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What is the Latissimus Dorsi? Commonly known as the lats, the Latissimus Dorsi is the largest back muscle. Anatomy Origins: T7-T12, the iliac crest (the front uppermost ridge of the pelvic girdle), 3 or 4 of the lowest ribs, the bottom point of the shoulder blade. Insertions: The top of the humerus (the upper arm bone that fits into the shoulder joint) Actions: Rotates the shoulder (which moves the arm) inward, or brings the arms closer to the body. Involved in lifting, carrying, climbing and swimming. Pushing on the arms of a chair when standing up. Antagonist: Deltoid (the muscle at the top of the arm), and the trapezius (another large back muscle). Common Injuries Hanging from monkey[..]

Have you ever had a customer that seemed to reject nearly everything that you were presenting? We all have. Research on the customer's buying decisions has revealed that a customer's resistance may not be caused by what you present. It could be the sequence of your presentation. Our research has shown 76% of sales presentations are out of sync with buying decisions. When making a major purchase decision, your customer goes through a process of five sequential decisions. 1. SALESPERSON. Customers decide if they like and can trust you. 2. COMPANY. What is your company's reputation? Is your company a good match for them? 3. PRODUCT. Is your product the right solution for their[..]

Compared with traditional styles, some couples prefer unique engagement rings since they are considered by many as the best representation of the beginning of a new life together. Most people hold that the bling should be uniquely wonderful as the relationship. Unique engagement rings are prominent in that they distinguish yourself from the crowd and cannot be found everywhere. Nowadays it is not difficult to find a unique piece. Or it may be hard depending on your perspective. With an infinite number of possibilities, you can choose one according to your preference. Irish engagement rings are the best choice for those people who want their rings to display a loving union and cultural[..]

There is nothing more stressing than to be woken up in the middle of the night from sound or to not even get a good night’s sleep. Soundproofing your bedroom from either other rooms in your home, outside sounds, or, if you are in an apartment, your neighbors, can help you get a better nights rest and lower your stress level. The goal in soundproofing a room correctly is to block the transmission of sound from bleeding through a common wall. Ultimately you want to impair the wall's ability to conduct vibration. This is accomplished by adding two components to your wall assembly. The first is density, the second is disconnection. The combination of these two ingredients will help[..]

We are so accustomed to the many sounds audible to us at any given time that we hardly pause to distinguish what we are actually hearing or why. Hearing a combination of sounds around your home, such as the dishwasher running, cars passing by and a neighbor mowing the lawn is so commonplace that it does not generally warrant a second thought. However, there is an intricate science behind sound behavior that explains why we hear certain sounds and with what intensity. A sound wave is an organized vibration which passes energy from particle to particle through any molecular structure. You hear the voice of someone in the same room speaking to you because the energy travels through the[..]

Regardless of the source, all sound waves exhibit certain characteristics when they change mediums. Sound waves are actually vibrations which travel from molecule to molecule through most substances. For instance, sound waves can easily travel through means such as air, water, drywall, metal and concrete, an inherent capability that presents the primary challenge in many sound reduction and soundproofing endeavors. If you are in an enclosed room and yell your name, a portion of the sound waves you create will attempt to pass through molecules of the walls, ceiling and floor of the room, while the balance of the wave reflects from these surfaces and remains within the room. Sound[..]

You finally get to sleep and then it happens, somebody car alarm goes off. Do you look? Most likely you don’t because car alarms go off for many reasons and not because they are alerting anyone to theft. For this reason, groups are trying to ban the use of car alarms. Liu's bill, which was introduced in 2002 with nine co-sponsors, would ban the sale and installation of audible car alarms in New York City. Moskowitz's bill, introduced in April with fifteen co-sponsors, would go further, banning the sale, installation, and use of the alarms. Moskowitz also proposes a mechanism for citizens to report annoying alarms to the police, prompting a warning letter to the car owner. Would the[..]

The Victorian Era was a subdued time following the decadence of the 19th Century. It was not seemly for a lady to have her hair loose and flowing about her face. Styles were sleek and smooth. Hair was often smoothed down with oils and curled into ringlets. Hairnets were worn during the day, to keep curls in place. Towards the end of the period, hair was worn plaited and wound into coils around the head and firmly fixed with a pin in to the nape of the neck. The ‘Roaring Twenties’ abandoned the constraints of Victorian life and women caused a stir by going to the barber shops and wanting their hair cut into a bob. The free spirited young women of the twenties shortened their hair and[..]

If you are opening a new business you are probably going to need some sort of network cabling infrastructure. It is just one of the many inevitabilities that faces modern companies. Businesses rely on network connectivity these days, almost more than anything else. Part of this has to do with connection to the internet, and part of it is more to do with local intranet or networks. Either way, there is a cable infrastructure available to deal with almost any environment or requirement, your only problem is finding the best possible option for your company. If you are just setting up for the first time, you should probably use Category 5 cabling; particularly if you are just running cable[..]

What we interpret as sound is actually a collection of systematic vibrations which travel from molecule to molecule through practically any medium. If you have ever been to an indoor rock concert, you have probably physically felt these vibrations as they traveled through the molecules in the floor and resonated from all of the surfaces in the arena. When a sound wave travels through the air and reaches your ear, the eardrum vibrates at the same resonance as the sound wave, and the resulting energy is interpreted by the brain as sound. The intensity of sound reaching your ear, the background noise in a crowded room and the vibrations you feel at a rock concert are all results of the[..]

No matter what part of the world we come from, we all have some image in our minds of Batwa or Forest People or Pygmies in Africa. The fascination that most of us have is pursued through films, books and myths. The Pygmies themselves have their own names and lives which do not match the images the rest of the world creates for them. Importantly, across Central Africa, these peoples we call Pygmies often call themselves by local names, which can be translated as ‘Forest People.’ The most famous literature about them is ‘The Forest People,’ by Colin Turnbull, who lived amongst the Mbuti people of Ituri Forest in DRC. However, forest people are found from the coast of the Atlantic,[..]

By now you are no doubt aware of Apple's closed platform of OS X available on the iPhone, preventing third party software from being created for the device. In fact, you may be encouraged by the fact that the device will offer future software titles through the user-friendly iTunes stores. However, what you may not also realize is that Apple is closing the door in terms of a varied and diverse software landscape for its technological darling. Apple is dealing a major blow to the mobile software industry as a whole. By promoting software as a feature of hardware, the company could perpetuate an assumption that software is no longer a separate entity of a mobile device, leaving consumers[..]

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has been making progress in the Chicago Schools just as advocates of the initiative planned. Students who were transferred out of their failing schools have been replaced and settled into new Chicago Schools. Based on test scores, the indications are that an improved learning environment for these students was much needed and has enhanced their scores considerably. Even the unprecedented effects have been positive in Chicago Schools. By transferring struggling students to well-performing schools, there was some anticipation that there would be disruption among the successful students; however, these worries were unfounded as the struggling students[..]

Everybody has probably had them, noisy neighbors that is. Just as you are going to sleep they are starting the party. Or maybe they just have a loud dog or are just plain inconsiderate. The good news is that you have options in dealing with this situation beyond having to confront the person or put up with it. 1. CHECK YOUR LOCAL ORDINANCES Get a copy of your local noise laws. Most cities and counties have ordinances that control the times, types and loudness of noise. For example, many local ordinances prohibit unreasonable vehicle noise (like honking the car horn early every morning for a carpool) or dogs barking all night long every night. Noisy neighbors are in for a warning or even[..]

The CEO of a company is typically responsible for implementing the strategic goals and objectives of an organization.  He/She gives the direction and leadership needed to achieve the organization's philosophy, mission, strategy, and its annual goals and objectives.  Or in more simple words, the Chief Executive Officer needs to ensure that the organization is making profits! And how do CEOs help an organization increase profits?  They hire a talented staff and then give them the direction and vision needed to do their jobs.  Each executive is charged with specific duties and is measured on set of objectives.  The VP of Sales, for example, is charged with driving more sales to the[..]

Blogging 101-Blog Plugins for Newbies We all know that to be a serious, effective online marketer, one needs to create and maintain a blog.  Your blog is the epicenter of your marketing efforts and the internet "headquarters" for your online business.  Hopefully by now you have created your blog and if you haven't,  please refer to an earlier post I made on this topic @ Plugins are crucial to your blog.  They enhance the overall viability of your blog and make it easier for you to automate certain tasks and ultimately create a powerful syndication engine for your blog posts.  If you are a complete newbie, start by logging into your blog back office and look for "plugins" on the[..]

Most of us take pride in what we do; whether we work in a book store, are stay-at-home parents, chop down trees, or run the country. And when it comes to the general public's perception of which are the most honest, and dishonest, professions, there are very few surprises to be seen in the frequently published polls. Nurses, teachers, doctors and pharmacists usually occupy the top spots in the most honest lists, while those bastions of BS, car salesmen, rank consistently high in the roster of unreliable trades people. Also to be found in the upper reaches of this less than flattering roll call are lawyers, politicians, bankers and, yes, real estate agents. But are these widely-held[..]

There are many studies that both support and denounce the practice of single-gender schools. For many years, colleges and universities were all divided based on gender. Throughout history, boys were able to receive formal schooling, while girls were expected to remain at home and learn both the domestic arts as well as the finer skills of catching a husband. Single-gender schools fell out of popularity in the 1970s but are enjoying a resurgence in this century. Many people - Atlanta Schools educators and parents alike - believe that sending their children to a single-gender school will ensure that they will receive the best possible Atlanta Schools education. Is this true? Well, many[..]

How often has a bus ad caught your attention? That's what they are designed to do, and they are very effective. They are particularly eye-catching if they incorporate the shape of the wheels or windows or doors into the ad. The clever paint jobs on bus ads can be entertaining or disturbing, depending on the images used, but they will almost always grab your attention. Giant bugs “crawling” all over a bus will certainly make you pause or perhaps even cringe, and that's just one of the latest images that creative advertisers use to sell their products or services. Bus Advertising is part of what is known as moving media advertising, and they are effective because of the traffic[..]

How do the officials at Allied Interstate Collection Agency treat consumers? The section below highlights the various ways in, which the pending debt amount is recovered from the consumers. 1. They try to settle the debt amount and discourage consumers to maintain any documents. 2. Use abusive language 3. They also make phone calls to people who did not have any debt account at all. 4. Reports have also indicated that the officials representing Allied Interstate Collection Agency also send mails demanding to settle the debt account from people who did not have any debt account at all. 5. Provide telephone numbers, which do not exist at all. 6. The collection agents try to get access to[..]

It is not enough just to be a good stylist in the hair and beauty salon industry, but you have to be able to promote your business to attract more clients and make more profit. It is important that you work as efficiently as possible. Many Salons use Salon Management software to ease the strain of the day to day running of the business. A good software system will take care of all your needs from appointment booking to point of sale, stock check, payroll and accounting. Along with these standard actions some software will produce management reports that let you know how efficient your business is running. This can be invaluable as you can fix things as soon as a problem becomes[..]

As times change, so do companies. In 1806 William Colgate founded a company to make soap, candles and starch. Colgate toothpaste wasn’t made until 1873. In 1837 John Deere was a frustrated blacksmith in Grand Detour, Illinois trying to make plows that cut through the area’s clay. When he started to make his plows with cast steel, he started the John Deere Equipment Company. In 1866 David McConnell sold books door-to-door. To appeal to women customers he offered free perfume. When the perfume became more popular than the books, McConnell founded the California Perfume Company – which became Avon. Change changes us. By the end of 2011 the Coca-Cola Company plans a change – to put[..]

To some people forex trading seems to be the answer to their dreams, easy money. But as with most things that seem too good to be true, forex trading is a minefield. It is not the sort of occupation where you can read a book and you're in the money. Forex trading is fraught with danger to the uneducated. Yes, you can make loads of money, but equally you can lose loads of money. The answer is not to be hasty. Do your homework and read up on Forex. Gather all the information you can so that you can move forward in an informed way. Too many people throw money at books, systems and ‘mentors' to find that they might as well have thrown it away. It will be difficult to see the wood from the[..]

In the frenzied search for solutions to the global warming crisis, climatologists, policy makers and other concerned environmentalists have overlooked one of the leading causes of rising temperatures around the globe—soot---the black residue that coats fireplaces and darkens vehicle exhaust.  Black carbon soot may in fact be the second largest contributor to global warming next to the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. According to Stanford environmental engineering Professor Mark Z. Jacobson, “Soot, or black carbon, may be responsible for 15 to 30 percent of global warming, yet it is not even considered in any of the discussions about controlling climate change.” (“Nature”,[..]

Listening to Nigeria’s kind of English Language may be very interesting to foreigners especially those that the Language make their first Language. It is therefore for this reason that foreigners to the country are left marveling after physically communicating with us Nigerians. Foreigners to Nigeria may expectedly become thrilled by what has come to be labeled the Nigerian English. After all, if the American English, British English, Australian English, South African English among numerous others exists, it is not strange to hear the “Nigerian English”   The Nigerian English appears to encompass pidgin and even our dynamic cultures packed together as one language. This is so[..]

Bus advertising is an excellent way to promote your product or service to a market area. There is some information you should arm yourself with before you call the transit authority, to find out how much bus ads cost in your general area. Advertising on taxis, buses, trains or subways is an excellent way to put your product in front of a mass market on a consistent and repeated basis. Unlike direct mail, TV or magazine ads, people can't change the channel, throw the ad out, or flip the magazine to another page. Bus ads are part of the city-scapes of today, as much as anything else in large metropolitan areas. From that standpoint, bus ads have the advantage of successfully being able to[..]

The various stock markets in the United States peaked in October 2007. In all probability, this was a major top, the endpoint of a "B" wave in Elliott Wave parlance, following which we can expect a long-drawn-out "C" wave down which will retrace all of the gains which have been made since 1995. This is an unhappy prospect, but we need to plan for it. In other words, we will be in a declining major trend for some years to come. The Chinese stock market likewise peaked in October 2007. The major difference is that the Chinese market has lost about half of its value since that time. Millions of people who invested their life savings in the stock market as first-time investors had been[..]

Are we going back to the days of princely states? Posing this question to myself most often, is similar to finding pleasure in fooling myself. Because this curse is a perennial one and its genesis dates back to decades.   Regional chauvinism has much to do with mushrooming of political parties across our nation. The intention of most of the leaders being to score over their opponents by snatching one-upmanship by grabbing ministerial power at the centre or by bargaining with the national alliance or party with the capacity to stake claim to form a government at the centre. Nowadays national parties, both Congress and BJP are more than willing to accommodate any splinter party by[..]

Brunette stars are found everywhere. Long gone are the days when brunettes were considered less attractive. A lot of brunette stars continue to outdo themselves in many fields of society. The most recognized field is entertainment and, more people are able to recognize the stars in this regard. The number of stars who are brunette is very large. First, it is vital to establish which girls or which people are referred to as brunettes. Girls with dark hair which is often a deep brown will be categorized as brunettes. The opposite of this kind of hair is blonde. Blondes have continued to show that they are industry leaders but, brunettes are mastering the game. Some of the most recognized[..]