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Yesterday, my daughter hit 'submit' on her online college application, which means graduation is on the horizon for my oldest child and with it, choices about how to begin life as a young adult. This past year, we tackled the infamous, "Where do you want to go to college?" question, and discussion of a contemporary trend, the Gap Year.
The Gap Year is the period of time between high school graduation and freshman year at a university of choice. It is an opportunity for young adults to take a sanctioned break from the academic system to explore, work, learn, grow, and get to know themselves. The reasoning is that life experience, self-discovery, and a broader perspective on the world will benefit them as they enter the higher education system.
In my opinion, Mom & Dad are the ones deserving of the Gap Year. I mean, by your forties (or later), you have a pretty good idea what gaps exist in your life. It's time to start rekindling that sense of adventure you lost the minute you graduated from college and set foot in your first cubicle. In my case, immediately after fleeing said cubicle, I chose to start a family, which led into an 18 year blur of exhaustion, culminating in my daughter's current college application process.
During that time my children grew up, a few dreams and travel plans were deferred. A few friendships fell by the wayside, as we were all too busy with travel soccer practice to prioritize our own social lives. A few business ideas sparked, but have not yet had time to ignite, as my changing worldview slowly shifts my focus from income potential to social good. And one more thing, I need rest and relaxation like I need air and water.
Most of all, I crave uncertainty. Not recklessness, but rather the potential and opportunity of being less defined. Now I am older, and more financially secure, but I remember how it felt to feel so ungrounded at age 22. My 20s were financially tight, but I was secure in my relationships. How fluidly I moved with less burden, and how invigorating it was to be experimenting with my life's path.
I have big decisions ahead of me, as does my daughter. Of course, there is a standard path in front of me. Continue paying the mortgage, build the nest egg, live safely and comfortably, but feel stagnant. But there is another way. Make changes, shake things up, take some risks, but feel fear. My daughter plans to start college next fall, but Mom has her eye on the Gap Year.


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rubber does not support synctex
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|rubber (Ubuntu)
Bug Description
Binary package hint: rubber
Since texlive 2008 there is support for synctex in texlive.
Thus there is no need to compile tex-files to .dvi first and later to convert them to .pdf,
to have feature like forward and backwards search.
It would be nice if this will work using rubber, too.
|Changed in rubber:
|New → Confirmed
|Undecided → Wishlist
|Tobias Wolf (towolf) wrote :
Now that Evince supports SyncTex and Gedit gained a SyncTeX plugin (to be in Ubuntu Maverick) this should be put in.
It's only a parameter to pdflatex, lualatex and xelatex. Namely » -synctex=1 «
As a workaround, it would be cool if this worked as a modeline:
% rubber: set program xelatex -synctex=1
It doesn't now.
|Smeuuh (smeuuh) wrote :
Yes, this bug is annoying. A nice thing to have would be to be able to specify extra command-line options for the tools involved. As a workaround, I have
/usr/bin/pdflatex -synctex=1 $@
in ~/bin/pdflatex
|Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
|Changed in rubber (Ubuntu):
|New → Confirmed
|joenix (woutersj) wrote :
As a workaround I have edited the file "/usr/share/
|Xavier (xpucel) wrote :
Thanks joenix, with your fix, both forward and backward Ctrl+clic work for me. I did not alter anything else.
Ubuntu 12.04, gedit 3.4.1, evince 3.4.0, gedit-plugins 3.3.4, tex compilation via this external tool :
rubber -d "$GEDIT_
PDF_NAME=$(echo $GEDIT_
gnome-open "$PDF_NAME" > /dev/null 2>&1
|Hannes Ovrén (kigurai) wrote :
Is there any development going on in rubber?
I am considering using it in a small project I have, and I really need synctex for that.
I looked at the code and I am not quite sure what the best way to do it is.
If I get some pointers I could probably write the patch.
Should it be a top level argument (rubber --synctex paper.tex)?
Or some kind of special directive?
I am personally only interested in making it work for pdflatex, but if adding support for multiple engines is easy I could probably fix that as well.
So, any input from the devs?
|Sebastian Kapfer (caci) wrote :
Is it possible to automatically detect whether a .tex file uses synctex? I'm not an active user of synctex, but I seem to recall that synctex documents include a \usepackage{
In that case, automatic detection might be preferrable over a command-line flag to Rubber.
|Yannick Voglaire (yannickv) wrote :
Using synctex can either be decided at compile time using the flag "-synctex=1" when calling pdflatex, or in the .tex file itself with the line "\synctex=1" in the preamble. Either option suffices to generate synctex data, it is not needed to have both.
So in general it is impossible to detect from the .tex file only whether the user wants to use synctex or not, and when the information is present in the .tex file (i.e. the line "\synctex=1" is present), it is actually useless for rubber since synctex data is then automatically generated by pdflatex anyway.
Hence it seems that it would be best to have a "-synctex=1" flag for rubber that would just get transferred directly to pdflatex.
NB: to be more precise about the syntax, "pdflatex --help" yields:
-synctex=NUMBER generate SyncTeX data for previewers if nonzero
|Sebastian Kapfer (caci) wrote :
SyncTeX support has just landed in rubber/trunk. This will be in Rubber 1.3.
Please test and report any problems!
It can be triggered by the directive % rubber: synctex, or via the --synctex command-line option.
|Changed in rubber:
|none → 1.3
|Confirmed → Fix Committed
|Tobias Wolf (towolf) wrote :
Thanks, will test soon
|Changed in rubber:
|1.3 → none
|Fix Committed → Fix Released
|Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
This bug was fixed in the package rubber - 1.3-1
rubber (1.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
New upstream release
* all Debian specific modules / patches are now obsolete.
--> removed
List only features/bugs, which close Debian/LP bugs. For full
list see changelog of upstream.
* Support for SyncTeX: (LP: #414431)
* Support for ltxtable, glossaries and biblatex now in upstream
* Support for bibtopic (Closes: #460670)
* Support for use of bibtex8 (Closes: #471185)
* Fix handling of absolute pathnames by not having absolute
pathnames for the most part. (Closes: #798829) (Closes: #798991)
* Fix bibtex.path directive. (Closes: #694265) (LP: #686187)
* Fix ntheorem support. (Closes: #328107)
* Fix TeX parser to handle spaces and comments between the macro
and its arguments. More radical than #725355. (LP: #1049883)
* Fix \includegraphics* (LP: #1478034)
* Fix elatex being called when etex.sty is used (LP: #856449)
A few suggestions from Nicolas Boulenguez <email address hidden>
(Closes: #797517)
* switch compat to 9 (no changes).
* add some packages to Suggests, document why they are needed.
* copyright is machine-readable now.
* package is again lintian-clean without override.
* completely overhauled debian/rules, use dh now. Thanks!
Upstream thinks that a specific command line parser is not necessary
and no reaction from submitter for about 5 months. (Closes: #336323).
Add debian/watch file
-- Hilmar Preuße <email address hidden> Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:16:42 +0200
|Changed in rubber (Ubuntu):
|Confirmed → Fix Released

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Already as a child I was interested in ants. When I turned 20 I bought a camera and started photographing nature. Later I started to develop myself and by the time I turned 40 I found the topic that really interested me the most, parasitic wasps. I got in touch with Cees van Achterberg and Kees Zwakhals of the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands. They helped me to start collecting and identifying parasitic wasps. I collect them in a national park called 'de Kooidries' in Belgium. This area was used to collect clay for the stone industry before, but has been long since abandoned. The industry left an area filled with ponds surrounded by grasses and reeds. Around that, a mixed forest adds to the diversity of the area. By using photography I aim to show the beauty of the parasitic wasps found in this area.


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The world is said to be globalized since the inception of two centuries back and all of us are a part of it. Most people have doubts with regard to the definition given to the word 'globalization'. The word 'globalization' can be simply defined to mean the increase of the interaction between countries in the world. Fashion is also a very modern topic that is been debated and discussed very often and an interesting relationship can be drawn between the two topics, namely fashion and globalization.
Merging borders
The merging borders indirectly means the main aspect of globalization and the same aspect can be seen in the fashion world too. Few decades back there were peculiar types of fashion in different countries. But consequent to easy communication and interaction brought by globalization, fashion has become easily accessible to all corners of the world and the way of dressing and grooming up by people in the different parts of the world are getting somewhat similar day by day. It is seen that most of the fashion prevalent in the western cultures are being inculcated by the other cultures.
Dynamism of trends
Before the globalization fashion spread among the people vertically, from top to bottom as the class system of the society was prevalent those days. Fashion houses were accessed by the high class people while the people in the lower class used to imitate the fashion of the upper classes. But with the industrialization the class system gradually faded away and fashion become generally available to people as a whole. In contrast to the past we can see that fashion has become a very sensitive subject to the people in the world as a whole. With the social networking apps the spread of fashion has been converted in to a very easily accessible yet competitive subject. The dynamism of the trends can further be proved by the small example of how fast the trend of septum clicker spread around the world.
Production and distribution
Production and distribution of products and services related to fashion is also a topic which can manifest the relationship between fashion and globalization. It is seen that the manufacturing processes of famous apparel brands are spread beyond boundaries and the employees around the world contribute in different ways to produce and distribute items that are inherent to the fashion world such as jewelry, apparel, shoes, ornaments, etc. Branch networks of different manufacturers are situated in different countries which suggests that globalization is largely connected with fashion.


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This week's big iPhone tracking story offers a great example of how lawmakers don't seek out and react to the best information on kid safety available – and, of course, why parents need to take politicians' pronouncements on the subject with a grain of salt. Too often they are protecting their own interests more than they're protecting children. This week Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass) published a statement "urging Congress to force Apple to disclose the use of its location services, so families can protect their children from sexual predators," PC Magazine reports, adding that if the congressman had been following the story about the iPhone tracking controversy, he'd "know by now that it would be extremely difficult for a stalker to find [a child] with the phone's location-tracking features." Maybe the congressman just liked the "cleverness" of his message and decided to stick with it. In a statement, he wrote that "Apple needs to ensure that an iPhone doesn't become an iTrack, and an iTrack doesn't become an iTragedy." PC Magazine says an "iTragedy" is "unlikely for three main reasons. One, the location data collected is imprecise and unreliable…. Two, it's easy to cover your tracks [see this about that]…. And three, there is so far zero evidence that criminals are using the iPhone location data to commit crimes."
None of which is to say that the iPhone's ability to track and store users' location data isn't a privacy concern. Apple finally released a statement about the iPhone's storage of users' location information, and "despite insisting that it's innocent of any accusations of tracking users, Apple says it plans to issue a software update soon that will change how much data is stored (just seven days' worth, which will be encrypted), will end caching this data when the device is synced, and will actually cease if users turn off location services," ReadWriteWeb reports. "In the end, Apple seems to be agreeing with what we first thought of the consolidated.db file: more negligence than nefariousness." [See also "Your Smartphone Is Tracking You, But Don't Worry," in which Sree Sreenivasan, a professor of digital media at Columbia Journalism School, says "this tracking is neither new nor necessarily bad," according to NPR.]


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Can you believe it is the 25th already? Which means the PTI APRIL 2016 BLOG HOP is on:)
I was inspired by the colors and translucency of the shapes in the inspiration photo.
I worked with my first stitching die: Folk Flower. It was just like playing with the lace cards as a child. I stitched it with various shades of vellum paper and layered it on a BG using DOT SPOT.


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At least three police officers are reportedly dead and
four three more said to be in critical condition after being shot by a gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle in Baton Rouge. Reportedly, police received a call about a "suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle." When they responded, the perpetrator opened fire.
It isn't clear at this point whether the gunman was an anti-police liberal, a garden-variety criminal or a lunatic (or possibly all three). Baton Rouge is, of course, where Alton Sterling was shot during a scuffle with police. The city has been a center of anti-law enforcement activism. More to come.
PAUL ADDS: If President Obama comes to Baton Rouge for a memorial service, perhaps he will refrain from claiming, as he did in Dallas, that policing in America is infected by racism.
UPDATE: Police are now referring to "multiple suspects," with one dead and two others still at large. While this is not yet confirmed, if it is true that several perpetrators were involved, it substantially raises the likelihood that they were anti-police liberals inspired by Barack Obama and his ilk.
MORE: Donald Trump comments in a tweet on the latest anti-police outrage:
How many law enforcement and people have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country? We demand law and order.
No wonder Trump is rising in the polls. If the election comes down to Black Lives Matter vs. supporters of law enforcement, he will win in a landslide. Watch Hillary tap dance to avoid that scenario while keeping her race-obsessed base happy.


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Last October, we told you about a new lesbian-themed film called Heartland. After a successful crowdfunding campaign, the cast and crew (including director Maura Anderson) are now shooting in Oklahoma, and stars Velinda Godfrey and Laura Spencer gave a special shout out to AfterEllen readers in this video below.
Check out some of these behind-the-scenes shots from the set.
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To address multiple oral health issues at once, many patients undergo full mouth reconstruction. Combining multiple dental procedures together into one comprehensive treatment plan provides patients with an effective solution for periodontal concerns, missing teeth, misalignment, and more. Full mouth reconstruction primarily utilizes restorative dentistry procedures to restore oral function, but cosmetic treatments can be included to improve aesthetics. Brian J. Polidori, DDS, performs full mouth reconstruction at his dental practice in Lakewood, CO, and is excited to discuss the various procedures that can be used to meet your unique oral health needs.
Patients suffering from multiple oral health issues are good candidates for full mouth reconstruction. Candidates seeking full mouth reconstruction must be in good general health, and should have the discipline to maintain proper oral hygiene following treatment to ensure lasting results.
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Kitchen valance ideas – When you find yourself deciding on the type of kitchen valances you want to use for your own kitchen, one thing you might want to consider is what kind of charm you want your kitchen to express.
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Some people want their kitchen to come off as sophisticated and beautiful so that these people choose to make kitchen valance ideas which can be found in solid color or design that smells elegant. Generally, they are available in dark colors or manufactured with materials such as silk, satin and jacquard. If you want your kitchen to have a modern attitude of confidence, you need to use a cloth that is not dark but not a good light. You need to use solid color fabrics in royal blue, mocha or red maybe to give your kitchen that is sure still understated elegance.
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Friday, June 13, 2014 - Your intensity can be a lot to handle today and others might tiptoe around you so they don't trigger your temper. Today's Full Moon occurs in your exuberant sign, prompting you to go the extra mile when making your point. You're not interested in being placated; instead, you want your partners and friends to understand your truth. Just remember that everyone doesn't think like you, and your opinions may not be perceived to be as important as you believe they are. You can be the life of the party if you turn off the rhetoric and tone down your volume just a notch.
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Sumo deadlifts, conventional deadlifts , beyond the range (from a deficit), rack pulls - it doesn't matter, just do them. The back not only works antagonistically to stabilize the torso (and spine) it works to lock out the weight to finish the movement. Deadlifts, by definition, are an exercise where you can move big weight .
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A snapping, popping, or other annoyance that starts to radiate, say from the shoulder to the neck or through the arm, may be a pulled/torn muscle. A snap or crack in the shoulder can also mean the bones could be rubbing on themselves, which could be a developing arthritic condition or a loose joint creating a "grating" sound.
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A solid pre-workout routine begins long before you step into gym shorts or break a sweat. And like everything else, sloppy prep translates to sloppy execution. That can lead to uninspired training sessions or injury, both of which inhibit strength and muscle gains , or weight loss. So to help you craft a sound pre-training regimen, we asked Patrick Solano CSCS, strength and conditioning specialist at the UFC Gym in Torrance, California for his pre-workout necessities.
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But just because you weren't blessed with Kryptonian genetics doesn't mean you can't achieve the same out-of-this-world proportions as Superman. Henry Cavill, star of this summer's Man of Steel, was able to do it. And while you may not have access to an elite trainer and personal chef as Cavill did, you do have a secret weapon just as powerful: this specially designed six-week Muscle & Fitness Man of Steel routine. It's got everything you need to look like a hero, save for the sweat and determination—that you'll need to provide. So, grab it and run, not to a phone booth, but to your nearest gym, to become a real-life Man of Steel!
If you're experiencing any of these things, it may be time to change the way you train.
This fight will be decided in 10 rounds, or categories, each with a separate but distinct focus that goes to the heart of protein effectiveness. Unlike boxing's 10-point must system, however, we're going for golf scoring - low score wins. The winner of each round is awarded one point, second place gets two, third gets three and, if you're still following, fourth gets four. We'll tally the points from each category, and the protein with the fewest points will be crowned the M&F Protein Powder Champion. If all the challengers are ready, it's time to touch gloves and fight it out. You wanna ring the bell?
Among the superior ranks of sandwiches, found hobnobbing with elites such as The Muffuletta , The BLT , and The Po'boy, there stands The Steak Sandwich. Traditionally, this Philadelphia favorite sports thinly sliced steak, "whiz" (known in the trade as "performance cheese"), and onions. No marinara sauce, no bell peppers, no freakin' ketchup. It's gooey, it's meaty—it's quite possibly perfection on roll. But that's not to say you can't improve upon a classic—or, in the case of the following recipe, reinvent the sandwich altogether. Chef Jeff Mahin of Stella Barra in Hollywood, CA, skips the whiz in favor of Gruyere sauce, lightly pan fries the onions, dresses it further with bacon aioli and arugula pesto, and he even manages to add some leafy greens. It's not a steak sandwich you'd find in Philly, but he's not looking to unseat the king. It just makes are really damn good sandwich. Meal Upgrade #1: Meat up Buy a package of Steak-umm and you've already conducted sandwich sabotage. A steak sandwich is only as great as its steak. Mahin uses prime filet mignon (1 lb will make about 4 sandwiches), which he seasons simply with salt and pepper.
My wife has purchased many of your Fighter Diet ebooks and she loves them!!! She recently did her first physique competition and she helped me by using your Men's Guide to FD eBook. Thanks for help!!
Think Fighter Diet is all about girl power? Well you thought wrong.
It's true Pauline knows a thing or two about women's health and fitness, but her FD concept can be applied to any "body" male or female. To bring a little focus back on the Y chromosome, she's created the Men's Guide to Fighter Diet.
An excellent ebook, the Men's Guide is a Fighter Diet Concept book, workout plan and meal plan all wrapped into one. One section could also be considered the nutshell version of Cardio for Leanness. In fact, for that reason, you could think of the Men's Guide as the male version (though
Every trainer recommends pullups. But ask what kind, and the arguments start. There are those who believe you should do only dead-hang pullups, to work the lats and arms. Then there are those (especially CrossFitters) who use kipping pullups—not to isolate muscles, but to accomplish more work in less time, turning pullups into a conditioning tool. But the debate is pointless: There's a place for each technique—the right tool for the right job. To that end, keep both tools, and add a third that's even more intense: the butterfly pullup, which moves the body in an elliptical pattern so you can rapidly string together reps. To do it:
You have a lot more freedom to eat "fatty" foods than anyone would have thought 10 years ago. When I design diet plans for my online clients, I do so by giving them a wide variety of options that they can plug into meal templates. This means enjoying everything from steak, pork, chicken with skin, eggs and fish, as well as dairy products, avocados, nuts and seeds and nut butters. When it comes to cooking, don't sweat it: butter, olive and coconut oil are all great options. While each individual is different, a good rule of thumb is that you can eat upwards up .4 to 5 grams per pound of your target body weight. (So if you wanted to weight 180 pounds, you could eat as much as 90 grams of fat.) The number might initially seem like a lot, but when adjusted for how many calories you should take in per day, it's exactly right.
High intensity interval training (HIIT) has the fitness industry buzzing because of its potential to torch maximum calories in a minimum amount of time. The idea is that you do short periods of all-out work followed by short periods of active rest to make the body work harder than it does during steady-state cardio. Now that summer is here, there are absolutely no excuses for whipping yourself back into beach-body shape. To capitalize on the benefits of HIIT, we reached out to George "Hit" Richards, celebrity fitness trainer and calisthenics expert, and Pete Bommarito, C.S.C.S., U.S.A.W., a certified MAT Jumpstart Specialist and owner of Bommarito Performance Systems, for a variety of interval workouts designed to burn fat, build muscle, and enhance sports performance. Get in the best shape of your life (and look like it, too) with these 10 fat-blasting interval workouts.
The only benefit I see in terms of nutrient timing is due more so to being a diabetic, and that is actually eating BEFORE I train. Easy way to control blood glucose levels for me. I'm not sure how much of an effect training before I eat has on insulin sensitivity, and more importantly, how that translates to glucose control. I do both, but I don't kills myself for the window, though training at home affords me the ability to cook the meal while I am training. I tend to follow the eat THEN train format more so when traveling just because it's convenient and works out well logistically. Eat, walk from restaurant to hotel, get changed, and train. I don't do shakes/powders/etc. Only supplement I take is creatine, beyond that I prefer real food.
Q1: How do I spot someone doing a barbell bench press? Sean Hyson: Stand behind the head of the bench. Hopefully it has a platform of some kind you can stand on that will elevate you a bit and give you better leverage to hand the bar to the guy you're spotting, but make sure you're behind him and centered to the bar. If he wants a liftoff, agree when you will give it (on the count of 3, for example). Make sure the bar is positioned at the front of the J hooks to reduce the distance it has to travel to be in position.
In order to lose weight and put on lean muscle, the formula is pretty basic: Follow a healthy and balanced low-fat diet, rid your program of processed foods and preservatives, control your portions, and adhere to a solid workout program that includes both resistance and cardiovascular training. It sounds uncomplicated, and in most cases it is—as long as you stick to the program you'll receive the desired results you're looking to achieve. However, what do you do when your body and metabolism have had enough and your system shuts down, and no matter what diet you follow, no matter how long and hard you train—you simply can't lose weight and all progress has halted? Whether you're a serious athlete who has come off a long, intense preparation, an athlete who had to go into "system shock mode" and basically starve yourself to achieve your results, or if you're an individual who has gone from one extreme to the other with your body and are experiencing a sluggish or what seems like a nonexistent metabolism—you can get back on track. In this article, I'll lay out the necessary steps to recharge your metabolism to have it running more efficiently than ever.
If you've read a diet book, seen a nutritionist, or hired a personal trainer, you've probably been told that in order to lose weight or gain muscle you need to eat more often. Maybe you were told, "eat five to six small meals per day" or that eating big meals was no good for your body. The range from big meals harming digestion, the nutrients (like protein) going to waste, and not eating often slowing your metabolism.
Let's get the worst news out of the way. It's irresponsible to blindly claim, "High protein leads to premature death." Or say it's as bad as smoking. That's not what the study found. If it were true I'd run around the streets screaming at the top of my lungs, and try and go door-to-door and let the world know I'd made a mistake. But that's not the case. Why? For starters, the study was epidemiological, meaning the design made it impossible to make that type of claim. For those of you who don't have a background in research (or simply don't care), this how these studies work: They take information ("data") after the fact and then try to draw conclusions.
Thanks to the Internet, there's more fitness information available today—right now—than there ever has been in history. With that much to look at, it's no wonder you're confused about what to do. The solution is to pick one thing and block the rest out of your mind, at least for a few months. (Don't worry, it will still be here when you get back.) You'll never make progress if you doubt what you're doing or continually hop aboard the latest trend. A flawed program—and ALL of them are, to some degree—that you commit to is better than a superbly designed one that you're unsure about or want to tamper with.
Hey Adam, sounds like fun! Even though I will not be a part of it (I enjoy strength training and the lifestyle of 12-14% BF unless Im going on a beach vacation) it would be awesome if you could keep some kind of a blog. Daily, weekly or whatever. With your meals, workouts, BF tracking, strength tracking, cardio etc. Not to mention before and after pics. The thing I don't like about "shredded lifestyle" is it is so much work for something so temporary. Meaning,the minute your intensity changes (lifestyle and exercise), you lose your gains and shreds. I just don't see it as sustainable. Unless you are going on stage or are a model, why go thru it?
Good luck! Excited to hear more about it.
Free Weight Ab Lifts: Lay flat on your back holding a dumbbell. Put your feet together and raise your legs up as while keeping them straight. Engage your abs and use them to pull your upper body off the floor as close to your legs as possible. Hold for 3 seconds before returning to rest position.
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Beyond the increase in genetic material (more nuclei), alterations in how the genes themselves are expressed, without a genetic change (e.g., amputation) per se , appear to play a role in how muscle cells know (remember) how to adapt. The study of these mechanisms, called epigenetics, has blossomed recently and likely plays a role in the "muscle memory" phenomenon (24). Processes that involve how DNA is packaged with protein (e.g., chromatin remodeling or histone modification) or even adding methyl groups to the DNA itself play a role in satellite cell behavior (proliferation and differentiation) (25). These kinds of epigenetic processes are actually set in motion in skeletal muscle after just one exercise bout (26). Satellite cells from the same animal, although identical in DNA sequence, store an epigenetic "memory" of the muscle fiber type from which they were harvested (27). Indeed, it seems that the activity pattern (and simply the manner of innervation) during growth and maturation (24), in addition to the training stimuli a muscle encounters (28), pre-program these satellite cells to express contractile protein and behave metabolically like the muscle of their origin (27).
PHIL HEATH: "For me, legs were always a body part that I felt could be better. I found that training them twice a week, every three or four days, worked out best for adding size and detail. Many guys tend to think you only need to train a specific area once per week, feeling it leads to more growth. I disagree, as when it comes to bringing up lagging areas, training them twice per week will not only yield gains in size but also in detail, especially during contest prep. Eight-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman trained everything twice a week for the majority of his career, so it's kind of hard to debate against someone who carries his muscle mass."
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I've spent the last 13 years of my life trying to help more people with their health and fitness.
My books, articles, and talks have reached tens of millions of people. And I continue to try and influence, guide, and help more.
But this isn't about me.
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Giving you more control of your goals, offering to broaden and grow the platform for your thoughts and ideas, and helping you discover all ways you can help.
For the last 5 years I've been working with people to help them:
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Looking for a healthy breakfast? This low-fat recipe from chef Bobby Deen is packed with vegetables and lean protein.
For this routine, we will be working out five days per week: three lower-body days and two upper-body days. While overall volume of training for your upper-body will be low, it will be plenty enough to maintain your current muscle. In fact, by using larger muscles each workout, you produce more growth hormone and testosterone, keeping your metabolism high. So expect some fat loss and a better-looking upper-body by default.
Mike O'Hearn is a real-life super hero. Like the bodybuilding greats before him, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, Mike holds 4 Mr. Universe titles and was voted one of the 12 greatest physiques of all times by the fitness industry. Undefeated in the Joust competition, Mike will be back for Season 2 of NBC's smash-hit television series AMERICAN GLADIATORS where he is know as "Titan."
Mike is a true champion and well-rounded athlete with a background in natural bodybuilding, strongman, power lifting, and mixed martial arts. Before winning his 4 Mr. (Natural) Universe titles, Mike was Mr. California, Mr. USA, Mr. American and Mr. International. He is also a 4-time Power Lifting Champion, and 2-time Iron Warrior: Decathlon of Strength Strongman Champion. Mike has graced the covers of over 500 magazines worldwide earning him the title of 7-time Fitness Male Model of the Year and putting that title in retirement. His 2008 magazine covers include Muscle Magazine International, REPS and Iron Man Magazine. Women around the world will recognize Mike as the cover model for Topaz romance novels.
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Want some omega-3s with that lean protein? Whether you're a fish-cooking virgin or simply need some salmon recipes that don't feel stale, we've got you covered.
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HOW TO: Adapt this old prison-yard exercise and enjoy it out in the fresh air and warm sunshine. Find a bar that meets you at about waist height. Using a slightly narrower-than-shoulder-width grip, get into a position which mimics a push-up. Now, kick your feet a little farther back and extend your arms so the bar is out past your head. Bend at the elbow and dip your head under the bar. Extend your arms, flexing at the elbow. Then push back to the starting point. Don't worry if you're having a hard time visualizing this. Imagine a triceps bench press or skullcrusher. It's the exact same concept but, instead of the bar moving, you move under the bar.
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Looking to lean out for the summer ? This is the ultimate workout to get it done. If you lay it all out during this session, you're bound to burn at least 500 calories by your last rep. Not to mention, this full-body strength and conditioning workout increases your metabolism so you'll continue to burn hundreds of calories hours after your session.
We see history in still images. At least that's the theory of Matthew Butson, vice president of Getty Images' Archive. So when he was asked to pull some of the most historic images in World Cup history, Butson chose not only the photos that showed the evolution of sports photography, but also the images that spoke to the story of the World Cup and how it became one of the biggest tournaments in the world.
The moments just before Ronnie Coleman hit his rear lat spread and rear double biceps were contest highlights, as ridges and knots roamed and stripes and crevices emerged, morphing his back into a new and spectacular landscape each time he moved his arms. At his best, his back was like a great symphony orchestra, big and booming, sometimes overwhelming, and yet each finely tuned part played its role precisely.
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Eat a heavy meal before your workout and it'll still be in your stomach on that heavy set of squats—and you'll know it. To ensure you're not hungry halfway through your workout and you have plenty of fuel to train intensely, your best bet is to consume a small pre-workout meal 30-60 minutes before your training session. The nutrients will be readily available to fuel your workout and even give you a head start on the post-workout recovery process.
This exercise is great for building muscle power because the bar has to keep accelerating throughout the entire positive portion of each rep. By allowing the bar to leave your hands, you're maximizing speed and power. Be sure to use a light enough weight that allows you to perform the toss properly—approximately 30% to 50% of your one-rep max should work well.
Sodium has about the worst reputation of any element on the Periodic Table, especially for bodybuilders. Is this bad rap justified? Not even close. You might think sodium is bad for a bodybuilder because it causes water retention. Plus, no less than the Institute of Medicine and the American Heart Association tell you that the less salt and sodium you have in your diet, the better. Here's the problem with accepting every report from mainstream media groups: they don't take into account the needs of hardcore bodybuilders. The IOM recommends 2,300 milligrams and the AHA recommends less than 1,500 mg per day for people aged 19–50. Believe it or not, these recommendations could actually be dangerous. After all, it wasn't so long ago that the National Dietary Guidelines suggested avoiding all fats, even those from nuts and olive oil, a recommendation that's since been reversed. Could they be making the same mistake with sodium? We think so. 1 - SODIUM VS. SALT Although often used interchangeably, sodium and salt are not the same thing. Technically speaking, salt is sodium attached to chloride, and salt is only about 40% sodium.
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Eternal World Cup underdogs, the U.S. national soccer team heads to Brazil this month with a strategy: For whatever they lack in world-class ability, they'll make up with extreme conditioning, superhuman endurance, and late-game luck.
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World Cup fans may seem crazed, but it's the players who should have their heads examined. A review found that concussions due to heading the ball affected up to 9% of all injuries during games—disturbing, as heading is one of the very basic skills of the game. Basic—but not benign: Recently, an autopsy on MLS player Patrick Grange, who died in 2012 at age 29, found stage-2 CTE, a degenerative brain disease linked to concussions, making him the first soccer player named to have it. Says MLS medical coordinator John Gallucci Jr. in his brand-new book, Soccer Injury Prevention and Treatment (out this month), "Parents, coaches, and players all need to recognize that a concussion isn't like any other injury. It is a traumatic brain injury that can…potentially be harmful to daily living by affecting the way we think, feel, and move." Just a heads up.
Lately I have been noticing a movement within the powerlifting community where people are finally realizing that your physique does not have to suffer in order to keep strength gains consistent for this sport. As someone that takes pride in my physique and health I refused to believe that I could only continue to make strength progress by eating like a bear going into hibernation. Although, it's true that athletes do have to eat more than the average person in order to achieve optimal performance, that doesn't mean we can eat at taco bell 3 times a day and still reach our full potential on the platform. If you are a serious competitor you should find a serious nutritional program, but where do you begin? I found myself asking the same question. So, how did I eventually find a program that worked for me? Well, first I needed to know exactly what my goals were. I wanted to stay lean and build muscle but I also wanted to make sure that my lifts kept improving in the meantime. It was a time consuming process and took a little experimenting but by identifying several factors that I needed to consider to be successful, I eventually found a program that fit my needs.


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You have free speech. But don't use any racial slurs. But some slurs are okay. But not the N-word. But blacks are allowed to use it to refer to themselves or each other. But whites using the word cracker sounds idiotic, rather than cultured or 'urban', whatever that means. Also, make sure to loudly and angrily decry those who use derogatory language when referring to blacks and Jews, and periodically Asians, Native Americans, Indians, and Arabs, but don't worry about Eskimos, Slavs, Mediterraneans, Nordics, or Anglos. If you aren't signaling that you find certain euphemisms offensive enough, the SJW defenestration guard may not be able to tell the difference when they start trying to get racists like you fired.
And yes, this is apparently headline news. The internet community must sit back and reflect on how they feel about a twenty-seven year old Swede who got insanely rich by making videos of his reactions playing video games for the last decade, and whether it's internet trollery or genuine racism when he drops a few N-words during a livestream. If this is shocking, you haven't spent much time on the internet gaming scene, PewDiePie's defenders claim, and they're right. And yet it's gotten a good chunk of the Western media blown up into a constipated mess. Meanwhile Irma's flooded several major cities in Florida and North Korea has again fired off a few missiles for fun. And there was a major earthquake that hit the southwest of Mexico, but you probably didn't hear much about that.
But let's sit back for a second. The N-word has only tangential history of usage on the European continent, and even less so in Scandinavian countries. It's not a word Sweden is particularly known for being deeply acquainted with like America can claim. Sweden's relationship with racism, slavery, and the colonial period is little more than a footnote in the history of Western foreign relations in the third world. A Swede, in Sweden, calling someone the N-word over an internet stream, cannot be taken as anything other than a blurted out insult intended to cause a bit of shock. You couldn't even make the case that there was a racist motive behind the exclamation since he didn't even know the race of the player he was insulting.
So we've at least acknowledged, here, that the word carries different connotations depending on who uses it and where they're from. It's worth bearing in mind that the Left agrees in principle with this—after all, there are accepted segments of the American black population who claim to use it as a word of empowerment, unless of course it's being used as an insult against them by whites. By their logic, apparently, the word doesn't actually have any power either way; rather, it's just a matter of the identity of the person using it. Insults are still insults, and words of comradery are still empowering; it makes little difference how those words just happen to be spelled.
That said, the millennial e-celeb's behavior isn't excusable on the grounds of taste, but no upstanding post-Enlightenment liberal would agree that poor taste is deserving of being denied a platform to speak. After all, he knew it was an inflammatory insult before he said it, and he probably uttered the word just to stir the pot for some attention again. And it worked. But such crass vulgarity indicates a generally uncultured lack of taste in both literacy and the art of the insult—something to be expected among the youth in general, but particularly among the modern youth who have matured in an era of nearly unprecedented celebration for the depraved and the hideous. It's only natural that the internet, where anonymity is at least imagined to exist, became a bastion for the uncouth language that we've spent decades telling people is too harmful to be heard. And with the politically correct culture of today, it's only gotten worse. Attempting to control speech is tantamount to attempting to control a person's will; try holding a beach ball underwater with just the tip of a needle—you'll have about as much luck.
And yet, for all of its alleged toxicity, the only people who were genuinely hurt by vitriolic internet provocateurs were people already emotionally unbalanced by real-world factors—victims of harsh bullying at school, domestically abused children, or psychotic school shooters-in-waiting, for instance. If any of these individuals were radicalized, they weren't radicalized by insults. Radicalization requires propaganda, which requires information with a distinct ideological spin. Calling someone a little bitch on an internet form for having a stupid idea doesn't fall into that category. And screaming the N-word at your computer screen because you just got blasted in Counter Strike fits it even less.
So, PewDiePie: tasteless, certainly. Racist? Probably not. Ah, but the Left claims, it doesn't really matter with what intention he used the word, it's the fact that he's so popular that is the problem! Think of the children! These are the same people who wanted to revise American classics to expunge the word from the very history which gave it such a loathsome power. Perhaps words really do have meanings, but if that's the case, then it's all the more reason that the words should be remembered. And if an entire trolling internet culture of teenage gamers are inadvertently working to remove the most negative connotations of the word by reducing it to a common insult, wouldn't that help ease the burden of its historical baggage? It might, but I'm not really sure. It doesn't really matter in this case, anyway. The Left's argument for de-platforming PewDiePie ostensibly comes down to the fact that he's using tasteless rhetoric while serving a predominantly young-adult and teenage audience, presumably exposing that audience to the vile words indicative of white supremacy and institutionalized racism.
But we know the real reason they're targeting him. It's not because he used the n-word while he's famous. There's an entire genre of popular music founded on doing that. It's because he doesn't tow the Lefty line. It's because he's got some fifty-seven million subscribers and is one of the most popular celebrities of the internet video platform. It's because he's amassed enough wealth to be close to untouchable by smear campaigns, and because his audience is the same audience unaffected by the Alinksyan tactics that worked so well against the last couple generations. And meanwhile, he's an a-political troll that literally doesn't care about them or their narrative. He has particular no bone to pick. He's no ideological leader. He's certainly not an alt-right figurehead.
He's just some Swede with a funny voice that got rich playing video games—an icon of the decadent Western post-capitalist experiment, certainly, but a dangerous and subversive radical whose plan is to brainwash our children into being neo-Nazis? Use your brain.


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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Transport Timmy Dooley has said there is a clear case for the Minister for Transport to immediately intervene and act to ease pressure on hauliers in light of the migrant crisis in Calais.
Deputy Dooley said he was "personally shocked by the scale of the humanitarian crisis during a visit to the port today and said much more needs to be done by French authorities and the European Union as a whole to address the migration crisis in Europe."
Deputy Dooley commented: "The scale of the crisis I witnessed today is quite stark to see first-hand. There is a genuine humanitarian emergency that must be tackled. Lives are being put at risk every day as migrants try to get through Calais and sleep out at the massive port camp.
"The crisis is also having an economic impact on Irish hauliers and there are measures the Irish government can take to ease the pressure on them.
"I am urging Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe to immediately take steps for bi-lateral talks with the British government about the criminalisation of Irish hauliers who unintentionally transport migrants into the UK. The Minister also needs to act on Article 14 of EU Regulation 561 which governs the tachograph rules; this is the internal system recording hauliers' driving time. The Minister needs to ensure hauliers are given derogation from the regulation until such time as the crisis can be brought under control. As a result of the migrant crisis drivers are required to stay at the wheel for longer and breaching the regulations currently in place.
"There are two aspects to the migrant crisis that I heard first-hand experience of today. There is criminal element where gangs are actively working to smuggle people into the UK on trucks in Calais and this is not acceptable. However many Irish hauliers are suffering because they have unintentionally transported migrants from Calais. This exposes both the driver and the haulage firm to £2,000 in fines each per migrant. Irish drivers and their companies simply cannot sustain that financial hit on an ongoing basis. I believe the Government should be negotiating an arrangement for Irish drivers with the British government and that this is an area much more progress can be made on.
"Simultaneously, it is very obvious that not enough is being done on this migration crisis facing Europe. This issue needs a lot more prominence at EU level and I would support the Irish government in using whatever influence it has in trying to bring proper attention to the discussion."


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I'm definitely not a 'gym bunny' and exercise – apart from occasional bracing walks with the dog – has never played a major part in my life despite having a husband and son who rave about the joys of keeping fit. You may therefore be surprised to hear that I was recently sent some samples of 'wholefood protein shakes' to try by the people behind the "Purition" brand.
Purition claims three uses for its wholefood shakes: 1) for gym, cardio & training support; 2) for healthy eating purposes and 3) for diet & fat loss. Well, that last category is what interested me as when I reflect on my past, I seem to have been one of life's permanent dieters. And yes, I'm aware that being on a 'permanent' diet means that whatever I've been doing for the last few years hasn't been working. I've tried a lot of 'weight reduction' programmes in my time including WeightWatchers (all those points to calculate and I was still hungry), Atkins (who wouldn't love a diet where you could eat bacon every day?) and LighterLife (I lost almost 7 stone in 6 months but then went back to my poor eating habits and piled it back on within 2 years).
I'm currently attending a well-known diet club and I'm doing well on it (almost 4 stone gone since January) but I'm finding that sometimes my meal planning goes a bit haywire or I have to dash off to a job interview and don't have time for breakfast or lunch. Now when you are easily tempted by food that tastes nice (usually involving fat, carbs and lots of sugar) but has absolutely no nutritional value, missing a meal is not the way to go. So what to do?
That's where I've found Purition shakes invaluable. Unlike some brands that contain fillers and things with unpronounceable names (acetylated oxidised starch anyone?), Purition contains 'real' ingredients such as nuts, seeds, nutritional yeast and vanilla. Because the shakes contain fibre, you stay full for at least 4 hours which meant that once I'd had a shake for breakfast, I didn't experience any "mid-morning munchie moments". This is a very significant thing for someone like me as feeling hungry when on a diet is usually what derails me.
Here are the ingredients found in Purition shakes:
And here are the ingredients found in one range of 'diet' shakes (where you have 3 shakes a day, tons of water and no other food at all):
I think you'll agree there's quite a difference in the respective contents and from a nutritional point of view, Purition definitely has the edge! (Apologies for the poor photographs.)
I liked all the Purition varieties I tried especially the macadamia and vanilla. The flavours are subtle and the shakes are made from genuine ingredients and don't contain cheap fillers and artificial flavourings. The texture is somewhat coarser than a basic protein powder and for some people this may take a little getting used to but it's good because once you've blended it – I used my Nutribullet – with the milk of your choice (cow / soya /almond etc), it thickens up due to the fibre content so each shake is really substantial. If you leave the shake for a while, you may need to eat it with a spoon as it will continue to thicken but that's not a bad thing.
For anyone wanting to try out Purition for weight loss, on the website there is a 7 day meal plan whereby you'd have two shakes a day plus a snack as well as an evening meal. Information about the shakes for people who exercise is also on the website, of course.
For more information and how to acquire a sample pack of the protein shakes, have a look at the website: www.purition.co.uk
Disclaimer: I received some free samples of Purition shakes in return for an honest review. This post reflects my genuine opinion of the Purition products and I would definitely recommend them to anyone who, like me, has struggled with their weight. Purition offers a healthy and convenient meal replacement option and a website that gives lots of advice and support.


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