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Book Birthday & Author Event

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Last Friday, July 17 was not only the birthday of my SIL, but also the 6th birthday for my first book, VERMONT ESCAPE. I’ve been running a 99 Cent sale on most of the venues. (Something happened and it didn’t get changed on KOBO.) Today is the last day of the sale. Well, it may lop over a bit more because I have to take it off Amazon and iTunes, and I won’t start that process until Wednesday. 😊 B & N very nicely let’s you set a start and stop date. I love that. So much easier. Here are the links:

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If you haven’t read this book, yet, this is a great opportunity. Like all my books, this is about second chances, and my heroine turns 50 about ¾ of the way through the story, so it’s legitimately called a “Seasoned Romance.”  Here’s the short blurb:

After the murders of Jill Barlow’s husband and then her father, she flees to Vermont, but the Texas gambling syndicate believes she’s hiding damning evidence against them. To get it, they’ll kill again.

There’s no mention of the hero in this shot blurb, but he’s a Vermont lawyer and state assemblyman. Jill really doesn’t want any more involvement with a politician. Politics got her husband and father killed.

If you follow my newsletter you know that I attended a Sunday Afternoon with Authors event at an independent bookstore. (We really need to support Indie bookstores.) Leaves Book & Tea Shop (Isn’t that a clever name?) is just south of downtown Fort Worth and has been opened for just under a year.

Tina Howard, the  owner, was very organized. Before hand she let us know how it would go, and she sent us questions around the subject of “change.” All of us write different genres, and yet our answers were remarkably similar.

Left to Right.

Claudette Esmerelda has written a children’s book, Leah is Seen. She’s trying to help kids develop a good self-concept.

I, of course have 7 books out.

Richard Gonzalez is a former newspaper columnist and refers to himself as an old hippy. Raza Rizing is about the increase of Hispanics in Texas. Deer Dancer is a fantasy set in Sonora.

Jane Alvey Harris’ book, Riven (a dark YA) has been optioned for film. How cool is that! It’s part of a trilogy. The second book is out, too. They are about finding yourself again after abuse.

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Besides asking us questions, we also got to read from one of our books. I read from Book 2 of The Second Chances Series, ACT OF TRUST. The heroine lost her husband on 9/11 and because my younger daughter and her husband had just moved to NYC, this book really touches home for me and is one of my favorites, right behind VERMONT ESCAPE.

I was surprised how many people showed up to listen to us—approximately twenty. Each of the authors had  3 or so  friends attend, and then there were just random folks there. I was grateful to have the MIL of one of my daughters, a good friend from NTRWA, and another friend.  This was the first event like this for the bookstore, and the owner has one scheduled for the next several months. I will attend to see how the others work out. Tina is also willing to carry our books for a 70/30 split. I’m going to try that with three of mine and see how it works out. I’m also going to talk to one of the other Indie bookstores to see if they will consider doing something like this.

Lastly, I want to go by and take a flyer to all three Indie Bookstores with information about the first ever Independent Bookstore Celebrate Bookstore Romance Day, Saturday, August 17. I learned about this from the Kiss of Death chapter of RWA. What a great idea. Here’s the link Share with your local bookstores.

Writers, do you like events where you get to (or are expected to speak) more than where you’re just sitting there signing?

Readers, what do you think of this kind of event? Love to hear from you all.

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  1. Congrats Marsha! Best of luck with sales. 🙂

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    1. Marsha R. West says:

      Thanks, Joanne. I’m so not good at sales. LOL But this one I manage to do every year. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂

  2. Wonderful book birthday day!

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  3. Kathryn Jane says:

    Happy book birthday! 🙂

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  4. Marsha R. West says:

    Thanks, Vicki and Kathryn. Yes. Fun celebration. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂

  5. Happy birthday to your S-I-L and your first book! I’d love to open an independent bookstore- how fun!

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    1. Marsha R. West says:

      Hey, Jacquie. Thanks for the good wishes. I agree with you. I’d love to run a small bookstore, too. I’m sure it’s really tough, but what fun. Maybe I just need to have my next heroine run a bookstore. LOL Now why would someone want to kill her? LOL

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      1. And the ideas flow 🙂

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      2. J.Q. Rose says:

        Happybookbirthday!! Just think if you hadn’t published that first book we would have never met! I never realized becoming an author would allow me to become friends with folks all over the world. Happy Friend Day too.

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Rosé Wine

Rosé wine can be produced in many sorts of ways, and it is a little known fact that rosé is the first wine ever made by ancient civilisations.

Just now recovering from the 1990s, where pink wine had taken on a cheap and trashy association, we are now fully restoring this interesting and unusual wine to its proper place amongst the some of the most enjoyable drinks in the world.

With this hugely varied outcome, rosé can be range from the lightest, almost translucent blushes, to the sweetest, full and lively deep pink in colour and taste.

Commonly discarded as a drink for tipsy teenagers, the beautiful range and flavours that rosé wines produces are something akin to Austrian or German dry whites – wines which are not widely known about and secretly impressive, especially if you are looking for an alternative way to truly surprise your dinner guests.

The oldest wine in the world: Rosé throughout history

When wine was first produced, as in the early Greek and Roman empires, the methods and techniques to create wines synonymous with earliest viticulture would have been produced in such, as way so that deep red wines, as we know them now, simply did not exist.

Because they didn’t have the ability to macerate grape crop during production, and that the grapes were picked and pressed at a relatively immature time after peak season, the colours were closer to light rouge, as opposed to the deep, tannic reds which are associated with the time, through art and religious relics.

However, popularity does not lie, and even as the early modern periods came about, people still in whole preferred the lighter and fruitier reds, rather than the dark and tannin heavy choices.

But as time passed, these choices were celebrated, and with several different methods emerging so that both a sweet and dry selection could be produced, rosé has gone through many different phases, and even today in modern wine production it remains some of the most varietal and interesting choices to serve, both at the dinner table and especially in the summer months.

The pivotal point in rosé’s production was after the second world war, when two wine producing families in Portugal decided that they wanted to release their version of a slightly sparkling, yet dry and cohesive pink rosé blush.

It was a runaway sensation amongst the indigenous population and hugely lucrative export up until the 1970s.

It was at this time that the demand for white wine had superseded southern Europe’s ability to produce white grapes.

Because of this, the saignée method was made wildly more popular – the act of producing white wines from red light skinned grapes and the means were to reduce skin contact to a minimum – leaving the finished product as white as possible.

Because of this, several wine vineyards experienced fermentation malfunction, in which the barrel’s yeast reaction finishes (or dies) before the whole sugar content is turned into alcohol.

It was after this disaster that one of the wine producers took the time to drink this half-finished blush rosé, and decided that it might quite take the fancy of a whole new audience. It was at this time, that the modern interpretation of rosé was officially born.

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Rosé Around the World

As with all wines, the region that all grape crops are grown will affect the type of flavour and palette of the finished product.

With both red and black skinned grapes used, the most popular include Temperanillo, Grenache, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.

But unlike their red or white counterparts, there is minimum skin contact when making rosé so the bigger focus is on how the grapes are pressed and rolled.

In warmer climes like the south of France, the best selection is from Provence.

With their usually dry to medium in taste, these wines are best served as a pre-dinner aperitif or even enjoyed by themselves, as they are truly unique.

As the drier rosés are more suited to sparkle, some of the top exported sparkling rosé are produced in this area.

Hester Creek Rosé Cabernet Franc

Notable bottles include Hester Creek 2013 Rosé Cabernet Franc, B.C, which is a simple but delicious pink, and the most vivid, lush and convivial colour and taste.

This wine is totally suited to serving when dining al fresco, or with cold white meats at an early summer picnic. If you are looking for something a little trashy, the n Quails’ Gate 2013 Rosé, B.C is provincial rosé which packs more of a punch.

Rich enough to serve with pudding this rosé pairs fantastically well with lighter summer fruit tarts, sorbets and the lightest soufflés.

Ned Pinot Rosé Marlborough

The Ned Pinot Rosé Marlborough 2015, from New Zealand is one of the best options when looking for a cooler climate rosé.

As New Zealand only produces a small number of pink wines, whatever does end up as an export, comes from some of the most carefully selected and painstakingly edited family owned, boutique vineyards.

Again made from Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris, the nose and of the bouquet is fruity, tasting of summer berries and whisked egg white, the real kick comes from the heavy notes from the Pinot Noir.

Today’s Rosé Wines are common

This versatility has taken a lot longer when it comes rosé but from the huge variety of flavours that are now readily available to buy even at your local supermarket, gone are the days where this wine was considered sweet and cheap, as now some of the best wine in the world comes in pink.

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Rosters finalized before FIBA 3x3 World Tour Bloomage Beijing Final 2017

BEIJING (FIBA 3x3 World Tour) - The rosters of the 12 teams competing at the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Bloomage Beijing Final in the Chinese capital on October 28-29 have been confirmed.

With the action set to start on Saturday October 28 with the pool stage, all rosters have been trimmed to 4 players.

Click on the teams below to view the full rosters:

Pool A: Novi Sad Al Wahda (two-time winners), Kranj, Krakow R8 Basket
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Exciting, urban and innovative, 3x3 is inspired by several forms of streetball played worldwide and is considered the world’s number one urban team sport. Steered by FIBA, games see two teams of three players face off on a basketball half-court.

It was played successfully for the first time in international competition at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore and since then has benefited from the launch of a yearly city-based FIBA 3x3 World Tour ( and national-team FIBA 3x3 World Cup.

On June 9 2017, 3x3 was addded to the Olympic Program, starting from the Tokyo 2020 Games.

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In an executive order signed Friday, Kasich says a main benefit of unionization was health insurance coverage, which is now widely available elsewhere. He’s rescinding orders signed by then-Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, for home health care workers in 2007 and for child-care workers in 2008.

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A page slowdown of 1 second could cost Amazon $1.6 billion in sales annually.

Remember the last time you visited a slow loading site to book tickets or just get a phone number? While this might have just been a minor annoyance for you at the time, it can really hurt the business of the website owner.

Surfers today are expecting fast loading sites and will look elsewhere if this expectation is not met. A study conducted by Google found that a 2-second increasein page loading times resulted in a 30% increase in shopping cart abandonment for an e-commerce site. Similarly, surveys conducted by Adobe concluded that 39% of people will stop engaging with a website if images don’t load or take too long to load.

Furthermore, site performance impacts the overall perception of not just the website but also the business behind itResearch suggests that visitors of a slowly loading site also view aspects such as visual design and content more negatively.

And last but not least, poor site performance can keep potential visitors from even getting to your site – Google is using page speed as a criterion for search result ranking.

How do I know if my website is fast enough?

You can check your sites’ loading speed using Google’s new platform web.dev, or by using the Lighthouse extension for Chrome. These services will show you scores for Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO along with suggestions on what to improve.

A good option to test the performance of your site from different locations around the world is GTmetrix.

How to improve your website’s performance

1) Choose the right hosting and location

Website hosting has become very affordable. However, picking a cheap shared hosting offers can come at a high price in terms of website performance.

To offer the best possible experience to your visitors, you should look for a hosting plan that includes dedicated (virtual) CPU cores and RAM as well as fast SSD storage. Premium features such as server-side caching (e.g. via LiteSpeed) and support for SPDY or HTTP/2 protocols can speed up your page even further.

When choosing your hosting provider, you should also consider the physical location of their servers, and pick one that hosts the site close to your users’ location. With data traveling through underwater fiber-optical lines at the speed of light, this might not seem very relevant. But it is – according to statistics of US provider Verizon, connections across the globe can have delays of more than 0.25 seconds. This can translate into delays of several seconds for your website, as data has to be transferred back and forth several times to establish a secure SSL/TLS connection.

2) Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Picking the perfect location for your site can be difficult when your site visitors are spread around the globe. In such cases, using a CDN can greatly improve performance. CDNs operate highly optimized networks of servers distributed worldwide. These servers will cache your site’s static files (e.g. images and scripts), and deliver them to your visitors from the closest server.

So when a visitor from the UK visits a website hosted in Singapore, the images are not transferred from Singapore, but from the CDN’s server in London.

Using a CDN used to be too expensive for smaller businesses. Thanks to Cloudflare, that’s no longer the case. The functionality of the free Cloudflare plan is more than sufficient to speed up smaller websites. Besides the performance improvements, the free plan also includes a free SSL certificate and adds an extra layer of security for your site.

3) Clean up your scripts

Besides data privacy concerns, including Google Maps, live chat services, Facebook widgets, and other third-party services in your website can drastically slow down your site as files have to be loaded from different servers for each of the services.

You should, therefore, review the external services you are using, and only keep the essential ones. Some resources such as web fonts can also be loaded directly from your site instead of relying on a third party server.

For the remaining services, you can employ techniques such as non-blocking loadingto minimize the effect on your site’s performance.

Bonus: WordPress plugins

Is your site running on WordPress? Then a good way to speed up your site can be to review the plugins you installed on your site and keep only the ones you really need.

There are many plugins available to speed up your site for free. A combination we like to use is Comet Cache and Autoptimize. If you use a high-performance hosting service based on LiteSpeed Web Server, you can also use LiteSpeed Cache instead.

You will need to carefully review your site after setting up these plugins though because they can cause with other plugins and themes.

So does site performance really matter?

The answer is a clear YES – numerous studies of industry experts concluded that poor website performance leads to lost sales and lower customer satisfaction. Investments into other important aspects such as security might not have

To conclude, we strongly advise checking your site’s performance quickly as a business strategy for turning visitors into leads while improving your position in Google’s search results.

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With the WordPress Performance and Security Package, Geekho is offering a comprehensive optimization service for SMEs to improve conversion rates and customer satisfaction.

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  • You have written a book, but are looking for a faster-paced schedule this time around
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Yes, you can write a draft of your book in a month! Don’t let limited time, busy lives, or other obstacles get in your way of writing the book that is in you. A manuscript in 30 days requires thoughtful preparation, strategic planning, a strong sense of discipline and loads of enthusiasm—and this ondemand webinar will give you the concrete tools to achieve your goal. If the only thing that’s holding you back from getting words on the page is no plan, this webinar has all the answers.

Literary agent Carly Watters has been coaching authors through first drafts for a decade and she’ll present a comprehensive strategy to “winning” National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo): a 50,000+ word draft in 30 days. This webinar is all about volume and getting 1,667+ words written per day. Whether you’ll be joining a “5am Writers’ Club,” writing during your lunch breaks at work, or after your kids have gone to sleep—it’s possible for everyone. The ondemand webinar will focus on character sketches, detailed storyboarding, realistic schedules, and tips to keep up your momentum through the full month of daily writing.

There will be roadblocks, but you’ll be better positioned to succeed with the more preparation you can do in advance.

  • How to create an overview for your month of writing
  • How to create an engaging premise, well-paced plot, and comprehensive character sketches in advance of writing
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Saying Goodbye

Hi everyone. Thank you so much to everyone that is reading this blog post, or has read any of my blog posts ever.  As the title suggests, at least for now, this is going to be my last blog post and i’m going to close down my blog.

Over the past two years, with college and everything going on, it’s gotten to be way too much to keep up blogging, and i’ve started being wildly inconsistent in posting schedules and quality of my posts. As this trend kept going, I stopped loving blogging as much as I used to. It has lost a lot of its fun, and has been seeming more like a responsibility that i just can’t handle

I’ve absolutely loved maintaining this blog over the years, and getting to have all of the interactions and friendships that I’ve made with you all. I’ll genuinely miss each and every one of you when I leave.

I’m not really sure what to say, except that i’ll be around on twitter still, and that i hope to one day come back, maybe, once I’m less busy in life.

Love you all and wish you the best in life. thank you again for all of your support, it has truly meant a lot,

13 thoughts on “Saying Goodbye”

  1. I’ll miss you! I absolutely loved your posts. I hope that leaving will help you somehow – I have 100% been on this situation, and taking a step back can do wonders

  2. Hey, Joce, I’m sorry to see you go. I’ve read your blog fairly regularly and even commented a couple of times. I’ve enjoyed your reviews, as well as following along just a bit on your life’s journey. Thanks for sharing. Mostly, I just want to wish you luck with whatever path you follow in the years ahead. Have fun, kid! (Hey, I’m 73 years old, so I get to call you kid, okay:)
    Take care,
    Bob Germaux

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July 14, 2020 | By Alexander Stajkovic | Back to blog

The coronavirus disease that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) spotlights the need for effective leadership in a crisis. COVID-19 was an exogenous shock that dramatically affected individuals, organizations, and societies. Together with my co-author, Kayla Sergent (PhD ‘18) of Edgewood College, we used this life-and-death pandemic to examine a growing question in the literature—whether women are more effective leaders than men in a crisis. We focused on United States governors for they face extraordinary leadership trials during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To preview our conclusions, we found the following:

  • Women’s leadership is associated with fewer COVID-19 deaths
  • Women leaders express more empathy by relating to followers’ feelings and concerns
  • Women leaders express more confidence in a brighter future

States with women governors had fewer COVID-19 related deaths compared to states with male governors. In addition, there was a significant interaction between governor gender and issuance of an early stay-at-home order: states with women governors who issued an early stay-at-home order had fewer COVID-19 deaths compared to states with men governors who issued the same order.

WSB’s Alex Stajkovic

This suggests that residents might have responded to early orders from women with greater volitional compliance than to orders by men, ultimately saving lives.

Theoretically, leadership literature in applied psychology suggests that women tend to be preferred over men as leaders during uncertain times. This is because, in comparison to men, women have a greater desire to help others, more capacity to balance risk, and higher resilience to “bounce back” from failure pragmatically.

Based on this growing literature, we investigated the following question: Do states in the U.S. with women governors have fewer COVID-19 deaths than states with men governors? And if so, why?

Understanding leadership differences in a crisis

Why did we theoretically expect there might be differences?

First, women tend to be preferred for leadership positions across professions in times characterized by uncertainty because these situations require curvilinear thinking, such as relying more on creativity, improvisation, and intuition. These are qualities that research shows women tend to exhibit more of than men.

Second, leaders face unfamiliar dilemmas in a crisis. This underscores the importance of a leader’s ability to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams with diverse skills. Research has shown that women tend to have a democratic leadership style, whereas men tend to have a more autocratic leadership style. Therefore, women leaders are more likely to encourage information sharing and brainstorming, increasing the probably of consensus building. Together, these qualities can improve the effectiveness of the leaders’ decision-making.

Third, successful leaders show awareness of their followers’ feelings and acknowledge the emotional challenges they face. Doing this effectively requires empathy. Empathy is defined as an emotional response congruent with the perceived welfare of others. In this way, showing empathy involves imagining how others are affected by the situation at hand. Research on gender and empathy has shown that women tend to be more empathetic toward others than men.

Finally, in crises characterized by high levels of uncertainty and risk, mistakes are likely. Thus, leaders need confidence to make course corrections without overreacting or paralyzing the operations with doubt. Research has shown that women are less likely than men to take mistakes and failure personally, increasing their ability to maintain confidence in the midst of obstacles. For this reason, women are more likely than men to exude confidence in a crisis.

Examining the data

To test our research question, we used publicly available data on COVID-19 deaths by state. We also included variables to control for state population, governors’ gender and other sociodemographic variables, along with important COVID-19 related actions, such as state issuance of stay-at-home orders, face mask mandates, bans on travel, and ventilator sharing. By including these relevant covariates, we were able to determine if governor’s gender predicted unique variance in COVID-19 deaths above and beyond other related variables.

To investigate why this might be, we next analyzed over 250 of the governors’ COVID-19 related briefings (about 1.2 million words). Compared to men governors, we found that women governors displayed greater empathy by relating to their followers’ feelings and concerns and expressed more confidence to get through the crisis.

Takeaways for leadership during a crisis

What does this mean for effective leadership in times of crisis?

First, these findings underscore the need to value different leadership voices and to build a culture of inclusion in which varied voices are heard and valued.

In the absence of women governors or women organizational leaders during a crisis, effort can be put forth to diversify leadership teams with individuals who show empathy and confidence.

Empathy drives a tone of communication that is tactful and gentle, making it more effective for delivering emotionally laden speeches in a time of crisis. Because men tend to be less empathetic, their communication with followers is often more blunt, dominant, and forceful.

Confidence, like empathy, can translate to differences in communication patterns. For example, men seem to communicate confidence by commanding attention and winning arguments, with an aim to gain power. In contrast, women tend to be more sensitive in exuding confidence to their followers by focusing on immediately relevant issues, not power.

In organizations, these attributes could be enhanced with training or selected during hiring. That is, social roles and social cognition are mediated by psychosocial processes. For this reason, men can also exhibit traditionally feminine qualities because gender roles emerge from an individual’s activities throughout role development. Therefore, the qualities we found to be associated with women’s leadership could be trained for improvement for any type of leader.

Implementing a training program to unobtrusively change gendered stereotypes at a societal level is easier said than done. For example, research on subtle forms of prejudice (see Sergent and Stajkovic, 2019 for a review) suggests that simply discussing gender issues increases the salience of gender prejudice. Thus, constructive conversations are needed to sift through ways in which pre-conceived views about gender and leadership effectiveness stereotypes can be updated.

Read the paper: “Women’s Leadership Is Associated with Fewer Deaths During the COVID-19 Crisis: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of United States Governors,” (PDF) published in Journal of Applied Psychology.

Alex Stajkovic is the M. Keith Weikel Distinguished Chair in Leadership and an associate professor in the Department of Management and Human Resources at the Wisconsin School of Business.


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Mazzoleni London presents The Golden Age, a solo exhibition of paintings by Gianfranco Zappettini and curated by Martin Holman. The exhibition will open to the public on Friday 7 February and continue until Saturday 11 April 2020, followed by a second show from 24 April to 4 July 2020 at the Mazzoleni gallery in Turin.

Gianfranco Zappettini, co-founder of the international Analytical Painting movement in the 1970s (which spanned Italy, Germany, France, and the Netherlands), is considered one of the most relevant living abstract Italian painters. The term ‘Analytical Painting’ (Analytische Malerei), was coined by art historian and critic Klaus Honnef in 1974. Zappettini’s works have been exhibited in public museums across Europe (Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster, 1971; Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin, 1977; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1978; Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, 1981) and at “documenta 6” in Kassel in 1977.

The London exhibition will focus on a completely new series of paintings, which investigates the symbolic meaning of gold as a metaphysical sense of spiritual perfection, not just as a precious material. Moreover, Zappettini’s extensive personal research on Taosim, Zen and Sufism is intrinsic to this body of work. The colour gold is the theme of the installation and as Zappettini states, “While the time of myth is cyclical, there is also correspondence between past and future, between end and beginning, because what has been will necessarily repeat again. A new ‘Golden Age’ will follow the age in which we are living - a final epoch, degenerate and stripped of spirituality: this narrates the myth and this may prefigure art, capable of conserving the most profound values and, like myth, of passing the confines of time.” The artist’s method is based on calm attentiveness; each and every area of the painting, meticulously separated from one another, can be distinguished through the density of colour and expressed through the respective stratification of the painterly material. For Zappettini painting is a spiritual exercise; the colours utilised in his work - the gold, silver and bronze of his Warp and Weft, (La Trama e l’Ordito) series - allude to meanings of a metaphysical order which communicate the ancient splendours of a time when art still had a propensity towards the divine, recalling Fra Angelico, Simone Martini and Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

The Turin exhibition will also display other paintings from series dating back to the 1990s and 2000s. The illustrated catalogue will be published by Skira, and includes essays by Dr. Martin Holman, British curator and art critic; Prof. Klaus Honnef, German museum director and art historian and critic; Prof. Paola Valenti, professor of contemporary art history at the University of Genoa.

Gianfranco Zappettini was born in Genoa in 1939. In 1962 Zappettini held his first personal exhibition in Palazzetto Rosso in his hometown and began working in the offices of architect Konrad Wachsmann and, together with German painter Winfred Gaul, he began to experience the artistic environment in Germany and Holland. In 1971 he was invited to the Arte Concreta (“Concrete Art”) exhibition at the Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster, curated by Klaus Honnef. In those years, he participated in the main exhibitions of Analytical Painting: Tempi di percezione (“Times of perception”, Livorno, 1973), Un futuro possibile - nuova pittura (“A Possible Future – New Painting”, Ferrara, 1973), Geplante Malerei (Münster and Milan, 1974), Analytische Malerei (Düsseldorf, 1975), Concerning Painting... (a travelling exhibition in various Dutch museums, 1975-1976). In 1977 he was invited to “documenta 6” in Kassel and in 1978 he attended the collective exhibition Abstraction Analytique at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. In the last fifteen years, his work has focused on the symbolism of weft and warp. In 2007, the VAF Foundation (Frankfurt, Germany) dedicated an impressive monographic show to his work.

The artist's personal exhibitions during the last fifty years include the following international institutions: Westfälischer Kunstverein (Münster, 1975), Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (Antwerp, 1978), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce (Genoa, 1997), CAMeC - Centro d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (La Spezia, 2007), Forum Kunst (Rottweil, 2007, with Paolo Icaro), LuCCA - Lucca Center of Contemporary Arts (Lucca, 2012), Janus Pannonius - Vasarely Museum (Pécs, 2015). The latest collective exhibitions in public spaces encompass: Pittura analitica. I percorsi italiani. 1970-1980 ("Analytical Painting. The Italian Paths. 1970-1980”, at Museo della Permanente, Milan, 2007), Pittura aniconica, (“Aniconic Painting,” at Casa del Mantegna, Mantua 2008), Pensare pittura ("Thinking Painting", at Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genoa, 2009), Analytische Malerei (“Analytic Painting,” at Forum Kunst, Rottweil, 2011), Gli anni della pittura analitica (“The Years of Analytical Painting,” at Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, 2016). Gianfranco Zappettini first exhibited at Mazzoleni with a solo show in 2016 in the Turin gallery, followed by his participation in collective shows such as Pittura Analitica. Anni '70 (“Analytical Painting. 1970s”, London, 2016), Mazzoleni 1986-2016. 30 Years of Art, 30 Italian Artists (Turin, 2016 and London, 2017), Pittura Analitica. Then and Now (Turin, 2017), and Light in Motion – Balla, Dorazio, Zappettini (London, 2017).


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If you decide to connect your life with bodybuilding, we recommend starting with a set of exercises for beginners. Such a program will help prepare the body for serious power loads, so that in the future you come to perfect physical shape. We offer a set of bodybuilding exercises for the first three months of training: novice athletes will be able to practice both in the gym and at home.

If you are going to perform exercises at home, you still need shells – dumbbells and barbells. Bodybuilding is not a sport in which you can work exclusively with your own weight.

Forget about programs from glossy magazines – all of them are aimed at advanced athletes. A beginner must undergo initial training and pump over all muscle groups. After all, the goal of bodybuilding is to develop all the muscles and create ideal body proportions.

Here are the basic rules for a beginner bodybuilder:

  1. The first three months, the duration of the training should be no more than 60 minutes, of which 20 minutes – to warm up. The remaining 40 minutes are spent on strength training.
  2. A good program should include a maximum of basic exercises that are aimed at strengthening the muscles and joints.
  3. Exercise no more than twice a week. This will allow your body to have time to recover between workouts. In the future, when the body is already getting stronger, it will be possible to increase the frequency.
  4. Do not forget about good nutrition, especially in the first six months of bodybuilding training. From stress, the body experiences an increased need for carbohydrates, proteins, fats, macro- and micronutrients. During the adaptation period, this need is extremely important to satisfy, because your body needs to be prepared for a serious transformation.
  5. Relax a lot and sleep more. Muscles recover and grow precisely in a dream.

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Since all muscle groups are pumped in bodybuilding, the full complex should include the following exercises:

  • on legs;
  • back
  • chest;
  • deltoid muscles (shoulders);
  • arms (biceps and triceps);
  • press.

A set of exercises is best developed individually. If you do not want to work with a personal trainer, then rely on your own feelings. Exercise until you easily overload, because the most complex approaches are the most effective in terms of muscle growth. This means that while the exercises are easy for you, the muscles do not grow. In this case, it is extremely important not to overdo it and not to earn an injury. Increase the load gradually and be very attentive to what your body says. Leave the room with a feeling of fatigue, not a faint.

General recommendations for a set of exercises:

  • At least one of 5-6 workouts must be circular. This means that in one session you do exercises for all muscle groups. One exercise follows another with a break of 30 seconds. Then the circle is repeated 3-5 times. During the training, you can make 1-3 circles with different sets of exercises. Each will have 3-5 repetitions.
  • The rest of the training will focus on specific muscle groups. For example, on Tuesday you swing your legs and back, on Friday – your chest and shoulders. This will allow the muscles to recover better between classes.
  • Biceps and triceps exercises are best included in every workout. Do some hand exercises at the beginning of the lesson to warm up these muscles, because they will participate in many exercises for other muscle groups. It is important not to overload them, so it is enough to do one exercise for triceps and one for biceps. For each, three approaches will suffice.
  • The press is also involved in many exercises, and this muscle is most difficult to bring in perfect shape. An overloaded press will interfere with the exercises, so it’s better to swing it at the end of each workout.
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Next, we recommend the recommended exercises for different muscle groups. Those exercises in which simulators are involved can be performed only in the gym. If only shells are used, then you can do it at home.

  1. Stand facing the bar, grab it in your hands and place it on the trapezoid (muscle of the upper back and neck).
  2. Straighten completely, grab the bar with a comfortable grip, slightly wider than the shoulders.
  3. Put your feet shoulder-width apart, slightly toe your socks to the sides. The back and shoulders should be straightened, and the weight of the bar should be evenly distributed over the body.
  4. Take a breath and squat gently. Do not slouch and look straight ahead.
  5. Squat to the lowest level possible to keep your balance.
  6. Slowly return to starting position. When you go through the most difficult phase of lifting, exhale.

During movement, the knees should look sideways and not go forward beyond the line of socks.

Women are encouraged to place their legs wider than the shoulder line. So you can use the gluteal muscles in the exercise.

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Dead Dead

This strength exercise is performed with a barbell.

  1. Take the starting position – chest forward, shoulders back, back slightly arched, legs shoulder-width apart.
  2. Take the bar with straightened arms, closed grip, palms shoulder-width apart.
  3. Pull your hips and buttocks back lightly.
  4. Lower the barbell along the line of legs.
  5. Hold for a second in its lowest position.
  6. Go back slowly.

If you are just starting your journey in bodybuilding, use light weights. Before exercise, it is recommended to warm up and stretch.

Dumbbell Lunges

  1. Take the dumbbells in your hands, stand straight, feet shoulder width apart or a little closer.
  2. Step forward with one foot.
  3. Gently lower down so that the knee of the exposed leg does not extend beyond the toe, and the thigh is parallel to the floor. At the same time, the second leg remains behind, it is bent 90 degrees, and the knee almost touches the floor.
  4. Push off with your front foot and return to starting position.
  5. Repeat the exercise for the second leg.
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Simulator exercises

One of the most effective exercises for beginner bodybuilders – leg press in the simulator. Its advantage compared to squats is to remove the load from the back. In this way, you can swing your leg muscles more steadily and put in larger weights than during squats.

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Inclined rod pull

When performing this exercise, the latissimus dorsi, posterior deltas, extensors of the back and biceps are involved. Tilt barbell pulls can be performed by both professional bodybuilders and beginners. In order not to injure your back, you must carefully monitor the performance technique.

  1. Starting position – feet shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent. The barbell should be taken with the usual grip from above, arms slightly wider than the shoulders.
  2. Bend in the lower back, torso forward. The upper body should tend to be parallel to the floor. For a novice bodybuilder, a tilt of 45 degrees is enough. Look forward, hold the barbell in front of your bent knees.
  3. As you inhale, pull the bar toward you, almost touch the lower part of the abdomen with the bar.
  4. Breathe out and straighten your arms.

Beginning bodybuilders are recommended to first perform the exercise with an empty bar and gradually move on to building weights.

Dumbbell Dumbbell

For this exercise you will need a bench and a dumbbell.

  1. Take the dumbbell in your right hand and take its starting position: the lower back is bent, the upper body is parallel to the floor, the right leg rests with the knee on the floor, the left hand and left knee rest against the bench.
  2. As you exhale, lift the dumbbell toward you until your elbow is above your shoulder. Move your hand along your back.
  3. As you inhale, lower the dumbbell to its original position. When moving, you can not take your elbow to the side and rotate the lower back.
  4. Perform the required number of repetitions, and then do the same exercise for the left hand.

Simulator exercises

It will be useful for beginner bodybuilders to perform the following exercises in the gym:

  • Pullups in the crossover – first with a counterweight, and then with its own weight.

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  • Thrust of the upper (vertical) block.

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  • Traction of the lower block.

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You can ask the trainer for the rules for doing the exercises or see the instructions on the simulator itself.

The most effective chest muscle exercises are known to all. This is a bench press and dumbbell on a straight or inclined bench. Beginners in bodybuilding can also use the breeding dumbbells in the supine position. Technique of execution:

  1. Lie down on a bench and put your feet shoulder width apart.
  2. Take dumbbells, lift them up on slightly bent arms.
  3. Lock the angle at the elbows and do not change it with the movement of the hands.
  4. Keep your arms outstretched as you inhale, try to lower your dumbbells as much as possible.
  5. Bend your arms as you exhale and maximize muscle tension at the highest point.
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While practicing in the gym, you can also perform:

  • Push-ups on the bars – including a crossover with a counterweight.
  • Hand reduction in the simulator.

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Army Press

Exercise is also called standing barbell press.

  • Take the barbell: grab from above, arms slightly wider than shoulders. Stand upright, hold the bar on outstretched arms, the bar touches the hips. Legs shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent. One leg can be slightly advanced forward for greater stability.
  • Lift the barbell to the chest so that the bar touches the upper part of the pectoral muscles. You have taken the starting position for the exercise.
  • Inhale and lift the bar up above you. Exhale after completing the most difficult climb. At the top, the arms should be straightened and the shoulders raised. At this point you need to linger for a second.
  • Lower the bar to the starting position and repeat the movement as many times as necessary.

It is important to perform the army bench press at a uniform pace without jerking.

Chin rod

The exercise is performed while standing.

  • Take the bar with a direct grip, arms slightly wider than the shoulders. The back should be flat and slightly curved in the lower back. Shoulders down.
  • Pull the bar up, spread your elbows. In the upper section of the movement, the elbows should be at the level of the deltoid muscles.
  • Slowly lower the bar and do the desired number of repetitions.

Biceps Exercises, Triceps, and Press

The best biceps exercises for beginner bodybuilders are lifting the barbell and dumbbell back grip. For triceps, you can use a narrow grip bench press on a horizontal bench. The technique is the same as when performing a bench press on the chest, only the neck is taken with a narrow grip.

The most effective abdominal exercises are twisting and lifting legs while lying down. You can also use special simulators.

The set of exercises for girls is practically no different from men’s, but there are a number of nuances that are important to consider before starting workouts.

Firstly, before doing strength training, you need to strengthen the joints. This is due to the fact that in women the joints are narrower and more fragile than in men.

Secondly, the joints may require additional protection already when performing strength exercises. To do this, you can use an elastic bandage on your knees and elbows.

Thirdly, in women, the lower part builds up muscle mass faster. Therefore, in training, you need to pay more attention to the upper body.

Fourth, at the initial stage, it may take more time for cardio. This is due to the fact that the female body accumulates fat faster, which will have to be burned.

Fifth, women should include pelvic muscle exercises in the training program, for example, the abduction of the platform.


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NEW YORK — With this morning’s press unveiling of “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” Andrew Bolton hopes to put to rest the age-old “is-fashion-art” debate once and for all.

During a whirlwind tour of the OMA-reimagined Robert Lehman Wing late Saturday afternoon, the newly-installed curator in charge at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute built a very strong case that it is. Despite the commotion that surrounded him due to the many workers perfecting the installation, Bolton spoke definitively about nearly each of the 170 garments and more emphatically about the artistry involved in creating them. (He personally inspected 800 in total.) Fascinated by the idea that the machine is never absent of humanity, Bolton said, “I find fashion a deeply, deeply humanistic practice and art form. I am such an advocate of fashion as an art form. I am so surprised that debate is still happening. I hope that after this show we can move on from there and ask other questions: ‘Is it good fashion? Is it bad fashion? What’s it saying?’ I just want to move on from that argument. I want people to accept it.”

Gesturing toward a Raf Simons-designed Dior machine-sewn silk organdy dress with, on one side, hand-embroidery by Hurel of sequins, bugle beads and crystals and, on the other, hand-embroidery by Lesage with gold metal threads, pearls, crystals and hand-cut flower petals, Bolton said, “How can someone not see that [art] with this exquisite form? Two embroideries together. From realism into abstraction — it’s just one painting in one dress. It sort of tells the history of modernity. I want to put an end to that debate. I want people to start asking different questions: ‘How is it made? Why is it made like this? What are you trying to say? Where is fashion going?'”

Exhibition visitors expecting to see wearables, videos and LED light shows will find instead a more contemplative exploration meant to appreciate, and question, the cultural and symbolic meanings of the hand-machine dichotomy. The exhibition bows to the public Thursday. Entering the show via what feels like an all-white cathedral-like space, visitors will encounter a Karl Lagerfeld-designed Chanel scuba knit wedding dress with a highly wrought train from fall 2014. Lagerfeld’s hand-drawn design was “transferred onto a computer to make a pixilated Baroque pattern, rhinestones were heat transferred by machine, outlined by hand with gold paint and finished with pearls and gemstones,” making it “the perfect case study” in Bolton’s view.

Nearby, Denis Diderot’s and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s “Encyclopédie” is on display, a reminder that “Manus x Machina” is set up around the métiers, or trades, of dressmaking. The métiers of embroidery, feather work and artificial flowers are showcased on the upper floor, while pleating, lacework and leatherwork are in the lower galleries. Toiles and paper patterns are also examined. Focusing not on technology per se, but the hidden technologies, techniques and processes of fashion, Bolton said he wanted to create a romantic space that invited reflection so that visitors will “look at the objects, appreciate the making of fashion and really slow down the pace of fashion.” To that end, he chose to play Brian Eno’s melodic “The Ending (The Ascent)” in the first gallery, where seating surrounds the showpiece dress.

“Sometimes the artistry of fashion is completely lost in a world that is obsessed by fast fashion, consumerism, celebrity disposable fashion. That was one of the ideas. And I wanted to show how the proximity to prét-â-porter and haute couture is diminishing,” said Bolton, motioning toward Christian Dior’s “Venus” and “Junon” dresses from 1949 beside a Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen machine-sewn and hand-sewn one. “In terms of the complexity and the craftsmanship between the two categories, what’s happening is that because prét-â-porter and haute couture are sharing the same techniques and practices, those categories are becoming more and more redundant. The only difference between the two is fit.”

Bolton continued, “We’ve stripped every garment down to what we call a genetic reading, what’s machine sewn, what’s handmade — part of it is to question the associations between the two and the hierarchy. There has been a hierarchy since the establishment of the haute couture in the 1850s between the hand and the machine.”

Not since the Harold Koda-orchestrated “Haute Couture” show in 1995 has the Costume Institute displayed this much couture in one exhibition. Chanel’s original little black dress is among the older pieces. Nicolas Ghesquière, Hussein Chalayan, Issey Miyake, Courrèges, Miuccia Prada, Proenza Schouler, Noa Raviv, Valentino’s Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli and Christopher Kane are among the numerous designers whose work is displayed. With 170 pieces, the show is more substantial than last year’s blockbuster “China: Through the Looking Glass,” which drew 815,992 visitors, making it the fifth most popular show at The Met. While art patrons and fashion followers alike might view “Manus x Machina” as Bolton’s watershed moment now that Koda has retired, the energetic Bolton said he did not feel any added pressure. “I never expect shows to be blockbusters, I never plan for them to be. I really think people make them. If you don’t engage people’s imagination or interest then the show has failed no matter how clever or how complex it is,” he said. “If your audience doesn’t respond, then I think it’s a flop.”

Interestingly, the Apple-sponsored “Manus x Machina” is light on special effects, videos (with exceptions, like Chalayan’s remote control dress) and free from gadgetry of any kind. Bolton said, “I feel as though fashion is one of the first arts to embrace new technologies. I also wanted to redefine what one means by wearable technology, which is always about basically gadgets. Wearable technology is about laser cutting, ultrasonic welding…more hidden technologies than a jacket that tells you how hot you are.”

While the transluscent scrims that surround the individual spaces are meant to help gallery-goers look at the garments on display with laser focus, their transparency unintentionally adds another dimension, in that they mirror the idea of being able to see how things are made. A Gareth Pugh dress on view is made of hundreds of hand-cut straws that are attached by hidden tiny hooks like jewelry. An Iris van Herpen consists of laser-cut silicone chevrons that the designer baked in an oven and assembled by hand one Christmas night. The entire project took many days, but the designer described it as “a fun project, kind of like Lego.” Given that, while the objects speak for themselves, Bolton said, “You have your overreaching narrative — hand, machine, the end of chapters, the métiers. We’ve been really analytical. It’s a very empirical show. You can appreciate it and look at the beauty of everything. But I think to really understand it, you have to read the labels for this one.”

More telling are the detailed interviews Bolton conducted with 12 designers that are part of the “Manus x Machina” catalogue. Van Herpen describes 4-D printing, nanoengineeing, metamaterials, biotechnology and using nano drones to make a dress. The complications that come with some of those advancements have made Bolton consider a “Fear and Clothing” exhibition theme. In another interview, Lagerfeld noted how in the time since Chanel took over Lemarié, the staff has grown from 15 to 150. All in all, he said, “I’m just always looking toward what’s next. To be in the mood of our time, that means you’re in fashion.”

But with time being this world’s greatest commodity, there’s no denying that museums, especially New York’s art-based ones, have become hypercompetitive given recent expansions and collaborations. To amp up the experiential element, the Costume Institute shortlisted six architectural firms before choosing Shohei Shigematsu, the force behind Rem Koolhaas’ New York office. The sometimes choppy waves of fashion are familiar waters to Shigematsu, whose portfolio includes “Waist Down,” a traveling exhibition for Prada, as well as collaborations with Cai Guo-Qiang and Kanye West. At work on Miami Beach’s Faena Arts Center, the 18-year OMA veteran will next set the stage for Taryn Simon’s limited-run performance at the Park Avenue Armory in September.

“In the design world, architecture, fashion and art are all working together,” he said. “The lines are blurring and that is affecting further change. It is really a renaissance. This exhibition could probably be the collaborative model that is starting to reemerge.”

As a New Yorker, even Shigematsu sounded a little in awe to be involved with one of the biggest events of the year. “It is very inspiring to work with Andrew and to see the kind of commitment that the Costume Institute has to exploring the culture of fashion,” he said.

With the recent opening of The Met Breuer, the museum is putting forward a more contemporary direction while still respecting its history. Shigematsu said, “This exhibition could be one of their efforts to create a new engagement with New York.”

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The supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir health centre seen in this photo provided by Alberta Health Services.

CALGARY – A report has raised concerns that a large portion of methamphetamine users are frequenting supervised consumption sites in Alberta that were meant for opioid overdoses.

Frontline health workers say, if anything, that finding should convince the United Conservative government to bolster the services, not roll them back.

The report flagged complaints about the behavior of meth users around the sites.

Rebecca Saah is a Community Health Expert at the University of Calgary.

She says people should consider what would happen to their communities if the sites were to disappear.

“What are the impacts of seeing people who have overdosed in the community.”

“If you don’t support supervised consumption, you’re supporting unsupervised consumptions, and I do believe we will see more people overdosing in public, on the street, in agency bathrooms, in restaurant bathrooms, in businesses.”

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Tree removal is necessary sometimes. But is there an ideal time of year to have the ageing tree in your yard taken down? Well, the answer isn’t that straightforward. There are a few factors to consider when deciding to have a tree removed.

If the tree is dead, dying, damaged or diseased, the best time to remove it is ASAP. Leaving it could lead to a whole host of problems and it’s best to call in a professional tree care specialist to assess the tree and carry out the removal. At A1 Sure Services we can provide 24-hour emergency tree removal and tree trimming Auckland wide!

Emergency tree removal is generally used after inclement weather when trees have been partially or fully knocked down or severely damaged. These must be removed as quickly as possible to avoid any further damage to the surrounding area and people.

A diseased tree can pose a serious risk to the rest of your garden. Diseases can very easily spread between trees and wreak havoc on the rest of your plants. This can lead to very costly repairs and large scale removal and replacement. Having the tree removed immediately by an experienced arborist is your best course of action.

When it comes to the removal of regular trees, however, it is generally accepted that the best time is when the trees are dormant. This is around July-August-September. At this time of year, deciduous trees’ leaves will have all dropped off, making removal much simpler. With leaves gone, the tree is lighter and it’s much easier to remove the branches.

That said, a lot of factors go into the tree removal process and each job must be assessed on a case-by-case basis. We can make some blanket statements and generalisations, but every job is different and we won’t really know things like cost, health & safety factors and logistics until we are able to assess the situation in person.

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Types of Age Management Therapies and how they Work

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Fortunately all is not lost. With age management therapies that combine hormones like HGH, testosterone and DHEA, many men can now continue their zest for life with new vigor. In fact, many physicians now recommend such treatments for patients besides advising them to follow a healthy diet and exercise programs. The results speak for themselves. Patients who have undergone the treatments have seen remarkable improvements in their quality of life and have managed to delay the onset of diseases related to aging like diabetes and obesity.

Why Age Management?

As you age the hormones that are supposed to be at lower levels in your body eventually begin to rise (insulin, cortisol) while the hormones that should be in sufficient amounts in your body begin to decline (testosterone, estrogen). As a result of this imbalance, individuals usually begin to experience drastic changes in their moods and health in the form of mild depression, loss of muscle mass, low energy levels as well as several other signs.
These changes are normal but they can turn debilitating for some in extreme cases. This is where Comprehensive Age Management therapy comes in. These treatments are medical specialties that involve the evaluation of the signs that are precursors of degenerative aging. The treatments are designed to slow down the aging process through regular hormonal optimization, the use of certain vitamins and supplements, and commitment to a healthy diet and plenty of physical activity.

How does HGH Supplementation work

HGH or the Human Growth Hormone is actually secreted gradually throughout the day by the cells of the anterior pituitary gland in the brain. Synthetic hormones like GH need to e prescribed by a medical professional. Besides countering the aging process HGH has also been prescribed for certain medical conditions. However, it is mostly a staple treatment in comprehensive age management and has been known to increase bone density, muscle mass, increase physical vitality as well as several other abnormalities.
How does Testosterone work?

Testosterone is a potent sex hormone produced primarily by the testes of men and is responsible for increased muscle mass, high bone density, facial and body hair growth. Women also produce testosterone but the male body produces about ten times more than an adult female. Testosterone is the “hormone of desire” and contributes directly to sexual health in both men and women.
Testosterone is essential for health and well-being and when the body’s production of testosterone slows down in the late 20’s, hormone-related health signs begin to appear. The first signs of a reduced testosterone level generally noticed by a man is his reduced activity level, reduced muscle mass, inability to sleep, loss of sexual interest, softer erections or decreased ability to have or maintain an erection – erectile dysfunction.

How does DHEA work?

Dehydroepiandrosterone or DHEA is an adrenaline steroid hormone. It is known to circulate in the blood faster than other steroid hormones. Your body’s enzymes convert DHEA into estrogen and testosterone.

The steroid hormone also comes with its fair share of health benefits. For one, it is known to increase the body’s immune response. Secondly, it also increases the body’s abilities to fight excess cortisol levels.

This is also why elderly individuals who have high levels of DHEA in their bodies appear more lively and youthful that those who don’t. However such people are a rarity. DHEA levels drop with age which is why physicians often recommend DHEA supplementation therapies to individuals who are either 40 or older.


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As the “free love” generation enters the retirement years, they are facing a significant sexual health issue. No, not the usual sexual dysfunction associated with aging. Quite the opposite in fact. Entering the post retirement years in better health in general, and with the rise in sexual wellness treatments for both aging men and women, the baby boomers are encountering near epidemic levels of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

The Boomers, who remain sexually active, are not giving much thought to protected sex, as they are past they point of worrying about pregnancy. This is also the generation that grew up with the pill and effective treatments for STDs, so condom use was never heavy, even in their younger years. According to experts, this has led to increased risk of transmission of STDs among the Baby Boomers.

According to the latest figures on STDs released by the Centers for Disease Control, transmission rates have spiked dramatically over the past decade among the baby boomers.

At any age, the best way to avoid STDs is to use condoms. In lieu of that, dating and relationship experts with the AARP recommend that seniors, like anyone else, avoid casual sex, “and get to know a person before jumping into bed with them. Then, after a week or so, if you still want to sleep with them, get tested, once you both know you are safe, then you do not have to use condoms, if you do not want to.”

Aging baby boomers and other seniors are enjoying, active healthy sex-lives in unprecedented numbers. If you feel you are not getting the most out of life, maybe you need to see your health professional and evaluate options to improve your sexual wellness.


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In late December it was alleged that superstar quarterback Peyton Manning received shipments of human growth hormone, or HGH Therapy to his home.

The accusations were made not by a reliable American news outlet, but in an Al Jazeera TV “documentary.”

Manning did not deny that the HGH was shipped to his home, but dismissed the allegations saying that the hormones were being used by his wife.

The supposed documentary featured a pharmacist by the name of Charles Sly.

Sly said he shipped the HGH to Manning while working for an Indianapolis “anti-aging clinic.” The clinic in question denied that Sly even worked for them at the time he claims to have sold the HGH to Manning, who, he alleges, told him to put it in his wife’s name

Since the initial claims in the documentary, Sly, recanted his story.

You would think that was the end of the allegations, but, the story does not want to die so easily.

Further Accusations on HGH therapy Use

Soon after Sly retracted his story, Al Jazeera told CNN, that they had “other sources” who backed up the claims made in the documentary entitled, The Dark Side.  They have not revealed this supposed second source.

Furthermore, the sources only verifies that the HGH was sent to the manning home, prescribed to his wife, not Peyton. It is very possible that she was using the HGH for its many known benefits to women.

The Benefits of HGH Therapy

HGH therapy for recovery from sports injuriesScientists and doctors know that HGH can increase strength and endurance. That is why it is banned by pro-sports as a performance enhancing substance.

HGH therapy also can enhance or improve the healing of orthopedic injuries. The accusation by Sly against Manning is, that is precisely what he was using it for – to help him recover more quickly from the neck injuries that sidelined him in 2013.

If, and that is admittedly a big IF, that is true, and that was how Manning was using HGH if it all, it is a far cry from him using it to “cheat.”

HGH Therapy is also being used to help men and woman over 35 “age better.”

Many of the problems we think of as “growing old,” Fatigue, weakness, sexual issues, can be related to declining levels of human growth hormone. HGH therapy, such as those legally provided by HealthGAINS, provide real improvements and can help patients feel younger, stronger and more vital.

HGH Therapy is even getting a “second look” in the sports world. As we recently reported, “Shark Tank” investor and sports team owner Mark Cuban, has invested personally in research into using HGH to help heal sports related injuries.

What is HGH Exactly?

HGH is a hormone. It is the hormone that regulates and stimulates the processes that allow your body to grow from childhood to adulthood. Without adequate HGH production, your bones and muscles would not grow, and you would stay the size you were as a child.

HGH is necessary for you to literally “grow-up. But once you are an adult, you do not “outgrow” your need for HGH.

HGH controls cellular growth throughout your life. As cells become damaged due to injury or age
it is HGH Therapy that facilitates their replacement.

HGH Therapy for HGH declineThat is why HGH is essential for maintaining muscle and building stronger bones at any age. However, even though HGH is necessary for survival, your levels of HGH do drop the older you get. HGH production eases off most significantly between the ages of 35 and 55.

It is no coincidence that those are the very ages when both men and women start to complain of “feeling older.”

Once you are on the plus side of 35 your HGH level goes down about 2%-4% every year. The older you get, the more that percentage drops. That lack of HGH influence almost all of the issues we think of as “just getting old,” from lack of energy, to weight gain and sexual wellness issues.

However, you can replace what time and nature take away with HGH therapy.