 Consolidated Financial Results, Mazda Motor Corporation
- ↑ MAZDA:Mazda Production and Sales Results for December 2007 and for January through December 2007 (Flash Report) | Production and Sales Results
- ↑ Mazda - All about Mazda
- ↑ Bloomberg.com: Japan
- ↑ http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081011/AUTO01/810110432/1148/&source=nletter-business
- ↑ Rowley, Ian (2008-10-11). "Ford to Sell Mazda?". Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2008/10/ford_to_sell_ma.html. Retrieved on 2008-10-12.
- ↑ http://miscstuff.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/ford-to-dump-mazda-sell-20-stake/
- ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ijnTbIWCfIBkF8Cxsv1ckWMkmfngD94H8SR03
- ↑ http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081119/AUTO01/811190416/1148
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=234607
- ↑ http://www.bioplastics24.com/content/view/1326/2/lang,en/
- ↑ daytona rx5
- ↑ MAZDA:Basic Idea on Community and Social Contributions | With Communities and Society
- ↑ Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | Track Sponsors
- ↑ Ford Motor Company - Featured Story - Mazda Challenges Consumers in Zoom-Zoom Contest
- ↑ MAZDA:What's Zoom Zoom ? | Mazda Spirit
- ↑ Shufflingdead.com: Newbs' Knowledge of Life, the Universe and Everything
- ↑ Micah Kanters
External links
- Mazda Global Web Site - includes links to Mazda operations worldwide
- Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development
- Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
- The Mazda3 Freighter Challenge
- ACT www.autoclubturkey.com - Turkey The Online Mazda forums
- MazdaSpeed.pl - Polish Mazda Club
- [1] - Peru Mazda Club
Mazda road car timeline, 1990s–2000s
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Kei car | Carol | Carol | Carol | Carol | ||||||||||||||||
AZ-Wagon | AZ-Wagon | AZ-Wagon | AZ-Wagon | |||||||||||||||||
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Scrum | Scrum/Scrum Wagon | Scrum/Scrum Wagon | ||||||||||||||||||
Subcompact car | Revue/121 | Demio/121 | Demio/Mazda2 | Demio/Mazda2 | ||||||||||||||||
Verisa | ||||||||||||||||||||
Compact car | Familia/323/Protegé | Familia/323/Protegé | Familia/323/Protegé | Axela/Mazda3 | ||||||||||||||||
Nissan AD | Nissan AD | Nissan AD | ||||||||||||||||||
Mid-size car | Capella/626 | Capella | Capella/626 | Atenza/Mazda6 | Atenza/Mazda6 | |||||||||||||||
Cronos/626/Xedos 6/Eunos 500 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eunos 800/Mazda Xedos 9/Millenia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Full-size car | Sentia/929/Efini MS-8 | Sentia | ||||||||||||||||||
Sports car | MX-6/Mystère | MX-6/Mystère/Efini MS-6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Roadster/MX-5/Miata | Roadster/MX-5/Miata | Roadster/MX-5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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RX-7 | Efini RX-7/RX-7 | RX-8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cosmo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pickup truck | B-Series | B-Series | B-Series | BT-50 | ||||||||||||||||
Minivan | Mazda Premacy | Mazda Premacy | ||||||||||||||||||
Efini MPV/MPV | MPV | MPV/Mazda8 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Biante | ||||||||||||||||||||
Crossover SUV | CX-7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport utility vehicle | Navajo | Tribute | Tribute | |||||||||||||||||
Van | Bongo | Bongo | ||||||||||||||||||
Truck | Titan | Titan | Titan | Titan |


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The Constitution should be amended to enable state legislatures to impeach governors and lieutenant governors, an Aam Aadmi Party MLA demanded in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday.
Participating in the debate in a special two-day session on the home ministry notification that curbed administrative powers of the Delhi government, Adarsh Shastri said a resolution should be passed to amend the Constitution.
"We should pass a resolution asking Parliament to review the recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission and the Articles 155 and 156 of the Constitution to allow state legislatures to impeach governors and lieutenant governors," said Shastri during the discussion.
However, the Delhi government later clarified that Shastri's demand was being misinterpreted as a resolution for powers to impeach the L-G and it was his personal view.
At the beginning of the session, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia tabled a resolution against the MHA notification.
"I believe that this is encroachment on Delhi assembly's rights. The democratic spirit of the Constitution was sidelined while issuing this notification. It was an insult to the biggest mandate the people of Delhi had given in the assembly polls," said Sisodia.
Questioning the centre's intentions, Sisodia said while taking action against a murderer, you won't see if he is an employee of the central government or Delhi government.
AAP MLAs unanimously spoke against the notification during the debate and demanded that the notification should be ignored.
Later in the day, AAP MLA Somnath Bharti moved a private member's resolution declaring MHA's notification as unconstitutional and invalid.
Bharti said if needed, he will move court against the notification.
AAP MLAs also targeted the L-G during the debate. "The L-G tried to influence probes conducted by the ACB. The governor of almost every state was changed but not Delhi's L-G," said AAP MLA Alka Lamba.

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The Philadelphia Flyers and Wells Fargo Center have been selected to host the fifth annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game. The game will take place on Thursday, Sept. 22, with opening faceoff set for 7 p.m. ET.
Mark Howe (Detroit, Mich.) and John LeClair (St. Albans, Vermont) were named the head coaches for this year's game on Aug. 22. Additionally, the full 42-player roster was unveiled on Aug. 31 and can be viewed here.
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Fight the Right-Washing of Nelson Mandela's Legacy
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...It's shocking how little American leaders of both parties did to oppose the rise and consolidation of the brutal apartheid regime in the '50s and 60s, but it was Richard Nixon who developed closer ties. The anti-apartheid movement of the 1970s and 80s – where Barack Obama got his political start; I covered the University of Wisconsin's successful divestment movement with the Daily Cardinal in 1978 — was demonized as the far left at the time. Moderates proposed alternatives like the Sullivan Principles, named after Rev. Leon Sullivan, a General Motors board member, which tried (and failed) to impose a code of conduct on companies doing business in South Africa (Sullivan eventually agreed they weren't enough).
Ronald Reagan made it a priority to fight domestic and international divestment efforts — efforts that, in the end, helped pressure the South African government to enter negotiations and free Nelson Mandela. Reagan vetoed an amazingly (if belatedly) bipartisan bill to impose tough sanctions on the apartheid regime. Of course then-Congressman Dick Cheney had voted against the sanctions in 1986, and he defended his position while running for vice president in 2000, telling ABC: "The ANC was then viewed as a terrorist organization. … I don't have any problems at all with the vote I cast 20 years ago."...
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What are your thoughts on...
(34 Posts)...Jasper?
And do you prefer George or James as mn?
My best friend named hers Jasper, i totally disliked it at first as i could only associate it with cats and dogs. However Jasper is now Jasper he has become the name and i really like it now (he's generally called Jas a lot of the time) Cool popular kid and there are no others in his class at school but i reakon it is one of those names which will become more popular.
And Cornwall!
Somerset (the really rural bits.....!)
Thank you MikeOxard x
Nope, where's that Rempy?
Geranium3, I'm hoping that will be the case. I've told DH that we should settle on a shortlist and then decide when we know what he/she looks like...if my cunning plan works then he will hopefully let me choose my favourite because of the awesome thing I had just done
I love Jasper and both mns would go well imo. He would probably get Jass or Jasp for short, which is ok I think, most people probably wouldn't shorten it anyway as it's quite a short name already. Good luck ttc, I wish you a little Jasper (or other name you choose) very soon. x
I'm guessing you don't live in the part of the country where Jasper means wasp?
I found girls names far easier to choose,
I didn't have any boys but at the time i would have chosen probably oscar or edward but now love raphael!
You will probably randomly hear or read a name one day and think:that's the name!
You may wonder why i only say i and not mention dh'schoices of names but believe me they end up being so in awe of you after pregnancy and labour, that you could call dc what ever you wanted!!!!
I love Jasper! I know a Jasper, he gets Jay very occassionally, but most people have always just called him Jasper or a nickname that is not based at all on his name.
I think Jasper James works well actually, although normally I wouldn't like names with the same letters, but this sounds nice.
Nope...I trawled through the top 300 girl's names the other day and didn't love any of them. Whoops!
We'd want a classic but not too 'old lady' name... but think it's going to take a while to find the right balance between the two!
How on earth do you choose?
good luck!
have you any ideas for girl's names?
Jasper James has a ring to it.
Love love love Jasper!
Awww thanks Geranium3, that made my day!
We're actually not pregnant yet, have my appointment to have the Implanon removed on Monday though so hopefully won't be long! Have wanted this for so so long...hope it doesn't take us long.
I'm already obsessed with names and am going to be insufferable nearer to the time...poor DH!
I love Jasper. Also Kasper. I would use either of these were it not for it being unworkable with my surname.
if you think rupert is a little too much, how about
or ralph
sadly no more dc for me but if i had a ds iwould call him raphael, love it!
KatyAnn,if you are having a winter/christmas baby, how about Gabriel?
You sound a lovely mummy even if you had a ds called rupert!!!
I knew a Jasper at school, he got teased a lot for being a wasp!
(but I haven't heard anyone call a wasp a jasper for ages, so perhaps it won't happen to your DS)
Strangely, I love the name George for a girl (think Famous Five) but really don't like it for a boy (Boy George?).
Love James though
I think Rupert is nicer than Jasper. Jasper James or Jasper George are too 'j' sounding for me.
Rupert James sounds lovely imo.
Geranium3...she knew it was my favourite but her response was...give birth before me and you can have it (she was 6 months pregnant at the time!)
I've made her out to be a bitch but she isn't really, and little Georgie really suits her name
DH loves Felix. I wasn't sure but it's growing on me...
Also like Elliot and Rupert (in fact LOVE Rupert but I think I would be a bad mummy if we chose that one )
naughty sister!!!!
as long as you love jasper that's all that matters
but how about
good luck!
Geranium3 - George was always going to be my baby boy name ever since I was little, but my sister has since called her daughter Georgie...grrr!
not too keen on jasper, quite a harsh name, prefer george jasper
I know it's not odd and I have always loved it! The only thing that's stopping me is the fact that there aren't any obvious nns (except Jay or Jaz which I'm not a fan of) which means there would be nowhere for him to hide if he didn't like it...and it is a bit of a marmite name!
Don't like alliterative names at all, sorry. James is nice though.
Prefer Jasper George.
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In Her Book American Gypsy, Oksana Marafioti Tries to Reclaim Romani Culture From Reality TV
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Author Oksana Marafioti's new memoir, American Gypsy (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), is two success stories in one: one of an immigrant making her way in America, the other of a Gypsy.
At 15, Marafioti moved from her native Moscow to Los Angeles. In Russia, she'd endured discrimination (including taunts of "Gyp" at school). Here, she faced a language barrier, money problems and her parents' divorce.
Still, her folks were armed with that age-old immigrant goal of making a better life. And, as Marafioti writes, life in America -- where you had to hide neither your heritage nor your "wealth underneath the living room floorboards" -- was infinitely better.
Marafioti's lineage has as many layers as a matryoshka doll. She was born in Latvia to a Romani Gypsy father and an Armenian mother, both of whom were also half Greek. The estimated 10 million Romani in the world today trace their origins back to India, although they've been in Europe for nearly 1,000 years. Centuries of persecution include the slaughter of nearly 1 million by the Nazis.
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Marafioti goes into painstaking detail describing the ways of her Armenian and Gypsy heritage, especially the superstitions: not sitting at table corners; pouring vodka shots for the dead; splashing water onto a car to ensure a smooth journey. Even the ritual of "marrying the essence with the water" while brewing tea reads like a spell. And if you've ever wondered why Gypsies wear so much gold, Marafioti attributes this to a nomadic habit of "carrying your wealth."
Her parents were entertainers in a traveling performance troupe that had been in her father's family for generations. From the ages of 12 to 15, Marafioti (née Kopylenko) didn't attend school, instead touring the Soviet Union with her parents.
On the cusp of her 16th birthday, Marafioti's family relocated to East Hollywood. "From everything they heard about the United States, they believed they would have more opportunities to practice and develop their careers onstage," Marafioti recalls during a phone conversation.
Instead, Marafioti's parents split up. Her mom moved from one manufactured city to another -- Vegas -- while dad remarried and moved to West Hollywood. Marafioti's dad fell back on the old family business to help pay the bills: He worked as a healer and exorcist, his new wife as a fortuneteller. ("I grew up with God and the Devil and every other idol in between at my doorstep," Marafioti writes.) The business was surprisingly profitable: Her stepmom charged as much as $500 for a love spell.
"The striving for a better life begins with really good intentions," Marafioti says. "But when people come here, they realize that road isn't as easy as they envisioned. My father was convinced he was going to make his living as a performer and musician." But, she says, "There were millions of people in America who had the same dream."
School for Marafioti was a haven, the place where she first embraced the word "exotic." "In Hollywood High, diversity was a requirement for ultimate coolness; anyone too bland faded into the background, a yearbook picture the only trace of their existence," she writes.
"When I came to L.A.," Marafioti says, "I noticed that people's self-worth wasn't as closely tied to their bloodlines. You could be all those nationalities you belonged to. You didn't have to be ashamed. All these kids were going through the same thing. I wasn't by myself struggling to prove to someone my individuality."
Now 37, Marafioti graduated from UNLV with a degree in film. She married a gadjo, or non-Romani -- a New York Italian, to be exact -- and, through a fellowship, she now works as a full-time writer.
Despite her family's line of work, Marafioti insists that her life was perfectly middle-class -- a reality at odds with not only centuries-old stereotypes of Gypsies as caravan-dwelling swindlers but also the recent surge of Gypsies on TV.
A trio of reality TV shows -- BBC's My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, U.S. spinoff TLC's My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding and National Geographic's American Gypsies -- has turned modern Romani life into a source of amusement, focusing on teen marriages, lavish weddings and a community so uneducated and insulated it makes the Amish look like hippies.
Earlier this year, Marafioti met with a TLC producer to make her pitch. "They were looking for a typecast," she says. Her story -- that of a college-educated Gypsy woman who has worked as a cinematographer -- was met with little interest.
"The sad thing is that they're narrating them, so it gives the feeling of a documentary as opposed to a regular reality show," she says. "They say things like, 'Gypsy girls love to stay home and clean.' Any educated, logical person would find that statement absurd. They're funny and entertaining as long as you know the rest of the story."
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Serve chef Justin Smillie's seasoned pork with his Porchetta Sandwich recipe.
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- 1 bunch fresh sage, leaves only, finely chopped
- 1 bunch fresh rosemary, leaves only, finely chopped
- 1 bunch fresh oregano, leaves only, finely chopped
- 12 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 8 tablespoons fennel pollen
- 3 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 (7-pound) pork belly, skin-on
- 1 (5-pound) pork loin
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a medium bowl, mix together sage, rosemary, oregano, garlic, fennel pollen, and lemon zest; set aside.
Place pork belly skin-side up on a clean work surface. Using a very sharp knife, score skin in a diamond-shape fashion. Turn pork belly over so that it is skin-side down.
Place pork loin on a cutting board. Holding the blade of the knife parallel to board, cut along the length of the pork loin, but not all the way through. Unfold so that it opens like a book. Place butterflied loin on top of pork belly.
Spread herb mixture over pork loin and season with salt and pepper. Roll pork away from you into a cylindrical shape; tie with kitchen twine at 1-inch intervals to make snug.
Season skin with salt and pepper. Transfer to refrigerator, uncovered, so that it air dries, for 3 days.
Fit a rimmed baking sheet with a rack and transfer pork to rack; let stand until room temperature, about 2 hours. Preheat oven to 500 degrees with a rack set in the lower third of the oven.
Transfer pork to oven and cook until skin begins to crackle, about 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 325 and continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of roast reaches 130 degrees, about 3 hours. Let stand 30 minutes before slicing.


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- Mechanism of Action Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide modulators
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Prospective Multicentric Randomized Study of Glivec® in Advanced GIST Expressing C-kit: Interruption After 5 Years vs Maintenance
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Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Sarcoma Gastro-intestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) |
Drug: interruption of Glivec® |
Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Prospective Multicentric Randomized Study of Glivec® in Patients With Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Expressing C-kit Comparing Treatment Interruption After 5 Years vs Treatment Maintenance |
- Progression free survival [ Time Frame: 2 years ]to compare progression free survival beyond 2 years in patients treated by Glivec® achieving a CR, PR or SD at 5 years. Patients will be randomized either interruption of Glivec® until progression w/RECIST criteria and the re-start (group 1) or(/vs) maintenance of Glivec® (group 2).
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To compare overall survival beyond 2 years in the two groups of randomized patients.
- Toxicity [ Time Frame: 7 years ]Evaluation of toxicity during inclusion in the study
Enrollment: | 564 |
Study Start Date: | May 2002 |
Study Completion Date: | May 2013 |
Primary Completion Date: | April 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Experimental: interruption of Glivec® |
Drug: interruption of Glivec®
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are associated with a dismal prognosis in localized and advanced phase with a major resistance to conventional chemotherapy agents. GIST cells are positive for KIT (CD117) and CD34 in 100% and 70% of cases, respectively. Virtually all malignant GISTs actually harbor activating mutations of the kit pathway in the tumor cells, leading to ligand-independent activation of KIT tyrosine kinase activity and tumor growth in vitro. Glivec® inhibits KIT activity at an IC50 of approximately 100 nM which is similar to that required for inhibiting the tyrosine kinase associated with Bcr-abl and the PDGF receptor. Experiments on cell lines containing an activating juxtamembrane mutation (similar to that found in GISTs) and cell lines containing transfected wild type KIT protein, showed that these cells appear to be strongly dependent upon the activity of the mutant receptor to prevent apoptosis, thus providing further scientific justification for the development of Glivec® as an antineoplastic agent with specific activity against GIST as a KIT-driven malignancy.
Since the first single patient with metastatic GIST treated by Glivec® in March 2000 (16), more than 2000 patients have been included in prospective trials testing activity and tolerance of Glivec® in patients with advanced/metastatic GIST. High response rates have been documented, only a limited percentage of patients progressed after achieving objective response, and median survival has not been reached in all studies. There has been no clear demonstration of a dose-response relationship. About 15% of patients experienced a rapid disease progression under treatment but the mechanisms of resistance remain unknown. Some patients progressing at 400 mg/day further responded to higher doses of Glivec®. Toxicities were infrequent, mainly mild to moderate and their incidence seems to be related to the total daily dose administered.
The optimal duration of treatment with Glivec® remains unknown. In addition the impact of surgical procedures of tumoral residual masses is not yet evaluated on progression free and overall survival. The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of Glivec® treatment interruption with reintroduction at progression in GIST patients.
Primary objective
- To compare progression-free overall survival beyond 1 year in patients treated by Glivec® achieving a CR, PR or SD at 5 years. Patients will be randomized between 1) interruption of Glivec® until progression w/ RECIST criteria and then re-start (group 1) vs 2) maintenance of Glivec® (group 2).
Secondary objectives
- To compare overall survival in the two groups of randomized patients.
- To determine progression free survival beyond 1 year in patients in CR, PR or SD at 5 years who refused randomization and 1) selected Glivec® interruption or 2) chose Glivec® maintenance.
- To determine CR, PR and SD rates after re-start of Glivec® in group 1.
- To assess the number of patients who completed radical surgery on tumour residual masses after an objective response.
- To assess resource utilisation by evaluating direct and indirect cost.
- To evaluate the correlation between the serum rates of Glivec® and the response to the treatment w/ RECIST criteria, in patients with the diagnosis of GIST and treated by Glivec® 400mg /day, and this until progression, stop treatment or study exit.
- To follow immune modifications induced by Glivec® administration potentially related to clinical response and toxicity.
- To realize if possible the sequencing with aiming diagnoses KIT, in order to evaluate the correlations existing between the response/or the absence of response to Glivec® and the type of mutation of KIT.
Overall study design : This is an open label clinical trial of oral Glivec® 400 mg/day in a population of patients with metastatic and/or unresectable malignant GIST in relapse. 564 patients will be enrolled in ten years in 20-30 French Cooperative Centers.
Treatment : Patients will receive Glivec® 400 mg /day for an exposure period of 60 months. At the end of a 5 years period, patients with non progressive disease will be proposed for randomization between 1) interruption of Glivec® until progression w/ RECIST criteria and then re-start vs 2) maintenance of Glivec®. Patient who refuse randomization will be proposed either solution and followed according to the same schedule. During treatment with Glivec® 400mg/day, Glivec® may be increased to 600 mg/day or 800 mg/day if the patient is progressing. In case of re-progression, the patient will be excluded of this study.
Signed informed consent for the study, including the possible randomization, will be obtained.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients 18 years of age or over.
- Histologically documented diagnosis of malignant GIST.
- Immunohistochemical documentation of c-kit (CD117) expression either by the primary tumor or metastases using the DAKO assay.
- Performance status 0,1, 2, 3 (ECOG)
- Adequate end organ function, defined as the following: total bilirubin < 1.5 x ULN, SGOT and SGPT < 2.5 x UNL (or < 5 x ULN if hepatic metastases are present), creatinine < 1.5 x ULN, ANC > 1.0 x 109/L, platelets > 100 x 109/L.
- Female patients of child-bearing potential must have negative pregnancy test within 7 days before initiation of study drug dosing. Post menopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential. Female patients of reproductive potential must agree to employ an effective barrier method of birth control throughout the study and for up to 2 weeks (according to updated Invest. Brochure) following discontinuation of study drug.
- Written, voluntary, informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient has another malignant tumor in CR<3 years (except if the other primary malignancy is inactive and not requiring active intervention). Previous basal cell skin cancer or a cervical carcinoma in situ are allowed.
- Patient with Grade III/IV cardiac problems as defined by the New York Heart Association Criteria. (i.e., congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within 6 months of study)
- Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Patient has a known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
- Patients received chemotherapy within 2 weeks prior to study entry, unless the disease is rapidly progressing
- Patients had a major surgery within 2 weeks prior to entry study
- Patient with any significant history of non-compliance to medical regimens or with inability to grant reliable informed consent.
- Previous treatment with Glivec®
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00367861
France | |
Institut Bergonié | |
Bordeaux, France, 33000 | |
Centre Oscar Lambret | |
Lille, France, 59000 | |
Centre Leon Berard | |
Lyon, France, 69008 | |
Hopital Edouard Herriot | |
Lyon, France, 69008 | |
Institut Paoli Calmette | |
Marseilles, France, 13000 | |
Hopitaux de La Timone | |
Marseille, France, 13000 | |
Centre Alexis Vautrin | |
Nancy, France, 57000 | |
Institut Gustave Roussy | |
Villejuif, France, 94850 |
Principal Investigator: | Jean Yves Blay, M.D., Ph.D | Centre Leon Berard, INSERM U590 & Hopital Edouard Herriot |
Principal Investigator: | Axel Le Cesne, M.D. | Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Centre Leon Berard |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00367861 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | August 21, 2006 |
Last Updated: | February 21, 2014 |
Keywords provided by Centre Leon Berard:
GIST Glivec® randomized phase III |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Neoplasms, Connective Tissue Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms |
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I just finished installing my v-1 stealth display in my gauge cluster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_hnyymt80 It was actually super easy to do, the mpg gauge literally unclips right out of the back of the cluster I should have taken pictures of the install but I was too focused to think about it lol. Anyway i'm very happy with the result, I added a switch for the mode toggle and mute in front of my shifter next to my hardwired garage door opened
Thats pretty cool this is what did with mine for the time being, i like seeng the display better on the radar detector itself but i dont want to reach over the dash to mute it all the time so heres how it sists for now. And a little rage demonstration also:
Obviously it works in that position, however, (just fyi in case you may not be aware), optimal positioning for maximum radar detection ability/performance should be as high as possible while still keeping the detector positioned so it has an unobstructed sight-line to the rear - perhaps less critical in-town, but might be worth considering for highway trips. On a different topic, it bears repeating - leaving any electronic items in view (or evidence of same) such as high-end radar detectors or gps units while you're away from your car is risking a break-in. When parking, I always try stash anything completely out of sight, and without being observed (hopefully) by any would-be smash-n-grab thieves. Leaving the passenger compartment clean and empty gives would-be thieves little reason to think there is anything in the car worth stealing.
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I am getting ready to go to the gym here shortly, first time in almost a week. I am so hungry for it right now. Just waiting for my food to settle before I head in.Live Hard, Laugh Hard, Love Hard and Heal Fast! - KLEENhttp://anabolicminds.com/forum/workout-logs/276206-kleen-strong-body.html
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Okay so I lost some weight while being sick. I think I look pretty damn good for having an unscheduled week out of the gym. I think I look better than last week. What do you all think? Be honest...
This is just a sample of the vascularity you can never see in my pictures. Check the veinage in the calves!
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Current Training Log - - 06-03-2013, 04:09 PM
Ridiculous vascularity my friend.
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doin it mountain dog style in here come along for the shred fest-http://anabolicminds.com/forum/workout-logs/229302-danbs-mountain-dog.html -
The back shreds quick! Lookin good sofar brother. Calve vascularity is narly too. Are you doing any direct arm work? They seem to be behind a bit.
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Thanks Dan!
Not too bad for being sick all week.
Yeah I do direct arm work this is my issue for certain, my arms are just over 17.5 flexed with no pump. I have been training them but they seem to be stuck. Unfortunately along with that my back is so damn wide and thick and grows without any real effort so they get completely overshadowed by my back.
Thanks Snags
Working on it.
Yeah they are definitely starting to come out.
AMEN on the light weights.
Speaking of light weights this was my first workout back from being sick.
Yesterday was a push day, more strength based with a twist. I was doing 2 second negatives on every thing instead of just exploding it up and down quickly.
Push Day -1 Strength rep range 3-5 on compounds and 6-8 on isolations. Tempo 2-0-1, 90 seconds rest between sets.
Incline BB Bench - 135x5, 185x5, 225x5, 245x5, 255x3 + 2 assisted - Yay I had a spotter for that last one. Surprised how well my shoulder held up. The slower negatives definitely made for some hard work but still a good lift.
DB Flat Bench - 100x5, 110x5, 120x5, 125x4 - I did a 15 second negative on the last rep since I knew I would not get another rep.
Decline DB FLies - 55x8, 55x7, 55x6 - Wow what a burn in the pecs. Felt amazing.
Shoulder Press - 110x10, 155x5, 170x5, 185x3
DB Side Raise - 45x8, 45x8, 45x6
Dips Body Weight Close Grip one set of 45 dips. I really wanted to get 50 in one set here but couldn't muster anymore go. I was supposed to get in CGP, and Skull Krushers but ran out of time so the max reps on Dips was my improv...Live Hard, Laugh Hard, Love Hard and Heal Fast! - KLEENhttp://anabolicminds.com/forum/workout-logs/276206-kleen-strong-body.html
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Looking awesome brother no doubt. A bit of the Marc Loblliner syndrome with the turtle back overpowering the arms. Still look better then me so I can't say much :P
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That back double bi shot is insane. Your back is always so damn impressive. Legs are looking vascular and beastly. Nice work can definitely see you leaned up.
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Def looking great Chris! What do attribute your monster back to? Genetics? I know you work your ass off but I'm just curious. Keep at it. Boss body at work. Cannot wait to see the final package .
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Turtle Back, that is awesome! I have never heard that one before. Thanks, and not sure that I would say I am looking better than you but I will definitely take that as a major compliment. As far as my arms I really feel I need solid 18-18.5 which is what most people my size have at this body fat. However I would venture to say my arms are a lot leaner than most guys holding as much fat as I am in the stomach. My arms won't shrink much so hopefully I can still have at least 17.5 inches on stage even 10-15 lbs from now. I did mention to Matt I wanted to focus a bit more on my arms to get them growing along with my medial and rear delts. I feel I can just do some maintenance on my back and chest while concentrating on those areas but I think Matt is planning a way for me to grow them more while pushing the limits on the shoulders and arms. I will say from the back though I can definitely see that my rear delts have come up.
Thanks Jeff, things are going surprisingly well considering I am just coming off an illness.
Rick! Nice to have you in the log. I am giving this one a bit of hell but am taking notes from a coach this time around. Some very interesting dietary modulation going on that keeps me on my toes.
Yeah it was intense. I barely got the 125's up for that 4rth one so I just fought it all the way down. This is the heaviest I have been on DB's in quite some time. I honestly didn't expect to get up to that weight with the 2 second negatives.
Thanks Bean! I would attribute my "monster back" to a few different factors. My traps are a lot of genetics, my lats have always been a pretty good spread. However most of my thickness especially the lower traps and lats have come up drastically since I began to do more dead lifts and rows.Live Hard, Laugh Hard, Love Hard and Heal Fast! - KLEENhttp://anabolicminds.com/forum/workout-logs/276206-kleen-strong-body.html
Current Training Log - - 06-05-2013, 10:38 AM
Alright back again this time it was a pull day.
Took 1 scoop IGNITE 2, 1 scoop Creatrona, one scoop Apple BCAA SAA in pre workout mix upon rising and then another scoop of BCAA SAA in my water bottle and went of to the gym. Was majorly energized by the time I got into the gym.
Tempo 2-0-1, Reps 3-5 on compounds and 6-8 on isolation, 90 seconds rest
Wide Grip Weighted Pull Ups - BWx5, BW+10 x5, BW+25 x4, BW+25 x3 - This was pretty hard, I have not done wide grip pull ups in a long time.
Barbell Bent Over Rows - 135x5, 225x5, 275x4 - I had not done these in a while too and was decently impressed with 4 reps at 275 considering the 2 second negatives.
Bent Over DB Dead Stop Rows 80x8, 90x8, 110x8 - again numbers are looking very solid. I can't complain at all about them.
Face Pulls - 130x8, 140x8, 150x8 - These felt great, a bit challenging to post up to do them at the 140 and 150 but felt great on the rear delts.
Barbell Curls - 135x5, 135x4, 135x3 - Man these were really hard especially the last reps of the second and 3rd set and required a little body english to get to the top but the 2 second negatives were very strict. This is much heavier lifting than I have been doing for biceps.
DB Curls - 45x5, 40x8, 40x5, 35x6 - Biceps were just toasty by this time. Was a great workout.
Crunches - 15 reps with 2 second negatives every 15 seconds for 5 minutes. Man talk about abs burning. One of the bricks in my upper abs got cramped up at the end, lets me know I was killing them.
Matt just changed up my macros a bit, I am back to 250 grams of carbs a day every day for a little bit. Protein came down a tiny bit to adjust for the calories. I think things are going really well.Live Hard, Laugh Hard, Love Hard and Heal Fast! - KLEENhttp://anabolicminds.com/forum/workout-logs/276206-kleen-strong-body.html
Current Training Log - - 06-05-2013, 10:48 AM
Looks like things are going we'll brother! Big strong lifts. And those negatives are just sick nasty :P
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Idk if this has been answered but what class are you planning on competing in?
And do you know how much tickets to the show will be?
I live about 3 hours away from Houston so I could POSSIBLY make it out there depending on school and such. - 06-06-2013, 08:50 AM
Next year I should time my trip to see my brother-in-law in Houston (Kingwood) around this event!
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Yeah, it was pretty intense, I really to get these arms up a little by the show.
That would be awesome! I think the tickets are $25 unless going to VIP tables. As far as the class if you mean weight class I would have to be a light heavy weight, I can't see myself coming in under 176 lbs or over 198. I will most likely do the Open and the Masters.
Great, I can't wait! We need to get together at the Nationals in Dallas, I will be there, my cousin who lives in Dallas, and then Jeff (OnlyChevy6) are going to be there.
Definitely but Houston area has a lot of shows too so you could go to many of them.
Yeah that would be awesome, I can definitely see you on the stage!Live Hard, Laugh Hard, Love Hard and Heal Fast! - KLEENhttp://anabolicminds.com/forum/workout-logs/276206-kleen-strong-body.html
Current Training Log - - 06-06-2013, 09:53 AM
Oh yeah... I was up all night last night and didn't get my leg workout in. I will have to try to squeeze it in tomorrow morning if I can. Having that Graduation Party for my son so the schedule is extremely tight right now. I am so ready for Saturday when this is over and the stress levels can go back to normal, and most of my time won't be dedicated to getting the house in check. Good news is that the painting and what not is going to be a permanent improvement made for a 1 day event. So I will get to appreciate all the work after the stress factor is gone.
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Current Training Log - - 06-10-2013, 01:28 PM
Okay guys here for another update, workouts went well this past week even though I was feeling pretty rough. I was too busy to log all of it and too busy now to try to remember all of my workouts. Tonight is going to be a higher rep workout on legs and tomorrow will be a push day.
I was not feeling well at all this past week, but was still strong as a bull. Thank goodness for the wonderful IGNITE 2, or I would have never made it through the workouts. I just could not get in as much food as Matt wanted me too. I gave it my best shot but had some issues that just plain made me feel ill about halfway through my meals up until Friday. I am feeling better and will be able to hit my food targets this week thankfully.
On a good note I leaned up dramatically this week, dropping 3.5 lbs, some of which was glycogen and water. You can definitely see in my pictures that I made a huge dent in the fat / water that was on my body. The pictures don't really even justify how much leaner I look in person. I am really happy with the way things are going and hope that I can stick around this weight while leaning up as we go. Hopefully I can start my bridge soon and make that an easy possibility.
Here are the pictures to show the progress and baby I like what I see.
Look at that ab definition coming in, WooHoo! You can even see them on my left side when turned and that is the one that is the least developed.
Chest really showing more definition even through all the hair. Back definitely more defined and Front Double by my lower chest fat is tucking up under my chest a lot more. I love how things are going in spite of 2 weeks of not feeling well at all.
Hopefully all is well from here on out and I don't have any more issues with not feeling well. My distractions at home are over also, see all of this illness was going on while preparing for my sons graduation party, painting the interior of the house and getting food together for 40 people at the party. He is graduated now and I am very proud and very relieved to be able to get back on an easier schedule with all of my workouts and food. Making time and arranging time for food & workouts has been a lot harder than I expected with all of that going on. I am not complaining I wouldn't give the experience up for the world but I am happy it is all over now too.Live Hard, Laugh Hard, Love Hard and Heal Fast! - KLEENhttp://anabolicminds.com/forum/workout-logs/276206-kleen-strong-body.html
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Open the ink lever once the "Finished" message appears on the printer screen. Remove all flushing cartridges. Replace original ink cartridges or insert new ones. Lock the ink lever again. Press "Enter" on the keypad to finish the purging process.


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A new church for Christian refugees from the Nineveh Plain was inaugurated in Ankawa
30. June 2016 - 11:17The new, large church inaugurated on Monday, June 27 by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I in Ankawa, a Christian-majority suburb of the city of Erbil, where many Christians fled their villages in the Nineveh Plain in front of the offensive of the self-styled Islamic state militias (Daesh) found shelter, is dedicated to Mary Mother of Perpetual Help (as the icon donated by Pope Pius IX to the Redemptorist Fathers exactly 150 years ago, in 1866).
'Fanatic' Muslim mob torches 80 Christian homes in Egypt over church rumour
22. June 2016 - 12:48The Muslim mob, which were described as "fanatic" by a terrified witness, began wreaking havoc at a Christian-owned building which was under construction.
The crowd believed it was set to be turned into a Christian church and took umbrage, setting fire to the building and other nearby Christian properties.
Hagia Sophia to Turn to Mosque During Muslim Ramadan
8. June 2016 - 8:42The morning prayer from the Koran was read at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul on the first day of Muslim Ramadan, Monday, June 6, in the presence of Turkey's general secretary of religious affairs.
Patriarch calls on Serbs to stay in Kosovo
16. May 2016 - 13:31Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) on Sunday called on Kosovo-Metohija Serbs to remain in the province, urging its displaced population to return.
Following a liturgy he served in St George's Cathedral in Prizren, Kosovo-Metohija, he said that "Kosovo will remain ours if we carry it in our souls."
40,000 Christians Persecuted By Muslims In Germany
12. May 2016 - 14:28Multiple human rights organizations are warning the German government of the conditions that Christians in asylum homes are being subjected to. One organization in particular has chronicled 231 specific cases of the harassment of Christians by Muslim migrants and Muslim security guards in asylum homes.


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Our distinctive Classic Shaker Flare Leg Coffee Table will add style, class and functionality to your upscale living room. The perfect furniture piece on which to place a drink, store your favorite coffee table book or rest your feet. Available in variety of hardwoods, stains and sizes. Easily pick the one that best suites your personal style.
Base Price represents 24"W x 48"L x 17"H Coffee Table in cherry, maple or oak
Shown In natural cherry with Flare Legs
Matching Furniture is available online in our Classic Shaker Furniture Collection
Assembly required: attach legs with provided hardware
Small Item Shipping: This item may be shipped via FedEx or similar carrier
Finish: Lacquer.
Small: 24"W x 48"L x 17"H
Large: 28"W x 54"L x 17"H
Top: 1" with eased or beveled edge and eased corners
Table legs are attached to the table top using metal corner braces with Lag bolts.
All of our woods are sustainably harvested from forests within the continental United States. Wood samples for this product are available here.
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Natural Maple
Natural Oak
Natural Walnut
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Autumn Cherry
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Medium Maple
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Medium Oak
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At Vermont Woods Studios, each piece of fine furniture is carefully handcrafted and made to order right here in Vermont. Current lead time for production is approximately 4-6 weeks.
The transit time from our craftsmen to you depends on accessibility to your area. Please select your delivery location in the drop down below to get an indication of what the transit time for your order would likely be:
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In some cases, for example with small coffee tables, we use standard shipping via Fed Ex or similar carrier. Shipping and delivery details.
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