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- Different Types of Push Ups
- Kanye West “Coldest Winter” Music Video
- Tim Tebow’s Idol Connection
- Tim Tebow’s Throwing Motion Tweaked
- Bicardi’s Mix Master App
- Caron Butler Told To Stop Chewing Straws
- Valentino Rossi Looks Ready to Win Again!
- Esteban Gutierrez Joins Team BMW Sauber
- Is Bloom Box the green energy holy grail?
- Train Your Dragon iPhone App
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:12 PM PST Everyone knows about the standard push up, but what about the other types of push ups? By adjusting your positioning on the push up, you can effectively work other body parts or different degrees within the normal muscle areas for the push up. Diamond push ups are the same form as regulars but you will touch your thumb and index finger together. Essentially, this boils down to your hands being in close which puts a ton of weight squarely on the triceps. These are not only excellent tricep exercises, but also still effective in chest and shoulder workers. Elevated push ups are just regular push ups but instead of your feet on floor level, you put them on a bench or another higher up place. This adds difficulty to the push up by putting more pressure on the upper chest to deliver power. Wide push ups have you space your hands further apart than normal. This shortens the distance you have to lower yourself to the ground but puts a great deal of pressure on your arms to carry the load. If you can’t complete a regular push up, modified push ups make things easier until you’re ready. For a modified push up, you shorten your bridge by putting your knees on the ground. This takes much of the weight off your chest and shoulders. Post from: EveryJoe |
| Kanye West “Coldest Winter” Music Video Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:12 PM PST Kanye West has debuted the music video for his new single "Coldest Winter." The song is off of his 2008 album, "808's & Heartbreak." The music video was directed by Nabil Elderkin.
Nabil said of the video, "It’s pretty minimalistic. It’s slow and very visual. I just wanted to catch the vibe of the song and not get too literal. Because the lyrics are very close to Kanye and go much deeper than the video goes, obviously hearing the song you know it’s very emotional." The subject of the song is the pain felt of losing a loved one. The video definitely is simple as it shows the same setting throughout the video. It's actually a little bit eerie. Take a look at Kanye West's "Coldest Winter" below:
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| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:30 PM PST Tim Tebow cannot stay out of the headlines these days. If he isn’t making Super Bowl commercials that have kept people guessing, or changing his throwing motion, he’s hanging out with (or dating?) American Idol contestants. Yardbarker’s Outside the Boxscore has a picture of Tebow and Idol contestant Janell Wheeler looking very cozy. Wheeler made it to Idol’s coveted Top 24, but then got the boot last night.
Outside the Boxscore says they are just pals, although he does have his arm wrapped around her pretty tightly. But pictures can be deceiving. One thing is sure, if Tebow’s publicity quotient doesn’t go down in the next week or so, I’m going to move him up to Brett Favre status in terms of players I don’t want to hear anymore about. Just saying.
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| Tim Tebow’s Throwing Motion Tweaked Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:27 PM PST Tweaked is a lot different than overhauled. Tim Tebow knows the difference, especially now at this point in his career. Rumors have flown lately that Tebow had been trying to change his throwing motion. Many wondered why, at this point in his career, would he do this. After all, NFL drafts are right around the corner. Perhaps that’s why Tebow is stressing today that the changes are “tweaks” and nothing more.
USA Today points out that:
There are some players that just get a lot of attention, and Tebow is one of them. He will be watched closely from now right up until the draft. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner is sure to make headlines in the NFL, but will they be the Peyton Manning kind or the Jay Cutler kind? Image: Zuma Press Post from: EveryJoe Tim Tebow’s Throwing Motion Tweaked |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 11:29 AM PST You know when you get to a party and the guy who’s throwing a party has no clue what kind of drinks they should be making? You know how I mean, really, there’s only so much vodka punch and keg beer one girl can drink in her lifetime before she gets very, very tired of the same ole, same ole. If you happen to have your iPhone handy, download Bacardi’s Mix Master App [for free] by searching for it on iTunes. Search by what you have in the fridge, what your friends are bringing over or by what someone’s requested and you’re good to go. Check out the video below for a look at the cool app. Image/Bacardi Post from: EveryJoe |
| Caron Butler Told To Stop Chewing Straws Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:16 AM PST You may have heard a lot of talk about the NBA and straws lately, especially since ESPN highlighted Caron Butler breaking open a straw and shoving it into his mouth before a game. The straw-chewing habit has been a part of Butler’s basketball career for as long as he can remember. He loves chewing straws so much, that he has his wife stock up on bundles every time she hits up a fast-food restaurant. Apparently, Butler chewed straws when he was with the Washington Wizards. But it didn’t become public knowledge until ESPN showed a highlight of Butler, and a couple of other Dallas Mavericks, chewing on straws during warm-ups before a recent game. I guess Butler’s new teammates wanted to see what it was like, so they embraced the habit as if to say, “Hey, you’re part of the team now. We’ll chew straws with you any day.” Really? Straws? Am I the only one who thinks this is: A. dangerous; B. unappealing; and C. the weirdest habit I’ve ever heard of? Anyway, thanks to ESPN, the NBA immediately cracked down on Butler and forced him to put an end to his habit. He will no longer be able to chew straws before games, because the powers-that-be believe it sends a dangerous message to kids. Kids often copy what NBA players do, and if they start chewing on straws while playing basketball a lot of unfortunate accidents could occur. It makes sense. I wonder if the straw withdrawal will affect Butler’s game? Here’s a little background into Caron Butler’s straw-chewing habit: Post from: EveryJoe Caron Butler Told To Stop Chewing Straws |
| Valentino Rossi Looks Ready to Win Again! Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:52 AM PST It was another course of Valentino Rossi at the front of the time sheet on the last day of testing at Sepang on Friday, as Valentino bettered the track record he set in the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix in 2009. This must be troubling news for his competition, who appear to be a bit behind Rossi at this early state of the year or is it that Valentino and his team are just way ahead with the work they have done on the M1. The bike looks fast and deadly to the competition on the track and with possibly the best sportbike racer in history aboard the M1, it’s going to be a difficult challenge to unseat him from his position atop the MotoGP Premier Class ranks in 2010.  Valentino Rossi looked fast and deadly on the track of Sepang on Friday Rossi went around the track of Sepang in a record time of 2:00:271, almost three-tenth of a second faster than his previous best at the track. Rossi looked happy with the results and continued to work on testing new packages and tyres for his bike as the day went on. It must be a great feeling to be so fast coming into another season, especially knowing that once again every racer on the track has painted a big bullseye on your back and will be trying to take you down. Valentino appeared to be his old self though, even after turning thirty one recently, and his smile was evident everytime you saw him. Of course it’s easy to be in a good mood when your on top of the world and ready to begin another charge to the top of the sportbike racing world. This is what Valentino Rossi lives for and I’m sure he wouldn’t have it any other way. The thing that can make him greater is a level of competition that pushes you to greater feats and accomplishments and this is what Valentino Rossi really needs. He needs a racer to step forward and challenge him for the world championship at every corner of the season and then we’ll see Valentino rise to greater feats of sportbike racing glory. Valentino has been challenged by his team mate Jorge Lorenzo of late, but he lacks a racer who can push him beyond the current limits that he has reached. If he can find the racer to push him beyond the current limits, he has a chance to go beyond the legend status and into another sphere. “Image: Zuma Press” Post from: EveryJoe Valentino Rossi Looks Ready to Win Again! |
| Esteban Gutierrez Joins Team BMW Sauber Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:31 AM PST One of the most important things Formula One teams do for the Formula One industry is introduce new talent to the industry by taking young drivers under their wing and introducing them to the sport. BMW Sauber announced that they had taken young driver Esteban Gutierrez under their wings for the 2010 season and the young racer will spend the season watching and learning from the sidelines as Pedro de la Rossa and Kamui Kobayashi sit behind the wheel. This is a great opportunity for the young racer to get his tires wet and see how the power of a Formula One car feels under him. He’ll also get to watch and learn from two racers who can teach him a lot about what it takes to win in Formula One. He’ll also apparently be taking part in the training regiment of the drivers as they prepare for the season.  Esteban will be watching and learning from the wings in 2010 This young Mexican racer showed great promise last year for BMW Sauber in December’s young driver test. He also won the 2008 Formula BMW Europe Championship, by winning seven races, and took part in the British and European Formula Three competitions. This year he’ll be behind the wheel of a GP3 series race car, along with his work with BMW Sauber’s Formula One team. He’s making steady progress and if things keep progressing as they’re, he’ll certainly get his chance somewhere to drive in Formula One. It costs a lot of money for Formula One teams to bring young racers into the fray under their wing, but they do need to do this, if the sport is going to continue to grow and be healthy. There are only a certain number of testing sessions available for young drivers and teams need to make sure they fill those slots if Formula One is going to have the driving talent it needs in the years ahead to keep the sport going forward and growing. Young racers like Estaban Gutierrez bring new energy and drive to succeed to a sport that lives on the edge and always needs to be striving to go forward. In away they’re an injection of new blood that should provide the sport with new racing heroes, if they have the talent and drive to succeed in the fastest sport on four wheels. It will be interesting to watch the development of young Esteban during 2010 and the years ahead. In a few years he could be a Formula One racer that challenges for a world title or actually wins a world championship or at least provides us with years of racing entertainment. “Image: Zuma Press” Post from: EveryJoe Esteban Gutierrez Joins Team BMW Sauber |
| Is Bloom Box the green energy holy grail? Posted: 26 Feb 2010 07:25 AM PST Endless power cables strung through a city are an eyesore on the skyline. But electricity is crucial to modern life. What if there was a way to maintain electricity, but lose the power lines? A new technology called the Bloom Box aims to do exactly that.
I’m no expert on this sort of thing, but I’ll attempt to explain this in terms anyone can understand. The Bloom Box is a personal power generator that uses a new kind of fuel cell made of and — yep, common, abundant, cheap beach sand — that are baked into a flat, square ceramic tile (as seen below). One side of the tile absorbs oxygen, while the other side takes in fuel of some kind (usually natural gas, but it’s compatible with other fuels as well), and the result is clean, cheap, wireless, always-on energy.
The company claims that its device has a carbon footprint that’s half the size of the modern power grid, but twice as efficient, thanks to its green, renewable energy. A single fuel cell produces 25 watts, but Bloom Box works by stacking cells into blocks that can generate a full kilowatt, which is enough to power the average American home around the clock. Businesses can be powered by grouping the boxes into a “module,” or a group of modules called a “system.” Bloom Energy, the company behind the Bloom Box, already has major partners who are using Bloom Box systems to help test out the technology and work out the kinks; these partners include Google, eBay (whose HQ you can see outfitted with Bloom Boxes below), FedEx, Walmart, Staples, Coca-Cola, and more.
A Bloom Box in every home, which is Bloom Energy’s ultimate goal, is to replace the grid altogether and let you power your own home more efficiently and inexpensively than ever before. Dreamed up by K.R. Sridhar, PhD, an actual former rocket scientist at NASA, the Bloom Box is meant to make clean, reliable energy affordable for everyone in the world. Sridhar aims to have a Bloom Box powering every home in the world — even in the remote regions of Africa and the poorest parts of India — 10 years from now. His greatest hope is to get the technology streamlined to the point that a single Bloom Box could cost less than $3,000. CBS’ 60 Minutes recently did a high-profile piece on the Bloom Box, which you can watch here. Images: Bloom Energy. Post from: EveryJoe Is Bloom Box the green energy holy grail? |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:33 AM PST Train Your Dragon isn’t just a [yet to be released] movie – now it’s an iPhone app too and on Palm Pre! If you watched any of the Winter Olympics, you were sure to see several different shorts featuring Train Your Dragon characters taking part in various activities [including creating snow boarding]. Though the game doesn’t hit theaters until March 26th, you can get a tiny taste of the sure-to-be-hit with this mobile game from Glu Mobile. The story is based on the game itself and the “game immerses players in the unique environments from the film as they explore the treacherous terrain of the Viking home Island of Berk and soar through the open skies above.” Look for it March 23rd. Image/Glu Post from: EveryJoe |
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