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Retailers Caught Selling Used Lingerie
Posted by admin in Market Mix Up, Mix Up TV on March 2nd, 2010
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Video Workouts: Turns Out They’re Not So Sweaty
Posted by admin in Business, Market Mix Up on November 26th, 2009
by Ford Fox - Nov. 20, 2009
U.S. News
By getting gamers up on their two feet, Nintendo’s Wii workouts are a healthier take on video games than anything that came before (and the cost of the console is dropping). My generation was the first to grow up glued to game graphics, and some of us have the spines to prove it. In medical journals these days, early case reports of “Wii knee” and other orthopedic traumas have been fast followed by serious efforts to understand just how much our bodies stand to gain from Wii workouts. It is already known, as colleague Katherine Hobson reported last year, that in a dual between real and virtual sports, virtual doesn’t cut it. But how about basic fitness? Can the Wii give you your daily dose of physical activity? Yes—and no. As it turns out, the Wii offers the real deal for some and little more than virtual exercise for others.
Motohiko Miyachi, a scientist employed by Japan’s National Institute of Health and Nutrition, unveiled the latest and most definitive Wii research at the American Heart Association’s scientific conference this week. The study was funded by Nintendo, which will use the data in game updates. The report conveniently went public just as the company releases the new edition of its hit exercise program, Wii Fit Plus. Other scientists who have tried to calculate how much energy people burned while playing Wii games didn’t use ideal techniques, says Miyachi. Scientists have to measure the oxygen and carbon dioxide players exhale to calculate the energy being burned. That means tying players to cumbersome gas masks, which can limit movement and the degree to which players get into the game.
Instead, Miyachi put players inside a metabolic chamber—a sealed room that lets researchers precisely monitor the gases in the air. It’s the Cadillac of exercise physiology tests and something most scientists can’t get their hands on. It’s also the best way to counter reports like the one in the respected journal BMJ two years ago that used masks and concluded that typical Wii gamers would burn only about 2 percent more calories than people playing with traditional sofabound consoles.
Miyachi’s study team had 12 gamers perform each of 68 different activities included in Wii Sports, where players mimic sports like boxing and bowling, and Wii Fit Plus inside the metabolic chamber. The researchers determined the players’ METs, or metabolic equivalents. (A MET of 1 is your resting metabolic rate—how much energy you burn in one minute while sitting in a chair. Expending twice as much energy equals 2 METs.) In the metabolic chamber, a third of the 68 activities got into a MET range of 3 to 6, considered moderate intensity. Thirty minutes of moderate-intensity exercise five days a week satisfies the AHA’s minimal-activity recommendations for adults. The “single arm stand”—repeatedly lying down, raising the upper body, and using one arm to push up to a standing position—burned the most energy, 5.6 METs. But most workouts involve a mix of activities, so the average matters more. METs for Wii Fit yoga and balance moves were in the 2s, on average; Wii Fit resistance and aerobics were in the 3s; and WiiSports’ average was 3. That’s borderline moderate.
Miyachi says the moderate exercises in these two Wii games can satisfy some of your basic requirements, but I’d like you to know a little more about METs before you fill up your free time with Wii time. Most healthy people need to burn more than 700 calories a week in vigorous exercise, and exercise physiologists have taken the time to calculate the METs for a variety of activities to help you get there. Since 1 MET is roughly 1 calorie, you can multiply the minutes you spend jogging, say, by the 10-MET rating for that exercise to estimate the calories burned. You don’t even have to do the math. Just be aware you need to get at least 500 to 1,000 METs a week with moderate or harder exercise. While staying in the 3-to-6-MET zone will burn some calories, which could help you maintain your weight, most young people won’t be training at a high enough level to improve cardiovascular function.
Find all Black Friday specials here!
Posted by admin in Business, Market Mix Up on November 26th, 2009
Nov. 26, 2009
By Market Mix Up
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving where all stores offer doorbusting deals for 24 hours drawing people from all over. But for some, finding the deals was always the hard part, until Black-Friday.net was released.
This website is AMAZING! In just clicks, you can find everything you’re looking for at the lowest cost “online“.
Here’s the quote from their site- “You can now get almost all of the Black Friday deals online without having to stand in line at the store on Black Friday. Visit our Online page to see which products are still in stock.”
So if you’re stuck working on Black Friday, here’s your solution for all your Black Friday shopping.
Check it out at www.black-friday.net.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Market Mix Up? I don’t get it…
Posted by admin in Market Mix Up, Mixed Economy on November 23rd, 2009
Nov. 24, 2009
By: Market Mix Up
What’s next for this crazy mixed up market??? When is the end? Where is the bottom? Oh… and when will this country be on solid ground again? I know… it’s the question on all of our minds.
Well… as they say it goes for a bad break up. The answer to all of those questions is time, which equals healing. Instead of complaining about how hard life is. Stop, and realize that things could be a lot worse. Not to say that they couldn’t, but what’s the point?
That means no more complaining for those that have a job, but yet hate going to it everyday. I really don’t get that one.
Cause lets be real! No matter what you’re doing, it’s less pay at double the work. We’re all in the same boat! So instead of complaining about it. Do something about it!!! Take this as a lesson learned and rise above the ones who essentially will become the new bottom feeders.
Check out the Route to Recovery by Reuters.com… just to show you how bad things are in some parts of the United States…
AT&T Responds to Verizon With Luke Wilson Ad
Posted by admin in Market Mix Up, Mix Up TV on November 19th, 2009
by Rob Wright - Nov. 19, 2009 1:40 PM EST
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After suffering a major setback in its legal battle against Verizon (NYSE:VZ), AT&T (NYSE:T) is mounting a new attack against its rival. And this time the company is leaving the courtroom behind and turning to actor Luke Wilson. AT&T suffered a first round defeat Wednesday in its lawsuit against Verizon. AT&T sued its chief competitor earlier this month and sought a restraining order against Verizon to force the company to stop running its 3G map ads. But a judge denied AT&T’s request and stated that while Verizon’s ad campaign might be a clever and a little tricky, the overall claims were true, which is what Verizon had been saying all along, too.The judge apparently agreed. So AT&T decided to rebound by running new prime time TV spots featuring its own side-by-side comparison with Verizon. The ad, featuring Wilson in what looks like a deserted office building, claims that AT&T has the fastest 3G network. The ad also points out that AT&T’s service allows you to surf the Web and talk on the phone at the same time. The next item on the board is “most popular smartphones,” which goes to AT&T, although credit for that one should obviously go to the mobile device manufacturers. Then the next item touts “access to over a 100,000 apps,” which again goes in AT&T’s favor.
And the last item? Well, that is a “name that starts with the letter V,” which of course Wilson awards to Verizon. Overall, the ad lacks the punch and sly humor of Verizon’s comparison campaign. Verizon’s ads work because they riff on Apple’s familiar and somewhat annoying, “There’s An App For That” campaign, which promotes the thousands upon thousands of popular, yet niche-focused and even frivolous applications for the iPhone. And better yet, Verizon’s ads have clearly struck a nerve with AT&T — and perhaps consumers as well. AT&T’s lawsuit and Verizon’s subsequent first round victory in court have only given more weight and publicity to the ads.
The two wireless carriers return to court next month for round 2 of the legal battle.
Hey AT&T: The Courts Can’t Fix Your 3G Network
Posted by admin in Market Mix Up on November 5th, 2009
Ouch: the Verizon ad draws a stark contrast between the reaches of the two 3G networks.
by Mark Sullivan - Nov 3, 2009 6:30 PM
PC World
You’ve probably seen Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” ads on TV. The ads use two maps to compare the coverage area of Verizon’s 3G wireless networks with AT&T’s. Verizon’s 3G network is obviously available in far more places.
The first time I saw the ad, I thought: “Ooh that’s gotta sting.” And apparently it did: AT&T today filed a lawsuit against Verizon in a Georgia court over the ad.
AT&T doesn’t dispute that map’s portrayal of the reach of its 3G coverage, but rather complains that the white or blank areas outside the blue 3G splotches on the AT&T map imply that there’s no coverage there. This is despite the fact that large white captions appear beneath both maps saying that “3G” networks are being compared.
AT&T says in its complaint: “In October, 2009, Verizon embarked on an advertising campaign designed to mislead consumers about the scope of AT&T’s wireless coverage.”
To support that conclusion, AT&T commissioned a study of people in a shopping mall who had seen the ad. AT&T says “almost one in four” thought the ads meant that AT&T provided no wireless coverage in many areas of the country. The lawsuit does not state how many people were interviewed, nor does it explain how the questions were posed.
As with many public action by large corporations, you have to swim through the spin and posturing a little bit in order to get to the company’s real motivations and goals.
In this case, I believe AT&T is indeed being harmed by the Verizon ads, but not for the reason it says it is.
For AT&T it’s all about the tagline: “America’s Fastest 3G Network.” (This claim is also based on wireless performance research the company itself commissioned.) The lawsuit filed today against Verizon is just the latest example of the company’s profound sensitivity to challenges to that claim.
Verizon’s map comparison sends a striking message about the availability of–and investment in–the two companies’ networks, and it’s a message that makes AT&T appear far behind in 3G coverage. AT&T is probably worried that the Verizon ads may cause consumers to (reasonably) ask: “Why should I care that AT&T’s 3G network is supposedly the fastest if it’s only available in a fifth of the area that Verizon’s is?” or “How could AT&T’s 3G network really be the best if Verizon’s is clearly so much bigger?”
P90X Vs Wii Fit
Posted by admin in Market Mix Up on October 27th, 2009
Posted: 10/27/09
By Market Mix Up
With all the hype over P90X and Wii Fit… the question at hand is which one gives you the best and fastest results?
From looking at the picture to the right, it appears that Wii Fit could only be another family game brought you by Nintendo. Even though the Wii Fit offers training programs like Yoga, Balance Games, Strength Training, Aerobics, Skateboarding, etc… Is it even possible to loose that much weight having to keep place on that tiny white pad?
In comparison to P90X, we were able to find more training programs, faster results, and a true workout. From their website, P90X offers 12 highly diverse and intense workouts; Chest and Back, Plyometrics, Shoulders and Arms, Yoga, Legs and Back, etc… The list goes on and on. And at the same cost of the Wii Fit, $119.99, it looks like P90X could be the best bang for your buck! Or Wii Fit just takes longer to see results….
