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Android 4.2 Update JOP40C for GSM Galaxy Nexus Pushing , Google will start selling the Android 4.2 OS powered Nexus 4 handset and Nexus 10 tablet today on Google Play Store and it looks like Google wasted no time and has officially flipped the switch on the release of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones. According to the users reports on Twitter and Google+, the new Android 4.2 software update has hit Apple’s servers and is propagating now to the GSM Galaxy Nexuses only. Sorry, no luck for Sprint and Verizon connected CDMA GNexus phones yet. The new firmware bumps the build number up to JOP40C.

Android 4.2 build will carry Photosphere support with 360 degree panorams, improved Google now, Gesture Typing (which is similar to the popular Swype keyboard app), new Clock app, a new screensaver called Daydream, and various other improvements and you can use two fingers or the button at top right of the notification area to access quick settings. Users won’t be able to initially benefit from the much talked about multi user support, which won’t be the part of this Android 4.2 build. And there’s a Triple-tap support magnification which “works everywhere except the keyboard and navigation bar.”

If your rocking a GSM capable Galaxy nexus, and want to check to see if the update has already begun rolling out, you can do so by heading into Menu > Settings > About phone > System updates. Don’t forget to tell us how the update is working for you.

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Dont forget that cyclists are not the only group of athletes who can benefit from bicarbonate supplementation. Strength trainees who spend hours in the gym and train at high intensities will also benefit!

I know that most of you are into resistance not endurance training. So, before I even get into the discussion of the experimental procedures and the results of the latest study from the Institute of Sports and Preventive Medicine at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, I would like to point you to an older SuppVersity article which indicates that bicarbonate supplementation is able to Up Your Squat (+27%) & Bench Press (+6%) Within 60 Min" (read more).

Now that youve hopefully put away your prejudices against "that endurance supplement", lets get to the previously mentioned study by Florian Egger, Tim Meyer, Ulf Such, and Anne Hecksteden (thanks to Conrad P. Earnest for bringing this to my attention).
To investigate the effects of BICA supplementation on performance during prolonged, high-intensity cycling to exhaustion in well-trained athletes, the scientists from the Saarland University recruited 6 male and 5 female "well-trained" cyclists (mean ± SD: age 24±8 y, BMI 21.3±1.7, VO2peak 67.3±9.8 ml/kg/min - the VO2peak value tells you that they were fit ;-).

In a double-blind, randomized cross-over design, the subjects underwent two stepwise incremental exercise tests and two constant load tests (with two phases) on an electrically braked cycle ergometer (Excalibur Sport, Lode, Groningen, The Netherlands).

Figure 1: Schematic representation of the general design.Time interval between tests is specified in days (d). Data are presented as means ± standard deviation respectively, with minimum (min) and maximum (max) values (Egger. 2014).

As the overview of the study design in Figure 1 tells you, each test type was completed twice. Once after the ingestion of 0.3 g/kg sodium bicarbonate (yes, thats roughly 24g for someone who weighs 80g and should not be consumed too fast, because otherwise it may trigger diarrhea) or a placebo supplement in form of 4 g sodium chloride that was chosen to make sure that any benefits that were observed were due to the natrium, not the bicarbonate content of sodium bicarbonate.
Both the plain salt and the sodium bicarbonate were solved in 0.7 l water. The outcome measures were simple: Only if the subjects were able to pedal significantly longer until they were exhausted in the standardized constant load test, sodium bicarbonate could be considered to have practically relevant performance enhancing effects (maximum performance in the stepwise incremental exercise test, i.e. maximal workload and VO2peak were used as secondary outcomes).

Figure 2: Blood lactate (BLa) concentrations after ingestion (post drink) and during constant load tests (mean ± SD) for the BICA and placebo trials (Egger. 2014)

The other parameters the scientists measured, i.e. the blood lactate [BLa], pH, and bicarbonate concentration, were merely used determine the mechanisms for the potential improvements in exercise performance.

Speaking of auxiliary measures, if you take a look at Figure 2 you will see that the blood pH dropped significantly right after the ingestion of the bicarbonate supplement and remained "low" throughout the trial and afterwards. An observation that does not come unexpected. Previous trials have after all shown that its the ability of bicarbonate to blunt the high-intensity exercise related perturbations in both blood and muscle acid-base that keeps the maximal work rate up and leads to performance increases compared to placebo supplements.
These performance decrements are caused by the accumulation of hydrogen ions (H+) in the myoplasm and their detrimental effects on myofilament interaction, glycolytic flux and sarcoplasmatic reticulum function. As Egger et al. point out

"[t]he ability of the body to prevent or delay these force limiting processes is determined by the capacity of its intrinsic buffering systems, which counteract the accumulation of H+ both inside and outside the cell," (Egger. 2014)

which explains why the benefits of both beta alanine (which increases the intra-cellular buffering capacity) and bicarbonate are most pronounced in athletes competing in high intensity sports.

Figure 3: Time to exhaustion and maximal workload (total) and maximal workload at the individual anaerobic threshold (IAT) during the bicarbonate and placebo trials (Egger. 2014).

Apropos ergogenic effects: I already gave it away in the headline. The consumption of the bicarbonate supplement lead to immediate increases in the time to exhaustion with 49.5 ±11.5 min being the maximum in the bicarbonate and 45.0±9.5 min being the maximum in the placebo condition.

The maximal workload in the stepwise incremental tests (BICA: 341±66 W; placebo: 339±67 W) and workload at IAT (BICA: 234±5.5 W; placebo 233±5.7 W), on the other hand, did not differ significantly.
References:

• Egger F, Meyer T, Such U, Hecksteden A. "Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate on High-Intensity Endurance Performance in Cyclists: A Double-Blind, Randomized Cross-Over Trial". PLoS ONE 9.12 (2014): e114729.
• Hobson, Ruth M., et al. "Effects of ?-alanine supplementation on exercise performance: a meta-analysis." Amino acids 43.1 (2012): 25-37.

Following the footsteps of the Google Nexus 7, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S got their own treatment of Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The 15.1MB update is currently seeding to GSM/HSPA versions of both smartphones over the air.

The update is a minor improvement over its predecessor. It includes the usual performance and stability fixes. Landscape mode however, will remain reserved for the Google Nexus 7.

Specifications And Price Smartfren Andromax U 4.5

Tech News-Smartfren Andromax U is a smart phone that carries an Android operating system, the vendor looks very serious in terms of making mobile phone. In which each product is able to compete in the electronic market, and for now the company has released its newest product in the call Andromax U.

Although the local market is already present in a mobile phone with a myriad of features offered, but it did not dampen the spirit of the local brand of this one. Equip machines with powerful 1.2 GHz processor, making the gadget lovers are increasingly interested in such phones.

With the machine makes a device that is more comfortable in use and perform various activities in working with him. To compensate for speed the acceleration of the engine in tanamkannya a RAM which has a capacity of 768 MB.

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Display with 4.5-inch screen makes the Andromax Smartfren look more elegant and very charming, especially in tambahkannya a front camera that has a resolution of 2 MP. And to provide capacity in the rear camera of 8 MP that is equipped premises auto focus and LED flash as well.

It is very interesting in the show and on offer to the consumer is the price of smartfren Andromax U 4.5 which can be reached by various groups, as well as the presence of EVDO Rev A networks as well as GSM GPRS network.

Jaringan	2G	CDMA 2000 1x GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G	EVDO Rev A 800/1900 Mhz
	4G	-
Screen	Tipe	IPS Display Touchscreen
	Size	540 x 960 pixels, 4.5 inci (256 ppi pixel density)
Dimensi	Size	-
	Weight	-
Memori	Internal	4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
	External	microSD, up to 32 GB
Camera	Primer	8 MP Auto Focus with LED Flash
	Sekunder	2 MP
Data	3G	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	GPRS	Yes
	WLAN	Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	v3.0
	USB/Port	microUSB v2.0
Fitur	OS	Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
	CPU	Dual Core 1,2 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8625
	Browser	HTML
	GPS	Yes
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Java	No
Baterai	Tipe	Standard battery, Li-Ion 1800 mAH
	Standby	-
	Talk Time	-

Specifications And Price Smartfren Andromax U 4.5

Minimal effort, minimal results - While you can lose weight by just adding whey protein to your diet, your success will more than double, when youre willing to work (out) for it four times a week!

Its not a secret that things that diet and exercise are the keys to weight control and health in the 21st century. If you skip only one of the two you can hardly expect optimal results. In that, it is often said that weight, or rather fat loss requires a significant reduction of ones total energy intake; and for athletes and already lean individuals, this may in fact be the case. For the average "free-living overweight or obese" individual, however, the dietary changes that are required can be as simple as adding three servings of 21g of whey protein to their regimen on a daily basis (the scientists found no overall increase in energy intake, this means the 252 extra kcal/day from whey were effectively compensated for by the overweight subjects of the study at hand.
Before you go ahead and buy a bag of whey from the next best Internet supplement vendor, though, I have to tell you that why alone may have some beneficial effects. Without regular exercise, however, you are not going to shed those ~10% abdominal fat, the subjects in the PRISE, i.e. protein, resistance exercise, interval sprint exercise, stretching/yoga/ Pilates, and endurance exercise, group saw over the course of the 16-week study period.

Table 1: Overview of the exercise program in the PRT and the PRISE group (Arciero. 2014)

ASs you can see in Table 1, the subjects trained four times a week. They did so at different rates of perceived effort (RPE) and they performed

• upper-body resistance exercise (UB) for the chest, shoulders, biceps, triceps, and back,
• lower-body resistance exercise (LB) for the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, and abdomen, 
• sprint interval training, and endurance training (type C) like walking, jogging, running, cycling, swimming, elliptical, rowing, rollerblading, cross-country skiing, etc. and
• supervised stretching, yoga and pilates workouts (in the PRISE group, only, where
  the four types of exercise were cycled on a weekly basis, such that participants performed each of the four exercises, 1 day/wk for a total of four exercise sessions/wk)

and one session (X), where they were free to chose whatever they wanted to do (i.e. resistance training, conditioning exercises, etc.).
During all sessions, the subjects use medicine balls, physioballs, rubber tubes, and bands, which were incorporated into a dynamic warm-up, footwork and agility drills, resistance and power movements, and core and body weight exercises (e.g., lunges, squats, and jumping rope).

Figure 1: Relative changes in body mass, fat mass (subcutanous, visceral and in the abdominal region) and waist circumference over the course of the 4 months study (Arciero. 2014).

If you think thats more than you can handle, you better take another look at the results in Figure 1. Are you really sure you dont have the guts (dont tell me you dont have the time, if you have time to watch TV and lie around lazily on your sofa) to work out on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday?
References:

• Arciero, Paul J., et al. "Timed-daily Ingestion of Whey Protein and Exercise Training Reduces Visceral Adipose Tissue Mass and Improves Insulin Resistance: The PRISE Study." Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md.: 1985) (2014).