Tuesday, 16 July 2013

This Emergency Hook Folds Up and Fits In Your Wallet

This Emergency Hook Folds Up and Fits In Your WalletWe've all been there: arrive in a grubby public rest room, realise there's nowhere to hang anything, and be faced by the grim experience of dropping your possessions to the grimy floor. This folding hook could save you from that fate.

Designed by Bjorn Bye, the Hook concept is a credit card-sized piece of plastic which folds in a Z-shape to fit between door and frame. When temporarily installed it acts as a hook, sturdy enough to hang 11 pounds of clothes and whatever other crap you have.

Measuring 54 x 84 x 1.5mm, it's designed to slide into your wallet so you can easily carry it with you. If you're interested, the project is currently seeking funding on Indigogo. [Hook]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-emergency-hook-folds-up-and-fits-in-your-wallet-797348593

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A stroke of luck - Shopkeeper wins Nestl? Community Fest raffle

Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer

GOLDEN SPRING, St Andrew:"I FEEL good! I am happy because I just finished my house and I really needed a stove," Angella Allen told The Gleaner, having taken the top prize in the Nestl? Community Fest raffle held at the Golden Spring Community Centre, St Andrew, last Saturday.

Even though she had arrived home quite some time before, with no intention of heading back out, upon getting the phone call, Allen gladly left her mother in charge of the small shop she operates in New Garden, a community near to Golden Spring, and chartered a taxi to take her back to the venue she had left hours before.

The caller wanted to know if she could get back to the community centre before 8 o'clock, intimating that her small gamble in the day might have paid off in a big way.

As the vehicle zipped along the road, she recalled how the emcee had kept stressing that by purchasing at least $500 worth of Nestl? products, one would get a chance to enter the Nestl? Community Fest raffle. The prizes were a pressure cooker, a microwave oven, and the really big one, a four-burner gas stove, but Allen knew she had no chance of winning anything. So with nothing to lose, she bought six cans of Suppligen for the shop, hung around and chatted with friends for a while before heading back to relieve her mother.

Back at the venue, Allen quickly identified herself, and upon being called on stage, just couldn't believe when DJ Sparks advised her that she had, in fact, won a four-burner gas stove. Not until it was in her house and she was checking out the stove with her mother and son did it really sink in.

Pointing to the timing of the win, just after the completion of her house and now looking to furnish it, the shopkeeper related that having heard about the community fest well in advance, she had planned to visit but could not stay long to really enjoy the event because Saturday was usually one of the more brisk business days.

The short visit paid off, however, and she is looking forward to the next Nestl? promotion and will most definitely be there.

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Allen was just one of many winners on a day when residents of New Garden, Golden Spring, Boon Hall, Stony Hill, Lawrence Tavern, Temple Hall, Glengoffe, Unity, Border, and Mount James turned out for the culmination of Nestl?'s Knock at Your Gate competition.

Residents competed in netball, football, basketball, sprint races, dominoes, and arm wrestling, among other events. The MAGGI Mobile proved a big hit with householders who were impressive with their knowledge of cooking and nutrition, for which they won Nestl? products.

Stephen Summers, sales manager at Nestl? Jamaica, attributed the mobile's growing popularity to the fact that many times, participants surprised themselves upon recognising how much they actually knew about the different food groups and other aspects of proper meal preparation.

The knowledge exchange, he explained, was in keeping with the company's islandwide promotion aimed at creating shared values by educating customers about proper nutrition, health, and wellness. He said it was important that Jamaicans be able to make informed decisions in respect of how their hard-earned cash was spent in order to ensure they got maximum value.

Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130713/news/news4.html

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Monday, 15 July 2013

College Football Weightlifting Stats Compared to Average Gym Guy

Have you ever wondered how your individual strength stacks up against the most powerful guys in college football?

Yeah, those dudes are studs. But come on man, you go to the gym and lift three times a week; you can?t be too far off the pace, right?

Well, before you and/or the luminary from the local LA Fitness decide it?s time to walk on at Alabama, take a look at the following stats.

The numbers compare the elite lifters in college ball to the average stats pumped out by guys who didn?t fax anything in on signing day.

The lifting data for the ?average gym guy? comes from the individual exercise tables on exrx.net. ?

The stats for college football?s elite come via Bruce Feldman?s 2013 Freaks List on cbssports.com and The 10 Strongest College Football Players for 2011 on muscleprodigy.com.

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Bench Press

Though guys like ex-Alabama RB Trent Richardson and ex-Georgia Tech LB Julian Burnett benched over 450 pounds while collegians, there are three beasts in recent memory who cleared over 500 pounds.

Travis Frederick?a center who went to Dallas in the first round of the 2013 NFL draft?bench pressed 500 pounds while former-Michigan DL Mike Martin lifted 505 pounds.

At the upper echelon is ex-Crimson Tide DT Josh Chapman who benched a whopping 580 pounds at Alabama. ?

DT Josh Chapman benched 580 pounds while at Alabama.

Comparing this to our average gym guy, a 200-pound man who is classified as ?novice? lifter?as per exrx.com someone who has ?trained regularly for several months??can bench press 175 pounds.

A same-sized ?intermediate? lifter?someone who has ?trained regularly for a couple of years??can bench 214 pounds.

Finally, an ?advanced? male?who has worked out for ?multiple years??can bench 290.

This puts average guy 200 to 300 pounds behind the pace of elite college football guy.

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Squat

Leading the way in the squat are senior Arkansas State DT Ryan Carrethers who squatted 664 pounds and junior Arizona State OLB Carl Bradford who posted a 641-pound lift.

Beyond the current crop of studs is ex-Wisconsin OL Travis Frederick who reportedly broke a school record by managing a beastly 770-pound squat.

Center Travis Frederick set a record while at Wisconsin by squatting 770 pounds.

Comparing this to the lifting laymen, a 200-pound novice level male can squat 230 pounds, an intermediate level lifter can squat 285 pounds and an advanced guy can pull 390 pounds.

This puts the gym guy?s best numbers nearly 400 pounds shy of Frederick?s eye-popping record.

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Power Clean

Leading the way in the power clean is former Georgia Tech LB Julian Burnett with a 350-pound lift and Arizona State?s Carl Bradford who posted a 385-pound pull.

Even higher, at the 400-pound level in the power clean, is super-strong Arkansas State lineman Ryan Carrethers.

Arkansas State DT Ryan Carrethers power cleaned 400 pounds.

For the gym guy a novice level lifter can power clean 165 pounds, an intermediate lifter can manage 205 pounds and an advanced lifter can pull 280.

This puts the LA Fitness stud 120 pounds behind the college football stud.

Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1703789-college-football-weightlifting-stats-compared-to-average-gym-guy

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FT: Apple Hiring Blitz Suggests the iWatch Is a Way Off

FT: Apple Hiring Blitz Suggests the iWatch Is a Way Off

A few months ago, a rash of headlines suggested you'd be wearing an iWatch on your wrist by the end of the year. They were almost certainly wrong?and now a Financial Times report suggests we could be in for an even longer wait.

The FT report explains that, according to sources, Apple has been aggressively hiring staff to work on the much-rumored smartwatch, to add to the "several dozen" already actively working on the project. The newspaper even goes on to warm that Cook and co could yet still scrap the project.

Duh. Of course they could: Apple famously ditches ideas that don't work. Besides, any technology company worth its salt pours time, money and effort into research and ideas; just because they hit the rumor mill doesn't mean you'll necessarily ever be able to buy 'em.

Interestingly, the newspaper does say that, if the project goes ahead, sources tell it that a watch definitely wouldn't be ready for retail until the second half of 2014?which, rightly, tramples all over those rumors from earlier this year. If that's correct, it'll be interesting to see if any other manufacturers?Google, Samsung, Pebble, whoever?can take advantage of the lag over the next twelve months. [FT via MacRumors]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/ft-apple-hiring-blitz-suggests-the-iwatch-is-a-way-off-784423349

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Egypt, Jordan, Iraq seek to stem Syrian refugee flood

Syria's raging civil war has seen neighbors flooded with refugees. Egypt has become the latest regional country to take steps to limit refugee access.

By Tom A. Peter,?Correspondent / July 14, 2013

The Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan this April. Syria's refugee crisis has grown substantially since.

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Nearly a third of Syria's 21 million people are now a refugee or displaced within their own country. That staggering number has begun to overwhelm neighboring countries and international organizations say some states are beginning to severely restrict the inflow of Syrians fleeing the conflict.

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Last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported that Syrians flying into Egypt are now being turned away. Prior to President Mohamed Morsi being deposed Egypt was allowing visa-free arrival for Syrians fleeing the conflict, and aid workers in Cairo estimate there are about 300,000 Syrians in the country now. Egypt's current military rulers began requiring visas for Syrian nationals shortly after removing Morsi from power on July 3, even though the Egyptian embassy in Syria reportedly lacks the capacity to issue them at the present time.

Egypt's policy shift follows Iraq, Turkey, and Jordan who have all sought to limit the refugee inflow. The changes have resulted in thousands of Syrian refugees stuck in border regions where they remain unsafe and sometimes beyond the reach of adequate humanitarian assistance. That has left many international organizations in a difficult position: They acknowledge the strain the refugee population has put on host countries but still want Jordan and other nations to keep their borders open.

?We are absolutely commending these governments for having been so generous. We do understand that they?re worried about having so many Syrians on their soil, but if people are on the other side of the border unable to escape...?the most humane thing a country can do when people are fleeing for their lives is to keep the borders open," says Melissa Fleming, a spokesperson for UNHCR.

There are more than 1.75 million Syrian refugees who have registered or are awaiting registration with the UN ? more than 20 times the number of refugees from the same time last year. Another 4.25 million people are displaced inside Syria and there are 6.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance inside Syria.

In Lebanon, which maintains one of the most open borders with Syria, the government estimates that the number Syrian refugees it hosts is equivalent to a quarter of its entire population.

Aside from straining resources, there are also concerns that Syrian refugees will bring political problems.

Iraq?s most recent war has ended, but sectarian tensions remain and a number of Iraqi Sunnis hope the Syrian uprising will cross the border and help them overthrow their Shiite-dominated government. In Jordan, more than half of the country is of Palestinian origin and the government is not eager to absorb Syria?s Palestinian population.

In Jordan, the number of refugees crossing the border has fallen from 2,000-3,000 per day to 600-700 per day and Iraq has closed its borders to incoming refugees, except for special cases. ?Basically the government is citing security concerns and fear of spill over of the Syrian conflict into Iraq as the main reason,? says Natalia Prokopchuk, a reporting officer for the UNHCR in Baghdad.

The increased difficulty faced by many fleeing refugees has caused the number of displaced people living in camps along the border inside Syria to swell. While safer than many parts of Syria, border areas do not offer complete security and the humanitarian situation there is often dire.

?These areas are subject to aerial attacks by the Syrian government and refugees are not secure from fighting,? says Lama Fakih, a Syria and Lebanon researcher for Human Rights Watch.

In just two years, the war inside Syria has claimed more than 93,000 lives and attempts to end the war through diplomacy have failed. International organizations say that humanitarian need inside Syria surpasses the aid available.

"While the [International Rescue Committee] commends Syria?s neighbors for maintaining an open borders policy, we are increasingly concerned about reports of Syrians having difficulty entering Turkey, Jordan and Iraq. The international community should strongly encourage hosting governments and the Syrian regime to respect the right of all refugees fleeing Syria to ?seek and enjoy asylum? and discourage policies ? including the closure of borders ? that prevent civilians from leaving Syria,? says Ned Colt, regional communications manager for the International Rescue Committee.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/DjkLdkuxDHo/Egypt-Jordan-Iraq-seek-to-stem-Syrian-refugee-flood

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