Black Kobe Bryant Shoes For Basketball

This is an exciting time to be a sneaker fanatic. Every fall season for the last four years has brought sneakerheads images of a new Kobe Bryant signature sneaker. This year is no different. Actually, this year is much different. That's because we will all be blessed with images of three different versions of the new Kobe shoe. Sweet! That's right, the new Kobe VII will drop this year in three different versions. It will release in the "base" model, a "supreme" edition, and finally an "elite" version. How cool is that?

The base model of the Kobe VII, like the supreme and elite, will again be a low-cut basketball shoe engineered for high performance. It was also created to be the most comfortable and lightweight basketball shoe on the market. A unique snakeskin designed upper again will make up this shoe. However, the most unique feature of this new shoe is a removable insole/ankle sleeve. The insole is actually attached to the ankle sleeve that includes the top portion of the tongue complete with the Kobe logo. This base model uses this unique feature to enhance a "Play Fast" cushioning support system. The midsole includes a Zoom Air window at the heel. The outsole utilizes an XDR traction system. And this is just the base model!

The images of the first colorway that have been released show a predominately Black upper that features a White Swoosh. The laces are Black with Grey speckled accents. Grey is used on the midsole, inner lining and accents on the heel cage counter. The solid rubber outsole is done in White. The design on the shoe's upper is done in a snakeskin appearance but does not resemble the three-dimensional reptile design used on the Kobe VI. Traditionally the first shoe in a Kobe signature line has been dropped in a basic, solid colorway. Apparently, the first shoe in the signature shoe line to drop will be no different.

The "base" Kobe VII will release in January 2012 and carry a $140 price tag. If the past three years are any indication, sneaker enthusiasts can count on a wide variety of colorways and themed designs being used on this shoe. Whether it is the base, supreme, or elite model in which Nike creates their colorway "masterpiece"; you can bet there are going to be plenty of delicious editions to sink your teeth into.

The Kobe VII will be the first pair of Nike shoes for basketball to ever release in three different versions. All this means is more opportunities to cop a pair of the best low-cut basketball shoe on the market. Three times as many opportunities. I can't wait!

Horse betting terms

Now what is it to bet on the horse? The minimum bet will be $6. If the horse wins the race, the person who bets will receive the win and also the show payouts. In case the horse came second then the person who bet will receive the show payouts and the place alone and incase the horse comes third the person who bets will receive the show payout alone.

When it comes to allowance race, the racing secretary will have certain conditions. Say for instance, allowance, weights and some other conditions for the race.

Also eligible is used when the horse is not permitted to run till the field is reduced.

Apprentice allowance is nothing but the weight concession that has been given to the apprentice rider

Baby race is the race for the 2 year old

Top 5 Reasons Pokies Tend to be Enjoyable

Slot machines or Pokies (as they are called in Australia) need no introduction to anyone. Today there are several online resources that build games available 24x7 via the Internet connection. Those who play the games incessantly and with a passion always swear by the unpredictability of contingencies. There are many reasons that the machines make the best yet, but five of the most important are:

# 1-These machines really help change their fortunes in an instant. Yes, a simple act of bagging the testimony of a combination of a decline in asset-card collection! Now everyone knows how important and enriching the sound of the coins is ringing, that whoever is in front of the slot machine.

# 2 - Slot machines have a basic strategy or calculation of the exact formula, or better than any game on it. There are no established paradigm, that from this the exact formula for the pocket of one million Pokies machine. BTU is the use really gives beginners and casual players to play and win.

Sports Picks Expert Answers FAQs

Sports betting is something that must be done by someone who has an extreme knowledge of the game. When you are investing your money on a professional handicapper, you need to make sure that you don't have any doubts about neither the process nor the handicapper's abilities. Read on about the frequent questions that people have regarding sports picks.

Receiving a pick - Normally, most picks are delivered via email. There are a number of companies which provide sms services. This way, you can get instant updates all the time.

The Success rate - There are a number of people who "guarantee" the success. However, you need to be aware of them and find out those who have a documented success rate. They mustn't make lofty promises but give you a report on their track record. Sure, they may charge high. But they will also, in a way, ensure to give you the best bets.

The bet amount - Be sure to risk around 5% of your bankroll on each selection.

Privacy - While most don't guarantee your privacy, there are still a number of companies which are sensitive to privacy concerns. Be sure to ask for this information from the company before signing on the dotted line.

The Sports - Be sure that the agency handicaps major Sports - Football, Basketball and Baseball. The more winning percentage an agency has, the better.

When you are getting on with the search for that perfect handicapper, be sure to ask your friends and colleagues on the agencies they prefer to deal with. Also, be sure to get online and ask members of online communities and forums. They will be able to direct to the right kind of websites. Scan the website properly and look for pieces of information mentioned above. As there are so many companies, the more you search, the better are the chances of getting the best deal for yourself. Money-back guarantee and other issues must be sorted out at the earnest.

When you are searching for that perfect handicapper, be sure that he/she is monitored by the The Sports Monitor of Oklahoma. He/she must have won numerous awards if he/she has the experience to showcase. There will be a contact form or mobile number of the website. Just give him/her a call. If the person is able to satisfy you, then go ahead with the deal. When looking for successful sports picks, the above tips will be helpful.

Catching Up: Top Ten Fantasy Baseball Catchers for the 2012 Season

With the end of the 2011 baseball season comes the preparations for the 2012 fantasy baseball season. It is never too early to get a jump on your competition and start considering your strategy for next year. If you are involved in a dynasty league (or keeper league), all the more reason to review each position and decide on who your keepers will (or should) be.

When considering the top fantasy catchers for 2012, it is definitely worth taking a look at the top ten catchers for the 2012 season and determining the value of each of these backstops from a fantasy baseball perspective.

1)  Carlos Santana (CLE) –

Hitting in the middle of the Tribe's batting order and delivering 27 HR and 97 BB speak volumes about Santana's ability at the dish. A low BA (.239) is the one area he can improve upon. As he continues to show discipline at the plate, the average should come around. In year 3, he should be the class of the position.

 

2)  Victor Martinez (DET) –

With 26 games behind the plate, V-Mart maintains his catcher status for 2012. That is great news for fantasy owners as he should continue to collect the lion's share of the Tigers' DH at bats. The lessened playing time at catcher means less chance of injury and more chance of delivering key offensive fantasy stats.

Raise Preflop, Bet the Flop, or Bet the Turn?

Do We Barrel the Turn or Check Raise it?

Sometimes I'm hearing forum members and students ask about check raising turns. I have fielded this question many times and so I felt comfortable writing out my general thoughts on this matter, Enjoy.

So you've c-bet the flop OOP and now the turn is here and you don't know what to do. Do you check-call? Check-raise? Check-fold? Or bet? As is the case on the flop, on the turn you want to be either check-calling or betting 95% of the time that you aren't folding (check-calling bluff-catchers, barreling value hands and semi-bluffs). This is simply because by doing so you bring better balance to your overall game. If we bet turns we can make sure that our big value hands get paid off more, and then we can balance this by also bluffing. If instead we begin to check a lot of turns or flops OOP to our opponents it proves difficult for our over all game to profit and balance as well. Caveat: Some great players may use the check raise in their game more often than I do, that's fine, but in my opinion this makes playing well much more difficult and really isn't necessary at small or micro stakes.

When we check with initiative, we run the risk of letting the flop or turn check through. This is too detrimental to the balance of our game plan of getting plenty of value bets and bluffs in. There are of course exceptions to this, but I can say that spots that a turn or flop check raise is the best play are rare, and in 90% of those spots, a bet still is a pretty good option, so just bet!

Also as far as check raise bluffing is concerned... A good general rule in hold em is that you don't want to habitually create huge pots OOP with weak hands. That's something that your opponents will generally be able to adjust to and profit from very easily from the vantage point of playing IP, so we want to avoid it at all cost.

Essentially, it's once again is a range-balancing issue stemming from how you can optimally play your strong hands. When we are the OOP PFR and have strong hands (e.g., TPTK or better) on almost any board, we should bet the turn because villain has many bluff-catcher hands with which he called the flop. If we don't bet, villain will try to use these usable SD value hands and check back the turn if we check to them. So we need to be value-betting the turn to avoid letting that happen. By the same token, when we check, our range is face up for not having many strong hands and that creates a large informational advantage for villain on turn AND river.

The turn check-raise is something that you can pull from time to time, however it's usually only good vs. very bad unbalanced players in very specific situations. This rarely happens and isn't worth going much more into detail about, so just bet the turn from now on and you'll be fine. The few spots when a check-raise might be a better play are so infrequent that it won't matter much for your overall game.

The math behind the turn semi-bluff is quite compelling. For instance, let's say you have a draw (four-outer or better). Also assume that villain will either fold or call, and not raise the turn often, or at all. Given those two conditions, barreling is very profitable for you in a ton of spots. Let's look at some quick calculations to exemplify what I'm talking about.

DISCLAIMER: We need to determine the EV of a turn bet with a gut shot. There are several different outcomes we have to account for and combine to find our EV. To simplify things a tad we will make some assumptions.

Assumptions for Example:

1. We have just c - bet flop with gut shot and now are considering a turn barrel.

2. Pot $10

3. Turn Bet size $8

4. Villain will call our bet 50% of the time ($24 bet) when we hit river, the other 50% he folds.

Here's the Equation....

0 = 10x + (.90)(1-x)(-8) + (0.10)(0.50)(1-x)(8+10) + (0.10)(0.50)(1-x)(8+10+24)

Solve for x...

X~ 0.295775!

Villain only needs to fold turn 29% to break even on a turn barrel!

With a simple four-out draw we roughly only need villain to fold to our bet 29% of the time for it to be profitable vs. a passive player. Tougher players and maniacs will do things like raise the turn more often, which has a negative effect on semi-bluffing and lowers the profitably of turn barrels to less favorable percentages.

This is just one reason why table selection and seeking out passive players is a good practice. Passive players allow us see our equity through more often, while good players and aggressive ones shut us out of our equity which can hurt us in situations like these.

Ask any questions you like in the thread, Good Luck At The Tables!

Jeremy

Test Your Destiny when you play sure stake Option with Sports

Everybody looks for his destiny and there are many cyber games and casinos to earn a good amount of money. There is a trend of the gaming in the sports industry also because this is the source of the sudden and huge income. The players are enough informed about the online games and the casinos. Players can make their gaming on the different kind of sports like soccer, cricket etc. There are safe tips available for the soccer and cricket also. This plays an important role for the player to game properly.

People want to earn more money with the Wettanbieterin the internet that means earning money with the sports gaming in the internet. This becomes a popular game in the sports industry like soccer and cricket. This practice is running at full speed in Germany. Its speed was decreased once but now it is quite normal and there is a bulk of probability for the people to earn a high amount of money. There are many sports fans in the internet and they game for their favorite teams regularly. Actually it is all about the game networks and the game engine.

There is some money with the sports gaming and the internet secure money is available with the great possibility. It is due to the highest number of the competitors who are the bookmakers. They are the players of the online gaming and they are entitled with the Sportwetten Bonus also on each other constantly. This website provides you a brief guideline about the online gaming of the soccer and the cricket. If you want to win the gaming in your favorite sport you must visit this site to make yourself informed enough about the gaming in your favorite sport in the internet.

There are various companies which offer different rates for the gaming in favorite sport online. They are offering high rates and you can understand the safety for the gaming a sport. You can win your game in the favorite sport online. You can play your favorite game online to play and win the game in the internet. This is a good source of the money which becomes very much popular and we have plenty of the resource which will guide you to play games and win surebetsregarding your favorite sport. People want to fetch more guidelines from the internet because they want to be engaged in the gaming. They can get a vast amount of the information from this site.

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Guidance in Shooting Is a Killer

I really mean it. Guidance is a tricky thing for coaches and players. As parents and coaches, there is a natural tendency for us to become "owners" of your players and therefore gain "control" of them. What is intended as guidance to coaches/parents is something helpful to players. But, what most players want is not guidance, but FREEDOM and once players hit the age of about 12, the very last thing they need is guidance.

I'll give you an example. How do you get a horse to enter your trailer. You can start shoving its bottom as hard as you can and get your butt kicked by the horse.

Or, what you can do is lead the horse in by dropping a carrot in the entrance of your trailer. That is why I like to use the term OFFER or EXAMPLE. When we, as coaches, give out instructions and orders instead of just letting the player figuring out what works for them and them only through different examples that we implement, we are literally programming them like robots! This literally hinders their performance b/c this takes away from the awareness that is needed to understand what is going on with their shot.

I learned this concept the hard way! When you see players shooting with flawed mechanics, they literally don't want any more instruction blasted into their ears.

What they want is something different that they want to implement and play around with. This way, mistakes opens doors to new ideas instead of punishment. This is especially important for younger players along their journey of discovery. They'll learn not to judge their shooting, but instead use whatever feeling that occurred in their process as it is.

You must approach it as no right or wrong/ black or white. It is the student who is the creator and they are intelligent enough to see what works for them. We are simply there for them as a tool for new ideas to further add a new movement pattern for them to work with. A really good example is a child riding his/her bike. They literally learn from their bumps and bruises that shaped how they ride their bikes presently.

So, give them a different IDEA and move out of the way. They most likely never have felt that different movement pattern or way of shooting, so therefore let them become the catalyst to their system. You'll definitely reap the benefits like me and my brother have.

Lucky Blackjack

There are various different variations of the game of blackjack and every variation has its own rules and winning odds.

One of these popular versions is one called "Lucky Blackjack", which is a mix of card and table game with fast action and fantastic winning odds.

Take the time to read this handy Lucky Blackjack article before playing for real money.

Unlike many other black jack game variants, in Lucky Blackjack you're not trying to beat the house with a hand closest to 21 or higher than the dealer's hand.

The objective of Lucky Blackjack is to correctly guess what will be the final value of the hand dealt to the dealer.

It's important to mention that you will not play a hand of blackjack yourself, only the dealer will receive cards until he's either forced to stand, reaches 21 or goes bust.

This game features the following seven betting options, betting on 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, Bust and Blackjack. For those of you who are new to Blackjack, the reason why you can't bet on hand values below 17 is because the dealer is forced to draw to 16 and must Stand on all 17's.

Secret to the Successful Spinning on Online Slots!

Honestly, online slots are the simplest of the casino games introduced ever into the casino market! People say that slot games are simple because they are all about spinning and winning. But if you go deeper and play online slots on regular basis, you'll realize that these spinning machines are about a lot more. They are also about those smart strategies that can help you score more wins in the game of slots. These strategies may not be 100% accurate as online slots play on sheer luck but there's one thing sure about such strategies that they won't ever let you go broke.

 

So, if you wish to play free slots online and you wish to save some profits too, then play them using the following slots strategies....

 

Online casino bonus – one of the major attractions of online casinos

Online casinos have brought a sea change in the concept of gambling all over the world. People are no more interested in going to the brick and mortar casinos to enjoy a game of gambling. They prefer playing these games online as that does not involve any kind of transportation hassles. Another thing that has made these casinos lucrative is the concept of online casino bonus. There are various kinds of casino bonuses available for the players and gambling has become real fun with the help of these bonuses. Many people register to the online casinos just for the attractive bonuses that they offer.

You will be amazed to know about the varieties of casino bonuses that are offered online to the different players. Some of them are as follows:

• Referral casino bonus – Doesn't the concept seem interesting? Suppose you are a member of an online casino and participate in their games on a regular basis. You tell about the online casino to your friends and they too register with the online casino with your reference. The online casino might give you a bonus for your efforts. This is a token of appreciation from their end.

How to Build a Batting Cage

Learning how to build a batting cage in your house (lawns, backyard, or other spacious places), will save you a lot of money and give you the liberty to use it as per your convenience. Moreover, it will also serve as a great platform for practicing baseball for you and your kids at home. A do-it-yourself batting cage project doesn't require some exceptional skills and if you are an individual who loves to spend time on weekends working on some household repair works, it will be an interesting venture for you to construct a batting cage in the vicinity of your home. In case, you can't do that, don't worry as professional help is there to design a batting cage suitable for your use.

How to Build A Homemade Batting Cage?
Before you begin the ultimate task of investing your precious money and time to build a batting cage, you must know the answers to these questions.

Where do you want to build your batting cage?

When do you plan to start the process of construction?

How much money do you wish to invest?

The costs incurred in the making of a batting cage will be equal to the amount spend in buying materials necessary for construction. You will need the following things to make a batting cage:

Nylon or Polyethylene for the batting cage nets.

Aluminum tubes, that will support the batting cage nets.

PVC pipes.

Concrete/cement to fix the flooring of frames.

Nylon is considered to be a good choice for an indoor batting cage. Nylon absorbs moisture and stretches longer, so it is unsuitable for outdoor batting nets. However, nylon works for indoor needs as it is durable and does not get spoiled easily. Polyethylene, on the other hand, is weather resistant and can cope up with moisture, so it forms a good choice for outdoor batting cage nets. Some other important tips for purchasing a durable batting cage net is to check the types of knots, the mesh, and the strength of the batting cage nets. For instance, mostly the batting cage nets have mesh holes of size 1.75 inches. However, if you wish to use golf balls, then prefer a batting cage net of a smaller size. So, let's begin the interesting project that will tell you how to make a batting cage.

Clean the area/pitch/surface where you wish to make the batting cage net. Prepare a good flooring. It is good if the surface is a green grass bed or a cement floored pitch.

Make a rough layout of the batting cage. Generally, batting cage sizes are 70' (length) by 14' (width) by 12' (height), 65' x 11' x 11', 10' x 12' x 12', 55' x 12' x 12', and 40' x 12' x 12'. However, depending on the space available to you, you can think of other possible sizes. Provide nearly 2 feet extra space around the perimeter of the batting cage.

Use homemade wood or metal (aluminum) poles and dig holes (3 to 4 feet deep) in the ground to fix them. To further increase the strength, you may cement the area around the holes so that the pole is safe and secure. The poles will support the weight of the nets, so they must be anchored properly.

Attach the batting net to the ends of the poles and drape it down. This covers the skeleton of the batting cage frame.

Ensure that the nets are hung low enough (12 inches from the ground).

Remember, the nets should completely touch the ground so that the balls don't come out from under the nets. A hanging batting cage helps to stop the ball without causing much resistance to the nets. Never hung the batting net very tight or too loose.

Make sure that an exit door is left open, through which you can come and got out of the net.

Once the batting cage is ready, place the pitching machine inside the net.

Batting cage netting is an important procedure in imparting stability to the batting cage nets, so ensure that you are careful while doing the work. While practicing in the batting cage, never allow anybody to roam inside it. It may result in serious injuries, as the ball may hit the person with immense speed. There are many manufacturing companies that construct batting cages for baseball training but why spend money when you can try out your skills and make a batting cage for yourself. That is sure to be fun and it will provide your kids with an excellent baseball training platform. In case you don't have the time and resources to construct a batting cage, it is good to seek professional help.

Kobe Bryant Orange County Shoes

The Kobe Bryant signature sneaker line will go down as one of the greatest sneaker lines in the history of basketball shoes. The Kobe IV, V, and VI all have made a major impact on the type of basketball shoes that are being worn by basketball players as well as sneakerheads. These shoes have revolutionized the shoe game and made the low-cut basketball sneaker the overwhelming choice of ballers and casual sneaker consumers.

Not only have the Kobe Bryant shoes changed the look of the high performance basketball shoe, they have changed the colorways that the sneaker industry has always been considered tradition. The traditional white and black colorways used on signature sneakers have gone away with the emergence of the Kobe's. Untraditional colorways are now acceptable because of the groundbreaking colorways of the Kobe IV. The Kobe V continued to push the limits of color creativity and design. As a result, the Kobe VI ultimately broke every rule of acceptable colorways. The rules that the shoes of the past had conformed to.

The Kobe VI "Orange County" is a prime example of a basketball shoe that has broken all the rules of what a basketball shoe must abide by. First, it is a low-cut model. As we all know, low-cut basketball shoes are not to be worn on the court. They are just too dangerous. An ankle will be rolled or a knee will be blown out. Or so conventional wisdom has said. Second, this shoe sports a colorway that has never been seen on a basketball shoe before. It uses several shades of orange. Orange? Ballers don't wear orange basketball shoes. Well, they do now.

The Kobe VI Orange County was dropped during the 2011 NBA All-Star game festivities in limited quantities. The upper of the shoe features three different shades of orange and represents a sunset over the pacific ocean off the coast of Los Angeles. The detailing in the shading of the orange hues that make up the sunset is truly amazing. The scaly, snakeskin textured upper gives the color design a three-dimensional look that really makes the shoe pop. The shoe is finished off with a black heel cage and a translucent icy sole. The Orange County is not only one hell of a beautiful shoe, it is a work of art.

The signature sneaker line of Kobe Bryant shoes has already made a huge impact on the sneaker world. But, hold on, this enormously popular line of shoes is not done yet. The Kobe VII is up next. One can only imagine what new, innovative designs that this shoe will bring. I can imagine, I just can't wait!

Penny Slots- An Affordable Alternative to Cheer Up!

These days pennies and cents hardly hold any value when you go out for shopping or to get yourself any form of entertainment,be it watching movies, taking the pin bowling sessions or teaming up for the paintball game.

 

But these pennies and cents are of great value when you are playing the best online slots games. So, this time when you are down and empty, you don't have to cheer yourself up by spending hundreds of dollars in shopping or any other expensive mode of entertainment. Rather you can brighten up yourself just by spending some few cents on a nice game of penny slots.

 

The penny casino slot games have touched the hearts of the players all around the world at all the times, especially when their bank accounts are a bit barren in those economically lean periods. In fact the penny slot games have gained more popularity than the highroller slots because not everyone is rich and wealthy enough to foster their need to get the perfect entertainment on slot games. To be honest even the highrollers jump to the penny slots sometimes when they have sheer entertainment on their minds and just want to while away the hours in an entertaining way.

Tips on Sports Gambling

Gambling has always been thought of as the game of luck but in sports gambling a lot can be done with a little bit of a strategy and some luck. Gambling on sports is a popular activity that many people do. People pursue gambling for various reasons but the main cause behind it is the money involved. This is a known fact that in sports gambling the chances of winning are more than 50- 50. In fact with a little professional help you can also win more than you imagined. Some gamblers are also known to have not lost any money at all in sports gambling.

The next thing that would come to your mind will be that where to find this professional help and whether it would be safe to rely on them or not. First of all the calculations are based on mathematical formulas and scientific methods, so the results can definitely be relied on. So not to worry at all following are a few points that one should keep in mind before betting and gambling on sports.

Don't bet on a team because it is your favorite team, bet wisely. Think objectively on the team's performance. Bet wisely not just for the sake of favoring your own team.

If you lose the first time then don't panic and bet huge amounts on the team again. Betting with higher amounts of money does not ensure balancing the money you have lost. It could happen that you lose this bet too along with the previous bet.

Place your bets on those games and leagues which have a lesser sports book commission because the sports book does much business with these sports and so they are bound to be efficient.

Always maintain a record of your betting activities so that you know what you did right or wrong previously. It is the best way to improve your betting skills as you can decide for yourself what team you must bet on.

Always have a strong hold over your gambling, don't let your hobby become your addiction. Also it is better to keep some caution money with yourself instead of putting everything at stake.

Make sure that the site through which you will gamble is not a fraud. Always bet at a legit site that has a proper fan following.

Also it is better to study the team's performance and putting that information to use for your own good.

The above stated points are some of the most basic but the best sports gambling tips that you will find quite helpful. There are many more strategies that you can apply to your betting and gambling activity but you can certainly begin with the ones given above.

Retro 4 Jordan Shoes for Basketball

Air Jordan Retros. In one word, epic. Each and every member of the worldwide sneaker community can all agree that these shoes are epic. The re-issued models of the Jordan shoes that Michael Jordan originally wore on the NBA hardcourt are being dropped on us, and dropped quite frequently. No complaints here. The Jordan Retros are legendary. Every single one of them. Some are more legendary than others. One of the most legendary Retros is the Air Jordan IV. This shoe will see a huge return in 2012. Several colorways are going to drop. Perhaps the most legendary of the bunch is the White/Black/Grey colorway. This Jordan IV colorway may be the most anticipated shoe of the upcoming year.

Tinker Hatfield, fresh off of designing the Jordan III, was tasked to design the Jordan IV. All he did was design another masterpiece. The newest design concept that Hatfield used on the IV was placing straps on the side of the shoe for increased ankle support. As a result, it was virtually impossible for Michael to sprain his ankle. The other design element that had never been seen before was the texturing of the midsole that gave the appearance of black speckled cement. Michael Jordan continued to dominate the NBA while wearing the Jordan IV. That year MJ won another scoring title averaging 32.5 points a game. He also made an appearance in the All-Star game and was named First Team NBA and All Defense.

This shoe was also front and center during the Spike Lee and Michael Jordan commercials that were extremely popular at the time. The same commercials that featured Lee as Mars Blackman insisting that "it's got to be the shoes"! These ads were quite effective in the marketing of the Air Jordan IV. In fact, a pair of Jordan IV's was featured in Lee's movie "Do The Right Thing".

There are plenty of the Jordan Retro IV's on the way. More than one colorway of this shoe, including a Doernbecher edition, will release this upcoming year. The White/Black/Grey colorway of the Jordan IV was originally retroed in 1999 and was a huge success. Retailers saw this shoe sell out in a matter of hours. It is now making a return appearance and again, will sell out in a matter of hours. Mark your calenders now, because February 18, 2012 is when this legendary Jordan will drop.

Not often does a pair of Jordan shoes for basketball dropping have such a huge impact on the sneaker world. This one most certainly will. Where will you be when it drops?

Recreation and Good Health With Bingo

Want a reason to play bingo? It can be good for your health - a fact that has been verified in a study done by the Psychology Department at the University of Southampton. According to the study, playing the game regularly can sharpen your mental faculties. When you play the game, you have to stay alert and this makes your mind more agile.

Your ability to do this can increase with the time you spend playing bingo. This can be quite beneficial for those above 60 years who enjoy playing bingo. The British Medical Association stated that games like bingo can even help patients heal quickly. It can also help lower the levels of depression following a serious illness. Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire noted that the length of hospital stay decreased among elderly patients who played bingo during their recovery period.

Study Correlates Bingo and Sharp Cognitive Abilities

The study was conducted to correlate factors like good health and the game. A specific aspect of health that was taken into consideration for this was mental health. 112 people participated in the study. They were from two age groups - from 60 to 82 and 18 to 40. The experimenters took steps to ensure that the selection was random. Both age groups comprised of those who were avid players of the game, and those who weren't. Tests were performed to measure their mental agility.