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The `` push '' exercise of this Push-Pull Super-Set is the Bench Press done with elbows well pulled back and with a greater downward stretch of the pectorals not possible with the barbell variation.
There is a break in continuity just before the fourth variation in the `` Forellen '' movement, and I suspect that this is due to imperfect splicing between sides of the original Aj.
Every detail in his interpretation has been beautifully thought out, and of these I would especially cite the delicious laendler touch the pianist brings to the fifth variation ( an obvious indication that he is playing with Viennese musicians ), and the gossamer shading throughout.
The infrared emission could then be assumed to originate at the surface of the moon, while the radio emission originates at some depth beneath the surface, where the temperature variation due to solar radiation is reduced in amplitude and shifted in phase.
The variation in the 3-cm emission of the moon during a lunation is very much less than the variation in the 8.6-mm emission, as would be expected from the explanation of Piddington and Minnett ( 1949 ).
Even here there is room for some variation, for metal surfaces vary in smoothness, absorptive capacity, and chemical reactivity.
A reason for such wide variation in the pulmonary morphology is entirely lacking at present.
The meaning of this variation in distribution of the bronchial artery as found in the horse is not clear.
When irregularity and variation prevent summarizing, information is written in complete detail.
But in general the individual variation is a small thing added onto basic linguistic features of greater magnitude.
The drama in the theater and the concert in the hall both have a fixed time, but the time is fixed by the director and the players, the conductor and the instrumentalists, subject, therefore, to much variation, as record collectors well know.
The Drexel collection, called Composite, to be shown by Titche's offers a realistic approach to decorating, a mature modern that is a variation of many designs.
Another variation is that Apollo played his instrument ( the lyre ) upside down.
In statistics, analysis of variance ( ANOVA ) is a collection of statistical models, and their associated procedures, in which the observed variance in a particular variable is partitioned into components attributable to different sources of variation.
This is typical of the newer classifications, though there is some slight variation, and in particular the Torriceliaceae may be divided.
A variation of a White Russian made with skim milk is known as an Anna Kournikova.
The androecium contains of 5 stamens, but there is often variation in the functionality of the stamens even within a single inflorescence.
The primary disadvantage of analog signaling is that any system has noise – i. e., random unwanted variation.
There is the standard way to sign the word learn that seems to be used by most speakers of ASL in Canada, and there is also an Atlantic regional variation.
There is a variation among regions in the United States when it comes to which handshape speakers prefer to use.

variation and .
In spite of Pickering Dodge's explicit instructions regarding variation of meals, the food did not seem the same as at home.
You need the barbell variation to build width and mass in the pecs.
The dumbbell variation develops a most classically sculptured outline to the Aj.
( Note how strongly the upper lats and serratus are worked in this fine exercise because of the pin-point concentration of force which the dumbbell variation affords ).
It doesn't really matter which month of the year you sow them, but they germinate best when they have a wide variation of temperature, very warm followed by cool in the same 24 hours.
The results of present observations of the thermal radio emission of the moon are consistent with the very low thermal conductivity of the surface layer which was derived from the variation in the infrared emission during eclipses ( e.g., Garstung, 1958 ).
Since the absorption of radio waves in rocklike material varies with wave length, it should be possible to sample the temperature variation at different depths beneath the surface and possibly detect changes in the structure or composition of the lunar surface material.
In the discussion which follows, the time average of the radio emission will be referred to as the constant component, and the superimposed periodic variation will be called the variable component.
-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.
Ninety per cent of the 153 recorded impacts occurred between midnight and noon, and from day to day the variation of the rate was as much as an order of magnitude.
The diurnal variation in the observed flux may be partly due to the dependence of the detector sensitivity on the incident velocity.
The binomial probability distribution may describe the variation that occurs from one set of trials of such a binomial experiment to another.
While nowadays we recognize the fact that there are many causes for bleeding at the nose, not long ago a nosebleed was simply that, and treatment had little variation.

draugr and is
A draugr, draug or ( Icelandic ) draugur ( original Old Norse plural draugar, as used here, not " draugrs "), or draugen ( Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, meaning " the draug "), also known as aptrganga (" afturgöngur " in modern Icelandic ) ( literally " after-walker ", or " one who walks after death ") is an undead creature from Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology.
The creation of a draugr is not exactly clear, but in the Eyrbyggja saga, a shepherd is killed by a draugr and rises the next night as one himself.
The draugr is also often shown as haunting its living family.
Although iron could injure a draugr, as is the case with many supernatural creatures, it would not be sufficient to stop it.
The preferred method is to cut off the draugr's head, burn the body, and dump the ashes in the sea ; the emphasis being on making absolutely sure the draugr was dead and gone.
This desire for the friendship experienced in life is one example of the manifestation of this aspect of the draugr.
One of the best-known draugr in the modern world is Glámr, who was defeated by the hero of the Grettis Saga.
A somewhat ambivalent, alternative view of the draugr is presented by the example of Gunnar in Njál's saga:
In the Eyrbyggja Saga a shepherd is assaulted by a blue-black draugr.
In more recent folklore, the draugr is often identified with the spirits of mariners drowned at sea.
But, though the draugr usually presages death, there is an amusing account in Northern Norway of a Nordlending who managed to outwit him:
* The draugr is the inspiration for the main character in the webcomic " Draugr " by Patrick Grant.
* The draugr is also one of the inspirations behind " Serpent's Mound " by Ceri Norman.
* The villain Surt, in the Norse-inspired novel " The Sword and the Satchel " by Elizabeth Boyer, is a draugr.
He is also courageous ; he takes on and defeats the draugr Glámr, an undead being that is, in a sense, a corporeal ghost, strong and formidable.
But the draugr curses him, and this is seen by the author as the cause of his later misfortunes.
The saga is about Hrómundr serving king Óláf Warrior-King ( Óláfr konungr liði ) and Hrómund's battles with the berserker Hröngvið and as well as the undead witch-king Þráinn, a draugr ( he was a former king of Gaul, Valland ).

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