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Other articles in this series looked at a number of exercises, mainly from the perspective of developing a comprehensive muscle building program. Sometimes we take things for granted, especially when it comes to performing the basic exercises that constitute the core of most bodybuilders’ training regimes.

It is useful, therefore, to describe in detail the processes involved in actually doing these exercises. This will help beginners to start out using the correct techniques before moving on to potentially more dangerous heavy weights. If it also helps more experienced lifters to redress some of the little faults that have almost imperceptibly crept in over the years, all the better.

In this article we’ll take a close look at the flat dumbbell fly.

MUSCLES TARGETED: pectoralis major

STARTING POSITION

Grasp two dumbbells using a closed grip.
Assume a supine position on a bench.
Press the dumbbells to an extended elbow, parallel arm position above the chest.
Rotate the dumbbells to a neutral grip.
Slightly flex the elbows and point them out to the sides.
This is the starting point for all repetitions.

DOWNWARD MOVEMENT

Allow the dumbbells to lower in a wide arc until they are level with the shoulders or chest.
Keep the dumbbell bars parallel to each other as the elbows move downward.
Keep the wrists rigid and the elbows held in a slightly flexed position.
Keep the dumbbells in line with the elbows and shoulders.

UPWARD MOVEMENT

Pull the dumbbells up toward each other in a wide arc back to the starting position.
Keep the wrists rigid and the elbows held in a slightly flexed position.
Keep the dumbbells in line with the elbows and shoulders.
Repeat or finish set.

Richard Mitchell is the creator of the bodybuildingadvisor.com website that provides guidance and information to athletes at all levels of bodybuilding experience. Go to Bodybuilding Exercises to learn more about the issues covered in this article.

Each time you get ready for your office you have to look whether you have got the right neck tie with your outfit and how much does the knot suits your personality. You can’t ignore this fact that neck tie is the most perishable item in your wardrobe. It’s important that you take appropriate care of it so that it lasts longer.

General rules -
If you purchase three or more ties then it would be better as you would be able to wear them alternatively. This will save from damaging your tie that you would wear daily.

When you keep your tie in the wardrobe then you should hang it with the suit or outfit that goes with it by draping it around the collar of the coat.

While you wear the tie you should repeat the same tie after a gap of two or three days because this will prevent from unnecessary crease and wrinkles.

Storage rules –
Always keep your neck tie in tie hangers (usually seen in shops) because these hold a single tie and reduce the chance of wrinkles.

You should never leave the ties with knots as it will crease the fabric of the tie and make it unmanageable next time when you wear.

Each time you open up your wardrobe try to move the ties you have hanged up because this will prevent from unnecessary creases.

When you return back home after a days long work remember to take out your tie knot and hang it properly.

Check if your tie is of silk fabric then hang it otherwise in case of knitted ties you should lay it flat or roll up and keep in a drawer instead of hanging it. Roll the narrow end of the tie first and leave it for a day or two as this will remove most of the wrinkles.

Cleaning rules –
You should not give a tie away for dry cleaning because most of the cleaners remove the spots but at the same time they press the tie, in turn it compresses the lining and dulls the luster of the silk fabric. Never press your tie as this will diminish the overall appearance of the tie by making the “roll” at each edge a “crease”.

If you have water spots on your tie you can easily rub that small end with a same piece of fabric on the spot or gently scarp the surface with your fingernail.

If you got stains on the tie you just need to dip a clean cloth napkin in club soda and then dab away the stained portion.

For tough stains, you should apply steam from an iron taking care that the tie fabric doesn’t touches the iron or you can hold the tie over a boiling kettle and then use dry spot remover as per the instructions on the pack. For something even tougher you can use spot remover such as carbon tetrachloride.

To remove grease, you can sprinkle a little talcum powder on the spot and leave it to absorb. After some time you can brush off the residue with the help of clean soft cloth.

Untying rules –
When you untie your neck tie you should never slip the small end out of the knot which decreases its longevity.

Unknot your tie by taking it off by reversing it and never slip it over your head or remove it by pulling on the small end.

Never leave your tie unknotted when you remove them as it will cause permanent creases in the fabric.

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There is nothing more comforting than the smell of Christmas
cookies fresh out of the oven. As a little girl, I remember
eagerly watching my mom, as she would carefully remove the hot
cookie sheets from the oven. I couldn’t wait to help decorate
with the homemade frosting, the cinnamon candies and the
multi-colored sprinkles that would make each cookie design come
to life.

Those were different times then. Mom didn’t work outside the
home and family lives weren’t as hectic as they are today.
Today, it seems like there is a mad rush from Halloween to
Christmas Day and little time to simply enjoy the moments shared.

You can enjoy the fun times of homemade holiday baking by
planning ahead of time. Christmas cookies make delicious,
thoughtful gifts and are a great way to involve children in the
festivities.

First, let’s look at the calendar and start planning with enough
time. The first thing is to decide if you are going to bake
holiday cookies for home, for entertaining or if you are going
to be giving them as gifts and how many. Allow yourself plenty
of time to start getting things together. Late October isn’t too
early.

Next, let’s decide how many varieties of cookies to bake. A
variety is nice, but too many can be overwhelming. I like to
bake three to four different types of cookies. This way, I can
make larger dough batches ahead of time, and still have a nice
display.

Once you’ve decided how many different kinds you are going to
bake, the next thing to do is pick your recipes. Whether you use
your own Christmas cookie book or find recipes on the web, make
a copy of each so that you can keep them all together. This
makes it simpler than flipping around from the various cookbooks
and will also help to make sure your cookbooks don’t get soiled,
either.

Now it’s time to gather your ingredient list. Determine how many
cookies you want to make of each recipe and then adjust your
ingredients accordingly. Make one list of all ingredients, so
that shopping can be done in one trip without forgetting
important items.

Let’s review the recipes to see if there is any dough that can
be made and frozen ahead of time. This will be a huge time-saver
as later on, you will simply be able to defrost the dough, bake
and decorate. Since you have all already shopped for the
ingredients, set aside an hour or so to mix the dough recipes.

Let’s get out that calendar again and pick a time to set aside
for the actual baking. Since we’ve already prepared the dough,
all we need to do is organize our decorations. It’s best to just
do one type of cookie at a time, this way you won’t have to go
back and forth between cookies.

Whether it’s during the week or on the weekend, clear off
everything else from that day except for your baking. This way,
you’re not rushed and can simply enjoy the day. If you will be
involving children, this is a great time to just enjoy very
special moments together.

These special times come once a year and sometimes once in a
lifetime. Christmas baking is a memorable tradition that you can
start with your family.

The BIG Boys don’t want you to know.

The # 2 trade secret that jewelry stores don’t want you to know
is that their average retail mark-up is 100% and Higher.
Actually, this information is available if you dig through the
SEC filing for public jewelry companies.

Why is the mark-up so high on jewelry?

The main reason is that there are lots of costs associated in
selling jewelry. For example, each store has to pay rent, pay
commissions, pay its sales staff, pay for advertising, and hold
its own inventory. And because most jewelry retailers do not
sell in high volume, their profit must be high for each item in
order to stay in business.

Another reason some jewelry retailers mark-up the price so high
is that they believe a higher price tag increases its perceived
value.

How can jewelry stores that have 50% discounts still stay in
business?

Have you ever seen small silver trinkets at jewelry stores
selling for over $100? The mark-up can be as high as a few
hundred percent. But a high price tag at a jewelry store does
not necessarily reflect its true value. Have you ever noticed
that some stores always have a 40% sale sign especially around
Holidays?

You should watch out for these stores because they always
inflate the price and give you a big discount so you feel like
you are getting a great deal.

So how do you find a good price? The best thing to do is
comparison shop on the internet. After comparison-shopping at
least 3 internet jewelers, you will get a good idea of the
lowest price you can find. Even if you don’t feel comfortable
buying jewelry on the internet, you can use the price to
negotiate a better price at the jewelry store. Almost all Brick
and Mortar jewelry stores are negotiable on price. Remember,
most retailers mark-up their jewelry at minimum 100%, so if you
are ready to purchase, they will definitely negotiate on price
to make the sale. Just tell them the price that you found for
the exact same item on the internet. You will probably not be
able to get as low of a price as the internet, but if you want
the peace of mind touching the jewelry and talking to a sales
person, the higher price may be worth it.

How is jewelry so much cheaper on the internet?

The nation’s largest jewelry chains have more than 2500 stores
nation wide. Multiply 2500 stores by the cost of rent,
salespersons’ commissions, advertising, and the cost of holding
inventory. That’s a huge expense.

In comparison, most of the largest internet jewelers are direct
importers or wholesalers. This means they supply to 100’s or
1000’s of retailers in volume. And an online jeweler only needs
1 distribution center to serve the entire US, with few sales
persons. These cost savings result in lower prices for you.

Secret #2 Summary: Average Retailer mark-up is 100% and higher
High price tag doesn’t always reflect true value Most prices at
jewelry stores are negotiable

Is it time for your second childhood? Maybe it is and you have failed to notice. You’ve been too busy doing the things American adults do best: work, worry–and wonder why.

A vital part of human nature is your spirit of play. You came into the world with
your share. More than likely you used it from the beginning. A game of peekaboo
with an infant shows how early it is in place. Just watch the reaction. How eager and
responsive the child is to engage in playfulness.

Unfortunately, it’s all too common today to associate playing with childhood, not
with adult life. Remember hearing things like this from well meaning teachers and
parents when you were young? “Act your age.” “Stop playing and get to work.”
“When are you going to grow up?” But burn this thought into your consciousness: In
the growing process playfulness is not meant to be left behind. It is to come along
with you, keeping heart and spirit young regardless of your age.

An episode in one “Marvin” comic strip illustrates two ways to view play: One from
the outside in and the other from the inside out. In this strip; the family was at the
beach. Marvin’s father, looking at his son on the sand, said to himself, “Marvin is
playing.”

Marvin, shovel and bucket in hand sitting near a newly dug hole and a pile of sand,
had his own thought. He said to himself, “I’m a pirate digging for buried treasure.”
Play when viewed from the outside in is an activity, but when viewed from the inside
out, it is a way of life with at least two important features. First, Marvin is serious
about what he is doing. To him it is not something frivolous or without purpose.
There is intense concentration in this game of imagination.

The second feature is illustrated in children’s popular game of dress up. They begin
first with the clothing. Then they try on this and then that. As they do they begin to
imagine themselves in various settings. In the course of the game they may go to
work, travel, go out to dinner, go to a fancy ball. The play may move from one thing
to another. But none of these imagined ventures were a precondition for the
playing. These came into the imagination with the act of playing.

In other words, in true play the satisfactions come in the playing itself and not from
realizing or achieving some specific goal.

Play generates a vitality that you cannot find in any other activity. With playfulness
comes enthusiasm, expectancy, spontaneity, imagination, creativity, adventure,
experimentation, discovery. The very attributes one needs to enhance well being
and sustain morale

Desmond Morris, in The Human Zoo, interpreted play activities this way: “One of
childhood’s most precious qualities is the urge to seek and find and test, to invent,
to discover…The child asks new questions; the adult answers old ones; the childlike
adult find answers to the new questions. The child is inventive; the adult is
productive; the childlike adult is inventively productive.”

Are you in need of play? It doesn’t have to remain lost or out of reach. Look to the
ways of your own youth, and let it live in you once more. You’ll never be sorry.
Rediscover your playfulness. Make laughter as common for you as it is for children
on the playgrounds at school.

As a hospital chaplain Cy Eberhart, (now retired) was a firsthand witness to the
entire spectrum of human emotions: personal successes and failures; the deepest
despairs and the great peaks of joy. Two questions remained foremost in his mind:
How was it that some could find inner strengths that brought courage and hope and
others could not? What was to be learned from these experiences that would have a
positive and creative effect for daily, routine living?

His lectures, writings, workshops, book In the Presence of Humor and his living-history
performances of America’s famed humorist
Will Rogers offers some of the
answers.

What Is Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancers in men. Prostate cancer is often found in elder men and the risk of prostate cancer increases with age. It occurs mostly among the male population of 50 years and above. In prostate cancer, cancerous cells are primary formed in the prostate that then gets transferred to other cells through the process of metastasis. Prostate cancer spreads to other parts of your body like bones.

Causes of Prostate Cancer:

Scientists still do not know the exact cause behind prostate cancer. No one knows why some people suffer with prostate cancer while others do not. Clinical researchers and scientists are working hard to find the answer of this basic question. However they are optimistic to come out with a ‘prostate cancer cause’ report very soon.

Prostate Cancer Symptoms:

There are no definite prostate cancer symptoms that can be easily noticed by the patients. Prostate cancer does not show any cancer symptom or sign at the initial stage. However, few prostate cancer symptoms have been identified by the National Cancer Institute.

These specific prostate cancer symptoms are given below:

1) Frequent urination.
2) An interrupted or weak urine flow.
3) Trouble while urination.
4) Sensation of pain while ejaculation.
5) Inability to urinate.
6) Burning sensation or pain during urination.
7) Blood in the urine or in the semen.
Stiffness or frequent pain in the upper thighs, lower back or hips.

These symptoms are however, not specific for prostate cancer. Therefore if you experience any of these symptoms, don’t panic- just consult a doctor.
Prostate cancer treatment: Treatment of prostate cancer depends upon factors such as the location of the tumor, general health condition of the patient, age of the patient and size of the tumor.
Prostate cancer can be treated with help of following treatment methods.

1) Surgical castration by orchidectomy: the cheapest and simplest prostate cancer treatment is orchidectomy. The only disadvantage is a psychological effect of the loss of testicles.

2) Prostate cancer can be treated with the help of oestrogen hormone and LHRH-analogues. This is a “medical castration.” This prostate cancer treatment is very expensive. Oestrogen can be taken orally but oestrogen prostate cancer treatment can give rise to thrombotic complications.

3) Hormone therapy can also be used as prostate cancer cure.

4) The chemical found in black pepper, which causes the tongue to burn, sweat to pour out and eyes to water commonly called as capsaicin is thought to be helpful in prostate cancer cure. US researchers have found that capsaicin can cause human cancer cells to kill themselves. This study is guiding to the way for a new prostate cancer cure.

5) Radiotherapy can also be used for prostate cancer cure. Radiotherapy just destroys cancer cells by radiation. The method is absolutely painless. But treatment of prostate cancer with the help of radiotherapy can cause some side effects like impotence and diarrhea.

6) Brachytherapy can also be applied to cure prostate cancer. Here radioactive elements inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells.

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A separation or divorce takes place. One of the partners gets a new partner. Another is left alone. Imagine of the pain? Already the thoughts about why the divorce took place? The thoughts of having been cheated out of many years, and how to carry forward are troubling the mind. Now one has to see his/her ex. Settled with another and find oneself alone. How to cope up?

Many people bottle up their feelings as if nothing has happened. They don’t allow themselves to grieve. They don’t allow the anger to come out. They don’t allow the frustration to show. They don’t allow the thoughts of having been cheated show up. There are many more emotions. But they want to show as if everything is Ok. But it is not.

To find oneself alone is a tough feeling. it is not easy to fight the pain. It is equally difficult to get new love because the past is haunting. A person in this situation is so absorbed with the past that he/she has no thought of getting love. Is this Ok? Certainly not. What should be done?

Come out of the past. First accept that you got defeated. Accept the pain and live it. Accept the loneliness and grieve over it. Accept all that happened and experience all the feelings. Drain the past. It will be painful but consult a therapist and ask for advice. Cleanse yourself. Reenergize and search for love again

Pain becomes more when the ex gets a partner and you are left alone. You have to get your own love so that life can move forward.

CDMohatta writes articles on Relationships, love, Divorce, Dating and other related issues of life. Please read articles from Love Articles & Advice , Relationships Articles & Advice and Break-up Articles & Advice

Flamenco is an art. Comprised of three parts, it exists in all
these forms: Cante , the song, Baile, the dance, and Guitarra,
guitar playing. Originating in the south of Spain , it is
indigenous to Andalusia . In its inception, it was an oral
tradition passed on from performer to performer. These
performers were a mix of the four cultures that inhabited Spain
over the centuries (flamenco dates back to the 16 th Century):
the Moors, the Jews, the Gypsies and the Andalusian Spanish.

Although the exact lineage of the art is not known, what is
clear is that flamenco in its earliest form consisted only of
the song (cante). The roots of the song were in the expression
of poverty and oppression as sung by the Gypsies. The Gypsies
came to Spain from India and the Oriental influence in flamenco
is still evident in its chord structures and progressions.

Historically, the Gypsies in Spain have been (and in some parts,
continue to be) social outcasts; Gypsies were often not able to
own land and had to work in unskilled labour. Flamenco was sung
in the home or at social gatherings as an insular expression of
hardship and misery. A lone artist would sing the dismays and
losses of his people and add his own variations. Thus flamenco
shares much in its originating circumstances and improvisational
nature with the African American Blues.

Over the years, the Gypsy’s song was influenced by the Moorish
and Jewish inhabitants of the region, and only later, as the
music became popular, was it heard by the Spanish. It was then
that flamenco incorporated Andulasian folk music and the
introduction of the guitar occurred. The presence of the guitar
is also thought to have brought about a change to the sad nature
of the music, birthing such pieces as alegrías which express
happiness and joy, although not replacing the deblas ,
martinetes, siguiriyas or the soleá which sing of hardship and
woe.

Flamenco today is made of hundreds of different generic pieces (
seguiriyas , soleares, alegrías, malagueñas, fandangos,
zapateado, rondeña and more ) each with their own mood and thus
their own melodic, harmonic and rhythmic structures to express
these moods. Hand-clapping, finger clicking and other musical
tapping is also used for rhythmic punctuation and considered to
be yet another art form of the flamenco.

It was not until the second half of the 19th Century that
flamenco reached its height in public popularity. 1842 saw the
first café cantante , an intimate forum in which the singer was,
initially, at the centre of the performance, but the guitar
became an increasing focus. One guitar became two, fostering the
sense of showmanship between the two guitarists, each attempting
to outdo the other. What this meant for flamenco guitar was a
broadening and expanding of skills, and thus a flamenco guitar
piece seen today can be breathtaking. It was in the café
cantante period that flamenco dance also reached its peak and
dance went onto become, for many years, the main drawcard for
the public.

Flamenco today enjoys the respect and appreciation garnered in
the café cantante era. With a strong international band of
superlative flamenco artists, it continues to transform and to
touch audience’s souls with its passionate outcries.