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Archive for May, 2009
The Green Dog; A Mostly True Story
By the author of ‘Shabanu, a Newbery Honor Book The summer after fourth grade, a lonely girl wants just one thing: a dog. It’s all she can think of. She tries everything to convince her parents to let her have one, but nothing works. She is sure that she will spend another whole summer alone – dogless and friendless – with no one to share her adventures in the woods and waterways of northeastern Pennsylvania. Just when things look bleakest, a dog appears on the side of the road and needs rescuing. He looks exactly like the dog she’s been dreaming of. Together they spend long, golden days fishing, swimming, and exploring the woods. Jeff works his magic on everyone in the house, but it’s soon evident that he has a nose for trouble, like digging up the neighbor’s rhubarb patch and overturning a pail of green paint. Suzanne’s father rapidly loses patience. ‘One more incident,’ he warns, ‘and that dog is going to the farm.’ This heartwarming story, taken from the author’s childhood, will remind readers of all ages what it’s like to wish for something so hard
.NET-A Complete Development Cycle
.NET-A Complete Development Cycle
Organic Structural Spectroscopy
This book is the revision of a widely-respected book on spectroscopy. The book covers all four areas of organic spectroscopy including NMR, MS, electronic (including CD and optical rotary dispersion), and vibrational (which also includes Raman). The book is the most complete and comprehensive treatment on the subject. It covers currently used techniques for determining the structure of organic and biological compounds. It also has a strong emphasis on problem solving and is distinctly pedagogical.
Jump Experts (Program Review)
Most programs of this kind are the ideas/methods used by one person on which exercises, training, diet, etc. can best increase your ability to jump higher, Jump Experts takes a much different approach. While the website states that there are instructions from “13″ experts, there are actually EIGHTEEN of the top “vertical jump” experts in the world that contributed to this project. These are combined together into a package that definitely covers training to improve your vertical jump from every direction possible. You will learn about stair running, sprints, squats, kettle balls, “band” exercises, stretching, and several others. You will also find out about specific techniques, warming up, warming down, muscle function, and other “technical” aspects involved in jumping.
Virgil Aponte is the “author” of the book. He came up with the idea of gathering information from many different sources, contacted all of them and turned all their contributions into a great product! The principles taught in this material have been used by countless of the world’s top athletes – professional players in the NBA, WNBA, NFL, MLB, & MLS; NCAA players; and Olympic athletes from many countries.
This is a 8 week program originally designed to improve an players’s jumping ability for basketball. But, the information included can be applied to any sport where jumping is an advantage (football, soccer, volleyball, etc.)
Each expert gives their unique nuances on vertical jump training including body part functions, recommended exercises, what TO do and what NOT TO do, specific applications, etc. Because of this, Jump Experts may be the most broad and comprehensive collection of instruction material on increasing your vertical jump. As a matter of fact, two of the contributors to this collection are also the authors of their own products.
As a bonus for purchasing The Jump Experts, you will also receive over three hours of audio interviews with the contributors to this program. There are also five additional books included that cover additional health, diet, stretching, and exercise topics. And, just in case you thinkk the material may get outdated, you also get all future updates that may ever become available for this program!
Jump Experts provides all the information needed to improve your jumping ability very fast!
To see how it compares, check out this Vertical Jump Program Review.
