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Security experts at Symantec devised an attack technique dubbed Media File Jacking that could allow attackers to manipulate media files that can be received via WhatsApp and Telegram Android apps. The issue could potentially affect many other Android apps as well.
The attack technique leverages the fact that any app installed on a device can access and rewrite files saved in the external storage, including the files saved by other apps. Popular apps like WhatsApp and Telegram allow users to choose where to store the file. The researchers pointed out that unlike Telegram for Android.
Anyway, many Telegram users prefer to save their data to external storage using the “Save to Gallery” option.
“The security flaw, dubbed “Media File Jacking”, affects WhatsApp for Android by default, and Telegram for Android if certain features are enabled.” reads the report published by Symantec. “It stems from the lapse in time between when media files received through the apps are written to the disk, and when they are loaded in the apps’ chat user interface (UI) for users to consume.”
A malicious app installed on the recipient’s device can intercept and manipulate media files, including photos, documents, or videos stored on the external storage, that are exchanged between users. The attack is completely transparent
“The fact that files are stored in, and loaded from, external storage without proper security mechanisms, allows other apps with write-to-external storage permission to risk the integrity of the media files,” continues the analysis. ” Write-to-external storage (WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) is a common permission requested by Android apps, with over a million apps in Google Play having this access. In fact, based on our internal app data, we found nearly 50% of a given device’s apps have this permission.”
Researchers presented four attack scenarios that see a malicious app manipulating media files sent to the recipient:
The malicious, app downloaded by a user can run in the background to perform a Media File Jacking attack while the victim uses WhatsApp or Telegram and manipulate images in near-real-time.
2.) Payment manipulation
The attackers can manipulate an invoice sent by a vendor to the recipient and trick them into making a payment.
3.) Audio message spoofing
Attackers can use voice reconstruction via deep learning technology to modify the original audio message for malicious purposes.
4.) Spread fake news
In Telegram, attackers can carry out Media File Jacking attacks to alter media files that appear in a trusted channel feed in real-time to spread fake news.
To ensure that media files are kept safe from attackers, Symantec
Symantec shared its findings with both Telegram and WhatsApp, the experts explained that the vulnerability will be addressed by Google with the Android Q update.
“With the release of Android Q, Google plans to enact changes to the way apps access files on a device’s external storage. Android’s planned Scoped Storage is more restrictive, which may help mitigate threats like the WhatsApp/Telegram flaw we found.”concludes Symantec. “Scoped Storage means that apps will have their own storage area in an app-specific directory, but will be prevented from accessing files in the entire storage partition, unless an explicit permission is granted by the user.”
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Tommy Hilfiger has been able to maintain his relevance in a fashion business that’s constantly changing. By embracing the celebrity connection and designing classics with a twist, Hilfiger has managed to keep the company’s momentum going strong for nearly 40 years.
Launched in 1985 with Mohan Murjani’s backing, Hilfiger began with menswear, modernizing button-down shirts, chinos and other classics with updated fits and details. The launch was supported by a bold ad campaign — a billboard in Times Square — comparing him to three well-known American menswear designers — Calvin Klein, Perry Ellis and Ralph Lauren. That bold start led to the creation of a brand that grew to about $9.1 billion in global retail sales in 2022, and has constantly surrounded itself with pop culture and what the brand calls “Fame: Fashion, Art, Music, Entertainment.”
“Our main focus is keeping the brand relevant, keeping it eternally youthful, keeping the momentum and spirit very positive but at the same time putting the consumer first always. That has never changed in the 35 years,” Hilfiger said in a WWD interview in 2020.
Hilfiger has always had a knack for reading the fashion-pop culture zeitgeist, with a key focus in recent years on democratizing fashion.
From the start, the American designer featured Britney Spears, Usher, Aaliyah and the sons and daughters of well-known people such as Mick Jagger’s children, Rod Stewart’s children and Quincy Jones’ daughter, Kidada. “We were always keeping the brand fresh by looking at new ways to always reinvent and create momentum,” said Hilfiger in that 2020 interview.
He started his career customizing bell-bottoms and selling candles, incense and clothing at his own store People’s Place in downtown Elmira, N.Y., his home town. He was initially introduced to Murjani, chairman of the Murjani Group, when Hilfiger had just landed a new job at Calvin Klein. “The day after I accepted the Calvin Klein job, I met Murjani in his office after having been introduced to his family in Hong Kong. He asked what I’m doing these days, and I told him I was going to work for Calvin Klein as the designer of his jeanswear/sport division. And he said, ‘Why do that? Why don’t we start the Tommy Hilfiger brand together?’”
Murjani knew about Hilfiger because he had just won an award from Abraham & Straus, designing his brand, called Click Point. After Murjani suggested they do a line together, Hilfiger said they should call it Tommy Hill since Hilfiger would be too difficult to pronounce. “Mohan said, ‘People can pronounce Yves Saint Laurent, why can’t they pronounce Tommy Hilfiger?’”
Murjani told Hilfiger he could design what he would want to wear. “I wanted it to be preppy but cool, but different than any clothes out there. I wanted it to be oversized and full of really cool detail. In 1985, we launched Tommy Hilfiger classics with a twist. And the brand took off,” recalled Hilfiger in 2020.
The Times Square campaign was a breakthrough moment for the brand, which didn’t have a lot of money to spend on advertising. The campaign listed the first letters of the names of the other well-known designers in a “hangman” type game, with the rest of the letters left blank. Hilfiger was the last name on the list and the headline was: “The 4 Great American Designers for Men Are.”
“When George Lois came up with the hangman campaign, we thought the only way we’re going to become known is through some disruption. Even though I was hesitant to run the hangman campaign, it was disruptive enough to create a lot of attention for the brand,” recalled Hilfiger in that interview.
Marvin Traub, the late chief executive officer of Bloomingdale’s, was the first to embrace the brand and opened shops at the retailer. Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Barneys New York also carried the brand, followed by Macy’s Inc., Nordstrom Inc., and Dillard’s Inc. Hilfiger signed a licensing agreement with The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. in 1993, and added womenswear, which was first shown during London Fashion Week, in September 1996.
In 1986, Hilfiger opened its first stores on Columbus Avenue in New York and Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, followed by stores in Georgetown, San Francisco, London and Stamford, Conn. The following year the business expanded farther beyond the U.S. to Central and South America and the Caribbean.
The entry into women’s apparel wasn’t nearly as smooth and successful as the menswear.
“It was a struggle at first and then when Silas Chou and Lawrence Stroll came as partners [in 1989, Novel Enterprises, owned by Silas Chou and Lawrence Stroll, acquired the majority ownership of Tommy Hilfiger Inc., terminating the license agreement with Murjani]…..and Chou became chairman… with Joel Horowitz and me, we decided to put women’s on the back burner, build up men’s, which was our main focus, and Silas said when men’s becomes really strong, then we can do women’s. We did do that.
“After that, we said we have to do jeans, so we did Tommy Jeans and then we did children’s and then we started with the licensing of underwear, fragrances, watches and other product categories,” recalled Hilfiger in the 2020 interview.
In 1993, Hilfiger sponsored Pete Townsend’s tour, and added men’s and boy’s neckwear, belts and small leather goods and boys 8 to 20, followed by men’s suits and sport coats, men’s dress shirts and men’s underwear in 1994.
Things were rocking.
Hilfiger’s brother, Andy, was instrumental in getting the brand known among musicians and celebrities. He gifted Hilfiger’s clothes to musicians and cool people and then started gifting the hip-hop crowd, who had discovered the brand. Hilfiger started doing big logos and sport-inspired designs with a lot of red, white and blue and featuring sporty, athletic details but with giant logos. “We found that these kids were wearing these clothes on the street, and we really created what’s known today as streetwear,” recalled Hilfiger in the 2020 interview.
The designer attributed a lot of the brand’s popularity to Snoop Dogg, who wore Hilfiger’s clothes. “It gave us real credibility in the hip-hop community when Snoop Dogg wore our rugby shirt on ‘Saturday Night Live,’” said Hilfiger.
The company went public in 1992, making its debut at $15 a share; it soared to $26 in two months. Distribution expanded to Japan.
In 1995, Hilfiger was awarded the Menswear Designer of the Year Award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
In 1997, Hilfiger opened a major flagship on North Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, a big image builder that was expected to cater to the entertainment industry. Hilfiger also published his first book, “All American: A Style Book.”
In 1998, Hilfiger became the first non-automotive brand to sponsor Ferrari’s Formula One team. The company’s distribution expanded to Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Hong Kong, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey. The company also launched Tommy Hilfiger Home Collection, Hilfiger Denim in Europe, and Hilfiger Athletics Fragrance for men, men’s leather, men’s accessories, outerwear, women’s footwear, socks, and sunglasses, and infants and toddlers.
Tommy.com launched in 1999, and Hilfiger sponsored The Rolling Stones’ “No Security” tour, Jewel’s “Spirit” tour, Lenny Kravitz’s tour and VH1 Save the Music’s concert at the White House, while Tommy Jeans sponsored Spears’ “Baby One MoreTime.” Hilfiger also cohosted the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala and published his second book, “Rock Style,” focused on rock ‘n’ roll inspiration. That year, a five-story, 16,000 square-foot flagship opened on New Bond Street in London, housing men’s, women’s and children’s lines, licensed products and special collection items. In 2020, The Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation became the first corporate sponsor of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial to be built on the Washington Mall. Also in 2000, Hilfiger closed two unprofitable flagships, the unit on New Bond Street in London and North Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.
In 2001, Hilfiger bought the license for Tommy Hilfiger Europe from TH International NV for $200 million cash. Tommy Hilfiger Corporate opened its first flagship in New York City, Tommy Hilfiger SoHo.
But by the late ’90s the Hilfiger brand had hit a wall and the next few years were extremely challenging.
“What happened in the ’90s was that the whole brand was over-distributed. It wasn’t just about the hip-hop streetwear. It was about everything Tommy Hilfiger was over-distributed. You saw it on every single street corner, you saw it on every single person. We had stores all over. We were selling every department store, and we had to do a cleanup. We had to take a step backward to go forward. We were always adjusting the business to cater to the needs and the demands,” said Hilfiger in a WWD interview.
Part of the problem was that as a publicly traded company, it needed to please Wall Street and show growth. In April 2000, the $1.6-billion-a-year company said that profits for 2001 would fall by between 30 percent and 40 percent, and that revenues would drop 5 percent. The news sank the stock.
In the meantime, the European business was growing steadily and was positioned at a higher level. Fred Gehring, then-CEO of Hilfiger Europe, and his team positioned the European business with more sophisticated product. It was higher-priced, higher-quality and they opened stores shoulder-to-shoulder with leading luxury brands.
In 2003, Hilfiger stepped down as chairman of the company, assuming the title of honorary chairman and principal designer. Then-CEO Joel Horowitz took over as chairman, and co-chairmen Chou and Stroll left the company. In August 2003, Horowitz stepped down as president and CEO and was succeeded by David Dyer as president and CEO. Horowitz remained executive chairman through March 31, 2005.
In 2004, for the H campaign, David Bowie and Iman were shot together. That same year, product launches included True Star women’s fragrance with Beyoncé, women’s underwear, ski and eyewear. In 2005, Enrique Iglesias was featured in the True Star for Men fragrance campaign. The company celebrated its 20th anniversary during New York Fashion Week with a show that included celebrities, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Sean Combs and a performance by the Black Eyed Peas.
The next step was taking Hilfiger private with Apax in May 2006 for $1.6 billion. The company decided to take a step back to move forward, and cleaned up the distribution and took a page out of Gehring’s book and started growing again.
In 2007, Hilfiger acquired Tommy Hilfiger Europe, Tommy Hilfiger Japan Corp. and the Tommy Hilfiger global sourcing operations. Gehring became CEO of the entire brand, based in Amsterdam.
For the North American business, they signed an exclusive deal with Macy’s, which ran from 2007 to 2009. They also started distributing a lot of the European product in the U.S. through its own stores and department stores. In 2009, Hilfiger opened the Tommy Hilfiger Fifth Avenue global flagship, its largest retail store worldwide, and the brand launched hilfigerdenim.com. In 2010, Hilfiger opened a new flagship on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, and roughly the same year, it revealed it was opening a new flagship in Tokyo, scheduled to open in March 2012.
The brand’s fortunes started to turn around in the U.S., and the company was sold to PVH Corp. in 2010 in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $3 billion. In 2009, in fact, Hilfiger generated $4.7 billion in global revenues, which grew 8 percent in all regions, channels and collections.
In 2012, Hilfiger received the CFDA’s Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the fashion industry’s highest honors. In 2013, a Hilfiger flagship opened in Los Angeles’ West Hollywood. That same year, Daniel Grieder became CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. Gehring became chairman of Tommy Hilfiger and vice chairman of PVH. In 2014, PVH Corp. shut down the Tommy lines, which was described in the PVH annual report as “an unprofitable and brand inconsistent youth-oriented business.”
PVH has continued to oversee a focused approach to growing the brand’s worldwide relevance, presence and long-term growth.
Throughout the brand’s history, the celebrity connection has always been strong. In addition to sponsoring concerts and naming musicians as faces, the brand has in the past tied up with tennis champion Rafael Nadal, who had worked as a Hilfiger brand ambassador for several years and was re-signed as a higher profile spokesman. He promoted Hilfiger underwear, tailored and the Bold fragrance. Other collaborations were with America’s Cup, Formula One, Looney Tunes, Zooey Deschanel, Coca-Cola, Keith Haring, Sheryl Crow, The Chainsmokers, DJ Khaled and most recently, Sofia Richie Grainge, among others.
“Using celebrities in our advertising, we were able to attract their communities and their fans. So it grew our fan base,” said Hilfiger in a 2022 interview.
In 2016, Hilfiger named Gigi Hadid brand ambassador for the global women’s business. She became the face of the campaign when it entered its highly successful “see now, buy now” chapter, and she codesigned a capsule collection for the company. Following the codesigned line with Hadid, Hilfiger went on to do codesigned collections with Lewis Hamilton and Zendaya.
The “Tommy Now” fashion shows featured elaborate themes and sets such as the “Tommy Pier” at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan, a ’70s-inspired show codesigned by Zendaya in Paris, and a “Tommy Factory” at Brooklyn’s Skyline Drive-in to launch a collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation. “Tommy Now” shows were staged in New York City, Los Angeles, London, Milan, Shanghai and Paris. Looks were available immediately across dozens of countries online at tommy.com, in Tommy Hilfiger stores, and at select wholesale partners and on social media.
The “Tommy Now” shows drove strong momentum behind the brand’s womenswear, in terms of engagement with new audiences, increases in social media and press visibility and impressive sales growth. The halo effect across the brand positively impacted all divisions globally. In 2017, Hilfiger relaunched Tommy Jeans, and Hifiger partnered with Vetements on a capsule collection.
The brand has continued to innovate with initiatives such as 3D designs, a digital showroom, artificial intelligence, gaming, a virtual Tommy Play store on Roblox, sustainability, adaptive clothing and diversity initiatives. Hilfiger has launched numerous initiatives around “waste nothing and welcome all.” It introduced The People’s Place Program in 2020, which aims to advance the representation of Black, Indigenous and people of color within the fashion and creative industries.
Daniel Grieder stepped down as CEO of Hilfiger Global and PVH Europe after 23 years with the group in June 2020, and was succeeded by Martijn Hagman. Avery Baker, president and chief brand officer, resigned in July 2023. She had been in the role since November 2020, and was with the company for 24 years. Gary Sheinbaum, who had been CEO, Tommy Hilfiger Americas, departed Hilfiger in 2020.
In 2020, the company introduced the “Moving Forward Together” campaign, as well as the “Make it Possible” campaign.
In 2022, Hilfiger was awarded WWD’s John B. Fairchild Honor, recognizing a career of influence and distinction in the fashion industry. The honor is named after WWD’s legendary, revolutionary and feared publisher, the late John B. Fairchild. That same year, Hilfiger presented his spring 2022 collection at Decentraland’s Metaverse, a blockchain platform that allows for NFT integration. The brand also returned to NYFW for its first show since before the pandemic with a fall Richard Quinn collaboration. The live show was supplemented by a virtual experience on Roblox.
In November 2022, PVH Corp. said it would unwind its licensing arrangements with G-III Apparel Group for Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein women’s wholesale apparel in the U.S. by 2027. PVH plans to start manufacturing those two lines themselves.
“We’re going back to the DNA of Calvin and Tommy that made each of these brands collide with culture in a positive way and become iconic globally. We’re making that DNA current through product and marketing and the brand experience today. Our long-term vision is to build Calvin and Tommy into the most successful lifestyle brands in the world and then make PVH one of the highest performing brands groups in our sector,” said Stefan Larsson, CEO of PVH, in March, 2023.
In 2023, Sophia Hwang-Judiesch joined as president, Tommy Hilfiger North America.
In February 2024, Hilfiger returned to a regular wholesale model and showed its fall 2024 collection at the Oyster Bar in New York’s Grand Central Terminal, staging a big finale with Jon Batiste. The new collection was repositioned in a more luxury context.
“The idea is we are elevating. We are doing everything from tailoring to casual and in between, but definitely more sophisticated. The shapes are more modern. The fabrics are sourced in Italy. The DNA is still attached to the brand but it’s done in a very new way,” said Hilfiger before the show. Hilfiger came in first place in brand ranking during New York Fashion Week for getting the most Media Impact Value, according to Launchmetrics.

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White House Chief Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow said last Sunday that both the US and China will suffer when questioned about who would pay the tariffs imposed by the US on Chinese imports in an interview on Fox News.
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The rough welds, the recycled oil drums as the outer shell – they seem wild. But Keka has made five launches since 2007, “Troposphère 1” to “Troposphère 5”, three of them successfully. Up to now it has come up to 36 kilometers above the earth’s surface.
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The resourceful scientist makes a virtue out of necessity by building his own. In the corrupt, impoverished Congo, there is no money for a state space program. 80 percent of the population live on around one euro a day. Keka raised some of the 125,000 euros he needed for the rocket himself, with scientists from Switzerland paying a third.
For comparison: The rockets of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (57) and Virgin magnate Richard Branson (70) are significantly more expensive. Branson is said to have spent 721 million euros so far. Bezos auctioned a single place in his rocket for 22 million euros.
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Life-Study of Jeremiah and Lamentations - by Witness Lee Life-Study of Jeremiah and Lamentations. Jeremiah CONTENTS. Msg. 1: An ... Msg. 24: Israel's Sin Against Jehovah and Jehovah's Punishment Upon Israel (15 ) ... Msg. 33: The Spiritual Sequence in the Bible and in the Book of Jeremiah .... take, than, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, this, those, through, to, too, ... What Does Lamentations 3:24 Mean? - Knowing Jesus It must have been devastating for the prophet Jeremiah to witness the fall of Jerusalem ... And so, despite the terrible circumstances through which he was going. Lamentations - Liturgical Press
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11 Nov 2010 ... Bible Commentary / Produced by TOW Project ... God's messages given through Jeremiah were not gentle and affirming, for the Jews were coming disastrously .... This also, I saw, is from the hand of God” (Ecclesiastes 2:24). Lamentations - UCG Bible Commentary Crediting Lamentations to Jeremiah is based on the following considerations: ... to the climax, the grand confession of 3:23, 24: 'Great is your faithfulness. ... things through and is giving a complete account of the subject" (Nelson Study Bible, ...
Lamentations 1:1-12 - Listen to Thru the Bible with Dr. J ... 29 Jul 2019 ... Listen to Thru the Bible daily broadcasts with Dr. J. Vernon McGee free online. ... In this study of Lamentations, we discover that Jerusalem fell to its enemies—and that God did it and ... Jeremiah 49:7—52:34 ... July 24, 2019. 44. 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Lamentations ... 24 Jun 2013 ... A Chronological Daily Bible Study of the Old Testament 7-Day ... 24:1 During Jehoiakim's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. ..... 36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord's message delivered through Jeremiah. Lamentations 1:1-6 Commentary - Sermon Writer 3 May 2019 ... In the Hebrew canon, the book of Lamentations is found among the Writings rather than the Prophets. ... off “all the treasures of the house of the Lord” (2 Kings 24:13). ... of the Old Testament) places Lamentations after the book of Jeremiah, ... In the last scene, survivors aboard a submarine look through a ...
God Chastens: Jeremiah, Lamentations - Ray Stedman God Chastens: Jeremiah, Lamentations Read the Scripture: Jeremiah, Lamentations Jeremiah's ministry continued through the reign of Judah's last king, Zedekiah, who. in the earth; for in these things I delight, says the Lord'" (9:23,24). Lamentations Study Guide - J. Vernon McGee Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee - Taking the whole Word to the whole world. ... Why Study Jeremiah & Lamentations .... 24: Jeremiah & Lamentations.


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5 edition of Dinosaur fantastic found in the catalog.
Michael D. Resnick
|Statement||edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg|
|Series||DAW fantasy, DAW book collectors -- no. 920, DAW book collectors -- no. 920.|
|LC Classifications||CPB Box no. 813 vol. 13|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||331 p. ;|
|Number of Pages||331|
|LC Control Number||2011658251|
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T1 wheat fungicide applications are nearing completion and timing of sclerotinia protection in oilseed rape is up for debate, according to our Crop Watch agronomists.
In Yorkshire, T1 fungicides were being applied to wheat crops depending on the timing of leaf three emergence, said David Martindale from Arable Alliance. “Septoria tritici levels are high in the base of crops so there is plenty of inoculum present.”
Eyespot was common on susceptible varieties such as Oakley and T1 fungicide choices reflected this, he said. “Thankfully the weather has allowed most T1 fungicides to be applied at the correct time.”
Barley T2 fungicide timing was approaching as awns started to emerge, he said. “T1 fungicides appear to have worked well, despite some high rhynchosporium pressure, so the T2 fungicide should act as a top-up to see the crop through to harvest.”
Oilseed rape crops were beginning to flower, but there was plenty of debate about how best to time sclerotinia fungicide application, he said. “Improved disease forecasting models are helping to provide better guidance, but an element of luck also seems to be required.”
Agrovista agronomist Swaran Bachoo from Hampshire said growers should be considering sclerotinia sprays if a two-spray programme was planned. “But if a single treatment is planned, wait until mid-flowering.”
Winter wheat was at GS32 and had been sprayed with Ceando (epoxiconazole + metrafenone) fungicide, he said. “There is little disease at present, but the very welcome rain is likely to bring in Septoria tritici.”
Most rape crops in Wiltshire received a fungicide at yellow bud, said Dan Dines from Wessex agronomy services. “This will have given some protection against early sclerotinia infection, but a mid-flower fungicide is planned and timing will be guided by crop growth stage and sclerotinia monitoring services.”
T1 applications had been timed well in wheat, yellow rust levels were low and the most prevalent disease was septoria, he said. “It is starting to appear on older leaves. Weather permitting, we will be looking for a gap of no more than three weeks between T1 and T2 fungicides.”
Awns were emerging on forward barley, but crops did not look good, he said. “In light of this and the stress they are under, fewer crops will receive a late PGR this season.”
Nutritional disorders in oilseed rape were causing concern for AICC agronomist Ruth East from Lincolnshire. “Rapid stem extension and failure to take up nutrients, such as boron, are to blame,” she said.
Septoria posed the biggest threat to wheat crops, particularly where inoculum level was high at the bottom of the crop, she warned. “Do not be tempted to reduce rates of triazoles as this is the most difficult disease to control.”
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Recalling the feel-good vibes of 90s mainstream R&B, Mark Ronson has teamed up with Bruno Mars to release a new video for “Uptown Funk.” The video, co-directed by Mars and Cameron Guddy, presages the release of his fourth album Uptown Special, set to be released on January 15.
The video shows Mars dancing through the streets, presumably getting ready for the show: he get’s his hair done, shines his shoes, etc. The throw back dance routines and linen suits would fit in perfectly in a late-80s or early-90s video, almost giving the viewer flashbacks to New Edition. Fortunately, the song matches the mood of the visuals, blending familiar samples with modern textures to make you feel comfortable shaking your money maker.
As stated above, Ronson’s ablum Uptown Special is due to launch on Janaury 15, featuring the new single. In addition to Mars, the album will also feature collaborations from Trombone Shorty, the Dap-Kings and Kevin Parker of Tame Impala. In addition to pop music’s elite, the album also features the presence of Ronson’s favorite living author, Michael Chabon, who penned many of the album’s lyrics and often worked with the vocalists in the studio.
To promote the album, Ronson and Mars have already appeared on Saturday Night Live this past November to play “Uptown Funk.” Ronson and rapper Mystikal also performed the song “Feel Right” on the same episode.
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The world will be more and more similar?
March 22, 2009 10:17pm CST
with the spread of the western culture, you will find that the special customs and habits in the other countries were disappearing in the world,which will be more terrible than the violent aggression. what do you think about that?
• United States
23 Mar 09
I don't know if you should blame it totally on western culture.. A lot of countries have been developing their own technological advancements (such as Japan) and it hasn't been because of a western influence. I would just like to hope that cultures can try to hold onto their customs for as long as possible while the world advances even further into the future. I don't necessarily blame it on any "western influence", though. But this could be because I'm from the US and naturally biased. . To answer your question (in case I haven't yet), it's sad when ANY culture loses it's traditions and way of life, but it's up to us individuals to hold onto it and teach our children about our old customs.

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As American citizens of all races and colors march in protest of police brutality and racial profiling this summer, the publication of local poet Patsy Asuncion’s collection, Cut on the Bias, offers a message of peace, inclusion and an account of the deep pain of growing up with two separate identities in such a divisive climate.
Born to an Irish mother who left when Asuncion was just 1 year old, Asuncion was raised in inner-city Chicago by her Filipino father who had immigrated to the United States in his 20s and taught her that blending in as much as possible was the best way to ensure her security.
“My father wouldn’t teach me his language, because of the extreme prejudice against Asians right after World War II,” says Asuncion.
In her poem “Pigmentocracy” she writes about the whitewashing of people of color through the idealization of white skin and Western facial features.
“There is a billion-dollar industry in lightening products for blacks and for Asians,” she says. “Everyone wants to blend in with the white god. As a high school and college student, I’d go lay out at the beach and pour baby oil on my skin with iodine in it so I could get dark. And my father had no idea what I was doing. He wanted me to be light. He didn’t want me to stand out.”
She likens his fear to what Arabs face in America today: “Blend in or you’re a danger.”
Her father served in the U.S. military in a segregated Filipino unit that was sent back to the Philippines to fight the Japanese, earning him his naturalized citizenship. She says he felt pressure as an immigrant to do well in this country and worked very hard. “He thought he was doing right by me,” she says. But she did not receive the affection she craved.
“He was a shadow,” Asuncion says. “He wasn’t approachable. It wasn’t until years later I realized he was living in a foreign country, always on guard. I never got him until toward the end when I chose to take care of him out of love and devotion. I’m starting to unravel that mystery and see who he was: a loving father who protected me no matter what.”
To cut on the bias in either cooking or sewing means to cut at an angle, or slant. “I always felt different,” Asuncion says. “Cut on the Bias refers to my bias, my slant on the world from being biracial.” The collection includes poems about her family, her experience of the world as a child and reflections on the current state of the world—particularly war and the abuse of women—with hope for peace and healing.
But her hope is not a passive one. On the fourth Wednesday of every month she hosts an open mic at The Bridge PAI, where she encourages members of the community of any age, gender, race, economic background and ability to share their stories, poems, songs, comedy and performance.
“At the Bridge, it’s really, really important to me that it’s a safe space for diversity,” says Asuncion. “In Charlottesville there’s a lot of art but not always a lot of mingling of different artists.”
When Asuncion moved here three years ago, she wasted no time seeking out and connecting with local spoken word poets and performers. She attended a Verbs & Vibes open mic where she read a hip-hop poem called “Grandma’s in the House.” “I went there looking for my community,” she says.
The next year she started her own open mic at Bon, which then moved to C’ville Coffee, and has now found its home at the Bridge. “I knocked on doors,” she laughs. “I have no shame. The Bridge is perfect. It’s a well-known place, the location is accessible to 250, and we have the same vision to involve the community on a grassroots level.”
An activist first, she sees poetry as a way to use language to find common ground. And while she has always written and was once a traveling singer-songwriter, as well as the principal for two art schools, she has honed in on the practice of writing since retiring and connecting with other writers in Charlottesville.
On July 22, she will give a reading at Rapunzel’s in Lovingston on the theme of “home,” before and after which her friend, Ukulele Katie, will play and sing old tunes from the 1920s-’50s. You can also find Asuncion hosting the open mic at The Bridge on July 27, at the Senior Center on August 1 leading a support program for caregivers and at WriterHouse on September 8, with two other women artists of multicultural heritage.
In her spare time, Asuncion is hard at work on another collection of poetry.
“The working title is Room for Rent,” she says. “It’s about how everything is transient. It’s wise to not hold on to things that we can’t, to realize that everything is fluid.”
In other words, this too shall pass. But in the meantime, we can come together with our differences and our pain, and listen to each other, a profound action toward affecting change.


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Cabrillo Music Theatre's OKLAHOMA! Coming to TOPAC This July
(5/29/2015) - OKLAHOMA! opens on Friday, July 17th , 2015, playing until Sunday, July 26th , and features an added mid-week matinee on July 22nd , at the 1,800-seat Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks.
UPDATE: The Phantom Is Finally Coming To America- LOVE NEVER DIES Will Tour US in 2017; Statement Released
(5/19/2015) - BroadwayWorld has just learned that the Phantom will soon return to America in the continuation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most beloved musical. Love Never Dies is set to tour North America in 2017. This is the highly acclaimed follow up musical to the 1986 love story The Phantom of the Opera set against the spellbinding backdrop of Coney Island. A German production is also set to open in Hamburg this fall.
Casting has not yet been announced.
Season Tickets to 2015-16 Broadway In Thousand Oaks Series at Civic Arts Plaza Now on Sale
(5/18/2015) - The Tony Award-winning Best Musical JERSEY BOYS makes its Ventura County debut as part of Theater League's 2015-16 Broadway in Thousand Oaks Series. National touring Broadway hits JERSEY BOYS, the holiday musical ELF, FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, and the Tony Award-winning RAGTIME round out Theater League's 21st annual series of the Best of Broadway at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Kavli Theatre.
BWW Reviews: Adorable ANNIE Returns In (Another) New Tour
(5/18/2015) - A safe, inoffensive, cutesy crowd-pleaser for the young and the young-at-heart, the brand new non-Equity touring revival of the Broadway classic ANNIE is eager to please and pretty much does so. The show is, by all accounts, a cute if standard-issue charmer, filled with hummable ear-worm music (via lyricist/book writer Martin Charnin and composer Charles Strouse) and enjoyably hyperbolic characters that audiences will delight in either cheering or jeering. Sure, ANNIE may not be the best or most groundbreaking musical ever created, but it certainly has its heartwarming place in the genre. The tour continues at Orange County's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through May 24.
BWW Reviews: THE GRADUATE at Conejo Players Theatre - Not Quite Making The Grade
(5/15/2015) - When one thinks of 'The Graduate', it is the iconic 1967 movie which catapulted Dustin Hoffman into mainstream American culture and solidified both his and Anne Bancroft's positions as some of the greatest performances of the silver screen. While the 2002 Broadway production saw brilliant performances by Jason Biggs and Kathleen Turner giving the stage version equal visions of acting strengths to its audiences.
Panic! Productions Presents PACK OF LIES
(5/10/2015) - Panic! Productions wraps its third season with the suspenseful British espionage drama 'Pack of Lies,' June 6 through 21 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. The award-winning play by Hugh Whitemore offers a searing portrait of the art of the human relationship, how we see what we want to see and what friendship really means. It is directed by Elissa Anne Polansky.
BWW Reviews: A Production To Be Proud Of - OUR TOWN at Newbury Park High School
(5/8/2015) - Edward Albee once described fellow playwright Thornton Wilder's Our Town as,'...probably the finest play ever written by an American'. It is a play full of moving, intelligent, funny, and genuine moments and the ensemble cast of Newbury Park High School's Panther Players delivers a production of professional proportions.

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SPRINGFIELD — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) presented Mercy Medical Center’s Family Life Center with its 2023 Breastfeeding Achievement Award. Mercy Medical Center is one of 19 hospitals recognized for the maternity-care practice of “providing routine newborn exams, procedures, and care in the mother’s room.” The award recipients were announced recently at the Breastfeeding in the Bay State Conference.
Breastfeeding is recognized by pediatricians as an optimal feeding choice that provides infants a healthy start and helps create a bond between mother and baby. Mercy’s Family Life Center offers breastfeeding support before delivery, during the hospital stay, and after discharge to encourage, teach, and support families who choose to breastfeed. The Family Life Center has also partnered with Nest Collaborative, providing access to international, board-certified lactation consultants who provide online video appointments to help guide parents through the breastfeeding process.
“Mercy’s Family Life Center is committed to providing a comprehensive approach to the birthing process, and this award from DPH is more evidence that we are meeting our goals,” said Dr. Elizabeth Rottenberg, chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Family Life Center. “In addition to our team’s efforts to support breastfeeding, we have also implemented ‘team birth,’ a process that fosters teamwork and communication among all members of the care staff and the woman giving birth to ensure that patients are heard and supported from the time they walk through our doors.”
Earlier this year, Mercy’s Family Life Center was also recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program as a Bronze Safe Sleep Hospital for its commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep. This achievement credits the facility for following the safe-sleep guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and providing training programs for healthcare team members and safe-sleep education to families and caregivers.

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In August 2021, after three scheduling delays due to Covid, LYNC hosted the multi-faith relationship building training retreat for dozens of religious leaders at Lake Burabay in Kazakhstan. Together with its partner, Multi Faith Neighbor Network (MFNN), LYNC united imams and pastors from the nine regions of Kazakhstan to learn alongside one another. Imam Magid and Pastor Bob Roberts have presented this training across the world and the Kazakh Muslims were eager to meet Imam Magid due to his international influence as a decision-maker in the Muslim world. Due to the raising of the State Department Travel Warning to red for Kazakhstan just two weeks prior to the retreat, Imam Magid did not attend. Imam Didmar, who was not well known to the Kazakhs, attended in place of Imam Magid and helped to bridge the gap with the Kazakh imams. Additionally, the day of the departure, Kusack received a positive test and was restricted from travel. These developments left two key gaps in roles: Kusack as the connector with cultural expertise and Imam Magid as the respected and expected Muslim voice and co-deliverer of training.
Despite these unforeseen circumstances, Pastor Roberts delivered the training fully himself. Though the real life Christian-Muslim examples could not be played out in real-time from the stage, the delivery of key concepts by Pastor Roberts were understood and sparked new relationships. The Head of Pentecostal Union “New Life”, Ivan Kryukov, said about the retreat: “Historical, unprecedented, much needed. It created a completely different structure of the multi-faith relations in our country. I’m very glad that our government had a chance to observe. I personally got connected to the deputy chief imam of Almaty and hope to continue the relationships. We need it more in our country. It feels like the government is in favor of such events. We need to build on this momentum.” In addition to the religious leaders in attendance, the CRA sent sixteen department heads from sixteen regions to observe the trainings. These graduates now understand experientially the reconciliation work LYNC does with religious leaders and are poised to be positive voices for future collaboration on events in their cities, continuing the building of religious freedom from both the top-down and bottom-up.
Another retreat participant when Kusack asked him to share his experience about retreat stated “I strongly believe that LYNC (under your leadership) is changing our worldview paradigm. I can admit that we were focused only on ourselves and saw only ourselves, but we live on this Earth and the world around us is big, and what you are doing is changing the paradigm and helping us build new relationships at a higher level that are already bearing great fruits.”
The retreat’s final day was devoted to creating relationships outside of the hotel, and Kazakhs’ love of horses played a key role in deciding what the ideal thing to do was.


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Imagine this: It’s peak hour at your gym and you’ve spent all day looking forward to attacking some front squats, but the wait for a squat rack is longer than the line at the smoothie bar on half-price day. Or maybe you’re trying to get a quality workout in a sparse hotel or still-growing home gym. Perhaps you just need a new squat variation for your program.
Consider the dumbbell front squat. It requires only a pair of dumbbells and minimal floor space. More importantly, it builds killer quadriceps, a strong upper back, and a solid core. This article teaches you how and why to perform and program the dumbbell front squat.
Dumbbell Front Squat
- How to Do the Dumbbell Front Squat
- Dumbbell Front Squat Mistakes to Avoid
- How to Progress the Dumbbell Front Squat
- Benefits of the Dumbbell Front Squat
- Muscles Worked by the Dumbbell Front Squat
- How to Program the Dumbbell Front Squat
- Dumbbell Front Squat Variations
- Frequently Asked Questions
Complete Dumbbell Front Squat Tutorial
See the detailed dumbbell front squat video instructions from Dr. Merrick Lincoln, then check out the step-by-step breakdown below.
The dumbbell front squat is a front squat alternative performed with a dumbbell racked on each shoulder. Follow these step-by-step instructions to ensure proper form.
Step 1 — Clean the Dumbbells
Before you squat, you must “front rack” the dumbbells. In the front rack position, the ends of the dumbbells rest atop your shoulders and your elbows point straight ahead at shoulder-height.
To set up the front rack, perform a dumbbell clean — Start with the dumbbells at your sides. Drop into a mini-squat and rapidly extend your legs by driving your feet into the ground. Transfer the leg push into a powerful shrug. At the top of the shrug, draw your arms along your sides. Drop underneath the dumbbells by re-bending your legs and receive the weights atop your shoulders with your elbows high and bent. (1)
Form Tip: When cleaning heavy dumbbells, it may be helpful to think about “jumping” up with the dumbbells to propel them into the front rack. Although you should barely leave the ground, “jumping” the dumbbells into position can improve output and fluidity of the clean.
Step 2 — Set Your Stance and Brace
With dumbbells racked, place your feet at your preferred squat width and orientation. Typically, the front squat stance is shoulder-width or slightly wider. Your feet should point straight ahead or slightly outward. Brace your midsection by contracting your abdominals and back muscles at the same time.
Form Tip: Set up a strong foundation by achieving pressure through your heel, the ball of your foot, your big toe, and the base of your fifth toe. Basically, keep weight on your entire foot throughout the exercise without overemphasizing either your heels or the ball of your foot.
Step 3 — Lower to the Bottom Position
While keeping a straight or slightly arched back position, lower yourself toward the floor by allowing your knees, hips, and ankles to bend. Descend with control. Resist bouncing out of the bottom of the squat. Also, avoid “cutting depth” (i.e. ending the descent before you’ve reached maximum comfortable knee bend with good control).
Form Tip: Achieve proper dumbbell front squat form by squatting “down” not “back.” This is not a powerlifting-style back squat that calls for a forward lean to improve leverage and move heavy weights. Your upper body should remain more upright.
Step 4 — Stand Up to Lockout
Reverse the movement of your knees, hips, and ankles by standing tall. Keep the dumbbells balanced on your front delts throughout the movement. At the top, take a breath and re-brace your core before repeating another repetition. Don’t lower the weight from your shoulder until you’ve completed all reps.
Form Tip: As you push back to the standing position with forceful intent, think about driving the dumbbells toward the ceiling or sky but don’t actually lift them off your shoulders. This external cue can promote a strong front rack and improve power output. (2)
Steering clear of several common errors may help to maintain effectiveness and safety of the dumbbell front squat.
Allowing Your Elbows or Chest to Drop
The common barbell front squat cue applies just as well to the dumbbell front squat — “Chest up, elbows up.” Failure to maintain a high elbows position and a proud chest result in the dumbbells traveling forward. Too much forward movement of the dumbbells may result in compromised training stimulus for the quadriceps and even repetition failure with a loss of balance.
Avoid it: Most of the dumbbells’ weight should rest on your shoulders, not your hands. Keep the weight in contact with your shoulders throughout the exercise. Don’t try to support the weight “freely” by holding your hands in the top of a biceps curl.
Low Back or Trunk Leaning Excessively Forward
Losing form at your hips or low back can cause all sorts of problems during the dumbbell front squat. These include, but are not limited to, loss of stability, your heels coming off the floor, and needlessly failed repetitions.
Avoid it: To correct or prevent this, reminding yourself to brace and squat down rather than back is a good start, but it might not be enough. Among lifters without orthopedic limitations (i.e. lifters without stiff joints or obvious weaknesses), a coordination deficit can be to blame for excessive forward motion of the trunk or low back. (3) Check out the “overhead squat RNT” exercise in the FAQs section for a potent corrective exercise.
Squats lacking depth? You can’t rely on your good looks and charm to fix this problem. If you are consistently cutting depth in the dumbbell front squat, your muscle development may suffer. Deep squatting has been shown to result in greater quadriceps muscle growth than shallow squatting. (4)
Furthermore, Kubo and colleagues reported full squat training resulted in more than twice the glute and adductor hypertrophy compared to half squatting. (5)
Avoid it: Many lifters without orthopedic limitations can improve their squat depth by repetitive practice focused on achieving “hamstrings touching calves.” If ankle flexibility is limiting your squat depth, consider the heels-elevated variation discussed below.
Lifters new the dumbbell front squat should begin with light weights to hone technique. Once this honeymoon phase is over, it’s time to go heavier and higher rep to promote strength and hypertrophy.
Increase the Weight
Once the exercise form is familiar and consistent, load progression to a “working weight” is in order. Establishing your working weight does not necessarily require repetition maximum testing.
A simple progression method is to determine a repetition range target based on your goals (explained in the Programming section). Then, work up to a weight that results in a challenging set that allows you to complete a number of repetitions near the bottom end of your target range. For example, if your repetition target for hypertrophy training is 8 to 12 repetitions, identify a weight that allows less than 10 repetitions.
Increase the Repetition Volume
As you get stronger with a particular pair of dumbbells, perform additional repetitions per set. Using the weight you identified above, you might be able to perform additional repetitions within a few weeks. Once you reach the upper end of your repetition target (e.g. 12 reps in the above example), it is time to increase weight again.
The dumbbell front squat is a unique squat variation that biases the thigh muscles while requiring only light to moderately heavy loads, which are comfortably supported atop the shoulders.
Quadriceps Muscular Growth
The placement of the load in front of the body during the dumbbell front squat promotes a “knee dominant” squat by facilitating greater forward knee travel and a more upright trunk position. (6) (7) “Knee dominant” means this variation loads the quadriceps to a relatively greater extent than variations where the load is held on the back, such as traditional back squats.
Consistently performing a squat variation that biases the quadriceps will build the “quad sweep” many aesthetic-focused lifters are seeking. The dumbbell front squat may be a particularly effective quadriceps-builder, because it trains the quadriceps through a large range of motion. (4)(8)
Spares the Low Back
The dumbbell front squat might be a friendly option for those dealing with low back pain or local muscle fatigue. The upright trunk angle diverts load from the low back and hips to the knees. (7) Reduced overall load used during the dumbbell front squat is also likely to reduce mechanical demand on the low back compared to other common squat variations that use heavier loads.
For example, compared to back squats, barbell front squats resulted in reduced spinal compression forces when performed at the same relative intensity. (9) The difference may be partly attributed to differences in overall load, since participants in this research squatted more than 25% more weight during back squats than front squats. (9) Naturally, the heavier squat imposed more overall stress.
Dumbbell front squats undoubtedly have a lower loading capacity than barbell front squats, so the demand on the low back is likely even lower. Give this squat variation a try when you low back feels “fried.”
A Forgiving Front Rack
Compared to the traditional front squat, the front rack position of the dumbbell front squat requires less shoulder, wrist, and elbow flexibility. Holding the barbell for the traditional front squat requires considerable shoulder external rotation, elbow flexion, and wrist extension.
Albeit barbell front squat variations such as gripless (i.e. “zombie”) front squats and cross-arm front squats avoid the challenging upper body positions of the barbell front squat. (10) But these gripless and cross-arm variations tend to place uncomfortable pressure on the deltoids or collarbones and may feel awkward.
Like any squat, the primary lower body actions resisted by the dumbbell front squat are knee extension, hip extension, and ankle plantar flexion. However, the unique setup and execution of the dumbbell front squat may make this variation more “knee dominant,” biasing the quadriceps. (6) Trunk muscles deserve an honorable mention for their involvement in the dumbbell front squat, as these muscles facilitate proper form.
For aesthetics and function, the four muscles comprising the quadriceps are undoubtedly the most important muscles of the thigh. Although rectus femoris may experience little to no hypertrophy with squat training, squats promote substantial hypertrophy of the other three quad muscles: vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, and vastus intermedius. (5)(11) Fortunately, these muscles form the “quad sweep” many aesthetics-focused lifters desire.
Glutes and Other Hip Extensors
The “glutes” — gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus — are trained as hip extensors during the dumbbell front squat. The hamstrings are marginally active during the squat as hip extensors and also act to counteract shear forces at the knee. (8)(9) Research suggests the adductors, or inner thigh muscles, are also trained as hip extensors during the squat. (5)
Postural Muscles and Core
The dumbbell front squat hits postural muscles such as the spinal erectors, trapezius, and soleus (a deep calf muscle). To maintain a “braced” midsection during the squat, co-contraction of the abdominal muscles is necessary, which promotes a strong core.
While it’s true the setup and execution of the dumbbell front squat limits maximum loading relative to barbell-based squats, appropriate programming of this exercise can deliver results. Specifically, lifters can program the dumbbell front squat for muscle gain (“hypertrophy”), strength, or as part of a deload from heavier squat variations.
Low to Moderate Weight, Moderate to High Repetitions
An exciting feature of training for muscular hypertrophy and muscular strength is that high effort sets, or those carried to- or close to- the point of muscular failure, are effective using practically any weight. (12)(13)(14) This is particularly relevant for an exercise like the dumbbell front squat.
Due to the constraints of setup (the initial dumbbell clean) and equipment (dumbbells), the dumbbell front squat cannot be loaded particularly heavy, at least not relative to the capacity of the leg muscles of experienced lifters. Whether you’re training for strength or size, select dumbbells that allow safe setup and proper form, and then take that set to within two or three repetitions of failure. Two to four sets of eight or more repetitions will promote strength and size, if each set is taken to close proximity to failure.
Moderate Weight, Moderate Repetitions
A deload refers to temporary reduction in training to promote recovery. The dumbbell front squat simply cannot be loaded as heavy as a barbell-based squats. This is due, in part, to the use of dumbbells which offer less stability and lower loading potential than a barbell. Note: the front-loaded nature of the exercise also limits loading potential relative to back squats. (9)
Therefore, even a somewhat challenging dumbbell front squat workout is likely to provide some degree of reprieve or recovery for intermediate and advanced lifters. Two or three sets of four to eight repetitions might serve as a nice deload week squat protocol.
The dumbbell front squat isn’t the only way to perform an anteriorly loaded squat with dumbbells. Depending on your goals, preferences, and equipment, you might choose one of the following:
Heels-Elevated Dumbbell Front Squat
Performing squats on a wedge can be helpful to further bias the quadriceps or work around ankle dorsiflexion range of motion issues. (6)(7)(15) The wedge or heel lift projects your lower leg forward at the ankle’s resting position, reducing the need for additional dorsiflexion. (15)
When squatting with your heels elevated, your trunk tends to stay more upright and your knees travel further forward. Together, these features promote greater focus on the quadriceps (due to increased knee action). (6)(7)
Dumbbell Goblet Squat
Goblet squat — not “goblin” (this isn’t Middle Earth). The traditional goblet squat uses a kettlebell to reinforce deep squatting mechanics with an upright torso. If you don’t train with kettlebells, a dumbbell works just as well.
Goblet squats are performed with the weight held under the chin, as if it were a large drinking glass (“Lord of the Rings” fans, think of a vessel Dwarves would drink from in the Mines of Moria). Keep your elbows tight to your ribcage and squat down between your legs.
Dumbbell Zercher Squat
This unique variation was popularized by strength coach Nick Nilsson. The term “Zercher” refers to the carriage position of the dumbbell. It rests on your arms at, or just in front of, your elbows.
Hold the dumbbell vertically with your arms in front of your body. If you are unable to squat deep enough to retrieve the dumbbell from the floor during setup, simply place the dumbbell on a stable bench or box and retrieve it from there. Your arms must remain close to your trunk with your elbows flexed. Like the dumbbell front squat, keep your trunk upright as you squat with your feet flat on the floor.
The dumbbell squat uses two dumbbells held with your arms hanging alongside your body. (8) While this variation avoids cleaning or muscling dumbbells to the rack position, it may not promote as upright of a trunk position as other front-loaded variations.
The dumbbell squat feels a little like a trap bar squat, albeit with a lower loading potential. Altogether, the dumbbell squat may be a great option for those looking for a user-friendly variation that promotes hip-, thigh-, and grip development.
That’s an option. Both exercises build leg size and strength while placing the load in front of your body. In fact, muscle activity levels for most of the primary muscles are similar between dumbbell front squat and barbell front squats when the same load is used. (16)
But there are substantial differences between the barbell front squat and the dumbbell front squat: upper body position, placement of the load, equipment requirements, and loading capacity, just to name a few. Ultimately, the choice of whether to front squat with the barbell or dumbbells should take these differences into consideration.
The dumbbell clean to the front rack position before squatting is the most technically demanding portion of the entire exercise. It can impose a bottleneck on weight progression.
But unless you’re using light enough dumbbells to curl or have a partner willing to lift the dumbbells to the front rack position for you, the clean is an intrinsic feature of the dumbbell front squat setup. The dumbbell Zercher squat and the dumbbell squat discussed in the Variations section allow you to avoid the clean.
Traditionally, your elbows are held high during the dumbbell front squat, as instructed. However, it is common to see the dumbbell front squat performed with lower elbows and the dumbbells parallel to the ground.
While it may be effective with lighter weights, the lower carriage position may limit loading capacity, as the dumbbells are held slightly further in front of the body. The higher elbow position may also help to encourage an upright and extended upper back position, which helps to develop postural strength and upper back muscle.
First, make sure the weight you are attempting to squat is appropriate for your current strength and ability. If you’ve tried reducing the weight and you’re still rounding forward and losing position, screen your ankle flexibility. Are you able to progress your knees over the front of your toes with your heels on the floor? If not, calf stretching, foam rolling, or ankle joint mobilizations may help. (3)
After ruling out loading errors and orthopedic limitations, the likely culprit is a coordination issue, specially deficient trunk control. Reactive neuromuscular training (RNT) is a broad class of interventions aimed at restoring coordination and dynamic stability. (17) A common RNT technique to address excessive forward lean or trunk “rounding” is the “overhead squat RNT” technique, shown in the video below.
Perhaps counterintuitively, a light challenge tending to pull the trunk forward can help improve position sense and coordination of the trunk during the squat. Although immediate improvements in squat form may occur, lasting benefits may result from performing this corrective exercise three or more days per week for two to four sets of 10 to 12 repetitions.
Just Another Anteriorly Loaded Thigh-Thickener?
Like its barbell-based brother, the dumbbell front squat places weight in front of the body. But unlike the barbell front squat, it doesn’t require extreme positions of the shoulders or wrists. And it doesn’t even require waiting for a squat rack. User-friendly and convenient, the dumbbell front squat is in a class of its own.
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Tre Cime di Lavaredo, on Cima Grande Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini establish Das Erbe der Väter
A new route has been climbed up the famous North Face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo that deserves closer inspection. The climb is called Das Erbe der Väter - the legacy of our ancestors - and was put up by Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini and shares the starting pedestal of the famous Comici - Dimai, the symbol of the Dolomites established in 1933 by Emilio Comici and the brothers Giovanni and Angelo Dimai. Where the Comici route traverses left the new route runs independently and carrell to the summit. The new route was climbed without bolts and, surprisingly for the crowded Cima Grande, crosses no other climbs. Gietl and Messini began forging the route ground-up in autumn 2015 and the first free ascent was carried out at the end of july 2016, after having breached difficulties up to IX-.
Simon, tell us how your new route up the North Face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo came about
Whenever I guided clients up the famous Comici route, I always looked to the right and wondered: "What routes climb that section? Eventually curiosity got the better of me I decided to see for myself. A few days later I met my friend Vittorio Messini and over a beer I told him about my idea and he laughed: “I’d thought exactly the same thing" he replied. So a couple of days later we set off together towards the north face.
From the photos the line looks very logical. Why hadn’t it been climbed before?
That’s a good question and we asked it ourselves :-) Our line is independent, and the closest it gets to Via Comici is about 10, 15 meters.
So let's go straight to the point: what makes this route so particular?
Our goal was to create a natural line, without using bolts and without crossing other routes. We succeeded.
We started in autumn 2015. During four very cold days we put up the first four pitches and left a fixed rope. We returned in spring 2016 and invested another four days. On 28th of June we topped out on the ledge, using a mix of free climbing and aid climbing. Our goal was, as I said, to not use any bolts, and had we got to a point where we weren’t able to continue without bolts, then we would have abandoned our attempt.
What was the most difficult thing?
Without a doubt the crux pitch, the fifth, we needed hours and hours just to climb those 40m. The rock is very compact there and consequently it’s difficult to place pegs. And it wasn’t easy to judge the solidity of the flakes, whether we could weight them or if they would snap off. On the seventh pitch we wanted to climb a yellow corner, but towards the top of this we came across loose rock and we couldn’t get any further. So we lowered down for 6m, then traversed right for a further 10 meters to reach another corner, and this proved to be the right way upwards.
After the first ascent, you still needed to free the route
Yes, and so after a further two days of cleaning and attempting the pitches I was ready to try the redpoint. On July 25, together with Martin Niederkofler, I started my first attempt, but after 5 pitches we were forced to retreat because of the rain. I returned with another good friend, Andrea Oberbacher, on the 27th and managed to free it.
Things ran smoothly?
Well actually it began raining once again, after the sixth pitch. Sometimes a bit more, sometimes a little less. But I wanted to try it at all costs. I placed all the pro as I climbed and at round 16:00 we reached the ledge. Tired but happy.
The route is called Das Erbe der Väter, the legacy of our ancestors ...
We succeeded in establishing a new route up the most famous north face of the Dolomites, we are happy and proud to have done so without bolts. But we cannot help but think about Comici, about the Dimai brothers, Cassin and Ratti ... about their enormous achievements, with the gear of that era! We have enormous respect and admiration for what they did in traditional style on the steep yellow faces of the Drei Zinnen. Coming up with a name for our climb was simple. With our new creation we wanted to honor the really important climbers of the early development of the Drei Zinnen at the start of the 20th century. Hence Das Erbe der Väter, the legacy of our ancestors
To recap: a new route, independent and without bolts up the North Face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo, the Drei Zinnen ... what does this represent to you?
Well it means a lot to me. This is where I started climbing, and of course I always like to come back here. Leaving a mark on the North Face of Cima Grande is something special, and even now I struggle to believe that we managed to establish this wonderful line, it’s like a dream come true!
Simon Gietl thanks: Salewa, Neolit, Grivel, Komperdell, Evolv, Keaxl-Board, Hotel Schwarzenstein, Julbo, Lyo-Foot

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Satellite broadcaster DirecTV dropped two channels programmed by Herring Networks as it allowed a carriage agreement to distribute the networks to expire.
The move means One America News (OAN) and A Wealth of Entertainment (AWE) will no longer be available to DirecTV’s satellite and streaming customers starting today.
A DirecTV spokesperson told industry trade publication Fierce Video that it decided as far back as January to let the deal expire without a renewal.
“In January we informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we did not plan to enter into a new contract when the agreement expired,” the DirecTV spokesperson said.
The decision was reached several months after DirecTV was spun off from its former parent company AT&T. The telecom still retains a majority ownership of DirecTV, with private equity firm TPG Capital owning a 30 percent share.
Since the spinoff, DirecTV has shuffled its programming around, dropping several channels while adding others and moving networks around its various packages.
In January, Reuters reported on courtroom transcripts in which Herring Networks executives said OAN was built in part due to intense interest from AT&T, which purportedly wanted an alternate to the conservative-leaning Fox News Channel.
“They told us they wanted a conservative network,” one executive said, according to Reuters. “They only had one, which was Fox News, and they had seven others on the other side [of the political spectrum]. When they said that, I jumped to it and built one.”
One year later, a lawyer representing OAN told a judge that any decision by AT&T or DirecTV to drop the channel could financially cripple the network to the point it might go out of business.
As of Tuesday, OAN is still broadcasting, with its content available on a number of other platforms, including Verizon Fios, CenturyLink and Klowd TV. OAN’s linear feed is also available to view through a subscription sold by the network itself, which is offered at a price of $5 a month.
A streaming only channel called OAN Plus, which features content pulled from the live cable channel, is offered on Paramount Global’s Pluto TV and the independent streaming services DistroTV and Freecast.