NFL player & Artist of classics such as the GOODTIMES painting died

R.I.P to the (NFL)Football player and Father Artist

ERNIE BARNES

Sojourner Truth MEMORIAL BUST unveil with help from Michelle Obama & Teacher of the year presented by her husband the pres.

Historic Actress Cicely Tyson 

Teachers with the Obama's
Michelle Obama & statue of Sojourner Truth

Beauty In Motion: Alicia Keys in New york

Alicia Keys 

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Alicia Keys in New York somewhere down in Tribeca doing her thing. Ckeck out her twitter picture at the top. You can follow her there, screen name @ the top. 

Big Opening Day for Beyonce. $28 million Obsessed knocks out the rest

BEYONCE KNOWLES

Ali Larter

Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter, and Idris Elba

What can't she do?"What looked like a fair fight between four strong contenders for number one this weekend ended up a lopsided bruising by the Beyoncé Knowles thrillerObsessed, which raked in an estimated $28.5 million and left the competition behind in a bloody heap. (Hold on, Box Office fans, the over-the-top brawling metaphors just get worse from here.) Despite a widespread critical drubbing (Metacritic smacked it with a 22 score),Obsessed clearly tapped into a female-driven audience bloodlusting for some schlocky, catfighting fun with its story of a woman (Knowles) battling to keep a mentally unhinged secretary (Ali Larter) from stealing her husband (Idris Elba). Knowles' full-court media press last week certainly didn't hurt either: Nearly doubling many prognosticators' estimates (including that of EW's own Joshua Rich), Knowles pulled in her biggest three-day opening since 2002's Austin Powers in Goldmember and can officially cross off "become a bona fide movie star" on her list of Things I Need To Do To Dominate The World."

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Tips & Techniques: Im going to tell you what someone fitter told me...Ladiesss!

Sliding Scale

Jennifer Garner, Kim Raver and Poppy Montgomery share a secret workout weapon: the Valslide. Created by and named for celeb trainer Valerie Waters, this tool takes lunges to the next level—targeting glutes, hips and thighs while building core strength. Bonus: It's small enough to bring onset!

Gimme Five

It seems the trainer on everyone's speed dial—Jessica Simpson, Katherine Heigl, Eva Mendes—is Harley Pasternak, whose 5-Factor Diet builds an entire eating and exercise regimen around el numero cinco. These "fivers" exercise five days per week with a roster of five exercises that run five minutes each

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See What Im Saying: # 2 Motivational Quotes

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)

ProBallin: Hornets 86 vs. Nuggets 107 & Heat 91 vs. Hawks 106

Hornets 86, Nuggets 107

DENVER -- With a little help from the hometown kid,Carmelo Anthony is finally moving on.

Behind Anthony's 34 points and the floor leadership ofChauncey Billups, the Denver native who came home this season and galvanized a city and a team, the Nuggets advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs, 107-86 over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.

Heat 91, Hawks 106

               

ATLANTA -- A series of blowouts is now about survival. The Atlanta Hawks hope they have enough players left to finish off Miami. The Heat are counting on Dwyane Wade to save the season, despite a bump on his head and a balky back.

The Hawks kept up the theme of this matchup between division rivals -- no game has been close -- but there were several subplots after a night of hard fouls and staredowns left the Heat feeling as though Atlanta rubbed it in a little too much in a 106-91 victory Wednesday

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In Sickness & In Health: Swine Influenza

PRECAUTIONS Dozens of deaths have occurred from the swine influenza outbreak in Mexico. People wore surgical masks on Monday in Mexico City.

Swine Influenza and You

What is swine flu? Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this transmission was limited and not sustained beyond three people.

Are there human infections with swine flu in the U.S.? In late March and early April 2009, cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses were first reported in Southern California and near San Antonio, Texas. Other U.S. states have reported cases of swine flu infection in humans and cases have been reported internationally as well. An updated case count of confirmed swine flu infections in the United States is kept at  http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm CDC and local and state health agencies are working together to investigate this situation. 

The Funny: Comedian Lil Duval (T.I.'s Road 2 Redemption Spoof)

Funniest video I seen today.

Tips & Techniques: (Part 2) Im going to tell you what someone fitter told me...

Pt. 2

Work it. Simply slapping through a series of crunches is not very effective. Slow things down. Hold at the top of each movement. Don't pull on your head or neck with your hands. Lift up and curl forward until your shoulder blades clear the floor. Take the time to truly feel your muscles working. If you can do more than 15 repetitions at a pop, you're either not doing them correctly or the exercise is too easy. Strive for impeccable technique and experiment until you find a combination of exercises that offers a properly intense workout.

Enough is enough. Work your abs two to four days a week, giving them at least a day's rest between workouts. Do 3 to 10 sets per workout, 8 to 15 repetitions per set. Doing more than that probably won't give you better results.

Spot training, yes. Spot reducing, no. Your abs respond to training just like any other muscle; work them properly and consistently and you'll be rewarded with a middle that's firmer and tighter. However, don't expect to melt away tummy fat by doing hundreds of crunches or by spending an hour a day with the latest ab gizmo. You simply can't spot reduce this or any other area of your body. The only way to reduce the body fat around your middle is by combining a sensible diet with fat-burning aerobic exercise -- and even then there's no guarantee you'll lose exactly what you want to lose.

Keep it real. The appearance of your middle muscles has a lot to do with heredity. You can do everything right but still not have the flat, sculpted tummy of your dreams. Does that mean you shouldn't exercise your abs? Of course not! Just have realistic expectations about what you can and can't achieve.

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ProBallin: Celtics steal Game 5 Pierce delivers again

                                                        

Paul Pierce made three straight jumpers in the final 77 seconds of overtime and the Boston Celtics held on to beat the Chicago Bulls 106-104 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series. 

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Tips & Techniques: (Part 1) Im going to tell you what someone fitter told me...

Its all most beach time ladies and gentleman and gym fever is in full effect, but some bad news for all of you putter offers and procrastinator don't waste your time! Try to make it next year. If your like me and made the last three to four mouth's of working out as scheduled as paying the mortgage, then this article might be for you. 

It's all one muscle. There has long been a misconception that there are "upper" and "lower" abs, but in fact your abdominals are one long, flat sheet of muscle that runs from the bottom of the breastbone to the top of the pelvis. You work the whole muscle with virtually any abdominal exercise you do. Reverse crunches are no more effective for working the lower fibers of the abdominal wall than standard crunches. If you want to get more of those lower fibers working, concentrate on keeping your abs pulled in tight as you do each repetition; focus especially on keeping that "cummerbund" region below the belly button pulled inward.

Mix and match. Your muscles think it's a big yawn to do the same exercises week after week, so after a while they stop responding. That's why even though most ab exercise you do target the same muscle fibers, it's a good idea to change up your routine on a frequent basis. Throwing new and different moves at your abs keeps them in a constant state of adaptation, and ultimately that translates into better results.

Don't wait to exhale. Breathing is perhaps the most neglected yet most important aspect of ab training. By exhaling strongly through your mouth as you lift and inhaling through your mouth as you lower, you work deep muscle fibers that would not otherwise get into the act.

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