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Fact or fiction about health and fitness. ? Bokan China

February 24, 2012 ready
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It is usually a good idea to ignore the idiots at the gym who think they know what they are talking about. While it is possible to get ?some? good tips for your workout, it?s more likely that you?ll pick up false information although not intentional. People are often unaware that what they are saying isn?t truth it tends to happen in all aspects of life. Use only sources that are credible. This article will offer up some good tips on how to accomplish this task. And check out the Brad Pitt workout routine.

We have all heard that swimming is a great way to lose weight. So here we are, telling you this is not the truth. Swimming has many benefits but losing pounds isn?t one of them. The simple reason for that has to do with the buoyancy of water. When you swim, the water supports your weight, and that means you will not be working as hard as you would be if you were jogging or running long distance.

The only real way to get results is with the ?no pain, no gain? rule. Dangerously incorrect is what that statement really is. In addition, there is very real potential for inflicting serious bodily damage by living that particular motto. There are many big differences between gaining aerobic benefit and working with serious pain. If you experience pain after a workout that doesn?t go away or only appears to be getting worse, stop doing the activity. If you are injured, then continuing to exercise will only increase the severity of your injury.

The myth we hear most is ?I don?t have time to exercise. All it takes really is 45 minutes to an hour a week. Top off your short schedule during the week with a longer 30 minute workout on the weekends for a great minimalistic approach to fitness that is better than no exercise at all. Think about what times you have at work or with the kids? You can take a break time walk or jump rope at home or in the office. Ten minutes is not that hard to find, we can all do it if we try.

It is important that you be able to identify fact and fiction where your health is concerned. Whether or not you realize it this is important. If you are going to make the effort and expend the time to exercise, then it only makes good sense to learn how to do it right. When you are doing everything properly you will experience the best results as efficiently as possible.

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Madonna Not Thrilled About MIA?s Middle Finger

February 12, 2012 ready
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Madonna is apparently not happy about the way things happened during the Superbowl half time show, and she is not being shy about it. Ever the beacon of high morality and decency, Madonna has said she found MIA?s middle finger stunt on live television to be like ?something a teenager would do.? Madge justifies her frustration by saying that the overall performance was a full of ?love and positivity? and that the gesture was out of place. Apparently she has forgiven MIA, but that didn?t stop her from being honest about how she felt. I admit it was the first time I have heard anything out of Madonna in a long time, so it was kind of annoying. But I am so tired of how everyone puts the Superbowl halftime show under such a microscope. Is it any worse to watch aggressive men nearly kill each other over a game than it is to flick someone off? Get the full story over at TMZ. Blink 182 is working on a new record. Here are some details ? Gossip And Soaps. What?! Jay-Z and Beyonce are trying to trademark their baby?s name! ? Have U Heard. Check out Derek Hough working [...]

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The 15% Question: Why Mitt Romney’s Tax Rate Matters (Time.com)

January 19, 2012 ready
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Mitt Romney stammered on Monday night when debate moderators asked him whether he’d release his tax returns. “I hadn’t planned on releasing tax records, because the law requires us to release all of our assets, all the things we own. That I have already released. It’s a pretty full disclosure,” he said. “But, you know, if that’s been the tradition, and I’m not opposed to doing that, time will tell. But I anticipate that most likely I am going to get asked to do that around the April time period, and I’ll keep that open.” It wasn’t actually an answer — he’s already been asked — and worse yet, it was much more awkward than Romney’s usual Pomade pivot from unwelcome questions. On Tuesday he gritted his teeth and gave an answer that shed more light on his reluctance.

“What’s the effective rate I’ve been paying?” he said when prompted by reporters in South Carolina. “It’s probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything because my last 10 years, my income comes overwhelmingly from some investments?.” The answer confirmed Michael Scherer’s guestimation in early October: Because of capital gains, Romney pays a tax rate that’s much lower than what most U.S. wage earners will ever enjoy. (Read more about Romney’s campaign.)

Romney might have hoped to delay his tax disclosures until April to soften the political impact — the nomination race will be wrapped up by then and the general election won’t yet be in full swing. (He may have also been shooting to release 2011 records, not prior years, which wouldn’t be ready until tax day.) But whenever it came out, it was bound to shape the race.

For Democrats, this is the perfect campaign issue. It lies at the intersection of the personal, professional and political identities they plan to foist on Romney in the general election: the privilege they hope will make it hard for voters to relate to Romney, the erstwhile career in private equity that they hop will taint him as a economic predator rather than a turnaround artist, and the regressive tax policies they hope can drive a wedge between the Republican party and the middle class.

The Democratic machine is in high dudgeon. Back in October, Priorities USA Action, a super PAC run by a former Obama aide, seized on Scherer’s story and cut an ad twisting the so-called Buffett Rule — named for the legendary Omaha investor’s famous observation that he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary — into the Romney Rule, trying to hit all three points: out-of-touch, corporate, unfair. They brought the video back in the wake of Romney’s remarks.

Even GOP rival Newt Gingrich, ever bitter about Romney’s success, got in a lick. “Since my flat tax is 15 percent, I’m thrilled at the idea, I assume this afternoon he will endorse my flat tax proposal and have every American pay the rate he paid,” he said Tuesday. “I think that would be terrific.” (Read “Does Mitt Romney Have a Prayer with Evangelicals?”)

The tax rate issue also serves as a direct tie-in to the debate over practices at Bain Capital, and not just during Romney’s tenure. As the New York Times explained last month, Romney didn’t just amass his wealth there in the ’90s. Much of his investment income, on which he continues to pay a low rate, flows from Bain’s deals:

Though Mr. Romney left Bain in early 1999, he received a share of the corporate buyout and investment profits enjoyed by partners from all Bain deals through February 2009: four global buyout funds and 18 other funds, more than twice as many over all as Mr. Romney had a share of the year he left. He was also given the right to invest his own money alongside his former partners. Because some of the funds and deals covered by Mr. Romney’s agreement will not fully wind down for several years, Mr. Romney is still entitled to a share of some of Bain’s profits.

All of this plays into Romney’s weakest area. Even when he’s making sense, he often has a tin ear when it comes to wealth and corporatism. (In discussing his financial disclosures Tuesday, he referred to hundreds of thousands of dollars he’s earned in speaking fees as “not very much.”) But he’s not deaf to the tax rate issue, and his defense is right there in his campaign’s economic plan: While most of the GOP candidates want to zero out the capital gains rate, Romney would only lower it for families making $200,000 or less. In other words, he wouldn’t lower his own taxes. But the rate he pays is already really low. And now that Romney’s put it out there, Democrats won’t let anyone forget it.

Read “Mitt Romney’s Top 10 Gaffes.”)

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‘Abraham Lincoln’ Star Benjamin Walker Is One To Watch In 2012

January 15, 2012 ready
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Walker talks to MTV News about playing a vampire-killing president.
By Josh Horowitz


Benjamin Walker in “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”
Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Film

MTV News’ first couple minutes on the set of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” last spring were freaky. There we were, on a soundstage in New Orleans, and yet standing in front of us was the 16th President of the United States himself. A Fox publicist’s assurance that we were set to talk to Benjamin Walker, star and namesake of “Vampire Hunter,” rather than the man who was gunned down in a theater in 1865, did little to diminish the creepiness, because we were starring at no actor but Honest Abe himself.

Eventually we composed ourselves, and an epic and whirlwind day on the set of director Timur Bekmambetov’s adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s best-selling novel proceeded without a hitch. Now, we’re rolling out our exclusive look at the set, including interviews with Walker, Bekmambetov and costar Anthony Mackie. It’s all part of our Ones to Watch series, a weeklong look at actors and actresses set to have amazing years in 2012.

Out of his Abe getup and with “Vampire Hunter” set for release on June 22, Walker called us up to chat in greater depth about his experience in the genre mashup and why the film will show us Lincoln as we’ve truly never seen him before.

MTV News: Is it a daunting proposition knowing what’s to come? This is a summer tent pole and you’re the guy. Do you feel a little bit of that weight?

Benjamin Walker: Having never done it, I really don’t even know what to be afraid of. I’m just taking it in stride.

MTV: Was this role, when you heard about it, something that was like, “Oh my god, that’s something I’m dying to do?” Or was it something that took a little discussing with your team to say, “Hey, this would be cool for you.”

Walker: Well, I had just finished doing a rock musical about Andrew Jackson, so I was already suited for it. What really got me excited was Timur. I liked his work, and as soon as I found out he was directing it, I wanted to be a part of it.

MTV: Can you give me a sense of what the process was like in getting the role? Did you have to go through multiple auditions and screen tests?

Walker: I met him in LA months before I got the job, and then he came and saw the Andrew Jackson show. There was a test that we did together with no prosthetics, and then we had the test Greg Cannom and Will Huff, the makeup artists. After that, the deal was closed, but we’re talking about over the span of six or seven months.

MTV: What’s the preparation for a role like this? What were the things you needed to get done before you stepped onto set for the first time?

Walker: First off, I had to lose about 30 pounds. I put on a lot of weight for Andrew Jackson, and Lincoln, particularly later in his life, was a very slight man. I learned ax fighting, which was a whole new martial art that they created for the film. Then I started brushing up on my Abe Lincoln history.

MTV: Was the weight loss easy for you to do?

Walker: Who can do that? It’s the easiest way to do it, when a studio’s willing to help you do it, and then you’re training at the same time so you’re exercising regularly and heavily. Certainly the easiest way to do it, but certainly not pleasant.

MTV: Tell me about Lincoln’s fighting style.

Walker: The stunt guys and the fight choreographer, Mic Rodgers, who is a stunt legend, and a gentleman named Don Lee — all of these guys are martial artists and stuntmen. They created a form of fighting that would be unique to Lincoln at that time, that’s never been in a movie before. As I’m learning it, they’re creating it. It was really fascinating.

MTV: What is it comparable to?

Walker: It’s comparable to a kind of bow staff fighting. If you imagine a shorter bow staff with a blade on the end of it, a kind of continuously spinning, ruthless and simultaneously graceful martial art.

MTV: When I was on set, I noticed the makeup on you was remarkable up close. I would imagine that you have to do this fighting stuff in that getup, obviously. That seems like a twofold challenge for you. Did that get in the way at all?

Walker: It became uncomfortable over time. You start to sweat under it. You’re wearing a three-piece wool suit and fighting vampires and you’re wearing a mask. It really becomes uncomfortable, but the men who created it, Greg Cannom and Will Huff, are absolute geniuses. If I ever felt frustrated, all I had to do was catch a reflection of this amazing sculpture that they had created on my face. The frustration would just fall away because I knew how great it looked.

MTV: Did your friends or wife visit you on set, and what did they make of your look?

Walker: Mostly everyone was creeped out by it because it’s Abraham Lincoln, and I’m talking about where we’re going to go have dinner.

MTV: So you didn’t ever walk off set in downtown New Orleans as Abraham Lincoln?

Walker: No, because we’re trying to keep it and how magnificent it looks as secret as possible. I was kind of sequestered to a tent anytime I was off shooting.

MTV: I’m anxious to see some finished footage in a trailer. Have they shown you much yet?

Walker: I’ve only seen some ADR material, and it’s very, very exciting.

MTV: Did you guys shoot it in 3-D or are you posting it in 3-D?

Walker: If I’m not mistaken, we’re posting it in 3-D.

MTV: Was the book itself useful? Had you read the book prior to this opportunity coming up?

Walker: I read the book as soon as I knew I was going to meet on it. It’s helpful in terms of understanding the style and the seriousness with which we embrace this mashup, but there are going to be things in the movie that are surprises to people who know the book. But, also, we pay homage to what’s great about the book.

MTV: My sense is — correct me if I’m wrong — that it feels like I was on the set of a Lincoln biopic because I didn’t see any of the action stuff. It feels like it was all shooting extremely seriously and then you add that layer of crazy action and irreverence in that form. Does it feel like we’re in a drama that’s infected with action and violence?

Walker: It’s more like we looked at Lincoln through the lens of that. What we do is embrace a dramatic story. It’s in the title. You get it. Vampires. Now we commit to it, and you get to go on that ride.

MTV: Do you feel a little bit of resentment toward Mr. Daniel Day-Lewis? This guy can’t let you be the one Lincoln of the year. You have some competition from the greatest living actor on the planet.

Walker: Luckily, they’re very different movies.

MTV: What can you guarantee to me is better about your Lincoln movie than his Lincoln movie?

Walker: Our vampires will be much better than their vampires.

MTV: Although, I would like to see Daniel Day-Lewis fight vampires. You could do a mashup there one day. Are your presidential days behind you?

Walker: I would love to continue through the cannon of American presidents. They’re fascinating people. America’s story is a story that fascinates me. I’ll never turn down a president.

MTV: Let it be known to casting directors everywhere.

Walker: It has to be a weird interpretation of the president, apparently.

MTV: A very specialized career you have going. ‘Paradise Lost,’ what’s going on with that? Is that a stop? Is that a go?

Walker: It sounds like what they’re trying to do is so ambitious they need a little bit more time to prep. They’re looking for the summer, which is fine by me. It’s also the kind of movie that if we’re not ready, we don’t need to start. They’re doing something in a technological aspect that nobody’s ever done in a movie. If they want a little extra time, they can have it.

MTV: I assume you’re jazzed about that one. You like the script and you like the interpretation? We haven’t seen many blockbusters made of poems in the history of cinema, but this will be something unique, I think.

Walker: That story is the story that began all stories. It’s one of the greatest stories of all time. It’s something I studied in school and I’m excited to be a part of.

MTV: Are you still doing some comedy in New York or elsewhere?

Walker: Oh yeah, Find the Funny is at Joe’s Pub usually the first of every month. We’re working out some kinks for the New Year, but we’re certainly going to be starting out here shortly. It’s something I love to do and something I love to be a part of.

MTV: That side of you is something we haven’t seen on the big screen yet. Is that opportunity is exciting for you? To bring a little bit of that stage persona to the big screen work?

Walker: I think it would be a lot of fun. There’s little greater in life than making someone laugh. If you can do it in the medium of film, it’s even more rewards, I imagine.

MTV: Do you know what the next gig is, whether it’s on stage or in front of the camera?

Walker: Well, the industry is coming back together after the holidays. There are a lot of possibilities. “Paradise” moving has changed some things. So far, I’m gearing up for the press tour for “Lincoln,” which is going to be a huge undertaking.

MTV: Have you talked to friends and family that have gone through this sort of thing yet to know what you’re getting into? It’s a lot of sitting in hotel rooms and answering the same questions for hours on end, carpets.

Walker: I could probably ask you what it’s like. You know better than anybody. You probably have to be much more miserable than I have to be.

MTV: I’m looking forward to seeing how glazed over your eyes are when I see you at your first junket. Will it be your first junket you’ve done?

Walker: You can reserve the right, because we know each other, to reach across the table and swat me, to bring me back to life if you need to.

MTV: There was talk that you did a workshop for this “American Psycho” musical. Was that something that was fun? Is that something you’re hoping might come together in another form?

Walker: I’d love to do it. The music was great. Duncan Sheik did the music. It’s a very timely story right now. It’s a musical about the deregulation of American finance through the lens of a crazy person. It’s a lot of fun. The thing that’s great about “American Psycho” as a play or musical is that it’s funnier.

MTV: Were you a fan of Mary Harron’s film? Obviously, Christian Bale was amazing in that as well.

Walker: That was an amazing movie.

MTV: A little bit of a different take, it sounds like. I guess accentuate the humor a little bit more.

Walker: A lot of the things that happened in the film were inferred through voice-over, with a stage play, it’s direct address. You’re literally having a conversation with the audience.

MTV: Is there Phil Collins? Is there Genesis in the stage play?

Walker: Oh, yeah. “Feel It Coming In the Air Tonight.”

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