yep, been doing them (hindu push ups) for years. good for variety. Mix them up with[b] divebombers[/b] and [b]close grip[/b] push ups and "[b]perfect push up[/b]" handles.<br />
Variety is the key, dont get stuck in rut with one exercise. Mix it up.<br />
My friend sent me link to [b]reverse push ups[/b] the other day.<br />
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Hindu push ups and DB's are an exercise where overall flexibility in your back and shoulders really helps.<br />
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TMO Ben Skeen, Someone tell this knob not to give up his day job. Oh wait, he's deputy principal at Auckland Grammar. He should stick to his day job, being pedantic is perfect.

Red card , should be 10mins likes yellow, but a that player is ejected (and off the judiciary) and a replacement can come on 10mins later.
Red cards ruin the game.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT
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AGO
TYPHOON HAGIBIS IMPACT ON RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019 MATCHES
TOKYO, 10 Oct - After extensive evaluation, World Rugby and the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee have announced an update regarding the predicted impact of Typhoon Hagibis on this weekend’s Rugby World Cup 2019 pool matches. This includes the decision to cancel matches on safety grounds.

Based on the latest detailed information from the tournament’s independent weather experts, Hagibis is predicted to be the biggest typhoon of the 2019 season and is highly likely to cause considerable disruption in the Tokyo, Yokohama and City of Toyota areas throughout Saturday, including likely public transport shutdown or disruption.

As a result, World Rugby and the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee have taken the difficult, but right decision to cancel matches in the affected areas on safety grounds. The impacted teams have been informed and are understanding. For matches that do not go ahead as scheduled, two points will be awarded to each team in line with tournament rules.

It is an exceptional, complex and rapidly evolving situation and team and public safety is the number one priority. This has been central in all decision-making in partnership with the tournament’s weather information experts, host cities, venues and teams.

Based on the latest detailed weather information, the following update is provided:

Friday, 11 October

Pool D match between Australia and Georgia in Shizuoka at 19:15 JST to be played as scheduled
Saturday, 12 October

Pool A match between Ireland and Samoa in Fukuoka at 19:45 JST to be played as scheduled
Pool B match between New Zealand and Italy to be cancelled
Pool C match between England and France to be cancelled
The decision to cancel matches has not been taken lightly and has been made in the best interests of public, team, tournament personnel and volunteer safety, based on expert advice and detailed weather information. While we have extensively explored all options, public and team safety was our utmost priority as well as ensuring a consistent, fair and equitable outcome for all teams. All fans with tickets for a cancelled match will receive a full refund for the face value of their match tickets.

Sunday, 13 October

Every effort is being made to ensure Sunday’s matches will be played as scheduled. A thorough assessment of venues will take place after the typhoon has passed before a final decision is made on Sunday morning.
Based on the advice of government authorities and experts, World Rugby and the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee are advising fans in the Tokyo, Yokohama and City of Toyota areas to stay indoors on Saturday, not to travel and to keep monitoring the official Rugby World Cup 2019 digital and social channels, including the RWC 2019 Fan Information Twitter handle @Japan2019_ENG for regular updates.

World Rugby Chief Operating Officer and Tournament Director Alan Gilpin said when addressing the media: “This is a complex and dynamic situation which we have been monitoring extremely closely with the assistance of our weather information experts. We are now in a position to accurately predict the likely impact of Typhoon Hagibis on Rugby World Cup fixtures this weekend.

“While making every possible effort to put in place a contingency plan that would enable all of Saturday’s matches to be played, it would be grossly irresponsible to leave teams, fans, volunteers and other tournament personnel exposed during what is predicted to be a severe typhoon.

“As a result, we have taken the decision to cancel some matches in order to ensure the safety of all involved. It is the right thing to do, and comes with the support of all stakeholders, including the teams.

“We fully appreciate that England, France, New Zealand and Italy fans will be disappointed, but we trust they will appreciate that their safety must come first. They will be entitled to a full refund on their match tickets.

“Our message for all fans in Japan for Rugby World Cup is to heed all official advice, stay indoors throughout Saturday and do not attempt to travel on the day.”

Official, it's cancelled.

@Unite said in RWC: All Blacks v Italy (Pool :

@antipodean said in RWC: All Blacks v Italy (Pool :

@Frank No, it's an open stadium.

Google says it has a retractable roof?

Roof hasn't closed since 2015. Maintenance costs on it were too high, so it became an open-air stadium.

I'm listening to Nig on radio sport , with the tv silent, not bad combo. He and Elliot feared Red initially.
Players will be scared to tackle soon.

Red card , should be 10mins likes yellow, but a that player is ejected (and off the judiciary) and a replacement can come on 10mins later.
Red cards ruin the game.

TMO Ben Skeen, Someone tell this knob not to give up his day job. Oh wait, he's deputy principal at Auckland Grammar. He should stick to his day job, being pedantic is perfect.

Wayno just said uncontested from rest of game now, not just 10mins.

DISCIPLINARY UPDATE: REECE HODGE (AUSTRALIA)
TOKYO, Sep 25 - Australia’s Reece Hodge appeared before an independent disciplinary committee in Tokyo today having been cited for an act of foul play contrary to Law 9.13 (dangerous tackle) in the 25th minute of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Pool D match between Australia and Fiji on 21 September.

The committee, chaired by Nigel Hampton QC (New Zealand), former international coach Frank Hadden (Scotland) and former referee José Luis Rolandi (Argentina), viewed all the available broadcast angles of the incident, which resulted in Fiji’s Peceli Yato requiring a Head Injury Assessment (HIA).

In considering all the available evidence, including multiple broadcast angles and submissions from Hodge and his legal representative, the committee deemed that the incident was an act of foul play and warranted a red card in line with the high tackle sanction framework. In following the framework, the committee determined:

There was an act of foul play (which was reckless, rather than deliberate)
The act of foul play was a high tackle
There was contact with the head
There was a high degree of danger

Given the above outcomes, the committee determined that the act of foul play warranted a red card.

The committee applied World Rugby’s mandatory mid-range entry point, which was introduced in 2017 to mitigate the risk of head injuries, which according to World Rugby’s sanctions table, carries a minimum six-match suspension.

Having acknowledged Hodge’s exemplary disciplinary record, good character and conduct at the hearing, the committee reduced the six-match entry point by three matches, resulting in a sanction of three matches.

Hodge will miss Australia’s three remaining pool matches. The suspension will end at midnight on 11 October, 2019 after which he is free to resume playing.

The player has the right to appeal the decision within 48 hours of receiving the written decision.

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Get fucked, I made one post, that concisely makes valid arguments. Guess I should I read this entire thread first and read the vitriol.<br><br>
New Zealand is fucked, glad I don't live there any more. Good luck to you all.

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<p>The prevailing thought among those who know sweet FA<strong> </strong>about vexillology.</p>
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<p>Red peak is the closest option to a suitable flag out of the options. It's growing on me.</p>
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<p>It looks like a flag, it scales well, it fits in, its a pure design. </p>
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<div style="margin:0px auto;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://medium.com/@simon.momento/red-peak-the-little-flag-that-could-320d3094585b'>https://medium.com/@simon.momento/red-peak-the-little-flag-that-could-320d3094585b</a>  by Simon Smith. </div>
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<p><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:155px;font-family:'medium-content-sans-serif-font', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;">A</span>few weeks ago I was feeling optimistic about the flag process. The final 40 had included some excellent options. Surely, it would be an easy task to select just four decent designs from that pool. (Or so went my naive thoughts). But yet, the outcome of the grand reveal was a disaster. And it was enough to send a designer scrambling to replace his skinny chinos with sack cloth and ashes.</p>
<p>Thus it was to my amazement that earlier this week, Red Peak finally made the ballot. It began with a ground swell of support from the creative community. Then leaped sideways into the mainstream. It seemed that for the first time we’d generated some genuine public discourse; New Zealand had finally woken up. Now that we’re on the ballot, the journey can begin in earnest.</p>
<p>As a design professional, allow me to be your flag guide. Let’s break down the choices on hand and see how they perform.</p>
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<p>This is the vexingly vexillological standard that a nation’s flag must adhere too. Bullet number one on the non-existent design brief, that should have been handed to a design professional, would have said, ‘make it flaggy as f**k’. I’m paraphrasing of course. But you get the picture.</p>
<p>Using the language of the medium is an obvious need. You don’t design a website on a typewriter. Even though they both have keys and can write lines of code. Likewise, you’re not being clever or thinking outside the box when you use the wrong visual language for a task. Clever is solving the problem using the medium at hand. And for flags, it is simple geometric shapes, and careful attention to lines of symmetry.</p>
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<p>We designers often talk about a design ‘having legs’. It’s a commentary on how well it will integrate with other design as the body of work around it grows. I have a rule that the first decisions are the most important. Get them right early, and every successive decision becomes easier and easier. The inverse is also true.</p>
<p>It’s a mistake to think of a flag in isolation, just flapping away up a pole. Flags end up in a variety of situations, surrounded by masses of different content. In each of these situations it needs to hold its own, but also support the adjacent content.</p>
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<p>From flags, to badges, to icons on screens and projectors. Stickers on boats, bikes, and Bruce Maclaren Jr’s helmet. In this environment, scaling and ease of production matter.</p>
<p>Arguably, you will view flags in a scaled environment more than anywhere else. In fact you probably last saw a tiny New Zealand flag a few hours ago when checking the rugby score.</p>
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<p>There’s only one flag in our selection that uses the principles of design to achieve balance and harmony. The others use visual language more at home on a logo — Potentially, a logo for cheaply made ‘New Zealand’ goods. As a design professional, they appear crass and poorly thought out. It’s a children’s picture book approach, (oh look a fern!), when we should have moved on to adult fiction and metaphors.</p>
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<p>I wrote <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://medium.com/@simon.momento/a-visual-designer-s-perspective-on-selecting-nzs-next-flag-804784d0e9a1'>previously</a> about how we must first create the object, before we can tell the story. In this way, I’ve observed Red Peak slowly coming to life. All manner of art and personal creations have sprung into being. The design has left room for interpretation, which in turn has allowed individuals to create their own narrative.</p>
<p>People want to be involved. They want to share their vision. They want to tell their story. Seeing individuals find their own story in Red Peak, is its most compelling argument for acceptance.</p>
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<div style="margin:0px auto;">We’re beginning to find our voice and discover our story. Let this visual designer nudge you in the right direction. Give it a chance and you’re bound to find your story in Red Peak too.</div>
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